The Sea*on*.
(rram lh (term**.;
flay ari.l corn. and bn<t* and flower*.
Know and ice. and frail, and wine—
Run* and eeaeous sleet* and shower*.
Bring, in turn, these gift* iliyiiis.
Spring blown, ►ninmor glow*
Autumn reajw. winter keep*
Rising prrjerce. cummer provide*.
Autumn hoards, end winter hide*.
Cum*, then, friend*. Uieir juiueo* eound
Rammer, autumn, winter, spring,
A* they turn tlitnr ysariy round,
Cacb in turn with gladne** atug t
Time drop* bieasinga aa he diss- ■
Time make* ripe, and time make* wi*e.
Scandal.
"Aw hisper soft broke the air
A soft, light tone and low.
Vet buried with *h*me sn.l woe ;
Now might it periuli only that.'.
Nor further go.
• Ah. me, a quick snd eager ear
Caught up the lutie meaning aoun 1.
Another votes had breathed it dear.
Anl so it wanderevl round
Frena ear to lip, from lip to ear,
I nn! it reached a gentle heart.
And that if brohs."
ABBV FOLSQR IN COURT.
It was during the administration of
the venerable Judge Thatcher iu Boston
that Abby Folsoui, in the exereiso of
her disposition, disturbed a meeting
devoted to religions worship. For this
offence, she was arrested, iudictcd anl
arraigned for trial iu the Aforesaid
Municipal Court.
Abby was arraigned, and at once cou
fronted with tlie question, "Are yon
guilty or uot guilty ?" She promptly
pleaded " Not guilty," and deelaml
herself rcadv for trial* Judge Thatcher,
in his blandest toue, inquired if Mrs.
Folsom had any counsel to mauage her
case. The answer was ready and prompt.
" If your honor ulcasee, I shall manage
the ease myself.' The trial then went
on. The witueases were few, the testi
lnouy to the point, the cross-examina
tion by the defendant amounted to noth
ing, and in a remarkably short time the
government rested its ease. The court
informed Mrs. Folsom, thst she was at
liberty to put any person ou the stand
to testify in her favor, or she might
address the jury in her owu behalf.
bhe had uo witnesses ; and it at once
lieeame apparent, that she intendevl to
rely, not on eridence, bat on argument.
This was her strong battle ground. Ou
this field, she had passed through many
a desperate straggle, and, at least in
her own opinion, lisd never suffered
defeat. The court therefore directed
hex to proceed. But the preliminaries
must first lie settled, and Abby in her
most winning tone inquired, "If I do
not finish my argument to-dav, may I
go on with it to-morrow ?" The court
was prepared for almost anvthiug else.
Here it was, atarat ten o'clock in the
morning, and the query was, whether
she might have the remainder of the
day, and "go on to-morrow." Judge
Thatcher was decidedly startled, and
exclaimed, " Tomorrow! why certaiulv
not! yon cant lie allowed all of to-day!"
Said Abby, " How long may I have ?"
The judge replied with some vehemence,
"Not more than an hour."
Abbv very innocently inquired,
" Does votir honor confine all lawyers
to that time ?" This question was an
other desperate one for the court, a
perfect snag. At that time there was
not, certainly in this*court, nor, accord
ing to the best of my information, in
any other, any rule limiting counsel to
any given time for making a plea. I be
lieve Judge Thatcher's hour rule has
been adopted in some courts since that
period. Bnt it was not so then, and
Abby Folium and every other person in
the room kuew it, and Judge Thatcher
was completely confounded. A few
words passed iu an undertone between
the judge and the government attorney,
and, without having the question an
swered, Mrs. Folsom was directed to go
on.
Abby then commenced her plea. The
argument I do not propose to describe.
It was in her peculiar stffle. She quoted
the Constitution, the Bill of Rights,
Shakspeare, the Bible, and whatever
else came in her way. She went on,
rolling in her eloquence, and rounding
ont her periods for a full hour, to the
great amusement of the audience and
the evident perplexity of the court. At
tliis point, however, the court decided
to atop her. But she decided otherwise
and concluded to go on. The court
Nil id, " No. We will have no more of
it," and ordered Babbitt, the constable,
to take away her papers. Accordingly
Babbitt seized her papers, and bore
them off in apparent triumph.
For this new turn of affairs, Abbv
was better prepared than the court or
any one else anticipated. She made no
struggle, uttered not a word of remon
strance, and made not a motion, till the
deed was accomplished. She then de
li liorately drew from her pocket a copy
of the Constitution of Massachusetts,
and from the Preamble thereof read,
" Every subject has a right to be secure
from all unreasonable searches and
xrizurr* of his person, his house, his
papers and all liis possession*." She
then commenced the cry, " Give me my
papers. Give me my papers. Give m'e
my papers." This cry she continued,
gradually raising her voice till it be
came a scream. Still the cry went on,
"Give me my papers. Give me my
pajiers." She said nothing else, ut
tered no other sound, but in one steady
stream at the top of her voice, con
tinued to cry, "Give me my papers."
The court "was evidently" in fault,
though acting under extreme provoca
tion. Mrs. Folsom evidently saw her
advantage, and determined to make the
most of it. The court winced, fidgetted,
consulted and succumbed. Babbitt
was ordered to give up the papers, and
Mrs. Folsom was directed to go on as
long as ahe pleased. The judge in
despair threw himself back in his ciiair.
Abby now had the floor to herself,
and enjoyed her triumph immensely.
She went on in her most eloquent Btyle.
She dealt her blows thick and heavy on
society, on religious denominations, on
fanatics, on tlie clergy, on the courts, on
everybody. But the ordeal ahe had
passed through, and was now passing,
had produced an effect not described
in her programme. The excitement hail
ao wrought on her physical system, that
her strength began to fail, and ahe was
compelled to adopt a change of base, a
new manoeuvre. She therefore stopped,
complained of fatigue, and asked the
court, that the case be adjourned, and
she be allowed to go on "to-morrow."
Judge Thatcher was altogether too
shrewd a man, not to see /its advantage
in this turn of the case. He said, "No.
Go on, Mrs. Folsom. Go right on. We
desire to hear you through. No better
time than the present. We are anxious
to hear you. At this time Abby's
shrewdness seemed to desert her. Her
cunning was in direct antagonism to her
spirit of opposition. Partly from
fatigue, but mainly from will, "the last
named force prevailed. She refused to
comply and took her seat. The court
seized this advantage, and at once di
rected the attorney to proceed. He ad
dressed the jury very briefly, the judge
charged with as few words as possible,
and the jury retired.
While the jury was eut, Mrs. Folsom
felt relieved from the pressure and ex
citement of her trial, it seemed as if
her whole mental force began to droop,
nd her faculties generally to fail her.
Yet the force of habitwas such, that her
tonguS refused to stop, and, as there
was no more argument or debate to be
had, she fell into n train of exhortation.
The judge evidently appreciated the
difficulty, and made no effort to proceed
with any other business. Abby there
fore took ont her Bible and read about
three verses. She then commenced an
exhortation, which immediately ran into
the history of her family, the good qual
ities of her father, etc. She then read
perhaps as much more, and exhorted
back to her childhood, showed how she
was trained and the like. Thus the
FIIED. KI'HTZ, I-Mitoraud I'ropriotor.
VOL. VI.
whole time was spent, while the jury
deliberated.
When the jury returned, every face iu
that brand court room looked anxious.
Whether the feeling which jwrvaded the
audience arose from syuipaUiy with
Mrs. Folsom, or from a desire to see her
lawlessness restrained, or from sheer
curiosity, it matters not. The foeliug
was a strong one, and uii spectator was
free frani its influence. Even Mrs. Fol
som showed a degree of solicitude which
had not before apjeared in her counte
nance during the whole day. Hut the
keenest observer, with all his power of
penetration, could read nothing iu the
eye of a single juror. Every look was
stolid, blank, unintelligible. The clerk
mechanically propounded the question:
" Mr. Foreman, have you agreed
upon a verdict ?"
"We have."
" What say you, Mr. Foreman, it the
prisoner at the Iwtr guilty, or uot guilty?"
"Xai ffuilty by reason / partuii in
sanity."
A deathlike silence for a moment en
sued, when Abby with a strong effort
called out:
" Mr. Foreman, will you answer me
one question f"
The Foreman replied, " Certainly, if
I can."
*' Do you, from the very bottom of
your soul, believe that 1 am partially
insane ?"
The Foreman, in a flnu aud decided
tone, replied :
" I do. "
This was the most cruel cut of all
If the verdict had been "uot guilty,"
she would have triumphed. If "guilty,"
she weuld hsve proclaimed herself a
martyr, and have gone to jail, a heroine.
But to hear a jury of her peers declare
her insane ! Well, for once Abby Fol
som was prostrate, and for s few weeks,
by order of the court, enjoyed the kind
protection of an Insane Asylum.
A Good Work.
Here is a homely little matter, say*
an exchange, worth attention, as it may
mean life or death before long to many
a poor woman or child. A few years
ago an overworked, sickly Welshman,
with his wife and child, came to a mill
town in this couutrv and found work in
a steel factory. The hard labor and
heat aggravated his disease, and very
soon all the symptoms of ranid con
sumption showed themselves. His wife,
country-born and bred, tried sewing
and washing, but, hungry and weak, she
was a poor seamstress aud poorer laun
dress. Want and misery were already
in the wretched little shanty, and death,
as the old song says, stood knocking at
the door, when a lady noticed the mau
with his sunken chest and hollow cough
creeping past her door daily to his work,
and told him, what he kuew too well
already, that to coutinne in the mill was
suicide. "What can I do?" he replied.
" If I quit it for a week, my wife and
child will starve." The woman had no
money to give, but instead of heaving a
sigh over the necessities of the working
classes and letting the matter slip past
her as so many of us would have done,
she looked aln>nt to find a vacant niche
for him. Presently she remembered
another needy case, friend of her own,
a woman of wealth and refinement, with
two or three children and uncertain
health, who, simply because she lived
in the country, was forced half the time,
like Lady Anne, to "cook, brew, bake,
make tho beds, and do all herself."
Here was a need which would relieve
the other. In a month the Welshman
and his wife were quartered in a snug
cottage on one of the highest, healthiest
localities in the country. He helped iu
the barn, in the stable, did light work
afield. Hi* wife proved an invaluable
house servant, anil presently was pro
moted to be housekeeper. The child
was rescued from the streets and grew
np in the pure air aud pure influences
ol the country. This wn* ten years
ago. The Welshman is now hale and
hearty, has his own little patch ami
works the rest of the farm on share*
with the owner.
Getting the Bojs I p.
Calling a boy np in the morning can
hardly be classed under the head of
"pastimes," especially if the boy is
fond of exercise the day before. And it
is a Uttle aingnlar that the next hardest
thing to getting a bov ont of bed is
getting bim into it. "f here is rarely a
mother who is a success at rousing a
boy. All mothers know this ;so do
their boys. And yet the mother seema
to go at it in the right way. She opens
the door, and insinuatingly observes,
"Johnny!" There is no response.
"John Still 110 response. Then
there is a short, sharp "Jolui!" fol
lowed a moment later bv a prolonged
and emphatic "John Henry." A grunt
from the upper regions signifies that an
impression has been made, and the
mother is encouraged to add, " You'd
better be getting down here to your
breakfast, young man, before I come nn
there an' give you something you'll
feeL" This so startles the young man
that he immediately goes to sleep again.
And the operation has to be repeated
several times. A father knows nothing
about this trouble. He merely O|M-HS
his mouth as a sods bottle ejects its
cork, ami the " John Henry" thut
cleaves the air of that stairway goes
into that boy like ele tricity, and
pierces the deepest recesses of his very
nature. And he pops ont of that bed
and into his clothes aud down the
stairs with a promptness that is com
mendable. It is rarely a boy allows
himself to disregard the paternal sum
mons. About once a year is believed
to be as often as is consistent with the
rules of health. He saves his father a
great many steps by hiathoughtfillness.
—Danbury News.
A Railroad Seized by an Armed Force.
A railroad war of some magnitude has
been in progress at Youngs town, Ohio.
At>ont a year ago the stockholders of the
Liberty and Xenia Railroad Company
sold that road to the Ashtabula,
Youngstown and Pittshnrg Railroad
Company, receiving in payment part in
cash and part in bonds of the latter
Company. Owing to some subsequent
misunderstanding the matter was taken
before the courts, and for the past four
or five mouths the Ashtabula, Youngs
town and Pittsburg Railroad Company
have held control of the former road by
virtue of an injunction which expired
lately, at which time there appeared
upon the premises two of the principal
stockholders of the Liberty and Xenia
road, with a large force of men, who
tore up the track, cut the telegraph
wires, stopped all trains, took possession
of the rolling-stock, and are now in for
cible possession of the road with a force
of two to three hundred armed men.
William McCreery, President, and other
officers of the Ashtabula, Youngstown
and Pittsbsrg road are now at Youngs
town, and it is reported that a special
train has left Pittsburg with reinforce
ments for McCreery, who is backed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Great excitement prevailed, and there
was imminent danger of a not.
To REMOVE STAISS FBOM MARBLE.—
Take two parts of common soda, one
part of pumice-stone and one of finely
powdered chalk ; sift it through a fine
sieve, and mix it with water ; then rub
it well over the marble, and the stains
will be removed. Wash the marble
afterward with soap and water.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Incident* of the Disaster
I Some of the iaeidenti of the disaster
a* related by the survivors tare harrow
ing. At titie tunc during the weary
watch he hire dawti the fore boom broke
1 loose from its fastening*. ami swiugiug ,
around, iuetantly oruidied todeath about
; 200 persons who Were gathered ou the
house on deck. Several passenger* are
reported U> have beeu drowned by life
boats, which, not luting properly man- I
aged, overturnevl aud Uio occupant# |
Were loet before aasistanoecould be reu
derel. Sotue of tlieiu, who had life
buoy* aud endeavored to reach the rock
by mean it of the line front the vessel, uot '
having them properly adjusted, but on
the lower part of their I unites, were
doatiug with their heads down, aud iu .
. this way many were drowned before .
j reaching the rock. Oue young man,
with uo clothing save a shirt aud vest
tunl two life buoys fastened around his
body, leajted into the water ami at
tempted to reach the rock. The passen
gers who give Ute statement say they en
deavored to dissuade him from the at
1 tempt, but he persisted, and when
dually they were rescued and lauded on
shore", thebody of Uie young man, who
perish evl in his attempt, was the first
they saw, and the life buoys were still
on the bodv.
Among tlie passengers waa u native of
the old country who had been in tho
United States for Rome time, ami hsul
lately returned to Kngloml to bring loa
wife and family of five children to the
home he had provided for them in the
New World. They were on lamrd the
ill-fated Atlantic,"and father, mother,
and children all perished. Several of
the passengers who were landed from
the steamer Delta were considerably
bruised about the body and lower Limb*.
One man had hia two leaw broken, and
others were ao sore from being knocked
against the rocka that they were scarce
ly able to stand. Three or four were
sent to the hospital. The survivor* say
it was a fearful sight to witness the
manner iu which many uf the unfortu
nate persona met their death. Unable
to reach the deck in eooacquanos of the
jam in the gangway, several rushed
through the port hole only to be seized
in the iron graspof the merciless waves,
and dashed to death against the sides of
the ship.
The ouly youth saved from the wreck
makes the following statement:
My name ia John Hiulev. I am about
twelve years of age. 1 got ou board the
Atlantic at Liverpool with niv mother,
father, and young brother. all be
longed to Ashton, Lancashire. The first
thing worth mentioning that he knewof
was that he was asleep in his berth when
a great noise awakened him, although
he did not hear any voices. There
seemed to be a great rush, and he
stumbled out of lied and iuto theerowd.
The greater portion passed him, but he
saw six men crowding into a top berth
in the upper steerage, and he followed
them. One of the me* broke through a
window and got out, and the lioy did the
same, one kind-hearted individual push
ing him through before he had made
the egress himself. Onee outside be
held ou by the ropes until himself and
hia companions were rescued by the
life Ixiat. What l>ecame of hia parents
and brother he did not know, but is cer
tain that they were drowned. The fam
ily were on their way to New York, at
the invitation of two married daughters
who had settled there.
The scene about the steamer was
fearful. The lifeless body of the purser
coald !>e seen hangiug over the side of
the steamer, his head jammed in be
tween the rails, and the sea causing the
legs to keep in continual motion. Hun
dreds of other bodies could be seen in
similar positions. Auioug the heart
rending scenes, one or two were partic
ularly sad. One gentleman, Albert
Snmner, of San Francisco, committed
suicide by jutuning from the rigging
into the water, first taking off his coat.
Others who were near him endeavored
to dissuade him, but they were too
much benumbed to prevent him. lie
said, " There is no prospect of rescue,
and it's useless to remain here and suf
fer," and then he jumped overboard.
One lady, a saloon passenger, was beard
to say to her has hand, " Leave me and
save yourself. Yon can't save both."
But be refused, and they went down to
gether, clasped in each other's arras. It
was the occasion of mnch remark that
with very few exceptions the married
men all perished. When they found it
impossible to save their wives and little
ones, they preferred to die with them to
deserting them. Many instance* are
known where the men could have es
caped alone, bnt refused to do so. This
was especially noticeable among* the
German emigrants and Americans.
The National Cemeteries.
As the U. 8. Congress recently ap
propriated $1,000,000 for headstones to
mark the graves of Union soldiers in
terred in the national cemeteries, thia
subject becomes of general interest to
the people. The national cemeteries
are principally in the Southern States.
There are seventeen in Virginia alone,
seven in Tennessee, fivo in Kentucky,
four in Louisana, four in North Caro
lina, three eaeh in Mississippi, Illinois.
Missouri, Arkansas, and Maryland;
two each in Texas, Georgia, South Caro
lina, the District of Columbia, and
Kansas, and one each in New York,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida,
Alabama, lowa, and the Indian Terri
tory, making sixty-nine in all. The
graves in the Gettysburg Cemetery are
already provided with headstones. The
number of graves in the national ceme
teries requiring headstones ■ is about
250,000. The law requires headstones
for all of these graves to be supplied
and set up for thu amount of the ap
propriation, viz.: 81,000,000. This
would make the average cost of each
headstone $4. The law requires each
headstone to be marked with the num
ber corresponding to its number in the
register of burials, and also with the
name of the soldier snd the State to
which he belonged, when these are
known. The numlier of the known is
about 150,000. The law also requires
the Seeretary of War to decide upon
the size, form, color, ami quality of
the headstones liefore advertising for
proposals, and it gives him authority
to adopt different models aud different
kinds of stone for the various ceme
teries, but all must be of durable stone,
and of sufficient size and weight to re
main in place when set up, and to pre
sent a respectable appearance. Tho
contracts may ho made for separate
quantities, or for the whole work, the
contracts to be given to tho lowest re
sponsible bidders, regard being had to
the nuality of the stone and t lie style
and finish of the work, provided the ag
gregate cost of the whole work does
not exceed the amount appropriated ;
but if this aggregate is greater than the
appropriation, none of the work can be
undertaken.
LIBEL Srrr.—Father T. A. Martin, a
Catholic priest at Euclid, Ohio, hM
sued the Cleveland Leader and one of
its correspondents for libel, claiming
$5,000 damages. The cause of the action
is based upon assertions contained in a
communication published in the Leader,
to the effect that Father Martin told a
widow her deceased husband was in
purgatory, but for $lO the priest would
pray him out; that the widow not hav
ing the money, the priest said he would
wait a reasonable time, provided it was
secured by a responsible party.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1873,
DKHKIN FOR A COTTAGE.
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KROKT SUTiTKNT.
We give herewith a very pretty
design for a (Kithic Cottage, for
the engraving* of which, we are
imlebted to BiekneH'a Village
liuihler, the dcaigu Iwiug by
Mr. A. J. BickneU, the publisher.
The (Kithic Cottage, of which,
m the first plan we give a per
spective view, and ia figure# two
and three, respectively, plan* of
the first and aeoond thnira, can
bo completed at a coat of from
$-2,000 to 53.00U, according to
locality and atyle of finish. Tlio
plan, which ia made on a scale of
one-sixteenth of an inch to one
foot, explains itaclf. The elegant
exterior ahown in the perspective
view, will receive the approval of
persons of taste. Without the
commanding appearance of more
ambitious edifices, such a bouae,
surrounded by taatefnlly arranged
shrubbery,and placed on an appro
priate site, would prem-nt a very
pretty appearance, as our readers
will ace at a glance. There ia
nothing, the remedy for which ia
always at hand, that we so much
neglect, as the architectural Je
aigu of our dwellings ; and we
publish the plans herewith, in
order that the evil may be cor
rected in our vicinity, at least.
How She Stopped It.
An exchange say* the aubject of bor
rowing and lending came up in the
course of a conversation with one of its
subscribers the other day, when he sud
denly recollected a funny runuiwsuw
of that character which hod happened
in his own ueighliorhood. lie said he
had a neighbor whose family were great
Ixirrowera, but not so distinguished as
paymasters—they were alwsys borrow
ing. bnt seldom," if ever, returned the
exact amount borrowed. An old Quaker
lady, another neighbor, who had en
dured there invasions for a long tinu
patiently, hit upon a very philosophical
mode of eventually putting a stop to
the nuisance. Kiting her own coun
sel, the next time her good man went to
town, he had a separate and express or
der to purchase a pound of the !>oat tea
and also a new canister to put it in. As
he knew she already had plenty of tea
and also s canister, he was puzzled to
determine what the old lady wanted of
more tea and a new canister, but his
questionings and reasonings elicited
nothing more than a repetion of the
order.
" Jim, did I not tell thee to get me a
pound of the beat tea and a new canis
ter ? Now go along and do as I bid
thee."
And go along he did. and when he
came home at night the tea and new
canister were his companion*. The old
lady took them from liirn with an amus
ed expression on her usual placid fea
tures, and dejMjaiting the tea iu the
canister, set it on the shelf for a special
use. It had not long to wait, for the
borrowing neighbor had frequent use
for the aromatic horb. The good old
lady loaned generously, emptying back
in the canister any remittance of bor
rowed teaa which tlio neighbor's con
science inclined her to make. Time
went on, and after something less than
the ono hundredth time of borrowing,
the neighltor again appeared for "just
another drawing of tea," when the oft
visited tea canister was brought out
and found to be empty, and the good
old lady and obliging neighbor was just
one pound of tea poorer than when she
bought the new canister which now
only remained to tell the story. Then
she made a little chars etc ristic speech,
perhaps the first in her life; she said:
"Thou seest that empty cauiatcr. I
filled it for thee with a pound of my
host tea and 1 have bait it all to thee in
driblets and put in to it all thou hast
sent mo in return, and none but thyself
hath taken therefrom or added ut<> it,
and now thou seest it empty ; therefore
I will say to thee, thon liaat borrowed
thyself out and I can lend thee no
more!"
Destroyed by an Earthquake.
Wlieu the steamship St. Eonis left
the put f Salvador there was a report
there that the City of San Salvador had
been destroyed by a great earthquake
on the4th of Marco. The telegraph lines
to the port being down, no detain oouhl
he had when she was leaving.
The City of Han Salvador, situated on
a little stream flowing into the iVriflc
Ocean, 105 miles southeast of Guate
mala, is about three miles fmin the
volcano of San Salvador. At various
timea it has suffered greatly from earth
3uakea, by one of which it was nearly
estroyed in 1050, and by another of
which it cams near suffering a similar
fate in 1854. The city was well bnilt,
and contained several churches, a flue
cathedral, and several oouvents. It had
a population of about 18,000 sonls. In
1853 its inhabitants numbered about
30,000, but after the earthquake of
April 16, 1854, they fell to the number
mentioned above. Then the Govern
ment of the republic of which it was
the capital laid out a new city, called
Nuevo San Salvador, ten miles nearer
the sea, and transferred to it the seat of
Sivernment, but so large a number of
ie inhabitants preferred the old place
that in 1855 it was again made the
capital.
Society in Washington is all agog
over the rumored engagement of Miss
Nellie Grant to Tom Murphy, son of
Collector Tom Murphy of New York.
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How thcj Live.
Lu (urn laborer told n dread
ful story before a Board of Examiner*.
At sigliteon he lied followed the plow,
working from six in the morning until
ten at night without having twopenny
worth of food in him. and a little oonr
eider, which WHO called "peniniait**."
It the tlurd rulining*- The wag*-s
ware eeven shilling* a week. "The liv
ing wao tea-kettle broth f>r breakfast.
Two or Uirce little pi C-A of bread wen
put in the breakfast pot, which held
three quarts, and tluti the bread wao
mutked with hot water. For dinner they
got a few potatoea and a square inch of
bacon fried in the pan fur a family of
seven, the fnt going on the potatoea. and
the meat being tiie father's dinner. For
tea they soaked burned bread, and put
a little treacle on it, that lieing carried
to the husband in the field by the wo
man. For snpper they got little pieces
of bread and skim-milk cheeae. As for
dwellings, I have known thirteen hud
dling together in one maun on what they
ealled a 'shakedown,' like hounds in a
kennel. Last week I SJHAC to an old
mau at Yeovil, whose master told him lie
could not give him more than five shil
lings s week, and who said he was then
literally starving. I will do ray beat to
elevate' my eountrynifu, and run the
risk of the horse-pond."
This arrow which Mitchell let fly, re
ferred to the speech which the Bishop
of Gloucester and Bristol recently made,
in which he advised the farmers to
"duck in the borsc-jwnd" any agitator
that came into their neighborhood to
make their laborers dissatisfied, it is
now called "he bishop's beptiom."
An investigation in Somerset*]are
presented a gloomier picture even tk§u
that which the farm hnnd drew. At one
of tha meeting* held in (hat country
Charles Wright, dosorilied as an elderly
uan, was examined nud cross-examined,
as follows:
Qiicttion. "Have vou been a farm
laborer all yrnrr life ?'"' .-insteer. "Ye*."
Q. "Do yon remember whim the
standing wnges for the l>est men were
seven shillings a week ?" A. "Yea."
(A voice: "1 do i six Shilling*.")
u. "The laborer twenty years of age
had only seven shillingsf'" A. "Y'es."
"Did you everhave parish relief?"
A. "YVlion my wife diss! I had a little.
She left me with seven children."
ff. "Yonr wage* 10 tun or clojon
years Afro were raised to night shilling*
A week ?" A. "Ye* ; and last summer
they were ten shillings."
</. "Alter harvest did vonr master
any to yon, -There's Ave shilling* A week
for you it you continue to live with me;
if not, go
"Yea, it is."
V- "llow ranch house rent did eon
have to pay out of that?" A. "One
shilling and seven pence half-penny a
week."
V- "On wet days were vonr wages
paid ?" A. "No ; I lost the tima."
<j. "Wbwß yon were at harvest till
ten or oleven o'clock did you get auy
thing extra?" A. "So." (A voice:
"A quart of sour oider!")
Uere the chairman asked if any one
wished to put any further questions. A
gentleman called out that his father
had onee worked for nine shillings a
week, and was now worth £3,000. Abra
ham Burt was next examined. His ex
terieueo repeated that of the al>ove as
> wages. lie was then asked how mauy
children ho had.
A. "Six."
Q. "How many bedrooms have yon ?"
A. "One."
"How many bedsteads T" A,
"Two."
"Do you all sleep in ons room ?"
A. "Yes."
ABOUT EKUI.—A scientific gentleman,
who lias given a great deal of attention
to the habits of bugs and hntterflies,
declares, says a San Francisco news
paper, that he has discovered a remark
able fact about eels. A stream which
flows through his farm iu San Bernar
dino, California, abounds in eels, and
he says that every evening, about dusk,
these extraordinary fish leave the river
to graze in the meadow.
An Indiana parson lately delivered
a sermon in rhyme.
The (Jrest Calamity.
ivhe t* itc*|M>H*tto* fui ih* Uurikf M
llsaSrtS VblMu t
The story of the wreck of the Atlantic
has now passed into history as one of
the uiost heartrending tragedies ever
yet written ou its varied pages The
esnse and extent of the calamity are
known to the world. All that remains
to be told are the harrowing details, the
neeues at horror, the individual Barter
ing and misery that crowded themselves
into those few dresdful minute* with a
distinctness that will leave the in forever
imprinted on the memory of all who
witnessed them. We are wware now that
th
ci fut supply of < *1; that her comma* •
! dor determined to put into Halifax to
j make good the deficiency , that through
: aojue crttuiual incapacity or neglect on
the part of tin officer* the vessel was
' run on hi the rock* on'the treacherous
coast of Nor* Hcotia ; that hr was a
I wreck almost aa aoouaaabe struck ; thai
four hundred men were saved, and that
i six hundred aoula, including every wo-
I man and child on hoard, perished in the
wave*.
It ia not in the power of language to
' convey an adequate idea of the dreadful
(scene enacted on the rock-bound roaat
ou that fatal Tuesday morning. The
Tread, with her thousand peaaeng.-m,
• had been for eleven daye ploughing her
| way westward without accident or mis
hap, and the heart of every aoul on
, UwrJ must have tieeu joyous at the
thought that the end of the journey waa
I so near. No person who has croaaed
the Atlanue can have failed to mark the
cliaaga that cornea over the paaaengers
aa the vessel approaches the shore.
! Couliileuoc and expectation light up ev
j cry countenance. They have jamaed by
what in their incxpenanre of the aea
and ita danger* appear* to them to bo
• the tin sit perilous portion of the voyage,
when in mid-ocean they by in their
1 bertha liatonuig to the washing of the
i aawa against the voaael'* aide, peering
; Jowu in imagination into the fathomless
I depths of waters heaeath tbetu, and
thinking with a ahudder*of the appar
ently frail protection that keopa them
' from a fearful death. In a few hour*
they will hoar the welcome cry ol
| " land," and they fondly believe that all
I danger ia at an end.
j It waa in the enjoyment of theae hap
py, ho|x*ful feelings that the poor aoul*
oil btard the Atlantic laid down to reat
l on laat Monday night. Little did they
j think that they were speeding onward
' to destruction as surely aa if the ill fated
i vessel that bore them had liecu driven
liefore the wind and tossed about at the
mercy of the waves without rudder or
i compass. Even while they slept—prob
, ably while they <lre*raei of the land
they hoped to reach on the marrow —the
1 dark shadow of death fell upon them.
' In the alilhieas of the uigbta loud rranh
aroused them from sleep- another—and
<aa they start---1 up, terrified at the un
i aeen and uuknown danger, a horrible,
j gurgling sound fell upon their earn.
, Uarely bad they tune for the first ago.
! nuted exclamation, "MrGod! My(od!"
In-fore the cry was stifled on their lips.
, Scarcely was "an instant left in which to
clasp husband, wife or child to their
1 bosoms before the glcrcileaa water*
rushed in upon them, tearing the dear
• >aaa from their arm*, drowning them
uiiaerahly in tlie cabins or carry ingihera
out to aea shrieking maaaeson the sweep 1
'of UK- mighty wares. We can see the 1
:igomaed fiCe* lifted up in mockery, aa
; it were, by the hearing water* ; we can
, hear the wild wail that broke from the |
cabin fur au instant, only to be followed
i bv tlie stiUnes* of doatli—the moan ,
which sounded to the terrified foreigner
like tbe moan of the *••* lion, but was
i in truth the smothered shriek of three '
i hundred souls struggling against suflb
i cation in the agony of death. But it is j
i merciful to draw down the curtain and
I shut out the heartrending scene.
Tn the hour that norma the hour of
! greatest security to tbe inexperienced (
i traveler the experienced seaman feels ;
that the critical moment of the voyage
| haa arrived. He knows the perils of a
i treacherous coast. Hi* eye strains for
i the evidence of land along the boriaon,
I for the discovery of the guiding beacons.
Qia ear listens anxiously for the warn
ing sotmd of breakers. When in mid
<ccan he can sleep contentedly amidst
the howling of the tempest; but when
nearing the coast he studies every vari
ation of the barometer, every sign in
theaky. Carefully and cantionaly he
feels hia way, now taking soundings,
and now counting the knots as tlie log-
HDC runs off the reel.
Tlie commander of an ocean steamer
filled with a living freight ia bound to
ail opt every precaution that can possibly
be taken against any conceivable dan
ger, however remote. He accepts as
grave a responsibility as any human
being can incur. Hundreds of live* |
are tn his keeping. Hia ]waaengers j
trust him with implicit faith. Helpless
themselves, ignorant of the first rudi
ments of navigation, with e-xaggcroted
idea* of tlie dangers of the sea, they
rely wholly upon hia skill and fidelity,
and not mfsequentlr look up to him !
with revoreuce and affection horn of the
sense of dependence. No faithful cap
tain of a passenger vessel would take a
risk that might endanger tbe lives en
trusted to hi* care any more than a lov
ing fnther would wantonly imperil tbe
lives of hi* children. Carelessness is a
crime on the part of such an officer. It
ia a criminal act, deserving of exem
plary punishment, when steamship
owner*, for the sake of large profit*,
disregard in any way the of those
who Travel on their vessels; but espe
cially is it criminal for an incompetent
officer to take charge of a passenger
ship, or for s competent commander to
neglect any duty, however aii|arently
trivial, that may be required for tlie
protection of his vnsscl and those on
lioard. It ia impossible to lielicve that
the owners of the Atlantic or her com
mander are blameless for the terrible
calamity that boa occurred. We are
unwilling at the present time to inquire
whether the owners of the White Star
line exnrciacd proper care and prudence
when they placed any vessel under
charge of Captain Williams; that serious
question must !>c discussed hereafter.
But it is certain that they did commit a
criminally careless act when they sent
the Atlantic to sea at this seaaon of the
year with an insufficient supply of coal.
We disregard the denial inaue by the
agents of tlie line, and their plus that
it would l> more expensive to rtui into
Halifax tliau to take on hoard in Eng
land a double supply of coal. Tlie fact
that the vessel was actually short of coal
is conclusive Evidence that the de
nial is worthless j the further fact that
the space that should have been devoted
to coal could be used for freight, at a
largo profit, dispones of the special
plea. This is now the verdict of the
people, and we oau see nothing that
will be likely to secure its reversal.
The evidence that fixes incompetency
or neglect ou the uufortunate com
mander of the lost vessel is terrible
conclusive. His own atory convicts
him of both these crimes. He was ap
proaching a coast notoriously treacher
ous and bristling all over with dangers.
At midnight he judged that he was
only forty-eight miles sonth from Bam
bro Island, and he was steaming along
at full speed, making, as he supposed,
from eight to twelve knots an hour.
Where, then, should have been his
place bnton the bridge? No officer of
even ordinary prudence would run his
Toriiin: Svi.OO a Year, in Advance.
i , Tj gin filial I '-** 7 *•"•§•* '*<*
vessel, on the strength of his reckoning,
* at full spaed on a rocky coast, and Cap
tain Wulumm, with a thousand lives In
his charge, should, even at Ida own
calculations, have hove to until morn
ing Bu Captain Williams went to
bed! Coolly aud comfortably be 4'tarn
! Ed in" at midnight, and left orders to
lie called at three o'rloak in fhe morn
ing. He was called at that hour, but
tiy a messenger different from the one
be had expected. At three o'clock,
when, according to this officer's "rack
i ouuig," his vessel ought to bsve lascn
about eighteen or twenty milee south of
Hambro light, ahe ran craahing on to
Mars Book, about twwity initea to Uy
weat and aeventoeu mile* to tb# fliuWi
of this careful navigator's "icckmiing."
Hushing on deck, he fouttd the effect of
his fatal reckleaaneas before hia rye*.
He saved his own life, and four hun
dred men eacaped with theiik; but, aa
ha laments, i-vrry woman and chiijl
perished. No wunder that the com
minder nil* (Lift fur h®
must frel that th# life of every lost pa*-
srtiger was at hia merry, in hi# keep
ing, was loat through hi* criminal in
competency or groaa neglect of duty.
No wonder he thinks with horror of the
fate of every woman on board, from
that ghastly corpse laahed in the rig
ling, with it* ftturiog but uglitWi
eyea, it* frothing hps and ita finger*
covered with glittering jewel*, to the
poor, weak mother in the stoen*re,
prfMiiug h*r owtu*boni iiifmut to ht*r
breast in the roovulsive grasp of death.
Unhappily, in this miserable m-iley
of incompetency and bluatiers there
dues not appear to have been a single
officer capsule of keeping a sound and
manageable vassal off * root-bound court
: en a starlight night, or a man on board
who, after the calamity happened, hail
the courage or the humanity to mat nan
effort to save a helpleaa female or child.
Even the one boy saved owed hia life to
his importunity. His piteous cries
1 compelled attention to his Peru. " >*
horrible to think that two linea in our
dtapatehes may explain the whole story:
" Home uf the crew were insubordinate
and beyond the control of the officer*
during the voyage. ** *
What a terrible picture ia here! A
reckless, careless commander, incompe
tent or heedless officer*, a crew of ruffi
ans, whose fleet thought in the face of
horrors such aa might have touched the
heart of a savage, was the plunder of
the dead 1 Now, " what are we going
to do about it?" I* this calamity to be 1
a nine day*' wonder and then to pare |
away and lie forgotten ? 1* no punish
ment to be meted out to the guilty par
ties ? I* this steamship line aud ' ■thsra
to he suffered to continue to risk the
live* of passenger* in ships short of
coal, commanded by incompetent offl- j
errs and manned by insubordinate;
crews f So far aa tbe Hrrnld ia coo- j
earned ve shall insist upon a thorough i
investigation of this terrible event and I
upon a full exposure of the facta. e .
■hall hold all the parties implicated to
a strict accountability, and. whether
this awful calamity ban bwn due to
greed of the company, to the criminal
neglect of the officers, or to lxith, we
■hall not cease to use our earnest effort#
to lay the truth before the publicaad to
do our beat to protect tbe lives which
the owners ana eommaudero of ocean
steamer* appear to hold at so cheap a
rate.—A'. >. Herald.
What Is aa Iceberg!
The icebergs, which are the glory and j
terror of the arctic eeaa, are simply the i
1 broken ends of monstrous glacier*. A j
glacier la a river of iee paahing ita way
> slowly down from mountain beighta to
the ocean leveL Where, aa on the j
arctic ahorea, the glacier reaches the
*ea, iU lower cud is impelled into the
ocean, the base tasting on the bottom. ,
Propelled by the weight and force of,
ita upper part, it is pushed into the sea |
or bar, often to a considerable distance, ;
and plows its alow way over the Vadium. .
and carrviag off huge rocks in ita path !
and tearing the bottom to pieoea. Enor
mous fragments may be separated from :
the end of the glacier ia two different l
ways, according to the temperature of i
the ea into which they protrude. In j
Bpit*lergen and on the coasts of South- i
era Greenland, the oongealed mass, j
which often projecta far into the sea, ia
gradually undermined by the compara
tively warm wavea which beat agicrmt
it, and the remaining fragments over
hanging tho water are detached with a
U-rri ble noise, aud plunge into the oeean.
M. Martins and outer member* of the i
French expedition to Spitsbergen have j
observed tnia at the baae of all the gla- j
eiere of that arehipelzgo. But in very
cold aeaa, like that of Bmith Strait, the j
water, being of a still lower tempera- ;
tore, can not melt tiie glacier, which J
continues its course into the bay, ita j
extreme end reaching far into the i
depths of the ocean, like an inunanse i
plane gliding over tne rocks. Though j
fighter than the water, the enormous j
frozen mass in kept together below the ,
surface by the force of cohesion. But ■
a time oomee when it must break apart, .
and then the broken piece shoots up-'
ward to the surface, impelled by its less
specific gravity. Tims icebergs are f
formed; for the larger masses thus
broken off are mountainous in their pro
portions.
The total height of an iceberg slews
exceeds seven or eight times the height
ofthe part above water. But iceberg*
have been met by Teasels which were
800 and even 400 feet above water, aud
whose mass mtial thus have been from
2,100 to 2.800 feet in perpendicular
height. When auch a berg floata into a
warmer sea, ita baae melt# more rapidly j
than its top, and the result ia a aomrr* |
satilt, the whole vast inaaa turning ovar
and over nntil it recovers ita centre of j
gravity. J
The iee masses approach tiie equator
from both poles; they obey tho currents
which seise them; but, owing to the
greater warmth of the northern hemis
phere, icebergs haTe been found 25#
miles nearer the equator in the aoathern
than in the northern hemisphere.
IsntAVß.—There are Indians still re
maining in cverv State anil Territory of
the United States, except Delaware.
Weal Virginia has but 1, Maryland 4,
Vermont 14, New Jersey 10 New
Hampshire 23, Illinois 82, Georgia 40,
Tennessee 70, Missouri 7\ Arkansas
89, and Alabama 98. New York has
5,144, Michigan 8,101, Kansas 9,811,
Nebraska 6,416, Minnesota 7,040, Oregon
11,278. Nevada 16,213, Wisconsin 11,251,
and California 20,025 ; the remaining
States have over a liumlred and leaa
than a thousand each. The total num
ber in the whole is 383,712, and their;
yearly cost to the government $.6,000,-
000.
Otfß MaM'rACTX'RM. The census re
ports enumerate the following values
of our manufacturing prodncte in 1870,
viz : of heavy iron works, $347,000,000;
of steel, $12,000,000 ; products of flour
and grist mills, $445,000,000 ; leather,
$160,000,000 ; boots and shoes, SIBO,-
000,000 ; worsted goods, $22,000,000 ;
cotton goods, $168,000,000; woolen
goods, $151,000,000; men's clothing,
$147,000,000 ; hosiery, $6,000,000.
"Is Mike MoCloskey in the ranks?"
called out the conuuaudor-in-ohief,
as the army stood in line of battle.
"Here, Gineral," said Mike, stepping
forward. "Then let the engagement
begin," said the General. That is the
way Mike tells the story.
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>ttii I ..,.U am. A .
The Homere" TragfdT.
/" j"M wl , Swill## # I
Recalling lbs eswamatewa #f Ute j
Homer* tragedy *S this remote peridd,
mji * Waafengtea letter with*, l><
theju |* no prejudice m partialUy to j
operate on the public maul, it I*
in* that the perpetrator of that greut j
crime ahould have boon pennlttad to,
•<<-ape the severest ptult#<d ttte law,
ThoMroiaeofauthority, and bunding!
<>f hie three victim*. MM iftlfffMl *MM
by the ChnwMMtt through til* iOr j
fluanor of Maokanxie'* powerful ooinao
turn*, ft *<> happened that I was ffiad*
acquainted with the particular* of the j
affair at the time, and knew prtciacjjr j
hfl*r lh#rfnte|si recall the con*--
qncuoe of hi* higb-h**MMd )>teeute|f- j
fwrr twfl fttnfr llfsuuij
than in the fete of *ll ppgffifPhfl m iff* ,
fearful tragedy. The Bonier*' IfNi at
the bottom of the flttif M*htrwi>m j
died suddenly of dn**a* of the heart ;
the surgeon's mate, who aat on th* ,
uourU martial which condemned Uuc,
pour fellow* to death, drowned himself
ui a At of delinamtrwneo*: andsnotte* i
member of the court psnsked in * (
paroxysm of insanity.
Hie alleged mutiny on the Bourne* |
wn* made public a* Washington ttudUr |
rireumstetwwn tending to tnart—■ the
natural horror corns-quant upon *ueb a,
tnuiaaction, without precedent in the j
annaie of the country (> 4% arms! <
iof the Ti*el at Jir* York uMHImAI 1
(ianarvoort, her exrcutJw* ofßoer, •**<
die patched lb Washington, bearing a
M-aled report to the Secretary of the
HSTV. Hi reached there on Haudsy, j
and his awful intetllfwlte* M not and#,
public until the following day, The city
was filled with startling rumor*, and,
President Tyler without initio long
th* natur* of th* affair intimated that ,
!- :u thing terrible would abdk be re- *
tciJ< 1. Oanaevoort diacloaed no p*M
tictjlars, but hia obaeues giving* it
created general and profound coaster-1
nation. On Monday th* official paper,
of the government published the official,
aceount of the mutiny, and the exeeu- *
tion of Midshipman Bpeitcrr and two
of his alleged accomplice*. Mr. Spen
eet, the father of the young gun. then 1
Secretary of the Treasure, waa over-1
whelmed with grief and horror. The
new* came upon hhn suddenly, without f
premonition. He waa a tender and da- s
woted father. Hia eon, a peculiar and ,
perhaps wawward lad, waa hi* favorite,
child. Ha waa full of genius, not un
amiable m disposition, food of stuffy,
ii/l addicted to curious speculation ;j
ahj, reserved, and given to wotitary!
musing. The short m the mutiny and 1
charged upas 1
young Spencer waa unsupported by anyf
evidence that would have oamed mm
wMthia to the mind of a aaiupatoal j
tnbunaL llacknreas attempted to ,
palliate hjM guvlt by toe declaration tlat ,
the execution of the young man was ,
ordered for the reeaon that trie Inlnieneey
of his father would hare acreeued hh* f
from pnniahtneatif he bad here bffwgbt l
home fas tnat In other wind*, b* had I
bung Speaear and hia aas-x-uues because I
of his a|ipreheu*wii that thry wauid.be r
sequitted if tried by a court Uavu au-j ■
Uiority to take cugtuxanoeof the charge. |
The trill of Maeketutic by wart-iaw-l
Had waa nothing bat a solemn farce, n]l
having tieen determined by fte Wawy 1
Departnmnt, under the influence oft,
Commodore Perry and hia naeariul' J |
po*t-c*fX*jit*, that the discipline and
] honor of the tf-nrkm wjmmi aet only
tilt- acquittal of the chief criminal aud
■ hi* sabordiuate*, l>at the formal ap
; proval of their cruel at.J atrocious ooh-
Juct, itonlrremaincd to shape the court
I and conform ita decision aeeordingfv
! "Rjcpc was a circumstance known to the
commanding attirer of the
ship Hntna which, if brought to ;e
t pal-he knowledge, would have made the
i acquittal dffhoiiit, if not impossible.
I When the tkuuere arrived at New York
1 aho ia anchored in the lower hay,
oommumeatiou with the •how hemp
strictly prohibited. Mackenzie eMtad
1 the Navy-yard, reporting faia amval to
the commanding office#. Hwtiieu called
I npon Captain Peck, in command of the
Hudson. Peek and bimaalf were of. the
war grade in the service, and they WOT
, on terms of familiar intimacy, baring
been messmate# on a former crniac
Mackenzie gave his friend hi* rerakm
of the Homers affair, horrifying him
with the statement of the mutiny and
the hanging Of ■JdritpaMhOpifiMß
and two confederate* in the enna Peck,
naturally in<i aired how many of the
mutineers were in irons Oft boajd the
vessel, and < xpruMpd ins surpmc ihat
ahc had not been laroughf np*to the
yard. Mackenzie replied that file mu
tinons crew were none of them under
arrest; thathe had been able to Oftbdne
the insurrection ; and after the earcu
tion it had not been found accessary to
confine any of the men. " What," t
--eUsnsed Peok, "o mutiny so outeOAive
aud formidable as to justify hanging
an officer and two of his associate#, and
nobody in irons !" Mackenzie
immediately on board the flomtis, and
seizing npon the first done# of the mew
upon whom he eould lay Me ban da,
clapped them in iron*. The tact —coin
came to Ute knowledge, of the court, i
and it sraa carefully suppruaaed in the
published acconU of the transaction. j
President Tyler, a anu-henrtod and
JPiWb
lug* of Mr. Speaeer ina nr* TttralY,
anxious to alleviate their suffering* ab
far as lay in hia p<>toer, commissioned
a gentleman in hia confidence'to tender
the ivretrT the place of minister to
Russia. It"seemed to Mr. Tyler tho
moat suitable mode of relieving the be
reaved father ami kia family tqgivc liim
the opportunity of having a poaiUon
whore every thing tended to keen alive
and exasperate their inrserr* A change
of scene he thought calculating to blunt
1 the edge of thefr anffertoga, and dwelt
their inimls from tho contemplating 'd
cruel and atrocious erium of whioh th%
sou of their hope# had been made Ike
victim. ,; . ~ . ti
Mr. Hpeooer expressed lus gratitude
for tbs kiudneaa of the in
warm terms, and requested hja sgoult to
make hia acknowledgments for the
thoughtful consideration wßien bad*
prompted the offer, fe "by thii he
would prepare to dqnut on hia miuaion
at the eaileat imeaible momenb :
A week o* more elapoetl wrmhout Ibe
Prcaideut hearing from M*. Speucei;
iHe remained in uis house, etmuiing
himself from'all society. Mr. Tyler
then directed'his agent to effil again
upon the secretary and ascertain nis in
tentions. Meantime a change had
taken plaoa in his feelings. Indigna
tion and resentment hod so fu takes
possess ion of him that he had details -
inrd not to leave tho country, fie
w>ul(l rewpo in the cabinet for the
time, but, he intended to retire from
office presenter, pud pevote himself to
the the memory of his
son, and we punishment of those who*
had taken his iffe without the flpln/nf
law or jqstioe. *'<tj
i -
NARROW Mawiwul man
was placed on trial in Baltxmow for
embezzling funds. The indictment
charged that he had taken the money
" f r audent]j,",tbs two letters u and 1
being omitted. The prisoner s counsel
claimed that was not legally Eng
lish, and the objection was abstained.
The man was discharged, and now walks
the street# with the proud conscious
ness that he did neftake money "fraud
ently."
af latere*!.
P*y U* legielalors
by tbe **sion, instead of by the day.
The electoral refotth bill haa been
aaachunnpd'lw the of Austria.
Hyfuc pp<M*d dttike of the gas men
Naw Yush t* t%|jp|ed with darlrocac
A Fiori4 isrmar realises SI,O W a
mom m plM) '
Miasiaaippi papeK in publishing
the nam* of the
In Viafcattwf ttteatt i a little black
Ixiy wboae feet is 1 inchee long and 5
■ lne§ 'rfh
> i IffKrfitr Towimbipi Ini,
baa beau flned $1 *> luf cruelly Uting
tmebf his pupUe. iea {
| on the ftli of jJarch.
' A itenfbclrj' twiu Aim* to hare dia
i cure red dbnttftiad of planting hair on
th* httman bm|| augyßMtking it grow.
. A lit Lofli* paper recommend* an
amfilUhu* dnatnifsh'i<'lt in that Htate
to decide • Whaoh m the butt end of a
.a m-B in a Hew York town the
oflmrdly* 'and Ii Ifft will left " that old
f Hae orol Utlh-r. the widow Jones, two
®b," jjogtrf;
1 m,(*%
1 rallwuy Imad* hare txcu negotiated in
<i<mw*ny#
. OohUa atiU going up. If Wall street
! were alxdiSied^lt uMi be down to par
; in lias than a month. But what does
| Waiiattegt wn ? i; T
A ponukr 4pcter in Oswego gmre a wftb
wftb direction* to take a
t te#*j ; *ji4ul evap three years. The
I *gpjj[ y 4A the reporiers aay that a sb*m
ahip suited uw a aertein day t They
i might aa wall saw that a sailboat steam
| ed on a osrtata day.
Apiifl* hare instinct; men bare rea
[ftrn i but instinct is inspired reason :
so what hbre man to boast off We
' refer the matter to Bergh.
A Tltte*jrgh bride's dowrr lalelw
' consisted of two lauwesof coal, which
M fit II thinks ought to secure her re
i eeptiew by th* tou anywhere.
D'fMdrtfury-totthutt would naturally Ik>
IgyMUwi, hasp SSS telegraphs do not
tear mur than 60 different
lines only Are pay dividend*.
Tbare 1a a woman at Duluth who
whiglii S6O pemwte. At a little diatanao
it ia dii euit to teU which ia the larger
id 0* tw® the town or th* woman.
m AsaUtetotetor rery and bone veneer*
born discovered, made from
goat*3X*p's bones, tbe flealung of
wS6SF^ tm, ' ut etc
ifaglttJ UWiffiat: •• WaibM". bring
me IV. .me jxirk ld bean*. *We have
r brens. but wtt hare no pork." "But
what are bean* without pork f A *hil
tWg, ai(4 M .rea*i®
" waa iteetrified by the intelli
genae that iatmunee strete* of solid
metal had beau found near it# limit*,
ftoy peered to be pile* ot railroad iron,
and'the Zesuth City aabeided.
The Ohiaago IWtemc, aaye that the
Legislature o| JUinois waa ia aeasion
te*ub work* 'When it had paaacd two
*** 10 ca "
kblr the othf r am to go into effect.
A Sk Paul iarj baa brought in a ver
dict that a husband and his wife have
each suffered cruet and inhuman treat
ment at the hands of the other, and that
osett i* entitled to a di
! attendant in the gentlemen's
!*f®B.]Tß Jf WiSteltl where a ftrst claas party
'as given lltlltt;, at New York, die
antoisl thM Simula every overcoat in
Iwac-Jwttg* had* tended revolver in the
mis i* automated that the strawberry
caup of Long Jtotend during the ooming
asMon will be at laaat 120,000 quart*, or
jiaazir lilSo owdioh> At Ifattitnck the
SSJIa e®?clSZto lw *4 least 60,000
<!> Itii. ' ralEaii in Boston undertook
the ofhtt night, to bully a servant girl
Mffaßwe hi * fiewse into getting him
dinner. Bfce wUwt for him with a carv
teg ktirfe. and toe went away aa hungry
as be oemr. •stem
f A vittige pep*. speaking of the pree
ent dcpiw ■ sf its town, say* it is
IlMMilnckt of unanimity, lack of
I wwalahiy, ladutf borne pride distrust
laf one another, and a great desire for
braggart display.
y .of a Nashville street
and got this reply: "Well, you won't
Hown it long if von dont pay me your
i tbakb ag IV got to say about it"
1 A Winaaa itigsse tells of a snow-drift
s between tit. Pal* and New tJlm Min
< ntrrkt. on which four hundred abovela
, wers engaged foe dam The snow was
frvta 25 to 80 feet deep, and the cut
through (he drift Waa twelve hundred
i feet "*
rKi* Hampshire Republican! and
T>emocrat alike sewn to ecunmend the
tgtacefu! action of Gov. Straw in ap
l pointlug to a Mat on the State Bench
> fern. Filer* A; 11 Hibbard, the defeated
fk—iMbliiiii oandidatc for re-election to
After fiftnsh soars' experience, the
Oii ui.' putui-iier* hare come to the
nT ngfir r# tfraMfrift "- w *p*i w>r business
ia a legitimate. "p*. and they have cut
off ilicnx dead-heads and given notice
thai free'puffing has also oewed. AU
'fßVtiik t to paywdbe paid like white
' | Hat. TaW, *ko was hanged by the
[fytiCbef* i-cnr VeMerey. Cal, made a
f will Vti tikf'tfl .fffiff to Nicholson, the
ftinrtxmd Of M victim. Nicholson wit
-4 m ami tits ivnohing. and Tarper beg-
I (pd hia firpi iTsi. and asked Sim to
t ~ t -" hand# on bis head aa he knelt
1 j Nu-k.>lswn granted the request
I Another man baa graduated at the
i Tale " School of Jonrualisni. ' He has
J Wen rather more successful than any of
hi# pr* deocssork. When he found that
! he cbtOd get ho'inWe than $8 a week on
! Z WCrtern jothflil.'he went right away
SMK) get a position ua clerk in an oyster
mdoon, where hia wpekly stipend is $lO.
i i~ An bniiageUM'wfac of cruelty to ani
f aMls reoeaUy® < " ,[ * e<l •* Somerset, Vt
, A man dame attain of horn* through
li the dri snow until they stopped from
- j tThtTMfHr. left them on the road
II ieeking vrith and went to
i a neighboring liouae for the night In
•' the mominghe was so enraged at find
'4fbg cme'of tbcrti .lead, that he tennina
i tied the anffbrtngaof the other by stab
i < lung:it witiawkntf*
ia 'l— jaliiiu This time a
!v. >nth*whotored aiady ($50,000 worth),
haguiied het iwto a sleigh ride, and
•ought the house of a clervprman, aev
ezal nailea from the city. He then first
declared hia.loyc, told her ahe must
marrySm. Shy flatly refused, and he
told heTetfb might walk home. The
phickT gfrl to do so, but the
if feted foi%un4iutitfer relented, and car
i fried br to Trov. When m the
i face, leaped from
ftp? reu.home. Names are
IBiT a fly sannan gantlrmrr and his wife
Igfk bote, n few dey® ■ff° ioT an ex "
S'.'utluam tour, intending to
sot'tid the spring months in Florida.
They got asnirfts New York, and in
visiting one ofthe theatres there the gen
I tlemzn tlaa r#bbe<t of his wallet oon
J taming the m-Veral hundred dollars
II n-itb which "be was to defray the ex
\ j pnrinfr at tbft tiip. In the rear of that
fsgenUeman'a-fiterauuee honse may be
' seen a thoughtful jpan chopping wood
' in hia shut sleeves, while a sad-eyed
' woman within pats butter and sighs.
IT A sellcitor who had recently been en-
I gaged by a prominent life insurance
firm returned.'fit the office of his em
i that Wji#ii,bfc<iU snnbbed by a gentle
! man on whdrfine had called. " Snub
i bed," cried ibd"manager, "snubbed!
: Wbp, what drdLfMf do that he should
have snubbed ywuf I have solicited
lbfeinsurnnce toom the Atlantic to the
TMisftissifipi, and have never, yet been
I b*ve been kicked down
hwteire, beaten ofer the head with chairs,
and thrown o|i®f the window, but
I snubbed I have never been."