Mjr April Leva,
An April maiilon is my torn!
80 full of mood* ia she,
I hardly know, to tell the truth.
Which mood meet pleaeeth aje.
Her smiles are aa ItewiWering
Aa April's minnisst day-
Bo tender, I am fain to wiah
They ne'er may paaa away.
But if my lore doth charm me ao
When ahe with mirth o'erdowe.
How can I tell the strange tweet spell
Her sadness o'er me throws f
like Tiolets bethed in morning dew
Her dear eyes seem to be t
And then * think ahe'a dearer yet
Than e'er before to me!
All smiles and tears, my little lore
Is like an April day,
For sunshine giveth place to clouds.
By sunbeams chased away
Ah me! winch mood doth please me most
I fear will ne'er be ktiewu;
But whet care I, since in them all
Her heart is still my own!
The Ruin.
The old house stands where the hill-top trees
Bend to the breath of the upland brveae.
Stands in the eolitude alone.
An unknown castle of nnhewti stone,
But ernmlding.
Falling,
Tins once stronghold.
Burial heap of memories old.
Mauds in it* silence- sad. Mom,
lie walls o'ergrown with the briery thorn.
Mouldering Iwush and rank weed tall.
Choking up portal, path, and hall.
Thus checking.
Fretting
The etraeger, who
Would boldly wander the old jule through.
Night owls mild in the turret gray,
Fot and wolf through the greet hall (day.
Or from the thickly tangled erase
Start as the wandering footstep* pa.
All mapping,
Snarling.
Louely. bold.
Modern lord of the castle old.
The daylight peers with a curious eye
Through the broken penee of the windows
high;
And the winter winds with a relish keen
Whistle 'mougst rafter, brick, and beam.
And gafly,
Ma.y
WlkUy carouse
Through the halls of the eld deserted house.
I'd not wander there when the dewy ere
three to the day a glad reprieve,
rd fear to see through the twilight air
SsmaeMw knight of his " Isdye fairs.'" -
Some ghostly,
Ghastly,
Quaking sight.
Of elfin dwarf, or goblin sprite
HOW THE SPELL WIS BROKEN.
It ni long, long ago—longer than
you or I can remember. Sweet spring,
with its bright sunshine, its young ten
der green, had come again. Little
Elsie hat! watched the transformation,
as it had crept gradually over the land,
from the window of her'tnrret chamber,
in which ahe had been a prisoner nearly
all the winter. For poor little Elsie
was not strong, and her parents had to
be verj careful of her, lest ahe should
be exposed to cold winds and draughts.
But t>-<lay all was so bright ami warm
that Elsie begged to be allowed to £?o
ont into the air.
Now her parents, the count and coun
tess, lived in a large old castle. The
ground* around were full of trees,
shrubs, and sweet-scented dowers. A
paved path led from the porch to the
white gate at the end, and here it ad
joined a wood, part of which belonged
to the count ; bnt another and larger
part to the baron in the same country.
Elsie was sometimes allowed to go with
her nurse into the beginning of the
wood, but never farther ; for it was very
dense beyond, and considered danger
ous.
On this particular day Elsie's nurse
was busy in the spinning-room, and
could not go out with her. So the
child was told she might play about by
herself for a little while, but she must
be careful and not get, into mischief ;
nor must she go into the wood farther
than where she could always see the
white gate.
Elsie promised to comply, and set off
gleefully. How gloriously the sun!
shone ! How sweet and fragrant the
air smiled ! How fresh everything
looked! Elsie's heart bounded with
pleasure : it seemed to her she hail
never enjoved the open air so much as
now after "her long confinement. How
changed everything was, too, from the
time when she had first to keep her
room ! Then all looked dead or dying,
and the leaves were dropping from the
trees. Now they were covered with
tender foliage, fhirple violets peeped
from among their sheltering leaves,
ferns were beginning to uncoil from ont
their shaggy brown scalew, hyacinths
scented the air, and tulips raised then
showy heads. The cherry, plum, apple,
and pear trees were covered with snowy
white blossoms, an earnest of the fruit
to come.
The little girl skipped about, admir
ing and enjoying all these beauties,
standing still a while to listen to the
songs of the birds. At last, when ah.-
liad surveyed all the newly awakened
glories of the garden, she neared the
white gate and peeped over. If the
garden looked beautiful in its spring
dress, bow much more so the wood!
It seemed to be carpeted with flowers
that grew among the bright grassea; ,
and over the whole the sunlight glitter
ed, dappling the ground with light <
" On, how beautiful!" exclaimed
Elsie. " I mtiaf go in and pick some of
those pretty flowers for mamma."
No sooner said than done, and Elsie
had passed the gate, and stood npon
the confines of the wood. White and
purple violets, wild blue harebells,
snowy wood-anemones, pale golden
primroses, and modest daisies pied the
ground. She walked on and on, think- |
ingof nothing bnt these sweet blossoms,
and gathering them as she went, till
her little apron was full. At ou spot
the violets peeped thickest, in another
grew the finest clamps of primroses,
and here, a little further on, was a mass
of the elegant wood-sorrel, with its
pretty thin leaves and delicate white
bells. '
Elsie plucked them eagerly, and still
the thought of returning never occurred
to ber. For the farther she went on,
the more beautiful the wood seemed to
become, and all the trees, flowers, and
birds appeared to lure her on, and to
say, "Come, Elsie, come. Ton hare
not seen half our loveliness yet.",
And whenever Elsie felt a little tired,
or the idea of turning back crossed her
mind, she always saw some bright flower,
some pretty insect, in the distance to
attract her onward. Now she had pene
trated unconsciously into the domain of
a wicked fairy, who tried to attract ehil- !
dren into the wood that they might
serve her for she liked to be waited
upon by pretty little boys and girls,
and had long looked on Elsie with a
jealous eye. But never till to-day hail
she seen any chance of luring her hither,
for Elsie had never before been in the
wood alone. The child wandered on
and on, forgetting fatigue, duty, and
obedience, till she found the paths grow
indistinct and mazed. Jußt then, as
she began to feel tired and a little
frightened, a white house came insight.
"Come," she thought, "I can't be so
very far from home, after all, for here
is a bouse. I'll go in and ask them to
give me a drink of water, and let me
rest a little, and then I'll soon run home
with my pretty flowers."
• So she rang the bell. It was such a
beautiful place, all built of white mar
ble, situated in the middle of a lovely
garden. She admired it as she waited.
The door was opened by a pretty girl,
about Elsie's age.
"Oh, here you are at last J" she said,
„ before Elsie could speak. "We have
waited for you such along time ! Come
in and she held out her hand.
' Elsie stared in amazement
"You must be mistaken," she an
swered, " I have gone a little too far
beyond the edge of the wood, and am
tired."
"No, no," interrupted the other,
" there is no mistake. I know you very
well; you are called Elsie. My com
panions and I have been waiting for
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yon a very long time, tuid wishing you
would come."
Aa she spoke she drew Elsie into the
hull— Wautiful place, full of marble
statues that ncemcti to grow out of Inula
of flow era and ferns. Elsie Was Bo daa
sled ly all the loveUueee ahe could not
speak, and let the oilier child lead her
on.
Thoy entered a large room, where sat
a beautiful lady. Her long gulden hair
rippled iu waves to her knees ; she waa
dressed in a white role ; ou her arms
and neck shone crystal jewels ; and her
face wore a fascinating siuile. She sat
on a raised throne of lvorv. The whole
room was inlaid with gold, silver, and
mother-of-pearl, and ou Uie floor lay
wrought stuffs of Indian design.
When the heaupful lady saw Elsie
ahe roae, and smiling still more sweetly,
held out her arms tow aril her.
" Welcome, dear child."
Elsie hanlly kuew what wag happen
ing to her ; but after the beautiful lady
had embraced her, and kissed her on
brow and eyes, ahe seemed to have for
gotten every tiling about her lost way
and her home.
"You muat call me Wiunabelle," aaid
the lady ; "all your little eouipauious
call me* ao. But 1 forget; yon have not
seen then) yet,"
SUie clapped her hands three times,
and one of the ivory doors opened, ad
mitting a whole troop of boys and girls.
The girls were all dressed in white,
with blue Bashes and crystal beads ; the
boy* in blue velvet, with white leathern
hands and boots, Elsie glanced first at
them, then at her own plain gray frock
and dirty shoes.
"It does uot matter," said Wiunabelle,
divining her thoughts : "yon shall have
just the same."
Hhe hail hardly aaid ao than Elsie's
clothes hail disappeared, and ahe was
dressedjuft like the others.
The children all crowded round to
welcome her. Elsie thought they did
not look quite happy ; still that might
be fancv: only thev always looked ao
anxiously at Winnabclle after they had
said anything, as though they feared
her disapproval.
"Show your new friend her room,
girls," said Winnabclle at last.
What a beautiful room it was! all
ivory and light blue velvet. Each child
slept iu an ivory bed with light blue
hangings, and lmd aa ivory dressing
table with silver ornaments. Then the
little girls iustruoted Elsie in her duties,
and told her that she would have to
wait upon their fairy mistress, but that
was easy work ; and the rest of the day
they might pliy about and do what they
liked.
"You must lead a happy life," avid
Elsie, who hail forgotten everything in
the dialing excitement
A cloud fell over the girls' faces, but
they did not answer, and looked nerv
ous when Elsie repeated the remark.
"Hush!" they said, "or she will le
angry. She will punish us if we tell."
"Tell what ?" asked Elsie. "You puz
zle me."
At that moment Winnabelle entered;
frowning.
"You must not ask questions, Elsie,"
she said ; "little girls who ask question*
or rebel are made miserable here. And
you would not like to be made miser
able in this lovely house, would you?"
she asked, once more smiling her old
sweet smile.
"Oh no," said Elsie ; "it is too beau
tiful for that."
She hail forgotten all iter misgivings
at the sight of that wonderful smile.
So the days went on, Elsie did not
know bow, she had lost all count of
them, but she was by no means happy.
The fairy was not so kind as she ap
peared to be ; the services she demand
ed were exacting ; she waa often hard
to satisfy, and, worse than all, if dis-
C leased she would punish the children
y showing them their distant homes,
making all appear so real that they
strove vainly to get there. Many a one
had attempted to escape out of the
fairy's grounds, bnt though they might
run a long while, their homes remained
ever distant. When at last, utterly ex
hausted, they sank in despair upon the
groaud, they always found themselves
at Winnabelie's porch, and she would
stand on the door-step, smiling that
smile which made them forget everything
again.
Meanwhile, what had Elsie's parents
been doing?
When the sun l>egan to lower in the
west, and the child did not come home,
thev grew uneasy; and when it set, ami
still Elsie had not returned, their
anxiety knew no bounds. They search
ed the garden and hamlet, they scoured
the wood- In vain; no Elsie was there,
no voice answered their calls. They
had to abandon the search in despair
when night closed in. The next day
had hardlv dawned before the count set
out into the wood to look for his miss
ing child. He ran hither and thither,
he explored every path and by-path, in
vain.
Now you will wonder how it came
about that, searching the wood in this
manner, the count did not chance upon
Winnabelie's Jringdom. I fan tell you
how that was.
Winnabelle was very clever, and al
ways knew who was in the wood. When
it was a child ahe wished to entire, she
made everything look beautiful, let the
birds sing more sweetly, the flowers
look gayer, the nearer they came to her
abode, iui she had done with Elsie. But
when any one entered who wished to
rescue a child from her. rr to discover
her habitation, she made the forest that
surrounded it so dense, dark, and ira
pcnetralde thai no one dreamed of en
tering there. And if any person, more
courageous or desperate" than the rest,
attempted this, she caused noxious ani
mals to meet them, and the ground to
become marshy, and sink beneath their
feet
Several (lays the count songht his lit
tle girl, till he hod to give up in des
pair. Long and bitterly the parents
mourned her, and gave her up as lost.
" If we only knew how it all happen
ed!" wailed the countess ; "if she hail
even died in my arms it would have
been better. Now how do I know but
that she maybe livingin misery, ill-treat
ed by cruel people ? '
She wept as she spoke. Her husband
had no comfort to offer her, and they
both sat silently staring into the fire,
by the side of which thev were sitting.
A" beautiful fire it was, piled high with
logs and coals to the top of the grate :
and it sparkled and crackled, danced
and flickered, quite regardless of the
two sad mortals who sat gazing into its
depths. As the flames leaped in playful
fury they split a large mass of coal
which had hitherto escaped their de
vouring tongues. Opening thus in half,
it revealed a tiny gray speck, which
vaulted briskly out of the black clump
on to the fender. The oount stooped
down to examine it, and found, to his
intense astonishment, that it was a little
being who was complaining sorely of
the enforced imprisonment ne had sus
tained in the coal. The countess lifted
him gently in her hand, and asked what
ailed bim. *
"My name is Fye," he said. "I am
a gnome, and my home is under-ground,
very near to where the coals are found.
We had been playing hide-and-seek one
day, I and*my brothers, and I hid in
this piece of coal, which had a large
crack. I had hardlyhidden there when
I heard a great hammering. Before I
could recover my courage, or find out
what was happening, the block that in-
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
closed me waa looaeued from ita parent
coal. Wo wore earned up to earth. I
(oat all coaaeiouaueaa after that, and
only just now the great heat restored
me. Oh, if you would aid me 111 re
turning to mv heme, 1 should be so
grateful I" The little mite looked up to
the countess with a pleading face.
" If we can, most certainly," ahe
answered. "Ah! would that any one
could restore toua our child !"
M Why do you sigh so y" asked tlie
gnome.
The eonuteaa related he* trouble.
The tiny gray figure sprang ujam her
shoulder the better to hear what she
was saving. When ahe had Ceased he
was sifeut some time.
" Your child," he said at length, "ha
got iuto the power of a wicked fairy
called Wiunatalle. She live* in the
wood. YOU oanuot penetrate there, for
by her enchantment she makes it im
passable. Kestore me to my home,
and iu returu 1 will teach yon to break
the spell that now parU you from your
Elsie."
The unhappy parents commuted most
gladly.
Next morning the count started upon
his journey, the little man safely en
sconced in his hat. They had not far
to go, for the count's matte lay on the
ooufiuea of the mine down which the
guome, whom he frequently consulted
as to the route, aaid he must descend.
When thev had beeu lowered the couut
asked if this was the spot.
"It ia, indeed!" eried the little be
ing. gleefully. " Now wait for me
while 1 go for the promised charm."
The count leaned against a wall of
coal. It was all so black and dismal, so
strangely warm and oh we down there, he
coald not tell how the (iiuc went on, but
it seemed as if Fve hail Wen absent
long," He almost fwgsui to fear lest he
was about to plav him false, and at last
his fear waa beginning to gain the mas
tery. Just then he heard the gnome
panting toward him.
" I'm coming," he aaid. " Sorry—to
hive kept—you so—long ; but—it's a
great—load for—me, aud 1 had —aorae
little trouble—to fiud one. They're
rather rare stones—aud in great request
Lift me up : I can't jump with it in my
liands.**
" See here," he went on, when his re
quest had been complied with, and he
had regained breath ; " here is a pre
cious stone, called a sapphire. It has
been wrought with great exertion and
care by our slaves. This stone frees
from all euchautmeut. Used with sin
gleness of heart and faith, yon can not
fail to succeed in Tour quest Adieu.
The gtiome Fye's good wishes and grat
itude follow yon."
The count returned home, holding his
treasure—the precious blue stone —care
fully in his hand. Accompanied by his
wife, he set out at once into the wood,
their hearts beating high with expecta
tion. The sapphire guided them in the
direction thev should take by flashes of
increased ligbt. When they neared the
dense forest, usually so nnpenetrable.it
all changed into fair woodland paths at
sight of the stone, and the anxious pa
rents passed in safety to the marble
house. They entered, turning neither
to nght nor left. They did not stay to
admire its beauties, bnt walked straight
to the throne-room, where Wiunabelle
sat in state, surrounded by the child
ren.
When she saw the count and countess
come in she stored in amnzed anger.
Hardly hod the oount opened his hand
and revealed his lovrhr gem than her
face became first of an ashy hue, then
ugly and Bhriveled ; then she slirunk
and shrunk, trembling violently, and at
last vanished in smoke, leaving a boil
odor behind her.
lustantlv the IOVMJ house, the bean
tifnl gardens, disappeared also, and all
the boys and girls were standing round
the eonnt and countess on a piece of
greensward under the shade of the for
est trees.
Elsie gleefully sprang into her par
ents' artna. The other children *<*pt—
no parents had come to claim them. The
count at once promised that they should
all be taken safely to their homes, and
that till he could send them they must
stay with Elsie. When they heard this
they were glad too; and for the first
time their tongues were loosened about
the eraeltiae of the wicked fairy. How
much they had to tell! how much to
hear!
They all wanted to see the kind sap
phire that had freed them from the en
chantment, and could not cease praising
its beauty, and wishing they could thank
the gnome for bis kindness.
"Although," said Elsie, senlentioua
lv, "if papa had not been kind to Fye,
Fyc wouldnothave becu kind to papa. '*
"Still trr had not done anything for
Fye," added the others. "Long live
Fve, and every good gnome ; and may
all naughty furies dissolve in smoke!"
The count ami countess caused the
sapphire ttiat had wrought all this joy
to be set in a golden ring, that glistened
ever after on Elsie's finger, preserving
her from all danger* and enchnntments,
and reminding her of the great adven
ture of her youth.
A California Wond n r.
The San Francisoo Bulletin says that
an important change has taken place
recently in the Geyser*. Old resident*
say there is a greater display of heat,
steam, and Plutonic fury in them at
present than lias been known since 1859.
1 have been here twice before, and have
never seen auch general flery activity
as at present. Whether this is the re
sult of increased dornend for fire in the
region where the antipodes of happi
ness and comfort are supposed to rciga,
I cannot say. A rear Geyser is now
shot up from the Witches' Cauldron to
a height of about forty-two feet BIKIVA
the surface. It would rise ranch higher
but that the overhanging bunks of de
composed rocks against which it shoots
up prevent it A portion of this bank
is to lie removed, and as this will be a
work of some danger, owing to the
steam emitted from and terrific heat of
the black water in the cauldron (its tem
perature is 292° Fahrenheit—that is, 80"
übovc the (railing point), it ia proposed
for a short time to turn the eofd stream
which flows down tho Geyser canyon
into the cauldron, with the heme that
its terrific heat may be sufficiently miti
gated to admit of the removal of tho
bonk of rocks mentioned. The large
steamboat blow-pipe (the diameter of
which is alraut equal to that of an ordi
nary flour-barrel) now emits a' more
dense volume of steam than ever before,
while the devil steam-whistle makes a
noise equally shrill and piercing as that
which splits the ear when close to a
locomotive as the whistle is being
sounded. Warm work is in short going
on all through the Geyser canyon.
How THET DO IT. —ln New York
State to take more than seven per cent,
ia usury. When money in worth one
per cent, a day or thereabout*, they get
over the usury clause in this fashion:
Mr. Brown—Say, Jones, I'll bet yon
SSO you won't lend me SIO,OOO for two
days at 7 per cent, per annum.
Mr. Jonee (stroking his mustache
ahd musing)—l'll take that bet. I'll
lend you the SIO,OOO.
Mr. Brown—Lost again, by Jove !
Here's the SSO.
N. B.—Fifty dollars is exactly the
interest on $10,(190 for two days at | per
cent.
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1873.
The Oltj of San Hal tailor.
Biu> Salvador, which has recently suf
fcred mi aeverely from earthquakes. in
the capital cf the Central American lie
public of the same name, and situated
ou a small stream that.runs into the
Pacific Ocean, 105 miles south east of
Guatemala. ft lies in latitude 13 u 41'
south, ami longitude 80" H' west. The
earthquake shocks continued for a full
month, culminating in a disaster which
resulted in a terrible has of life, fully
8(10 persons having perished in the ruins
of ttie devastated city. So violent were
the shocks that it is estimated that
{iroperty amounting iu value to
il'J,ooo,ooo was destroyed.
To add U> the horror* of the affrighted
people, a conflagration broke out as
soon as the earthquake subsided, and a
large number of buildiugs w ere burned.
Sau Salvador was founded iu 1528 by
Jorge ile Alvaraut of Cortes, ou the site
of the Indian town of Cuscutian, alxnit
eighteen miles northward, hut in 1539
it was removed to Las Bermudas, the
position it nowr occupies. Under the
crown it was the capital of the province,
and afterwards of Central America until
its dissolution iu 1839. The Republic
is divided into four federal districts for
administrative purposes', and they are
called from their principal cities San
Miguel, Sun Vicente, San Salvador, and
Santa Anna. The Federal District of
San Salvador comprises a radios of
eleven miles round the city, and on the
aideof the Pacific to the port of luhertad
is twenty-sue miles distant The city
is built iu a well watered vale, between
wooded heights several thousand feet
at Hive the level of the Pacific. The
land is peculiarly adapted for agricul
tural purposes, the principal products
being indigo, maixe, sugar, etc., and
even cotton has been grown, but iu no
considerable quantity. Tobacco for d>-
moatic puqxtses is prtMlnced lot only
in the immediate vicinity of the city of
San Salvador, but throughout the entire
Republic, ami wheat, barley, and other
productions of the temperate xoue are
cultivated in great perfection.
The climate is generally salubrious,
although its temperature, owing to its
less average elevation, ia higher than
that of Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa
Rica. The heat ia never oppressive,
and the season* are well defined, the
wet scaaou commencing iu May .and ter
minating in November. For the re
mainder f tlie year the sky is clear and
beautiful, and, by comparison, the rain
fall is considerably greater than in any
of the adjacent States. The inhabitants
of the city fairly represent the general
character of the people of the State.
The ratio of tlie white population, or
those liaving a preponderance of white
blood, ia probably one-fifth ; one-third
are Indians, and the remainder are la
rfinos, or persons of white and Indian
blood. The number of negroes and
mulattos* is insignificant. The Indian
inhabitants, though professedly Catho
lics, adhere to their primitive customs
and rites in the city to a certain extent,
but in the State, particularly in the
Balsam coast, thev preserve tlieni with
chftraeteristicsteadfastuesa. The Roman
Catholic religion ia the religion of the
State, but there is a marked abaenoe of
bigotry, and tlie private exercise of all
forms of worship is guaranteed by law.
Education i* lietter fostered than in any
city of the neighliuring republics, anil
it contains numerous high schools and
one university, which is endowed by
the State. About three miles southeast
of the eitv is the volcano of Sail
dor, which presents a moat beautiful
cone with a gently-sloping summit,
crowned to tlie highest peak with thick
forests. The crater is partially filled
with water, bei is perfectly well pre
served, ia nio.e than half a league in
circumference rnd rises sbout 1,000
feet above .uj table land on which it
stands.
Theothci hills, including those which
belong to .i volcanic rnnge south, do
not rise to a greater height thau 1,500
feet above the level of the plain. At
different periads the city ban suffered
from eartlniuakes, the most notable be
ing those which took place in 1659 and
1854. There is no historical record as
to the destruction of life and property
in 1659, hut in 183H, a year previous to
the latest chronirled disaster, Han Sal
vador City contaiued about 30,000 in
babit&nta, a large ami beautifo! cathe
dral, eight other churchea, a univrrsitv,
a female seminary, several hospitals,
and two extensive aequednets for pro
viding a sufficient water supply. The
city a! that period was in a very flour
ishing condition, with a rapidly increas
ing trade, but on the night of tlio 16th
of April, 1854, it was completely de
stroyed by an earthquake, when over
100 lives were lost and an incalculable
amount of property ruined. Subse
quently a new government was laid out
by the city ten miles nearer the sea,
called Xuevo San Salvador, but so gen
eral was the purpose of the inhabitants
to rebuild their mined bouses that in
the year 1855 the Legislature determin
ed to continue the seat of jniwer in the
old city. Since that time until the
cataatroidie which has just occurred,
San Salvador has been making rapid
advances. Schools, colleges, and
chnrchea have multiplied, and the city
was beginning to oecupv a prouder
position than it ever before enjoyed
when this last towering misfortune bo
fel it. In all the various vicissitudes
through which it has passed, it is to the
credit of San Salvador that its influence
has always been exerted in favor of a
more advanced civilization, and on the
side of personal and religious liberty.
Array Intelligence
Tho death of General Can by rednces
the lint of Brigadier Generals on the
United States array register from seven
to the limit of BIX established by a re
cent act of Congress and hence there
is no vacancy created. There will lie a
consultation between the President and
General Sherman respecting whatever
changes in military commands ore neces
sitated by General Cauby't death. It
is believed in army oircles that Briga
dier Philip St. George Cook, who en
tered the army in 1827, will soon lie re
tired on account of his age and long
service, and it is generally thought
Brigadier General Howard will also l>
retired, owing to diaabiiities received
in the service. Colonel George Crook,
who has been iu command of various
departments for some years past and
who lias recently so satisfactorily dis
charged his duties in Arizona in connec
tion with the Apache difficulties, will
prohalily lie selected to All the first
vacant brigadier generalship which may
result from the retiracy of either of
the aliove named officers.
DRY OR WET Fue&.— A very general
misunderstanding exists in regard to
the effects of burning wet fuel. It is
widely supposed that a certain portion
of water aids combustion and intensifies
the heat of a fire. The fact is that while'
the water may lie decomposed by con
tact of steam with incandescent carbon
aceous substances into a highly inflam
mable gas, yet exactly the same amount
of heat is needed to produce ilie decom
position as is produced in the combos-'
tion of its products. The cause And
the result are exact equivalents. If the
water is not decomposed, but is merely
converted into steam, a large amount of
heat is absorbed and wasted in the pro
cess. In this case a loss occurs, and in
that there is neither gain or loss.
A New Casablanca.
Tlie man looked at his bov proudly,
sternly, sorrowfully. The lad looked
into his father's face sadly, cxultingly, '
heroically. It was a living tableau Ho 1
artist could reproduce. " Billy," said j
the father, gravely, " I took yoiir moth- i
cr and sister to church yesterday." ;
"Yes. air." "And left you to see to:
the thiiigs." "Yes, sir," replied the j
laiy, gaxiug out through the window at
the flicker a* it hitched doWU the gate- |
jvMit, and finally dropjxxl into the grass '
with a shrill chirp. " And you didn't'
water the pig*r "0-©-<! Oh, sir! l
Geeroodv I Oh, me! Laway, laway I
me !" The slender scion of an apple .
tree ruse and fell iu the hand of Mr.
Coulter, and up from the jacket of the j
lad, like incense from an altar, rose a :
cloud of dust, mingled with the imp of j
jeans. Down in tne young clover of
the meadow the lark ami sparrow* sang 1
cheerily, the guata and flics danced ut>'
and down in the sunaliine, the fresh soft •
leaves of the vines rustled, and all was ;
merry indeed. Billy's eyea turned up ,
towards the face of his father iu appeal
ing agony, hut still with a sharp hiss ,
the switch cut the air, falling steadily ;
and mercilessly on hi* shoulders.
And along the green hanks of the j
river the willow* shook their shiny fin '
gers at the lifting fog, and the voices of
children going by to school smote the
sweet May wind. "Oh, pap, I'll not
forget Uie nigs uo more I" "'Rpeetyou 1
won't, ueaUier." The wind, by a sud
den puff, lifted into the riaim a shower j
of white bloom petals from a sweet p- ,
pie tree, letting them fall gracefully \
upon tlie patchwork carpet, tlie while a ,
Stloiightuan whistled plaintively iu a
I istant field. " Ontchl Crackee! Oh.
pap, }>ap 1" " Shut yeur mouth, rl I'll *
split roil to the Imckbone." llow many '
delightful places in tlie woods, how 1
many ooul spot* beside the murmuring i
river, would have been more pleaaaut to j
Billy than the place he then occupied.
"Oh, e ! on, me! yelled the lad.
Still the dust rose and "danced in the ,
slanting jet 1 sunlight that fell across '
the room, aud the hens out at tlie barn
cackled and sang for joy over new eggs !
laid in choice place*.
At irne time during the falling of the i
rod the girl quit IT Sailing, aud thrusting ,
her head into .he kitchen, maid, in a
subdued tone, "Mr land, ain't Bill
gittin' an awful one J l ' "You're mighty
right," replied the mother, solemnly.
Along towards the last Mr. Coulter tip- 1
toed at every stroke. The switch ac
tually screamed through the air as it
fell. * Billy danced. " Now go, sir I"
cried the man. tossing the friaalcd
stump of the gad out of the window.
" Go now, ami the next time you water
tlieiu pigs." And, while the finch
poured out a cataract of melody from
tlie locust, he went. Poor l*y! that
was a terrible thrashing, and, to make
if worse, it had been promised to bim i
the evening before, c> that be hud been t
dreading it and shivering over it all
night Now, as he walked through the
breakfast-room, his sister looked at him
in a commistu-rating way, but, on pass- i
uig through the kitchen, he could not
catch the eye of his mother. Finally
he stood iu the free, open air, in front
of the saddle closet. It was just then "
a speckled rooster on the barn-vard
fence flopped his wing* aud crowed
vociferously.
A turkey-oock was strutting upon the
grass by the old cherry tree. Billy
oticned the door of the closets. " A
LK*y's vrfil is the wind's will, and the
thoughts of youth arc long, long (
thought*." Billy pevped into theclosct,
and then casl s glance about him, as if t
to see if anrtbing was near. At length, '
dnring a pleasant hit) in the morning
wind, and while the low. tenderly mellow
fiowpf the river was distinctly audible,
and the song of the finch increased in j
volume, and the bleating of new lambs
iu the meadow died in fluttering echoes
nndcr the barn, and while the fragrance
of apple-blooms grew fainter and while 1
the imn, now flaming just shore the
eastern tree-tops, launched a shower j
over him from head to lot, ho took
from under hi* jacket behind a dnnb le
sheep-skin, winch, with an ineffable
smile, he tossed into the closet. Tiicu, ,
as the yellow flicker rose rapidly from j
the grass, Billy walked off. whistling
the air of that once popnlar ballad:
•' Oh. give me bark my fifteen cents." !
Punishment of Sllenee
Mr. James (ireenwood has published
a frightful account of the silent system,
which is in operation at the Holloway
Model Prison in London;
It ia an offence for a prisoner to speak
one word, and lie 1* nevwr addressed ex
cept in whispers, so that he may be in
prison two years without hearing the
natural sound of the human voice. The
effect of this is so terrible ou the mind
that prisoners will speak out in de]if ra
tion, at the risk of any pnnisluuetit,
rather than endure tliat liorrilde silence.
The prisoners never see one another,
but remain in perpetual solitude. One
poor wretch, driven to desperation by
nine months' solitude and silence, reck
lessly broke out, in Mr. Greenwood's
presence, "For God's sske, Governor,
put me in another cell, rut me some
where else. I have counted the bricka
in the cell I am in till my eves ache."
The request of the tortured wretch
was refused.
There is a fine hole in each cell, and
as the warden* wear sin** of India
rubber soles the prisoners can never be
sore of being aloue.
Those condemned to the trcsdmill
have to ascend twelve hundred steps
every alternate twenty minutes for six
hours. And this in a place so hot and
close that prisoners often lose in per
spiration three stone iuaamanyroonthn.
Every day ilia prisoners are taken to
a chapel ao'nrranged that thev oau sec
no one save the chaplain, and him only
through an iron grating. And thus is
the order of devotion observed. War
dens are constantly on the watch, lest
for a single instant they, through the
whole of the service, depart from the
rigid rule of " eyes right. ' They must
look steadfastly at the preacher ; must
raise and lower their pravsr-book w itli
the elbows squared, and all atnnoe,liko
soldiers at drill. They may not scrape
their feet without having afterward to
explain the movement. They scarcely
wink an eye or sigh without danger of
rebuke or punishment. God help them,
poor wretches.
THE Bio TREKS OK CAl.tronviA. —The
Ran Francisco Attn says: The travel to
the Geysers and to Hie Big Trees lias
commenced for the season. A trail is
now open from the Calaveras Big Tree
Grove to the South Calaveras Grove,
which is five miles distant, and has a
much larger number of trees of the larg
est diameter, though they are not so
high. One tree lying down is hollow,
and the csvity is so large that sli horses
can walk abreast in it for a distance of
more than 100 feck The Calaveras
Grove covers 160 acres, and has 98 trees;
the South Calaveras Grove has HOO acres
and 1,380 trees, including several hun
dred over 30 feet in diameter.
The Altoona Tribune is responsible
for this: "A very wicked man in Holi
daysbnrff, having recently been taken
111, and believing he was abont to die.
told a neighbor that he felt need of
preparation for tho next world, and
would see sepie proper person in
regard to it, whereupon the feeling
friend sent for a fire insurance agent.'
At the Atlantic's Wreck.
A letter from the wreck of the Atlan
tic aava: ('not. Merritt. of the New York
' Wrecking Company, has taken rharg*
' of the wreck of the Atlantic, and Capt.
i Kherulan, the great Nova Heotiu wreck
er, ia acting under his instruction*.
I The bodies of perwous in the eahm are
plainly sc- it, and an effort ia to be made
: to get at them by ctitiiug through the
side of the ship. As the vessel lies on her
side, it is extremely difficult to get into
! the saloon. The manner of diving here
lis primitive. Bnt for the ajiars of tlie
i broken Atlantic a person knowing noth
ing of the wreck might think tliat tlie
men in the group of row boata were
bauliug in fish. I'bey take UO unusual
internal iu their work, aud body or bale
is steadily hauled up and borne away to
; the storehouse or th< graveyard. There
is tlie diving-boat, In which is made
1 fast the air-pump, worked by tw® men.
' This boat is lashed to one of the spars
lof the Atlantic. Parallel with it, at a
: ditonce of alaiut six feet, lies another
j Itoat, in which are the men who haul up
the bod tea. The diver put* 011 most of
, his drus* in the schooner, which lies
about two hundred yards fr.w the
wreck. Over hi* ordinary attire he
pnlls first a thick Jersey, then he ae
-4 cures his feet and leg* in half a dotcn
pain of thick, long, woollen socks, and
over all liC draw* a nondescript flannel
garment. Thu* fortified against the
cold, he crawls .into his water-proof
dress, and looks like a turtle with a hu
t man head. From the schooner he ia
t rowed to the boat*. There he completes
I his toil at, lie puts on an enormous
pair of bouta, with double soles, one of
leather and one of inch lead. Two
! heavy flat lead weights are hung over
' Ids shoulders, the helmet is screwed
! 011, the life-line attached to the ueck
j plate, the sheath-knife belted, and tlie
i curious-looking being ia ready to ex
i |tlore the green wavea below. .
lie lifts himself heavily from li is seat,
disappears o.er the side of the boat,
and is slowly lowered twenty feet to the
j wreck. He'walk* on the upturned side
of the Atlantic till he reaches a point
' from which he can enter the hatchway.
! Into the hatehsray the blank objeet dia
i appear*. Diver* have a strange life,
j Cajft. bhendan ia the moat experienced
| diver of this coast. The first time he
went down into a wreck for bodies he
: met a sight that would have appalled
i leas stout-hearted men. He entered
1 the cabin. In s corner stood almost
straight the form of' a woman in her
night dresa. The hands were open
and the anna extended. As Khertdaa
opened tlie saloon door the still water
rippled, and the anna of the dead wo
man moved up and down. At he moved
for* ord the water became more agitated,
ami the dead body, still upright, floated
toward him. He" moved aside and let it
j pas*, then passed a rope around the
' middle, guided it through thu. cabin
i door, gave the signal, and it waa.lioiat
ed. One of the livers at work on the
, Atlantic told me that as he was passing
along in the steerage he * struck
twice on the helmet. Looking up he
saw a dead body. The agitation of the
water had canned the corpse to move.
The vessel is full of broken timber, of
twisted and jagged iron plates, and of
bales, and boxes, and led, scattered
among which he the bodies of men and
women. Tlie work is a dangerous one,
even for experienced divers, for the se
curing of a body or a bale nuses a liquid
mass of filth, which oliarures tlie vision
and makes search difficult. Tlie aftrr
, hatch is Still nearly full of female bodies,
that secttou of the steerage being set
apart for single women.
The divers have never, except on Sun
day last, endeavored to get at the liodies,
when they could just as easily send up
a bale of goods. Capt Sheridan has
lawn working for forty jht neat, of the
I net value of goods saved, and his men
intuit, of course, look to his interests.
A body is wojrth nothing, whiles laile of
silk may be worth thousand* of dollar*.
There is, therefore, no inducement for a
1 diver to send up a lx>dy. Personal ef
fects are exempt from salvage, so that a
body with half a dosen gold watches
and thousand* of dollars ia bank note*
1 and gold ia worth as little to the diver
j as that of the poorest stowaway.
New Wsroterles at Pompeii.
1 The l'ni/a Kasionaie, ol Naples,
' give* an account of some interesting re
searches recently made in the ruin* of
the bnricd city: " In the porch of a
, small house two skeleton* were found,
one of them being incontestable that of
a woman, as it had on a bracelet in mas
sive gold, of an unusual form, composed
of thick ring* soldered to each other,
the whole being fastened bv two pieces
iof wire of the same nu-tai. Tlie day
i after, in the garden of the wune build
ing, was discovered a small statue, seat
ed, about two feet high, of a rather un
common model. It is in terra cotta,
but*of no definite type. The head. In
! fact, is absolutely that of Jupiter ; the
figure is covered' with a tunic, having
! short sleeves which only cover the np
JT part of tlie arms ; the legs and
lands are crossed ; a cloak falls from
1 the shoulders and envelops tba lower
, limbs; the right hand holds a papyrus
so that the beliol is it must represent
a philosopher. Two days after, how
ever, a more important work of art was
fouud at the liottom of another garden
j contiguous to the one above-mentioned,
namcTy, a marble Ventis, mrsmring
with the base, more than a yard in
! height It is in perfect preservation,
as it only wants two fingers of the right
' hand, bnt the most remarkshle oharae
-1 istic is tliat it is colored. The excava
{ tioiiH of Pompeii and Herculanenm have
j produced many other specimens of
painted marble, but the tint* have all
: more or less faded away. In the prcs-
J ent work the hair is yellow, the eye
lashes and eyebrows black ; the chlainys
which forfn the left arm passing behiud
I the shoulders, descends ou the legs aud
I covers the lower part*, it ia also tinted
yellow outside, whilst the interior folds
! "show nt tlie edges some traces of blue
I and red. The nude parts are white.
, The left arm, the liana of which holds
■ the apple of Paris, rests upon a similar
! statue, the drapery of which ia also
j tinted yellow, green, and black."
Hit THIWW. Artemus Ward once
lent money. Ho tlins reconuts the
transaction : " A gentleman friend of
mine came to me with tears in bis eyes.
I said, ' Why these weeps ?' He ssid
he hml a mortgage on his farm, and
wanted to borrow 3200. I lent him tho
money and he went away. Home time
after lie returned with more tears. He
said he must leave me forever. I veu
tnred to remind him of the 3200 he
borrowed. He was up ; I
thought I would not lie hsnl upon him
—so I told him I would throw off 3100.
He hrightnued—shook my hand—and
aaid : ' Old friend, I won't allow yon to
outdo me in lilierality—l'll throw off
the other hundred.'"
Tint GREAT PARISH MASHACIUI.—Re
ports from Great Parish, Louisiana, say
that over one hnnilred of the blacks
were killed, and that many of them
were burned in the Court House. Sixty
four bodies were hurried by the troops
near tlia Court House.
There has been another " minres' "
strike in Pennsylvania. A miner struck
his father with a hoe-handle. He says
he feels as ff he had been sitting on a
forty-liorsepower mustard plaster.
Terrna: Si.OO a Yoai-, in -A-ilyanoe.
li rig ham Young Interviewed
A couple of Oriental princes are visit
ing Utah, and exploring ita mineral re
sources ; they are the I'rntce Man
nockjoe Poojiajee and Hir Chutney Jee
jeebhuy. Tliey paid thou respects to
ilrtghiuii Young recently, and a report
of the interview that followed is given
iu the VkA Mining Journal, It ia suf
ficiently interesting to reproduce:
" Bri'giiam congratulated himself on
the pleasure afforded by a visit by dis
tinguished representative# from a peo
ple in such happy accord with the
naints in many thing*, and especially
plural marriages ana social relations,
and expressed the hope Uiut all of India
would soon be fully received into the
bosom of the Mormon Church. Devout
missionaries hail been sent to the Meat
to convert ita noble people.
"The Prince—Mr. Young, ao devout
Itelierer in our boly scriptures could be
come a Mormon.
" Brigham—Why not, l'riaoe f Do
you not beln-ve in the blood atonement
and in plural marriage 1
" Prince—We believe in tha fall
atonement for original sin by the blood
of the divine ChribUia, ahed once for
all, but no believer and doer of our
holy scriptures would practice polyg
amy.
" Brigham—But do not your people
practice polygamy f
" l'rtnce—With the blush of shame I
confess thai many of my poor deluded
people practice that bestiality, but it ia
in groa# violation of the divine V'edaa.
Our boly scriptures say: ' Every vir
tuous woman will have but one husband,
and every honorable man will have but
one wife.'
" Brigham—But you have always
practised polygamy.
" Prince—Sir. Young, you greatly
mistake our history, air. For ages our
people practised otilv honorable mono
gamy, and respected women, and we
were free and happy. But through
long ages there grew up a lecherous
priesthood, who degraded women, and
stupefied our people, and we are now
the humble subjects and tributaries of
the little monogamous island of Eng
land. The quicker way to make slaves
of men ia to degrade tne women, and
polygamv does this by crashing the
iieairt and blotting out tne soul of wo
man, and making bey tear* to fiow. Oar
holy scriptures aay: 'The tears of
women will draw the vengeance of the
gods on him who makes them flow.'
We believe in the transportation of souls
until U>ey are fitted to enter the realms
of Brahma. And the re-incaniati.m of
souls ua earth are thruugh animals
whose laabita and passions the men have
resembled whilst living. For instance,
a wicked and vicious man's soul wi!)
be incarnated in the body of a tiger or
hyena, because these are wicked and
vicious animal a. And the soul of a
polygamts* who has violated tba divine
Vedas will enter a quadruped, am! this
incarnation will be repeated till its cap
ral propensities are subdued, when it
goes to the bosom of Brahma
'• Brigham—Sir, tbii is an insult to
the Church of Jeaoa Christ, of Latter
day Haiuta
"Prince—Be calm, Mr. Young. I
am giving you a aynopai* of our divine
religion, and mean no disrespect to
youra For onr holy Yedaa t*ch "that
a man ought to honor his own faith
only, but he should never abuse the
faith of others.'
" Brigham—But we hare a divine
revelation through Juaeph Smith, com
manding plural marriage*.
u Prince—That may be so? but I
opine, Mr. Young, that had yourpropliet
Joseph had leas prominence behind the
esru and more in front, be would have
hail no such revelation—a type, I notice,
of many of the chief* here.
** The conversation on the religious
aspect of the Mormon people was here
tacitly dropped, and after the Prince
had invited Bngham to visit him in
Bomber, promising him a hearty and
honorable reception, the distinguished
visitor withdrew,"
Indians In the United State*.
The Indiana in the United States
(exclusive of the 70,000 in Alaska) arc
estimated by the Indian Bureau as mini-
Wring in all about 300,000. The fol
lowing tables will show at a glance
how this total is divided (approximate-
IT) as regards means of livelihood, res
ervation, treaties with the United
States, and civilisation :
aow n antral sen.
Self-auppertuig. 1 - 180,000
Hv liw OovnrMiMuil (la psrt) .......... at.OOO
Uy theUovsrnmenl i entirely > 31.<S*)
IK hunting, marauding. Ac 55.000
Total.., * 300,000
as TO BKsxavaTKM.
On reservations under agents 180,080
Uaamuia and naming occasionally to the
wgeutlai.... .1 t.. i, .v., ... 1 95.000
Roaming bat never coming to ageuciaa 56.000
Total '.
as TO TsaariKs.
Irving tinder treaties 190.000
With reservation but without treaties 40.090
Without reservation* or treaties but
controlled (parthr) by agent* 85,000
Without treaties and uncontrolled by
ageuta 55,000
Total.. 800.000
as TO (WUJXirvns.
Civilised 1 97.090
Beau-civilised ....... 186.000
Wholly savage 1... 79.000
Total
The following table shows bow the
Indians are distributed in the States
and Territories (excluding Alaska):
1. In Mmneaota and States ©eat of the
Miaaiaaipni River 32.800
8. Nebreak*. Keneaa. and Indian Ter
ritory 70,050
8. Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and
Idaho 65.000
4. Nevada and Territories of Colorado.
New Mexico, Utah, and Arutona 94.090
5. California, Oregon. Washington., . 47,950
Total .800.000
Western Journalism.
As an illustration of the frightful dis
tortions of truth, of which the crude
newspapers of the Far West sre guilty, 1
the following misrepresentation of Buf
falo Bill's pistol performance in this
city is quoted from the 8k Louis JM m
orrat:—" Buffalo Bill was at Hart
ford, Conn., the other dav, and while
visiting Oolt's armory, the large number
of spectators who had assembled to see
the famous scout desired him to favor
them with an exhilufion of his skill as a
marksman. Bill gave the chew of to
boceo in his mouth to a small boy to
keep warm, a small piece of paper was
put up on a barn door fifty rods distant;
B. William seized a line new rifle, spit
on his hands, and in the manner so
often described by Ned Buntline,raised
the weapon until the nose resled on the
stock, fired, and a picket was knocked
off from a feuoe ten feet to the left of |
the barn. * This rifle barrel is crooked,'
said Bill, so saying he hit it over astoue
to straighten it, theh shot again, this
time barkiug the shin of an old pie wo
man on the right flank. A third trial
and lie hit the barn fair in the centre,
anil the shout that arose from the as
semblage attested the joy of the specta
tors at his success. Bill is just as good
an actor as he is a marksman, which is
very remarkable in these days of corrup
tion and bribery."— Vovrant.
The Pennsylvania Assembly rejected
a bill to allow the truth of a libel to be
given in evidence for the defence.
NO. 19.
- 1 r?
The Nodec liHUf.
General Hherman Of the U. 8, WW
}uu> inid the fol<> wing eudur, pnnbe
ing the death of General C*bhft*mo
vh murdered by the Modi* Indiana;
MtuiMp'sKm* or in Aw**, j
WiHIUtetUK, J>. (X, April it, 1878. (
(if m rl Order No 8. 4
It again become* Urn aw! doty of the
General U aiintnuuw to 41m army tad
death of one of out roopt illuatrio** *ad
moat honored MMBtlflA
General Edward It. 8. Gauby, oommand
iug the Department of tin Golutoblff
was on Friday last, April 11, shot dead
bv the rblef, Jar*. wbfle IhtM M
.t<-nv<frtag to mediate lor ftegrenoval of
lire Mode** fw Utoir prwwt
faatneaa on the northern Border of Cuh
fomia to a reaeryattoa where the toil*
could be uuMHtautatl and protected by
the civil agents of the Governmeut.
That tndi • Kb ahould have been
raerideed in suck a cauae will ever be •
source of regret to li* relatoraa
and friends. Yet the General truaU
that all good aoldiera will be consoled
in knowing that Qmby test hin Ufa on
duty, ami m Urn execution of hi#i!
for lie had been eapedalty chosen and
appointed tor tfaia delicate and daft***-
uiw txuat by reason of {u* wt lWmoam
patience and fojhearenoe, lite man
self-abnegation and ffdehty to the el
tmored wiahaa of hi* (hrmrvau**, dnd
hia large experience in dealing witA the
savage Indiana of America. He had
already oompJetod tha oaa—aere milite
-7 paMfato ,o is s&m ob *4. t T t ' ce . u>
the conclusion* of the Peace
artTnera, after wfck-b ho assess to ft**
aoamapawiodtiwmljl lap* iiferno£
with the savage ehi* fa in supposed
friendly council, and" Hide mat Ida
death by treachere outaide of hte mili
tary lines, but wftrin Wkriof the Ufhaf
station. At the aame Mine eras f ikt*
Peace Coinmiiainna— waa tolled out
right *bd another mortally wounded,
and m third aped unhurt. Thna ftr
lalied one of the kindest and bent gun*
t], men of thi* or any other cuuntor,,
whose social equaitod ma military vir
tinoa.
To evao sketch hia amy history
would pass the Jlmlle of i general to''
der. and rt must here suflto* to state tin*
General Can by bang hia military ca
raer an a cadet at West Point hi tffa
summer of 1831, graduating in IBM,;:
since which time he haa continually
served thirty-eight years, passing
through .all tha pmtos to major pillM
of volunteer* and brigadier-fpsnqiwi oi
the regular army. He aervwd in hia
early life with marked distinction in th# 1
Florida and Mexican wan, aad the
outbreak of the civil war found him on
duty in New Mexico, where after ft#
defection of hia sensors he re maimed "in
command and defended the ooupuy
sucoeeafnlly agaiwat a formidable inroad
from the direction of Taxes. "* After*
ward* transferred to the Baft to* more,
active and important sphere he
cieed varioua high commands, '.and af
the close of the civil war, waa to chief
command 6f the Military Dmpiou of
th Weat Mississippi, in which he had
received a painful wound, but %ad fte
honor to capture Mobile and compel
tbe aunwnder of the rebel forces of the 1
South weai.
Since the cloae of the warbeßto toll
pealed If leen chosen for apodal core-1
mend by reason of hia superior knowbd
<dgc of law and civil gov rip* lift hi*
known fidelity to the wiabcs of ihs JEpj.
ecu live, and hia chivalrous ffevottea, jpl
' hia prof cation, in all of wbtob hia *u§ j
i <ws waa perfect. Whew fatigued Titlf I
I long and laborious career, l^f
vtduntarily consented to take meactoed *
i of the Department of the Columbia, >
where he expected to enjoy the reenwl
he a much coveted. Thia Modoc dim- i
eulty afisjng laat winter, and it being
.•xtrcmelydcauvua to end.t by jx.u-. inL
' means, it seemed almost provvlmifts!
! that it should haae eccened within the
lilo-rv of General Canity'a c-mmand.
i* responded to the call of hia govern
' raent wift alacrity, and %to labored
with a patience that deaeared better
suoocm ; but alaa ! the end is Siffsria
from that which he and hi* beat Irion da
hail hoped for, and baaow lies a morpae.
in the wild mountain* of /Mtflfhi:
I while the lightning flashes lus requiem
' to the furthcrmoat corner of, the pivij
ixed arorld.
Thottgh dead, tbe record of his fame
ia resplendent wift noble well
done, and no name oa our arms * *is-'
: tor atanda fairer or higher for the pto |
sonal qualities that command the uni* |
versalrfspect, fond affection, aad love
of hia countrymen. General <Qiby j
1 leave* to hi# country it
wiifcnr, but no ohildaeo. Kvetry h.'Uvr j
ouusiatent with law and uaafe shall be*
raid tohi# rcmalna; full notice of which '
will he given as soon as Ida family est! '
;be consulted and tditongi tso-t* •
eluded, i ! : * P
Bv order of General ffhenfeam* < ana
W. D. Winrrna. Adjl Gen. ■
What an Old Nan baa Sotlced. f
I have noticed tluit all men are honest i
when well watched.
I have noticed that puree# will bold ,
pen nice as well aapoanda. ]
I have noticed that in ord<r to baal
reasonable creature. It fs neeeaaaiy at]
times to be downright mad. }
I have noticed that some men ace ah
honest that necessity compels them to ;
be dishonest in tbe end. , ,a, J,
I have noticed that ailka. brtsiJclotiis L
and jewels are often bought with utiicr
jw.ple'a money. 1 * L *
I have noticed that urhmtorer i* ia
right, with a few mccaptioM—tito left
eve, tbe leA leg, and the left side of a
plum pudding. S | j J '
I have noticed that the prayer of tb*
seldah man is, "Forgive u our debte,
; while he m&kM everyboily tho owce
1 him pay to the ntmoat faitbing.
1 have noticed tiiat he who thinks
every man a rogue ia vmar certain to sec
one 'when he shaves himself, and he
ought, in mercy to hia n<ught*p r > w,p
, render the rascal to luptice. 4
I have noticed that mooiy ia the
' fooTs wisdom, the lmtve's rcpnutiou.
I the poor man's dearie, tbe covetous
man's ambition, ami tha idol #f aIL
I have noticed that aUtnem speak well
of all meu'a virtuaa whan tluy are dead,
and that tombskmaa arc
the epitaphs of the good and virtuenm.
| Is tliere any particular cemetery where
the bad men are burred I " L 'l - an
Railroad Itos* j... .
A recent lumbermnn's rridblar esti
mates the numbor of ndlroail ties <in
preseutuse in the United Blatfs at 160.-
000,000. A out of 300 tie* to tire
acre ia above rather that under the
average, and it therefore haa required
the product of 750,000 acre* of well
timbered land to furnish the supply.
Railroad ties last about flye years:
consequently ties are used
annually tor repairs, taking tbe timber
from 150,000 acres. Tbe manufacture
of rolling stock disposes of tits entire
| vield of 350,000 acres, and fuill supply
of nearly 500,000 acres more every year.
It appears, then, that our railroads are
-stripping the country at the rate of
1,000,000 acres per annum ? and their
demands are rspidily increasing.
Fifty-eight years ago the battle of
Waterloo was described in one-third of.
a column in the London Merging
Chronicle. Volumes coirid upVooavey
a more forcible illustration *if tips ex
pansion of journalism than doe# tlyti
single fact. #
:2teJ*&v 4 +**
V dWv M*|
WltM •! hStotoind of bis own
. pMM .1
An srrib ftoreg tody abonhl be an
nrchet, for nhe cau|g '< bow as aha
ptostofiF Iff I £ JJtff
r.tiw'il Atlantis
a duel wift hutohus W >• ot
them waa kfllod. * hsvfcA
tha friendl Of Wxon, sagtonced to be
" A msnutortiwy tn Mmm W rtmck
hp liflbllirlW Hpj fttflT jm° M wvn
wti ih.. iMen iad
UuWi.MiawiWimlS.
at tax on Brpmrawfid tobaowx
' An driw* liardbMit woß't ndvertiae
*iSp|wSLtsri&
io Gbieago 4 .* e.-toiqc -■ { A
—ttr< e boahef# fbr cvwy wa, woman
anffelulA Wl 3
♦ Tha Pennsylvania, ftulrusd Ctempany
will apeodtl9,ooo,ooo in laying addi
tional tracks between and
Pittsburg. -? H *'i* -t
A man wriliMr petiriplly of the
n
l A paiutM in Loaiavillo, Ky ,in puti
ting iu> hit let go the riqre to
pit^onhlabniW; leg on
fte *MawdHtA>dhsw. ft frep|it
In tadadba of tbe
valued ft $8 .808,W1A w
i- Mm oMm if Mm BuHan forbidding
the wearing of tiubaa m plac of pub
lic aarapripent & creefSnff%mw diator
adjldWlßM ■ Itikiaftddiftay impriaon
mejft tmA fmnca **, hria
MfnnirH" ml u
S i^SSw>s
w,irtv 10t,},.-* mm tb*i
wrighioff several poupdaJMtre than the
WSsreftt i#
msate to mm* enbwettreea adw> club to-
of
y**
"d" H "tif the pocr
! Hn Biuft "JMiW>TAhdhhwth i# very
I,v*> sheep. count
in more
a) (A swung JMHMIi ad iaartftin was re
i Mprfj- ("-■■ * '-irrfff fWHrnmi °* f°nr
hpt wnh^-
A poor mac gho hanged himself.
WtMt*'"Henry HXMai,*' shoemaker,
Terre Haito bid <** d. 7 Jriklouay."
1 , < Two V ftree haridred dollar* of
conscienop-fidney ate fwrtvw.l in Wash
ington tftertr wrei. 'ff there were a
tittle mere laaartedc* tnfte country
tbe national dab* would soon be psid
dtttmtee Idgwrnt m**4 *red
I A w-tt4a>own gastreoomer say# that
, IO make a tog of mattoa pertectiy ton
derit SjSs uevvvsory to, wrej t in a
ItSA aa bnrv it in tlie enrth, where it
faßo'eld w> 'anwiwfWrillUflB 1 acouple of
fdivs. uaaiav**
p A pT i i* 6f Ihe oginkm
i SS^alr^a^; ao the
imamtows ririaedit,>hy lowering them-
LaaNsti-'Oif q hea fasa e adl -a
h Iteuafs* Jexrsld. for a long time one
' of the editors of P*'nK. aaid that the
■EHwTTiii.'iywk U%U.onl.l.Tfr,
ITCKKI * m A ,w i
A wertftg of thi friends of the lost
eubto pastongsaa- <0 Atlantic waa
held rt HWitox, • which resolutions
wafp Pss*tfl apfldrmniug; the White
StaUf/ue *?t Uiinu more
vigorous measurre the bodies.
< Ait Prostbnrg,
Jolui Laiiiru T. waa. being lowered down
wift a Jhc horse kicked
the wuplbig Idblii \im ml were precip
itated ftfte boftitii ; ti 'dtotasice of over
158 fed:' iMagfeyMua dret instantly
ktlPd.
Two women have beU cdttmitted for
trial at Hull npoa aaitarge df attempt
ing to defraud an Sasuranee company,
by submiUing u healthy person for
medical examination % pe who waa
g fgraaoonsttiMjltiqa, nd subse
vqsdT . ,
* A. San fjaociaeo a^de
" Personal pen-pictures of jmbhc pilH
eoddfre." Eerien>ic rtchingk of elastic
Dbibolitol direction of
diwrtiignitisrlest Bamoreetoaaly roast
ed try our roaming reporew. I
• ft tixtfe nil the twain* vi the human
race, franthnaMMdt when the flood
soskwl it dewn to ttok nineteenth cen-
ibf Christian f*a,-|o find out
hep to atari a trap - eari. pnd all the
brains have been employed ever since
to find ou| bow lb npnopf.
Manuutt (reading to
Esquimaux are a Verf qirty people, and
fash but ft.e summer
season; But vqu. J fti ny, will be a
clean boy, and wash lire American,
wofi'tytfii f Nice •* No, ma; 111
be an Esquimaux ; please, ma."
A Maine paper tells this: Fred. Town
send, of Bast Wtiton, a lad of eight,
rushed hrto a swift stream five feet deep
to rescue hia siataf fcrar years old.
Clinging to fte iee and iolftng his sis
ter above tho water, he refused to be
helped out
Bftfo. Fred. Batt-erfield, a lad of ten,
saved them both.
A six vear-old son of Mr. Burke, of
Auburfi, N. T., went .lfi Search of
and, thrusting Ms heid into a barrel
which eontuined a nest, tost hia balance
and slipped in auoh a manner that hia
jihroet-rested acrew ftat *hP edge of
the barrel, white * across
ioouAmalftil he&vjMB suspend
ed thus fbrjuwf an.when hia
. wfijntixely life
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