The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, May 08, 1873, Image 1
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 FKKD. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. VI. 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 . , m wPpWa ■%, __ i ♦ itq cf* •*" si -I*- . wj hi * ••*• c- ij& ■*