The Reason M'liy.
Ink why I love the ro** fiur.
And whence they come, %>4 whoso they w s
They come from her. ami not alone--
They hriag her sweetnoae with their own.
J V |
Or ak me why t leva her *o;
I know not. tin* is all 1 know.
These roae* M. and bloom, and twine
A* she roand thi* fond heart of mine.
And thi* is why I lore the flowem t
Once they were here, they're mine they're
our*!
I lore her. and they **on will die.
And ittfw you know the reason why.
The Rejected Let or.
I heard that in thi* land were many poor,
Therefore 1 sought them out from door to door.
Vethcught I had a gift would comfort give.
And make them wish on earth to longer hftv
My gift I offered freely everywhere
To those who some deep w ant did seem to bear.
Ihrt aH in rain : for only ampler store
Of gold Uiey wished whereby to heap up ruore.
My gift wa* love—which ihev luusteieed* pass
lit,
Since it exact? Uie largeet uwury.
A CURIOUS CASK.
Xu that quiet time of the year when •
none of the dangerous and treacherous
little storms so frequent in Hie Med iter
rwnwn—known to sailor* by the uaiuc
rf white squalls—disturb the tranquil
serenity of its deep blue waters ; when
by day the warm and brilliant r*-s of
tlie sun make the crest of every little
ripple glitter and sparkle, till the sur
face of the sea resembles a dewy mead-1
orr at sunrise ; aud when at night the !
moon always rites oieaily aud lirilhautly
. y\ie a deep blue expapac of cloudless
sky, stud Jed with myriads of stars that
shine with softer and purer radiance
than they ever do when seen through
the foggy, misty stmoephere of our be
kwed RugUi J.
It was st such s time, and such a
night m this, here between Bey
rout and Malta, that the noble frigate
Aster was cleaving her way through tlie
dark waters—so quietly and smoothly
that, but for the phosphorescent line
vaf light that she left iu her wake, and
the ripples of brilliant foam which she
. scornfully dphed, with a murmur as of •
protest at uieir unwanted disturbance
from hex shapely bow, could an obser
r verhave been near her, he might have
thought that he gazwd ou some beaute
ous vbaoa of a ahip, with all her baily
mg mala gleaming white in the moon-
Msw again *t a dark backgrouud of sky,
instead of A solid reality of oak and ,
canvas, freighted with living men.
Captain Richard Montague had left
his orders for lie night, and had turned
in some hours before. The middle
watch had been mustered, and were
stretched about the decks, amongst tlie
t ropes, and between the guns, seeking
suoh repoea as the lair*! p kinks, afl>nled
their wearf limbs—lulled to sleep by
the almost imperoeptible motion of the
ship, and the soft, cool breeze, which
was just sufficient to fill the swelling
sails. Lieutenant Jones, the officer of
the watch, was pacing up and down on
the quarter-deck, keeping a # watchful;
eve on the sails and the helmsman, his
hands buried deep in the pockets of his j
loose, easy-fitting monkey-jacket, and
whistling softly, to himself, " Home,
tiweet Home." For myself, I was list
lessly swinging my legs on the capstan,
-in a peaceful and contented frame of
mind, drinking in the placid beaqty of
the star-spangled sky, and letting mv
thoughts idly roam away to my far-off
£ugii:l> home, in which direction they
were probabfv carried by the soft, low
whistling of tlie lieutenant.
A tinkling noise was suddenly heard
l , from k?lw, and Mr. Junes stopped in
his walk and his whistling to listen.
"The captain's bell sir," said I, jump
ing off the capstan.
And so it was, as the sentrv informed
us in due time, with the additional in
formation that I, the midshipman, was
wanted in his cabin. So down I went,
wondering not a little what ho could
possibly want.
Sow," Captain Richard Montague. 1
who was in command of her Britannic
Majesty's ship Aster, was not a crotch
ety or fidgety man; nor had he any of
those bullying propensities that, a'W !,
too many of our otherwise inestimable
captains notoriously evince. He was a
kind, courteous, gentlemanly man, firm,
and straightforward; very different
from the old school of blustering,
swearing, rough and ready old sea-dogs
that every reader of Marryatt's wonder
fnl stories is inclined to associate with
the idea of a "navy captain." He was
one who maintained strict discipline in
his ship, without the exercise of any
undue severitv. On shore he was jo
vial and affable to all, a keen sports
man, and an enthusiastic promoter of >
athletic sports, shooting matches, dm
matic performance*, and games lor the '
amusement of his men—inciting both
officers and men to a wholesome rivalry
in tmch diversions, at all of which he .
was an adept. He was a man habitually
cool and courageous in time of trouble
and danger, and won honors and dis
tinctions for personal gallantry from a
grateful country.
But when I went into Lis cabin on
this particulsr night, he was not him
self. Something appeared to have
shaken the equilibriumof his habitually
steady intellect, and I knew that it
must be an affair of great importance,
for his hand shook as he beckoned me
to come closer, and he was looking
pale and agitated in the extreme.
He was in his dressing-gown, sitting
by a table on which a light was horn
ing, and beside him was placed s glass
of strong brandy-and-water.
He seemed about to communicate
something; lr.it, after some hesitation,
appeared to change his mind, and ask
ed abruptly if I went the rounds of Hie
ship below regularly during my watch,
according to his orders.
I replied that 1 did.
"That's right," he said, apparently a
little relieved. And then, after a pause,
be asked me, with considerable earnest
ness of tone and manner, if I had dons
so in that watch.
And, as he aeked, he looked eagerly
into my eyes as if to make sure that I
was not deceiving him.
I answered that I had, most strictly
and conscientiously.
He then asksd me several other ques
tions of a similar nature, to all of which
I suppose I returned satisfactory ans
wers, for he seemed much relieved, and
dismissed me with a short laugh, and u
pleasant "Good-night. Thank you."
Aud before I shut his door I heard
him mutter, "Pshaw ! folly !" and laugh
again.
To say that I was surprised by this
extraordinary and unusal conduct on
tlio part of " Captain Montague would
not express half what I felt. There was
much in the agitated manner of BUCII a
man to excite apprehension; for I knew
him sufficiently well to be sure that lie
would not be frightened by a fancy. He
was s sensible, well-educated man ; and
I had heard him so lifetimes, when the
conversation had happened to turn on
such subjects, ridiculing in an unassnm
ed manner the foolish superstitions of
' the ignorant and timid. I could not
think that he was suffering from night
mare, brought on by indigestion, for he
was always exceedingly temperate. He
had not been entertaining that evening,
and he was in good health. Besides, I
felt sure that he would himself have at
tributed such a thing, had it been the
case, to its true cause; and the more j
thought of it, the more convinced I be
came that there must be something of
a serious and practical nature to have
such a powerful effect on a man pos
sessed of such a healthy nervous organ
ization. ~
* I was not, however, so much alarmed
as curious. There arose in me a deter
* fatnatioii to solve the mystery—to dis
cover if there was really anything wrong
in the ship, and what it was. Conjec
ture OB conjecture flitted through my
FRKD, KVRTZ. Kditormul Proprietor.
VOL. VI.
pnzzled brain, all equally wild am! un
reasonable. 1 had no duo to work on ;
but still 1 felt a burning desire to tlml
out the meaning of it. 80, briefly tell
ing Lieutenant Jones that the captain
htd been talking alsmt the rounds, ami
that 1 thought 1 hail better go over the
vessel again, 1 started off nil my voyage
of discovery, with a corporal ami two
lanterns, in quest of I knew not w hat.
1 felt a-v if on tho eve of some won
derful discovery, as 1 began to go along
the decks, peering with my latiteru into
the dark sluwle between the guus,
through the men's messes, aud into!
every dark hole or corner large enough
to conceal a rat ; but nothing reward**!
tuy search. A large cat jumped out
from under tho muaxle of a gun, ami
startle.! me once ; but that was all. ,
Kvervthing was quiet; only the heavy
breathing of the watch lielow disturbs]
the atilluww of tho night between the
decks,
IXiwn 1 went into the lower depths of .
the ship, thinking to myself thai now I
should Vuow what it was. Here or no
where must bo concealed —what ? I
didn't know, but I thought I must tlml
MJiMcUung ; but no, nethiug rewarded
mt triil. ! looked everywhere. I turned
over tirerythwig, petired mt* tip water
tanks, triod tho i*or*-ri>OtU dhot*. crept
into dusty recesses that, perhaps, no
one had ever thought of trying to get >
into before aiuoe the ship was built; but
the only result was as might have been
expected, to scud a score or two of rats
scampering in alarm over the deck, and
get myself coveted all over with dust
aud whitewash. So at last I hail to give
it up, hot and tired with my search, and
just as wise as when I started.
Lieutenant Jones was clearly in a bad
temper when I returned ou deck.
"Where have you been all this time?
he demanded.
" Going the rounds, sir," I replied.
Mr. Jones, however, would not be
lieve I had taken so long to perform this
duty, and made some unpleasant re
marks about "skulking."
I was hurrying on deck when, just as j
I reached the top of the hatchway, I saw
what arrested my footsteps, and rooted ,
me to the spot in amazement.
The captain had come np the after
ladder, which was close to his cabin
door, and WHS advancing quickly for
ward —a bright streak of moonlight,
from which 1 was shaded by the sails, j
throwing a light ss strong aui ost as day j
over and around him. His coat was
open, as if thrown hurriedly on, his
feet were slippered, liisjcap was pushed
back on hia head, exposiug to view a
face on which the signs of horror were
strongly marked, eyes starting forward
and bloodshot, lips Apart and quivering,
and checks the pallor of which appeared
quite ghastly in tho cold blue moon
light.
He evidently did not observe me—
though I could sec him sufficiently well ;
to note every detail of his appearance—
but, with "hurried footsteps, made
straight for the officer of the watch, who
was standing on the eud Jof the bridge,
with his back turned to him, trying to 1
make out a liitht that had been report- t
ed on the weather bow.
"Quick, the carpenter !—quick !** 1
heard the captain shout as I came up
the ladder, ami his voice was strangely ;
agitated. j
"What can lie the matter? One would (
thank the ship WUH sinking. Baatiinst j
have sprung a bad leak in his cabin," 1
thought
" Quick —the carpenter ! Send for
him !** he shouted again, catching sight
of me.
And I sent two men after the two or
three who had already gone in search of
that officer.
Presently the carpenter came up rath
er astonished, as may be supposed, by 1
such an unusual and burned summons,
and not a little alarmed.
"What is the matter, sir?" ho whis
pered as he passed me.
"I'm sure I don't know," I replied ; I
"but make haste. The captain's in a ,
dreadful way about something or oth
er."
Tho bell stmck fonr times, signifying •
that it was two o'clock. The captain
started at the sound, and again called
for the carpenter.
"Coming, air, ' replied Mr. James, as
he sprang on the bridge. *
"Bring that case on deck," said the 4
caj-Uui.
"What case, sir?" said Mr. James. j
"In the foremost locker, the starboard
side of your store-room, isa case, mark
ed 'Ware-room Officer.' Bring it on
deck, quick."'
There was no disobeying this peremp
tory order—there was no questioning it; i
but it was a very odd one to give. What
could the captain want to do with n
case, the prtyerty of the ward-room offi
cers, iu the first place? and, in the sec
ond, how came he to find out, in the
middle of tlie night, that it was there,
i in a place where it certainly had no
I right to be? and, then, why was it there
! at all, and not in the proper store-room? j
| It is strange, too, most of all, that a '
case of ward-room stores could havuagi
; tat ad the captain i (lithe way it appeared
to have done, and have actually brought
, him on deck iu the middle of the night,
| for no other purpose seemingly than to
' send down for it. Why could he not
have waited till the morning, at least, if
i he was determined to have it brought
up? What could it contain? That was
t the puzzling qnestion I could not settle;
' and the carpenter could give me no in-
I formation.
"I don't know what iris," lie said.
•'lt came on board just before W M
Bevrout. The captain was ont of the
ship at the time, I remember, ami the
paymaster asked rnc to stow it away in
mj atore-room, as they had filled theirs
up. I thought it was only pickles or
jam; but we shall soon see what's in
it."
The case came on deck, and some men
accompanied it, with tools for forcing it
open. I drew the captain's attention to
them, for he was looking the other way.
He turned round, and looked nt the box,
and said—" Yes, that's it. Now, two
men take it up very carefully—don't let
it fall, mind!—and bring it tip here an
the badge."
His voice was rather husky; hut he
seemed to have regnined his compo
sure, though his face looked Btill very
glide.
There was nothing peculiar outward
ly about the case in which BO much in
terest was centered.
Xt was about throe feet long, by afoot
and a half wide and deep, made of com
mon deal, roughly put together, and
with a narrow iron band round each
end. The name of some dealer at Bey
rout was stamped on it in black lettera,
twit so much difaoed as to be almost il
legible. Underneath that was printed
"Ward-room Officers, H. M. S. After."
Outwardly, it was nothing. What could
it contain ?
" Now," said the captain, when the
two men were beside him, " give it a
good swing, and launch it overboard.
One, two, three, and over !"
A dull splash—the mysterious case
was gone !
Down, down, through many fathoms
of blue water it Bank, and with it car
ried a secret of such dread import that
it had blanched the cheek and palsied
the hand of a man accustomed to the
perils of the sea from his youth, and
who, in the most critical moments of
danger, had never before shown to those
around him that the sensation of fear
was known to him.
Down, down it sank, the waters closed
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
over it, the mighty sea took It to her
self, forever hiding it from tho *ight of
turn. The clear bright moon shone on
the place ; the bubbles that umrkiwl the
)>ot burst slid melted away. Tho re-st
less otvaii showed #• tract* of the plmv
where tlie uivstorious box was ngulfml;
but the rippfc* danced to ami fro in tho
moonbeams, ss tliey had danced before,
ami tho ship glided sikulJy ami swiftly
sway.
I was sorely disappointed. I thought,
of course, when the case was ordered to
bo brought on deck, that it would be
opened before the captain's eyes, and 1
should be made acqututed villi the rea
son of his unusual excitement.
The old carpenter start oil aghast.
" Good Lord 1" he eiaculat.d, "what
has come over him ? Depend upon it,
he's seen a ghost."
And he wiped the perspiration from
his brow, for he was a superstitious old
man.
" Ghost ! What's a ghost got to do
with a box of pickles?" sneered old Tom
Rallies, the boatswain's mate—*' privi
leged taldity. " It's mv opinion he's
gone stark, staring mad.
"Them things iu that "ere box were
n't hisn't to cliuck overboard. He'll
a ehuckiu' my bag over next," grumbled
another mau—a uistsontouted and iusub
ordinate character.
I jia>\ed away. JFks ci'tirers.tt u>u
was not meant for my Cars and I hal
no wish to play the eavta-dropi>er.
Full an hour did Captain Montague
pace up and down the deck with tho
officer of the watch ; and for that space
of time 1 hr-d to cmb mv impatience to
hear the story which I knew he would
have to tell ma
Captain Mooxayvie hud turned in as
usual after giving his orders for the
night to the ofiioer tf the first watch,
and having nothiug to disturb him, and
being in good health, he was soon fast
asleep. How lc>ng he slept he did not
know ; but auddently he licanl a loud
cry of "Fire!" Only,llalf awakened, and
not sure whether the voice was iu the
ouhiu or outside, he startv.l trp, and in
voluutarily said—
" Whore?"
To which question he distinctly heard
a voice in his ctUtin answer—
" A case of inflammables in the fore
most locker, starboard side of the car
penter's stare-room, marked 'Ward
room Officers,' has ignited."
Just then the t*U struck luiir tunes.
He sprang ont of bed, and searched fwr
the owner of the voice; but uo one was
there. Then he rang his liell, and sum
moned the sen toy outside, and ques
tioned him as to who had come into his
cabin; but the sentry—a reliable man
was certain that uolaxly had passed his
post. The time, too, was close on eight
Cells. So, satisfied that he must have
leeu dreaming, and rather ashamed uf
having agitated himself about nothing,
he dismissed the sentrv, and priceeded
to turn in once more; but he could not
succeed iu quite dismissing the subject
freui Uis m-.ad, ami when he at hud fell
asleep again, he wa* visited with this
fuarful dream:
'Hie vessel was the victim of that
most awful catastrophe that can happen
to a ship at sea she waa in flames. lit
was oa deck, amidst a sceue of confu
sion and horror perfectly indescribable,
euveloped in hot and choking smoke,
through which the lurid glare of the
angry flames cast a dingy red light on
the form* of dead and choking men;
w lale on all sides the shriek* of anguish
and despair, wrung from the scorched
and drowning sailors, mingled with the
roar of tlie flames and the splashing snd
liissirg of the burning fragments of the
vessel, a they separated themselves
from her hull, aud fell into the deep
water.
He awoke. Everything was quiet and
peaceful. The moon was shining bright
ly through the port, and the steady
tramp of tho scntrT keeping tinieto Uie
ticking of hi* clock wa* ihe only sound
to in- beard.
Having steadied bit nfrvi-s wiUi a
glass of brandy and water, and trying to
dismiss the terrible recollection of nis
hideous dream from his mind, he again
fell asleep; but only to suffer a rejieti
tion of the horrible nightmare.
This time he sent for me on waking,
and excited my enriositv and apprehen
sion, a* I have related, by hi* agitated
manner; bnt stfll my atenrrohee tf tlie
safety of the vessel was insufficient to
banish the vision.
A third time he imagined himself in
the burning ship ; again he was u spec
tator of all the horrors of the conflagra
tion ; again was he standing amid that
fearful scene of confusion and death,
with all it* >lr**d reality ipt* nwfird ;
again lie saw hundreds of his own men
dying fearful deaths around him, with
out being able to render the least as
sistance, while tho hot flames darted
their forked tongues at him ; ami again,
as the dense stiff -rating smoke closed
around him, did lie find himself the
victim of mad despair. Again, too, he
woke to find it bat a dream, aud all still
and qniet as before.
He could bear it no longer ; the vision
was too palpahle —too awful. lie
thought of the mysterious voice. Could
it be nrsupornatural warning ? He did
not believe in such things ; but then he
dared not risk a repetition of the dream.
So he rushed on tleek, and sent for the
case, of the existence of which he had
no positive certainty until it was
brought np, which wonderful oorroliorn
tion of what he had just heard con
vinced him at once of it* dangerous
character, and induced him to order it
to IM- thrown immediately overboard.
Such was the story thai Mr. Jones re
lated to mc. How tuneh of it originated
;in his own brain, I cannot say; but all
that I had remarked in tho captain's be
havior was singularly oor.oboretive of
his tale. I will therefore leave the reader
to form liis own conclusions, and ac
count for his "curious case," if he can ;
only remarking, by the way, thnt it was
afterwards ascertained to have been
fllh-d with some tin* of a dangerously
inflammable oil for burning in the
ward-room lamps.
An Eagle'* Scream.
If you have an eagle's nest in one of
your apple trees, don't meddle with it,
of you will lurve cause to iwpeut of your
act, a* did u North Bridgswater man,
according to the Prcan, which tells the
tale as follows: A couple of the birds
of freedom, who trusted to the sanctity
of the domestiS circle in North Bridge
water, have been rearing a family of
young eagles in the woods bordering
i the town. Oil Monday afternoon, while
Mr. and Mrs. Eagle were off on a for
aging expedition to u neighboring poul
try yard, a marauding biped stole a
march on them, and captured " all their
pretty chickens at one fell swoop." The
old folks got back just as the spoiler
was departing, and for a few minutes it
was the most even fight that ever was
witnessed. Hair, feathers and clothing
filled the air in about equal proportions,
until about the only thing that covered
the young man's back was that pair of
eagles, and he ran into Factory village
in the uniform of a Georgia major, a
shirt and a pair of spurs. The apura he
got of the eagles. His face looked like
a victim of freckle lotion, or a Chinese
alphabet. He was about the most talon
t&l man in town.
The Democratic State Central Com
mitte of Massachusetts, assigned Sept.
3 the time, and Worcester the place for
holding the regular State Convention.
CENTRE lIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 187:5.
The IVuHivel lMa*ter.
Th< Story of in* Cantata.
('apt. Wood, t>f the lmmed steamer
Wawasset, make* the following state
ment'
The fire broke out at twenty-fiveuiin
utcH p Li.-, t twelve o'clock, between
Thorn's tint and (,'liatterton. I was in
the pilot hoU(* at the time. A fireman
came in and told me that the boat was
uu fire below. ! immediately came out,
aud found the flames reached quite to
the liurricaue deck, along the walking
beam. I then saw it was impossible to
get to tho lifeboats, whioh were on after
quarter* on oaclf, to lower them,
although tbev Were full of passengers.
I threw water on the wheel rope*, so a*
to keep her steerage all right, and
passed buckets of water from l-elow to
tho hurricane dock for tho pur|xi*e, tut 1
became satisfied there was uo ho|>t of
saving tho vessel, aud til© only chance
to save the passenger* wa* to keep her
going, alio 10-ading for tho beach. 'The
boat reached the beach in about twelve
or thirteen minutes after the alarm was
gtveu.
Iu less than five minute* after the
alarm was given the tire was in th* rear
of tho pilot house. Tlie engine refused
to worx about a half a minute before she
struck the shore, and the boat ran a
length before she oolite to a de al stop
and grounded in less than five feet of
water from tlie bow. I remained on the
hurricane deck nntil the flame* hail
bunted the window curtain in nty room,
and tlie saloun window*, Wlow, were
shooting forth fiery darts. I then came
down ou the furwarvl deck and did what
I could to save the passengers. A great
many were afraid to jump overoard. I
assured them they were safe iu jumping,
as the water froui the bow wa# not orer
their head*, and upuu this assurance
oue or two made a leap, and many oth
ers, seeing that tho water was shallow,
followed their example anil were saved.
It was with difficulty I checked them
jumping over in large bodies and drown
ing each other during the excitement.
I am aati*flcd that uuarlr all livca lot
wore lost iu the stern of tho boat, the
(lames driving that wav and forciug the
passengers to jump or le bunted.
Just before I left the boat I heard a
lady—Mrs. Taylor, of Alexandria—cry
ing" for help from the rear of tho vessel.
I saw her hanging to the middle chains,
and sent a boat to her rescue aud saved
her. 1 ant satisfied the excitement
caused undue loss of life, ami that every
passenger wo* saved who jumped over
board forward. A great many fivea were
loat on the lifeboats by bciug overcrowd
ed. Before tlie boat stopped one of
thorn was crowded with colored passen
ger*, and when she was cut loose tho
stent bulged out and*wamp*d the craft.
About a _doren small children were
a!n>ard, and I think live or six were lost.
Tim fire caught in tlie hold, but it is
impossible to toll just where.
The boat was Terr dry. almowt like
tinder, and the ffiimue, when they struck
the oiled machinery, spread hkea torelt.
The cargo w as of a miscellaneous nature,
and contained nothing inflammable ex
cept two barrels of whisky, which were
iu the forward hold ami were among
the last tlimg* burned. It was entirely
lost. The passenger list and manifest
of the vessel were loat, it lteing impos
sible for the clerk to reach the office to
obtain it. At the time of the accident,
but few of the passengers acre asleep
and none iu tho state rooms. Sumo
were lymg dowu on sofas.
A tieod Record.
A Pennsylvania luqier furnishes an
account of a "model conductor" on the
Peiimtylvauia Railroad, but doc* not
give him any name. The account, if
fact, i# almost too good to be true. A*
published, tlie man ha* town engaged
with scarcely an intermission for over
fifteen years in his responsible business.
During that time lie has traveled over
700,000 miles, ha* carried manv millions
of passengers—the number lost year
was aliout 280,(kit —has turned over to
his employers the slim of $5,000,0(10,
has never lost a package, aud—what
may seem iucrodible- -during all that
period has never killed a man! Thc
Hanie paper cvunnienta upon this rconrd
thus; ,f Tli6 best rules mechanically
obeyed arc no seouritr ngainst disaster.
A liirgediseretionary i>ower must always
be given the men who are placed in
charge of a train, and when this is ex
ercised intelligently and conscientious
ly the acuie of safety is rem-hv-d. When
ouoe qoestioned by liis employers aa to
his manner of running a train, he re
plied that he did it us if it belonged to
him. He is never able to forget that
hundreds of live* are placed in his hand*,
and carelessness or forgetfwlneaa on his
part are simply other names for man
slaughter or murder."
The late ('apt. Mr Bride, of Uu- De
troit aud Milwaukee line, was au officer
whoso story might be told in the same
connection". As captain of a steamer,
Capt.Melt.crossed Lake Michigan some
twenty-six hundred times, and although
crossing Uio track of thousands of ves
sels never had a collision, a disaster, or
lost u life. He to denominated a
"lucky" old sea dog, but those who
knew liim, knew that it was not "luck"
but care that gave him the record.
Ho felt every moment that ho was re
sponsiblo for the lives of those under
him, and anted accordingly. Ou his
death IMHI he had a right to feel that his
record had been a good one.
An Excited Fire Company.
Some years ago a new fire company
was organized at Heading, l'enn., and
the members one evening thought they
would have a little iuuocent fun at the
expense of Hopkins, their Captain.
They decided to rush around to Hop
kins' house jnst after dark, to throw up
their ladders, pull out their hose, climn
on his roof, ami scare him witli the be
lief that his dwelling was on tire. Hut
that very day Hopkins moved out of the
house, and a clergyman moved in, with
out the company being aware of the
change. So about eight o'clock they
dashed out and went through all the
movements, getting on the roof and
splashing water around and creating a
terrific disturbance generally. A rival
company, noticing what was going on,
also hurried to the scene, and without
understanding the joke, attached their
liosu to a plug, smashed in the frout
windows, and began to empty a two
inch stream on the familv of that Pres
byterian clergyman. They squirted
into all the rooms, split open the win
dow shatters with an axe, broke down
the front door, run out the furniture,
tore off the shingles, and bawled
through trumpets until the hired girl
had convulsions on the kitchen stairs.
The fire company tried to explain, hut
the new comers thought an effort was
being made to get them ont of the way,
and a fight ensued, and presently fire
men were sliding off the root, and pelt
ing down the chimneys, and bleeding
over the entry carpet, and having bois
terous encounters with spanners and
brass horns on the stairs. And the next
morning that divine and his family
moved out. They said the place seemed
to be too animated and sensational for
a(\ liet domestic circle. They wanted
a house where there was calmness and
peace; where they conld have more
security for _their privacy and pianos,
and for their" front doors and shingles,
and peace of inind and window sashes,
Old I'ncle IVte.
Th Cat#aartan t H W*v Hat ru 11*11-
IM4Xtatl)-SIS l.r Old.
rna*engi-rs on u train from New
Haven saw an old colored man get
utioard at Momarmieek. He was bent
and grizxleil, sml his clothes were worn
and raggod. He walktwi with a erutob
and a cane, and his body described the
seguieut of a eirele. Ho did nut enter
the car. but rode on the jolting, sway
ing platform, holding tightly U> tho
hand rail to keep frem falling off Boms
of the jaiaseiiger* trembled for the old
nian'a aafety, and spoke to tho conduc
tor altout it.
"Oh, he's all right," wa* the reply ;
"he roles that way often. You see Old
Pots that's hut name, Pnl Gross--is s
headband. Ha lives at Mount Vernon,
aud wheu he's out auywhero along tho
rotwl and want* to g" home he just gets
ou he firnt train. He never has any
mouev, and we don't like to put hiui
off. ho the worst we can do is not to
give him a seat."
Old Pete's wife Hose was with htm
this time, and they had been to a pio
uie on the old camp ground at Rye
Neck ; but the old man wss going heme
disappointed, for lie hud somehow mis
taken the nature of the affair. Old
Pete's dialect i* as purely African as
his skin, aud his manner is an exagger
ation of the most outre pereonstious on
the minstrel stage.
*' I eiar to goodnere," he said, when
asked the cause of his disappointment,
*' ef I ain't clean g"Ue discouraged.
Dey sod dsr wa* goiu' to be a uicetiu
up on tie ole groitu', and I took dat ag
gravatiu' Rose wid me, an' weut up fer
a goo" ole time. But, !>OKS, when I got
dsr, wid de soun' of praise* an' song
a'ready on my lips, dsr ws'n't no camp
meetin' dar. It wa'n't nothin' but a
picnic. l>e gals an' fellers was a
cavurtin* tew a fiddle, slid dar wa n't
uooamp meetm' talk"
A liberal donation of pennies from
tlie passenger* soon raised old Pete's
spirit*, and he talked away at his high
est pi U'h, for the noise of the train
almot drowned his voice.
"l'se ninety-nine years old," he said,
in answer to a query, "an' I clar to
goodness, honey, dat l'se libbvd long
enuff. Di lef ' side of my old head is
clean dead a'ready. Can't fuel no more
wul it dou I kin wid dis year hobbling
stick."
Old Pete conld remember all the
stereotyped thing* commonly recounted
by eenteuarian* who have any respect
for themselves. Ha had seen Wash
ington, and hod spoken to Jackson.
He told a story about being kidnapped
from Sew York by slave hunters, aud
auothcr about a terrible whipping that
old CoL Albert Gray had once given
him.
"I>e only lie dat eber I told," he said,
" wa* iu the war of Ikl2. I libbed in
Ma'ylnad deu, an* de Brit'shers wa*
af*er rov ole maitsr'a house. I tole cm
dat a Tory lib dar, au' tley go 'long
wutout burning it. I clr to goodness,
dat ltose 'll Iml de death ob me." Slit*
wa* pulling hiui off the stop*, tho train
having stopped at Mount \ eruon. "_.l
bought dat woman fm Car'lina—paid
do cash for *er, more'n sixty years ago
an* now she wont mind me more'n as if
I didn't own 'cr. Goo' mornin', boss!"
A Strange Entombment.
A correspondent of a l'uebla (Mexi
co i paper writing frum Fort Garland,
tells the following story :
"LAM Monday two Mexican boys,
Jesu* Maria and Juan de 1* (Tuz Litn
bustcro. were taking a herd of seven
hundred sheep across the sand-hills of
the ' Lotno* del Arreno,' alwuit twenty
four mi'i-s northerly from Fort Garland.
Thes* sand-hills extend out into the
San Luis valley about fifteen miles, op
pohite th* Mnmx> l's*a.
" The herder* undertook to make a
"short cut* acto* the hills, instead of
going around, as directed by their fa
ther. At first everything moved gaily ;
the tatva and sh*-p and dog* only sank
a few inches in the light, white ssnd,
and they thought liow foolish it wss of
old fogies to go around twenty mile*
when it was only four across ; but be
fore they got half across one of those
sudden storms arose; up came a gentle
breeze; the breeze became a wind, aud
the wind au awful hurricane; the sana
moved about in blinding clouds, hills
changed to hole* and every hole waa n
seething cauldron.
"The poor boys struggled hard to
avert their doom, and Jean* Maria
managed, by drawing his scraps- over
liis head, and keeping his feet, aul
climbing a* the sand piled up around
him, to survive tho tornado; but his
younger brother, Juan do la Cruz, suc
cumbed to the suffocating blast, and as
a ship goes down at sea, so sank the
bravo boy, (unrounded by his Ideating
sheep aud whining dogs; aud when
tlie storm ceased, aa suddenly a* it com
menced, little Jesus found himself all
alone, with quiet mounds of glistening
sand all around him, and not a trace of
the cruel storm nor of the disaster
could la- seen.
" Ho hurried home, where ho arrived
the next day, aud tolii his tale of terror.
The whole plaza turned to search for
the lost boy aud to dig out (he missing
sheep. Up to tho succeeding nftcruoou
they had not recovered over four hun
dred sheep, most of them living found
about six fret below the surface, and
tlie natives from neighlmring plaza had
flocked to the scene, aud were busily
digging out sheep, saving the W*K>l and
feasting on muttou. The old gentle
man's loss w/fh their gain, and they
could say as they smacked their lips
o'er a fine mutton ebon. 'All is not
lost that's out of sight. "
Diamonds
The Ai'cefr gives the following strange
intelligence: "Among tho diamonds
brought by the Bhah nie said to be
some of a kind totally unknown in
Europe. They have all tho properties
of other sorts, tho same transparency,
brilliancy ami hardness, but they are
reported to possess the property of
emitting a perfume in an atmosphere at
an elevated temperature, in an apart
incut where many persons ara assembled;
or, butter still, in that of a ballroom in
the midstof the animation of the dance.
These gems are found in n remote part
of Persia, tho soil of which is composed
of ferruginous and carboniferous strata.
The scent they exhale resembles thnt
of amber, a little incense and n special
odor peculiar to the forest* of that dis
trict."
Post-Office Matters,
In a circular from the Secretary of
tho United Htatea Treasury to ofllocre
and clerks of the Treasury Department
and others, relative to the furnishing
and use of official postage-stamps, Ac.,
occurs the following clanse;
The 15 cent official postage-stamp
should lie UHcd In payment of the re
quisite fee on all registered mail mat
ter.
This clause cannot apply to the United
Btath Treasurer's office, for the reason
that about a month ago, on a question
submitted by General Hpinnor, the Post
office Department dcoided the law abol
ishing the franking privilege, did not
abolish the provision that all letters to
and from the Treasurer, containing
fractional currency, conld be registered
free of charge.
How the Colonel Lost His Coffee-Pot,
Ih.n Piatt tells the following story of
an Euglish Colonel whom lie met du
ring tlie war ; This Englishman had
been fighting all sort* <f wars iu every
part of the globe, for and against every
body and every caiu.it. llis cool dis
regard of ilanger, and at the same time
his anxiety to get into quiot places and
comfortable quarters, afforded "• In
finite amusement. At the battle f
Fredericksburg, Captain Meyers, of the
Volunteer Artillery, fouml himself iu s
very exposed position, where he was
doing no good, although lie used duo
diligence, and firing away from his one
battery in response to the concentrated
fire of half a uoaeii. While thus en
gaged, aud worried to see his men and
horses killed, Colonel M. rode up.
" llawt work, Captain," remarked the
new comer, reining iu his steed.
" Very hot," was the response.
" Never saw such a day, Captain ; I
don't like it; you km"w I've been
rather unfortunate. While crossing
that blarsted river I lost me coffee-pot.
I've had that coffee-pot all through
India and Houtli America, and now I've
h>at it I don't know wuat 111 do with
out that coffee-pot."
"Aw, Captain, I !>eg pswdon ; that
niankev of an Adjutant sent me here to
order yon out. The General ssys you're
doing no good here; better get out,
you know.
"Why didn't you give me the order ?
I've lost tao men and three boraes
while yuu have talked about a coffee
pot"
" Never mind, Captain, beg pswdon ;
IU help yon. We'll soon get out of
range of "the beggar*. But an old cam-
IHUgner cannot lose his coffee-pot, you
mow."
Further discourse wa* interruptod by
a sltell that, t-xphtding, blew up a
caisson, and tumbled all that waa left
of the coaoeru down the declevity in
the rear. Colonel M. extricated nim
self from a dying horse, and, walking
away, grumbled :
•' M<wt unfortunate day; lost me
coffee-pot, and now that horse ; but the
rofftw-pot, yon know. I cannot replace
that ; had it in India, and all over
South America ; most unfortunate."
An lowa Sensation.
One of the leading eitiaens of North
Davenport, lowa, had an only daughter
who was betrothed to a young man of
fair promise, a clerk in a leading com
mercial bouse at Dubuque. His visits
to that city were regular, and arrange
ment* bad "been made for an immediate
union, when the bride elect was stricken
dowu by typhoid fever, snd, in spite
of nil which skill aud car© could do,
died.
After the melancholy journev to the
grave, the young man relumed to Du
buqua. Nervous ftrw set in and a pocu
liar lialluciustion seized him, that hi*
lost oue wo* present in the mom, ever
present, draped in the Mine garb which
had enveloped her clay. All remon
strance waa in vain. He minutely de
scribed her drees, her ap]earaiie* and
her potriUon in his chatnltt-r, even when
his parent* or frienl* would sit or stand
where lie - declared her to be, lie sa w
her glide awov and take anotlier place.
Ihi* went on for weeks, aud the jmtient
was gradually sinkiug irnder the phyai
cal and nervous excitement, when a
friendly ruse was Died to cure him of
hi* eestacy.
Coming' to Davenport, his mother
found where the funeral garment* we.iv
purchased and made. Mil* procured
the material, had it made up. and, re
turning, a young lady, as near in height
and apis-arance as conld TH- found, wa*
to resemble his deceased kwr,
and during one of his fevered nud brief
*1 timbers was introduced into the room,
quietly taking her seat in a shaded cor
ner.
11 is awaken ing waa anxiously watched,
and sanguine Lope# of removing his
hallucination were indulged in. He
woke at length, ahd. turning liis eye*
in the direction of the piou* fraud,
stared with fixed eyeballs for a few
seconds; then rising himself almost
upright in his Iml, flung his arms aloft,
and shrieking in an unearthly voice.
" My God, there are- two of them!" fell
back and expired.
A Fearfnl Ride lonn a Coal Shaft.
Nelson Whitraarsh and Patrick Con
g*n are- employe*! in the shaft of the
Union Coal Company, of lat Halle.
A few mornings sinee* having stepped
u]mn the e.igw to descend, after having
the signal all right, the drum around
which the cable runs, and which at the
time was somehow disconnected from
the other machinery, to-gan to revolve
rapidly, and they knew that they were
riding" to perhaps a horrible doaUi.
Thcv struck the bottom, n distance of
58' feet, and breaking through the
three-inch planking, were plunged into
the sump, which contained about ten
feet of water. Wonderful to re-late,
neither of them was killed, but coming
to the surface they clambered upon the
boards. The car "which was ascending
at the same time they were going down
reached the surface with awful momen
tum. and tore through the upper forks
and wrecked nearly everything in the
immediate vicinity. Assistance waa
sent below, and the injured men brought
to the surface, where a vast crowd of
people had assemble*!. They were car
ried home, and medical aid summoned.
Whitmarsh sustained a fearfnl concus
sion on the hip, aud ia bruised in sev
eral other places. Oongau was not so
severely injured. No bonea were
broken, and hopes are entertained that
with proper care they may recover.
Up in the Air.
" Above two miles, "says Mr. Olaisher,
who, as everylody knows, is an aeronaut
of considerable experience, " all noise
ccnscs. I never encountered a silence
mon< complete ami solemn than in the
heights of the atmosphere—in those
chilling solitudes to which no terrestrial
sound reaches." On the other hand,
clouds absolutely facilitate the trans
mission of sound. Above a great city,
to a height of from 1,000 to 1,500 feet,
there is always a noise, " immense, ool
ossal, and indescribable." 'lho whistle
of a steam engine is heard at 10,000
feet, the noise of a train at 8,200, says
M. Elnmmarion ; bnt Mr. Olaisher tes
tifies to having heard this latter wlien
82,000 feet up in the air. The barking
of n dog ami tho Report of a gun rise
each to 0,000 feet; the shouts of a
crowd of people, the crowing of a cock,
tho tolling of a bell, to 5,000; and the
shout of u human being to 4,300.
There is probably a great deal of
truth in the following extract from Dr.
Hall's Journal of Health : " The uni
versal error as to the unhealthinem of
fiies, puddings, and pastries, taking it
or granted that they are well made and
properly cooked, has arisen from the
simple fact that after wo have made a
full meal of other things the stomach is
oppressed by them, and if the process
is repeated becomes eventually dyspep
tic ; that is, has not the power to work
up the food because it had been worked
to death already. It would he quite as
philosophical if a man has become very
tired by plowing all day and afterward
by chopping wood lias 'worked himself
out,' to conclude that it was very un
healthy to chop."
Term*: 0*4.00 a Year, in Advance.
Her fiprlag list.
Hew IS. A*rS* HUWMI Constructs
liar lira* Oaar.
A woman who is *vow*l#riug the mat
ter of Iter spring hat is su interesting
subject for contemplation. First she
buy* a straw frame that looks as if it
had lawn struck by a hurricane and
then sat down on by a Oamnar'a jury.
After that, when she rides la the street
car, she dunks in tb> details of every
■pring hat that enters, aud learns them
all by heart, and does mental sums over
the cost of the ribbon, and makes up
her mind to have flowers in her* like
those worn by the woman in the corner,
and lane like that gaudy-looking crea
ture in the middle. And when she
walk* dawu the street* aud studies all
the hat* that come along, aud when a
woman posses her with one ou, she
twists her neek around to see how it
looks liehiml, and is disguetod to see
that the woman is also dislocating her
nook to ace how the trim* her hat.
Wheti she arrives iu front of a millinery
store she lingers until she has aualyied
all th spring hats is the window, and
she determines to trim hew nineteen
different ways, and decides not. to
have flower* like the woman who sat in
tho corner. Then she shoots into the
store aud asks to "seehale," with the
air of a person who has a whole female
seminary to rig out with eighty dollar
head gesr. Sue examines every hat in
the establishment, overhauls ten bush
els of flowers, gets about twenty dollars'
worth of work out of the saleswoman,
and than says she will " look further."
Thou she goes home with her mitid
fixed on thirty-eight c* nine different
styles in wliiah she want* to trim her,
hat. After a while she begins to think
sbe ought to hare a feather in it, and
eke passes two or three sleepless nights
trying to decide whether to put one on
or not. At last she decides she wilL
Then she lies awake for two more night*
endeavoring to determine whether it
shall be red or blue, kibe fixes on bine.
She bays the trimming, and *ewa it on
is aevejity successive position*, her
mind filled with deepest anxiety sa to
whether the feather should go on the
right side, the left aide, or on top. Bhe
puts it on the right side ; but jtist then
Mr*. Brown paeaee the front window
with a feather on the left side of hers,
and so ah*- changes ih The next morn
ing Mrs. Fersuson calls, and her feather
is on the right aide, aud then another
change is made. At church the next
dav Mrs. Hmith has feathen on both
aiJes, aud Mr*. Johnson has one on top.
Then mure sleepless night* and painful
uncertainty. At last ah< take* the hat
to a milliner, pays $lO to hare it trim
med. When it comes back she pro
nounces it " hateful," and pick* it all
to pieces, and broods over it, and feels
life to be a burden for a week or two
longer, until suddenly she hit* just the
right thing aud becomes once more
happy, and puts the hat on and goes
out to make other women miserable be
cause their hat* are not trimmed ex
actly hkc hers. Asa wife, woman is a
blessing : a* a mother, she a an in
etimsbk> boon ; as an organiser of
Mpriug hat*, she is simply an object of
compassion.
Au Indian's Brave.
Tlie Toledo (Ohiol Wodr of Saturday
de*cribea some Indian remains reenntly
found In that neighborhood aa follows ;
"At a point a little t>luw Mauliattan,
on tha 1 sinks of the Manures, the water
has gradually washed away the road
bed to such an extent as to make it
necessary to remove the fence and
make a new road. While engaged u>
this work yesterday, the workmen un
osrthed a human skeleton, STidenUv
th* remains of a famous chief of" the
Manmce or Ottawa tube of Indian*.
The skull wa of an unusually large
si**, and in the lower jaw was a
row of double teeth, in abetter state of
preacrvaUon than many now doing daily
duty. A loek of tlie great ehi*f s hair
was also found, long, blank, aud thick.
When laid in hi* lonely grave, the chief
was enshrouded in the skins of wild
animal*, which are now nearlr gnawed
away by the tooth of time. Upon his
breast were a number of once glittering
.spangles ; the leg* were also liberally
be*pnngicd, and around his nook liao
Itecii su*peatled a mammoth brooch.
The warrior's wrist* had been eneireled
with a pair of silver wristlets, as Imighf
and froth when found, apparently, as
when the red men first left him for
the " happy hunting grounds," perhaps
fifty years ago. The aoeoutrenxent* of
war were also there —a tomahawk and
kuifo of stone, and arrow-heads of flint.
These ornaments, spangles, Ac., would
probably fill a pint measure, and alto
gether go to show that the .loud warrior
had been a famous man of hi* ago and
race. Stimulated by the hop* of flaJ
ing more relics, Mr. licrtxlr renewed
the search, and soou unearthed a stone
hatchet, more arrow-heads, and a cop
per bncket, in a good state of preserva
tion, except the iron handle, which had
nearly corroded away. This neighlor
honri was once evidently a favorite plao*
of assembly and sepulture, as many
Indian relics have at times la-en found,
aud just seres* the river is an old In
diau burying-gronnd, which no doubt
ltolds many interesting mementoes of
that primitive race,"
A Hwrceeas Household.
The former Duchess of Sutherland—
alio who wan oti an oil nice term* witli
Mr*, lleeober Stowe™was a woman who
k>vel Fplendor, and kept an army of
servants, who wort* draped in the moat
gorgeous livery. Before she died, a*
we are informed bv the Ixmdon corres
pondent of the Tritnme. a great part
of her retainer* were dismissed and
pon*ioned off. But the pension* were
given on condition that the holders of
them should return to their old posts
on great occasions, and this tliev do.
Without tliern the household would be
counted numerous ; with thejn it pre
sents sneh sn arrsr as few private man-
in the aurld, or none, oAn equal,
and a* they are perfectly drilled and
know the ways of the house, there is no
confusion, nor any indication that this
double retinue is not the ordinary equip
meut of the house. The effect iB prince
ly, and Stafford House is a princely res
idence, with its broad balls, ita great
staircase, its noble rooms, its priceless
treasures of art, and all the rest.
A Boys' Engine of Mischief.
The boys of Lynchburg, Va., have
been puzzling and annoying the police
and all good citizens by loud explosions,
attended with some injuries to property
in different portion* of the city. At
last the police have succeeded in getting
INisseaaion of one of the infernal ma
chines, which isthus described; A heavy
beer or ale bottle is filled with gunpow
der. It is then wrapped tightly with
strips of cotton doth ; over this twine
is tightly coiled, and then a quantity of
paper is wrapped aronnd it, and an
other oomplete covering of stout hemp
twine ia put around very compactly. Iu
the neck of the bottle a fuse ia fixed,
and the machine is attached to a lamp
post, awning-poßt, or some such sup
port, the fuse lighted, and the fireman
makes a hasty retreat. The bottle ex
plodes with a report almost equal to a
cannon, and the fragments of glass are
strewn in every direction. Windows are
jarred and broken, and families alarmed,
while the danger from the fragments of
i Hying gloss con be comprehended.
no. m.
That MyatorfOM flgfiM*
Tti. tt.rr.ta f Itt. CIIMM ImittWlMl '
tfc. ttMl.lt Ummm A V*!•.
The examination oI the ohaig** Lj
conspiracy iigiiiuiti the mwlers ol the ;
iriT.u-rioiu Chinese tribunal htm Ihi
< Inferred ,*say* a H*n Prwieiseo ap*rJ
and in the meantime tl polios arm
waking every effort to Mrurtt evidence
for their eouvietion. Tlie **fe taken
from the council room still remains at
the police headquarters. The Celestial#
eIM to open it tor uu in#|.>ection of
its content*. The curiosity to know
what it contains ia intenae, many Up
having thmi the tolaa of the ttpaftteb in
qntttitaou woukl pele before, the start
hug revelations which an inspection of
th< records of thia (supposed to
be ie toe safe) would bring to light On
the other band, there are those who ww
gsrd the Chiueae aa too running to
. place on record any of the more serious
judgment* of thia oOtnefL
Their mod* of procedure with a
i doomed offender ia dark and seared. A
hired saasssin la chosen among Wmr
lower classes, the victim tt pointod oqt,
I and the aaeaaatn ia offered a oertwaanm
of money, generally supposed to be
fI.OOO, to put■ hhu out oftbswuy. Tba
man who ia 4bna oeademned ia not p- i
priaed of his sentence, bat the hints!
aaaeaain dona hia ate p. and watch ea M
opportunity. * At a tie when he toatel
suspects it the quick dagger pierert#kw
tram behind, or too favorite wwapon of
tha Chiueae, the reurdeeaus kato n't
ulaovoa hi. bcain, and he faUaavmim,
to thia " fearful power." tti* body ia
other nut up into pi*** >d burned, dr
secretly buried, or placed in * amsk mid
authored in the bay. Hia bonea do not
return to the Flowery Kingdom. How
they account to the bemreOovurumcai 1
for this non-noannliaaas with one ef
their strictest rules ia unknown, but
Chinese ingenuity is equal to that amali
requirement in the line of falsehood.*
Two or three yean aince a Chinaman,,,
was found drowned in the river near
Sacramento, a few days after he left this
city. It waa well known thai he van
under the ban with Una society—in
fact, that to bad defied their power.
The evideuaa that he had been family i
dealt with waa oonelaaive. He bad a
brother maiding in thfa city who spoke
English well. He did not auto a move
toward dissevering Ms brother's aaaae
sin, but meekly bowed to the supreme
I power of thia terrible society. _
Polar Research*
The Stockholm Mkm/dedut toe 17th
of July eontaina some official aeeounta
from the commandar of the North Pole
expedition. They wintered in TO" 53
north latitude arul 16° Wrest longitude,
where thev put together a house, them - !
tention Wing for the shins to proofed
farther north in the middle of Heptem
j ber to make depots of stores at intervals ,
•doag the route proposed to be taken by i
the sledging parties that would follow H
at a later period. This dtwign. however,
i wa* frustrated *ly the early severity of i
the winter. On the 4th of October too
scientific members of toy expedition
i look up thqi* abode ia toe house. On
the 20th of the same month the ann die>
' appeared below the homed, it having]
< la-en already hidden from their view on
• the 13th by high mountain*. Still day-1
l light continued to aome itout till tha
latter port of November, when it may be
said it waa totally dark at mid-day. Oc
casionally up to wis date the temper.-. •
• tore fell to SgdegreeaCelrins, but it waa
' not painful either when moving about
I or while sleeping hi a tetrt oo the tee.
iNo open water waa naUt at all. The
health of ah waa satisfactory, until the
rattens were reduced in order to aaaist
, starting ahipa' crowa who walked won
tho ioe on hearing of the expedition.
Srurw reunited from thia jwirteinn.
1 Important reunite are evpeetol (torn the
ohs-iwatioM taken, especially of the
Northern light* aa analysed by tha
I spectrum. Aa regards the deep sea
dredging, it oould be continued nearly
the whole time, and the specimens
brought to the surface showed that ani
mal life was in no war interfered with
by severe cold and darkneaa eontinning
fcr many raontha, and that eaa-weeda
also flounshed. Tbe aun waa sot visi
ble from the 20th of October to the 21st
of Febxuarr following, bui the tnoon
showed itself uninterruptedly nlgbtaad
day during every alternate fortnight,
for ten dava of which it never disap
peared below tbe horiuou. Tbe dis
patch waa dated tho 23d of February
this year, and oudrd with the, expres
sion of a hope of being able to proceed
farther north aa soon as circumsteooea
should permit. One of the three ships
forming the expedition had lately come
into bar Iter in Norway. '
Selling Tainted Seal,
M. Louis Lngare, of ttie (Wp'rr .Vii
'Ucpnt, Psns. haa jpat published so
•-.ssay showing bow persons W!K acU)
tainted meat used to tie puniMied. He
write* that in June, 185f, Jaqnes Tour
nebru, nicknamed the Shearer, seiaud
some suspected meat on tha stall of
Pierre Rardel. A report was instantly
drawn up and transmitted to the syndic
of the buicbom. Macho! Saint-You. An
inquiry wa* ordered, and it was found
that tile accused was aa old offender.
A second report was addressed to the
Provost of Paris, comparing tbe culprit
to a poisoner, and demanding in the
name of a corporation outraged by the
infamy of one of it# members the deg
radation and then the death of Pierre
llanlel. The Unit magistrate of the po
lice approved the conclusions of the re
port, and the delinquent was condemn
ed to peas three honrs in the pillory,
and then to perish by the hands
of the public executioner. On the day
of the exeoution one hundred and
twenty-sevon batcher# in the city of
Paris repaired to the market and drew I
themselves up round the pillory. At (
the end of three hours the tipstaff an
nounced to the people that tho prisoner
waa about tobeexeewted. All the butch
ers, with hat# off. bowed their heads,
and justice waa done.
A Curious Legend.
In certain localities of the Nordthere
exists an old belief that when two mar
riages take place at tbe same tints, too
bride who leaves tlte ohuroh before fh
other will have a boy for her first child.
Two weddings wore oetobrated simulto
uaouslg a few days back at Archies, in,
that department The ceremony over,
the two couples with their friends has- 1
tened to rtoch the door, and arrived
tnere jnst at the same time. The situ
ation became embarrassing, for the two
parties had stopped and exchanged looks
of defiance. Fortunately, the mayor
was a man of resources, for be stepped
forward, and, giving an arm to each of
the young wires, took them out togeth
er, to toe great relief of the friends on
both aides. • > ' ri^
Look Betouk Too "Lxav. —My young
friends, do net make liaflte to wed. Un
happy marriage is the qnintesaeaoe of
unhappy bondage. It wounds daily eUB
fondest and sweetest impuUes, it trifles
with and buries our holiest and dearest
affi>ctioii, and writes over the tomb
thereof, "No hope." It embitters the
victim with the thought that lost lore 1
ever to his or her life a glory of great
love; dosed forever to him or her, the
portals of a happy home—that fotintitoa
of freshnoss and delight, at which the
soul most needs drink to gather
strength for the heat and burden of the
outside battle.
rust*
The moon meat to &k^ : iaiawgiih,
at Mechanics viUe, is fajT hppgBhuig
" Peeling Indiana S : is a
Wcktorn phraaa wWHteiagWfJk* draw*
iug of ration* bydiabiUMt aganta for
bogus fad! .:;!! a^^'J
of lowa and ILunm*§tM*
I>aiay Bnum kiltodf
Brnae, near *Wcky.
Both men ware tdlWi<*tfwiiar
floato. ' 3ifsn>omee
Kumnaaia' l ' gy '- s '
pi Ufate hiW-lteuh a.MI dkM* p*-
w-afiadtuflm
atinpaw^Mich..
trielfto cjm#t
hia tnijtt fbrbsfte tow aatuoil ba#tT* to
A JittJa wilt st Mason, Mich , baa
liredl S Hit it
Wrown, f
to rew lligtin for ft"
A man tf Cdloreda bite •
hundred wrairie dogs Eaat, te
teoUon, U i toought, "
anbuaJlor uSa jwK
1 "Dentlats sayfett dtteW iMki itetof the
gum* • prevalant rnm*M .
The'ttmfra ditre/KAffn^that "a
At the diamond mtnc* rff fbw'WUkea
tawtW ■' I""- t*>u-.pwgbn x
--.L.iwi ooaaizredi bi * toek two men
were kilW and twoifljred.
wo- %re # ||tluf d, you BIOW.
A BrachjVa.T woipan has
money ieK arttete. buai
jjyto .. I ragtag* twMtiUtet -•
- -Hrn editor af thinka
fishing, aa a general dunt pay
.. We stoqd 4. kP day in to% Were laat
waek." he aa|f. "
ontil we gytnoaiie.
A judge at Montgomery, Ma., re
mtaW inuwrwjdud rmf young
oreU.r mto--'JUoid. < #. my
dear air 1 Don't any You
.*• out of tlte j®r -die*
this court t" *" ■ *t
"Man aa# eaMlMetodetor uays tha
rx-Eapw* Eugjum
ou fvert li&cn ; tSHTatftif w
with tf.em all. ®i Ika wfnmn ia a
gm,iu ulte etflkaa out*fff W lO
' T:!i trudes-
iJLirit ia *, rii ■ 11 wkA iw kU
(QUI vMHTI wuipi
i-- - oiaMwi teamtenaatoinkill
Cialmri. Jin..' MfCtta Oi-
SSffiS5S
iata yore wito'a gpn ototellb 7®°
will tee Tourwlf looking exgwdingty
amalL " Thy took ifflkenaely.
It*pb2ilr man," sa d M| *' I
m-tay" tongue ctattwra, m-gNngr mind
don't atadter.". 1 | mud Iwinah
The total km from, the^gortland
erpool and tilolw. s*l.ooo. ■Hfinmee. a H*rn.f
H*rn.f rfktusj. of
WewTort.e,Moaah ;
000; Pheauix, of
Portland,- Jfc. MinjkteWy'. •
disaster equal to that which has just
befallen the Oregon am Z°
nam*. Aa A.. Sba-oatasdSy is suffi
inp moch
other vahwbla paapenj been
in ilt'lfS*#, "Di-
I mftrt RoSrtine,* bin ntotegtexi eay
tng*. of which we olip- tto following:
. is iruvi MJgg? m J'
rtg.^TkS SSs
amaitr -My rK?M£° thiri
How could bnng-
There reemu aiimmal num
; bar of peruana droamnd y^jhubathing
1 pie trwKt thcmaalran.toog #M|duigly to
'Sf^V^'^TO
ito Its power, but if ydnto Wtefia treach
l crone and umnereif|tlJteaf B ¥r
i At Oasmgo Fails, **4&mfar.
threw bays were pbviug mkjgowe, two
| oHRm became anftty wftr tot- other
I and attompited to hugghma* b® mode
proceeded td%hmte to b#w an ue
with whieb to behead the mctom. An
alarm was given at once, and The neigh
bor reached the totfce in ttmo so aave
the boy'# Kfe. : - uq telaaw
A oorrespondeut f Htm territorial
Enterprise of Virginia City. Neyada, ex
pooei ail affgrflt&ted iHßtftuoc of t form of
blackmailing wWeh ia pptamoo in
the £astaa wall as the WesWA late
superintendent of the Eureka vOiisolida
tad Mining Company, was osUSltatious
lj presented by his employees with a
magnificent gold wateh, tha money to
buy An'Wateh having, bean tjom
them by threats #i diflmweal Five
t minora to oon
mauuer to
ad
furnished a sent. AJpawttepwin Indi
ana lately refoued to imi
his ticket until lid waa with a
aeat. The train Uuig croaHedlbe oon
duoUir could not <K> u ip s VjSKph lß re
quest, andout the passecirerWPtlie car,
uirowing Ills brlggage afUWHBji. The
latter entered a suit agn !■*' iknoompa-
PT, and waa wwaatled'ff-2,dfitoitomges by
the jury which toted Anetete to
The fcßowlng curtoaw #tohnen of
Japanese Engbah uaaayaOMtedb by the
auperintendank ill atoi PWtoi* 90 "V 1 *
tedt? StaHUy
Z^ltt^n
make btrild in euxutoapbalfWp't There
: fore I to ginUMtok. if be
role of oomptinjt itofljprjß<f^ wa 7 H .
Picture of Cu or wilting which rela
tion between the office amdS>vernment
about tha make *°
great haupy to you if raCmske the
buila it, necanse there is now the iron
line and oars." 1