All the Tear Round."
do, time and tide, go • you will-
Ilannat heed your way*. ,
y XVhet oae#ir.*w*tglow,
<W>*| oar® r tor ioaSndSbew,
When lav* doth All my day* t
Unto iU arte, wtwd and rain.
< %My heart Aiesa* the to** * u
Oh, rosy is the dsikcned Jay
And rosy to the aicrnp way
That lead me to my lota.
llewaaa I car# it leaves he green
Qt gray with early rim# t
Lara, ruling, raSgtsnhr in the soul,
With }Wtre and {SaaatooaM control.
Make* tie own eunitnettiwic.
Do Not Sing That hong Again.
Do not wag that sens again.
For it Alia the heart with p*.;
1 am banding A*> the hlsst.
And it telle uie of the peat,
Of the Song, long ago.
When my da* * were young and fair,
And my heart a* right a< air-
When one feeling Ailed the breaat,
And one Image gire it reat,
la the kxif. long ago.
D leO eiuf that rwig again ;
tev e heed nty yearn vain.
And my hair ie iltm and gray,
And I'm paeaitig feet away.
On lite sweeping downward streams.
Fm a wyeck of idle Jreame;
And it pule me on the rack.
At the weary fctoMng hack.
At tho ehh and at the tlcw.
hi the kg. king age.
Do not uvs thai eeng again ;
There a a tear u> He retrain ,
It hriuge aa.ilr kaok the time
When tny manhood felt tte nr.me.
When the comrades, dear and true.
Wanner, e'oeer, fondargre*
In the hour of friendship'* proof,
When the fal*e onee Itaod aloof.
And IhOir friendship was hut show,
In the Sony, kwg ago.
Do neiauig that eong again,
It <fceirmt my weary I ram.
Ah. toe well, alas 1 A know
It ia uue for me u> go.
And to leave to to anger eyee
The mild mystery of the akiee.
And the mighty world we treed.
And the grander are ahead.
There's a mist npon the rirer.
And there's Hrakneee on the share.
And fa dream* I pvs foreTer,
While sd music vrsfts me e'er.
VrlVrwiett.
THE •* SUPER'S** STORT.
Before I begin, I wishes to say a few
words—a r* of prologue-like to my
little drama. I ain't a-writing th<s rnv
self. I couldn't, I was uewt touched.
I went to a school once, certainly; but
that was only a Sunday one, so o* course
writing'aud all at them gamrt is foreign
language* to r.w. A swell goal is a
taking everything as I says down, in
a bar parlor of a pnblie next the theatre.
He says he's on the press, and had
stood three-penn'orth of Irish hot; and
there you have ns, be—the swell gent—
a-writing as I speaks, and me a-talking
and drinking. (Here's your very good
health!) Now the overture is over, and
up goes the curtain.
I'm a super. I suppose Ton knows
what that is. If von don't, and aint
theatrically inclined. 111 tell yon. A
super's one of them as takes the smalt
parts in a play, where the " business "
is important and the "cackle" aint par
ticular. That's a super.
When Shakespeare wrote " A man in
his time plays many parts," he must
have had a super in his eye, if supers
was invented in those days, which I
suppose the J WA*, or Shakespeare aint
the man I"took him for. Bless yon!
our role is unlimited—we does every
thing. Why, in one piece sometimes I
takes a matter of half a dozen parts, if
not more. Say "Hamlet" is put tip;
first, I'm a guard a-walking on the ram
parts of the sastle; then I'm a courtier
attending on the king; then I'm a
" recorder (which aint got nothing to do
with the law, as I thought at one time,
but performs on a sort of flute ;) then
I'm a sailor; arter that a mute at
Ophelia's funeral; then I'm a soldier
again, or a courtier, as the case may be.
And there I am. A super's more impor
tant than anybody may think. Send a
king on without his court, and where
would he be ? Let Richard the Third
enter without his army at his back, and
he'd be hissed off for certain. A play
is like that bundle of sticks business—
taken all of a lump it's firm ; part 'em
and it's all np. Just you take away the
supers from a play, and an audience of
babblers wouldn't put up with it.
I gets a shilling s night, and finds my
own color, which, being s saving man, I
usually manages to scrape enough up
of the waste in the paint room—for iu
the matter of lime and ochre artists is
prodigals ; and if I'm hard up lor black
—for a eyebrow or a moustache, for in
stance—l gets the needful from the
chimney pipe of the stove in the proper
ty-room.
I made my first appearance at the
Adelphi Gardens, at the age of aix, as a
frog in the pautomime, which was an
immense success, and I've been a-going
on with great eclat (aa I once heard our
leading man say) ever since. I've work
ed my way up to the top of my profes
sion in my line, which is heavy lead of
supers; and I've occasion to know that
at particular times—say the first night
of a new piece—l'm looked up to by the
management to carry the play through ;
and I generally contrives tosatiafy the
most sanguinary expectations,
I'm proud of my profession. I aint
only a aotor for the sake of the filty
lucre, fwhich I suppose means coin,)
but for the literature and art—specially
the art. I've studied it—really stndied
it; you mayn't think so, bat it's a fact.
Many's the night I've stood st the
" wings," when the stage manager
weren't nowhere near, a-listening to the
play. And in most stock pieces I know
where the points ought to be ; and if s
novice fails to make 'em—which ho in
variably do—l'm disgusted in propor
tion. I've served under Edmund Kt-an, i
William Mac ready, and all the stars
since. I once fell out with Mr. Ma
cready, because I couldn't remember
where to stand at a certain cue. He 1
was very particular about hissitnations;
and one day, at rehearsal, I couldn't<
think where I ought to he, and I made
the same mistake so often that I got
flustered ; I was yonng at the time and
rather sudden ; so when Mr. Macready,
almost out of patience, says—"Stand
here, you dolt!' pointing to a place on
the stage, I takes a piece of chalk out of
my pocket and makes a X just where
he wanted me to be ; and there I stood
looking as cool as a railway clerk, all
the while I was as frightened as a ama
teur. If Mr. M.'s eyes at that identi
cal moment had been daggers, I should
n't have been telling you this here. I
never went on with Mr. Macready after
that.
Edmund Kean was different. His
way of doing things was just the same
"off" and "on." If yon didn't please
him, you know'd it. I had to take a
goblet of wine on to him one time, and
I forget my cne, and kept him waiting.
When I did go on, he was regular boil
ing over with rage. He catchee me by
the collar of my coat and the roomy
part of my breeches and pitches me slap
off the stage. But he wasn't a bad sort;
for after he was done he comes up to
me and says he was very sorry for hurt
ing me, and asked me what I'd have to
drink.
I've been married, and had one child
—a girl—and I'm a widower. I was
married young, like most professionals.
She was in the third row of the ballet,
and inclined to be stout; but she didn't
last long, pber soiil! she had a apo
plectic fit one night, nuddiad in myarma
in the green-room. I was very cut up
at the time, because she was as good a
wife as ever wore a ring.
My darter was as good-looking a girl
as you'd meet anywhere; quite different
from her mother —not in the beauty
line, because she was nice-looking too,
FRED. KITHTZ, Editor mul I Vopriotar*
VOL. VI.
lint rit six*. Rose was Tory thin. She
I followed in the same stops aa my old
; woman, am! 1 cot her an encasement at
J our theatre, Of course alio fool in love
' —cirls always do at that ace. seventeen
i with as rising a young follow aa 1
I wished to see. 1 was proud of Rose,
j and I was clad it turned ont no; and
what's more, he wasn't ashamed of me,
i although I was only a super, which
j made me proud of him tot He was
I very jealous of Rose, and wanted to
take her off the stage atui marry her at
j once ; hut I objected en the score of
' age. 1 asked lutn to wait a year, till
j she was a little older, aud he took my
advice- rather unwillingly, 1 suspects,
j if hie face waa to be believed ; but he
j didu't say so, for he always gave way to
| me, because I kuew whiit was better
{than he did,
i One night Roae get" * letter sent
around to her from a gent in the lwaa,
a-asking her to meet him outside, after
; the performance. She was very much
j hurt about it, fur it was the first insult
, she'd received^they gets used to these
jtbil'.gWin tim*—and browght the letter
[type. dust as 1 was a-fading it, up
L eor.es Qharley-©-thgta k<T young man
f —#n€ Rose saatchea the letter out of
j my hand and puts it in her pocket; but
I not be/ore Charley had seen it. 11*
| looks surpriseil, aud he says—
"What's that ?" says lu\
i "Olil ufilhing," she sars, playful like,
and runs away; and he turned away too,
I but not iu the same direction.
When I saw Rose again, I says-
I "Why didn't yon show it him?" I
i says.
"Oh, father!" she says, "he's so jeal
ous ; and if he'd seen it he'd have
thrashed the fellow," she aays, "and
perhaps have got into a row, and I didn't
want him to do that."
"She gave me the letter, for fear he
should ask for it; and put it in my
pocket, never a-thinkiug uo more about
it.
When work was done for the night,
me and two or three others used to niakn
i onr pipe and pot—which was half-a-piut
o' fourpenny—at a little pub, round the
corner, close to the theatre, where we
was known and respected. There we
used to talk over the evouta of the eve
ning; and sometimes, when things was
•low, we'd even condescend to talk poli
tics, but not ofteu—we left them friai
lons subjects to people as hadn't the
sense to appreciate art. While we was
there that uight, in eomes a gout rather
mopsy; he swaggered np t3 the counter,
and calls for a bottle o* champagne, and
then asks ns to driirk, which we did—we
never refuses that. Well, he was agoing
on about one thing and another, aud at
last he says—
"That Rose is s nice girl."
I pricks np my ears at this, and I puts
down the glass of champagne as I was
just a-rising to mv month—the glass as
ne paid for—but 1 never says nothing.
Then he goes on aboastiug, aud says as
he was a-going to see her home. I jumps
up, and Isavs—
"l'm tbet lady's father, and if I wasn't
a old man I'd knock you down."
Then I tarns to my mates and tells
'em of the letter business; and takes it
out of my pocket, and hands it to him,
and gives him a bit of advice as he
wasted. He wan In that ragw, that he
was just a-pntting up his fist to hit me,
when Joe Baiter, one of as, floored him.
Then we handed hint over to a police
man. We was rather excited afterwards,
what with having a extra half-pint, and
the champagne we drank afore we knew
who we got it from.
Charley used always tosee Rose home
after the performance, and stay with her
till I come; but he wasn't there that
night, and Rose said he hadn't come
with lier as he always did, and laid the
blame to the letter She was naturally
cut np abont it, and I said—
" I'll tell him how it was in the morn
ing."
Bnt she says—
"No! If he ean't think me true to
him without proofa, ho sha'n't at all."
I seed it was no use a-arguing with
her, so I gives in. My little beauty wa*
very proud, and I liked to see it; but I
never thought as how pride would turn
love over as it did; although I ought to
have known better, a-seeing so often
how Pauline had such a narrow escape
of it.
She was very pale next morning, and
her eyes looked like mine do sometimes
when I ain't got enough water to wash
1 with comfortable, and leaves the color
round under 'cm; but it wasn't from
that, I k no wed, because Rose was avers
I tidy girl. I never says nothing, but I
goes oi\ s-eating and not pretending to
noticd tmyfhfng different; ar.d by and
by we goes to the theatre. I was very
I eurious to see what Charley would do;
but he only just takesoff his hat—Char
ley always was a gentleman—and turns
away again. This hern made me feel
; very queerish, and I didn't know what
to make on it.
1 Things went on in this hero unfortu
nate Style for a week. Rose was too
proud to explain, although I wanted her
to; but no, not her 1 and there we was.
Oue morning she didn't come down ts
breakfast as usual, so 1 goes np to ber
bedroom and saya—
" What's the matter, my beauty ?"
" Oh, father!" says she, " I don't feel
very well just now. I dare say I shall
lie all right to-night."
Bat her hand was a-trembling like s
leaf, and her eyes was sunk; and when
I come to look at her close, I was stag
< gcrud to see bow she'd altered in them
rewdrr*. nc un*
It flustered me more than I should a
thought; so I gives her a kiss, and tells
her to lie down quiet, and off I goes to
a doctor. He comes and feels her pulse,
and such like; then he calls mo out on
the landing, and nays she's in a high
fttate of rover, and must be kept very
qniet, or he wouldn't be answerable foi
it. Then he began a-asking me about
myself, and my profession and cetera.
" Not very rich, I suppose ?" says he.
" Ah, well 1" he says, "we shan't quar
rel about the money." 1
And s'welp mo goodness! ns I'm
standing here, he never charged mo a
blessed ha'penny for physic or nothing
—not a ha'penny—and found the bot
tles besides !
When Charley seen me by myself, he
didn't know what to make on it. He
fidgets about me for ever so long, and
at loathe comes up and asks tie where
Rose "waft. I was very short with him,
atreating her as he was, though he didn't
know the damage he'd done ; so I says,
stiff—
" My daughter's at home, sir—not so
well as she might be."
"I hof>e she isn't ill," says he, qniek.
"It don't much matter to you," I
says, "whether she's ill or not," and I
turns away, choking like, a-tliinking of
my little deserted beauty a-laying so
quiet at home.
I hurried back as soon as I could, and
goes up to her room ; and, God help
me ! she was in that state she didn't
know me, and wanted to know if I'd
brought a message from Hekven frem
Charley, as she was certain be was dead,
because he hadn't been to see her. I
tried to soothe her, but it was no good ;
there she kept rambling on about one
thing and another, a-pretending to be
talking to liim, and a-tclling him not to
be sorry, as she'd soon join him. It
made me feel queer-like, and moist
about the eyes, and I remembered I wua
anofdman, and began to think how I
should feel when I was alone.
She lay in this state for a week, a
living chiefly on sop victuals, ae I was
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
j obliged t> force it dowu her throat. It
was a hard time not bcoatiae tlm money
was short, 1 didu't nutid that ; but t
i couldn't abide to see my darling in
I pain. I never went near the public
then but hurried home every uight a*
soon as the |>er(ormaiice was over, a
hoping always as she'd bo better, and
would know me again ; but she never
did till about an hour before it come.
It was a Sunday night, at church
time. I used to like to think afterwards
' that my little darling was carried up to
Heaves ou the sound of the bells, ss it
died away on the breaae. 1 was a sitting
quiet at the window, melancholy-like,
a-keeping my eye on Rose to see as she
I didn't want nothing, and, somehow, the
night my poor wife died eunio iuto my
mind, and I couldn't get rid of the
thought nohow. The more I tried, the
more it would come. 1 remembered as
i well aa f it was yeeterriav, wrheu 1 had
her in my arms iu the green-room, her
a-looking up into my face as though she
wanted to say something. So 1 says—
"ls it Rose, Mary ?" aud she nods
and smiles, and 1 promised at I'd be a
kind father to her.
Site sini'es again at that, tud lays her
head ou mv shoulder. Then 1 see her
eyelids a-s*\o*ng, and thai told me that
the CI rent Promjder liwd rung down her
curtain.
1 was a-looking ont of the window,
aud I sees somebody turn the corner,
asd stop in front of the house ; but it
was s-getting dark, aud I couldn't make
out who it was—l thougut 1 knew the
figure, two, Jue| es 1 was a-puxxliug
mvself a-thinking WW it could be, 1
heard my little darling call " Father."
I runs to her ipnek, for it was the first
time she'd knowed me since the fever
took her. 1 had such a glad feeling at
my haurt AS I een't toll here -it come so
fresh to me after waiting so long, al
though it seemed to choke me, too, and
I couldn't sjwak at the ciomeut. 1 sits
down liy her I nut!, and takes her hand
in mine, and there we was, for a matter
of a uuunte or two, before either of us
said a wonl, a-looktng into each other's
faces, jovfuller than we'd been for some
time. Then, says she—
•• Father," she says, " I want to see
Charley."
I says—
" You shall to-morrow, my tlariing."
" Let me see hitn to-wighf, father,"
she says, beseechingly—" let mo see
him to-night, because "
Apd there she stopped.
I gets up—not having it iu me to see
her want for anything as I could give
her, though I couldn't make out whv
she was in such a hurry—leastways, 1
could not then ; Ido now. I puts on
my hat, and just outside who should I
see a-comiug across the road from the
other side but Charley hisaelf.
When he knew he was wanted, he
runs faster than I could, and by the
time 1 got m the room, there she was,
with her arms round his neck, a-smiling
up into his faoe, and he a-kissing of
her. ss happy as birds., So I says noth
ing ; bat goes and sits on the stairs
outside, a-waiting till they had made it
op. il. W ,A
f felt almost jealons of Charley ; and
I thought—God help me !—as how he
would take her awav from me as soon
as she was well. She trot took away
from me; but not by him—not by him.
1 not there for a matter of half an
hour {n the dark, when, all of a sudden,
Charley gives a cry. I rushes in, aud
there was my darling, with her head
a-laid quiet on his bosom, aud her eyea
ahnt; and I could see by the scared
look on liia face, that my little beauty
would never cheer my poor old heart
again.
Bad Air—A Caution.
There in rmon to believe that not a
few of tb apparently unaccountable
rosea of acromia imonK children pnv
ceed from the habit of sleeping with the
head under bedclothes, ami so inhaling
air already breathed, which is further
contaminated by exhalation* from the
akin. Patients are sometimes given to
a similar habit; nnd it often happens
that the bedclothes are .so disposed that
the ;>atieiit piost necessarily breathe nir
more or less contaminated by exhala
tions from the skin. A good nurse will
be careful to attend to this. It is au
important part, so to speak, of ventila
tion. It may be worth wsile to remark
that when there is any danger of bed
sores a blanket should never he placed
under the patient, it retains dampness
mil arti like a pouitie. Never use any
thing but light hlankctsa* bed-covering
for the sick. The heavy, impervious
cotton counterpane is bail, for the very
reason that it keeps the emanations from
the sick person, while the blanket al
lows them to pass through. Weak pa
tients are invariably distressed by a
a great weight of nod-clothes, which
often prevent their getting any sound
sleep whatever.
A Pastor's Impromptu Speaking.
The Boston Traveler relates an inci
dent which fotclv orrurrod in a village
church in New England. By invitation
from the regular pastor, a divine from
the city filled the pulpit on a recent
Sunday, delivering an able and eloquent
extemporaneous discourse, much to the
gratification of his auditors, bnt some
what to the discomfiture of the regular
pastor, who is adapted neither by na
ture nor education hi extempore *|wuk
iug, ami consequently always rends In*
sermons. On the following Sunday he
entered the pulpit as usual, announced
his text, and, much to the surprise of
his listeners, deliberately closed the
Bible and proceeded to speuk extem
poraneously. For shout ten minutes
lie moved along nicely, and his hearers
were charmed with the change; but
then, in the middle of an eloquent
period, with hand outstretched and
attitude perfect, he hesitated, hi* arm
dropped, he could not collect his ideas,
nnd perceiving that ecunetbiiig nrist be
done at once, said; "Brethren, lot tis
bold ft prayer-meeting."
Ridiculous Mess,
A Keokuk lady, while engaged in the
pursuit of her domestic duties, en
countered a mouse in the flour barrel.
Now, most ladies under similar circnm
stnnees would have uttered a few femi
nine shrieks and then sought safety in
the garret. But this one possesses
more than the ordinary degree of female
courage. She summoned the hired
man and told liim to get the shot-gun,
call the bull-dog, and station himself
at n convenient distance. Hhe then
climbed half way up the stairs and com
menced to punch the flonr barrel rigor
ously with a pole. Presently the mouse
mode its appearance and started across
the floor. The bull-dog at once went
in pursuit. The man fired and the dog
dropped dead. The lady fainted and
fell down stairs, and the hired man,
tuinking that she was killed, and fear
ing that he would bo arrested for mur
der, lit out, and has not be*h soon
since. The mouse escaped.
TUB TELLER. —A would-be wit, stroll
ing into a bank the other day, walked
up to the counter and addressed one of
the spruce-looking clerks: "Are you
the teller?" "Yes, sir." "Well, what
do you ttU t" " I (ell people who have
no business here to clear out." He
cleared.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1873.
•' Dou't Slay I.oitg.'
' O, w!it do lb* aneat Btq> delay,
K;iv© bird sod aoli|( Slid I"© <© arc gull© '
I Shghtod for buixi of the*. ibo dav '
Without the© lltfllt puts Mobfloth OU '
i Were I aa thou ©h<>u)>lt u ! chid*
(in© hssdlsui moiuuut uf dels* ;
I ©cell no ©uuahhi© s! Ihjr aide
Thy vuto© my sodk thy auuls uiy day.
" Don't stay long, husband," said a
young wife tenderly in my presence, one
evening, as her husband wus preparing
to go out. The words themselves were
| insiguifioant, but the look of melting
fondness with which they were accom
panied spoke volumes. It told all the
whole vast depths of a woman's love- -
of her grief when the light of his
smile, the source of all her joy, beamed
uot brightly upou her.
" Dou't sUy long, husband," aud 1
fancied I saw the loviug, gentle wife sit
ting alone anxiously count lug the mo
menta of her husband's absence, and
every few moments running to the door
to see if he w.ts in sight, and finding
• tli..t he was uot. I thought I could heur
' 1 r exclaiming iu disappointed tones,
" Not vet"
•' Don't stay long, husband," ami I
again titonglit 1 could see the young
wife, rocking nsmmiif in the gr at
arm chair, ami weeping aa though her
heart wouhl break, a-i her thoughtlwss
"lord and master" prolonged Ins atay to
a wearisome length of time.
"Don't stay long, husband," ami the
young wife's look seemed to say—for
here in your own sweet home is a loving
heart, whose music is hushed when you
are absent; here is a soft breast to lay
your head upou, and here are pure lips,
annulled by sin, that will pay you with
kisstst for coming back soon.
O, you that have wives to say "Don't
stay long," when yon go forth,
think of them kind'? when you arc
mingling in tlie buyylnve of life, and
try, just a little, to make their homes
and hearts happy, for they are getns too
seldom replaced. You eanuot fiml amid
the pleasures of the world the quiet
joy that a home blessed with surh a
woman's presence will afford.
Husbands, would you bring sunshine
and joy into your homes ? Then sftcsd
your leisure tours with your families,
ami employ the time in pleasant words
and kind actions, and yon will realize
in all its richness what is so beautifully
described by the poet :
DOOMS lie happiness, thou on IT bliss
Of l'valsM lull liu survived the fall.
What Josh lias Seen.
I kno ov people who, when limy do
jru a 'avor, do it just az aa old bull tar
rier !et you pons in front ov hiz mas
ter's door—with a grow 1.
It izonly the bily eddikated, and the
very best bred people, that kon be
familiar with each other, " familiarity
breeds kontempt," aniung the had
breeds.
The wheel or Fortune is alwnoa on
the more, and we often loso to-morrow
what we wis to-day.
1 hav alwuss nottssed that thar iz a
grate deal ov good luk in industry, and
a grate deal ov bad luck in 1 zruess.
It iz az rare tew find a trew friend as
it iz a dimond that has no flaw, and
isn't oph culler.
He who iz every boddy's friendluuut
got time tew bo enny buddy*.
Thare iz no trew friendanip among
loafers and skalawags, tl uro iz only
intimieys.
There iz no man living now days that
kan tell the world euny thing new ; the
very best that a modern writer kon du
iz tew shine up old things.
Solomon, seven thousand years ago,
after plundering from those who had
written Iwfore him, laments that "tbarv
iz nothing nu under the sun."
When I hear * man say that "he has
got no friends," 1 kum tew the kon
klusiou rite oph that he don't deserve
euny.
Don't tri tew make a friend ont OT A
weak mm, it iz like tricing tew carry
water in a sieve.
One roson whi happineaa is so skarnc
in this world iz because moat people
mistake plrzznrr for happiness.
Trew generosity konsiat in giving
what you kau afford to thozfi who de
serve it.
Mi yuung friend, look out fsr there
men who shut up one eye, and talk to
you with the other.
Happiness seems to consist ia—want
ing nothing.
Health will bring munny, but mutiny
won't health.
What to Do in an Emergency.
It ia a good thing to know what to
do when a man faints nwny and falls
down on the street. A pedestrian fell
down on Monroe avenue, Detroit, so a
local paper says, Wing just off a sick
Wd, and it was wonderful how mnny
men in tlio crowd knew exactly what
was the best thing to do. One called
for brandy, another waved the crowd
hack, another shouted "police" and
" coroner," a fourth brought a bucket
of water from a saloon, and all the
others crowded in as closely as possible
and began wondering if the man had
his life insnred. Some wanted to throw
water on the victim, and others thought
that his boots ought to be removed, and
the man with the slop-pail fell down in
it and jumped up and kicked at n lamo
boy. Two boys were sent for doctor,
but didn't go, and a market woman
crowiled in and told them to raise the
man's head. Borne one put a brick
under hia neck, and another general call
was made for whiskey, crmphor, gin,
soda, |K>p, root beer, ginger ale, vine
gar, water, and lnger. Nothing wan
brought, and after a few minutes the
man opened his eyes, gave his name,
and asked to be taken home. After ho
hail departed, a doctor arrived, n cor
oner camo puffing along, and the crowd
came near having a fight as to who was
entitled to the honor of saving the mau's
life.
Crrrnco HATH. —There is often somo
difference of opinion between parents
and children as to the frequency with
which the hair of the latter should be
cut. The operation is tedious, not to
say irritating, and most children en
deavor to increase the interval between
their visits to the hairdresser by nil
possible means. The controversy be
tween the two parties tnav now be de
cided bv precedent. This has been
afforded by the recent decision of the
Finance Committee of the St. Pancraa
(Eng.) Board of Guardians, which re
ports that oneo in six weeks is often
enough for hair-cntting to tnko place.
Here is, at all events, something to go
upon, and wc trust that no young
Absalomn will refuse to submit to tlio
scissors after that period, and that no
parent will require the sacrifice before
the lapse of that interval.
A NEBRASKA CLERGYMAN'S TRIALS,—
A private letter recently received in
Boston from a minister "settled" in
Nebraska, contains the following: "Last
Sabhotli 1 preached in the morning end
officiated at the Lord's table with a pair
of boots en, one leg of which was en
tirely gone; bnt we had a rich and bles
sed time. I did not think of my hoots,
but my wife did. We economized and
■ciimped and pinched to get along dur
ing the pait year without goii g into
debt, and 1 are nearly kept clear, bnt it
his been by living in a soil-house and
denying ourselves many of the very
necessaries of life."
The Original Markvrebllls.
I ——
au>l llum Tls I'umih of I uilag.
The mackerel fisheries of Muu>
I chusett* have gradually grown in iui
| port twee until the catch of 187*2 ha*
come to reach the haiulaome aggregate
of 181,967 barrels, of the estimated
value of s_,ooo,l*M> or more, A century
or ao ago this industry, if such a word
can properly be applied to anything in
the piaeatorial line --yielded in that
State 11*1,01)0 barrela, worth §BO,OOO.
Cape Ann haa long been prominent a
a headquarter* for this particular school
of tlalieruien, and for ut leaat fifty years
this prominence haa been maintained.
The old-fashioned proeeaa of catching
mackerel in at we* or weir* and by trol
ling haa given way under the march of
pro green, and now awift Mailing veasela
fully fumiahed uith men, lines, hooka,
and bait do what Weateru men would
call a land office buainea* in educing
the toothaouic mackerel from hia home
in the briny deep. These veaaela have
a complement of from ten to sixteen
men each, and start out from Cape Ann
! about the middle of April, o a to meet
the fish when they drat strike the coaat
heft The work isdoue on the copart
nership principle, and each man haa his
appointed place on board, the looality
being determined by lot. Here he
j keeps hia tackle, and from this one spot
he wvariably aenda forth hia enticing
invitations to the finny tribe to meet
! him alone, whether by moonlight or
[ daylight, Each fisherman uses from
• two to four linea, according to hia skill,
and the fish are inveigled to their fate
I by a gratuitous and discriminating aya
' tcm of trolling, whereby their tastes are
I tickled into that anxiously inquiring
state which stops uot to discu-s the
I>ointa of dauger, but gulps down hook
and bait at one fell swoop, A corres
pondent of the Boston TravtUr, who
evidently looks at matters from the
professional standpoint, thus describes
j the subsequent proceedings :
The dsli are swiftly hauled aboard
and "struck" into the " wash barrel,"
which stands a little to the left and rear
of each man, with a peculiar twitch,
which tears the hook from the weak
! cartilage of the jaw of the fish, and re
turns the line to its proper position
. among the thirty or forty hanging over
I the aide. The hooks are small, and
their shanks surrounded with lead and
pewter, cast in a rude resemblance to
I the body of a minnow, dniahed and
polished to shine like silver. Several
small circular hits of the white skin
from the belly of a mackerel form a
Visit very attractive, and so tough that
dozens of dsh may be caught without
' renewing it. It may well be qneetioned
whether even the much-extolled plea
rn rt-s of fly-fishing can exceed in iuter
eat aud excitement the keen enjoyment
j of a sharp " spurt "of mackerel, when
i the most skillful fisher can use but two
! lines, and these even are shortened to
less than a couple of fathoms.
The cruise of many of these fishing
vessel* lasts till November, and includes
j the Hav uf St. Lawrence, Prince Ed
ward's inland, the Madelines, Auticosli,
Oaspo, the Seven Islands, and tha
northern coast of Cape Ifrrton and
Nuts Scotia, Returning in November,
at the latest, the fish are landed and
put in shape for market, which process
j is thus detailed by the correspondent
i above referred to:
Mackerel, tinlike cod, are split from
: nose to tail, close to the hoekooue, the
cut entering the hollow of the body of
j the fish. The "splitter" holds the
flail on iU side With the mittened left
hand and mtkea one clean slice to each
mackerel, guiding and regulating the
varying depth of hia cut with the
thumb. With the thin, small, ruund
| pointed knife used, fifty fish per min
nte are often attained by a practiced
iiand. The entrails and gills are re
moved and the fish thrown into " wash
barrels," where thev lie in sea water for
some hours until all blood is extracted,
after which they are packed, salted
uid "pickled < >ff." if there is time and
the mackerel are large and fat. the crew
work at " messing " them, which con
sists in rrmoviug the head, and cleans 1
i mg the fatter portion* of the fish fmm 1
the black pellicle lining the walla of the
abdomen.
When " packed out" in port, each )
man's catch, which ia kept separate in
marked barrela, ia weighed, salted, ,
packed, and inspected, and branded as !
either No. 1, % or "mess," >* the I
case may be. No. 3s must measure j
1 eleven inclicafrom snout to baae of tail; 1
No, 2s, twelve inches, and No. Is, tliir- ;
, tern inches ; but a certain fatness must .
accompany the required length in Is i
aud 2s. Mi's* mackerel and Extra Is 1
are of eourse all "culled " from No. 1 !
fish. Formerly the fatness of this dah j
was tested by urawing the nail along
the inside of the ribs aud bending the
dull a little, when the white fat would j
cleave something like a ripe peach, this
adding greatly to the beauty of the fish
and enhancing ita value. All American
fish are now " reamed," or cut with a
tool with a curved handle much like the
hilt of a sword, with a keen, acini-cir
cular blade inserted so as to cut about
three-eighths of an inch deep. Com
plaints are sometimes made that the
cuts are made diagonally, and too near
the backbone, while the fat (?) jmrtion
of the fish is almost " invisible to the
naked eye," There ia no doubt, how
ever, that the failure of many Canadian
and Nuvn Scotia fishermen to " ream "
their fish causes a loss of from two to
four dollars a barrel.
Mackerel arc packed in whole, half,
aiul quarter barrels, and iu "kits"
holding one-eighth of a barrel, or
twenty-five pounds. It is said of a
great fish denier, now deceased, that lie
was once taunted by another with hav
ing commenced business with a hand
cart. " \Tell, said he, " I may have
limited a hand-cart through tho streets,
but I never was able to make ten kits
oat of otio barrel of mnekerol." This
remark supplied the other man with
food for reflection.
Loafing.
We quote tho following from an ex
change, and we recommend it to all our
renders :
"Young msn, pay attention. Don't
be a loafer ; don't keep a loafer's eoin
imny ; don't bang about 1- afing places,
letter work than to ait around day after
day, or stand about corners with your
hands in your pockets—better for your
own henltb and prospects. Bustle about
if you have anything to bustle about
for. Many a poor physician has ob
tained a r"al patient by riding nftcr an
imaginary one. A quire of bank paper
tied with n rod tape, envied under a
lawyer's arm, may procure him his first
esse and make his fortune. Such is the
word—'to him that hath shall be giv
en.' Quit dreaming and complaining;
keep busy and mind your chances."
Take the above advice and then all
will go well. Idleness is tho mother of
mischief.
The new act to prevent the adultera
tion of food does net seem to work alto
gether smoothly in England. Tuking
the cream from" milk is held not to be
an adulteration, and as the case is not
provided for in the Act, though there are
plenty of penalties for adding to milk,
sellersof skim milkjgo unharmed. Borne
judges hold tliut water is a harmless
adulteration, and fail to convict for the
use of "Simpson," the slsxg narao for
for water.
How They Do Things la IVrsl*.
tiu.ll> aud ( uuulug of lb* Shall.
Although Hia Persian Majesty seem*
so pleasant ami so ples*<d just now
' that European papers abound with au
.•edotea of hia suavity and ootideaoen
sion, he haa done some awful things in
j liia own country. Among theui stands
foremost the treacherous murder of his
l hrotlicr-in law, Meerxa Tagui Khan, his
first Frinie Minister. Meerxa Tagui
Khan was the friend of Na**V ad-Din
when his prospect* uf aaceudiiig the
Persian throne wrrw very doubtful, and
' he held only tho inaeeure and slippery
, post of Governor of Aderbijan. liia
l own abilities would usver have made a
I king of him ; but on tUa death of Mo
-1 hammed Shall the Russian Minister
j took him up, uid Messrs. Jtalli k Co.,
the rich Greek merchant** of Tabreex,
; found him money, and then the genius
tuul valot of Meerxa Tagui Khun did
' the rest, H the Shah named hiui Prime
Minister, and could hardly have made
a better choice. The first thing he did
was to organize a post offioe—an insti-
I tutiou previously unknown m Persia.
! The next thing ho did was to create a
I ail ice. Having dona these two good
i services, he tried to establish order in
collecting the taxes, which hod been
grossly mismanaged, and then he made
himself enemies, u every one will who
ventures to attack public abuses where
money ia concerned. The tax-gatberem
and ttoir creature* now began to intrigue
against him, and Prince Dolgourouki,
the ltuaaian Envoy, was ruined in trying
to protect him.
He was therefore driven into exile
and oompeljed to hide liimaelf at Cas
han. Now he had married tha Hhah'a
lister when he stood high in favor, aud
though she did not and could not lore
him, because he was long past the age
of love, alia behaved with exemplary
fidelity and devotion in his misfortunes.
She would not leave him for an iustant,
and she prepared all bis food with her
own hands and tasted it herself. So the
Shah, being unwilling to commit a vio
lent murder in hia sistrr'a presence, de
termined to catch his old friend by stra
tagem. With this purpose His Persian
Majestv sent a messenger of high rank
' to the fallen minister, assuring Meerza
Tagui Khan of a full pardon and imme
diate restoration to all hia honors.. The
Meerza at oooe fell into the trap, and
liia wife, who could not lielieve that her
brother could be so base aud cruel as to
deceive her, at last let her husband out
of her sight in order that he might take
a bath and pat on the robe of honor
which had town sent him by the king,
aa the customary sign of royal favor.
He had bo aoouer entered the bath,
however, than the chief executioner en
tered there also, exhibiting the Shah's
warrant for his immediate execution,
and merely leaving him a choice of the
manner in which he preferred to die.
The Meerza stretched out hia arms re
signedly and said, "Open tnr veins."
The exeeutinneer then bled him to death
aa the Shah had commanded.
Remarkable T narltj of Life.
William Moyer, the man who on the
24th of June was cut through the body
with a scythe by an insau# man near
Lancaster, Pa., is still alive, and the in
dications are that he will recover, unless
inflammation sets in. The Lancaster
Kraminrr thai describes hia wounds:
" The scythe entered the right side
about two inches above the hip, and ex
tended transversely through the body
in an upward direction until the point
appeared iu the left aide below the arm-
Sit. The wound at the entrance was
re ami a half inches in length, ami at
the terminus one suds half in die* long.
M*yer proceeded a short distance with
the scvtiio extending through the body,
and then pulled it out, reeking with
blood, unaided. The lobe of the right
lung was severed, and it w as not exjieet
ed that he could live more than a few
hours. To the surprise of all his condi
tion ia favorable to hi* recovery, aud lus
attending physician, l)r. A. S. Rsaden
busli, of Adamstowu, haa expm*dd the
hope of being ablo to save hi* lile.
M >yer haa been conations since the oc
currence, *pcuk* distinctly and cats and
■deeps without difficulty. * Ite is a small
man. about thirty-two years of age, and j
is of rather delicate appearance.
Change of Color.
Sudden shocks occurring to human
beings have frequently changed the
color of their hair from black to white
in a single night. A physician of Ber
lin, a strong, healthy anu lew* than mid
dle aged tnan, sent hia wife and one
daughter to spend last summer at a wa
toriug-place. The lay that he expect
ed a letter informing him of their arri
val, he received one informing him that
his daughter had been taken nick Very
suddenly, and was already dead. The
shock was terrible, and instantly his
hair became entirely gray. He had to
visit some patients thateame afternoon,
and thej scarcely recognized him.
"Hiclr peculiar actions revealed the
change to him. The other case was
that of a man thirty-five years old, lin
ing in tho Netherlands. He was one
dav passing the canal iu Rotterdam,
wlicro he saw a child struggling in the
water. lie plunged in and brought it
to land, but it was already dead by the
time he had rescued the body. Bend
ing over it to try to restore it to life,
he discovered that the dead child was
his own Bon. Tho blow, so sadden and
unexpected, and coming upon him
when he himself was so much exhaust
ed, turned his hair entirely gray, and
left him scarcely recognizable.
Fulled Slates Senators.
Tho term* of the following United
States Senator* expire on the 4th of
March, 1875 ; Eugene Casserly, demo
crat, California; William A. Bucking
ham, republican, Connecticut; Thomaa
F. Bayard, democrat, Delaware; Ahi
jah Oillert, republican, Florida ; Dan
iel 1). Pratt, republican, Indiana; Han
nibal Hamlin,republican, Maine; Ghaa.
Hamucla, republican, Maaaanhuaetta;
William T. Hamilton, deroixWat, Mary
land ; Zacbariah Chandler, republican,
Michigan ; Alexander Ramsey, repub
lican, Minnesota; Adclbcrt Amea, re
publican, Mississippi; Carl Hobnrr, ru
publican, Miaaouri ; Thomaa W, Tip
ton, republican, Nebraska; William
M. Stuurt, republican, Nevada; John
P. Stockton, democrat. New Jersey;
Reuben E. Fenton, republican, Now
York; Allen G. Thnrroan, democrat,
Ohio; John Scott, repubiioan, Penn
sylvania; William Sprague, republican,
Rhode lei and ; William G. Brownlow,
republican, Tennessee ; Joseph W.
Flnnagnn, republican, Texas; George
F. Edmunds, republican, Vermont; Ar
thur L Bore man, republican, West Vir
ginia ; Matthew H. Carpenter, republi
dan, Wisconsin.
A STORY.— There sre tame por
poises in Morcton Bay, England. They
■ask on the sarfnee of the water not
lar from shore, and sre occasionally fed
by the natives, and never disturbed by
them. When a shoal of fish enters the
bay, and oomes between the "sea hogs"
and tire land, the people go out to sea
ward of them, mul rouse them from
their siesta by striking the surface of
the water with speurs and The
porpoiseH then elinse the fish, eaten and
eat some, and drive the rest in shore ;
and as soon as they oome within the
proper distance a net is shot around
them, and a spendid haul is often made.
Terms: 52.00 a Year, in Advance.
Mansion* Xrehasitn.
Th W mSoISI In* Ihtl wm Mad* by
a roar Mlur What a Hah mt OtslM
••• da with a Jatkkuih.
Karl Ketter, a imor Herman miner of
the Kioelsior Oolliery, which ia situated
within a few miles of Bhamokiu, Fa.,
has eihibitod a clock of a most remark
able character. He haa been three
years constructing it—the first two years
at intervals of time, and the last year
he worked at it day aud night, scarcely
taking time enough to yat and sleep.
He Iterame almost s monomaniac on
tlie subject. The clock waa to his mind
during his working hour* snd in hi*
dreams at uight. lie occupied alone *
•malt wooden shanty, where ho worked,
slept, aud cooked his food. Whstever
sleeping and cooking he did, however,
was but little. It is thought he would
have nearly stair ad but foe the kindly
interest wbieh his neighltors took in htm
and his cluck. They took him food and
encouraged hitn iu his labors.
The clock, which was made with no
other tools than two common jack
knives, is eight feet high and four feet
broad. Its frame ia of the Gothic style
of architecture. It haa sixteen aides,
and is surmouutod by a globe, on top
of which is attached a small golden
cross. On the front of the clock there
are four dial plates ; one shows the day
of the week, another shows the day of
the month, another shows the minutes
and fractions of a minute, and the other
the hour of the day. These dials are
carved in a most unique manner, hav
ing emblematic figures upon them and
around them of almost every imaginable
description. Above the dial plates is a
semi-circular gallery extending around
about half the width of the framework
of the clock. Immediately in front,
in the centre of this semi-circular gal
lery, ia the carved wooden figure of our
Savior.
At the end* of the gallery on either
side there is a small door opening into
the body of the eloek. Over the door,
on the'right ha nd aide of the eloek,
as you stand facing it, is an eagle.
Over the door on the left hand aide is a
cock. Twice a day—that i at 12JK in
the day and at 12 A® at night—a aweet
chime "of bell# begins to play, the small
door on the right hand side opens, and
the small wooden figures admirably
carved, of the twelve apostles, appear
and walk out slowly and gravely in pro
cession, Peter in the lead. Advancing
along the gallery until tbrj get opposite
the figure of Jesus, each in turn, except
Judas, slowly turns round and bows
his bead to the Master, then recover*
his former position ; as Peter does this
the eook crows. They ooutiuue to ad
vance to the other side of ths gallery
and enter the small door on ths left. As
Judas (who is in the rear), with his right
band shielding his face and his left
hand clasping the bag which is supposed
to contain the thirty pieces of stiver,
oomrs in full view of ths cock, the eook
crows again, hj a simple arrangement
this procession can be made Income
out and psaa around the gaUeiy at any
time desired.
On pedestals, at *:he extreme corners
of the front of the eloek, are carved
wooden statues of Muse* Slid Elia*. In
the rear are two oheliaks of the Egyp
tian style, upon which ore carved hiero
glyphic characters to represent the
nurient period* of the world's history.
The clock will run thirty-two hours
without winding. Mr. Ketter, who is a
native of Freiburg, Baden, is very
pmud of his workmanship. Be can
scarcely bear to be a war from it lon*
enough to eat his meals. He has been
offer* 4 slo,ol*l for it by a person from
New York, but he refused iC
Mr. Ketter savs he has often beard of
the celebrated dock in Straasburg, but
be never saw it, and he has no knowl
edge of bow it was constructed ,* neither
has he ever bad any instruction in
mechanics *l any kind. His purpose is
to exhibit it for a few months in this
country, and then take it with hiffi to
Germany.
Rules of <'ammen Law.
Mozt of the e >mmon law rulea of evi
| dents' which stall prevail in the crimi
nal codes of Kngl mli-speaking o mnia
! nttiee originated at a time when the
tendency f th court* was to ward • ex
ocssive severity to guilty moo, and when
there were scores of offence*, ranging
. from petit larceny t-> high treason,
! which were puniabed with death. The
hutaane maxima—that "every one ac
cused of crime ia presumed to be inno
' cent until the contrary is proved;" tliat
i "it i* better that ninety and nine guilty
, person* go acquit than that one mpo
-1 <ent person should suffer unjnstly;"
j that "no man should be tried and-eon- 1
earned wit hoot an opportunity to eon
front the witnesses against him face to
face;" that "if, after hearing all the
evidence, there ia a reason able doubt in
the minds of the jurors that the guilt of
the accused IB made oat, they should
acquit," —which arc always repeated
anil amplified by the defendant's coun
sel in their address to the jury, and
which were absolutely essential at ona
stage of the law a history to mitigate its
unquestionable harshness—have grown
into such prominence now that they are
made to overshadow many features of
the law, the preservation of which are
essential to good order, if not to the ex
istence of society itself. 80 ranch so
licitude is manifested for the welfare
and safetv 6f the accused that the rights
of society are often entirelv ignored,
and when tlio humanities sf tne law arc
preverted into tricks for the encourage
ment of crime and the escape of male
factors, civilized communities rise in
their might and punish guilty man with
out regard to the forms of law. This is
undoubtedly a groat evil, but it will
Assuredly exist wherever the laws, pro
fessedly enacted for the aafetj of socio?
ty, become the refuge of murderers. —
St. Louit Ik-rnocraL
"I've Got Orders Hot to Go.*
"I've got order*, positive orders, not
to go there -orders I daw not disobey,"
said a youth who was being tempted to
a smoking and gambling saloon.
" Come, don't be so womanish—oome
along like a man," shouted tho youths.
"No, I can't break orders," said
John.
" What special orders have you got ?
Come, ahow them to us, if you can.
Show us your orders."
John took a neat wallet from his
pocket, and pulled out a neatly folded
paper. " It's here," he said, unfolding
the paper, and showing it to the boys.
They lqpked and road aloud :
" Enter not into the path of the wicked
man. Avoid it; pass not by it; turn
from it. and pass away."
"Now." said John, "you see my
orders forbid me going with you. They
are God's orders, and by His help, I
don't mean to break them."
l>o not be Fooled.
Uusoohlstieated persona who hanker
after chances to get rich onflOO capital,
may learn a lesson from the experience
of a Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy dur
ing an indefinite period, and then paid
it over to a New York advertiser of
" business opportunities," who guaran
teed a half interest in a profitable busi
ness. The trouble was, the business
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire jMQOand didn't give
his victim even a half interest.
NO. 37.
MorrtM* taArtac •* t-' 111 Hire*"
>**••* *>gr. ! \ * •
Mr, A. 8. Burgees, conductor of Uw
Pullman Palace car on tha twin which
ii wiecked on the (Jhioaco aud Alloa
ILilroad, liM given an account of tbe
accident, from which the following *x
> ] tracta we l*ku :
i When lh ewhiaion occurred Mr. Bv
' gcaa ww standing at the door of the
car marking off berth" for the paasw
tim on the diagram. Tbw Aral cottttM
f aioa throw lam forward against the
. door, the second hurled Jiitu over the
brake, and th* third back again to the
i door. 11M eiotbaa ware torn and hit
h-ga aumewbat brtiiaad, bat ba immedi
ately went forward with the rest of the
passengers to aaa what waa the matter
" Never in my Ufo" said he, " bav< I
witnaaaad such a tight It waa the fifth
collision in whieb I waa a partus pant,
i t ut never did I aee aunh otter nuaenr.
In the meadow* on either aide of the
track were lying human beinge, welling
ia agoay—their fleeb boiled off ttnm.
Tbe freight engine bad run clear nnder
ueath the smoking-car, and there ex
ploded, a battering the our into little
ptctoea, and blowing tbe occupant* high
up into the air and over the fence into
the meadows. The other engine buret
at tbe name time. A man—l don't know
who it wee -ran op to me, ahrieking
with agony, and throw himself into my
anna. 1 tried to bold bim, bat kia
clothes tore off him, and the flesh eame
off with them. I waa nearly attained et
the eight. There were a don or more,
stripped a lark naked, running op and
; down, erazr with pain. They were
'i tearing at tfieir bodies, and tearing off
great handinla of flesh. Tbe paawm
gars behaved admirably. They took up
the victims and carried them into the
coachea. I tobl them to bring them
■ into tbe sleeping-car. and they did.
' First thing I knew the ladies, God bleaa
■ litem! wen tearing up tbeir under
clothing to bind op tbe sufferer*. Why,
air, in half a minute they bad scarce iv
anything left on them. There waa round
I one man a hand a law handkerchief thai
must have eoat a email fort ace. 100 old
not aland that any lunger. I did not
care what the company said, ao I just
gave orders to open the lockers and tear
up an y thing that came handy. And
they did. There wet* two or three
ladies tearing aheeta into lengths to
bind np wounds, while half a doaen
others were binding them around the
bloody arms and bodies of the wounded
mM , *' m t
Reporter-Did any one in the smVuig
ear eeeape unhurt f
Mr. Burgee*—U mar seem Ht a ro
mance, but it is strictly true, and I
think you would Kke to hear the etonr.
There was a emay fallow on his way to
the aselum at Jackaonvilie, He waa
noisy and dangerous, and waa hand
ewfled and placed in the smoking-ear
when we left Chicago. Just after the
explosion a young girl came to me and
wanted me to find her brother. 1 told
her ba would be looked after, and tried
to quiet her down, but she esoakl not
remain still. I waa afraid of bar getting
into trouble. Bha told me her brother
was ere xt, aud could not look after him
self. 1 tried to keep her for a moment,
but eiie escaped me. Presently she
came back with tbe craxy lellow, who
appeared to enjoy the scene immensely.
She bad found him inst where he fell in
the meadow. He had been blown by
the force of the explosion twenty or
thirty feet, and had not a scald or scratch
I about him. '
A Trial of Feutoalsau
An extraordinary Incident, arising ap
, parently out of the Fenian oat break of
18*57, has taken place in London. It
• anil be remembered that in the interna
| of thai year an attempt was made to
blow up the House of Detention in
. Clerkcnwell, London, a pro seeding
which canned <be liveliest alarm, toas
mneh a* ft was suspected to be only the
I pre!tide to much now of the same kind
■of thing. A few wet ka ago a woman
annied Denny left the lodgings which :
she had oocupicd for some time while
Imug with a Fcuiaii named Dromond j
Among her effect*, which she borrowed
a neighbor's truck to remove, waa a box
which presently waa discovered to he on 1
fire. I'll* moo pulled the box off the i
truck, wbea some of tbe content* ex
ploded. The place waa lit up as if the j
whole of the street w* on fire, sail the*
contents of some of the can* it contained j
were kicked about Seven or eight p<ar
anus were injured by the fire, more es
pecially e sweep, who wee severely ■
burnt, and i* now an inmate of th* hoe- ,
pitaL Tlie nflair seem* to have bseu
most serious. Several fire-engines were
brought ont for the purpose of rotia- i
guiahing the flame* that had broken
out, but were not required, tbe inflam-1
rouble matter having been promptly t
taken away. A woman, in jumping ,
from the first floor to escape from the '
flames, broke her leg and ia now in a |
vcrv critical state. A man. in rescuing
a little girl, burnt hir hands. Two
pbKce constable*, while attempting to
put out the fir- in the house, were much t
burnt in the hands, and have been in- j
capacitated from duty. After the firs
was extinguished a rigid exsmtnatKn of •
the promises waa made by the firemen, i
and one of them in searching the room
of Desmond, discovered a can about
two feet high. He was about to strike i
it with his axe when he saw smoke issu
ing from it, and ho then placed it ia a '
pail of water and conveyed it to tbe'
yard, whore it wa* covered over with |
sand and anhe*. The con appeared to .
be filled with the composition, and not
withstanding the precautions takes, the
oontcnts burst into a subdued flsme,
which lasted for several hours, emitting
a most suffocating odor. The utmost *
alarm prevailed among the inhabitants ,
of the narrow court, many of whom re- .
mained up all night, anu it wa* com- J
monly believed that the Greek fire had j
been intended for Fenian purposes. .
Mrs. Denny wo* remanded, the magis- ■
trato entirely refusing bail
Who Knows Best When a Shoe Hart! j
[mow vxkbbuoh'B cowboy or " tub j
Jir.I.SPKK, ACT 1, BCJCTB 2.] j
Lord Toppington.—Hark thee, Shoe-.
maker ! those shoes ain't ugly, but they '
don't fit me. 1
Shoemaker—My Lord, methinka thqy j
fit you very well
Lord Toppington—They hurt me jnt ]
below the instep.
Shoemaker—(Feeling hia foot) My ;
Lord, they don't hurt you there.
Lord Toppington—l tell thee, they t
pinch me execrably.
Shoemaker—My Lord, if they pinch
you, I'll be bound to be hanged, that's
all.
Lord Toppington—Why wilt thou
undertake to persuade* me I cannot
feel ? •- ■■ tad u
Shoemaker—Your lordship may pleaae
to feel what you think fit, I thiuk I
I understand my trade.
Lord Topptogtoa—Now, by all that's ti
gjreat and powerful, thou art an inoom- :
prehenaible ooxoomb, but thou makeat i
good shoes, and so I'll bear with thw.* <
Shoemaker—My Lord, I have work ad
for half the people 6f quality in town i
these twenty years, and 'twet eWerv hard
I should not know when a shoe hurts, i
and when it don't 1
. 1
In Alabama they are fighting the ;
caterpillar with Paris green.
Negligence ia Urn parroted disorder,
* • Wbdtt>- *; :• Jttji QAMtjFbf toteapor-
IC9HMTiW?
The short nifflW'Mfr* Pedant
•tfll continue* to if* fW tfeqfl fwhion
able ornament ; #
Omaha ia utfllrihg * mmHk man w by
making them work on th* atresia with
ball and chain attachment J
Tbe latent thing in engagement rings
'• la a *rohir# nod rwby*m* together,
emblematic of love end Aridity.
:• bwsry wbo awl
him an insolent dan on a postal card.
The F who MM on the si go x-
Mtlv t hi* eoeiapremi*; bnt the maa
who doc* not come on at all ia prompt-
Ajiew oods goes InW* cf4et in lowa
I on the Ist of September by whioh the
d pardehiog power is token from the
I Uovesndr. *.
' Han Antonio ha* a meat extract own
> > peoy-kreish eoripreases iwwrty-rifl t
1 (iMUida el beef into one ponnd of ex
," Miftuiy company fssto th* Korth ox
im .drew ml to vah
• Bias lirom t" worn so that
' untforma. • wq si ■ '
' Chicago to tetidagaboitoeelebreting
I the acomd '
■ the discovery ofxß sile on wliioh she
- ' is built, which ooSWa *hfa rionth.
, A Georgia "erMriro" toss offered 4
, j par 4ey to labor, when >e exclaimed,
i •* Sir. aye sapporii rJtwk *ln I**
,' Jest discovered a firoriritorilraekr
' Punch sercaetfeelly'aejtol '** Edorotion
prod noc* gvwt reenlto in tbe United
SSU It to said to make good child
| ren even ont of the Cincinnati hoys.
[| Postal cards are now need for the de
, teetion of erimtedto ■ Photographs of
s tbe person ere peeled the cards,
- which we sent broadcast ia eveiy di
: reotion.
' Spanish proverb* :—**He who has
' riMHtog to do, let bto tof • ship or
! marry a wife." " From many children
; i and little bread, good Lorddabver na.
" A tool to never a great alto unless be
| huu—Tmtto "
A p*dr of horeas in Oxford, Maaa. are
said to he so mtoilifeat as to wk a
, mowing sria'hine wittMmt the aid of a
,' driver, taking a ttoright track and tnrn
,4 ing at ths pro|>er-oorn*ra ae veil ae if
I directed by human agency.
M The London A4**rtl*cr aays the re
! port of the Committee on Goal, may,
to unofficial language, be ewfemed np is
throe lines: " Wndo not know how
I f ooel oame to rise to its prroent price,
E and we lreo still less how it can ever
I, b# brought down again.
Pope Btna IX to reported sa ao folly
1 restored to health as tobe sble to rs*
" awns hia usual food aril exercise. He
retries a litUe before midnight, and
'S rises si half-pest fire o*elpqk, attending
' during the dav to' orffltjiry ecctosiasU
e jsl Jiirini sa liidiimi toe lilies
f-J Indian earn tot grewtog chickens, it
■ W to asserted, does isri-mske bone.
iGreupdoeto berler #sl t< peat scraps
and curd of new milk, fumed with ren
net, are recomnwndeffiMrisad.
.' * The Tfrir 7fmrioffcri this seasonable
I'sdvww: " Look not epsn the cucumber
when to to wilted, nor green,apptos, nor
■ 1 other unwholesome truck, tar thrman
!} p! aosint to the eye trod ep*e*bki to the
t toate, to th* le*t it the stom
arlMiche. and atingeth like too cholera
- ■ -a - m * d
mOrDus.
•t A promWng young etedeSt of nature
|in New Qrieene amuses kamrelf with a
, stuffed rat, which, from lu feen of
* canoralmcnt, he drew* across the aide,
walk wbea people are passing. Women
ahrtox when they * . the re*, and
men violently attack it with sticks and
nmbreilaa. *** *
Tbe carpet won* ie a near pest inst
! discovered* It to of dork color, lee*
than half an inch in length, and covered
with fine hair. It makes havoc with
' Snitt'and'finr chip* iqmilktod
Jon the edges of parpen, will protect
them from its rarsgro.
Comparetlve cUVtacflf ttfmade of the
value of land to lemon, New York,
j Chicago and S*n Fxenrisco. b tto
most central boaineea locations land in
' London to worth ffl* peT t<jre foot,
11* pro square foot es Jfmr lore, •. -
, 67 per square foot to Chigago, and sll
per square foot in San FiWiCisco.
Tbe 8m Diego World aafs that the
djcct of the Jaeaee expedition through
j the Colorado desert to th* v #cqatotion
of large bodies of land for a trifle, irn
rim them, and reeeWfbg them at a
baudeome price. This to certainly
more sensible and practicable than the
nroproitinn to extend the Gulf of Cab
1 forma to Utah.. ie*t
Peofroaional men to fit. Louis know
, IreUar how to ooadrirts ttajf* qnarrels
th-n the hloodihjrecr aoeust* of the
Sooth. Colonel Bland laheH received a
groaalv meultwsr tetter tenet. Dr. Good
, win, aiidinsteed of blandly toviting him
i to come out and to shot, the Colonel
{took a cowhide anff belattodcd him to
the pnblic streets. •-r}
j Manx.,fanners pax hftobrtto attonUon,
when clean in g wool! bo the kind of water
used In' the Wmlioifliliit will be
see* lb*t this ahonld always be taken
into coorideration. Tlju*, waters oon
; twining lime should be carefully avoid
{ cd, since this ooDaritneaatwombinc* with
the saint, thus forming m insoluble
soap, which seems to produce unpleas
ant effects lb ths processes of dyeing.
! A 9prinpfle!d lady coramnnieate* to
j the public this warning to yeurg ladies,
i Coming from church, a tew Sabbaths
! ago, I noticed toy little boy of seven
cm* what 1 took to be admiring glances
after a little mias of hisrorn age, even
long after the had turned jnto another
1 street. Referring to It,-Aon after, he
replied: " No, I tall yc* what; I wasn't
looking at Are, J was looking at her .
ft amps ! Afv-c-e, waan*t she humped
up I I wouldn't marry her„ll humped
j up behind like that *dl
The Times of Indto| pqhltohed at
Calcutta, contains an account of the
death of a hwge boa constrictor which
i infested some ground* a* the foot of
Pnducottah Hula. It appeat* that ths
creatures waa regarded aa tarred by ths
uativea, who would not motest it, al
though only on one morning when Dr.
Johnson and Mr. Pennington, with
great danger to them salved, bravely
I hunted it up and ahot it, it had awal
! lowed a child. The animal to abont
twenty-four feet long, and ft* stuffed
! akto to to be deposited to the Madras
Museum. „ ;x ~ JM
In a vigorous chaae after rata a boy
broke down a shelf in the cellar and
immolated six jam of preserves. He
gaaed on the ruina without a sigh,
caught and killed the rat, laid it among
the debris, ant <l*Ubin4 a SK faithful
dog's now and lega With the touit, ant
him up etaire, while the. hoy. hid in the
oo&l shed. He heard'ferni pine ahrieka
of dismay ; he heard* ttri kretfcfnl ob
j jurgaUqn* of hia urgi un :
suspscting aog led into the back yard
an#3helr Rfl spreading *>rth hia
hands, aaid solemnly : 44 Anetrier victim
of circumstantial evident." t
A special
tele pr at- fro* Bawgw#; *■# lay a that
the EUaworth aad CbWryitoUtnge has
y^aai tMetMSa^ss
rt lo go on unmoleab (1: - Thsiald driver
refused to drive, and AJWffAfifff 1 * 8 been
appointed. Depute Sheriff Peterson,
*f Hancock eoanty, wtriW '# driving
with his wife a few wiffhittoww to the
neighborhood of Bucjtaport,jraa act
upon by three Tlie sher
iff being an athletic man, jumped out
and felled two of tbe robbers, while
the third took to hia heel*. The two
prisoners were taken to Buckaport and
held for trial.