Barrett, The golden annuel gleams athwart the corn, The sriasaon blush of eve ie in the w*M; The reaper homeward whistles from hi* toll. And on the earth ta at sniped the Seal Of real Low beuda th* beaMM bailey to the braes*. White with the Wise*, of the harvest quest); The oats quake tremulous, aud on the eea The still, pure Autumn sky re fleet* it* sheen The yellow plums hang mellow on the tree. The hlne-hloonwd iaMsoos gleam amid the leaver, The rose-tinged peach cling* needing to die wall. And jocund gleaners roam amid th* .heave* Spirit at Harvest! Wake our grateful hearts. To rsias clad anthem* to Urn earner I praise. Reaper of alt- Him who alone ran give Sweet hopeful seed-time, goldeu harvest day*' An DM Road. A curve of green m Aud a common wall below, And a winding read, that dip* aud drope Ah me! where does it go 1 Down to th* lovely day* Goe* that familiar Hack. And here I eland ami wait and gsss, As if they could com* back. Somewhere Iwnsath that hill Are children a runniug feet. And a hule garden fair aud eull. Ware uover flower* so vroet 1 And a house withui an open door. What Km therein I know— -01 let mo enter nevermore. But aim Whcte It ao. Vp Us* of t-tsoddeu slope What visions nee aud throng I What kastv ramemhrance* of Bojs Lie sliattered all along t These flower* that never grew. Bloom thee iu aflv chme ? Can any Sprite- te rem# iw What tied hi tt at sweet t.me Hero I believ ed in fame. And found no room for fear; Here sprang to meet what never came ; . Here loved- what is not here I Not worth a moment's paw* Reerved any fallsn gem. Not worth a sigh, a glance, because Life would W fall of them. • The child ta the fairy tale Dropped tokens as he passed. Bo pierced th* darksome fareal-vetl And tour J hm bom* at last: - 1, m the falUng day. Turn back Uirough deeper gloom. By gaih-rcl memories feci my way Only to j'md -a tomb. Far there they he asleep, Btpj that made alt thing* sweet, Hands of true pressure, hearts more deep Thku any left to beat, A wetU wbsrs ah was great; Faths iroddcr. not. but eeen ; Light streaming through an open gate - The world that might htre beeu 1 Futures, ami dreams, aud tears— O Lobe, is tais the whole ? Kay. wrap year everlasting years A hoe; my fmhug soul 1 The lightest word you spake Beyond all tune shall last— These only sleep before they wake— I In Love there tana Fast! * —M. B. Kxmut. . . . .J* - - . THR SEALED WILL. " Do you suppose, mama, in case the money goes from me that it will be given to you ?" "Dear* child, how can I ever guess ? Tour aunt, remember, is your father's sister, not mine ; so it is scarcely likely she has thought of me. lam afraid the heir in the sealed will is John Garland." " Mamma!" "It is only guess work, dear." " But he is so unfit to hava the re sponsibility of money ; a man known to be a gambler and a drinking man, if not an actual drunkard." " Very true. Yet he is the nearest relative yonr Annt Jessie had, except ing only yourself." % " I ran scarcely think Aunt Jessie would leave him fifty thousand dollars." " My dear, ahe has left it to JOB, her niece and namesake." " But upon the condition that I shall never marry. If I do, the sealed nill in the hands of her lawyer is to be opened, and the money pass from me to the heir or heira named therein. Yon must know me well eliongh to be sure that the money would never tempt me to bre.k mv engagewat; yet for your sake I wish— Oti; why did Annt Jessie leave it to me at aH." "Do not think of me. I can live as we have sineo-yciu fath.-r died. Bat, Jasate,"—ami Mrt. Mkrkham's face looked grave and sad, —"there is one view of the matter you do not take." "I dare say there are fifty. Remem ber we have now had only an hour or two to think, since the letter oune from the lawyer. But what ia the view you mean ?' " Charlie." " Charlie T Jessie's large brown eyes were opened to their widest extent a* she repeated the name, adding : " Why, I haven't thought of anything but Ciiarlie 1" "But—l me said the mother, shrinking from altering her own thonghts. " You know, dear, you have always been considered yonr aunt's heiress; and Charlie is yonng and only commencing the practice of his profession. It may be that he will " "Be false to me for the sake of money ?" interrupted Jessie, with the rosiest of cheeks and brightest of eyes. *' We will soon test that, and she drew a writing-table to her side. " I will send him a copy of tbe lawyer's letter, and " —here her voice and eyes softened —"the assurance that Aunt Jessie's will makes no difference to me." Mrs. Markham made no objection to this step; but after the letter was signed, sealed and dispatched to the village bv Polly, the only servant of Mrs. Mark ham's household, she called Jessie again to ber side. Over the fair, sweet face of the young girl there had oropt a shade of gravity and jterplexity-since tWe arrival of the lawyer's letter, that clonded the brown eyes and gave the sensitive, mobile mouth a firmer pressure than was quite natural. Life had been all sunshine for Jessie Markham, yet ber's was one of tbe buoyant natures that find tbe silver lining for every cloud ; and eoax some sweetness from every bitter dose. Her father had been dead six years, and his business affaire having \>een compli cated in some way not comprehensible te feminine intellect, his widow and child found themselves reduced to an income that barely covered the neces saries of life. They left the city and took a small cottage iuthepretty village of Merton, where Mrs. Markham soon procured a class of music scholais, and herself gave Jessie lessons in the high er branches of English studies, Ger man, French, and music, till, at eigh teen, her daughter also procured a few pupils in languages. They were very happy in their mutual affection, in the love of their pupils, and the cares cf j their little household. It had been understood from the time Jessie was a tiny baby that she would inherit the fortune of her maiden aunt, ! fur whom sle was named, and who came front the city every summer to spend a menth or two in "the little cot tage, always bringing pretty presents to brighten tbe home of her brother's ■widow, and lavishing the tenderest af fection upon her neice. Yet, though Jessie herself had known of her aunt's supposed.* intentions, neither she nor her mother had ever made o&leulstio&b on a fortune depend ent upon'the death of one whom they felt t|se warmest affection, and the idea ♦hat others won! I be inl!aen6ed by it was a new thought to the young girl. She had givi n to her betrothed, Charles Beaton, the first love of her young heart, believing his love was all lier own. In the six years she had lived m Merton, child and maiden, Chiulle Seaton had been her devoted admirer from the first, and had recent ly finished his coarse of law study and been admitted to the bar. His fortune, inherited from his father, was vary .7.J5 iff VOL. VI. small, barely covering hi* expenditure for board tail clothing ; but ho wa* energetic, industrious, utd, without brillnuit tuleut, a clear-headed, iutelli gout student, promising to make im|m bio lawyer, if uot a sinning light at the bar. Answering her mother's call, Jeasie nestled down in her favorite seat at her feet saying, sadly: " If Charlie waa influenced by any ho|>e of Aunt Jessie's money, mamma, it is better to know it now. I had sup posed we would have to wait for our wedding day nntil he had some practice, and you know I have a little sum of my own toward tirat expense*. We could live here, and There, 1 will uot think of it any more until the answer come* to TOT letter." '•Whileyon wait, dear," said her mo ther, "shall 1 tell you what I think is the explanation of your aunt's singular will ? You, who kuow her only as the gentle, sail woman of her later years, can scarcely imagine, I presume, that she was ouee a* bright, hopeful, aud sunny-tempered as yourself. 1 think it to save you from her own sorrow that she has taken from you the power of giving wealth to a mere fortune hunter. She would have you wooed aud won for yourself alone ; and as ahe ha* sever pguitmdy said you were to be her heireaa, she ha* probably never supposed Charlie biased by thai hope. Sti !, dear, it i* possible." '•Yes, it is possible," said Jessie, slowly; "but tell me about Aunt Jes sie." Your grandfather Markham. Jessie, waa one of the leading merchants of New York, when your aunt, hi* ouly daughter, was introduced into society. Your uncle Hoyt was in good practice as a physician, your father doing then a fair business, and already married and in his own home. It was therefore with the name of an heiress that Jessie lanced through her first season, a careless, light-hearted girl, very pretty, and accomplished enough to make a pleasing impression wherever she went. She was but a lit tle over twenty when she became en gaged to Stanley Horton, the most fas- HhSting man in all oar circle of friend-. Not only handsome and talented—aud he was both—but possessing in a re markable degree the courtly polish and winning grace of manners that go st> far toward gaining a woman's heart, the absorbing love that Jessie felt for him seemed mutual, and congratulations were the order of the day, when your grandfather failed. Prom a man of wealth he became actually poor, ahd losing energy aud hope, he came with Jessie to share oar home. Stanley Horton, tire man we all sup posed a devoted lover, was fullj aware of th change in Jessie s prospects, jet he continued his visits, miking no ab rupt, ungentlemanly desertion of his betrothed. Yet we* who watched her with the jealousy of affecti e of quiet style, long redingote* with large buttons and ]H>dketa, with moderate trimmings,'w>il be the most fashionable street dress. A pretty hat, and likely to be much in vogue, is a dark straw turned up at the aide, with a peaked crown, and trimmed at the side with a rooster pompon. For evening gathering*, brunette* will appear the prettie*t in all shade* of yellow, red or erimaon; ruddy blondes, in blue and light green ; pale ones in blue. Neckties arc rather atibdued; the latest style ia the wearing of a narrow ribbon corresponding in color to the dress, tied into a small bow, and the ends falling below the waist. Oxidized jewelry ia the rage, taking precedence of any other kind, and aeU of this material are worn extensively, including large buckles, canteens and urns for snapeneion from the waist. A nice covering for chilnren in the winter is a hood, which conceals the entire head, with ends attached, which falls gracefully over the shoulders, af ter the manner of a Russian baslicb. A nice Marie Antoinette c-p, with long streamers, which cross the breast, and are tied around the waist, the ends falling down the back, is a handsome appendage, and likely to be much worn. A pretty style in sash ribbons is no ticeable, tLat of a combination of Ro man colore and water edge, or Roman edge and velvet centre. These combi nations are imported in Tarions widths for sashes, belts and hair-ribbons. The Story of the Polaris. The special dispatches from London give the statement in brief of Captain Haddington, of the ill-fated Polaris. It takes as buck at once to the terrible scene on the 15th of October, 1872, when tlie party on the ice-floe were sep arated from the straiued and leaking Polaris. We have the story of those so miraculously preserved who were drift ed fifteen hundred miles on the ice-floe, and the balance of the tale eoming from those so fearfully sundered from their shipmates is like a story from the grave. It will be remembered that Tyson's party on the morrow of the separation sighted the Polaris steering in under the land, and that they signaled and signaled in vain. It was then an open question whether Bmldington's party had seen them or not. The question was still further subdivided by the doubt whether, supposing the party on the ice had been seen, Captain Bud dington had found it impossible to pro ceed to their relief or had wilfully abandoned them. All these points are covered in Captain Haddington's state ment. In the first place, he says, the party on the ice-floe were never seen by them after the separation. In the sec ond place, the condition of the Polaris leaves no room for doubt that, oven had they been seen, any attempt to save them would have been futile. We learn also as to the manner in which the win ter was passed in Lifeboat Cove, how the dreaded senrvy broke out among the men, bat, fortunately in a mild form. The party started southward as soon as tho water opened, and sighted Capo York on the 3d of June. They were picked np by tbe Ruvenscraig. Thus, out of strange perils and unheard of adventures, and out of the locked empire of the ice, all who sailed away in the cause of science return home, save the gallant commander, who lies in his frozen grave near Thank God Har bor, amid tho awful silence of the dread regions it was bis life's ambition to ex plore. The Panic in London. The London Time*, commenting on tbe financial panic in New York, says, in view of the extraordinary prosperity of the United States and the nigh price of government bonds, the present gust must be regarded as simply an effort of the financial system to get rid of its dishonest elements. The Daily Telegraph says such local troubles as the suspensions in New York seem to be are merely the rank out growth of au exuberant prosperity, and accessories to a progress which does not for a moment holt. Wheat is worth 90 cents a bushel in lowa, and rys 15 suits a glass. CENTRE IIALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1873. The Hoy who Splits Wood. There was a law in a Nelson street, Daabnrv, yard cutting wood, yesterday, and he worked nt it in a strikingly nat ural wanner. First he act the stick on one end and prepared to strike it when it tumbled down. Then lie stood it tip, slid put a sliver uudrr llu< weak side to sustain it, and lifted the axe for the blow, when it tumbled ugaiu. As lie had got the axe up quite a ways tlda time, and was fairly quivering with ex dec tat ion, the reaction was uot pleas ant. It appeared to weaken hint, and before another trial, he leaned <>u the axe and looked around ou the scenery. At the third trial lie put several sliver* under the stick, and was some five min ute* doing it. Then he raised the axe carefully, deliberately took aim, ami brought the blade down with terrible force, and within alw>ul an ineli-aiid-n --half of the stick, which immediately tipped over. This surprised him. He looked at the axe, then at the stick, aud then around at the houses to see if auvbody was looking. He was ten miuutes propping the stick up the fourth time. AYlieu he got it so it wonld stand without being held, lie teok up the axe, and after several mock motions ao to get the right aim, he awung the implement down again. The blade struck tlie stick with terri ble force within alniut s sixteen tli-of nn-inch from the edge, and took off a slip about five inches long. Wo don't suppose there is anything quite ao ag gravating as this. Splitting your shin opeu to the bone is a pastime in com parison. The Nelson street boy stood that stick up sgsin without auy cere mony, and with the least displsy in the world swung the axe over his bead and brought it spitefully down. The blade this time dipped off a half-inch chip, and then swung around with such mo mentum as to throw the boy off his feet and drive him headlong over a pile of other sticks, every one of which lie struck with his knees or face. We don't think we ever saw soy boy get on his. feet as quick as tiist bujr did. And we were uot iu the least surprised to see him snatch up that axe, aud with screams and sobs, beat that stick until he was exhausted. With this unpleas ant duty performed, he flung the axe in among the tomato vines, and went in the henke for a piece of cake. Stranger than fiction. A North Germany paper advertises for the American heir* of the fortune of a widow ladv of Amsterdam aa follow* : "The following heir* of Catharine Spelling and her daughter Dorothy, both of whom died a violent death in 1853, at Amsterdam, are requested to send their addresses immediately to the Royal l'robate Court at Amsterdam : Sophia Behreuaburg, Otto Kcileuaer, Anna Derniug, Maria Derfling, Joseph Derdtug, allot whom emigrated to tlie United State* since 1864. Ernest Helper, Solicitor. The story of the dsalb of the two j women, so long ago as 1K52, and the finding of their murderer, twenty yosrs j after, the revelation of actual occur rences which arc as terribly tragic a* may tie found within the lids of ro mance. The widow, Catharine Spelling, and her daughter Dorothy, were joint (tossessora of diamonds, money, and bonds worth one hundred and fifty thousaud dollars, and occupied a house by themselves on Hnrlau street, Am . sterd&m. One day, in tho summer of' 1852, a placard appeared on their door, I saying they had gone to the country. | Six weeks rolled around and still tne i placard remained on the door. The suspicions of the police were aroused , by the long absence of the women, and tho house, was entered. The placard j was found to be a fearful deception; ! the bodms of the two women were found ' on the Minor, their diamonds, m >ney. and bonds missing, and no clue to the i murderer and thief was found. 11l July lost, the house we* torn dowu, aud in ita destruction came to light a circumstance equaling in horror the dU covery of tlie assassination of the two hnc women. Between the house taken dowu and tho adjoining on- was a spore of about a foot, and confined in this narrow cell was found the skeleton of a man, caught midway lwtween the top and bottom, and on the gronnd beneath him were found the diamonds, the bond*, nud the money of the two mur dered women. The assassin, in attempt ing to escape, had misst d his footing, fallen between the houses, and, with a strip of blue sky visible above the high walls of his living tomb, had starved to death. The Yellow Fever. The Bhreveport (La.) Time* of a lato date says: Tbeepideaie exhibits l)Vt littleehange, anly. Dictation of editorinl matter fol lows, and lie break fasts a aeeond time with hia children at their mid-day din ner. At three o'clock lie goes to the office, and writes editorial ; and at night, generally speaking, reads liis proofs or paragraphs, or dictates at home. CALIFORNIA BITS.—A gentleman wri ting from California says you hear the word "bit" used very often. A "bit" i 'welve and a half cents, or tea cents, ■r fifteen cents. If you buy on article that costs "a bit" you pay ten cents, and it is all right If yon hand the store-keeper a twenty-five cent coin for an article worth a "bit," ho hands you back ten cents change, and that ia "all right" I'p In a llalloon. f*ref. 14 lo* H4m mm AsmmsloM ft* lltiffoto Klilt Three H|>etsrs. A reporter who was with Prof. King in his iialhiou ascension st Buffalo, I bo* describes his experience ; The balloon was one of the largest ever seut np in j this vicinity, and when filled, measured | 5(1 feet iu diameter st the largest part, and 86feel in height from the bottom . of the car to tlie crown where the valve was placed. It took 1)5,000 feet of gas t> fill it. It was named Buffalo, after the city from which it atarted. In less than lour nnuutea from the inoineut when sho rose from the ground we ; were gracefully floating along at anaal t titude of 4,50(5 feet. Hut most snrpns iug was the delightfully easy maimer in whieh we went up. There was no swsying Mid stringing of the oars, and as 1 looked up at the immense, bulky tuachiue above it seemed exactly a* though it had atLaiued a position that , was perfectly stationary. There were ( no sensattous of giddiness or vertigo ; i no holding on of hsts ; all was as easy as a feather bed, and as calm as though the wind, which had all day long : threatened the balloon with destruction, ' had been entirely overcome. J'loauag , on ui perfect quietude we could hear j the tumult that waa going on below,, from the hoarse hack men to the yelping dogs. The view from the balloon as it snared over innst have been magnifi cent. But the bird's eye view of the city, giving tlie appearance of large row* of teuts, such as arc seen where- j ever long aruite* are found, tnough , specially inviting, did uot equal the slew now had of the mighty lakes, Erie and Ontario, those vast inland seas of ' the North, where every wave, aa it were, ' brings wealth and stability to Luc Queen CltV. Looking orer Lake Erie to the north and north-west, u fur a* the eye can reach at this altitude, (rum the numer ous grain elevator* on the aliora line to the far distant horixon which seems to 1 dip into the sparkling waves beyond, there one rut body of water. Here j the water ap|Hjajre to reflect the bright ethereal above ; llierw again the raja of , the atin are dancing on the tiny wave* and sparkling brilliantly, while in in numerable other place# the separated portion* of nimbus cloud floating silent ly aloft are reflected in dark sp' la that I represented amall islands. I'rotn the i direction of Fort Htaulev, on the Caua- ( dtan aide, appear a number of vcaaela ( under sail, which are no amall tliat one involuntary recura to the day* when he made ahiua of 6 by 4 inch cardboard ruul rigged them with half a ahcet of note psjwr and a yard of outtou thread, tioing out of the harbor to meet three are several atnall ateaui to*-boaU. To look at these from the car it recalls | utetn traveling, when excited oaaacn gcra rush to the deck to ace a school of J fnaky prj*iaea leaping over the wave* and dashing ahead over the billowv' mountains, covering tin-mselves wtla i the spray. Towards Dunkirk the a* poet was somewhat forbidding. Wilbdrawring the game from the wa ters of Krie and still following the shore line around by Fort Porter we see the Niagara lUrer. as it hugs the city; and, following it in iU eonrae, the , attention is soon riveted on one of the greatest natural and most beautiful scones in the world—the waterfalls and ravine* of Niagara. All those who have seen the mighty torrents or beard the harmony of waters, watched the foam ing and botiiug, the dancing of the , spray ami tbo unceasing rush of the streams there, would be struck with, their grandeur and dignity when view ed from an altitude of a mile. "Hie im mense body of water (alliug over the ' precspieea represented a vast grace fully o uitcti ti.woe of spotless wool, and the spray was likanril by one of our i party to a fountain playing to the height, of 100 feet, the hill* and background , being the basin to receive the foaming liquid. ... At three o'clock tlie barometer mdl esteil that we were 5.404 feet above the 1 earth, witli the thermometer down to > 47. Scarcely had we registered these i figures when we were struck Ht the peculiarity of the boriWD, I have noticed on previous ascensions that the ( clouds oa the horixon almost formed a circle, the outer edge of which was on a level with the oar Iwneath the balloon. Now, bowevjr, the clouds formed v.nly 1 about a mtatrole, the heaviest por- • tiou of the cumulus stratum being to j the southwest of Erie Lake, but appear- j iug to le below us. Mr. King called atteution to thi* aha, and expressed some surprise at the phenomenon, ■ AWay from the horixon anJ up over us, 1 in the immensity of spao*. the only clouda vial bio were gradually forming • a oanopy. getting lictwceu us and the snn, causing oux captain no little con cern, as he knew he would have to pay penalty In ballast for this rise in the misty * region, and ballast, above all things, he wsnt.il to store as far as pos sible, because on it, to a great extent, would depend the duration of our voy age. Hence the study of the horixon sud the debate on Ibo faultless are of I heaven Unit Bproad o'er shsltsr'd earth An ample root were cut short by the preparing and launching overboard of the 30(Vfoot drag rope. But the rone became en- i tangled, and required throe of us to clear it again. The balloon rushed on a distance of | 9,000 feet, and then sank rapidly, dowu to 1,200. Passing so near the earth, , parties were hailed amj answered the signal. At 5,000 feet nbove the cart!* the temperature was 51 degrees, and at 7.000 feet, the highest elevation, it was 39 degrees. The balloon landed the 1 reporters a few miles from Corning, N. Y., and Pmf. King went on his way for a more extended trip alono. A Bearded Woman's Passion. Tho death Of the bearded woman, says n Paris correspondent, ia an -1 tnnineed. Her name wan Jacqueline i Donbliu. For the past year she )uui liecn a nightly visitor at tbe"Chate let." Eacli evening aho attended the theatre in the gnrb of a man, alwaya oc cupying the same seat. Bho called forth not a little attention, her long black hair and beard tendering lior an object of eaporial interest. About two months ago she appeared in an elegant woman's attire, her face closely shaved. Notwithstanding the change of drees, she was instantly recognized by tho euliery, and greeted in a couapicuoua nt not satisfactory manner. From that she was seen no more, and it waa noon rumored that aho was ill; also that snid illness was the result of a violent and bnpulcaa love for the leading actor of the Cliatclet, On her death-bed the unfortunate Jacqueline wrote a letter to tho Oommiasioner of Police acknow ledging her passion, which the physi cians actually state was the cause of her death. ** parlous Times." A German writer states that the deaths in Hungary amount to 6,210 out of each 100,000 -very year, wliieh gives the average length of lire at less than twenty years. This death rate is equal to two und a half times that of England. The excess is amounted for by the mor tality consequent on assaults, duels, drunken quarrels, and other violence. "Those be parlous times," indeed, in Hungary. Koutwrll ou Farmers' Debts. 11l his address at the Worcester Ooll- TT, MWM., Agricultural Fur, Benator limit well said I I do uut ilung lac that MitMiicLuiM-tu far men are generally in dtlit, but lam quite sure that some of thtut have applied their annual earn ing* to the puynieutof mortgages, when the money could hare been more profit* ably used for the improvement of ttoe farina. It may seem * Iran go that I ahuuld auggeat that it ia not i al waya, and under all cirenmMaueea, to pay debt*. It ia told of Mr. Webster but whether with any foundation iu truth, I eannot aay—that iu a speech at Philadelphia, on a festive occasion, when l'emtaylvama ai embarrassed atui her credit impaired, he iuaiated that ho> public debt muat b paid. Warmed by the oeeaaion aud subject, he said : " The debt of Pennsylvania muat tie paid ; it shall be |>aul —if I pay it myself." And then, after a little de lay; he addeil, " but aa to private in debtedneaa, that ia a different thing." Private indebtedness, gentlemen, under soma uircuiuatancva ia a different thing fruui from a public debt - I do uot apeak of the obligation, bat of the wis dom of delay with the consent of the creditor. Public debta nanally reprr aeut the coat of wara, of public build inga, of auterpriaca too vaat for private undertaking. There are no available aasaU except the private property and the producing power of the people. Every delay abifta aomething of the burden from accumulated wealth to the wealth-producing claes*-*. Tha interest on the public debt of Kugland can be wrung largely from the labowng claaaea, but the pt t net pal could only be paid from the accumulated wealth or from the income of the accumulated wealth of the country. The logic which forma the haae ol British policy on tiiia aub ject ia dear. The wealthy men of the country receive from the laboring claaaea wtercet at three prr cent, upon a debt which they tketneelvea ought to pay. tlenoe the policy of (Ireat Britain, dic tated by the wealthy ciaaaca—no any plua income, no payment of the pnblic debt. Her example teach** that pnblic debta ougbt to be paid, and paid with the least possible delay ; but private indebtedness, under aome circum stances, ia a different thing. If a far mer has half the sum of money nccea aarv to buy a farm enited to hia tastes and plana, there can bo no doubt of the wiadom of the purchase. The debt is sectiiw ; it ia it PH in tod by real prop erty, There ia hardly any personal re sponsibility attaching to Uie debtor. He enjoys the uae of the land upon the payment of a certain annna] rent, anb [act only to tbe chance of nae or fall in the value of the estate. Every im provemr nt ia for hia benefit. The debt ia an annual charge to the extent of the interest—nothing more. If the farmer oan uae hia annual gains in tbe develop ment of hia farm, in tbe increase of laa product*, he adds te his wealth more rapidly than he would by the payment of the debt Tbe debt ia a fixed turn ; the increase in tha value of his farm shows bis gains. It is certainly wiset to add to the value of the eatate than to diminish the incumbrance while the owner lies not all the means in his bus iness that he deeirtw. The Temple of Plana. The Temple of Diana, about which there has born so much contention among the learned for ao many genera lions, is now proved to be oetastyle, that is, having eight columns in front. It has eighteen columns on the sides, and the interrolnmniations of tie latter are chieflv three diameters, making the temple disstyle. The statement of Pliny aa to its having bad 100 oolumua i externally) is correct, and as many as twenty-seven of these might have been the contributions of kings. Of the po sition of the thirty-six rolwmntr r,rlater (seulptured columns!, I may obtain fur ther proof before the excavations are completed. Allowing tor the protection of the sculpture on these columns, whioh, in the fragments lately found, is as much as thirteen inches, the diameter of the columns was about 5 feet 10 inches. The dimensions of the temple given by IMiny, via.: 220 feet by 425 feet, were evidently intended to apply to the raised platform upon which the Temple was Until. The actual width of the pisiform, measured at the lowermost step, was 238 feet 3 inches English. The evidence ns to its length is not at present so conclnsive, and the dimen sions given on my plan may have to be corrected when the western and eastern extremities have been more thoroughly explored. The dimensions of the Tem ple iteelf from plinth to plinth, " ont to ont," are 163 feet SB iucbea by 308 feet 4 inches. The height of the platform was 9 feet fl inches. Tic interior ap pear* to have been adorned with two tier* ®f elliptic*! columns, lonic and Corinthian, fragments of these having been found near the walls of the cells. —A fhmtrum. An Insult to the Horse, Do yon know the origin of tlie fashion of that cruelty to the horse, known as blinkers on the bridles ? No! Then 1 will tell yon. In 1802 tliey came into fsabinu in thiswise: The Dtikeof Kent, the father of Queen Victoria, was woe fully in debt. Being a Prince, he could not be sued at oommon law, or arrested, but a ribbon stretched across tlie side walk mqjt not bo breken by the debtor. So liia creditors contented themselves by using this ribbon to compel bus to take to the street, or go back. So lie had to travel in a roaeli-and-four. Hia off leader got "walleyed." The duke nnnld not buy another team, and this white eye made the horse unpleasant to look upon. Here was a fix, a princely fix. Poverty and no credit ruled the roost, and it seemed that hia Boyal Highness would hare to go on foot, nntil one of his drivers lit npon the hlinker dodge, and so one was fitted to hia head. It completely hid the white eye, aud then a blind was put on tlie other horses to make things even and uniform. Our stages were once driven through the country with four blinkers on the horses, i. r., one on the outside of each head-stall, and that fashion continued many years, or nntil one-horse wagons came in vogue, and then two blinders were placed on each head-stall. Thus, because the duke was too poor to sup ply his carriage with sound horses, or those having sound eyes, we to-day, after over seveuty years' experience, follow the fashion set by him. The Reward of Kindness. " The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has swarded its an nual premiums," says s Paris corre spondent. "One gentleman received a medal for purchasing an old horse in capable of working, and, to save it friim suffering, had the animal alangh tered, and the flesh given to the poor; another prise winner saved a foal from being buried alive by its owner; an architect obtained u medal for plnnging into tho Seine last November and saving a dog. An agriculturist received honorable mention for extending the culture of goat's beard, a plant which increases the production of milk in sheep, enabling them tliUB to rear their young. Perhaps that farmer might discover a plant to increase tho supply of milk among the Paris herds, anil tnus enable people to escape from a se ries of terrible adulterations." Terms: 5'2.00 a Year, in Advance. Wall Stract la a I'aalc. Tlo in liiut.nl Ovsr ikt lsi|wsil*B •< J* t Mlu * C •. Not since Black Friday has there been ao great an excitement tn Wall street, a* on the announcement of the stitpeii aiou of Jay Ceoke k Co. The Tttnes •ay a: It was a wild day in Wall street. The announcement* in the morning pre pared the public in a certain degree for the trouble which waa to ensue, and many parties were enabled to go in the market early tn the morning and pro tect themselves from loos. While many did this, and so saved themselves from rain, there were others, and by far the majority, who thought that the trouble was solely brought about by machina tions of the bears, and that there would only be a small-sixed panic, whieh would result ib a sudden rebound in prices. Those who took this view of the situation held on to their invest ments as lung aa possible, and, so soon as their margins gave oat, were com pelled to go ander. Of course, there were many who, by superior strength, were enabled to uoid on to their par chases, and ao escaped being sold out, at least for tlie Urns. The first intimation which came into the Htoek Exchange of any change tn the programme was contained in n brief notice, which said authoritatively that say Cooke k Co. had suspended pay ment. To say that the street became excited would only give a feeble view of the expressions of feeling. The broken stood perfectly thunderstruck for a mo ment, and then there was a genera! run to notify the different Looses in Wall street of the failure. The brokers surged out of the Ex change, tumbling pell-mell over each other in the general oonfuaion, and reached their respective offices in race horse tune. The members of firms who were surprised by this announcement had no time te deliberate. The bear clique waa already selling the market down in the Exchange, acu prices were declining frightfully. Of course every one gsve orders to sell out holdings as quick as possible, in ordar to obtaiu the best prices, sod in this way when the brokers returned to the Lung Room s fresh iwpuias wss given to the decline, which brought about s fearful panic There was no one on hand with nerve sod money to arrest it either, and so the bear clique, taking advantage of the general demor alisation, made oonfuaion worse ©un founded. The news of the panic spread in every direction down town, and hundreds of people who had been carrying stock in expectation of s rise, rushed into the offices of their brokers and left orders that their holdings should be immedi ately sold out. In litis way prices fell off so rapidly that even V underbill oould not hare stemmed the tide. The stock exchange has I wen the arena of many desperate conflicts between bulla and bears, and it is di aril to di criminate as to the violence of the re spective melees, bnt it was said by old frequenter* of Wall street that no panic ao frightful had ensued since the failure of the Ohio Trust Company in 1857 as that witnessed. The sellers and purchasers in the Ex change seemed to Lave lost their reason in many instance*, and abouted oat one offer in one minute, and then, either completely demoralised oroversaoguine. pat the priee up or down on# or too per cent. At one time there seemed to be no bottom to the market, end if the been bed pressed their advantage, it U likely that etocka would here declined much lower then wae the ceae. Everything went down, and although at time* desperate resistance Was ofler ed by the Yaudsrbilt broker*, n* sub •Uncial check was given to the decline, and the l>eara had everything their own way. Jay (lould's representative* in the Stock Board pressed sale* in the moat persistent manner, and so soon as there was any cessation in the excite ment, or the slightest reaction in the market, they were ready to sell large blocks of stocks and to put up the Be eeesary margin* Yanderhilt had immense quantities of stocks; Gould had millions of ready cash, Greenbacks told, and the Van derbilt clique was pressed to U e wall. Men went about the street with blanch ed faces, and requested pileously of their brokers that their stocks should not be sold out as more margin would be obtained in the morning: but aelf pcrservatiou seemed to be the first law of nature with every one, ao the accounts of the customers were closed out, and the losses became a fixed fact. Some of the men who were ruined swore, some of them wept, some went oat of the street without saying a word; others talked of the trouble in s jovial way, and went about trying to borrow mouey from friends to get on the abort tack with. Stephen Glrard* Memory. "Stephen Girard," say* a writer in a Philadelphia paper, "had a remark able memory, seldom for/retting any thing to which hia attention hail once tveen called. As an instance, when, in 1793, his ship Voltaire was euilt, labor ers were scarce, on account of a fever raging at the time, and Girard person ally assisted hia favorite carpenter, •Jimmy Humphries,' in driving in the oopper bolts which held the breast hook fastenings in the bow. In 1812, during the war, the Voltaire required repairing, and it was overhauled at Kensington. It was necessary to re move the copper bolts which held the fastenings, in order to replace some wood-work, and it liecsme necessary to know whether the bolta had been rivet ed from the inner or outer aide. The same carpenter, Humphries, was as sisting in the repairing of the vessel, but was unable to find the bolt-beads. Girard, who was standing near, smiled quietly, noticing which, Humphries asked, rather jokingly, ' Perhaps you know something about thorn, air ?' The old mau laughed, sod said: 'Why, Jimmy, don't you remember that hot afternoon in *93, when you and I pat in those bolta ? The starboard ones are riveted from the outside and the lar- Itoard from the inside.' Through all the whirling memories of that wonder ful head, the old man's mind had gone back to the simple incident of nineteen years before, with perfect accuracy." Rolling Stock. The decline in the ralne of new rail road seonrities caused by the financial trouble* promises to operate in a dis tressing manner upon some of the in dustries connected with the railroads. At the Rogers Locomotive Works, in I'aterson, orders for locomotives for three months ahead were cancelled and nearly 600 workmen were discharged, ft is also feared that 600 more workmen may bo discharged from the same works and several hundred from the Danforth and the Grant works. There is also a cheek to car-building, and it is not at all improbable that much suffer ing will result to Turkmen in these and other railroad industries during the ooming winter. Hard-pushed employ ers may prevent some distress by adopt ing the plan of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company and shortening hours of work, with a corresponding decrease in pay, inatead of discharging their em ployees. NO. 42 lagomar, the Barbarian. Ingomnr is a M-tm-civilised chief, •bo, even in bis Bleep, drratu* of pur suing *ud capturing, mf cm thing end j killing, of Iriumpi) end bootv. Curses re at home in his month. He { atav with him. She tells him that he i a bright star veiled with mist, a rougl gem before the artificer baa fired it* t remnloun rays, that he worships only strength, that hia sole argument ia hi* sword, and that order and law ar foreign to him. She remind* him thai a common law aud'sweet customs mus< find those whom love has united, it; order that esteem may purifv and pie serve the warmth of youth. He quiver* beneath her words, and the lingering , savagery of his natnre construes them into insults ; but, with a heart aa great and beautiful aa his native forests, he conquers himself, asserts his own worth, sad acknowledges hia willingness to t>ecome a Greek. He grows docile, ac companies ner home, and implorea bei father, who had oneo been his despised captive, to tesch him. He doff* hi* hides, trim* hia hair and beanl, conduct* the plow, worka at the anvil, and even deliver* up bis sword. He meekly en dure* the taunts of Parthenia'a mother; but he cannot master conventionalisms He worships the candor of the forest still, and cannot become obsequious to the Timarcb. He refutes to betray his recent oomrkdee and ia willing to forego all the gifts and honors promised him, Parthenia into the bargaiu, rather than act the spy. Driven forth at last by the people of whom he hoped to become one, he learns with ecstasy that Par thenia will accompany liim. Uncon sciously to himself he has convinced her that all is comprehended in the gilt of a heavenly heart. The rprising Against Early Rising. Early rising has been very rudely and successfully shaken. Charles Lamb has shown that there ia as much ex cess in rising with the lark and lying down with the lamb aa in the practice referred to in Moore's song, which reo ommends a lengthening of our days by taking "a few hours from night, my dear !" That philosophy was shake* in the early days of the world by two sleepy children who came under the re buke of vigilant fathers. "My eon!" remarked one sire, "I found a piece of gold by rising early !" "Aye 1" re joined young hopeful, "bat the man who lost it was up before you." "My son," said the other worthy parent, "observe that it's the early bird thai catches the worm!" "I do, oh my father," replied the exoellent boy; "also, that the worm was caught by getting up earlier than the bird." Sai/nyo MEAT.—A writer in Dingier'* Polytechnic Journal recommends a mixture ol 7 pounds of salt, 3 ounce* of saltpetre, and one pound of sugar to every hundred pounds of meat. For the reason that if this mixture ia ap plied in a dry state it extracts the water from the meat along with some of th* most nutritive constituents, he is in favor of using a solution of the pickling materials in water, as brine. A moth flew into the ear of a young woman reaiding at Middleport, Niagara county, and could not be dislodged for several hours. Finally a surgewn tuc eaeded in remoring.it aliva. It em i af Intern!. { How to make m Indian loaf—Give jealousy. There ia nothing so uftecbireia bring ing a man up to the scratch aa a healthy, high-spirited flea, ~ . It ia estimated that the fciohborne trial, in England, baa already cost up wards of ft,000,000- Uaronm propose *S ff* *P fifty thousand dollar balloon experiment across the AUaatie. George Stoaeoo scored 2.000 paintsi at four-bidl billiards ia one hour d fifty minutes at Chicago. Tbe working population of tb* United States ia estimated at 13.000,00—one- third of the population. A mass of copper was recently taken from the Cliff mines. Lake Superior which weighed thirty tons. Let men laugh when you sacrifice de sire to duty if they will You have time and eternity to rejoice in. A man died lately at Nashville, from the bite of e " ameH epider having a urn all red spot on hie beck. *' A hearty reapenae has been made to tbe affliatod people of Shiwveport, La., from sfcqgejnw* of tbe country. When female neigbbora quarrel now a-days, thqy don't spring for each oth er's hair. Things have changed. Very few horses eat ooreed beef, but we eaw one standing the other d*y be fore a store with e bit in hia mouth. Aridi old lady ie New Haven keepe her bens in the parlor, and feeds them with jelly cake and English walnnta. A fire in Chicago destroyed fit houses all but one of which were of wood, end were mainly residences. The torn ia *IBO,OOO. There were four persona killed end ten injured •• the Midland Railway through the criminal Mckleaeaeae of a conductor. ~ A full-freighted schooner, tbe name of which is unknown, suddenly sunk a the Iferuey, carrying down all on board. A New York chemist emna be sen re duee boat lege to beefsteak. Bom* Landlords have had tea years, the start of him. The yellow fewer ie reported at Ful ton, the tormina* of the Cairo and Ful ton R. R. also at aeveral of the smaller town* in Northern Louisiana. No actor baa yet been able to eountor feit that *spratooe of joy which a man •hows when discovering .a ten-sent •temp in hie paper of tobacco. A tea merchant at Peoria had his ad vertising wagon follow a funeral pro oeasioe, and ri was very properly tip ped into the dttoh by the mourners. The man who doesn't like Mount > Washington, bcoeeas he cant stand the • climb it, should keep quiet. He will find it precious herd work to ran it 1 down. Bath, Me., has built end launched thirty-seven vessels of various rig* and tonnage since the beginning of tbe ' --*r has nineteen ethers now on ' the stock*. Three yeere ago a person was privi leged to view all parte of tlia Falls of Sugars by paying fifty ewnfe to cross the t-idg* to Gold nlw.l. Now it oosfa 911.60. The Utiea Herald save men will never know what effect it would have had on Job if eleven girts had called on him, one after soother, ana tried to id! him Bunday-ecbool picnic tickets. Jk pensioner of the war of 1812, who has since received a government allow ance of 9240 and has nevpr spent a eeut of it, ie new said to be the richest man in Rockingham oounty. New Hamp shire. A peculiar throat disease in Luserae county, Penn., ia Mentioned by the ■icreiAon Time* of Saturday hut as hav i ing proved fatal to upwards of sixty -hudren within the spaee of n fort night. , A doctor of Portsmouth protests veiut the tolling of bells at funerals. He thinks the sound has a depressing -fleet upon the rick, and can not prove * source of mack enjoyment to the de parted. Woden fabrics associated with velvet or of a corresponding shade are to be preferred this season to costume* made entirely of ailk. comparatively few of the latter being visible among the fall impertphmc. . How tbe heart of Horace Greeley would have been delighted with tbe little piece bf cable news, that one hun lred ton* of Ameriean bar iron aold at Liverpool at ill Ida., thus undersell ug the English market Tbe New York Central Railroad Co. is going to build at Albany two hog pens, tech 700-fed long by 110 fed •ride, and ha* advertised for proposals for masonry, sewerage, carpenter Work, plumbing and slate roofing. The engineers on some of the Penn tjlrauia railroads amuse themselves by ..wiring tame trout ia the water tanks if tbeir locomotives, where they are <*aid to flourish, spite of the constant motion to whicO they are subjected. An Essex street men bought a pig Saturdav. "What do you feed your pjr wikcd a neighbor. •Com.' 1 he •aid. "Do you feed it in tbe ear ?" aaked the friend. "I>o you think lam a fool?" said the Essex street man, sarcastically. There was a Violent storm on tbe Black Sea which proved very destruc tive to stopping. Seventy veaaela were wrecked near the mouth of tbe Bosplio rua, and nearly all on board perished. At one point on the coast over two hun dred andaixly corpses have been washed ashore. A blacksmith hia succeeded in changing the gait of a pacing borne to that of a trotter, by simply fastening an extra pair of chocs heavier than usual to the fore-feet whenever he wants the horse to trot, and taking them off at all other time*. The sudden change of weight on hia fore-feet forces the ho ee to char ge hia gait. Fanners will be interested to know that an agriculturist has discovered aa insect tost wilt destroy the potato bug. There ia one alight objection to this new hug, however. It bores into the potato to he in wait for the other bug. Natu rally the potato suffers. The agricultu rist fondly hopes to discover another bug that will destroy the bug that de stroya the potato bag. "The Human Frog" is the name given to a deformed inmate of the Orleans county poorhouse, near Albion, in N. Y. State, who was born in the building twenty-eight years ago, and has never bat once moved outside its yard. His legs and arms are con tracted in auoh away that he hops around after tbe manner of the animal from which ha takes hia name, and his only enjoyment consist* in "lying in tbe sun covered with muck ana dirt" The Rifles, in Washington county, Ga., are drilling for the State Fair, The Captain talks to them in this genial manner : " Men—l want you to go with me to Maoou to contend for the pre mium. These town man call us the ropperaa breeches company, and they iangh at us; but which will be the most honor for us—the copperas breeches company or to drill against the town crackers, under their silk banners, and we win the prise and bring it away. Hen, stick to me, far we will win the prise." jt lady was much beset by her negro oook for permission to attend the fu neral of some relative; but, to com pes sate her tor the deprivation, her mis tress "Rose, I really feel very sorry for you, but you shall lose noth ing dv staying at heme. I promise that you shall go to the flirt; party that ia given by any of your/needs, and stay ill night long." Rose, tossing her head, replied, " Law I Mies Susan, how kin you talk like dat K You know I don't set no vally on parties. Forty parties couldn't pay me few de sight of one corn!" She was allowed to ace the "corp."