Life's Prim. Ks*(*r WW, papa! Jwt ••• thw*!" Ths rsd speck swelled oaths rennd arm fair, Ths meeqnito's kiss had baan rian ihsre. And the child was protrt of bar punctured skill And tha right to frat Uka her grown-up kin. •Hester bite ?" Verily, I've had nun*, ruffing and ■selling and smarting flue : Scratch 'em and show 'em. then they'll shine. Who would be all alone. With no red irritant boast of his own I " She was s baby j" But who hsa met The grown-up child who was satisfied yet. Till his grievances gave him the right to fret t Ah ! we all come short of our perfect bit**. Till we're able to show the moequito's kia*. ir We Would. If we would but check the speaker Whan he spoils his neighbor's fame, If ere would but help the erring Eire we utter words of blame. If we would, how many might we Turn from paths of atu aud shame Ah. the wrong tlet might be righted If we would hut see the way 1 Ah. the pains tluO might be lightened Every hour and everyday If we would but bear the pleadinge Of the hearts that go astray. Let us atep outside the stronghold Of onr eelflshnese anil pnde; Let na hft our fainting brother* Let us strengthen ere we chide; Let us. ere we Warns the fallen. Hold a light te cheer and guide. Ah, how bleeeed -ah. bow bleeeed Earth would be if we'd but try Thua to aid and right the weaker. Thns to check each brother's sigh. Thus to talk of duty's pathway Te our better life on high. la each Ufa. however lowly. There are itak of m.ghty good . Still, we shrink from souls appealing With a timid "if wa could But a CroJ who judge* all things Knows the truth . "if we would." . ..... THE OLD CIDER MILL. Yesterday they tore down the old cider milt at the Lynches'. Its place, or rather its office, is to be taken by a little cast-iron one set in the stable. Odd enough it will seem to go poet the Lvnch farm now, and miss the old mill, lor it was a verv conspicuous ob ject where it stood, three or four rods back from ths bouse, with its grout hopper and mash-wheel encircled by the deep-trodden path where old Sib used to plod endlessly through the brisk October days, grinding all the cider 1 apples of the neighborhood. And there were the groat poets and cross beam of the prose, massive pine tim bers, eighteen inches square, that had a certain Cyclopean look, fit to make a boy stare, and pnt large ideas into hia head. There, too, were the big, steam ing heaps of tan-colored " pommy " (pomace , and the groat soor-smclhog trough into which the ground apple fell and was thenoe conveyed to the hoops. For several seasons, however, the huge wooden jack-screws have been ont of the lofty cross-beam, and the mash wheel has' grown toothless. Indus!, the aid mill has never been quite itself since the Maine (Liquor) Law made a 'revolution in the neighborhood. Bat the great pine posts stood fast, and bade fair to do so for another half cen tury, to the wonder of strangers. " Say, old fellow 1 is that the gal lows ?" a passing " runner demanded of' Uncle Billy Clwes, who, one day, sat j nodding under the balzu-o'-Gilead, a little beTond. Now, Uncle Billy has always been a steady consumer of the beverage of which the eld mill may be consideted a shnne, and was even at that moment a little under the potency of its influence. " Gall us !" quoth the old fellow. '• Wal, fust an' larst it's Barred me a sight wuss than a gal las cad 'a' done." It may be remarked that Uncle Billy atontly "denies this confession in his sober momenta. It is only when "half ' seas over" that he frankly owns how sadly drink has ruined him. Bnt at present my story relates to the last years of tbejold mill's active career, during which it was at certain seasons But to a special, bnt leas legitimatense, te precise nature of which long re mained a mystery. This was when the Lynch girls, then retiring toward young womanhood, were all at home,—La creeah, Cad, Jess, and Lorette, a merry lot, rosy, and "full of the old cat" We had a custom in that neighbor hood—a custom not confined to that neighborhood, I may add—of haqging May-baskets, a sort of paper valentine, made basket-form to hold more sub stantial tokens than mere poetry; but, as the writer has already described this custom in a former number, nothing need here be said concerning it, further than that the hanging part was gener- 1 ally followed by a hot pursuit of the hanging parties, who, if caught, were subject to *no end of laughable igno miny. The Lynch girls, swift of foot ' M Diana herself, sometimes captured the lads who ventured to append favors to their door; and then came the droll part, the part which has to do with the • old eider-milL Whenever they had caught any of the boys, there would be plenty of exnltant poxcxrow while they ! took him back to where the old mill stood, then extravagant ejaculations, often yells of genuine distress, and no end of humble tagging. The girls did something to him there st the old cider mill. What it was, whether they stuff ed his mouth with "pummy," or pinch-: ed his toes in the mash-wheel, was not very clear to the other lads. And of the three or four boys they had thus misused, not one coold be got to tell ghat the girls had done to him, —it was something lie didn't like to talk abont. Now, I will wager that some one of my readers is saying that he should just like to see the four girls that oonld hustle him back to that mill and stall his mouth with ground spplof Well, sir, I should jnst like to see how yoa ' would go to work to help yourself, with four girls all laughing and palling at you. What would you do ? Double up your fist? Ah, but yon know that its morally impossible to hit one of the Bolt, calico-ey things,—after you've doubled it! It's about the best way to let 'em work, and bear it all with your best grin. This sort of thing had been going on for two springs, when, late in May, a cousin (some degrees removed) of the writer's came on from New York, where his father resides to make us all a visit, and stay through the summer. His name, as he wrote it, was Horace G. Melcher, the G standing for the late great editor; but we knew him as " Hod " simply. I wonder whether Mr. Greeley's early playfellows used to call him Hod ? Well, Hod was a pretty good sort of fellow. Of oonrse he had on a few airs; but then we expect them in city boys—• at first. They do have a good many advantages over country lads, and I don't know that it is anything more than fair that they shonld snub ns a lit tle. Hod, by the way, was then thir teen past He ridiculed the " style "of the young ladies of the neighborhood ; and, no doubt, they seemed different from the girls he had toeen used to see ing. But he took a very lively interest in May-baskets; and, although May had seen given place to June, we still kept up the fun on odd evenings,—only they were n J longer May-baskets, bnt Jane-boxes, —every fiuit in its season. Thanks to fhe good counsels which onr mutual playfellow, Tom Edwards, and I gave him, Hod had thus far kept out of the clutches of the fair Lynches. Bnt, like man> another, he soon got im patient of advice. He didn't see the good of skulking behind fences and into bush clumps. He was very certain they couldn't catch him ; indeed, he would liko to see the girl that oould catch him in a fair race. He grew bolder ; and one night (the third Jane box, I think), the door opening close upon our knock, he dashed out into the FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. VI. road, yelled, aud rati off in full view of hia pursuer*. Wo heard him go down the road A full pound, with A Mute fill pit-pat of girls' ah wo* hard be hind. Very possible ho might have escaped then ; but, coining where the uufonced common skirted the road, he assayed to tack off across it. Here a treacherous stone-hole masked by high brakes and blueberry -bushes received him sll iu s heap, )'h next moment the pretty Phili'tines were upon him. A peal of triumphant laughter from the eouimou told us the rest ; lor Torn and I, mean while, had hurried off liaek of the house, past the old cider-mill, aud plunged into the thicket of balm-o'-gilead sprouts which had sprung up about the trunk of the old tree. Throwing our selves full leugth under thia green cop pice, we lay ouiet. The twilight had uot quite failed out iu the northwest ; in the east the rim of the late-rising moon was just peeping over ; it bright ened a* ILHJ'S captors came back with him. Every few stepa there would be a tussel; the prisoner seemed a good deal iuelined to resist. Theu followed ITT an invariable "No you dou't, sir !** "Now, dou't hold a follow so !" we could hoar Hod remonstrating. Then the girls would laugh mockingly, aud exhort him to come along, telbug him how angallAiil it was to run away from youug ladies. "Now, don't tear your self away ? See us home, do ! We've got something pretty to show you— something you'll like !" (to. On they came past the house, and made straight for the eider-mill; then we heard the boards rattle and the old wooden screws squeak. Secretly tick led, and not a little curious, Tom and I got our heads up and peeped ont from Amongst the sprouts. "Now, what's the use !** Hod was pleading. "I say, von girls, what are ye going to do to a feller ?" Then came a prolonged scrimmage. Rouud thev went, all over the back yard. Hoi wsa making a desperate effort to get away. No use; they held ou to him and brought him under the high posts of the press ag.nu, all pant ing. "I*ll be blamed," whispered Tom, "if they hain't got him up ou the bench where the puramy-hoop is t" Then came another struggle and clat ter. "Sow—now—now, please don't 1" ejaculated Hod. But the wicked sprites only laughed the louder. "There !** muttered Tom, "if they haven't got him into the hoop and got the follower down on to him ! Good gracious. Kit! 1 believe they're going to squeeze him ! They're turning the screws!" We began to be a little alarmed for Hod. Not that we thought they would "squash him up" knowingly; b'ut they had an enormons power in hand ; and girls sometimes lack discretion. Oral —creak — squeak .' We could see Cad and Jess turning the levers to bring the screw-heads down on to the follower. Lncreesh and Lorette were holding the follower over him. " O. you'll make a splendid cheese !" they were saying. I don't think Hod fairly divined thoir intentions nntil the follower began to press him. Then he squirmed in good earnest; bnt they had him hard and fast. • Now, boy," says Cad, "what was you n4 our door for ?'* "To hang a June-box," said Hod, candidly. "O. you was 1 Who was it with you ?" "I don't want to tell that," said Hod, honorably. " Don't yon ?" Creak—squeak. "Oh 1" " Creak — squeak. " Oh ! Tom Ed wards—Oh-h ! and Kit— Oh-h-h 1" They eased up, laughing as only snch a mischievous pock can. k 'Where did Tom and Kit run to ?" " I don't know," said Hod ; and really he did not know. "Try and think," says Jess. Creak —squeak. "I honestly don't know!" vociferated Hod. Squeak—creak. "Oh ! —op the road. Oh-h !—over into the wood. Oh ! oh 1" Torture has made many a martyr lie, no doubt, when the truth wasn't satis factory to his inquisitors. "You're the fellow from New York, ain't you ?" demanded Jess ; "the one they called Hod !" "Yes—yes 1 from New York 1 I'm Hod 1" "Hod is s droll name; what does it stand for ?" "Stands for Horace." "Horace, what else ?" "Horace Melcher." "Any middle name ?" Hod hesitated. He was then very sensitive about his second name, New York folks were laughing so much at ltis great namesake. "Come, what's jour middle name ?" questioned Cad. "My middle initial's G," replied Hod, trying to compromise it. '"Well, but what does that G stand for ?" No answer. Creak—sqxteak — creak. "Oh, now 1" (Veak—creak. "Oh 1 —Greeley !oh .'—Horace Greeley— oh-h 1" Then they eased np to laugh over him, and says Lucrtfesh, "How roach is your father worth, Horace Greeley ?" "Nothing 1" exclaimed Hod, irritated at the sound of his full name. "Reckon again 1" cried Cad. We hoard the screws going, and Hod very qnickly arrived at different fig ures : "Oh !—forty thousand dollars— oh 1" he roared out. "That's good !" said 'Creesh. " But you don't like our style, I hear." "No, I don't," muttered Hod. "Don't you—now ?** Squeak—creak —creak. " O yes! I do! I do ! IDO !! O-h-h ! " "Would n't yon like to kiss us. Hoddy ?" said Cad, after a pause. "I'd like to bite ye!" growled the oppressed Horace. "O, no, no, no! There's a dear boy 1 Kiss ns, won't you ?" Creak. "Yes! Yes! I will ! Let me up !" " I'm afraid you'll back ont, if we let you clean ont of the hoops," said Jess. "We'll let yon part way up." And the jades actually made him salute them all round, with his head just up over the edge of the hoop and the follower held ready to crowd l.im down again, if he bit, instead. Then they let him get out and go with a chime of " Good night, Hoddy," and " How do you like our ' style ?'' Hod made himself scarce forthwith. Tom and I waited till the " coast was clear," then crept out and went home. Hod had gone to bed. Next morning I heard Tom asking him what the girls did to him. " None of your business !" said he, shortly. But afterwards, whenever we fonnd it necessary to take him down a little, we would sing out, "Oh!—Greeley!—Oh!" That would " fetch him." Ah, well, those days are all past and gone now, like the old cider-mill. Hod is of late junior partner in the mercan tile house of which his futhsx is the head; and if this little story shonld come to his eye,—well, I guess he will stand it; he stood a worse pressure in the old "pnmmy-hoop." The pretty Lynches are gone, too; they went "off to the factory;" and that was the last of them, so far as con cerns our home neighborhood. Last THE CENTRE REPORTER. spring, one of litem (poor Jess), quite tutu and faded, aud with errs preter uaturallT bright, came baei to cough out the few remaining week* of hor life; the other* are noar part and jiareel of that great, dreary factory-town,-an ever-hungry mouster which ha* already devoured all the bloom and beauty of each rural neighborhood far aroiiud it. Isjte's V. ting Drop. A pair of picnickers of Hnu Francisco hail a thrilling experience the other day. There was s Urge picnic. It was over, aud the company were waiting for the train at s station near a high trestle bridge. It waa some minutes till train time, and a young couple thought they would take a walk on the bridge to en joy the delights of love-making togeth er with the senaation of looking down into the depths of the gulf beneath them. They had made their way about fifty yards over the chasm when a gravel train cameshooting arouud a short bend in their face*. A deep cut had hid the train till it was almost upon tliein. It was an awful situation, and the lady comprehended it at once, and did uot lose her preseuco of mind, as events proved. They could net possibly get off the bridge before the train would overtake them. The eugmeer whistled down brakes, but it was evidently im possible to stop the hesvy train before it would be upon them. It waa within a few yards, and the crowd of pieuick ere stood but a hundred yards off pet rified with horror. There seemed to be no escape whatever for the luckless couple. Their mangled bodies would evidently be dashed into the chasm. The lady called to her companiou to drop, and suddenly dropped herself. Both dropped just in time, and they hung suspended to a sleeper under the bridge while the long traiu passed over them. Thus they clung with their h*nds until some gentlemen of the com pany west on the bridge and rescued them from their perilous situation. They were unharmed, except torn cloth ing and a scratch or two, and they saved their lives by s scratch. It was the principal event of a very pleasant occa sion, and was so thrilling that some of the ladies who saw the danger cloned their eyes and faiuted. Spider Killers. By general observation spiders are considered by eutomologists to have a specific office, viz.To keep down the dangerous multiplication of winged in sects. They occasionallr seise a worm or stray caterpillar if they happen to •ncroach on their weblxsl territory. But entrapping flies is their forte. In signillcaut ami solitarv as they are we could not dispense with their quiet ser vices. Let sliders strike and for a single month in summer refuse to set their traps, we could hardly defend our selves against armies of notions insects, which would take possession of our dwellings. But useful as they are, nnobstusive and vigilant as sentinels, in cellars, garrets, nnder the door, in the hiding places of straying bugs, moths and creeping things, they have their eu emies and are subjected to the rigorous demands of the same law under which they act, otherwise there would be too many spiders in the world, eajieciallr in Van Dieman's Land. Just in the busy scasjn of spider ac tivity, when they are slaughtering their thousands, like Cincinnati butchers, a peculiar fly ia let loose bv nature to limit their multiplication. It is about the size of a wasp. In fair weather tliev may be seen con structing cells of mud against walls and sunny, dry places. They are really poison dungeons. In company or aloue they hunt whatever spiders are found, seizing them adroitly, and away they fly with their prisoners, which are forced into tho cells, sometimes three or four in one. When secure, they drop in an egg, and then plaster over the top securely. When the egg hatch es, the young worm has an ample sup ply of food all ready for consumption. lesson* of Life. Of the lessons that humanity has to learn, the hardest ia to learn to wait. Not to wait with folded hands that claim life's prizes without previous efforts, but have struggled and crowded the slow years with trial, see no result as efforts seem to warrant—uay, per haps, disaster instead. To ataml firm at such a crisis of existence, to preserve one'a self-poiae and self-respect, not to lose; hold or relax effort, this is great ness, whether achieved by man or wo man—whether the eye of the world notes it, or it is recorded in the book, which the light of eternity shall alone moke clear to vision. Those who stand on the high places of the earth under stand not what necessity, what suffer ing means. They know not what it is to a noble mind to be obliged, like the worms, to crawl npon the earth for nourishment, because it has not the strength to endure famine. Life moves around them with so much grace,splen dor and beauty; they drink life's sweetest wine, and dance to a charming intoxication. They find nothing with in them which can enable them to un derstand the real suffering of the poor ; they love only themselves, anil look at mankind only in their own narrow circle. The ( attic. An article in the Memphis Register explains the circumstance under which persons residing in a part of the city distant from "Happy Hollow," where the disease originated, died of the yel low fever. It says t)iat|in no case has the disease originated in the better portions of the town, but that several persons who did business in the neighborhood of the Navy-yard and "Hanpy Hollow" contracted the malady ana carried it with them to their homes, where they subsequently died. If this be true, the disease is not of that fata) kind, which, like the vomito in Bhreveport, spreads everywhere, attacking the clean and the unclean alike, but it is due to local causes of filth and privation, and con fines itself to the unsavory locality in which it first maintained itself with such destructive effect. CHARM OF A GARDEN.— It is, indeed, the frequent change, the never-weary ing variety, that is the main charm of the garden. Tou leave home for a lit tle time, and when you return, lo 1 everything is changed. New colors, new forms, new nerfumes greet yon. There are fresh flowers on the stem, fresh fruit on the bough. Few things are moie enjoyable than a first walk in one's garden after an absence from home. Few men who are really fond of gardening ever care to be long away from their household gods. It is, in deed, one of the most salutary effects of a love of gardening that one's thoughts seldom turn towards the delights of vagraucy and the charms of strange places. Treasury Notes The following are the balances in the U. 8. Treasury: Currency less amount paid for bond* t.urcbased in New York, and not reported 914,761,988 Special deposit of legal tenders for redempticu of certificates of de posit 11,390.000 Coin 94.026.2t0 Including coin certificates 34.226,300 Outstanding legal tenders >66,000,000 CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1873. * The Usttlc of tloldru IIIU. A si|aptng-*llc to the ground, Hawed it in pieces, aud derisively in lad it up before the Houa of ITdiexty a door. Three hundred citizens assembled that uight at a public moetiug upon the common. Resolutions were passed de claring unemployed soldier* to be dan gerous to the peace of the city, while their employment by the citizens when , off duty was detrimental to the inter ests of the laboring classes, and should therefore be discontinued. They fur ther resolved that all soldiers under the rank- of orderly, except sentinela, who should apneararmed in the streets, and all, armed or unarmed, who were out of their barracks after roll-call, should W regarded aa cuemiea of the city and dealt with accordingly. The next day three soldier* were de tected bv two citizeus, Isaac Hear* and Walter Quaekcuboa, in the act of poat i ing a scurrilous placard abusive of the Hons of Liberty. Hears grasped one snd Quaekenboa the other, while the third soldier rushed upon Hears with his bayonet to free bis comrade, but Qtiackeubua, seizing an old ram's horn which bapjieued to be near by, hurled it into hia face and placed him hors dt> combat. Twenty aoldiera came to the rescue with drawn bayonets, while the unarmed citizens seized upon the cart stakes and defended their comrades. The riot waa increasing, every moment great number* being added upon Isith •idea, when Mayor llicks rsme upon the scene and ordered the soldier* to their barracks. They sullenly yielded obedi ence, retiring aa far a* Golden Hill, in John street, between William and Cliff streets, closely followed by the citizens. Here they were met by a reinforcement, headed by a presumed officer lu dis guise, who gave the command to halt and charge upon the people. A few who had bees able to obUin weapons placed themselves in front of their de- , fenselesa friends, and a battle rnaued, in which number* were injured ou both sides. A peaceable Quaker standing iu hia own door was wounded in the cheek, a sailor at a distance was cnt dowu, a boy, wounded in the head, fled to a neighboring boose for shelter, and a* the door was kindly Opened by a wo . man, a brutal soldier thrust hi* bayonet at her, fortunately without injury. The cit tens surrounded the hill and block aded their enemies, bat acted ou the defensive, repelling attack*, wheu they might eaaily, if disposed, have mas sacred their enemies. The tifficerw at last arrived, when the people at once opened their ranks and raised the siege, ending the first day's battle. The next morning Uie soldier* com menced the conflict by insulting a wo man returning from market. The peo ple gathered in group* aud discussed this and the events of the preceding day. About noon a group of aailorw anil a partv of soldiers came into col lision, a sailor being Vounded by a bay onet run through hia body. The Mayor ordered the soldier* to disperse, but they refused. A messenger was sent to the bauracks for their officers, but the soldier* intercepted him. Just then a party of "Liberty Boys" returning from a game of ball, came t# the rescue aud the soldier* were dispersed, hostil ities censing for a few hours. In the afternoon they were renewed. A group of citizen* having a**embled in front of the new jail, a party of aoldiera approached them in a body and insult ! ingly endeavored to foroe their way through, wheu the citizens quietly opened tlieir ranks and gave them free passage. Not satisfied with thia, the soldiers then assaulted the people, who had only shines to defend themselves. The "Liberty Boys" soon eame to the rescue, wheu a sharp conflict ensned, the soldiers being driven to their bar racks, tlieir arms taken from them, some badly wounded and others arrest ed and oommitted to the jail for trial, thus ending the two day*' battle ot Golden Hill, one of the stepping-stonca to the battles of the Revolution. A UI.an• final Ito! ll 11 >1 *1 Thmnt*h A Strange Dual—Both Bun Through. Col. Lay (rising with a profound l>ow) to n California reporter: Yea, Colonel, I have been engaged in forty two affAirs of honor as principal and second, and I concur with yon fully in your suggestions. It is the duty of a second to prevent a resort to arms if {tossilile. I recollect in one of the first duels I ever fought I came very near losing my life by huving a fool for a second. He allowed roe to fight the best swordsman in Europe with a rapier. I, at that time, was not so proficient as I am now in the use of that weapon, and considered my life as good as lost, hut met my antagonist, and after par rying a few of his thrusts, was conipell to allow him to pass his sword entirely through niv stomach, the point coming out at my backbone. As I stood thus transfixed, it occurred to my mind to do nn act which I have never heard of being equalled before or siuoe. I, with my left hand, with remarkable presence of mind, coolness and firmness, seized ! my adversary's blade, holding it so firmly that lie could neither turn it or pull it out, and in that positiou plung ed my sword entirely through my ad versary's left breast up to tho hilt, jnst one inch and a half above the heart; iind, whaf is remarkable ia, tnat we both i recovered. Killing Mosquitoes. A novel method of killing mosquitoes baa l>ecn discovered which deserves to lie patented. But wo disclose it to our readers, unconscious that we thereby infringe anybody's rights. The ap paratus required is simple, consisting of a broomstick, tho cover of a tin blacking-box, and a nail. The inside of the cover should be anointed thorongh ly with kerosene oil, and then nailed, hollow side up, to tho end of a broom stick. The method of operation ts equally simple: clap the machine over the nearest mosquito on the wall or ceiling, and hold him prisoner for a moment. Then his body will be fonnd adhering to the oil at the bottom of the cover, the fames having put on end to his existence. Sometimes a strong headed individual will reel about a vhile before he keels over and dies. J>y an iudustrions use of this maehine a : am can be entirely cleared of mos quitoes. The New York Herald, has been in dicted bytheOrsnd Jury for publish ing lottery advertisements. Rolher-Lote la a Rat. Mr. llonjamiu Taylor,of Taylor, Dun awav A Brothers, liimlwr merchants, on Eighth street, relates an incident of which he waa an eye-witness at hia lum ber-yard, that strongly illustrates that universal feeling, mother-love, which so pervades all nuimal life. Iu removing the last boards of a stack of planks, a rat's lieat, with nine vouug ones, waa found underneath. The lit tle rodents were about the sias of mice, and were able to crawl aliout at a lively rate. An old-fashioned wire trap was procured the young rats put iuto it, a weight put ou the top, aud it was left on the nest and watched. The trap was a semi-sphere with a funnel-ahsped entrance in the top aud a lifting door in the side. After waiting some half hour the mo ther rat made her appearance, showing evident anxiety about her lit ter. Hhe hesitated some time liefore : approaching the trap, bat finally her affection prevailed, and she boldly ven tured out within twenty feet, and jin fuJTview of the watchers. She ran ' several -times around the prison that contained her young, tried Hie wirvs with her teeth, aud made many demon strations of solicitude and dis. ireaa. At length, finding that she could ffot gel in to the youug ones, she determined to bring • thein out to her. The manner In which she accomplished this showed some thing akin to that reason of which man is wont to boast that he is the only pos sessor. Placing herself close against the wires she made a peculiar noise—a kind of gentle squeak—which immediately attracted the attention of her young, and they came to the familiar call First one little fellow pat his nose be tween the wires, and being a little en couraged and helped by the mother, who pressed her own nose between the same wires, thus spreading them a lit- Ue wider apart, he squeezed hi* head through. In an instant she caught him by the back of the ueek, aud in spile of his squealing aud crying nndrr the painful process, she pulled him forcibly through the wire* aud ran off with him uuder a pile of lumber near by. Prob ably a minute elapsed before ahe re appearrU, having deposited her rescued | young one in safety. She waa evidenUy encouraged by her success, aud em boldened by the fact that she had not been molested, and proceeded to rescue one after another of her vouug, and in the same manner, until ahe had taken ont eight The watcher* then half-buried the trap iu the loose dirt, and for a while the devoted mother waa in great dis tress about bow to get out the last of her liter. But she soon found that the little fellow couldn't reach her through 'the top, and she commenced digging down to him, throwing ont the dirt eagerly a* if iucited to extra exer tions bv the lamentstioua of her young one. tvhe borrowed just in front of the I lifting-door, on reaching which she im mediately entered, and to brr surprise, found herself a prisoner. Hbe had sac rificed her own liberty to ber mother love, and, as the event proved, her life also, for she waa killed, though her la bora and courage iu behalf of that feel ing which is iustiuct in all, and which ia probably the most sacred impulse of the human heart, should have won merry from her captors, and secure 1 her from harm. (bi-uigfon (Ag.) Jbwr ; nat. Newspaper*. Their value ia by no mean* appreciat ed, bat the rapidity with which people are waking up to their ncceeaity and uaefalueaa ia one of the significant signs of the times. Few families are now content with one newa|per. The thirst for knowledge is not easily satis fied, and hooks, though useful, yea, ab solutely necessary in their place, fail to meet the demands of youth or age. Our oouutry newspaper is eagerly sought and its contents as eagerly de voured ; then cornea the demand for the city news, national and foreign news. Next to the political come the literary and scientific journals. Lastly, and above all, come tho moral and religions journals. All these are demanded to satisfy the cravings of the active mind. Newspapers are also valuable to ma terial prosperity. They advertise the village, county or locality. They spread before the reader a map ou whieh may be traced character, design and progress. If a stranger calls at a hotel he first inquires for the villsge newspsper; if s friend comes from a distance the very next thing after family greetings, be inquires for your village or county newspaper, and yon feel dis comforted if you are unable to find a late copy, sua confounded if you are compelled to aay yon de not take it. Newspapers are jnst as necesasry to fit a msu for his true position in life as food or raiment. Show ns a ragged, bnrefooted boy rather than an ignorant one. His head will oover his feet in after life if he is well supplied with newspapers. Show us the child who is eager for newspapers. He will mske his mark in the world if yon gratify that desire lor knowledge. Other things being equal it is a rule that never fails. Oive your children newspapers. A Real Hero. There is a heroism of humanity that deserves celebrating far more than that cowardly inhumanity which resort* to violence at the lesst'provoeation. Here is one act, for instance. Last summer, at a regatta at Conrtmasherry, Ireland, several persons who did not know how to manage lioats got into them, and one of tliern capsized within fifty yards of the shore. The boat contained two men and two women, and no other boat was near. The men managed to swim ashore, leaving tho women under the lx>at to their fate. McCoy, who was sitting at a window n hundred yards from the lieacli, immediately jumped through it, a height of ten "feet, and, rushing throngh the crowd to the shore, he swam towards the boat and found the legs of one of the women sticking out from nnder the gunwale. He drag ged her out, swam with lier to a light er, ami rested her on an oar, from which she was conveyed ashore and saved. He again swam to the bout, and, aeeing same bubbles on the water, dived and, although nearly exhausted, caught hold of the other woman drown ing. He succeeded in swimming with her to shore, supporting her with one hand while swimming with the other. The Humane Society very properly voted a silver medallion to the noble fellow. Of course, he was not lionized as though he had committed murder, but probably he will feel a geod deal more comfortable. Hemp does not al ways oouilnce to happiness, especially when oompulaorily worn about the neck. Km Oi.—One of Boston's esteemed citizens was in a well-known restaurant, partaking of the wholesome and invig orating apple-pie. Discovering some thing therein that seemed to have no legitimate connection with pie, he call ed the proprietor, and deferentially ob served to him, "See what I have fonnd in this pie—a piece of blue overall with button attached." The enterprising proprietor, not at all diaoonoerted, quietly replied, "Well, keep on eating: yon may find the man." ••The Dignity of Labor." ltev. Newman llnil has delivered a lecture ou (lit "Dignity of Labor." Labor, ha uiJ, waa th great law of tho universe am! of humanity. The structure of the human frama betoken -1 . .t the activity for whieb wa ware lu lamtad. Health could not douriah iu an { atmosphere ol sloth; the muscle shrank winch waa not strung ; the joint atiff , rued which never moved. Ho it waa with our intellectual and moral power*. ! That which waa intended for the temple i of the 1 telly, without action and indua- I trj, baoama a melancholy ruin. Labor we* no eaaenlial to the nealth develop inaut of our facultiaa that we oould not at the aame time be idle and happy, realtor of the brain waa eaaential for, directing the labor of the bod v. Home time* one thought, auch aa that which led to theatruotura of the steam-engine, had produced greater reaulta than if the author had worked with hia handa for ten thouaand Tear*. The a poetic, Paul eaid : "If thej will not work, neither ahall (hey eat, which meant that if a man bad no right to the pro*luce of other people'* labor, if in aotne way he did not contribute to the common alore. There waa diguity in labor, lie cause it waa the obedience of God'a command. Man, more than the brutea, waa dependent on labor. He rnuat make hia own raiment. Home men were aaid to be independent. That waa a inietakt-—none of ua were indepen dent ; we were all depeudent upon la bor. While the man of toil owed much to the man of leiaure, the man of leisure owed hia very existence to the man of toil. Working people were more will ing to listen to truth than the upper 1 classes. While the ariatocracy of Judea j rejected Chriat, and put him to death, < the common people received him gladly In like manner it waa the workmen of ; Germany who upheld the reformation and supported Luther. In times of Eugligb pmaecntion, while there were < meu of gentle blood wbo advocated the | cause of truth, yet it waa Uie multitude j of the comparatively poor wbo were ready to die for right, for freedom, aud for God. Who composed those Iron aides, whose charge nothing could with atand ? Who won for the English peo ple their liberties? In the great struggle in America, who were the claaaea that chiefly and from the beginning roeog uixcd the truth aud maintained the mat ice of the atruggle for the Union t While there were Jiatinguialied people in all ranks wbo upheld the noble cause, jet it could not be denied that the ma jority of its advocate* were to l>e found among the working claaaea. From the beginning to the end the working men of Great Britain supported the cause of the Union, and monster meetings were held night by night, at which moat earnest resolutions were enthusiasti cally passed in favor of emancipation. Having enumerated aotne of the dis tinguished men who have arisen from humble positions, the reverend gentle man pointed out that the example of Christ in follouing the occupation of a carpenter afforded a mighty confirma tion of hia theme. Christ knew that the larger portion of hia followers would be composed of the multitude engaged in mauual toil. He knew their privations and the indignities they • would suffer, and therefore he resolved to put hia own royal stamp of dignity on their position. There was diguity 1 in every kind of honest toil, and he who treated anybody with indignity j because of the nature' of bis occujiatiou I dishonored not the man but hiuoclf To Care Cancer. Cancer has fallen into the hands of such stupid, recklessnuacks, aaya Dio Lewis, that it ia very difficult to speak of it with patience." I will give ym a case which 1 think resembles ywurs. A alight, pale mother of dis covered a small tumor, m which she frequently experienced necd|g-like paiua. Home one suggested cancer, and sway alie ran in great fright to a famous cancer-doctor. He assured her, in the most awfully sob mn way, that it was a terrible case, and that if she had let it go a week longer l>efore coming to him it would have been too late. He then proceeded to inform her that for three hundred dollars, half down, he would cure her. With mat diffe ilty, and at great sacrifice, die raised the money, and put herself nnder hia treatment. lis applied a plaster, which immedi ately made an open and very painful son*, which but rowed so deeply into the flesh that the tumor came out." Hbe WHS DOW in a most wretched condition. As this lady's mother died of cancer, I fear that in her present exhaustion she may succumb to the ssme malady, for she" is clearly in the cancerous or scrof ulous condition. In every case of can cer, it is not the tumor, but the condi tion behind the tnmor, sod which pro duct* the tumor, which is to be treated. It is very doubtful if the knife or the arsenic plaster ever vet cured a cancer, while there is no doubt that a very large majority of the cases of cancerous tumors may be cured or entirely ar rested, and brought within safe limits, by tbe following management: ' I. Wears wet compress covered with half a dozen thicknesses of drj flonml every night over the tumor. 2. Oo out much in the sun. 3. Breathe full of the purest air day and night 4. Eat the best beef and bread, and no traah. 5. Oo to bed at eight o'clock, and sleep as long aa possible. Lis down an hour in the middle of every day, and trv to sleep. 6. Cultivate a cheerful, jolly tem per. 7. Exorcise freely every day in the opca air. 8. Keep your skin open by a regular morning bath in soap and water. This I have no doubt will cure you. _ Saint Fauny. Saint Fanny was a notable housewife. Her house was a temple of neatness. Kings might have dined upon her stair case. Now, her great delight waatopro r'u. all things comfortable for her tins oand, a hardworking merchant, much abroad, but loving his home. Now, one night, he returned tired and hungry, and by some mischance there was noth ing for supper. Shops were shut, and great was the grief of St. Fanny. Tak ing off a bracelet of seed pearl, she said, "I'd give this ten time* over for a sup per for my hnsbsod." And every pearl straightway became an oyster; and St. Fanny openod, and the husband ate, and lo! in everv oyster was a pearl as large as a hazzef nut; and so was Saint Fan ny made rich for \\le.—Dougla* Jer rold't "/irttide Saints." Perfect Feet Things of Ike Past. Many exqnisites of both sexes claim admiration for thsir pedal extremities, but it is the boots and shoes which cover them which we are called on to admire. Their feet, if bared, would present a very great divergence from the classical ideal of beauty. The firm ly planted foot, neither too large nor too small, but justly proportioned to the height and weight it snstaina, the smooth surface and regularly curved lines, the distinctness of the divisions and the perfect formation of each toe, wi.h its well-marked aeparatensss and its gradation of site and regularity of detail to the very tip of the noil, are now to-be seen only is art. Term*: $2.00 a Year, in Advance. I'ceulixritie* of the Askoateoo. Tk trao OOmi*, Ik* Cewrl a4 Uw I'wknlU. Now that tha Eugli*h-Ah*uUo war | is attracting attention, anything rota ting to tba latter people is of intorost. A letter writer aaya:— The poet of gereral of tha AshanUe army is not alvay* a desirable ono. When the army is dispatched the gan- I eral is told to carry out certain opera i tions, with the intimation that if ho faila to Jo so and returns he will tie be headed. Thia promise ia generally re ligiously kept if he fail* to carry ont his orders, and pmdneea great activity and vigor among the Aahautee general*. In most eaaee, wheu an Aahautee army ia about to invade a eountry, before taking any active steps, the general in com mand aenda a list of his demands to the enemy, and two sticks, one short, the other'long. This aigm flc# that if hia rrqneata are complied with, the war will be short, and be will retnrn, but that if ! they refnae it will be long and bloody., Thia occurred in the laet Aahautee war, when Governor Pine commanded at Cape Coast. Commaaaie ia the capital of AshanU e, although not the moet populous in tha king's realms. It ia a well built town, with wide street*. The king's palace, which ia built of quarried atone, is a large and capacious edifice. It ia two Stone* high, some of the room* in it arc of great size, and all are very lofty, j Attached to the kmg'e palace ia the great court yard, where he balds his council* of Uie'noble*. The king sits on a low throue, and the chief* ait round —those of the highest rank being near -*t to the king. A space in front of the ' king ia always kept clear for the speak er*, and whoever ia addressing the assembly takea hia stand there. The Palace and the Bantammah are J the two principal public buildings in Commaaaie. The two chief street*, or squares as thoy are oaHed, an* Market square and Ciinuon square, the latter j taking iU name from a trophy of; European cannon in it They were f taken from the Latch many years ago. In it the king aiU in aUle and gives public andtenccc to hia subjects. The jiopulation of Commsaaie is about 40.- UOO. The most populou* town in the Aahantee dominion* ia Malaga, the cap ital of the principality of Jabon. It ia famous for iU breed of borwea, and ia situated on tbo upper Vol la, about 200 mile* from Comuaesie. The A*haute# army, when ia the, field, carries few banners or flag*, and but litUe importance or honor is at-' tached to them. What hold with the < Aahautee* the position which standard* , occupy with other armies are the umbrel la* of'the king and the chiefs. When • the king of Aaliaatee take* Uie field bis presence ia denoted by hi* State am broils, which is always carried near him or over him by one of the noble* of hi* household, the King's umbrella j bearer being always a man of vary high rank. Tba zing's umbrella in of great sise. 1 ia constructed of alternate triangles of red and black velvet, and m splendidly ornamented with gold. To give an idea of the value of theee um brella*, the umbrella of a chief not of 1 the first rank often coats £2OO. When the king Ukes the field hia Htate dreae consists of a light tunic of erim-on velvet or damask, reaching from his neck nearly to hia arms, of loose trous ers of some similar material, and he wear* a cap ot crimson velvet, or at times a cloth of the same color wound round hia bead aa a turbnn, with a pro fusion of gold ornamenU about hia par son. The loss of the king's nmbrella in batUe would be considered the greatest t disgrace and defeat an Aahautee army . could meet with; and in like manner for a chief to loose hia umbrelU in bat tle is a great dishonor to him. The chiefs all carry umbrellas varying in splendor and costliness according to the rank of their owner, bat no Aahantee chief may have an ambralla aa large aa the king's, or with the aame arrange ment of flowera, which arc specially re served for royalty. When the Aahautee army take the field their arms consist of a long munket, the liarrel of which alone ia five feet long. They are called Buccaneers, and theT wear in their girdle* a large spear headed knife, which at close quarter* ia a very formidable weapon indeed. I Tbev carry their powder m a aort of j leather case, and their bullets in a bag of native matting. A certain portion of the armv, about one-fourth, are armed with abort earbinea or blunderbusses, which arv loaded with several bullets at a time, and with pikes about aix feet long. The Aah an tee army ia raised in a manner not altogether nnlikc the man ner in which a feudal army was raised in Europe formerly. Each of the great ehiefs commands s body consisting of his own clssa or fenda! vaaaals. In the regiment or division, if it msy be oo called, the companies or regiment*, as the case may be, consist of the men brought in by the subordinate chiefs, esch commanding his own body of re tainers, and all the men in each of them owe feudal allegiance to the chief who commands it. Several of ouch clans or regiments are placed under the com mand of one of the greater chiefs The regiments and divisions ars distinguish ed by the different colors of their tunica and "caps. Esch chief is supposed to provide for tbe commissar.at of his own men ; but the king, whose revenue# are very large, generally bring* supplies of food for the common use to supplement private resources. The king's revenues are derived prin cipally from the gold mines, nearly all the most valuable mines being his own private property; and all nuggets found, no matter where, belong to him, while the gold dust belongs to the find er*. , , The crown of Ash an toe descends m the female line, the sons of the king's eldest sister inheriting it in turn. The Ashsntees place great value on having the blood of Hai Tootoo in the veins of their kings. Knffee Calcalli's heir ap parent is the Prince Menash, and the next in succession isiAna Qnaa&iah. Jay Cooke * C.*x Statement. A statement of the a*et* end liabili tiee of the firm of Jay Cooke A Co., of Philadelphia, New York, and Washing ton, has been prepared by them, which in to be submitted to tleir creditors. The following is a summary: Liabilities #7,959.409.26 asMto-UOla recoitsbla, bank in surance and other stocks, bonds, and real estate 7,867,M0. 13 Loans to the Northern I'aeiflo llailroad Company on of stock of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company 1,800,000.00 Loaus to the Northern Pacific iUihoad Company, on bonds of the Oompanv. 4,068,115.09 Second mortgage railroad bonds, stocks, Ac. 2.530.886.96 Total #15.966.211.17 The above exhibit of liabilities is ex clusive of $1,701,140.99 loons of the firm whioh are fully secured bv good collateral*. Tne exoess of collaterals upon these loans has been estimated and included in the assets. The firm expects soon to submit a proposition for a settlement with its creditors which, it believes, will be acceptable to the latter. Fully two-thirds of the bonds of the United States ore owned and held in foreign countries. NO. 43. A Desperate Ifaud-to-Hand Encounter. A correspondent of the Sao Difo ; (CeL) f Won, at Campo, umlrr data of September 4th, wild. the following M count of the death of Padrone, an In j dien who recent'j murdered ft white . QAM ; j. j "Leat Monday, the let inatant. al calde Amhroeio Conaalea deputised two I metfcto take Paabone down to the an j thoritif * at San Uafael, that be might j be pa uin bed according to hie just as f eerie. The guard atartad on boteebnek. I i the mnrdeier being afoot and cured ' to a rope tied ¥<>und hia waist, the other end being bald by owe of the I guard.. Peoboua protested againet be- I ing taken to Han IWael, but to no pur ; pOftf. "On the way he stopped and told the guard he wanted a cigar, and they ftare ( it to hint. Aa aoon aa they started on 1 be waa aeea to rrttnguiah tha Are on tha cigar, and aoon afterwards he atop , ped and aaked for another light. The ' guard kept a careful watch of him, aa j they thought he waa only trying to can ; sunte time with the hope that a favor able opportunity would prrwol itaelf I for eacapc. • After relighting tut cigar Pachona aatd be waa tired and wanted to reel. They told him they had no time to loee, aa they had to raaeh a cer tain rancbo that night. The murderer declared that he oould not make it, hot. that he would try, if they would remore the rope which impeded hie locomotion This they refaeed to do, sod be was or dered to go ahead aa ba waa. He eom ad with reluctance. bat before he gone far be turned and aaked for another light for his eigne. They told him he was amoking too stnrh and consuming too much time. Be had Sh <-. .led bat a few atrpe when, with a ; iperate bound he sneoeeded in jerking the rope from tha guard, and with the Ceetneaa of a quarter-hone made for the hrnah. "He refused to halt, and the guard were compelled to rboot him to pre vent eacamti Both find, mortally wounding Paehone, wbot u tub led bead long to the ground. Both of the men dismounted, and while they were in the act of loading their guns the Indian jumped to hia feet, and aeising a lane stone he turned upon them and aaid he ! waa not dead yet; that he no* stood on ' an equal footing with them. He made a motion aa if to throw the atono at one of the guards, who dodged, aod before be oould reoorer, the Indian did throw, and with aneh precision that he hit him on the heed and laid bim oat nwlm upon the ground. The other guard started for Paehone, who made lor the bru.li, and an exciting ehaee ensued. He was overtakes after tunning about I one hundred yards, and then e*me a , de.perate hand-to-band atrnggle, in | which data, sticks and atones were free- j ly used. Jt is thought by the guard j that tha Indian, mottallv wounded aa , he waa, would eventually have killed hia captor if bis companion, who had recovered hia senses, had not come to , the rescue, racbone refused to sur render, and continuing to fight deeper ' Italy, they dispatched him to the hap-) py hunting ground, from whence no bad Indian ever came back." • - Tii September crop*. The United State* crop report* of > September, iweired in the Statistical \ ihnsiow of the Department .f \gn- j culture, present an trerag* of S3 for the condition of the *be*t crop M a whole, wkieh u about the am# as in the Sep tember report of 1872, while the pres ent area in cultivation ia rnooh larger. Thar* ia u manifest improvement over laat year in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mia m .uri, Kanaaa, Ohio, Pennavlvaai*. and New Jersey. Tha average* of Blinoia. lowa, aud Michigan differ little from those of 1872. California and Indiana are leaa favored. The State* in which a mora than averse* yield of wheat per acre, aa indicated by the September re port*, are Minneaota, Wisconsin, Ne braska, and Oregon in tha Went, and New, Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connortk-nt and Massachusetts in tha East. The increased breadth in wheat will plaae the total quantity in several other State* above the usual product, and give a larger aggregate for tha crop of the United Slates than was aecmred in f 1872. v , The quality is generally anperior. In moat localities the grain yielda better in the spring than was expected. I New Tork S8 counties of reported make average returns of poor yields, and evrry Southern State fails to make an avenge crop. lowa professes an average yield upon a large area, aa do Missouri and Kanaaa. Ohio and Michi gan oome verv near an average yield. Illinois reports indicate 7 per cent, less than the average, and Indiana and Ken tucky a still greater depreciation. The (acta* presented by oorrrapopdecta ahwwi conclusively that crop deters nation from climatic cansea is greatly increased by careless husbandry, and that crop failures are in a great measure avoida ble. Much of the loss from rust, blight, and even from insects, ia directly trace able to low vitality, resulting from the imperfect preparation of the soil and deficient cultivation in all parts of the oonatrv, especially in the Sonth. "Rec ordti oi skillful culture of wheat show r*postedly double the usual average. Wanted—A Chance. The people who the* *ll they want is a chaooe—ara you old enough to bare found thfjn ont? 0! all toe . miserable souls these used to appeal 1 most quickly to my sympathies. Of ; course there are plenty of genuine puses; I think I am expert enough now to detect tbem at a glsace. But lam iuolined to think that the vast majority of chance-wan term are the people moat active in throwing chances away. I' never aaw an earnest man long in want j of a chance. The trouble is in the man, not in the situation. The individual of , all others who bsa talked to me with this moat persuasive pat hoe about the , lack of fortunate circumstance#, is the man whom I have found most ingeni ous in evading his opportunities. If the poor devil had persuaded the art of action with the same inflexibility and in dustry that characterised his cultiva tion of that of inaction, the world might have mistaken him for a genius. I have seen him occupy days and weeks in the moat remarkable series of moral, i mental #Bd physical akirmishea villi duty and opportunity, in whioh his in exhaustible fertility "or resource, perse verance, and valor in a bad cause proved ever viaorious. In fact, a chance could never ap- E roach nearer than tha outposts—he new well the enemy's colors, and took him at long range. • • • "Speak to the devil," and ao forth. I was about to carry out the above striking military simile, when my voung friend called to borrow a little matter of , and to nay that he imd been looking all summer for a situation, that he was willing to do anything hon orable, and that all he wanted in the world was a Excuse me, air—here's some money for you, but I am busy and can't talk. The "Old Cabinet," Scrikner'e for Sep tember. A woman baa been arrested in Balti more on the charge-of being a common saolJ. The laws of Maryland make no provision for the punishment of such offense, and she is to be tried under an | old English common law. I . Jrl *i!2Z k* r '. . . _ ] rt. &w.h*. yr* )*fp. - ! ')'^ r ' a S?Srtai^ built in the summer. M The British Admiral Trlwimjb , eu*r>dewd *hm Inenreent w>n-e!u** 10 the Bpaoiah Government. fjTh^ P o^y C b^ < D