Rtftai Autumn 111 dying, winter in come. Deed tosvee *re flying. ths liver* are dottbt The Wind's like * knife, ou*' finger* grow nntnb; Thai* in mpw Ml 111® mountains, Ice in the pood. Winter to with tie. bot epriug to beyond. The old year > dying. it glory to d*ad; The d*v* ere nil flying, their brighta*** bee The bushes grow bare a* the berries grow red: There to enow on the mountains, ice <n the pond. The old year is dying, the new is heyottd We ere alt growing old. and life slips away ; There te hare time for work and still lei* for ptoy. Though we think we grow wisei the longer we stay ; { But there's life hi we yet, no need to de spond. This world waxes eld. but there's heaven beyond Practicing the Aathcu. A summer wind blows through the open porch And 'neath the rueUing eaves; A summer light of SBMlitia*, calm and pale. Shines through a veil of lex<w. A lovely night—and yet wo sa l and strange' My Angers touch the key And down the empty church my Christmas •oog does rtagiug. glad and free. Each sweet note knocks at dreaming memory's door. And memory wakes iu pain ; The spectral faces ahe had turned away Come crowding in again. The air seems full of music all around I know not what I hear. The multitudinous echoes of the past. Or those few voices near. Ah me! the dim aisle vaguely w tden* out. I see me stand therein; A glory of gray *,-ulp<ur* takes the light A winter morn brings iu. No more 1 smell the fragrant jeeeamiue flowers That flake a moonlit floor; The roMling night hrveze au-1 the open porch 1 hear and see uo more. Great solemn window*, with a long, leug nave. Their shadowed rainbows fling ; Park pur beck shafts, with hoary capitals. In csrveu archways spring. Pssr bauds touch mine beneath the open took. Sweet eye* look in bt fa.-* They mule—they melt in darkness; I am snatched From my familiar place. The summer night wind blew* upon my tear*. Its flowery scent to pain— O cold white day ! O uohto muwter—when May I coos back again ? To hear tbe angeto' anthem shake tbe air. Where never discord jars- The Chrn-ima- caroto in the windy street. Voder the frosty stars. The dreamlike falbug, from the Mill, gray skies, With falling flakes of snow. Of mellow chime* from old cathedral balls. Solemn, and sweet, aud slow. To bear loved footsteps beating ume with mine AJoog the ehurch-rarvi huie ; E->ami the okl bluing; hearth to eee Lowd face* ooce again. When may I come ? 0 Lard, when may Igo ? Kay, I mmt trait Thy trill. Gita pauacce. Lord, and in Thine own beet My hopes sad prayer* fulfill TWO KINDS OF COI'RiOE Not many yean since the good ship Ponto sailed from Boston, bound to Sumatra. She was commanded by Capt. Isaac Jaoobs, a good seaman, ana a naturally good-hearted man, bat in his long career beneath the trident of Neptune he had imbibed many of the false ideas prevalent among his "sea mea* aßdJie had come to look upon the sailor's life as one which necessarily did away with those finer and warmer traits ef character that mark the humane and generous landsman. In this wise Isaac Jacobs sometimes lost sight of true merit where it actually existed. Among the crew of the Ponto, on her present voyage, was a young man named Caleb Baker. He had shipped only three days before the ship sailed. He was a slender-framed man, with a fair, prepossessing countenance, light bine eyes, and ligbi brown hair. Though* light in his build, he was yet well stocked with muscle, and nit* motions were quick and energetic. His appearance was calculated to predis j>ose beholden in his favor. One day, shortly after the ship had left the port, as Baker was bnsy about some matters of his own in one of the gangways, one of the men, a rough, unoonth fellow, by the name of Bank too, came along and gave the cloth* s t*ag of Baker a kick ont of his way, t hereby scattering a number of things about the deck. "I wish yoa'd be careful," said, Baker, as he moved to gather up "his things. " Then keep your things out o* lyy way," gruffly returned Bankton. " They were not in your way." " Do you mean to tell me I lie?" "I said the things were not in yonr "V" "And I say they were. Now don't yon dispute me again." " Very well, —have it your own way," calmly returned Baker, as he drew his I bag closer in towards the bulk works. " And don't you be impudent, neith er," provokingly added Bankton. " Look ye, Bankton, if you've any business of your own you'd better mind | it." "Eh, lubber ? I'll show ye my busi- j new. Take that !*' As Bankton spoke, be struck the voung man upon tile face. The crew "bad most of them gathered abont the place, and arrangements were qnickly made for a fight. "Just come forward,—oome forward, ' sad IH abow ye my badness," cried Bankton, bristling sboat with his fists doubled up. "A fight! a fight!" cried hall a dozen of the men. " Don't stand that Baker." The young man's eyes had flashed as he received the blow, and there was s i quick quivering of the muscles in his bands, out he made no motion to strike. "Aint you goin* to take it up?" aaked Bankton. "No. I want nothing to do with you," returned Caleb. " Then yon are a coward I" uttered Runkton, with a contemptuous tone and look. Young Baker calmly replied to the , taunt, and Bunkton became still more savage. Those who know anything about ocean life, will undentand the sentiments of the rough crew upon eneb matters as the present. They could comprehend but one kind ef courage, and the moment that Baker refused to fight they set him down as an arrant coward. At first they had been prepossessed in his favor, for Bankton was a quarrelsome fellow, and they hoped Caleb would flog him ; but when they saw him quietly turn nway and re sume his work, they began to taunt him too. "What's all this?" asked 7Captain Jaoobs, who was attracted spot. The matter was explained to him. "Didn't resent it? ' uttered the cap tain, looking with mingled surprise nnd contempt upon Caleb. "Why didn't you knock him down, Baker ?" "Because I don't want to fight with liny nsan, sir." " And will you allow yourself to be struck and not resent it ?" " I will defend myself in case of dan ger, but I will not so abase myself aa to engage in a brutal fight when it can he possibly avoided. I have as yet done wrong to no man; hut were I to fight one of my shipmates, 1 should wrong him and myself both." " Then you will have yourself looked upon as one who may be struck with impunity." A quick flush passed over tho young man's face as the captain thus spoke, but he was soon calm. " I mean, sir," he returned, "to give no one occasion to strike me; yet Jiunkton struck me, but you can see that he already Buffers more than I do." lvl KTZ, lOtlitor uiul 1 Vopriotor. VOL. VII. Hunk ton gave t'l>l> the lie, ami again tried to urgx> htm into a tight, hnt the captain interfered, aud quiet m restored. From that time Caleb Baker waa looker I tmou fay the crew a* a coward. At first they taunted him, bnt his uni form kindness roou put a stop to these outward manifestations, and the feel ings of the crew were expressed by their looks. Bunkton took every occasion he could to annoy the young man, for he had taken hia'oath that he would "have a fight out of the coward yet" The rest of the crew might have let the mat ter pass, had not Bunkton'a continued behavior kept alive the idea c( Baker's cowardice. Nccfl ante himself knew the great struggles that wont ou in the young: man's bottom ; bnt he had resolved that he would not tight, except iu actual and necetiaary self-defense, and he adhered to hie principle. He performed his dn tiee faithfully, and Captain Jacobs waa forced to admit that, though Baker waa a coward, he was yet a good aailor. Thus matter* stood until the ship bad doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and entered the Indian Ocean. It was towards the olose of a day that had been sultry and oppressive,' that a fitful breexe sprung up from the southward. It came in quick, cool gusts, and the broad canvas only flapped before it " We are likely to haTe a blow soon," remarked the mate. " Not much, I think," returned the captain, as he took a survey of the hori son. " This spitting will soon die away, and I think the wind will then come oat from the wcst'rd. However, it may be well enongh to ahorteu sail. You may take in t'gallautsls and close leef the tops'ls. Thix order waa quickly obeyed,' and aa the captain had predicted, the spit ting gnats died away, but there waa no wind came oat from the weet'rd. It grew dark, bnt no wind had come. About ten o'clock those who were ou deck were startled by a sudden dark ening of the stars, and they saw a great black cloud rolling up from the south ward. It soon hung over the ship like a black pall, aud the men began to be frightened. The captain waa called, bnt before he osme on deck there came a crash as though the verv heavens had ben rent in Binder. The old ship trembled in every joint, and a huge ball of fire rolled d*wn the mainmast. An other, and another crashing of the lightning came, and at length the eleo trie light began to play about the ship ia wild fantastic streams. " Tbe foremast is struck !" shouted one of the men. " Bee where its head is shivered." All *yee were turned to the spot, and by the next wild flash the men could see that a dangerous havoc had been made with the mainmast The cap was shivered, the starboard cheek was near ly stripped off, and the tresUetrees were quivering. Of coarse the heavy topmast was only held in its place by the dubi ous trcetletrees, and the main-top threatened every instant to come crash ing upon the deck, with the long fop mast and top-gallantmast in its com pany. Such a castastrophe would sure ly prove fatal to the ship, and all knew it But while all hands were gazing at this, another danger arose. The low, rumbling sound that had been growing in the southward had escaped the no tice of the crew, and ere they knew it, the rushing, howling wind was upon tnem. The ship leaped like a frightened stag before the gale. The mate cut the maintop sheets, and the sail was snapped into ribbons. The fore-topsail was clewed up, and the ship was got before the wind. The lightning cloud was swept away, aud it was dark as Erebus. The wind howled fearfully, but there was one aeund more fearful than that. It was the creaking of the shattered trestle trees, as the fid of the topmast bore down upon them. " O Ood!" ejaculated Captain Ja cobs, "if the treatletrees give way we are lost! Hark! Hear them labor!" Away np aloft, in the impenetrable darkness, stood the giant topmast, and all felt it oonld not stand there long. The men crowded aft, and with pain fully beating heart* they heard the mast labor. " If we conld bring the ship broad side to," said the mate, "the weather rigging might be cut, and the mast would go overboard." " True—true," returned the captain, "but who shall go aloft and do the job ? There would be no foothold in the top, for that will go with a crash. The trcetletrees are already shattered." "If you will port the helm, I will make the trial," cried a clear, slrong voice, which was at once reoognizod as Caleb Baker's. " It will be sure death," said Jacobs. " Then let it be so," returned Caleb. "If I succeed, the rest of you may be saved ; but now we are all in danger. Port the helm, and I will go." Caleb took the axe from the mizzen mast, and soon his form was lost in the darkness, as he moved towards the starboard rigging. The helm was put a-port, and the ship gradually gave ner starboard side to the gale. Soon the blow of an axe was heard—then another —and another. The ship heaved heavily over—then cracking—and then came the crash. The heavy topmast had gone clean over the aide ! Frag ments of the trestle and cross trees oamo rattling upon the deck, but all eye* were strained painfully towards the mast-head. The dim outline of the heroic man could be seen safely hang ing by the miezen topmast stay " The ship was once more got before the wind, and ere long Baker came safely to the deck. He staggered aft to the binnacle, and there be sank, fainting and brailed, upon the deck 1 bat he was quickly conveyed to the cabin, and his wants were all met. Caleb's bruises were none of them bad, and in a few days be was again at his doty. The men eyed him anxious ly, and they seemed uneasy as they met his smiles. The captain, too, changed color when he met the kind, noble look of the young man, but be soon overcame the false prido that actuated hiin, and stepping to the noble fellow's side, he toek him by the hand. "Caleb," said he, "If I have done wrong, I freely ask you to forgive me. I have called you a coward, but I did not know you." " Think no more of it," said Caleb with a beaming eye. " I once promised to one whom I loved better than life— my mother—that I would never do a deed of which I might afterwards be ashamed." Bunkton pressed forward. " Caleb," he said, seizing the hand of the young man in hia hard flat," you must for give me for what's passed. We'll be friends after thia." "Bless you, Bunkton, and friends we will be," returned Caleb. " Yes," added Bankton, "an' if yon won't fight for yourself, I'll fight for you, if you ever stand in need of it." "I tell you my men," said the Cap tain, "there's certainly two kinds of courage; and, after all, I don't know bnt that Caleb Baker's kind is the best. It takes a stronger and bigger heart to hold it, at all events." A request made by Prinoe Arthur to be allowed to volunteer for service on the Gold Coast has been refused. TIIE CENTRE REPORTER. The IVrlb of the Sea. The North German brig (htlaow Hteaow, a small re—el, not 900 tone, left New York for Oooatointinople laat Au gust, and ou the 24th of that month n hurricane atriiok her. Hhe m taken unawares, and went over ou her beam end*, where ahe lay for an hour and a half, the crew United on to her port bulwarks, unable, ammreutly, U cut away the nhroudn and stave. After the time natmd ahe relieved hemelf of every- Uting but the lower m*ta, and righted; but ahe lay ao low m the water with the wavea which ahe had takvu ou board that the crew had to climb to the head of the foremast in order to avoid taxing drowned by the "green aeaa." I.adeu with a buoyant cargo, the brig did not founder, bit! ahe wallowed to aud fro in tbe trough of the aea, constantly washed by tiie billows, ao that night and day the live hands sumuiug, with the Cap tain and mate, hail to cling for life to that fore-tou. His nights and four days the poor fellows were kept iu their hard plight, without a morsel to eat or, a drop of water to drink, the sea per petually sweeping over their deck, and roaring* certain death at them if they tried to come down to find a scrap of uouriahmeut. On the aiitli evening, like a tiger that has howled itself U> exhaustion at the foot of a tree, the fierce billow* quieted, aud the weak, cramped wretches,six days starved, crept down and ' rummaged ' for food. They found a caae of preserved meat, some wine, lime-juice, and beer, and it * helped them to live.' In spite of this, and a little more which they afterward extracted from the aoaked cabins, they had still a dreadful time to pass. There waa no shelter, aud nothing to be had to support life but au odd Uu or two of provisions ; aud tirst the boy died, then the boatswain, and afterward a sailor. For six days they had tasted nothing, and daring ten days more the survivor* had lived on the scantiest scraps, when a Spanish Teasel, the Amable Aauuciun, came in sight. She boarded the water logged, meatless brig, and found upon her dock four living ineu, too weak to heave the dead ones into the sea—gaunt, speechless, famished creature*—too far gone even to wave a flag or handker chief, though they saw the Spaniard and bis signal. The Dona were kind and clever, and fed the poor creatures ao carefully on board their bark that the fluttering spark of life burned up again, aid Captain, mate, carpenter, and a seaman were saved and brought iu fair oondition to Vigo. But what bitter ness is there in death which these poor souls had not tasted,aloft six days.night ami day, In gnawing hanger above that howling, tiger-like sea ; and, after the storm, starving more or less on the shelterless deck for another ten days, with the deed, who must have seemed no much more fortunate, lying among them 1 J(ew York Boot sad Shoe Market. Business is quiet in the wholesale line, but few sales lieing made from day to day, though from all appearand* there'will soon be oonaiderable activity, as there are already some buyer* in the city looking through the assortment*. A tew sales of spring goods have been made, and occasional orders arc re ceived from dealer* in the country for small assortments of the heavy styles. Moot of the establishments hive their simples oa hand, and with fair stocks for s commencement are prepared to attend to customers, who are soon ex pected in force. The jobbers have their Btocka in order, and have gen erally finished the settling up of their books, and are loosing for buyers as soon as tho holiday season has closed. Collections have resulted better than was anticipated a few week* ago, and are still coming in. Bo far as we hear there is little disposition to de fer payment longer than is possible. The manufacturers are, with few excep tions, making no goods yet. though preparations are going forward for an early resumption of work, and in an other week the principal flrma will be in fall operation, as the orders are com ing in quite freely for spring goods from the traveling agents as well as from regular customers. The pros pects are much brighter than were an ticipated a week ago, even, and we shall be much surprised if business does not turn ont much better than was expected for the spring. There is no rea son why it should not, as the dealers are holding very light stocks, and will be forced to supply themselves soon. The reputation of w-York-made shoes is gaining every year, and had the panic not oocuned the past year would have been the most profitable known in the New York fine shoe trade. Price* for the coming season are fnl'v up to those of last year, and in some line* higher figures are asked. The suction business is jnst now st its dullest point, and the lots put up at the sales are quite limited in comparison to what the*- were a few weeks ago. Heavy goods are still called for, while the demand for spring styles is not yet sufficient to warrant any extended offering. A brand Dress, The laoe dress which was manafac tared by the Compagnio dee I tides of Paris for the Empress Eugenie, and which is of the lately revived old Ven etian point, is thus described by a lady correspondent ia Vienna: "The ex- Empress Eugenie's lace dress is the all-absorbingattraction of the laoe de partment. The stitcli of whioh it is mado, you know, wu loot for ages, anil had only Issen recovered through the exertions of the ex-Empress of Franco just before her downfall and exile. It is made up over black velvet, and shows to fine effect on that fabric. The under skirt is in one piece, not fiounoed, its design being s heavy scalloped bonier of roseeand tulips entwined with leaves, and interlacing with another border formed of fine scallops of forget-me nots and ivy leaves. Each scallop has a medallion figure filled with roses, tulips, and forget-me-nots imbedded in an urn of exquisite workmanship. An other medallion semi-encircles this one, and the two are tied with a true lover's knot carried around the whole underskirt. This true-lover's knot ty ing the medallions and interlacing over the whole is considered the gem of the design. A square court train of black velvet, trimmed with lace half a yard wide, of the same design, oovers the back of the dress. It is formed of two breadths which are united in the back with a shell work of black velvet one eighth of an inch wide. This train nnites with an overskirt open in front, with broad lappets turned back and faced with peach-colored satin. The corsage ana sleeves of velvet are trim med with a bertha and ruffles of the laoe. A handkerchief and fan in laoe of the same stitch and design accompany this magnificent dress, to whioh no price can be attached." RUSSIAN SOLD IKES' FOOD.— The ex pedition to Khiva has brought into notioe a rival to the celebrated German Erbswurst. The Russian soldiers were fed chiefly on biscuits composed of one third of flour of rye, one-third of beef reduced to powder, and one-third of s&uer-kraut also reduced to powder. The soldiers are stated to have bad a great relish for this food, and their good health during the expedition is at tributed is great part to the use of it. CENTRE 11A1.1.. CENTRE CO.. PA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1574. Thoughts for Saturday Might. The *ting of a reproach is the truth of it It is a higher exhibition of Christian uanhneaa to bo able to hear trouble than to get rid of it. God's blcaaing is on work. Aud ac tivity, systematic and faithful, i the ordaineti law of hualth, id growth, aud of this world's advaucemt-ut. Generosity during life ia a very dif ferent thing from generosity in the hour of death ; the one prooeeds from lib erality and baneroleucc, the other from pride or fear. Those things that are not practicable are not desirable. There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie w.thin the reach of sn informed un derstanding and a well directed pur suit. What are crosses to thy comforts, thy miseries to thv inerrie*, thy dsys of sickness to thy dsys of health, thy day* of weakness to thy days of strength, thy day* of scarcity to thy day* of plenty? He that, by giving a draught of water to a thirsty person should exjteot to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest iu his demands compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth.— /VoiiA/in. How xratchful wc mnst be to keep the crystal well clear, that it be not made turbid by onr contact with the world, so that it will not reflect object*, if 1 would preserve my relatiou to Nature, I must make my life more moral, more pure and iunocent. The problem is as precise and simple as a mathematical one. I mnt not live loosely, bnt more and more consistently. How ean we expect a harvest of thongbt who have not had a seed time of character?— Thoreau, A Lady's Opinion of a Sleeping Car. And here, while the dusky hand of our ever-attentive " amendment" pie pared our coueh for the night-watches, !ot me say one word about sleeping oar*. I know they are elegant in every detail—that everything is done to in sure tha comfort of travelers, so that they uiay sleep as comfortably,and rest as securely as eVn they might in •• home, sweet home;" but how about the dressing convenience* t A woman's toilet, to be satisfactorily performed, demands some other position than prone upon the face. Likewise, it is somewhat more agreeable to jwrform portions of the toilet unobserved by the multitude. Men either are not burdened with modesty, or they have minds that loar so far above the femi nine that they give no thought to the embarrassment attendant upon the method and manner of disposing one's self in those close quarters. A woman carefully extinguishes herself behind the curtains, slyly unloose* a lacs, en velops herself" decorously in a large waler-proof, not daring to lav aaide her chignon for fear of a surprise, and to stow herself away uncomfortable and depressed. The stranger in the bunk avore leisurely divests himself of lua outer garment*, nulla off boot*, loosens suspenders, and bounds into bed with graceful ease, rather enjoying the aitna tio® ! I think if there oonld be a lady's car for sleeping r.nd toilet, exclusive of gentlemen, it wovild be a great advance ment in wayfaring civilisation. 1 thought so tbih morning, especially when I awoke fn.-rn uneasy slumbers b find the foot-board fallen, and a group of serene-browed men gazing smilingly upon my sleeping beaut v. Let ua have separate cart, good people, and we can ask nothing more of yon in the way of luxury and restful ease. Hl* Identity Discovered. A wealthy widow, of Tensor vicinity, had a wild and dissipated son, who dis appeared in 1870, and waa supposed for two years to lie dead. At the end of that time his mother received a letter from an army officer, stating that a sol dier, severely wounded in the Franco- Pruaaian war, had been taken prisoner to Prnasia, and hail paper* on his per son that indicated him to be her son. He had been wounded in the heed, which prodnocd insanity, bnt hs was slowly recovering. Bhe bad an doubt that the man was her son, bnt when he was brought into her presence with his fare disfigured by frightful soars, she oould not accept "him as the son she had lost, and believing that the paper* which he carried hail been obtained in some lawless manner, had lum arrested as an ail venturer, her nephews, who ex pected to be her heirs, encouraging this step. As his mind and lody were both unsound, he was removed to an insane asylum, where health and reason eamo back to him. He then wrote a letter to his mother teaching so minutely upon matters known only to themselves, that she was convinced, and acknowledged him ss her child, Still the smt against him is being conducted by his cousins, who will not allow the lady to reclaim her son if they can prove a break in the chain of identity, and the ease promises to have many interesting as well as wearisome features before it is con cluded. In oomment upon this onse cornea the remark, " A successful vil lain is by no means to lie despised ; the knave has material in him which is worth having." A fallacy ! Wicked ness ia a weed early cultivated, and by ita very luxuriance finally destroys it self, thus making room for more useful growths. Mother*, Speak Kindly. Children catch cross tones quicker than parrots, and they often boome permanent habits in them. When mother sets the example, yon will scarcely hear a pleasant word among the children in their plays with each other. Yet the discipline of snch s family is always weak and irregular. The chil dren expect just so much scolding tie fore they do anything they are bid, while in many a home where the low, firm tone of mother, or the decided look of her steady eye, is law, they al ways think of obedience, either in or ont of sight. Oh, mother !it is worth a great deal to cultivate that excellent thing in woman, a low, sweet voice. If yon are ever so much tried by the mis chievous or willfnl pranks oi the little one, speak low. It will be s great help to you to even try to be patient and staecrfnl, if yon oannot succeed. Anger makes yon wretched, and your children also. Impatient, angry tones never did the heart good, bnt plenty of evil. Yon cannot have the excuse for them that they lighten yonr hardens at all; they make them only ten times heavier. For your own, as well as your children's sake, learn to speak low. They will re member that tone when yonr head is under the turf. So, too, will they re member a harsh and angry tone, which legacy will you leave to yonr children ? DITTO. —An honest man, looking over a bill found, "To 3 lbs. sugar. To 6 lbs. ditto." He went to his wife and said : " Here is a pretty oharge. What on earth have yon done with so much ditto ? " Bhp declared aha never had any ditto in the house in her life. So back the man posted to the store and reported, and received an explanation. On his return, his wife asked nira if he had learned what it meant. " Yes," he said, " it means that I'm s darned old fool, and you are ditto." The Laud of the Midnight HUB. Ssrw s) Hud Ox* •#. Mr. I'. U. Du Ghaillu, iu hi* new lec ture, " The Land of the Midnight Hun," ■ say* : There is a country far away from ! our shore--far awsy toward the icy north. It is a glorious land, with lold and magnificent mountains ; with deep, narrow, well-sheltered valleys, wild ra- I vines, picturesque and lovely lakes, im mense glaciers -the largest in Enrone, aud, perhaps, the largest in the world— immense forest* of ptne, birch, and fir trees, the solitude of which seem to sooth the turbuleut spirit of man, oonnt -1 loss rivulets, which in their flight to ' ward the sea, fall iu a thousand cas cades. riTcrs and streams which rush into the chasms below iu gigantic water falls that astonish the delighted behold er. In the north of thst land ths son shines day aud night in June, July, and part of August. At that period no slaw are to be seen. The moon sheds no lus tre upon the earth. The summer is ! short It is just long enough to give time to the wild flowers to bloom aud fade away. Then cold winds blow and grass begiua to look yellow and leaves begin to wither, and awallowa and other birds fly toward the booth ; the moon shines ouoe more, and at last there is no more sun to be seen. Then the heavens seem to be in a blax* of light. How many nights hsve I traveled miles and miles, ana enjoyed the magnificent scenery and glorious climate of that I country ! It is the "Land of the Mid night £un." 1 love these Scandinavian*. I love these pleasant-hearted and blue eyed people. I love their kindness, their honesty. There is no people in ' the world so good s* this northern peo ' pie of Europe. Churches are seen everywhere, and the church in that - ixmiltry is the grand stand-point Kcfao >l* also abound. Of course, they . are not like our public schools, but, nevertheless, they are good schools. The people are Protestant and Lu theran. I had an idea before I went to Scan dinavia, that it was a sort of wild coun try, having a population that was only half civilized, but that ia a mistake. They all know how to read and write, i In the public schools the pupils are obliged to learn French, English and German. It is a good laud- that "Land of the Midnight Bun and lam going to try to lead vou into it. On a fine summer's day 1 left Stockholm, which, by the way, t# one of the mo*t delight ful and interesting cities in Euro rut Toward mid-day we came to a place where are wer* going to get dinner. I came to a large hall in the midst of , which was a table, on which was a very white table-cloth. The moat and veg etable* were cooked, and 1 sal down expectiug oue of the servant* to ask me what I was going to eat, when, to my astonishment, every man commenced to help himself. I ate also, and when I h*" finished the meal I expected to be asked for money. Nothing of the kind. When we had'done we went to the counter, our word waa trusted, we paid the cost (twenty-five cents/ and then left. While 1* waa in Btockholm I thought I would very mncb like to Me the King. He came to the city two days after my arrival and received me in the moat charming and agreeable manner. He asked me to spend the next day at his summer palace, a few mile* from Btockholm, and of conrwe 1 gladly accepted the invitation. When I went there I saw no policemen, no soldiers, no servants, and when I ru tern! the apartment in which the King ' was, I found him in his shirt sleeves engaged in painting. I then left to seethe " Midnight Bun," and, to my astonishment, met an old gentleman of seventy-aix, from i'biladelphia, who was bound on a similar mission. It waa iu the summer, and there was no snow. After a tiro© I got to the farm*. ; and to my utter astonishment found that the cows were fed on raw fish. Then after a while I found that not only the cows, but the sheep and goat* were fed on raw fish. Finally I reached Finland. The Fins arv eiocedingiy agreeable people. Now and then I would >tne upon a church in the desert, as yon might say, 1 and thrre around the church was the graveyard. No matter if yon die 200 or 900 miles away, your people carry tour body to that grave yard to be buried there. 1 found the clergy well educated and exceedingly simple and i amiable. Then I went on following the " midnight aun"days and days. Finally I reached the northern extremity of Europe, and what a grand finish it was to my journey ! There stood that mid night sun and that Polar sea in all its stillness and beauty. At last I waa obliged to leave it. I went to study the Norwegian*. I found thet three of my books hiwl been translated into Nor wegian and Bwedisii, and that the peo ple knew mo somewhat br name. I ad mired the simplicity of the rich, the ' modesty of the women, and the aim- Idlcity of the whole people. Never lave I seen such honesty as I hit# ex : pcrienoed among the people there. The simplicity of manner among the rich surprised me. I remember being in a , magnificent country aeat in the south of Sweden, owned by a man whose an ! anal income from land was 915,000, and Set his wife daily appeared in a cialico reus, with nothing in the shape of aparnment except a velvet ribbon round her neck. The simplicity of the cn , gagnment ring is remarkable. Even the king would not think of giving more than a simple gold ring as an engage ment ring. After marriage, two rings are worn, and three when the lady has a family of children. The way to travel in B wed en is exceedingly pleasant. The roads arc just as good as in Central Park. People fancy it ia a long way to go to Sweden. It only takes twelve days. Go direct to London, and from there two boat* a week leave for Chria tiana and Stockholm, the duration ot ' the jonrncy being about fifty or sixty hoars.' The more I knew the people the more I loved them. Tlioy are a grand, noble race—a good, steady, honest, law-sbidiug people, and I hope lot* of them will come here. A Sew Fuel. A Belgian paper publishes a letter from Hasselt, announcing the discovery of a sncoedanenm for coal. The letter says: *' Two days ago a peasant of our neighborhood went the ronnd of all the on (Tec hnnsea with a sack containing earth. He said that he had fonnd the means of heating rooms with that sub atauoe impregnated with a solution of soda. He made the experiment before a crowd of people, and auooeedad. Next day the whole town was in great excitement. Everybody had tried the new disoovery, and I did the same. Following the man's instructions, I filled a senttle three-quarters with small coal, and the remaining fonrth with vegetable mould ; I then sent for a halfpenny worth of oarbonate of aoda, which I dissolved in half a litre of water, and then mixed op the solu tion with the rest. This quantity has been sufficient to warm my room from 2 r. m. till 7 r. m." A man rode from St. Joseph, Mo., to Kansas City last week under n sleeping car, by holding himself npon the trncks and resting hia feet upon the brake beam. At the latter plaoe he was dis covered and ordered away, bnt was so nnmb with eold that he fell on the track, and thu train, suddenly moving, crushed him to death. The Virginias Captives. riu roslsissl liars It aswt Oft** Haslet. roM*--Th* IktlS Bistrt lit I* Ox • r Iks llasd* mt Ikt Bwrxlxara a# Vita Tea Maasarrrs, A reporter, who ttoarded the Juniata immediately after her arrival at New York with the Virginias survivors tin board, obtained full particulars from a variety of aeuros* eonocruing the treat ment received by the priaouer* at the hands of their Hpsuiah captor*. All these reports agree in one partirular uamely, that the treatment received was uniformly harsh, aud in some eases barbarous. Tbe Tornado with the cap turrd Virginias arrived in the harbor ui Santiago in the manner already de scribed. A fact which has not, how ever, generally been known, by the statement* of the prisoners now comes to light, which is thai they were robbed by the crew of the Tornado, and nearly aft who owned anything were robbed of money jewelry, 'watches, and other valuables. Tbe prisoners were taken to the jad of Santiago soon after their arrival in port. The jail is a low, gloomy-looking structure, situated near ,the harbor, in one of th* lower portions of the city. Through its dismal portal ' the nnfortnnate captives were driven ; here they were crowded together like cattle; here their suffering* began. They were not assigned to separate cells i —indeed, there was no opportunity for such confinement iu the contracted quarters of the Santiago jail, but the eutire partv of nearly 200 were driven into a small room hardly 60 feet long by 15 feet wide. Here thev were obliged to live as beat tbey could, though the air, of oourse, was' almost deadly, aud j there waa little or no opportunity for exercise. The prisoners war* supplied with provisions, which, though suffi cient as regards quantity, were poor in qualitv, aud hardly fitted to snstain life. These provisions consisted almost wbollv of rie* and water. Ryan, Varona, • Del 801, and Geapedea were speedily . separated (rum their companion#, and after a speedy trial before a Span ish court-martial were sentenced to Uu mediate death. On the morning of' Nov. 4, their companions looked upon them for the laat time, and a few hour* later thev fell riddled with ballet* in th* trenches which surround the •laugh ter-house. The fate of their companions soon became known to the captives ia prison, and they tremblingly awaited the de velopments which were hourly expected. Three days later their ranks were again diminiahed, and Captain Fry and his brave companions went forth to death. From this time forward the prisoners wer© in hourly fear for their own safety. Their fears were not unknown to their captors, and again and again tlicy were told that the day of their d.-stii had come. Not only'were tbey told that they mnat die, but the priest* were ad mitted to their preaenee, aad on several occasion* they made what they supposed to be their dying confessions. As the time appointed for their death arrived, none of the Spaniards appeared to load them forth to execution, and they were led to suppeae that the day for their death had been postponed. .Again and again wa* this torture inflicted upon them, and every possible means for in creasing their 'mental suffering was re sorted to. In sn Interview srith Commander Brain© of thr Juniata, (iovarnwr L)c La Roia of Bantiago pledged his honor that none of th* prisoners at on Id be re moved or executed until the commander of the Juniata had received due notifi cation. On that vary night the priso ners wer© stealthily taken from th© jail, and marched with the greatest haste to a point seven miles below the city in the vicinitv of the Morro. The road la/ throngb a rough tract of country, and the journey waa moat wearisome, while some of the prisoners were so sick a* to be almost nuabl© to stand. The sufferings of some of the number were Intense, and no pity wa* In the breasts of the Spaniards. At this point on the oo*t they were placed on troard the steamer Bum, which at once set sail for Havana. At ManzauiUa it is met by the mail steamer coining in the opposite direction. On board this steamer waa General Burricl, who at once ordered the Bazmn to return to Bantiago. She turned about, but soon after ran aground, and the passengers were transferred to another vessel. The Spanish soldiers *r* regarded rather contemptuously by United States Navy officer*, and tlicy have not feared to express their opinions fitely. It was feared by the Spaniard* that the threat* of the uaval officers might be carried in-, to execution, and the prisoners could easily have Ixwn rescued lrom their forrut r quarters. In the Morro their treatment waa similar to what had pre ceded, though their experience her© wa* short. The order* from Madrid de manded that they should be delivered on the It.th of December. MOOT have condemned Borriel for hi* delay in snr rendering the prisoners, bnt the officers of the Jon lata declare that be seems to have done aa well as he was able. He waa in readiness on the lfitli insL to treat with the United State* officers eoncerning their delivery. It waa not until the I*th, however, that all the ar rangements were completed, and that wa* the day fixed for their transfer to the Juniata. It was at snnrise on the morning of Thursday, Dee. 18, that the remaining prisoner* of the Virginias were led forth from their dungeon, as they ex pected, to meet the fate of their com panions. Their inhuman onptors were still deceiving them on every possible oocasion, ami torturing them both on body and mind. They had been told that morning to prepare for death ; the priests had entered the prison, and had administered the solemn duties of their office, and thsy were then led forth in the same manner as Ryan and Fry had been a few weeks before. Some of the number were still skeptical, however, as to no speedy a doom, for ths fre quency of Spanish threats had de- Brived8 rived them of their terror. Even on is march to the water's edge the Hpaniarda continued their threats and devised new means of tortura. They were at length all placed on board a •cow or large raft and alowly lowed ont into the stream. The Jnniata was lying a abort distance away, with the Stars and Stripes floating above her. Her officer* were crowding the docks, and with powerful glasses were straining their eyes to catch the changes on the oonntenanoea of the prisoners. Here they anfferea horror* hereto fore unknown. They were crowded in the hold of the vessel, where acaroely a ray of sunlight oould struggle in. The air waa poison ; the darkness waa al most ooutinnons; the food they ate wae wretched in qaality and insufficient in quantity; the water they drank waa what remained in the buckets after the dumb animals on board were satisfied. These animals consisted mainly of horses and mules. They were kept on the deck above the Virginias prisoners, and were thus a oonstant aouroe of an noyance to the helpless creatures >n flned below. It is said that in the midst of all this filth and suffering the pris oners were not allowed to wash while on lioard the Bsr.au for a period of ten daye, and that their arms were pinioned behind them the larger portion of the voyage. They were occasionally beaten on the slightest provocation, and some times on no provocation at all, These Term*: 52.00 u Your, ia Advance. punishments, however, seem out to haw been of a nature ao serious aa to prodaee any lasting effects. On (lit return to Santiago they vara cnudtd to jail, and Conmttuin Grimes was alJoeed to visit some of the American prisoners to make them •OBM alight presents sad to eilaod to I hem hope# of speedy rescue. Even tliia privilege, however, waa soon with* drawn, and DO communication waa afterward allowed. A abort time before their delivery U>e pnaonara war# ra moved from the tail in Mantiago to the kfoiro, aeveral miles below, whims their treatment waa no better than before. Thia march of a half doaeo milaa waa aiao performed by eight, and many of the priaonera a offered severely on the way. Hie motive leading to thta course of action waa undoubtedly the fancied insecurity of the prteooera in the Santi ago jail. The United States men-of war Juniata, Kanaaa and Wyoming, and the Miobe, of the navy of (treat Britain, were lying in the harbor, and the threats made by their commanders were received with respect by theeaeily daunted inhabitanta of the city. They aaw the steamer, but for a long time seemed not to reahse that they were destined ao speedily to stand upon her deck. Slowly the Spanish tug dragged itself along, and aa she ap proached nearer the Teoee of the pris oners were seen to change. Still, bow aver, it seemed rather the inspiration of the Stars and Stripes than the hope of speedy freedom that moved them. A moment later, and the noodrona scow swung around under the ttern of the United States steamer, and the prisoners were no longer mas ters of their own emotions. Aa one of their number stood out prominently among his onmrudes, and aa tha truth flashed upon him, be gave one triumph ant shout, and swung his hat wildly in the air. It waa the uagle spark needed to fire a magazine, and his shout had not died on the air when it wee taken up and echoed and re-echoed by hie companions, and the shores and the harbor of Santiago rang with cbsers for the flag of the united States. The Spanish officers looked on in moody ai lejioe, but made ao other demonstration of their disapproval. Like madmen, the liberated captives rushed upon the decks of the Juniata. Like children, they cried when they found themselves free from their barbarian persecutors. They were hungry, and many of them n.-arly naked. They were clothed only with the thin, tattered garments whioh hail formed their prison garb. There on the deck were ranged toe abundant stores whioh the foresight of the offi cers of the Juniata had provided, and the need* of all were abundantly sup plied. Many of them dung to their ragged prison garment*most t- nscioualy, and looked on with almost mournful eyes when they aaw them thrown away. Said an offieer of the Janiele : "It vraa one of the saddest and gladdest sights I ever saw. when we gave them clothing, which they hardly knew what to do with, mad they dung to their rags aa If they were old friends." Upon their reception they were pro- Tided with <} darters aa comfortable as possible on bound the Juniata, and were furnished means of bathing, and clothing themselves in decent gar ments. < o-OP*ration 1M Fall Hirer. An officer of a ol operative asaoeia- Hob at Fall Rlvev, Mm, has recently famished Ua following aUtament con cerning its history : " Early in Febru ■nr. 1867, a low working man bold a meeting in a private bouse in Fall River, and took the preliminary stone to form a oc-operative association. Bj the 30th of the same month thirty-five members had enrolled their names, and the paid-op shares amounted to 13,131. A small store was rented in Piemant timet, and lor a few sreeka the officer* went to the store after doing their day'a work and amused themselves by carry ing not orders on a wheelbarrow, bat afterward bought a horse and wagou. At the dose of that year ike association waa reoriraniaed on a better basis, with a capital of $3,600, and the number of members had increased to sixty-five. Early in the spring of 1868 a large store on Bedford street waa purchased for $5,000, and at the end of that year the membership bad increased to 129 and the capital to 87,000. The membership baa steadily increased, until now it numbers over JOG. Each memlcr pays an admission fee of gl, and each snare is 810, Every member must own at least one share before he can vote or hold office in the association, and no member ia allowed to own over thirty ahsVes. Last April the store on Bedford street, which five rears ago waa bought for $5,(100, wae sold for $15,000, and the SIO,OOO profit has been constituted a consolidated fond. The association bah erected this rear, on Bedford street, a large block, 70 by 10 feet, containing three stoma and ten tenements. The association run s grocery store. • batcher's shop, and a boot and shoe store. From Dee. 21. 1867, to Sept 21. 1878, the sales amounted to $327,689.92, the investments $39,272 05, and the withdrawals $24,755.99. The members' dividends were $27,772.31. and the noo membera' $8,711 59, making the total profits $31,516.93. For the quarter ending Kept. 21, the dividends on pur chases were twelve cents on a dollar for members, and eight cents for non members, with ten per cent, per annum on shares." A Sew Confidence Dodge. Strange u it may seem, a new confi dence dodge baa been developed. Early in the afternoon two well-dressed men 1 entered the honae of Sophia He hem an, ■ a widow being on Le Grand Pike, near Bonarentnra Chnrch. One of them represented himself to be Mr. Adae. Conanl from Germany for this city, and the other a gentleman just from the Fadertsnd. Both profeaaed to have known the hoaband of the lady, and In the oonrae of a few moments' oonversa tioo talked themaelvea into her good graced. An hoar after another man en tered and inquired where one Mr. Wel der livod. The widow told him it was acme two miles oft Upon receiving thin information, he naid U waa too bad. He was going to his friend's honae to collect a bill with which to pay hie taxes, and that now he would be too late, and have to pay the penalty. He polled ont and studied hia watch aa he ■poke. Gonf.nl Adae (?) thereupon sud denly recognised him, and said that he waa weloome to what he bad, about f-W. This would not do, however, he needed 9200. Soddenlj he bethought himeelf of some watches which he had pur chased to send aa presents to the old conntry. He would leave them with the widow if she could let him have the additional 8150. Mrs. Heheman, en couraged by the pretended Consul a confidence in the borrower, agreed to let him have the amount and handed it over, taking the watches aa security. He went off to pay hia taxes. The Oon aul and her husband's friend lingered to arrange for a visit of the lady to the Consulate to sign papers for a legacy, of whioh " Adaehad told her on first entering, and then departed to divide the booty with their confederate. Of oonrae the watches proved worthless.— Cincinnati Enquirer. The steamer Gipsy Queen has been sunk on the River Tyne, Many lives were lost, A BoM Robbery* One o! the snout bold end audacious robberies that hs* occurred, recently look piece kl tbe residence of kfr. Wm. K. Boattor, near the Met lore" Btiug H*r bor, el i point ibont half e>y between New Bright,. end West Mew Brighton, BUten Island. Mr. Houtter end family I were Touting to Mew York Cite, leering ! the M-rrmnU in charge of the house. Tbe inmetee were e nun-servant named Robert Armstrong, s young DM small in stetnre, three servant girls, end two fraisle friends of tbe letter, who were . engaged st s game of cards in the I kitchen. About nine o'clock thee wen , surprised by i body ct masked men, ( who entered in true dramatic style, with drawn revolvers, and one of them, j who appeared to be the eeptain of the □t, commanded them all to keep per- j j quiet, and they would not bo ; that they came to obtain plan- [ dor, and plunder tbey would hare. They then took a table-cloth, and tear ing it into strips, pinioned the STUM of each of the females behind them, sad secured them to chairs Armstrongj was handcuffed sod also tied to s chair. One of the barglars then set down by j them to prevent them from making any outcry or an attempt to escape, while the rest of the gang prooeeded to ran sack the bouse. After securing all the jewelry to be found ia dressing cases and bureaus, they turned their atten tion to s Urge iron sale ia ths dining room, where the silverware was kept. About 1. o'clock ia the morning, having drilled the safe and charged it with , powder, preparatory to blowing it open, the Captain re-entered the kitchen , and notified the prisoners that an ex plosion was about to follow, warning! them not to make en outcry, or he would akoot them. One of tbe men then took n valuable piano cover, and, saturating it with water, placed it over tbe safe, presumedly to deaden the sound of the explosion. Having se cured the contents of the safe, they ar ranged it in portable shape, and turned j their attention to refreshments. Tbey found several bottles of brandy ; and a quantity of cigars in a cupboard, , with which they prooeeded to an upper room, where tbey reveled for upward of an hour, singing songs and drink tuv, after which they replenished the fire in the range, and all but one took their leave. He remained until five o'clock in the morning, when be also left. One of the girls, after a struggle, freed her self, and set her companions at liberty. Borne carpenters st work on a dwelling house on the opposite side of the street, were called, and one of them sawed the handcuff* from the wrists of Armstrong. Mr. Scatter was then sent for, sad arrived daring the forenoon. A reporter oslled upon him st his resi dence, bat he declined giving any in formation of the affair. Tbe value of the property stolen ia said to be about $5,000. The bouse is built of wood, two stories in height, and stands some distance from tbe main road, and about 100 yards from the Shore Line Home Railway. No trace has been found of ths robber*. A boat which was mooted in the vicinity was stolen, and found near tha Quarantine landing. It ia thought to be possible that the thieves ■ escaped in that way by taking the early ! boat to New York. The thieves are de scribed as beta* large, powerfully-built< men, of nearly the same stature. A Mother's Sacrifice. Mr*. Mar Robinson committed sui cide is Ypeilanti, Mich., a few day* lincc, dnvnitig beraeU in a eUUra. She was nearly thirty year* of age, and had paaaed aa eventful career. Her maiden name waa Barlow, and at the age of sixteen she married William Stevens of Wayne. With him ahe lived several years; bat they lived tin happily, and six'years ago they were divorced, she retaining the custody of their children, aged respectively seven and five yearn. Leaving theae with her mother ahe went to Ohio, and acted aa a detective in the United Stoles aecret service. On the 20th of last month Mm. Hlcvena waa married in Ypsilanti to WiPiam J. Robinson of Centertou, Ohio, bnt still remained with her mother, Robinson intending to move to Tec as early the coming year. Rob inson testified that his wife told him that a voting man named Barr, with whom she became acquainted during her residence in Ohio, had shot at her on three different occasions, the last time while she waa living in Ann Ar bor, this causing her to move to Ypail anti, and that she waa afraid he would Et kill bar. Exactly what the cause of rr's enmity waa is not known ; but it is hinted thai the deceased aa a detec tive worked up o case wherein Barr was directlv concerned, and the exposing of which waa to his injury. Mrs. Robin son had but partially recovered from aa atUnlr of bilious fever *1 tbe lime of her death, and it is surmised that ahe com mittee! suicide while temporarily insane. It would seem, however, that there waa an object in her death, for five insur ance policies have come to light, as follows: Five thousand dollars each in tbe Michigan Mutual, New York Mu tual and Home ; *I,OOO in the National of Washington, and $1,500 in the Mas sachusetts Mutual. These policies were all obtained by Mrs. Robinson of Ann Arbor agents, and all daring the pest three months, thst of tbe Michigan Mu tual being the flmt, sad this waa ob tained about the middle of September. The premium notes in eech esse were made payable quarterly, so that upon each policy bnt a single payment had been made. The policies are all in fa vor of her children, and by the terms of her will her mother is made executrix. Brahmiuiam it professed by 110,000, 000 of human souk. The resignation of D. 8. Minister Sickles baa been accepted. A Spanish prise oourt setting in Ha vana condemned the Virginius aa a lawful prise. The mercantile marine of Great Britain numbers 7,850,472 tons of steam and sailing vessels; America has but 2,680,193. Too oan guess how cold it is around St Paul by the fact that a young lady (rose to death in a sleigh while riding four miles, and a young man had his arm around her all the time. • I would rather," said a prominent New York merchant in our hearing, • give a live-figure credit to a young house having fifty thousand dollars worth of cash and fifty thousand dol lars' worth of brains, than to an old established concern with a hundred thousand cash and no brains for busi ness." A lad in Worcester, M%s*., has been fined $5 and oosts, amounting to sl4-50, for stealing a oopy of a daily newspaper from the door of a subscriber. In passing sentence, the Judge said it was not the mere market value of the goods stolen that called for severe punish ment, bnt the great annoyance attend ing such petty pilfering. " I found it very inconvenient, and a groat loss of time," says Chateaubriand, to dine before seven o'clock. My wife wanted to dine at five o'clock, and insisted upon that hoar. After many arguments and many heated discus sions, we finally compromised upon six o'clock—an hour very inconvenient to us both. This is what they <*ll do mcstic concessions," . . —mil w * r * > T M '*r ****^ pvaaaßot of mind without thinking of a tIAW ansa It wiirrt *ffWn'ii semes* i!-> .•**dkffl ■WIT ODOi HMiVi M w\* |lß|l4f UfVIl ntttnsr of whom conld swim, wont on s fifth In* irwtMßfillifti mi llm Iwml lp *" * JiTOIPMI-i PMWtlXvl g? w™ was*' *r> * * were, beside themntfvto, tom eeseotisl thing*: s box of etgars and aenss of . brandy. Time passed away if * very henuhMs manner to the little fishes; but st last something occurred j owing to the influence of flic adi, probably etpof • on# gentlemen lont Ms balance and sit<-> Mdad to fall overboard; where upon the other lustily shouted, " A shark ! a shark r The intotligeno- was so unexjM oted to the terrified listener, that by s •uperhumaa effort of strength ha fell inside the craft instead of out side. Instantly realising the situation, and not being devoid of wit, he said, gravely, "Well done. Jones; your presence of mind saved my absence of j tody." That's very good-isn't it, for I a story ? Ho wever, there Is no doubt | that many people are peculiarly gifted with this invaluable quality which is called pretence of mind-* quality wbicn should bo eaeidaonsly cultivated by aIL Were parents and touchers sc costomed to show their young mm bow •elf-oommand in some unexpected emergency, ae in aa outbreak of Ore at midnight, would not only anve them selves, but reeone a whole company of | friends or fellow pupils,were £e various means of escape shown, and the neces sity of instant decision enforced, many e valuable life (to say nothing of prop erty) would be saved. Bo intelligent e community as ours ought not, in this advanced period of thought* to be eo neatly overwhelmed by ctts.iuty, when one woman's prompt and resolute aid would stop the stream at fts fountain heed. By constant training the serves may be brought under perfect control, and self-coma-*adlunder flssyrnns clr cumstancrs be omts seed# retained then kwt; end surely such a result is worth striving for. Maria Edgeworib tells a story bearing an tide subject: In the boaae of bar great grand mother, powder was stored in tbe upper rooms of tbe msuriou, according to tbe then prevalent custom. One (bare stupid servant-giri was • ut ic procure some thing in the garret: when the maid cams beck sod wm asked for her oasdie. which she bed carried without any candlestick, she answered "It una sticking in tbe cask of binds dirt up there. Not s moment was to be lost Mrs. Edgeworth few up stairs. dashed the candle upon the Amur, and foil her self, overcome by nervous exeitemeet Hhe hud saved the bones and all within iu walla. IT smartsbls srurnge of this kind was displayed by Eli Broem. A railroad bridge had jnet been destroyed by fire. Anexnrem train wee*:-, robb ing. Eli xwdetoramed to haxord his life to save others. Be ran to meet the advancing engine, spread his Mttis arms as widely as possible, and saceeeded in gaining the 4-nginevr'e attention—who i the train just in time to prevent a terrible disaster. NO. :J. Waiting tor n Dinner. When Um Ctton Paetfie Bwlwil n finished and the car* onmasaucad run ni gj there ww, a lofty feeling among the people of Oaraha. It was to be the biggeri city outside of tfc* planet Nep tune, and they wanted everything— beatres, operas, eireuaes, dog fights, and bull rings. There wera iwalen rante at wion corner*, but "Le Grand B tauranU" *m on the "Euro-jtxci-an" plan, and conducted in high atyfe. The beat waiter* at band wow peaoured, not all from la ball* Fmiiee, but there waa a mixture of rod, black, and "yullcr border ruffian.' A good-looking atraagar, with stamps to in rest, slopped mo at Omaha one night He vent to the "grand#" eat ing-house. "Can you bring are a good dinner f Waiter—"Yaaa, air, what lea hear# Y" Guest—" Have yn roast beef f " Taaa" "Bring me a roast for cos, with 1 toiled potatoes, cauliflower, cold baked beans, and a pint of etawt" " Taaa, air; all right." The guest waited twenty minntee, sad became impatient. He dried oat: " Waiter, where'* my dinner f " On 'a* store, a bskin'." " What's on the stove, baking f "Hoes' beef, ear; finest beef ever aae; i ill lin put i piece, out of that artear ri flick bulL" 4* Whsi?** " Out of eer great Tessa bull, what cum down roarin', Tuesday, an' was •hot. Tbaim's his haras T The stranger looked up, and over the doorway, sure enough, ware a pair of stubbed horns, on which he oounted thirteen rings. •• Ob !" wud he, "rm i got it cm, ah —all roasting, nice f •• Yarn," said the straagrr. " Then," arid the stranger, "Til take the train for Chicago, and return next week, Thursday. lam going over to get mv teeth set—have it all ready and hot when I return." "Writer—"Yaaa, air; Til be ready mA hot." " Farewell, and forever farewell (" said the stranger, grating his teeth, and casting a hasty glanoe at the stubbed borax of the' "tearrifllek bail." He didn't locate any iota in Omaha. I dread nothing man than to hear young men saying, " I am going to the city." If they ark me, as thry often do, when I am traveling about the country, what chances there an for a lawyer in the city, I aay, " Juet the ohancc a fly has on a spider's web; go down and be eaten up r If they ask me what ohan ees there an for a mechanic In the city, I aay, " Good 1 good ? there Death oar ries on a wholesale and retail business ! The mechanic art flourishes finely! Coffin-making is admirable 1 Men an dying ten times aa fast aa anywhere else r If a man's bones are made of flint, if his muscles are made of lea ther: if he een work sixteen oe eight een hours e day, and not wink, ami then sleep, scarcely winking; if, in other words, be is built for mere tough - nets, then he can go into the city, and go through the ordeal which business men and professional men an obliged to go through who anoeeed. The con ditions of city life maybe mcde healthy so fa as the physical constitution is concerned; bat there is connected with the business of the city so much com petition, so mush rivalry, so much ne cessity for industry, that 1 Uunk there is a perpetual, chronic, wholesale viola tion of natural law. There are ten men that can suoceed in the oountrr, where there is one that can succeed in the city.— Exchange. A Fair Way to Fat It- Ton cannot fully understand their position. It is your part to do your best work with the least grumbling, and to make your family expenses as light as possible. An employer is likely to have little heart for continuing to hire you, if, while he is missing his in come, you are squandering yours. Let him see that you are willing to bear a part of his burden, and he will be more ready to help yon with yours ; for you, too, oan beat be religious by being con siderate of those whose trouble la next door to yours. Employers and em ployed are the nearest neighbors we know of, and they onght to be the drat to show each other mercy. HAD STOVE.—A lady of Richmond has a mad stone, for which she paid $1,600, and which she permitted an other lady to apply three times to a mad-dog bite at the rate of sls a time. Some 300 persona have been cured by the atone, so that the owner has now an ample fortune, probably, and the price of mad atones has gone up amas mgly. Some people think that a-good hard cobble-alone would be equally serviceable, particularly if it were vig orously applied to the need of the ani mal itself. Garbonite is a new article of fuel found only in the James Elver, Va. It is a substitute forcannei coal, and Costs two-thirds as much, burnt freefo but without smoke, sulphur or bit ami now* odor, and so nearly eonaumes itself that but per cent of ashes is kit. It burns longer than anthracite or and affords a beautiful sad pure * ' a tteteg to the Utj.
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