Hems. r.XI-RESSIOS Expression is tlie dress of thought, anil stilt Appears more decent, as more enitahle ; A vile conceit in pompons word* express\t Is like a clown in regal purple disss'd. - Top. ttrssisit WATita. Fast Iweulc there trickle,! softly down A gentle stream, whose niurni'nng wave did play Amongst the puny stones, and made a sound To lull hint soft asleep that by it lay. -ifrwww. awrr. lie strong to l>ear, 0 Heart ! Nothing is vain ; Strive not, for life is care. And (K*l sends pain ; lleavwn ts tbota, and there Host will remain! * -.tdroh.ir A. Procter. kite Always Made Home Happy. In an old churchyard stoivi a stone, Weather-marked and sums,!. The hand of Time had crumbled it. So only part rcmvnied, Upon the one side I could Just trace, " In memory of our mother!" An epitaph which spoke of " hoaw Vas chtselovl on the other. I'd gaccd on monuments of fame High towering to the skies; I'd seen the sculptured marble stone Where a great here lies . But by this epitaph I paused. And read it o'er aud o'er. For I had never seen uvserihed Such words as these before. " She always uia.ie houie happy 1" What A noble record left A kg*oy of memory sweet To those she left bereft : And whai a testimony given By those who know her best. Engraven on this jilaiu. rude stone That masked (heir mother's rest It was a humble resting place. 1 know that they were poor. But they had seen their mother sink At4 patiently endure ; They had marked her cheerful spirit. When bearing, one by one. Her many bwrdena up the hill. Till all her work w as done. So when was st.'.hxl her weary head. fo4d.ee. Iter hand* to white ; And ale was carried frotu the home She'd always made so bright. Her children raised a monument That money cold not buy. As wiuiee* of a nolle life Whose record is on high. A noble life .- but written wot In any book of fame ; Among the hat of noted once None ever saw her name; Far only her household knew The victories she had won - And only them could testify How well her work was dene. THt" JAWS OF DEATH. " And may God have mercy on v or soul 1" These—the closing words of the sentence of death which had been j ro uounced upon me—were the only on- 11 heard from the time when, by order of the officer, I stood up to receive the judgment of the law. The court-room was crowdedalmost beyond its capacity, and all ages, sexes and conditions of life were represented in that throug. The dock was situated to that about two-tldrds of the room came within the range of my vision—the other portion, including the gallery above, I had noticed when I came in. During each and everv day of my protracted trial the crowd'of curiosity had been large, but now it seemed redoubled. What thoughts and emotions filled and agi tated my mind for the short time I sat there on tliat hard nnd cruel seat! In all that mass of living beings there was not one who eonld partake of that knowledge whi'-h was restricted to me alone—the knowledge of my innocence. All, from the evidence on the trial, and the verdict of the jury, from the state ments and deductions of the news papers, from a thousand other causes which operate on a populace excited by the commission of a great crime in their midst, and whose convictions are already half made np by the arrest of somebody, all were sure of my guilt. From the time 1 had made the ac ijuaiatance of him for whose bloody vieeds I was condemned to suffer, the hand of Fate Lad lain heavily upou me. That man—theretofore a stranger—had -one month ago so worked upon my frank and unsuspecting nature, bad so insidiously and artfully opened my hiart and crept therein, that within two hours of our meeting we were pledging and repladfing our rteroal friendship in bottles of wine. All this alone. In tweity-four hours afterward I was taken to jwison, there to remain until in due time I should be brought to the bar of the court to answer for the mur der of a citizen. The forms of justice (I was told) must he observed, for as to my conviction there was no earthly doubt The following report from a paper shows why such was the general opinion: " Our usually quiet town was last night the coene of one of the most bru tal murders on record. At 12 o'clock a cry of pain, followed by the report of a pistol, was heard near the southeast tollgate. The few people that were in the neighborhood hurried to the spot, and beheld prone on the ground the lifeless fcrm of one of our wealthiest aud most respected citizens, David Ei burne, Esq. A pistol-shot through the head, from which the blood poured out freely, and his rifled pockets told that he had been cruelly assassinated and robbed. Search was immediately in stituted for the murderer, and he was soon afterward found secreted under a shed near the scene of the dreadful deed, with an empty pistol in his hand, blood on his person, and the watch of the deceased in his pocket. His face was livid with fear when detected, and his attexapted explanation of the condi tion in which he was found was a mass of contradictions. He bad a bearing before the Justice and was committed to prison. The name of the villain is Leonard Manor. Let speedy justice be meted out to him." All the above, as a recital of facts, was true, but the statement that I, Leonard Manor, was the author of the crime, was untrue. Eat a mighty and trongly forged chain of circumstantials evidence was bound around me, which I was unable to break, and mv counsel, Mr. Cook, met with his first defeat as a criminal practitioner. The only witness that couid rebut the violent presump tion of my guilt and disprove what had been brought against me, was not to be fonnd; made way with, no doubt, by him. And there I sat alone in that dock end felt what no may can describe. Protest my innocence I might, and swear it with all the vehemence* of an earnest soul; but I wonld be either 'auglied at for my audacity, or whistled down as a feigned lunatic. Oh, God ! what it is to be falsely judged ! To have aa iron wall between your self-con sciousness and the belief of the outer world 1 To see yourself crowded into the grave by the torrent of popular fury, and yet have that in your bosom which might rollback the tide aud save yon could it but reach out beyond the narrow circle in which it is confined t Ob, what is physical strength to the power of this internal sense in such an hour as this ! How willingly would 1 have bartered the best gifts of nature if those around me could have partaken of this feeling aud know what I knew. The mercy of the Almighty seemed a meaningless thing. But he could not break Hi law, even to save the life of one of His creatures from an unjust death! The closing words of the sentence which doomed me to the scaffold awoke me from these reflections. I sank to my seat, as a sigh of relief, like the groan of some unearthly monster, went np from the multitude iu the court room, followed by a subdued hum which now succeeded to the silence which had heretofore [reigned. The people began to move out, speaking to each other and amiling, pleased that KI\KD. K I I{TZ. I'Mitorainl I 'roprit *toi\ VOL. VII. the end was ! they wished and !>>- lieved it *vu!ii be. Ob, how more than ever, then, the silent and help!e!>s savior in my loeom struggled iu it* hound* i one desperate eff.trt to go out and become alotorbod iu the thought* of others! Hut *ll in vain; my heart sickened, and tlie pall of de spair was ujHiQ me, aa 1 submitted my self to the officers who were t return ute to the gaol. The court room was in the second story of the building, and was reached from the outside by a more than ordi narily steep flight of steps of gray stone, about twenty four iu number. As I emerged from the front door at the top of these steps, a bright, piercing ray of the auu met me full in the face. Dax&lcd for an instant I stopped, and thou stepped forward again. Hut 1 missed the step-stone, aud, unable to recover myself, fell headloug down the way. I sat rtu a low, rough couch iu the j darks.it, dampest dungeon of the gaol. To the oold iron gyv< i which shackled tav legs at the ankles was attached a chain of like metal, of, j>erliapi. four feet in length, terminating at a ring on the bottom of the cell. Mv hands were free, and with them 1 rubbed my eyes as one who hopes thereby to make them do their duty better. I could have but a faint view of the interior of my apartment, as the only light that reached it was between the two bars of a small opening which sent d as a win dow, situated in au oblique direction from where I sat, and apparently about seven feet from the ground. A con fused and sliajioless idea of something awful that had happened, was happen ing, or would liappeu, weighed upon me. What it was I could not deter mine—eveu my situation, clad in a con vict's garb and bound in chains, did not strike me with any kind of feeling akin to surprise—l barely noticed it so emascuiated was BIT mental organ ization and impotent of thought. It was in this stupid state I sat, when a noise broke upou my ear, coming, as it seemed, from immediately iu front of me. I peered iu that direction, but could see nothing, yet the noise, which was a commiugliDg of a gratiug and a rumbling sound, continued. Presently it ceased, and the figure of a man be gan to define itself before my view. Nearer it came toward me, when—oh, heaven !—the form and feature sof Aim fell upon my gaze. Then it was that I saw all, knew ail, j felt all. remembered all. A stream of memories came rushing in upon me like a torrent. That man's presence drove the clouds away and all was clear. Here I was, condemned as a felon, but before me stood the felon himself, j Moved by the impulse which this sud den discovery inspired I essayeettig whirled through some wild and awful dream, and yet with just enough eouaoiousueaa to ktiow that there was a basis of reulitv to it all. All at ouoo we halted on the bank of tire, which shot up a million forked tongues of lurid tlame. A heavy black cloud hung all around, and the air was dense with a sulphurous odor. A dreadful wad-liou-u u-ivo rnaouuded in my ears, anil 1 thought that here wis Tophet, and 1 was to he a v.otnu to the insatiate Moloch. A muffled bell tolled one stroke like an echo frotu a tomb, on my right, aud, looking up, my eyes met a black-draped gallows whuib roar ed its hideous form iuto the air. No time was allowed me to contemplate this ui-.v feature, eveu had I been ?o inclined, for I was instantly taken charge of by a pair of hangmen and placed ou the scaffold. The rope was placed around aiy neck, aud the still- Uisis which took the place of the walk ing to and fro ou the sce.ffold, told me that 1 stood there alone ! 1 muttered a praver, but 1 viore a doreiiv *> B were uttered, all that was siibstautial beueatli ine gave way, aud 1 dropped suddenly iu a direct line downward ; a piercing pain ran like a dagger through my head; everytliiug grew daik aud red, and purple nud white, by turns- until, after what seemed an age of ng> uv, mv feet touched Menu-thing, a momentary light ll ashed upon me, and, in a syncope, 1 lost all thought and memory and feeling. •" • • A murmur /f voices crept upon my ear, and slowly and gradually t re vivtd. I opened my eyes ana found myself in the company of sevetal people, some of whom were rubbing my hands, others administering rtmtora tives, and all, more or less, contribu ting to my restoration. As my seus< s returned, I saw that 1 was in a strange room and sitting by a window. Out of t'uat window 1 looked, and -great heaven ! what a spectacle met my eye! It was the yard of a prison, and pend ant therein, from the cross- IK-SUI of a gallows, hang the lifeless body of San gin ! The sight at once recalled all the memor as of the past; but there was a hist wlimh was vet to be explained. It was done so by a kind attendant, who informed me that my fall at the court-house steps m arly deprived me of life, and did deprive me of reason— that after a brief incarceration iu my cell it v. as thought la st to place me under medication, and 1 was removed to the hospital department of the pris on—that while there the criminality of Sungin, the author of the murder for whioh I had bceu condrmtud, was dis covered through the appearance of lay missing witness, aoine uuguarded ex pressions of Saugiu himself during a debauch iu a neighboring village, and other circumstances which had come to light since my trial— that he was tried and condemned, and made a confession, in which he stated that ho had administered a nar cotic potion to me, pushed me under the shed, and then after waylaying Mr. Klburue, and taking a largo amount of money from his person, hail placed the watch and pistol on me, smeared me with blood, aud then escaped ; that ho gave poisou to a cabman who was cog nizant of how and bjr whom I w:vs placed under the shed. The eobman was my missing witness, and liis re covery from the drug, although ho was for some time in a shite of insensibility, and on the verge of death, was tno main cause of my salvalion. That, fol lowing the opinion of one of the medi cal board attached to the prison, I was placed "at the window, in the belief that the sight of my would-be destroy er iu the hands of the law would have a beneficial effect. That when he mount ed the scaffold I looked calmly and vacantly at lqm, but when the drop fell I swooned. As I revived, there were evident iudications of the much-wished for change, aud when, with a clearer understanding, 1 looked upon the dangliug body of the villain, it was complete, nnd reason resumed its reign. I returned to ray home to recuperate my physical health, and it is in the pleasant days of convalescence that I commit to paper and give to the world this recital of my entrance into and exit from "the jaws of death." ( hang and Eng. The Philadelphia physicians who liad mad an autopsy on the bodies of the Siamese Twins made a full report to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The following is a condensed account of the conclusions arrived at: The supposition that the band con noting the twins WM simply of a fleshy nature lias been decided in tbo nega tive. It was found lb a peritoneal connection did exist; that is, a refl.. PA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874. Moscow, l*ulkln| AlHxit llir t Capital or It !■*)•. Moscow i the IMC c)lortxl city 1 know tiic tiin't <■( nil oitics when ouu in distant perspective, with tier Ue'U- Miil unit one goljcn dome* glittering in the sun UKttiitst the sky. Cairo, viewed from the citadt 5, mid Calwliiiiti* i topic. from the tower of Ualttta, nro comparatively gru.T and dukirlww. Mos cow. when illuminated under Mitioot, ■itiueo with Oriental splendor; the eye is lUuliil as by a briiliuiit stage tnHtio, more like enchant ment tl.*u reality. Sot tliAt th* color it rufinrd ir in strict hariuonv ; often, indeed, ail that ran l# said IS that the painter has used Ills p.iinH K,t geuerou-*b. that v< How oehrea, rods, tihlM, and Of* mid Much ly. But Anything that in >\ be wanting o'n tho port of the Artist I suplduxl by the hand of nature; tuue bring, the harshest of pigments into tone ; atmos phere oasts a dedicate veil over the per spective vision ; distance, ill ahort, lends enchantment. It often hap|>ena iu semi-burbaric structures that what tbn artnt inteiidsil may be eomuou placc and coarse, but that what he did not intend, that is, unforeseen sceideuts, or combination* which f.dl out by tin happy chance of cwotmistunce, prune* most effective. Such are tho pano ramas which arrest the traruier'a steps as tli# eye sweeps over the house-tops, chimneys, towers, gilded and many-colored domes which alt etch from foreground to horizon. There ute cities which the stranger should newr cuter, there arc buildings which * .# critic cau aowroelv dare to uppruecu. But magnitude anil multitude move the iiu agination. One minaret may he mean, one dome insignificant, but the moment the umt becomes a thousand, aud as soon as lipftC# sufficiently expand* for atmos phere to suggest magnitude or mystery, then literal facts give place to phan toms, aud poems and picture* arc wrought out of even commonest mate rials. Yet these many-colored dome*, though they tloat aa a'thing of beauty betwi-en earth and ky, are rather bulb ous in character: indeed, lometiines they thrust thtsmsolve* upward arid on ward as excresceucca. The eoustrne tiou, too, is ralher gimcrt.ek ; in the Kremlin 1 examined aev. rul cup laa under repair ; wlwn the outer covering of thin metal is removed, ribs, as of an umlipnUa or of a lady's crinoline, are laid Mm. A ruako-uf> thus flimsy and slight admits of more easy adaptation than bricks or mortar to the many varied forms which fancy mar aujgcst. The curves and outlines assumed are aomctimca graceful, often fantastic ; in some direction* the eye seems to !dbk ou a iiuittb'-rof K®#! sUrvl, in other* a group of Turks tttrhals may ba sug gested, while the Mnalior doiiuv may be mistaken for pepperboxes, decanters, or wsatora fatuilmi ou dtnnm table*. In short, the variety of forms already in existence la ail but infinite, u*4 other* might readily he iuweilaL Hpceially graceful is a common type, rot Lqrt r xn diameter then a lauieret, licariug a golden dome as its crown. One pretty efteet I oheorved within the Kremlin. The ncwlv-wrotight cupolas of highly burnished surface serve aa Claude Lor raine mirrors to reflect the moving cloud*, th pv*iig crowds, the tree* and encircling lid*eape. It mar easily be imagined how gay and glit tering a city looks thus net with jewel* and shilling with patens of bright gold. The colors, too, are scarcely 1< s va ried than the forms ; besides gold, there is silver, often blue and green and red; sometime* also a green ground is set with gohl stars; inscriptions in letters of gold may likewise be aeon as friert-s aronnd tower*. So mnch, indeed, is Moscow n city of colors, that the w Is even of er.Hiurry dwelling* are illumined brightly villi ml and yellow, and the roofs are grmn. Tlic climax i, of course, reached by tlic Kremlin, which dominate* over the city lying beneath as a church, a palace, and a citadel. This stronghold, the acrojxilis of Mos cow, is flanked by massive and pic- UtrotMpie towers, aurmomitrd by rough, steep roofs, mnrked and colored like the scale* of kmtmat* ; rUao over gate way* and at angh-s are many other tow er*. which group with domes and pointed pinnacles and golden crosses into ever-varying panorama* as tire spectator makes the circuit of tlw walls, or as the son, traveling from east to west, alternates light nnd shade ; the scale is sufficiently extended to gain changeful play of" ntmospheric effect. One of the towers, that of the "Spaaki" gate, was erected by an Kugliahmau, Christopher < tallow ay, in ltUd. The "Troitskl" tower vu also biult by him. While the basement* are heavy and gloomy, after the Oriental fashion, the upper"stories, or sky outlines in infhtite fantasy, plnv witli cloud land and seem BO to hold thetnsdve* aloof from earth us to bacomc ereature* of the element*. The Kremlin shonid he seen by sunset, twilight, and moonlight. Clothing the Limb* of IJttie (ilrls. A sensible mother, writing of chil dren's clothing, say* : I sec many chil dren whose lower limbs are qnite too much exposed for health or oomfort. It ia not lufrequcnt to meet little girls with dre**es up to the knees nnd but one pair of perhaps o.nubrie drawers open nt the bottom, and perhaps cot ton stockings. Any grown person, or boy, would freeze if clad No •wonder that so many, when they arrive at the age of womanhood, have no constitutions, ami are good for little bnt fashionable invalids, whose chief business through life is to njq>ly the doctor with good fees. Ever* child should wear a pnir of nnder-arawore made of Canton flannel (or, hotter still, of wool) buttoned t the waist of the chemise, cut as small an the leg at tho bottom and left opeu a little way nnd extending down uuder tho stockings to the top of the high shoe ; over tlwae a pair, cut moderately full, buttoning jnst below the knee. Tho band is pretty finished with a narrow ruffle or a bit of embroidery. 1 know many think they do not look its well as when made open nt the bottom, bnt they are cer tainly much more oomfortable aud sen sible. Bad Mnnncrv. Many pcoplo who consider them selves very well bred distinguish them selves in public places solely by their had manners, These people are con spicuous at lectures and ooncorts, the t houtro and opera, aud oven at church. The crowding in and pushing out,with out regard to the rights, comfort or evun safety of others, stopping on dresses anu crashing hats and toes, sometimes approach barbarity. Some times tho finest strains of an exquisite piece of mnsie aro Inst in the chatter of a pair of girls, or the loud chattering of what might others isehavo been mis taken for a young lady and gentleman. Otteu the climax of a lecture is de stroyed by tho going out of people who advertise their ignorance ana bad breeding in that way. Sometimes the ileusnre of a dozen people, during the most touching part of a performance, is dissipatd by the restl.nsnoM of a fruit-eating couple near them, who for get they are not at home. And this is ono of the ills for which no cure has yet been found, and must be borne patiently by a suffering public. Tlie Franking Prl liege. Contrary to the cxptx-UUeu of a large majority of tho I . b. House of ll>-pro - •ntatives, the bill providing for the free distribution of public document* Uiid seeds, und for thu free circulation of ii-vjpcr* w.thni the counties ajlirs puhfishid, ■* defeated by a vote of 12lye*n to 131 na>*. It was confidently pivxlictcd ly the Represen tatives wlio had closely watched the debate that the bill without ut>stantiul amendment would p* by a majoritv uf twenty. This belief wa held on tw.tli ante* of the lloue. Had a voV- lecn united upou the bill shortly ufU-r it wa* brought before the House there is Uu doubt lhat it would have passed, but there ha* been BO luflch delay that ltep rewrTitative* diu'overed from private and the press that there was danger that in many localities the pas sage of the bill would create as much dissatlnfactiuu a* an absolute restora tion of tlie franking privilege, llcpre sentativc* w re, consequently, dcUirred from voting a%*iriliug to their |mraonai dvsirc* or conviction*, *o the corrv apobdmt of the N. Y. Timrs a**ert. Another cause operated to defeat the trill. There were tnmy who dcsirvd to vote for the section providing for the free circulation of newspaper* within the counties of their publication who would not vole for the aeotioii* provid ing for the free distribution of public document*; but as the committee would not permit any division of the vote, the-e members pr,-ferr\l that tlm bill *hotrld be defeated, hoping, jerhapa, I t-ti-after t lc able tt legi-lnte iu favor of their country newrap rw. Notaithstauding tiic fact that the L'ostmssU r Vieiivral ha* not been able to make any delimte calculation of the cliauges of ripatuta incident to the aboliUou of the franking privilege, the sUUwneul was made Unit the i xpendi turv* hud been increased million* on that tm:iniL Ellis H. Roberts, of New York, at the flrwt opportunity, moved that the whole subject lie npou tlie table. This motiou was defeated lor a vote of Ilk yeaa to 140 nays. The amendment aeocpU*d by the committee, wbioh pro|H>scd to give the l'ustmaster- Clenerml discretion at any time to delay for thirtv days the transmission of free pttblic firrespoiMb-ut, without doubt, due to lien. Butler, who thought that if it were defeated a demand Would be made for Hie passage of a bill for the •xuupleW* twtcr*Uon of the privileges of tho frank, for which ho lis* a new lull drawn. liu |asscd around among the forty-nine who votxl for Mr. Hale's amendment, and impressed some of thejn with lit* view on thu result* of the defeat ot the pending bill, arid without doubt changed vote* enough which would liato been giren for the bill to secure it* defeat. K ric-Bltlag Match. The people in New Mexico originate *otm' curious aociet.ee. In Mosilia and Los Crncea, they have or it is said they have what are knowu as the " Pie-Biter*,'* composed of per*'ll* pa*- ai.vnntclv fond of pie*. So strong has the rivalry grown Iwtw.xm the two so cieties, that a challenge rvsnlbd, and the contest ia r'|Krt-tl to have been aa follow*; " The pie* were to le mince, and one inch thick, Mesilla to bite ilrsi, aud no bite to count unless it reached the cen tre of the pie. Mesilla piled up nine pies, nnd sunt down on them without an cflbyt. let* C'rneea elevated tlic top of hi* head and closed his jaw* over eleven. (Ureal enthusiasm among his frieitda). Mesilla then came to the bcratck, or bitn, maniully, and flopped his lip over a dozen sncveawfully. (Odd* ofTorcl on Mesilla). La* Cruee*. Nt this jroint said; ' Well, it is time to stop this nonsense; hand me fifteen.' Thcv were given hitn; he smiled, laid the Iwok of his head on his shoulders, and caiao down on the bundle of pies like ua alligatur ou a mouthful of the*. Lut hi* tooth did not come together. He struggled and jerked, but it was no use. Three of his teeth broke, and his lryfd gave wy. On examining, a dog collar wa* found in the centre pie, nnd La* Orttccs hnd got liis teeth tangled in the bnekle. Jack Martin, the referee, dicided in favor of Mesilla, on the ground that everything wa* fair iu a uiaao-pie." Billing Mirrors. Thi total disregard of many of our people to the titneaa of thinga ia in no respect to clearly manifested as in the purchase of mirrors. One kind is true iu ita reflection, tho two others are ex aggerative. 01 the exaggerative one unduly cxpnndfithe figure, aud the other unduly elongates it. Hundreds of mirrors are bought every day without reference to this fact. You will find short, squatty people with mirrors that make them look still shorter and more squatty ; and thin, gaunt people with looking-glasses that pare them down fully one-half. And' thus, through onrelessness slid indifference the seeds (if dissatisfaction and distrust are sown, and many happy home* are broken up, to scatter their broken-hearted con tents upou tho world. People with Hipiaro, expansive face* should select elongating mirrors, and those who are long and thin-faced should get those which will erpnnd them. Helf-opiuion is stronger than anything else, and when our own glass assures u* that we look well, it is nothing whatever what other people may tluuk. You know that yourself. Sonic Weather Sign*. " M. Quad " enumerates the follow ing in "Our Fireside Friend," as auio&g the most reliable weather signs : If Inc pear trees blossom before the 20th of March, and yon notice the cows and hnrses nibbing themselves against the meeting-house door, and the top rail of the fence casts two separate shadows, it argues well for the coming wheat crop. If the clouds all move one way during November, and big girls go barefoot, and tin-peddlers are numerous, aud yonr wife wuuts a new pair of shoes, "and plum trees grow the most branches on the west side, the now year will be prolific of thunder-storms and light ning-rod agents. If pumpkins an) frost-bitten l>efore they turn yellow, and house-rent goes up, and catnip tea baa a bitter taste, aud saw-logs show an inclination to roll up-hill, tho >K>tato rot is sure to follow. If there are high winds in February, followed by warm rains, aud cattle re fuse to lick salt, and red-headed girls aro conspicuous, July will be a cool month. It is said the best means to curb a fast young man is to " bridal " him. Naui's least. Sarah's atonea were wondirful things. To le sure, they were apt to be a little startling, and goncmlly end t-d by scaring her liateurr* half out of their wit* ; but that only made them more delightfully exciting. lty the time the children got a hint of the coming treat, they crowded around, aud Hat ah began : •• Now, all you young una muit ait 'tnaxin' aiill if I'nt gwtuo to tell a story." „ Sarah'* virtue as a story teller was iu her face aud manner. She wa* very black, with large rolling eyes, a very long faee, a monstrous mouth, great white teeth, and long tbtu hands, whieb had au uucauny white look on the in side, us though "the color were oomiug off. Perhaps you don't think hands have much to do with story telling, but they had with Sarah's, I can tell you. Quieting her audieuee with threat* of •• during "em all out Uie houae," abe began iu a low, sol emu voiye : •'Ouct ttiKiu a time, 'way down in Ole Keutuek', there lived a MAN! Ho wa* a-w-f u-1 null, and had heaps an' heajMi o* nice things in his dark cellar, lint tie* au" bottles o' wine, bar'ls an' bar'ls o' cider, an' lot* an' lot* o' hams, bar'ls an' bar'ls o' bacon, an' bins an' bins o' apples, an'jars an' jarau' sweet meats, an' boxes an' boxi* o ratstns, an" O ! pile* o' g.od things to eat, in that dark cellar." Harmh paused to boo the fffrtt Bush smacked hi# hps, the eyes o( the whole Johnson family roiled m i-watacy ot the delightful picture. " But he *a a-w-f-u-1 stingy ! Not a it peck of #ll tbeae yer goodie® Would he guv to *-ny body. Lor !he al lu# kep the key iii his owu pocket, an* if he wanted ham for diuner, he went down in that yer d a r k cellar, an' cut a alloc, null for Lioaclf. An' if he wantetd wine, ho je# went down an' folehtal a bottle, au' al lu# locked the do' arter hiin, an' n-e-v-e-r gUT Bam the f luteal a peck !" •' Well, now," Sarah went, on rolling her eye#, " that ar Sam was a po' uigga —the only mgga the stingy man had ; an' ho wait that stingy he never half fed him no way. lie guv him a leetle corn meal fur hoe cakes, an' unci in a g-r-e-a-t while a leetle teeny bit uv a aliee o' bacon. So Sam got thinner an' thin ner, till he waa near a ahadder, an' bit finger# w-r 1-o-n-g and b-o*n-y." And Sarah held up hers and clawed them iu the air, till the children could almost see Sam and hu bony band*. " Well, one day this bad man had to go 'way off to the big city, an' he hadu'l got nobody to leave in tho house bnt je# Sam. ho he done measured out jea o much corn-meal, an' he aaid: * Now, Ham, 1 shall bo gone away three daya, and that'll have to last ye till I get back. I'll warrant ye'd like to jc# eat it everv aormp the fust day, an'ax far mo'—it 1 # je# like ye ; but n< t a snojen do you git till 1 "eome back, fur I've locked everything up. An' if I find anything out o' order when 1 come back, I'll- I'll—wallop you ; ae if I doa'ti!' " With that sod r e f-f-u 1 thrcst, the cruel Mah'sr went off, an' left Ham all alone. Well, Ham went to clearin' up the house, an" when he went to hang up hi# Mab'sr's everyday close—fur in <# nrao he wore his Hundsy ones to go to town Le bars aomethin' hit agin the wall, an' he thought to hi**elf. 'l'll see what that ar l*. Mcbbe Mah'sr's done leff a penny in his jnicket Oh, golly! won't 1 buy a bun!' An' he put his hand in the picket, an' what do you s'jxttr he found t ••THE CELLAR KEY!!!" Snrali, looking wildly at her listen era, said these thrilling word* in an awful whisper, with a roll of the eyoa and a dropping of the jaws, that made it still more horrible. '• 'Oh, Lor" ! here's the key!' said Ham to hisself. ' what s-h a-11 I do?' An' theu he thought awhile. Bnt, sake* ! chillen, 'pear* like the Debil is al'us waitin' fur chances, an' so he popped into Sam's head to jas go an' look at the good things. 'I won't tonoli ary bit," said Sam, • fur ole Mah'sr'd find out if one apple stem's gone—but I'll look." That was the fu*t wrong step, el.illen. Ye know how hard it is to defrain, if ye look at the things ye oughtet. ter. Well, this yer on reverent nigga c-r-e-|>-t down stairs an' unlocked the do', and p-e-e-p-o-d in —trem'lin. fit to drop. He mo*' npt-cted to see ole Mah'sr behind a bar'l. Hut it was as s-t-i-1-1 as the grave, so he c-r-e-pt in. There hung the 1-o-n-g rows o* hams so juicy an' sweet ; and Sum went np an' thought to liisself, ' Now, I'll jes smell o' one.' Ho he smelled of it, an' it was so nice seems like he couldn't help jes touch it with his finger an' clap his finger in his motif, an' then he did it agin. Yo know, chillen, how the old Debil stan's Bide o" yo an' help* ye on. ArterSam had tasted ouct or twice, he seen a t-e-e-11-y bit of a ham, way off in the ftir corner, an' he said to hisself, • I don't b'lieve ole Mah'sr 'll ever miss that ar one—'tain't much 'connt no way!' An' chillen, he was that hungry he couldn't help it, Ido b'lieve. He nnatched that ham, an' he eat an' eat an' eat till he couldn't stuff another mouf ful, an' hid the rest behind a bar'l. Then ho went on an' went on till he come to the apples—liina an' bins o" b-e-a-n-t-if-n 1 red apples! And he smelt of Yin, an" then he eat an' eat an' eat till he conldn't stuff another rnouf ful. Then ho went on an' went on till he eaiue to the rhelf o' sweetmeats, an he looked at Ym an' amelt of "em, and finally he snatched a jar, hire off the cover, au' eat an* eat an' eat till he couldn't stuff another moufful. " An' then lie con Iok up ! " THEItE WAS IIIH MAII'SH 1" A* Sarah *aid this she gave a horrible yell, and sprang forward, clutching in the air, a* though to swine them ; aud her spell-bound listener* screamed, and some of them fell over backwards. Delighted with the effect of ber tragedy, she waited till tbey gathered themselves up, with awe-atrtick faces, to listeu to thw end. She lowered her voice to a ghostly whisper. *• The Mah'ar sprang to get Sam. but Sam let out a screech nuff to raise the dead; an' clared oot thro* the do" 's tho' the debtl was artcr lam. The rest of the company slunk out 'tbout axiu' t< be "reused, an' was in l>ed every soul of 'em in two minute*, au" snorin' fit to raise tbe roof. Ham's mah'ar run till he gut done tired oot, an' then he draggud hisaelf home." Sarah stopped. After waiting a few minutes, Ilush asked, in a scared sort of a voice, what became of Sam. Sarah rolled her eyes, shook ber bead, dropped ber jaw, and said, slowly— " He n-e-v-e-r waa beard of agin." '• Hun away?" suggested Hush. " S j.jw so. Mebby up uorf this very dav, f r all I know."" And Sarah turned tolier work. Marriage by (outran. An interesting caae of alleged con spiracy l# on trial in the court# of Pitts burgh, the incident# being of quite a romantic nature. The prosecutrix • Begins Hteiuer and the defendant* her haband and a large number of hia relatives. Mr*. Sterner la a large, har.daomo middle-aged woman, a native of Alsace. Hbo appeared in court in the richeat and costliest of toilet*, and with a profusion of elegant jewelry. It appears that in 169 a wealthy merchant named Gottfried Jacque made her ac quaintance. They lived togeihrr for over two year*, when Mr. Jacque con eluded to marry some one e!#e, and after revolving the question over he had hired Julian Sterner to marry her, agreeing to settle upon her an aunu.ty of 91,200 in gold for the aupportof her self and children. Hteiner came to America and remained for a while in New York, but ultimately went to Pitts burgh, wbere be finally settled. Alter the Lose of about nine months he re turned to Pari*, married Begins, in pursuance of the previous arrangements between himself and Jacque, with whom she had been living, and brought her to America, together with two shil dren. of whom the wealthy merchant was father. In the meanwhile the mer chant had settled on Begins an annuity of 6,000 francs ; but, before the year had expired after their arrival in Pitts burgh. the husband, with the other de fendants, commenced a aerie* of sys tematic abuses on the wife, Thev tried to force her into Dixmout Insane Asvlum, and in other various ways to riif themselves of their presence. For s considerable time it seems her hus band appropriated her money to his own purposes, and with it purchased some propertv—that waa not recorded, however—ana he conveyed it to Adam Weigond, a relative, evidently for the purpose of getting rid of the diffi culties occasioned. The defendants deny any conspiracy for the sake of obtaining the annuity. The paper provide* that the two must marry, and the inference is that the money belongs equally to the husband and wife. Fashion Nates. It ia whispered that the spring season will bring many changes in ladiea' dress. The milltuera and dressmakers seem determined to take revenge upon the forced economy of "panic times." We hear that the gracefnl polonaise is now really doomed to extinction. Its admirers will not, however, part with it readily. The polonaise is to lie replaced by a corsage having long points in front and a pleated buaqne at the back, accom panied by a rather ngly shaped over skirt. the overakirt is to l>e open in front, pleated at the back in fnll straight pleat.*, and without the usual pouf. The new style of walking skirt is to be worn rather short which, consider ing the state of our streets, is very fortunate. It is flounced up the {front, each flounce being finished by a bow or buckle, and one very wide flounce at the back. Ugliness has never so abounded in calico patterns as at present. Many of these resemble the blue and white cheek aprons worn by butchers. Others are S rioted in plaid patterns. About thirty ve cent* a yard ia the usual price for new goods. Let ladies beware of bright blues and pinks. They don't wash as a rule, itrown and violet are the moat durable colors. White silk richly trimmed or striped with various shtales of velvet still holds swav, and forms beautiful eontrasta. There arc not many great changes in the mode of dressing the hair. There ia no rule as to whether it shall lie worn high or low, and people generally suit their methods to the shape of their faces. Curls are again reinstated. They were alwava graceful, but only suited to certain styles of beauty. A Revival of Mohammedanism. It is well known that Mohammedan ism has leeu making great progress in India of late voars, to the alarm of the Hiudoos, amf that instead of being a dying religion, it is undergoing s great and ominous revival. Recent informa tion on the subject is as follows: A census of Bengal lately taken makes tha population 67,000,000 instead of 40,- 000,000, as waa estimated. In some districts there are 600 to the square mile. The number • I Mohammedans is far in excess of popular estimate. They unmlier 20,004,000. Of all who call "themselves Hindoos in faith, there are 42,074,000. The Buddhists are 85,- 000 in number, and the Christians 03,- 000. Of the aborigiuals. included in neither of these classes, there are over two million. It is stated that the Mo hammedans, with their nrmies of mis sionaries, their theory that all faithful races aro equal before God, and their practice of raising any oonvert at once to full social equality, are becoming so numerous, that by 1900 they will be half the population, and ultimately will control the religious destiny of Bengal. Throughout many of the richest dis tricts they are already nearly or qnite one-half of the population, and in some they exceed the Hindoos by twenty per cent., the most astounding instance of wholesale conversion in modern his tory. Tho Massachusetts Legislature is considering, and will probably pass a law forbidding the employment of fac tory women and children more than sixiy hours a week, or ten hours a day. NO. 11. Mr. lleeeker's Farm. II Pays XrtnlMlr Umt Illataall. At the Rural C'lab dinner, Henry 'A'ard Readier said : I knew that you all understood I was a farmer ; but speaking not being my vocation, I did not know that you would call upon me to speak. I expert when I die to have on my tombstone, " The farmer of Westchester Gonnty." As uch, I want il to be remembered that I have lived a life of usefulness. I have a farm of some thirty or forty acres, and I am often asked whether my farm pays. I always say, " Yes—everybody but myself." I' has set up three or four men in business ; they have bnilt house* off of my farm, and there are several more that are just going to build. Yet although it has not taken rare f me, as near as 1 can remember I have always taken care of it If I have not derived ranch from It in poeket, I am euro I have derived enough in enjormeat to make it a profit able investment. I look forward to the day when I may be released from the contamination* of city life and may re tire to my farm in the country. I can say truly that when I go amoag trees I am better pleased with my company for the most (art than I am when among men. I find I never had a tee* thai lied to me, and. although they do a great deal of whispering among them selves, I have never any reason to sup pose there was sny scandal in it. I find in nature neither peevishness nor trouble-making, but much instruction utd much comfort. After a man h*-> I teen in the excitement of active life 1 think there ia nothing mow wholesome than the bath which cms gets by going into the country. I think there is no inheritance, there ia no bleating that anybody oan confer npon hia children, no money, no MOM thai can com par* with a gift for natural scenery and ru ral occupation. The gift of being in the presence of nataw ia a greater gift than any fortune that can be imagined. I am sorry to say that this ia a gift leas often found among those who live in the country than anywhere else. I see a great many person* that talk about the country a great deal indeed, but they know very little about it with the inward man. But to love it until, so liciting it, it IOTCS jouj until when yon go there the trees lay bare their shrines, and bend and welcome yon, until na ture herself peroeive* you and wants to be the almoner of God's oounty— that is a pleasure which we cannot expert everybody to have. The New York merchant ha* got to be worth several hundred thousand dollars if be is going into the eonntry to live and bea farmer. He bnya a place, and I look over to see what he does with it. He has been reeding 1-ooks and taking advice from men, and be begins on it to lay off his ground and build fences, atone walls or hedges, and be goes on to drain it and square it up and deepen it, and to buy manure infinite and transport it with out regard to eo*t to enrich the whole soil, and be builds a fine barn and then a fine Loose, and at last to slick up everything around about Idm; and when he lias got to that point naiuru lets go of him, and he yawn* and begin* t# be restless, for be hsa nothing more to do. The fact is he has been mechan ical, and the ouly thing in nature is that it gives him something to do, and so at last he sells the place for about one half what he gave for it, und gees back to the eitj and says, "Yon tell me about farming, I hsve tried that; I know what that ia." light-Holism. Moat of the light-houses in the D. S. are on barren, dvsolate., and exposed points of the coast. In some of them the keepers cau not communicate at all with the shore during the winter months, and in such caaea supplies of all kiuds for the light* and the keepers must be accumulated beforehand. Ia many fresh water for the keeper and his family has to le caught in cisterns; and there i an official circular to ligbt kuept-r*. telling tbem how to avoid the poisonous effect of the water dripping from the leads of the light-bonaca by putting powdered chalk into the cis tern, and occasionally stirring it. In many places it has been found that cat tic, * at 11 acted to the light at night, de stroved the strong-rooted grass which holds down sand dunes, and thus ex posed the light-house itself to destruc tion ; and in such cases a considerable area of land must be fenced in to ex clude these beasts. On stormy nights sea-fowl ore apt to dash themselves against the lantern glasses. Winded probably bv the glare of the lights, and ail light-keepers are specially warned in their printed instructions to be on the watch for snoli an accident, and extra panes of glass, fixed in frames, are alwavs in readiness in every light-house, to" substitute for those which may thus be broken. Wool and Silk Suits. How to make spring costumes for church, visiting, and brides' traveling suite is the query of correspondents. Pretty shades of gray, either the deer hue, or the slate gray with blue tinges, or the gteenish sage gray, are selected for these; the skirt and sleeves are silk, the over dr*s and flounce* are cash mere or vigonia. A tasteful French de sign for these has a sage gray silk skirt, trimmed with a straight vigouia flounce three fingers deep in front, and much deeper behind. The lower edge has a bias green velvet band two inches wide, while the tipper part is sewed down twice in revere pleats that form a puff. The long apron over-skirt of vigogne, corded on the edge writh vel vet. lias the front breadth buttoned down each seam by liuge buttons in velvet-bonud button-holes ; it has two narrow side gores and a full back breadth, is draped high by a green velvet bow on the left, and hangs long on the lsft. The English basque of cashmere, corded with green velvet, has silk sleeves with velvet cuffs, and a velvet Medici* collar. Au extra gar ment worn over this is a sleeveless loose jncket, quite long, with a pointed velvet hood, side pockets, and a breast pocket. Russian Young Men. After the attainment of his fiftoeuth year no Russiau subject is permitted to emigrate before noquitting himself of his military liability. Upon the attain ment oi the twentieth year all Rnusian subjects become liable to serve in tlie army. A certain number not determin- H! lieforeliand and variable at pleasure will be freed from tbo obligation every vear. Byway of selecting those who lire to be benefited by this provision, the young men who have attained their twentieth year will draw lots. The drawing of lota and the enrolment of recruits will be held annually in Euro pean Russia between tlie 13th and 27th of December, and in Asiatic Russia be tween October 27th and January 12th. FOB INSECTS.— AIum water applied hot is said to destroy red and black cockroaches, spiders, and all the crawl ing pests that infest our houses. The alum water should be applied with a brush to all wood-work where insects are suspected. Powdered alum or bor ax is useiul fei travelers to carry with them, to scatter around where they suspect there may be troublesome visi tors. UaM fif latwal niit fft* hu abolished solitary impri*- • grangs societies. There ate $,090 pofeeaional thievee its New York city. Paper M a building malerW baa be comv a great atteoMa. | A trend oootoat if poaeibl*, for von can never b sure bow a content will and. The doctor', work Alia tlx fnnt of ground, but the dtt4a4'a Alia an sober. Tba State of Penoeylvaina baa a val aation of seven thonaand millions of dollar*. llocbcfort propose# when be g*U hie pardon to eone to Araerio* and start a daily paper. The narrow way of Ufa in broad ©trough for mm who carefully, fontly, , evenly walk in it ijffsarw'ttir?as emme da la erama. it ia a proverb in th© Wert that it ia naaring to torn praina into timber than tins bar inks prnirie. | • A beautiful woman, said Fontenelle, i is tba Jsurtratory of the parte and tba paradiae of the f J*. Stanley now declare# that ha did find UrZZne, and ft I- import*]* U prove that be didn't. I Tba gloriona aongtrtar of tba Soothmrii ' forest*, tba mocking-bird. ia aaid to ba in danger of extirpation. The Wieeonain State Grange ia in rert gating it. ex-Heerelaiy ■ allegad little joba in stotionety; Tba game law of Missouri forbids the destroying of buds' naeta, but baa no peutertoo for tba bird*. People wb don't know anything about it predict a eklyaiuMner. Peo ple who do know, knap quiet Jiaw Garden Bennet, proprietor of i ike Saw York Jleratd, baa jrtven $50,0U) 5 to the poor of Saw Tork City. There am fewer lawauil# among fann er* now than aver before, which abowa that thaw ia more intelligence. Tba Athenian# would pnt a boy to death for kfllfcg a bird, beeaoaa tba act indicated a cruel disposition. An Indiana nun hn marriad and buried three siatera, and ia now proa peetiog for another family to entomb. The Communist platform ia pithily expressed at foUowa : " Every man 1 who aavea money muat be made to divide with thorn who have aaved UOM-*' Qaaan Victoria telegraphed that M her heart blad for the afflicted pa ; MSL when be learned that Captain Charteris had been 'rilled in the Aaban tea war. The following qovation ia rropertfulty addressed to the clergy : Whether a tteraon wboaita in the gallery of the church ia respeueibl* fur dead* dona in j the body ? The radical* of Borne are urging that th church building* ol the city, monu ment* of all kinds, and the Vatican library and gal tones be taken poaea aion of by the State. It has been calculated that in Eng j land the locs el cattle from di*< aae* propagated bv the introdaetog of for- I etgn animal* "baa bean fully $25,000,000 (or each of tba last thirty year*. An editor, who .peaks with the air #f a man who ha* discovered a new fact by experience, aaya that the new way . to prevent bleeding at tba noaa ia to : keep your noae out of other people • b Mines*. Grand Master Adam*, of the Patrons of Husbandry, aaya that epeeulatore, demagogues, .mall politicians, grain buvers, and cotton (actors, are inter ested in agriculturists only as the hawk ia interested in the sparrow. Happy indeed are they whose inter course with the world ha* not changed tba toneof the holier feeling*, or broken those musical chord, of the heart whose vibration* arr so melodious, *o tender, and tooching in the evening of age. Aurora, Indiana, i* a very particular town in some respects. For iu*tanca, i if a stranger stop* there over twenty four honr he ia waited upon and most prove that ha in not likely to become a county charge or they will make hitn leave. Two data are given from which to es timate the value of a fowl for the table or market A table fowl should be all breast, with short limb# and small bone ; also, fowl* are in perfection for the table only before they hare attained maturity. U Philadelphia will have several new hotels in time lor the Centenaial, one of which will be on Arch street. It w pro ' posed to transform a row of private 1 dwelling* on Walnut street into one ' huge bote!, but property-holders in the neighborhood don't like the idea. Panic! Webster once said to an as piring bai model young lawyer, who expressed his apprehension that th profess*— was over-crowded: "My young friend, there ia always plenty of room at the top "-a wise observation, which appbe* to all professions and all ; aorta of bnsineea. China is offered an outlet for its sur plus population, and, notwithstanding ' it. teeming millions, the .apply is like lv to be exhausted before the demand. It is proposed to build the Canadian - IVtfie Railroad with Chi*#*© labor. The average temperature is about thirty degrees below xaro. The Sioux City (la.) Journal says : " Last winter the aggregate number of prairie chickens shipped from Sioux Citv to the Eastern market was about 25.000. Thus far the present season there have be— ova* 55,000 purchased by onr dealer*. The ruling price is Jrom $3.90 to per doxen. The Sen Francisco Alia says: It don't i cost much to got to California now. Emigrant train* on the road carry pas sengers for S6O, currency; the ocean route, via Panama, has been reduced to I f 110 and SIOO in the cabin, and SSO in the steerage, all currency. Round cabin tripe are announced for S2OO. A Nevada Judge, after ywjory had i been ituptOflM and MMol ready to proceed, pulled out a revolver aad ju- I tlioially remarked, " If any man go*a to , frolicking around in this court room during the trial of this cause I shall in terrupt him in hia career." The strict est decorum prevailed in that oourt room. The latest addition to the conveni ent*** of the fashionable ehurch is a dressing-room for wedding parties. According to th© report of a wedding oerenionv which recently took place in New York, the vestibule waa furnished for the occasion with mirrors, table#, chairs, brushes, powders, and hair ! pins." A young lad fell into anind-pnddle off a curbstone in Detroit the oiher day, and he was howling and wailing, when another boy oame along, and re marked : • Humph 1 gnete I wonldn t howl jut because I iell in ttye mud. ! " Tliat hain't what I'm howling about, 1 blubbered the boy. " I'm crying 'cause my brothel is sick." A very promising young journalist remarks*that "when an enthusiastic editor describes a bride as bonny, and an envious compositor sets her up as I bony, as was done at Jacksonville, the other day, hope for a season bids the I I world farewell, and freedom shriek, as the compositor f alia at his form, brained ' by th© brother of the blooming bride. Tennyson writes to one who had tampered with his verse : " J object I to variorum readings. When the oar penter has made his table, why should we treasure the chips ? and when poems 1 have been rejected, why not •tet them be rejected f And as for biographical illnat rations, it seems to me that these ( had better wait till my death.", ; Epicures who indulge in pate de chat • gras stewed cat with mushrooms —and > other fine delicacies, should take warn i ing by the fate of a young Parisian i • who, according to a French journal,'was ■ recently brought to a sick bed and al t most died from having eaten pfrt of a r cat which had eaten a rat which had *- ■ oeDtly swallowed some food miked with poison.