Forever. T\i mnlliMTT flown* o*me itrooplnc 4own B*MI ovsr the two tint ►!oode of the little village of Ir——. The doctor's house was not in external appearance a very hendsome or prepossessing structure, it being a brick buildrng. The outside walls were whitewashed over, and at the entrance was erected a small portico in which it was customary (or the doctor to sit in the summer evenings. But it was the inside of this house which possessed a fascination for all boys and girls who loved the curious. In his room there were shells from India, corals from the West Indies, stuffed birds of beautiful plumage from South America, specimens of minerals from all parts of the world, ingenions devices in straw work from Japan, stuffed rats, etc., from China, and in fact some curiosity from every part of th globe. I must not omit to say that the doc tor was a bachelor; therefore, as is usual with all rich bachelors, he em ployed an old house-keeper to dust and arrange his rooms, and a small boy to brush his clothes, clean his boots, inn errands, and make himself generally useful. One day the boy whom he had employed broke a beautiful Dresden china vase. The good doctor was so angry when he found oat what had happened that he immediately dis charged the boy. Next day he adver tised for a boy to fill the vacancy. It was not long before five applicants for the place made their appearance. The Doctor, who was very particular in the selection of his " help, examin ed each boy separately. Taking him into a room, he wonld say to the boy— " What is your name ?" " Bobby Fitzgibbons, sir." " Now, Bobby, you are a very good looking little boy. I want you, if I take you, to " and then the Doctor would go on to tell the boy all that he wanted to be done, and would end with something like this : "And mind yon, you must not be too carious. Now stay here and I will be back shortly and he would then leave the boy alone in the room. For abont ten minutes the first ap plicant, Bobby Fitzgibbons, sat in the chair assigned him, gazing around the room, and wondering what each article was used for. Ashe was looking around for perhaps the fiftieth time a slight noise in a cupboard drew his attention. Having looked at it for a short time, he arose and walked towards the cup board. On a closer examination he saw a label marked "Jocko" on the door. Now he knew that " Jocko" was gener ally the name of a monkey, and he of course thought that there must be a monkey inside. He cautiously pulled the door open a little, and a slight noise within caused him to draw back. Again he approached, and this time he polled the door wide open. He jumped high up off the floor. There was no monkey there, but such a noise] as came from that cupboard would have scared a much older person than Bobby was. The Doctor had placed a keg of shot in the cupboard in such a position that when the door was opened, the plug was pulled out, and a tin basin placed underneath re ceived the shot, and this was what produced the noise and frightened Bobby. The Doctor, immediately upon hearing the noise, came in. In the centre of the room Bobby was stand ing and trembling like an aspen leaf. The Doctor advised him in a few wjrds to correct his tendency to indiscreet curiosity, and told him he would never do to be his boy. Applicant fourth was Sam Loftelh He was shown into the same room, re ceived his directions, and sat down to await the arrival of the doctor. On the table was a dish of cherries, ripe and very refreshing to look at and still m :>re so to eat. Sam looked at these for a long time and by degrees he felt a desire oome over him to take one. He advaaoed, took one and only one; had FRIvD. KURTZ, Kditormid Proprietor. VOL. VII. ho luvn offered the dishful ho would not hero taken another. He out it tu Ilia mouth, but, what a face, what spit ting and coughing, and w hat large team stood til his eyes and thou trickled dovru his face ! The cherry had been stuffed with carettne pepper. The noise soou brought tlie doctor in and he see ing what was' the matter gave Ham something to relieve him and then showed htm the door. The next was Willie Hawthorne, a nice, fair-haired boy ; his hair was ueatlr combed, his teeth and nails wore clean, and his clothes, thongu patched in many places, were well brushed. Willie answered the Doctor's questions promptly and respectfully, and aomuoh did the clactor like Willie's appearance and mauuers that he mentally resolved to take him, even if he was a little curi ous at first. Willie sat in his chair for fully an hour and a half before the doc tor came in, and the latter found every thing as he left it. Willie got aloug welL The doctor alter a ahort time gave him some slight instruction iu medicine, and Willietook such au in terest in it that the doctor sent him to college, where he now is, and promises to become someday a very dnesurgeou. Next came Tommy Buggina. Having received his directions he was left alone. Curiosity got the better of him also. Approaching a drawer labeled "Chinese Curiosities," he caught hold of the knobs to open it. Good gracious ! such a roaring! Tommy was screeching and bellowing with all his might, and dancing an involuntary hornpipe ou the floor. The Doctor had placed the wires of an electric machine in connec tion with the knobs and that was what made Tommy howl. The Doctor re leased him and let him go. Johnnv Pippins was the third appli cant The room he was ushered tuto was the dining-room. The table was set out and everything seemed ready for dinner. Johnny hail not been long in the room before The wished to know what was under a certaiu dish in the center of the table. Walking carefully towards it, he lifted up the cover of the dish. There was nothing there but small feathers. Who could cat feath ers ? At this moment there came a strong draught through the room. The windows were closed, also the door, and Johnny conld not find from what quar ter it came. The feathers were scatter ed over the table and floor. It would lie a task almost impossible to gather them up, so he sat down to await the arrival of the doctor, who soon made his appearance and seeing the state of things gave Johnny a lecture and dis misses! him. The Cricket in the Wall. Hark ! 'Tis the small voice of the cricket in the crevices of the wall. How cheerful is his long song. What is the subject of his lay ? Is he chant ing melody in the ear of his lady love, or is he pouring out his soul in au eve ning hymn ? Is he singing the praise of some mighty insect warrior, or laud ing the name of one who has gathered wisdom beyond that of his fellow# ? Have insects their heroes, their tyrant#, their poets, and their orator* ? Who can tell ? But why is it that all living things have glad"voices given them ? Why is it, that when the sun has gone down and the hum of business is still—when man has withdrawn from the cares and bustle of the dav, and the winds retired to their caves, tuat the voice of the in sect tribes, low and solemn, comes abroad upon the air ? Why doe* not silence come down with the curtain of uight, and brood with the darkness over us ? It is that wo may not forget the great teaching* of nature. The heavens may be darkened by cloud*, the stars may not look out to remind us, the face of the moon may be veiled, and the sonnd of the winds hashed, bat the voice of the insect world 'tells us the works of God. We remember the cricket that chirped in the comer when we sat by our father's fireside. Hi# voice was cheerful, and it was a pleas ant thing to listen to his happy song. Father, mother, brothers, sisters, were beside us then, and we talked of the little warbler as a thing that we all loved. But the corner and the cricket and the home of our childhood are all gone—swept by time into the retnrnle#s abyss of the past. And those who lis tened with us, where are ttvyl Father, mother, brothers, sisters, where are they ? "They are scattered and patted by mountain and ware. And some are in the cold silent womb of the grave." Plain Talk to Girls. Your every day toilet is s part of your character. A girl who looks like a " fury " or a sloven in the morning is not to be trusted, however finely she may look in the evening. No matter how humble your room may be, there are eight things it should contain, viz : a mirror, waahstand, soap, towel, comb, hair, nail and tooth brushes. These are just as essential as your breakfast, before which you should have matle good and free use of them. Parents who fail to provide their children with such appliances, not only make a great mistake, but <*>mmit a #in of omission. Look tidy in the morning, and after the dinner work is over, improve your toi let Make it s rule of your daily life to " dress up " for the afternoon. Your dress may, or need not be, anything better than a calico ; but with a ribbon, or some bit of ornament, you have an air of self-respect and satisfaction, that invariably comes with being well dress ed. A girl with fine sensibilities can not help feeling embarrassed and awk ward in a ragged, dirty dress, with her hair nnkempt, if a stranger or neigh bor comes in. Moreover, your self-re spect should demand the decent appar eling of your body. Yon should make it a point to look as well as you can, even if you know nobody will see yon but yourself. A Warning. The Popular Science Monthly gives this warning ou the important matter of using sedatives for little ones : " One of the great daDgers attending the use of the various sedatives employed in the nursery is, that they tend to pro duce the opium habit. These quack medicines owe theirsoothisg and quiet ing effects to the action of opium, aud the infant is by them given a morbid appetite for narcotic stimulants. The offering for sale of sncli nostrums shonld be prohibited, as tending to the physi cal and moral deterioration of the race. In India mothers give to their infants sugar pills containing opinm, and the result is a languid, sensual race of hope less debauchees. In the United States the poisonous dose is administered uu der another name, but the consequences will probably be the same." A MAK.—The pride ot mankind in great. A family living : n Hoboken was awakened by unusual noises in the house, and on turning out saw the eldest hepefnl rushing around in his suspend ers, brandishing a new Weston, and shouting, "There is a man in the house." A lengthy search failed to show any foundation for the young man's warlike demonstration, when ha mildly informed the breathle3 and ex hausted tribe that it was his birthday. He was twenty-one. THE CENTRE REPORTER The Auuojcil Cditor. There is a feature in the newspaper editor's career, says the I Embury .S'MCS, which the pencil can hardly do justice. It is when, as the hour ot noon is about to strike, a stranger appears iu the sanctum, and making his name known, is iuvitcd to sit down. It ta a country office, remeuilier. The country editor —in common with all members of his profession is addicted to a hollowueaa of atomach aliout this hour. He looks nervously from the clock to the stranger, who having dropped n few iu terentiug hints about the weather, has settled back with a view to makiug a pleasant and mutually advantageous call. He wauts his dinner badly. It wou't do to go without taking the stranger along, and as he remembers that the children were unusually cross in the morning aud that a contemplated set of new crockery is not yet ordered, and cannot remember of any tiling spe cial having been ordered for dinner, be sees quite plainly that it won't do to take htm home with him. His answers are necessarily brief and wandering. He looks at the clock, theu at the stranger, but finding him still settled, he falls to shaking the papers on the desk, becomes preternaturally en grossed in the study of the buck of an envelope--suddenly recalls himself— seeks the clock again, and involuntarily sighs. " I hope 1 ain't bothering you any ?" says the strauger, crossing his legs. " O, no," gasps the publisher. " Pretty busy all the time, I sup pose ?" says the stranger, taking out his tooth pick, and snapping it across his thumb. " Well—no'h—not—very," he replies, with a ghastly attempt at a smile. Another silence follows. The stran ger picks his teeth, the clock ticks omi nously, the papers on the desk rattle spasmodically, and the editor twitches as if he was "sitting on a base-burner. It is half-past twelve, and visions of several clamorous children, aud a wait ing and impatient woman, and a cooling dinner, makes the resemblance of the chair to a base-burner apjiear most striking. The unhappy and ravenously hungry man becomes desperate, and that nervous thst he feels like crawliug up through his own scalp and jumping off. He makes a hasty effort to smooth his face into a glow of hospitality, aud turning it upon the visitor, he says: " I &m about to go to dinner, aud would like to have your company, if you can put up with " And here the visitor hastily strikes in —" Much obliged, I'm sure, but I have au engagement to dine at one o'clock, and only dropped in to pas# away the time." The hungry editor goes to his dinner —he doesn't skip along, but he walks with a thoughtful tread, a* if he waa tiring to devise someextraordinary rem edy for some extraordinary emergency. Slaughtering Cattle in Texas. In further times they killed cattle in Texas fox their hides and tallow. But they do not waste beef in this way now. The animals to tie killed are driven into pens, a row of which are at one end of a long buddiug in which i s a #team en gine and machinery. Fonr animal# are driven into a pen into which they are crowded, heads all one way. toward a revolving shaft about which i* a chain. These pent are built up ol solid plank#, about eight feet high. A plank is placed across tho top of the pen. On this plank, over the cattle, stands the killer. In his hands is a piece of gas pipe an inck in diameter, about eight feet long. In one end of this hollow iron or pipe is fixed something that looks like a dull chisel or screw-driver blade, about two inches wide and throe or four inches long. The man on the plank strikes down with tins heavy jab Ring arrangement, hitting the animal in the "cnrl " or where tne spine con nects with the head. At one blow tho spinal vertebrre is broken and the animal drops dead. Very seldom does the striker inisn. One blow and ho kills as ho goes along from pen to pec. Boon as tho four animals are killed, the door or gate in front of tho pen or killing box is lifted. A chain is thrown over the horns of tho animal which is by steam power drawn out as the shaft revolves and the chain is wound up. Tho throat is thou cut, tho skin ripped and started, then pealed off by tho same machinery. The carcass is then hoisted as the chair holds on to tho skin, till the roes is pulled tip and out of it. Then come-- a man with a knife who opens the body The entrails fall ont, the meat is rinst 1 with water from a hese, snd there hangs the beef, clean and Utt&cil in from two to three minntes from the time the blow was struck in the killing box. When the meat has cooled a little, the carcass is taken down, placed on marble tables and ent up with marvel ous dexterity. It is hurried away to a cooking room where it is roasted by steam, put up in air tight cans and made ready for a growing market for it in all parts of the world. The hides are salted and dried. The horns are preserved and sold. The bones are used for various purposes, and before the Texas steer could think out his short pedigree, he is turned in to money, even to his tail, tho hair on which is sold and curled by steam to be used for stuffing the sofa cushions on which sits some person as ho reads this article. Cleanly Cattle. If then is one thing in which tho Argovian takes jinrticular pride, and in which ho particularly excels, it is in the care of his cattle. They are ele phant# in size, and their gloasy hides betoken Mime peculiar art on tlie part of their masters. Not a particle of dust or straw is allowed to cling to them, and they are combed and washed as only horses are elsewhere, not with a curry-comb, but with old cards, which, being finer and softer, are more agreea ble to the animal, and imjirovo the fineness of the hair. This receives an additional lustre by being rubbed with old flannel. They actually shine ; and the gentle creatures have an evident consciousness of their lieauty, for they are careful not to soil their ashy gray and chestnut robes by lying in the mud when allowed to take a walk. Animals can acquire, if they have not by nature, a fine sensibility, and when they have once exjierieneed the pleasant sen sation of cleanliness, learn to take care of themselves. Not only do they exer cise this care for the person of the ani mal, but are at the pains of removing every feather and other unpalatable substance from their food ; and the water-troughs where they drink are kept as clean as if human beings re sorted to them. If anybody doubts the efficacy of these means, let him come and see not only bow large but how in telligent these dumb creatnres look; how they watch every motion of those who talk to them, and listen to all they say. What an affectionate moan they will utter to welcome the milkers, who are always men, as they say, " Women tickle the cow, and never take all the milk from the udders, so that she gives less and less." It is said of them that an Argovian will send for tlie doctor for his cow a great deal quicker than for his wife; but we did not see any evi dence that he was not sufficiently atten tive to both. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., I'A.. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1874. Fun on tin* I'iaiu*. As we near Halina, Kansas, says Per kins, Conductor Cheney conn s along to collect the fare. Touching n long-hair ed gentleman on the bock he looks down and says: " Tickets !" " Haiut got none," says the passen ger, holding his gun with one hand und scowling out from uuder his black slouch hst. "But you must pay your fare, sir !" T'X|H>N diluted the conductor. " Now jes look a-here, stranger! mebby yon'r" a doin' your duty, but 1 haiut never paid yet gotn' through tins eourtry, aud J ust'then a slouchy, oIJ frontiersman who bail beeu compelled to pay Ins fare in a rear car, stepped up iu frout of the mulish passenger aud, pointing a six shooter ut him, said : "Bee here. Long Bill, you jea pay yer fare. I've paid mine, and they don't auylnxly ride on this train free, if I don't." " All right, you'v' got the drop on me, old bi'V, so put up ytr shooter an' I'll settle,"waid the passenger, going into his pockets for the tnouev. " Do these incidents often happen ?" I asked the conductor a little while afterwards. " Well, yes, but not so often as they used to lu '6B and '7O. The other day," continued the conductor, "some threc card-monte men came on the train and swindled a drover out of 8150. The poor man seemed to take it to heart, lie said his cattle got so cheap during the F.&steru 'bust' that he hail to iust 'peel 'em' and sell their hides iu Kan sas City—and this was all the money ho hail. A half dozen miners from Denver overheard the talk, and, coining up, they "drew a bead' on the moute men and told 'em to pay that money back. " 'Just yoti count that money back, conductor,' they said, 'aud aftet I had d>*uc it,' continued the conductor, 'one of the head miners said : " 'Now, conductor, you je# stop the train, an' we'll hang these throe-card fellows to the telegraph pole." " But the moute men flew out Lhe door too quick for "om." To illustrate the value of human life ia this country, Mr. liocke, the mana ger of the Kansas City Opera House, tells me this storv : Two yesra ago* the James brothers, the same two desperadoes who sacked the express car, and "went through" the passengers on the Chicago', Rock Island, and I'acifio at Gail's hill, ttole the money box at the Kansas State Fair. They rode into Kansas City on horse back. and when the cashier was walk ing to the bank with the receipts of the day, about 82,000, they pointed their pistols at las head, seized the IHIX, and galloped off. This was done in broaJ davhght, in lhe midst of a great crowd. Well, sometime afterward# one of the Kansas City reporter* wrote an article about these htgitwayxnen, saying some kind things. He called them brave, and said thev had done the most daring deed in the highwaymen's record. A few night# afterwards the James broth er* rode into Kansas City, went to the newspaper office, and ealitug the report er out, presented him a handsome watch and chain. They said the article in question touched them in a tender spot, and they desired to show their grati tude. " But I don't feel at liberty to take this watch," said the reporter. " But do it to gratify us. We didn't steal this watch ; we tniught and paid for it with our own money," continued the desperadoes. "No; you must excuse me," con tinued the reporter. " Well, then, if von can't take this watch," replied the James brothers, regretfully, " perhaps you can name some man aronud here vou want kill ed !" A Story of Fifth Arenac. A lady on Fifth avenue hail got into trouble. She had purchased thousand dollar dresses and thousand dollar fur# and thousand dollar '.things gen erally, till her bill foofed up to a sum total that was frightful. Her husband had lost heavily in stocks. She dared not ask him for the money ; and what was she to do ? Hhe had diamonds to tho value of 815.000. She took these rings and bracelets and things and hied her to a jeweller's, who reset tbem with imitation stones that looked just as well as the genuine, and on the gennine stones she raised the money to relieve her wants. In the meantime the husband had lost money at gambling and had ".debts of honor which ronst lie paid." Hew was lie to get it ? LI is wife's diamonds? Capital idea! One morning be alipped them in bis pocket and went to a jewel ler's. " Can yon tako stones out of jewels and replace them with imitation ?" " Certainly." "What wonld these lie worth, or, rather, what would yon advance upon them," said he, pulling out the spark lers. The jeweller looked at them and looked up. " Aliout 8150!" "8150! Why they cost 815,000." " The originals doubtless did. We have tho originals in our safe. Wo took them out two weeks ago and put in these paste ones." The gentleman gave a prolonged whistle, and put them in his pocket and walked ont. There was doubtless a scene at his house. Doubtless he demanded why Madam, his wife, had pawned her jewels, and doubtless she wanted to know how he came to know it. How it was settled never will bo known. A Masked Ball, Tho Oakland Newt tolls tho following funny story : A dapjier little fellow at Alverdo attended tlie late mask ball nt Liverraore, and ehose the character of a monkey, in which to shine at the fes tive entertainment. He doffed his habiliments nt a hotel two blocks dis tant from the ball room, and donned the disguise, intending to walk in cos tume to tho hall. It was abont ten o'clock when he set forth, snugly clad in his tight fitting suit, and playfully swinging the caudal njipendage, but he hail not proceeded far when two huge doga espied him, and taking him for a huge raonater of some kind, started for him. Tho barkeeper concluded that tho better part of valor would bo to climb tho high board fence at Btevens's Mills. He did so with marvelous agility, and the statement cornea from reliable au thority that he waa compelled to sit on the sharp edge of that fence, shivering in the cold night air, for two hours, bo fore be was released from his predica ment by people passing within hailing distance. FOB MONEY. —Robert Carpenter, a Georgia Postmaster, has been arrested on a charge of murder. Walter L. Cole, a prominent merchant of Black shear, was found dead near his store, hi# throat cut and his back full of buckshot. Every gun in the village was seized, including that of Carpen ter, who was uncle of the murdered man. The stock of Carpenter's gun was broken and the barrel covered with blood. A pair of pants were found, sjiattered with blood, and a pair of shoes bloody about the heels. Carpen ter killed Cole for his money. M\ (fl IFI' FELLOW TRAVELER. On bitterly cold evening last winter, 1 was siltiug with my old schoolfellow, Charlie Foster, ta my study the most com forts Ido room in the house, arranged throughout with a projier regard to warmth and convenience. " How jolly this is !" exclaimed Char lie, glancing round. " 1 would rather bo in than out such a night as this. Just listen to the wind, how it howls and blusters, and yet uot a breath gets in here. 1 must say this is not a bad corner to occupy iu this weather, and 1 envy you not a little. Things always seem to go straight with YOU, Harry. 1 do lislievo you never had a slice of ill !uek or a diargreeable adventure iu your life." " You are wrong there, my boy," re plied I, " for once upou a time—it is a long while ago now, though—l hail a very disagreeable adventure, which might have ended in my being hanged by mistake for some oue else. Yon re member, no doubt, that sixteen year# ago, instead of being oue of the part tiers in the Arm of Hoaa, liavtlaud A Laurence, 1 was only a clerk in their office." " Yes, yes, I kuow," nodded Foster. " Well* one day Mr. llavilaud, uot Iwing well enough to go himself, sent me to C ou some rather important business : some valuable documents hail fallen into the hands of an obsti nate, stupid old fellow, who had been guardian to a client of our*. The client was now of age, aud wished to act for himself, and manage his own affairs, but old Brown, not considering htm fit to do so, persisted in retaining Lhe fiapera, and my mission was to persuade iim to give them up quietly, and, in the eveut of his refusing, to threateu him with legal proceedings. I had great difficulty in inducing htm to listen to reason, but when, at last, I succeeded, I telegraphed the news of my success to London, and a little later started homewards. I strolled down to the station, took a first-class ticket, and, after wailing for about ten minutes, the express came tip, and I took my seat. As 1 got into the carriage, a tall, good looking young fellow, fashionably dressed, got out, and with that foeltng of idle curioaily that sometimes comes over one when one hss nothing to do, I put my bead out of the window and looked "after htm ; and, to my surprise, he got into another carriage a little far ther on. I began to wonder why on earth the fellow got out as I got in, and felt vaguely uncomfortable about it. However, when I perceived that the only other occupant of the carriage waa an " old gentleman, apparently fast asleep, I concluded that the young wanted to araokc, and that the old gen lb-man, before addressing himself to his slum)**!*, had objected. " This satisfied me, aud I began to go ever in my mind the events of the pro viom day. 'Well,' thought I, 'cer tainly 1 have managed the business very well. I expect I shall receive the compliments of the firm for it. 1 won der if they will give me anything more substantial than compliments. If tin y do make me a present, it will lie very acceptable just now,' said I to myself; for you see, Charlie, atiout sight weeks before, my dear Lizzie had presented me with a plump, red, pugnacious little sprite. Well, all the aunta and cousins —to say nothing of my wife—pro nounced it the prettiest bsby in the world, and I dare say I thought they were not far wrong; but one cannot sacrifice to a household idol of this kind without a little extra outlay, aud for this reason and a f> w other* not worth while mentioning, Lizzie and lhe babv were uppermost in my thoughts. I amused myself like a child with spend ing the money I hoped to receive in s dozen different wavs for their benefit. "Ai times 1 glanced at my fellow travelor, who was all this time sound asleep in the corner directly opposite to me. His head was thrown back, a bright yellow bandana handkerchief covered his face, and a thiek railway rng was tucked tightly round him. Now having started iu a great hurry, as Ross and Haviland had got a hint that old llrown meant to make a lengthened tour on the continent, I had forgotten to take my wrapper with me, so I contem plated my opposite neighbor with rath er carious eyes, thinking how warm and comfortable* he looked and how very cold I felt. I tried to forget my dis comfort by reading over my pajiers ; but when at last I got through them. I wss as cold as. liefore, or perhaps a little colder. However, we were getting near our journey's end, and that was some comfort. I determined to follow my fellow-traveler's example and take a doze. I wish heartily that I hail not done so. " First of all, I hail a singularly un pleasant dream ; for I dreamt that on arriving at home, I found the street door open, and on going in, saw stair cues in all directions. I went np the one I fancied led to my rooms; but it oomod as if I shoul d never get there ! —flight after flight I went up, and thought the stair# would never come to an end. Then suddenly 1 found my self in the drawing-room, and was struck by the cheerless look of everything : there was no fire in tho grate, and tho room was so dimly lighted that at first I did not see Lizzie. Then I became awnre that she was leaning back in the arm chair, with the child lying in her lap ; her eyes were closed, and her face was deadly pale. I cried ont her name, but she did not move. With an unde fined dread that seemed to make my heart contract, I rushed across the room to her; tho floor heaved and swayed with my weight; I flting my self down by Lizzie's side, and hail seized her hand, when the chair over turned with a crash, nnd she seemed to fall heavily into my arms ! " I awoke with a cry of terror. The train had run nearly off some facing points, and the tremendous jolt had thrown my fellow traveler acroaa my knc?s. I lifted him half np, bnt ne mado no effort to help himself. With difficulty I replaced him on tho seat. Tho head dropjied back into the old position, and as the light now fell on the face, I saw to my horror that the man was dead ! " I fell back into my seat , gasping for breath ; but the next instant I started up, and went to the farther side of the carriage. ' Dead ?' said Ito myself. • No, it's imjvonsible, he cannot be dead ;' and turning hurriedly towards tho old gentleman, I endeavored to stammer out it jioaaible hojie that the fall had not hurt him. It would not do ; tho words diod away on my lijia. I felt the fact of his death waa but too true, and tho folly of aaking a oorjme if n fall hail hurt it crossed my mind, and gave me au absurd inclination to laugh, though I uevcr felt less merry in my life. " Then a terrible curiosity drew me back, almost against my will, to look again at the lifeless man. Tlie blue glazed eyes were wide ojicn ; tlie jaw slightly dropped ; thoonoe ruddy color had settled tu patches of dark purple in tiie cheeks. He was a tall, stout man, apparently about sixty-five, and must have been handsome whon alive ; in deed, the face would have been hand- Bome still, but that the half-open mouth and sightless stare guvo him such a ghastly apjiearance. " The bad dream I had had, the sud den startling awakening, and the hor rid certainty that I had been traveling all the way with a eorpae, utterly un nerved toe, and I vainly endeavored to regain my eompoaure. I oould only gase on the dead face Mori me With vague feeling# of wouder aud dlatreaa. " Well, Charlie, I did about the moat foolish thing I oould have done," con tinued I. "A ahrtll whistle and the slacking of the speed announced our sp prtauih to Htghgato, and in another mo ment the lamps at the station flashed their light iu and out of the damage window, as we passed up to the plat form. With a desperate feeling that, as after all it was no business of mine, 1 might as well try to escape a heap of questions that I could not answer, I suulolied up the old man's yellow hand kerchief, flung it over his faoe, seized uiy traveling bag, and sprang out of the carri ge. " I remember well the nervous dread which came over me that the body would be discovered before I could give up mv ticket and get clear of the station. No one stopjied me, however. I hailed a cab, jumjied in, and in ten minutes more was safely deposited at my door. There I dismissed the cab man with a double fare, and in another minute stood iu my bright, cheerful sitting room, with my dear wife cling ing to my arm. "Everybody was as unlike my dream as possible. Lizzie looked rosy and smiling ; her baby was in his oradle, fast asleep; there was a bright fire in the grate ; the supper-Üble was laid, aud our neat little cook entered with a tray on winch Lizzie seemed to have as sembled all the good things she oonld think of. But, in spite of the comfort around me, I could not shake off a feel ing of disquietude, and I suppose this was visible enough to a pair of loving eves like ray wtfe'a, for ahe said— •what ts the matter, dear? You look quite upset.' " • Ob. Lizzie !" I burst out, • I have had such a horrid adventure ! I must tell you about it" " ' Not yet,' returned she. * Bit down anil take some supper first, and you shall tell me afterwards. However dis agreeable your adventure was, it has uot ended badly, since 1 have got yon safe home again, my darling. And thereupon she gave me a kias, which had such a reviving effect upon my spirits thst I allowed mvaelf to be seat ed at the table, and there, under the ooubined influence of my kind little wife's cheerful fsce, a good supper, and hot brandy and water, I began to re rover myself, and proceeded to relate what had hapj>ened. " Lizzie only laughed at the dream, and told me not to be superstitions, but looked grave and horrified enough over the account of the poor old man. " When I had finished, my wife look ed so anxious and discomposed that 1 began to regret having told her, but, sudden]v raising her head, ahe said ' Dear llsrry, ought you not to hsve stayed and explained what liad happen ed? Might uot people think that— that ' Her voice broke and her eyes filled with tears. " ' By Jove ! Lizzie, * cried I, starting up, 'you are right, of course! They might think 1 hail a hand in the poor fellow's death. Why, how oould Ibe such a fool ! I must go at once and give information at the police office.' ' I put on my cost as I was speaking, but the happy thought came a little too late ; for just as Lizzie was handing me my hat, there was a tremendous peal at the front door ! My wife and I looked at each other. Hhe turned very pale, and I buret out laughing. That was not quite the right thing to do,perhaps, under the circumstance* ; but ooulu I not help feeling amused, as well as em barrassed, at the scrape my folly had got me into, and I had not "at the time the slightest idea of the disagreeable consequences that were to follow. " ' Cheer on. little woman,' said I. 'lt is all right; 1 did uot do it, you kuow. Go to bed like a wise girl, and I will come back as soon as I can and tell you the sequel to my story." " Jnst then the cook opened the door, and said—'Oh, if yon please 'tim, there's two poheeoien at tho door, aud they sajs, um, at they want to speak to master.' " ' Very well,' said I, I will go to them. It is very possible I shall be ab sent some time, cook, so take good rare of yonr mistress till I corns home ;' and giving Lizzie a hasty kins, I walked out aud faced my uninvited visitors. Be fore I oould speak s word, one of them touched mo on the shoulder, sud said— ' You're wanted about that old gentle man found murdered in a fuss-class railway carriage at 'ighgate station.' " ' Yes,' I said ; * I was jnst coming down 4<> the police station about it,' " ' Oh 1 was you ?' said the man, in a grimly facetious manner ; and looking up, I saw lie had stuck his tongue in his cheek, and wss winking at his com rade. I longed to knock the fellow down, but knew it would hardly do to yield to the inclination ; so I tried to console myself by remembering that 1 hail only my own stupidity to thank for the unpleasant position 1 was in. Foster grinned, and nodded a friend ly and provoking agreement. " • Well,' continued I, (he police i station was not far off. and we were soon in the presence of the inspector. As we entered, he turned his calm grave face towards us, and fixed an inquiring look on mo for an instant; theu, sign ing me to come forward, he said quiet ly, ' Will you state all you know about this affair ?' and he pointed with his pen to a bench, on which tho body of my late fellow-traveler was lying. "I told him I knew nothing abont the matter-that I did not know the man was dead until a few minutes before the train stopped, and had been much startled snd shocked at the discovery. " ' Why did you not give infoimation as soon as you reached the station 1' said the inspector, drily. " " Well, really,' stammered 1, ' I do not know why. Of coarse I ought to have done so. I can only account for my negligence to do it by the fact of my being in a hurry to reach home, and tho certaiuty that ho would be soon by the officials directly, who would know better what to do than 1 did.' " This waa a sorry kind of explana tion, and I was hardly surprised to find that it did not satisfy the polioe, bnt was, nevertheless, considerably dis mayed when tho inspector informed me I WHS a prisoner. "' Poor little Lizzie,' thought I, ' what a fright she will bo in.' How ever, I was permitted to send her a mea sago to the effect that I WAS detained to give evidence, and that she was not to be uneasy. " I was then taken in a cab to Bow street, where I was charged with mur dering and robbing an old gentleman, name unknown. My pockets were tnrned ont, my pajiers, purse, aud watch taken from mo, and even my oigar-ease, which was at ths moment certainly tho greatest privation. The charge was taken, aud I was marched off to a cell and locked up. There, sitting on one bench with my legs on another, and my bock fitted into an angle of the wall, I passed the night—such a miser able night it was ! I should have per ished with cold had it not been for the kindness of the jailer, who lent me a thick loose coat and a blanket. In wretched discomfort I dozed and dreamt, starting np now and then in be wilderment, wondering where I was, and then suddenly reeollecting, sank back in my corner to doze and wake by Torm: 52.00 a Year, in Advance. turns til! morning. After turns cold coffee and bread, f was agaiu taken be fore the court aud examined, and, to my horror, sent to the House of Deten tion till the inquest should be over, when it was intimated 1 should be brought up agsiu. " Well, to cut short my story, for I see you are yawning, I must tell von that the inquest was held, and the doc tors discovered that the old gentleman was not murdered at all, but had died of apoplexy. He mar offense was reduced to theft only ; the old feUow'a pocket* had been emptied aud his watch taken. " I should, no doubt, have been sent back for further evidence, bnt that a prisoner was brought in, upon whom the stolen property had been found. Trie prisoner proved to be the ideuttoal tall, good-loukiug man who had left the railway carriage as I got in. The young fellow, who, on aooonut of his gentlemanly stylish appearance, had got the sobriquet of ' the Prince,' was s professions! thief; but on this occasion he had been on a pleasure trip to the north, to see some friends, and he solemnly declared that he got into the carrisge where the old gentleman was without any business-like inten tions; that lie'always traveled first class, because it was more comfortable, besides being 'gentecler.' He said— and, as you know, the statement wa* borne out by the medical evidence—that the old gentleman had a fit, and that, though he did his best to aaist him br opening the windows, loosening the old fellow's neckcloth, and holding up his head, he died in a few minnlea. ' And then,' added ' the Prince,' ' 1 thought the poor old boy couldn't wan't his watch or his purse again, and I knew they would be very useful to me, no they changed pockets; and then I stock him in the corner where the other gentleman found him. But Ido hope," continued be, looking round with an air of candid innooenoe, so well assumed that I felt inclined to applaud—' Ido hope no one would go to say as taking what nobody else didn't want waa steal ing.' Unfortunately, some rather im portant people coald'nut be brought to ae the matter from his point of view, and 'the Prince' did not visit his friends in the north again for aome years. "Bo ended my very unpleasant ad venture, Charlie. I have taken many a day's jo urney since, but never again with such a very quiet fellow-traveler." Cremation Among the Karens. The following curious account of the funeral rites among the Karons of Bur mah is given by a magazine writer: " While burning, the body was sepa rated by a sort of kiln from the fuel that snrrounded it, so as to prevent the mingling of the ashes of the corpse and those produced by the incineration of the wood. This precaution is always taken where the ashes are to be pre served ; otherwise *ll is consumed to gether, and the work of demolition in either case occupies scarcely an hour. Bnt before the bones arc reduced to ashes the Karens select a single one, ususllv that of an nrn or finger, and carefully preserve it till a convenient time for bringing the relatives and friends together again. In the case of the deceased copyist this meeting was to take place four days after the burn ing cf the body. At the appointed time a groat feast was prepared, ceremonies similar to those performed over the body were repeated over the bone, its solitary representative, and a solemn dirge was sung to frighten <>ff Muk-hs, an evil spirit of whom the Karons stand in special dread. Then one of the sil ver.bangles worn by the deceased on his writs and ankles "was bung np just over s vessel of cooked rice, of which the departed spirit was invited to par take. On lnquiring'thc reason of this ceremony we were told that if the ban gle and the string by which it was sns pended shonld remain perfectly mo tionless, this would be received as an indication that the soul of the deocwaed was a prisoner in hell, and the party would break up in dismay. But if the string should evince a tremulous mo tion, the bangle turn round or the eord snap suddenly in twain, the survivors would see in these tokens indisputable evidence that the deceased hsd answer ed their call. Fortunately for their credulity the bangle t moveil ne doubt by the passing breeze) did tnrn sud denly round, and the poor wife with a cry of joy pressed it eagerly to her lips. The spirit wss then invited to the grave prepared for the bone, which waa bur ied with the food and clothing the dead man was supposed to require iu the spirit-land, and money with which to ransom himself if hs should chance to be taken prisoner on the way by any evil-minded demon. The whole com pany then clapped their hands three times, saying, 'Go in peace ! This grave is thy small boose, but they grand and spacious mansion is on the eool bank of the river Mandowka, where lieanteons maidens recline on beds of fragrant flowers, and all is cool, calm, and quiet' With thia loving valedic tory the funeral rites ended, and the company dispersed. The nrn contain ing tho precious ashes was carefully laid away by the bereaved wife, but tho Kve iu which the solitary bone had n deposited conld never be revisit ed. It was thenceforth not merely a spot devoid of interest, bnt one sure to endanger the well-being of any rash enough to approach it even by acci dent." _ A New Comet. The discovery of a new bright comet is announced by tho Academy of Sciences, Vienna, in 21 hours 23 min ntes right ascension south, 6 degrees 56 minntca deelencion. An observer at Yonkers, N. Y., state# thst it is nearly globular, about two minutes in diame ter, with a decided condensation toward the center. In brightness it is above tho average, but it does not in other re spects present any notable difference from objects of its class. Its position at 4 o'clock, A. It, of April 14, was ap proximately : Right ascension, 21 Lours, 16 miuutes, 31 seconds; south declination, 5 degrees, 15 minutes. Its motion is the north sud east. An ob server in this city states, April 17, that it rises at 2 A. M." cast one half south. Half an boar earlier on April 24. It is a telesoopic object.— Scientific Ameri can. The Editor. One definitionof an editor: An editor iz a male being whose biznesa is to navigate a nuzo jiaper. Ho writes edi torials, grinds out poetry, inserts deths and weddings, sorts out maneskrips, keeps a waste basket, blows the " dev il," steals matter, fites other people's battles, sells hiz paper for a dollar and fifty cents a year, takes white beans and apple Baas for pay, when he can get it, raizes a large family, works 19 hours ont nv every 24, knows no Sunday, pets dammed by everybody, and once in a while whipt by sumboddy, lives poor, dies middle-aged and often broken hearted, leaves no money, iz rewarded for a life uv toil with a short but free obituary puff in the nuze papers. — Bit "W- WOOD CEMENT.— Common shellac, dissolved in alcohol, makes the strong est cement known for wood, and will make the parts joined as firm as though they had never been severed. NO. 10. The Traui.lt of Vena*. This great event in the science of u tronomy oornri on the Bth of Diwobw of the present yeer, end the entire sci entific world i more or leee excited in consequence. Our own Oownuwni hea appropriated 1150,000 to assist in taking observations ; France has given SOO.OiiO frenew ; end Greet Hrilein, Ana trie, ltueaie, end the German Empire have elan contributed liberallj to the name end. *n>o object of the obeerva tiona is to eaeertein, if poeeible, the exact distance of the earth from the sun. The trenait will be visible only at certain placee, and much dependa upon the alale of the atmosphere at those point* tor a determination of the parallax. Hutiona wilt be established at Tahiti, I'eiun in China, and Yoko hama m Japan, '1 he ltuaaiana will wateh from twentv-four several pointa in Hiberia. The English will have their observatory at Victoria. The tranait will not be seen from any part of North America, nor in any portion of Europe excepting Turkey and Greece. The following particular* with reference to previous event# of tba kind are com piled from history : Prior to the seventeenth century, it was supposed that the distance was not more than 5,00(1,000 mi lea. There waa a transit of Venus in 1639, and the as tronomer Jlailey demonstrated that the impreaaioua of the astronomer* had been erroneous ; bat be did ltUle more thau prove that they wore ooeaiderably out of their reckoning. It wu more than a century nfterward that the n~it transit ooeurred, and by that time astronomical science had made great prugreaa, and aavauta were prepared for the event. It took plac u. 1763, the year in which Napoleon and Wel lington were born, and about which time the American colonic* were pre paring to ahake off the Britiah domina tion. Encke waii one of the aetronomera who made careful obeervatiaoe, asd he computed the sun's para lit t to be 8,67 seconds, which gave the distant* be tween the earth and the centre of oar Stenetary a} stein as a little mote than 5,000,000 of miles. Since 1709, all the astronomical talent of the world has been expended on a revision of Enoke's calculations. Le rerher esme to the conclusion that Locke's figures were too small. Fou cault, making experiments in the ve locity of light, concluded that the aun'a parallax must be 8.86 seconds. Stone and Winter, observing Mara in opposi tion with the sun, ia 1862, made it 8.9 seconds, and other astronomers have varied in their calculations from 8.84 •eooods to 8.94 seoonda. This variance between Lucius and his critics involves the question whether or not the distance between tie sun and earth is from two to four million of miles nearer than he made it. With all our modern im provements ia astronomical appliances and methods, and partumlariy in eon sequence of the invention of the speo troaoope, it is expected that our savants will be able, during the text transit of the nlsnet across the face of the sun, to establish with much ecu rare the dis tance between the earth and sun, and so settle the controversy for all time. The event looked forward to with such intense interest will take place Decern ber 8. 1874. The last transit of Venus, as we hare said, occurred one hundred and five veara ago. The next one after that of liext December takes place De cember 6, 1882, and then the world must wait one hundred and twenty-two years longer—until June 8, 3004—be fore it can witness the same spectacle. It will be seen, therefore, that the chances for taking these observations are few indeed, and mtut be made the most of. The civilised nations of to day are fully aware of the importance of doing it. Bird* and Bogs. The entomologists, or bug-hunters, who go about hunting butterflies and bugs, are an institution. Their busi ness is to study the nature and habits of insects, and the necessity of their work is shown by such facts as are to be found in the reports to Congress. The " army worm," after it hsd given but little trouble for a hundred years, destroyed millions of dollars' worth of grain in 1861. The wheat midge and Hessian fly destroyed several million dollars' worth of wheat in New York in a single year. It is said Hist Maine could raise 100,000 bushels of wheat a rear but for the ravages of these two insects; and the loss to the Southern planters by the " cotton-boll worm," the "army worm," and the "chinch bug "ia enormous. The " wire worm " slone consumed in one department of France nearly a million dollars' worth of grain, and" caused deficient harvests for years. In Germany whole forests were consumed by the lame of s species of worm, and thousands of fir trees bad to be ont down. These are facte that make entomology an economic study. The agriculturist'classifies insects into friends or foes of his crops, aa they are carnivorous or herbivorous. The work of protection is well done by birds. In France the government extends its pro tection even to bnxxards and rooks, be cause each of tho former consume about 6,000 field mice yearly, and the latter an incalculable number of white worms In Hungary, and afterwards in Prussia, to the discomfiture of Frederick the Great, the sparrows were found to be the farmer's best friend. Over filty species of insects prey upon cereals and grapes, and as many on onr field crops. Thirty well-known species ravage garden vegetables, and fiiiy at tack the grape vine, and their number is increasing. About ssventy-flve spe cies make their annual onset upon the apple tree, and as many upon the plum, pear, peach, and ehexry. Orer fifty species infest the oak, twenty-five the elm, seventy-fire the walnut, and cne hundred prey upon the pine. Eaoh year witnesses the attacks of new ene mies. The killing of insect-eating birds steadily increase i noxious insects. Have Courage. It condones much to our content, if wo pass by those things which happen to our trouble, and consider what is pleasing and prosperous, that, by the representation of the better, the worst may be blotted out. If I be overthrown in ray suit at law, yet home is left me still, and my land, or I have a virtuous wife, honeftxl children, kind friends, and good' hopes. If I have lost one child, it may be I have two or three still left me. Enjoy the present, whatsoever it may l>e, and do not be over solicitous for the future, for if you take your foot from the present standing, and thrust it forward towards to-morrow's even t, yon are in a restless condition ; it is like refusing to quench your present thirst by fearing you shall want drink the next day. If to-morrow you should want, your sorrow would come time enough, though you do not hasten to meet it. Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes. Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God send them, and the evils of it bear patiently and Bweetly, for this day is ours. We are dead to yesterday, "and not yet born to-morrow. WHITEWASH.— Mix up half a pailful of lime and water, ready to put it on the wall, then take one gill of flour and mix it with the water ; then pour on it boil ing water sufficient to thicken it; pour it while hot into the whitewash ; stir all well together, and it is ready for use. The Beautiful Gat# or the TMplf. . I. : Utile familiar sot* Gste Of lb* bOITM by lb* way; floor for whfh daily to wait, Hour at the cktea of tit* day. Hand in hand oiooo pressed. Am never trusted SO ?a*|t ~ Uearta to eesh altar street, Horn*, ail how* agate t * n. (lata through whteb all most pass, Oate at the and of the way ; Man oall it a Oate of Brass ( A prisms gate. tbsy M9T ! Tbay Uitnk It can only dlrids, Pitiless, heavy. and etfosg I Bat va who bare looked teeide Know tbay bate named It wrong, Know it not strong, lmt wsak. Its ban all sbattarad and slight Mara ban of shadow, that streak And proas lbs tetter llgbt; Oate where an bauds tbaU break. All aevsrad baaris unite m. Terrible, Baaaufnl Oate I Oate of tbs Temple of Oodl Wail ibrmtgh tha day wa may watt Till it open for na our abode. * llanda ta bands otosa pnst. liaarta peat aU paruog and pate. In Ood *d aaeb otbar at raat j Bona, all noma agate f Bsantifol Oate of Ufa! Oate at tba and of tha Way I Well worth Pay's toll and strife, For ttett botar at tha steaa of tha day 1 —JTy the author of " Tht JSeAoatap-Ctao Family." ItMU Of ißtfMft. Of th* fifteen town offleemwrf N.h*nt, KMC, thin year. MM are named John- MM. Artificial flower* (tetrad on wide of black velvet ia worn abont the throat by the fashionable belle* aa a necklace. What ia mind t No matter. What is matter? Norm- mind. What ia tfea uatare uf the aooi T It ia quite imma terial. A batter factory, which, according to a local paper, " will pomp foor kindred oowa," ia abont to ba established in lowa. In aoua localities in Denmark a man ia not allowed to drive e white and a black horae together, aa it ia a sign of ill lock. tiood, on being shown a portrait of himself very unlike tba original, aaid that the artist bad perpetrated a falae- Bood. A fig orchard at Mormon Island, Sacramento eoanty, California, contain* 1,000 bearing tree* of the white Smyrna variety. There are atill some people living in the moan tain* of Kenfndry who have never seen a grain of tea or coffee in their livea. Several Illinois fathers have agreed among themselves that their daughters shall make bread before they leers to malm music. A gentleman in PottaviHe, Peon , named his dog " Penny" because it was one cent to him end has had 10 mills with the oak A young woman married to an old and bald headed man said she would be compelled henceforth to waste her sweetness on the deeert hair. The Rhode Island House of Repre sentatives passed bills providing for woman suffrage and prohibition, and the Benate rejected both measures. " My native city has treated me bad ly," said a drunken vagabond, " but I love her stiiL" " Probably." replied a gentleman, " her sfOI is ail you do leva." Temperance societies are being form ed inF ranee, the members of which pledge themselves not to drink aloohol ic liquor* at any time, and wine and I malt liquors only at meals. A farmer living near Glasgow, Del, has s mad horse. The horse is penned 1 in a stall bv himself, and keeps up a continual kicking and knocking his heed against the partition. He was bitten by a mad dog last rammer. The 8k Louis Globe speculates eon oesning the obituary of the future. We append a specimen : " Pol up by the Aldeu Corpse Cremating Company. None genuine without signature." A San Francisco paper tells of a rail op who, on A icrowi IDA Picific, foil overboard, and successfully gave bsttie to a shark for newly an hour, end then was rescued by a boat's crew from the ship. An old lady with a large family, living near a rivec. was a*ked ii she did not live in oonsUnt fewr that some of bar children would be drowned. " Oh, no, she replied. "we have only lost throe or four in that war." A Londoner who refused to down with his umbrella at the demand of the crowd, during the Duke of Edinburgh's reception, was set upon and would have been killed but for the police. He es caped with a broken rib. A little girt in Troy, N. T., broke an arm from a china doll, and pushed it as far aa she oouid into her ear. The sur geons have been unable thus far to get it out, aa it fills the orifice so tightly that forceps cannot be used. An old lady hearing some one read ing about a congressman at large, rush ed to the kitchen door, shouting— "Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane! don't you leave the clothes out all night—mmd, I tell you ; for there's a congressman at large!" The most thoroughly burned-out- of house-and-home man in the United States is Charles Williams, of Portland, Me. Seven times during the peat year has hi* residence been consumed. He nowproposes to build a rait and live on a pond. A useful novelty has been introduced at Parisian dinner tables. On the back of the menu is given s list of the per sons present, with a short aeoou it of who and what they are. By this means many awkward mistakes in conversation may be avoided. Since Mrs. Wilson, of Mount Vernon, 111, throat a oocked revolver into Dr. Porter's face and persuaded him to re voke one of his prescriptions, it is con sidered hamardous for physicians in that region to prescribe aVooholic stimu lants for married men. There is said to be a single arsenic mine in Cornwall, the monthly produot of which is sufficient to destroy the Uvea of five hundred millions of human be ings ; while, if the amount of white arsenic contained in the adjacent store houses were judicially administered, this glebe of ours would be completely depopulated. •' How much better it would have been to have shaken hands and allowed it was all a mistake," said a Detroit judge. " Then the lion and the limb would have lain down together, and white-robed peace would have fanned you with her wings and elevated you with her smiles of approbation. But no: you went to clawing and biting and rolling in the mad, and here yen are. It's $5 apiece." Singular Case. A carious storv is told in a Lapeer dispatch to the Detroit PoaL It says : "Mr. Theodore Griswold, of Lapeer township, was buried, having oome to his death suddenly. His wife had had a felon on har hand which had been ag gravated by erysipelas, but was getting better. One day last week she took her husband's knife to open it so that it would discharge more freely, Mr. Griswold putting his knife in his pocket when returned. In getting some wood soon after he got a shyer under his nail, which he took his knife to pick out, and in doing so inoculated himself with the poison left on the blade. His finger commenced to swell and pain him immediately, and in four hours he was crazy. His arm became terribly swollen, Mid finally broke at the elbow, discharging copiously. In less than 18 hours he was dead."