The Ch'pt',
Staml* lite cl-.apM on tl mourtain.
Down the v!> it* -ti'l ..x.lo. (.o ;
Gav aud clear, by nirvl tcid fi -.lutain,
SiUfc* tiie shepherd be. ocK'W.
Tea! tbr> bll-tmM down o m I'.v,
Hark.' the ieath-cha*t'i awful wail;
Si lout, wto sung to RlaJ'y,
Jjat'idnj; kicks up ftont tbo vale.
Yonder for the grave ho iva.lv
Those who in the valo vrcre par ;
Shepherd UtMic ' shepherd laddio!
There they'll chant o'er thee one day.
rraror.
" Farewell, farewell; but this 1 tell.
To thee, thou traklwg-guMt!
He prayeth well who loveth well,
Hoth mat. and t-irxl and 1-ea-L
" He prayeth best who loveth I*t,
All thing* h itli great and email :
For the dear thvl. who loveth u*
He made and loveth all"
tsClYnil V.triser
THE ITHIIT 0\ THE PLAINS,
It was in May that word was brough
to one of the United States' border
military stations that not only were
suudrv bands of different tiibea once
more ou the war path, but that tlieir
movements seemed to point iu that par
ticular dm-oti -ti. S>l Hrantly, the
scout, was dispatched by the port com
mander to notify other ports aud the
settlers of their danger.
A* Sol rode rapidly over lb prairie
on his mission, ho saw a column of
smoke rising np, and rode hastily to
wards it. It was a wagon that had
been plundered before it was burnt,
aud therw on the trampl-sl grass among
scattered fragments ot simple house
hold furniture. lay the scalped and
bleeding bodies of an elderly man and
woman, and a little girl. lVrnl all of
them, and shot full of arrows.
Sol then rode carefully around the
scene, as if collecting data for deter
mining the number and strength of the
Indian band. The grass wis close and
deep, but the Indians had left s<gns
enough behind them to answer hi* pur
pose.
"O, mister!"
The cry csuue from a childish voice,
almost under the horse's hoofs, and he
reined in Captain with a jerk which al
most threw him <>u his haunches, while
np from the tall grass, where he had
hidden at the first alarm of danger,
peered the* round and rosy face of a
bright-looking twelve year-old boy.
The little fellow was unhurt, auil told
his pitiful story in a clear and manly
war in spite of his weeping.
The murdered man and woman were
his uncle and auut, and tha little girl
his cousin. Ilia father had got a little
ahead of them that morning, with the
rest of the train, and they hail traveled
very fast to catch up, but in vain; aud
the Indians came, and then he only re
membered being so scared, and crawl
ing away through a hole in the grass.
This was an old buffalo path, and so
well covered over that it had saved lit
tle Abram Bonner's life. Sol listened
carefully.
"Couldn't catch *em? Then they
mast have mistook the trail at the
forks. Must be ten miles away to the
south. Saved their scalps by a blun
der, may be. Well, I must be after
them, and see if they can't be saved en
tirely. Give us your fist, my little
man."
Abram did so, and in another mo
ment he was safely strapped to Sol's
waist, while Captain seemed entirely
unconscious of his additional burden.
Speed was an object now, and Sol
pushed away to the southward with a
genuine scout's certainty that he had
interpreted the situation correctly.
As he went, though he said little, he
contrived to learn from his little friend
all about the party of which they were
in search.
There were Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, and
four big brothers of Abram, and his sis
ter Mary, besides Pat, the driver, and
they had three wagons. They had plenty
of gnus, but supposed themselves en
tirely safe from the Indians.
" Six men besides myself," said Sol.
"Well, that looks hopeful. If I can
only find them. If they're on the regu
lar "trail, they're gone up by this time,
ami maybe they are, any how."
His cogitations had not prevented him
from keeping a sharp lookout, nor was
he at all surprised wheu ha saw, as if
coming out of a ravine at no great dis
tance, a brace of unmistakable Indian
warriors. They were right in his path,
aud he had that ou his miod which
made him feel very little disposed to
retreat, if these two were all.
To be sure, there was little Abram,
but the boy must take his chances. So
Sol unslung his repeating rifle of the
latest pattern, and rode steadily for
ward.
Somewhat to his astonishment, the
two Indians sat motionless on their
bones, as if waiting for him. and on his
approach made signs of amity.
Cautiously, more than suspecting a
trap, Sol drew nearer, with hiß hand on
the guard of his rifle ; bat, once within
hailing distance, his doubts were parti
ally dissipated by a gruff voice shouting
to him :
"Delaware. Friend!"
Snre enough he had stumbled upon a
couple of Delaware scouts in the em
ploy of the post, and they had news of
importance for him.
The Kiowas were "all around, very
bad," and might be upon them at any
moment. Sol, in turn, told them what
he himself had seen, directed one of
them to go ou with nim, and the other
to ride back upon the trail, meet the
cavalry and ask the officer to take the
north road at the forks of the trail, and
to ride bard. His orders were very
willingly obeyed, anfftjol aud his new
recruit again pushed forward.
More than once they caught a fleeting
glimpse of distant, prowling horsemen,
but met with no mole-dation until they
came upon the old, and now seldom
used trail, which they were aiming at
Here a single glance informed Sol
that his conjecture had been a wise one,
for there were the fresh marks of the
wagon wheels and other traces; by
which he knew they had not a half an
hour the start of him.
On he went, with his Delaware beside
him, little Abraham enduring his un
comfortable ride with a good degree of
boyish pluck and heroism ; but he was
not destined to reach his journey's end
without a taste of what was coming.
One, and then another, and another,
the whooping Kiowas began to close
about them, seeming loth to attack, and
yet hungry for blood.
Sol p iid no attention to them at first,
but rode steadily onward, not wishing
to put Captain to his speed as yet, nor
caring to waste time in useless shooting.
At last, however, the redskins so far
overcame their dislike to rifle practice,
as to charge down within arrow dis
tance. It was a brief brash, but both
Sol and the Delaware scored one, and
the Kiowas fell back. The poor Dela
ware, however, had an arrow wound in
his arm, and what was worse, his horse
had received several of the deadly mis
siles, and soon began to show signs of
failing strength.
Things looked dark for all three of
them, for the Kiowas were evidently
preparing for another rush.
" The wagons can't be far away now,"
said Sol; "but it may be we're too
late to do them any good. We'll try,
though."
The poor Delaware spurred desper
ately at his unlucky mustang, bnt it was
clear that he could go but little further.
Again the deadly rifle shots warned
back the two daring redskins; but
somehow the mustang was fated to be
hit, and be. sank to the earth.
"Up, behind me, qoic-k !" paid Sol.
It was a heavy load, even for the iron
limbs of Captain ; but the brave horse
strode on without a sign of restiveness,
with the additional weight of the Dela
ware. And Sol's determination to save
his red companion turned out well for
l'Kl'll). 1\ I it'lZ, Ivliioraih! 1 *u< ])rit(t>r.
Vol.. Ml.
little Abraham, if not for himself, for
the Ktowns, enrnpivl at thus toeing their
victim, now followed more atnl tn. ro
closely for a abort distance, until a
hiuco, hurled by some arm of uuuaital
vigor, buried its iron ho.td Jeep ttt the
back of the mifortuuate IVlaware.
With one long and ringing death
whoop he reeled off U|kh the grasa ;
and Sol saw only too clear!v that fur
ther attempts to aid him would be only
suicidal. The point of the lance had
oven slightly gr.tred little Abraham, iu
spite of his living shield. With a deep
vow of vengeance, Sol rvnle forward.
Now, however, the Indians ceased to
follow hint, as if by common consent ;
and a few nmmtea tuoro brought him in
full sight of the white tops of three
wacons, peacefully plodding aloug over
the prairie.
" I'm Sol Urantly, the scout." he said
as he rod* up. "" Here, put the little
fellow into the wngou. Push ou as fast
as you can. We must get to a place
where we can stand a long tight, and
we can't do it here on the open
prairie."
" Be you a son of old Deacon Brant
ly, of Edgar ?" here again broke in the
feeble voice from the wagon.
" Yea, ma'am ; he was my father."
" Then, Kliaha, he's an old neighbor
of our'u, leastwise his father was.
Mary, don't you remember little Sol
Brautlv, that used to play with you ?"
Mary, or anybody elae, might have
lieeu puzzled to detect any resemblauec
between her curly playmate and the
bronzed, bearded youth before her;
but the discovered acquaintanceship
was promptly acknowledged by all par
ties, and one look into Mary's blue
eyes was enough to solidify Sol's deter
mination to stick by that party of emi
grants, corns weal, come woe.
Si>l was at once reeoguized as the
leader of the little band, and under his
orders the patient mules— and iliey
wore of the very best—were urged to
their utmost exertions over the by no
means rough or difficult road. Sol ex
plained his purpose as he weut along.
The Kiowas by this time were fast
coming up ; but well aware that a sur
prise was now impossible, seemed in
no hurry to make au immediate attack,
doubtless considering their prey safe,
and willing to wait for the arrival of
additional numl>eis.
That mile seemed about the longest
anybody had ever traveled. The wag
ons were kept closely together; the
men, who were all monuted, riding on
either side, aud keeping a keen look
out for the savages.
Old Mr. Bonner and his sons were all
pretty good marksmen, and they fol
lowed so skillfallv the example aud ad
vice of Sol Brsntly—shooting at horses
when they could not hit Indians—that
the Kiowas speedily became somewhat
more wary. A prairie Indian has a verv
reasonable horror of being dismounted.
The very mules seemed to understand
that there was a reasoa for haste, and
before long, what Sol called the sink
hole was reached. I' was a singular
natural depression in the surface of a
little prairie, not circular, as sneh phe
nomena generally are, but an oval,
about forty feet wide at the widest,
about sixty feet long, and perhaps
twenty feet deep ia the center.
Into this the teams were hastily
driven, and the wagons were quickly so
arranged as to constitute a sort of inner
fort, or citadel, strengthened as much
as possible by piling their heavier con
tents around them.
The greatiM d..acuity was the ani
mals ; but these were secured against
stampeding as carefully as possible.
Not having expected to reach water
that night, Mr. Bonner had provided a
couple of barrels full at his last halt ;
and so Sol felt quite sure that he could
stand a short siege. His greatest fears,
however, were that the cavalry would
take the regular trail, and that they
were sure to do unless the Delaware
found them in time.
Great was the surprise and disgust of
the Kiowas when they witnessed the
sudden and unaccountable disappear
ance of their piey, and they were not
long in comprehending the nature of
Sol's stroke of generalship. To be sure,
there was nothing to prevent them from
riding round ami round thu sink-hole,
aud firing unlimited arrows at it; but
they clearly understood that it was dan
gerous for such cavalry as theirs to
charge upon such a natural rifle-pit;
and while they were debating what
might be their best plan of action, Sol
and his friends had time to complete
their preparations.
Twice the Indians charged down up
on the wagons and twice they were
driven back with the loss of several of
their braves.
And now the darkness was gathering
fast around the luckless emigrants, and
their hearts began once more to beat
qnickly with a sense of approaching
periL
" Hadn't we better make fires?" asked
one of the younger Bonuers. " Then
we can see to shoot. This is the dark
est kind of a hole."
"It would help them more than it
would UR," said Sob "If we have any
Bheoting to do, it will be at close quar
ters. Just get your double-barrel
shot-guns out of the wagon. They're
better than rifles in the night. Let's
have • vDUiing ready. They can't
linger ng.'and they won't
wait. shall now inless
than half 9 n hour."
Two of Hie boys had been slightly
scored by arrows in the course of the
day, but the'wounds were of no con
sequence.
Sol knew that when the flglit came,
it would be a short one, and something
prompted him to say as much to Mary.
She gave him a sweet but sad smile in
return, as she said, "Well, then, if we
don't beat them off, good-bye, Sol I"
Sol could not answer, but he bent and
kissed the hand she offered him, vow
ing in his heart to fight as he never did
before.
There were three openings between
the wagons, which were but slightly
barricaded ; and at each of these were
stationed two men, while the women
and little Abram took refuge in as safe a
place as could be arranged, under one
of the wagons.
And now—first on one side, aud then
on tho other—arose the fierce sigual
yell of the savages ; and then, from nil
sides at once, Kiowas poured in on foot.
It seemed a hope-less thing to resist
such a swarm, but the white men stood
bravely to their work, fighting for their
lives. Quick and sharp the report of
gun and pistol rang out amid the yells
and the twanging of bow-strings, and
the red men were paying clearly for
their temerity, but with unaccustomed
persistency and courage they sprang
upon the light burners, and though
their best and foremost went wlowu at
every point, the frail defenses were
momentarily forced.
From her hiding-place Mary saw ber
father and brothers now standing back
to back, straggling gallantly against
fearful odds ; but Sol, in his anxiety to
be near her, had been separated from
the rest, and was fighting alone. One
Kiowa, aud then another, and another,
went down before bis quick revolver,
and then he closed in a fierce grapple
with a gigantic savage, drawing his
knife as he did so. Mary cocked her
pistol with a feeling of despair, but a
better thought struck her as a yelling
demon sprang forward, tomrhawk iu
hand, to assail Sol in the rear. It was
so near that she could net miss, and
i'liK CENTRE 11EPORTER
the leaden messenger, in-dead of pene
trating her own beating heart, found a
better lodgment in that of the Kiowa
warrior.
Even as the stunning rejsirt was
heard, another and most welcome
-OUU.I, close at hand, |>ealc .1 cleat
and musically upoti the night air. Well
might the startled savages spring back
from their almost vanquished prey,
and bound in terror over the broken
barriers, for the " new music ' *ni the
churgiug signal from a cavalry bugle,
and in another instant the sabres were
among them.
Sol's antagonist, however, had ntcr
rtbly sharp rt-asou for not follswin"
his comrades ; nor were any of the gar
rison of the " wagon fort ' in condition
to do much in the way of helping their
rescuers, They were all more or less
wounded, and Sol and the >l.l man
seriously. Their help was not needed,
however, for the United States' cavalry
men were iu go.*! force, and the In
dians were sadlv disconcerted by being
caught on foot. N>t only were nearly
all of theuf sabred, but their plunder
was all captured.
So soou as the wagons could be got
ready, the whole party, wounded and
all, were started for the " post." The
shook to Mrs. Rentier placed the feeble
old lady ujHin the sick list for a time, and
Marv had the duty of hospital nurse
nearly all to herself. Perhaps she was
not sorry. At all events, there came a
time when, although he was entirely re
covered from the wounds he had re
ceived iu her defense, Sol Hrantly de
clared that ho should never again be
übl* to dispense with the watchful care
of his "pretty playmate," and wot LI
eveu become a farmer for her sake.
And Mary? Why, Mary had loved lam
from the very hour wheu she saved las
lite in that desperate struggle at the
" wagon fort."
A School Scene,
W. J. Wveber has been teaching
the " young idea how to shootat the
village of l'alos, some thirty miles
south of Chicago.
One day last week some of the mis
chievously inclined pupils captured
about half a dozen squirrels, aud ear
ned them iuto the school room, and
waiting until the ey s of the teacher
were not upon them, turned one of the
frisky little animals loose. It immedi
ately jerched upon the nearest vacant
desks, and Willi its antics created great
merriment among the children.
Mr. Weeber left his chair, and while
he was attempting to capture the in
truder, another waa turued loose, aud
another, until one after other the whole
six wre running wildly around the
room. The master striving vainly to
dispose of the innocent cause of the
confusion, only added more to the ex
eiteuieut, until the whole school waa in
nproar and confusion, the girls joining
with the boys in their pretended at-
Uuipts to capture the squirrels.
At last order was restored and silence
reigned supreme, except nn occasional
titter from some fur off seat in the
earner. Weeber now proposed to have
a settlement witli the culprit or cul
prits, but aa he had not seen the par
ties at the time tl ■> squirrels were liber
ated, he did n>t know when- to com
mence. lie called on the offender, who
ever he wa. to walk up. N'o one walk
ed np. He then iw-ked some of the
smaller scholars to name the guilty
one. There were no informers present.
Finally, his patience becoming exhaust
ed, he called in loud tones, " Who did
it ?" Echo answered, " Who ?"
He next resorted to the schoollioy's
terror—the ferule -and said he would
flog the whole school, and as the inno
cent would not inform, they should
suffer with the guilty. Thereupon he
begun the arduous tak of inflicting
corporal punishment npon no less than
foitv boTS.
After having gone about half way
through the school he met with a set
back m one of the boys, Michael
Cavenaugh.who was blest with a strong
arm, sinew, nerve, and courage. When
Cavenaugh's name was called he step
ped boldly up, and with a resolute de
meanor, aud an eye that looked danger
ous, informed the master that lie had
no hand in causing the merriment, and,
therefore, he would not softer himself
to be disgraced by quietly submitting
to a thrashing. This was more than
the irate Weeber could stand, so lie
walked into Cavenangh with a ven
geance which the children stated wu
terrible to behold, and here it was thu'.
the boy found his strong arm of value,
as he knocked tho master down, mi l
punished him severely for the assault.
Weel>er, feeling that his dignity wa
outraged, boarded the first train for
Chicago, aud sworci. it a warrant for
the arrest of Cavenangh for assault
and battery. The justice heard the
evidence against the lad and discharged
him, stating that the boy bad only
acte d in self-defense.
The New Financial Bill,
Mr. Scott, from the Committee en
Finance, reported to the U. S. House
an amendment to the new Finauce bill
which proposes to strikeout the follow
ing words in the second section.
" And each national banking associa
tion now organized or hereafter to be
organized shall keep and maintain as a
part of its reserve one-fourth of the
coin received by it as interest on the
bonds of the United States deposited
as security for circulating notes or Gov
ernment deposits."
And to insert in lieu thereof the fol
lowing :
" And each of said associations shall
keep and maintain, as part of its lawful
money reserve, one-third of tho coin
received by it as interest on Iwinds of
the United States deposited ns security
for circulating notes or Government
deposits, unless such association Hhall
elect to exchange such proportion
of coin for bonds <>f tho United States
of tho character herein provided for,
which shall therefrom until the Ist day
of January, 1878, be delivered to it by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and
which may afterward be held by such
association and considered as part of its
reserve. Three per cent, only of the
interest upon such bonds shall bo paid
to such association or to any holder
thereof, aud tho remaining two per
cent, shall bo retained by tho Secretary
of the Treasury, aud tho wliolo amount
of gold thus received shall bo applied
by him exclusively to the payment of
the six per cent. 5 20 bonds of the Uni
ted States."
Ordered to lio on tho table and be
printed.
Beaten,
Tho New York and Hartford Publish
ing Company have been beaten in a suit
for $6,500 against Ahlen B. Stockwell,
which was brought about by a curious
agreement. The company was to pub
lish a biographical book in which there
was to be a sketch and a likeness of
Stockwell, and he promised to take five
copies at $55 each, and to pay the pub
lishers two cents for every rninnte thnt
should elapse between a certain date
and the delivery of a sketch and a pho
tograph of Stockwell to the office of the
company, and for every minute elapsiug
between the receipt and the return of
the proof-sheets by him, and for every
minute that passed between a demand
for and the payment of this sum of
money.
CENTIiE HALL. U EXT HE <'<>.. PA., Till USDAY, JLNK 4, 1874.
V iangerbreutl Lair.
Tho Parisians have been enjoying a
pilgrimage to the fuireau pain d'epieen
gingerbread fair, which is held at the
top of tho Faulourg St. Autoine. To
appreciate told oil joy tho fibre uu pain
(I t fiit t <l, one alio uKi go there at night.
Tho crowd go to the fair iu family par
lie*, the mother* carrying bubo* in
their arm*, ami m home eases wheeling
them along in perambulators. livery
dozen yard* or M> there are part*, like
those i f oohtomongor*, stored with gin
gerbread, and surmounted by a large
wheel. A huge gingerbread figure is
put up for milling. Tickets, a penny
each, are delivered t> all comers, anu
when thirty or forty have been sold,
round giK's the wheel, and the holder of
the ticket, whose number Oouies out
tlrst, walks off with the prise. These
gingerbread lotteries are largely patron
ised, more ho than the elaborate stalls
iu the l'hice du Trone, where prices are
higher and the excitement of gambling
is wanting. In former days, ginger
bread figures were supposed t > repre
sent political personages. ' Last year M.
Thiers was the favorite. This year the
censorship vetoed the sale of the tuaamt
r .itu ut < t fligy, and Gawbetta and
Marshal McMahou were also prohibit
ed. The gingerbread people had, there
fore, to full back on the old models da
ting as far back as the Crimean war.
Giugerbread, however, is not tho only
attraction. There were no less tlmn fifty
whirligigs and merry-go-round*, aud
the number of grown-up men and wo
men that seemed to take delight ill be
ing whirled round on wooden horse*
was something amazing. 'lheu there
were circuses, booths, tumblers, profes
sional wrestlers, shiHiting galleries
(chiefly crossbow* , aud "American
waxworks," the owner of which w* not
afraid to take in vain tho name .>{ the
great Harnum. These waxwork* eon
tamed au effigy of Marshal McMahou.
after Sedan, supported by General
Wimpffen. This seems to have escaped
the lynx-eyed censor, who objected to
the Slurwhal being sold as gingerbread.
There was also the inevitable ball, which
was uot largely patr.'uized. The most
popular entertainment next to the
whirligig* w> a booth where several
champious iu shocking bad condition
challenged all comers. The champions
invariably allowed themselves to be
bsatsn, and immediately afterwards
sent round the but a very 'cute idea,
which certainly paid.
Alligators as Pets.
Ab*uyd as the alligator rnav seem for
a pet, says the < Arisfian at H'ori, it so
happens that we once had some of
them, aud very pleasant little jets thev
proved to be. It was during a resi
dence, some years ago, iu a Southern
citv, not far from the bayous, when
alligators, great aud small, are t- he had
by the hundred thousand. Inst- ad of
going in person to catch the little fel
lows, we secured the services of an aged
American cttiz u of African drsr. nl,
who knew more thau w<> did about
keeping out of the way of the parent
alligators. He acooped up a doscu or
two of baby 'gators, and brought them
in, his face ornamented with a broad
grin of delight, in anticipation of the
dollar he hud been promised for catch
ing them.
For several mouth* a number of these
livol v little Mluvn occupied a u at
aquarium tank in the library window,
where the una shone on them. They
were as liv-ly an little eat*, and quite
as playful. Equally happy in the water
and out of it, thev would frisk about
like so many monkeys when they felt *o
disposed, and when thev felt lazy (for
alligators, like other folks, are subject
to at tack H of laziness) tliey would stretch
themselves out, or lie in a heap, one on
the other, and bask in the sunshine.
Tin y had a habit of eating almost any
eatable thing that was given to them,
their principal luxury being live flics.
Iu catching these insects they exhibited
great dexterity. Large beetle cock
roaches also afforded them much pleas
ure. There was an abundance of these
m the house, and the alligators con
siderably reduced the stock. These
alligators were in their first summer, and
were only a few inches long. They would
run over people's hands and clothes,
and climb upon shoulders with great
liveliness. \\ e gave some of them away,
and the rest, probably pampered by
petting and over feeding, died.
Wo once owned an alligator which
was six feet long. Bat ho frightened
an old lady out of her wits, and so we
gave him away. He was too large for
a pet. But, in their first or second year,
'gators are pleasant pets, and no more
dangerous than kittens.
A Happy Deliverance.
The Catacombs in Paris are very ex
tensive, and in them, an is known, are
deposited the bones which were collect
ed from the differt nt burial-places of
Anris, on the suppression, in the time
of the revolution, of cemeteries within
the walls ; aud these ghastly objects
are piled np in snoli away ns to form
galleries or streets which extend for
miles. It is recorded that, at different
times, numerous persons have lost
their way in these dreadful regions,
and liavo died in lmnger and terror. A
strange incident connected with these
subterranean avenues occurred lately.
A journeyman printer, about two o'clock
in tho morning, on bis way >me, near
the Luxembourg, heard cries of dis
tress from under the earth. At first he
fancied ha was laboring under an illu
sion, but, on listening, he distinctly
heard human voices from below an iron
slab which covers tho orifice opening
into the Catacombs. He summoned
some police oflloers, ard they, hearing
the same cries, canned the slab to be
removed. In answer to inquiries, the
officers ascertained that it was ML
Hating, one of the keepers of the Cata
combs, and throe companions whom he
had taken with him on the afternoon of
tho previous day to assist in changing a
lock on the door of ono of the galleries.
On entering, they had only one candle
with them, which was lighted, and no
matches. Tho light had been blown
out almost immediately on entering the
Catacombs, and being thus left without
nny clue to direct them, they lmd spent
hour after hoar in going op one gallery
und down another in total darkness,
their hope of rescue fast settling down
into despair, when tLey were thus un
expectedly heard, anil providentially
released.
Eloquence Defeated.
Lord Chatham (when Mr. Pitt) on
one occasion made a very long and able
speech in tho Privy Gonncil, relative to
some naval matter. Every one present
was struck by tho foreeof his eloquence.
Lord Anson (the circumnavigator), who
was an orator, being then ut tho head
of the Admiralty, and differing entirely
in opinion from Mr. Pitt, got up, and
only said these words :
"My Lords, Mr. Secretary is very
eloquent, and lias stated his own opin
ill very plausibly, I am no orator,
and all I shall say is, that he knows
nothing at all of what lie has been talk
ing about."
This short reply, together with the
confidence the council had in Lord An
son's professional skill, had such an
effect on every one present that they
immediately determined against Mr.
Pitt's proposition.
Johanna Scbu>
The poet Goethe tells u sad atnl beau
tifnl story aud it is the more sad sud
beautiful because it is true of a young
girl, Johuima Sebus, who, iu the year
l h (f.>, when the sea broke down the
dvkes, and overflow..! her native vil
Isge, proved herself worthy of a great
jniet's songs.
Johanna, or Joanna, we would call
her, was only seventeen years old, but
no one in the villuge had the noble
spirit and quiet courage of this strong,
true-hearted girl.
Wheu the waters rose around the
houses, and the waves washed tip to the
very door steps, Joanna ku*wr that
there was no longer safety, exceuttug
on the high grounds near the village.
Hut how were they to reach those high
grounds? The water was nearly km-e
--deeji an.l rising every moment. The
roaring and surging of the waves and
the wind was heard in every ditection,
and the dyke was giving way, piece by
piece, before the rushing flood. Every
moment the danger increased. There
was no time to hesitute.
Johtuiua'a mother, an aged woman,
could not force her way through those
raging waves. Hut Johanna was tall
and strong. Hhe took her old mother
m her arms and stepped boldly into the
water. The waves dashed agaiut her,
but she pressed on. Her neighbors, s
mother and thiee children, seeing her
leave them, were seized with a sudden
terror. Not until thi# moment did they
know how much they depended on the
brave Johanna, the only person to whom
they could look for counsel or help iu
this hour of peril.
After a word or two of encouragement
to her mother, who trembled as she *aw
the water* boiling beneath her, so
terribly near to her, Johanna turned to
her neighbors and called to them to fly
to the hill c!o#e by, which was yet dry,
and would aflord them safety for u time,
aud assured them that she would return
to them as soon as she had placed her
mother oil the high ground. " And my
poor gust," she cried, a* she heard her
favorite bleating after her ; " take him
with vou. Don't leave him to die."
A# soon u* she reached a place of
safety, Johanna set her mother uja-n
the ground, and, without a moment's
pause, turned around to hurry back
through the ever-deepening wuUr. Her
old mother cried out :
"Oh! where are yon going? The
path is washed away ! Oh, my daugh
ter ! will you go into that dreadful
flood again ? "
" Mother, they must be tared ! " said
Johanna, a* *he plunge*l into the water,
by this time more than knee-deep.
The dyke was now on the point of
giving away entirely. A hill of water
*eem<"d roaring and foamiug towards
the village.
but Johnna pressed <>n over the path
which she knew so well, although it wna
now covered with water. The wave#
dashed against her, almost knocking her
d >wsi, and drenching her from head to
foot. At last she reached the little hill
where she had left her u tgbbora. Hot
almost at thi* moment the dyke gave
way ; a mad deluge rushed in, sweeping
everytning before it, and around the
little hill soon boiled turbulent sea,
rising above its highest point.
As the great waves rolled over the
ground on which they stand, clinging
iu terror to each other, Johanna s poor
neighbor and her children cannot keep
their foothold. They were washed
asir, ami disappear beneath the raging
floral. A* they sink, one of the chil
dren seizes the goat by one horn and
drags him down. Thus, all but Johan
na are lost.
Johanna stauds alone, still firm and
strong, but the waters are rising aud
rising around her.
Who is there now to save this noble
girl ? She has mailv fn< nds and many
lover*, but no one of the m comes to her
now. Nothing comes to her but the
salt, angry waves. Nowhere can she
see even a boat.
Hue easts one look np to heaven, and
then the waters surge fiercely against
her, aud she is gone !
Now nothing i# to be seen where the
village stood but a wild waste ol watirs,
with here and there a steeple or a tree
rising up almve the flood.
But a* the snrvivors gaze npon the
wide-spread desolation, the thought of
the brave and beautiful girl who gave
her life for others throws a deeper
gloom upon the mournful scene.
And even when the waters subside
and the land reappears, no one who
knew Johanna can be glad. They weep
for her and cannot forget her.
Ttii# is a sad story of a noble girl.
Only those who have read it as Goethe
so tenderly and dramatically tells it iu
his poem," Johauua Helms," can ap
preciate it* true pathos and force.—AY.
Xidtolai.
The trkansa* Trouble,
At Little Hock, while Major Henry,
editor of the Lewisburg Umpire, ami
Lieut Hill, both belonging to tne Bax
ter forces, were standing on the side
walk of Msrkham strci t, half way be
tween the regulars' barracks and their
own pickets. Sheriff Grayson, of Clark
county, a Brooks man, stepped aero*s
the street and shook bunds with llill,
who was in command of the guard
house when Grayson was captured not
long ago. While standing there Gray
son or Hill drew the other by the hand
toward tho Baxter lines, Henry then
hit Grsvson four or five times ovrr the
head with a pistol, and afterward lev
eled tho weapon. Home one cric-d out
" For God's sake don't shoot," where
upon Henry put up his pistol. A man
named Keith across the street fired at
Henry, and then Grayson drew his pis
bd and fired six shots, retreating as ho
fired. The others returned tho fire, and
Col. Brooker, of the Brooks forces, fired
several shots. The firing by this time
had become general, and about fifty
shots were fired, some from buildings
inside the Baxter lines. Tho regulars
on the first tiro formed behind their
barricades, and several leveled their
gnus, Vmt none fired. As soon as the
men saw the regulars were out the firing
stopped. In aliont tho same manner
many of the difficulties resulting in loss
of life at Little Hock, arise.
Production of Starch, Paper and Sonp
from Corn.
All the ingredients of corn, according
to Laoontp, may bo utilized. The grain
in,in the first place, to be saturated with
a solution of eaustie soda in large cis
terns, and transferred to cylindrical
sierra; then dipped in wnter, and
ground in oonneetion with n continuous
stream of pure, or somewhat caustic
water. The quantity of aoda, depend
ing on its quality, tho oily contents of
the grain, and the temperature, should
be such na to saponify the oil of the
grain while allowing the starch to ap
pear solid and firm. The liquid, as it
leaves tho mill, passes over sieves, on
which the germs, hulls, etc., ore retain
ed, while the starch aiul soap pass
through, and flow over large, inclined
surfaces, upon which the starch settles,
and the dilute soap solution collects in
cisterns. The starch is then washed
with pure*waters in cisterns, again pass
ed through sieves in cisterns, allowed
to settle twenty-four hours, and, after
drawing off the supernatant liquid, re
moved und dried. Excellent soap may
be obtained from tho dilute solution,
and the germs, etc., can be utilized ill
paper manufacture.
HOD N IN A (OAL MINE.
Tlib It ..turn %V>tkr It* tenallsl* antl
Wrote li Mlsii— Hawser* flow firs
lis ai |i
The trapper girl and female putter
used to be regularly employed in Eng
lish and Scotch ooal mines. Tho trap
iwr' duty consisted iu opening what
1 will best be understood by the roader
a* a sort of trap-door for the passage
of the underground wagons. As late
as 18111 girls were employed in the oc
cupation of putters, passing their time
in the pits in pushing the coal-laden
trolleys through the workings to the
bliaft ready for ani ent, lint this em
ploymeut was child's play to that of
porterage, practiced in some of the
foreign uiiucs, and prevailing years ago
in Scotland, as vouched for by Parlia
mentary re|ort*. The subject is fully
treated in M. Mimonin's famous work on
mining. " Girls used to carry on their
backs a basket fastened to a leather
strap which passed round their fore
head. To this strap their lamp was
ulso attached. Equipped in this man
ner, they bore the ooal. The load in
the basket was often balanced by large
lumps which hung around their necks.
These girls advanced in parties with
their burdens, and climlu-d up ladders
the whole length of the shafts, which
sometimes exceeded a hundred yards in
depth." The ladders were erected on
stages at certain distances. "If a strap
broke or u block of coal fell, the bear
ers who followed were sometimes griev
ously hurt, slid they have been, though
rarely, killed on the epot. This primi
tive mode of raising was very barbarous,
and was übolislud at the earnest recom
mendation of the commission for in
quiring 11. to the employment of women
and children in mines, Colliery owner*
had allowed matter# to become so seri
ously bad that public opinion was
roused, and the government considered
it absolutely necessary then to inter
fere, and by legislative enactment the
disgrace was swept away forever in the
year 1M3." The practice of women
assisting in " putting " the coal, how
ever, lingered iu many mines long after
this, but at the present moment they
have no longer a place in
" Tl> gloomy caverns drear and dank.
'M.d sariisruig i*jr foul and rank."
There were found in some districts
persons who regarded this action of tha
government as a piece of unnecessary
iuterfcrt uco with the employment of
womeu.
The pit-women of Wigau wear bows
ers under their petticoats, wooden clogs
with brass tip*, a loose kind of smock,
and for a head-dress s sort of woolen
bag. The arrangement of this latter
gives quite n sphinx-like api-earance to
the bead. They arc a strong, healthy
class of women, and evidently like their
work. They earn from 2*. to 2a. 2d.
per day. Some of them are married,
and dnring the dinner hour their babies
are brought to Ik- kissed and fondled.
There is something very strange in the
picture of these black, masculine-look
ing creatures in trows* r# and clogs with
brass lip* hugging their vliite-faced
babies among the coala.
The day's work ends at four o'clock,
and then the married women go home,
" clean themselves np," put on their
second-bcht clothes, and walk abroad,
visit their friends, or attend whatever
cheap local entertainment may be go
ing on.
l\ clinically the mouth of the pit is
called the sliaft, the immediate sur
rounding* the bank. Id the <arly days
of coal mining the ascent was made in
a basket, which swung dangerously i
from side to side. Now the shaft is
fitted with an inclosed cage working in
grooves ; and next to the com]>artment
in which the women are is a small
wagon of coala, which, lu-ing caught by
the curved metals at the foot, is w heeled ,
by a number of women upon a tramway
ai the bank, and then tilted down a
chute into railway wagons, where the
"black diamond# " are received by an
other set of female laborer#, who shovel
the coal alout with an amount of nhysi- 1
eal skill tliat heightens the significance
of the fact that their clogs are fitted
witli brass tip*. The jnttieoat is i
tucked up for the convenience of work,
but when the day's toil is over it is gen- j
orally releases!, and falls down to the 1
ankle*. The head-dresses are made of
various color* ; but, we are bound to
say. there i* nothing picttirerque iu the
attire.
Among a group of miners will l>e
noticed a woman carrying a safety
lamp, the Mesne# pit# Wing more or
less what ar called fiery mines. This
is the " Aladdin's lamp " of the collier, j
carrying him safely through gases that
hover bine and sickly about the gauze
work, but fail to penetrate it. The
smallest scintillation of a spark would
be sufficient to tire the mine,
whistle the pitman and his comrades
down the wind, broken, maimed, burned
to a cinder. It is impossible completely
to ventilate fiery mine* so that no foul
air shall remain ; but the presence of
the gas is more or less indicated, and in
mines of this character the rules with
regard to lamps are most stringent, j
But iu spite of precautions sud law*iu
volving fines upon miners who nnloik
their " Davys or in any way use naked
lights in the mines, nearly every aoci- }
dent that happens arises from the care
lessness or willful indifference of the i
men. They have been known to open
their lamps and light their pipes, and
tlins sacrifice themselves ana scores of
others. Cases where miners have open- I
ed the lamp for the purpose of obtain- !
ing more light are also on record. At j
the Mesnes Colliery, Wigan, there was
n terrible accident last November, re- I
suiting in the death of seven men and !
bovs. It was caused by a sudden out
burst of gas flre.l by one of the M
taking off the top of his lamp f in spite
of a special caution given to him by the \
underlooker only a short time previ- j
ously. The reckless man was one of ;
the victims of the explosion. For Bome ;
years previous to this calamity the mine !
was regarded as almost free from foul ;
air, and in some of tho headings can- j
dies were considered perfectly safe ; j
but mines in which even Tcry small
quantities of foul air are generated are
always more or less dangerous, and the
peril is greatly increased by a low state
of the atmosphere.
CI.KAMNO WAU PAPER. Take a
piece of wood of the shape of a sornb
bing-brush, nail n handle on the back,
and then upon the face nail a piece of
dried sheepskin with the wool upon it:
or flax or tow will do, or cotton flannel
of several thicknesses will imswcr very
well. l>ip this brush into dry whiting,
and rnb the smoke lightly with the
brush, on the upper parts of tho room
first, protecting the carpet with mat
ting or newspapers, as the whiting dust
is hard to sweep off a carpet. The
whiting that remains on the wall is
ensily brushed off with a soft cloth at
tached to a stick. It is vrv effectual
if the room is not damp and the whiting
is dry.
A IIKAI.THY Fnrrr.—A lasy dyspeptic
wns bewailing his own misfortunes, and
speaking with a friend on the hitter's
hearty appearance. " What do you do
to make you so strong and healthy ?"
inquired the dyspeptic. "Live on
fruit alone," auswered the friend.
" What kind of fruit ?" " The fruit of
industry; and I am never troubled
with indigestion."
r P(trinH: }"H'<2.oo a Year, in Advance.
THE GHKAT CALAMITY
Sort *M< Towelling la.lit.nl* of lb* I'looa
by Hhlih Kour % Ills*** '! ISO klt
***** UaalaoyaS.
The incidents of the Massachusetts
calamity, by which 150 people lost their
lives snd four villages were swept away
by the tlood are heartrending. Carrie
Harney, who woiked in the leteds but
ton factory, lost her life iu trying to
save her mother. The mother lived
close by the factory, and Carrie, un
heeding her own danger, ran to warn
her mother. Hhe entered the house
and reappeared soon after without her
mother. Oarria was overwhelmed when
near the high ground, and her body
was recovered soon afterward within a
few rods of the place at which she met
her death. ller mother's honse was
swept away, but lodged against a tree
and did not collapse. After the water
subsided, Mrs. Harney was found near
ly unconscious in an upper room.
" One Miller, living at Haydenville.
was in his own house when he beard
the roar of the approaching Hood. He
ran to the door, but being satisfied that
he oould not get to the highland he
stayed in the house, which was lifted
bodily, whirled aloug, bumping against
trees and driftwood with a force that
threatened its destruction. Miller be
came frightened and jumped out of an
upper window into the boiling sea. He
caught s floating log, and was whirled so
nearly aahore by au eddy that he waa
rescued by by-s tandem.
At Ijetxlh six houses lay in close
proximity to each other. One was
Ivirg on its roof, another on its aide.
They had floated half a mile, and then
daniled against a house with heavy
stone foundations that withstood the
flood. U udemeath the drift that col
lected around thrm three bodice were
found.
Not less than 10,000 people made the
tonr of the devastated valley on Ban
dar after the disaster. They came from
Springfield, I'itUfield, Westfield, and
other towns within a radius of twenty
fire mi lea. In the string of vehicles
every few roda were wagon* ran tam
ing one, two, and sometime* four oof
fined bodies en route for the oemetery,
for in the uuireraal bereavement inter
ment followed swiftly after the recovery
of the bodies, and funeral servicer, ex
cepting in a few instances, were dis
pensed with.
At Hsrdenritle the bodies were laid
in the Congregational church. Lying
side by nue were a mother and her
two children. Near them a mother,
her murried daughter, and her two in
fant children. The dead of thoae whom
the flood ha<i left destitute were buried
at the ex[>ense of the town. Carrie
Harm y waa buried from the bouse of
Mr. Werner. Her life devotion to her
mother drew maify sympathizing friends
into the parlor in which the meagre
burial service was said. A piece of
paper on which was written " Carrie
Harney, died May 16, 1874, aged 17,"
told the storv that ia usually inscribed
on silver. Her mother sat by the head
of the cofiiu grief stricken. Carrie
Harney waa carried to the grave in the
same wagon with Annie Hogan, who
worked by her side in life.
The dead of Williamsburg number
fifty-four. The town kail waa thick
with the uncofllued bodies principally
of women and children. The churches
were closed, and pastors and people
devoted their whole time to the care of
the dead, which w rc removed to ths
receiving vault of the cemetery as
rabidly as ths burial facilities permit-
On the flat lands by the river the
people were delving among the rubbish
for more bodic*.
One poor fellow worked alone for an
hour around the wreck of his own
houae, whieh was carried away half a
mile from its place. He lifted up the
boards and timber* very carefully, peer
ing inside them so anxiously that a
throng aoon assembled around te watch
his movements. "1 in hunting for my
wife," he said,when questioned. "She
was in the house when the flood came,
and she must be near it now." Those
who tried to help him were scarcely
able to do so, because he would have
each board lifted as carefully as though
the body lay !elow. He wrought late
into the afternoon before he learned
that her body was among those found
on Warner's flats.
One of the saddest cases was that of
th Birmingham family—father, mother
and three daughters—all swept away
together. The family were at break
fast when the water struck their house.
Mr. Birmingham was auperintendent in
the James mill, and his daughters,
Mary, Lily, and Carrie, were aged 19,
14, and S respectively. Miss Mary was
a teacher in tho South street primary
school at Northampton, and had come
home to spend tho Sabbath. It was a
most loroable family, and their nu
warned death forms one of the most
touching scenes of this moat terrible
disaster. Mr. Birmingham was for
merly a momlierof tho Hinsdale woolen
mill of Birmingham Brothers, and was
well known in Western Massachusetts.
A most wonderful rescue and prob
ably tho only ono of an adult jierson
from the flood itself, at Leeds, was that
of Mrs. Mary C. Harding. She was at
work on tho second floor of the silk
factory when the alarm was given, and
hardly had she reached the ground
when the shout was raised, " Run
across the bridge." She started, lead
ing the whole company, but soon the
cries were of another sort: " Come
back," aud " Don't go over," were
sounded on every side. It was too late
for Mrs. Harding though. She was on
tho bridge, and going back waa as per
ilous as going forward. She ran on,
and no sooner had she and perhaps half
a dozen others reached the further
shore than that immense mass of deb
ris struck the bridge, whieh went down
with a crash, carrying with it six or
seven girls and women who were just a
little too late. Tho woman kept on
running for Ross's store, while her com
panions who had crossed the bridgo
entered the fated boarding house. She
passed the little gate near the bridge,
and jnst got through the larger gate be
low tho steps hading to the store, when
tho water rushed up, carried off the
gate, aud threw her down near the
lower stair. Luckily, two moil were on
the hank, and she was drawn up, and
not a minute too soon, for just then the
steps went off, and the three had to
see* safety higher up the shore. The
escipc from ttie bridge ; from the de
scending debris ; from the chance of
entering the house as her companions
did ; and from the water afterwards,
makes Mrs. Harding's case a moat mar
velous one. She only, of the thirteen
who slatted over the tiridge, was saved.
One of the saddest cases was that of
three French children, neither of them
over nine years old, who sat among the
living and tho dead in Mr. Warner's
house at Leeds, and told the question
ers that they could not find three sis
ters and a brother and their mother,
but that their father was safe and at
tending to the dead people. But many
well knew that the brother and sisters
were among the dead, jet no one had
the henrt to break the terrible news to
tho children. Two of the little ones
have been adopted by Mr. Hillett, one
of the overseers of the silk factory.
Mr. H. H. Tilton, of Williamsburg,
was carrying his aged mother. Widow
Sarah 11. Snow, to a place of safety,
when the unrelenting waters seized
NO. 22.
them. Mra. Know waa carried away,
while lie grappled a tree about fifteen
fact high, glowing on a bank, and wan
saved, though the waters reached and
* way ml him. Measra. Harmon and
Khoadea, living in the aame honae, got
acroaa the street into another dwelling,
the lower story of which waa flooded,
but aome apple tree* broke the force
of the wave, and the houae atood.
Three men— J. M. Htepbeuaon and
two new hand a wlioee namea are not
known —fearing the aafety of the board
ing-houae in which they were with a
number of othera, deepite the entreatiea
of their aaaociatca left it and climbed
an apple tree n-ar by. The latter fell
under them and they were drowned,
while tboae at the boarding-houae re
mained unharmed. One man ventured
upon the roof of the boarding-houae,
and though it crumbled under uim be
clung to it and saved his life.
One of the heroes of the occasion ia
Collins Graves, a milkman, who was at
the livery atable in Williamsburg,
where the gate-keeper Cheney waa try
lug to get some one to spread the news
bt-luW. *
"If the dam ia breaking," said
Graves, after listening to Cheney's
fragmentary story, "the folks must
know it" And, lashing his fleet horse
into s run, he dashed swsy toward
Hsydenvilie, shooting, " The reservoir
ia right here. Hun! It's all you can
do."
It was now a quarter of 8 o'clock, and
meanwhile Belcher and Cheney had
rung tha ball of the Congregational
Church to farther warn the Tillage folk.
On went horse and driver, spreading
the alarm, Grave* shouting all the way,
lie made directly for the manufactur
ing establishments, "for,' aaid he,
" the people could hear it, bnt the roar
of the factories would drown any warn
ing for the operatives."
At Skinuerville tbe messenger waa
five minutes ahead of the coming tor
rent, but at Hajdenrilie they had but
two mmute* to spread the alarm. There
the famous ride which will be sung in
story and told to the credit of Gofiins
Graves around the fireaidea of Wil
liamsburg forever aa tbe salvation of
many hundred lives, ended at the hotel.
Horse and rider were both exhausted,
and here another herald took np tbe
tidings. Graves oould hear the thun
der of the coming flood, bnt not folly
appreciating lie extent ha turned to go
back to Williamsburg. At the " Dug
way " the disaster which be had pre
dicted burst upon his sight, and he had
just Ume to turn off into a bank near
Capb Kingsley'a when it craahed passed
him. Indeed, be was not twenty sec
onds too soon, sud as it was he had
almost despaired of reaching a place of
safety, and had even thought of aban
doning his tired steed to its fate.
The Fate of Two Lovers.
There are fine cavern# and reoesaea
amongst the rocks ; one particularly,
which we took the opportunity of visit
ing, as it can only be entered at the ebb
of the spring tides. It is very spacious,
beautifully arched, and composed of
granite rocks finely veined with alabas
ter, which tbe imagination may eaaily
form into a semblance of a female fig
ure, and i\ of course, the Nereid of the
grotto. We wished to stay longer, but
our friend harried us away, leat the tide
should rush in, which it u supposed to
do from subterraneous caverns, aa it
tills before the tide cover* the send of
the adjacent beach. Ivu particularly
affected with the fate of two lover* (a
young gentleman and ladv from Clifton)
wboae friends were here for the aake of
aea bathing. They atole out early in
the morning by themselves, and etrull
ed along the U*ach till they came to thi*
grotto, which, being then empty, they
entemh They admired the strata of
rock loaning in different direction*.
They admired the incrustation which
OOT<TS part of the side*, exactly resem
bling honev comb; various shells im
bedded in tie rock; the aea anemone
spreading it* purple fringe—an animal
flower clinging to the rocks. They ad
mired the first efforts of vegetation in
the purple and green tint* occaaiooed
by the lichen* and other mosaea creep
ing over the bare stone. They admired
these together; they loved each other
the more for having the same tastes;
and they taught the echoes of the cavern
to repeat the vows which they made of
eternal constancy. In the meantime
the tide was coming in ; of this they
were aware, aa they now and then
glanced their eyes on" the wsvea which
they saw advancing at a distance ; bat,
not*knowing tbe peculiar nature of the
cavern, they thought themselves safe ;
when on a sudden, as they were in the
furthest part of it, the waters rushed in
from fissures in the rock with terrible
roaring. They climbed from ledge to
ledge of the rocks, but in vain ; the
walcis rose impetuously, and at length
filled the whole grotto. Their bodies
were found the next day, when the tide
was out, reclining on a shelf of rock ;
he in the tender attitude of supporting
her in the verv highest accessible part,
and leaning his head in her lap, so that
he must have died first. Poor lovers !
—Mr a. liarbaulS* Lift and H'orta.
Horrible Story.
That truth is stranger than fiction
every day'# experience demonstrates.
We gather the following particulars
from parties whom we deem trust
worthy: A Scotchman of good family
and evidently respectable, found him
self with a son in Australia with a com
fortable competence and ont* in Cali
fornia who was accumulating a fortune,
and so removed with his wife to this
country and to Kansas. The one son
met with business reverses and the
other died and his riches took wings.
The old man was attacked by disease
and the outlook was hard. Afflicted
and poor, the family moved into Kan
waka township, in this county. One
cold night last winter the weary wife
and helpless husband were sleeping to
gether m their shell cabin, and when
the dropsical old man awakened his
feet were frozen. It is supposed that
the cover got misplaced in the night,
and the enfeebled circulation was not
equal to maintaining warmth in the
night, while the disordered nerves
failed to alarm him. A doctor was sum
moned, who, thinking the old man was
bound to die any way, undertook no ac
tive remedial treatment. Subsequently
the poor man became alarmed lest mor
tification shonld set in, and taking his
razor, deliberately cut off his feet by
disjointing them at the ankles. The
wouuds became unhealthy, and now the
attention of the locality has been called
to the case, and Dr. Wilder either has
or will shortly reampntate the man's
limbs at the knees. — Kansas Tribune.
Preparing.
Our yonug friend Mr. Richard La-
Rue, of the Elizabethtown News, is
wearing his nightshirt, he sayß, and
saving his other one for the annual
Press Convention at Henderson. We
are sorry to hear this. We had hoped
that no member of the association
would think of seizing the convention
as an ocoasion for ostentatious display,
snd if the wealthier members, feeling
that their incomes will justify the put
ting on of style, propose to make that
convention a theatre for the exhibition
of boiled shirts, we, for one, and per
haps two, shall stay at home.—Oowrter-
Journal.
Items of latorrat,
A f air of aebras have been trained
and broken to harness in Paris.
The roan who oat down on the apur
of the moment will not do ao again.
Tbia oonntry haa sospi a terribla
amonnt of wild flowers ainoa (U father
piad.
A gentleman in Pottaviile, Pa., haa
named bit dog " Psnny," because it
wa* >na cent to him.
A Raleigh, N. 0., newnpaper contain!
the advertiaementof Hmitb, "thegrant
American house moviat."
An old maid, speaking Of marriage,
says it ia like any other disease—while
there ia life there ia hope.
A Ht. Lonla lawyer haa been debar
red from practicing for three yearn for
appropriating t e funds of hia client.
A new mode of die parting moba haa
been discovered, and ia aaid to anooaed
admirably. It ia to paas the contribu
tion box.
The Chinese bavo a saying that aa
ntilucky word dropped from the tongue
cannot be drawn bark by a coach and
six horses.
A Rochester boy didn't believe that
boiled tar waa aa Lot aa boiling oil un
til he dipped hia Augers in. Ha will
bet on it now.
A Lntberau clergyman in Freedom,
Wis., who refused to officiate at the
funeral of a Granger, haa been dia
misaed by hia congregation.
A witty woman Bays that, as death ia
reported to have a shining mark, she ia
constantly in dread of a shaft being
aimed.ather husband's nose.
Advertisements printed in Chinese
characters, such aa art seen on tea
cheats, arc beginning to appear numer
ously in the California papers.
Nothing ia rarer than a solitary lie ;
fur liee breed like Surinam toads ; you
cannot tell one but out it oomee with a
hundred young ones on its back.
An instructor asked a French girl
why beer in French wee feminine. She
replied that it waa prebably owing to
the fact that the beys like it so well.
A litila boy returning from the Una
day school, said to bin mother—" Ma,
ain't tb.-re a kitten-chism for little
boy • ? Tbia cat-echiam ia too bard !"
A woman who baa baas in tha poor
bouaa at WaUwbory, Vt, for thirty
three yaatm, aaya that aba baa waabad 4-
950 bushel* of potatoaa in that time.
Bouquet matineea are popular in New
Orleana Everybody carriea a bonouet
in bia hand, and the theatre looka like
an immense flower bed in fall bloom.
A French inventor baa constructed a
petroleum lamp with tea araali wioka
luatead of one large one. Theae are
arranged in a circle and attached to a
frame.
A disappointed Hibernian, in relating
his griefs, aaid " I tould him had ha
any s throng beer what waa good. Ha
axed me yea, but it waa soar and all
gone."
Two scamps in Detroit so frightened
an unfortunate Pole, by pointing a pis
tol at him and d< manding his breeches
or his life, that he has become a raving
It oost Baron Poroari sixty-three
thousand francs to get away from lUo
Sicilian brigands recently. He ape .%
eleven days in a cave, and then parted
with his ducats.
Late seven frosts have done consid
erable damage to vines throughout
France. It is estimated that the grape
crop the present year will not be above
half the average.
Choice flocks of sheep continue to be
sent from Vermont to the far West.
One numbering 113 waa shipped a few
days since to Washington Territory, a
distance of 4,000 miles.
A voung gentleman, who had jut
married alitfle undersized beauty,aaid
she would have been taller, but she was
made of sueh precious materials that
nature could not afford it
Milwaukee thought she had a case
wherein a young girl died of a broken
heart, but it turned out that her corset
strings were too tight, and one stroke
of a jack-knife revived her.
A building in Ban Francisco that baa
500 rooms, is to have a clock with 500
dials, a dial for each room, to be oper
ated with compressed air, conducted
in pipes all over the building.
Take a company of boys, chasing
butterflies, says a cynical writer, pat
long-Uulod coat# on the boy*, and tarn
the butterflies into dollars, and yon
bare the panorama of the world.
If a speculator misses his aim all re
pudiate him, some erring out, " He's s
fool," and some, "He's a rogue." If
he succeeds they besiege his door, and
demand his daughter in marriage.
A New England paper ad rises its
readers:
If roar neighbor'* hsns if* twmblssoms
AIM) stesT across ths war,
Deal Ist roar softy pssswas rise,
Dal Ax a plac* for tbam to lay.
Arthur Orton'a wife and children are
on ahow in England, admission ranging
from sis to fifty oenta. Violent speeches
were made dnring the exhibition at
Southampton, the under baliff of the
town presiding.
There is no fnneral so sad to follow
aa the funeral of our own youth, which
we hare been pampering with fond de
sire#, ambitious hope*, and all the
bright berries that hang in poisonous
clusters orer the path of life.
"It was the policy of the aoodold
gentleman to make hit children reel
that home was the happiest place in
the world ; and I value this delicious
home-feeling aa one of the choicest
gifts that a parent can bestow."
Two rival lovers in South Haven,
Mich., recently determined to settle
their pretensions by shooting at a mark.
Very properly, after it was decided/-
the "young woman refused to have any
thing to uo with either of them.
Neither give so little of yonr society
to a friend as to let him suspect yon of
neglect, nor so much as to surfeit him
with your presence. A little fuel add
el to a fire will increase its intensity,
but too much may extinguish it alto
gether.
A Fonda man has ascertained that
Blind Tom is " about twenty-five years
of age," that he is owned l>y the State
of Georgia, which has appointed a
guardian over him, and that within the
past ten years Tom has earned for the
State over $300,000.
A small boy arose at a Sanday-school
concert and began quite glibly, "A oer
tain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jerioo, and fell—and fell" (.here his
memory began to fa'l him), " and—and
—fell by the roadside, and the thorns
sprang up and choked him."
A gentleman in Lafayette, Ind., gave
the practice of "treating" a rebuke.
On being asked to take a drink
he said he preferred, if agreeable, u>
take a loaf of bread. The treater ac
cordingly bought a ten cent loaf, which
the gentleman had sent to a needy
family.
It costs a hundred dollars to lower
the dignity of the journalistic profes
sion in Chicago. At leaßt, that iB the
amount a judge told a bogus news
paper man in that city he would have
to pay if he again represented himself
as a man who wrote pieces for the
papers.
A Canadian laborer the other day
amnsed himself by resting his foot
upon a block of wood for an instant
and quickly withdrawing it, meanwhile
challenging a fellow-workman to hit it
with an axe. After several repetitions
of the foolish experiment,, by which
both became excited, the man with the
axe made a most successful stroke, hit
ting the fost and cutting it nearly in
two.
Five garroters, who had been convict
ed at tne Leeds Assizes, were flogged
with cat-o'-nine-tails at the Armley jail,
Leeds, Eng. James Boyd, who receiv
ed twenty-live lashes, screamed "Oh 1
my back ! Murder ! murder ! Doctor !
Doctor !'* dnring the whole of the pun
ishment. John Dyer, aged 17, who re
ceived the same number of lashes as
Boyd, was very much terrified. When
the last stroke had fallen he exclaim
ed, " Thank God! Thank God ! o,Lord
God 1 it's terrible 1 It's awful!"