What 1 Sav. SSW th ™l fll*T t"l - V,T Then (sit mi <1 * ; The nccs m*ke their bright' And then decay. I saw a face, 'twas Tcimg and w.et. But real* were It at ; 1 felt the fragrant I rcaih t f.' ms, "T* autumn tixn. Itnt wbi>;wred ye to si '.l my troubled hrsast. The pica-nip tale, " Though tints and change may rob the# of it>. rest, l.ova will not fa:!." ▼ain was tlis thought l ow rain ' 1 utVr will love again. The Valley Ride. Tlte flist cool hre. re of early morn, with many a whii-jx-re.l tale Of new -bom Spring, came w afte-l down through Hampshire's r.vky vale, Where lmy tboeeaitds, newly wakstl to life, tvade sleep away. And joyously Nutated themselves to greet the opening day. Then into Williamsburg there came, all breath less and forlorn, A mnd-tait>d man - " For flflU'i sake fl) 1 Tlie banks are nearly gone ! The rasom i is giving 'way ' Fly for your lives 1" he cried Si>me anssered Tsas an id'.s tale ; some started tetr.tiod. Then np sp-Ve hottest Collins ttravee "If this invited be so. *Tia right that all the folka below their dat-per great should knew. Hark ' what's thai roar ? " and then, a- . mind the dire truth flashed. He jumped a;r.de the nearest horse. a--d .loirti tlie reads ay dashed. And, as be wet.t. behind him lood and loader grew the roar: One n-staot glanced ha qmek'y lack, and ia thai glance he saw A sighs that fr ie hi* tery Ihxol. and nab him faster urge His pa.iUi-.g steed, at breakneck speed, along the river verge. " Fly 1 Fly!" ho cri -I, " Fly, .nea' d all. No; e'en an uisUut spare. The reeerr.ir has giveaway. The torrent's coming. There— D'ye hear its i var ? l'here see, it c.-snes," and Col a-s tcraves was gone. White c\- • wiwwi his horse's heels the flood eatue rushing ou. Through Shu.io-rvtile aud Raj.'.eusv.l'e, and Leeds and Fiotwoca, too, Like singed messcngor from God, the intrepid rider flew; Aad folios h-g ever close behind, the watery wail came down. Ecguiphuig in jts cruel wave. cc*. forest, man. and town. The handiwork that man had wrought, the treasured work of years. The wealth begot of wur.hy's sweat, or coined in woman's tear*- - The greedy iuc.e.s*er lussiag. roaring with a demon laugh. Cants plunging mercilessly down, and swept them off as chaff. Ah! alien that snr.ny morning dawned, who eooid have told the tale Which ers the -.i® fcwl set should shrond is gloom that busy v ale . Or seen ths facss that looked np to greet the morning light. Lie there beneath the eventide, so pallid, eold. and white ? God pity tbem, and pity those who, all bereaved ye ino To (ail tn i rfiifo wears tho shock that fatal mora did give. But long m each survivor power of speech and memory saves. Let speech and lowasary tell the deed of hone?'. C"lLr On.r.'->. THE WHOM; LETTER. Mr. John O'.soit, a well-to-do business man, was at his < ilice engaged in open ing and reading letters. Mr. Olson had ma le the long journey Irom his resi dence to yl. 1 0l bn,-,iut s in a very comfortable mind. Tne steady, cold rain had kept mny people at home, and he had a seat iu the car all the way down, a something that did not occur very often. "With" his whiskers still damp from the short walk from the point where be left the cur to his office, with his feet comfortably uear the fire in the gnte, with drafts, money-orders and bank-notes turning up frequent .y in his letters, Mr. Olson was happier, possibly, than if no storm had been raging out.-,ile. The contrast caused him to feel delightfully secure in his comfort, and lie smoked his morning ci gar and leisurely read letter alter let ter. Mr. Olson was an enthusiastic and energetic business man, bat there were times when he irked to take things easy, and this morning was one of them. lie oonld not recall a morning, as he read a letter enclosing a check for fifty dol lars, when he felt so inclined to take bis ea.*e or enjoy his cigar and fire and easy-chair. The next letter, opened lazily, with eyes half shut, did not con tain any money, nr i theopening words, " My dear husband," caused a general change of uttitnde on the part of the reader. " Mistake. Not for me," thought Mr. O.son, as he looked again at the address on the envelope. "Yes it is. John Olson, Esq., plain as the nose on a man's face. And Olson is not a com mon name. Onr family was the only one in onr State, in the*east, and since we came here, seven or eight montliß ago, have not beard of a man of the name. Let's look at the signature." This was the tenor of Air. Olson's thoughts,a* he took np the letter again, turned to the last page and read, " Your loving wife, Mary J. Olson." "My wife's name ! What's my wife writing to me for ?" questioned the man, in a confused way, and for the moment cntertai-.ing only the thought that the letter Was from his wife, he was reading. " Mr 1)EAB HUSBAND: I have not the heart to write much. It is all trouble here. I am distressed beyond endur ance. The men enmo last night and took away the sewing-machine, and talked horridly to ine because I insisted we had paid twenty dollars, when they said we had paid only five. I am sure yon told me twenty.* I never thought men could talk to me as they did. Then the man who owns the "house abused me and threatened me, and even onr old butcher and groear have bullied and insulted me. I have no money— not a cent, when I pay the postage on this letter—and there is scarcely a thing in tho house to eat. I tried to pawn my bracelets and pin this morning, aud the man offered me three dollars for them, and you know they cost fifty. And he bullied me, and I thought I should go distracted. Oh, it is terri ble, John! I don't see why all the bad luck comes to us, while others prosper. wish I was dead—that's what I do. Do send me a little money, if it's only a dollar, aud tab me what "to do. " Yonr loving wife, "MARY J. OLSON." Mr. John Olson, of the office-chair, was shocked beyond measure. He pushed the letters with money in aside for his bock-keeper, and thinking the man to whom the letter was addressed must be found immediately (Mr. Olson had resolved to go te him, explain how the letter came into his possession, and help him, if need be), he called: " Mr. Bradford, take the directory and see how many Olsons there are in town, will you ?" Mr. Bradford, from behind his high desk in the next room, said, "Yes, sir," and there was quiet. Mr. Olson had been married two years. Here was a woman wLo wrote almost as good a hand as his wife—in fact, the writing of ths two was very much alike—desti tute and desperate. He could not imagine what his wife would do under l.ke circumstances, and yet, with bank rupt firms all about him, he understood lhat present prosperity afforded little guarantee against poverty. He abeo- KRK'rirrz, K.litornn.l I 'ropriotor. VOL. VII. lately shivered ** he thought of the lit tle woman who had followed him to tho door that morning to ki-.- him and eau tion biiu about going down tho Mop*, and ttlxuit eottuig on tho car?- ho shivered as tie thought o( hor, d*-ati tnte aud daspeaite, and subject* d to rndenee*, and he < shaking hi. hat mentally at tho offending ruffians, when tho crisp voice of Mr. Bradford ejacula ted with statistical bluutiu **, *' Two hundred and seventy-five sir." •• What do you mean ?" questioned tho nurcalming Mr. Olson. "That tlior<> arc two hundred and seventy tive Olsons in town, sir . " \Vhaft" There was no much astonishment m thin tremendous '"what" that Mr. Bradford ranie forward to explain. "How many John Olsons?" ques tioned the thunderstruck owner of the much-used name. "Two, four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four- no, twenty three, sir. Two artists, one blacksmith, four carpenters, five clerks, two book-keep ers, one glazier, seven laborers, two merchants and " That will do. Let me take the di- j rectory, please." One glance at the page* of the direc tory convinced Mr. Olson that Mr. j ltradford hud stated the ca.sc correctly. He looked a' the long lit of Olsons in stupid astonishment, not unmixed with indignation. Here wa* a muddle. How could he find the right man m such a town? He settled one question, how ever. Ho ench-sed five dolhus in a blank sheet of paper, sud putting this in an envelope, mailed it at ones* to the unfortunate Mary J. Olson, saving to himself that he vn uld look up Mr. John Olson at lis* leisure. Ho returned the letter to tho post-office, with the in dorsement, "Opened by mistake, by John Olson. 210 Blank street," and for got the man for the day. He told the story to his wife that evening, and she was intensely inter ested, and, practical little woman as she was, she proceed, d to consider p!ans for finding the man. It waa fiuallv agreed that the campaign should be opened by inserting an advertise ment in the morning papers. Mr. Ol aou knew that thou-ands of people were out of employment, aud that all of those who could find opportunity, eagerly scanned the "want" columns of the great dailies, in hope of finding promise id something to do. And one morning, not long alter, thousands of eager eyes read : " Mr. John Olson, formerly of Pittsburgh, is requested to report at Jls Blank street, where he will lenru of s >mething to his advan tage." This, she argued, would surely bring the nuu, whereas a oold, un promising statt meat would not. The second morning after the ap , pearance of the advertisement, three inen were waiting for Mr. Oioon when | ■ he entered his office. One of these en tered his private office with easy ae snrance, before ho hail removes! his overcoat, and. placing the advertise ment clipped from the paper on Mr. Olson's desk, stated that he had come in answer to the request ouutaiuod ; . therein. This man was not shabbily dressed, and he affected the air of a superior mau, compelled by circumstances to do what he w> aid not do were he not in distress. Mr. Oisou had imagined that his namesake was a shallow man, with ! trectetdons promise on the surface, like the cm >th-f iced, soft-haired in dividual now Hef re him. and he was about to tell the story of the letter ami say plainly that he was ready to as-is: the man to help his family, when n giaiioe from Mr. Bradford canned a change'of programme. This glance had the confidence of " figures won't lie" in it, and intimated that the visitor was a fraud. Mr. Olson, without accepting 1 the estimate, resolved" to be on his j guard. The man stated that his name was Olson, and, in answer to a direct question, said his wile and two small children were in the city and in a con- f ilition bordering on destitution. He disliked to admit it, but sac'u was the eas* ; he had come from Pittsburgh | just after his marriage, and had tx*en i been qnite well-to-do until the panic spoiled ail his plans. Mr. Olson informed the man, who was much inclined to enlarge upon his woes, that he was not the person want ed, and was at once appealed to to give the applicant enough money to pur chase a breakfast. Tho money wa given, and with a profound bow of thanks the man departed, apparently in a very happy frame of mind. Mr. Bradford explained that the man's nam® I was not Olson, and that he made a business of aaswering advertisements where asiruratice and a pathetic story could easily be made to do duty. Mr. Olson was therefore indignant when the second mau entered and stated that Mrs. O'Brien's boy had told him, while he was putting in Mrs. O'Brien's coal, that John Olson was wanted at 215 Blank street, and there he was. He was a laboring man, had always lived in the city, and knew noth ing about Pittsburgh. Ho departed w-tli, "No harm douc, stranger.'" The third man was stont and hearty, exjept, as he remarked, in the matter 'f clothes. Mr. Bniitii had told his ' wife about the ndvt rtisemeut, and as he came from Pittsburgh about fifty-nine. j and us his wife had insisted that it might mean him, he thought ho would : call. Ho didn't expect a gold mine, or anything of that hind, but thought j somebody had a job of work that would btlng in a few cents for the babies. After answering several questions he received tLe announcement that he wan not the mau in the best humor. "1 ; thought an. I never nm—but wife, you know, she thought I ought to come, ; This time Mr. Olson said, " No harm done, sir. Leave your name, and I may be able to throw some work in your way." And tho man departed in great glee. Mr. John Olson was disappointed, and as be laughingly related the cir cumstance to his wife, bo asked, " Well, what will wo do next ?" They did nothing, although thoy felt keenly that something ought to be done. Two days afterwards, in the midst of a heavy anow storm, a lady in waterproof suit entered Mr. Olson's office to report that, as one of the La dies' Benevolent Society, she had found, in her district, a man who an swered to the name, John Olaon, and who, she hod ascertained, ha.l lived at Pittsburgh. This man had been very sick for three weeks, and was still 7ery low. He had been cared for during this time by a family in not the best circumstances, and although they had borue tbe extra burden without com plaint, if the man had relatives or friends they should look after him. Her attention had been called to the adver tisement by a man who, the day before, had shoveled the snow from the side walk in front of her house, and she had called with the hope of finding help for the invalid and relief for the family. Mr. Olson stated briefly the relations he held to the caße, and then went with the lady to tho house—a house with three rooms, sheltering man and wife, several children and the invalid. The man had been for a few days a fellow laliorer with the master of* the house, and when taken sick they took him in. They knew little about him, and had not kDown, until the fever left him, tLat he was married and that his wife was living. • TIIK CENTRE REPORTER. Tho sick-lied scene waa not an tin usual one, and yet it shirtlod Mr. Olson when be entered the room. I'he atti tude, exproasion, and general appear ance of the man suggested an almost forgotten something that lie could not j recall. There was sotue element in this picture that bad le*l present in some other picture and yet be eould not re call any features of the other picture. He simply entertsl the aiek room, with more superstitions uneasiness than lie had ever felt before on Buob an occa sion. Tho invalid was very weak, and be M(>oke with touching humility and ten derness of his wife. He seemed a very child in his over-anxiety to have the listener* tlnuk well of her. His one great desire now was that some one should write to his wife and say that be bail been sick—not that he was sick and that this fact explained why lie had not written to her. Sue was very ex citable, and he hoped senin oue would write very carefully so as not to need lessly alarm her. H> had thought the matter ail over, and hi- desired his wife to dispose of their little property in the eastern city iui l go to hi-* father's, who was a farmer, and remain there u:at tl he was able to atait a uew life. The letter was written and mailed, and Mr. Olson became much interested in the sick man. Tho bearing of tins man was peculiar. It was evident that he had l>eeu greatly diaapp*dnted and made desperate by misfortune*, and that he was now suffering from rvm**rse and busying himself with new resolves. Ho did not grow stronger, and it was gen tally believed he would not. When Mr. O'son bad r* ad the com plaining letter from the wife of the in valid, he thought tho ease was bad. When ho C>>uld not find the uiau ad dressed it had seemed to him much worse. When hedifi find the man, sick and helpless, and remembered that a wifo destitute and desperate iu oue large city was appealing to a husband not only destitute, but dangerously sick, in another large city, he knew it could not be much worse. And in all his consideration of tho case, he thought most of the woman. Oue evi ning as Mr. Olson was about , to leave his office, a woman entered hurriedly, and announcing that she was Mrs. Olson, wife of th sick man, de sired to be informed where she could find her husband. Her agitation, the misery expressed on her faee, the eager, pitiful questioning of her eyes, almost called tears from the man, who answered her inquiries and then asked : " You received my letter containing tho directions dictated by your hus band ?" " Yea. But do yon suppose I would jdoit ? I was nearly frantic. I deter mined to come to John if I had to walk every step. The people helped nie, and I here I am. Is he very Mck ? Poor fel low, audi didn't know it! Why didn't yon write me sooner ?'' Mr. Olson explained and went with the woman to see her husband, think ing that the features of the case did not improve. After meeting her husband, I the woman was so much distressed and i agitated that it seemed as though the family we e to have two invalids on their hands instead of one. A week of anxiety passed, and the man was pronounced out of danger. Something had caused him t take a more cheerful view of life, and he was alreadv considering plans for the future and talking incessantly about them. He was corning up from his sick-bed a changed man. lie had Iwen suspicious, defiant, reserved, through all the pre vious years of his life from boyhood. He had been uniformly unfortunate even in his married life. Tho great trouble had hetu that he had convinced himself that his wife did not love him. His jealousy once aroused, he attached great weight to every trifling circutn j stance, and many of his projects failed simply because he had m> great desire to succeed. His wife's complaints were I reproaches that maddened him. And finally he left home with the iutcntiou never to return. He sent what little ; monev ho earned home, but his wife's I complaints followed him in her letters. I He forgot that she did not understand his intentions, and took a monrnfnl satisfaction in denying himself that h might send her m nev. Finally there came a time when he could earu no money, and the frenxy incident thereto made him oao of the wildest of the workingmcn appealing for aid, and the excitement and exposure incident to hi destitution ended in sickness and de | tpair. Hp had go lie down with a hem: ■full of bitterness and suspicion. H< camo up with a heart tender from us ' over-fuilneas of thankfnlneas. The fact that his wife had overcome so many , difficulties ir comii.;: ■ a, and hod i exhibited such anxiety as to his re covery, and snch untiriug devotion, hod cleared his vision wonderfully. A wo j mnn that conhl so care for a man must love him, and, casting ail suspicions aside, he had resolved to commence life anew in more ways than one. This confession was made to his friend, John Olson, when the latter told him the story of receiving tho wrong ! letter. j There wore several happy people in that little bouse when John Olson, in- I valid, took his first step, supported by i John Olson, his friend. That there was a nearer relationship that they did j not know until the grandmother of the latter, weeks afterwards, traced it out, I and then were all the mysterious, 'shadowy suggestions of the nick bed t scene explained. And this good old grandmother says, very reverently, that God'a hand was in the letter that went I wrong, and that both men ought to rec i ognize it. And while the yonng men , tako a slightly different viow, they thank God all the same. ———— Curious Transpositions. A -writer has given tho following litornry curiosity. There are twenty readings of the same line, without add ing or exchanging a word, or changing the ending or injuring tho sense. The line is from Gray'a Klegy: "Tlie plowman homewsrd plo.lt hit wrary tup. Variatjoua: Tb wearjr plowman homeward ptorf* hi* way. Th* wrarir plowman plod* liiw homeward war. The btmevrard plowman plod* Ilia weary way. The homeward p! wn.aii, w*jry, plot la hia way. The hoinvwar 1. wanry plowman, pl*!* hta way. The weary, homeward plowman, plodi hit w ay. Homeward the weary plowman plod* hta way. Homeward, weary, the plowman plod* hit wtiyj llomoard the p'.t.wmau jlod* hi* wr-nry way. Homeward the plowman, weiry, phd* hi* way. Wtary, the homeward plowman ploda hi* way. Weary, honv-ward, the plowman phxla hi* way. Weary, th plowman p!ola hi* homeward way. Weary, the plowman homeward phd* hi* way. Tho piowman ploil* hi* homeward, weary way. The plowman plod* hi* w ary. homeward way. The plowman, hornewird, weary, ploda hi* way. The i low man, weary, homeward, pmda hi* way. The p.owman, weary, ploda hta homeward way. A FoKTfNK. —.Tames Colter, a quarry - man in tho iron works at Paducali, Ky., and lately a street laborer, has gone t England* to get a fortune left him by his uncle, who died about seventeen years ago. The executors of the latter's will have been looking for the heir since his uncle's death, and only found him recently by accident. They are satisfied of his identity, and sent him money to pay his passage to London, where the property is that he inherits. The valno of the property is in tho neighborhood of $200,000, part of it being a fine resi dence worth $50,000. CENTRE IIA Lb. CENTRE CO.. PA.. THURSDAY, JUNE IS, 1874. V X.|tO-US KAI !>. NAILI) IR ll* U* IIUH tlir> I'lnUll'il line rMK'i Muncy until Uanutu nl 111* I !-)• Tho \ -Hoods had been dry for day* ' liter tho ladles Hindi' :t raid on Bus ' coin's, mid the state of affairs wan toke uv? This is j fearfully tryiu' dooty." I agrc d with tho Dcekiu, that, bein* old men, we ueeded suthm' liraciu', aud d'>wu wo went. Ez we entered the door we wuz astonished to see the | other six at the bar, alia tukin' their drinks. We got ours and went hack, ami again viewed the field. It wuz still quiet. Luciudy, was, it wuz evident, not vet ready to move. "Dcekiu,' sed I, " does the foe ap pear ?" " Nary foe !" sed he, " the enemy is not in site." "England expex every man to do his dootv, Deekin, but hadn't we better amble gently to Basoom's aud git a , susttuner? This is fearfully exhaust in'." Before the words wuz out uv my mouth tho Deekin bed made a dozen rods. I wuz pleased to see the old man so active. We reucln-d Bascoui's in a very short time—very short, indeed— and there, somewhat to my surprise, stood the other six, all erookin' the pregnant hinges uv tho elbow. Bas cem did not liev a pleased expression ou his eouutenaucc. Agm we departed for our jvosts, and we peered up and down the road. We saw sutliiu' moving out nv Issaker's house ! It wuz a female. The second look reveeled themnskeler form uv Lu ciudy t She bed her sun-buuuet on mui a axe in her hand ! " Deekin !" sed I, "stand firm. That enraged woman is ngoin for Baseoui. Li't us acquit ourselves like men." The Deekin's nose grew blooer, but his lips closed omirinsly. I felt I eood depend on him. But Luciudy did'nt igo out the front door vsrd. She bed come out to split wood, and she split it, aud tukin an armful went back into the house.. Ho wuz nervous with excite ment. " Parson !" sed tho Deekin, " I'm all . unstiung. I thought the hour uv con flict had come. This drain ou my ner vous system is too much. I must hev a soother." ' And wo went. 1 wnz frozen with as tonishment. Tho first site that met ray eyes ez wo entered Hoe corn's wuz tho other six a standing hack from flic bar I and lissenin to Baacom, who wuz gestio ! ulatin wildly. " This littlo game is played out," sed > liascom. " You git no more hkker nv me except in the reglar way." "But Baacom," sed I, "ef wo guard your property, its ez little rz yoo kin jdo to keep us iu refreshments. Con sider our iirdooiiH servis." " Bah I" wuz his reply* " Yoo've bin on dooty mi hour and yoo've drunk four times, wick is to say thirty-two drinks in an hour. I've been exorcism a little arithmetic while yoo wus out tho yoo didn't stay away long enuff to give me the time to do a sum in simple | multiplication decently. But in a bur 1 rel there's about 1,200 drinks—at thi rate yoo'd drink a barrel iu two days. ' This looks to me as thoyoowuzpertek | tiu yoor property justed uv nuue. 1 : don't want my property pcrtckted on these terms. Such pertekMhen may ho sufflsheut, bnt it's rather Mfwhtk " But, G. W.," I replied, "do yoo want these wimiuin a rnidin on yoor premises? Do you waut this precious flooid u rnnnin all over this floor agin ?" " I wood ez soon see it a runnin all : over tkiH floor ez to seo it a rnnnin down yoor throats, gratis. I don't see I that it makes any difference to me where it runs, ef I don't git nothin for P. Gentlemen, it's money, or no lik i ker." And here it ended. Baseom wuz in flexible. Tho groscrv hcz no organized pertekshun. Ef we liev no money we kin git no likker, and without hkker, we shel get too weak to hev the power to resist. Whenever Luciudy and her petticoat hosts appear, they will hev an easy victry. I urn without hope. A MAN-t IIII.D. Scene : in the country. / >rutitaH persona : Opal, aged seven ; Inspired i Idiot, aged tlve. Opal (fw/uitur): "Kb! I. 1., won't you feel nice by-and-by, wheu wc go buck to town, and you have to have a nurse following you round < very where?" I. I. feels the iron enter into hi* sou), but t!* far Hlf shilling sail of uiuuhood ris * with healing in uin wings " Hut one of these days. Opal, 1 hall be a big boy. 1 shall be thirteen year* < old. 1 shall be lug a* Yaughau, ami , then 1 shall go every where. llut you. Opal, you never will bo a boy. You will . alwttvs be a girl." "Yea, but 1 shan't have a nur*o al ways. ! shall go by myself." This 1. 1. cannot gainsay, and he - squares himself as bravely as may be to endure the degradation of a nurse. Or to fling it off. Which shall it be ? I know of a boy nine years old who has nt vrr lieeu oul-doors in the city with out being under the eyes of his nurse. There is a certain sense of safety and protection in this which must be verv comforting to the mother ; but does it not mar *, lf-reliance, aud irritate the love of ml venture that ought to exist in boys? The Inspired idiot gradually Wears away from the thralidorn of nurse and guardian, and fronts the world alone. A thousand danger* mcu sec him. lie is caught swinging under carriage* in the thronged streets, and violently brought home. He strays in* I to home -car*, ride* into the suburbs, and is brought back by the police. He wand'-ra into hop Is, and motherly wo rn* ii lay bauds upon him, uad wash his f.:eo— :tu attention which he seem* to ! consider as much in order a* unr other rite of a fashionable call. Here ho comes now swing up the steps, overcoat unbuttoned and flying open, cap brave ly Sri on the back of tiis head, both hands in his pockets, well content Wrilii all the world. •' Eh ! Opal! Yob ! See w hat I've bought for you ! Bertha Hlonde, eh ! " " Hut where aid you get tlic money?" " Mr. OSde gave it to me and all that is her die*sea. lxok-a here. Opal." •* But who is Mr. Olde ? What Mr. Olde gave you the money ? " " Mr. Olde gave it to me. That's up where father is." " How did vou know his name was Olde?" '• 'Cause I know him. 1 tumbled over his leg uuee." This must be accepted a* proof of in timacy. "Hut. I. 1., did yon ask him for money ? Beggar Imya do that." •' No, I didu't ask lutu, neither " —in an aggrieved tone. " How came he to give it to you, then ? Tell na all about it. Whtre did VOU see him ? " On the avenue." " Ai 1 you went up and asked him fur monev ? " No, I didn't oak him. He gave it to me." " Tell me just what he said flr-t. Did you sjveak to Lira first, or he to you ? " "He spoke to me. lie said w hat waa I crying for aud I said a boy got my rattle-bones ami tie aaid all right aud he gave me twentv-five cent*." " Hut where dii you get your rattle bones ? " " I l*myti< 'em." " Where did you gu the rapidly itieicasiug rush of narrative!—lomme tell von and a loy came up and naol would I lend him my rattle-bone* and he would give me some cake and I gave him my rattle Iwwics and he aaid he must go round the corner and get the cake and ho took my rattle lames ami -e-Lh —be went ivund the corner— Opal, would yon rather have Bossy 111 ic* than Bertha Blonde 'cause I'll go down thavenoo and change it !" " Xe, no; never mind llcsny Bine. What did the boy do when *he got round the eorner?" " letnmc tell you! He got my rat tlo-bones and ho went round t> get the caka and never came ln-ok and 1 went ronnd to get him and he woan't there and the man that hud the cake said he had not l>ecn t':< ro no more never and eh-h-h—ho had my rattle- Iwines and never came hack and—he ought to 'a told me he'a a thief I" with a Midden yell, as it dawned upon him that he had been cheated. "Then Mr. Olde came up, and you asked him to give you some money, did you ?" " No, T did not ask him. Mr. Olde came along and I was crying 'cause that boy he didn't come back with ray rattle bones ; he'd gone off with my rattle bones and Mr. Olde asked mo what was I crying for and I said a boy had run off with mv rattle I>one—Opal, don't you want Bessy Blue?" " Yea; I said Bessy Blue all the time." " Well, T asked for Besfy Blue and alio gave me Bertha Blonde nud 1 didn't know 'twas Bertha Blonde till I got home. Oimmo here, Opal ; I'll go and change it." "You said a boy had run off with your rattlo-boius. What did Mr. Olde any then ?" " And Mr. Olde said"—resuming his rnpid recitative—"Mr. Olde said lie said what did my rattle-bone# cost aud I said twenty-five cents and he gave mo twenty fire cents and said go buy some more—e-h-h —and I raid I wanted to buy Opal some paper dolls too and be said what would that cost and I said twenty-five cents and he Raid all right aud he gave me twenty-five cents more and I bought Opal's paper doll. I asked for Bossy Blue—e-h-h—and alio gave mo Bertha Blonde and it was dark and I couldn't sec till I got 'moHt home and csnfldn't go hack to buy mv rattle boiios 'cause 'twas too far and Mr. Olde said all right and I've got my quarter, I've got him ! There he is !" brandish ing his scrip aloft with a shout of exul tation. " Ami then yon camo directly homo alone ?" " No, Mr. Oldo camo with mo. At d 1 went into a store with him like where you go, mum ma. I have boon there with yon, mamma." " Did Mr. Oldo ask you to go in with him ?" " No ; a man came out and made him go in and mc. And ho gave him •ome champagne and me too ami I tasted it and 1 did not like it and then he guve me some more and I did not like that either and 1 said that wasn't the champagne my father drinks aud ho said * Try him with the sherry ' aud I did not like that either and they laughed and then we came home and Mr. Oldo went to the Clarendon and he said 'Now you know the way home?' aud 1 said yes. Hob ! jus' if I didn't know the way homo !" And now approaches bed-time for the Inspired Idiot. Repeatedly during dinner, when he is tired of swallowing, has ho plumped his head deep down into the folds of his mother's dress to rest and refresh himself for new de glutitory efforts. After dinner he de ploys on two elmirs, or on the floor, it may be, in an ecstasy of flatness. Rut when ho goes up to bed his spirits re- vivo, lie kicks off flint oue slice, then llie sllit-r, und rutin n rare sroiiuii the ru en in bis stockings. Then be is moved with n-miiii secures sf the marionette*, uiiti he teij* you how the I'uuob or some other puppet fell from a gust height nnd wits broken to picses, and then gathered himself together, nnd "he rose nud he rose and ho rose till ho hud us runny roses as there were before!" lie is teixod also With tho spirit of prophecy, and glows with the guns aud swoida aid jamiea that he is speedily to become possessed of, aud which gradually mount from one of each kind for himself to a thoroughly equipped cavalry force ready fsr but tle. " Aud won't my pouy look funny when he sees mo coining ? Aud uow the outer layer of iutegu meuts is eitjoled off, and ho stands in the df*hut>ille of Angola, eloquent and gesticulating, till the spirit of fun and frolic comes upon him, ami ho eaaters about the room once more, jumps upon the sofa, buries himself among tho pil low m, kn-ks up flrst one little red leg and then another, and only regrets that tho supply ceases so soon ; and finally consents to hive the rabbit skinned, but with u demure sml watchful look during the process, which shows that tho rabbit must be riosely watched, for he does not mean to rehabilitate him self when he is skinned, l-ut to take a leup and a turn around tho room in all the freedom of Paradise. And so presently the Inspired Idiot stand* all white-robe J and clean and sweet and still, ready fur tho most earnest talk about thing* m heaven or carlli or under tho earth. His final funey is to give a party, to which who shall bo invited—-Bertie Fletcher ? " Oh, no, mstnma ; because he wears a kilt and all tin- bovs would think he woe a girl aud would not play with him !" '* 1* that so ? I suppose, of course, you will invite fcitnphcii Sletaou ?" " So, I con t have Stephie Htetson because he is a naughty boy. He curses ami swears." t "1. 1., what do you mean by cursing ami swearing ? What is it to swear ?" " It is " —tu a husbeeering with calm eyes iuto unfathomable mysteries; treadiug with eonally serene feet the valley of the shadow of death and the remotest fastnesses of life; tilled with great longings for airy nothings, aud violent passions over petty grievances, and deep interests in passing trifles; boisterous and ineff.ihly gentle ; brecsv and noisy and riotou*, yet tender ami nestling and delicate and soft; ignorant and wiso; blind aud baffled, yet shrewd aud far-seeing; pliant to a word, a touch, a laok, a hint, yet as firm aud fixed, as clearly outlined and as steadily set, as the veriest patriarch of the na tions ! I wouder if EVE knew all she said when she lonkinl njou her queer little, new little, first little man, and solemnly concluded her marveling medi tations—" I have gotten a man from tho Lord I"— Gail Hamilton. A California Rodeo. The great herd,. numbering about 3,(XX) head, i# huddled in the middle of the opcu plain, and the proprietors and ysequeros nro riding aronnd them. What few footmen there are present keep well out of tlio way, for these Spanish cattle have a great curiosity to inspect a man'a heels. There are a few to be branded, aud as there is no corral to confine them IU, they are compelled 11 resort to the Mexican plnu. The ani mal is first separated from the herd, and then a yacvuero rides him down and lassoes him by the horns. Another rides up and lassoes him by the hind legs, if lie is skillful enough, or if not, throws oue side of the loop on the ani mal's baek aud the other on the grouud behind him, and he presently backs into it, when it is quickly drawn tight. Then the two horses set out in opposite directions, the animal's hind feet are pulled from under him, and he comes down, oue would think at the immiuent hazard of breaking his baek-bone. A mnn rushes up with tlio branding-iron and claps it on his right hip, where it makes a cruel singeing ami fizzing and a sickening stuoh. r T< 'fins: &2.00 a Yoar, in Advance. The Mill River Dam. Mr. William T, Clement, of tb Clement A llawks Manufacturing Com pany, Northampton, who was tho 11 rut President of the Reservoir Company, testified Iksfore the Mill River Ham in vestiguting committee, that several com plaints were inado of the contractor's work, ltlt only one, and that immate rial, to him. Too witnefs romemborod that (lov. Hayden at some time express ed his f. eling that tho work was not done thoroughly, aud desired that Mr. Osrduer should bo kept there more than be was ; but the witness oouhl not tell what the special cause of complaint waa. There never was an agreement that they might depart from the speci fication* about the main dam, bat aucb permission was given with regard to the stone used in the cross well for the outlet pipe. From the time the dam was tint tilled the water ooged, and at the lower part of the dam at two pointa, one near the waste way, and one, a large stream, on the east side, partly from the natural slope and partly from the embankment. It waa known that there were springs under the embankment when it was built. No jiains were taken to divert them from injuriug the em bankment. As the late Gov. Hayden had been quoted in the papers, lines* said that within six monthsof Lis death be bad expreaaed himself, in die pres ence of witness and of Thomas Harden, bia sou, at the reservoir, as bcingTvet tcr satisfied with the dam than he bad ever been before. In uaswer to questions from the jury, Mr. Clement sail ho had visited tho broken reservoir, and there was noth ing to show that any trench had been bnilt, as per contract, "It looks," he said, "a* if tb main oarth had never been taken away for the dam." Ho al *o stated that iho consent had a very bad appearance, not being properly mixed—that in front of tho outer wall living of good cement, while the inside wall was so soft aa to lie all washed away. Bring asked if he should have approved of *uch a foundation had he seen it, he responded : " Not for a mo ment" Once too much sand was used in the cement the witness bring sorry to any that more than six parts of sand appeared to one of oemcct. He wras nire that the wing walls, which have been questioned, were built according to the contract A Sat age Lot of Bees. One o! the terrors for till" \ile trav kr is bet-s! At one time the adverse wind made it necessary that Dr. Sehweinfurth'e boat should be towed by the crew. As the rope was being drawn along through the grass on the hanks it happened that it disturbed a swarm of bees. In a moment, like a great cloud, they burst upon the men who were dragging. Every one of them threw himself headlong into the water, and hurrnd to regain the boat. The swarm followed them, and in a few seconds filled every nook and cranny of the deck. Dr. Sehwcinfurtb was sit ting quietly iu hia rude cabin arranging Ins botanical specimens, when he heard s scampering round the deck, which he HI fir>t took to be the usual frolicking of his people; but as the noise in creased, he called out for an eiplana lion <>f the disturbance. Koran answer he received only the terrific cry of " Bees' be< ■*!'' Springing up, he endeavored to light his pipe, hoping to protect himself with smoke, but it was too late ; the bees were already opon hum Thousands surrounded him, and he was merrileaalv stung all over his fscc and baud a. He endeavored to protect liis face with his handkerchief, but all to no purpose; the more violently be flung hia hands about the more violent became the impctnoaity of the irritated insects. At length, almost xnaddcuid he Uirew himwif into the river, but the stings atill rained down upon his head. He tried to gain the main-land, hoping to find shelter iu the woods, but somoof his faithful servants, know ing that course to be certain death, j forced him back into the boat. Here he wrapped himself up in a sheet, which, after he had crushed the lew | inside, afforded him aouie protection, lie crouched down in this way for full three hours, while the bnxzing continu ed uninterruptedly, and solitary stings , penetrated throug*b the linen covering. Every one on l*ard pursued the same course, and gradually the buzzing sub- j sided. At length some courageous fel- j lows crept stealthily to the bank, and * set firo to the rords. The smoke which ! rose blinded aud stupefied the bee* ao j that the boat was successfully driven ; lwyoud their reach. Free from further apprehension, the sufferers proceeded to examine their injuries. Some of the stings were extracted with pincers, but those which remained produced ulcers, aud even fever, which kept the whole Itoat's company in an uncomfortable state for several days. An Karnes! Young Printer. Lieut. J. K. P. Bsgsdale, of the l*ni- j ted States Navy, died of dropsy, in the • thirtieth year of his age. The Helair, i Md. ASgit says the story of Lient, Hagsdale's admission into the navy is a romantic one, and adds : " He was born in Mississippi, and when a youth en tered a printing-office oondncted by his brother at Waco, Texas. After learning ' to set type, he determined to enter, if j pos ible, the United States Navy. Being without influential friends, he decided to make application in person to Hen. John H. Reagan, then a mem ber of Congress from Texas, Not bar- j ing the means to pay the expenses of a journey to Washington he set out on foot, working his way from one print ing-oftice to another, until, after a toil some trip of two months, he reached his destination. The boy's story en listed tho sympathy of Mr. Reagan, and through his i-iduauoe he obtained the appoiutmeut he sought. He graduated with honor. While at the academy he formed the acquaintance and friend ship of the late Lient. Fred. MoCor nr.ck, of Bel air, who was also a cadet at the academy. Visiting tjie home of yonng McCormick, he fell in love with a sister of the latter, a beautiful and ac complished young lady, whom ho mar ried iu 1869. Iu a i-hort time Mrs. Ragsdale died. Last fall Lieut. Rags dale, who was then on duty in the Pa cific Squadron, obtained a furlough on account of ill health, and came to Bel air. Ho remained hero until the Cu ban trouble* broko out, when he ap plied for orders, and was assigned for duty on the United States steamer Col orado. His health still being bad, he was again granted a furlough, when he returned onqp more to his adopted home, where ho remained until his death." Steam. One of. the first successful attempts to propel a boat by means of steam power of which there is any authentic record occurred in 1786, when James Rumsey, an American inventor, made tin experiment on tho Potomac river with a boat movod by machinery of his own construction. The motion was pro duced by reaction of water taken in at the bow of the boat by a steam engiue and foroed out at the stern. In the same year John Fitch made an experi ment with a steamboat on the Delaware driven by an engine having a 12-inch cylinder, but the speed obtained was very slow. NO. 24. BEAUriE* OF LIFE IS PAItIS. A I'lsaaaal M* of Affair, nhlth VUllara l„Ukf Huliaill I*. Mr*. Lacy U. Hoo-er write* from Pari# to tbe Fhilad Ipbia J*rrt: I have of late heard much of tho trial* <-nr"woman with unk them. Moreover, the lady waa culpably care leas in leaving her drawers and trunks open to expose my client to temptation; | and besides, aa I said before, these peo ple are rich Americana, so I hope yon will acquit the prisoner." Tbe jtirv did acquit the prisoner immediately, where upon she turned round and sued her employer for false imprisonment, and he was obliged to get a permit fiom the ■ police to euable him to quit France, be being on the point of returning home with nia family. Another friend of mine heard one evening a low crash in tho kitchen, and on burning thither he fonnd bis waiter man jtist scaping through the doer, with blood streaming from his head and face, while the enraged oook was in the set of poisonings heavy cat-glass cacafe to hurl after him. " What is tho matter 7" the gentleman indignant ly asked of the coachman, who had been a witness of the scene, Jean merely shrugged his shoulders. " A little political discussion, monsieur ; that is alh Monk called Antoine a coward, whereupon Antoine thrsw some wine in her face, Marie then stuck a fork into Antoine's cheek, and cut his head open with a sauce pec. It was all about Gen. Trooha and the war." My friend has Mure packed his trunks and gone to boarding, and he swe-ars that ii ever be lives to get back to Sow York, he will look upon the biddies as slandered angels, after his experience of French servants. Add to tlu-se little disoomfitnrea the fact that wages for really good—that ia to say, accomplished—servant* are nearly as high aa they arc with ns, and one will readily pel reive that bouse-keeping on this side of the water ia not any more a bed of rosea that it is at home. An American family oomes over here, they take a furnished apartment the rent of wbieh may range anywhere from sixty dollars a*month to five hun dred. Xisoy engage their servant*, and think they are settled in Paradise for a little while. A month's experience teaches them they have got into a very different place. Everybody that they come into contact with looks upon that American family aa a gold mine, to be worked few his or her profit, and it i* worked accordingly by all manner of petty tlWfts, exactions, and cheating. The waiter breaks glass and china, and the oook wastes food and fuel in order that the household bills may bj Urge and the per rentage which they inva riably receive from the tradtci eople who supply you may be gTesU-r. If yon 51 TO your cook a fixed sum fur your ally expends, she will inevitably ap propriate a certain portion of it. The wit and ingenuity srhtrewith French servants carry on that eternal chase after half irancs (ten-cent pieces), which is the characteristic of the lower orders in this couutry, would be admir able and amusing, were it net at once immoral and exasperating. Such are some of the minor miseries; of the greater ones I have spoken before. The Cool I* Traffic. The Pull Mall Gazette remarks:, •• Before the Macao coolie traffic is for gotten it may be aa well to recapitulate tome of the terrible disasters which at tended the emigration of the wTetohcd Chinamen from that port. These are shown in a statement drawn tip in the Ctnerland China Mail of the ooolie J shins on board of which mntiniea broke oat, or disasters occurred, from the vea* 1845 to the year 1872. From this we learn that evil befell thirty-eight ships daring the period named. On 1 board twenty-three vessels out of this ' number the coolies mutinied, and in thirteen cases murdered the whole or t part of the crew, including the officers. But the mortality among the Europeans was trifling in comparison with that j which prevailed among the coolies. On board the Lady Montague, which sailed with 450 coolies, 300 lost their lives. In the WaverJv, carrying 442 coolies. 395 died. The same fate befell 110 on board the John Calvin. Light hundred and fifty coolies, making up the entire number of emigrants oa board the Flora Temple, were lost in the ship off the' cosat of Cochin-China. Out of 950 who sailed in the Dca del Mare, only 162 ! got aa far as Tahiti alive. The Jed do, which sailed with 480 coolies on board, | lost 200. Only 42 out of. the 380 who Started in the Providenza were found ] in her when she was discovered off Ha- j kodtuli, in Japau, and 600 were burnt ! to death on board the Dolores Ugarte, S in the Are they themselves had kindled in the vain hope of escape. In several j other eases, where numbers are not j given, it is stated that great mortality prevailed. Of the tatal number of the ships referred to, fifteen were British, four were American, three were Peru vian, eight were French, five were Ital ian, nnd Holland, Belgium, and San ' Salvador each contributed one. Baulky Morses. A baulky horse is understood to be an animal which, when harnessed, re fuses to start. Various expedients, many.of them cruel, are resorted to in order to overcome such obstinacy, and it may, therefore, be well enough to pleasi) note the California method. It is to put a rope nnder the horse's body, bchiud his fore legs, and let two men, one at each end, draw the rope back wards, as if " rawing" at the legs. It must not be done too roughly, but still with force sufficient. The animal, to escape something he does not nnder stand, will soon move a few slept, and, after a lengthening but quiet applica tion of such a "peruasivo" process, will not fail to move on. Repeated ap plications will work a thorough cure. THAT LETTER.— The Jackson Whig and Tribune, says :—ln a case now pending in the Supreme Court, in which $2,000 is involved, the sole ques tion to be determined in whether a cer tain letter on a promisory note is "I" or " J." In type the difference between the letters are plain enough, but when written they are identical. Was the note executed to J. Blanckensee or I Blanckensee— to Julius Blanckensee er Isaac Blanckensee, The representa tives of both parties claim the money Item* of Interest- False eoostructions moke unsafe dwellings. The beat thing to take before staging hmtt. A rude dry goods salapmnn acts aa • counter-irritant. Fruit amiwbeatproipcrta at fbe Waat u rojarlfcMj good. A shoe dealer advertises " WomaM'a Rights and Left*." Tha wine crop of tho United States ia f,000,000 gallon*. A Mamachn—lt* BW> %6la*tat>lc ha* cloned 210 ram sb'^a. Traveling agent* fpr whisky hevsea oomplaiu of poor snips lb lowa. Five tliouaand fcdrwn arc nnr.uslU cotared for eating-house h-ak* ifi I'aris? Liocola'a monhmcnt at SpringQwld, Illinois, will bo dedicated ut-st Octo ber. I Yon rosy know an oh! batobah* t# ] the fact that he alwafs s|*aka of a I>SSJ ' aa M it." Bo long as men are imprudent if) tlffn/ • i diet and business, docufta ana lawyers j will ride in carriage*. Tbe proposition 4> introduce ladies Jjla railroad conductors fa frowned iQVia in view of tbe fact that their trains are ) always behind. A wag said: "I loved my wffe at I first. For the fiipt two metgh* I felt as j if I could eat hepaip ; kriir i been aorty I didn't" At Line -la, New., tnecnwadJng ladfse ! are tisfHog the saloon* in psias, to avoid tha ordiuan which prohibit* praying , asaembliC a A Land -a merchant, who waa f%raUf ; created a bkronet, gav%a " UmnkUlffer ing " of SIO,OOO to the pnblie chantiee • of his country. A manatee, or sea eon, lis* takgn up ;t* home in a creek near St. ' which ia to be fenced in and the crew tore exhibited. Many millions Of caterpillars, accord ing to the Bait Lake AVw. arc lifttdbing on the trees ia Utah, and threaten to destroy the fruit arop. "We aee," said Swift, in one of his moat sarcastic moods, " what God Ah ! mighty thinks of riches by the people to whom he gives them A prwfiinent physician dnclaira that sfnee ieed tea came into fashion the di gestion and the n*rv* are disappearing more rapidly than ever. Postal cards may now be sent frtgn tbe United States to Srozerland for ' two oenta, in aoeortlanOe with the late treaty with that oonuriy. • A hesntifu! thought -that two little -treat Arabs will sit down ond suck ma lasses off their fingers with more real joy than kings or princes ercr feeL " It i# not generally known fbat ficrath Carotins exempts all newly-esUmiebed man ul acta refs from State* taxation tor ten years after fiber begin business. A young lady who had lost, or raUn laid, her bean,' waa advise* to * hang up her fiddle." Hhc said Um advice did great violenee to her heartngringa. Life u an auction where w% hc*r htt'a t4ne than " going, gofhg, gone !" He doa not always gat the inwt ha%sic who makes that " last bid " —farewell A Chinaman thus describes a trial it onr country : " One man is alcst, an other talks *1) the time, and* twelve wise men condemn tbe man who lip not said s word. Aahantee gold, which ha* jiftt been analysed in England, is found to con tain about 10 per oent, ef alloy, mainly silver. It has a peculiarly neh odor, partly due to red oxide pi iron. The dull time in spring shopping has come, when a woman feels that aUr wants to bay something, bat doesn't know what, and stands before a counter for forty-five minutes at a times and purchases nothing. A Cincinnati reporter says that there is something grand in tbe sight of a phir of runaway burses, but We believe that a good deal depends on whether a msa ia on a fence or trying to dlimb over tho end-board of the wagon. The Supreme Court of Maine hold*, in a roc. icoudoo, that not to exclude from railroad ears persons so drank as to be noisy and quarrelsome ia newlir genre which will make tbe railroad c®a paar revjfeusihle for damages. An ortei.bilious undertaker of Trey, having charge of aa aristocratic lately, mounted the altar stwos end de livered the following idmedl "Ladies i and gentlemen will please keen theH 1 • seats till the corpse passes out. * As the season for patung aifey furs has arrived it may he well to mention that in Russia furrier? are said to pre serve skins from moths by |fee sipipla expedient of wrappm g grb a 4ki ns quills containing quicksilver loosely corked. When asked by a friend how She liked her new name MisS Nellie Grant was able to packer np her pretty dionth enough to say that "'lt is .Stfterisfae tory," and her friends feel a calm con fidence that after thai she cannot be sea-sick. There is a woman Living in Pcncador Hundred, New Castle ootinly, Dela ware, who his been married fwenty fonr years, and whq last week gave birth to her twenty-third* chilck wbtfch makes her record one child per yaar since Iter marriage. A London street performer, nick named " Iron Jaw," recently died In the Larness. He lifted enorcibns weights with his teeth and some jitnes flung them over his head. In attempt ing to perform thia latter feet with a weighted cask he broke his back. A gentleman speaking of a friend who was prostrated by illness, remarked that "he can hardly recover, since his rim stitution is all gone." "If h consti tution is all gone." aaid a bVkUndef, ** I dot see how he lives at all." " O," responded the wag, "he lives on the by laws." The Alabama State Journal has a picture in its " mind's eye ** wherein, the time being ten years the Southern rivers will be dofftHi with manufactories like the r.vera of New England, and fringed vita towns swarming with Lionel t, industrious op eratives. A keen witted servant girl in Troy, N. Y., told the milkman the other day that he gave his oowa too much salt. " How do yon know that I" said the lac teal-is t. " Sure I kin toll be the milk that tbey dhrink too much warier i --tirely !"*s:ud the girL The milkntmi drove off in a harry. A dlvoroe suit in Georgia has result ed tragically. Mrs. Brinklcy of New nan, applied for a divorce faom her husband, Stephen B. Brinhley. A* she was likely to win, the husband stabbed her to the heart, killing bfr ! almost instantly. She .eaves two little girls and a* baby. It is complained In Canada that skilled mechanics come out by aiwh'ted passages from England, and are there ; given a free ticket from Point Lewis to i London, Hamilton, Toronto, who j have no idea of remaining a day in On tario, but get through to the United I States as quickly as possible. Gen. Totleben, the defender of Be bastopol, has been sent by the F.tnperor oi Russia on a mission to the Meuuen ites with the objeot of deterring them frdm emigrating to America. They were about to fly from the severity of the new Russian military law. It now appears that the Czar intended to grant special exemption to the members of thijs sect, but his instructions were mis understood by the officials. They are to be subject only to duty in military hospitals. This story comes from Brittany : A passenger train arrived at St. Bileuo recently hulf an boar late, ft quarrel having arisen between tbe engineer and stoker, which they determined to fight ont, hk> et nunc. The train was stopped in an open space, and tbe oombattants fought their duel in an adjoining field, despite the protests of the terrified passengers. They were, however, pre vailed upon to resume the regulator and tbe poker, and the train taiely lauded at St. Brieuc, where the pugnacious Automedon and his mate were arrested.