Silver ami (."old. Never a word said yon or I. Never s thought ivc told : Purely if speech be silver, love. Biloi.ee ie pure, pore gold 1 Silent as we could !>o we stood . Love in our eye- unhidden Came, i >- each looked in ihc oiliei - face Thrilling with something hidden Thrilling with sum Itun rn 'or 1 U evd. New. and yet Mutinies old : Bpeoc'i may lc silver ever, love, If eile .Co like t'us be gtdd ' PrrdiU. 1 dipped my hand in the eea. Wantonly. Tlie sun shone rod o'er eaeUe and cave ; I>roammg 1 rwked on the sleepy wa\e . 1 drew a peal 1 from the sea. Won daringly. There in my hand it lay, W ho could say How from the depths of the oooan calm It rose, and slid itself Into mv palm I smiled at tiiuhug there Pea:! so fair. 1 kissed the beautiful thing. Marveling. Poor lilt now, 1 had grown to be The wealthiest maiden on lain! or eea A priceless gem was mine. Pure, diviue! 1 hid the pear! iu my breast. Fearful lest The wind should slea! or the wave repent Largess made iu mere tuemment. And snatch 11 hack agaiu lute the slrvaiu. ltut careless grown, ah me 1 Wantonly 1 held between two lingers line A gem also e the ;>ar kliug Ijituo. Outy to see it gleat Across the J mm. I felt the treasuie slide I'ltder Uie isde; fluttering upward. fsde away. Ah. liven civ tears did i! >w, Long ago 1 1 weep, ami weep, and weep, luto live deep : Sad am I that 1 oottld not held A treasure richer than virgin gold. That Pate so sweetly gave Out of the wave. I dip my hand in the sea. Longingly; But never mere will that jewel white Sin d ou my ss ul its tender hght: My pear! lies buried deep Where mermaids s'eep. TOO LATE. '• What do yon want ?" " 1 did want to see my hutband. But I beg pardon, for I perceive Ac is not here !** The question was enrt, rude, rough, even; the reply impetuous, cuttingly sarcastic, and with a hot dash of anger in its tones. Yon would never have thonght that William Maillard could have spoken so to his sweet yonug wife, just as any coarse, fiery man might, in an imperious mood, to an intrusive ser vant or an annoying beggar. Nor would you have thought, either, that lovely Alice Maillard could have grown so flashed and distnrbe.l, and vented such a reply to the husband she loved better than life itself, and then turned and walked away with such a queenly step from his presence. It certainly was an unpleasant and unfortunate mood the merchant was in that evening. The close of the year was near at hand, and all day long he had been perplexed by a thousand cares incidental to his large business ; be sides he had discovered a gross error in the books, and had taken them home with him that evening to endeavor to trace its source and rectify it It was in this mood, his brows knitted with perplexity, that his girl-wife came upon him in the quiet library, whither he had retired after dinner ; and, steal ing softly np behind him, had playfully blinded his eyes with one of her white bands, at the same time pnshing away the thick ledger over the table. In an instant the quick, rongh ques tion, that spoke of aunoyance, burst from his lips ; and, in an instant more, the white hand was snatched away, the little, graceful head tossed high, a red spot leaped to both cheeks, and the cutting, sarcastic answer was flung back. In a few moments more the merchant was left alone, his handsomely-shaped head, covered with thick, iron-gray locks, bent again ever his books, hat with a compression of his lips and a glitter in his eve one seldom saw there; while the girf-wife was sitting in the qSMaa a statne, bnt with the t*mc figi: u Id not settle herself about her usual employments. The feelings she suf fered were so new to hor ; it was some thing she had never thought could hap pen—to speak a quick, angry word to one who was all the world to ner ; and, no matter though she had been be- VOl.. VII. trims! into the utterance, alto never could bo happv again till it had been . xplained atu\ forgiven. She would speak t.i herhtrsbattd before sleep again -ealed her eyelids although very sound, iuilrrd, hit,! not been the slum ber that visited hor lust night. When owning arrive.!, ami Mr. Mail 'an! came homo to dinner, Alice met him as usual with an affectionate greet ing, and put tip her lips for the cus tomary kiss ; hut very icy was the salu tation. and such a tone of restraint |>er va,led his manner that she found her self deterred front uttering a word. At table Mr. Maillard was politely atten tive, and led the eonveisation to sub jects of gen, ral tuterest, keeping it up so skillfully that not au opening ap peared for the introduction of any reference to the particular subject that engrossed his wife's uiiud ; and when he rose, he said : •• 1 have an engagement at the office to-night, Mrs. Maillard, and it will probably be late when 1 return," and went out. " Why did I not speak? I won't let it pass so ! He is cold as an iceberg. I will have an explanation before 1 sleep to-night," said Alice, passion ately. "He shan't treat me like a child any longer." It was late when Mr. Maillard re turned, and he did cot expect to find the watcher who sat iu the parlor ; and a little surprise w.us iu his glance when he entered, but he made uo comment. "It is after twelve, 1 know, William —but 1 sat up for you. The truth is, 1 wanted to speak to you about—about " —but here she paused. "Well!" There TO but little encouragement in tlic cool monosyllable that Mr. Mail lard uttered—ami the eyes upon which his wife's were turned appeal iugly held no glance of tenderness to lure heron the step that was new grow ing painful to her, although he very well knew what was going on in her mind. Was this man a hardened boor ? He had many excellent traits ; aud he had not reallv felt comfortably him self since that affair in the library ; but he had a strong, passionate nature, and an iron will that had never been snbdned ; and, like many of his proud and imperious tvpe, he would neither bend to acknowledgments himself nor seem to encourage, by any tenderness of manner, his wife's. So he sat, state ly and frigid, in the seat he had taken by the register. Meanwhile, Alice—affectionate and sensitive, with her whole heart in her eyes, aud those eyes eagerly lie-seech ing his—stood near him, where she had advanced as she spoke. At first, it had been easy for her to utter those words ; but that one uninipassion*d monosyl lable cheeked farther utterance and froze her lips. But at length she burst out, passionately: "I will speak! William, you know what I want to say. I am very un happy!" and the hot tears thickened her voice. " What makes von unhappv, Mrs Maillard ?" Yes, that man actually asked this question—he, who knew just how that noble, sensitive, affectionate girl was suffering. Not an embrace—no open ing of his arms to draw her to his breast —no kiss on her quivering month, no tremor in his own tones ; but, instead, that impassive question : "What makes you unhappy, Mrs. Maillard ?" For an instant, the ice-flow, driven into the gulf-stream of feeling, checked its topic current; then it swept on again, but not so warm as before. " I am unhappy because I have suf fered—am suffering. I wish a recon ciliation. You know, William—tnose woids spoken in the library the other night. I was sorry the very minute afterwards." " And 1 was sorry also, Mrs. Mail lard. Any exhibition of impetnousness —temper, I might say—disgusts me. I think any wife ought to know that, and avoid such occasion. But I forgive yon." Mr. Maillsrd said this as loftily as though he were a judge, pronouncing sentence —aa though he, himself, were not the cause of it aIL A chill ran through poor Alice's veins. She had read of lover's quarrels and trifling estrangements between the married but here was a new phase. She had expected to be taken to her husband's heart and restored to happiness again. She never dreamed cf thus being thrown off, baffled by the power of that cruel will—she who was all heart and affec tion. If he was only downright angry with her—wonld only scold her roundly then the n.;; ix-st wonld pass; but in., ♦here *Ty this lofty assumption of aum rioritv". She was cast back on herself, and eotild say nothing. Chilled, amazed, humiliated, and half stunned by the turn the matter had taken, the poor girl-wife turned to her chamber. Mr. Maillard sat for perhaps a half hour ere he left the parlor, buried in a reverie. The expression of his eyes interpreted this thought: " I intended to let her suffer ; and I intend that she shall suffer more. It is not a man's place to yield. A wife's spirit shonld be broken to her hus band's. When I think she is sufficient ly punished, I shall take her back to my heart again." Ar.d the poor girl above was taking her first lesson in that bitterest knowl edge that ever comes to woman's heart —the realization that she is treated un fairly and unkindly. Days, and weeks, and months fol lowed that first rupture between Wil-! liam Maillard and his wife; and, though, U> all outward appearanoes, they were attentive, and, in society, as happy as ever, yet Alice felt that the gulf between them had never hern bridged. Bhc had, indeed, often essayed to fling across it the rosy bands of af fection ; but m that chill, icy air they had withered speedily ere they reached him, standing on the other side. And yet, had any one come to that man, and said to him : "Yon are to blame, and are daily adding to vonr sin," he would indignantly have denied it. The tiuth was, bis imperious will, pampered by that first entire submis sion on the part of his wife, had grown with what it fed upon until it over shadowed his whole nature. Hituated as she was now, Alice grew daily more unhappy. Week after week, month after month went by ; and she hungered after the word of love that never came. Sometimes, goaded al most to agony by the slow tortnre, she grew capricious; but the cool eyes, the lofty manner, and that steady negative course of her husband—neither repellant nor inviting—only added to her sorrow. '* Her spirit is not broken yet," Mr. Maillard said, to himself; and so he kept up his system of wifely training. It was at this time that a summons came from Alice's girlhood home. Her widowed mother, long an invalid, was rapidly failing ; and the elder sister— good, kind, motherly Hester—and her high-browed, student, twin-brother Horace, sent an urgent message for her presence. Hhe departed in haste—so hastily that the train was reached with in hour after the receipt of the tele gram ; and she traveled alone, as Mr. Mail lard's business engagements were of that nature to detain him at that seMon. THE 1 I:\rnr: REPORTER. When the merchant, evening after evening, returned to his handsome house, deserted save by the servants, he began to grow more dissatisfied with its cheerless aspect than lie tin tight oould be possible, or would have ac knowledged t another. Once, enter ing the drawing room, so dreary and empty-looking, of au evening after he had visited Ins club, ho paused before an or pusite'v crayoned |Horo his wife back to their home agaiu. At the parting. Allow wept unrestrainedly ujon the IH>S >RA of her twin-brother, then turned to receive her sister's farewell kiss. '* 1 must be' mother to you now," said Hester—faithful, devoted woman, teu years older thau the weeper she held in her arms ; and then she whis pered : "In your trial I will come to you. Keep up a good heart, darling ; and don't brood too much ou our s ru 'f. for the sake of vcur own health now." After the carriage had rolled aw ay, Horuce stood by the window a long time, in deep thought ; then he turned suddenly to his sister, and said, in a somewhat restrained voice : •• Hester, do you think William Mail lard makes Alice happy ?" "Certainly—why not, Horace ? What a question ! No one could fail to see how attentive he is ; ami 1 wonder such a thought could enter your mind." Good Hester's answer was quickly rendered ; but a line that corrugated her own brows betrayed what she wonld not allow her lips to utter, even to her brother. " They say that twins have a mag netic sympathy for tlieir mates. I soem to feel that Alice is not as light hearted as when she left us. Nineteen to-morrow, and she looks five years older than when she left tis, a year and a half ago. If Milliard don't make her happy, I shall hate him !" ami a stern, bitter expression settled on the youth's handsome face. " Why, Horace, how strangely you do talk !" persisted Hester. "Of course. Ally wouldn't seem as usual. Mother's death you know—" ami here the usually calm, self-oeutcrod woman's lip quivered. Horace's own deep hazel eyes filled. The boy bad a tender, womanly heart. "It may be my fancy only. I hope so, Hester!"—but he stool long in thought. After their return home, Mr. Mail lard's mien softened towards his wife, lie could not see her, going abont in her mourning, with her pale, sad face, and quiet ways, without relaxing from his olden manner. Hut still his pride, so long dominant, mastered him sutli eientiv to withhold him from the mani festation of his returning tenderness, save by constant watchfulness, and by surrounding ber with such luxuries as wealth could procure. Books, pictures, the latest music, flowers, every dainty of the season, these came to her. Ah, if he had only known that n tender word to a hungry heart is better titan any gift gold can buy ! Alice accepted all with a sweetness that never failed her now. Indeed, Mr. Maillard marveled to see how sub missive she had become. There was no rebelling* now : no flaming np of the old high spirit ; no passionate out breaks—and, alas ! no passionate yearn ings for tenderness. Her lips were never lifted now for a kiss ; her eyes never sought his with wishful eager ness for the fond, answering glance : her slender hand no longer slid < arrss ingly into bis. That time with her was past. One evening, sitting in that same library where blic bad stolen n|x>n him once, the windows open in the warm air of the Augnst night, Mr. Maillard fell to thinking of this. " How different Alice is from what she was last winter ! My conrse was most judicious. Her disposition has improved. Bat she has grown so pale lately." From that soliloquy Mr. Maillard was roused by the suduen entrance of the lady's maid, with a communication of importance relative to his wife. An hour later, a baby boy's frail life fluttered into existence, but for one moment only, then went out again ; and the young mother lay dying on her pillows. No kind, motherly, sustain ing elder sister was there, to close those deep violet eyes with a tearful kiss ; and the twin-brother, who loved her with stich passionate, enduring tender ness, only came to look upon her white face in ber ooflln. William Maillard stood mnte and dazed, when they told him his wife's life-moments were rapidly pouring into Eternity. There was no time then for confessions, pleadings, or regrets—no time to tell her aught, save the few broken sobs that surged in a thick, turbid torrent from his heavily-throb bing heart. Only time to receive the faint pressure of the little outstretched hand, the last meek, loving smile, and to hear the two latest words that flut tered over the pule lips, as her dying gaze was lifted upward : " Mother! Heaven I" They buried her in the churchyard of her village home, beside her mother ; buried her with the dead baby on her breast. Hester's sad face—aged ere she hod pasfed into life's full prime—set tled into deeper lines, lines that would grow deeper still with the years that could never restore the loved ones to the faithful heart of the mourner. The twin-brother, all aflnsh with yonth and promise, stunned and nearly crazed by the terrible blow, felt that half his own bright, yonng life was laid away under the earth-sod. And William Maillard—strong, proud man, whose imperious will had never yielded before—wus smitten by the flat of the Almighty. He was left alone with remorse and regret. No need now to open his empty heart; she could never enter more. Ho must sit down iu the ashes of his desolation. No need now to relax his iron rule; Bhe was beyond his reach. It was too late. ANTS. —There is no readier or more ef fective way to get rid of ants than to pour boiling water from an ordinary kettle upon their nests. If these are in a lawn, a sod should be cut from the surface over each place, and removed uutil after the hot water has been ap plied. This will save the grass from being killed. The sod is replaced after wards. CENTRE 11A I.E. CENTRE CO., PA., TIHIRSDAY, AIMRT Rt, 187-1. I he Cuban Question. Jest it.the ('it t >iiit question i* one if the topic* of the dav, lUtil the papers are (lincUMsiug the Mil tjcot with much earned ties*. 'l'he Wa*hiugtou corre spondent of the Georgetown, H. I'luntrr taken the following \t< w of the question: The holders of Cuban bends here are making a determined effort to embroil tin with Spain, t>v inducing Congress to recognize the independence of Cuba. These speculator*, Cubans ami Aiueri osus, chiefly the latter, have the great advantage over the Spanish Govern ment that they can lullby, visit news paper olliees and tell their own story, call public meetings ami make speeches, distribute bonds, make large promises, and influence public opinion by a thou sand " ways that are dark and tricks that arc vain " to which a government cannot resort. The Spanish minister cannot do any of these things. Then arc only three American citizens with whom the government of Spam can hold legitimate official intern ure on this important subject of the recogni tion of Cul-a the President of the United Stati N, tile Secretary of State, and the American Minister at Madrid. Under these circumstances, it is not strange that Congress, the press, and the people at large, hiw knowledge of Cuban affairs is based exclusively on the oue-snled statements of interested parties, should misunderstand the duties and the material interests of the government ami people of the United States, m regaid to this proposed recog nition of Cuba. We have never yet hail any disinterested evidence that the in surgents ill Cuba are entitled to our re speet and our sympathy, because of their purity of mt tive aud purpose ; or that ther are so numerous, ami powerful, aud have so lair a prosjwet of success, that nations at peace with Spam would be justified in reoogni/.mg their iudependeuce. Duly a few years ago, there were Sev eral millions of people iu the United States who wished to dissolve their ecu nection with the federal government. Among these were some of the wealth ieat men, a'd many of the first states men and best military and naval offi cers of high rank in the country. There were among the insurgents, also, many men of unblemished private character, some thousands of clergymen of all de nominations, and some hundreds of thousands of active roe oilier* of the various Chr.sUau churches. These millions of insurgent* were backed, heart and soul, bv mothers, wives and daughters ; had old, strung, and stable Stale governmenti; and organized themselves into a powerful confed eracy. They equipped and sent into the field, against the United Slates, from from which thev had acceded, immense armies. They fitted out war vessel* that all but swept our Comnn roc from the sea*. For nearly five years they stood their ground. To subdue them cost ns half a million of lives, and a debt of some £"2,000,000,000 which we shall probably nevi r cancel. Vet, dur ing all that w;r, we protested against tb" recognition, by foreign powers, of the confederacy formed by these re bellion* States ; and mainly upon the ground that, without such recognition, thev I'-nid n>t succeed in achieving their iudep udenee. and that furtign nation* had no right to intrrftr• m our domestic quarrels. And what more right hare we to in terferc in Cuba than Spam, and France, and England had to interfere iu our civil war? The carnage here was ten thousand times m ire than it has lvcen in Cuba. The fact of the matter is that there never would have been a rebelli- u in Cuba, if it had not lecn excited by mercenary men in this country, and it would collapse in six months, were it not for expected a d from the United States. Let ns tak< heed. We ore in no condition to interfere in the domes tic affairs of other nations. < nr own civil war is hardly over. If, o-d iy, a vote were taken in the States 1. to y in rebellion, nine-tenths of the native-born men aud women of wealth and culture wonld vote for secession—res, aud would even fight for it again, if they hail a reasonable show of success. Should we now recognize the independ ence of Cuba, because a handful of her people backed by American speculn t >rs, have kept the island in turmoil for a few years, much as-the Indians have done iiy ns OTcr since the formation of our government, the tinio may come when the precedent will bo quoted against us to ottr disadvantage and to our sorrow. We have a largo country, and various interests to caro for —more than we can well attend to. Let us look after our flnsno*. our currency, our Hvstem of transportation, lest dis satisfaction may cause another rebel lion iu some miction of the Union, and foreign nations may combine to disin tegrate our country by acknowledging the independence of onr relwls. A Successful Conundrum. "John has never given you a ring?" said Katie's sister to her one day. John was Katie's lover. " Sever," said Katie, with a regretful shake of the head. " And never will nntil you ask him. for it," returned the sister. "Then I fear I shall never get one," j was the reply. "Of course you never will. John is 1 too stupid to think of such things ; and as you can never pluck up courage to ask him for one, It follows that you will never get one." This set Katio to thinking, and to what purpose we shall see. That evening her lover came to see ; htr. He was very proud and very happy, for the beautiful girl by his Bide had been for several weeks pledged to marry him as soon iw the business could bo properly done, and John was a grand good fellow, too, notwithstand ing his obliviousness to certain polite matters. " John," snid Katie, at length, look- i ing tip with an innocent sinile, "do you know what a oonundram is ?" " Why, it's a puzzle—ft riddle," an- i swered John. " Do you think you could ask me one I could not gness ?" " I don't know. I never thought of such things. Could you nsk me one ?" > " I could try." " Well, try, Katie." " Then answer this : Why is the lot- j ter D like a ring ?" John pnzzled his brain over the prob-! lem for a long time, lint was finally foreed to give it up. " I dont know, Katie. Why is it?" 1 " Because," replied the maiden, with a very soft blush c.rocping up to her temples, " we cannot bo trrd without it." In loss than a week from that dato Kutio had In-r engagement ring. Thf. Goat's Manieuvkb. —A corre spondent in Philadelphia describes a battle between a dog and goat, iu sub- j stance as follows : The dog attacked the goat in the street, the gout using his skull and horn weapons, which the j *t. You never see a nigger boy hardly ever that kin tell whether he's made anything or nat when he'a sold out. A Leap of on a won't buy from ua ; they wait for nigger boya, 'cause they know they kin cheat them out and git the news for nothin'. You must quit selling to "em." " Hut will it be right to refuse the little icllows a chance to make their living?" said the mellow-hearted man ager. "Ohy< *. sir ! You see they rtiu the -trect carts. They have this job, and they wou't let a white boy in. Y'ou never sec a while fellow pushing a street cart, 'cause the niggers won't let 'em. One or two white one# ha* tried it, and they drive 'em out. They break his cart, and catch him off, and whip him, and rock htm, and tell lies on him, till he has to quit. Now our boya'ra had a talk alniut it, and is determined, as the niggers keep us out of the street cart business, that we will keep them out of the paj>er business. It ain't no use to whip 'em. They don't mind it, 'less yon nearly kill 'em, and then the jolioe will catch you. So we fixed up to o roe and tell yon voti mustn't let 'em hate any more paper* when they call for 'em, null you mustn't. We won't run with Vm at aIL" The manager promised to take the matter under the serious consideration it merited, anil the advocates of the Arabs retired. Varieties In Fashion. Picturesque luds worn st the water ing places when visiting, or for after noon drives in pluetons, are of white chip or Panama braid, with the brim curled up all around, a soft white silk scarf around the crown, and two or three curled white ostrich plumes laid over the top. The Euglish walking list, close and compact, with both sides turned up against the crown, is beiug restored to favor for a dress liat. The regular croquet hat ia of coarse straw, in wagon-top shape, covered with rows of white muslin pleating, and a cluster of black velvet l>ow, or else a bunch of field flowers, on top. There is, however, much playing cro qu t with flowing hair and an umbrella, minus a hat, especially after the morn ing hour for bathing. Dark bottle green aud Madonna blue grenadine veil* are again taking the place of the gray one* woru in the spring. Square* of this grenadine, or else of black net, are worn on the piazza and in the drawiug-rooms of sen-side hotels lo probvt handsomely arranged I coiffures from the stiff breeze, and also 'to guard the complexion. They droop in a point over the face, and are fas tened behind in a wny that may lie use ful, but is not as pretty as the Spanish draped veil would be. Dace fleims lapped on the bosom are worn both of black ami white lace with higli-neckcd afternoon and dinner dreaaes. * New frills for the neck and wrists of dresses to lie worn by ladies in mourn ing are ploatings of white crepe lisse with n half-inch bonier of black lisse on the edge. Fluted rtiflles of percale—white, with hair strijies of color -for lingerie and for trimming dresses of plain ground jor with small figures, can now bo bought by the yard. The prettiest new white trimming is fine box-pleated muslin ruffles; with the edge needle worked in scallops, aiul a spray of embroidery extending j up each pleat. The newest chatelaine pockets are swung very low, and are mnde of bend mi lace sufficiently transparent to dis play handsome handkerchiefs. The fancy for long scarfs of black lace continues even in tho warmest weather. For these are imported new bended net, half a yard wide. The Spanish blonde lias beads outlining its largo figures ; guipure lines, stripes, and roses are heavily beaded ; and plain | Brussels net has leaves of fine jot sowed in its meshes. Pahllkhlng engagements. German newspapers often publish notices of Irrtlia and deaths in a man ner which seems strauge to American readers. Engagements are also pub lished. In the second shoot, for in stance, of every issue of the Cologne | (iazrtte. these announcements of en gagements may be found throughout the whole year. When the engage ! monts are broken off this is also at times published by one or both of the parties ooucerued. But it ih very sel dom that an announcement such as the followiug is found, which is quoted In tho Cologne (lazctte, of June 17th from i the Drrmltntr Journal: " With re spect to the announcement by which T, at tho end of last Novemlier, gave no tice of my being engaged to the Dow ager Baroness Zoe von Kotzebue, I am j now obliged to state that tliiH relation ship has, at her desire, and to my great regret, been broken off, bocause she did not find in my deportment that gravity whloh she had a right to expect,—Count | Lnokner." Ml!. VASIIV'S DEDICATION. A slaii M lilt * Model Mtiflierl-l.Wi A new addition to the advanced theo logical literature of the day is shortly to appear from tlie pen of the popular clergyman, the Itrv. IVtroleum V, Nas hy, whose sweet esthetic strain la in one respect like the voice of the turtle, is everywhere "heard in the laud." Our clerical friend is to occupy his summer pastoral vacation in preparing for the press a volume entitled " The Morals of AlioU lieu Adhem " —Uie same whose tribe increased. This new book from thin prolific author will deal profuselv in the sweet charities of life, as ia evident from the author'a dedica tion, which is to consist of the follow ing tribute to his mother-in-law. It is ulways something in s man's favor to like his uiollier-ui law, aud it is the acme of human praise when a man's mother in lav* likes hint. The liappy relation between I*. V. N. and his acini •leuii-parent seems to be mutual,ecstatic and heavenly. Let the whole earth hateu aud applaud : To m* MOTHEIt-lN LAW, whoss !I)IUXTKAIRE!> MCBVICCS lit esrtug fur Mi Wire Purine Saveu Cnueal Period*, and like hum fur Hvru Children Pitting Teething MI-MIW Muni]*. Scarlatina and Other 1 Incident to ('hlldltaud, Baesivnig therefor only shot be ale menu not only grai*e hut adora tion and (haw leatiue nty huuee - umUr tla and sit- - alasyeat the prcriee time when there km uu more hard work to do, wot ( Vn<^deration Itself I nstucATW raw vuu at, An the ieoet thai 1 can do Acknowledgement; Sscaiiivg, however never to furget Her While catnip 1 looms, >- *.Um.g svrop i mode, and kxutox sous IT* owe. An Outlaws' Paradise. The singular information has been received, which ia well authenticated, that a thieves' aud outlaws' paradise has just been established at the foot of the 1 tookj Mountains, ju*t iu the Cana dian Dominion. It is reported to num ber five hundred men and a number ol women and children. The inmates are outlaws who have escaped from United States justice. The chief occupation of the colony is the manufacture of illicit whiskv, which ia sold to sur rounding Indians. For the liquor the Istter barter their most costly furs and trade off their superfluous women. And while the noble red man ia in the midst of his beastly orgies, the fiends m\nag<- to rob him of his weapons, hie blankets, and strip ufl an occasional scalp. Yet the Indian's jtaexion for whisky overcomes his knowledge of the inevitable fate he knows awaits him. The free aud roving life of these out law* has been made known to the Cana dian Government, which has sent out s volunteer force to settle matters sati factory to the code of civilization. Il is a mounted command of policemen, of three hundred men the most lear le*a and active iu the Dominion, com manded by a colonel who has seen active service. Adventurers of high rank hate been attracted to dare the dangers of the expedition, even English and French noblemen. An English gentleman was wrought np with so much enthusiasm as to forego the im mediate pa:.** asiou Ol an estate with a yearly income of #130,000, that *he might take part in the expected fray. Of - >urme, the force will lie kept under the strictest military discipline. The pay is *o small that nothiug save the spirit of adventure could impel men to undergo the prospective hardships and the risks of death. A Shark Story. Mr. Keatly, of Brooklyn, in company with two friends, went ont to Coney Island. The party wandered along the beach, and when near Bath Mr. Keatly suggested they ahonld bathe. The three accordingly went into the water. Mr. Keatlv, however, wandered out somewhat further than the others, but did not go beyond his depth. While swimming around he felt a soft, oold substance rub against his leg. He did not pay any attention to it until the rubbing was repeated several times. Becoming alarmed, he glanced down ward and saw a Urge shark in the act of turning on ita side. Before he eould gain the shore the sea monster had fastened his teeth deep into the fleshy psrt of his groin, causing him to yell with pain and terror. Fortnnately, qowever, he had sufficient presence of mind to make a grab for the fish, and succeeded in catching it by the narrow part of the tail, between the dorsal fins. He clang to it with desperation, at the same time making every effort to get ashore. The shark meanwhile tugged so fiercely to get away that it terribly lacerated the flesh of Mr. Keatly. who finally succeeded in making a landing. The shark, with great difficulty, was forced to loosen hi* hold, and was finally killed by being repeatedly struck on the head with a large stone. Mr. Keatly's wounds were then dressed, and he was removed to his home. The shark, which measured five feet eight inches from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, is on exhibition in Brooklyn. rerfectlj Kcrkless. There was an old couple at the De troit depot waiting to go throngh to the West, and they seemed loving enough until the old mau went out and re turned smoking a five-cent cigar and with his liat slanting over his left ear. The wife looked at him twice before she xmld recognize him, and then opened her month and said: " What'd I tell ye, Pbiletua Remington, liofore wo left New Jersey ? Didn't I say you'd go and make a fool of yourself the first ehnnoe you got ?" He tried to pacify her by saying that the cigar ouly cost five cents, lint she shouted: "Yon teased and teased till 1 let you git your boots blacked ; then yon wanted some soda water ; then yon bought apples on the train, and here's another five cents thrown away I It nil counts up, and if yon don't die in the poor-liouso thou my name hain't Sary ! A Useful Salre, The properties and quality of patent medicines are somewhat various. Here, for example, we have an occonnt of a salve which would serve a double use. An agent with a satchel under his arm entered a banking-house in Wall street the other day. and presenting himself before the bookkeeper, he thus began: " Pardon me, sir, lot intruding, but I wish to show you mv world-renowned salve, which has attrac ted much atten tion from the crowned heads of Europe for the marvelous manner in which it cures corns, warts, sore eyes, boils, nnd will make the beard grow in forty-eight hours try a box, sir ?" Bookkeeper —" No, sir; f have a beard, aud none of the other oom plaiuts." Agent —" But, dear sir, it makes a fine grease for a carriage." 'lVrniN: ft Vertr,in Advance. Extraurdluarj Heroism at Hra. The Loudon tnbay with a cargo of coals, took Are from aponUtucotta combustion of her cargo, and on the 17th of February waa abandoned by her crew, who then took to their lioata and endeavored to make for the Mal divo Islands. The boats kept Oompany until the 20th, when finding the cur rents too strong, it waa agreed to separate, after dividing the provisions. The muster in command of the long- Isiat then made for Cochin, the mate in charge of the gig, and the second mate, David Welmter, in charge of the pin usee wilh four of the erew, via., three men and one boy, made for the Mahlive Islands. After two days Webster's boat was injured by a heavy sea, aud eotthl not keep up with the gig, and lost sight of her. From this time the pinnace was kept working to windward until the fith of March, by which day the provisions and water had been con sumed. Shortly afterward the crew east lota which of them would be first killed to l>e eaten, and the lot fell upon the ship's boy Horner; but Webster, who had lieeu asleep, was woke in time to save the boy'a life. After dark an attempt waa made to kill Webster him self, but the boy Horner awoke him in time to save himself. On the following day Webster, having fallen asleep, was awoke by the struggles of the crew for the possession of his gun, with which to shoot him. Two hours later the crew attempted to take Horner'a life again, but wire prevented by the de t* rmiued conduct of Webster, who threatened to shoot and throw overboard the first man who laid hands on the boy. The next day one of the erew at tempted to sink the boat, bnt Webster mastered him and prevented farther mischief. Two days later the same member of the crew expressed his de termination to lake the DOT 'a life. For Una he would haTO been shot by Web ster had not the cap on the gun missed fire. Boon after, putting a fresh eap on his gnu, a bird flew over the tost, which Webster shot; it was at onee seized and devoured by the crew, even to the bonea and feathers. During the next five days the crew were quieter, subsisting on barnacles which attached themselves to the bottom of the boat and on sea blubber for which they dived. The following day some of the men became delirious. One of them lsy down exhsosted, when another struck him several blowa on the head with an iron belsying pin, cutting him badly. The blood which flowed was caugnt in a tin and drank by the man himself and the two other men. After ward they fought and hit one another, and only left off when completely ex hausted, to Yeoommence as soon as they were sble, the boy Horner, during the time, keeping watch with Webster. On the thirty-first dsy in the boat they were picked np 60U miles from land by the snip City of Manchester, Ilsrdie, Master, by whom they wt re very kindly treated and brought to Calcutta. Web ster, who by his conduct was the means of saving the lives of all in the boat, has had conferred upon him by the the Albert medal .if the second class. He ia now living at Droughty Ferry, Dundee. What a Blind Man Sees. Nature struggles hard to make up for any defect* in the senses, and she gives to the blind a certain power to see when the eyea give no help. A bUnd man says : " Whether within a honae, in the open air, whether walking or stand ing still, 1 can tell, thoagh quite blind, when I am opposite an object, and can perceive whether it be tali or abort, ahnder or bulky. 1 can also detect whether it be • solitary object or a con tinuous fence, whether it be a close fence or composed of open rails, and often whether it be a wooden fence, a brick or atone wall, or a quick-set hedge. I cannot usually perceive ob jects if much lower than my shoulders, but aomcliniea very low objects can be detected. This may depend on the na tute of the objects, or of fome abnor mal state of the atmosphere. The cur rents of air can have nothing to do with this power, as the state of the wind does not diwctlv affect it; the sense of hearing has nothing to do with it. ss when snow lies thick on the ground ob jects an- more distinct, although the foot-ball cannot be heard. I seem to pecvive objects throngh the skin of my face, and to have the impressions directly transmitted to the brain. The only part of my laxly possessing this power is my face ; this 1 have ascer tained by suitable experiments. Slop ping my ears does not interfere with it, but covering my face with a thick veil destroys it altogether. None of the five senses have anything to do with the existence of this power, and the circumstances above named iuduce me to call this unrecognized sense by the name of * Facial Perception.' " Why Farmers Keep Poor. A correspondent says : After long observation I have come to the conclu sion that a great majority of the farmers that are poor.might have made money. If you inquire into their btisineaa habits you will find that they alwaya sold the best and kept the poorest For instance, if they nave too many sheep on Laud, they pick ont the best to be sold. If vou ask them why they do so they will say. "Because they bring twice as mneh as the others, anu lam hard up, just now, fer money. I know that it is not a good plan, and 1 do not intend to follow it alwaya." I think the habit of selling the lnwt a very poor plan for any mau, 1 don't care what hia circumstances may be. I have a man in mv mind now, who always sells bis poorest sheep for more than twice as much as the average farmer gets for his best. I have seen farmers in the fall pick ont their l>cet pigs to fatten, because they would make a few more pounds of pork than the other*. This I call poor economy. Probably no ten of the beat would make one hun dred pounds of cork more than would have been made bad they taken ton of the poorer. By making this one hun dred pounds of pork extra they think that much is gained. They are very mneh mistaken. By reversing their rule tliey might make ten time that amount. Man's Dependence Upon Woman. Man relies far more thau ho is awar for comfort or happiuess on woman's tact and management. He ia so accuse tomed to these that he is unconscious of their worth. They are so delicately concealed, and yet so ceaselessly exer cised, that he enjoys their effect as he enjoys the light nnd atmosphere. He s< Idem thinks how it would be with him wore they withdrawn. He fails to ap preciate what is so freely given. He may be reminded of them now and then ; be may complain of intrnsion or interference ; but the frown is smoothed away by the gentle hand, the murmur ing lips are stopped with a caress, aud tin management goes on.— Exchange, An effort is now to divide tbe State of Nebraska into two States, to be called Njrth Platte and Nebraska, and which shall have a population of 86,000 and 140,000 respectively. NO. 32. Multiplication of fnserls. Treating of uature's means of limit ing the !iutntcrs of inseeta. Professor A. H. Packard, in the Amrrit-an Natu ralist, gives Bonnet's estimate of the average reproduction rate of the aoh is, or plant louse. One virgin plant louse was found to bring forth about 100 young, and so on for ten genera tion*. Now add up the unmner of voting produced by those of say ten broods, and we have the enormous number of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, or a qninttUiou young. Professor Huxley i* then quoted to show the real import of these figure*. " 1 will assume," says Mr. Huxley, " that an spbis weighs one one-thousandth of s grain, which is under the mark. A quintillion will on this estimate weigh s quadrillion of grains. He is s very stout man who weighs 2,000,000 grains ; consequently the tenth brood alone, if all the mem bora survive the perils to which they are exposed, contains more *ut*t*nce than 900,000,000 stout men —to say the least, more than the whole population of China." When we realize that so far from a quintillion, only a pair or two of plaut liee survive, and at the end of the season die, after laying a few eggs, by whieh the species is represented in wiuter, we can form some idea of the struggle for existence among animals, and of the vicissitudes to which they are exposed. We can ace how delicate is the balance of circutnstolMies by which uature preserves the equilibrium, seeking, on the one hand, as it were, to prevent the extinction of the species, and on the other its undue multiplica tion. Drinks for Majtag and Hart est. Agricultural journals persist in rec ommending various oonoocUon* for fanners to drink during the hasting and exhausting labors of Iha hay field and the harvest field. We hsve, in oar day, tried these TUT to us mixtures, bat we have found nothing equal to pare, cold well water. Active exercise under a son that would raise the mercury above 100 degrees raises the tempers tare of the body to a high degree, a de ?;ree that would prove fatal were it not or the constant operation of nature's infallible cooler perspiration. Per spiration thickens the blood and other fluids, earning thirst, frequent and in tense. What drink ia so well calculated to reduce the internal heat and this the fluids as oold water ? Having decided upon using cold water as the beverage of the hay and harvevt fields, the next thing ia to use it jndieiooaly. It can be so a sod as to be injurious. When the Is borer comes around to the water jug, or whatever the vessel may be, hot and thirsty, and breathing rapidly, if he seizes the vessel and drinks aatil he is satisfied, he will cool off too suddenly and take too much water into his stomach ; bat if he will take a mouthful into his mouth, hold it for s moment, gargle it in hia throat, and then eject it, aDd afterward drink a swallow at a time, pausing a moment between swal lows, be will find that S much ISM quantity will suffice to allay bis thirst, and he will cool off more gradually. A Bad Box. As a corporal of the Near Orleans po lice was recently making bis rounds at a very early hour in the morning his attention was attracted by a suspicion* looking bos which had been deposited on s doorstep. It bore a curious ap pearance, suggestive of sn infernal machine which might go off of itself and scatter destruction around gener ally. Bo he thought it hi* duty to ex amine it closely. An investigation re vealed the fact that the box, though in tended to do mischief, was not meant to explode upon being opened, bnt that its powers of suppoid mischief lay in various charms which had evidently l>een prepared by acme practitioner of Voudoti mysterie*. The box was cov ered with white elotb, and the white cloth was covered with leaves fastened to it by innumerable brass pins. On the top of the box waa a minute white coffin, vet it was large enough to afford place for an inscription containing the name of a female inmate of the house where the affair had been left, and like wise the day upon which the sender had evideuUy hoped that she would die. Within the coffin was a figure made of dough intended to represent the body of the person already mentioned, its head being transfixed through and throngh with pins, the ends of which bristled oat in every direction. The whole arrangement was a Yondon charm, which it waa supposed would bring dire destruction to uie prison it was lutended to work against, and who. being a firm believer in the efficacy of Yondon spells, went nearly frantic on seeing the contrivance. A Family ef Mnrderers. An interesting little establishment has jnst been broken np at Trebixond, under eireninstance* which have created a sensation in that place. For some time past Trebixond has been kept in a state of uneasineaa owing to the pro ceedings of this household, which eou stated of a father,six sons,and one daugh ter. The familv weakness was murder. In a short time the eight persons composing the family managed to get through, according to the Trebixond correspondent of the Levant Herald, no fewer than 235 murders. Out of this number the gentlemen of the fam ilv were each responsible for 30 mar decs, while the venng ladv only com mitted 25. though, but for the prema ture interference of the authorities, It is considered probable that she would have completed an eqnal namber. The predecessor of the Governor caused her to be arrested, together with her amiable parent and four of her brothers. It is not stated what became of the re maining brothers, bnt the poor old gen tleman was hanged abont three months ago, and two of bis sons met with a similar melancholy/iecidcnton the 25th of last month, The other two and the young lady are still languishing in cap tivity. __ Salt in Sickness. Dr. Scudder remarks : "Ism satis fied that I have seen patients die from deprivation of eommou salt during a protracted illness. It is a common im pression that the food for the sick should not be seasoned, and whatever slop may be given, it is almost innocent of this essential of life. In the milk diet that I recommend in sickness, common salt is used freely, the milk being boiled and given hot. And if the patient cannot take the usual qnan tity of his food, I have it given in his drink. This matter is so important that it cannot be repeated too often, or dwelt upon too long. The most marked example of this want of common salt I have ever notiocd has been in snrgieal disease, especially in open wounds. Withont a supply of salt the tongue would become broad, pallid, puffy, with a tenacious, pasty coat, the secretions arrested, the circulation feeble, the effusion at the point of injury serious, with an unpleasant, watery pus, which at last becomes a mere sanies or ichor. A few days of a free allowance of Bait would remove all this, and the patient get along well." A Minnesota farmer sowed 1,500 aores of wheat and will gather twenty bushels therefrom. I touts of la tores!. Franch statistics show that there are cities of flftoeg thousand inhabitants in that country aftboat a physician. IC. L. Sullivan t, of Ford county, Hi, han asia git field of 20,000 acre* that will produce orcr 1,009,000 bushels of corn this year. Franco allow* iU soldiers to work for furmers during harvest time. The price Died upon, thm year, is thirty- cents a day and hoard. An " Editorial " exenraion party whieh lately vlr-itod a watering place, is said to hare contained jirst twenty live l*ersona connected with the prena. The Western paper* are fat! of "The Man with the Branded Hand," but no attention is paid to the men with " bran died" noses, though they are as ten thousand to one. Pane—" And pray, air, what do vou intend to aettic on my daughter ? And how do you mean to fire ?" " I intend, sir, to settle mytelf on your daughter and to live on you/" Anxious newspaper querists want to know if the comet has had any hand in this warm weather. In IMI they were equally curious to know whether it caused the cold nights. John Miller, of Indiana, had both legs and an arm cut off by a mowing machine. A homo paper say* that "it seems to be the opinion of the doctors that it to a serious case." In the paper published by the in mates of the Hartford Insane Asylum, mention was made of a lady's fan so large that she could not wave it, but was foroed to wave her head. Paris ladies wear around the neck the medals or crosses won by their hus bands for the service they have render •red their country. The gentlemen wear the ribbons only ; the ladiee wear the medals. A Rochester drunkard crawled under a bush on the verge of Genesee Falls, and slept there until bis uneasy twist togs brought hie lag* over the shy**. A policeman found him just in time to save his life. It pay* is France to feed horses for the butcher. From |36 to S3O to given for an animal in fair condition, and about thirty thousand of these animals ■re eatsn annually. Horse meat to ■tost half the price of beef. The poormastar in Troy was called upon by a woman who said that ber husband waa dead and abe was desti tute. A riait to ber house found the body is a sixty-dollar casket, and three carriages in the funeral procession. An awful animal, ten feet long, with yellow eyes, switchy tail, creem-eolored far, and abrieky voice, is what some railroad laborers tay they saw in the night on Dresden Mountain, Yt Prob ably a eombinaUoo of eat and imagina tion. The advent of the grasshopper causes our entire social fabric to tremble. " Maria," writes a young Minnesota farmer to his girl down in Maine, "I'm afraid we can't get married this year ; the grasshoppers threaten to clean oat my crop." On Sundays Montreal is the most or derly town on earth. The observance of the day indicates a oonseientioas piety is the majority of the people. The charehea of every denomination are fall of devout worshippers, sad bat for the rumbling of the street oars no sound would disturb the quiet. Every liquor shop and ber is rigorously closed under a city ordinance, and drinkers have to provide their drinks before hand. A Ballet in the Brain. The Galveston (Texas) Am says: " The case of Mr. Lawes, the gentleman who was shot in the bead, is rather a re markable one. Although the ball is im- Ixvlded about two inches in the brain, Mr. Lawes walks about hia home in the usual enjoyment of his mental faculties. The attending physician is of the opin ion that the bell is incased by this time, and, with prudence daring the summer months, no farther danger need be apprehended. Oases similar to the one alluded to are recorded, in which persons have lived with balls lodged in the brain, while in some in stances persons have died from slight wounds of the asms character.™ A moat remarkable case of this kind is reported in the surgeon's report* during the late war. A young Norwe gian belonging the Second Wisconsin Regiment waa shot in the bead at Ball Run. He was taken as a prisoner to Richmond, when it was discovered that the ballet bad entered the aide of the temple in a slanting direction and had lodged in the brain. The surgeons watched the oaae with much interest, bnt the boy did not appear to be seri ously affected and after some months was' exchanged. He was discharged and returned to hi* home ia Wisconsin and went t* work on a farm. Not sat isfied with this labor be again offered himself as a recruit, waa accepted, and again went into the army. In no way did he appear inconvenienced by the ■hot, save that on damp and rainy nights while on guard duty he said that his head felt dull. This feeling waa not sufficient to interfere with his duty. After the war he went back to his farm and now does as hard a day's work aa EST Hl*", Hew Ha Prated It. It ia the custom in Mexico for the clergy to require a foreigner, wishing to marry a native, to bring proof that be is not already a married man. An American, about to marry a senorita of verv good family, waa required to for mal) the proof of his being a bachelor. Not finding any of his countrymen who knew him sufficiently well to testify to this fact, he determined to supply the deficiency with the oath of a native. Meeting a Mexican in the street, whom he had never seen before, oar oonntiTmin proposed to him that he should'swear to his being unmarried for the consideration of _ five dollars. The senor, after a mement's study, said to the Yankee : " Get down on your hands and knees, and creep about." Not exactly understanding what he was st our friend obeyed, much to the detriment of his unmentionables. The other party then told him he was all right; that he would swear that the American had not been married since he knew him, and that was since the time he crawled. Don't Criticise. Whatever you do, never set np for a critic. We don't mean a newspaper one, but in private life, in the domestic cir cle, in society. It will not do any one any good, and it will do you harm—if vou mind being celled disagreeable, if you don't like anyone's nose, or object to any one's chin, don't put your feel ings into words. If any one's manner don't please you, remember your own. People are not all made to suit one taste, recollect that. Take things as you find them, unless yon cau alter them. Even a dinner, after it is swal lowed, cannot be made any better. Con tinual fault finding, continual criticism of tha conduct of this one and the ■peech of that one, the dies of the other, and the opinions of the t'other, will make home the onhappiest place under the sun. Circumventing the Grasshoppers. How the farmers of Wright County, lowa, drove away the grasshoppers is revealed by the local papers. The crops in that county were abundant, and tha anxious husbandmen were in hopes that these destructive pests would not appear until after the har vest At once they came, however, in clouds that darkened the sun. By a preconcerted plan, the ' farmers set fire to piles of dry straw on the borders of the wheat fields, and smothered the blaze with green hay. That caused volumes of smoke to roll over the fields. The grasshoppers didn't relish the prooednre at all. They rose with suoh a multitudinous hum of wiugs as to deepen into a roar like distant thun der, and fled the country. In that way the Wright County farmers have a fair prospect of saving their crops.