A sit It O' Your.pi'.
O dmna ak m* gin I lo'e the*.
Troth. I dure na tell,
Dinn* ask mo gin I lo'e thee ;
ilk it o' ronr.ft'.
Oh, <timm 10..V easWu it mo.
For wesl yp ksti >ne owe .
Oh. gin ye look ee iir t mo.
1 Jure ra l*k et you,
When ye gang to TOli bra*. !>• * touu.
And boutiior foo.
Oh, dmna. Jamie, look ai them
Test you should mind n*c mo.
For I oonld never hide the lees
Tht ye lo'e more then me ;
And O. I'm eure my heart would break
Oinye'd prove fa!so to me
-Dcsr-ir.
The Doomed Man.
It i the good ship HtlJeUrsnd
That sails the stormy sea
But her eourse doth ta;ul away from land.
No danger can there be.
Though the tempest blow, and the wild waves
flow,
The ship is stout and strong.
And safely to the port we go.
Let the voyage be short or long.
Ogpio, tell a etory of the seas'
A comrade asked a master.
"With this gallant brsoae. yon may re*t in
ease.
The sea-mew flies not faster."
" Then fIU tlie glasses all around,"
The well-pleased master one.,
*' And I'll tell whst ts found tu s ship that is
bound _ -
To no port till the last man dies.
*' There floats s ship in the northern olime
That has drifted a hundred years ;
For a fearful crime, till the eud of lime,
A fated man it bears.
" Ppon the deck, and on the mast.
The ever-falling spray
Is borne by the blast, and freeres fast,*
Till the ship is an icelwrg gray
" And in the cabin, pale and wan.
Between two .[Wters grim.
Bits a fated man. while lliey strive who can
Gain the troubled eoul of bun.
*' And one plays tor the flend of hell.
And one redeems from sin,
And the dice they tell as the fall from the
shell;
But neither yet shall win.
" And ever there the dice are cast.
For the fated man to see ;
I'ntil the last of earth is past.
He sita in agony.
" Long year* age I ocee did sail
Far into the fmten North,
And I heard a hail, like a dying wail.
From a drifting ship sound forth.
' Upon the deck, and on the mast.
The ever-fading sprav
Was borne by the biast. and frozen fast,
Like an iceberg huge she lay.
**' Ob. tell me does the end draw near ' *
And when will time be done ?'
There many a year he was watched in fear
While his soul is lost and won."
HELPING THE POOB.
" I'm on a begging expedition," said
Mr. Jonas, as he came bustling into the
counting-room of a fellow-merchant
named Prescott. "And, as you are a
benevolent man, I hope to get at least
tlve dollars here in aid of a family in
extremely indigent circumstances. My
wife heard of them yesterday ; and the
liltle that was learned, has strongly ex
cited our sympathies. So lam out this
morning on a mission for supplies. I
want to raise enough to buy them a
ton of coal, a barrel of floor, a bag of
poUtoes, and a small lot of groceries." I
" Do yon know anything of the fami
ly for which you propose this charity ?"
inquired Mr. Prescott, with a alight
coldness of manner.
" I only know that they are in want, 1
and that it is the first duty of humanity
to relieve them," said Mr. Jonas, quite i
warmly.
" I will not question your inference,"
said Mr. Prescott. "To relieve the
wants of oar suffering fellow-creatures
is an unquestionable duty. Bat tnere
is another important consideration con
nected with poverty and its demands
upon ua."
"What is that, pray?" inquired Mr.
Jonas, who felt considerably fretted by
so unexpected a damper to his benevo
lent enthusiasm.
"How it shall be done," said Mr.
Preaoott, calmly.
" If a man is hungry, give him bread ;
if he is naked, clothe him," said Mr.
Jonas. " There is no doubt or ques
tion here. This family, I learn, are
suffering for ail the necessaries of life,
and I can clearly see the duty of sup
plying their wants."
"Of how many does the family con
sist ?" asked Mr? Prescott.
"There is a man, and his wife, and j
three or four children."
"Is the man *eber and industrious V i
" I don't know anything about him. j
I've had no time to make inquiries. I \
only know that hunger and cold are in |
his dwelling, or at least, were in his
dwelling yesterday."
" Then you have already furnished
relief V'
" Temporary relief. I shouldn't have
slept last night, after what I heard,
without just sending them a barrel of
coal, and a basket of provisions."
" For which I honor your kindness
- of heart, Mr. Jonas. So far you acted
right. But lamby BO means so well
assured of the wisdom and humanitv of
your present action in the case. The
true way to help the poor, is to put it
into their power to help themselves.
The mere bestowal cf alms is, in most
cases an injury; either encouraging
idleness and vice, or weakening aelf
• respect and virtuous self-dependence.
There is innate strength for every one;
let us seek to develop this strength in
the prostrate, rather than hold them up
by temporary application of our powers,
to fall again, inevitably, when ihe sus
taining .hand is removed. This, de
pend upon it, is not true benevolence.
Every one has ability to serve the oom- !
mon good, and society renders back
sustenance for bodily life as the reward
of this service."
" Bat suppose a man cannot get
work," said Mr. Jonas. "How is In
to serve society, for the sake of a re- I
ward ?"
"True charity will provide employ
ment for him, rather than bestow
alms."
" But if there ia no employment to
be had, Mr. Prescott?"
" Yon make a very extreme case.
For all who are willing to work, in this
country, there is employment."
"I'm by no means ready to admit j
this assertion."
•'Well, we'll not .deal in general pro- ;
positions ; because anything can be as
sumed or denied. Let us oome direct
-to the case in point, and thus determine
our duty toward the family whose
needs we are considering. Which will
be best for them ? To help them in the
way you propose, or to encourage them !
to help themselves ?"
"All 1 know about them at present,"
replied Mr. Jonas, who was beginning
to feel considerably worried, "is, that
they are suffering for the common nec- i
essaries of life. It is all very well to
tell a man to help himself, but, if his
arm be paralyzed, or he bav6 no key to
open the provision shop, be will soon
starve under thai'system of benevolence.
Feed and clothe a man first, and then
set hinf to work-fcfchalp himself. He
will have life in his heart and strength
in his hands.
"iThis sounds all very fair, Mr.
Jonas ; and yet, there is not so much
tru_ charity involved there as appears
on the surface. It will avail little, how
ever, for us to debate the matter now.
Your time and mme ara both of toe.
much value during business hours for
useless discu*iou. I cannot give,
underbtandingljj in the present caw,
and so must disappoint your expecta
tion in this quarter."
"Good morning, then." said Mr.
Jonas, bowing rather coldly.
FRKD. Kl'ltTZ. 1 Alitor mul I Voprit'ior.
VOI,. Ml.
"Good morning," pleasantly respond
ed Mr. Fresoott, as his visitor turned
and loft his store,
i" All a mean excuse for not giving,"
said Mr. Jonas, to huu*elf, as ho walked
rather hurriedly away. " I don't be
lieve much tit the benevolence of your
[inen who are ao particular aboni the
whv and wherefores so afraid to give a
dollar to t l>oor, starring fellow-orea
lure, lent the act onoourago vice or idle
nee a,"
The next neroon upon whom Mr.
Jonaa called, happened to be very muoli
of Mr. Preacolt'a way of thiukiug ; and
the next chuucid to know something
about the family for whom he w*
I soliciting aid.
" A lazy, vagabond set !" exclaimed
the individual, wheu Mr. Jouaa uieu
tione 1 his errand, " who would rather
want than work. They may starve be
fore 1 give them a shilling."
"Is this true?" asked Mr. Jonaa in
surprise.
" t'ertainly it is. I've had their case :
stated before, la fact, 1 weut through
sleet and rain one bitter cold night to
take them prorations, so strongly had
my sympathies in regard to them been
excited. Let them go to work."
" But can the man get work ?" inquir
od Mr. Jonaa.
'• Other poor men, who have families
' dependent ou them, can get work.
Where there's a will there's a wav.
Downright laziness is the disease m
this case, and the beat eure for which
'is a little wholesome starvation. So,
take my advice, and leave this exeel-
I lent remedy to work out a cure."
Mr. Jonas went back to his store in
rather a vexed state of mind. All his !
tine feelings of benevolence were stifled.
He was angry with the indigent family,
and angiy with himself for being the
| " fool to "meddle with any business but
his own."
" Catch me on such an errand again,"
said he, indignantly. " I'll never seek
to do a good turn again as long as 1
live." *
Just as he was saving this, his neigh
bor Preseott came into his store.
" Where does the poor family live, of
whom yon were speaking to me ?" he
inquired.
" Oh, don't ask me abont them !" ex
claimed Mr. Jonas. " I've just fonnd
them oat. They're a lazy, vagabond
set."
" Yon are certain of that ?"
" Morally certain. Mr. Caddy says
he knows them like a book, and that
they'd rather want than work. # With
him, I think a little wholesome "starva
tion will do them good. "
Notwithstanding this rather disconr
j aging testimony, Mr, I'resqop i*aie a
memorandum of the street snd number
of the house in which the family lived, ,
remarking as he did so :
" I have just heard where the ser
vices of an able-bodied man are want
ed. Perhaps Gardiner, as yon call
him, may be glad to obtain the situa
tion."
" He won't work ; that's the charac
ter I have received of him," replied
Mr. Jonas, whoee mind was very much
roused against the man. The pendu
lum of his impulses Lad swung, from s
light touch, to the other extreme.
"A dollar earned, is worth two re
ceived in charity," said Mr. Preseott;
" because the dollar earned corre
sponds to service rendered, andtheman I
feels that it is his own—that he has an
undoubted right to its possession. It
elevates his mm! character. Inspires
self-respect, and prnrr t tsto new efforts.
Mere aims-giving i demoralizing for
the opposite reasoa. It blunts the
moral feelings, lowers the self-respect,
and foeters inactivity and idleness,
opening the way for vice to come in and
sweep away all the foondatioaa of in- i
tegtify. Now, true charity' to tfie poor ;
is for ns to help them to help them
selves. Since you left me a short time
ago, I have been thinking, rather
liastily, over the matter ; and the fact
of hearing about the tlilpoe lot an able
bodied man, as T just mentioned, has
led me to call around and suggest your
making interest therefor in behalf of
Gardiner. Helping him in this way
will be true benevolence."
"It s no use," replied Mr. Jonas, in
a positive tone of voiec. "He's an
idle, good-for-nothing fellow, and I'll
have nothing to do with him."
Sir. Preseott urged the matter no
farther, for he saw that to do so would
be useless. On his way home, on leav
ing Lis store, he called to see Gardiner. ,
He found, in two small, meagerly fur-'
rooms, a man, his wife, and
tiiiee children. Everything about
them indicated eitreme poverty ; and,
worse than this, lack of cleanliness and
industry. Tne woman and children had
a look of health, but the man evi
dently the subject of some wasting dis
ease. His form was light, his face
thin and ratb- r pale, and his languid
tyee deeply sunken. He.watt wry far
from being the aftle-boditd 'man Mr.
Preseott had expected to find. As the
latter stepped into the room where they
were gathered, the light pf exftflptat ion, •
mingled with the shadows of male suf
fering, eime into their countenances.
Mr. Preseott was a close observer, and
saw at a glance, the assumed sympathy -
exciting face of the mendicant in each.
"You look rather poor here," said j
he, as he took a chair, which the woman
dusted with her dirty apron before
handing it to him.
" Indeed, sir, and wo are miserably
off," replied the woman, in a half
whining tone, " John, there, hasn't
done a stroke of work now for three
months ; and "
" Why not ?" interrupted Mr. Pres
eott
" My health is Tery poor," said the
man. "I suffer mueh from pain in my
side and back, and am so weak most of
the time, that I can hardly creep
about."
"That is biul, certainly," replied Mr.
Prescott, "eery bad." And an he spoke,
he turned his eyes to the woman's faoe,
aud then scanned the children very
closely.
"Is that boy of yours doing any
thing f" be inquired."
" No, sir," replied the mother. "He's
too young to be of any account."
" He's thirteen, if my eyes do not de
ceive me."
" Just a little over thirteen."
" Does he go to school f"
" No, sir. He has no clothes fit to be
seen in at Bchool."
"Bad—bad," said Mr. Prescott,
" very bad. The boy might be earning
two dollars a week; iustoad of which
he is growing up in idleness, which
surely leads to vice."
Gardiner looked slightly confnsod at
this remark, and his wife evidently did
not feel very comfortable under the
steady, observant eyes that were On her.
" Yon seem to be in good health,"
said Mr. Prescott, looking at the
woman.
"Yes, sir, thank God! A.nd if it
wasn't for that, I don't know what we
should all have done. Everything has
fallen upon me since John, here, has
been ailing."
Mr. Prescott glanced around the
room, and, then remarked, a little
pleasantly:
" I don't see that yon make the best
use of your health and strength,"
The woman understood him, for the
color came instantly to her face.
" There is no excuse for dirt and dis
order," said the visitor, more seriously.
"lonoe oalled to see a poor widow, in
such a state of low health that she had
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
I
; to lie in bed nearlj half of every day.
She had two small children, and sup
ported herself and them hv Hue em
broidery, at which she worked nearly
all her time. 1 never saw a neater
room in ui.v life than hera, and her
children, though ui very plain and
patched clothing, were perfectly clean.
How different i all here; and yet,
wheu 1 entered, vou all eat idly annd
this disorder,ami—shall I speak plainly
-tilth."
The woman on whoso face the color
had deepeued while Mr. PreeooM spoke,
[ roae up quickly, and commenced bust
ling about the room, which m a few
momejts, looked far less iu disorder.
she felt hi* rebuke, the visitar re
garded as a ginnl sign.
"Now," mud he, as the woman re
sumed her seat, " let me give vou the
beet maxim for the poor iu the English
language; one that if liYed bv, will
soon extiugiiish poverty, or make it a
very light thing,—'God helps thtwe
who help themselves.' To be very plain
with yeit.it is clear to my eyes, that
vou do 1 ot try to help yourselves; such
being the ease, you need not expect
gratuitous help from God. Last even
ing you received some coal and a basket
of provisions from u kind-hearted man,
who promised you more efficient aid to
day. You have not yet heard from him,
I and, what is more, will not hear from
him. Some one to whom he applied
for a contribution happened to know
more ab%ut you than he dul, and broad
ly prenownoed vou a set of idle vaga
| tonds. -Wist think of bearing such a
, character ! Ho dropped the matter at
j once, and you will get nothing more
from him. I am one of those upon
whom he called. Now, if you are at all
disposed to help yourselves, I will trv
to stand your friend. If not, I shall
have nothing to do with you. I speak
plainly ; it is better ; there will be less
danger of misapprehension. That old
est boy of yours must go to work aud
earn something. Aud your daughter
can work about the house for you very
well, while you go out to wash, or
scrub, and thus earn a dollar or two, or
more, every week. There will be no
danger of starvation on this income,
and you will then eat your bread in in
dependence. Mr. Gardiner can help
some, I do not in the least doubt."
And Mr. Preseott looked inquiringly
' at the mau.
"If I was only able-bodied," said
Gardiner, in a half-reluctant, tons and
manner.
" But yon are not Still there are
many things yon may do. If by a little
exertion vou can earn a small sum of
two or three dollars a week, it will be
far better—even for your health—than
idleness. Five dollars earned every
week by your wife, two hv vonr boy,
and Ave by yourself, would make sl2 a
week ; ar.fi, if 1 am not ttwy much mis
taken, von don't see iurlf that sum in a
week now."
" Indeed, air, and you apeak the truth
there," said the woman.
" Vary well. It's plain, then, that
work is better than idleness."
"But we can't get work." The woman
fell hack upon this strong assertion.
" Don't believe a word of it. I can
tell yon how to caru a dollar a day for
the next four or five days at least. So
there is a beginning for you. Pat your
self in the way of us ftil employment,
; and vim will have no difficulty beyond."
" What kuefcjf work, sir?" inquired
the woman.
" We are about moving into a new
house, and my wife commences the
work of having it cleaned to morrow
morning. She wants another assistant.
Will you come ?"
The woman asked the number of hia
residence, and promised to accept the
offer of work.
, "Very well. So far so good," said
Mr. Preseott, cheerfully, oa he arose.
" Yon shall be paid at tbe close of each
day's work ; and that will give yon the
pleasure of eating your own bread—a
real pleasure, you may depend upon it;
for a,.loaf earned is sweeter than the
richest food bestowed by charity, and
far better for the health."
" But abont the boy, air?" said Gar
. diner, whose mind was becoming active
with more independent thoughts.
"All in good time," said Mr. Pres
eott. smiling. " Home was not built in
' a day. you know. First let ns secure a
: beginning. If yonr wife goes to work
to-morrow, I shall think her in earnest;
as willing to help hersulf.and.Uicreforc,
w*>rtby t3 be helped. All IhoJrest will
come in due order. But you may rest
assured, that, if she does not come to
work, it is the end of the matter as far
as I am concerned. So good evening
to you."
Bright and early came Mrs. Gardiner
on the next mormug, far tidier in ap
pearance than when Mr. Preseott saw
tier before. She was a stout, strong
woman, and knew how to scrub and
clean paint as well as the best. Wheu
fairly in the spirit of work, she worked
as with a sense of pleasure. Mrs. Pres
; ?ott was well satisfied with her perform
anre, and paid her the dollar earned
when the dav's toil was done. On the
! next day, and the next, she came, do-
I ing her work and receiving her wages.
On tlio evening of the third day,
Mr. Preeoolt thought it time to call in
j upon the Gardiners.
"Well, this is encouraging!" said
he, with an expression of real pleasure,
;as he gazed around the room, which
I scarcely seemed like the one he had
visited a little while before. All was
clean, and everything in order ; and
what was betterstill, the persons of all,
though poorly* clad, were clean anil
! tidy. Mrs. Gardiner sat by a table
[ mending a garment; her daughter was
putting away the supper dishes ; while
the man sat teaching a lesson in spoil
ing to their yonngest child.
The glow of satisfaction that pre
vaded the bosom of each member of
that family as Mr. Prescott uttered
these approving words, was a newer
and higher pleasure than had for a
long time been experienced, and caused
the flame of self-respect and self-depen
dence, rekindled onoe more, to rise
upward in a steady flame.
"I like to see this," continued Mr.
Prescott. "It does me good. Yon
have fairly entered the right road.
Walk on steadily, courageously, nu
wearied ly. There is worldly com
fort and happiness for yon at the end.
I tlrink I have found a very good place
for your son, where he will receive a
dollar and a half a week to begin with.
In a few months, if all things suit, ho
will get two dollars. The work is ensy,
and the opportunities for improving
good. I think there is a chanco for
yon, Mr. Gardiner. I have something
in my mind that will just meet yonr
case. Light work, and not over Ave or
six hourb' application each day—the
wages four dollars a week to begin
with, with a prospect of soon having
them raised to six or seven dollars.
What do you think of that?"
" O sir 1" exclaimed the poor man,
in whom personal pride and a native
love of independence wero again awak
ening, "if you can do this for me, you
will be indeed a benefactor."
"It shall bo done," said Mr. Pres
cott, positively. " Did I not say to you,
that God helps those who help fliem
stdves? It is even thus. No one, in
our happy country, who is willing to
work, need be in want; and money
earned by honest industry buys the
sweetest bread."
It required a little watchiag, and urg
ing, and admonition, on the part of Mr.
CENTRE HALL, CENTIU
and Mrs. Preseott, to keep the Gardi
ner* moving on steadily, m the right
way. Old habits and inclinations had
gamed too much powi r easily to he
broken ; aud but for this wutciifuluess
on their part, idleness and want would
again have entered the poor man's
dwelling.
The reader will hardly feel surprised,
when told that, iu three or four years
from the time Mr. l'reacott so wisely
met the case of the indigent Gardiners,
they were liviug iu a sutig little house
of their own, nearly paid for out of the
uuited iudustry of the family, every one
of which was now well clad, cheerful,
aud in active employment. As for Mr.
Gardiner, his health has improved, in
stead of being injured bv light em
ployment. Cheerful, self -approving
thoughts, uud ut-eful labor, have tem
porarily renovated a fast sinking con
stitution.
A father's Veugeance.
The details of the ssd affair iu ludian
apoiia are thua told ;
For year* Harding, the editor of the
Ifrraltt, snd Moritz, a well-known mer
chant, hud been intimate friends, visit
ing each other frequently and constant
ly maintaining the kindliest relations,
ljuite recently Harding had reason to
suspect that Moritz had abused las
friendship in the most atrocious man
ner, and had token a 1 vantage of his
intimacy with the fatuity to corrupt the
mind of his daughter, Miss Flora Hurd
tug, a young lady about twoutv years
of age, aud to effect her ruin. His sus
picious were soon confirmed. Having
scquaintcd hia daughter with his sus
picious, she With tears confessed her
siu, and gave the grief-stricken father a
circumstantial account of the manner
iu which she had beeu led astray by
her lather's friend.
At an early hour in the morning Mr.
Harding arose aud songht lus daugh
ter's room. No answer being returned
to his repeated knockn, he became
alarmed aud burst in the door. On
reaching his daughter's Udsnlehe was
bonified to fiud that she was m a coma
tose condition, evidently from the
effects of a deadly opiate. Medical at
tendance was speedily summoned, sud
tho proper antidotes applied. Furtun
fttciy the dose boil been s light one, and
the suffering girl was soon pronounced
out of danger. At a late hour Mr.
Harding went down town, intending to
go to his work at the Herald office.
Soou after his departure it was found
that Miss Flora had grown alarmingly
worse. Messengers ru dispatched to
the Herald office for Mr. Harding, and
for physician a. Wheu the former
reached home he found his daughter
much worse, aud the girl died.
Mr. Harding hft his residence to
carry a note from Dr. Fletcher, bisfarn
ily physician (who bad been attending
his daughter), to Df. Farvin. Having
a strong preeentiment of the character
of its contents, he opened the note and
read it, only to find liis worst fears oon
firmed in the statement of Dr. Fletcher
to his brother physician that his patient
was dying. It was At th a supremo mo
ment of liis agony that he encountered
Mr. Moritz. Instinctively he drew his
revolver and fired with hasty aim, the
shot flying wide of its mark. Moritz,
quickly comprehending his peril,
turned snd fled toward the middle of
the street, closely pursued by Harding,
who quickly fired again, the shot this
time taking effect in Moritz's left el
bow. The latter, erring "murder,"in
creased hiR speed, snouting as he ran.
A num!>er of |*er*ons whose attention
had boon attracted by the shooting hur
ried to the apot aud vainly endeavored
to arrest the assailant. But Harding
was nerved for vetigennce, and con
tinued hia pursuit, tiring again and
again at varying distances of from ton
to twenty feet, until he had emptied the
live chambers of his revolver.
The third shot struck Moritz in the
left shoulder, passing through into the
chest, snd ranging downward through
the lungs. After the shooting Harding
put up his pistol and walked to his
hetiae. wheu he was arrested.
A Hu-h of Grn*hopper*.
A Kansas correspondent, describing
a grasshopper rani, SSVH :
At times they came in such immense
clouds, that on the north and west sides
of buildings, bushels of them could lie
gathered, partially stunned by the sud
den contact, and tho sound produced
in striking frame buildings in the
range of their flight was similar to that
of a moderate hail-storm. In an ex
ceedingly short time they completely
covered apple, pear, and peach trees,
shade trees, and grape vinos, and im -
mediately began their destructive work
on fruit and foliage. Much of the fruit
has the sterna eaten off, and, after fall
ing, is soon covered by a hungry crew.
At this writing they have completely
stripped a favorite pear tree of its fruit
and foliage. Thev even intrude within
the precincts of our houses, and at this
moment, one, ladder than his com
rades, is trying to devour a nowspAper
by my side. TJje sound produced by
his efforts is similar to that of a wood
rasp vigorously applied. Tho doors
and windows nre closed to keep tho in
truders out. It is even unpleasant to
bo out doors, to have them circle in
myriads about your head and feet, and
hear the incessant humming. At night
they oeao their travels, but do not fail
to satisfy their voracious nppctite.
Their general actions and attitudes in
the endeavor to satisfy their hunger
'orcibly reminds one of a lot of partial
ly starved swine at their first meal after
n long fast. It is amusing to watch
them while on an ear of corn or a lua
cions apple, while it is undergoing a
change under their masticating powers.
For the purpose of examination. I vis
ited a neighboring field of corn, com
prising 1(N) acres, in the afternoon after
their arrival, and I must confess I was
deeply impressed with asenseof solemn
dread as 1 witnessed the work of de
struction going on boforo my eyes.
How insignificant and puny as an indi
vidual, yet how mighty and destructive
by reason of its powers of rapid propa
gation 1 At this writing, the storm still
continues, and the number of arrivals
is increasing after 14 hours incessant
duration, and tho end is not yet. If it
lasts much longer, a total destruction
of crops is opened to our view. Ho upon
the whole a dire calamity is impending,
and has already come upon ns in our
western and south-western counties. It
would be absurd and a sin to attempt
to conconl the fact. Aid must bo se
cured from other quarters.
s*tind iHpnitj.
TIJO Supreme Court of California lias
vindicated its dignity by importing a
Bovero penalty for contempt on n poor
lnnntic wlio bad Heated himself on the
Judge'H bench. A few duyn ago onoC.
F. Pickett entered tlie court room dur
ing the absence of Justice Crockett, and
took his neat. He declined to vacate
when ordered, and was summarily
ejected. Justice Wallace thereupon
imposed on Pickett a sentence of im
prisonment for five days and a fine of
8501) for contempt of court, the fino to
be worked ont at 82 a day. On learn
ing that Pickett had shaken his fist
when the door of the oourt room was
being closed behind him, Jndgo Wal
lace ordered him to be brought back,
and added another five days' imprison
ment and another 8600 fine.
•I CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMHEH IT, 1874.
A BIKES ES APE.
C ot|*|i A ) |u t uuflile M Italic Wuuinii Iu
AM IIIMHV IUUA.
Mrs. B. Coleman, a native of Ger
many, and for many years a resident of
tins city, says a New Orlt-atifl paper,
was married some years back to a Mr.
11. Coleman, of Natchez,Miss. Bbe
went with her husband to her new
home, and there the couple, although
childless, lived Comfortably and pleas
antly together.
About a year ago Mr. Coleman's dis
position underwent a great change
from excesses. He believed, or rather
pretended to believe, tliut his wife was
insane. Iu support of this theory he
invented and circulated ridiculous slan
ders about her. He told the physicians
that she was dangerous ; a monomaniac
ou the subject of jealousy, and that the
intended to poison htm ; that she was
<-x|N-rimentiug ou herself by taking
poison to see just what aiuouut would
kill him. By these stories he formed a
sort of prejudice in his favor.
Of all these stories Mrs. Coleman
knew nothing. Physicians visited her,
but she was ignorant that they and her
husband were watching her every ac
tion to sec if they could not detect some
sign of insanity or monomania.
\V itli these preparatory storibs, the
husband brought a suit in the Natchez
court for the interdiction of his wife, t
decree declaring her insane. Of this
also she Aas utterly ignorant; the
papers served on her were appropriated
by the husband, and without lawyer,
witness, or evidence her case weut be
fore the court She could not defend
herself, because she was entirely ignor
ant of tbe existence of the suit.
Mr. Coleman knew that the preseuee
of his wife would be necessary for the
interdiction. lie persuaded her to the
court room ; but luckily for her the
Judge did not come, the conrt ad
journed, and she went homo a free
woman still.
A friend of Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Mor
ris Marks, parish attorney of the parish
of Ascension, happened accidently to
hear of the case. He harried up to
Natchez, not a second to noon. Vol
unteering as Mrs. Coleman's attorney,
he examined the case, showed its ille
gality, and how a lady was being de
prived of her liberty sud property ex
jMirfr without a hearing or defease.
The appearance of the case immedi
ately changed, and the Judges refused
jH-rrmptonly to grant tbe decree of in
interdiction.
Tne husband became outrageous st
this ; HWorv he would carry his point—
judge or law to the contrary—that his
wife was insane, and would have to be
so declared. He threatened to take au
ap|>eal to the Supreme Court and have
the decision wij>cdawsy. lie also offer
ed to settle $3,000 on her if she would
go to Euroie.
Mrs. Coleman became somewhat
alarmed st her husband's threat.
About tins time a ladv called, who pre
tended to sympathize deeply in her mis
fortunes and troubles. Hbe advised
Mrs. Coleman to leave Natchez, where
she was under the power and authority of
her husband, and come to New Orleans,
where friends would welcome and care
for her ; that her husband would ever
be setting plans to get her into r.n in
sane asvluro, and that if the appeal was
decide*! in his favor, she would ho seri
ously annoyed by him.
Listening and agreeing to these spe
cious arguments, Mrs. Coleman con
sented to come to the city. She and
her lady guardian set ont on the Lee
for this city, where they arrived safely
Saturday. The guardian tried to iu
dnee her to go to an up-town hotel, but
that lady refused to do so until she
could pay a visit to some old frieuds of
hers, Mr. aud Mrs. Kaiser, living ou
Carondelet street, n< ar Thalia.
Mrs. Coleman |wt several hours,
conversing with Mrs. Kaiser in s ration
al and sensible manner. Mrs. Kaiser
noticed that the lady guardian nudged
her several time*. She was curious
about this, and was anxious to under
stand it. The lady guardian told her
that she was insaue, aud that she (the
guardian) had been sent down by Mr.
Cole: on to take bis wife to the l<ouisi
ana Retreat for the Insane. She then
exhibited an authenticated certificate,
which declared Mrs. Coleman insane,
and which was signed by three physi
cians of Natchez, Meesrn. Mcl'heeters,
Metcalf, sud the third an old and re
spectable physician, who had not secu
Mrs. Coleman for two years. All the
accommodations had been made for
Mrs. Coleman at the asylum; a com
fortable room had been obtained by a
large cotton broker of this city ; every
thing indeed was in readtne-s ; Mrs.
Coleman would even then have been in
the asylum had she not insisted oti visit
ing her friends.
Mrs. Kaiser could not, of course,
deny these doctor's certificates, which
were perfectly authentic and in order.
As, however, Mrs. Coleman was a friend
of hers, and had conversed in snch a
sensible manner, she insisted on n fur
ther examination into Lit sanity by New
Orleans doctors, and that Mr*. Coleman
should stay with her until the doctors
had made the examination.
The examination was made, and three
of the most respectable physicians of
this city, Drs. Armsnd Mereier, Fran
cois Alpncnte, and Felix B. Gandet, all
declared, without the slightest hesita
tion, that there was not n word of troth in
the story ; that Mrs. Coleman was not
iuftane ; thus putting an end to a dan
gerous conspiracy that came very near
cousnmmntiwn.
There cannot lie the slightest doubt
alxuit Mrs. Coleman's sanity. Hhe
talks well, though witha strong German
accent, and is bright and intelligent iu
apjiearanoo.
The lady friend, of course, disappear
ed immediately after her great fiasco.
Worth Remembering.
benzine and common clay will clean
marble.
Castor oil is nu excellent thing to
soften leather.
Lemon jnice and glycerine will re
move tan and freckles.
A dose of castor oil will aid you in
removing pimples.
Lemon juice and glycerine will cleanse
aud soften the hands.
Hoirita of ammonia, diluted n little,
will cleanse the hair very thoroughly.
Lunar canstic carefully applied so as
not to touch the skin, will destroy
warts.
Powdered nitre is good for removing
freckles. Apply with a rag moistened
with glycerine.
To obviate offensive perspirntion
wash yonr feet with soap and diluted
spirits of ammonia.
The inico of ripe tomatoes will re
move the stain of wslnnts from the
hands without injury to the skin.
A DISOOT ST. —Luring the great col
lapse of 1857, a gentleman of color kept
a bank in ft Western city. His institu
tion was apparently in a sound condi
tion, bnt to bo in fashion with the white
folks, he concluded to fail. Next
morning a man came and shook the
door, but a voice inside responded that
"de bank is closed." But the man re-
Klicd that he had left a new pair of
oots there the day befote, and wanted
them. The sable financier opened the
door, and throwing ont one boot, re
marked, "We is only paying fifty oenls
on de dollar."
A WELL-CUBED MAN.
A "i..111-I.tup.t€<l Old Tartar's Trlrk-*
llutw Ills ill- was Oavad.
Dr. llctiry Southell, an old man of
sixty, lives with his aou-iu-iaw in De
troit, and it is said that the uged Pio
neer has a temper like a bear poked
up with a hot pitchfork. He grunts
and snarls around nt everything and
everybody, and there is no peace iu the
house until his eyes and mouth are
closed iu sleep, fie took a new tack a
few days ago, and threatened to com
mit suicide if his whims wete not hu
mored. The family did not really
tliiuk he .-otild do sueh a thing, hut
they were not sure, and so tbe.y were
rather soft on him for a few days.
One night he gut some odd notion iu
his head, and the family flatly refused
to gratify it. He said lie would take
poison, but they were firm. Along in
the night heaid groaning mud
rolling around, having au attack of
bilious colic, and the family roused up
under the idea that he had token a
deadly dose. He wouldu't say he
hadn't, aa he wanted to have revenge
on them. The boy ran for a doctor,
the woman hunted for mustard, and
the son-in-law da-hed about after eggs.
He got a couple, broke the whites Into
a teacup, and ordered the old man to
opeu his potato trap. Old man wouldn't,
but he was token by the throat aud
made to. The eggs were followed by
mustard.
He shut his gums together, but the
son-in-law sat down on him snd jsbbed
the end of a tooth-brush into his
moiitli uutil he opened it. When tbe
old man heard them call for tepid
water he said it wasn't a case of poi
soning, but they rammed the tooth
brush at his gums again, and be bod
to drink half a pint of warn water.
The son-in-law said be wasn't going to
have hia family disgraoed by a suicide
iu the Louse, and he shouted for more
eggs. The old man tried to iwg off,
but they held, jerked down lu chin,
snd the eggs weut down his throat.
While watting for the doctor the son
in-law got the old man out of bed and
pranced him him up and down the hall
with nothing on bnt a lung night shirt.
He made the pioneer get up and
travel like a buffalo, leaping over chairs
tip aud down and around everywhere.
The old man shouted again and again
that lie had not tried to Commit auicide,
but the son-in-law said it was too thin,
aud contiuntxl to prance him until the
doctor came. The doctor said it was
morphine, and he whipped oat a stom
ach-pump and rolled up his sleeves.
The old man begged that they wonld
not pump him out, but tbey were firm,
lie was thrown down and held fast, and
they jingled the rubber tube down hia
throat and the doctor manned the
brakes and pumped away.
lie said it was a grave case, but it
was barely possible that the natient
might be" saved. lie pumped away
until the reservoir was empty, and then
they ran the old mau aronud again, fed
him on more egga, felt bis pulse, and
the doctor said it was the nicest little
job he had had for six months. The
old pioneer is abed yet, but is reooveT
ing, and the son-in-law expects the
most gratifying resalta from the exper
iment.
Man lor a* Paper Carrter.
Bret Harte give* a humorous account
of a Chinese paper carrier.
His next performance,! grieve to say,
was not attended with equal success.
One of our regular paperc tn foil
sick, and, at a pinch, Wn. was
ordered to fill his place. To prevent
mistaken he was shown over the route
the previous evening, and snpplied at
stiout daylight with the u-ual number
of subscribers' oopie*. He returned
after an boor, iu good spirits and with
out the paper*, lie bod delivered them
all, he si<i.
Unfortunately for Wan Loo, at abont
eight o'clock indignant subscriber* l>e
gan to arrivo at the office. They had
received their copies; but how? In
the form of hard-pressed cannon ball*,
delivered by a * ingle ah at and a mora
fottr dr force through the glass of bed
room window*. They had received
them full in the face, like a base ball,
if they happened to be op and stirring ;
they ha*! mvired them in quarter
sheets, ♦uckcdin at separate vriudows ;
they had found them m the chimney,
pinned against the door, shot tbrongh
attic windows, delivered in long slips
through convenient keyholes, stuffed
into ventilators, and t>ecupying the
same can with the morning's milk. One
subscriber, who waited for some time
at the office door, to have a per
sonal interview with Wan Lee (tnen
comfortably lacked in my bed-room),
told me, with tears of rage in la* eyes,
that he had l>ecn awakened at five
o'clock by a most hideons yelling below
his windows; that on rising in great
agitation he was startled by one sndden
appearance of the Sorthrm Star,
relied hard and bent into the form of a
boomerang or Kast Indian clnb, that
sailed into the window, described a
number of fiendish circles in the
room, knocked over the light, slapped
the baby's face, "took" him (the sub
scriber) "in the jaw," and then re
turned out of the window, and dropped
helplessly in the area. During the rest
of the day wads and strips of soiled
paper, purporting to be copies of the
Xorfhrm Star of that morning's issue,
were brought indignantly to the ofllee.
An admirable editorial on "The He
son roes of Humboldt County" which I
had constructed the evening before,
and which, I had reason to believe,
might have changed the whole balance
of trade during tho ensuing year, and
left San Francisco bankrupt at her
wharves, was in this way lost to the
public.
The Best Medicine*,
Dr. nail says the best medicines in
the world, more efficient than all the
potations of the materia mediea, are
warmth, rest, cleanliness, and pure air.
Home persona make it a virtue to brave
disease, ' to keep up' as long as they
can move a foot or wriggle a linger,
and it sometimes succeeds; but iu
others the powers of life are thereby so
completely exhausted that tho system
has lost all ability to reonjK<rat<>, and
slow typhoid fever sets in and carries
the patient to a premature grave.
Whenever walking or work is tho eff>ct,
n warm led and a cool room aro the
very first indispensables to a sure and
speedy recovery. Instinct leads all
beasts and birds to quietude and rest
the very moment disease or wounds ns
sail tho system.
How Xoar.
Almost everybody knows that Max
Htrakosch, the opera manager, had n
hard time of it at the start, but few
know how near ho was to a suspension
of performances. One day he looked
over his books and fonnd himself $42,-
000 out of pocket, with 87 and two
lnoifer matches left, no departed with
this nlehsnut information to the Elysian
Fields in Hoboken, and tramped up
aud tramped down in that cheer
ful neighborhood, almost insane. His
hands came on those two luicifer
matches, and he broke each into three
pieces. "Odd and I suspend, even and
1 go on," and up went the little sticks
of fate. He caught two, went back to
the Academy of Music, aud oame out
ahead at the end of the season.
Tonus: S'i.OO a Year, in Advance.
A THOUSAND YEAKK.
Til. ritoMsandih Attwlv.rsarjr or Ih.
s.ulruiiut nt IdliaS.
Long ages ago the bottom of the sea
rose shove the waves a vsat volcanic
plain, out of which, in some convulsion
of the subterranean forces, mountain
ranges were hurled, with craters pour
ing from their enormous jews oceans of
lava and fire. In that distant time
what we rail Iceland now was a land of
tlame snd smoke. Then in centuries
upon ceuturioa of Arctio winter the
molten mans was cooled, and Iceland
lie came whst we now know it. Its in
terior is a desert of snow aud ice, be
tween which and the tempestuous sea
a thin girdle of greeu gives inhospita
ble refuge to a hard? people. To the
unfruitful zone of this cold Venus of
the Nortii they have clung with as pas
sionate a lore aa in the warm Houtb the
islander dings to the shores of Cyprus,
daughter of the Mediterranean foam.
A thousand years have oome and gone,
and the Icelander eelebraten Die birth
of his republic, in that atrauge, earnest
way, not without its pride and pomp.
Iceland is of little material value to
the world, nor would it make mash dif- ,
fereuce to commerce or progress if it
could sink again into the sea from
which it rose. Yet its millennial cele
bration baa commanded the attention ,
of the world. Almost inscocseible as it!
is, certainly far beyond the usual pathb
of travel, men from nearly every eivil- j
iced country were present at Thing- !
valla, Vhrn the new freedom was given
to Iceland by Denmark to console tier '
for tbe loss of the old. In the harbor
of lteikiavik, where a strange vessel is
an unfamiliar sight, six men-of-war
were anchored, and the French, Dan- ;
iah, German, English, Swedish and
Norwegian flags floated in honor of the
anniversary. The Star Hpaugled Ban-!
ner waved above a little venae! which
bore upon her deck a man who had
planted tbe American colon in regions
lur nearer to the Pole than even Iceland
—the famous Arctic explorer, Dr. L L j
Haves.
And for the first time in her history
Iceland looked upon her King, whom :
she welcomed with enthusiasm and joy,
because he came not, as monareha gen
erally do, to take away liberties, bnt to
restore long forfeited rights. Bat so'
difficult is travel upon this strange
island, which can hardly be traversed
from coast to ooaat, that at liaikiavik '
bnt three thousand persons were pres
ent out of a population of seventy
thousand. The King's reception was
none the lost cordial. There was no
army to receive him, for Iceland is with
out a soldier. Bnt the Governor, the ;
priest, the Icelandic girls in the singu-!
lar picturesque costume of their ooun-1
try, the judge* of the conrta, and the .
three policemen (two having been re- ■
cently appointed, because the other 1
one, who had formerly sole charge of j
the inland, oomplained earnestly of the j
extraordinary length of hia beat ), were
predentin all their dignity and splendor. |
l>r. Hayes intimates that there was [
some disappointment at first because
Christian IX. did not wear a crown nor*
carry a sceptic, insignia which some
of the Icelanders, no doubt, supposed 1
to be inseparable from a royal display.
He wm- arrayed in the simple Danish <
naval uniform, aud in the end, no doubt,
his Arctic subjects were Ix-tter satisfied
to have a king who waived superfluous I
ceremony and came among them as a
friend rather than a ruler.
Tbe reception at lteikiavik was bnt
preliminary to the grand celebration at
the plain of Thingralla, th ancient
seat of judgment, years ago aliandoned.
But there the Icelanders really thought
it beat to commemorate the birth of
the nation, and to receive from the
hands of the first Danish king who ever
trod their shores, the new constitution,
which really gives them independence.
This charter does not free Iceland in
law, for Denmark stiil retains the sov
ereignity, and tlu* king has the veto
power over the Althing, or legislature.
But tbe heavy burden which Denmark
has hitherto imposed upon lot-land is
removed ; the people are allowed to
raise snd expend their own revenues as
they please. This is the great gift of
the new constitution, and in the end
will not on It endear Christian IX. to 1
the Icelanders, bnt will remove the
enmity which they have long felt to
ward the Danes. The cause of hatred,
injustice, is destroyed by this wise con
cession of freedom in local affairs.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church is
declared the national Church, and the
State is required to assist it as snch ;
bnt freedom of conscience is also fully
guaranteed. Public education is pro
vided for, and " the freedom of the
press is absolute."
Lhlng Alone.
This being a hermit and living alone,
is not so flue, says the Elmira UawJte.
As to living alone "we know Low it is
ourself." For two long, dreary weeks
we have tried it For two long, dreary
weeks we have been the only soul in
the house. We have had no one to love
tia —none to ca bug. All alone we went
to bed, not to us a word was said. We
got up in the morning just as quietly
as we retired at night. There waan t
much housework to do, and the barn
chores didn't consume much time. For
the first few days we studied economy,
and Ixiarvled ourself. We aoon got tired
of eating the outside alioe of bread at
every meal, and threw the loaf away,
and "bought crackers. Remembering
the difficulty that Brother Beecber Ued
with liia dishcloth a few years ago—an
account of which he gavo in his mis
cellany at the time—we resolved not to
wash any diahea, but jut pnt the dirty
once to soak and use clean ones. As
long as the dishes hold out we shall get
along with that part of housekeeping
all right, bnt they wont last always, as
the pile of clean ones is daily growing
smaller, and the pile of dirty ones
larger. The crisis in this partioulsr is
approaching, and unless " the folks "
come home pretty soon, we shall have
to borrow some dishes. For the first
few days we made the bed up nicely
every morning. For the next few days
wo put it off till night, and for the last
few days we haven't made it aIL We
were cfiarged particularly to water the
house plants, and take care of the bird.
The plants have caused us a great deal
of trouble, but we left the door of the
cage open abont the first time we cur
ried that animal off, and he hasn't
troubled ns much since. Of course
we'll "catch it" when the folks come
homo, but that ia a good deal easier
than it is to catch the bird. On the
whole, we are free to say that we don't
like housekeeping, and if ever we
should be " born again "—and accord
ing to very good authority we have all
got to undergo that operation, we earn
estly hope we shan't be born a woman
—and especially a housekeeping one.
A MONSTISB. —What might have been
a very uncomfortable monster, bnt
turned out a dead one, was born at
Gravville, 111, recently. It was a girl
having a complex body, in which were
one head, four ears, two noses, one
mouth, four arms and four legs, two
spinal oolnmns, two brains in one skull,
one stomach, two livers, three kidneys,
and one alimentary canal. Had the
monster lived, it would have been a
greater curiosity than were the Siamese
twins, but as it is, one doctor has dis
sected and given an account of it to the
world.
NO. 87.
A 7F*y Direr re.
A camp of gypaiea ia near Washing
ton, ami a Jiepu/ilican reporter has
visited it and talked with Gitana, a
gypsy maiden. We quote :
"We suppose you are human beings
and have to get divorced f"
" Sometim**; bat it** a dreadful
thing with us to get divorced. It causae
grief ami mourning, and blood has to
be shed."
" Well, pray tell aa bow you get di
vorced T"
" I know I am talking too much,"
and the Oitana trembled a* she spoke,
bat a balf-dosen bright silver quartern,
thrown into her lap, at-omed to give her
aaauranoe. " I know lam talking too j
much, but I'll tell von. It ia this way :
When a man and hia wife aretooej
separated, it ia done by the aacrifloe of !
a bora*.
" One is picked cut which t* entirely j
sound and free fmia_e bruise, or even a :
scratch, and he ia led out to the spot 1
where the dirorae is to take place, and j
exactly at twelve o'clock. The men
cast lota for the one who shall kill the
horse, and for this occasion he ia the '
priest. The priest takes e long pole in I
his hand and walks around the bone
several times, and in a load voice
praises his good qualities, and name*
all the persons who Lave owned it, ,
The Lorse ia thvn led into the tent of
the woman who is to be divorced. If
he kicks round and jump* about, the j
woman ha. been very bad ; if he keep*
quiet, she has not been so bed. The
priest then lakes * large knife and stabs
the horse to the heart, and when it J* ,
stretched out on the ground, the bus ,
baud takes bis place on one aide of it, '
aud the wile on the other. They join
hands serosa the horse, and repeat ,
some sentences in the gypsy language. 1
Then they walk three tune* around the
horse in opposite directions.
"The last time, when at the bead of |
the horse, they {see each other and
speak, and do the same thing at the 1
tail. They again shake hands and a*p- •
arate, one going north and the other
south. _ She never marries again, and '
has to wear a mourning veil, and big '
shoes on her feet The heart of the ,
bone is then taken oat, roasted, aprin- >
kled with brandy, and eaten by thehus
band anil hia friends. The horse ia
then buried on the spot The husband
can marry again."
A Snake Story.
Many years sgo, when s boy, I lived
in Maine, and near my father's house
ran quite a large stream. One dnjr when
I was about fifteen or sixteen yearn old,
I went fishing with my brother, two
years older. A few rode from the
stream in the open field, my brother
saw one of the largesi-eiaed striped
snakes surrounded by s large flock of
jonng ones ; and npon being discov
ered, the old snake twgan to hiss, open
ing her mouth wide, and all the little
ones ran down her throat. Then my
brother called me to oomc, and when 1
got there a few of the last ones were
j net entering her mouth. He aaid that <
when he first saw the snake she was
lying in • warm, sunny spot, sad those
little ones, apparently two or three
doxen of them, were lying around her
on the grass, and when she began to
bias they crawled to her mouta and
went down her throat, one only at a
time, till they all disappeared in that
way. It was very wonderful to us,
neither of us having ever heard of the
like; and we were not satisfied to go
away without knowing something more
about it, and ao we determined to de
stroy the snake and make a post mortem
examination, which we did. We found
a large sack eight or ten inches in
length connected with the throat of the
snake, and throngb this thin membrane
we could see the little makes, all coiled
up, and each separately by itself, which
excited our curiosity still further.
Upon opening this sack we found little
cells or pockets attached to the aides of
it, large enough to hold one apiece, and
capable of being distended to a much
larger aixe, with a mouth opening to
wards the throat of the snake and into
whieh one and one only of these little
ones had entered. And here was some
thing more wonderful still: How eould
each of those little creatures have
found its way into these little podfeta,
and only one in the same place ? Upon
opening the little pockets and taking
out the young ones, incredible as it may
aeem, wo found the number to be thirty
two, and what was also remarkable,
they were of different sixes, some or
them being five or six inches in length,
and some not more than three inches.
Fall Dresses.
Ladies just returned from Paris, SlTS
a fashion journal, wear street suite with
round skirts so short that they do not
merely escape the ground, but they
show the ankle. The slovenly ftaahion
prevalent here of allowing the skirts to
touch the ground behind is copied
from English women instead of the more
tasteful Parisians, and, it is said, will
be abandoned in the winter for the
short, trim, round skirt Over-skirts
will retain the apron fronts fitted
smooth IT over the hipe without gather
ing the belt or wrinkles in front; they
are theu hooked pur the toursure,
and hare sash backs. Basques are
longer than ever, and of plain onuses
shape, fitted, without slashing, pleats,
or point*, smoothly over the nips and
tonrnure, as their name, " all-round"
basqnee, denotes. Parisian toilettes
are also much more bouffant than those
worn here, and thia effect is given by
wearing large bustles. VelTet will be
mnoh used for winter costumes in con
junction with silk. A beautiful violet
velvet oostnme jnst brought from Paris
has a silk skirt with velvet flonnoes,
and an apron over-skirt and cuirass
basque trimmed with a bonier of natu
ral gray ostrich feathers.
ttown 310 Felt to Eternity.
William Moran, a young man, a resi
dent of Olypfaaut, Pa., visited the Eddy
Creek shaft in that place, for the pur
pose of showing a visitor from out of
town the ooal works there. The two
were let down by the carriage or eleva
tor to the first vein, where they got off,
and having explored this to their satis
faction returned to the ahaft in order
to ascend to the aurfaoe. Arriving
there, Moran, having either made a mis
stop or thinking he was about to step
upon the carriage, fell into and down
the ahaft, a depth of three hundred and
ten feet, and into water at the bottom
of tho ahaft some seventeen feet deep.
Upon search being made at the bottom
with grappling hooka he was brougit
up dead, bearing uo visible wounds,
however. It is surmiaed that he died
before reaching the water, or waa
drowned, as no marks of violeuoe were
visible on his person. It is said that his
companion, bnt for the timely Warning
given him, would have shared the same
fate. ' -
A DOUBTFUL REMARK.—A Washing
ton story is that Mrs. Speaker Blaine
had a difficulty with Mrs. Senator
Sprague about a cook. Meeting at a
dinner-table, with only Hon. Zach
Chandler between them, Mrs. Sprague,
leaning forward, said, "I- am sorry,
Mrs. Blaine, that'We hate anything
disagreeable between us." The Hon.
Zsch was considerably embarrassed,
never having heard the interesting story
of the cook.
' *P< fafcmt.
The MfOnf P4* *•■ visited by
500 person* daily. •
Ton Mo tell an Agricultural Depart
ment glerk-fn,yyeehiDgtoii,by hia seedy
sppeiraucc.
There f not In nil tb BCite of Texaa
f (.inula UuivgfuUst Chart-li edifice or
<>hnrch organisation.
The dry goods ,'olerlu of London
threaten a drib*. nTbelr grivanoe la
that they want to wear moustaches, and
their employer* won Jet them.
The Vendnmc Column, palled down
by the CWnsßUuiot*, will he completed
! in Hept< nther. It be* tieen decided not
to crown It with the statu* of Napoleon.
There art two reeeooa why tome peo-
Ele dont mind their own bnaine." ; one
■ that tbey haven't any business, and
tho other is that they haven't any
roipd. i ,
Next to music. nothing ao powcrfnl
tend* to eeoAe the savage breaat aa to
aea tha yonng man who parta hia hair
in the middle rolling a baby-wagon on
Bond^y.
A Philadelphia girl called a young
man a thief, aad whoa requested by the
mother of the peensed to prove the
charge, aaid he had stolen several kinase
from her: 1
A new mineral baa been discovered
at Kttringeo, near the Lake of Leech,
in the EifeL It ia e hydro*. nlpbte
of alnmina ana linie, and ia to be called
ettringil*.
Catching mackerel with book and
line on the New England abore ia fast
becoming obsolete. A fleet of 150 ves
sels on the Maine shore last week were
all seiner*.
The acCreaa known aa Marie Zoe, who
play* the "French Spy" and other
pieeee of that kind, ia a member of an
aristocratic family in Indianapolis, and
aad was ouoe a belle.
There are no longer any aonavee in
Fran or. The long range rifles proved
too mncb for them in IW7Q, and it is un
likely that xooave* or Torooa will again
figure in Europe warfare.
There is one consolation in being
bald. When a policeman strikes yon
on the heed with hia club the doctor
doesn't have to waste any time eottirg
hair away from the wmnd.
It ha* recently bean ascertained that
the temperature of the upper strata of
the earth'■ atmoephere u warmer than
the lower strata, which is quite the re
verse of the previous hypothesis.
A lady who hae attended several pub
lic dinnera wanU (o know why the pre
siding oflleer can never propose the toast
of the evening without regretting that
it had not been placed in abler bands.
When one is in the act of tipping his
hsttos lady whom be suppose* is sa
acquaintance, it requires some tact to
make believe be ia only scratching his
bead se he discovers the lady ia a
stranger.
The editor of the Troy (111.) Bulletin
seys thai ho couldn't make a living
there with his neper alone, but that bo
was leader of the band and pitcher in
the base ball dob, and that helped hint
oat, * ~ .
A yoonjr lady who was shot by he*
lover in Washington, some tune ago,
was led to the marriage altar the other
day by the fellow who shot at her.
There "ia nothing like pluck and de
termination in matrimony.
A mirage oeeurred near Buckland,
Vs., r o< :.Uy, by which the whole eity
of Washington, forty amies distent,
with the Potomac flowing by it, be
came visible in the clouds. The scene
lasted but e few momenta.
Nothing made in vein—A Minneeo
tian has made e drink from ground up
grasshoppers, a half-pint of wuicL
makes a man bopping drunk. It is
much cheaper than corn whisky, and
will probably soon find its way into
New York bar-rooms.
Baron Rothschild writes to the papers
, that he takes no notice of letters from
persons who threaten to kill Idm if he
doesn't give them money. His mind is
occupied with plans to increase his for
tune and on cheap practical projects for
rebuilding Jerusalem.
What e meaning and unique expres
sion was that of a young Irish girl who
was rendering testimony agaim-t an in
dividual in a New Orleans Court, not
long since: ~A rrah, air," aaid abe,
" rm share he never made his mother
smile." There is a biography of un
kindneaa in that single sentence.
It in alleged with respect to s railroad
in Arkansas, that, ia 'order to realise
the State aid. the company built a sec
tion at ten miles, drew the bonds there
on, took up the nils and relaid them
on the next section, and drew another
installment of bonds, and so on. till its .
whole quota of bonds had been drawn,
and no road built.
Near Winnearacea, CaL, recently, a
tnn walking on the railroad suddenly
became paralysed in his limbs and
body so that he could not move an inch,
aud'falling serosa a rail, narrowly ea
oaped death from an approaching train
which was stopped within s few yards
of him. He described his sensations as
terrihly agonising.
In relating a dispute whieh happened
between Queen Ann and the Archbishop
of Canterbury, concerning a vacant
mitre which the Queen was about to
bestow on an unworthy person, the re
later made both Qaeeß and Archbishop
irwear three or four thumping oaths in
every sentence of the discussion. A
gentleman present, who was surprised
by the recital, asked, "Bat did the
Queen end Archbishop really swear
so?" " Oh, no," was the self possessed
answer; " that is only my way of tell-
I lag the story."
Wheat la S(>w Mexico.
A newspaper correspondent gives a
curious account of the manufacture of
bread in New Mexioa To sow the
wheat the ground is scratched with an
implement oonaisting of a pole and a
stick bound together with raw hide, and
drawn by a yoke of oxen. The stick,
slightiv sharpened or tipped with iron,
does the plowing. The grain is sown
by hand, and the ground harrowed by
having a bough of a tree dragged over
it. When the grain is ripe it is cut,
sawed, or pulled off with an old barrel
hoop or piece of iron with s toothed
edge. The crop is gathered and put
into an enclosure, and then the cattle of
the neighborhood are driven in. After
the gram hss been well threshed in this
manner, the straw ia shaken and tied
up in bundles, and the wheat, ohaff,
dirt, and stones are brushed up into
hides and emptied on the knolls to be
winnowed. Women sad children do the
winnowing. They take a handful of
the mixture and throw it in the air.
The chaff is blown away and the grain
falls upon a hard, smooth surface pre
pared for it. The farmer next gathers
it up in cowhide sacks and takes it to
the mill The mill is a two-story
shanty, over a swift stream of water.
The water-wheel is an upright wooden
shaft, and is turned by the water strik
ing one aide of it. In the second story
are the millstones. The bottom one is
cemented in brickwork, while the npper
one is wedged fast to the shaft and re
volves with it. Not being balanced or
trimmed, it is constantly wearing off
particles of stone, which mix with, the
flour. The grain is introduced through
an oxhide hopper, the month of whioh
is an old boot leg stioking through the
roof. The flour flies off in every direc
tion over the floor, and is finally swept
np in a heap and ptlt into oxhide sack.".
The next result is New. Mexican bread.
FOB MURDER.— Thi* i& the Way they
do it in Paris : A father of a family
took his children, two L <*e girls and a
boy, ont for a walk, ahd conducting
them to the banks of a shallow stream,
he threw them in and he]d their heads
under ttie water till the two girls were
dead and the boy insensible. Think
ing be had finished liis work, he con
cealed the bodies under souie bushes
and went away. The warmth of the
sun revived the boj, who hastened to
the village and told uis story, and the
unnatural father was arrested and is to
be tried for the murder of Lis little
daughters.