Rldc-and-bo-Scek. Happiness has found ma oat- Found me out at lMtt Oh, she's dogged me round about; All HIT hurrying life EBS's obaeed me. Treading hard and hot ahe's fared me, Almost touched me, all but fared me - Hera iba ia at laat! Wary were yvm, Happiness-' Patient to the last! From your thankless buainsM Laggard Time bae eotue to fi-eo you. Always driven by Fate to flee yon, Never did 1 think to eee yon Track me down at last'. Cheerfulness. The woi Id goee up end the world goee down. And the sunshine follows the rain ; And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never ootne over again, Swnet wife. No, never come over again. For woman is warm though man l>e oold. And the uight will hallow the day; Till the heait wluoh at even ais wears and okl. Can rise iu the morning gr Sweet wife. To iu sroik in llie ni. ruing gay. A STORY FOR liI'SBAYDS, Andrew Lee came home from his •hop, where he had worked hard all day, tired and out of spirits; came home to his wife, who was also tired and oat of spirits. " A smiling wife and a cheerful home—a paradise it would be," said Andrew to himself, a he turned his eyes from the clouded face of Mrs. Leo, and sat dowu with knitted brows and moody aspect. Not a wont was spoken by either ; Mrs. Lee was getting supper, and she moved about witn a weary step. " Come," she said at last, with a side glance at her husband. Andrew rose and went to tiie table. He was tempted to speak an angry word, bnt controlled himself and k< pt silent. He could find no fault with the chop, nor the homemade bread, nor the fragrant tea. They would have cheered his inward man if there had been a gleam of snushine on the face of his wife. He notices! that she did not eat ** Are you not well, Mary ?" These words were oa his lips ; but he did not utter them, for the face of his wife looked so repeliaut, that he feared an irritating reply. And so, in moody silence, the twain sat together until Andrew had fluished his supper. As he pushed his chair back his wife arose and commenced clearing off the table. " This is purgatory 1" said Lee to himself, as he commenced walking the floor of their little breakfast-room, with his hands thrust into his trowsers pock ets and his chin almost touching his breast. After removing and taking things into the kitchen, Mrs. Lee spread a green cover over the table, and placing a fresh-trimmed lamp thereon, went ont and shut the door after her, leaving her husband alone with his unpleasant feelings. He took a long, deep breath as she did so, paused in his walk, stood still for some moments, and then draw ing a paper from his pocket, sat down by the table, opened the sheet and com menced reading. Singularly enough, the words upon which his eyes rested were ** Praise your wife." They rather tended to increase the disturb ance of mind from which he was suf fering. " I should like to find some occasion for praising mine." How quickly his thonghts expressed that ill-natured sen timent ! Bnt his eyes were on the pa per before him and he read on : " Praise your wife, man ; for pity's sake, give her a little encouragement It won't hurt her." Andrew Lee raised his eyes from the paper and mattered, " Oh, yes, that's all very well—praise is cheap enough. But praise her for what T For being sullen and making her homa the most disagreeable place in the world ? His eyes fell again to the paper. *' She has made your home comforta ble, your heart bright and shining, Tour food agreeable ; for pity's sake tell her Sou thank her, if nothing more. She ou't expect it It will make her eyee wider than they have been for ten years; but it will do her good for all that, and you too." It seemed to Andrew as if this sen tence was written expressly for him and just for the occasion. It was a com plete answer to this question, " Praise ner for what ?" and he felt it also as a rebuke. He read no further, for thoughts came too busy, and in a new direction. Memory was convincing him of injustioe to his wife. She had always made her home as comfortable for him as she could make it, and had he offered the light return of praise or commendation ? Had he ever told her of the satisfaction he had known or the comfort he had experienced ? He was not able to recall the time or occasion. As he thought thus Mrs. Lee came in from the kitchen, and taking her work basket from the closet placed it on the table, and sitting down without speak ing began to sew. Mr. Lee glanced al most stealthily at the work in her hands, and saw that it was the bosom of a shirt, which she was stitching neatly. He knew that it was for him she was at work. " Praise your wife !" These words were before the eyes of his mind, and he could not look away from them. But he was no! ready for this yet He still felt moody and unforgiving. The expression of his wife's face he inter preted to mean ill-nature, for which he had no patience. His eyes fell upon the newspaper that was lying spread ont before him, and he read the sen tence, " A kind, cheerfnl word spoken in a gloomy house, is the little rift in the cloud that lets the sunshine through." Lee struggled with himself a while longer. His own ill-nature had to be con quered first; his moody, accusing spirit had to be subdued. He thought of many things to say, and yet he feared to say them lest his wife should meet his address with a re buff. At last, leaning toward her, and taking hold upon the shirt-bosom at which she was at work, he said in a voice that was carefully modulated with kindn ess : " You are doing the work beauti fully, Mary." Mrs. Lee made no reply. But her husband did not fail to notice that she lost, almost instantly, that rigid erect ness with which she had been sitting, nor that tbe motion of her needle had oeased. •'My shirts are better made and whiter than those of any other man in the shop," said Lee, encouraged to go on. " Are they ?" Mrs. Lee's voice was low, and had in "it a slight huskinees. Bbe did not turn her face, but ber husband saw that she leaned a little towards him* He bad broken the ice of reserve, and all was now easy. His hand was among the clouds, and a feeble ray was already struggling through the rift it had made. " Yes, Mary," he answered, softly, •' and I've heard it more than once what • good wife Andrew Lee mast have." Mrs. Lee turned her face toward lier husband. There was something light in it and light in ber eye. But there was something in the expression of the countenance that a little puzzled him. '• Do you think so ?" she asked quite soberly. " What a queer question!" ejaculated Andrew Lee, starting up and going round to the side of the table where his wife was sitting. " What a ques tion, Mary !'' be repeated, as he stood before her. " Do you f" was all she said. "Yes, darling!" wai his warm-spoken KItKD. KV HTZ, Kditoraml I'ropriotor. VOL. VII. answer, and ho stooped down ami kiwwd hir. "How strange that jou should A.,k mo such a question." "If you would only toll mo so, now and ikon, Andrew, it would do mo good." Mrs. Lee arose, and loaning Iter face against the manly breast of hor husluud, st.Ksl and we, t. What a strong light t>roko iu an the mind of Andrew Loo I Ho had novor gitreu Itis wifo ovon the small reward of praise for the loving iutorest she had manifested daily, until doubt of his love had entered hor soul, and made the light around hor thick darkneea. No wonder that hor fare grew clouded, or that what ho oousidered moodiness and ill-nature took possession of her spirit. " You are good and true, Mary, my own dear wife. lam proud of you, and my first desire is for your hapniuoss. Oil, if I could always see your face in sunshine, my home would bo the dear est place on earth." " How precious to me are your words of love and praise, Andrew," said Mr*. Lee, smiling up through her tears into his face. "With them in my ears, my heart can never lie in shadow." How easy had been the work for An drew Lee ! He had swept his hand across the cloudy horizon, and now the bright sunshine was streaming dowu and flooding that home with joy and beanty. The I'arsccs. The Parsees, says art India mission ary, are divided iuto two sects, not on a point of religion, but ou a matter of chronology. When saying their prayers it ta necessary for them to name the year, the mouth, and the day ou which they pray. The dispute exists over the uncertainty as to the year the prophet of the Parsees waa born. The costume of the Par see is in accordance with the climate, being very simple, the children wearing a gown reaching to the ankles and belted in at the waist. Contact with other"nationalities has somewhat altered the style as worn by the an cients. Every year teuds to modernize them, as they "readily copy after the the European*, both in dress, manners, and education. Formerly they ate from a large brazen bowl, in which the food had been cast indiscriminately; now they have tables and chairs and other accessories which accompany a Euro pean dinner. They, however, never eat in company with the women, a enstom undoubtedly derived from tbe Hindoos, but they are good and affectionate hus bands, and the women occupy a mnch | more honorable position among them than they do with the Hindoos. Owing to the alliances made by the parents, marriages of affections seldom take placet. The marriage of children is at tended with great pomp, and among the poorer classes often proves disastrous pecuniarily. The manner of disposing of the dead is very peculiar. When the physicians announce that there is no hope of recovery, the body is washed and arrayed in clean clothes and reli gions consolation given. After death the body is taken to what is called the Tower of Silence, generally erected or 1 a mountain, and there exposed to vul tures (kept for the purpose) who cat the flesh off the bones, which drop through ' an iron grating into a'pit, from whence they are removed. Buiying or burning the body is never practiced. The reli i gion of the Parsees, as expounded by the Prophet Zoroaster, recognizes bat one Goa, without form and invisible. To him is adjudged a place above all, ; and to him is every praise to be given for all the good in the world. Purity ' of speech, purity of thonght, and pnrity of action is the principle on which the whole religions structure of the l'arsee is bnilt The Black 11 Ills. The publication of the results of (leu. Custer's explorations of the Black Hills country has excited much interest East and West. Gen. Forsyth's letter and diary have been widely read. In the Chicago Tribune he writes from Bear Butte: The two miners we have with us tell me that that they found "color" iu every pan of dirt they washed near Harney's Peak ; that the diggings there in Caster's Gulch fill pay 310 per day now ; that they only had two or three days in which to prospect, as wo kept moving so fast, but that, in their opin ion, when the Eastern Hills are rightly prospected gold will be found there in abundance. lam inclined to think so for the very roots of the gross would pan 5 cents to the pan iu our camp near Harney's Peak. There have been signs of a gold fever here as the consequence of these dis coveries. Expeditions are now forming in this city and at different points in lowa, Dakota, and Wyoming, to go to the new diggings. They have forgotten these lands are secured as a reservation to the Sioux Indians, and that tbey have no right to enter them. Gen. Sheridan, through his Adjutant-Gen eral, recalls this fact to their notice in an order published as follows : " The Lieutenant-General command ing, directs me to say that unofficial in formation has reached these headquar ters, of the organizaticn of parties at Sieux City, Yankton, and Bismarck, to invade the Sioux Indian Reservation, with the view of visiting the country known as the Black Hills. Should such information be correct, yon will please notify to such parties, that they will not be permitted to go unless un der authority from the Hon. Secretary of the Interior or Congress." A Mexican Town. A recent letter-writer says that one Mexican town will generally servo as a ' pattern for all, though there may some times be individual departures from the rule. Tbe oddest feature of Mexi can houses is the spouts which carry off the rain from the roof. These spouts are of clay-ware, are cylinders, and some two or three inches in diameter at tbe month, which projects over the sidewalk, or where tbe sidewalk often should be. With their glazed, dark-red color, these conduits look just like so many cannon thrusting their muzzles out some two or three feet from the front wall. The stranger who first sees these spouts can comparo them to noth ing so fitly as to cannon planted in a breastwork, and thus, as he casts his eyes along a block, the latter looks for all the world like a fort. But let him be underneath them when a genuine Mexican thunder-shower comes on, and the discharge will bo of a character that will e no doubt in his mind either as to quality or quantity. The roofs of houses are here made flat, generally of tiles, overlaid with tin or asphalt, or other kind of material. The floors are of red tiles, some two or three inches thick, and about nine inches square. Some of tbe ceilings of the better class of bouses are formed of tiles of some design or flgnre, and some of the floor tiles are figured in various patterns. At a meeting in London to receive a report from the missionaries sent to discover the tribes of Israel, Lord H was asked to take the chair. " I take," he replied, " a grest interest in your researches, gentlemen. The fact is, I have borrowed money from all tbe Jews now known, and if you oan find a new set 1 shall feel very much obliged." THE CENTRE REPORTER. At HOMIER r.E.UIMSI ENCK, tlw ()f•( H vtltt# l.tftl Ilia mi tlto liaar of Ht.llrlit* IIUH. The recent arrival of ex-Vice Presi dent Colfax in Denver rectdla to the tuiud of A Iocs! pain r a half-forgot ten but never publisher) inoideut grow ing out of his trip across the plain in 1-sdA or lNt>s. At that time ('apt. Humplire villa's Company K, of the Eleveuth Ohio Cavalry Volunteers, was stationed iu garrison at Port Hallook, a small log fortress on the Overland Mage Line, uear the base of Medicine How Moun tain. When Colfax aud his Congres sional party passed through Fort Hal look, the writer happened to lw one of the detail of four soldiers ordered out as a special escort or scout to follow the illustrious party to llridger l'ass, after which we were instructed to re turn. Our mission was jierformed faithfully. We saw the coach with its load of notables go dashing dowu the other side of the range, and with mer ry hearts and gleeful voices turned our horses for a gallop back to the fort. As we moved rapidly along through the sage-brush aud grease-wood iu the vallev between Medicine How and the Elk 'Mountains, a dock of sage hens attracted our attention and separated our party. Fatal temptation! We little thought of the danger theu so near us, aud the horrible fate awaiting the bravest and boldest of the party poor George Bodiue. He had just emptied his carbine at a sage-hen, or grouse, when, with a chorus of horrible whoops and yells, a party of Sioux rode up out of a ravine, which, with the sage-brush, had concealed them from observation, and after discharging a cloud of arrows, mingled with slugs and bullets, at us at long rauge, gal loped toward Fodine, who was by this mancsnvre completely cut off from us. We counted sixteen or saventen In dians, and opened fire upon them from a friendly clump of brush in which we sought shelter. Poor George! He realized his danger in a moment; his only hope of safety was in flight His horse, though tired from its long gal lop after the stage-coach, was still able to distance the scrubby ponies of the Sioux, and if he could reach the ferry at North Platte, he would be safe. Alas, for the bravest of comrades, the pride of a proud mother and father, who to this day monr his horrible fate. His horse, frightened by the yells of the red demons in pursuit, tuid evi dently maddened by an arrow or two which had struck it, became unmanage able, and in a fatal moment the bridle rein broke from one side of the bit. The terrified and now unrestrained brute turned toward us. To reach us it must come in contact with the Fiona It was an exciting race, but a hopeless one for the poor yonug soldier. Wo dashed out to meet him in his fatal race. lie came closer to his circling foes. His carbine he threw away and drew his Remington revolver. This he emptied at the Bionx at close range, and two fell headlong from their sad dles. We observed him crouch down forward, upon his saddle as if to avoid the coming blows. Hut it was uot for that he crouched. It was the fatal coils of the lariat, or lasso, whicn the next instant dropped over him, and we heard bis heart-piercing shriek as he' was dragged backward from his horse, which galloped past ns in safety. How poor George suffered whilo beiug hacked to pieces by the fifteen rd fiends, none cau tell. As we galloped away we heard his horrible criea for mercy while his scalp was being torn iron his head, and to this day, when thinking of that horrid incident, those screams of agony ring upon the air. The Soiorous Sand, W. B. Frink, of Honolulu, has sent some of this strange sand, taken from a bank on the Island of Kauai, to the Academy of Sciences in San Frauciaoo. In his letter he thus describes its pecu liarity : The bauk which is composed of this sand commences at a perpen dicular bluff at the Boulh-west end of the island, and extends one and a half miles almost due south, parallel with the be-eh, which is about 100 yards distant from the base of the sand-bank. This sand-drift is about 00 feet high, aud at the eitieme south end of the angle preserves it as steep as the nature of the sand will permit. The bank is constantly extending to the south. It is said by the natives that at the bluff aud along the middle of the bank the sand is not sonorous. But at the ex treme south end and for half a mile north if yon slap two haudfuls together there is a sound produced like the low booting of an owl—more or less sharp, according as the motion is quick or slow. Bit down upon the sand and give one hand a quick circular motion, and ihe sound is like the heavy bass of a melodeon. Kneel upon the steep in cline, extend tbe two hands and clasp as much sand as possible, slide rapidly down, carrying all the sand you can, and the sound accumulates as yon de scend until it is like distant thunder. In this experiment the sound was suffi cient to frighten our horses, fastened a short distance from the base of the drift. But the greatest sound wo produced was by having one native lie down, and another taking him by the feet and dragging him rapidly down the incline, carrying as much sand as possible with them. With this experiment thesound was terrific, and could have been beard many hundred yards distant. With all the experiments that were mode, it seemed tbe sound was in proportion to the amount of sand put in motion with a proportionate velocity. Another oon ' sideration seems requisite—that is per fect dryness. The dry sand would I sound on the snrface, where six inches ' beneath it was wet; but if any of the wet sand became mingled with the dry, ! its property of sounding ceased at once. The sand appears to the eye like ordi nary beach-sand, but ordinary beach sand will not produce the sounds. It has been said that it lost its sonorous properties when taken away from the bank. But I can discover no diminish ing of its sonorous qualities, even with the bottle uncorked, and we have had rain frequently, and an atmosphere more than ordinarily moiat for this time of year. Perhaps if exposed to a very damp atmosphere it might absorb moisture enongh to prevent its sound ing- How HE DII> IT. —Thin WHH George British way of robbing Matilda Koenig, in Cnicago. First ho married her. She had saved by hard labor S6OO, and after her marriage intrusted it to Bntt for deposit in her name. Ho carried the money to the bank and had the book made out in his owwname. Mrs. Bntt objected to this, and her husband went to the bank and obtained a book in her name, on which he had S6O placed to her credit. But before he car ried it to her be added another cipher, and made his wife believe that be had transferred the whole Burn to her cred it. He then visited the bank a third time, drew ont $540, and ran away. Terre Haute Expresn: When yonng Mr. Bpitzer left home for college he took leave of his mother in this manner: " Mother, I will write olten and think of you constantly." When he returned two years later, he remarked to the anxions parent: *' Deah mothaw, I gweet you once moab f" Imagine the feelings of a fond mother. LLNTIIE HALL, CEXTUE CO., LA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMHEK 24, 1874. Spurgeon's ( liurrlt In l.ouitou We got a s-at in one of the galleries, says the Banbury man writing of Hpur gcon'a church in Louduu, and found ourselves iu au oblong building with several tiers of galleries, and a wide spread of tliMir, capable in all of seat ii g 10, tOO persona, It was not a par ticularly attractive building, beiug merely a succession of sittings wherever we liHikcil. At the riul opposite the frout, and just below the galleries, was a broad platform. This was the ouly semblance of a pulpit. There were but a few hundred {wople present when 1 entered, and they looked embarrassed and insigutticaiil iu the forest of scats. I imagined there was to be but a slim attendance. When the doors opened the people fairly swarmed in, ami fur fifteen min utes they fairly piled into the aisles without cessation. Hut still the build ing was far from being filled. I grew discouraged. Still they camo floating in and fiUiug up, but wheu a rather large and over-fed looking gentleman came upon the platform ftom a door under the lowest hack-gallery, aud everybody about me said, "There ho is," the seats were not entirely filled. He gave out the first hymn amid the rustle of dresses, aud the shuttling of feet, and it was sung with a will, but there was uo interruption to the in setting current of humanity. I don't exactly realise to this dsv how those seats were filled, because it was doue as imperceptibly as a gentle fall of suow hides the earth and blocks up the ways. The hymn was snug, the service read, and other singing followed, and all the while the eager admirers of Spurgeon rained down upon the tabernacle, and wheu he rose to commence his sermon every seat was filled and the steps which formed the passage-wavs be tween the gallery seats were liiddeu beueath jterspirmg but curious human ity. Iu every direction bat the ceil ing was a sea of faces and clothing. arauce. A broad, reddish face, light Lair, and a square form—too large for the length. Tliere was nothing particularly attrac tive about his voice. lie preached without notes. How a I'astor was Itnped. The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes ; " Men and women get coals, liquors, house rent, and rides in the park from a systematic begging for coffin or shroud, or money to bury a poor woman or a dead child. At the eventide, betwoen dawn and dark, the meditations of a city pastor were disturbed by the entrance of a woman. She was out at service, she said, and could only catcti odd hours to get out. She attended the pastor's chnrcb, and with a companion sat among the lowly in the gallery. Both had t>een converted the past winter; both wished to be baptized. The sick ness of her friend prevented it, and now she had just died. Her companion wished her to call npon the pastor, thank him for his faithfulness, thstik for the great benefits she bail de rived from his preaching, and to bear her dying request that he should at tend her fnneral. The street, honse, and time was named. The girl wept, and the pastor was deeply ''fleeted. The little money of both had been ex hausted in the sickness and the preparations for the fnneral. Every think was ready but the grave. Was there anv society that helped bnry the dead ? There was none. But the pas tor opened his pocket-book and prompt ly tendered five dollars to complete the arrangements for the funeral. The girl would not toneh it—would not think of snch a thing. After an earn est plea on the pastor's part, the vi#i ■ tor wonld take it only an a loan, to be i returned in a short time, and with many thanks departed. The pastor en tered the romaraable case in his note book, with which to refresh the saints when they came together. lie took a ; carriage and started for the funeral. Tlo found the street and the house \ very eanily—but, alas ! no corpse. Nobody was sick—noliody had died ; i the girl was nut to bo found, and the whole was a deliberate plan to get out : of the minister five dollars, and the plan was a success." The Harpers. John Harper, familiarly known as " llncle John Harper," the well-known Kentucky stock raiser and distin guished turfman, was of a plain, frugal family of Pennsylvania Dutch crigin, though long settled in Kentucky. He was one of five children, only one of whom, a brother, ever married. An other brother, Adam, was killed in 18f>l by guerrillas, who visited the house for nooty. nis brother Jacob and sister Elizabeth were, on the 11th of September, 1871, murdered in their bods by parties still unknown. They had amassed A laige property by farm ing and rearing race horses, all of which became tho property of John Harper. He leaves by will his homestead .with crinlied iu other lauds, make lee laud a study by itself. Hcareely auy thnig 1 have learned in former travel, even iu Hwedru and Norway, explains the features of life here. Anchored in the middle of the Northern Ocean, be tween two contiueuta, the island be longs but very slightly to either. The sweep of mountain shores in closing the northern extremity of the Fsxa Fiord, and the inland raugea have been gradually growing iuto form siuoe our arrival, and almost every hour brings out some unex{ected feature. To-day, the panorama is surprising. Sixty five miles to the west, floating on the sea like au iceberg, shines the un hrokeu white mass of the Suaefells Jokull. Northward of him the land disap|>eara to emerge again iu sharp blue peaks, which are overlapped bv higher and nearer promontories, nutif, across the last bight of the fiord, the bare mountains show every gully and raviue, every streak of snow, patch of pale green herbage or purple voleauic rock. Son and shadow, ever in motion over their sides, make continual ex quisite changes of color. Inland, there t the greatest variety of outline, from the turfy shores t the horns, psaks and rampart like ridges in the distance. The air is wonderfully clear, so that the tints of the great panorama —which has a sweep of over a hundred miles—are marked by the greatest possible deli cacy and purity. Without being deep anif glow ing, as in the South, they pro duce almvst the same effect, and there are moments when one can only think, of the Mediterranean and ths Greciau Archijielago. Wo BjK-ut yesterdav morning on shore. The sailors filled our water casks at the town pump, some of the party bought eider-down or photo graphs, others paid further visits of ceremony. Cant. Howling, proposing to take stones from the nearest harbor island as ballast, was quite taken aback by the refusal of the proprietor to al low any portion of his volcanic real es tate to be carried away. The reason given was that the island wonld be gradually diminished iu size, and fur nish so much the leas brooding-ground far eider ducks. These self sacrificing bird* make their nests almost in the outskirts f ltejkiavik. They are pro tected by law, and show no fear of mens In the afternoon, the captain pro posed a boat excursion to a not spring near tbo shore, a uilo or two from the town, and throe of tia joined him. We pushed off, hoisted a sail, and swiftly rau along the coast, seeking for the em bouchure of a river, which is fed from the hot springs. The wind enabled us to skirt the rough basallicthore closely, without much danger of staring in the bottom of our little craft, but we failed to detect the exact point. There waa a two-storv houe of atone on a broad headland ; several boys on ponies came dashing down the green slope behind it, and a group of children at a little cove seemed t;> watch onr movements with much interest. We found, too lste, that they were beacons to the en trance of the hot river. Our only profit from the trip was the sight of an enor mous seal —it could hardly have been less than 12 feet in length -which every now and then popped up its huge, stnpid head behiud us. After a dance of nearly two hours over the rough waves, we were glad to return and leave the hot spiinga from which lleikiavtk (tho smoking or steaming harbor) is said to derive its name. Onr visits on shore have been con tinued to-day. They are always agree able, but so much alike in form or re ception, heartiness of welcome, and even the material features of the resi dences, that it is scarcely necessary to describe them in succession. The beat bouses in the town arc very much alike in structure and internal arrangement. There is usually a little hall or ante room, abont large enough to pull off an overcoat in, then the study or recep tion-room of the owner, according to liis profession, aud beyond it the talon whero the ladies receive their guest*. White curtains, pots of flowers in the windows, a carpet on the floor, a sofa, center table with books and photo graphs, and pictures on the walls arc the invariable features of this apart ment ; and in spite of the lowness of the ceiling, and other primitive archi tectural characteristics, it is alwava cheerful, bright and agreeable. Itock ing-chairs are not uncommon, and the finest easily forgets both latitude and oeality as he looks out upon currant bushes and potato-plants, while con versing with a grave, earnest faced voting lady upon Hhakespeare, German literature, or the latest music. The common people—if one has the right to use tho word " common " in re ferring to audi a people—are still some thing of a puzzle to me. They vratch ns with a curiosity which is intense, bnt never obtrusive, yet when I attempt to make a nearer acquaintance through the medium of Danish they are shy and shrinking to snch an extent that they do not attempt to conceal it. The average stature is short, not shore five fi>ct six inches, complexion of a coarse, ruddy brown, hair generally blonde and straight, eyes blue or gray, body broad, short, and compact, with short, sturdy limbs, largo hands and feet—in fnct a general aspect of rough Tigor, but also of something more than that. What this something may bo it will be my task to discover when wo go into the interior of the island. This morning some of onr party took ponies and rode out to the Laxa, or Salmon river, about fonr miles from here. Mr. Thomsen, a very enterpriaing and obliging merchant, who anpplies onr vessel during her stay here, accom panied them as ho had accompanied tho sing yesterday. The salmon wcro not quite so ready to lie captured as His Majesty found them (a cirenmstance I will not endeavor to explain), but I be lieve onrs caught a do7.cn, some of which liavo been ordered to lie " kip pered " for friends and families. I have never tasted fish more auoeulent, prodigal of flesh, or delicious in flavor. Tlio journey to Thingvalla and the Geysers gives us some anxiety. It ia absolutely necessary to taks a tent, as every farm-byre in the neighborhood is sure to bo crowded bv family and friends, and the chnrcfioa (the only hotels to be reckoned upon in Iceland) will lie opened to the mnltitnde. In a land like thia, where the tavern ia un known and private hospitality ia so limited by tho scauty resources of the people, 1 find it simply and entirely Christian that the Church should be opened to shelter the weary traveler, to givo him a roof in the season of cold and rain, and to guard his nightly slumbers. But wo hear of so many families who are going to attend the ceremonies at Thmgvnlla that some prudence is absolutely prescribed. The King's guide, Zoego, promises ns thirty horses, with saddles, packs, and provision-boxes. A HOKUM; HUMAN. W list UUOIT licalifc, and a XVIII lug tlan I Can AcaaiMpllafc"A Model for IIUUMWITH. Loskuig out of ths window ths other morning I saw a woman drivo to the gate, with a trim little establishment in excellent order. 1 had never set eyes on her before. I was sure of that, though ths looked up at the window with a bright and cheery smile, as though she haU oar farm, and I assure You she talked business, it evidently being no nsw thing to her. I found she vu from a neighboring town, five miles distant, where her husband is a prosperous architect and builder. Af ter she had obtained the information for which she came, we fell into con versation such as our sex will indulge in. " Have you much of a family ?" I inquired. " Eleven children," ths replied. I opened my eyes in astonishment, ex pecting to hear the usual auswer in these days. "Three, two boys and a girl," or vice verea. " Hsvejrou nsver lost any children ?" said L "None," she replied, "and nonw are married ; they are all living at home." " What a family to look after I" I exclaimed. " Oh, I shouldn't mind our own family at all," said she, "bat we hsve always hoarded three or four carpenters, ne cessary iu my husband's business. Then we hsve a farm, and a good many oowa to see to aud butter to inske, and as my husband is always busy in other ways, the oversight of the farm de volves mostly on me." " I hope you are more fortunate than the reet of us, in haviqg good domestic* to help you with all this work," I said. The good woman straightened herself up and gave a decisive reply. " I never keep any," she said ; " they never suit me. ' " Your children must help yon a good deal, then ?" " Y'es ; bnt they have their lessons to learn. Their eld est sister, who has as good an educa tion as money could give her, teaches them eutirslv at home. We have s room in our house fitted up especially for this purpose. They are more thor oughly taught by her, with the deep interest she feels' in them, than if they went to school elsewhere; and being able to recite their lessons in the early part of the day, they spend fewer hours over books, which is better for their health, and thia enables them to give me more A*aitauoe than thev other wise. could do." What a sensible wo man, thonght I ; for you know what a favorite idea home learning is with me, when it iaat all practicable. So 1 drew my chair nearer to her and said, " Tou don't do your owu acwu.g, do yon ?*' " Never sent out a stitch in my life, dresses or anything else, aven sum we had not a sewing-machine, and I don't know what excuse I could have for it now with a good machine," "Do you make your husband's and all your boya' abirts ?" I asked. " Every One of them. My eldeet son is something of a dandy, as young men will be, and he bought some shirts awhile ego. Oh ! such a fit as they were ! I spent more time ripping and fixing them than would Lave cut and made a good half dozen." " Do you ever hava time to go out side vonr house t" I inquired. " Oh, yea," she replied, with a smile; " I am here this morning, you see, to inquire about the land, and dav before yreterday I went to the State with some Imiter, which took a premium." " You must ait up tery late nighte," I aaid. "Oh no, not Tory ; we always fin:*L np otir work by 8 o'clock evening* un less something very special is going on, for we are quite a musical family. We have a piano. My daughter* are good player*, and father and mother, loy and giria, all eonnt upon a good ting, often, before going to bed, and this rauMc np with the lark in the morning*. You know," ahe added, " that niuaie i* very fascin ating to those who love it." Are yon always well," I asked. "My health ia perfect. I have a good natuial consti tution. and have no time to be debili tated and nervous." ilere this paragon arose to go. I followed her to the gate, saw her nnbitch her horse and drive off, while 1 returned to the house with these reflections: Elev:n chil dren, boarders, a farm, no servants, no sewing put out, all teaching done iu the honsc, premium for butter at the State fair, and the flne arts I Think ol it, O yo daughters who have a family of three children, three servants, hire all yonr tewing done, and have head ache, dyspepsia anil general debility thrown in. As for me, I went npstairs after this interview, unrolled some shirts I was jnst going to send out to be made, and oiling np my machine, went to work at them. Of course I hate it. Of course it will tire me to death, but it is so nice to be smart like this good woman. I have made some inquiries abont her since she was here, and find her story was not exaggerated. She is a living example of what perfect system ana industry will accomplish. She was once a teacher, well educated and sensi ble. She married her husband when he was not worth a cent, and now they live in a fifteen thousand dollar house, own a good farm, sad to the good man agement and thrift of the wife is at tributed mneh of the husband's suc oess. They and their children have the name of l>eing one of the happiest and most nnitcd families anywhere abont Bnt my paragon docs not write sneh long letters as this, I snspect. I must go back to ray machine ; it acts like a witch to-day. False flair. Tho Breton peasant girl, for a gandy handkerchief or flashy pair of ear-rings, is willing to sacrifloe her beautiful hair. Tying his horse to a spreading tree, the hair-monger, armed with a formidable pair of scissors, soon attracts a crowd of village maidens, who, after a little haggling, submit to be sheared like so many sheep. After dextrously and gracefully clipping the locks, he de posits tbem, neatly tied, in his baskets, and Jeanuie is liberated, to be greeted with shunts and laughter from her com- S anions, for so well has tho work been one, that her head has the appearance of beiug shaved. Nowhere bnt in Brit tany will the girls submit to this whole sale croppiug, insisting upon preserv ing a few tiiin locks, at least, of na ture's fairest gift In that province, however, where the custom is for wo men to wear hideous, close-fitting caps, hair, which would be tho glory of American ladies, is nselcßs, and it is there that the hair merchant roans his richest harvest. A rustic couple, newly married, marched into a drng store, and called for soda water. Tho obliging clerk in quired what syrup they would have in it, when the swain, deliberately leaning over the oounter, replied, " Stranger, money is no ebjeot to me ; put sugar In it/ TVrrnH: $2.00 aYoar, in .Advance. A STORY ABOUT (KX. JACISON. IU Hulila Hmy Twenty ll.aa*t No, sat IslllM • !.••• KM*. Mauv are the interesting •mom of Gen. Jaeksou'a life which hia blogra phc r, I'arton, bu omitted and not brought to light. When a boy, sayk an 1 old gentleman who wu boy in Ten uensue at the time, I him scare and put to flight twenty thousand men. The ooeaaion was this : (Irey Hound, a Kentucky horae, had beaten l>onble Head, a Tenneaaee horae, and they were afterward matched for five thou sand dollars a side, to be run on the Clover iiottom eourse. My nnelo, Jo sephus 11. Conn, carried me on horse back behind him te see the raoe. He set me on the cedar fenoe and told me to remain until he returned. There must have been twenty thousand per sons present. I never Witnessed such fierce betting between the tttatee. Money and negroes were put up. A large pound was filled with horses and negroes bet on the result of this raoe. The time had now arrived for the com petitors to appear on the track. I heard some load talking, and looked down the track and saw, for the first time, Gen. Jackson riding slowly on a grav horse, with long pistols held in each hand. I think they were as long as my arm, and had a month that a ground squirrel could enter. In his wake followed my uncle, Conn, Btoka ly, Donalson, Palton, Anderson, and several others, as fierce as bull dogs. As Gen. Jackson led the van and ap proached the judges' stand, he waa rap idly talking and geeticnlating. Aa he came by me, be aaid that he had irre fragable proof that this waa to he a jockey race; that Grev Bonnd waa seen in the wheat field the night before, which disqualified him for the raoe, and that his rider was to receive five hundred dollars to throw it off, and by the Eternal he wonld shoot the first man who brought his horae upon the track ; that the people's money should uot l*e stolen from them in this manner. He talked incessantly, while the spittle rolled from his month and the fire from his eye. 1 have seen bears sod wolves put at bay, but he was certainly the most fenicioua looking animal that I had ever seen. His appearance and manner struck terror into the hearts of twenty thousand people. If they felt sa I did, every one expected to be slain. He announced to the parties if they wanted lead in their hides, just bring their horses on the track, for by the Eternal he would the first man that attempted to do so. There was no re sponse to this challenge, and after wait ing some time, and they failing to ap jwar, Gen. Jackson aaid it waa a great mistake in the opinion of some that he acted hastily and without consideration. He would 'give the scoundrels a fair trial, and to that end be wonld consti tute a court to investigate this matter who would hear theproof and do jos ; tiee to all parties. Thereuixm he ap pointed s sheriff to keep order, and five judges to bear the case. Proclamation waa made that the court waa open and was ready to proceed to business, and for the parties to appear and defend themselves. Not appearing. Gen. Jack son introduced the witness®" proving the bribery of Grey Hound's rider, who was to receive SSOO to throw off the race, having received |2of) in advance, and that Grey Hound had been turned into the wheat field the night before. He again called on the particj to ap pear and counteract this proof and vin dicate their innoornoe. They failing to appear, Gen. Jackson told the court that the proof waa closed, and for them to render their judgment in the prem ises, which, in a few moments, was done in accordance with the facts proved. I was still on the fenoe form ing one line of the large pound contain ing the property bet on the race. Each man was anxious to get back hit prop ertv. Gen. Jackaon waved his hand and announced the decision, and aaid : " Now, gentlemen, go calmly and in order, and each take his own property." When the word was given the people came with a rush. It was more terrible than an army with banners. They came bulging against the fence, and in the struggle to get over they knocked it down for hundreds of varda, I waa overturned and was nearly tramped to death. Each man got his property, and thas the frandnlent race was broken up by se exhibition of the most extra ordinary courage. He did that day what it would have requireJ 2,000 armed men to have effected. All this was effected by the presence and action of one man, and withont the drawing of one drop of blood. In a Ventilator. The terrible stories of death in chests with secret springs, came near a repeti tion latelv in an English provincial town. A Mr. Keik, quite recently mar ried, had invited a party of friends to his honse, and his young wife, in her anxiety to get rid of the hot air, ven tured upstairs, and seeing a small closet with a ventilator, ahe entered to open it, when the current of air closed the door. In vain she called to the ser vants, although she could hear the door bell ring, and her visitors enter ; and as none suspected that the impris oned lady was in the roof of the house, all the other parts of the dwelling and grounds were searched. One of the visitors suggested that there might be an old oak chest with a secret spring, and this gave a cine to the closet, and when at last found, Mrs. Kelk waa se rionslv ill and hysterical. Violent epi leptic'flts followed, and the shock be ing mow than tho nervous system could sustain, death shortly put an and to the poor young lady's sufferings. The Human Form. Tbe whole hnman figure should be six time* the length of the feet. Whe ther the form be *lender or plamp, the rule holds good ; any deviation from it is s departure from the highest beauty of proportion. The Greeks made all their statues according to this rule. The face, from the highest point of the forehead where the hair begins, to the chin, is one tenth of the whole statue. The hand, from the wrist to the middle dinger, is the same. From the top of tbe chest to the highest part of the fore head is the seventh. If the faoe, from the roots of the hair to the chin, be di vided into three equal parts, the first division determines the place where the eyebrows meet, and the second the p'laoe of the nostrils. Height from tho foot to the top of the head is t'lo dis tsnce from the extremity of the fingers when the arms are extended. Cruku —A new and cruel invention at Long Branch is the introduction of living butterflies in the entire centre piece of flowers which usually adorn the middle of the table at the fashion able dinner aud sapper parties. Tbe poor insects aro fastened by a tine wire which is passed through their bodies concealed among the flowers. The con vulsive quiver of the expanded wings as the tortured butterfly struggles in its dying agonies, is supposed to repre sent the graceful wave of the same above some freshly opened flower. A Chicago man whose uncle died and left him 818.000, broke his leg while • xpering for joy. NO. 38. THE BOI'THKHX TBOUBI.ES. (>m. L.i OrW.r. by lb. Pr.iie.wt of lb. UeMa* Slat*, awe Ik* Atlariwr-CI.W -•raJ. The following is the lettur of the President of the United Btstde to the Secretary of War, relative to affairs in the Bouth : " The recent atrocities in j the Booth, particularly in Louisiana, . Alabama ana South Carolina, show a disregard for law, otvil rights and per sonal protection that ought not to be tolerated in any civilised government It looks as if, unless speedily checked; matters most become worse, until life and property there will receive no pro tection from the local authorities, aueb authority becoming powerless. Under anch circumstances it is the duty of the government to give all the aid for the protection of life and civil rights legally authorised. To this end I wish you would consult with the Attorney-Gen eral, who is well informed as to the out rages already committed and tha locali ties where the greatest danger lies, and m so order troops as to be available in ' caee of neeseaity. All proceedings for the protection of the Besth will Be un der the Law Department of the gov ernment, and will be directed by the Attorney-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Enforcement seta, i No instructions need therefore be given the troops ordered into the Hon there Htatee, except as they may be transmit- I ted from time to time on advice from the Attorney-General, or aa circum stances may determine hereafter." Aa a result of a conference held at the United .States War Department, the following order was issued by Attorney- i General Williams : Outrages of various descriptions, and in some casea atrocious mniders, have been committed in your district by bodies of armed men, sometimes in dis guise, and with a view, it is believed, of overawing ard intimidating peace able and law-abiding citizens, and de priving them of the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Yeur attention is directed to aa act of Congress paaaed April 9, 1866, entitled "An act to protect all persons in the I'nited States in their civil rights, and to furnish means for their vindication and to another passed April 20, 1871, entitled "An act to enforce the pro visions of the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes." Also to one paaaed May 80, 1870, entitled "An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other pur poses," which, with these amendments, make these deeds of violence and blood offence, within the jurisdiction of the general Government. 1 consider it my Jnty, in view of these circumstances, to instruct yon to proceed with all pos sible energy and despatoh to detect, arrest, and pnnish the perpetrators of these crimes, and to that end yon are to spare no effort or necessary expense. Troops of the United Btatea will be stationed at different and convenient points in your district for the purpose of giving you all needful aid in the dia- , ehaige of roar official duties. Tern understand, of ooarse, that no interference whatever is hereby In tended with ens politics! or nsrty eo • lion not In violation of lew, bat pro tection to ell classes of citizens, white end oolored, In the free exercise of the i elective franchise end the enjoyment of the other rights end privileges to which they ere entitled UDder the Constitu tion end lews, es citizens of the United Sutra. Tne inati notions ere issued by the authority of the President and with the concurrence of the Secretary of War. The above is addressed to United States Marshals and attorneys, end is prepared with the approval of the President, to whom the potential points were sabmttted in the rooent visit of the Attorney-General to Long Branch. A Farmers' Harvest Home. The Farmers' Co-operative Union, of Long la!and, had their second annual harvest home festival at Rookaway Beach, and had a very agreeable tune— dancing, bathing, eating and talking. Hon. John O'Dennell, editor of the Ja maica Standard, briefly explained the objecta and aims of the organisation, and reviewed its feareer in the past. It was founded, he said, six years ago, when an attempt waa made to tax the farmers aa produce brokers. A mass meeting was held, and a committee, among whom was Mr. O'Donnell, was appointed to go to Washington to re monstrate against the injustice— a mis sion which, after much arduous labor, was attended with complete success. A careful review of the subject, aaid Mr. O'Donnell, would show that the agriculturists were in a large majority over any other class of the community. They were the bone and sinew, and the intelligence of the nation, in which they were hardly heard at aIL There was a prejudice against ftrmers' unions, and, aa it seemed to him, a moat unrea soning and unreasonable prejudioe, for surely there oould be no more danger in men of agricultural pursuits banding themselves together for mutual protec tion than in politicians or any other elaas taking the same precaution. Hitherto farmers had been content to accept for their goods whatever the merchants chose to offer ; but there were two parties to every bargain, and it was time tbey should have some voice in the disposal of their own wares. In conclusion, the speaker said he would ask New York and Brooklyn to give the Long Island farmers some plaoe in their eities where they could sell their goods directly to the consum ers, instead of being dependent upon the speculators and middlemen, who sometime* kept their wares forty-eight hours before selling them. Whether the purchasers were satisfied with them in tnia condition, and careless about getting them fresh and cheap directly from the growers, was a question for their own consideration. Wood Times Among the Lowly, " Why you're a new comer, aren't yon ? haven't seen you before," we re marked to s lad of about twelve years, as he was giving as a shine in King ston. * " Yes, sir; ain't bin here before, bat took it in this trip—lots of oosl here, sir." "Yes, where are you from?" '• Oh, I'm on my summer trip. I'm from New York—always take a run out of town in the summer—done it for— oh, I d'u know how long. Like the country for a while." " Well are yon having a good time ?" " Havin' a good time ? you bet,(with a little laugh). Why m' dinner costs 70 cents to-dsy—had a beefsteak and tnrmatere, an' a rice puddin', an' I got 33 oonts yet. Umuh a good time ? now you're a sboutin' I l ' He wus the happiest summer tourist we have seen this season, and his cash capital was 43 oents, but who can com pute his satisfaction over that " beef steak, tnrmaters, an' rice puddin' ?" A " big Indian " Btrayed away from his camp and got lost. Inquiring the way back, he was asked if he was lost. "No," said be, disdainfully, "Indian no lost; wigwam lost!" Striking his breast, he exolaimed, " Indian here Facts U4 Fancies. Ah uamtiafaotory meal—A domestic Indians'* modai of hogs thla JB will be 160,000 leu than lut year. " UaaMMd bp tlx Itxn of her boa bead, M la anew aljle of indicating • widow's grief. The paper thai ealhi Goldamith MaM the ** King of the Tor!" oppose* women snffraga. A ncwapaoar la the only instrument which the same thought into a thousand minor si the wuae moment. A lady at Princeton, la., wu reoently ctong on the neck bjr a' hooey bee, end died from the wound hf twenty mtnntee "The world's a siege,* end ell the men end women merely pleyera' -and the billjnatnow is "The sohool for Boendel If your sister fell into e well, why couldn't you rescue her ? Because you couldn't be e brother end eeeist-her too. f Why am two ladies kissing eeeh other an emblem of Christianity? Because they are doing unto each otter as they would men should do uato them. A ysuthful Pannsylrania grsngw. about to be ehaatiaed by his father the other day. celled for hit jpendfetber to protect him from the middlemen. He who freely praiaee what he mesne ! to purchase, end be who enumerates the faults of whet he means to sell, may set up s partnership with honesty. A Mr. Wakemea in Vermont started out to borrow a boa. That implement mast be scarce, for Mr. W. has now been gone sixteen years, sod his wife if growing anxious about him. A number of ex-Confederate soldiers in Booth Carolina it**mtly exhumed the bonce of two Union soldi era, buned in neglected graves on the roadside, inclosed them in handsome coffins and forwarded them to their homes in Ohio. Near Clyde, 111., reoently, a four year-old girl wandered into a wheat field and went to sleep with both arms over her eyea to shield them from the "sun. A reaper passing over the spot took off both the poor little cms tares irni Chantdavoine. who had been hidden away in Paris ewer since the Commune, went oat with his family to pas* a Ben day on the grass. He wu nabbed by m vigilant gendarme and earned off to hard labor for Ufa. He thought he had T&SrSp. r US . Beeehar-Tilton scandal has coat in types, telegrams, correspondents, lawyers, fire hundred thousand dollars. Probably. But who is to calculate the estimate of the mischief it fas* done to the morals of the community f A Syracuse newspaper says : " Gold smith Maid went to be shod in Spring field the other dsy, sod the nails from her shoes were choicely prewired for watch-charms by the unfortunate fel lows who happened to be around. One man, more audacious, pulled two hairs from the sacred tail, and avowed his intention of hawing them braided into a ring." .In Sweden a strong cloth is manufac tured from bop stalks. Hie stalks aie gathered in the antumn, and soaked in water daring the whole winter. The material is then dried in an or en and woven u flax. The buds of Lops can be need u an esculent, and when boiled will do u a substitute for a*piragua. The tendrils, when young, may be used in the utne way. The sensation at Saratoga at present consists of two gentlemen from New York who are fast friends. The beau tiful wife of one is divorced and is mar ried to the other, and yet the men have never broken with each other. The ease is one **>* has been known of and talked about in New York for years, though the marriage only took place about a month or six weeks ago. The bride is resplendent with diamonds and magnificence. THie suicide of Mattie Smith, at Chesuneodk, Mass., might form the basis of a firat-class tragedy. She wu at a neighbor's visiting, when a young man with whom she had been ac quainted but a abort time passed the house. 81m went to the door and called him to come beak, bat he did not eom ply with her request, whereupon she started to overtake him, but failing to do so. drew a pocket knife and plunged the blade into her throat. The plan* of the railway which ia to ascend Mount Vesuvius are now com plete. The route will be 16.1 milee in length. The grades are twenty and thirtr-five per oeot, and the road ter minate* at a few feet of the crater. There will be owe station, protected by a sort of break-lava, which will direr! the flow, in case of eruption, from the building and rat la. The road ia so laid oat as to be naturally sheltered at every point, except for a distance of about aixty feet Did you ever bear of cucumtwr tot a 4 , ? It ia prepared aa follows: Pare and slice lengthwise, medium-aired encum bers, in cuts a quarter ol ta inch thick. Rinse in cold water, dip each slice singly in flour, and put them into a dtippiog-pan, using for material to try them in, the gravy in which either beef steak, real cutlet, or mutton chop baa been oooked. Fry briaklj until the slices are a light brown on both sides. Hare your bread toasted, buttered and close at hand. Slip the slices of en cumber hot from the pan between slices of toast and aerre at onee. Protectlou From Lightning. During a recent thunder-storm in the village of Trumbull, Conn., a fam ily of three persons, husband, wife ana child, who had taken refuge on a feath er bed, were instantly killed by light ning ; the house had no roda. # In the same village, during the same'storm, a dwelling house, which had two light ning rods upon it, waa seriously dam sped. Several of our readers, who have seen the aeoounte of these disasters, and others who cite analagons ex amples, have had ihear faith in feather beds, as s place of safety daring thun der-storms, severely shaken ; while some of them wonld fain believe that lightning rods serve to destroy rather than to preserve life and property. Feather beds are not a protection from lightning, and the popular belief that they are, doubtless results from a misapprehension of the laws that gov ern the passage of electricity. The human body is a better conductor of electricity than feather beds or other objeeta ordinarily contained in the apartments of dwellings, and therefore, a priori, when the lightning enters an apartment, the human body ia likely to form one in a chain of indnctiona, de termining the path of an electrioal dis charge, nnless better conductors are in its vicinity to divert this action. What Constitutes a Traveler. The public houses in England are not new allowed to dispense strong drink on Sunday except to persons traveling, and in order to determine who the favored few are who may quench their thirat by a glass of beer on the Lord's Day, the law affecting the matter' has a descriptive clause to the effeot that "for the purposes of this act s person shall not be deemed to be a traveler unless he is three miles from the place where he lodged the previous night." Three miles is s pretty long walk for a man who, nnder the influ ence of tangle-foot, is apt to be troubled more by the breadth than by the length of the road, but we are afraid that Sunday in England finds far too many men at least three miles from the place where they lodged the previous AN ICELAND PRlSON.— Bayard Taylor says : The road led put the prison, which is altogether the finest building in Rejkiavik. Bat, alas for the wisdom of those who decreed its erection ! It waits in vain for an inmate. The smoothly-cut walls of gray lava-stone, the cheerful cells, the spacious prison yard invite some one to be culprit and enjoy their idle luxuries ; but the peo ple are too ignorant to accept the oolL On the summit of the hill above there is a rather graceful square tower, built by the students during their play-hours as a place of rhelter when the weather was stormy; but now it serves u a beacon for vessels at sea, and weary travelers approaching from the in terior, *■ *