liove** CutccliDin. How ranrh do yon lor# mo ? toll mo, I-or*. The ma*nr* and might of your heart, aaid oho; And will you *wf ar by oarih ad air Tliat it* deeps aiw uttorly flllod with mo f havo no word* ♦o mote Uio bound Of what ia heron.t all word*, ho aaid ; So oath take 1 by eai th or oky, llut owoarby your l<oantifu! ao'f iuatoad ! Ton love me now a* yon kin tho flower That ononis to your sense* sweet, oaid oho ; But when the rose of ay youth shall close. Oh, 1 .ore, w ill your lovo still cherish me ? If ever your beautiful face must fad* And the glory die from your brow, he said. 1 shall see the light within more bright, Aud hive >o tr 1-eantiful soul instead I Monte Again. " Comebackl" bid* Care. Sweet Real. fare well 1 Tin* Utile rosy tinted .bell I* all ili*i now i* left to me • Of my glad summer by the se* I 'o*v m mmsgs on tbe snuuy sand*. With uierry bather* Unking hand*, t'alw hours of musing on the lone High cliff*. with jumper o'ergrown. Strange wild bird* flitting to and fro. And while waves breaking far below ; I.ong twilight ramble* | asl the browu Vuaiul house* of tbe Ashing town , And moonlight *trolU. when low and sweet, A silvt r sea *ang at our feet And dark night*, when we watched the far Taint gleaming of the light-hout star , AU. all are over! Stem and strong Tonus t"*re. aud **yw, ' You've staid too long ' Make haste to do a double task. And for no more gay play-time ask Yet long this shell will speak to me Of my glad summer by the se*. 01 R COXSWAIN. We are intensely nautical, my boys and I, taking the deepest interest in everything that pertaiua to river and sea, whether it be roc at tas or rowing matches, or helping the girls to find new treasures for their aquarium, or with tod and line lounging on the bank of amis pleasant stream, to reap as much enjoyment in watching the birds and insects flitting about us, or in wasting into some pool for water-blos soms. as ;n carrying home a good "basket of fish. It is, therefore, s great fault in our eyes that the pretty scenery sur rouudiug our house is not diversified by s navigable stream. The adjacent town is built on a small though rapid river, but flour, flock, and oil mills stand tco closely together to admit of boatiug, while the briny ocean is so far sway as only to lie attainable for a few week* in autumn. The consequence is that when the ruling passion becomes overpowering we are obliged to content ourselves with a day ou the Basing stoke Canal, a bend of which is not more than five miles from our own door. There were enough of us this year to fill two roomy boats, for Tom had brought with him from Oxford a college friend—a pleasant, quiet man, some few years his seuior, whom he called "Old Roydon," and treated with an affectionate familiarty that we all learned in a degree to imitate. Old Roydon was always gentlemanly, never iutrn sive, though very stndions, rarely going anywhere without a tiny volume in his pocket; only let a demand for help be ma le—no matter by whom, or how trivial the occasion—and the stu dent woke up, the hook was laid aside, and the aid kindly and efficiently given. Mamma liked him because he was so indulgent to the troublesome young sters, who now swarmed into one of the boats, dragging paterfamilias in their wake, and loudly entreated that Mr. Roydon should join them. He glanced round, and Belle, who had already se cured herself a seat in the other boat, smiled, and made room for him ; bnt then Belle is an incorrigible coquette, and her accepted lover was jealously on the watch; so Mr. Roydon left the held clear for him. and made his way toward the juveniles, who hailed his coming with noisy delight. "Much more comfortable here than squeezed in along with a lot of girls," said Clive, between mouthfnls of seed cake—it is astonishing how hungry lads always are ou such occasions— "Fanny is sure to screech if we bump against anything; and once when Tom was changing places with somebody else, and rock<*d the boat, she threat ened to get eut. What a game if she had r At last we are all in our places and ready to start—but who is to be cox wain for the youngsters? Tom, who hail tafea one of the oars, with Mr. Roydon at the other, positively declined to be steered by Ciive, the only candi date for the office ; for the young gen tleman had a propensity to fi iget what he was about, and take a course that Will described as " from bank to bank thev worry me." Would neither of the girls volunteer? Apparently not, for they chose to torn a deaf ear to a proposal that would, as Belle plaintively murmured, quite spoil their own party. " We'll have Cousin Carrie! she's al ways good-natured, she'll come ;" and Cousin Csrrie—a pale brunette, with a willowy figure, and a face so intelligent and lovable that one forgot to ask whether it were beautiful or not—rais ing no objection, she was handed to the vacant post. I don't think she liked it, for Carrie —always quiet and unobtrusive—loved to lean over the side of the boat, and drum, and see strange pictures in the gliding waters ; bnt somehow her de pendant condition—she was the orphan child of relations who had died abroad —and her naturally yielding temper, made the boys tyrannize over her. Not unkindly, of course—mamma was too tender of the orphan to permit that —but claiming from her ali those ser vices which their sister, were less will ing to render, and being all the more troublesome because Carrie bore the inflictions with such sweet patience. And now we are off 1 past Alderehot, with its huge barracks, dirty unfinished town, and unendurable dust, yet look ing gay and pretty in the as a squadron of cavalry file up one of the rugged hills in the distance, and group after group of white tents come into view. There is a panse soon, for we have reached a swiDg-bridge of very primi tive construction, and two of the party must land, to push and push at the levers until the sides part and we can pass through. The operation has been watched by a party of rustic, very rus tic, urchins, who appear to take affront at our invasioq of their domain ; for, acting on the Black Country principle : " A stranger—'eave 'arf a brick at him," they send a volley of stones in our wake. No one is hurt, though every one ic angry, and sundry dis quisitions are eutered upon respecting the lower classes, district visiting, board bejiools, etc., broken off by a low cry of admiration from Consin Carrie. The sloping banks on either side are now beautiful with ferns, from the common bracken to the regal osmunda ; and beneath their tender green fronds, coquetting with the water, are myriads of tiny forget-me-nots, varying in hue from the szure, the best known, to pale pink, and even white. It is here, too, that the pure flowers of the water ranunculus flout on the surface, though the lily-bnds are only swelling, and will open their waxen cups too late for us to wonder at their beauty. It was beneath these ferny banks that great pike, lying lazily among the weeds, scarcely bestirred themselves to get out of our way, and deceived the lads into the belief that they might be easily caught It was here, too, that we rested on our oars to watch the perch darting to and fro, till all the party grew excited, and began regret ting that they had come out unprovided with fishing tackle. Our canal is not one unbroken course, never varying in width. In ""me places it has overflowed the origi nal banks, and expanded into pools— or, as they are called in the locality, KKKI\ ICUTiTZ, lvlilonm.l Prt.priotor. VOL. VII. "flashes"- if considerable siae, nar rowing afterward so much that there is merely width enough to row with mm fort ; nor does it take one straight wea risome line, but pleasantly winds ami benda, ami continually presents us with fresh MOWS. Another bridge passed, aud a water side tavern, aud a few cottages quaint and ugly but for the roses that overhang their porches, snd make their gsfth ns glorious ami then the merry voict s take softer tones, and Cousin Carrie gases so rapturously that she forgets her duties aud has to bo called to order. We are entering a sylvan vista ; the towering oaks and ehua of Dogmers tleld Turk arc met high overhead b.v the branches of the tre< a surmounting the steep batik opposite, ami we linger in the cool shadows till Mr. lloydou sighs, ami Torn, fancying we are all growing melancholy, rem aula us that it is noon, and we arc not to lunch until we have reached Wiuchfleld, a mile or two further ou. Picnic dinners had l>eou voted a bore, entailing as ti.ey do an intiuity of trouble, aud too many risks of being rendered uneatable by some accident or omission. So mamma had nrudeutly eschewcd anything of tho kind. There were sandwiches for the elders; cake and biscuit* for the lads. These were discussed beneath some willews on the grassy bank, aud then we were re freshed aud ready for the homeward row, ami the more substantial meal that awaited tis at its close. It was during this rtst on shore, and s stroll across some inviting-looking fields, that Cousin Carrie unwittingly came into notice. Without intending to be uukiud, we had let her sink iuto somethiug very like a drudge to the whole family. " Carrie will do this or the other"—"Carrie doesn't mind"— or, " Carrie always gets ou best with the boys," were speeches that we ut tered too often. Accustomed to see her give her place to others, aud be silent while Belle flirted and Fanny chattered, we had forgotten that she was equally fair and young, and de serving attention. It was Mr. Hoydon who contrived to aw .ken us to our sel fishness ; his politeness made us ashamed ot our own neglect. It was he who came to the rescue when the ex actions of the youngsters made her look pale and tired ; it was he who good-hnmoredly, but decidedly, "becked Tom when he evinced a disjKi sition to tease his little eousiu, aud who snubbed Will when he rudely broke in upon something she was say ing. Stirred by so good an example. Fanny now made a faint offer t. take Carrie's place, saying that it wasn't fair that she should be shut out of thepleasauter party ; but the offer was declined, and we rowed home in much the same man ner as we came. The lads had taken turns at the oars, landing occasionally to make excursions after nests, and get up snake and squir rel hnnts, till their wild spirits and j their legs failed them : and Clive, lying in the bottom of t' • 'oo*l with his head on Carrie's knees, bade her sing him to ' sleep. When Tom seconded the re quest, she acceded, and gav voices in the other boat caught up the strain, Mr. Roydon adding a mellow bass. Then we all grew very still, till a chauce allusion to foreign scenery aroused Clive once more. " Tell us sou..'l.irg about Now Zea land, CUT a HAT- w-:s born there, Mr. Roydon, did you know it? Begin at ODce, there's a dear. I can always listen best when I'm sleepy. Tell ns about the row with the Maories." Carrie was not disposed to volunteer any information about herself, but a well timed question or two drew from her a tale, which the rowers, Tom and Mr. Roydon, rested on their oars to hear. Some few years before the death of her parents, she, a girl of ten or twelve, had gone on a visit to the farm of an old friend—-a lovely, bonny spot in one of the wildest regions of the island. While luxnriating in its fruits and flowers, the uneasy looks of the farmer and his wife passed unnoticed, and they would not terrify their cbiid-visitor by re peating in her presence the alarming reports that were hourly r> aching them. A tribe of the Maories ad revolted, and stolen on some of the settlers in the dead of night, killing and destroy ing with fiendish barbarity. No one knew bnt what his own home might b r the next attacked, and at present the military force within call had proved inadequate. A treacherous calm, and then, one never-to-be-forgotten night, the storm buret over the secluded farm. Carrie was roused from her first sleep, assist ed to don her clothes by the white-faced matron, and led hastily through the lower room, where the farmer and one laborer—the others had fled—were mak ing feeble and useless preparation for defense. Opening an outer door, the farmer's wife bade her fly and save her self ; and wheu, bewildered at the in junction, the poor child clung to her, the woman pointed to the forest and forcibly thrust her away. It was well that Carrie obeyed, for her feet had scarcely crossed the orchard when the house was surrounded, and her flying steps were quickened by the hideous yells of the savages. All that night the lonely child wan dered find herself at dawn close to another homestead, as mined and desolate as the one from which she had fled. A little spring bubbled out of a rock near a broken gate, and she hur ried to it to cool her parched lips ; bnt some one was there before her, a man who had been struck down by a blow on the head, supplemented by a fright ful gash in his arm. This he was trying to bind np as well as his still wandering senses permitted; and Carrie, her first alarm overcome, bathed the gaping wound and tied her own pcarf around it. While thus employed, a shadow fell between her and the rising sun. A Maori, frightful iu his war-paint, had stolen back in search of more plunder, and his club was upraised to finish the work of death. " Go on, Carrie," said Clive, impera tively, when her voice faltered, and her eyes closed as if to shut out the scene she Lad been depicting. " Please go on," echoed Mr. Roydon, with strange urgency. " There is not much more to tell, for I was too frightened to know precisely what I did or said. I remember only that I knelt between the savage and the poor dying Englishman and begged his life ; it would have been so dread ful, you know, to see him killed ; and while the Maori was hesitating, for he did not seem as if be wished to kill me to; we heard voices approaching. The Maori ran away, and I was taken care of by the gentleman who rode up, and finally restored to my parents." " And the young man," asked Tom, what became of him ?" " I cannot say ; he was a stranger in the neighborhood, but I heard by chance that he recovered. I hope he did. I have often thought of him," she added Bimply, " and fancied I should like to see him again." Mr. Roydon, his features working with agitation, leaned forward in the boat,and stripping back the sleeve of Lis Jersey, held his arm toward Carrie— there was a long blue scar upon it. She dropped the rudder-lines to clasp her hands in delighted surprise, TIII-5 OIiNTRK REPORTER. and the next moment they were iti his, and rinsed to hi* hps. We did net tie much talking sfter that. Kvou the irrepressible Cltve comprehended that the dewy moiaturc u> C.ttrt >'* vie. the quivering ot her rosy hps, aud the eloquent ltHik that sat on Mr. K ivdou'a face mvuiit more than speoch could convey. *•••• " New s for you, iii iiuiim !" 1 said to her, a few days afterward. ''Tom's friend has asked tue for our little cox swain." Tom, as elder son. considered him self tpute privileged to draw nearer aud make one of the conclave. Mamma sighed. " If she likes him- atnl I am afraid she does I suppose wo must consent ; but she is a dear girl, aud ought to make a better match." Tom roared out " A better match ha, ha ! Why, old Hoydon owns one of the tiueat es tates in Suss: x, besides a whole lot of property in New Zealand, that he had gone over to inherit when ho tlrst met our little Carrie." After that of course there was a gay wedding, at which Tom was best man, aud Fanny and Hello the blushing, half enviotta bridesmaids ; and this is how our day on tbe Basingstoke Canal ended. Who will be our coxswain next year f Carrie, mingled tears with her smiles, has left us for a new home, and steers on fairer waters. Belle has promised to eschew flirting and make her be trothed happy ; and Clive and Tom are getting ready to go over tho sea, and begin life on their own account ou one of Mr. Hoydon'a farms. But it is not wise to look forward, es pecially to more partings, and BO 1 have done. The Froxen Xose. A French writer gives the following account of his experience ; My first days in Petersburg were very pleasant. I was never tired of looking at the sleighs skimming gayly the smooth sur face of the snow-covered ground. The winter came on gradually, and though the cold was intense—thanks to my furs—l did not feel it. One day soon after mv arrival I bun dled myself up carefully in my fur robes, leaving no part exposed but my eyes and uose, and started out for a walk. I enjoyed the bracing effects of the fresh air, and did not feel cold any where. Perhaps I ought to say that my home is iu the south of France, and this was my first experience of a north ern climate. At first I passed along without at tracting any attention, but after awhile 1 noticed that the people I met regard ed me with unusual interest. Present ly, one of tLern in passing exclaimed, " AW but as I did uot understand one word of Russian, this made no im pression on my mind. A little while after a sleigh, passing rapidly with a splendid pair of horses, stopped suddenly, and the driver cried out, ** Soft, noss Still I had no idea of what was meant by this monosyllable, and continued my walk. I had not gone far, however, before a stout workman took hold of me, and, without asking my c 'Usont, commenced rubbing ruy face with a handful of snow. I was exceedingly indignant at being treat d thus uncere moniously, aud gave the man a blow in his rht --t which propelled him to a dis tance of several vards. Just at this juncture two other work men came up, and, taking hold of m© by the arms, tried to keep me quiet while the first returned to the charge with a handful of fresh suow and con tinued rubbing my face. " Truly," I said to myself, " this is a strange coun try !" but I did not relax my efforts to be free. Meanwhile, a military officer came up, and, seeing I was a stranger, in quired in French what was the matter. 1 was expressing my indignation to him at the treatment I had received, when a passer-by touched him ou the nuoul der, saying, " Xost and the officer commenced rubbing his own nose with snow. Meanwhile, the workmen took their departure. "Do you mean to say," I asked, " that but for that man's rude inter ference " " You would have lost your nose, and been disfigured for life." " In that ease, the man certainly de serves a reward," I replied, and, thank ing the officer, ran after the workman. He, however, judging from my for mer behavior that I was coming to pun ish him, took to his heels and sought to escai>e. As fear is fleeter than grati tude, he would certain'y have succeed ed had not the people in the street, thinking iiim a thief whom I was pur suing, put a stop to his career. When I put ten roubles into his hand, the man understood what I meant, and touched his hat to me in acknowledg ment. Afterwards, when I went out of doors, I took the advice of my friends, and did not for a moment forget that I had a sensitive nasal appendage, the preservation of which was desirable for a good uiany reasons. An KnglUh Swindle, Quite recently several of the daily journals of Paris were full of puff and advertisements of a betting firm of London, who, prevented by law from carrying ou their business in England, had begun to do so in France. But their secret bureau would still be in London, where their clients could re mit. Then came short items stating that such and such persons, generally noblemen of fantastic names, had been paid large sums by this firm. Immedi ately money began to pour into the office of M< rs. Archer A Co. One ex ample of their way of doing business will suffice. A r rench journalist of a sporting turn was simple enough to send 500 francs to Archer & Co. to be bet upon the English races. A few days later he was delighted to receive a letter from the firm saying that his money had brought good returns, and that he was entitled to 175 Napoleons (3,500 francs) as his shure in the di vision of the sums won. This first let ter was speedily followed by another in which the gentleman was begged to ex cuse an error, the result of a miscalcu lation of the gross sum, and that in re ality it was not 175 Napoleons, hut 185 that he hod won. This was bettor and better, and he began to have confidence in Archer A Co. The letter ended by asking for a check for fifteen Napoleons in order to make the round number of '2OO, the sum of 4,000 francs being ready to send by the following post. The "fifteen Napoleons were sent, and that was the last heard of them or of the twenty-five sent in the first in stance. In another case the trick was varied. Archer A Co. wrote to say that their agent arrived at Goodwood too late to make the required bets, but by doubling the sum first sent the better could participate in the winnings of the firm at Brighton. The monev was sent, and will never again be heard from of course. The journals are now as full of Archer A Co.'s tricks as they were of puffs in their favor a short time ago ; bnt meantime these precious ras cals have obtained a very considerable sum of money from credulous French men. I need scarcely say that no such firm can be found in London, and its only office waß a post-office box. <M:N RIN: M ALL, CKNTKI: EO„ PA., TIII HSDAV, OCTOHKK H, IHTI. HKtM ItlhKH. Au Olil Tluie *litM r till! •r Ual. A famous provincial manager or luanageie. -, BMVS All tho Ft or fiuuml, was one Mrs. Baker, concerning whom various psrtieulars are related m the memoirs ot ThoniM* Dibit in and in the lite of tlrimahli, the down. The lady owned theatres at Canterbury. K >che*- ter, Maidst->ne, Tuubridge, Wells, Fe vers barn, Deal and other places, but was understood to have commenced her professional cares r m connection with a puppet show or even the homely en tertainment of Punch ami Judy. Hut her industry, emrgv and enterprise were of an indomitable kiml. She gen erally lived in her theaters, and, rising early to accomplish her marketing and other household duties, she proceeded to take up her position iu the box of fice, with the IHIX book open before her, and resting mou it a "massive silver inkstand, which, with a superb pair of silver trumpets, several cups, tankards and candlesticks of the same pure metal, it was her honest pride to say she had for with her own hard earnings. ' While awaiting the visits of those desirous to book the places for the evening, she arranged the uro gram me of the entertainments, iler education was far from complete, how ever, for, although she could read, she was uu luditTerent scribe. By the help of scissoni, needle, thread and a bundle of old playbills she achieved her pur pose. She cut a play from one bill, an interlude from another, a farce from a third, and, sewing the slips neatly to gether, uvoided the use of jwn and ink. When the name of a new performer had t<> bo introduced she left a blank to be filled up by the first of her actors she happened to encounter, presuming htm to tie equal to the use of a pen. She sometimes beat the drum or tolled the belt behind the scenes when the repre sentations needed such embellishments, and occasionally performed duties of prompter. Iu tliis resjw-t it was un avoidable that she should be now snd tlieu rather overtasked. On one special evening sho held the tsxik during the performance of the old farce, " Who's the Duke?" The part of Gradns was undertaken hv her lead ing actor, one Oardner; and in the scene of Oradn*' attempt to ltujHise upon the gentleman of the story, by attempting to speak (ireek, the per former's memory unfortunately failed him. He glanced apj>ealiugly toward the prompt side of the stage. Mrs. linker was mute, examining the play look with a puzzled air. " Giro me the word, madam," whispered the ac tor. '' It s a hard word, Jem," the lady replied. "Then give me the nest." "That's harder." The performer was at u standstill ; the situation was be coming des|H-rate. " The next!" cried Oardner, furiously. " Harder still," answered the prompter, and then, j>er plexed beyond hearing, she tiling the book oil the stage and exelaimed aloud, "There, now, you have them ail ; take your choice." The lady's usual station was in frout of the house, however. She wxs her own money taker, and to this fact has been ascribed the great good fortune she enjoyed as a manager. "Now, then, pit or box, pit or gallery, lox or pit ?" she cried incessantly. " Pit! pit!" half a dorm voices might say. " The pay two shillings. IH-soti, Tom Fool !" for so on busy nights she invariably addressed her patrous of all classes. To a woman who had to go out of the theatre owing to the cries of a child she l>or. in her arms disturbing the audience, Mrs. linker observed, us she returned the entrance money, " Foolish woman ! Foolish woman ! Don't come another night till half price, aud then give your baby some of Dalby's carminative." "I remember," writes Dibdin, " one crowded night, patronized by a real dnke at Turn bridge Wells, wln n Mrs. Baker was taking money for three doors at once, her anxiety atul very proper t act led her, while receiving cash from custom ers, to keep an eye in perspective on the next, to save time, an thus : 'Lit tle girl, get yottr rnonev ready while this gentleman pays. My Lord, I'm sure Your Lordship has silv r. Let that little boy go iu while I give His Lordship chsnge. Shan't count after Your Ladyship. His Royal Highness will please get his ticket ready while my lady—Now, sir, now, Your Royal Highness.' 'Oh,dear, Mrs. Baker, I've left my ticket in another cost pocket.' 'To be sure you have. Take Your R'\val Highness' word. Let his lloyal Highness pass. His Royal Highness has left his ticket in his other coat pocket.' Great laughter followed, and I believe the rank and fashion of the evening found more entertainment in the lobby than on the stage." Making a Newspaper, A Chicago daily newspaper snys that there may be people who will be iq terested in the matter of the cost of making their paper. For the gratifica tion of such, they append tables of the actual weekly expenditures ol their es tablishment for the weeks respectively ending August Bth and August 15th, nit. : Wttk teifi' q AufftttS h(h. Auoutl&th. Paper. tTfi*! 45 #4.ir.H 85 Typesetting 1.702 80 1 747 40 Bmtorial oor. no 1,1*7 00 Corree| xindotieo 702 50 002 00 Telegraph tollr. 1,24 65 1.001 r.7 Pree-rx>m 209 iW 202 25 l>eli very-room KM 00 166 00 Stereotyping. .. I'Hl 00 110 00 Counting-room.. 109 00 109 00 ltent 270 00 270 00 Miscellaneous . 127 50 128 00 Total #9,372 40 #9.787 17 These, they say, are exact fignres taken from their books. Purge as the sums for telegraph tolls are, they often exceed these amounts, reaching some times, fifteen hundred and sixteen hun dred dollars p r week. This is notably the case during the sessions of Con gress and the State Legislatures. It seems that this estimate is rather large; lint it is not in the nature of publishers to undervalue expenses—on paper. Tbo item for paper gives the sheet a large circulation. Juggernaut, The Juggernaut pilgrims at Scram pore are said to have manifested con siderable dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Serampore Municipal authorities in regnrd to the oars. The commis sioners declined to nllow one of tlie cars, which was iu a manifestly rotten condition, to he removed until it hud been repaired. The priests set hun dreds of men to work, and kept them at it incessantly for a day and a nigiit. Jitit the next morning the magistrate was still dissatisfied with the condition of the car, and impounded the ropes to prevent any attempt at moving it. " The result was," says the Patriot, " that for the first time within the memory of man the sacred car was not drawn on the day of the festival." But by the wise action of the authorities in preventing tke removal of the car in its iiusufe condition, there can bo no doubt that mauy lives were saved. The mag istrate, who has thus been the indirect means of preserving the lives of a num ber of his fellow-creatures, is covered with abuse, and accused of " conspir ing to interfere with the religious ob | aervances of the people." WUKkIMJ ON Tin: KVK. \ Mlilil Killlor llcUlcl bis tt i|itrlrm c —Oases Ill* Kys-stSbl- A night editor on the New York San tells the following story. Ho had worked so long by gas light that his eyes were sffi oted. Ho says : A lino, fantastic cobweb trooery began to float before my riglit eye, and on abutting my left i re, I HIUI unable to road with the right. Then a friend said that a film was growing orer my right eye. Instead, however, of u tllm covering the eye, it was the death of the crystalline lens within the eye. Then it became evident that blindness was creeping upon inc. The remedies that friends offered Were varied and numerous. The first tinted was that which suggests itself to •very hotly who be -times conscious of impaired eyesight, t went to on opti cian. Strong cataract glasses served their purpose for a while. Then the eye required something of greater mag nifying |iwer, and t ransacked the op ticians' stores, and even employed an expert to make a combination of lenses; but all these artifices failsd with the lapse of tnm\. Next 1 tried the turf men's panacea for diseases in horses' eyes, namely, the bathing of ihe eye'in a solution of common rock-salt and wa ter. Halt water, esieciolly that of the sea, is good for weak eyes, but useless in a case of cataract. That demands the kuife. The serj>eutine spider-webs which floated in front of my right eye were slowly and imperceptibly followed by the fading of all objects that were not distinctly defined, and the power of vision in the left was ooon so far re duced that reading became lmjKissible. lias-lights became faint,onuige-colored disks of hare; the setting sun looked like s sun viewed through s glass cov ■ red with a thin coat of lampblack, and the moon was no longer visible. On presenting myself before the doctor, my first concern was about the dreaded itark room in which patients are traditionally kept a fortnight or longer after the commou operation for cataract. '• My practice," said the doctor, in su s wer to my questu n, "does uot ton tine the patient at all. 1 will not ope rate win u the aUni>sphere or anything in the patient a system has a tendency to inflammation, and inflammation is all thst need le feared." I requested the doctor to give me chloroform. "Bir," said he, with emphasis, "I never took a risk, and 1 will uot begin to take risks at my advanced age. Be sidi*s," he continued, exhibiting a knife whose infinitesimal blade was barely visible under a powerful magnifying glass, " there is no pain." Pain or no pain, there was no escape for me. The doctor would not listen to the word chloroform ; the right eye was totally blind and the cataract in the left was almost total ; an operation w inevitable. It cannot last long, 1 thought, as I braced myself in the chair, and the knife desceuiled. A few skill.ul whirls, and the dead lens was cut, the blade was drawn out, and the water of the eye trickled down my check—on inverted mielstrom which swept the eye's inhabitants to death in space beyond their sky. The pain had not been that of u mosquito sting. There had lawn the smallest possible puncture of the horny onUrcovering of the eye, kuown in the book* as the cor nea ; and onoe under the thin, trans parent layers of the cornea, the knife touched only the dead crystalline lens. So far as sensibility was concerned, it might as well have cut a ooru on the foot. " Now," said the d-ctor, as he care fully restored the gem of a knife to his safe, "a Ti'w aqueous humor, like that which followed the steel out of your eye, will form in four hours and begin to dissolve the dead lens that 1 have cut; and I wish you to take your ease and live high, so that your system may absorb the ions as fast as the aqueous humor dissolves it. What I mean by living high," the doctor explained, " is that you shall take plenty of nourish ing food, such, for example, as beef steaks aud outmeal and cream." Six oper itions were performed, and seven mouths passed liefore the lens had been sufficiently redneed by disso lution to give me the power of dimly defining objects through the right eye. Then the progress of dissolution be came less snail-paced, and within the next few months pure light entered over and around the dissolving atnl gradually vanishing lens. But the ob structing lens still kept its place in the c nter of the aqueous humor, covering the pupil, first like a pail, and then like a curtain of gauze, as it became thinner and thinner, and theu almost transparent. The space through which pure light entered at one side of the eye was widening, affording, from mouth to month, additional proof of the certainty of restoration. Then arose the desire to hasten the golden day of light by pushing aside what re mained of the opaque lens, that being the onlv obstacle to vision straight ahead, 'the doctor thought it probable that he might find the lens not hard enough to he permanently poshed aside ; and the nse of the knife showed him to be right. For ten minutes sub sequent to the operation the branches of trees iu the street, the signs across the way, and the print of the books on the doctor's table presented themselves with distinctness ; and then the semi liquid snhstaneo of the dead lens re turned to its place over the pupil, be coming a gauze ngnin. " Never mind," said the doctor, look ing into the eye through a powerful glass, " the new aqueous humor which will soon form will resume the work of dissolving the little that remains of the lens, and not long hence you may read." A fortnight later, with the spectacles which I must wrnr hence forth, I saw the end of the minute hand of my watch as I saw it in boyhood. Two 'months later I saw the street lamps straight ahead. Been without spectacles, every gas jet was a meuis cus of a hundred lights. The next op eration yielded no perceptible result ut the time, but a mouth afterward I read the newspapers. And so the doctor's cuttings were repeated from month to mouth until the field of vision had been so far enlarged that I began to read manuscripts with the right eye, and was rondv for the doctor to begin work on the left. The operations had not kept mo from my work a single dsy. A New Fewer. The latest and most platisiblo plan brought forward for ruiiuing street cars in cities without the aid of horses iH a foreign device, in which the motive power used is an arrangement of power ful springs, encased in cylinders like watch springs, of course ou a very large scale, aud the application of which to the cars now employed is said to be extremely simple and easy. These springs aro 'vound np by small station ary steam-engines nt each terminus of the line, lyid when so wound up will propel the cars, even with stoppages, for a longer distance than any existing lino of this kind extends. The netion is reversible, the application of the brake jower in every respect satisfac tory, aud the working of the whole thing is pronounced a success. The Pilgrims at Cairo. Kvery Mohammedan is bound under certain conditions to makea pilgrimage to Mecca at least ouee liefore he dies, utid none but minora, slaves or luuatins are exempted from the obligation. Ac cording to some d.x'tors of theology, however, only such of the faithful as have health, and money for their ei peunis on the road and for the sup|H>rt of their families while they are absent, are bound to go ; others hold every Mo hammedan under obligation if he is able to walk and to earn bis bread on the wsy ; others, again, think it suffi cient in certain eases to send s aubsti , tute, whose expenses must lie paid by the person sending. However this may be, the pilgrimage takes place every year with unfuiliug regularity, the cars vans forming near Cairo, and thence proceeding to the " Holy Citv." On the return from Mecca the birthday of Mohammed is celebrated st Cairo with ; peculiar ceremonies. The dervishes i and pilgrims oougregate in imueuse numbers, the gathering not being un like that of a fair ground, save for one thing that there are no intoxicating liquors sold. There is plenty of in toxication, however, hut religious in toxication, the people being all but raving mad with fanaticism. Hereder vislu-s of all orders dance, howl, and cut themselves until they fall down foaming at the mouth in a fit of reli gious frenzy, being with difficulty kept from starting afresh and running a muck amidst the spctatora. On the last day takes place the da*th. " 1 took up my poiiition early," writes the artist, "so as to obtain a good view of the ceremony. First passed in separate detachments the fanatics of the various orders, headed bv banners, all scream ing, howling, ami dancing wildly, many j lieiug without their turbans, their heads being exposed to the burning sun. After all liiul passed, the devotees laid themselves down side by side, as j close as possible to each other, and face downward, volunteers from the crowd of spectators rushing forward to range them symmetrically, so that their feet might fall in one straight line. Others kindly wsved their louse gar ments over the prostrate bodies to give them a little sir. Boon more dervishes ami more banners ap|N-aml, and walked over the human pathway, and then came the Khetk of the Haadieli on his milk-white horse. The animal was led over the backs of the poor wretches, but appeared to use the greatest care in placing his feet, as though trying to tread as lightly as possible. The Hheik wore the green turban, showing that he hod performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, and rode with his eyes closed as though in a trance. The number of meu thus ridden over amounted to nearly three hundred, and no sooner had the horse : passed than their friends rushed for ward to assist them to rise, mauy of the devote.-s being severely injured, while others were senseless, not from any actual bod !y injnry, but merely from religions excitement." The dosth dates fr mi the close of the last <m ntury, in the days of one Sheik Younis, who is said to have possessed the power of riding over gla.s without breaking it. Afterward it became the custom to ride over fanatic dervishes, who believed that the horse would not hurt them— those injured lieiug not sufficiently prepared for the occasion by prayer i and faith. A l'iifi*nl fair I'iirhf hnllart. A Funeral for Fight Hollar*. The N. Y. Oerroau Cremation So ciety propose to build a hall 60 feet wide by i-l feet, rectangular shape, lit from atKivo by means of a central dome supported on pilasters. In the center of tiic one side-wall ia to be placed an altar, at which funeral ceremonies are to be performed. In front of the altar will be an opening in the floor, giving entrance to an underground passage. The eorpse to bo incinerated is to be inclosed in an iron coffin, which will le sent in a hearse lelt)ging to theaociety to the house of the deceased. Iu the center of the coffin-lid will be a circular plate of soft metal, which, when melted by the furnace, will leave an aperture through which the gases from the body in course of combustion insy escape. The coffin ia to be low ered through the opening iu front of the altar on to an iron plate supported by screws, which in turn are attached to wheel* runniug on a track. liy this means tuo coffin ia taken out from beneath the building, and under a furnace constructed outside the hall aud directly behind the altar. When the oeffin is moved along the required distance, it is worked tip by means of the screws OK which it is supported in to nn empty chamber, surrounded by solid fire-proof masonry and covered over in the same manner. At a short dis tance from it ia a furnace capable of producing heat up to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the heated air from which will pass over the coffin, melting the Central plate of soft metal and charring the enclosed remains, the gases from which mingle witli the heated air and pas to an arrangement containing coal oil. whore the gases are consumed. The President, Mr. F. Stilck, claims that the friends of the deceased re maining near the altar would be utterly unable to see, hear or smell anything that could shock their sensibilities. After abont 1J hours the remains would be reduced to ashes, which might be collected in an urn, on which the photograph of the deceased might be placed and the urn then deposited in imo of a series of niches running around the walla of the main building. The President claims the greatest superiori ty for tlie new method, both on the score of cleanliness aud cost, the latter not exceeding SB. Description of a Fish-Ladder. B. B. Redding, Fish Commissioner, I) AN furnished A description of a fish ladder for publication, which will be read with general interest by all who are intercatod in pisciculture. A fish ladder is ordinarily so simple and inex pensive an affair that it would seem men owning dams would, if informed, construct them without the require ments of a compulsory statute. A good fish-ladder, for use in our mountain streams, is made in the form of along box, of plank, open at both ends, four fact wide and three feet high. One end of the box is fastened at the top of the top of the dam, tin-other end is extend ed to and fastened in the center of the pool below the dam. In the inside of the box, and fastened on its bottom, are pieces of plank abont four feet apart, placed transversely, and called " rifles." Each rifle is übont a foot high. These rifles do not extend from side to side of the box, but oulv two thirds across. To illustrate : If the first rifle is fastened ou the side of the box, at a right angle to its side, it will extend thirty inches across the box ; the next, four feet above, will be fast ened on the left side of the box and ex tend thirty inches ncross it, and so on, alternately, until the top is reached. The water passing into the top af this box is caught by theso rifles and divert ed right and left by them until it reach es the stream below. The fish coming up the stream to the dam seek aud ex plore every crevice and opening where water is passing. If the lower end of the fish way is placed near the center of the pool below the dam, they readi ly find it, and immediately enter it. Torinn: 02.00 a Year, in Advance. TKKATMK.XT OF BII'iITIIFUIA. 4d*l*s from a I'kplitaa Tit* Malady Ht|t*lilt If frwaapily T*lt*tt In Hand. Diphtheria has prevailed no long and terribly in Brooklyn aud New York that the opinions of the wisest and moat *i jwrieuoed physicians should lie sought, in the hope of finding some remedy for it. Among the poor, bad air and food are among the uist in-live causes of the great mortality from it; bnt still it will only too often single out aud kill ltd victims among the children of the rich, cleanly, aud judicious. In every ea*e of the disease of course pure sir, if possible, and good food, even if it have to be begged, should b procured. Any really good home-made soups, be thej of beef, luntton,chicken, are just as good and often far better than beef tea; and they may be changed from one to the other as they pall upon the patient's taste. Good, undiluted milk is quite as useful as soup of any kind; and it may always be prevented from turning sour, or making the imtient bilious or feverish, by the addi tion of a large pinch of soda to each teacupful of milk. Beef tea, soup, or milk should be taken frequently, and iu as large qu*n titles aa the stomach will bear and digest without danger of causing dis gust or nausea. If stimulants are required, and they are generally wanted early and abun dantly, milk*punch is the best; but it should always be made with tbe addi tion of soda or lime water to the milk, for the reasons above stated. If milk punch becomes distasteful, barley water, rice water, arrow root, etc., may be used aa a bland vehicle for administering stimulants. Then of all the remedies that a long experience (over SO years) has proved eminently reliable, chlorate of potash is the best; but it should be given iu one way only, snd also thoroughly. It should be given dry upon the tougae, pure, not mixed with sugar, and not in solution. By giving it in this way, it dissolves slowly in the month, and gradually and efficiently come* in con tact with all the diseased parte of the throat. It is slightly disagreeable at first; but the youugeet child soon beoomaa accustomed to it. It takes away the suppoaed necessity for forced local ap plications to the throat, aud if the lit tle patient IK* taught to open its mouth widely, without straining, and to draw in its breath deeply at the aame time, the curtain of the palate will be drawn np, and the whole back part of the thrust, down to the windpipe, will be exposed to view, without the use of any harsher yieans to obtain a view of the parts mvulved by the disorder. This treatment must be persisted in, the chlorate of potash be given in doses of two, three, five or more grains every hour at first, until some decided im provement commences, or for one, two, three, or even more days, without hesi tation or faltering. Often no apparent improvement set-ins to take place for one, two, or more days ; sometimes not until nearly up to the fourth day. Hut courage sud perseverance will almost certainly be rewarded with success; certainly four or five times out of six. This treatment ia considerate, btit efficient ; the child nevi r become* afraid of ita physician or attcrdants • and generally, "with a little manage ment, takes or doea all that ia required of it, because ita handling ia always gentle, or at least not harsh or distress ing. If the debility be venr great, muriate tincture of iron may be required. If the mouth be dry, glycerine may b put into it frequently. It may be true that in the moat desti tute, filthiest, and careless classes the beginning of diphtheria may be the beginning of death, but I am eery aure that a vat number of lives can be saved by the treatment aboTe indicated. An Old Experiment at a w Place. A thing that is new to our people baa recently sprung up in tins place, aaya a Connecticut exchange, ami the atten tion of many is directed to it, Ferhaps at an earlier day of our country's his tory it might have been pronounced a witchcraft excitement. It is in consequence of what I will call body lifting. The yonng peonle collect together in companies and lift each other by the tip ends ot the index fingers. The subject to be lifted lies down npon the carpet, face upward. He is instructed to assume a stiff or rigid state, approaching the condition of a stick of wood as much as poaaible. The lifters, six in number, stand three on each side. Then at a signal, the snapping of a finger by the leader, the lifters and the subject inhale the atmosphere, flllirg their lung* to their utmost capacity. When this is done the lifters stoop and try to lift the sub ject If they fail, they again assume an erect attitude, and" again inhale; then try again, and thus repeat the op eration till at last geuerally the sec ond. third, or fourth trial, up goes the subject like s festher, being frequently borne to the ceiling on the tin ends of the fingers of the lifters. They claim that the heaviest persons lift as easily as the lightest. Subject* weighing 200 pounds have been thus lifted by four persons. Some declare that the opera tion produces an exhilarating sensa tion ; others that it causes depression. The writer of "his article was thns lifted, and experienced no unnsual sen sation more than he went up without any apparent physical effort on the part of those that lifted him. It is said that if one of the actors laughs or does any thing to cause him or others to exhale while the subject is going np, the latter will immediately come down unless he is cangtit by "main strength. The cause of all this the operators claim to know nothing al>ojit. Yellow Fever and Electricity. A correspondent writing from Fay ette, Mississippi, gives a curious suc cession of observed facts, which may lead to a clearer understanding of the conditions uudor which yellow fever is generated, aud, as a consequence, to new methods of preventing or curing the disease. lie says that prior to the breaking out of the fever and during tbo prevalence of the epidemic, the rains are accompanied l>y lightning and thunder, which in other seasons are common. There was only one peal of thunder heard iu this county between the middle of September and the latter part of October. Iu 1855, at a school celebration, a sufficient amount of elec tricity could not bo generated to per form the simplest experiment with the electrical apparatus, aud shortly there after the yellow fever broke ont and raged terribly. The writer draws the conclusion from those facts, that the prevalence of yellow fever is dependent upon the eleotrical condition of the at mosphere, and suggests that scienoe may be made to supply the necessary conditions to public health. THE ASTOKS.—The Actors paid $259,- 057.83 taxes for the year. At the rate of 2.80 this would represent nearly $12,000,000. Probably one-half of the real estate they own is leased to parties who pay the taxes. The value of the real estate owned by the Astors, iu round numbers, is at least $21,000,000. NO. 40. The Slack Hills. A party of Kionx, representing the Indians of the Standing Hock Agency, went to iiismarck, from Fort Kioe, to have a grand powwow with the Aricka ree scouts at Fort Lincoln, and to as sure them of their dcaire for friendly relations with them. After the powwow between the Hionx slid the 'Keea hail been concluded, the former crossed the river to shake hands, as they etid, with the whites and to talk with the chief of the iron road, re ferring to the Pacific Railroad. They made hitter complaints of the invasion of their lauds by the " Long-Haired Chief," as they "call Oeneral Custer, who had entered their territory with two expeditious and had driven the buffalo out of their country, thai de priving them of their subsistence, and Lad never paid a oent to the Indiana or their loss. The whites, they said, were catting timber and hay all along the Missouri, and were receiving " big money," none of which, however, was ever given to the Indiana, and now that gold had been diaoovered in the Black Hill# the whites propose to take that as well. The ml men complained tb#t all these prooeedinga were in violation of the treaties that had been made with the Hionx, re*erving to their use all these districts and all that they contained. Hubaeqaently a regular council of eight principal chiefs was held for the purpose of " making talk." They spoke of gold in the Black Hills, and acknowledged that they knew of its existence there. Tbe chiefs were asked whether they would give their oonaect to tha sale of the Hills. " Running Antelope," chief of the Uncapapaa, rose in reply to this question, and proceeded to deliver a speech on this subject. He said in substance that he ia fifty-three years old, and that he will not sell the Black Hi.ls country. When he dies his son will be clue), and when this son shall have died, his son will be chief, and neither would ever sell any of the lands. Daring th* council the chiefs said that they wanted the Qreat Father at Washington to write to them at onoe about their Lands, and also to send them gnus and ammunition, if he can do it, with which to keep off the white men. " Running Antelope " was the chief spokesman of the party. In a subse quent interview he made nee' of the fol lowing remark to illustrate his position on the question of sale : " If I had two lands 1 would sell one ; bat 1 have but one, and I cannot sell that." Notwith standing tbe declarations of these chiefs J am satisfied, however, that, ao far as this tribe is concerned, thei will be no difficulty in gaining their con sent to the surrender of the Blsck Hills with proper management. He Knew It There waa, fire and twenty yean ago, an attorney practising in onr oourta, named lioonton. Had he been on the frontier he would hare been either a blood-letter, or an arrant coward, I don't know which ; bat here he waa nmj>ly a noiay, coarse-grained bully ; and his chief delight waa to badger and bully witnenaaa of theoppoaiug oounsel on the at and. Que day a home case *U on trial, in which Boonton wait for the defendant. By and by, oonnsel for the plaintiff called a witness who was supposed to be something of a horst-doetor. He was a middle-sged, easy, good-naturail man, dad in homespuu, whose bronxed brow and hard hands betokened sweat and toil His testimony, which was clear, simple), and direct, made things look dark for Lh defendant, and when Boonton got hold of him he proceeded to cross-question him in his usual brutal manner. Haid cross-examination wound up rather abruptly as follows : " Well, now," demanded the counsel, with a tomahawk like flourish, " what do you know about a horse, anjway ? Do you really profess to be a horae doctor f m " So, air, not exactly. I don't pro fo*a to be a horse-doctor, but I know a good deal about the naterof the beast." "That ia," cried Boonton, glaring first at the witness, and then smiling at the jury, nodding graciously to the court, and sweeping a tnnmpbaut glanoeorer the audience, —"that iato say, sir—you kuow a home from a jack ass when you see them f" " Ah—ya-a*,— jea* so," returned the witucws, " with imperturbable good hnmor and gravity, " between the fr> beaata I ehould never take tor for the horae For once in hia life, at least, the bullT was effectually squelched, and amid the wild roar which followed he threw himself into bis seat, and allowed the witness to leave the stand. Deal tlently with the Little Ones, How often we hear tired, overworked mothers scold sad fret st their chil dren. Poor, helpless, innocent little ones; how my heart has nohed for them. For every rareicaa action, every misstep, every failure, they are harshly reproved or punished. How they trem ble and fear those who should be their comfort and consolation in every child ish trouble. God pity the mother who folJs the little restless hands, cloees the bright eyes, and lays her darling away with the remembrance of harsh words, impatience and nnkimlneea to go with her through life. Hera must indeed be a dreary pilgrimage. Do we expect onr children to be men and wo men ? Are we not rather children of a larger growth, continually making mis takes nod failures Did yon ever no tice bow small a thing it takes to make a child happy f A araile, a kind word, a earess, or a toy, is all it ex a'a to buy their happiness. Time will come all too soon, if they live, when care, sorrow and trouble will overtake them, for Psss through this lift as bast lbs; war, "Tis fuil of anxious ears. llow .Murh lYe Talk. It is well that all we say it not writ teu down—not only because some of it might be rather against us, but because there would uoi be room for it. (John 21:25.) A curious Frenchman lias lately boon making a calculation, which is, that a man talks on an average three hours a day, at the rate of about twenty nine octavo pages an hour. This would make eighty-seven pages a day, about six hundred a week, which wouM amount to fifty-two good-sized volumes every year! And then, multiplying this by the number of years in a man's life, what a library he would have if it should all be printed t And, too, how very little of the whole would be worth preserving, and how much he would be so glad if it had been left unsaid ! Notes on Advertising. To cure dull times—apply an adver tisement to the afflicted part. A sign-board can't tell everything. It takes an advertisement to do that All who advertise do not get rich, but precious few get rich without it The world is full of advertising, yet everybody wants to see what is new. The world's memory is short. It will forget you if you do not jog it fre quently. Early to bed and early to rise will all be in vain if you don't advertise. The world is sure to find out au hon est man; but it will find him out a great deal quicker if he advertises. A MATRIMONIAL MART IN ITALY. A rta wkN a win > a blttU ■* Arr.nal la alw*r r.nnd far lit* A.fc- A pa par of the lste Lady Am parlay, in Mwmillan't Magtumc dwgfribes a visit aha pai l to a novel ioniitntion in Palermo, Picture a large, Iftng room, tbe center portion of which ia dlridea off from tbe aide# and farther end- by an iron grating whioh forma a cage, entered only by a well-baited street door, through which visitor# from th# onter world are admitted. Bete they ait on hennhea to eonverao with thoae on tbe outside of tbe iron grating. Frienda of tbe Meters, or employees of tbe place,and the foster parents are th# nana! visitor#. Once a week, however, on Bnnday mornings, from ten to twelve, this place ia the scene of the moat norel and lndicrona courtships. One of the object* of th ia motherly In stitution, ia to find fit and proper nna handa for tbe girls under their charge, tbe one requisite being, that the yonng man ia bonnd to show himself in pos session of sufficient moans to maintain u wile in oomfort before he is allowed j to aspire to tbe hand of one of these precious damsels. Having given hie ! credentials of fltueaa to the gnardiana, he receive# a card, whioh admits him next Sunday morning to an inspection of the candidates for matrimony. There, sitting on a bench, if bis curi osity and ardor will allow him to re main aitting, he waits the arrival on tbe other aide of the grating of the Lady Superior, accompanied by a girl Bha Una been selected by the order of seni ority and oapaoity for household work, from the htindml or more between seventeen and twenty-one awaiting for a youth to deliver them from their pris on. The two yonng pple, no doubt breathless, with agitation at tbe im portance of tbe ceremony, have to take one long, fixed look at each other. No word is spoken, no sign made. These good Sisters believe ao fnlly in the lan guage of the eye, that to their minds, ' any addition u futile, and might bat serve to mystify the pure and perfect effect of love at first sight. The look over, tbe Lady Superiur, aeka the man if he will accept the maiden as his bride. Should he answer in the affirma ' tive, th* same question ia pnt to her, and if abe hows her aaaent, the betroth al has taken place, and they part till the Sunday following. The young lover again makes his ap pearance before the tribunal of guar dians, and there the contract ia signed, the day of marriage fixed, and he ia granted leave to bring the ring, ear rings, a wedding drees and confetti, and preaent them through the grille ol course to his betrothed. Everything bee to peae tbe scrutiny of the Sisters, for fear of aom tender word being slipped in with the gifts. Daring the few Sundays that intervene between the first love aoenc and the marriage, an hoar's conversation, within hearing of the Lady Superior, ia allowed, but not a touch ia exchanged. The empty Ulk, interspersed with giggling, oon -1 rifts of inqniries as to the wedding dress, the sort of confetti most liked, and the occupation and place of abode of the suitor. Shonld the young man refuse the first damsel presented to i him, he ia favored with the sight of three or more, bat should be still ap pear difficile he is dismissed. The girl also has power ot refusal. The marriage over, tbe task of the Sisters ia done, and whether happiness and faithfulness are the result of this heathenish rite, they never inquire. Visitors have wondered what induce ment there can be to make the youth#, who have the world to choose from, come here in search of a wife. Two hundred and fifty franca ia the great attraction. That sum ia given in dowry with each of these girla, and for that sum it seems, a Sicilian ia willing to sell himself for life. Those girl# for whom the institution fail# to find hus band#, are allowed at twenty-one, to face temptation alone, and aitnatuma are found for them. Take a Sheep Too. An old fanner, about the time the temperance reform waa hegiuning to exert a healthful influence in the coun try, eaid to hie man-aerrant: "Jonathan, I did not think to aay that I think of trying to do my work this year without rum. How much more must I giee you to induce you to do without it V" •• Oh, I don't care much about it," said Jonathan, "yon may giee me what you please." "Well," aaid the farmer. "I will gire TOU a aheep in the autumn, if you wi.l do without." "Agreed," said Jonathan. . The eldest eon aaid : " Father, will you gire me a aheep, too, if I will do without rum 1" "Yea, Marshall, you ahall hare a aheep if you will do without. The younger eon, a stripling, then aaid : " Father, will you gire me a aheep if I will do without ?" "Yes, Chandler, you ahall hare • aheep also if you will do without." Presently Chandler apoke again. " Father, hadn't yon better take a sheep too ?" Building Skips. Of all the many excellencies of the Citv of Peking the cities of New Tork and Boston seem to be fully iuformed, a Philadelphia paper says, but of the other important facta, that she was built upon the Delaware, of Pennsylva nia iron, and fashioned by Pennsylva nia mechanics, they are curiously ob livious. It may not be amiss, there fore, to inform the newspapers of New Tork and Boston that this great iron steamship, which baa excited their ad miration and elicited their warmest praises, is absolutely the sole produc tion of Pennsylvania, and that, such is our wealth of "material and of mechani cal skill, and such our facilities for building vessels like the Oity of Peking, that we can build as many aa can be or dered of like or different design, bat all well and staunchly built and warranted to he equal in strength, beauty and speed to any ship that ever glided from her ways into the murky waters of the Clyde or into any other British waters. The Population of China. The population of China, notwith standing the frightful ravages of the great rebellion, which in some parte has reduced it by one-half, ie still, says an English journal of August 19, mar velous for the amazing figure to which it reaches. Baron Reicbtofen lias esti mated it at 100,000,000, bnt the Abbe David, a well-knowu Chinese explorer, in a recent communication to the Sooiete de Geographic of Paris, de clares this to be much below the real facts. Basing his estimate ui>on his knowledge of the province of Kiangai, which he thinks below the average, M. David reckons the population of the Flowery Laud at 300,000,000. But for infanticide and smallpox he believes the people would doable themselves every twenty years. A HABD CASK. —In St. Petersburg, Russia, reoently, a Sergent de Vilie murdered a physician and tiia cook on account of jealousy, the officer being in love with the latter. He remained in the room where he had committed the crime, and, holding a knife to his breaßt, stood for five hours, threaten ing to kill himself rather than be arrested. He was drenched with wster and blinded with snnff, but could not be taken off his gurrd. He yielded voluntarily at last. LOOK TO IT. —lf a man is hungry within sn hour, more or less, after a regular meal, he is dispeptio beyond question, and it shows that the stomach is not able to work np what he baa eaten, so as to get nourishment out of it; bnt, to eat again, and thus impose more work, when it oould do nothing for what it had already been eaten, is an absurdity; and yet all dyspeptics who eat whenever they are hungry do this very thing, and thus aggravate and protrsot their sufferings.
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