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.