Jwwle.
Jw m tvith yum* *! fair.
l>w? eye* and mum? hmr ;
Mann? hair and dew? e?M
Are not where her bwaut? bet
Jemie ia both foivl and true,
Heart of gold and will af yew .
Will of yew and heart of (told
Still her cliarr>v< are ncareel? told
If ahe yet remain unminjt.
Pretty, oonetant. docile. young;.
What remain* not here oouijuled *
Jeeate ta a little child '
Mntt Barit.
The New Year BUI*.
Ob ! the bills. Now Year hills.
What * world >f misery
Thru nmnierv inutiUs 1
At th* merchants with their quilts
Stuck bohiud their oars polit*.
So invite
Year kind and prompt ittoi.tiou
To their lulls.
How they dun. dun. dun.
At the? kindly urge upon
Yon earnest Attention to their blessed little hill*,
little bill* '
With a power of perforation.
And a tuan that uei er ftiis
What a ta,l dusutnulsticti
To call tluui It tie lulls '
While all the Uu tliat tinkle*
nyoar p*iket only sprinkles
A little Uqtudaliou ou tht bills.
01 The destiny that till*
All our holidays with 1 ilia
When the Sew Year datuer
Of the [Ksr Uiji't'tn) autuor
Might be cooked tth the fuel of lu* bail*.
Oh ' the lulls, bulla. UUa.
Notluug else but htlla 1
*K. HENSLOW *S FAILURE,
In the middle of September, IS7H. the
Algeria steatUiul into the New York
waters witii a onmpuiy tf summer ab
sentees, joyful at their nearucxw to home.
The passage had Uva h*s
than could be uinlntl; hut this tlav wits
bright and fair, and the few Europeans
on board were being told, in every va
riety of f.tnu, that " We were now get
ting into New York vwtiher." # The pilot
was eagerly looked for, and at length
came on boar.l, among the cheers of the
W;'ll-dteew\l group ou iWk. He brought
a few news;\aj<ers. which were soon dts
tribute*! aiitl li.mluigs read. What a
change of tone they prtnlucetl! " /'tunc
(Wi'mmj; .' Ifottsr- afirr Aoitsc dotoi.'
The foUotriHff sufprmled," etc. So the
words ran. A geuth man atotu! up and
read aloud for all; ami one might see
the effect on this and that countenance,
of successive a-im-urnvmentx. S<.me
never uttered a word, but dropped awnv
froiu the crowd. There was a newspajn-r
iu the writer's hand. A gentleman
stepped tin aud timidly asked a look at
it I shall never forget the expression of
that face as he handed it bock without a
word, and crept away to his cabin, as if
he had done something criminal. In
deed 1 sliall never forget that whole
seem-. FVrßips Us-ause its impression
was so strong; perhaj< beraus<- stilise
qtient events liave so often r-ctdled it
" I hail a drt-am which WTS not ail a
dreara;" but how much was Jn .uu ami
how n-.ach reality, it is mt ms-Jful to
say. At least i am wide awake now,
when putting on jtaper vt h.it I hojto may
be. in spirit and essence, if mt in form,
realized in many a home.
Mr. Charles G. Hen slow seemed, if
not rich, at 1-ast a " comfortable " man.
as he brought lack his family, ,-arly- iu
Septen-.K r, 1 --73, from a pleasant run to
the White mountains, and tliat lake
which it is more agr-able to .sail over
tlian to -=peil or pronounce—the smiling
Wirmii-is -ogce. \ u could not help
tliinking tlatt a happy gronp that entered
his snug up town resilience—his comely
wtf\ a grown-up daughter. Carry",
Henry, who meant to be an artist, and
two httlo girls, who ran up stairs and
down, shouting to each oth r and to all
the house, r<-ports on the t-anary, the
cat, the cook, and their own little room.
Tom, who was well through his eonrse,
lut 1 gone directly to c- >lleg\
Mr. Henslow soon got " tinder way,"
down-town; but one w<-ek at home Bis m
ol to undo all the benefit of the summer
trip. Pale, silent, and uioouy, he str- >ve
in vain to respond to the g'.adnesia of his
children, when he was at home in the
evening. It was one week from the day
of their return that he came Iwk i-arli- r
than usual and called his wife to his
rxxim. She liad feared >methiug very
batl; sh was not sur]iris-d when he
said, with a choking voice, "The worst
has crane; my darling, we are }>oor, al
most js-nnilesß. The house has siirpend
cd, and we junior partners, who bul
little ia it but our liKir, have n- thing."
Yfrs. Hen-duw neither slirieked nor
fainted, nor fell iu hysterica on his neck.
She kissed liim quietly, patted his
shoulder a bit, and said, " Well, Charle .
we did til] for the be~t, and we are in
God's hands. He will set you right
again. We need not fear his goodce
failing."
" The poor chiltlren !" sai l he. • How
sliall I tell them! Must we let them
know ?" And various contingencies ami
omrideratiojis were hurri'illy talkel
oTer, conung back to the question,
" Shall we tell them
"Why, certainly," said the mother.
" W • U'-ver hid anything from thein that
th'-y could understand, and, thank God,
tlierc ia nothing they ought not to
know."
We shall not follow ths history of
many a sati family council held that" fall;
nor the negotiations tliat led to quitting
the house, and finding another at a
distance from the city, at a
small rent. Nor shall we linger "on de
tails that seemed formidable at the first
blush, but with which " familiarity bred
contempt." That Carrie's German and
music i-ssoas should be stopped; that
Tom should not bo able to traverse
Europe, cultivating the acquaintance of
old masters, and new; tliat " the girls "
should not liave the nuiid who did the
sowing aud wait-d on them; these things
looked mere trifling privations in a
month. Happy is it for us that a loan
that looks gigantic when set up and
looked at by itself, is dwarfed and lost in
a crowd of calamities.
By tht; end of the year the little rented
house was very home-like—that mother
could have made a home in " a hollow
beech-tree " —and every one hail a niche,
and was tolerably happy in it A letter
had been sent to Torn calling liim home,
and giving the reason. But the news
papers had been beforehand; a kind
hcarted professor liad told a friend of
what was likely to come; and he had
offered to advance the money for Tom's
expenses till he graduated aud could re
pay it. Mr. Henslow took a situation as
n book-keej>er, anil gave liis after-hours'
lime to working on the accounts of the
cmbarassed firm. Carrie wanted to "go
out" and teach. " Certainly you can
leach," said her mother. "1 am going
to engage you for two little girls I have,
called Bessie and Bertlia, and after les
sons you shall help me with the sewing.
' Salary not so much an object as a
pleasant home,' you know, dear;" and,
partly laughing and partly crying, she
hugged Carrie, according to the "approved
womanly way of expressing deep emotion
of a tender kind. Henry, like a manly,
good fellow as he was, turned his back on
dreams of Italy and the old masters, and
was mastering the art of converting hard
ware into paper currency, in the old
established house of Brassy & Co., iu a
Western city.
Please to imagine the months of 1874
come and gone. There were no "parties,"
to lie sure, yet Bessie and Bertha had
good health, and did not seem to miss
the pantomime. There was no trip to
the mountains; so no consultations were
needed with the lady who had such
" sweet tilings in silk" for the country.
Carrie did the work of governess well; and
lier mother's dexterity in transforming
; ireases was the perpetual amazement of
hr evenings. Tom and Harry never be
fore received, or wrote such home letters,
and the amount of petting lavished on
Ciarles Henslow, when he returned in '
fri:d. k nrrz, KM or find 1 *r<>|ri< 'tt >r.
VOL. Mil.
tho evening*, was jvrfeetly amazing. Ho
ili.l not tutas his duh, or anything lao m
the citv. So the year passed, ami the
ovo of New Year's day niuic.
There liad loon many oouforeuce*
ulmit tho day. Tom was coming home
for vacation. 11* nrv was to have lu
fiu-t holiday. Ttiat was a doutde joy.
" Shall wo receive, motlior f" siud t'arno;
" 1 think wo had I letter not." Site did
not wish mother to think it would in a
trial to her to give up " receiving."
"Why certainly, I Yurie ; why not!
Are wo not just sus gxnl as over wo were!
If anything, we are li-tter, for wo can all
do something now. If any of our ueigli
Imrw crane, wo shall welcome thein; and
we shall bo all tho happier to them
t they come this war." So it was sot
tied. "
That again was a pleasant group that
gathered about the breakfast table on
January Ist, IS7A, as it was aoeu iu the
dream. It was the flr>t complete gather
tng since their reverse. Mr. Henslow
took the Bible ho had left his wife to
read and pray with the children wlieu
they lived ut town and reod a Ptcdm.
They knelt down and he prayed a
simple, thankful, humble prayer. 1 liev
rose fmni tlieir kutvs, Henry, who luul
never heart! his father pray, wiping tears
from his eves tliat were full of uotliiug
but joy. Vie had joined the church iu
tlie citv iu which ho worked; lavause
"he saw he mint be one thing or tho
other, lie th roughly good, or go t >
ruin ;" and n clergyman whom he con
sulted put him int > a geutlemeu'a Bible
class. The rest hat! followed.
" 1 have some good newrs to tell you
all," said Mr. Henslow. " which 1 kept
for this morning. The house"—they all
knew the house---" is going on again
hopefully, ami I b- gin again as before
with this year; ami if Tom likes, after
he graduates next commenceuient, lie
can gi>t my phnv."
Aftor general c-e.igr.italatious, and
sttme of the afon stud hugging, it wus
Tom's time to answer the looks of in
quiry.
" \AeU, father, I'm not vain enough to
think 1 could take your place. They
have a notion at college tliat there is
something in tue; mostly, I suspect, be
cause 1 have dropjie-.i cigars and parties,
ami cut fewer recitations tliaa 1 used to;
and there is a talk of my getting an ex
liibition that w ill enabi-- me to go to Ger
many for a year and staly; and then I
uiav develop into a lawyer, or a pro
fessor, or something ' pi •r but honest;'
for 1 doubt if my nervous system cotikl
' stand the fluctuations of commerce;'"
aud Tom glaneetl slvlyovora broatl cheat
and verv mn-vular liuilw, adiling:
" Henry lu re will make a pile—and on*
millionaire is anough in tit* family."
Tliis was Tom's way of describing the
lirilli:uit sn.vess he won in college sims
ho wakened up to th- idea tliat he liad to
make his own way. Hie reader can im
agine more hugguig. etc.
It was now Harry's turn to say a word
—taking out a roll of notes ami putting
it in his mother's hand. " I was to lutve
nothing the tirn; year, while 1 w.u learn
h'.g tin- business; Est t! • governor told
m- in July that 1 d- rved something,
and put me <-n salary; an 1 1 lirought
home the most of it, ami"— l'oor
Harry! He had something else to sav,
but he had n -t got rid of the crying, iu
his h-art. ovt r las fsth- r i prayer, and he
brake down.
"Poor me," sail C.j-rie; "I wish I
was a nan; I cam do nothing, and ltavg
uo story to tell."
" But you liave, t .j daughter, and 1
will tell it. We paid over six hundred
dollars a year for the cUildr i ut school
hi t>>wn. and tlieir dms dng for school
cswt at the very htist two hundred d<>!
hint a vi-ar more; and you have saved all
t!mt, and u peuny sav.-d 11 a l - nuy w-oq,
if Benjamin Fnuiklin told the truth ;
and the girls never learnt so ranch ia
a year, and nev.-r hail so good a gov
ern ess."
'•And, mamma! aire, we'll never go
to school nguin, but always !.- ;i ni 1 -ssmat
witli C.irric!" cliiruisl in Ih-ssio and
Bi-rtlm. to wliom Carrie hail made lessons
(she called tln-ru " her little busy B'a"),
more a pleasure than a toil.
" I)ou't b- too rare alxcit that, Il>-i
sic," said Tom. "There's a dremlful
binl of prey I have seen prowling ul>uiit
this nest, thnt lam a/rai l want* to carry
off your governess."
Vi"c do not pretend to say why Carrie
i blushing and frowning on Tom, and
giving hisn a blow cu the upjier jiart of
ids clt-i-k thnt does not hurt him much;
or why a Mr. E.qle, who owned a nits
mansion close by Riis father was a rich
broker), who was among the first new
year callers, staid w > long, aud appeared
eo awkward and timid as he was leaving.
Your true man, as a rule, is a little sheep
ish wheu in love; it is the empty-headed
coxcomb who worshiiM hiiiuMuf) and im
agines he li uors anylsxly to whom In
offers his precious js-lf, tlrnt is as easy,
self-jsmseaaeil, anil impudent as one ol
those cw'k-sparrows hi tlie mpiare.
But Mr. Ikigle left a letter, addressed,
"Charles G. Henslow, Esq., present;"
of which we can give the reader a copy;
"Mr I>EA.n SIR: —I hope it wrill not
seem to you, and to Airs. Henslow, pre
sumptuous in ine to ask your consent to
my union with your daughter. Hince
you liave come to resile here, I have
come to love her for tluit real worth,
which I only knew in p;irt when you
lived in the city, and, yet, which I re
spis-ted even then. Through tlie kind
ness of my kito and dear father, I liave
means enough to secure isimfort, ami I
do not mean to be an idle man. If you
will give me this gift, I am sure, with
God's blessing, 1 shall lie happier and
more useful, and I sliall try to lie like
your other nons. I shall await a line
from you at your convenience, and 1 le
ft ire venturing to speak to Miss Hen
slow, and with what anxiety, I need not
say. Permit me to be, with great re
spect, Yours, most faithfully,
" FRANK I*. EAOI.K. "
We shall not descrilie the other callers;
nor intrude on another family council;
nor nay how this " bird of prey " was
regarded by Carrie; but we noticed that
she takes Tom's puns and jokes in excel
lent part, even when he declares "it is
the Eagle that is Carried away." There
may have been more hugging; for tint
mother and daughter luul liecomo more
to each other hi days of trial than ever
they would hav been in prosjierity. As
the family parted at late bed-time, Mr.
Henslow said, as he kissed Bessie and
Bertlia good-night, " This is the liappi
est New Year's day of my life.— lsrfycr.
SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.— The population
of New York city, according to tlie last
census, is 942,292. The transient popu
lation is abont 30,000, of wliich, in round
numbers, 5,000 aro immigrants tempo
rarily staying in the city, 5,000 are sea
men, 10,000 guests at hotels, and 10,000
guests at boarding-houses. The esti
mated numlx-r of persons married dur
ing the year is 20,000; tho births, 35,0 CX);
the deaths, 27,000. The money spent
for public schools is about $3,000,000;
the money spent in public amusements,
$7,000,000; the money spent for liquors
in saloons and other licensod establish
ments, about $50,000,000.
Some young men in Vienna have
formed a matrimonial league. Every
m mber of the league must tie tho son of ,
a man of property, and must pledge him
self to marry a poor girl, one who lias
neither dowry nor expectations, and must
forfeit 10,000 florins if ho violates the
pledge.
TN SI CENTRE REPORTER
The Uuat of lJtltig-
A comparison of fho prion* of Uo
Maples of the country in wholesale mar
koht in November, 1H59, IHtH ami 1874,
av•• the l'lilhidolplus
prwva wo uettr!y a* low, ami ill some
oaitoti hiwor, law than Mure lite war, if
Uioy aro reduced to tlio gold sttui'lard.
\S liont is telling at ut*>ut tho lettlio price*
in currency tut it aohl for in gold iu 1M59.
t'orn is selling for half what it ili.l in
I8t4 (.tint year when gold tunrhal 285 1,
ami ulnut tho aamo price, gold
value*, a* it did in 1859. Cotton i*
worth n httlo mure than in 1859, lutt is
NLH'HT otio ninth tho price reached in IN'I.
l*rovisn>u, sugar ami coffee allow a
lieavv decline, hut the present currency
quotation* are alwve the gold prices of
18SD. 1 >ry glial* allow a great decline
*uuv IN>4, prints In-iug lwlow tho price*
of 1859. Beef wim nuicr higher iu tho
ItH*al uiarkot before the war than to day.
Sal.st woro report: ,1 in November, 1858,
fer seven tt> nine cents per jhuuhL Tho
eurreeji aiding cuttle rej*>rt published
this \t-ar quolee sale* at from 4 to 7
uml a lialf cento. But boforo these orti
olow reach the consumer* itoins of oost
aro mlilw<l tt> tlioin, which have not lieeu
reduced in proportion to tho reduction in
prime ooat. 'Joe tax nito of 1859 on roal
eatato was $1.75 on a very low valuation
of property ; today it is $2.20 ou a cash
valuation.
A house which was worth $1,500 in
IBS'J could not 1* Isiught for twn>- that
amount now, and rents are fn>m two to
thr-e times a* high now as Ix-forvi the
war. Whihi it i* tru -, thrr- fore, that
wh.it are often oolle 1 the " mv eitj' * of
life" have l-eu r*lu<v*l in price ut
wholesale to nearly the price* which
niltxl iu ISSR it i* not to be nif*rred tliut
the cost uf living to working men has
IKX-U correspondingly mlucetl. I'ro
vi.*i.ius ixmsume alamt one-third to om--
hulf working men's iinxxuea. '1 ho other
h.-tif is erjieuded for rent, clothing, fuel,
light*, and other expenditures of all
kitnLi, and in many of these there ha.*
l**-u no reduction from onto-war price*.
But with a reduction in the prime c**t
of provisions, there will undoubtedly
iMiue in time a reduction in the value of
things for which corn, t*-ef, \>h< .it, etc.,
ore exchanged; iu other surds, a reduc
tion in all th<' many tilings which to
gether make up the real cost of living.
Great Britain Accept*.
The U. S. Secretary <-f the liit<-rior re
ceivetl fr-mi the Stut- Department copies
of the official l*tt-r* announcing th* ai
ceptartoo by the Briti*h government of
the invitation of tiie United State* to
participate iu the Centennial. l*>rl
Derby's letter to-Minister Schenck I* a*
follow * :
FOHEIHN OrncK. Dec. 3, 1574.
SIR : With reference to my !• tier of
J.*>th August, 1 have now tie- honor to in
form you that her Majesty's government
accept with much pleasure the invitation
of the Uiiit-d States to take part in tlie
International Exhibition, to i* held at
Philadelphia in I*7>. I shall liave the
honor to acquaint you herewith with the
amtngi-m*ttts which will 1-s male in
order to oarry thi* division into .qfeet.
H<-r Majesty's government trusts that
this exhibition will fully realise the ob
ject* which the government of the Uni
ted State* and the promoter* of the un
dertaking have in view, and th -v do uot
doubt that it will tend to the further de
velopment of the important crauxm-rrin]
relations lN twt*-:! Great Britain and llu-
Unit'sl Sfiifi ■(.
1 hwe the Is u >r to I*-, with the high
est IM:: 1!■ -. t. <. -nr. y. ur mod ol*di
- j-.t, luuub! rf-rvant, Duuir.
'To ti.-u. K 'l—iek, eto,
A ts-t'T of the for> o j* received
from Mini l - Scli -tick, ii..d S- cr-;.. _v
Fish i* al*o in - ' rm<-d <f t! : -<-epti.u<
by letter from -hr Edwar*! 'i !■ niton, who
make* u*>- of snbdiuitially -.-una ex
pressions nr. 1 ITS he i* instruct- Ito eon
vev the information to S-*-r Liry Fish,
with a rtsjm -t tliat tlie Ptv*itl> nt of the
United Si.it-s be made acquaint-*1 with
tke sume.
Healing l'uuer of Glue.
Many women do nt k-iow that glue a*
a healing remedy i* iuvalunble. For a
la*t twelveor fourt —;i y -n-*, sav* a me
chanic. 1 have been era)-loved in a shop
where there are over 3bo m-n ut work,
ami, as is the cut) in all shops of this
kind, linnliy a day pa-si* s but one or
nnre of us cut or bruise our limli*. At
;i <t there were but few who found their
way to my department to lutve their
wounds boil ad up; but after a while it
lxrani-- generally known tluit a rug glued
on a lloeh wound was not only a speedy
curative, lint n formidable pmtectiou
against further injury. I was obliged to
k-* T> it fuil supply of rags on hand to IH<
ready for any emergency.
I w ill here it • one am- ng tunny of the
cases cured with glue. A man was run
ning s Imring macliine, with an inch and
a luilf anger attached; by some menus
the slceTe of his shirt caught in the
auger, bringing hi* wrist in contact witli
the bit, tearing the flesh among tie
ill if vies in a frightful manner. He w:*
oonductoil to my apartmenkitln- jiotb-ni
shop), ami I washed the wound in warm
water, and glaed around it a cloth which,
when dry, shrank into a rounded HIUIJK-,
holding the wound tight and firm. Once
or twice a week, for three or four weeks,
I dressed th- wound afresh until it was
well. Tlie man never lost an hour's time
in consequence. Tlie truth of this
statement hundreds -an testify to. I
Used, of course, the 1 >est quality of
ghto-
After Heath.
A usually placid and very devout dea
con on going to his sheep- yard one morn
ing caught a large dog in the act of wor
rying tin- sheep. Tlie deacon dispatched
the dog on the spot, and leaving th® car
en-L-i where the dog fell, started for the
house. He had gone but n little way
when hi* indignation became so aroused
by the thought of the mischief the dog
hit< 1 done tliat, seizing a shsLstake, le
ntil lack and liegan to pound the lifeless
carcass of the dog in a most energetic
manner. Just then a neighl*>r came up,
and, surprised at the conduct of the de
win, exclaimed :
" Why, deacon, whnt are you jxmnd
ing that dog so for? He's dead !'
The deacon paused, and turning to
his interrogator, gravely an! solemnly
replied :
" I'm pounding him as an example
and warning to all bad dogs, that they
may be deterred from their evil ways by
a knowledge that there is a punishment
after death."
Weddings In Borneo.
On the wedding day the bride ami
bridegroom are brought from opposite
ends of the village to the spot where the
ceremony is to lie performed. They are
mode to sit on two bars of iron, that
blessings as lasting and h -alth a* vigor
ous may nttend the pnir. A cigar and
hetal leaf, prepared from the arecn nut,
are next put into the liands of the bride
and bridegroom. One of the priests
then waves two fowls over the heads of
the couple, and in a long addrnsn to the
Supreme Being calls down blessings
npon the pair, and implores tliat peace
and happiness may attend the union.
Aftor the hernia of the affianced have
been knocked against each other three
or four times, the bridegroom puts the
prepared siri leaf and cigar leaf into the
month of the bride, while she does the
same to him, whom she thus acknowl
edges as her husband.
CENTRE lIALI-. CENTRE CO.. l'A., THURSDAY. JANUARY 21, 187->.
The New I Inance Bill.
Thu following i t tliM full text of the
11 nailiß) bill pasw-d by the Unite-' State*
Congress:
lu if . 1. fol ,t.. .- 'lit*! (lie S.H-1-t.UI vi.f llio
TrtißMiiy 1* lirti I I kuUltM"l*<*l Ml>l It-.JUilt*! *•
l| t.llv M )I.te lo owio to *t
ike lultit* of liie t UltC.l hluli '-lltrr t*Ul* *>f
iltnieuiliiaUoti* of leit, twenty-lite, *it lllly
CMlit* of l*litUni mine, ml to Iwuti thelu in
rxoti-u>l*l lof *ll immlx-1 null MJUolllit of
fia,-ti<<iiMl ouittioey of Mttular ilMUoiitin*li<*i*,
or, t hi* divcretiou, he m*v imtie mich alitor
i*nu thiotegi tlie tuuita, ilb tir.t*iuin, pnl lle
,l-;**nlatiotf-, an,l jtwli rto* of tho I liiti*!
Stall , ami ti|*>ii atu-h it .*uo ho 1* lirrrt y
auUiortOM.) ami riviiun*t to redeem an equal
ami.itul of audi tractn nal eurrolie? until tho
wln.lo amount of aucli (r*ct.iial eniTMUCJ oat
iilauillUff at.all le re<leelU(*l.
S. 4. Tliat ao mtu-lt of aocti.-n 3,t'J4 of tho
rell*l rtatutoo of the t'lilted Htatea ao |>!-
vuleo for a fhaTtfo of out :ifth |*-r centum for
ixitooriint; at am tad nld hulliou Into i*sn ta
hereby rei-oa'.*!, ami hereafter no i' argo nhall
he uuide for that oervioo.
Sac. 3. fhat tsu-trou 5.7*7 of the retind
aUtulea of the United Mateo Ltmililift tlio ayn"
cate amount of the drcuiaUnK noti*. of ualional
I anlLini; anoi.-taUolia t*> and in hereby rc[-ca!< 1.
and each iXioUIIR IwnkujK aomiMlalloU tua? in
cieaoo tlo ctrculal.iu{ no tea lu acevrdasce *IUI
the oxiHtUq; law ullhoui uj**-t lo oOi.l afif;re
fato limit, ami new louikuii; areociaiitMt* may
*9 Ui aixvirdam* with the rxiotaia
law without reelect to oaid afKrebate limit, an!
the i-mvtiuotui of the law f. r the wllhibawal
ami rf*l>lrthution of natt -nal I ank c rreucy
ain. the aeirral Stale* and Twntisi™ are
hereby nqs-aled, aitd wheneier ando often at
ctrv-ulatiiiK bote* nhall he ueitird lo any *uch
hank aa.-wK-iaUoii oo uictvaMitr: lie capita! or
circulaluii; u tee. or oo newly organized a*
afori-eai.t It eha.i le the duty of tlie Hccirtary
of the Tteaaury to rolreui tlie h ♦,-! t> i*l i
I'tlllrd SUUeo Uuki ill et.ee* only I f thlre
h-indml uulUoii doliarw. to the auiotu.l of
eitthty (er oontum of tho *uiu f uatloual bank
note* ao laoued to any mich banking a*- *-iati it,
a* afTeeaid, Mini lo c nUnuc aiu'h rrdrtu) Hon
a* * li'll orculating Itete* aro lr*.iel lUiUI there
ahall I* oi-.tatamhug the mini of three hundred
million dollar* of *t;.h legal temler I u.led
Stale* tiotce. and no tm re. And on and after
tlie r-r*t day of January \. 1* I*7'.', the re
tary of the Treaeurv *hall redeem m ami the
I'niled States leaal tender noti-e then imlslaml
lat; on thai |tr-.-Illation f 5 i -d.-iu|iU-u at tin
fine of tho .Viv.Htaiil lYi a* irer 111 the attv of
New York in auma m< i** than !.fty .loltan-
Ami lo enable the S*-relarv of the lYeaaury
to (*e(re ami (iroride for tlie re,teiujU--n Ui
tli.* < t authoru.e.l a-id rv-qiure-d. he ta author-
Ue.l to UM- anv *ur|dua rvteuuea, FROUL Unie to
liuie, ui the Treasury, nut otherwise ap(.rupnß
t<-d. and to lae.ie, aeil. ami .li*("oae of. a! not
lr-.- than (*o in .MUI, either of tlie iliMcnpti.
..f 1 tub . f the l'iilte.l Stat. . described iu the
at f I'uapiMi guruiel Jul? 14, l-Tu. en
titled " An act toauUio'rue the refunding of tlie
liotiotial debt, ' Witli like quahlir*. principlem,
and exeiuptuuiH to the extent necessary to carry
tin* act into cffiH-t, am! I 1 use tlie pr.*-cel*
thereof f.ir tli purjajSes af re*at.L
And all provtmona of law mcou*i*tent with
tlie (WOTlmolu of tin* act are hereby nqealed.
(ir.x**hii|qier-. in ( tilna
The local niHlionti- s, win titer civil or
military, ore h- id n -pom-iblo for the
stamping out of these insect; a* s.*>u as
their apjHxuwni-E ILXH I*< U reported.
They are nsptinsl t-> sumnum a large
IKKIV of men, and at OUM surround nml
destroy the liM'U*t*. the -XJK-US<-S of th<-
luainh-uance of the men and ts>ni|*-n*a
tion for the crops tn*ldeu down during
the chase l*-ing supplied by the pro
vinciol treasury. Should the l-*id ati
tiioritic* siuxs el iu stamping Ollt the
locust* within a limited time, th-ir *< r
vid s are favviraldy riq*'rt *•! to tli liui
js'ri-r ; but should they fail, and the lo
<-n*t* spmul and do ibunage, tin v itrc
liable to I** d*-privisl of their i*t*. or
r* t>-d and lunubsl over to tin- projvr
board for puaiahment. Aci rtiin sum
j*-r bushel t* jsii'l Ui peasants bringing
in nuwingtHl I'K-ust*, and half tint nurii
when the locust* arw able to fly, while
xwnpensotion i- given for crop* tnsideu
down iu the cha* -. The locusts are
*wi-pt xx it It I* SUUS into tr-uch- • dug at
tiie side of the **>ni fields, in which n
vigorous tire m kept up. The l-<t time
t.i cM]-ture l<K-n-t* is wlieu tin y ar<- lr- <1
ing at (lawn of *hiy, when, tln-ir l**li< -'
being hravy with ili -Y and their Ming*
wit, they are unable to jump or fly. If
the \Y. -ti-ru Stat- * or any parts of tin m
ar-to IK v;-ifisl by the li trust ■in th
future, as tln-y have IK ii of late ysrs,
some defense wrill lu.ve t*i IK- ailoptcil.
Under existing circumstance* the u • f
men in larg'' numlvr* i* impracticable,
and the ingenuity of inventor* < r sci-n
tints is our only hopt*. The prw*i*-i, it
must 1m coufoNtiHl, is not vry clns-riug,
for tli" vast uiiiultabited rrq iorx aln-nl
bnssling ground-' which i iT.*-tuol!y defy
all attempts at exterminate ox.
A Maniac I nplaln.
t'sj'bun S., say* tin- full \hdl
died last yur in the U :itnd A -ylnm,
Dtuidntm, from senile decay, l*-in • tstu
sidentbly over Hfi year* of ag--. lie was
tnuisfcmsl to that ewtablidiiuent on it*
o]N-uiug from the Cork A <ylum, of which
lie had lioeii an intuato for nearly twenty
two year*, having l*-oti ncquitt i as f.ir
back as lfej'j, <*i the ground of in nity,
of th" murder of seven men—tho whole
crew, in fiu-t, with the exception of two
l*ys, of a vessel then utul r las com
mand atul on its return from B nutnln.
Uo**- wing originally a very decided
diameter, but lieooming the subject of
mental dis>-ase from contimtons excite
ment and want of shs-ji for n fortnight,
he labored under delusions a* to a i in
tended mutiny among his shipmat'-s.
After indu--ing them, in proof of their
mitxirdinution and of the al stent*' of such
intention, to allow themselves to lio tusl
down with ropes on deck, iu which JKIMI
tion they lav for nearly mi hour, the
first mate allowing the example, w hen
approaching tho (kirk liarlsir lie delib
enitely murder' <1 them in succession with
an iron liar. After some time h recov
ered his reason in the district asylum,
and writs, no doubt, *<>rrv for what he had
done, for he wax remarkable for n uni
form kindness of disposition toward his
fellow patients; his piety, also, was very
conspicuous, and he was constantly en
gaged in reading the Bible and religious
work*. Occasionally, however, ha had
violent relapses, preceded by u taciturnity
unbroken for several day*, save by quo
tations of an incoherent character or
the repetition of liautic.ii phrases.
Congress Then and Now.
I entered Congress fifteen year* ago,
says Bonator Conkling. From then till
now iny omiortunity for seeing lsitli ls'-
fore and lieliind the wenea lists been im
praved with tlilligenc-, and nothing is
more ce.rt.iin than the cluuige for tho bet
ter in the executive departments in Ixith
wing* of the atpitol and in the supremo
court*. In 1K.V.1 a large projvirtion of the
members of tho House of Beprescnta
tives went habitually armed with deadly
waamins. Drinking to excess was sur
prisingly common. I -orgo numbers in
ixith houses were often, long tiefor©
evening, unfit to do busines*. Liquor
was kept, as far ns I know, in every eoin
mitt's'-roorn iu tho eapitol- -book-case*
doing duty a* side-boards. Gambling
and other dissipations were very common
nniong public men, and \iee mid de
lmueh'-ry wc re the topic* of loud and un
clean jcHt. Venal lobbying xra* too pal
]labia and prevalent to lie overlooked, and
on idl sides lax practices prevailed which
now would be scarcely credited. All
this is dunged for tho better, in all re
specks. Liquor is not tolerated in the
capital. Formerly every cabinet officer,
and many others, rode in a public
carriage as a mutter of course; now every
cabinet officer, who merely allows the
old custom to go ou, finds himself
trumpeted through tho world as n great
offender. George Washington, when
President, rode with six homes, and with
oat-riders. When lie wished to use
horses he ordered them from the war de
partment, at th opnblie expense, and the
out-riders also.
\ (•BEAT HI! Alt IIUM'.
Iu II Mil-b u N| -I iirUrr, n llrlioltrr uu*
TH. tin** Tank lluml.
Two men itatueil Januw Muislwdl uiid
John Kblntts, the former H drunuiier for
it New Yolk house, Wild the latter a resi
dent of Detroit, started from North
llnuieli, Mich., oil a lieur hunting ex-
IKHhtloU. I'rotieedilig six miles east, and
from tlietav file taihs north, tlay cama
uj MHI bear trucks of unuaiuil size. They
lubt witll llieitl a gllll null of approved
patteriis, an ilia-ouiiuonly largo biill dog,
who was never known to turn lu-k ut
anything, ami of a savage |ss-ies, and a
Hiiu-iian bliHtdhouud who weighed not
less tlulll —IS! JMiUllds. l'tle dogs were
the first to scent tin giune, ami M itli tail
and bristles erect they eagerly started ou
the Mat path, MUITIIUII luat Ebbitts fol
lowing lis fast an ]HWslkle, limit five
miles further on they unexpectedly <vui
U|Hiii the lieiu", MIIU M'as tiuietly aluudier
ing' in a cavity made by the uphuavul of
IUI immense bi-tu-h tr> e. The dogs gave
a growl ami a l>ark as they discovered
tin- monster. iual without another sign,
sprang with ferocity on th* la-ar before
he luul time to fauly recover his oon
seiou-lte-i. lie wan Hot h>ng ill doing
it, however, for he immediately roee to
standing jssiition, gave n fierce growl,
elevated the corners of his lijia, dist-los
uig as ugly a set of molars as aver adorn
'd a Michigan ls-ar, fiu-isl the dog*, and
raising his right |utw lie hit the bull-dog
in tk-- ril *, kias-kuig liuu ul*>ut twenty
I t and landing hint #u tin- nqi of a pine
stump threi- feet in height. In the
mean time the bloodhound luul not hi-u
idle. The ls-ar luul no enoouer d<-a!t hi*
tximnule a blow tlum he si-iml him by
the flank with a ferocity which caumxl
him to whirl around with such force a*
to break LMSII. Then bear and bhjod
houud mot face to fuiv. The bear ele
vated hiuiself ou his hind legs aud-ojietl
sl hi* mouth prepared for an embrace.
I'lie bliMslhouud did not decline the prof
fered hug, and quick an a flash of light
ning uprang at the i* or, *i-iz-d him by
the throat, and the battle was Is-guii in
deadly earnest. Tlie ls-ar wut over
thrown by tlie sudden oiioi-t maiie by tlie
bluodtiuliml, and fell ou hi* Iswk, the
bltMslhotuid still clinging to his throat.
Dog and U-ar wer*- mixed up ill such a
manner tliat the hunters were afraid to
fin- for fear they would Will the dog, and
as the dog Up to that moment sooined to
have the ls-*t of the tight, tliev deb r
iniut-d to let the 1 tattle rage without in
b-rruptiou. The ls-ar rx*iv-rial himself
in as, u-uid'st time, ami tin wup hi* hind
(taws with tin evident intention of tli*-
t .ulsiwling lit* antagonist. But tlu- d<>g
aw the movement, jumped a-ide, and
unfortunately US-K ued hi* hold. Tin
!s-ar quickly rose, madth-ued with jtain,
ami, the hunt* r*. started for tlii-m
WlUt tin- ditg a', his heel*. They emptied
their gun* inbt In* IWCMB, luit he tUdn't
S.IUI to luuul tliat, and kept ou. lie
\va. so done that tln-y did lint have time
Ut reload, and they turned ninl ran to
wanl a largi- tieochtree atsiut fifteen rtxls
distalit, t!a- ls-ar iu close pursuit, olid
the ilog clots- at the lus-1* of tin Is-al.
Ju*t a* the latter had el' ortsl th<- gap
ls-twis-n hilt".- -If and the hunters to
within al-'iit thn-e feet, the dog agiun
si-traxl him by the tkuik. and linitg on
with mich force tliat tin* ls-ar could not
extricate hims* If. H- again whirled tin
d 'g 1 *<•-, and they niut, fa<-- to face,
and came togeth<w with terrific fury.
I*he hunters lustily ltaded their pteoea,
walked up within six |*a*-e of the Uar.
took goisl aiyi, and firisl jU*t MI tin boar,
with a well and p >werfnlly din-ct- ,1 blow
with hi* right arm. hit lit" dog la twi < U
the t-v. , Hphtliug lu lieiul open n* ni-ut-
Iv a* if struck with an ax. I'll- ls-ar,
tiben Jlnsl at, fell, aud aft r struggling
ah a moiuent* m mortal agony -lisnl.
<hi examination it VM found that tlie
bloodhound and bull dog *i re also d< a*l,
the latter Imving all hi* ril*s muosht-d iu.
A former wtv h-red to ixirrv the ls-ar to
the ncarr <t station, ami nln-ii put on tho
seali-a ho tl*- ls-am at 4.10 jsmnds.
One of Ins paw win n cut off weighed
jl|it five IS •uud*. It kx.k eopioui
draught* < I bnualy for three tlays in sue
ts .sjtn la-fore the nerve* of tlio hunU-r*
lasvuue steady, so great hail ls*-n tln-ir
ext ni•' t i vt-r th • <*<ut ■-1. Of c-mrHi
they were i."t frightened any of tlie
time ; tin y b-uy tliat ehargu with th*
fssirn and indignation that tin* inijmt i
tion dew-rven.
lhoiight* for Saturday Mgiil.
The Is sly i* the shell of the soul, aud
the tin-** i* the hunk of the lasly ; but
the husk often tell* whnt Vho kernel i*.
Sin i* never nt n stay ; if we do not re
tr*it from it wu shall advance in it. and
tho further on w.i go th* mora we have
to come l>.u-k.
Tho symptoms of spiritual d-s-liuo are
liki- those which attend the divny <f <*r
Issiilv health. It generally eommeticea
witli lists of appetite, and a di*reli*!i for
spiritual food.
Ev<-rv kindly won! ami feeling, every
g.ssl A.-sl ami thought, every noble
action and impiil*#-, i* like the ark-sent
dove, and r.-tunis from tho troubled
wuterw of life Isnriug a grts u olive branch
to the Until.
A mail tint put* him*. If on the ground
of moral principle, if the whole world
Is- against him, i- mightier than all.
Never lie afraid of ticing MI flu- minori
ties, so that minorities aro baaed on
principles.
Many of u* have to lament not so
tnueh ft want of oppnrtunities in life a*
our unreadiness for thein n* they come,
and " it might hmo lss>n " i* oftoner the
language of our heart*, than complain
ing words. God semis us " flax," but
our "spindle ami distaff" are out of re
pair.
Better n thousandfold sacrifice elegance
than fervor; better crucify refimsl taste
than quench holy passion ; ln-tt*r liavo
the out ward forms of devotion iniperf.s-t
and iiuirtistic, than los.- the spirit] which
alone gives thein value ; better that
music should IH< discordiuit than soul
less, tlie prayers broken and rugged
than cold and undevout, the altar bare
ami u attractive than the fire that ought
to uini on it extinguished, the temple
ode and unshapely than tho God ab
sent.
Mantifnctnrc* in Massachusetts.
'lite Lowell (Miiw.) Cuorirr Ims th*
following }>arftgraph : "Tlie items of
manufacturing new* found in tho news
papers two or three months ago allowed
that the mills of New England wvro di
vided into two classes those which were
running on full time and those which
were reducing time. The principal part
of those items related to the reduction of
time, wages, or production. But within
the last month a very notable change has
taken place. The classes now are, the
mills which are running on' full time and
those which are increasing from one
half or two-thirds time to tl-'ir ' .11 pro
duction. Perhaps no bettej .gauge of the
condition of the manufacturing interests
in New England could be found than
this, and tlie result is certainly very en
couraging."
Walking the streets of Cleveland the
other duy a young lady met a gentleman
whose offer of marriage sho luul some
months previously rejected. Hhe hail
repented her h&suiy formed decision and
informed him of the fact in this shrewd
style; "You have no tact in matters of
love. Yon should lutve asked me again."
TIIE BANK NOTE.
Wliui n Utte llollur Ittll Did wheu um v
Hinrli-it uo It* llnd t far tlrbla.
The following amusing scene, wliicb
iss-urr. 1 reeeutly ui au Ameriaati faintly,
will I*, found Hot uninteresting t'l nur
reuil.-r*. 1 lie chief rut' ia pluyi J by
Money, tlie prime muter in auib nfliur*.
Alt eye witll.-KH 11 lut.-.l ti ■* till- CKSUf
renee in the following wont* ;
One evening tiutt 1 took fist witli an
Ultimate fri.-ml of mine, while Me were
k< iit.ni at the Luble, Mr. linker, lilt
friend's hualuuml, while ttbm-nUv feeling
in hi* visit pocket, found ■ five thdlar
in >t- which he liad uo m-olhs-tion uf put
ting thr-re.
"Holloa!" he exr-litinwvl; " that ia no
pliu*. for you. 1 tdiould have put you
iu my iH-k-t I took. Here, wife, don't
you M iuit some rcruly money f" aud he
titri-w the note Herons the table to ki-r.
" Miuty tiuuiks," sin- ri'pliist; " money
is at way* acceptable, aliliotigh 1 liave no
priMUl In*.l of it." Hhe fohlisl the
note and put it under th- <-dge of the tea
tray, and then nis avs-iletl to jiour out
tlie ton and attend to ber guests.
At her right sat Mrs. Fwkn or Aunt
Su*.-ui, whom M'e all knew as ait old ae
qinuutancr- who from time to turn- spent
a wx-ck with Mrs. llakcr. H.-r visit wo*
jti'-t ut oil cud, and she was utauit to re
turn home that i-veiling. As Mrs. Bai.< r
was pouring out In-r t*i it oeeum*! to
ln-r tliat sin- was somewhat in her aunt's
debt for ix-rtiiiii small umthTa, ami when
she lual the opportunity she puhed the
Hole under ln-r plate, saving :
" lh re, aunty, take tin* five dollars in
part payment of tuv debt."
" Verv well," hjie replied, " but the
monev .Le not Is-lotig to use. 1 owe
you hft'*-u tlolhir*, my dear Grace, which
?iiu lent me lust Saturday. I luel to |iay
the taxes on my little house ami luul not
tlie ready money ut hand, and Grtux- h-nt
it um," exchuuwxl Aunt Husoti.
Grooo. on orphan, was a cousin to
Mr*. Baker. Bin mid h< r brother Frank
l,-.*r.U*l with ln-r. and mode a very pleas
utit addition to the family circle. Bits
r studying muoic, tui<l h> r brotin-r was
clerk in a mercantile i-stabliahmcnt.
A* ui a* Aunt Bu-m wteivsd tin
nofi-, she handed it to Grace, saying, " 1
will give you this now ou account, and
tile rest US WHIU OS 1 get it."
'• All right," answered tiraei', laugh
ing, " tuid since we all seem to le in the
liutuor to t>ay our ih*bts, I will follow
suit. Frank," I owe YOU something for
music TOO luivc bought me, here is ]*irt
of it and she tlin-w tii<> I sink note
iu-naiM tin- talile to h-r brother, wlm nat
OJ 'ln fhlt^.
\Ve were all highly amused t<i see bow
the n.vto wondervxl round tlie table.
" Tluit i* a wotuh-rful note," aai.l Mr.
Baker. " 1 only wi-h aomebody owed
me sometiung. and 1 owed aomebody
something, so tliat I could <*> me into the
ring."
" You con," said Frank. " 1 owe
Mr*. Baker or vou, it's all the otane, tor
my biaird ; 1 herewith jy you jiart of
it."
Amid gi-sieral laughter Mr. Baker t-xik
the note, ami playfully threw it agutu to
hi* wife, saying, "It'a yours again, Lucy,
I* u*. what Ivelongs t<> me, IK- long* to
yon. It lioa comjih bxl tlie round, and
liave all had th benefit of ;L
" Ami now it moot go arvmtid again,"
r*-pli-.I she, guvlv. " 1 like to see motley
circulate, it should never lie idle. Aunt
Siiaiii. you tuke it ; now I have paid you
ton .1 liar A. "
" D'-nr (IttiV, here ia another five dol
l.tr* on ■ y iKciuut," said Aunt Suaon,
handing >t to Ormv.
" And you. Frank, liave rinv-ived ten
dollars for the uiu -.e you I-ought tue,"
said Gnu*', luui.Ung it to ln-r brotiier.
" And I pay you b n dollars for my
lsvtr-1," c -i-.timi'vl he, nml the note once
m -e re t<*l ui Mr. Baker's liatid*. The
exchanges were a* tjuick as thought,
and we M< re all convulsed with laughter.
" YVus there ever sa womlcrlul on it
eltaiigi'f" excliiimod Grace.
" It'* all tioni-n"-," cri*l Mr. Baker.
" Not in the least," aiisweretl hi■ wife,
"it's all quito right,"
" (Vrhuuly," said Frank, "when the
money belongs to yott, von could dm
JK ~*<■ of it a* you would; f lutve tie- same
right. It i* a fair kind of rxebange, al
though very uncommon. '
"ItohowM the use of money," mi<l
AuntSiiiiui; "it makes the circuit of
the world, un 1 bringu it* value hi every
one who touches it.'
" And this nob- ltna m>t finiahed its
wiirk yet, AS 1 will show you, my ih"-ar
husband, if you w ill give it to me agsiti,"
;<uiil Mrs. Baker.
•• I present you with this five dollar
,' oaiil Mrs. Baker, Ixisritig deeply.
" Atul I give to vou. Aunt Susan 1
owed von fiftis-n dollars, aud I have jsaid
my di 14,"
" Y'on hav-, my ih-ar friend, without
doubt, anil now . dear tirace, I pay you
my indebtednetw with many tlntiiks for
your assistance."
" 1 take it with tiuuiks, Anut Hnwin,"
replied Grace; "and now tlie time luxs
(MDU- win-n thi* wraiiler-working, this
im-xhaustibly ritli bank note mii*t le
divided, IIHTHI*" 1 can't - >Wi- Frank five
dollars more. How much have Ito pay-
Vet ?"
" Two dollar* and aixty-lwo Ci'iita," n
jilii-il Frank.
" C:w you change it t"
" liet me *> c. two thirty-eight; yes,
thei*- i* the change, the SJM-11 i* broken,
Grace, ami you ami 1 divide tin- PJHUIS. "
" This lmnk note bi-at* all I ever saw.
How much luv* it paid I Let UR count
up," Raid Grace.
"Mr*. Baker gave Aunt Susan fifteen
dollar*, which Aunt Susan gave to me- 1
gave Frank twelve dollars and sixty-two 1
cents Frank gnve Mr. Baker ton dollars j
—altogether fifty-two dollars aud *ixtv
two cents."
" It's all nonsense, I tell yon," cried '
Mr. Baker again; "you all owe each
other what yon owed la-fore."
" Y'ou an- deceived, my dear, by tic !
rapid unbroken race this little sum Inn '
made; to nic it r* as clear as ilayliglit,"
replit-il Mr*. Buker.
"If it ia nil nonsense, how could the
note which you gave Mrs. Baker, if noth
ing hi nie or to yon, l* divided between
ustwof" askixl Grace.
Mr. Baker didn't sectn to see it very 1
clearly, but the others did, and they i
often rolab- this little history for the
amusement of their friends. i
Gold Fi*h.
Heth Green says this as to the projwr
care ami treatment of goldfish: Never
tnko thu fi*h in your hand. If the aqua
rium need* ch-uuiug, make a net of mos
quito netting and take the fish in it.
There are many gold fish killed by tuui
dling. Keep your aquarium clean, so
that tho water looks as clear a* crystal.
Watch the fish a little, and you will find
out wtien they are all right. Feed them
all they will eat, and anything they will
cat worms, meat, fish water uml fish
spawn. Take grent care that you take all
they do net cat out of th:- aquarium. Any
el -rayed meat or vegetables in the water
liar the same smell to s fish that it does
to you in the air. if your gold fish di,
it i* attributable, as a rule, to one of tho
causes h.unlliiig, starvation, or bud wa
ter.
" The President will entertain tlie
King of the Hnwaiinu Island* nt a fine
dinner," says an exchange. A s.'ov din
ner ! Why, wo would liave supposed
that the President would never think of
entertaining a king at anything short of
a United iStates dinnar.
Term*: i&Q.OO a Yeur.in Advance.
Bou't kls* the Itsbj.
The promiscuous kissing of children
is a juxitilout pnetiae, tlie iV<#ttttfc
,t lift rirtin nays. Wa use ll) word sd
vimslly, and it is mild for tlie oorasion.
Murderous would Iw the projs*r Muni,
did the kissers know the mischief they
do. Yes, lioulaiu, murderous ; and we
am i | nuking to you. lhi you n-un rnlssr
tnlling on your ilnsr friend Mr. Brown
the other day, a tth a strip of flntnn-l
round your mx-k f And when hUle
Flora i-aiuc ihun-uig into the nsim, •liilu'l
you pouuoa ujsm her demonstnUiv4y,
•-all her a pre. ioun Utile pet, and kiss
her ( Then you aercm-ly proceeded to
dcscrilio tlie Jn-adful sore throat tliat
kept you from prayer mix-ting the night
liefiire. Y'ou liad no designs on tie* dear
child's life, We know; nevertheless you
killed her! Killed her as sun-ly tut if
you luul fed her with strychnine or ar
senic. Y'our carewssi were fatal.
Two or three days sfter, the little |*H
lu-giut to eomplaixi of a sore thrust ton.
The Hvuijitoius grew rapidly alarming;
ami wlwu tin- dutur uune, tlie single
word diphtheria sufilceit to explain them
all. To di.v a bttle mound in Grei-n
--wood is the sole inemento of your itut.
Of course the mother dues not sus
pect, and would not dare to *t|g|iert, you
of any instrumentality in her Ijerrsve
meuL She dtarges it to a mysterioua
l'rovtileiiee. The doctor says nothing to
disturb the dehtsiou; tliat Mould be im
politic, if not cruel; but to an outsider
lie is free to MY tliat the child'* death
wus due dirci tly to your infernal stupidi
ty. Those are precisely hi* word*: morn
forcible than elegant, it is true; but who
sluill say, under the circumstance*, that
they are not justifiable I lieinetubcr
" Ei il is * fojgtit by Mailt of thought
,KK well M by waiil of heart,"
It would be hard to toll how much of
tin- prevalent Mckin-as and mortality from
diphtheria is duo to such unt of
thought. As a rule, adult* itavo the dis
ease in ho nuld a form tliat they mistake
it for a siinpli- cold; and as a cold is not
eoutsgn-us, they think nothing of ex
jiorang other* to their breath or to the
grcator danger of labial contact. Taking
into oolisideratiou the well estoldisbed
fact tliat diphtheria is usually, if not al
ways, eommunicatod by the direct trans
pUnting of the malignant vegetation
which causes the disease, the fact tliat
tin re can Is no inure o rtain m<-ans of
bringing the contagion to it* favorite
soil titan the act of kissing, and tho fur
liter fact that the custom of ktMiiitg chil
di en on all tsxttMioua is all lint universal,
it U not Ho)irising that, when the dis
ease is oui-e imported into a community,
it is very likely to become epidemic.
It Woultl DO alwimi to charge the
spn ail of diphtheria entirely to the prac
tice of child-kissing. There are other
modes of propagation, though it ia liard
to conceive of any more directly suited
to tin" spread i 4 tlie infection or more
general iu its iqx-rathm. It stamla to
diphtlieru uUmt tlie same relation that
promiscuous hand shaking formerly did
t-i th itch.
It were better U< avoid the practice.
The chihlren ■w ill nut suffer if they go
UiikiwK'tl; itu• I tin ir friends ought for
tin ir sake Ui fart-go the luxury far a sea
son. A single kiss IULK Iswn known to
infect a family; taJ the must cartful
may W in condition to communicate the
ilito;VM wit In >ll* ku> wing it. Beware,
then, of playing Judaa, and li t lit* lia-
Itica alone.
HOST-I'arkliig Statistic*..
Tli" /Vert (Wn nf, a leading authority
upon hog jMK-aiug statistics, given a very
full preliminary report of the pork pack
ing in th \\\ s. Returns have lx* n re
ceived frail points which |>*ckd last
season nine-tenth* of all parkitl at in
terior points, vlißb give the aggregate
packing to dates, ranging from toll to
16th of DiKvmbtr,at 279 point* * 1,190,-
head, against 1,097,000, an increase
of 10,000. Them- points pocked last
aiL-w t> total of 1,887,000, out of 2,064,-
000, tin- whole nnmWr jtacked st in
terior points iluring the season of 1673
and 1874. The average of weights in
dicate* a fulling off of about 21 pottnda
per head, or 10 per cent from the last
season, with fully a enrreajionding de
crease in the yield of lard. No > -tin-aUs
are given ft>r the season as it is do igued
to fuminh anch information two weeks
Lah-r ; when (mob estimates can l>e more
satisfactorily and reliably calculated.
'Die jweking at the six principal cities in
given at 2.010,(100 lieml to data, against
2.070,000 In-1 year. 11 >e interior joints
not heard from packed P.',9M head last
Hoaaon, and should these points ahow a
eorTeajKUiding increase this season, the
total packing at the interior points, in
round nnmWrs, is 1,400,000, and includ
ing the six leading cities, aggregates 3,-
409,000 head, against 3,280,000 last yamr.
From a ( aiuton's Mouth.
Professor fWylc, in a recent lecture,
gives a different explanation of this
famous mode of puuiHliment from that
which is often entertained. He says:
It is well for ns to undertand. when we
see th jwipers, as they occasionally do.
taking up tlie subject of Kngiiih
liarliaritv, wliat is the meaning of this
*• Imrlwirity." I have found persona who
sup|*c<l the punishment of firing
SejMivs from a cannon'* mouth meant
that ftejHijß were actually put inside tlie
cannon and fired out. In reality tlie
victim was put about six feet in front of
the cannon, which was heavily loaded
with )>wder alone; and I was told that
no jxrsnn unfamiliar with artilery would
have any idea of tlie minuteness of the
fragments into which the body was scat
tered. This was a great punislmicnt,
not on account of the manner of death,
hut !>eonnse the bodv was scattered and
denied the rites of hurial. This i* a
terrible thing for a Hindoo, and the-
Kuglish report and believe that a reliely
lion was stop]H'd there just by the sturdy
statement of an Kngiiih officer, who said
tlint if there were any signs of mutiny he
would subject all mutineers to tliia
punishment.
l'elrolrnm as Fuel.
F,xp<wimeiits with petroleum as fiiel
for locomotives have lately been made in
Canada, the result Wing that, with an
average consumption of four gallons pur
mile, the engine steamed quits freely,
and nuule good time with a train of thirty
cars- Wing about a barrel for every ten
miles. It is stated that the most simple
contrivance for burning petroleum is
either by means of a jet of steam or com
pressed air, passed at right angles over
tlie orifice of a pipe in such a manner
that the oil will W sucked and thrown
into the furnace in the furm of a fine
spray, whertwif properly adjusted, it will
undcrgo'perfect combustion. Tlie cost
of the apparatus is but trifling.
An Editor's Joke.
An lowa newspaper tells a story of a
man in the town where it is published
who stood uiMin the cover of a cistern to
peep through a window into a room
where he usj>eoted Home courting was
going on, and who got a ducking by the
cover of tlie cistern giving way, which
resulted in a alight attack of the typhoid
fever. In tli# same number of his pajier
the editor says: "We had quite severe
symptoms of typhoid fever last week,
but wo worried ourselves out all right,
though we frequently felt like throwing
up tlio B] >onge," and a rival newspaper
had tlie meanness to print lx>th para
graphs in such close proximity as to
HUggeet roost unpleasant suspicions.
NO. 3.
" Mule llafh ( harm*."
Tim following u related to ma by
un# who wiwt au eye witness -an old uuui
now, but with tlila aoen# tin vividly fixed
in lii* memory us though H had occurred
only yesterday :
lu lb* y<ir 1836, a man named Tap
oau moved, with hi* family, from New
V<rk to lbs remote Western country,
said fumiiy consisting, benidas himsuu,
of * wile uud six daughters. He had
(ailed in burinc##; wm broken iu spirit;
hi* children, he thought, tmeded frrali
air; mu he accepted an a gift from hi*
broth r a largo tract of laud ujkmi the
edge of tliu wilderness, and nettled there
on. Very noon etite-rprijung Jh-oj>Uj be
gan to nettle beyond him, and Un-rucame
to be much travel [sort hm door; and, a*
an act of humanity, he frequently -enter
tuiuiil wayfarers. A* three caUS upon
hi* hospitality tenwme more and mom
fmqueiit, lie ■tilarged hi* bonne to meet
th>- requirement* fa eusufortalile inn,
and put up th< usual qgi keeper'* sign.
Not long aft* r this a party of young
men, eight or ten in mimU-r,*to !1 mount
rd, were returning, by a roundabout
way, from an electioneering expedition,
lliey had bu>j>jhhl at every tavern on
their route, toul toward the middle of the
aftoruoon they reined up before Tap
jmn'b door, pr tty well under the iuflu
ence of v&riotM kind* of fiery fluid, and
having dismounted and aeeured their
horse*, Uiey entered the hoii*-, and
nohidy deiuaiiiWl whisky.
Now it an happened that Mr. Tap}am
and hht wife were both aw*y, and only
hia daughter* were in charge ; and It
also liapien<xi that the hot, being a
rigid and conscientious teetotaler. had
newer kept any Miintuuu# liquore in the
house. Of thi fact the visitor* were in
formed by the oldest daughter, a hand
aome, intelligent girl of eighteen. But
the riotounty inclined invaders had no
care jul thin for female beauty, nor
were they moved by the bar and ih#tru*t
of the (lightened girla ; but tliey still
demanded whisky, and when they had
lieoome assured that they could nut
have it, they r<solved that they would
cut down the sign la-fort* the dour, and
the leader so uilormcd the young lady.
'• You must do as you please, gentle
men," she said, shrinking, while her
little sisters gathered around her for pro
tection; " 1 cannot prevent you."
" A tsveru-wigu, and no whisky ! Such
a sign is a lase fraud."
" Ave—down with it !**
" \V here is your as r"
44 You will find it somewhere by the
wood pile, wr."
Thiee or four of the party made a
radi for the wood-pile, cursing as they
wont, while the leader of tli - gang, a
young man who wonld have Ueu decid
odlv handsome if be had been himself,
with others of his companions, took a
notion to overhaul the house, insisting
tliat there must be " s drop <if some
thing" somewhere. And we may here
say that the whole party oounh-red
themselves gentlemen. They were well
dressed, ami respectably oouuecied.
In s small, w< 11-furtuslicd apartment,
apart from th# guests' room, was found
a pianoforte.
•* Hallo !" cried the leader, ** who
plays on this f Can you f"
"It is uhne. sir," answered th# girl,
thus addressed.
•• And can vou play f"
" Yes, nr. - '
"Cau you sing ?"
•' 1 sing sumctinras, sir."
•• Will you sing and play for u i"
" With jilcjsure, air. '
Hh<* ojx-iKxl the piano, and sal down,
and plav d and sang " Th* Maiden"*
Prayer.'' Her voice was dear, ran u-nl,
and sweetly rich, and the accompaniment
was play d with rare skill and grace.
The Utile sister# gathered iu a semi
cin lo close around tin- iutr:!eot, and.
tlie heretofore riotous men—lmt riotous
no more-lrrw near aal nearer, upon the
outside. Home of tbem laid never heard
a } iauo before, and not one of them had
ever heard sweeter music. After a pause,
at the eouclurion uf the picre, the loader
spoke again, but in * rtrangely subdued
tone.
" Will you sing for us another song f"
And sh* plaved and i-mg Unit mxt
sons, " l"he Old Home."
lira men who irad gwie in wareh of
the ax. tearing the music, hal li ft th#
wood-pile and enteml Uie house.
Other song# wm- sung, in several of
which two of the younger enters joined.
The riotous ppirits were ail subdued,
and lislf tin- jmrty hod wot .he- kfi.
Thir syni}atlnea were anwtwxl. their
hearts ojiened, and Ue Ixwt jrt of their
natures brought to the surface; and when
they lunl ta<-d the fair songstn-sa so far
that th-y felt osliamed to tax her more,
thev thanked her heartily, ami withdrew
witL as much deoornm as might have
been exhibited had they te-en retiring
from tiefore the throne of a m inarch.
A year after Uiis event Mr. Tsnpun
Hun,vd to le in Jacksonville ou iHisi
noos. where he was introilmwl to Philip
St llair, a rising young lawyer of the
plac.
44 I# Uiis (lie Mr. Tap nan who, one
visr ago, kept a public house on th#
(blond Hill rood P oakc-d St. (Tair.
44 The same, sir.**
41 And I, sir," pursued tito lawyer,
44 was the lender of that party of riobui#
men who so Hliamefully frightened your
daughters. 1 they tokl you of
the cirellmateuc# r"
44 Yes, sir."
41 Well, Mr. Tnppoii, from Uiot day I
have not touched, as a beverage, any in
toxicating drink. I would like to one
vour eldest daughter, and tell her of the
\ dossing ls r swh-1 nmric te-stowed upon
me. "
Mr. Tappon kuew St. Clair well by
reputation, and cheerfully invited him to
call wlieuever he could make it conve
nient.
St. Clair one# more visitcil the wayside
inn, the result at which was, that in lw
than another year the sweat songstress
hail liocom# lus wife.
44 My blessed angi-1," he raid, clasping
her to iiis lH#em when she was his own
to cherish atul protect, 44 never, nevej
can I sufficiently thank Heaven for the
providenoo tlud led mo within your
saving infiueiuw iu that dark hour of my
life."
Jnst Like Them,
A hall in Santa Fe, Texas, wna attended
hv the moodier# of the best society in the
jilaci 4 , but an incident showed that border
usages are not confined to border
ruffians. George Stone, the eon of the
loading lawyer, and John Collier, the son
of the banting physician, were among the
danoera ; and Miss Townkey, regarded as
the handsomest ymng la<ly in Santa Fe,
was there, t<xi. She is n coquette, and
that night alio accomplished the common
feminine exploit of making each of two
admirers believe tluit he was most agree
able. At last their attentions clashed,
and, without a word of controversy. Col
lier drew liis revolver and fired at Stone,
the bullet making a terrible wound in
the shoulder. The wounded man at once
shot his assailant dead. As both lay on
the floor unconscious. Miss Townley
dropped the coquetry that had made the
deadly trouble, and revealed her prefer
ence for Collier by throwing herself
wildly upon his dead body. Stoue will
recover.
A Methodist minister iu Kansas, ow
ing to the late failure of crops, received
only fifty cents for his first quarter's
salary, and another, with a wife and fivo
children, had neither milk, butter nor
flesh on the table fir six weeks, and
used roasted ivs for e< Tee.
FIHHT WITH A HIPPOPOTAMI'*.
Tfce *•* Is Itl* NmI HwS-T-
Cms T Uft.
A tragical incident occurred not bR
: ftcar tiie a dabUahmcnt of the mp of
• Kamii-d 1 taker, in Africa. There was
~ i old blind sheik who frequently orvm
1 the river to visit tba new-comer*
■ hi# day he was returning with hia son.
vlwn tlra canoe was charged by an angry
hippopotamus. Hnxmg the frail lawk at
the end where the sheik wa# sitting, tli#
moiuter crunched ft to fragment* 1*
tw en his )M>uderons jaws,and so crashed
and lac-rated tli# poor old mall, that, al
though rescued by his comrade*, who
liastened to hia wwiataoc*, he died du
ring th* night The hippupafamuw-*
were often the source erf great annoy uric-,
and sometime* of danger, to the expodt
tion. (due beautiful moonlight night J 1
wb"U the flotilla waa qmeUy at ouch-* ir
a lake doa* to the White Nile, otv of
those monsterw made a moat determined
attack upon the diahlieeah belonging to
Sir Samuel Baker. The vested was doaa
to a mud bank, covered with high grew,
and about thirty yarda astora of her waa
a shallow part of the lake, about three
foot deep. A light boat of rinc waa full
of strips of liippopotarau* flesh, and the
dingy was fastened alongside. Every
on# was soundly sleeping, when, says
Hirßaratral, " Fwas suddenly awnkemd
by a tremendous sploshing close to the
tbahbacah, et**mpenied by th# hoarse,
wild snorting of a furious hippopotamus.
I jumped up, and perceived
s hippo, which was apparently about to
attack th# vessel My servant, .Suleiman,
wss sleeping next to the cabin door. 1
called to him for a rifle. Before tba
affrighted Buleiman could bring it, th#
hippopotamus dssbed at oa with ind#-
'criliajule fury. With one blow he cap
suled and sunk the rinc boat, with its
cargo of limb. In another instant i>
seized the dingy in hia immense jaws,
and th# crash of splintered wood to
tokened the complete detraction of my
favorite boat By this time I hsd pro
cured a rifle from the cabin, where they
war* always kept fixed in a row, loaded,
sod ready for action, with lags of breeeh-
ammunition on the same shelf.
The movements of the animal war# so
rapid, a* be charged and plunged alter
nately beneath the water in a cloud of
foam and wave, that it waa to
aim correctly at the small but fatal spot
upon the head. The moon was e xSxeno ly
bright, and presently, as he charged
straight at the diahl*#*b, I stopped him
with a No. 8 Iteilly abell. To ray sur
prise, he soon recovered, anil again com
menced the attack. I fired shot after
shot at him with-mt apparent effect.
Tli# liiahberah rocked about upon th#
waves raised by the efforts of ao large an
animal. This movement rendered BJ
aim uncertain. At length, apparently
badly wounded, he retired to the high
gram. There lie lay Ire the bank, at
shoot twenty-five yards distant, snorting
and blowing."
Thinking the creature must be dying.
Sir Samuel went to bed. bat in about
half an hoar was awakened again by an
other furious charge. A rifle ball in tba
head rolled the monster over, and be
floated helplessly down the stream.
This time he mud surely be dea l To
the amazement of all Ira preaeutly re
covered, and only gave up after r<ev
ing several bullets in hi* body. On th#
folio v. iic morning a ptjtl-mortem ex
tiuiinalii >u ahowid Urat he had receive.l
three shots in the flank and shoulder:
four in the head, ora of which had
broken his lower jaw; another had paa
,xl through his nose, sad passing down
ward, had cut off one of his iaree tuskr.
Such determined am! unprereehed tmj
n.n wa* exhibited by this animal lmd never
been witnessed —he appeared to be rar -
ing tnad. Hia body was a mass of bight
ful scara, lira results of ooatinnal con
diets with bull* of his own raerie# ;
some of the wounds were still unhealed.
There was one scar about two feet in
b-ngth. ami about two rnshes below the
level of the surface dun, pot the flank.
He waa evidently a character of tlra worst
deacriptiuu, but whose madness render
ed bin . callous to all punishment. The
attack upon the vessel wa# probably in
duced tor the smell of raw hippopotamus
flesh, which was hung in long strip*
shout th# rigging, and with which the
zinc boat was filled. The dead hippo
potami* that was floating astern, hushed
to tba diahbeeah, hsd not been molested.
A Iters# that Think*.
The Kewburg Jommai rektes the fol
lowing : A gentleman living in the mb
unto has a voung colt, which he valut s
highly, not only on account of his pee
searing pure bh>od and a great degree of
speed, but for his intelligence. In com
rnon with the other stodt in the stable,
he is ted his hay from a crib on the side
of the building." It had been noticed
that, white all the other animals left a
small quantity of fine hay ami
in the further end of the crib, which ,
could not be reached, the bore only per
mitting them to get their nose# in a abort
distance, this horse always had hi* eaten
clean. On being watched it was discov
ered that the colt would catch up the
slock of his rope halter in bis teeth, so
that it formed a loop, and thrusting it
lx-twera the lauw, hi- was able to push it
to the bock part of the crib, and. by
drawing it curt again, to drag with it,
where be could reach it, the part erf th#
feevl referred to. Thus it was the crib
was always (loan. The way he handles
the rope "is said to be skillful and saga
cious in the extreme.
bold Statistic*.
From the statistics prepared by llo*-
sitor W. ltiiymond, Imited States Com
missioner of Mining Statistic#, it np
peara that the progress of the mining in
dustrv in the Pacific state# and teiritoriea
during the vear 1873 was in general aatto
factory. The total production waa much
larger than in 1874. The estimates of
the production of the United States fat
gold since the discovery of gald in Cali
fornia, show the amount in Cali
fornia in 1818 to be $10,000,000, and iu
1873 $17,000,000. The highest amount
was in 1805, $0.7,000,000. The entire
pnxluct from 1848 to 187S, inclusive, was
$985,800,000; other States and territories,
8-iA4.950,000. luring a total of $1,240.-
750.006. Total silver, $186,050,000.
Total gold and silver from 1848 to 1873,
inelusive, $1,426,800,000. Gold product
before 1848. $14,440,000. Total gold
and silver product of the United States,
$1,441,240,005.
Lorn- thk CiiOA*.—Th# latest Ameri
can tourist in Europe took a notion to
buy a sealskin cloak for his wife. On
uearing New York it occurred to him
that it would be a fine piece of economy
to avoid paying the duties on it. Ac
cordingly he asked a female acquaintance
on board to put it on and wear it ashore
as hor own. She waa only too happy to
accommodate. She wore it ashore ac
cordingly, but she omitted to meet the
gentleman afterward, and so the wife of
a prominent manufacturer of Springfield
will have to go without her sealdrin this
winter.
Ixrng ago, during the Millerite fever,
when ascension robes were in order, and
all were listening for the chariot-wheels,
a good couple had retired one night
the man tiomewhat viaionarv, but his
wife practical enough. In the ebb of s
midwinter night he awoke, hearing a
alight noise, and gently rmdged hia
sleeping partner. " Wife, I hear tba
eliariot-wheels of God." "Lie still,
John, you old fool. The Lord would
not ooino ou wheels with such goad
sleighing."
Rettbxing. —William MnlU tt, a pris
oner, escaped from the Pittsfi'lil jail aev
■ eral weeks ag®. He had served all but
! four months of a term of two years f> r
' forgery, and it was not thought worth
while to go to the trouble and expense of
recai .turing him. One morning recently
he knocked timidly at the warden's door,
and begged to lie taken in. He was cold,
ragged, hungry and sick, and his esti
mate of the joys of freedom had been
lowered by sad experience.
Flogging is yet meted out to culprits
in England who commit "robbery with
j violeneo," and one who has tried it cays
i in a late publication, "if any one had
told mo that I could got off the Bogging
by having another five years of penal
servitude tacked on to the -seven a<l
judged m n , I shoald have jumped f,t it.'