toood-Bye.
Sweetbwt, good-byw 1 the ftaUennß *til
1* upres.l to waft m fv from the*.
And OKVHI before the fairing pU*
My ship eh*ll bound upon the tea.
Pemhenoe. ell deeolete end forlorn.
Thoee eye* ehell mis* ror many e y,
Itot un few-gotten every <hart
Though loet to eight. to laem'n .lee
fiweethesrt. good-live I one l*l *wbi " ■
O, cruel Fete ! true soul* to neves '
But in thie heart* mcwt sacred ptec*
Thou, thou el one ehell dwell fortv er
And etill ehell reooUeoiiotie treoe
In Fancy'* mirror erer ixar.
Each mil*, each leer, that form, ttiet face.
Thought loet to eight, to mtun'ry deer.
Hftoß.
My Ood, >n life * most ehengeful hour.
In sharpest peine of death, ,
Who weita on Thee heth poeon sal poeer.
Thou present help of feith.
Thy erowu of Joy upon lite bead.
Thy light upon his fee*.
Through etortne etui etrife Thv Christ could
trend
On to the happy pluoe.
And though the eroee erea sharp end high.
The hftod Ixird ooukl eee
The eoule tie k.red drawn nearer by
Use lore'* lei agony.
Help me, oh Lord. to strive to mn.
By etrtiggloe end by prayer.
The faith that free* my eonl from *tu
And bruiga Thy hi anting there.
Bo ehell my rroee of eotsjuertJ ehetne
My feinting brother* ran*.
Then ehell Thy grace :numt<hent flame
Around my peth of piaiee.
And earth with el! it* cere end tod
By lore's pure presence Ueti,
Shall wear the calm celestial amiie
Of heaven'* eternal met.
I>R. VALIKORMi JACKSON.
Jackson—California Jackson we called
him. believing that he had once been a
miner— was a mystery to ua all. Many
a time did 1 gax- on Uw wrinkled com!
tenaiKo, shaggy leaid, SB* cold, steady,
gray bhie eye, with a desire to know
what his life had been.
It waa in Use hospital. Jackson was
then as well as myself as a student. He
always seemed to take the operations
very coolly ; this morning he looked as
imperturbable as usual.
Suddenly the patient who waa to lie
operated on M from behind the
hanging curtains which guarded the pas
■age to the wards. I was startled by her
appearance, never having seen her be
fore. Tall and lady like, she presented
a countenance of great beauty, although
it bore unmistakable signs of prolonged
physical suffering. Her beauty waa of
the Spanish type—olive complexion,
large dark eyes, long, black, silky eye
lashes, coal black luxuriant locks. "
One of her hands required to tie ampu
tated, owing, as the surgeon explain*!,
to a disease which Itad developed in Oiat
memtier. The patient behaved most ad
mirably. She struggled a little while
Uiia was progressing. My eye accident
ally lighted on " California Jackson,"
and to my intense surprise I saw his iron
features working in a most extraordinary
way. He clasissl his muscular hand
over his face. At length the chloroform
ist pronounced the wouuiu quite under
the indue no" of the aiMßsthetic, and the
surgeon, having arranged his assistants,
advanced knife in hand. Just as he was
in the act of making the find ineixiou
•• California Jackson" rose and hastily
left the hospital.
When the operation was over I re
paired to the college |o attend lectures
as uual. I found " California Jaeksoa"
standing by the gateway, amoking
gloomily. 1 saluted him, and passed in.
Next day Jackson appeared with his
hand bound in a napkin. He had cut it.
while operating. Next day he seemed
reetieea ; his hand was still wrapped up.
I inquired frequently how the wound
waa getting on, warning him of the dan
ger of tampering with such injuries. He ■
alwava said that it was getting all right,
be thought. Next day I did not see him
at college or hospital. Next day, still
no Jackson. That evening, as 1 was re
turning to my lodgings when my day's
work was over, I resolved to look him
up, whetlier I was welcome or not I
knew his number in the dreary street
where he lived. I climbed the stairs ;
arrived at the door. I pulled the bell.
In a short time the door was opened
by Miss Vinegar herself in a towering
passion. She asked me if I knew there
was a sick person in the house. I apolo
gised humbly. Learned from her that
my fellow-si udent was half delirious,
that his hand was frightfully bad. and
that she had sent for a doctor. Found
matters just as she had slate*!. Jackson
by tossing about on a sofa, dressed, with
the exception of his coat. The injured
hand was dreadfully swollen and in
flamed, and at the center of the palm,
where the wound had been in filet's 1.
there was a small black spot. I oould
also observe red Lines and streaks run
ning up his forearm. His face was
flushed, and he seemed only half con
scious. The doctor arrived, and, after
learning the nature of the case, lanced
the hand freelv to litierote the pent-up
matter. He then gave directions, wrote
a prescription, and left me in charge of
the case for the night.
About 1 A. m. Jackson woke up and
asked for a drink, then fell back into a
feverish sleep. As he threw himself
heavily down upon hi* pillow a large
locket sprang out from his breast, and in
doing so the lid flew open, and at a mo
ment's glance I saw a miniature portrait
of the face and bust of a most beautiful
woman. Delighted by the vision I gazed
on it intently for some minutes in *un
pie admiration. Surely I had seen such ,
a face before, recently I Yes, of course—
the woman who wan opetatad on when
Jackson acted in ao singular a manner.
And who could this beautiful creature
be / Surely a near and dear friend to my
stern, rugged fellow-student, who hail
her likeness thus chained to his neck.
Waa she a awtor f No; there was not
cue feature in common between them.
Evidently no very near blood relation.
His wife i Surely " California Jackoon"
never had it in him to win such a glori
ous creature
Jackson was a man of iron frame, hut
he was terribly tasked. For months he
was too feeble to attempt going out-of
doors, and I was his constant companion,
no far as my duties would permit. And
in gratitude he gave me his story.
***** * • •
Yes, sir, I loved her—loved her, al
though she was so young, innocent and
beautiful, and I so old, wicked and ugly.
But I fought hard for her. You see, I
was, first of all, the manager of the silver
mines under her father ; then 1 was made
a partner. I worked hard. Her father
is an Englishman ; ber mother was of
Hpanish descent. How beautiful she is !
how good!
One night her father came to me and
mid, "Jackson, you say you love my
girL Prove it"
I grasped his hand.
"Jackson, a rush will lie made for the
mine to-night. A hand of armed desper
adoes is prepared to take possession of
our treasure. Have it! Think, plan,
act! If you are successful, Anna will be
TOUTS— take my word; there is my
hand."
Sir, I laid several loads of gunpowder
in certain parts of the mine, and I had
connecting electric wires so arranged
(hat the blasts could be fired by a 1
person outside. If the desperadoes got
into the mine, I oould by a movement of
my hand send them into eternity in an
instant. But I had to be quick, and to
work hard. About twelve, midnight, I
took up my post in a concealed spot
outside the mouth of the mine, ready to
send an electric spark which would play
havoc with all inside the workings. It
was a moon-lit night, but cloudy. About
1 A. M. I saw shadowy figures creeping
cautiously up to the month of the mine.
They were armed. Suddenly a rush was
mads. The attacking party seemed to
expect opposition; but none was offared,
rod soon they varnished into the bowels
if the earth ' I gave them time to get!
FRED. K I IM'/, Kditor uuri I *r<>j>i*iotor.
VOL. VIII.
fair ly into Uie mine, and tlieu I I*>rd
have mercy upon tne ! 1 -
It was hard work clearing out the
mine, aud the dead twain* were awfully
used up; but the mine waa saved. What
horrid dreams I luul after that 1
Time paused. I chumevl Anna. Her
father kept his word, but the daughter
had a mind of her own. Long and earn
estly 1 urged my love suit ; but the lady
was hard hearted. I got to care for
nothing, neglected Uie mine, took to
drink; everything went wrong. Than
her father ramie to me ami said:
" Jackson, wliat is the matter f This
wou't do. F.verythuig is going to
biases !"
1 amid, " You know wliat is the mat
tor!"
" Well," said he, " girls are self
wUhsl."
We wore silent for a long time; then
he said:
" Well, I'll try again. By heaven !
I*ll make her take you !"
And he watt gone.
Aud Anna iirouiiaed tluil if the mines
prospered well for two yearn more under
my care, and if 1 went to the old country
and graduated in medicine at a British
university, she would become my wife.
.And here 1 am working hard to be
come a doctor. Another year, ami I
hope to be in a position to ahum Anna
for my wife. Lovely Anna ! Oh, how
good she is ! Yea, you have guessed
right That poor woman who was to
get her hand amputated was so like
Anna that 1 could uot stand it That
was the reason why 1 ran away.
Time passed, and at length Jacksou
and I found ourselves at the end of our
medical curriculum at the close of our
last session, and preparing to go up to
(lass our final examination. He still re
mained jvale, shrunken, and emaciated.
Of one thing 1 was quite sore—while he
seemed to lav continually writing and
posting letters to California, very fw
were sent to him from tliat part of the
world. At times I almost fancied that
poor old Jackson's stout heart was Wing
slowly broken. I could read a terrible
agony in his cold gray eves. Twaa in
deed seldom that he received a note from
Anna, and 1 had reason to know that the
few which she did send were very short.
One day I found Jackson sitting {siring
over one of them as if in a trance. 1
imagined that he was trying to extract a
kimlncss from it which the words of the
message did not express.
In spite of all this, however, mv friend
made most marvelous progress in his
studies. He was ill; he was anxious;
Tet I was conations that his attainments
for exceeded mine, although 1 also
worked vers* hard aud constantly, and
iHKfiuvwed many advantages which he
lacked. Then came that anxious aud
terrible day on which we must stand the
trial of the final examination, in the
eveniug we would either be "plucked"
or graduates of otir university, and quali
fied to practice our profession. Jackaon
and 1 had read a great deal together, and
ground each other well, and we wore
both conscious of having worked honest
ly; still I confess to a very considerable
degree of nervousapprv 'tenaiou w hen the
dny dawned which was to tost our attain
ments. A week must elapse before the
result would be publicly aanounced—
week of misery. But oue day Jacksou
and I, rushing up to th- blackboard in
the first quadrangle, found the list of
" passed " men affixed thereou. With
throbbing heart aud swimming eve I de
voured, rather tlian scanned, the roll.
There was my owa name among the sue
oewsful tueu; and a grunt from Jacksou
told me that Ac was all right. Tliat
evening Jackson wrote and {msted a let
tor to Anna, informing her of hi* wtc-
COSB; then he scanned the shipping ad
vertisements to sec the earlii*t oppor
tunity which he would have ef getting
le-k to California to claim his bride;
and having settled thoee affairs, he ac
re nq>anied me hack to my lodging*.
Next morning I hail a fearful headache,
and felt utterly prostrate. It was a long,
dismal .lay to me, but through it all I had
he happy consciousness tliat I luul
'passed." The ilsy luul bea wet; iu
the evening it cleared up a little. I luid
just fallen into a light but refresliing
sleep, when " okl Jenny " half bop|M>d,
half limped into the room, and screamed
out :
*• He's deed ! Oommittod shuiaide wi'
a pistol! Miss Vinegar ha*sent ower for
ye ! The poOis are in t"
My heart faltered for a moment, then
stopped. I gasped; it gave two great
thump*, then flattered. Gradually I re
covered ao as to be able to ak, " Who
is dead, woman t"
" Yer frasn—Mr. Jackson ?"
" Heaven have mercy upon u* ! Jack
son ? Impossible!"
" Ay," said Jenny. " But it's a fact
for a' that."
A* if acting in a horrid nightmare, I
arose and dressed, then walked to Jaok
aou's lodging*.
I found the dreadful new* to 1* only
too true. The pelice were in possession.
Poor Jackson lay on his lock ou the floor
—dead ! In one hand he grasped the
fatal pistol; in the other was clutched a
foreign newspajsr. A ;airagraph in the
} wiper was marked with a heavy cross, as
if to coll attention to it. The ink was
scarcely dry. The paragraph, which was
in the marriage column, ran thus :
" At ' The Pines,' Rocky Valley, Goli
fornia, on the 26th tort., by the Rev.
Sila* Prool, Anna, only Slighter of
Joseph Fageland, Esq., to Horry Var
deut, Esq., M. D."
A Drnidical Wedding.
The following description of a mar
riage in the Druidioal day* is given in
Haintine's " Myth* of the Rhine " ;
At a place where two road* meet the
cracking of a whip is heard; hog*, nlieep,
and small oxen are driven aside to make
way for a kind of possession, consisting
of grave and solemn men and women.
It is a wedding.
Two young people have just had their
union blessed bv the priest* under the
sacred oak. The bride i* dressed in
black and wears a wreath of dark leave*
on her head. She walk* in the midst of
her friends. A matron, who walk* on
her left, holds before her eyes a white
cloth; it is a shroud, the shroud in which
■he will be buried one of theno day*.
On her right a Druid intones a chant in
which he enumerates in solemn rythm
all the trouhlee and all the anxieties
which await her in wedded life.
From this day, young wife, thou alone
wilt have to bear all the burden of your
united household.
You will have to attend the baking
oven, to provide fuel, and to go in search
of food; you will have to prppare the
resinous torch and the lamp.
YotFwill wnh the linen at the foun
tain, and you will make np the cloth
ing.
* You will attend to the cow and even
to the horse if your husband requires
it.
Always full of respect, yon will
wait on him, standing behjpd him at
his meals.
If he expresses a wish to take von
with him to war, you will accompany aim
to carry his baggage, to keep his arms in
good condition, and to nurse him if he
should be sick or wounded.
Happines* consists in the fulfillment
of duty. Be happy, Ay child.
What is still more strange is that this
dolorous wedding song, but slightly al
tered, is still in some parte of France at
thi* dav addressed to brides by local
minstrels.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Soldiering in the Olden lime.
The lent don ISHH4, tti a recent article
on the ltreaont ouiiditiou of the eohlior,
says : A stitrv, km* Ituowu, [wrliejie, to
the present generation than it eltouhl lm,
will suffice to remind the reader of the
wtiditioß in which the British soldier
existed when he won hie greatest tn
umphs, and from wliieh, an ia alleged, he
luvs now declined. William t'oldiett,
w hose noil in now member of Uariiameut
for Oldham, started ui life aa a common
soldier, and he liaa left a graphic de
script ion of the difficulties under which
he learut English grammar. Hia pay
waa tel. a day. The edge of lna berth,
or guard lwd, ** hia seat to study in ;
hia knapsack waa hut book rase ; a bit
of Uurd lying uU his lap was his writing
table. He hail no money to purchawe
randic or oil; in w inter time it waa
rarely that be could get any evening
light but that of the lire, ami only his
turn even of tliat. To buy a pen or a
sheet of paper he was compelled to fore
go some portion of food, though in a
state of lialf starvation ; ke had no mo
ment of time that he could call his own,
and he had to read and write " amid the
talking, laughing, singing, whistling and
bawling uf at least a score of the moat
thoughtless of tueu." " Think not," he
says, "light)v of the farthing tliat I hail to
f ive now and tlmn for ink, pen or pajwr.
list farthing was, alas! a great atnu to
me. I was aa tall aa lam now ; 1 had
great health aud great exercise. The
whole of the money not expanded for ua
at market was twopence a week for each
man. 1 rememlier, aud well 1 may, that
upon one occasiou 1, after all almolutoly
necessary expenses, had ou a Friday
made alnft to have a half-penny in re
serve, which I liad destined for the pur
chase of a red herring in the morning,
but when I pulled off my clothes ul
uight. no hungry tin u as to lie hardly
aide to endure life, I found that I had
lost my halfpenuv. 1 buned my bead
under the uusernhle sheet ami rug, and
cried like a child." A vivid incident
like this reveal* far more than a long de
scription, but there are some who can re
meiulior that, in Cobbett's old age, onlv
a generation ago, when he had himself
become meuils-r for Ohlliam, the con
thtiou of the soldier was not appreciably
improved. There waa still no proviaiou
for a morning or t Toning meal. The sol
tiler received so much meat and bread,
and might do his best with it. it was
cooked for dinner, and he saved, so far
as and where he could, the remainder for
breakfast and supper. Hi* uniform was
mure costly tluui now, and he was al
ways liable to stoppages. There was no
proviaiou for cJeanlineHS, except that he
wan bound to have bis face and liands
clean and to clean shaveu. Hatha
were no! dreamt of, and the officers of
that day would have laughed at the idea
of a soldier's washing. There was, in
truth, m> provision for common decency.
There was no atvowisndatioa for sol
diers' wives. They lived with their hua
lstuds in the commou barrack-room, in
tlic meager *j*,v aud amid the rough
society which Coblmt d. word wo. Ii
bmries or reading-room* were still as uu
known as in t lobbett'a day, ami a recruit
would preliably liave found the task of
learning English grammar itearlv as dif
ficult. No education was thought of but
that of •• dutv " in itj> narrowest military
sense. 1 rilliug was the soldier's only
reoognixed occupation, and there was no
cud to it. Every circumstance of the
service was luirsh aud repulsive, and
even the offic- r* of those days were list
nearly so well lodged, or provided with
so many comforts, as the men iu a good
quarter are m-w.
Cuibd States Expenses.
The nrtiimit (t the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1876, show, in many in
stance*. a very large increase uver thime
of previous y< -irs. "lilt* inert u* in the
legislative is due to the fact
UuU the nest will be a long wwiou of
Cougrsw*. In the estimates for the ex
peuww of the Treasury department
proper there in a small increase. The
totul eetiniaOft for the Interior depart
ment foot up £3,163,611, against $2,-
912,275 for 1875, and the Part office de
partment proper $554,372, against $493,-
092. The total estimates for public
works under the Tn<a*urv department ia
$6,040,234.91, against W,5©t,686.65.
The oetimatos for river and hurl sir im
provement are increased from $4,895,
500 for 1875 to 812,504,500 fur 1876, and
for the total public work* in the Wax
department the eatimate* are $07,409,-
931.50, against 8*1,607,207 in 1875. The
t< >tal estimates for navy vnrds and ta
tionn hliow an increase of $619,500 over
those for 1875. The increase for public
works under th Interior department is
less tlian $6,000. The total eatimatea
for public works are $26,*299,469.31,
against $12,613,499.65 in 1875, an in
crease of nearly one hundred jier cent.
The estimates for postal service are $9,-
914,378, against $7,172,842 in 1875, and
for public printing $2,142,995.83, against
$1,675,507.66. "Die estimates for the
Court of Claims to par judgments are
$1,500,000 against $1,000,000 hat year.
The Coast .Survey calls for $1,275,000,
against $782,000 for 1875. The total ea
timate* under this head of miscellaneous
are $12,591,169.58, against $9,496,115.16
in 1875. The proceeds of public prop
erty disposed of ut auction during tuo
past year were $1,699,019.63. Tliee* **-
timatos are greatly reduced when they
appear in the appropriation bills, and
this is particularly the case with those
for fortifications, river *ap<l liarbor im
provements. The Military Academy,
Postoffice. Pension, Sundry Civil Ex
penses, Deficiency, and River and Har
bor Appropriation bills are yet to !m> rv
portod, but nearly all of them will Is.
completed prior to the reassembling of
CongreHs.
Teacher*' Salaries.
We arc glud to learn, says the Chris
dan Union, that some one besides
b-aeher* themselves lis* enough of good
sense to see the injustice of paving low
salaries to b-acher*, and has enough of
public spirit to speak his opinion. The
individual we have in mind ia Mr. Whito
law Reid, who, at the lab* teacher*' re
ception in New York, eased hi* mind on
the proponed reduction of nslitrics of
teacher* in the public school* of the city.
Mr. Reid plainly said the taxpayer*
would not stand it—that rather than in
sult the instructor* of their children they
would he willing to we the *alariee of
aome of our other public officials re
duced. The exquisite irony conveyed by
this information may not strike people
out of New York until we inform them
that the incomes of *ome of our citv
official*, of no more abilitv than princi
pals of schools, exceed fifty thousand
dollars per year ! Home part* ef Mr.
Reid's address are worth careful consid
eration outside of New York citv, and
the following is one of them: " There is
no place in the public service where bad
work, inefficient work, is more tie be de-
Jlored rtian to the teaching of children,
f laws are badly made, yon can repeal
them. If the court* do not rule justly
you can turn out the judge*. If your
rulers steal your money you can send
them to Black well's Island. • • But
if the public schools ore ill managed, if
the children are led astray, or even not
led aright, you are poisoning the life
blood of the community. * * You
might as well economize by mixing
chalk and water with the milk for your
baby, a* economize by getting ignorant
people to open the gates of knowledge
for your child, or unfit people to mold
its character at the most impressible
age."
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. I'A„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 28,
The Tramp uf the Eat Cattle.
English faruMus manage mm way and
allot Iter to extract a gist! deal of rtHirea
tlou out uf tlleir buHttiv***. It is uot all
work with them, and autuiig " days off"
the nutueroiui fairs and exlilbitlolis afford
frequeut occwaion for amusement. Their
usual yearly fat cuttle shows have just
eudevl. 'I he**, beuig purjaaiely ao
tuned, give tippiirtuuity for a sort of
hip|>odrome affair iu wliieh a pr.xxwauiu
of stock {auwilisi the country from ou*
end to the other, the same animals "star
ring it" by rtutv stage* at contiguous
towus, until fiiutlly the couqiaiiy, which
star tod at York, or Maucbtwtor, ends at
laiudoli, where it uwclies Its climax st
the great Smithfield allow. Thus llm
same animal often taken a succesaion of
prix<a and its owner nets a considerable
prvifit ou his venture. A curious fact is
tliat the same animal randy gets the first
{■reintiim at two places; the first at one
x-uig last at another, aud the last, first.
This illustrates the a.lage, " Many men,
many minds and proves that opinions
differ. Thus the Cow which stood foremost
at the York show, came second at Man
chester, first again at Oakham, aud
secouil again at Birmingham.
The most notable feature of this latent
actvswion uf shows, was the ikvadenoe of
the llereforvL, aiul the restoration to the
front rank every where of the Shorthorns.
The Devon* are alao gradually retiring
before the more {nipulur br*t*d, and it
seems likely tliat these useful rattle are
destined to go out uf favor entirely. At
Birnuugliam, which woe our of the unmt
important shows of thu series, there were
only two riaMMc*, oxen and cows, ois-msl
for the once (Kipular, and always luuid
some, Devuua. At this show a Syrian
sheep was exhibit.-,( of the fat lalkvl
sjieeiea, funiishetl liehiud with an ap
j-inlage weighing thirty lsiunds, and
large enough to fill a bushel Intake!. At
the Smithfield show there wan an ox five
years old, said to be the finest specimen
of a Shorthorn since tlie famous Durham
ox, bred by ('has. ('oiling. As a proof
of tlie liem-lit from cross-breeding may
lie iustamxil the fact tliat a first prise
animal this year at this show ia a brother
to a first price taker last year, and both
are bred from a mixture of the three
fashionable Bates, Booth and Knightly
families of Shorthorns.
Among the sheep tlie chief facta of
imiM>rtance are tlie continued a|>pre<-ia
Uou of tlie Hhrnpsliire*, and the grrat in
crease in sire of the apecsmana of the
large breeds. Three slirarlings
weighed C'J2 pounds, and thr<w GoU
welds, Btio {loumls, three of the Liucohis
only exciwsliiig these by 27 }>iuids.
Due item of interest, howiver. may to
meutioiKHl, viz.: Tiuit tiiere wtu ran-o-
Iv a {>en of she.p tliat was not got up fur
show by some trick such as " stubble
shearing," "trimming and dyeing,"
" bleaching," "smutting," or "smear
ing," " gravel Unging," or " blacking."
Another curiosity of the rejiorts which
on- full of the slang current with stock
men—is tlie " ik-scrijitive remarks,"
which are often absurdly ridiculous.
Tim* we reo.l of " a ft at of ample sired
level forms," "of shouhk-ra fille.l up
like an egg," of " Innlr Maud's tv r
-1 "lulcd rumps aud grand rounds," and
" Bella's level rarrass upon a short leg
and grand full bosom"—all of which aud
milch more of tlie nam., sort might tie
ehareetorixed ua "t tlie (ireek- 1 , ftstlish
neas."
Chinese in the Eidled State*.
The CkinM<> immigration problem i
one whicil will require n good d-nl of
wisdom to work out mti.ilwtoMiN. The
objection* urged against tl* influx of
Chincac by tin* people of the Pacific
Stub's are Hot bused entirely UJK'U tilt*
apprehensions of ruiuuu* effect* of
Coimeee cheap labor which raised Much
indignation in the soul of Bill Nye, but
they justly rutu plaill of uuuilfectt ex iht
which any inflicted uj>oii their communi
ties by numtrirtrd immigration under
exuding conditions. It in notorious that
there is an often, systematic importation
of Chinawomen, who are afterward sold
for immoral purjes, and the I'iuled
States Circuit Court has recently derided
that the laws jm**ed by the legislature
of California for the purpose of breaking
up this infamoua traffic are uoconstitu
tional and void. It may la' argued tlwt
the local laws against immorality ought
to afford auffit ient remedies for the evil
complained of, and that the sale of
women is illegal ; but practically three
consideration* are of little weight from
Uie difficulty of obtaining evidence sttffi
cient to convict, while however illegal
the aalee of abandoned Chinese women
may be it is notoriously the fact that
they take place every day.. There ia
another difficulty thicn ha to bo met
In some way. It is allegixl that COOIICM
ore imjKirbsl for work in this •oniitrv
who differ very little from slavm, or at
leant ieons. being held to lalmr for
specified periodo. t>ur law* upon this
subject are of little effect if it i* true, as
the Han Francisco Bulletin alleges, that
the Chinese in this country have secret
government of their own with very
stringent laws, which are enforced in a
maimer of which we have n very foint
conception. It savs that some outcrop
pings of this government within a gov
ernment are nmtaioiuUiv visible. For
instance, Chinese work-house* ore at
certain distances from inch other, though
not by munici|ial ordinance ; and it is
knowu that all Chinamen owe allegiance
to one or other of the great Chinese
comjMUinn. It is liclieved that the
Chinamen in the Pacific Htati-n regard
the edicts of this mysterious jHiwer,
whatever it is, as more binding upon
them than the laws of this country. The
difficulty tliat local ami national login!*
tors have to encounter in dealing with
this subject is to find s remedy for ad
mitting evils without interfering with
our international obligations or the right
of every person, wliatsoever his nation
ality, to the unrestrained pursuit of law
ful vocation*.
The English Tenantry.
Tlje Unite<l States 1 tepartment of
Agriculture ha* information that the
tenant farmer* of England are iWMeaaed
for income tax upon n i>am* of £00,000,-
000 ]>er annum, which in almut half their
rental. Small holding*, covering about
one-Seventh of the soil, are assessed upon
£20,000,000, making the rental value of
agricultural land about £140,000,000, or
$?00.000,000. As it requires a six years'
rental to repay the tenant for his invest
ment, the capital represented is more
than £800,000,000, or $4,000,000,000-
a sum exceeding the Briri*h national
debt. Of the tenant farmers, a small
proportion are protected by Hpocial
stipulation* in their leases, allowing them
romj>enaaUuii for unexhausted improve
ments at the close. More than half the
land of England is let to tenant* at will,
a relation which forbids very high farm
ing. It present* constant temptations
to superficial and exhaustive culture.
There is no inducement to this class of
tenants to invest capital in permanent
improvements, seeing that it ia likely to
be taken from them by a sudden evic
tiou.
AW AMERICAN IDEA ABROAD.—-A reoeot
number of the Manchester (iuardian
alhnb's to the fact that the great London
railway company, on u train which leaves
London at five o'clock in the evening,
carries with it "a handsome suloon car,
in which dinner can be served CM route."
This shows that an American idea which
has been adopted on our Western rail
ways for years lias finally taken root in
conservative England.
l'utUuy Thiuy* to Right*.
" 'i'lie place of a ouMtat," says a writer
ou doiiowtic topics, " may be accurately
calculated after certain perturbing m
tluemvw have acted U{H>U it, but - the
locality of a L-iljack, alien llist humble
article is wanted, ia seldom exm-tly cum
puled by the masculine braiu." The
same remark reiuld too oftoti be apjdied
with txpnd truth to coat*, hats, dressing
gowns, slip] tore, giuies, aud articles in
niuuerable in dally Use. It would la>
quite aa difficult for the orderly house
wife to compute an eclipse as to reckon
up tlie time alio sjauid* liotu oue year's
end to anotlu-r in hantiiig up articles tliat
am out of plaee, and in putting in place
things "lying reund." Now, though
time s{>eut iu making home neat, orderly,
and inviting cannot be considered as
wasted, yet, if the principle of division
of labor in putting things to rights were
religiously practiced, there* ia no tolling
how much valuable time might be saved.
It is comparatively an easy thing to have
a place for everything, but to keep every
tiling in its place, •• ay, there's the rub."
Before we know it, lists and ea}* cover
the aewiug machine, instead of the hat
rack, overcoats lie ou the backs of chaira,
IKHILS are hud on the organ, overshoe*
ornament the hearth rug ; and the
uiautoi piece what small articles may
we not hope to find there I pens, ink
stand, small change, vials of medicine,
collars and cravata, ciiff buttons, letter*,
bills, and what not rest there ia rich
profuiuutt ami admired disorder. One
of the Iwuetit* that the mother of sous
can confer ou her uu *x and all the
world beside ia to form in tlieiu the habit
of putting tilings in place. This can la
done only bv following theui round and
requiring them wlieu tlu-y are through
with a library book to put it on the shelf
where it tirlong 5 when they take off
their overcoats to liang them on the
rack ; when skates are unstrapped or
1 loots taken off tliat tliey be put aotue
where else lieaide on the hearth rug or
uuder foot; w htm slippers are removed
tliat Uier at once rest in tlieir appropriate
twee. Ylie law of habit thus imposed
will gradually extend its domain till it
includes everything the hoy liandlea or
colls bis own, and exoreines an influence
on all tie is and dot*. In a house in
liabiUal by such men and boys, putting
things to rights wiU iHvnipy a very brief
ilailv interval.
Havhlugton Board ing- House*
No sooner do (kmgreNsioiial inmates of
boarding-houses liere leave for the cars,
says B corre|Mindent, than the families
of their laudlonls, who have beeu stowtal
away in garret* ami 111 Itaacmeuts, resume
jHianeaaiou of tlie psrlt-r, which they en
joy during tlie hull,lay*. These btiard
Ing house |u-lons by the way. are geu
erally historically funiisluvl. The
thread lore carpet iierhaps saw its host
day* at the British legation ; the rickety
mahogany chairs, with frsycl hair-clotii
stats, once bekutged to the H{auiisli
Minister, ami Uie fa.tod tiamaak curtain*
wore familiar to those who used to vim I
the saloon* of the Muscovite Envoy
Pbtoipotentiary. An uncomfortable
■ofa was doiibtlras pureliaaeti at a sale uf
condemned furniture at the White Mouse,
and an escritoire must have lieeu saiuggled
rrrun a com mince room at rtie rwpltol.
Mujw and charts fur the adornnu-at of
the wall* are procured from the tle|nui
ruenU, while the t'ougressioual lubrurv
iipoll" s louki for the -de-Ives, iu starlet
antl gold I'iiitiiugs. Tlie grown sous
must la provided with rierLahiist, snd
Uie V ouuger ones are to be {Ogee at Uie
Capitol, while Un-ir daughters are to be
kept iu place M clerks in • department
or on book-.sewers at the government
printing office. Of course, tliey supply
Uirir friend* wiUi ths statiouery of their
lasvnlerA, and aotue of them pay no gas
bills, threatening the couqwuy with a
Congressional investigation by the oc
cujsmts of Un-ir rmuua if any cliarge ia
made. In short, the graphic desmpttnM
by Dicken* of a London kslgiug-house
keeper can I*e ea-tilv spplletl here, excejg
tluit Cmigressiuiiaf ksigers never have
stores of Ua and sugar to lie alstractel
from, as they go to adjacent hotels for
their meals. But private supplies of
whisky ev*|HKwto rapidly.
A Soft Answer.
The lnudMiud WHS tpiick of temper, and
often inconsiderate. They hat been
married not yet a year when, one day,
in a fit of liasty wrath, he mud to his
wife ;
" 1 want no correction from you. If
you are not satisfied with my conduct,
Vou can return to your own home whence
ll took yon, and find happiness with your
kind !"
"If I lewve yon," returned the un
happy wife, *' will you give me Ixe-k that
which I brought to you ?"
" F.verv dollar. I covet not your
wealth. Vou shall have it all back. "
"Ah !" ah answered, " I mean not
the wealth of gold. I thought not of
dress. 1 meant my maiden heart—iny
flrat and only love—my buoyant hopea,
aud the promised blessing of my woman
hood. Can you give these Iwrk to me f"
A moment of thought— of convulsion
—and.then, taking her to his arm* :
" No, no, my wife, I cannot do tliat,
but I will do more; 1 will keep them
henceforth unsullied aud iiupmncd. I
will cherish your blessing as my own ;
ami never again, God helping me, will I
forget the pledge I gave at the holy altar
whan you gave your peace and happi
ness into my keeping. "
How true it is tlint " a soft answer
turneth awny wrath and how many,
oh, how many, of the bitter strifes of
domestic life might he avoided bv re
nieiuhering and acting in nocoriiaiioc
therewith.
Disciplining an Officer.
('•apt. K. B. Lowiy, commanding the
United States steamer Canandaigua, ha*
lxv-u "furlonghed." (>n Imard the Can
aiidaigiut a litcmrv journal has 1H>II
edited and published by the officers and
crow called The Canandaigua Journal.
Recently there appeared in that journal
an article in which the udiniuiHtration of
the Navy Department was subjected to
criticiani. A copy of the journal contain
ing the offensive article was taken aahorc
at New Orlenna and the criticiwn copied
into one of the daily paper* of that city,
and wne thus brought to the eye of Sec
retary Robeson. ('apt. Barrett waa do
tailed to relieve ('apt. Lowry. To " fur
lough" an offleer of the navr in a severe
punialunent. Tlio furlongli place* the
officer on waiting order*, with but half
the jmv and allowance of hi* grade.
Capt. fiowry'n ea pay in $4,500 per an
num ; hia waiting ordpra pay $2,800, and
the furlough, reducing this one-half,
will leave him but $1,400 per annum.
The time which the furlough in to con
tinue in not designated.
Marriage.
"Timothy Titoomb" says : " When
ever any piue, true, good woman marries
a man whom ahe loves, she gives herself
to him. Hhe belongs to him. He owns
her as no at her man on the face of the
earth does or can." Mrs. Liverinore, in
commenting upon this statement, re
marks: "I believe it. But I believe
something else —that whenever any
pure, true, and good man marries a
woman he loves, he gives himself to her.
Bho owns him ft* no other woman on the
face of the earth can own him. Tliat
is my theory of marriage." Man's views
of marriage combined with womnn's
view makes a very perfect theory.
THE MEMFK OF 111 Mil i.
Tltrif Sa****4i*<l*a mm 4 Uai ha* f*ll*w*4
A I mmpmrt—m.
Before emMicipatiou the Humauui M-rf*
were tot U practical |>urjHMa slave*.
Of the lands of Mkoll t-MUkU'. whether if
•erv a domain of the crown or private
property, n certain prt w occupied by
th* lord of I lie manor ; the root was
given U{> to village* of arrl* Mid hold ill
common by lbe* reuimuuitie*, tin* Und
la-Ulg divided ill equal (KUVrls ut-riudi
cidlv fur a t-rui of ymmrm, usually nine,
among tin* different faitnlia*. The aerf*
wort* Ji jwuuh nt u|*ou the owner of the
Mitate, and auch of them a* he aelecteJ
lived at the manor houer a* hia aervajit#,
while the ieat of the community were
left in poaaeaaiun of the village land*.
The relit of theae lauda waa }aud either
in money or in latior in the held* of the
owner, at the option of the latter. For
many year* before emaxusipafctoa in the
deuiewiie* of the crown the payment of
a money rent exclusively waa reouiml ;
but where the landa were hehl by the
nobility, the aerfa common lv jmid their
rent liy tilling the aoil for their master*
three -lays in the week, and working fur
their WU support U|s>n the landaaaaigm-d
them during the other three working
days, though in liarveet time the lauded
proprietor* could claim their labor un
uitennittinglv. Frequently they were
permitted to'buy their own time, and in
many instance* aerfa who became wealth v
haulier* and tmaineaa men were Mil]
, held in olavery, paving a price for the
privilege* axerdM them, which wa*
aometiinea filed at an cuurwoua rate.
Occasionally aerl* were aide to buy their
freedom outright.
11m ukaae of emancipation arknowl
edged thai the rightful .wm-ndup of the
' sou waa vested in the old lauduuhlrre,
but decreed Und in accordance with
wlmt were considered the uect-Mutie* of
public policy a certain equitable pronor
j lion ahould be transferred U tlm liber
ated aurf* to Im paid for in money, wit,
or labor ; and it ab* gave the aerfa the
right to purchaae the whole or a part of
their allotment* ; the Htate becoming
their agent and aecunty for the payment .
In return for the landa thua transform!
j Uie noble* received government bonds,
or certificate* of indent meltl. Itut the
old communal Nyrtem waa retained ; the
lauds were not assigned to the freedmeu
in severalty but in tract* to the eontuiu
uiliea, which could not be dmeolved ri
cepi by a vote of two thirds.
la 1873 au imperial eommMMua waa
appointed to inventigate tlie effect* of
emancipation, and according to the re
port of the ruin mi am one rw there ha*
been no increase of proaj-erity nor any
sensible improvement iu tillage through
Uie greater portion of the empire under
the new system. A large proportion of
Uie new made freemen haatened to
realise the dream* of their former
year*, looking upon ulleneaa and an
abundance of utroug liquor a* Uie chief
advantage* of a stage of freedom. A* a
new distribution of lamia takes plaoe
every nine year*. Uie peasant liaa no in
dividnal title to the ground he culti
vate*; and this powerful incentive to in
dustry IK- tug wall ting, general thriftlc**-
DCH* op|e*r* to prevail. At the name
time tin* burden* of the pewanntry have
IKK-U increased. The imperial raxca re
mam the aame. Mid art* m> distributed
tliat fifteen parts of the nut ecu fall upon
them. Hie conimuuitiea are paving
every v.ar to the government the value
of thelabor they med to give to Umir
master*, and a* mueh more ** will be
•ufficient to estiuguiah m half a eautury
the claims of those master* upon them
for the Und* which the latter have t**en
compelled to relinquish. Add to three
impositions, Uie es}<enae* of the local
governments, formerly administered
without espeusc to Uu*m by the nobbn,
and it will be aeen tliat the freedmen of
linssia would have a prettv haril time
of it, even were they fitted by previous
condition to make their own way in Uie
wurhL
The noble* feel still more severely the
clumged condition of affair*. The w hole
labor Kvxtvm has been diaorganiscd, and
instea-f of g-tting their land* tilled
for nothing, they are compelled to pay
for every day'* labor, and nud it exceed
mgly difficult to get faithful laborers
even by paying them. Some of the
freodmcn iiave taken land* a* copyhold
tenants under their former lords, instead
of purchasing on the terms permitted by
the government, but tlieae are ao few as
hardly to be worth mentioning. As the
freediueu rut earn a living upon their
own lamln. MKI the communal system re
quires the villages to maintain all their
' members, even if they are idle and
worthless, there is no urgent necessity
that they ahould lalair for their former
masters." The consequence is a scarcity
of agricultural lsls-rem, forming a
anions drawtiack to the prosperity of
tlie landowner*; Mid those who are per
ruwilis Ito enter their employment can
seldom tie trusted out of the overseer's
sight, while iu esse of misunderstanding
about wage* the communal suUiaritiee
are pretty certain to decide in favor of
Uieir own class, MHI agwinst the laud
lioldera, without regard to equity. In
short. Uie relation tietw-en the freeilmen
and their former masters, so far a* the
labor question is concerned, is somewlist
like that in our Southern States. Hut
in Hnasia the emancipated serfs liave to
pav the great bulk of Uie taiea, while in
, this country the majority of Uiem pay
none at all,* though by their votes tbey
are able to fix enormous taxation on the
landowners.
Harrowing and landing.
Sometime* person* borrow Mid lend
very curious property. A gentleman and
hi* wife, in the golden ilays, when peo
ple "struck oil," were rejoicing in the
comfortable allowance of several hun
dred dollars a -lay. Tliey Ixmrded at a
fine hotel, and sjR-nt their monev liber
ally. You would snppooe sncli folk*
would Is* almve liorrowing. But they
were not. They sent over, almost every
day, to the house of a humble friend, to
borrow a possession Uiev eould not buy
for love nor money. N*o, not if tliey
had heajieil up its weight in solitaire dia
monds 1 They sent to lwrnrow the Ushy !
It suib-d the "dear, little, dimpled lim
it ng to crawl atsnit over tlm bright ear
pet and pat the roses, but it loved 1 letter
to enddle up in mother's Imaotn, when
•' sleepy time " etuno, if the home wra*
ever so plain and humble. Two thou
sand dollars n week wn* no bdt Uwu
sl2 a week, as far ns it knes-. No doubt
it was a great deal better for him that he
was not lioni heir to an oil well. Baby
lending ia quite common in Uie circle of
street beggars in our large ritiea, and
terrible is the ahuae the jioor litUe ones
sometime* receive in order that they may
the more readily extort sympathy and
{•climes. A secret onler exists in Lon
dou aud Paria for deforming children for
this very purpose. Poor, helpless little
creatures are distorted in a hundred
wava, until thev beevime too shocking to
loi. i njMia. l'he tiacks are bant, Uie
tuin* twisteil, Mid the features distorted
in most fearful ways. There is a saloon
. in Paria where those grown-up " mon-
Hh>re " mao to dine by themselves, and
it ia said to la* at his peril tliat any one,
from curiosity, intrude* upon tliem.
Most of Uiein niul been deformeil in in
fancy, Mid loaned or hired out from tui
institution which kept them for sole. It
is no more wonderful that such things
should go on in spite of the public than
that there should be frequent secret sales
to the highest bidder of poor Ttilisn
children, in oiw own citie*.
Torino: i&Q.OO a Yefus in Adhratioe.
A Had Manager.
What a picture fur " thoas abuut Iu
1 marry " i* thua given in the Saturday
Revim of a wife who ia a had uiMiagvr
> " Her ilreaa ia alwaya ataiued with the
dropping* of lier teacup, ami ahe has nu
• iuh-t m<*liate state U-tween Utttldllie-a
1 Mid finery. Hbe jmta un hr best clothe*
' for a morning walk, MM! keep* nothing
> for her vwituig days. -Her piano aiway*
i wMit* tuning, and (die never remember*
I Uie date of tint tax-collector's wait*. Hhr
forgeta her glove* or her card-mar till
; he ha* arrived at the hall door, and when
they are biuught the glove* always want
button*, Mid there arc no mnl* in the
case. Hh never knarna the rat# of post
age, Mid wrttea her foreign letter* after
tlm mail ha* gone out. A drive in a cab
involve* a fight aliout the fare, aud he
brualies the nimbly wheel with her drem
in getting out. rene experts her am anta
to do r\ rrvthing wiUiout iimtrud<<u*-,
Mid iwually apeaka of them aa • retain-* '
While the exact* olairquious rnaueci
from tln-m, aim talks he I ore Uieiu of tiieir
ahorlcotuiugs. Khe give* them needle**
trouble I>v tier laxuiewa or
and, while alie does nothing for their
comfort, expect* them to study her* con
I atanUr. Site will thoughthsady ring
: them up to the Uy U< the house to put
i on the coal* which are iu the acuttle he
nide her chair, aud will heedleaaly aend
Uiem on three or four errands when a
little forethought on her )iart would have
mad* our enough. She never iutereeta
herself ill their welfare, hanlly kimws
their name*, never *i"*re* t hetu when
they are ill, or Uiink* of how *he may
save them trouble. She provide* no
wholesome literature for their leisure
reading, aud does nut inquire after the
proptw uivewtment of their little savinga.
Tlw-ir wage* are alwwya in arrear, and ane
ltabilttaily tenipt* tiieir iHinaaty Irjr leav
mg her purer or her letters lying about,
and yet frequently suspect* tlirin without
OMiar. Khe charges them with theft Mid
uutmtlifulnen* on tlie HtnalleM gtrouMda,
and constantly fsncie* that they are look
■ ing at her tbrougit the keyhole or listen
ing Im-hind the door. Hiie i indignant
when they give Iter notice, Mid refuses
them a character when she finds that
1 they cannot compel her to give them
one*. Hhe know* notliiug of lliem after
' thev leave her, and never eoncerna her
' self to get thein place*. She expects
i them both to le ujj liefore her in the
tnorumg and also to sit up late for hr at
night. If she is ill tbey must atb-nd her
like nurses, rise to her call at all botire
i at the night, and work for her in avery
rewpect aa if they hived her."
.- ' ~ i
>ee tear'* Bay Call*.
An earnest appeal waa made bv the in
mate* of Uie ••lnehriatea' Home* for Kings
County" and addressed to the ladie* erf
every "household Lndiea were asked
this question: •'l>o you propose that
votir New Year's lioapltalittea shall cm
brace the preai-utation of strong drinks
to yoar gmwta i Young gentlemen who
aevt-r ilitrkctied the door of a tavern,
who would shun the entrance to any
drinkiug establishment, Mid rebuke the
proffer to -intake of the intoxicating
glass made by any male irieud, may, and
*l* Often do, yield to the temptation
alien Uiat glass ia presented by tlie fair
hand of a lady, and pressed upon them
by her bewitching solicitation*. Before
you place intoxicating hqiior* on your
talde, we earnestly be*re4i you to pause
and reflect. Ak youreelvea, "What if
•ome una or more of our guestv way ia
the future huve cause to curse the dy
when he or they called at our aboda to
w iah n* tlie Maturation* of s Happy Sew
Ycwrf"
This appeal waa made by the eighty
four inmates of MI iualitutiou, some of
the number ape*king from MM! personal •
experience, for tliey date their Brat ex
coxae* lawk to thoae *' New Years' mlla."
Farmers' Boot* and Kkae*.
A fanner who liai Iraen acmetoined to
wear thick hxOi for more than forty
rears pant savs that, la-fore wearing the
boot*, give th- liuttoma a good coating
of tallow or coal-tar, and dry it in; then
oil the upfiera with cantor oil, about on*
tahlt-fqxMHiftd to each IMM4 ; then oil them
twice a w--ek with cantor oil, when one
teaapiMMifnl will he sufficient. If the
weather should lie rainy, or yon are com
pelled to work in water during the day,
waxh tour laiota clean at night, bold
th-m by the fire until quite warm, and
oil them while wet, and you will have no
trouble about your boots getting hard
and shrinking up so that you cannot get
them on. If Uie leather should become
j ml give a coat of ordinary shoe blacking
before oiling. The effect of castor oil ia
to soften the leather, while it fill* the
pores and prevent* the wwter from enter
ing. I hare ntood in mud and water ten
hour* a day fur a week without fooling
any dampness or having auv difficulty iu
getting my boota on or oft.
The Ftret bin.
The late (h-rrit Smith did not confine
hia gifta to any section or locality. Not
]<gp afti-r (Jen. Hubert E. lice leoime
pr.Kvi.h nt af Waihington Unireraity at
la-xington, Va,, an agent waa sent North
to collect money in aid of tlie institution.
thn almost -lretitnte. At a meeting
held in New York the following dispatch
was read from Mr. Smith : l>raw on
me for $3,000 for the use of Washington
IThreraity. I regret that I cminot now
make it ten times aa much."
This contribution from Oerrit Smith,
the old anti-slavery mau, waa the very
first offering in aid of Oeo. Lee's college;
J and the example gave such an impetus
to Uie active sympathy of the people
North and South, that in a short time the
institution waa placed beyond the reach
of want, and established upon a self
supporting basis.
The Maine Liquor Law.
Tlie statistics of the workings of the
prohibitory law iu Main-' -luring the
]iaat rear have lieen published. They
--t forth tliat fifty thousand dollar* in
ftnre were imposed and collected for the
violation of tlie prohibitory law during
the year. There have been 276 convic
tions in the Supreme Court of rnmsellers.
and forty one i-ommitineute to jail, a
larger number than in any similar period
previonalv. Thi* is jiariially dne to the j
Sheriff's Enforcement a-t, set in opera
tion two rears ago. Crime has decreased,
the number of convicts Wing twenty
five }*>r cent, less than ten years since.
The nnmlier of sentences to State prison
and jail*, exclusive of commitments for
liquor selliug, for the past year or two is
nearly thirty per rent, smaller thau in
1866.
k Beautiful Thought. *
When the summer of yonth is slowly
wasting away on the nightfall of age, and
the shadow of the path becomes deeper
and life wears to its dose, it is pleasant
to look through the vista of time up<m
tlie sorrows and felicities of our earlier ,
years. If we have a home to shelter ,
"aud hearts to rejoice with ns, and friends
have been gathered around our fireside,
and the rough places of wayfaring will
have been worn and smoothed away in
tlie twilight of life, aud many dark spots
we have paused through will grow
brighter and more beautiful. Happy, j i
indeed, are those whose intercourse with !
the world has not changed the tone of 1
their holier feeling or broken those mnsi- i
col chords of the heart whose vibrations -
are so melodious, so tender and so touch- "
ing in the evening of their life, , 3
' NO. 4.
Wind Worm* urn the PUJa*. f
J'rufoasot Jobit H. Ttoe lumi written *
letter fivin g bit theory of tlw cause of
the terrific wintl storms thai periodically
*•(, wilt such ifostructive (on*,
the of tlu- Wn4. H* my*'.
" All wind* flow oat of high barooie
ter Mill into a Urn aw ; tin- high Imronie
ter is in tin- direction ahem* U wind
Oi.uifw, kij>i the low in the direction
whither it guest; wind* u*it only flow oat
of a high barometer, bql from all rid**
of it. Tht lit to sustain th outflowing
current being thus preeiudrid fratw en
tenug Utr-milv mint there hire cum* (rum
the smith, '-onaequetdly nmlrr a high
barometer thw oiiMt be s descending
or down pouring current of air. Again
winds not only flow into an ami of tow
barometer, but pour into it from all
ado.; heiMw, they mnnot recaps laterally
for oil avenue* of mump* are rhwed except
towards the smith, sad hmos thither
they utmi go. Hinoe the earth under a
low barometer upout* npiUair toward*
the smith, therefore thai* nituA b* an
ascending current within an area covered
by a low barometer."
In looking for the aput from which the
grant plain storms are started from the
earth—the point where the lower Iwroane
ter is situated- he dismisses Ansoos,
Mexico, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico and
the Caribbean mm. because in neither
place in the rigbl temperature found, and
and* the auarae of the western simoon
on the hot pinion north of the Aoinxtm
in Houth America. He proven by Hum
boldt that on theae plates tramendoaa up
ward current* at air are often expe
rienced. Humboldt, for unSaoae, my* ;
•* Under the vertical rap of the new
clouded nun, the indurated soil cracks
saunter uj if tram the aback of an north
quake. If at ouch time apposing cur
rente of air, wbaae conflict produce* TO
terv motion, iw in wmtect with the
•oil, the plain assumes a strange and
s.agulsr aspect; read *j >ute *n formed.
Tim aand mm through the rarifind air
in the electrically charged center of the
whirling current like ouotesU* ahaped
ckmda, the potnte of which both ascend
from the *rth and descend from theaky.
In all reaped* they resemble the roaring
water wpout no much draaded by mariner*.
The lowering afcy shod* a dim, almost
straw-r4ond light on the desolate plain.
The hot, dusty particles which fill the
air increase it* *it (locating beat, and the
cast wind blowing aver lite long-headed
soil bring* no refreshment, Irol rather a
still more burning glow. *'
Prufeanor Tie*' then shows how this
currant, lifted to * gnat altitude, flow*
northward until it tnJu* the barometer
4 the western plains and then itewv-mte.
It ia a syphon etghtecu hundred miles in
length, * the ends ranting, one an the
graat plain* of Houth America, the othec
ou the great plains of North America,
while it* are is in the air above the
clouds; and the motive powers which
(a*e the mighty flow are heat ami cold
and the electric currents, which flow an
parallel lim* but in opposite direction*,
and which corwtentiy repel each other.
High and low atraosplM-nc pet-Muss* ore
electric phenomena. Under the latter
there is an ascending cunwt of electrici
ty; under the former a defending cur
rant. Tbeae currant* ore tin* escort* of
the oturm. One conduct# it from the
hot plain* of the A mason, until amid
cool regions above the western hillv the
othwr oUaiu* the mastery and drag* it
down to earth again. Such, at least, ore
hi* deductions.
look After the Fruit Tree*.
The older readers remember that nine
teen vearn ago, that is the winter of
1856-56, there was an immense devasta
tion of fruit tree* by the gnawing of
mice. These peat* scented to abound
like the frag* in ancient Egypt. They
even destroyed gooseWrry, enrrant, roar
and other bushes, mud rosea came to our
knowledge of whale field* stripped of
grsm a* venlv oh if cut off with a
mower. In March and December won
gives a theory for their prevalence which
was generally approved. Mica multiply
very rapidly. A single pair will warn
stock a Bonne with their progeny. The
fall of 1855 w*v very drr, and winter
closed in with no rain tall, after which
the ground was long aovered with a deep
anew mantle. The mice not only mul
tiplied greatly in nuinmer and autumn,
but they were not killed off aa in ordl
narv yr> by the freering up of water
waked ground, and the anow afforded
them ample protection under which they
carried on their destructive work, doing
dsaiage to the amount of million* of
dollars. Hie post autumn has been a
similar one in most port* of the country,
though rain probably filled the ground
during November in some iooaliiie*.
The rain, however, fell upon frosen
ground in many northern section*, and
ran off aver the surface, yet it k>nbtlre*
drowned out many mice. It is well,
therefore, to le on* the careful watch,
mice will travel mile* even, under light
mow. and no one knows whence an in
vasion mat come. Where practicable,
mow should be carefully tramped hard
every time it fall* or blown freshly
around the traee. Curved piece* of tin,
or tarred or roofing paper set around the
tree* is a help, though in 1855-56 they
often I forked the mate in light, dry ooil*.
The little yoke-traps, costing two or
three cents a hole, set freely, will kill
tham rapidly.— AgricuUttriti.
Because.
It lias been sagaciously remarked that
a woman's anlv reason for anything ia
" Because." Thin theory i* borne out
by the way the girl* operate with coun
terfeit note* which come under their
h*nd in tMh Treasury Deportment Gen
eral Spinner, who lias had twelve yearn*
experience in the work, soys they are
worth ten times oh much as the men for
such busiuess. "A man always has a
reason for a counterfeit," mr* the Gen
eral, " forty, may be, but lie is wrong
half tlie time. A woman never has a
reason. Hhe says 'tis a counterfeit be- \ •
muse it ia counterfeit, and she i* always
right—though she could not tell how she
found out if slio were to b® luuig for it."
Nkw Took Citt'h Dsirr. —The Mayor
of New York city in liia message rava he
is unable to learn the exact figures of the *
debt. It is given to him as about $141,-
000,000, with a sinking fund of twenty
six million* to be deducted; but he says i
there is n floating debt of from ten to
twenty millions that must lie added to
this amount. He very aagely remarks
that it is time to find out just how mneh
tlie city owes, and to commence a
reformation that will reduce this immense
indebtedness.
CnraiiTT.—Dr. Livingstone, in his
journal, tells how in Africa he passed a
woman tied by the neck to a tree and
dead. The people of the country ex- -
plained that she nod been unable to keep
up with the other slave* in a gang, and
her master hail determined that she
should not become the property <rf any
one else if slie recovered after resting
for a time. Dr. Liviugstone said he
met others who had been killed in like
manner.
Every paper which appears in Puiis on
Monday is dated Tuesday, for the non
sensical reason that when the paper
reaches the country at a day's distance
from Paris it will, if dated correctly,
seem a day old —as if the oountry people <
could he deceived by su/li a stupid de- i
vice ! They talk of changing this ridicn- i
lotus custom. t ]
Young folks grow moot when in love.
It i.uortin* their sighs wonderfully.
j "Stidark, mkl yvfi so tight," M the
man said when he looked at his too of
oooL
Hies* is something wry trtewily about
a inan who trills yon to <*U again with
your little bin.
Kansas is now the twelfth of the Uni
ted Wtab* with a eompuWwy rduestiou
tew upon its twok*.
The poet SpdMwr made a thiSf) pvo
whew he arrote, " latatly caia wiwwr.,
ekithwl oil hi flirae."
A nun* who has voted and paid taxes in
i Norwich, Ok, far forty fiapk has jurt
dircovered Unit hi* rmilawt M owtatda
the city lmumls. m
'■ Where do people go who .b**nv*
their Wfow me* f M aekdis Hnmla.T school
teoskar of a pupil. "To Euro|," mm
: the jannapt repy.
The papulation of Mexico. (Mnl
i iSSie*. Waal lmfoe mm) -Houth Ame
tee ia over 4S, 000,000.
In the Howiii the crop of aweet pcta-
Un* surpass*** in q.rHity and qwhty
aay crop ever produoed flw
Hi* sheep owned m Oig|wndowii, Pa.,
have taken premium* at oamky fairs
this yaar aue-nuting to SB,OOO.
For faaliiuna in fun. it hi noted that
Hiherian salde ntwpcr for ladies whose
have mv-ntly become bank
. PNttwbdpbia oeserte that aha lau> mar*
houera tbL New York by <IO.OOO, than
Brooklyn by 78,000, and tkmm ll by
W,OOO.
Borrow eomm aocei enough without
dsNpondeucy. It does no mm good to
*rry around a lightning rod to attract
trouble,
A Milwaukee man Aeted that he rwdly
needed mm-' actire, wgnlar ciMrmse. A
friend suggcried that be mix his awn
MkWbl
Hpringflehl appears to tie a favorite
name for Wcwtera town*. Pmaylfunia
has nine' by that name, Ohio ten and
low* eight
Why doth it profit a pastor if he get*
seven dressing gowns sod fourteen jwira
of dippers, and he* not the wherewith to
go to market f
The Boston Globe ralk " illy" a little
tsukard adverb, the tmu* otm- m g and
pcsritemuß ** vwnmnl" that iafosta the
There are yet atewding in 'Maine 1,500, -
000,000 f*4 of pine timber, while tl
growth of hemhwk and aprum is mid to
be ahnort in*xhauatiUe.
The wings of some foawt* are so thin
that 00,000 placed one upon another
would not form a heap of more than a
quarter id an inch in height
Be sum to abwpen the oarving-kstf*
before dinner. The moot angelic boy
will not respect his naacmt after acting
him fight with a tough turkey.
Female tekgnph operator* in Berlin
am peremptorily towjiMen "to feint
their item," car "to let their ram, or
false, hair wallow over their becks." .
Tone of postal cards without addresses
are destroyed in the Dead Letter Office,
beoamse people write their mraaoge find,
and then forget to addwm* the raid.
An East Beaton lady awoke from a
dune recently, and mistaking a set of
jewelry which ahs held ia for hand for
apple parings, threw it into Hie stove.
We won't have any mure newspaper
article* us the "Oryrinand Hiabwy of
Omattnaa from it* Kariuwa Day* for
one veer. That's una good tiring to think
of.
■ An average number of Hie London
He coo tains about 2,600 sdwrtisr
ments, and toe recripta ia Hie advrrtis
ing ilrpartntewt are said to be about •&,-
000* day.
,4 -Whv. Georgia, are you smoking f"
exriaimcd an amused mother, who same
upon her little son aa he was puffing awey
at a cigar. " N—no, ins; I'm only keep
uig it lighted for another boy."
A Leavenworth man told e lie and
then arid : " I hope to be struck dead
if I have ih4 spoken the truth !" He had
scarcetv ceased apeeking when he Iril
to the flour—a man having knocked him
down.
Facte from the Indianapolis Hermlti :
—Last year there was one medical, col
lege id one hundred and fifteen medio* i
rtudeute Now there ore three medfewl
colleges in the oily, and only ce hu:-.
dred and four student*.
- Deuth ia * sad thing," iwnmked a
Hchenretedy woman, as she stood bread*
on open grave. " Yre, poor thing," re
marked another; "how be did like to
ret down to a good bited dinner, when
the pork was just right."
Judge Barrett, of New York, in sen
tencing a number of persons convicted
of ricdstittg the efoctaun laws of this
Htate, declared that cheating at the polla
■ h treaaon. for it a crime against the
aovereignty of the people.
Conversation at brrekfaat tabfo—
Hmith : " Ain't John late in bringing
the mail this morningt" Jonre: "I
guetat thwre ia aomrthmg on the postal
care I* that he don't tmdrewUnd. He*
probably reading them over twice."
The expense incident to one of Lilian
Ivfowrton's lectures* in lowa, recently,
was sl4 more thou the receipts. She
doubttere arrived in town, says the
on a night when the " citusem "
hod tdackcd up and gone out to hang a
man.
A Uaivemty student broke through ,
the ice an Lake Momma, the < th r day,
where the water waa oidy four feet deep.
When he was hauled out and laid upon
the ice, he faintly whispered ; "Beys,
I don't care for myself, but I'm en
gaged."
A paper of a ceotuaiy ago says:
A mitek, bring at the stoic to be
burned, saw her son there, andd*iml
him to give her same drink. "No,
not her." uaid be, "it would do you
wrong, far the drier you are the better
you will burn."
To dun, to press far money flpe, comes
from one Joe Dunn, a famous baiiff of .
Lincoln, in England, during the irign of
Henrv TIL He was ao generally sue
cesaful in collecting money that wheu a
loan refused to pay, the creditor was
aaked why he didnl Dunn him.
A disease, far more fatal than the epi
aootic, has broken out among fowses in
uortaons of Ohio. A staggering gait and
loss of appetite, accompanied by a vio
lent cough and few*, are its eharacb-ne
tics, and poft-mortem examinati >ns show
the disease to be a' serious affectiou of
the lungs.
Recently the local paper at Grass Val
ey arid : "The prettieet girl in Glare
Valley doesn't carry herself straight
enough when pronMßading." For a
week after that idl tiie Grass Valley girl*
stalked slxrat like so many ramrods; and
every girl said, " That horrid jmper!
Ma, "don't I walk straight f"
A little canal of twenty-three mile* wre
wanted in Chin* in 1825. Time must be
precious there, though life is so cheap.
Uxtlv six weeks were given in which to
dig it, though it went through great
forceto and over extensive marshes;
twenty thousand men worked upon it
night and day, and over seven thousand
died of fatigue.
This is a story from Cslifurak. If
told of any otlier country in tlie world,
we'd doubt it A fine bay horse was
found suspended one morning recently
from a cherry tree by the neck mul dead.
He hod been left hitched to a branch of
the tree, which had grown to rapid! v
during the night that it raised him off
his feet and hung him. And they don't
think of fencing ia California.
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A Meah Ttocu.—A mean trick was re
cently played by some scurry individual
in Sob Francisco. A wealthy Oalifor
nian gave out invitation* to a party which
was to lie "the event of the srasou.";?
Four hundred guests were bidden, arid
all preparations made. But some upite
fnl person distribute I notes to Jl ex
peotauit gueeta, informing them to*
dangerous illness of the hqfte made it
neoreaory to postpone therparty. By
chance, however, soma? knowledge *1
this shabby trick reached the party gr
in season for them to contradict-the faW
hood to some extent.