Rest l last.
No more lieueath life'* daily rtne*
To hend with faltering step* and elow
No more in all the heart desires
The bitterness of loe* to know .
No more 1* force a oarelee* mirth
While struggling with the tear eapceawed
No nucw to toil with fainting strength,
Iftfc eoftlv. calmly, laid to real !
Wounded no more hy onel tongue*.
No more perplexed by honeet douhi ;
No more disheartened by defeat
Where life'* heel eflforte were jvxircd out
No more Uitviig'li endless seeming nights.
Waking and praverlees to repine '
Untroubled now ' A deep repose.
Perfect and King dew red, i* thine '
A Tired WMu's lad Word*.
Here hee an old woman who always www titt*l.
Kor whe lived in a house where help waan't
lured.
Her lari word* on earth were. •• IWr friend*, I
am goiug
tVbare sweeping ain't dime, uor .hunuug, uot
sewing.
And everything theie will be just to my wiehew,
tor where they don't eat there * no washing of
dlfhoe.
1 U be wbere tlie loud anthem* will always be
ringing.
But. baring no voice. 111 get rid of Uie ringing.
Ikiii t mourn for me now. and don't mourn fi*
tue neve,,
bur Ihi so r ,g to do nothing forever aud ever."
HAPPY AT LAST.
The story was this. (."apt. Crocker
rctnroaa home frv>iu his last voyage, rich,
and built huu a luuutaomc house. Thru
the captain caat a favorable eye on Abbv
Fowler. and in his choice evinced exivf
lent judgment, as Rockjbeac.li U>a-u<-d
uot of her superior. The most surpris
ing thing was Abby refused his suit
point hl&nk.
Thru ti-> rich man in his wmth wo-x-d
and wou pretty Deborah, the tuilliuer'a
daughter.
Abby Fowler, school mistress, stood
liefore tiie glass iu the sitting room tying
her yellow bonnet string* and prejsiring
to attend the wedding.
" Vou IK* the first old nnud in our
family," observed her grandmother, pall
ing down her spectacles from the false
front to the bridge of her sharp old IKMM*.
"If 1 only had my money back, i
could leave it to you. I dare "say vou'il
need it yet iWrr rue, them thieves !"
Passing .dung the village street, tlie
school n.istr.*ss ran the gauntlet of pub
lir comment " Abby looks mightv
solemn over the weJdm'. Duces she's
worry ahe r'fuaxl him," commented
Kockybeach, with one voice.
The wedding was over, and Abbv
Fowler sought her own chamber, and
took a Ixuultfox from the ennboard. A
faded daguerreotype and packet of let
t—rs wore enshrines! in this homely re
ceptado. Ah tat*' little consolation even
h< re. These 1 eiiea beiongv*d to Albert
Marshall, kirer of her youth, who had
jilted h-r. At mast sii-- could be f&ith
ful to the memory of * U ex dead love.
W hilc the captain and his bnde were
jaunting away in the stage-coach on
their wedding jcornej, Abby Fowler
was fight ing hot own I wit tie in her little
room. She sat with her eilxiws on the
rill of the >.ulow, through which her
longing ey as had searched hungrily for
a wider jonzoi! many veare She was
trying tn face her future bravely: but
strive a* sh-- would to paint it in vivid
ra, she could finil only pale, neutral
jts on the palette of her imagination,
rt looked blank euough, certainly.
The first bloom of youth, which glori
fies tiie pLiinest face, had vanished for
ever.
A tap on the door disturbed her
meditations, and a pale, thin woman
entered.
"I'm glad to see you, Dorire," said
Abby.
" Thought I'd just look in," returned
Desire.
Then then* was silence, Abbv com pre
handing that the other's reticence was a
delicate expression of sympathy. A
quiet, gentle woman, who did the village
rlrcss-making, gliding like u sliadow
from house to house—by sheer force of
•vmtr.ist Abby's meek satellite.
" Hopeful has gone to live in Wash
ington." .
"Well, she slighted as long ago."
" She is keeping house for her cousin.
.Albert's wife died last year, and he is a
Seuab r now, you know."
Abby made no reply. Alliert's wife
dead ! Albert a Senator! Cruel, de
ceitful. lw.se. he had l'u, yet she liked
to hear of his prosperity. Her head
grew confused, and her face Hushed.
" I believe that Hopeful loved Albert
herself, and made mischief," pursued
Dasire, musingly. " She married, to be
sure, and is a widow."
"Then the mischief-makers prosper,"
retorted Abliy.
Albert Marshall ws the love of her
youth. Over th-* sterner duties of the
academy had floated a rosy cloud;
flowers found their way slyly between
the pages of solemn dictionaries, brown
eyes and blue sought each other with a
growing, sweet intelligence. Handsome
Cousin Hojmful pouted, hut Abby was
Albert's sweetheart. Never to lie for
gotten tlie day when the young man
went to seek his fortune in the West!
Sh stood again at the gate beneath the
perfumed shade of the lilac bush's, with
the hot, dusty road tieyond, and Albert
looking back wistfully. * Tlien followed a
visit, after the lapse of a year, from a
sedate young man, conscious of a lieard,
to a demur- maiden, mindful tliat her
muslin gown was "done up" for tlie
occasion. The visit left her engaged,
for Cousin Hopeful no longer watched,
1 laving gone to live iu the West, where
she married.
Abby's heart was blithe. She aang as
she worked, for the future glowed with
sunset hues. Then cun u stiff, ambigu
ous letter, answered promptly with pride;
then a long, sickening silence. What
did it mean < It meant that Cousin
Hopeful, if not loved herself, would
poison the mind of a lover far away. If
Albert wonld not marry her, he should
not wed Abby. Thus she played with
subtle touch on many chord-, and there
was growing distrust and auger. A
young woman may not journey to the
far We.-* to ask her lover what is separat
ing them, so Abbv waited. Her lmalthy
nature could not fear this ordeal. She
fell ill, and the bu*v lif became a blank.
When convalescent a letter was plae-.l
in her feeble hand—a harsh, mijust
letter, taxing Imr with infidelity to her
absent lover, and stating tliat if she did
not immediately reply, cheating herself,
all was over between them. The letter
was already ohl, mother luiving laid it
away in the family Bible. Abby re
sumed her tasks, well aware tliat the
crystal goblet of happiness had slip|>cd
from her grasp, and by shivered to
atoms on the ground. Clear herself
from false charges, forsooth ! 1/ Alliert
Marshall did not know her nature better,
let him take his course. Hho never wrote
again, and the next thunderbolt was
Albert's marriage—a measure so hasty
as to suggest revenge. This was all, and
the years rolled on.
" C Jme right home along of me, dear.
Do ! Squire Scuddcr's sent me a mince
pie," urged Desire.
Grandmother looked after them with
scorn. "There go them two creeturs,
comfortin' each other. I don't suppose
Desire ever flew in the face of Provi
dence as our Abby lias, though."
Abby returned from the visit much
strengthened in spirit, and retired to
read a book from the Rockybeach cir
culating library by the light of a private
candle.
Down in her little house the dress
maker, most timid and shrinking of
women, was guilty of a bold deed. Hhe
wrote to Senator Albert Marshall Her
courage oozed, and she left the missive
anonymous from sheer terror. It read
thus:
"If Mr. Marshall will visit his native
place again, after so many years of ab
sence, lie will never regret it."
The little seed bore fruit in this wise :
a stranger came by the morning boat to
Bsckybeach, a tall, dignified man, who
FREI). K I irPZ, Fdilor and 1 'ropriet>r.
VOL. MIL
grun-d about lum like otto in a tnuicc
How old ho felt among the ncono of hut
childhood! He might have Iwton
asleep, instead of 11 prvvq-rrotta mail in lua
prime, who lutd worked hi* wav up with
a tic w State.
Tlie school mistress rang her Ih-11
sharply, ami ut re*|K>ne to the sum
mons the tramp of small IKH.I* echocl
threugh the btuhlitig. Shrill voire* sub
siil.sl to murmurs, which made the
academy seeuillke a hive of busy insect*.
And, ludeed, were not tlie bnuu cells
stored with honey there f
A pretty squirrel h-apc.l on the flmr,
looking drolly around. Fun gietuued IU
chubbv fa.es; one Isiy hid his head Is
land Lis slate. Never had this Isd
evinced such industry before. The
little animal whisked it* tail, ran nimbly
up the school mistress's cliair (who
screamed l, then capered off. ami nestled
in the jacket of uie imtustrious boy.
Istughtcr bubbled forth ; to see their
schoolmarm " scared" was altogether
too much for the gravity of the little
people.
"Jean, dime here."
The boy advanced slowly, witli the
squirrel's tiny hea.l |Hs-riug out of his
pocket. Tkere he *t.**l, unlike all his
sompauions, even t.> the iustiuct of tam
ing wild animals. A short, squarely
built ln.l, with narrow head, black hair,
•ml broune.l skin. Oue da- the select
man lunl brought two writhing victims
to school—Jean and hi* sister Yiotoire.
The children were shy, the blood iff
Indian slid French vovageur isitirseil iu
their veins. The family liad roatm-d over
Lite bi>riler. and built a hut on tlie edge
of tlie W-IKKI. The father perished iu a
snow drift. R.x-kvlK-acli brought the
widow into town, tlie selectman JKULIHSSI
on the children. School was a strait
jacket. The girl Victoire submitUsl;
the boy Jean reiuaineil savagi-. lu vain
he hid iu the W.KKIS, in tsxrns, and .s i
lers; the pursuer limited him out. Jean
could no more ewcajve from the select
man than frv>m destiny. It was tlie
selectman's duty t. have every child
learn to read aud write. LIIK-kylw-ach
WHS |KK>r, worked hard for a living, hut
act the school house on tlie hill top, like
a light house tower, and proclaimed to
the world universal education.
The course of justice was interrupt*-d
by Victoire, who trip|>ed iu, breathhws
with excitement.
" A gentleman is coming here," she
cried.
He already stood in the door, aud
shaded his eyes with an expression of
doubt and astonishment. There was a
souud of surging wnt*rx iu Abby's ears,
the windows wavered, the gr<-at stove
reeled.
" Yon here, Ablty f I thought yon
had married Captain Crocker." He
stepped forward eagerly, glad tveogni
tion in his smile.
But she never answered. Tlie aelmol
marrn liad fainted. After that there was
a holiday. The academy repriced. All
the pupils saw was the meeting of two
sober persons, long separated—a tall,
grave nun, and a comely, robust woman,
with that beauty of true integrity winch
outlives time. Not knowing "what to
make of it. young Rocky t >esch trooped
off, with jubilant shouts, to tell the
news.
" I believed yon unfaithful long ago
aud now that you had married Captnu
Crocker."
" Wbo told you
"Cousin Hopeful heard the news."
" Aud with Cousm Hopeful's aid you
have thought ill of me ail these years,"
said Abby.
" 1 would rather have von think well
of me than any woman living," he re
plied.
This was the way they made it up,
walking toward the old'familiar g.itc,
while their hearts snug, like the glis
tening rivulets, i.: the glad day of ro
conciliation. Pies-nt happim s enabled
them to fold away tin J-uf of 1. ng sejm
rntion.
Victoire nunc down the hill behind
th-m, swinging lier tin lnncheon pail.
She met Fred, flushed :uid elated with
tlie result of a journey t > LoDgpnrt.*
"Oh, Fred," whispered sixteen to
eighb-eti, in an awtd tone, "they are
lovers!"
"Guess not. 'lliey are a great deal
too old," rrplietl Fred, with a r-th-ctive
shake of the heaiL
Tlien lie book from his (ss-ket a ring
purchased at Longjiort—such a splendid
ring, with diamonds aud rubies of an
astounding size —which he slipped on
Vict-ore 'a brown finger. The little maid
agreed to war it, growing unaccount
ably sliy and silent the while.*
lAockybeach received an electric flash.
Th- tidings fl-*w from house to hose.
Abby Fowler was going to marry Albert
Mareliall, who was a Senator! Talk
aliout Cajituin Abrnlirim Crocker ! He
luul n-7-r inspired the profound interest
thst this man created. The wooing wus
short.
" We've lost mush time already," said
the suitor, during one of those long con
versations, whieli were so precious and
tender, when the old horse-hair sofa lie
came a throne, Gossip declared there
never was such a man for hurry; lie
really gnve the liuly 110 time to decide
between flounces aud puff trimmings.
Who BO proud as Uncle Asa to present
the Henator to his fellow townspeople in
the academy / The visitor could make a
speech, Iwlieve me, and on this occasion
he talked iu u pleasant, oasy vein, with a
manly ring to his words.
They were married in the meeting
house, ami seldom did a Sabbath bring
together such an array of wagons esvered
with buffalo-skin, rickety buggies, and
ancient carryalls as then crowded the
sheds. The pale dress-maker, Desire,
stood at her door looking wistfully
toward snnset over the sea. Perhaps
she read in the clouds of gold ami crimson
the reward—not of this world—for a
good action. The hushand and wife
turned their faces to the future the
wide realm of the West.
The (alifornis Petrified Fore*!.
Tlie famous petrified forest of Naiio
eonirty is eighteen miles from Heahls
btirg, hv wnv of Windsor, and lies just
across tii" county line. Die trees are all
prostrate and lie scatter-d quite thickly
over an extent of fifty ft ores. Dm pro
prietor of the forest lias lately been en
gaged in digging away the soil aud lava
from the ]>urtialiy buried tr<s-s. Two
men visited the place and reported that
the trees that liave lieen unearthed fur
surpass in sine any that have heretofore
been discovered. One fragment that
appears to liave been redwood measures
eleven feet in diameter, and is sixty-seven
feet long. Die tree must originally liave
been 200 feet in length. Numerous
other specimens ranged from eight to
eleven feet in diameter.
The New York Bulletin publishes n
table comparing the prices of leading
productions of the United States in
December, 1873, with the same in De
cember, 1874. From the table it ap
pears that, with the exception of aim,
nog products, hops, ami sugar, there has
been au important decline on all the arti
cles enumerated. The dcxdine per ceut.
ou some of the leading articles is as fol
lows : Wheat, No. 2, '29 ; flour, 231 ;
Scotch pig-iron, 11 ; American iron, No.
1, '27; cotton, middling uplands, 11 J;
brown sheetings, I*2J. Thus it appears
tliat the shrinkage of prices which took
place just after the jwrnic has continued,
with respect to some important articles,
down to the present time.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
THE LOS* OK THE (OSPATUHk.
Willi t'urihrr ItrlslU at ihr Terrible llUn..
ler at *ra.
The Irondoli Timet give* the follow
llig account of the loss of the (W|etrick,
which t* made up from different ilia
patche*j-eoeived :
The t'os)>atrtrk had Iw-cu sixty seven
.lay* at aea, when at midnight oti the
17th of Novetulier the uhtrtii wn given
that die ww on tire. The flumu* were
at tlrwt, it ap|wtrw, cotifltied to the fore
part of the vessel. Kitlier by the and
den shriveling up of ssd* and tackle or
by the want of nerve of a sh-oi-HUiiui, com
uuutd was lost over the vessel and she
•' went aUiitt " tliat ia, ahe turned her
head round to the wind, atnl the wtud
blew tlamc and atuoke ill Upou the ship.
Prom that moment her fate oau scarcely
tiave been doubtful. The captain liad
*' turned in," but he immediately came
on drek and attempted to put her before
the witid. We are also told tliat the ap
pliances liie ship had for extinguishing
tlie tire were tried in vain. The wind,
blowing from the Imws, cvirried flames
and volume* of smoke throughout the
after part of tlie vessel. The muse ami
tlie pungent smoke must quickly have
roused Itoth passenger* ami crew. The
laiats tu the fore |<art of the vessel liad
Isvu set on tire, but tiara was a rusli to
the other boat*. this which win on the
davits, hanging over tlie starlsavrd side,
was tili.sl till its stem dipped into the
M>a, and then the l*it oq*ia< d. The
first and the oeomd officer each took
charge of oue lswit, ami these IK wis sue
cetiafully got off. 'Hie boat of Mr. lh>-
maine, the tlrst mate, contained Is-sides
himself six s>-aiueti and twenty -Ave pas
setigers. The uatm-a of tlie meuilierw of
the crew in her were A. Dnttoti, the
butcher, Nicolle Cunningham, Turvey,
Hualeeu ami Wood. The other bout was
utnler command of Mr. Hetirv Mac Don
aid, the second officer, ami tliat is said
to have contained al*>ut tlie same uum
ls-r of persona. Boats and ship did not
part ut once. From the ls>ats the men
(it is to IK> observed tliat the 1 suits are
divK-rils-d as containing only uu-u) had
the unenviable opportunity of observ
iug. without U-ing able to relieve, the
ismfusion which ultimately must have
ptevaihsl on Iwwvrd the shin. Nearly four
bundled ami thirty jmople perished ui
tlieir sight.
We are not told whether they left the
ship before or after the cap-icing of the
sturlxiard quarter Is sit. The unlets were
seen t<i full, and at last tlie flames reach-sl
the stem, and there was an explosion
under the jss>p deck. After the burn
iug of the vettml she remained afloat for
two iLivs, aud the boat* remained bv li-r
in the perluij**, of obtaining pro
visions. Captain Elmslie, Mrs. I'.!m-!ie,
thei,- soil, and Dr. CmUe are described as
surviving the lire ami then jumping over
board to esi-ajs- dcntli from the sinking
of the vinsel. ]>r. lodic is said to have
takwn the captain's s .:i in Ins units lie
fore jumping overboard, and then it i
akled tlmt those four persons ware
all drowned together. It was the I'JtJi
1* fore the ship went down. The two
I* at* kept together f-ir two days, ami
then jwrted company in rough w-ath.-r.
Tliis bring.-'us to the night ••f the 21st.
Of ltoinaine'tt Ixjat we now lu-.ir nothing
more. Of Mr. MaclVmaid's Is>at w
learn that on tlie 22d they siiff-re 1 much
from thirst, and next day Beutlev. a
Istnmdiire laltorcr, g-d thirtv seven.
who luul gme out with his wife and
children, fell overboard and was drowned.
The di uvstnma history of the voyage is
now a narrative of madness and death,
sml of life prolonged by th- m-i-it It >m
ble expedient of siiipwnvked men. On
the 2ltli, before daylight, a lurk jw<<ol
clo.-* to the 1 hsit. She was h ole 1. but
no answer came. The 27th was Friday.
Th-re were UOW left ill til" ls>.it five men
—Mncltonald, a-cond mat-*; Lewis and
Hamilton, able seamen; Cat: ~ ordinary
M*ani!in, and another. 'lie* sris.s of
their coiii;>uiiioti<t h ul l**eti thmwii over-
Isnard. 'ivii of tli- ui' 1 '! who remained
iial le-t their reason, and the others were
faint and drovsy. It is said tlr.it Mac-
Ihmal l w.n* nm-sil at tie- moment wlicu
their rescuers lv>n* down II|HIU them by
one of his companions wle* had Is-.sun
insane and who bit Msel tonalil's h**l.
It had rained tint day, but th-y wen
unable to catch a drop of water. In this
st-ite they were found by the British
S s-ptre, nu inm sailing ship, which 1 ft
Culcuttn for Dundee on th- lfltli of S-p
teads-r. a week lat -r tluui the date
of the immigrants started from Groves
end. Tlie two who had gone mad died
on board. Tli- BritishS*eptrvcoiveysl
Mac Donald, Cotts and to St.
Helena.
Convict M omen of KmrlanJ.
A very distressing <tab'iuetit, respect
nig the treatment <>l WIUD.H IU OUR CM
vict prisons ha* l*>m made iu a letter
from " A liuly Visitor," a<ss.rding t<
whom, th< present system of penal ser
vitude for women in England i one of
solitary (Dntinrurnt of a very rigid
•harnct'r. Each woman live* iti u cell
by herself, the only hour* when the
prisoners wet l*i'ig tli" half hour !<•
voted to prayers in the chap* I, and the
hour'* exercise in the prison yard; iuid
during the exercise the strictest Kilome
is oWnrL The exception to tin- rule
in in the case of prisoner* employed in
the laundry, in denning the pn'aagc or
waiting on the matron. But these are
th" only uua% oblahlcdeviation* from the
rule, and the system i* one of the silence
of itolitnde, continued throughout the
prisoner'* sent-mce, which may vary
from aix months to n lifetime. The
writer, indeed, proceeds to mention an
other exception to this absolute silence,
in the fact that the school-mistress visits
each prisoner in her cell, ami teaches
her for half an hour or so tunny time* a
week, while, of course, though she does
not mention it, the chaplain visits the
prisoners. The diet, too, is go<>d and
varied. Hut if the results, which the
writer prisss-ds to attribute to the svs
tom. eorreejHiml to the facts, it is mum
portunt to inquire into the details of the
system. It stands self-condemned.
" Not one woman in twenty," ahc says,
" undergoes n sentence of over a year's
duration without showing signs of tern
jiorary insanity during s<ime period f
her confinement. Either she makes an
attempt on her own life, or she RIVCH
way to ft wild outburst known in the
prison jargon as 'break out,' which inay
We briefly deocrilied n b smashinß of
everything herself included; for, having
broken up the bed, table, chair, etc., in
the cell, and tor* to rihlsms her clothes,
the author *f the mischief scats herself
on the ground and kicks her heels
against the wall till, in many ciw*, her
brain and spine are injured. ,r Most of
the women, it is explained, come from
the lowest clanses and have Iwvn hard
drinkers in their former lives; hut even
the I letter ed nested among them are not
free from periodical fits of insanity,
though their tendency is to commit
suicide rather than to " break out."
The Fairies.
One of the Paris almanacs has this
story: A lazy girl, who liked to live in
comfort and do nothing, asked her fairy
godmother to give her a good genius to
do everything for her. On the next in
stant the fairy called ten dwarfs who
dressed and washed the little girl oiul
combed her hair, and fed her, and so on.
All was done so nicely that she was hap
py except for the thought that they I
would go away. "To prevent that, '
said the godmother, " I will place them
permanently in yeur ten, pretty little
fWigurs," And they are there yet.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO.. EA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1875.
A SAB AFFAIR.
1 HulUlna MorsrS MMS * V.wltrt ■! ri.ple
tlsrnrU la llralb.
A fatal conflagration .Ksum.l in
ItivKiklyu. The strusture fronted on
lWilie str.-et tuiil evt.-mled l-k ulK'iit
seventy live foot on H.yt tre.-t. tin
the tlrst tl.r was a gtss-cry store aud
the upper stories were isvupied by live
families.
The tsiiUM of the tire is believed to
have las-li u.S'ldelital. Mr. I'. J.
it.K-d.s-k. r, who occupied tin- tlrst 11.K.r
a* u grocerv, states tluit ut iilsiul luilf
jKist mx o'cliK-k, as he was standing at a
desk ill the rear of the store, lie was
startled by a rumbling noise iu the eel
lar. He rushe.l to the hall and found
the floor aud the slum vise leading from
the luou-meut to the first story wrupissl
iu flanus. The horrilie.l man had oidy
time to re-ue his family, who mvupii-d
the rear of the second tliKir. w heu tin
staiiw caught lire and shut off all lIO|H- of
escaping t.> the strs-t from those ui the
building.
The inmates of the burning building
untul>etvd sixteen in all. lias* who
es*-a|Ksl from the flame* liv the I'acitic
str*-t entrance were F. J. (tsdc-W, his
wife and child, his brother ami Jehu
Mellaril ami M*l-r. l*-(t in the build
ing, witli every avenue of e*.itjs ftotu
the flaim-s cut off, were six jiersetis.
Tliey all resided on the third floor
Their names are Tunotliy and Patrick
MeCurtuick, lh< * si*t r, Hllen Met'or
mie k, Mm. Mary FI.KKI, aged sixty live
year*, ami her sons, John and Thomas
\'UKKI. The two latn-r were voting men
ami l*>tli tmvhanics.
When tit- tlann-s eame darting up front
the needling furtuvs* lielow, enveloping
the stairways and wending volumes of
thick, blinding smoke through tin* house,
a scene of lite greatest isinateruatioii
t*sk place on Uie upper Hoofs. The
Flood family, wloli*sl in the front of
the third ntorv, have Is en severe suffer
er* bv thin ouiuiiiily. As n*>n a these
people saw that the tlulu-n lia*l rut off all
exit to the stris't tliev Isvtuue almost iu
wane with terror, 'flu* mother, who is
very feeble, ran to tin* window, and Is*-
fore her horrifftsl sous could restrain her
alu* nprniig out and fell, striking the
) lavement with fearful force,and fractur
ing her skull. An ambulance bad ar
rived, and the injured woman w.i* taken
to the Is'Ug I■* laud # College Hospital,
where she died in a few moment* uft*r
war. I. Her sous remained in tlie rs*ra
till the mteuae heal drove them from it,
and Ut u Uiey, t-si, junt|d from thw
window, and were lsith fatally injured.
John, the elder bfOtlhtr, had several rilw
broken, ami was int* rually injure*!.
The other brother, Thotuae, wan cut
uls>ut the head. They w.-re both taken
to the hospital, where they lie in a dvmg
condition. Timothy, l'atnck and KU**it
McConuiek were in Ute rtvir nsini on the
third fl-atr. Tin* girl jumped from the
window ami waa fatally iujurvsl.
The two men reiuain**! iu the build
ing', evideitUy hoping for u.wr. Tln ir
hesitation r. suit*'.l fatally, for they were
found lcud in Uie nsun lift r the tlamea
had ls*en extillgltiahesL They ha*l evi
.lenUy lss*n suffocated by Uie smoke.
Tim Uhv, Ut•• father, who was an old man,
waa on hi* knee-i nwar tlie window. Hi*
sou lav ou the tloor.
Brrrbtf in (oarl.
A NVw Totk oiilm M
follows of the njj* anuiec of Henry
Wtni Btsdmr in court:
At flvo minut-- | :iM eleven lli> re wasa
SPUsatloll >ll Hillrt. A Hoi**- wa . heard at
tin" door ami a whisper nm through the
nmm. A tiif .'"-Tit aft 'Miatil tli" long,
pray hair and full. nuMv fiiri- of ll' tiry
Wird llvlu'r Ma wi'ii. Hi* stopped
and tui'tiial in tli>' doorway a* if In lead
in another person. Kverylssly arose In
his feet in anticipation of, it \m Innllv
ikmmlili l ti> kv what. Tin* | rx<iii that
Mr. Ihss-hi r h*il in was hi* wife, the only
woman not a iliw tiuit isutbi under
mi v eir unwtnnee* (rain admit tun* *. Her
silkv w hit* luirahownl umbra I*mnet
of rich black luubiinl. lbr black vi il
waa nisnL l--lh *lie ami h<*r hu band
w. r smiling, an 1 gre tsl counsel ami
other friend* pbwwmtly iuil heartily.
Mr. Tilt in c t a momentary gl.nnv
toward thi'in, and th*n diroeted III* gaze
elmwlnrr. Mr. Monltoit regarded Utcni
steadily hut unobatrusively for n longer
time. Mr. ainl Mr>. Itsvlirr wit uinr
the lend of th" long counsel ttihli', and
Mr. Henry it. Biss'hi'i "tit to the left of
his mother. I'v- ry ere was fl\id on
them. Soon afterward ex Judge Morris
waa delivering hi* opening •duress; his
mice often trembled with emotion.
Tle're was * twitching Mentation idmut
Mr. Tilton"* eyelids, but otherwise In*
lireeerved the columns* of his feature*.
Mr. Beeclier, during some of the southing
denaiietatiou* that ensued, held 111* fins*
toward the thsir. It wa* tiushed, hut
otherwise did not express emotion. Mr*.
Beeclier *at steadily looking nt the
speaker. Hr face was cast down, and
her eyas ilins*t>sl upward Ulliler lnr
sharply out brow*, giving her n peculiar
aspect, suggestive of lilingleil ntlgi l (Hid
watchfulness. The comers of her moutli
were drawn down, and added to the
sternne sof her expression. Once w hen
the speaker slated that his client could
not, of courae, jiriuluoe direct evidence
to prove hi* charge-', Mrs. Beeclier
tunieil to won 1 her litvdmnd with smile,
iut hi *in reHiimeil her hsik of bitterness.
A hood Ri'initatlon to lime.
A young man was expecting daily to
go away. Hi* oiotlier gave him an 1111
paid bill with money, and naked him to
pay it. When he returned home at
night, klic so id,
" Did vui pay that bill;"
v r, . ' • ,
" lcs, lie Hiiswcrcd.
Inn few days the bill was scut in a
second time.
M I thought." she said t4i her soil,
" that you paid this."
"I really don't remember, mother;
you know I've bad *0 many things ou
my uiiiuL"
'• But you said you did."
" Well," he answered, "if I said 1
did. I did."
lb- went away, and his mother look
the bill herself tii the store. The young
man hail been known in the town all his
life, and what opinion was held of him
this will show.
"I am quit" sure," she said, "that
my son paid thin some days ago ; he lias
lieen very busy since, niui has quite for
gotten nlsiut it; but lie told me that day
he had, and say* if ha said then that he
luid, he i* quit** sure he did."
" Well," said the inan, " I forget
about it ; but if he ever said he did, he
did."
Wasn't that a grand charctcr to have ?
Among the Mormons.
A Mormon paper at Salt laike places
the immlter of |M>lygnmists in the Terri
tory at 1,000 men, 3,000 women, and
9,000 children, and the cost and loss, by
h-gal punishment of all, at 08,000,000,
and thinka tlmt the' courts would have
around them 3,000 crying women and
9,000 crying children. This is probably
a pretty accurate computation. One of
the lieautiea of the polygamous system
is shewn bv a statement that within a
stone's throw of a prominent church in
Halt I dike is the resilience of an aged
Mormon who is the husband of a woman
and her tvn> daughters. Thus his first
wife is his mother-in-law, his step-daugh
ters are his wives, and a sort of uncle to
his other children, and—you can study
it out further, if you waut t.
TIIE NEVAHA MILYER EXCITE
RHNT.
Tlc Ulur W| tk Mlrr MIHT nutl IIS R t TAL -
LUNRA Ibal katr llrrtt MIIIIMA**
lu It.*'
A letter from Han Ftum-isoo sav*;
Our fiieuds 111 the Fast hardly realise
'the excitement pervading our is-mmuui
ty, and indeisl tlie whole Pn.-ttic HIO]M-,
over the tiews of the gr.-st *'botiausk"
discovery in the t'oiusl.K-k mines, in
N'eviula, and the i*>ns-|ueut siKM-ulatiou
111 t.K-k-> of tii< iS'llljailiies bsat.-d on
the t'ouist.H'k front in our slock market.
Our jHntjdu have g.ilie wild over it, alid
California stre-t ibty after day reminds
me of what 1 have r.atd of the scenes
that were visible in Isiudon ami Parts ui
the days of iheHollth sea and Mississippi
arhemes. Men, and wotueti too, who
were i-ouiparatively jasir the other <lay,
have suddenly IsHKilue rich Is youd their
m.eit iwtiwviigaiit dr.-ams, and now give
rein to ho)*-* and fiuicie* girgtsius
enough to make the head hrel.,
A few weeks ago the stts-k of the
mines was quot.sl at low figures. In
tVtols-r the workmen ui ou*.lidnted
Virginia struek a drift of ur|is*iug
riclitie**. llxsnunutions mrnle by es
pert* rrveal.sl tlie astoillidilig foot that
tills ledge of ore, or " Is'ludm," as it is
calhsl at the tUUtcS, ltendtsl at least
1.7U0 fret in h ngth, and hud a depth of
no less than (MM f.-et. The value of the
ore taken out i* from iktoo to S6UU |K-r
ton.
.Mr. I kenWietiiier.n mining eugiueer of
large rl|)ni , Uiv, givon It an hit* opinion
that tile I* .lunula contain* li< •* lew* than
gI.StHI,(WI,UM worth of bullion. Tliiui
of it ! Silver in the earth and ennily
token out almost rivaling m vahui tlie
extent of tin- national dt'lii of (lie t'uiUsl
Stat*-* ! Mr. l>islsh"iiuer ways Uiwt h*
discovered one pillar in tin* (VtunilitlibHl
Virginia worth, uissirdtng to his ndcula
tion, S7t,WiO,UOU. Tin CtiliKilliUlol
Virginia nnl California iu- controlled by
four men, who are in pwrtnerahip. Ihey
own fV.I,(HXt eharoa of each tume. Tlirir
luuiitti or** Jaiun C. IIIMKI, W. S.
O'Hrietl, John Maokav, and Jame* (1.
Fair. Slnir*-* sold on tin* street nt UTtioi.
Hi.* present aggregate value of Flood,
O'Brien A C.'a share*, ther*furc, is
GOI.UKL.TML ; *ll,l the four wltnr* holders
nr* worth slo,U*i.*W each. But this in
not ull. if Mr. 1 >i-*lab<*imcr'w ealctila
tion is *s*rn*et and the lsmauza will yield
in th *inl sl,fit'o,iM>,<,ltlO, it will la* Bafe
to twy thut tin's*' four tueti will iu a f*
y**ars lie worth as inui-h aa <ci.VI,UUO,OUO
each. Either of them will Is* richer titan
the tvniltiuetl Hotharhlld family ; rn*h-r
than many duk.-dnma and prinri|>aliti<
of Enrol**. I believe that your Mr.
Stewart's wealth is twtiianted at $lO,OllO,
000, and Mr. At>r'w at ulxuit tin* aaiu**,
and their fartuum liave boen the r**ult
of nuuiv yeara of patient toil. Hut here
are foar aim*ait unknown men who aiid
tleuly leap into rtrlte* wlia-h leave Uie
w.-alth of the Awtora, Stewarts and
Valid* rhilts far belaud. Another of the
prospective hillionnam * is Sharon, the
man who is pump to 1* elected Totted
States Senator from Nevada us soon as
th le>*m*lature <if tliat State meet*.
Sluiroit owns heavily iu all the4nim-w >n
tin tVuustoek front, and if the laimuiaa
extends far into ami 1 >evoud Ophir he
wiUlawsttue aa rich as I"1>**1 and ln com*
lniotu>. He i already worth
• ) *>t ,<iX,OOO,OOO, and in going ah* a*l at
the rat • of FiTaUHiO a *ly.
Sharon cuiue to t aliform.* from Ohio
with the pioneer* of 1 Hit*. He had Is-en
a tlntls sit'uitn. Un it a bin ties* law ver ill
noun* -mall Missouri town, and (lien a
struggling merchant. WVn lu* mrlt-J
here with a few dollars in his t*sket he
plunged into *pN*iilalioii. nißh* money
and I'M it. weiit around aeetly ami bnu*
gry. was |*iek<*tl np by the Hank of Caili
forma an*l w ill out to Nevada to assist
in the management of a small branch
there, and thus ..lutl-d on the road to
fortune. II" is tins familiarly railed
" The King of Coin-took." Among hi*
aesoe. iti H i, ltal Soli, the prealdeut of
the Rank of California. Sharon i* noiui
tmllv a ciii. en of Nevada, lmt lixa most
of the time in San Francisco. lb is u
largi- owner of real estate in Nin Fran
tnaoo, and is iuternsled iu a hundred en
terprise*. I jitU rlv In* ha* l* n buying
up miiiiug pnj**rty 1:1 the neigbliorhoi'd
of hi* C-itustock |*svsi***iiiim, and now
holds, with ltalston, a <s>titrolling ill
tercst in more than a doren mine*. In
tic ri*e of the -took* of the mine* huge
fortune* were made. The value of Con
solidatttd Virginia increased nt the
average rate of fit >O,OOII tn r day for
sevi nteen duv*. and suwv l>eeentlier 1
tin'value of tlie California mine ha* in
(*nw'il nt the average rate id $2,300,700
jwr day. Of courae Ute stock kept ad
vaueiug all the time. A list of sixtv
name* is given of men who in tin- stock
made inuueiise fortunes, ainl all from a
few hundred dollar*.
A Mnrj of Jsrkoti.
Inn sketch of Hon. Jackson fmtn the
jmmi of Mrs. Fremont, pnblishisl in the
Acify/i r, the coincidence i* mentioned
(lint, nt tli" very time Csd. 114*11101) wa*
sending to (ten. Jackson the intelligence
that lie had got through Congress u bill
indemnifying the old general for ex
(tenses which he had iiieurrtsl iu the ser
vice of the (siuiitry, and which hail im
poverished hiiu, hi* own brother, Jeaae
Bent in, was Iwing curried through the
stns'ts of Nashville disahled by n pistol
ball which (lon. Jackson had tirel into
his liody. It wa* after this brother, we
believe, that Mrs. Fremont was named
—having the same name but differently
si*'lt.
Rut a more remarkable eiieutiißtunce
briefly referred to by Mrs. Fremont
would be regarded as too improbable to
be title if it were recorded in a work of
fiction. It i* that in the fight which
subaispieiitlv occurml lietween Col.
Benton and (ten. Jackson, at a Int'l in
Nashville, and in which several pistol
shot* were exchunged. n hnly iu nu ad
joining apftrtmcut - a jicrfoct stronger at
the time to all the parties—was very
tm.tly frightened by the flring. Mhe laid
a young child with her. and on In* uc
count iier fi-juw were undoubtedly great
Iv enhanced. Tliat child wa* John C.
Fremont, who aulwetiuently married
Col. Benton'* daughter! Ijittl* did I
Col. Rcntou imagine, at the moment
when he was trying to kill Oen. Jnekaon
who after, and during most of his life,
w.m his warm friend—he wits putting iu
equal jeojiardy his own future son in
aw ?
Those Ivory Ball*.
A traveler in China, who has enjovcd
Ample opportunities of observation,
states tlmt the wonderful concentric ivory
bulls peculiar to that country are pro
duced by very Minnie DICHIW, insbsut of,
IU; luiH generally Ixien Hitp|K>M'd, by N
WH-ret and intricate process. A piece of
ivory, made perfectly round, ha* several
conical holes worked into it, so that their
several apices meet at the Centre of the
globular mass. 'l'lie workman then com
luenoes to detach the innennoat sphere
of all. Thia in done by inserting a tool
into each hole, with a jioint bent and
very Nharp, ami ao arranged as hi eat
away or acrajie the ivory through each
hole, at equidistances from the surface.
The instrument works away at the bot
tom of each coniaal hole successively
until the incisions meet. In thia way
the innermost ball is separated, and, to
smooth, carve and ornament it, its va- i
riotia faces are, one after the other,
brought opposite one of the largest holes.
The other balls, larger as they near the
outer surface, are each cut, wrought and
polished precisely in the same manner, i
A I'ttlHON ItkVOl.T.
Tkr Attalr In ikr IJnola iNrkraaka CrlMi
—A Htai (t
Tin- at- try of the prison i f volt at
Lincoln, Nebraska, i llui* luhk: The
convict* rw at work iu the shop, when
at iilhiul o'clock. xvviriliuK to a pre
okawtnl plan, twelve of Um fifty eight
prisoner* i the remainder rrhuung to join
iu tin* revolt) overpowered tit** guards,,
disarmed, uii* 1 laitiitii them. The deputy
warden, Mr. 0- J. Ni'law, nom afn-rward
crossed tit** iiiiimnir* from tit** pi-mtt-ii
Uory to tins Workahlp, aiul a* wmn an lu>
flitwj tin- r>M>iu Iu- wan ovcrpower*i,
disarmed, ami four convict* up|ioiiilcd to
guard him. ilium- four were urtux] with
heavy (Mwlwn. Our of thr nun thru
dreams! himself iu the deputy'* clothe*.
Thru taking thr deputy's raur in his
liaud, uud imitating to jw-rfix-tioii his
walk ah* maimer, hr placed uitnarlf at
tlir hi-ail of thr remaining eight mu
tineer* and they emerged from tlie build
ing. ihr guard* ou thr walla Were xUi
{iletely deceived. MeWster*, tlir
radrr, ami his fellow convict* SUixssxlcd
in reaching tlir pen in ntiarv building
without exciting their suspicion. Hi
fi;rii inarched in tiir unual manner, each
with liia right hand ou the shoulder ef
hi* tih- leader. l'hry rang the ihair bell
at the main mitratirr, and thr di wr guard,
entirely uus*|><a'tiiig, let litem iu.
After that they had it all tlirir own
way. They euptured the two guard* in
aiile thr building, Ua>k nmilOn of the
key*. and armed themselves from the
ariuorv. There were fourteeu convicts,
eicluaive of McWab-r* and hla men. in
aide the buihlilig, but they refused to
take part in the revolt. The mutineer*
proceeded t-l dieaa themselves in Cllixelia'
rlotiie* immediately, so an to lie ready to
emvipe at tlir first opportunity. Thr
warden'a lwi nous were playing iu tlie
iurluMlfe with their sl-d*, and tliry
wrrr uot long iu getting outside the
leU-w- as am ill as thrv heard of the farts
in tlie iww. Mm Mary Woodlilimi, the
wife f the warden, wring two of tlie
guaiila approaching the |*-iiiU-nliary,
iirokr * pane of glass iu oUe of tike
window*, and shouted out to thr boy*
that thr CUUWrt* liad ik**m**uoU of tlie
building, and to go Lark or tliry would
be all. •t, a mAire Uiry promptly obeyed.
Mm. WoudliUiwt wran alone in thr uiaiti
building with tin aw desperate men, ami
her Imdnunl, rhihlreu, and friends were
outside tlie indurate. A more try lug or
tierilous pohilioti for a lady could scarcely
la- imagined. Uu prewsuoe of tuiud and
her heniiam were marvelous. latter,
whiii tlir mutineer* wen- droamsl iu
CltlXeUs' elotliea, nlie overheurd their
plan to eacapr from the building, and
she fruxtraUxl it by gouig to a window
nearest to the fence, am! idioutiug out
that tlie convict* intituled to inarch out
into the yard iu double file, with two
of tlie eiptured guard* lie Id in front of
tiieoi. So as to protect tlieUinelven from
thr bullets of the volunteer guard* out
Kitle the fence. The phui having been
rtjusixl bv Mr*. Woodhumt, was not
attempteti io lw carried out by McWahm
and lit* asus-vate*.
All tin* while Deputy Xolie* wra* im
prisoned in tlie wrorkhouse ui charge of
four of the mutineer*. He succeeded,
un<>W>erved by the convict guard*, in
loosening the cord* dial bourn! hi* arms,
and, m-ixitig a hoe tliat fortunately lay
on the ground within his wch, with s
few raj.id blow*, drove away the four
convict guard* with tle-ir crow Itoiw, ami
earaped. Tlie other guards in the work
house weie soon after released, and tlie
aforesaid four remained writh the uon
ixmlsUaJiL*, so that Mc\t ater* foitk' was
reduced to i igkt men.
Tlie alarm by this time had Isv-n car
ried to the city, ami the men of linmln
and the people from all purl* of the
State, wh haiqieucd tola tlureat the
time, armed tliewaelves witli nth-., shot
gun*, revolver*. <*te., and hurried t> the
|*'Uit< ntiary to a*M*t the guard*. The
guard*. three in nimilwr. cov.ved the
entrance t> the mam budding with tln-ir
rith*. and no one could get out Several
attempt* ware made to have the Imild
uig, but a* tlie jwrxoti* who atbmpUal to
make the break were promptly final
upon, and the bullets whined uncom
fortable eh**' to tle-ir ear*, they wereuot
suecenafuh
It see:** strange tlint Mr*. Woodbnrat
couhl do so much service to tho
volunteer* front her jamition in Hie build
ing. Niie braved every danger, and the
eotivh t mutineer* respected her courage.
She lud always 1 m-cu kind to tlieui, and
ill thi"*' hours of revolt and jatil she
*ay* thrv were *ll gentle and respectful,
except XlcWatera, who used Tery pro
fane language toward her. Two nag*
of truce were aeut in to the prisonera,
but they refused to surrender, but Mr*.
Woodhurwt left her room and thev agreed
to surrender to her. By tlieir
she njnest' d Mr. Wiswuinrat ami H. V.
tfoiiid. the nenior inspector (and bo
otlierst, to enb r the Building, which
they .lid. The prisoner* then gave np
tlair arm*, and were lockixl up in tlie
stockade. Mm, WcasUnimt wm eacort*l
outside thr frncr. and herprmmce there
creat'-d the most profound vm*afiiu
among her frieud*. Here the met her
iKiy. She threw her nrtn* around hi*
neck, and embraced him, kinaed him,
and said. "Oh! God, I thanktlier^" As
mother and sou strnwl there wrepiug,
uuoty stout hi'iirtisl men, who liad liren
ou guard all night, were movnl to team
Tlie prisoner* who took jmrt in the re
volt were sentenced for murder, high wav
rob Wry and burglary, and wrrs all
desprrate men.
Snagged Mini.
During the Duiteil Stab-,* Senati' ile
l*b> on the li'tiusiaiin resolution, Mr.
Howe, of Wisconsin, s)>oke over two
hour*. He declared hi* unfaltering de
votion to the ltcpuhlicau party. Hav
ing likened it to a ship iu a stormy
he saitl : "Ir-t those wliowiah go ashore,
hut for mv imrt, I sliall continue the
▼oynge. if Uie sliip goes down 1 sludl
go down with it, whether on the deck or
in the liolil i* for the people of Wiscon
sin to say. But when the ship is raised,
na it nmhiuliteillv will lie- when or how
I cannot pr>xliet, the (Ireat Underwriter
will attend to that —there will lie found
still flouting at tin- peek a ting on which
will !*■ cml)liux>neil '— Here Uie Sena
tor tried to quote from the IWlaration v
of Independence, but finding his mem
ory treacherous he then oliaervrxl : " lint
1 tun so timi I cannot remember the !>e
clunitiou of Independence, and think
it time to atop," ami with this remark
he nut down.
Arid* and Alkalies for Headache*.
Dr. liaudcr Brunbm, in a p|>er pub
lished iu the J'rardtionrr, states that the
administration of a brink purgative, or
suuvll iloses of Epsom suits, thrice a ilav,
in n most effectual remedy for fnuitid
headache when combined with eoustipa
tion; but if the bowels lie regular, tlie 1
morbid processes ou which it depends
aeein to lie checked and tlie headache
removed even more effectually by nitro
hydrochloiic acid, or by alkalies, given
lieforo meal*. If the heailache lie im I
mediately alvovc the eyebrows, the acid
in l>e*t; but if it be a little higher up, '
just when' the hair liegina, the alkalies
appear to l>e the more serviceable. At
the same tiiue tlie headache i remove*!,
the feeling* of aleepiaesa and weariness, i
which frequently lead the patients to 1
complain that they rise up more tired I
then they lie down, generally disappear.
Dr. Bmnton's long ami careful investi- i
(ration* in this direction render the re- :
milt* of hi* researches of peculiar in
tercst. • 1
Terms: S-J.OO a Yenr, in Advance.
** Tin; Tlw ** aud Twir.
Tin- < Lliirago TrUnntr relate* the fol
lowing : *' Too It- M acting iu ' 'ilio
Grirkct 011 11MS Hearth,' playing Bob
('rolt-bi-U. A little, ili-licaia girt, otiti of
tins children of tiit* UmMM-r at Urn theater,
who*- |!• farm an.l interesting manner
titled In*r w-ll fur tin. part, played Tiny
Tim. 'Hit- nickly littli* child waa a favor
it tu tin- theater, ami toqieciaUy ao villi
Mr. Tool.-. During tins performance of
th® piece, aa lb® mnb-r may reuieuilwr,
lit® artiiitn ant down regularly *very night
to a .upper of nM go.an- ami pluin pud
.Ung, which waa, iu tin- present instance,
genuine iuat*rial. Toob* waa in the
habit of cbo]>|>iiig tin- vivamla up and
giving tin-in to tin* chihlri-u ja-rfnruinig,
and they, aln-u tln-y liad i-aU-n the firet
lu-lping, returned like Oliver for mote.
Tiny Tim, however, like Benjamin, ap
■■cared to eat arveu titue* aa much an her
urethral. Hhe waa the rind tu return
her plate for more, and a) way a made
awav with more titan an ordinary adult
could eat of gooar, supplementing tliia
iviloaaal repast with tduni pudding
enough fur half a dozen. Toole gradually
felt nu uv>-ndou growing in him fur thia
child. H-r jml lor ami mckiieaa seemed
to him .suspiciously alliid with iudigiw
tiou, the find frtiita of gluttony. He
struggled against thia feeling fur a time,
hut it mastered him, and h could not
think kindly of the little one. One .lay,
in a tit of disgust, he sawed off a turns*
of hnmt and botiea from the aavory bird,
and rtuug it outo her plate, an til a piece
plum pudding, which left little fur the
otliera, hoping tliat for ouce the child
would lie satisfied. ltut ahe wasn't.
With a punctuality worthy of a landlord,
she returned for more. Tool* waa
shocked. 'My dear,' Mai.t he, ' you will
make yourself sick if you eat au much.
I gave you enough for tliree or four big
boys. You could not have eaten it in
tbi* time. Where are the bones f* he
added, looking at tlie empty plate. The
poor child hung Iter head. Tool*
again rather sharply. ' Please, air.'
sobbed Tinv Tim, ' my little aiatera ate
it,' and, following the direction of her
even towards tile wings, there he saw a
hungry little horde of rsgamufßua pitch
tug into the Clmstmaa cheer with au
energy that indicated how much they
neetlrd it. A light was let in upou him.
I little Tiny had lmeu filling tin- stomach*
of Iter hungry little brothers ami waters,
and not her own. She never took an
other grudged morsel from the table.
Toole told tlie story to Dickens, who
liateiied attentively, aud at it* cuueiu
lUOU, witli a burst of warm euthuaiaam,
cried : 'Give her tlie whole goo* ami
half tlie plum pudding next time;' ami
if the actor did not follow the warn
heart.-d noveliat'a instruction* to the let
U-r he acted up to the spirit of it: and
Tiuv's family never lack.*.! a square meal
during the ran of the piece."
The East African Slave Trade.
A letter haa beeu received ill England
from the I lev. Charles New. muodonary
in Africa, under data of Mombasa*, in
which be says:
The institution of slavery among the
native )>opnlattoti remains untouched,
exert* as regard* the open sale of slaves
in tlie public market*. But for those
are KtilwtiUibxl others which can acarcely
Is- railed private ones. Any trailer can
sell as many aa he please* utiou his own
laud, provided he surroumu it with a
fence of some kind: and thara sale* can
not be leas hidcoiu than the former were.
Wherever I go I see and liear the same
burrvn that prevailed years inf".
Chained gangs, manacled and fettered
individuals Uu* clank, clank, dank of
iron, tlie grip of the stocks, the thud of
the stick, the scream* of the afflicted fall
npon the ear every lsy. Stopping at the
house of a friend In Zamiliar a few week*
ago, I heard strange sounds proceeding
from an adjoining wutilditig. It wa* as
though a dozen mortars ami pestles
were in operation for the purpose of
proving which could make the greatest
noise. But altove the whole were heard
the scream* of some jusir cwwtnre, who
was evidently Wing severely punished.
My friend explained that it was the
custom of ins neighlairhood to lieat
their slaves unmercifully, hut tliat to
drown their crire tin- mortar* and pestle*
were always kept vigoronly at work till
the screaming was done. Regarding
the dare t ruffle by sea, there is much
evidence to show tliat mqpv slave* are
still smuggled from the mainland, and
are conveyed a-ruM the sea. Zaiuilwr is
a* well stocked with slave* a* ever, ami
it is likely to lie so, the circumstance*
ts iug such as tliey are. Wheu I was at
Pangani I met with two List* of one of
her majesty'* cniinera, which, after a
search of ten days, had succeeded in
rapturing one slave, yet two whole gangs,
heavily chained, wrr> tossed that very
day into the flood at the month of the
river, .aid England, with all hT
philanthropy, diplomacy and might,
on Id do nothing to save them, because,
forsooth. the nuamity happened at the
mouth of a river and not at sea.
The Spanish Question
All Europe naturally l.*k* with rather
anxious interest u|w any interference
by Germans in Spanish politics, after
tlie startling elutin of circumstoncea pro
diual by their last intervention; and tlie
presence of a large German fleet in the
Hay of Biscay, with the proejiert of tlie
arrival of still other vewiels, is cause for
umh comment. Tlie power* that he at
Berlin are inclined to resent to the ut
most the recent insult offered them by
the Crli*t attack ujhiu tlie viwael Gustav.
The (lerinan uiau of war Nautilus landed
a force nt lovmiic, on tlie Spanish coast,
ami occupied the town, after a brief re
sistance ou the part of the Carliat* stn
tione.l there. Thi* haa an ugly look,
(•specially aa tlie Nantilna waa sent to
Isu-anx aa the nifin/ c onrrirr of tlie rest
of the fleet, and lier commander waa in
structed to ahatnin from li.utilities aniens
attacked. If the Carliata have lieen mail
enough to lieoome the aggremor* against
vessels Inuring tlie flag of United Ger
many, thev may be the meana of em
Ifroiling afl Spain and all Europe in war.
Tlie fact that tlie young King of Hpain ia
making nil liaate to reach the northern
section of the country, and to examine
into tlie movement* of the Carl is ta there,
indicates tliat he. or Uioae who advise
him, appreciate the danger wliieh an
oWtinatti and discontented faction can
easily bring upon a govennent which, aa
yet, haa no moral, and little jiolitioal,
weight. * •
A Woman of Bu*lne*N.
Some two v eft in ago Mr*. Benedict, of
Antioch, Gal., took out papers as sole
trader, gained the consent of her husband
to allow her complete management of the
farm and transact all the huaiueas of the
place, and at a time when tlie farm waa
mortgaged for several hundred dollars,
and farming implements out of repair.
Now, by shrewd management, ahe lias
jiaid oft' the mortgage, purchased a new
cultivator, plows, anil other imple
ments,! rented herself toa sewing-machine,
repaired the buildings, and will shortly
loan money,
A PnopoornoK.—The Mayor of New-
York, in a message to the City Solicitor,
says : " Prior to the decision against
the State yon had iu your possession, as
head of the City iiaw Department, a
written proposition on lie half of Tweed,
and a portion of his associates, to pay
5t,000,000 aa a compromise. Unless
you have parted with it. you yet hold
that paper,"
NO. (5.
I
THE BEtrr APPLES ARB PEAKS.
Wktl l* M rvtrra Sw Vwk llsrtirsl
isrsi HM-Iro "l>ls*. mm Ike B*M*rt.
At the meeting of the Western Now
York Horticultural Society the <lw*u*
•mm on the Wat variety of apple* lor
exteu*ivc planting for market drew oat
au almost universal expression in favor
of the Baldwin an the one beat variety
on all soil*. It alway* lean wall, i*
ttlwnys adable, and i* a good keeper. Mr.
MKHIY objected to it* quality, saying ha
had u<4 for year* pat up a *ingie Held
win for family use, and never expected
to, tliough he grew Ui*ui largely. L.
11 Ely, id lt*'heater, denounced th
! Northern Spy as worthies* for profit. It
ia wormy and soabbv, and dealer* will
not buy it. Not on* in leu of hi* Spy*
I thia fail were fit to barrel. Mr. Bn/oka
■•aid he ouuhl tdl • bigger story alsmt
Nortliern Spy* than any one eke,
provided hi* atorv came last. A farmer
in Middlebory, S. Y., aold worth
of fruit iu one year frutn twenty two
Northern Sjiy treea. The trouble with
the Northern Spy ia that it need* better
care than unset farmer* will give it. Mr.
Tuttle, of Wiacouain, aoid the people
there liked Baldwin* and Greening*boat.
11 ley hod to buy moat of their apples,
and bought those Iwcauae they were al
way* in good condition in tlie barrel,
while other varieties were freqaoutly de
cayed. Dr. Sylvester oulogiaed the
Tompkin* County King. It u a regular
bearer, aa good aa KpiUenls-rg and
larger Mixed. Mr. V. Bogue, of Albion,
oaul that ten year* ago threw acre* in
tho town of Shelby w< re planted to
dwarf }m*uw, all Dnches*. The orchard
haa borne four viwrs, aa fulkiwa, in tha
Muaetwrnon nameil . 1871, $1,800; 1872.
S7W; 1873, $1,100; 1874, $3,502. Mr
HaUilxme, of Oak field, ten yean ago
planted 4,000 dwarf pear tree*, of which
8,000 were Dueheoa. They have burn®
several veora, and have no# vat reached
their fnihed capacity. Laut year he eold
$11,588 worth, and tne yield will increaoe
cumuderaldy yet. The past year ha*
grnorally iteen a poor one for poors.
The 3,000 1 Hichee# last year prodnced
1,500 barrel*, and 4<oo Bcurre DC An JOB
30 barrel*. Dr. Sylvester had au
orchard of four acre* of Looiar Bonne
de Jersey*, which produce* regularly
SM>O )*>T *ere per year. During one tw
two year* of high prion* for ps*r it hod
averaged fl,U<o per acre. The Louise
Bonne yield* twice aa much as the
IHKIMM,' ami bring* a higher price.
W. C. Barrv explaitMsJ the management
of |rar* in hi* tunems. The tree* are
manured whenever fading vigor indicates
that they need it. A large growth of
wood 11 not sought, hat an even growth
on all jwrta of the tree fur fruitiug next
| aeouoou. If the tree look* yellow and
1 failing, manure i* applied lightly on the
surface iu winter, and allowed tu kadi
down. Ibe effect ia alwava noticeable
the following season. Mr. Hoot, of
Hkaneotelea, protested against tlicee <.ue-
I riilcd and ne-oohred www. Member*
talk aa if there were no such thing aa
]>e*r blight. On the contrary, orchard*
are blighting evwrvwhere. Tin-re are
hundred* of cxamphw of failure in pear
culture, else |iear* would not bring mefa
high price* as they do. The high price
of pear*, by which the fortunate few
uiade such enormous profits, prove that
flier- are many more failures than sac
reMft*. Mewira. Moody, Maxwell sod
other*, while admitting many failures,
mid Uiere were eipl*inalle by incorrect
uethisk of culture, unautt*U< voila, and
wrong selection of varieties. With these
all right, planting pear orchards may he
safely encouraged, with aa good a pr<-
nect for fair return* aa in any other
nurinv-H*. The fact that peon require
care and skill iu their culture ia au im
mense advantage #0 careful and skilful
cultivator*. It exclndm the great mas*
of orchardista from soocvssfnl couqieti
tion.
The I'ortj-Toarth Coagrte*.
Careful hiTUbnj of the list of Kepre
seutikti ve- elect to the Furtj-fotuth
Cougrtva reveal* but one Smith- a
Oeorgis gentleman. Thia kan auammUy
xntall representatkm in the House of a
large family. There ia but ou Jones
alao, Thomais L.. of Kentucky. But the
William** loom up. There are no ks*
than rix of them : Jerry, of Alabama ;
James, of Indiana, and Alpheuo, of
Michigan—all liemocrat*: ana Wilhom.
of Miciugan: Andrew, of New York, and
Charles, of Wisconsin—*ll Bcpablicou*.
Tlie Harrises cuffie next; thfee of them
Henry, of Georgia, and John, of Virginia,
Demiicratß. and Benjamin, of Masaocha
setts, a Republican. All of the other
members who ar# not single travel in
couples. There are two Wood*—Fer-
I natido, of New York, Democrat; and
Allen, of Pennsylvania, Republican. Two
Phillip***—John,of Missouri. Democrat,
and William, of Kaneaa, Republican.
Two Hamilton*—Andrew, of Indiana,
and ltoliert, of New Jeraey, both Demo
crats. Two Gold wells—Jolut, of Alalxuna.
and William, of Tennessee, both Demo
crats. Two Wailaoaa-John, of Pennsyl
vauia, and Alexander, of South Carolina
i both Republican*. Two Wilaoua—J amee
of lowa, Republican; and Benjamin, o
Wwd Virginia, Democrat. Two Burcli
' arda—Horatio, of Utinoia. and Samuel
'of Wisconsin, ixrih Repnbliiwnn. Two
Reillve—John aud Jameo, of Petinayl
vauia, both L>enioorabi, and two ltogleva
—John mud George, both of New York,
the flrwt a Democrat and the second a
Repnblicnu. There are two (larks with
the name initial*, John R., and both are
Democrat*, one from Missouri and the
I other from Texas. Another variation ia
a similarity in peculiar given names; an
1U not ratio u of it being furnished iu Soott
Wike. uf Illinois, ami Scott Lord, of
New York, who are both Democrats.
About Advertising.
There is a good deal of judgment to
be used about advertising. Nothing can
exceed the Uwutiful and remunerative
effect of au advertisement—not too short
—in k good newspaper ; and there ia a •
kind of poetic grace lingering around
" Sorodger's Bittern" ami" Podger's
Hair lteetcrative" when on some fence
those legem!* appear. But of all adver
tisements there probably was never seen
one more original aud effectual than that
invented bv Morrison tlie Hygeist, and
described iu Dr. Granville's autobiogra
phy. Mornaou, wlio was a millionawe,
gave a magnificeut liall in Pari*, ended .
by a concert at winch sang the very
Guest French aud Italian operatic per
former* of that day. It was nearly day
light when the guests began to go away, !
and as they stepped into their oarriagee
eodi received a splendid enameled card
on winch was to bo read this interesting
and ingeniiiUH reminder: "M. Morrison
remercie d l>egs to recommend the
uevec failhig vegetable pills," etc.
A Treasury Dojiartmeut Tragedy. j
Thursday there sot at a (leak in the'
Treasury a hard-working woman, the
daughter of au ex-member of Congress.
She worked steadily until the last pack
age of money was finished, and all left 1
tlie bnilding for the New Year's holiday.
She was ill with a cough auil sore throat,
but would not give up. Thursday night,
iu a paroxysm of coughing, she iFnxi.
She was alone iu thia world, aud died at
a boarding house. On Saturday, wheu .
the baud again met far work and noticed ,
tlie vacant neat, the general expression
wa, " Oh, how fortunate to die sudden
ly ! Who would have nursed or cared
lor her, had sh* lingered long < What
kiWTering ahe is spared !"
f A A ROY BURR'S DAUGHTER.
The morr T*M bv OaeeTfb* tecaie
Hmn
It Um often Immr charged that tiic
S ffMffbter of A son Burr Iwcome the ric
, tim of T -** t4> the pirate, ami aa often
tliat the veOMii hi which *he wkihsl frem
South Carolina to New York was lost •
■a* with ah on board. Aa old sailor
who slaima to ham been with Isditt"
tells tlie atnry to * Galveabm i*|er.
From hi* rioiry w* make the folkiwing
extract. He rays:
After the liotile of New Orleans w*
"1 Lafltte and hi* fwrty who had token
! part in tlie iaritle) returned to Galveston.
It was there Utat Lafiltn ealled us al)
j togetl ler —men and ofifcwra—and told na
1 that he waa .Mormined to give up fol
lowing the ore, and wuwkl leave us; that
if w derired we eoald choose a new
leader. We ware ragy aonry to hear
thia, tor we all loved uur intrepid anil
1 generoua ladltte, ami endeavored to
I shake hi* resolution. Rot he waa firm,
and ao we went into on election, and
Glianvet, LaAUe'a Ant lieutenant, was
chosen omr leader. Kinwtly after Lofitto
, hod* u* adicn, and taking one ship, the
Chiquita, aailed for South America. I
remoiticil on the triand with (liaavet.
Glum vet vw not the leader Lafltte waa.
, He lacked tlw dash ami enterprise, be
wa* cross, cruel, harsh, avarksons aud
overlieoring. We feared hian, but did
not lore him aa we did Lafltte. We!!,
000 day Ghauvet took command of tb<-
Vengeance, the fastest reosel and Inwt
arm- d of <r navy, and railed into the
Gulf for a cruise. We riuaiped atone of
the Florida Key*, and while there Chan
1 vet received nne liiapatehea, the con
tent* of which mwined to give hixn in
tense ptoomre. He immediately
weighed anchor and rem iato the Atlan
tic, heading fur Hattenm. After we
got off Hat tor**, a man was kept day and
uigfat aloft on the touk-aot, with orders
| to report every sail he raw.
One dev. I think it woe some time in
the month of March or April, 1815, the
man aloft reported a strange sail on car
larboard. Chan vet seised his glass, and
after viewing the stranger for some tone,
ordered the jneu piped to quartern ami
the decks cleared for action. I was then
a gunner.
We kept the stranger in sight until
| dark, aud then, under prera of rail, be
gan to crawl upon her. Hhe waa a fast
sailer, but she waa a tortoise, compared
to the Vengeance. Abooft daybreak next
day we were close enough to make her
out distinctly. Hhe waa a pilot boot
built schooner, and was armed; two gnna
amidships and a swivel forward. We ran
1 j about 'M*J oabW length from her, and
> Chaavet, mounting the railing, hailed
her. Sle replied that she was the Amer
ieaa privateer schooner Patriot, bound
from Georgetown, Sooth Carolina, to
New York, and ran up the stare and
' stripes. Chan ret, instead (4 displaying
I the Veuecaelau flag, under which wo
usually sailed, finng to the breece the
1' terrible black flag, ami fired a broodride
1 into her. The Yankee* were no cowards,
and they replied with their starboard
End their swivel. And well aimed
ware, too, for we had four iniii
and some rix wounded by the dia
' charge, beside* having oar rigging bod-
Iv cut up. After a sharp but brief con
flict we carried her by boarding, and
•vary soul vw either pot to ib* sword
1 urutadefoud tor alaurw in our own pe
-1 ouliar way.
After we had dispo*e4 of the dead and
living privatoeruen, Chaavet descended
1 into the cabin, and pretty aoon be called
1. out in au angry tone for myself and my
' mate to go to him. We descended and
1 found him in the whin, confronted by a
LwuUfal woman, who held au emidv
bottto in her hand, with whacfa ahe had
' struck Chaavet, who had attempted, it
■earns, to mak to fret with her. H
ordered na to tie her hand and foot, and
convey her on board the Vengeance and
place W in hia whin. We obeyed him;
1 but ahe fought na. and did all she could
to jump overboard.
After gutting the captured vessel and
tranafemag the vidnsbbw to the Vcn
geance, we fired her, and than headed
For Galreetoe Island.
Jam. after we entered tin* gulf, and
while flying the Venezuelan flag, arehad
a terrible figbt with a Spanish cruiser,
and being hadly bulled and cut op, ami
after hating one-third of oar crew we took
advantage ufa foggy night to draw off.
and ntutor full pre* of canvas made for
the idand. Upon our arrival we found
the Vengeance ao botfly damaged tliat it
became necessary to reams* from her her
armament and all valuables, and sent her
to otp navy yard for repatra.
We hot! gotten everything off but
three or four gnna, wheu one night the
Vengeance wttght fire and burned to tire
water's edge, and in a faw hour* after
rank ia the channul between >ur town
on tlMrattend of Galveaton Island, and
our navy yard, vrhish waa about half a
inile to tne west.
The woman captured on the miratcer
died a few day* after our arrival in Gal
veston. She wra * very handsome woman,
and I afterwords learned was the daugli
tor of a diatingmnbed Ameriren. Her
doll ling, which waa of tlie ftn<vt wa
terial, waa marked ** T. A.," ami ahe had
a golden locket containing a portrait of
a beantifnl boy. On the locket were tlie
words, "To iky wife, TbeotioKU." She
waa buried ou the inland, a few hundred
yards to the east of the old fort on the
point. It wo* whispered among Hie men
tliat Ohairvet had killed bar becanae she
would not yield to hia wishes.
Brim A Family (Yam Home.
The Sioux Gity Jomrmal relates thia
story : Settlers living on the frontier*
arc subjected to Indian raids and other
dangers, bat we never before heard of
one wildcat raiding a bouse and cleaning
it out Such, however, was Hie case
about ton day* ago. A large wildcat
entered a German'* honae near Granger *
woods, about > .£y i dea up the
Missouri riv.r from Sioux City.
Ilia inmates of the cabin com
prised nix persons, the mother and five
children. The father wra a mile dis
tant in the timber, chopping wood.
Upon the appearance of the animal at
the door, which wa* standing ajar, the
mother and little one* fled the honae by
another door, and ran to where the man
waa at work, while a small dog and the
domestic pussy gave the intruder battle.
Upon the return of the German and hia
family, the beast had taken refuge in a
tree a few Tarda from the house. The
old rifle was taken from it* corner, and
the cat wra brought to the ground with a
bullet through its brain. The dog and
the pumy were both found dead inside
of tne house. The cat wra of a vw
large uae. and had been frequently seen
in that section.
A Boy'# Story of the Sea.
Charlie Tuttle. a colored boy, who ran
' sway from his home in Ellington, Gon
nectient, three year* ago, ha* returned
and haa a sailor's yarn to *pin to the
wondering countrymen. He ha* been as
a whaler, and say* his ship got blown
from its course, and food ana water gave
out. After three day* lsto were cast
among the crew in order that one should
give hi* life to sustain that of the others.
The blank wa* drawn by n old sailor,
1 and he being a favorite, there wa* a cry
from many that his life should be raved.
It became' evident that mutiny must pre
vail. The captain and pa|ty and other
Bailors formed side# and armed them
selves ready for a bloody fight, but just
then there came a cry of "a sail," and
every sailor dropped hia am* and good
feelings were restored.
Webster and (he Boatblack.
i A correspondent nay* r" It was at the
Aator House that Darnel Webster, wish
ing to buy m jfw#fi*per one morning,
put his hand if hw pocket only to find
it empty. He dralKOa hail not a
penny, whereupon bSf 8t hi* satellite*
said : ' You must be mfcflakfen, Webster ;
1 saw you have a SIOO bil just aa you
were going to bed last night, mid aa you
haven't liven up half an hour you could
hardly liavekpent It.' ' I 'rather think
I that'* so,' answered the god-like Daniel,
reflectively. 'I did have a SIOO bill, I
am sure. I wonder what I could have
done with it. By Jupiter, I must have
given R to the boy who blacked my
boots, five minute* ago.' And that w:t*
the fact." *
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