The Autumn Song. In spring the poet ie glint. And in summer the poet ie gs* ; But in autumn the poet ie e*>t. And bee some thing ted to mt. For the wind moene in the woe.i. And the leaf drope from the tree ; And the cold rem telle on the graves of the good. And the cold miet come* up front tlie tee. And the autumn song* of the poel'e sett I Are eet to the peeeiouete grief Of winds that tough end liella thet toll The dirge of the falling leaf. Baby Died To-day. Lay the little Unlit out straight; Gently tend the sacred clay: Borrow-ehaded it our fate— Baby dust n>-4*> ! Fold the hands across the breast. So, as when we kuelt to pray Leave him to his drooiule-* wet - Baby died to-day! Voice, whose prattling infant hue Was the music of our way. Now is hushed forevcimore Baby died to-day ' Sweet bhie eyes, whose sunny glesme Made our waking moments gay, Now can ahit.e but iu our drvatus Baby died to^lay! Btill a smile it on his face. But it lacks the joyous jday " Of the one we need to trace Baby died to-day ! Give his lips your latest kiss. Dry your eyea and come away, In a bspn.ee world Uiau this Bal y Uvee to-day ! XT KINU. * Josephine ! Josephine ! vrake up. there is some one trying to gvl int > the room!" Auvl my aiuit shewk me roughly. 1 sprang up in bed, ntbbi :g my eyea. " llow—where —what for.' 1 tt- ked, sleepily. She "laid her hand on my month a slie whispered: " Sh! sh ! don't you hear that t" I listened, by that timo fully awake, and heard A sound as of some >uo wi rk ing at the do.>r. " What shall we do. Aunt Mary I" 1 said, faintlv. She shook her head. There we were alone in the lwav, with the exception of John, the hired man. wh<> slept on the floor above us, and who might as well have been sleeping the sleep that knows no waking for all the givnl lie could do us. I grabbed hold of my ancient rela tive and laid still, with lav heart beating wildly. "Oh! we should IK murdered, I knew we should." I thought of the silly wish 1 had expressed that same evening, as 1 complained of the dull ness of my country life, "that something would happen to wake us up a little." Here was the awakening, but suoha one! I hid my head under the bedclothes while I prayed softly. Then, not daring to lie alone, for ray aunt had left my aye, and feeling that it would be better to die together, I, too, found my way to the floor. With the only weapon she could find—a psur of curling irons—my late bod-fellow stood slinking behind the door. I crept close beside her, and with a strange feeling of fascination fixed my eyw on the door. Very gently it opened, and a head maile its apjwarauce. Tighter and tighter grew myarmsaronnd my companion's waist, but when our house-breaker stood before us, every feeling gave place to astonishment. In stead of the hideous face I had expect ed to meet there eame to view the slight figure and hantlsome face of a un-re stripling. My aunt's fear seemed also to have vanished, for stepping boldly up to him she caught hold of him, saying : " Ah, I have you now, my pretty fel low," at the same time crying for John. The captive straggled to fr-- himself, but in vam, for my auut held him the closer while she screamed the louder for John Very soon ho appeared on the spot, where he gazed in amazement on th- picture before him, but as his mistress kept saying, 44 Tie him, Jolui, tie hitn," lie went for the first thing handy, which happened to be my aunt's long worsted garters. They being strong enough answered every purpose, aud soon our prisoner stood meekly before us. Then Aunt Mary, looking sternly at him, said: 44 Now, John, take and lock him in the empty room at the top of tl" stairs, anil in the morning we will see whether peaceful citizens must be robbed and murdered in their beds." I had stood quietly by, taking no part in the programm \ s:i 1 feeling, it must lie said, more pity tlian anger for the handsome youth. Once I met hi; eyes fixed earnestly npon me, and as John led him from the room min was the la t face they sought. After my aunt had expended all the threats she coul l ujx>n the culprit she fell fast asleep, but though I tried to follow her example 1 did not succeed, for the face of the burglar kept rising before my closed eyes. I was only sixteen, and of rather a romantic turn. I pictured his dark eyes filled with penitent tears, and thought tliat bitter necessity had perhaps driven him to this act for which my aunt would send him to prison on the morrow. No, I could not sleep, so slipping ou my dress I crept up the stairs to th<* door of the room containing him who was de frauding me of my rightful rest. I lis tened. AH was still; and I stood hesi tating what to do, when I heard a loud sob from within. In an instant I had the door unlocked. There lay the la. I on the cold floor, his head on his crossed arms. He lifted his tear-wet-face ; oh ! how pale it looked as the dim morning light feU upon it. lam sure my voice was very gentle as I said : " There, do not weep, but tell me what has impelled you to such work." "Ah, miss," and his voice was strange ly sweet, "such bitter ric-d as I pray Heaven yon may never know. This is my first offense, believe me." I did believe him, and ma-le up my mind on the sj>ot to get him away In-fore my aunt should awake. I bade him fol low me, and silently we crept down the stairs ami to the front door; then telling him hi wait nntii I returned, I hastened back to my room. The sounds tluit issued from the bed told in<- Aunt Mary still slept. I took from my small pocket book its contents and hurried back, and just as I had left him I found the Ikv. I placed the money I had brought into his hands, then whispered, "Go and sin no more." He caught my Land, and while hot tears fell upon it, kissed it. " God bless your sweet face, I shall never for- Set it," he murmured, then |iassed own the path and out of my sight. With a warm feeling around my heart I went softly back to my bed and wits soon fast asleep. It was about eight o'clock when my slumbers were again interrupted by a shrill voice at my ear crying: "Josie, he has gone, after all my pains; it's too bad; all John's fault; I'll never forgive him, no, never." Poor John protested he had fastened the door, but it was no use talking. She believed through him she had lost her captive, and aunt from that day ceased te have any confidence in the poor fellow. Our sleep after that was unbroken, and the years carried mesafely to my twentieth birthday. I was called a very pretty girl at that time, with a handsome pair of dark eyes and a wealth of golden hair, that, let me confess it here, I prided myself very much on. I had soveral admirers among the young gentlemen of the village, but had never felt any great inclination for them,and on that account had acquired the name of being rather proud and cold. Aunt Mary, who had not grown younger or better natured in the past four year", rredkted my becoming an old maid. As looked at her I felt somewhat frigliten el, still I could not briug myself to acoept any of the illustrious names offered. Ours was a pretty little place, and for FUKD. Kl UTZ, uiul 1 Vopriotor. VOL. Mil. ; the past two veaiw had Ivceome <|uito a rtwurt for city people m the rummer months. I used to look with envious eyes on the pretty, showy ladies and gallant gentlemen that ihttcd before my v tsiolt like gay birds, and wUo noted as though the world was made for their sole enjoyment, and after the summer had passevl. taking them with it, my foolish heart grew harder and louder toward* toy e uiutrv awaiua, un.l stronger tiie longing to get tovnv from them oil, and out into the world that tuy truly real pleasure was to read about. It was on a Iwautiful afternoon in the latter part of June, that, returning from the post office, 1 jvvsstsl the hotel, 1 say the h tel. for it was the only one the town afforded. The stage had just ar rived, and as 1 went l>y a gentleman stepped from it, for an instant 1 j*vu.ssl involuntarily ti> look at him. He was, 1 suppose, twenty two, net more, tall, with the ltaiKlwivnie.-tsfaoe I had ever sou. 1 found myself blushing deeply as 1 met the glance of his dork, earm st eyes, and with averted face quickly (nasal him. Alas! for jvst uninterrupted on the handsome stangvr. Not long was I |wr ilotted to do so, lor mv aunt called me t > make biscuits for lea. I w>nt down; Utter for all hod I remained where 1 was, Ido not know as 1 was iu love, for the honor of my sex I hope not, but I must have bee j blind, for instead of the wrlute sugar I should have taken 1 used salt. Heavens! I see to this day mv aunt 's face as she tasted one. A week went by, and though I had heard the stranger's name, 1 had not seen htm, save in the dreams that v:-it.sl me nightiv. Several of the girls calling on me had spoken of the handsome gen tleman stopping at the Lion, and signed to think he was beyond their tvaoh. How 1 hated uiy life at that period, with its same dreary routine. The sound of my aunt's voice as she called me at six o'clock in the naming, "Josephine! Josephine! goiug to sleep all day!" would dispel the castle* 1 was building atul send me back to tin- en H< >-s making of bread and cake. H>w 1 longed to get away from the sewing she had id ways ready for the long aftern ions, and out into the wooda aad fields ! We were going to have a picnic, ami the guests of the hotel were to favor Us with their society. All was excitement, for it was not often we had the pleasure of being iu tli is>in;any of gentlemen who wore their liair parttd in the mid lie and called us deuced pretty girl-.. l'he day eame. Don't think me vain, reader, if I tell you t!i.it I! v ked lovely. It is some years ng >, and I could see that 1 did, by the whispering among the girls and by the envious glances they cast at me, also by soav t ader ouea I receivis! from the opposite sex. We were at our first ilance when the gentlemen from the Lion arrived. I fi !t my heart beat quickly, as I saw among them Edwin King, for so my stranger was called. Truly a king in manly beauty, 1 thought, a.s 1 looked at his tall, graceful form, into the strangely handsome face. As he saw me liis eyes lit up, and coming forward he begged my hand for the next ilance. I assure you, gentle reader, that I did not refuse. Very happily passed the day, and 1 was sorry when Auut M.irv called me. As Mr. King 1-d m to her 1 thought he looked rather strangely at her, but soon forgot all else iu the pleasure of having him at my side as wo walked slowly home through the scented fields. My new friend did not forget me, aud hardly a day went by without briugiug him to my side. Even my auut seemed pleased with him, and spoke iu wurmuat t rms of his gentlemanly bearing. One evening, ah how it comes back to me, as we were sitting in the parlor, unlit, save by the soft moonlight, Edwin said, after a long silence: " Josie, 1 have a little story 1 wish to tell von, will von listen (" I whispered a faiut "yes," so taking iu his the hands lying idly in my bp, lie went on: "Once on a a bov,friendless and alone, came one cold night to a village. He liad las-n trying h-r weeks t > find work, but met not ono who cared to give him even a kind word, mi, faint ami weary, he came to this village I speak of. I do not know what devil tempted hits, but he crept into a farm-house, having but one thought and that was to obtain food, which he f.iii d in getting, for he VIM caught and fastened into a room to wait until morning, when he w mid be tukcu to prison. Too miserable and hopeless to speak in his own defense, In laid weeping on the hard floor when the door was opened ami a young girl with tender, pitying face stood le-fore him. In her soft, low voice she bid him weep no more but to follow her and she would set him free. Noiselessly they crept down the stairs, out into the silent night, then telling him to wait an instant, this boy's good angel left him, but soon re turned with money, which she gave him, bidding him I go sin no more.' Hhall 1 tell of the prayer that went up to Heaven, of the vow this boy took, of five years later, where he had become a man, how be returned t i that village, hoping to find the girl who had never been for gotten, how lie did find her, fairer, sweeter even than on that night when she saved him ? Khali I tell, Josie, how he knelt at her feet praying her to lie las own i How lie waited with fast beating li'-art for her answer, knowing if she failed him the home he hrnl striven so hard to win for her dear sake, iiis very life, would be worthless I" My king was on his knees before me as lie ceased speaking. I bowed down my iieud until it rested on his breast, and lie was answered. An Indian Story. A gentleman of Sioux City, who is just back from a trip up the river, gives the particulars of a rather extraordinary case of experience in the lastawfid storm. An Indian and his squaw were caught out in the storm while journeying from Fort Randall to the Fort Thompson agency, and Incoming bewildered, took refuge in a small ravine. They wrapped their blankets nbout them and sat down under the lmuk. The snow soon covered them, but the Indian kept a hole through the rapidly-forming drift with Ills gun, which he would poke up occa sionally. They remained there all night, and the drift became so high in the meantime that he was obliged to splice the ramrod to the end of his rifle in order to reach to the top and keep up ventila tion. During their cheerless imprison ment the squaw was delivered of a child and it was christened " Snow Drift." A Recommendation. In the early part of this century, while Rev. Dr. Backus was pastor at Bethle hem, Conn., he eked out liis salary by fitting boys for college. At one time he hail a scapegrace from the South. When the young man was til Hint to join Y'ale College he asked his teacher for a letter of introduction to Professor Kingsley. The doctor promptly complied, as fol lows: "Professor Kaugsley—Dear Sir I hereby introduce to you the bearer. He is the only ion of his mother, and she is a widow. The Lord have mercy upon her." THE CENTRE REPORTER. THE CONFEDEK VIE TKEAMHV. U liai Urea MIC mf II nitre Ire s a rrr4rrr -safe keeping I would guess something over $400,1*00. lieueral Vaughn, Iwuig our neuior c.>iu mamler, nav iviwl orders to make the Is >1 terms of surrender that he could with tielierwl Upton, then tu command of tile fluted Stated forces. "After things around Washington, Ik, got quiet, tin- \ ugttta bank officer* procured a permit from the federal com mander ti< take li'k to \ irgnnatheUuik funds, with a small guard and four or live wagons. The tirst night they euo*un|>ed at the house of the widow where the confederate gold had lieeu divided, near which a number of Vaughn's soldiers lingered, afranl to return b> their h >tuea. Vwaaoon spread in the neighborhood of the arrivid and camping of the tnuu. Fourteen of the Tcuueiews' boyu iuid one Alabama boy from Johnston's army were soon mounted, drtvoaed aome of them with blue is tats. Vaughn* com maud were generally clothed with fed# rai uniforms. The little eouiputiy uwvid up iu military style, an ex-c.iptam iu command, l'liey* ilemaudisl mtiie name of the United States government tlieaur render of the funds claiming them to U* Confederate funds still. I'he parties in eliarge of the gold surrendered without tiringash.it. All the men were placed under guard, marched off aome distiuice, and placed iu charge of u small force. The Imlanee Uw>k poosa-ssiou of the treas ury, and broke open keg after keg and Isix after IKX. When they found one containing silver coin, they passed it by; but, when one contained the yellow eagles, they appropriated them until all were satisfied. Then the guard was relieved, and the others tilled their Mich*, l'liey then left, the liauk officers looking and feeling very blue. "A lieutenant and his squad at the time were met by some of Vaughn's men, and were charged and put t > r.'iit, some of them captured, and on them were found fourteen witches and other valuable property taken from cilia us. The Confederate squad left, with their gold tied tip in eornsacks ami blankets ; some of the Ik>vs t .k off tlieir jun.l and drawers, iuid ti I it up in the leg* ; some of them took whole U>\< s ipibroken. They, as soon as out of sight, disbanded, and each one went on his own way, and to dispose of his own treasure, some hi I ing it ids nit in fetuv comers, in the swamp and old fields. When done, each one repaired to liis home or to where tle y m re boarding, except three, win were more judit'lotla. These three had Idisl to their number one other, and their gold was divided, and not K ing able t ■ carry all one lx>x was thr >wn i:i the run of a branch under a bridge. The IHX had not Ixs*!! OJK-IIC 1, the party l>E licving it contained only SI,OOO in sil ver, but the men who got it out t-'iil the writer it contained over SII,OOO in gold. It was divided among three outsider , who w re relations in part to the three who placed it tir-re, aud described tin place by map* and instructions. After wards, some two days or more, the writer went with some of th • nam • parly and others, with the same map. and hunt ed ov. r the same ground. The whole facs i d tha country had Usui acratclied ami dug up, but still we found a few sil ver quarter.s in the brush and an < mpty box tour a |-ud. Tdie pond wa-■ -mr- 1 and and in it jui old wheat MM k was found with s.">oo or si'>oo in silver. It was considered free properly and ili vided out. " But let us go back to the next morn ing after tlii- robUrv. The 1 milkers ottered a reward, 1 believe, of g 10,000. AH Georgia around in ritrb was up aud hunting. No clue c uhl b< given as to the ones who had earned off the qs-ils, until tin* Alnliama lsiy. dividing that it was not provident to go t-> tlie old field gully and get his spoils, to>>k a gold piece or two, I believe two twenty dollar pieces aud a few silver quarters, ahoul dered his knapsack and struck u lice line for home, intending to soon return ufter idl the excitement would die out and claim his gold. On he tnuupod, think ing of home, swi 11 home, and dear ones in Alabama, and how soon he would make all comfortable with his friends. As mile after mile was left b. hind, the little town of Daiiburg, in Wilkes ojunty, was reached. Home nice candy or cake was t<><> great an inducement to one of Gen eral Johnston's starving boys; his one dollar and seventy-live cents drawn in Virginia, I guess, was long ngo left lie hind for tin- same kind of eatables that now induced him to pull out a fresh - ilver quarter and invest it, and on his way he went rejoicing, more happy than his confederates of Johnston's command. But his twenty-five cents led to the final discovery of those who had tho gold. The (ti orgia Iviys, always good soldiers and s -outers, saw something iu the new quarter left in Danburg with the cake sutler. The Alabama boy was followed. The column was overtaken and informa tion gained, no that all the parties were made known, and all found in the !ieiglil>orltO()d f except the Hqua'i 1 liaVi al hided to, and two others who had hid theirs and gone home to upper East Tennessee, carrying only B.VK) eaeh < h. • I learned). The Alabama boy, from threats and promises of no punishment, was re leased, aftertellin" all lie knew, and show ing where his 817,000 were hid. He then went on his way home to Alnbninn, not mi happy as lwf re. Wo have never heard of him nince. So the arresting and investigating commenced, gold was brought in, and a compromise was made with the hunkers, from 815,000 to 8'!0,- 000 paid over by each one, and a release signed by the bankera So the Ten nessee boys went their way rejoicing, for they no doubt saved a little for n wet day. The thirteen lucky ones then dispersed in different directions." Tell Your YVife. A correspondent of the Ledger, who says he is getting into serious pecuniary difficulties, wants to know whether it would lie beat to tell his wife about it at once, or to bide your troubles from her until he weathers the atom, or finally goes under, as the ease may lie. Tell your wife, of course, ami tell her at once. The effort which a man makes to keep his troubles from his wife under such circumstances, is a heavy addition to his burdens. Any wife, worthy of the name, would be drawn closer to her husband by his confiding his troubles to her. And what a source of strength her sympathy would be to him ! And not only her sympathy, but her advice— her mental and moral help. For a wife's intellect, when aroused by sympathy for her husband, whose fortunes are im periled, is intuitional and prophetic. She sees straight into the very heart of complications which her husbund's harassed mind cannot penetrate. His own mind is warmed and quickened and strengthened by communion with liera. When a husband confides in ami eoun sels with lib wife in hi i davs of trouble, she is then in very truth what God made her to lie, " a help meet for him." CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY, AI'IUL 8, 1875. A HEAK-CATCHINti HOVEBNOK. lien the I'reeesl I trrullvv ul < wlllsrsla ■HIT I.•! M (*rt#4h. Vu enthusiastic e,■rresjsindeiil of tlie Stin FraucisvM Atta gives the subjoined dfwwriptioit id an encounter with a grnudy bear, iu which California s new governor I I'uvheoo) llgurevl prvuniuently; thivenior I'iwlirssj liua, among his tu* vMiuphsJuneiits ail they are many one | ssessetl. We Iwlii Ve, by Ul oilier gov ernor in the I lilted Slates H" can lasso, and getaway with a wild, grir.'ly Isstr; ami we saw liuu do it in May, oil the lullu'ho tie I s ths >s (Hear lialn'h) in San I .Ills t Ibisjsi, then the reanleliei of tSovemor PHciieco'a mother. Asm lip lit the mountains, am -tig the wild cats, the gritxlies take tin ir inornuig naps, aft r their nightly prowling uUmt in search of anv stray calf, pig, or other small game, tlorly one morning the enormous print of a gritr.li '* foot was son in the earth close by the dw llnig of the governor's mother, and iu a few minutes Komualdo iuid two or three others were iu the saddle and off for the mountains. When the t ill wild ont.s, 1: ilf w*v up the mountain, w> re r .iched, the pnrtv lia.l not riihleu more than two minutes among the tall, lry wisps, when the horses suddenly started, snorting loudly, and instantly a huge grirxlv stood erect, willi a terriflo presence, higii above the dry, wild sit->. Ho looked just like a giant, with shaggy, furovercoat, his eyes gleaming ti. rcely, Ins cruel teeth and red mouth unpleasantly conspicuous. Each man and \.rvh. i for the in stunt seemed ja trithsi us if, while every nerve and every muacle and wary sense w.isat its utmost tension, tliey ha*l suil tleillv hoiked Ujsin the Medusa. In n aecoud's time rirhtoi spurred forward, swinging lus 10000. I'he Ix-ur commenced spurring warrily, and few proff-ssiomd I sixers coil fend oflf as these creatures will. Hut IVUMO'I luseo allot out like an arrow, :.d elasiwal nlsnit the huge fore-foot, whim the liorse (who mw every movement, and was just :.a wideawake as lV'bmi), sprang the other way. and, the lasso I sung fast to tli |mmunl, the la-.-ir was instantly thrown to the ground, when two other men, quick as lightning, had tlirown their la-vsoa and cnuglit the hind fet; then uin>th< r rider caught the lis se fore 1 4 ait. Olid til- f-'ttr Iff- S took their position* like cavalry animals trained by some noiseless signal, oinl slowly marched down the mountain's side, two liuma in the van anl two in the rear, dragging t'raa Major utiidly d-mru the grassy d -cut, the r ir In r. ■ keeping jtist tint line enough t > preveut the twar from getting any two of hi terrible hind claws. Nuld 1 is punt. d some of these l .dllortux lass nig •slim that luive lwa as near justice t > such exciting tableaux as could la* done by tlie jwunter's art, but nothing could j airtrsv the intensity of excitement and action brought fiirth at such a moment. lVliroo woo, at that time, twenty e .■ y< ara old, ami the handsomest man ever hxiked u|H>a. I guess the panther in the wilderness w .* not more fair than he. Wh 11 It • first realized the sudden pre.vnoe of the terrible enemy and stood erii-t in his stirrups, his hun gleaming with the glory < i youth, f< iirlcwui'**, and excitement lus gr. .it black > v-s sparkling, his white teeth tightly prwwd uiHin his nether lip, perfectly at til for n "• -mid, he wns the mud glorious object in nature. In no longer time than the si lit of this could Is- jn~t token m lo sprang forward, hi.-* long, dork hair t ■ -cd wildly for a moment, and th< n lie hid cm "lured tin* lx.nr, as relat tl. Tlie captors slowly t ->k tle-ir prison* r down to the boi|:i >, wle-re a long, heavy piece (> f tmilx r lay u]*ui the gra .. Eust<>uing til' Issir • llilid flit to til" tinilx-r with the string lasso*, and tie* for*- fe t to u strong, ilaeji driven stake, they st'-pjied away t< a reqx tful dis tens', their eyes Ujs>n the feisx'iotui i-rtnr > , sunl their hands njou tlu-ir s.uldl> jsimiuels. We walked up dose to the bar to tak<- a ears fill hsik at htlu. All cri-d out "Cuimlo!" "Take "Why, In-'* all a -cure," -uid. " Y< •*, bit' l>*k out." "Yon don't thi'ikliee >uld get loow" "Perhaps not, but V u'd belt r keep awa;-." And we did. Tin-bear lay with hi i hea l lt% look at his captor*; then covering his eye* ag iin, remain a moment ami -teal another look. S -on he gave lienvv sigh*, and some one *.ni leuru that the hear was wounded. "He is not wounded," they r*'pliod. " but bis heart br. uk* lie I b"* of rug- ." And, in a few moment*, lie lmd breathed his In t, ami was drill'"' .1 away same ills taneo from the house and left. I'nelietsi point l *! to the sky. We looked and saw n hundred carrion crows, whoso wrutoilful eve* had seen the feast l<>ng before it wa:i half way down the mountain aide; ami before we were a humln-d yards from the dead bear, its (tody was completely hidden by tlie sable, flapping wing* of tie- hungry undertaker*. The Port-nii-Prlnce Fire. t)uc-third of the entire city of I'ort nu l'rince was destroyed by the lut-j flre; four hundred houses have been con stinied. and the loss to property in esti mated at $2,0(10,000. The ilr<* origi nateii near the "North Gate," *priiid in an easterly direction to the ('mix dea Itoasah's, and extended to the quay and the vicinity of 15--1 Air, where it was stop(M*d. The property wan chiefly owned by foreign residents, composed of Knghahmcn, Hollander*, German*, Frenchmen, and a few Americans, uml won insured iii companies in Koropean -ities, mostly in Amsterdam, Holland, where the loss falls very heavily. No American oomjwuiies lot anything by the flre. 'llie portion of the city which w.-.n destroyed wa* com)xmed of v< rv old houHi-H, some of which were built at the time of the flrst settlement, three Jnni dred years ago, and were, for the most part, low frame buildings of little in trinsic value, occupied in the lower tmrt as stores and above an dwelling t. The entire northern portion of the city was swept by the flames and destroyed. Antelope ami Kaltlesnnke. The rattlesnake, the iiwot dreaded reptile of Anwrirn, is brnvolv Attacked and killed by the antelope. The manner of attack is curionn nns it he separate* his foot with a quick movement, and tears it to pieces before it has time to strike. A Surprise Tarty. They got up a surprise party on s young married couple at whoso house in Chicago a similar affair was one of the social surceases of lost season. The conspirators were met calmly but cordially at the gate by the husband, who rested on his shotgun, while his beautiful and accomplished wife, whose face and form were visible inside the porch, said she was very glad to see them, but she didn't think she could hold the bulldog back more than a minute longer. THE SAD STOUT OF A LIFE. The I nlurlwnwle VI l!r el tinaliulllew, Oure I ui|irct el ileal, o. The lb Igiuii pupi l* announce that the death uf the unhappy t'urlutta, tin wile of Maximilian, once emperor of Mexico, i* daily exjweted. During tin last ycuta of lh-r eventful life the mini Iwr dat kti< sa uf mental night has rtwtisl upnii her, aud even the own notation of forgetting iu insanity Iter miafurtuiiea has I well denied ller. 'The light of till* World'* pleasures, though Uot the gloom of Its pains, long eineo went out for her, and that alie nhoitld not follow her brave and unfortunate husband to the grave umy lie regarded o-s the only hup pile-an whieh the future had iu atore for lier, and as a grateful relief to the royal hearts who have watched over her deso late yearn with constant and loving ti - ilerneSH. The daughter of Leo|Mild 1., of Ili'lgltlUl, the Wisest Ullil shrewdest sovereign of his tune, blessed with I wanly and a superior mind, graced with the actsiiupliahniciit* if courts ami the JHIII h of letter*, it was Callotta's dew tiny to lie tuiited at a very early age to the most amiable and able of the Alls tnaii archduke- Muxinuhnli w.uv dl tnigui dml for his virtues, hi* courage, las tsnirtly Iwiuuig iuid the litwrul toue of lus thoughts and fecluiga. At the time of the murrtuge no more brilliant prosjwot 11 um tlie luxurious life of IUI eiujieror's brother ami sister ojiencl be forvi them. Maximilian thought of Uo loft lei ,h stiny than to form one of the priueely galaxy around Francis Joseph's throne, to govern a Slavic or Croat prov inoe, js-i haps l-ml his sword to the glory of Austria, or to S|veml happy summer months with lus lovelv bride nt Ills cas tle of Miramnr, on the Adriatic, No graver danger tlian that of a European war or liH*al i!isurr*s-tiou thi>atemd to interrupt ati ampul and contented life. The ambitious projects of Na| Ml], Sill suddenly intruded upon tlio even tenor < f this calm exist* nee. The eonquewt of Mexico by Ihuaine and the ntss v.ity Tut'iallv usurping < mperor and the I* rsisw iit Juar> 2 is • 11 known. Its tragic termination, in which the gallant Austrian went calmly to the fate of Charles of England au.l Lsuns at Kroner t. one of the most thrilling episodes in hist.in t arlotta st-ssl stanchly by ln-r husliaiid from tlrst to lost. When lus cause wiuusl and bid ere long to be des |x-rate, this h. roic woman li*st 4 nel to r.urojx 4 . fell ot Napoleon's feet, and b gg- I liitu t' go t . the res. ;ie. Stung by tlie refusal of the one who had lured Maiituuntu acrans the .ss'an, the unior tuunte pnneleaa, ! lesjwrate with disapp 4 mtmeiit, CarlotLa wondered v. r Kurope, ple-bliug with l'rancis Joseph at Vu uiM, mourning witii her bmtin r m Hruicel*. Tin n the bright though weary intellect lwgiui to fade. Hlie aauk into alternate idiocy and madness; and while ill this ill 44 e£is.sI fancy she was lighting the battle over and avi-r again in the quid letirement of Lackeu, Mixt uiiii.in was sliot ut (jurnhn. Mourning In China We And the following account in a foreign paper of the national mourning for tli" late Kinjwror of China. No on** mourns till the d*-aih is i-flieially an nounce d, but then the mandarins paint out the decoration* on their hotiae walls, and wrnn their aednn chair* in block cloth. The common i** senU-d for him. Tins done, a professor of cere tuony appear* n)>Oti the scene who, amid profound -ilence, eulla cmt in a com manding tone, " Kneel down!" Imnie diab-ly the highest in rank and jsiwi-r in the province simultaneously fall prostrate. Then the next order conns; "Knock your lti*a*is once on the gnmnd," which the company immedi ately do. Again and again the fore head* tap th*' floor, nnl y*t a thirii time they arc required to kms-l ami knock. The professor, while they an- still on their hands ami kms-a, now command* them to "begin their lamentations;" whereupon these rational N-ing* ooni nienee to nnwm ami weep in a whimper ing, subdued tone of voice. This lull ing lw*en kept up for a minute or so. all nre ordered to "atop their crying," "rise up," ami " disjierae from their places," which, by this time, they seem not unwilling to do. Heme I.lfe. It i* th* fa- mi of restless ami ambi tious wont u ij despise home-life an too tame, t<* narrow, tixi uneventful for tlieui. They long for n wider arena, *-t well in the view of the world, win r on to display their gifts or their acquire ments; and they think this claustral home, this uuexeiting family of which they form n part, unworthy of their effort*. And yet in reality tlie art of living well at home, and of making the family life n success, is ju-t n* great in it* wav, if ted *> important in it* nj> parent only apparent results, a* the flnest shiule* of diplomacy and the largest trniiHrtetiona of business. All *<*rt* of talents, both moral and intel lectual, are wnnted for the ta*k; ami it seems slightly irrational to de*|ii*c a* futile qualities which • few of n are strong enough to possess, or to rate them as Ixwioath the regard of high minded people, when not one in a hun dred has wit enough to employ them to A satisfactory issue. I,using a Hot Without ltettlng. A Hangor fruit dealer has been paying a bet recently, with the making of which he had nothing to do. A couple of well known gentlemen stepped in one after noon, and beginning to eat oranges, in formed the proprietor that they had made a bet 01 the oranges on a certain question, ami after the bet was decided the loser would pay for those which they were eating. To this the dealer in fruits was agreed, und the customers ate nil they desired. The next time they were in the store he inquired which one was to pay for the oranges. " Don't know yet," wus the reply; "1 bet that when I the Brewer bridge is carried away the ' Brewer end will go first, and Smith bet i the Bangor end will go first." The oranges were immediately charged to profit and loss. \ Ohio has ten Springftelds. Hated lit a Spider The following singular M|I from death of Kooli Hopkins is related by hi* d-w.-udants, who Vouch for the aocuru- 4 )' of thw incident: Mr. Hopkins, over ono hun.ln,l year* ago, resided in DntolinM muutjr. N.Y. After disjMMung of hw property he joined the hmtquo hannu t'oiio.iuiy and went to livo in the fur tinned Wyoming valley, I'a. The Indian* from tin- lake* IHvwiie very troublesome and continued to roam in lamd* through the while settlements, ravaging their stock* and crops. One night a Hidden iuid unexjs-cted at taek wan iim,ti* ii| m >ii the settlement tv a large band of infuriated suvages, and the settlers fled for their live* into the W.HMI* slid inoiiutauia. The indium* iiur atied thein their war whooi>s falling upon the ears of the d tenseleua nlntes like the erien of Wild l>eait< in search of prey. After roaming about in the tUrk tieKs for some hours Mr. Hopkins stum bled over a large log that Lay across his pathway,and finding it hollow ereptintu it. Here lie laid for several hours. 'Hie situ had arisen and he was debating whether he had latter (Viutlliu* his inareh over lli mountains, when he hard the footeU-je* of his pursuers m-or by and their subdued but animated con vernation. lie felt lliat hia dm was Sealed Olltl the cold sweat oooed from hi* Is sty and brow. Weary with their long anarch, the Indians sat down on the very log IU which Mr. Hopkins WMODDMII a, while their eyes peered hither and thither, hoping bi mtch a sight of some jssir fugitive. Mr. liopkius heard the bullets rattle in their pouches, and gathered from their broken savage tongue, intermixed with English word*, the intelligence tliat some of his friends and neighbors had Iwen captured and shun. It was a moment of fmrful anxiety. Home of the Indians walked around to tlie end of the log, and seeing that it was hollow stopped down and looked in. Their companions were roll i-il and they all gathered around like hounds with their gmne holed, aa if ready to shoot the moment it emerged, l'lic Indians seemed to Is* holding a brief consultation. Mr. Hopkins was just on the jKiinl of surrendering him self and 1 legging for mercy on the ground of his many kind nets in former turn-a to tin* lmitamt, when his attention was arretted bv a large spider, whieh was busily engaged weaving a large and ts-antlful well right over the entrance. He threw his threads from side to aide with great rapidity, on that when the Indians came to look in they, too, aocmcd to notice this aeii.il work, ami supposed, of oour-o, no one could br c. iceoled witiiin. S- el aiti-r they iis apjM-aretl. Aft. r remaining iu this craliilHsl retreat as long as he eotlld en dure ha came out and wandered for many .lays in the vriidi-niees, suVllsUtlg on n<'thing but the C.UTOMI of A putrid tur key which lu* found dead. His ciolluug t* iti into shreds, hu* l- more ujion the dwellings of white men. Tlie Hid Hltck Silk. ()ur grandmothers thought they knew all alsuit th economic* in their day and generation, but they were vastly Is hind the present age. A sharp-witted girl who likes to hsik nice, and yet liaa a scant pur*.- to draw from, could teach hr frugal grandmother a lesson that woahl make her open her eyes in wond< r. Silk was silk in those days, and a silk dres* waa an holiest garment, fit for the el->s< st tuspecUon from head to foot. It dm-* o cl<*ely into tit.' make up of much that w see prom emuliiig the streets, and l.sikuig very hmidaome, now a dava. Still it i* handy to have the knack o} making a* stiff aa new. Now the old black silk lug was brought out, and the mucilage Isittl". Tlie tiny holes and thin places were gummed over, and a little patch of black silk placed on the under side, and ironed smoothly. There was M-wrcely a trace left on these worn out place*. 1 wonder what our grand f!n-r would have thought of such j !.l lung ! The old wait piece* were turned and bit- lt> the waist portion* of n polo in lining, piecing them where it was needful. Then the polonaise *kirt was cut out of the l*-*t Imallu of the skirt, joining it to the waist pieces very in stlv, closing tlm jwlonaise in front. The old sh* v. * cut tlie low. r luilf *>f new alcevca bv judicious piecing, and the u|>jmt sides come from the skirt. Tlie |H.lo muse wa* a success, and there were still piece* enough left to flounce on old alpaca skirt cut scant according to fash ion; nudn plain strip at wlk above the flounceoomo well up under tlie polo naise. There wen* aerajw enough to rnffle this up|*er garment on the e.lge, ami to trim waist ami sleev.** so a* t*> hide the piecing*. When all wit* done, it wa* a very respectable dress, ami e* p*eially in the evening would pass al most for new. It is always a good rule to save the pieces, a* long a* a .Ire** i. in existence. F.veti some scrap may !*• ju*t what yon will nee.l to piece out a corner. Old black silk ami alpaca always conic use ful. liven tie* smallest piece* of alpaca n*v worth saving to cover for cording which i* just now in order as trimming. A little bias band of black alpaca often answer* in place of mure expensive trim ming, and brighten* tip little girl's dress of bine, or red, or plaid. An old al|*tea dress can lie vastly im proved by ripping njwrt, sponging with -.offer, ironing and making over after u go**! pattern. Fvanilne Yonr Insurance Policies, Tlie New York Journal of Cbnmirrrr urges the iuijsrirtaiice of parties supjsw ing theniselvea to be insured, to careful ly exnniine the "fltie type" conditions of lire in*nranee |*>lieie*. \Y< quote: We were reminded of this neeesoity by a recent ea*e in which property was do stroyed and only part of the insuratiea could be collect'd IxH'imse, in the other policy, it was stipulated that no other insurance should 1' maile without writ ten ooiiscnt indorsed. Another case within our acquaintance i* that of an ex ]>erioncth had contained thecon dition. A little extra vigilance on the j-art of the assured in this ease enabled him to give a satisfactory answer to the question, " are you insured <" But how many of our reader* would have an swered it, relying merely upon the pay ment of premium and possession of the policy, and not have found out until burnt out that they were not insured, or, if not a sufferer by tire, that they had been paying n premium for the mere iMisseasion of the worthless—no matter how ornate—signatures of an insurance president and secretary ? It is now possible by the aid of hy draulic machinery to bend iron shafts of twelve inches to any required shape. Term* : 92.00 a Yonr, in Advance. I'm Thinking of Thee. Whan mom, in bar beauty. Is flushing the earth, Aml nature, bright nature Konim brimful at rnirtli, When eweet laid* ale warbling Their wild IIUUM of glee, My Uiought, are nut roaming: 1 m thinking of the*. VVlini softly the day-beams Ar* eiukuig to reel. And tl.eir gorgeuu* tinting* Have died in the west, And uoouligbt i> dancing O'er ocean and lea. My thought* are atill thine, love 1 tu thinking of thee. When wild wave, are daebUig Again.! the lone ehore. And liglituiuge are flashing And deep ih under* ruar, And tierce etorwa ale waging A war wuh the eea, Hull! ellll! oh, eo fondly! I'm thinking of thee. THE SILVER MINE. Thrtf in uo denying tlie fart that both Mr. Matthews anil ins wi/<* wr tired of poverty and iu attendant struggles. When li< one day picked up ou lii* little lot n atone of peculiar construction, found tliat it was a part of a wain of the same inati rial, took it to ati aaaaycf and was told tlwt it waa silver ore and Would | mil out fifty ounce* to tin- toll, there seemed to l>e a change iii affairs. They had lived very economically la-fore, and uo doubt on inure tliau one uceaaioti envied tin ir more fortunate neighbor*. When he told Mm. Matthews of hia dis covery, alid informed her that the tide in their affairs had turned, she cried and laughed and hugged hiiu and sang all in the same breath. " tbir horwa ahall be black," ahe *obl> l, "alid We will have a huidau that will put the Brovuea' httle landau lette out of sight !" " 1 ahall aeud Wybeto (i<*rm*uy,"said Mr. Mat the w, taking up the aaine a train. "And l'alty"— "Martha.* We may as well begin to call In r Martha." " Well, Martha, then, shall have the leet niuai wl education iu the world," mid Mr. Mntthewa. " Our children ahall have all we missed." " And how ioug will it be la-fore it liegiu* to liny f" asked Mr*. Matthew*. " Well, mid Mr. Matthews, "that i* the question now liefore the meeting. We own the mine; but to dear away the rubbish, employ esperta to find tin* vein and Miik shall*, to Ret out the ore, to smelt it, and all the rest, that will take money, and money is what we don't [*ina " " Then how under the sun " " 1 propone to mortgage the house for my share of the ready money. And I tlnuk it would be easy to induce Mr. Means to go in with me " "Mr. Means! I would rather it were somelMidy from out of town." " Why, pray, what odda"— "Why? Well, 1 should like to hear any good miaou for our making tlie fortunes of those jasrple that liave been flaunting their finery over our keadaand splashing their mud* on ns ever since wo were bora ! It'a our turn w. We're to ltlr- were built over the silver hiu h flattering offcf* for an in terest in the iaim- wore made by towns pmpk that Mr. Mat lb* w* thought it to liia interest to sell to thom, bat Mr*. M. mill 110. ami ho had to content himself with the nut of town patrons. What on* it wn*:—shining smooth sur face* of lead that hid tlie silver, here speckled with the preeions atufT. there noalcd in rieh color* that declared the presence of (pdd itself a* well—and how it yielded ! Half-decomposed mat*'rial, it mined only leas casdv than a gravei pit; pure bricks of ailver came out of the furnace*. Mrs. Matthew* beheld herself the ctivy of ail those on whom alio ouce had gazed with envious eves. Though ahe had not spent a penny of it vet. she wa* the miatrew* of more than ahe knew how to spend; ahe lay awake nights now joyously planning how to lie rid of it. They" commenced life on the high pressure principle. Jewelers and dress - makers knew bow to make money go, and they did it. In furnialiing their lie* - house the host that could la? order e.l ]aitciit apriugs, plate glass. quilted satin, hidden inirror, card -pocket, par is>l holder—became Mrs. Matthew*'; and as for horses, the horses that drew the llroyni** were not gc l>otter to hold off a little ami salt sometliing down, in case of accident ." " Accident J" said she, gayly. " What accident can occur, unless an earthquake should tip the world wrong side up with mrc I Don't you think yon have enough salted ilown in that mine now t No, Mr Matthews, let us for the first year < r two, spend all we can. In n little while we shall I*' too old to enjoy it ; let us enjoy it while we are young enough. It establishes our supremacy, too, like nothing else. It does me good to see Mrs. llroyneand Mrs. Mean* kowtowing to me. 1 want to laugh in their faces. The men have just found out whatspleu did business capacity von have ; the women are all in love witii me. If you could see that chit of a Puroell girl, who u*sl to cut me whenever she felt like it, admire my Ohantilly flounce on her knees, it would be as good a* a play for you!" "You're a smart woman," said her huslxuid, lost in admiration. " You're a trump. You do credit to your money. Well, have your own way, my dear." Ami it is needless to say she did. Yet, if the truth were told, the zest flagged sometimes, ami she was begin ning to find it just a little stupid. It seemed, in recollection, as if those must have been halcyon days when she hiul no servants to mnke life a burden, and tlie house was not full of creatures whose in solence was only equaled by their ignor ance, who style and smashed and kept, her in a ferment. More than once she caught herself thinking hot? pleasant it would lie to feel the old exultation and get the old praise nt having made both , ends meet in some unexpected way ; how NO. 14. pleasant it would aem again to be darn i tig stockings on one aide of the fire in the long evening*, while her hnslsuud rend hia liook* on the other, instead of putting herself into the haiuls of h* torturing French tumid and going out for the night Vet that French maid had made Mr*. Matthews an adept in all the toilette art*. Mhe knew how to tinge her lip* a alight 1 fright cherry, though it fori Wide the name Up* to kiaaes ; aba kuew how to give her cheek a soft pow dery bloom, how to bioudiline the stray locks alfotit loir brow, and give that brow an air of innocence and youth. Some time# she thought it didn't pay. Mhe wna sure Mr. Matthews didn't mind it to all -in fact, lie hardly seemed to look at her. lie wax absorbed in hia thought*, in hia |wprra, hia buaineaa jwople, from uioruing till night, and she even beard him muttering figure* in bis dream*. He waa all the time taking little journeys, that he etweni iu tlm * maimer, and where whiaky freeaea m.lid in the winter, might be advan tageously left for the exduaive occupa tion of tbe noble red man and the praine dog. Never to late to leant. Michael Angeto wan a very old and bent man, when he waa found one day standing in the anow near the Cokwaeum. " Whither are you goingt" waaaaked. "To achool," said tbe old artist, "to try and learn some thing." I'leuty of peopla in Roaton and vicini ty am auxioua that Jeaae Potneroy, tbe boy murderer, aball be barged. Peti tion* to the Qormor and Council that they will not commute hi* sentence are receiving numerous signature* to South Boston. On * went trial in Waka, to tost the validity of a will, it waa pitmsd that in lMGti the tmtator became impaired in in tellect to such an extent that be went to llu post-otto* with a postage rfamp on hia forebiwd and requested to be sent to a place be mentioned. Olive Logan aavs the extravagance of American women, ao often the ttou of maartiline remark, ia not ao attach dis played at louts and parties—the proper n*lm* of gorgeous apparel—as w the .greet, where extravagance ia not merely extravagance, hot vulgarity and folly. Gen. Judaon Kilpatriek indignantly rr-)>ebi an attach made upon him by a em-respondent of the Cincinnati Knrptir rr, and the editor soys: u lf it will be any gratification to the general, he mar, with our leave, take satisfaction out of any AV/wtoer correspondent he may find." When a man ia leaning over the hack fence tolling a neighbor bow he would shed hia laet drop of blood for suffering Louisiana, it disturbs him to have his wife yell from the kitchen : " Look at here! are you coming with that bucket of wator, orahall loomeoot and see to you 1" A fugitive rebel chief in Dutch Borneo is verv old, and had given orders that on hia decease hia two youngak wires should be killed in order to accompany him to the next world. The two young women very sensibly deserted the old man'* "bejaad board," fleeing to the Europeans for protoetioo- George Ilenstock, wboae danghtor a few dava ago picked up in the street at Hanler. in England, a purse containing £66, and who acted on the schoolboy * maxim, " finding'* keeping, wan charged before the magistrates with sbwiing the money, and wa# aentenoed to six months' imprisonment. When a girl crop* hex front hair and pulls it down over her forehead like a Mexican mustang, and tlien ties a piece of ml velvet around her neck, who can wonder at the number of pale facet! young men that throw away their ambi tion and pan aleepleaa nights faring to raise down on their upper lips' If the heat which a human being give* off in twenty-four hour* could, consis tently with Dfe, be retained in the body, its temperature would have at the end of that time have reached one hundred and eightv five degree* Fah.. a ture above the point of iniagntahnn < albumen, and high enough to cook the liaama The British frigateTbeti* has captured two slavers, one containing one hundred and iiiufllf-tvo and tb® ofctw?r oa® llßß dretl and ten slaw*. The Portuguese attacked a alave barracoon south of Mozambique, containing one thousand slave*, but were repulsed with kiaa. The Thetis subsequently proceeded to attack the barracoon. • Frank " said an affectionate lady the other - lav to a promising vouug Ameri can, "if you don't stop mucking and reading ao much, you will get ao after a while that von won't care anything at all about work." " Mother," Wpbed the hopeful, leisurely removing a very .ong and turning wouier U*&i of •Vrrthiwr'a, "I've got now. A Penrith correspondent of the Lou , don Court Journal up thai about uiree wwka ago an adtfly wind blew down a largo fir tree on land belonging to a ladv m the neighborhood of Appleby The gale from the west, laat week, bow. ever, blew it np again, and it w "now standing quite stately aiul majestic, as if nothinghad ever happened to it. " A large poster, bearing the startling caption, " A man found dead,' wa< seen posted in a oonmncuona place in Joins, the heading liaving been adopted by Mr. ITielps in order to attract special atten tion to an advertisement of hia merchan dise. A low days rinee kw own body, bathed in blood, was found at the threshold of his store, be having boen assassinated. A genial, bald-breded gentleman, while in Pari*, went one day to the Zoological gardens. The weather was warm, and lie laid down on a bench. Presently he fell asleep, and he was aroused by a warmth about the head. An infatuated ostrich had come along, and mistaking his ldd head for an egg, settled down with the determined resolu tion to hatch it. The India famine reports and the Vice roy's minute thereon have been publish ed. Tlie estimated total coat will not exceed £6,600,000. About 100,000 tons of rice remained after relief operations were concluded. The total quantity of grain carried to the distressed districts waa about 1,000,000 tons. Trade statis tics vindicate the policy of not prohibit ing the export of rk*. An ignorant tramp crawled into the round nouso attached to the railway station at Conemaugh, Pa., one coin night lately, and ■ went to sleep on the softest place he could find op the floor. He was mther rudely awakened the next morning bv the encroachment of a loco motive on nis aleepmg quartern, and be fore he could collect his senses his right leg was cut completely off. A man, somewhat intoxicated, lay down the other evening in a bowling saloon in Ellis county, Texas, sti etched his body screws an alley and went to sleep. A bystander amused himself by bowling heavy balls at hia prostrate figure. Three struck him—one on the feet, another on a hip, and the third on the head. On faring to wake the deeper shortly afterwards it was found that he was dead. It is now possible by the aid of hy danlio machinery to bend iron shaft*, of twelve inches diameter to any required shape. Incredible as this statement may seem to an expert, crank shafts are now so made, instead of the slow, labor ious, and expensive method of forging. The bent shafts are also much better than forged ones from the fact that the fiber of the metal runs ih one direction I continually, whereas in forged ones it is often across the line of strain. . a * i—l cdf J'