We Watched Her Rroalhlng.
We watchail h breathing through the night.
Her hreathir." soft and low,
As in her hreaet the wave of I: fa
Kept heaving to ami fiw.
8 > ailently we seamed to speak.
80 alowly moved about,
Aa we had leather half our povei*
To eke her living out-
Our very hopes belied eur fears.
Our feaia our hojves belied--
We thought her dying when she slept.
And sleeping whrti she died.
For when tlie morn came d-tn and aa l.
And chill with early showers.
Her quiet eyelid* closed—site had
Another mom than ours.
THOMAS
The lesson.
1 A beautiful answer was given by a Utile
Scotch girl. When her iCass at school was cr
ammed, .he replied to the question. " What 1*
patience ?" " Wait a wee. aa' dinna weary.' J
A village schoolroom - this the eoena
Aglow w.th a slant n:l cheiry
The dominie there, of youthful mien.
With the rata of hU spirit sharp atnl keen,
An.l ac!a*s of girls mserr-ed row ;
tsvnie taller, ami some of itataie 1 w .
An,l sonic, Ukc the taunting sun, allie
To reach the summit of leave desire ;
And. a- aye, wae unco' drear- '
"1 carina an' vv .una teach, an' y*
Sao stupid the wh So I qnry
Nae visum for ooht hat vanity ''
With thundering rap the damiuia
tv .;-biaH.xl. chafed by a orilvi gu
Whose only care seemed tosukoUi a:.-1 taul
Her apron streamers. " Will ouie la**
klak' answer iu a° this glaikit class .
The dominie sighed aweary.
"Oh. ay," said a little raws. " I can tall."
"Vfaal. out wit, then, ray duar.e'
And the frown front the master a forehead fell,
Vor the sweetest girl m the schesil was Nell
" I want is to show me the meaning plain
O' patience. uu' ow'r an' ewT again
IYe pat it th* via* 1" Then the utile maj.
With a e-guieh twinkle, soberly said :
"Wait a *<e, an' dinna weary.'
—Mailt & iKuwia.
JIRRY, THE MISER.
U was cobbler's shop, breaking the
roar of tuuoii private hoawa in a shabby
rtfmrtt.n street How ltoarae there
nobody knew. What is aurv, nobody
caivd.
Near the d<x>r, on this particular af
ternoon, were two tomalas, the one elder
ly, tho oilier graceful and young; both
in the deepest mourning. "in front of
it were two Loudon street A rubs, as rag
ged as mirthful; before it stood the
oldest Wing imaginable—a little old
man, about four feet high, with a not
over clean face, iron-gray liair, on which
rested a worn shin cap, shaggy brows,
rather l>ow legs, and a d:rtj" leathern
aprcn. In irate tones, he was addressing
the t*p:
* Off with Ton, you young rascals ! If
vou com playing your hopscotch and
Hally-oome-upe before my window sgaiu,
I'll day you alive."
Before tiir muscular fists the boys
fled, hurling back derision. "Welldone,
Jerry—old Jerry the miser! Yah !"
The nobbier —for he hardly merited
tie more emphatic title of shoemaker—
paid no hoed, bat, ghmcing sharply up
from his bent brows at the two wotneu,
asked: "And what may you want ?"
" We—we see," began" the younger,
looking timidly t - wards the square card
in the window, "you have apartments
to let."
"No, I've rooms—rooms. I don't
know nothing of ' apartments;' I ain't
np to them—nor the rooms ain't neither.
Do yon want to see 'em?"
" We did wish."
"All right; come aloug!"—nn.l the
little man swung round on his heel.
The two women, hesitating, looked at
one another.
"We had better see them, mother,"
sp id the younger, with a wau smile of
encouragement. " His lark ruay be
worse than his bite, and all the i ther
places are so dear."
Following the cobbler through the
shop, he led them up stairs to the rooms.
There were two, communicating by a
door with ech other; they were poorly
furnished, but clean. As the women
looked at them, the cobbler stored at
them silently.
"Well," he asked, "what do you
think of them ?"
"They will do very well," answered
the widow. " It's—only—the price !"
" Six shillings a week—iu advance."
"Six shillings I" ejaculated the girl.
" Do yon think it too much !"
" On the contrary, it is cheap."
" You know a lot of the world to say
that. How do TOU know 1 shan't clap
on another shilling?"
"I don't; bat I should not faucv you
wool A"
. " About references''— Iwgau the
widow.
" Don't want any—you j>av IU RJ-
Tance; and as, whenever you 1.-ave the
house, it must be through the shop,
you can't w 11 take the furniture without
my knowiug. Ia it idtlal
" If you pleas?; here Is the tir-t week's
• rent. '
The cobbler took it, scrawled out a re
ceipt, nodded, and left his lodgers to
themselves. Seated again on his bench,
meditatively, he scratched his grizzled
chin, and contemplated the six coins in
his horny ]lm.
" Two bobs a week !o t to-day!" he
remarked. " Jerry, you miser, how
could you do it i"
The cobbler's lodgers proved very
quiet. They did not interfere with their
landlord, and lie, apparently, did not in
terfere with them. His rent was paid to
the day.
They nuvly spoke, aavcexchangiug the
ordinary moruing and evening safuta
tions when the daughter went through
the shop. The mother never left th
hous--. But Jerry, like most cobblers,
was a man of obt* rvation, and he made
such comments as the following :
•|Blio's a beauty, rhe is; but awful
white and sad. It's myopimoh it's luird
times with them up stairs."
Then, when the girl went out earlier
and later, ever with a sadder,
more depressed expression, he said :
"I'll toll yon what it is, Jerry; she's
seeking after work, and doesn't get it
One evening, a few weeks nftor Mrs.
Weston and her daughter rented the
cobbler'fl apartments, the latter entered
the shop Is tor than usual.
Th- yellow lamp was flaring dismally,
and Jerry, a boot on his knee, was hard
at work. After the customary salntati m,
the girl was passing <m, wlu-n the cob
bler's voice arrested her.
" I say, your mother's ill, ain't she ?"
he asked, nursing his knee with both
arms.
" Yes, Mr. Crayshaw, I am sorry to
say she has been for some w hile ailing.
She—she"— and the young voice trem- i
bled with tears—" is very sick."
" Then you must give her lots to eat,"
responded Jerry, staring out of the win- j
dow. " Tbe best tiling for wenk people
is a nice fowl and a bottle of wine. Whv
don't yon give them lior?"
_" I wish I was able, or even to pro
vide her less expensive dainties; but—
but"— and the tears fell faat— " I can
not. "
" Ah, that's the fault, you see, of hav-i
ing no money. • Good evening."
He resumed his work, and the girl,
scarcely cheered by this little episode,
went, with a heavy heart, up stairs.
Mr:;. Weston was eo ill, she war- lying
on her bed. 'Hie candle was in the
room, and in the parlor grate burnt a few
sparks of lire, over which was a small
saucepan. On the table was a tea-tray,
and a portion of a previous day's loaf.
It wa such a depressing welcome home
after the weary, weary day, that with
difficulty tho poor girl could oontrol her
emotion.
ii T . ii i ci... •" i it..
"Is that you, Claref" inquired tlie
widow's feeble voice
"Yea, mother."
" Come to me, my ohiid."
Cbu l> pressed her white hands to her
bosom, made an effort, aud passed into
the bedroom. But the mother's first
words beat down all her uoblc-souled
keroi: self-repression.
FKKD. K Uirrz, Kditor mu* 1 Proprietor.
#
VOIj. VIII.
" Clare, dear, you HAD hotter MIIWIW
to dav I"
The girl dropped ou a choir, and bury
iug her fiuvon the coverlet, burst into a
jvaroxvsni of weening.
" N'o, mother, ' she tubbed, hywteri
cully. " It's the same old, old story ; 1
can get nothing. What shall we do I 1
feci heart broken."
"Clare, t'lurvi, my child," ejaculated
the mother, fondly embracing her, " do
not you give way ! What, indeed, will
become of us then f My brave, brave
girl, do not weep thus !"
" l'my let me; mother ; I ahull lie bet
U r after it."
She, iippureiitly. was right, for tit tlie
end of u few momenta *lie looked up
calmer ; her tears ceased.
" There," she snulovl; "lam I tetter
now. •• it's good to give way at times,
you know. At least, one can't help it,
and our lot is *0 liard ; but wo ahull get
used to iL "
" Hard ! It breaks my con
template it when I think of you, Clare.
What a different future did 1 aiul your
father intend jx-u, love! Hut who could
imagine such u villain us John Rurge
ever existed:"
"Ah, me—ah, me ! to look round ut
this place, and remember the jileoajtnt
home which once WHS onrw ! Now, we
are alone, and not u single friend in the
world."
< one ! Oh, yew, mother, believe
me, one !" cried the girl, tjuiekly. "He
—Clilliert will lm true—trust me, lie
will "
•• Why thru, ('hire, lias he not
written i"
"I do out know— I cannot tell," ex
claimed the daughter, piteously; "but,
oh, pray, pray, mother, do not take that
hope from me! Let me believe in
Gilbert. It is my only support in this
bitter mis. try ."*
| The widow, touched with a pleading
Countenance, was about to reply, when,
interrupting herself, she said: "Clare,
1 hear some one in the parlor. So who
| it is, dear."
The girl obeyed, and started at the
1 weird scene she \>eheld.
Seated before the grab', on a three
| logged stool, was tho ivblder, vet iu
'' leather apron and cap. On his knees
, was a bellows, which he was working
with consummate skill, evidently a
master of the art, sending the coals into
' bright blazes that threw flushes of lurid
, color over the quaint figure and the
room.
Upon hearing Clare, he tunied, almost
I with a snarl.
"How do you expect to boil s sauce
pan with sndi aftrt as this;" he growled.
"Never was hitter as mad as you, I'm
' certain. Now, look at that; ain't it a
picture?"
Clare diil look, and that not only
' were the coals increased, but that they
were not from their own store.
•'lt is quite cheering," she managed
; to say, "but—but I tear, Mr. Crayshaw,
you have been robbing yourself."
"Robbing myself—mef—not a bit.
I'm a miser. Didn't you here the loys
, coll me no—Jerry, tho miser?" lie
sn*p|v*l. "I'd robaaybtxly sooner than
, myself. lam a miser, and I'm proud of
it. Some men are called painter and
• poet. Well, I'm called cobbler and
r miser."
"Really!" said Clare, a hule amused,
, j a little frightened, looking at th" glow
ing is>aLs; "1 should have scarcely thought
eo."
"That shows your igtiornnee," re
i sponded Jerry. "Can't you see, by
. calculation, its cheaper to keep up one
II givWl fire tlian two small oncaf so I'm
going to .-.it by yours. Also, clubbing
two jxwsons' tea together is cheaper than
, taking it alone. It makes 'only one for
the pot' necessary. You perceive, now,
[JI am a miser. I want to have my tea
■ ! here."
Clare looked nt the table; upon it was
a new loaf, frtwh butter, eggs, and un ..t
package of ton,
" Oh, Mr. Crayshaw " she began.
" Are you going to refuse?" he snsp-
pod. " Mayn't I have to n
"How could I refuse?" she began,
i when he interrupted by:
" Then don't lose time. See to the
■ kettle. I'll Is.;] the eggs."
Similar behavior from some people
might have given offense, but there was
' such a quaint, odd way al>out Jerry that
robbed it of tliat power. H- was so old,
t and snapped and snarled as if really his
suggestion was the result of deep-rt ted
i mefinne*i. instead of the contrary. Mrs.
Weston did make some demur, but Jerry
shut her up at once,
i "I see. She's frightened at your
taking tea with *h u fascinating young
1 fellow as I am," lie said. " Leave the
door ajar, tln n the old kuly can tuk" a
squint nt us now and then, arid join the
talk. I'm a wild yomig sprig, I confess."
Clare could not refrain from bursting
into a merry peal of laughter. J.-rryV
gray eyes twinkled with delight under
his sh iggj- brows as he looked up at Iter.
Well, trie two bustled about, the eob
' bier certainly the briskest, until, finally,
Uijy were seated nt a very comfortable
b-a. During the meal, Mrs. Weston
doomed it right to inform their new
i friend of something of their history.
In her lmsliaud's lifetime they hud
been well-tor do. At his death they
• yet could have lived comfortably, had
net a Mr. John Burge suddenly brought
! heavy claims on the dead man's property.
1 "I never quite understood what it was
—I only know he must have been paid,"
■ said the widow, dolorously. " But we
hadn't some papers we ought to liave
: liad to prove it. Ho ho took from us
1 every penny, and left us as yon now
'! see ! '
"A confounded villain!" exclaimed
Jerry, cracking his egg with a bowl of a
spoon, as if it hrul I wen Mr. John Burge's
bald head he had got under it.
" Then all our friends deserted us "
"Except one," broke in Clare, with
heightened color, which was not un
noticed by tho cobble r.
"But one e*yet," added the widow.
"He is a gentleman, Mr Crayshaw,
who- who was once a great friend of my
ilaughter's. Ho was in Australia at the
time of our trouble, and though we
wrote to tell liira, wo have not heard a
syllable since. You know the world, Mr.
Mr. Crayshaw!"
"J do, ma'am !" answered Jerry, em
j pbatieally; " and I know it's a sight Iwt
tor tlian jwople would try to make it."
"Ah!" cried Clare, gratefully, her
face radiant, aa involuntarily ahe extend
ed her hand, " you think he may bo
true 1"
" He'd bo the greatest villain under
the aun if ho were not, my dear !" said
I the old man, cheerily ; adding to him
self: " Poor child—poor child; she,
then, has to learn that lovers' vows are
easier broken tlian shoestrings, and
thonght about as little !"
After this, still protesting it was cheap
er for liim, as a miser, to supply Mrs.
Weston's fire than burn one of his own,
he frequently passed liis evenings with
them. He also procured Clare aome
shoe-binding to do, wliicli, though
hard and difficult work, was something.
At the end of the week, he was grimac
ing at a boy through the boots in tho
■window, when Clare came to pay the
I rent.
" Take it away," he said; " let it stand
over."
"Ob, we could not think of tliat}" toe
gau the girl. "We were going to ask
you if you would not mind a portion of
j it being left for next"—
"Take it away I" reiterated Jerry, get
! ting into a flirv ; "I won't touch a farth- j
I'LL]-: CENTRE REPORTER.
mg ' 1 like living a creditor for 1 eon
charge interest !'
" Ttiia kindness, after all yt>u have
done !" uobtiod Clare, bar lew* foiling.
•' ()u away !" roared Jerry ; *" I ain't
going to have a acetic here tlwy'll lw
taking tno 1111 for luvnault und buttery
uext! He on, aiul I'll lie up to ton in
five minutes."
•• Hlcsa your generous heart, which no
.wwtiuied miighucaa cau hide!" ciciaim
ed Chuc, gratefully, as alto hurried frviut
the ahop.
Sitting down, Jerry bent his heal
oti the oountar, and bright l< am trickle,!
fn>m hi* eves into the lioot on his lap.
"Poor thing jioor thing!" he tnur
mured ; •' slie's yet to barn that vow*
are I token easier than shoestrings,
atnl "
lie wa* interrupted bv the shop dour
opening. Looking up, he found tiefore
him a tall, well dressed uum, with a
bronted face aiul thick U nrd and mus
tache. Jerry started.
" I'arvlon my intruding," aaid the
stranger ; " but rau you give me the ad
ilreaa of Mrs. Weston and her daughter ;
I be-ird t!tev were living somewhere in
thus street I"
"N*o!" said Jerry. "What do you
want with 'em t"
" Thev are fneu.la of mine."
" Svreils such as you don't often, 1
should think, liave friends IU this uoigh
borhood."
"In the land 1 came from, frieud, the
rank is not the guinea's stain p. Hut I'll
seek elsewhere.
*• Stay a moment; I'll inquire."
Jerry, carefully cloving the door be
hind liiin, sat down ou the stairs and en
joyed a inula chuckle, fearfully apoplec
tic in character. Ou the landing he
rejaated it, with much movement of
tin- legs, 'l'hen he entered his lodger*'
parlor.
Dropping into the chair placed ready
for him bv the fire, rubbing his knees,
his face oat K-ansiug smile, ho cried:
"Domany one believe in man ! 1 don't!
IVkvh anyone believe iu Australian gold
diggers ? 1 don't ! lhx\, any one le
--liove in lovers keeping their vw -i f I* r'
bleas you, I don't not a syllable J"
Then, turning abruptly to the astonished
women, he procsi-ded: "L mk hen-;
I'll give you a riddle. Sup|>uae a c<*itaui
Australian should come to England;
supp vK* he should come to me; unpinn
ing ii> should come into this room, now
would a certain party behave I Would
lie laugh 7 Would she faint
"Oil, mother !" cried ("lore, stalling
up; " 1 know wind he means. It is Gil
bert !"
" My dear, reflect," interrupted tie
wi low, restraining her.
" Yes, site's right !" exclium-si J rry,
with a eniier. " It's Gilbert—Gilbert !"
Flying t- the door, almost precipitat
ing himself over the bah: trade, lie
shouted: " Yon Austndiau, come np !
You nugget of fidelity, come hen-!"
There was the bang of a door, a firm,
rapid tread on tho stairs, ami the
bearded stranger shot past Jerry into
the room.
"Clare—my jsair, poor Clare!" L<
cried
"Gilbert !" she ejaculated, rushing
into his arms.
The cobbler, after another caper, dis
erectly retired to ltis shop, mid let off his
superhuman excitement by a charg>- at
th-- Isiys in the street.
Gilbert FernsiJe, a rich Australian
cattle >wtier, proved ind -J a nugr< t of
fi-ii-litr. There was a weelding,
t> wlii-h Jerry was asked, but he
answered lie was far too wis' u msu to
make himself uni-nmfortabh'. Indued,
h<- sent th • bride a pretty gold br>'!i<t
a: his wedding gift —a present :UlTti- n
a tody tr'-asiire I lit Clan l .
Y'-srs the young wife, in lu-r
home at the antip sles, rcci-ived the fol
lowing charaet. ri-tic letto-r:
" Mr Deiu—While writing this I'm
going off. When yotigrt it, I shall have
left. S-> this is to my good bye. Bios
y ! lam n kiulu vs old man, and, you
know, a miser; but I'IU ui-t going to give
my money to you. What would £I,UOO
b* to your Australian digger : A drop
in the ocean. Be iid'-a, you enn do with
out it. No; it's goiug to the hospital
for children, to which I have long Ins u
an unknown aubserilKT. Good-bye.
Bless you—blesa you nil! Yo t r old
friend,
" Jr.Kiir, Conntr.ii ANI> MI-.R11."
Tliat letter, too, was treasured; and
m tli" heart of th" bright, cheerful borne,
in the wealthy kind, "Jerry, the M iMir,"
was ever laid iu ek ei fill memory.
tu Absent Minded Woman.
A fiumy incident, which lately oecured
in tlie gn- -office in Chicago, is described
by the /n/r.'-OfT'iii.' The wife of a
member of the llliu. it> Senate entered to
pay her lull, carrying her portetnontmie,
us was her custom, in In r right hand.
Has ing occasion to write h'r aignnture,
she clianged her po. h t Imok to her left
hand, then started to go out. Noticing
that her right was empty, she missed her
]urke.t (took, and turned to>n rough l<Mik
ing individual who hod lain standing
by meantime, exclaimed angrily : " I'll
thank you for my jKickat-liook, nir."
Two or three of the Isaikkeepera
rushed out, exjH'cting to see the man try
to escajie, but li" stossl still tuul calmly
sriswereed : " I haven't it, ma'nuj."
" You certainly have; I laid it down a
moment ago here, and you are the only
person who could have taken it."
" I beg your pardon, ma'am," said
the stranger, "but I am no thief. I
have not got your pocket l>ook."
" I'll have you arrested and searched,"
cried the irate ladv. "As you jibsiae,"
responded the man.
And as the madaine tried to open
the door to eall a policeman, she dis
covered h"r nurse in her left hand. The
stranger smilingly listened to a profuse
and prolong- d apology.
A Trick of Ills.
Haynea, a comedian in the early part
of % lnt century, was arrested for u debt
of £lO. The Bishop of Ely happened
to !>e riding by. " (Jentlemen," lie said
to the bailiffs, "bete is mv oonsin, the
Bishop of Ely; let rne luit speak a word
to him, and lie will pay the debt nml
costs." Haynea stopped the bishop's
carriage and whisped iu liis enr: "My
lord, here are two poor wavorcrs, who
have such terrible scruples of conscience
that I fear they will hang themselves."
"You two men," called the bishop to
the bailiffs, "come to me to-morrow, and
I will satisfy you." The comedian de
parted in peace, and the next morning
the liailiffi presented themselves at Ely
Place. The bishop ("struck, perhaps, by
the comedian's ingenious device? is said
to have paid the money.
The Ilejs.
Thuycidades Brown, a boy of promise,
was compelled to stay at home from
school for a few days on aeconnt of a
severe cold. Neddie Preston, one of
his mates, called on lnin and endeavored
to cheer him up. He said: "I know
how 'tis, Oid; when a fellow gits nick
he's mighty lonesome, and likes to have
his chums drop in on him." "Lone
some !" and Thuycidades reached under
his pillow and drew forth three of those
blood-curdling romances,bound in yellow
t paper and published by tliat friend of
American youth, the diino novel man—
! "Lonesome? Not much! The fire was
just beginning to crackle nicely under
Bowie-Knife Bill when you came in, and
11 had to drop it."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO.. PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 187').
Hull.Kit EXPLOSIONS.
)lcIIU si ibc t nlltil Malra ( •mmlulaii
Vlipwlutral la l*r.tlssls liar Kal>lril-lw.
Dlaiairit.
Tli oouiuusaioiier* by Uu*
United Stl a government to determine
tlw o*nn of boiler explosions have just
completed their sexsioua. Tin' omii uu*
Mull irt COUl|HMx'\l of bill lit* of tilt) itbli ht
professors mill uioolutuiinl engineers it*
the country, mill consists of Prof. Win
look, of Harvard I'uivormty ; Prof.
Thurstt.u, of th< Stevens Institute of
Troh ; Isaac V. Holmes, l'h.urle*
W. (kipeluml, mill J. It. ltol.iuMtiu, auc
clmnioal engiue. ra. Prof. Wiulock, who
presided ut nil tilt) SeaMoUS, Served U1
place of Httperviaiug (Irnrral liist'eeh'r
Smith, who resigned, and Prof. TUun>
ton wit* appointed to till tho place of
Prof, ih'ojuxutu Uruwfurd, ditt-itsed.
The session* ju*t hehl are the first niutv
the eljkTiuii uU ut kuidy Hook and
l'itt diuigh, Mul ailitW the appointment
of the new uieuiltenv The ri|>eriiiient*
wlueh liave been made have lull of v.u
sidentbh* value, hut the chief object
which was to Ih* th t< rniiiieit, namely,
tlie discovery of what caused the exiraor
dinury pressure or tuiihleu t*va*i< .11
which Caused boiler explosions wit*
defeated hv the fact tluit eljK-riuieiit tli
mou.itruttwl that a* yet there have Iwvn
made uo irliahlo prmaurour htvalgiuigi ■
which determine the exact pressure uiul
heat ma I Killer. This was illustrated ut
Pittsburgh, where uov end piunsoro
gauges wore uU.whed to the Halue boiler,
which wa* k-utg exjK-ruueuted Upon,
aiui after the pressure hoi reach) il 1100
pounds a variation of lfSl pound*
discovered between the different iustru
intuits. It was then dt h rtuuied tlutt lu
ll to further experiment* should le
made, the cfifoita of the luelulierw of (tie
commission ahotild IK* directed toward
the construction of a pyrometer, which
should ai*cnrat*ly determine the h* ut
utid pressure irtKiti a Ih'ilit. Tins was
the subject dwciLsacd ut the meeting*,
atid from exuenutouU which have Ikk*u
maile by Mr. 11 >binton it is la-lieved
that A perfect instrument can be con
structed. It is characterised a* a ills
corery, rather titan an invention, mul it
is -.fated that it will IK* posxihle, in case
tin* wuter Ls lifted fr<m the bottom uf u
boiler by heat or otherwise, to indicate
that fact uistanbUiiK'Usly by the low in
•Irument, thus recording the rxnet U in
j eratare mid furnishing most valuable
information as to the cau.-t.-K of the sud
den and extreme presauw which, I wing
more than the r* d-aing power >i the
iron, eaus-.K the rXphnioU of the holier.
Slu uld the hope* ai.J expectation* in re
gard to this umtniroeiit prove correct, it
will lw i'laced iu tlie Smithsonian Insti
tute at Washington, where it will tw used
as ttie standard gauge for pressure
throughout the country. It whs decided
to ivmiuuc ope rut ion* ut Sandy ll'K'V.
aliout the middle of June. The amount
originally appropriated for the exjwri
menU wa* ftIOO.iKIO. A considerable por
tion of tin* stun lva* lw*n exjieaded in
instruments which are of oon*idrrnblo
value, but it is stub 1 that there vet re
main about e-tU.UUO.
Muscular Argument.
Do you know Dr. I Bui 1 won't
give Lis tMiav. He might not like to
have it prxuUxL 1 tut Lis friends—and
they are legion—will rwifturi. Lnu. lla
is n dentist of Lewistcn, Me., and u.<>.t
emphatically n lire mall. Of middle age
(when the event liapix-ned of which 1
write), slight in build, out every cord and
muscle like finely tempered fct-*-l ; light,
wry hair ; feature* prominent and hand
some ; with a pair of eyes like torx, Ho
whs n radical nutti—radical in his friend
ship, in Lis religion, in his politics, and
ee |socially nulii-vd U|x>n the irabjoct of
temperance. lie wo* one of your posi
tive men, acting always upon ouuvic
tion.
The doctor writs also a dear lover of
tnie, manly and healthful recreation. Of
good horses lie was on anient admirer,
and his team was hard to lx tit.
r l he temperance turn of Lewist u were
pushing things, and the docbir pit.Led
with them. In fact, he ratio r hxik the
lead. A inrge number of snnvptition*
venders of the ardent wi re brought up
and punished, and the disgusted suffi r
era swore vengeance. Da (tin daily did
tliey swear vengeance against tie- fan
hatred, silver hingtied d< tor.
The doctor's office was in lew iston,
ntid his ilweliing over ujxm the other
•dde of the river in Auburn. Duo eve
ning, a little hit.: than usual, lie start's!
far home on foot. It was .lark when he
reached the bridge. U|xm the Auburn
side In* was csiiifronUsl by two nijn who
hod evidently Iwu lying in wait for him.
They were stout, burly men, coarsely
drevwil, and very marae of speech. By
the light of a neighboring street lnuip
the doctor recognized <>n of tliem as
the keeper of a low groggrrv which
luul lately Iwea cksuied out with his
help.
'l'lie men w-re not utterly brutes.
They gave tie ir victim a chance. Tin y
told him, honestly, tlttlt they were going
to liek him within an inch of his life.
And tlioreU)K>n they squared oft".
'* All right," Mai<i he, when the ruffians
had announced their pnrjxwo. And with
the quick news of lightning, mid with
about the name effect, lie delivered a
blow of hi* fist directly lx-twcen the eyes
of the foremost aggressor. Aggressor
numlver two get th<- same done iustanter.
As aggressor nundxvr one got upon his
feet, a second blow leveled him ngnin.
And just so with nunilx-r two.
"Come, coine!" cried the doctor.
" Hiurv np. f can't wait here all
night."
Aggressor number one rained himself
upon his elliow, and wiped the blood
from his nose.
"Yon neixln't wait, doctor. We're
satistie.l if yon are." And, with nil oath,
he added something alxmt "a trump,"
and alxmt the David that slew Goliab.
The doctor, thus dismissed, wended
his way homeward, humming a confer
ence meeting hymn. i never heard of
his being molested again.
Swindling.
Home rustics have just been " done "
in a very contemptible way. Two well
dressed scamps found out the deaf ]>eo
pie in town, and then pro|x>scd to cure
them for from $. r >o to gKXI each, aorord
ing to their extremity, asking, of course,
an advance payment. Homo paid from
$lO to S2O down, and were ornamented
with a wire contrivance which came over
the top of the head and down Itehiiul
the ears, and which they were to wear
four hours a day for eight weeks, as it
would keep up a current of electricity
that would ultimately restore the func
tions of hearing entirely. The swindlers,
of course, have gone, hut some of the
dupes are still wearing their foolish head
gear.
FBIOHTCVRD TO DEATH.—On the wall
over the bed of a dying woman in Co
lioes, N. Y., a cross appeared. It began
with a more outline, deepened in color
until the woman died, and then faded.
She saw it, and superstitionsly regarded
it ns a premonition of death. The
neighborhood was intensely excited, and
hundreds wont to see the cross. At
length a matter of fact newspaper re
jKirter investigated, and learned that u
leak in the roof had let water into the
plastering, the discoloration taking the
aigniflcaut shape by chauoe, and that
when the rain storm was ovor tho cross
faded. It is probable that fright aggra
vated the woman's disease and killed
lisr.
11l At Its A Nit FA It N Kits.
.1 Hint lat i lUr (iurr Iw Wutk I puu..
hitiNilht | ikr Air.
An easy but en viable imiuoitality j
uwuit* thut grange or fat met *' union ,
which will *u<v*rwwfuUy divert tho agii
culturul uIU-ttUon fioin the mighty inia
erica of imlrouit iuuuo|*)ly to the peltv '
fratiiU which infest our furntera' livi-s '
like YcrUliu in a beggar's galwriiuie.
The farmer is more expoei il to jK-tty 1
*w.ndluig and i* more swiudlod in jK-tty \
wsya titan auy other clum> in our loiuiuii i
luln a. Tin* priKVeds partly from hi*
inolutioii tutd tiii* unaoplilitimlndtmaa in- !
M'jwirable from that coutliiiou; but it i*
partly ilue also to uu Uilpuliuure of alow
returns and u believe tu short cuts to '
wealth. Commonly the faru cr taken
only one paiwr, a weekly; often lie take*
none. In the former ease he reiigioualy
runts every hue, uilverU*eineiiU and aIL
New rKK-it* that yield ltitiKNeubly, now |
hrvedh of stock and fowl*, new \ mietio*
of fruit, miraculous potab'K, tstt* which
stand like l>ean poh*n and iiuiver with
golden harvest*, corn which produeee '
llfty ear* to the stalk -he lu-itrs of all
those wealth bringing prodigies, lie OncM ,
them certith i! to in the mo t authentic
wray, he believes in them implicitly and
nvent* iu them extravagantly.
If the farmer takes no |H| r at all, '
and conducts his affair entirely bv the
unaided foron of natnral talent, him the j
"agent" *ptos out, lu-s m wait fur, j
jsuuis-a upiu, and grown fat by drspoU
uig. Suy the agent u a fruit peddler: he
exhibits hi* magmricently colored litho
graph* of impossible pi-tti-Uea, apples
and pear-, or gK*s around with rnrj* t
Itags filled with samples of byj>ertftiphnKl
iwliforuia fruit preserved in spirits to
t* nut hi* moral and adorn his tale. 'The ,
farmer buva strawberry plant* by sample
and fiii'l* fie baa secureii a tine growing ;
crop of ciuver root*. We have kuovru
an ugellt, (Miys the New York World, to
make a clever living by goiug round the s
country m-lling plant* of that pretty
•nlatia:i-on* herb, tlie Alkr
k'ttffi, a* a new and valuable variety uf
wi)il-r-ri|K'ning cherry.
Kwn if tlie farmer i-srvjK-s lieiug vie
tumxi-d by the agent and the a*lverU*-
ment, h- i* still liable to IK- caught by
the insnlious a ilea of tlie local Cobgreas
tuatt and tic ih-iv-itful ~kxl jiackagca of
the Agricultural bureau. One cannot \
always Vm* upon thei/ui i iir, and imagine
the angnisli which await* tic farmer
who, giung away from home n]M>u lmai
una, tin<ln on returning that hi* sou lias ,
ilocti >red the slioep or tic ouwa aecord- I
ing to n*ci|M*s found iu the agricultural i
npoii, am! his wife has sowed h<r
tlewi r Ikhl# with sc4kU from tXiiumi*
Mi ner Watts I
It occurs to u* that the granges have
here a wide field for the exemx* of a
venr signal usefulness. Here are abuses
wliK'h tlo-y ran successfully attack, and
which the whole country will tluuik them
foralisliiig. If they will ferret out thi-*e
fnvuduh-ut sg- nts and swindling silver
tiwuisnt* and exi*kk* them upon ail oO
CAicssi*, Uiev will remit s good many
sturdy knaves to hottest industry whil'-
navmg the furtui'rs an annual *um of
money aliaolub'ly lust, the aggro gate of
vvluch would Mlfiio' to cuidoir half a
doXi-n gulleges upon tin- imwt lilwral
scale.
If in addition to hunting down indi
vidual swindles the grange* should make
determined war upon the ignorance
which reiidera such swindling prosjver
oua, they will be <lwiug a work of itatiou
al education quite out of the rcOi'll of
nchool ksurU and college corjKiratiouo.
It is ptvlttble that then t nothing which
the collective Amerirrui jK*ople n*ed so
urgi nllv to learn a* the simple fuet that,
two auj two making four, two ami two
cnunot make five ul any time, in any
place, nor ns'h-r any conceivable circurn
"toosea. Tlw dolh-etive jwople eon ouly
learn tiii* bv each jK-roou reidixing it tor
himself individually. Iguuraiwx) of this
principle underlies pretty much all mis
take*. fiuaucud, jsihticai, moral, a* well
a* agt leult ural.
A I'lot for a I'layw right
We remember n tradition of the Mao
a Clieek valley that would Is- well to
eoni:n< not with. After the fight and
destruction of the Indian towns in that
locality, one of the volunt'-erx, wander
irg ill the woo.lv, saw the hea I of til lll
dtsu | >-<'ring at him from liehitid a nx-k,
and without a whereas of any length and
n resolution quite as brief, brought h ; s
gun I i his ah<>uhh-r and tired n ahot tlud
tumbled over the inquisitive ulxirigiunl.
To the hunter's horror, he found the
victim of the f.-nude sex. with a papoos;
Stntp|D'd to her Iwek. 11<- removed the
lials-, and lie and his companion buried
the mother, lb- curried the infant over
a hundred miles to his log invhin, on the
banks of the Ohio, ;.nd adopted the Ixiy.
He grew to manhood, a ahy, wild fellow,
with no toate for civilized pursuits and a
love for the WtxwlA.
The situation ws* unt pleasant; for the
youthful I*D was expected to work for his
living, and th" Labor was of the hardiwt.
To make matters worse he luul the mis
fortune to fall in love with hia ptitron'x
daughter, a beautiful girl, with no ci J
of siutora, and, as an ludi.su in those
days was regarded as little better than a
negro, his love-making did not
prosper. His love was soon plighted to
anotla r, and as the wedding day drew
near the young Indian disap]x-ared. The
marriage camn off with its usual rough
ineiry milking, that consisted of rille
shooting, rimes sml wrestling during the
day and dancing and drinking at lught.
The merry-ma'.ing continued rdl night.
The next :n >rr.mg the two so lately
united for 1.10 were called to breakfast.
They did not r> sjxmd for the very good
reason that lxitli were dead, Ix-ing found
murdered on their bridal couch,
All knew who the nvengr-r was; but to
leave no doubt upon that head a wampum
belt, worked by the poor girl years lve
forc, was found upon the tloor nt lier
feet. But ho was never heard of nfter.
He seemed to vanish into night and
memory. The poor father, recognizing
the hand of retribution, t xk to drink,
and WHS sent to Congress.
The Overcrowded Cities.
There is hardly a city in the United
Stale- which does not contain more peo
ple than can get a fair, holiest living, by
lal*>r or tr.ule, in the best times. When
times of business depression come, like
those through which we have passed,
ami are passing, there is a large class
that must lie helped, to keep them from
ertiel suffering. Still the cities grow,
while whola regions of the country—
especially its older portions—arc de
populated year by year. Vet the fact is
patent to <lay that the oulv prosperous
class is the agricultural. We hnve now
the anomaly of thrifty farmers and
starving tradesmen. The agricultural
class of the West are prosperous. They
had a good crop last year, and hnve re
ceived good prices for all their products;
and while the cities are in trouble, and
manufactories are running on half time,
or not running at all, the WeAr-ru farmer
luw money in his pocket, and a ready
market for everything ho has to self.
The country must be fed, ami he feeds
it. Tho city family may <li> without now
clothes, and a thousand luxurious appli
ances, but it must have bread and meat.
There is nothing that can prevent the
steady prosperity of tho American
farmer but the combinations and "cor
ners " of middle-men, that force unnatu
ral conditions upon tho finances and
markets of the country.
The Metropolis uf Holland.
It is on* of the ]M*culiariti*** of Hoi
land, says a writer in Nrribntr't maga
j aiue, that we go duwu lUto it from tlie
i sea, and the further iu we go the deeper
j Jowu we get. The metropolis lie* on a
riM r or estuary ealled (fur short) tlie U.
i Into this we entered through u ponder
ous granite built lock one of an u**ort
' ed Serins, or various wn-s, mijustud to
vewla of larger or smaller dimensions.
! After we hod been shut into our com
|strtmeiit tic valves wreivi oju-ued, and
j we followed tic dinning water until it
I reached'tlie level™ f the IJ, when till*
gules were swung luck uud we stunned
■ uu to the city.
And here we were iu Amsterdam—the
mother of tic " Xieuw Anisterihun " of
IVter ?*t uyvesuiit and Wuuter Van 'l'wil
b*r. The guide Uiok* (to which the
n ader is r*sjK*<-tfully referred) are food
of Uhng this town " tin* Viice of the
. North," which mislcud* tic imagination.
Like Venice, it i* limit on pile* Eras
mils speak* of its (K-ople living like
J birds perched ou the tops of trees uud
si'iue of its obscure narrow alley* ore
ouly canal*, lt-vond this, tic n-sem-
I bianco* are ou y difli-ren-s. The ctuiuls
|M-!itrate uiaity of the princi]>al stroeU,
I it 1* true, but those art- wide tliorough
faios, with broaj, w.ll pa veil roadway
and sidewalk, and often with four niw*
at trees the water wav b iug lietwrcu
i tic cenU-r rows. Carriages and heavy
1 drnys are moving in every direction, ai*k
, the cgual* are but htth- used for uitermd
i traffic. Canui)suits, lighters, and iu
Soiue put* eveu stpiore nggt-d slii|M aie
floated op]H*tlte to the Warehouse* which
•re b n*c ive or to deliver their oargusa;
hut tic city lias a ruar and hum that
would at once destroy the dreamy charm
i of Venice.
There i* much iu Amsterdam that i*
j inagiafii.-nt, mid iu which we were
greatly inknedrd, but my present pur
|*uM- is mainly eoUoccted witli those of
it* feature* which aehloai engage the at
tention of travelers. liisiug at ilay
break, 1 strolled nut to see the street life
of the early morning. Nlaxket men and
market women from the country, near
and far, drossK-d ui their widely vary ing
i bwal oadunico, were plying their traflie
ill the street* OJid oU tlie canals, aiid
hoiiae muiilx were scrubbing steps and
Kid- walk*, oiid sweeping to the middle
j of the carriageway, or hurrying home
with prayer l**>k or market IsiAket. The
town alive- witli a population which s
few hours later would luue way for those
who are ouly known to the broader day.
Coiialboats were arriving and depart
1 uig ; moving out frvuu their bt-rthfi
through a crowd uf other crafts with
that mysterious kind of silent help that
a moving canaikat always get* from the
, cr w. of it* in ighU>rs at rest—its sides
j ore proihlisl with bi*t hooka from here
i and from there, and it aluwly ilou's out
' from the crowd and start* on its way
'• *an* mot din-;" turfbosls were 11<mU
mg into tlie 1 laui llok, furling tin ir
ml* and lowering their moxta ; cargoes
i of cabl signs were U-iDg toscj, oiva by
ouc, from men iu lsmta to men on shore;
j here the ehdt* rof knivoa aud fork* was
_ heard tli rough low bac*k window and
••abin lrnU-h, arid here the vrouw wss
washing up tin- breakfast thinga iu a
slat fliaired kitchen sink hanging from
the taffrwil; strange looking people
wete doing Mrange looking tlungw
throughout all tin strong**-looking fleet,
and ail with the air of it* Iwiug iu uo
wise uuttanal or peculiar. Ou shore, a
street vender wa* utlraciing custom with
a watchman a rattle ; UK-U were bointuig
baskets uf turf to tlie cellar, at the Un>
of A high house gable ; women aud chll
! ilteu were going from a Imsement witli
the sign " water en runr t** koop," with
mstUy painteif iron bucket*, each having
* kettb* of lsnling water at the top, aud
a lump of burning ttirf ut the kit torn
; going home to make the morning tea ;
! at every quarter-hour the carillon jingled
from all tlie ateeokw. Tlw* gin idioji*
were ulnndy well p.dronifil, for it
seem* a uuiverhal habit, in this most
northern climate, bv take "ecu riwk-uw
halletjc " of gin and sugar n* s fnsjucut
projihylactic. At this mrlv hour, and
i nkmt the canals, the gihksi beads and
odil kiutiet* of the |K*a*ant women arc
i more fr<H|uent tiiou elsewhere, or later
in the lav.
Boiler Ki plosions In hug laud.
Ttie Ml// Mull ftactte snvs : The
list of | ler#ouk killed by accident in IH~I
verv heavy, anl under one head alone.
a .ioiy, that of boiler explosions, the
figures are start!rag. Mr. K. B. Mar
tee, chief engineer to the Midland
Stotun Boiler Lns|ection and Assurance
Company, in his annual repirt for 1H74,
■ays thai during the year rtxvirds were
obtaiued of seventy-six boiler explo
sions, causing the iLwths of seventy
oew ii and the injury of one hundred and
ninety-eight jx-nwuiK. These records
cannot Ixi presumed to <Mntaiu all the
explosions tu the I'niLsl Kingdom, as
many are not heard of beyond their
own neighborhood. Of the two bun
dr.-d wn.l seventy five |ienons kilhxl or
injured toil were owners, master* or
IlialingiT>. tllirty-two were eugllie niell
or stoker*, one hundred and eighty
throe employed at works, alvont twenty
of whom were women, and alxint fifty
bystoiidors, some dozen of whom were
women and children. Then' were in
quests or inquiries in the forty fatal
cases; and, five tx-ing in Scotland, the
result was not mode public. In nearly
all the other cases the venlict was ac
cidental death, anil sometimes blame
was attributed to those resjvonsible, in
one case amounting to manslaughter.
The explosions hapiened—nineteen at
mills of various kind*, fourteen at iron
works, and thirteen nt mines snd col
lieries, witli the result that fifty-four
persons were killeil snd one hundred
and sixty injured. The other explo
sions are ranged under the several
heads of chemical, domestic, marine,
builders, railway, clay, brewery, farm,
mid "no information."
A Terrible System
We road <ui interesting account of the
" silent system " which is in operation at
the Holloway model prison in London:
It is nn offense for prisoner to srn*nk
one word, and ho is never addressed ex
cept in whispers, so that he may le in
prison two years without hearing the
natural sound of the human voice. The
effect of this is so terrible on the miiul
tlint prisoners will sjwnk out in deaporn
tion, at the risk of any punishment,
rather tlisn endure that horrible silence,
'l'hey never see one another, but remain
in perpetual solitude. There is a fine
hole in each cell, and as the wardens
wear India ruober solea they can never
be sure of being unwatclied. Every
day the prisoners are taken to a clisjxd ao
arranged that they can see no one save
the chaplain, and him only through an
iron grating. And thus is the order of
devotion observed. Wardens are con
stantly on the watch, lest for a aingle
instant tliey, through the whole of the
service, depart from the rigid rule of
"eyes light." They must look stead
fastly at the preacher; must raise and
lower their prnver-book with the elbows
squared, and all at once, like soldiers at
drill. They may not scrape their feet
without having afterward to explain the
movement. Tliey scarcely wink an eye
or sigh without dinger of rebuke or
punishment.
In Japan wheat is sown in November
in drills sixteen inches apart, and one
pnd a quarter bushel of seed to the acre.
Terms: a "Vonr, In Advn
CAST AWAY OK AK ICE ELOE.
TrrrUal. K>Krltait ml a t*rl ml Kt.fc.r
turn .. Ifcr |ctr..-Tfclrfcca ml Tfcrm I*l..
The hteamaliip Nuruberg, which ar
rived nt B<dnm->rv from Ilreu>en, took
from the arhuouer George S. Fogg n-u
flabarmen who on March 'id had left St. j
Mary's, Neafnaudloud, to Ustrd a brig
wldcli was ice bound two tniies from the
shore. Ou their return they found the
iiw had separated from the sliore, and 1
Dint they were utl<wt upon it. 'The party
originally combated of thirty-four, of
whom seven were fruseu to death oil's
c.ild night suoooctliug the accident. Nine
others Is-came iw-psratod from tlieir i
comisuiions, three of whom were picked '
tip by tlie sch< mer Georgw 8. Fogg, the i
remaining six having ptwtehod ou the
ice. The rust of the (watawrays regained
the ice-bound vessel. They found
nothing to eat or drink ou board except 1
molasses. The ship drifted out with the
ice, hut was in sight of the ousst six or
seven days.
Ou the 11th of March, after ten day*
of intense suffering front hunger, thirst,
and cold, the oatSawaya sighted a - -lioou- '
er aUiut four miles to the eastward. As '
tlir ice was too weak to bear a mu, they
took a boat from the ship mid made fur ,
the schooner. It provi-d to be the
George H. Fogg, Capt. Hjieune. They
were received with great kindness, but j
of course liad to live on short ration*.
Subsequently eight of the men wore
transferred to a brigautiue and throe to
a brig laiunil to Harbor Grace, N. F,
Andrew Moouey, a survivor, says the
tee hod lieeii Arm all wiuter, and some of
the villager* had gone out upon it fre
quently to hunt aeabtrds. Ithadahoatj
< m signs of moving before that fatal day.
K-]Hirts had been received from the
headland* that ■ vessel was aeeu drift
ing about, and on the the A1 of March
the brig was discovered two and a half '
milt* from the shore, fast in the ice.
The Iartj of tliirty-fotir was quickly
gathered, and they started out on the
toe to her and anient the day on board.
Toward evening thev started homeward;
but had not proceeded tar when the ten
rtble fact Is-csme apparent that the ice
liad parted from the aluire, and the open
ing was increasing every moment. Con- i
liU-matron seised upon them as they
iiaatened forward, and each threw away
las outer heavy clothing as he ran, to lie
encumbered as little aa puavibln.
When tlie brink of the tea was reached,
the Kixtce of water between them and
the shore was half a tutic wide, the ice (
having Itf-okru uue mile out Irani the
land, and the uuinctme field upon winch
they aloud was floating stood Uy further
out to s.ll. It wax cut quite dark. The
(*rt v wua .rliaUKted, and but ludf dad,
and they prepared fur the terrible cold
which taxtu net in. At first it rained un
til they were all wet to the akin. The
ruin then turned t<> duet and mow. Hie
wind veered to the northward, auj the
Cold became intense, the fierce blasts of
wind rutting them to the Ixtoe. Then
oam the struggle fur life, the men
-tamping their f*t and runinng madly
the more sturdy encouraging the
weak and faltering. The cold increased
until, a Mooney says, it liad reached a
degree <>f intensity not equaled befi*e in
that latitude thi* winter.
At midnight the cold and exhaustion
b -gan to tell upon several in the little
jvuty. lint our and then another of
them would lie down, toying h<> could
Si no furtlier. The other* would nick
em up and try to keen them on their
feet; but after reeling tor a abort dia
tauoe like drunken men they would fall
aena< ICMN upon Uie ion and die without a
struggle. Timer able to keep their feet
had enough to do to keep themselves
from falling into the fatal letiiugy, and
with -ad hearte each victim was left to
hia fab-. When morning dawned seven
rur|MM were counted at intorvxW npni
the ice, and of the remainder none conk!
b'U who wa- to be the next victim. A
piece of ice twenty feet square floated
near the brink of the ioe in the opeu
water, upon which nine of them got,
hoping that it would float toward the
ahore ice, ami they could thus rave
themselves. When it had floated three
hundred yards from the ice upon wtixrli
their comrades stood it grounded, and
tlie nufortuiiates remained upon it for
three days and nights, during which
time six of them died, the other three
being those picket! tin by the schooner
George 8L Togg on the Mh of Marob.
All the food they had in all Uiat time was
a small whitofliib, which wo- fr >xm in
the ice. This tliev divided between
them. Of the three men two are badly
froxeu.
The eighteen men remaining after the
nine floated off on the smaller ice field
mode their way Itack to the abandoned
brig, wiiieh w-ns tightly jammed in the
ice, and was carried with her. All ex
pected to die in her. and some of tliem
hd lost their senses before reaching
her a second time. The fishermen, who
admit tliey sre uulettered, could not
read her nniac, but knew she was not
Kuglisli. The crew had left on the ice
for Hollow Koad, a village n.-ar Ht.
Murr's, the Ist of March. The brig
moved with the ioe for a week in sight
of land, and the fishermen wen* on her
b'U days.
To n question as to how the news
would W received in St. Mary's, Mooney
replied: "There is now mourning in
everv household, for they do not know
any of us are saved." He said he liad
six children, and tlrnt some of those who
had died lud families equally large.
Capital TS. Labor.
The cotton masters of North Imiea
shire, Kngland, held a meeting and re
solved "on a gi'nersl lockout nnless the
operative* of Pickering's mill, in Black
burn, who are now on s strike, returned
b> work unconditionally." Taken as a
question of dnty Ixtweeu man and nuui,
it is hard tliat the ojHuwtrvre in all the
mills of North Lancashire should he
turned out of employment simply Inc
rease those who work m Pickering a fac
tory will not consent to the UTIUS irn
poocd upon tliem. We can see no justice
m such a resolution, aava the New York
Herald , hut we se infinite danger in
this policy of retaliation. It is the array
ing of cliv-s against class, which was seen
in Franco Is fore tho revolution, and
which was among tho impelling causes
of that tremendous movement. When
capital combines for the offensive or de
fensive against labor it brings an issue
so terrible, MI painful, fraught with so
many disastrous consequences, that we
cannot think of it withont the utmost
concern.
I.uano not an Excrement.
The long received opinion that guano
in the dojK><rit of myriads of sea birds,
accumulating through long ages, is ren
dered untenable by the recent investi
gations of I)r. Ilabel. After treating
the guano with an acid, microscopical
and chtmioal examination revealed that
the insoluble residue was composed of
fossil sponges and other marine animals
and plants precisely similar in construc
tion to such as still exist in tlioae seas.
The fact that the anchors of ships in the
neigliltorhood of the guano islands often
bring up guano from the bottom of the
ocean is quite in opposition to the preva
lent belief. Dr. Habel therefore oou
siders thut the deposits of guauo must
be the result of the accumulation of
fossil plants and animals whose organic
matter has been tranfonned into nitro
geneous substance, the mineral portion
remaining intact.
NO. 16.
HOW TUKY LIVE.
Tb. lan* Niaktr ai M.w b. Vmt
Ab.nl tb. Miwti Hi 4m Nat bio*.
No one can observ* carefully the con
dition of the Street population of a large
arty or any of the towns in ila vicinity,
without noticing the groat number of
penults who are ott of employment
We do not refer to the crowd* of pro
feasiona) beggars, and those persistent
schemers who pewter buainens men ami
worry housekeepers. On sB thorough
hires, especially in the buaintws porta of
the town, there ate numlMtrw of aMe
bodied men doing nothing, but lonnging
about wtUt an air rather of apathy than
anxiety* They gather cm the corners,
crowd'about certain favorite places of
mudexvous, obstruct the sidewalks, and
are chiefly recognizable by their stub
born listlcmmeM. They arrrvidenUy on
bad terms with the world about them.
They are teunldcd with the thought that
society is dotug them injustice. They
endeavor by their appearand* to convey
the impr-*--ion tlud they are suffering
from some moral injury. How they
' live, we do not know. That they do live,
and that they do not a-eu to do any
work for their living, ore the only facts
in that direction which am at all certain.
But they add very materially to the ap
pearance of want in the city, and they
appear to justify the worst that can be
■aid about the Kupeaabuudiuirr of labor,
t In the ooauiry towns they are to be
found in shout projKirttonaf* munbera,
especially in those towns where the
manufacturing interest is temporarily
depressed. Here, of course, their iden
tity as wail as tluwr movement* are leas
mysterious, though it might he extreme-
It difficult to sultc the 'location about
their living. A part of Ui solution is
possible, aa mddeute in the vicinity of
such towns can testify, particularly if
they own well furnished hen roosts.
But aa fur the rest, we aao aa much in
the dark as in the case of the idlers of
the city. Petty deprodsiiona can at
U-st afford but a very partial sustenance.
Families are not supported through
ihein, and yd these id go on from
week to weak and month to month with
out any legitimate or visible empioy
, meat.
But an* they obliged to do so f It
they were asked the question they
would, of course, affirm that they are.
But we should he very much disponed to
doubt them. We are not fur a moment
denying the difficulties which hare had
to lie eucountaml during the past win
bar. The subject has been noticed by us
so frequently that our views in regard to
it cannot well be misconstrued- But a!
the same time we are well assured that
there are many of the unemployed who
could get wurk if they chase to take it.
Possibly they would have to go out of
their favorite occupation ; possibly, too,
they would have to accept lower wages
than they hare been accustomed to con
sider themselves worth. But still they
could get week.
In the nodule of the winter, asya the
New York Punt*, a gentleman applied
at Cattle Garden for a maa to go upon
his place about ten miles cut of the wty.
No s]wtal qualification* were required
A few days afterward, he received a \iait
from a stout, able-bodied young fellow.
For seven months, oe the man himself
stated, he had been unable to procure,
work. Hence his application at Castle
Garden, and hia reference by the super
intendent there to the gentleman re
ferred to. After some oo&rersation 1m
was offered tho situation, with sixteen
dollars n month during tho winter, and
twenty-five dollars a month during the
summer, and. of eouraa, residence and
board. lie rejected the offer indignant
ly, and ww* almost insolent at being
offered hue than eighteen and thirty doT
lars respectively. Many instances of a
like kind liave'oome to our knowledge
during the but few months, and yet those
people who refuse such offers are satu
ii-d to haug around tho street cmsaa.
and to whine atiout the difficulty of get
ting work. Tlie time is now at hand
when there will tie plenty of work in the
suburban didriet* if there people will
take it at a fair price. It will go undone
if exorbitant wages are demanded. At
the firet opining of spring, there is
much to do in garden* and on the land
generally ; and very much lire to be left
undone,* while strong, able bodied men
in the cities are complaining that there
is no work. 1"1) remedy is, therefore,
largely in tlieir own hands But they
must desert the stm t corner* and the
city, and be content to labor for a fair
equivalent. Whether tlim- will do this
we very much doubt. If there is not oc
cupation for all there, certainly there is
for a vury large number. If they would
rather grumble and starve, or bve upon
their neighbors than get an honest liv
ing, it i* their own fault. They have no
right to complain of the want of employ
ment as long as there is any work to be
done anywhere within their reach. And
if tlicy do. they cannot expect to reoaive
much public sympathy.
Thought- for Saturday Mght.
Vice digs its own voluptuous tomb.
A proud man never show* his pride mi
tnnch as when he is civil.
Grimes sometimes shock us too much;
vices almost always too late.
Hie great misfortune of all is no not to
be solo to liear misfortnne.
He tliat will watch Providence shall,
never want a Providence to watch.
It is but one atop from companionship
to slavery, when oue associates with vice.
Active natures are rarely melancholy.
Activity and melancholy are imcom
pstible.
Toil, feel, think, hope. A man is '
snre to dream enough before he flies, 1
without making uriaugemanta for the |
purpose.
Every event that a man would master J
must be monnted on the run, and 110
man ever caught the reins of a thought
except as it galloped by liitn.
Virtue seems to bo uothuig more than I
A motion consonant to the system of
things; were a planet to fly from its
orbit, it would represent a vicious man.
Men are often capable of greater
thing* than they perform. They are
sent into tho world with bills of credit,
and seldom draw to their Ml extent.
No man's abilities are so remarkably
shining as not to stand in need of a pro
per opportunity, a patron, and even the
praises of a friend, to recommend them
to the notice of tlie world.
It is uot so difficult a task to plant new
truths as to root out old errors, for there
is this paradox in men—they run after
that which is new, bnt are prejudiced in j
favor of that which is old.
To do an evil action is base; to do a
good action, without incurring danger,
is common enough; hnt it is the part of
a good man to do great and noble deeds,
! though he risks everything.
It Is Said.
A tea made of chestnnt leaves, drank
in the place of water, will cure the
i j most obstinate case of dropey in a few
days.
A tea made of ripe or dried whortle
i berries, and drank in place of water, is
a sure enre for a scrofulous difficulty,
► oqwever bad.
A tea made of peach leaves is a ware
cure for kiduey difficulty.
A plaster made of fresh nUnlmd lime
and fresh tar is a sqre cure for cancer,
which, with all its roots, will come
out
A tea made of willow leaves - is a sure
, cure for fever and ague.
<*f with
•mt salt. * mm
lX*w* the in motor of the **wing-ma
rhur, was ibwtifraV- At thirty, a million
■ire lis year*
The new edition pt the " Encyclopedia
Britannica" is iw tip with the type com
jMminflr mwliinw. ♦
Hit neurit of Hum Ward's mkwm •
ihe fed that ha never bores a man. Com ■
mit thst to memory.
A Colorado aiula-woe presented a
" musical pm-lwnr " with a gold fhhlle an
inch Kmg, and S4O.
. AVbat it that which every na tmi
ill vile, lmf an one ran aw whew it has
been divided f Water.
A malting trade a wait* the hooara
thai now ad vertiao liberally and let peo
| tie know what they are doing.
Kentucky dogs are charged with de
stroying over 200,000 sheep in that
State within the laat two years.
The flne wool aheap, formerly the
pride of Vamant fanners, aa well aa a
source wf evealth, bare si moat disappear
at from the State.
It is shown by eeientiho analysis that
guano is not the deposit of sea birdm but
is oowptsmd of fossil of apongwraiwl
other marine ammnis and plant*.
A petition was reoenfly piwsented to
the Maiaachiw-tH I.egudaiure. asking
that the sentence of banishment against
linger Williams, paaaed in 1635, be re
voked.
It is said that nothing will cure a
poet'a affection for his idol sooner than
to <atdh In rat the '&£*** table excava
ting the kernel of a hickory not with a
hairpin, f
Ihwn Swift said: "It is with narrow
sonled people a* it is with narrow
necked bottles; the less they have in
them the more noise they make in pour
ing it out."
A Southern eftiaau who bore the rank
of general in the Ooufadavwt* acrvicc re
•-,-nt.v joined the United Btates army in
New Oricaaa, und Uiday auric* a mus
ketas a private soldier.
Forty-eight aavinga banks in the State
of Ngw York report a total of unclaimed
tk-powU amounting to $846,£44.72, of
which $316,656.60 has remained un
claimed for over twenty yeura.
Pork packing in the United States
this season has turned out about 1,100,
ttIO pounds of hog in various forms; or
555,000 Urns—enough to load 55,500
ewt, and 3,700 railroad trains.
It is wad thai the well brwd ladies of
Paria never by any chance are seen wear
ing diamond* in U daytime. A great
many American ladku m-ver offend good
teste by wearing them. They cannot
afford to.
K New York paper nays: You ought
to hear the king line of young men.
while freesing Lbair toes in waiting for
their papers at the puslroffiee, talk about
what they 'd do with Congress if they
had the way about it.
"Number* is what doeathebaaLneas,"
shouted a man who lives cm Mechanic
street " When ray wife is alone I can
reason with her end run things to suit
myself, but when her mother is around,
I am md even a atorkholder in the con
cern."
The Grangers of California have formed
a chartered business asaocaatiou, with a
capital of §1,000,000, to deal in all kinds
of agricultural produce, lire stock and
federal merchandise to charter and load
remda, and to stop grain to foreign
A Providence woman who had ae
curad a good plane to *ee the fit Pat
rick pruoMsion, reported to a policemen
that she had lost her child, and be
aongfat Mm to find it, aa abe did not dare
to go in search of it loot abe should
"tore her place."
A Mue tonal man suae a grocer for ob
three dollars and fifty cents of
him on false pretenses, the grocer having
sold liim seven dollar* and tea cents
worth of butter, which the buyer alleges
shrank fifty per cent, when warm, 00 ac
count of anew or ioe in ik
A horrible piece of erweltj waa perpe
trated at Guard, Fa. Home miscreants
entered the barnyard of a farmer, where
a vouug calf was tied to a stake, and de-
MheMMty cat the animal in two, running
awwv with the hindqwartem When
found the forequarteas ware still alive.
Mm. Oliver Pernr Biee, of Indian
spoils, has received from George H.
Pendleton a legal opinion that she is
heir to an estate worth §68,000,000.
The estate lies in Alleghany county, Pa.,
and it* heirship has been traced in direct
line to the late Gideon Kitrhic. father of
Mrs. Bice.
A young wife in Pottawatomie county,
lows*. aw<>ke about midnight and asked
her husband a quantum. Receiving no
answer, she placed her hand on his head
Ito awake him and found him cold. He
was dead. When be retired that even
ing lie was in excellent spirits and ap
parent health. f
The weather, unhappy man, is now
]4easant enough for you to beat the car
pets. In the ruormnff when you ret
up aud see your wife Ajing arouml the
room with a handkerchief on lwr head,
a tack hammer in her hand, and fire in
her eve, you want to etuub into your
garments and drop out of the window
and make tracks for the office.
A Philadelphia womii remarks in the
JWm ; Where are tlve poor who seek
employment ? Vainly hare I searched
for a fortnight for a woman willing to go
cightwn mues into the country, at high
wages, to ti*e in a ©omforUble, warm
kitchen, with plenty of food and kind
treatment, and cook for a small family,
doing her duty as a faithful servant.
The Mexican Barter.
It ia impossible at present, says s
Washington dispatch, to anticipate what
measures will be take a to protect the
Texan frontier from further incursions
of the outlaw* and banditti infesting
both* sides of the Braaos. The fre
queuey of these raids lias been the
subject of extensive diplomatic corre
spondence between the State department
and the Mexican government. A few
weeks after PostmasteMienera.l Jewell
entered upon hie duties he had occa
sion to officially call attention to the in
terference Mexicans with our mail
service, and asked what could be done
to prevent a recrurrtjoa of these
troubles. The Heeretery of State in
formed him that the Mexican govern
ment complained of depredations com
mitted ou its soil by Americans, accom
panied by tmch evidence as to make the
charge appear reasonable. It was his
impression that lawless men of both
countries were engaged in these preda
tory raids. The Mexican government
was anxious to give the needed protqp
tion, but as often as troops were sent
to the locality infested the banditti
would have fled, and it wits a impossible
for that governnint aa it was for our own to
protect so long a -stretch ef frontier with
the few troops at the yi}>osal of the
commanders on either side of the river.
It was a difficult question and one in
which tha correspondence seemed to
show that Mexico had as much right to
complain of our dereliction as we had
to aoouae the Mexican, government of
permitting the oatlity to disturb the
peaoe of the people on the American
side. The Mexican minister, Senor
Mariscal, says that it ia certain that the
borders troubles are as tyuch the work
of Americans as Mexicans, who frequent
ly raid upon the Texm Bettlers dis
guised as Indians and Mexicans, and,
in discussing the-remedy, he said that
people who live m a malarial country
could not expect to oscqpe the disease
incident to that section. . It was impos
sible for Mexico |t> kt*p a standing
army along the border to prevent the
raids from the Texaa rid#. So, too, he
did not see whytheUnißfed States should
be put to the enormous efpense of keep
ing its border aliye with cavalry. It
was to be deeply regretted that this was
the condition of affairs, fiut both sides
suffered alike-, aof*fcs*ha the misfor
tune ot thoae whodmbftv to live in s<i
exported a UttO- itay should be at
the mercy of reckkw* jmjliWH.
it is said that the more daring of the
parties engaged in mids
are ex-sotmera, who, rained by the war,
prefer the life they are leading to earn-