She U nol Fair to Outward Tlow. 8h U> not fair to out want view. A* many msalftn* tw ; Her loveliness I never knew Until ahe smiled on me : O, then I eaw her eye waa bright A well of love, a prtag of light. But now her look* are coy ai..i cold To mine they ne'er r*|>lv ; And yet 1 cease not to behold The lovelighl in her eye ; Her very frowns are better far Than smiles of other maiden* are ! —Haktuv t\U.KKtUUK. The Two Angels. (i >1 callM the infarct augela who dwell with him above; The teadeiwst one was pit*. the deaivwt one ve love. •'Arise." he said. "my angels 1 a wail of woe and ain Steals through the gates df heaven, and sad do us all wittiiu. 'My harjw take tip the mournful strain that from a Kiel woikl swells. The smoke of torment olou.U the light and blights the asphodels. '• Fly downward to that under workl. and or its souls of {torn Let love drop soule* like sunshine, auJ pitv tears like rain 1' Two faoee bowed lefore the (hroue veiled m their gokleu hair ; Pour white wing* lessened swiftly dowu lite dark abyss of air. The way wa* strange, ihe flight i,wig , at last the angel, oauie Where swung the !,*■: and nether workk red wrapped hi ray less Satue. There p.ty. shuddenug, wept ; but love, with faith too strung for feer. Took heart from Hods almigtiUueaetad siu.'cd a smile of cheer. An I lo 1 thai ten of p!> >) aerwhed the dim* w hes\ oil it fell. And. w.th the euu&luue of that rixlo hope en teral into hell Two tin veiled faces fall of joy looked upward to the throne. Pour white wings folded at the l'eet of ll.ru who sot thsreou! Aud deeper than the svuud of sea-, more soft than fall u .' flake. Amidst the hash of wing and song tlie Voice Eternal stake : •-Welcome, my angel* 1 ye have brought a bolter joy to heaven ; Heueefanb its sweetest song shall be the song of am forgiven 1" —Juki*, (f. ItAih r. AT THE COOKHOUSE. Exeertrrrrx •! at kirac* Itrrarirr Wku *rni Tkrre Ilaj* a* a Vaaraat la liar l'orbMr. Grouped ia doornjs and aW>ut the yard of the county-house, as we came up, wire various human figure*, whose slender forms denoted the preying* of misfortune and want, and whose gar ment fluttered about in ribbons of tat ters. They had crept out of their t"ue aiei.ts t> wituess the daily arrival of the •' bus," the solo link connecting tliem with the world. It was very cold. The air was laden with forebodings of snow. Attempting to rise, ia ordi r to get out of the wagon, I found my limits stiffened with cold, so that I could scarcely stand unsuppoiUsl. I assisted the driver, however, in letting the very old woman down from the wagon, after which, I, too, dismounted. My three male com rades were shivcringly standing near, in readiness for further instructions. The driver said U 'tiling to us, but continued unloading the wagon of its stoek of groceries. Under the pressure of cir cumstances I thought myself justified in addressing the driver. Accordingly, I stepped forward and said very humbly: " If you please, sir, where are we to go!" If he had allowed his la tter feelings to predominate for only that one time, uud find been humane enough to give me the uesired information, I could have for given all his previous brutalities. Hut he did not. He never vouchsafed to re ply or even to lift liis head. And I thiuk that was liard, considering that we thinly-clad wretches were needlessly shivering there in the cold. Finally a bystander said to me in a low tone tlmt "the ole man " would be around direct ly, and would show us where to go. In fact, after a moment, " the ole man " ap peared. His actions denoted that he was in authority, and yet his appearance was mean. I was considerably puzzled to understand wliat his position at the poorhouse wan, and I afterward learned that he was one of a detestable class known as boss paupers. He approached leisurely, ami, after staring at us con aecutively from head to foot, removed a pipe from his mouth, and said: " You come with me." Now when I first saw this man I was favorably impressed with his appearance. His outward look was tliat of a re.ng nt his bid ding, single file, in the direction of one of the large tenement buildings, but we had scarcely taken a dozi-n steps when the old man who led us stopped. He deliberately turned around, and, without any explanation, stood gazing at the driver of the wagon, who w:n still en gag'*,! in unloading. Now this old man knew that we four shivering wretches were suffering from cold and exposure. And yet he deliberately kept us waiting there in the snow for nearly ten minutes, while he did nothing but look unconcern edly at the wagon, apparently entirely oblivious of our existence. 1 am con vinced that lie did this iroiu pure anil unadulterated malice, merely to exhibit his authority. To thow readers who are sitting by their comfortable firesides, and who have never been exposed in their garments to a three-hours' jolting over a rough road on a bitter cold day, this may appear a trifling matter. Doubtless it was not an indictable crime. But to ns, for the time being, it was a serious thing. It was a cruel and wan ton aggravation of our suffering; and yet it was only one of a series of petty tyraunies"to which I, with the hundreds of other paupers, were constantly sub jected. Finally, after having given ns ample Eroof of our subjection, the old man nocked the oslies oat of his pipe and leis urely proceeded. We tailed after him, and, entering a large two-story frame building, found ourselves in the mi. Ist of pauperdom. It was a large, long, low room where we were, each side be ing lined thickly with cots, leaving a passage down the middle alxmt ten feet ia width. At the foot of certain beds were little wooden benches, upon which, in various attitudes, were seated the in mates. Some were also lounging npon the beds, while still others were stroll ing up and down the room or clustering about the stove. Without exception, they were tattered, wretched, and listless. There was very little conversation, although our arrival was doubtless the only new topic afford ed by the day. Some of them looked curiously at us, but very many did not lift their eyes from the floor. Our guide conducted us to the far extremity of the room, where he was joined by a shaggy headed old chap with an unnatural fierceness in his expression. The latter fetcLed from some remote corner a lan tern, a%dusk had already settled upon the i dace, and a slate wus likewise pro duor d, upon which he scrawled the an swers to certain questions, similar to the formula which had been fired at us in the county agent's office. The fierce old man wasterse ratherthan argumenta tive. Thus: " What is the matter with you ?" with KKIOD. KVirPZ, Ktlitor nml 1 Vopriotor. VOL. MIL I a vi.vleiit jerk in hi* tune, an if spring ins mi Muliumklen]Kiu the unsuspecting intorrognt.xl. *' It's the fnvnr I've lurd fer the list thru months, to l>e share, an' the doother"— "Shut im!" aiul the |xxr wreteli writs liu-th-d i>aok with the word* ruttlmg in his throat. The ceremony having lieen jxrfornied as to all of us we were hailed by our guide, aud pushed out of tho fetid air of the nxuu into the uippiug atmosphere with out. Crossing to a frame building op poaite, we found ourselves in a room which I concluded to bo the "kitchen," as there was a large cook stove in the middle, ami a sink in one corner. "Sup per for four," exhorted the old man, mid relapsed into his native •euitaerues*. A squint eyed fellow iu the capacitv of head waiter rose sleepily out of a dark corner iu the kitchen, and disappeared iu an adjoining apartment. He returned immediately, bringing iu his hands a burden uudistingnislutble until brought w itliin the meagre nwlutnee of the tur pieces, or nither chunks, which lie threw down at regular inter vals ujhui the not over clean table. Truly, thought I, here is abundance. Here is liberality. l!achchunk of bread w is at least two inches thick, and from six to eight inches square. The noise of the bread descending iqvon the table was like tluit which would lx> produced by so many stone*. 1 waited. " Eat," saiil the "boss join per." My companions fell to with a zest. 1 attacked my chunk of bread fiercely, but with no {verceptible diminution of its proixirfcona. The aqnint-eyed man again advanceil upon us, Is-aring four tin cups, which he set Ikfon- us. 1 hsiktxl at liiv tm cup. It was laitterevl and rusty, and it was till txl with a dark tluid from which .-team arose. It was tea. I lifL-d the cup ami tasted. I sat the Clip down ujxui the table. I did not drink anv mor- tea. Can I describe the ptx-ulior taste of that luxury w liich the generous hearted people set before its paupers t I fear not, and vet I will try. Take a sip of it. On entering your ruouth it tastes very much like warm water. Swallow it. As it g.n-s dowu your tliroat you experience a seiisatiou such as might follow if yon were kicked by a mule or hud swallowed a small dose of chain lightning. 1 cun uot describe it more particularly, except to say that tho savor remains aud abides with you a long time. For my part, I can taste the tea to this mo ment. Such was our supper. As ttium as the first man was tlireugh—it happened to be me—the " boss pauper" .signified that we were to follow him. The poor fellows who tia.l eagerly devoured their bread and tea looked sally around, but had not even the courage of Oliver Twist to ask for "more." We arose and fol lowed the magnate, who led us across the yard to still another building. Here, mounting a flight of rickety stairs, w<• entered a room <>u the second floor, swarming with human Wings Pass ing through, we nunc into another room, also crowded, and thence entered a third apartment, larger than either of Uie other*, and proportionately jmpula t d. These rooms were all amuigol similar to the one we liad been in lwfore supper. A line of beds extended along W>Ui side*, leaving a narrow pus ; .ge in the middle. It was now t. From tli* pil' we disengaged a tick, n ragged quilt, atul a sheet, yellow and rank. With these we made our tx-.1, after which the old man left us to our i solves. Shortly afterward Hie rinsing of 1 a Wll announced the hour of retiring— i eight o'clock. One by one the dusky | forms that had been moving about the room sank out of sight, the lantern Was extinguished, and pauperdom was | asleep. I took off my shoes and coat, | folded the latter into a jiillow, and got | into bed, first taking care to thrust the sheet as far from me as possible. Sonus | how I preferred to lie npon the tick, nud I even hail an instinctive predilection f >r the edge. Tin' large room was veiled in ; blackness, not even the rafters overhead being visible. I eotild not sh*ep on ac I count of the horribly fetid smell ; so. after a wliile, I softly arose and ojtened a window u>ar by, letting in a rush of pure air. Tln n 1 returned to my dismal couch. By and-hve I heard strange ' noises all over the room—faint grinni ings and remote wranglings. I listened, but could not conjecture whence they proceede red. after lv ing luy face ami hand*, that u coat sleeve i*. after all, u tity convenient towrel. breakfast consisted e very queer if there were not. The dregs of humanity were they, with i few exception*, gathered from the gutter, not from the shop. Possibly not vicious or criminal, they were yet of the low. d tyjsi of creation. Ignorance, drink, and superannuation were what brought tliem there. The majority were old. Some luul Ixtn shifted upon the county by ! their children, and these were generally supplied with tolxicco anil clothing from home. Some were sick, some idiotic, some downright insane. There was not one man in ten who luid his wits plainly alaiut him. Nearly all were umrc orles* " cranky." having l>een made so by re cent association and Imbitsof living, even if they luul never been so before coming to the puorhonsc. There was one young man who went by the apjvellation of "Gutter Snipe." Poor SuijH- luul hccu the worst of liard usage, and only a very small port of his senses luid hell left in lulu, lie vvas forever on the wing always walking j restlessly up tuul down, up and down. | His dree* luul Iss-u sliockiuglv neglected by the authorities. His rugged woolen shirt was o|x-u in front. His insufficient trousers were greatly alienated from liis shoes, exposing a long stretch of Iwre leg. He luid no stockings, and his shoe* were siqx'rubmnlaittly ventilated. In his peregrination* Snqx- never uoticod or spoke to aiiyUvdy, but could frequent ly be heard murmuring to himself words of uniiistingnisliable import. Once in a while he would suddenly stmt and run, or rather leap, down the room, but would immediately resume his former pare. It wiut his habit of running which iiad giving him his sobriquet. Sni|>e wa* | no doubt insane, but lie waa peaceable. He and I got to be regular old cronies, sworn friends, during nsy jHinja r xjm-ii Another oddity in Ottr war.! wiu a young man culled " IJWIUV." lie WM nut rcallt insane, l>ut ouly foolish. Never, since he has Ix-eii M the JMH ir bwsc, has he ever Ins n known to utter a word. He sat (or hours, in fact all ih*y, in one p notion near the stave suek mg his thumb, and trying to hs>k wis.-. Loony w:is also harm Usee, ami ;i l*o was he shamefully trmtel bv th.<- authorities. He had a qneer habit < f picking up hits of II|HT and chips from the ths>r, ami itiTi fullv hoarding them up in his pock ets, |s roup* thinking in his weak bruin that they *en< treasures of iu> atiraablc value, (hi the morning after tuy arrival, Loony ttjs Fitting in his curtumil} place with tiis chin upou his hands, gazi:ig out of a window noon the uu broken white sea of prairie, when the jianpcr " liAppfiinl to ol*er\e hi:n. The "bosn" " name, I hud by this time ascertained, w()'lUti-ii. o'ltri> n rlunral to look toward* Loony, and M* the latter'a distended exit |>oeket. Now, he km w j>erf-ct!y well the jxwr l>oy'* weakness and lie knew wbnt wn in the |x>cket. Hut with the malevolence which seemed a part oi this old man's nature, he stej'jx-d arrows to l/*my, and without a word knocked him down. Then he titled his jxcket* roughly, at the mma time calling the attention of nil the jam Iters to the trembling wretch. 44 Look here, will ye? Here's n nice rats' nest!" cried he, ns he emptied out the bits of pajx r and clnjis. And all the pau|M'rs groveled around and echoed: 44 Oh, what a nice rats' nest it is !" The dinner hour was two o'clock. Paupers don't eat supper in winter time. The dinner this day was looked forward to with phasing anticipation. There was an unwonted stir and com ment in our ward previous to the ringing of the bell. All were eager, and more or less excited. Why ! It wan liean-sotip day. Once in two weeks the grand event cornea off, and there is a consequent n-laf. Sick men douued their rags and crawled down to taste of this rare luxury. A very intelligent-looking Swede, who was confined with inflammatory rheu matism, and who could acarcefy move without shrieking with jiain, borrowed n crutch and hobbled down stairs and across the yard to the dining-room. Agnill I waited until the third table, as I preferred to avoid the crowd. Tli ticiui soup was made in the base ment of the main building, and wax tlieiico carried in a washtub across the yard to the kitchen. It wns then ladled out into huge pans and placed on the dining tables, where again it is sule ladled into the various tin platters. I entered the kitchen while the second table men were at work, and, while I was w,.telling the transfer of the lxvin soup from the tub to the pans, I heard a sen file in the dining-nxim. Looking in, I saw two junipers fighting. Tliey were desiierately engaged, beating oneh other with fists, platters, etc., and were with difficulty separated by the cook. I learned afterward that the casus belli was a disjmte as to which should lie servisl first with the liean soiiji. Like dogs struggling for a Ixme these men fought over a dish of thinned soup, and one of them gashed the other's head with a dipper. Is any moral necessary f I trow not. The Cost of a Seat In Parliament. Member* of the liritisli Parliament pet no pay—but many of them pay very heavily for their wilts. A parliamentary return just issued shows tiio charges in curred by the successful and defeated candidates at the late general election. Among the dearest seats are those for North Durham; the x|wnnes of the two successful culldi(lutes for this county were £17,601; those of the two successful candidates were £10,602. Thirty-two successful candidates in seventeen dis tricts paid £116,650, nn average of £.'!,- 1 645 for a neat; while their unsuccessful rivals paid £55,800, ail average of £l,- 083 each. In another group of districts the losing candidates paid more than their successful rivals—ton candidates for eight districts paying £47,547, an average of £4,755 each, while the seats were won by fifteen other gentlemen at ail aggregate cost of £42,353, or £2,823 each. The most costly tests Hoem to be those of West York; two losing candi dates there paid £10,894, while the two successful ones got the seats for £0,062. How many memb rs of Congress would pay $15,000 for their election I CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY, APRIL 2t>, 1873. Files Are I'scful An Interesting Lv pciliii.nl Hade. It has generally l-eu Imlieved that the common house ily was a nuisance uml of i.o earthlv us.-. Prof. Emerson, u noted English chemikt, found that fiies were not so iiSi li'S* as tln-y are suppoMe.l * > IK-, hut that as scavengers of the air they are indi*|>euNable. Did you ever watch u llv who ha* just alighted after soaring about the room for some little time f lie gs* through a series of ojhtu lions which remind you of a mt lick itig herself after a meal, or of a bird nlumiug its feather*. First, the hind feet are rilblksl together, then each hind leg is jmsved over a wing, then the fore legs undergo a like treatment, ami lost ly, if you look sharp, you will see the iusvt carry his jirolsw-is over his legs and Issly as far as he can reach. The minute trunk i* p. rf.vtlv retractile, uml it terminates in two large lots-*, whieh vuu iwu a* 1 Biinwl aut when the iii -ect ix'gms a meal Oil u lump of sligir. Now the rubbing together of legs ami w ings may be a smimthing oiwraLou; l.ut for wliat purpose is this carefully going over the Issly with the trunk, esjsviully when tliat organ is uot fitted for licking, but simply for grasping ami suck tug of food. Prof. Emerson found on examination that the action of the tliiw was to gntli.-r animalcule*, which had atLu-he.l to them iu flying alsuit the room. lie t.sk a slan tof white pajs-r uit> the kiU-heii and waved it around. Liking cure that uu files touch isi it, went I wick to the micro msitx- and there found animalcule*, tla same a* ou tlie*. He had now arrived at something definite; they were not the progeny of the fiy, but animalcule* float ing in the air; ami the quick motion* of tlie fli.-s giillu-r.sl them ou their lsxlies. Olid the fines then went into some qui. t corner to have their daiutv meal. The investigator g. * on to h-scrilH< how lie amtinnnl the experiment in a variety of localities, and how, iu ilirty and brnl smelling quarbira, he found the myriads of flies which existed there literally covered with aniinalcul.-*, wlule other flies, captured iu Ixd rooms or w.-ll ventilated, clean ajKUluieiits, were miserably lean and . ntircly fr.s* from their prey. Wherever filth existed, cvolriug g -ruis which uught geiarat. diseo*.', tli. Ie were the i!i><*, coreriug tliem selves with the minute organisms aud gnsxlllv devouring the same. Mr, Emers.m, while thus proving the utility of the rty, lias added another ami lower Link to that curious and iaxx-**ary chain of destruction which exists in ani mated nature. Theae iuiimt* .-uniai animalcules form Rhhl for the lias, the flics for the spalers, the spiders for the bir.l*, the bini- for the quadru]H-da. and so on up to the lost of the acre *, serving the name purix.s.- to man. He rtaiuly deserve* cr.*lit for on iub-reating and novel investigation, ami for on inUdli gent di*cemnient which might even at- Lick the difficult task of teaching us the us>w— for nature make* nothing without some beneficial end—of the uuuiutlculoa tlieiunelvci. .Making Soft Soap. Mary (\ West lias the following cluit with a neighbor, and as slu givi-s a few good hints as to making soft mp, we quob- entire ; " How did you run your lye t" 1 asked. " I put ashes in a large barrel till it was full, and then allowed water to soak through from the top in the IIMIU] way." " Was your lye strong enough to la-.-tr an egg so soon on it came from the Imnel ?" " Yes." " And did it seem to cut up the grease f" " Yes." " Well, that was all right—what was the trotthle with It, then t" " Why, the lye and the givsw would not unite; when it had cooled tin- grrosr was all on the top ami the lye at the bottom— it's always just my luck." " What kind of wood did Jon burn to make your aslu s. " "Oak. Isiy and magnolia." " And what did you put in the bottom of your barrel, under your ashes f" " Nothing but a little flue brush and broom *> dge, to keep the a!ie* from running out" " All has Ix-en js rfeetiy right except the List—in that lies tli<- secret of your Imd look. You should have put at the ltottom of your vessel a few- )K>uuds of quicklime—that you are likely always to liiul ueoessury when you burn swamp wood. Ashes from swamp wood have n great power to absorb carlionio acid from the atmosphere, and rarlmnic acid pro dnoes the effect which you name; but lime neutralizes the acid and makes it all right." A Woman's Cure for Lockjaw Several weeks ago this community, says the Heading I'.injlr, was somewhat alarmed a!suit what was considered as A lockjaw epidemic. A gnat many fatal iiuu-s wen- n-jKirted, and the physicians again found thcniselveaat a loss to prop erly meet this much dreaded ailment. The following cure, urged by an elderly woman residing along the illuo motiu tains, is said to Is- effectual. Some w ill not enqiloy the remedy lieeanse they think it too simple ; others have no faitli in it, while others often think such a wound as is made bv running a rustv nail in the fnt t<*i trivial to make mticn fuss about. The remedy is simple and always on hand when needed, and if put into practice many a life might lie saved. It IH simply to smoke swell n wowml or bruise tluit is intlnmcd with burning wool or woolen cloth. It is said that in twenty minutes the smoke of wool will take the pain out of the worst wowml, and repeated once or twice, it will allay the worst cose of inflammation arising from a wound. People may sneer nt the old woman's remedy as much its they J dense, hut when they are afflicted, just et them try it. It has saved many lives and much pain, ami is worthy of Iwing printed in letters of gold and put in every home. Separating Them. Vniidalin, Indiana, is strongly eonser vative, at least in church matters. The old custom of separating the men from the women of the congregation still pre vails in one house of worship. A viola tion of the rule was observed by the clergyman during a recent Kiimlny ser vice, and he drew the attention of the offenders to the fact in a loud tone of voice and rather emphatic terms. They did not seem inclined to move, so the reverend gentleman persisted in his vociferations, laying the sermon aside till ho had disposed of the breach of church etiquette. At the third demand both transgressors arose and left the ' honse. KAI.H and Boats. "What are you after around here I" inquired a Detroit grocer as he saw a small boy edging up to a sugar lmrrel. "I'm looking for rats," replied the boy, as lie got out. In a few minutes lie was discovered at the back door, and the grocer called out: " Ha! Are you looking for rats yet i" " No, sir," replied the boy, moving away, " I was looking after my lost i goat!" Henry Hard Iteecher's Oalh. When the defendant ill the great suit of Tiltou <6. It..s'her was called a* a witness, tlie sii'iie which ensued is d acrilxxl as follows: Mr. Evartasuid: "Mr. Beeclicr will lx* sworn." The defendant r.me amid a bustle in tin- room, and, carrying his soft hat folded together in his hand, mode his way Ix-htlnl tlie jury Ihix, cwme to the front with a gray ami rigid face, and step|X'd Up U|m.|i the stand. The ; oltl(S-r offered him II Bible, but he put it a*i.tc, and, looking straight ahead of lulu ul the clerk, la Id up his right hand. I" You do solemnly afirrm oral declare" lx gun Mr. Malhsou. " Wait a moment," put in Mr. I touch, springing up, and Mr. Evorls , got up Lsi. " Yon do nol. muly affirm and declare" ; rein-wed the elerk. " Wait a moment, sir !" sliouUsl Mr. Heaeli. Then he said, solemnly, to the judge: " 1 object to this form of oath, sir, unless Mr. licechef shall dtwlare tliat he liusix.UM-a-lltloils st-ruplesagwllist swearing ujxu the Scriptures." The witii.-sj. did not move a muscle, but stood upright and giay, looking straight at the clerk, or over hi* head Olid out of the window. Judge N.-iisoij Any form that Mr. lleech. r considers will bind his con acience. Mr. 1 teach—The statute, sir—the statute is that a witness shall be sworn UJMili the Scriptures unless he deelar.-s he lias consk-ieutioUM scruples agaiunt tliat naxle of swearing. Whereupon, uim.ii thc*a liarah voice* broke Mr. llecchttr's mellow one, and he said, in grave fashion, unmoved by tlie , ungracious incident: " 1 have conscientious scruple* ugamst ' swearing ou the llrble." Mr. Malllson ts-gali again; "You do solemnly uftirm ami d.vlare " uud Mr. ILxx-h.-r ha.l put up hi* hand again, w hen Mr. Kvarta said, "Btop!" Hie clerk stopped, ami Mr, Evart* told him: -• lie swears with uplifted luui.l by the ever-living (hsl, a* is the custom in New England, the distinction between an J oath and an affirmation tx-iiig the same i there as la-re." The clerk suited all parties at last, ad ministering tin* oath: " Yon do solemnly swear, in the pr ence of the ev.-r living tiod, tliat tlie evidence you shsll give in this i**e joined between Theodore Tiltoo, plain tiff, and llennr Ward IWcln r, defend ant, shall lie tla- truth, tla- whole truth, and nothing but the truth." " I do," *aid Mr. lleeclmr, and i**tU.*! in la* x. at at oiux- in a lounging, cotu fortable attitude. Natiie Cruelty in India. A IVurisla correspondent of Uie Horn liav (iaztttr furnishes the following re markable, and, if true, atrocious jr tn-ulars of a case of cruelty, which, he says, has created a profound sensation, as well it might. It appear*. a_v* tins authority, that one of Mulhar Hao's courtier*, who was in great favor with lus highness. Was looked UjmU Willi jealousy by some of his fellow courtier*. Si, to get him into trouble with the Maharajah, they n js>rttl to his highuc** Uuit the favorite had lss-ll casting amor- OILS glances at the Queen. The jssir man was then *eizsl und. r—aa 1 hear it will Is- satisfactorily proved- the order* of the Malutntjah, and cast into prison. S|>eei:il fetter* and Ittftliacl.-s were forged for him. 1 have w-cu th<*m. A great iron I sir tn .irly as thick as your wrist and nUnil eighteen iuchiw long, with thick heavy rings fitting on it for the liamls to go in to secure his arms. These tiling* alone weighs! twenty two j-omuls. An iron ring of gn-at weight was put around hia neck, and a chain was, Its lievc, nttaehed to it. Hltgv iron bof* with riugs utUw -bed, tig. tlu-r weighing thirty-Ave pounds, wen- fastened to his leg*, so that it must liave Iww-n unpoa-i ble for the poor fellow to walk t-vt n a vard. He could neither stand, sit, nor lie down. 1 am t Id the weight of the iron nttaehed to lus hands must have Iss-n almost always on his chest, ami Uie iron around his neck must have ls-nt his body down so lliat his sufferings must have lieeli terrible. But they dis colored away of adding to them. For about sixteen day* they fed him on chutney made of chilli*si, and gave him salt water to drink. At the end of this time he died. Every one who has seen those fetters feel* sick at tin- very thought of wiuit this jvsir wretch must have suffered. All this time there whs no cllarge nunle against liim.aml there is nn reason to suppose that any notice would ever have been taken of the circumstance if it had not Ihh-u for the inquiry which luis been ordered to Is- held. A Youdon (Vlehratloii. Mary 11. Williams contribute* to .t/ nit Inn n Journal an account, given to her by nn aged relative, of a Youdon celebration in Louisiana fifty years ago. It was St. John's eve, and the narrator, then a young Is >y. prevailed upon a negro woman to take him along. The place of the ceremonies was an alsuuioned brick yard iu a suburb of New Orleans. In an old building two altars of brick bad been piled up, and about sixty negro uieu and women, dri-aaed in white, were gatheri-d. Ou a tabic stood two stuffed eats, one black and the other wliito, and Is-twreeii them was an uncouth image of a woman. At a signal from an old man who i-ondueh-d the rib-s a din was com menced by drumtnera, ami then lie drew out from a box a huge snnke. Several candidate* for initiation had been ranged in a kneei ng posture, ami the snake was drawn slwly around the neck of onrh, the conductor rr]H-nting the name of the order, " Votidon Magman." Eat ing and drinking followed, the ls-verage living sugnr-cune mm, until all wen drunk. Then flres ware kindled on the altars, mid tliey joined in a dance of tin most grotesque description. The women tore off their garments, the conductor brought out tin- writhing snake again, nnd the dancers sang: Hewn' dunce ('altmla. Vcmdoii! Magnian, AMI ! Ale' I >ance ('alinda' " Hie orgies," concludes the descrip tion, *' were becoming frightful. Sud denly the candles tlared up and went out, leaving nothing but a faint glow from the dying pyres. I had grown sick from heat, and IUI indescribable horror took possession of me. With one hound I was out of the abed, and with all speed traversed the yard, fo.-.nd the gnte open, and I was in the street and near home sooner than I can telL If I ever have realized a sense of the real visible pres ence of his majesty the devil, it was that night umnug his Vondou worahijiers." A Hint in Hutch. A plucked goose is the appropriate de vice (for both parties) in most lnwsuits. Victims re rarely lucky enongh to realize this as seasonably as in the case here given: A Lancaster (Pa.) lawyer is suid to lie the originator of the following joke: Being culled U|NIII by both parties to u suit, lie informed the last one of liis inability to serve him, but gave him a nob' to another advocate, who would, no doubt, take hisease. Honiewluit dubious, lie hunted up a friend who could read the note, the purport of which was " Zwa fette gens; du rost und ieh rop" —"Two fut geose; you pluck and I pluck." On shoring the oontents with nis opponent, they settled the case be tween them. I A fiOLIH.N HLDIHNb. I Mrsslllsl si*r> •! a ll*Ml Ulr—-Thr OUr* Time. Iu an old (mrlor in Tarry town (a quiet Peniisvlvama village) there still I angs u isirtrait by lumau of Itachel Carey, of whom the artist auid hers wan tho most rare and flue face he had ever well, Iu the village, however, the New York Trl bum says, she was not regarded as no liamlsouie u woman as the squire's .laughter, whose eves were black as aloe*, and whose check* wore like spree pinks. I'h.- Careys, too, Isiug near kinsfolk of Thomas Jefferson, were held to be of ls-tn-r blood tlnui their Itelgli ls>rs, and were paid homage as only in ferior classes m u village know how to yn-ld def. rt-uce to the lirulimtus among them. Her moth.-r took Itachel to tlie Hewing ls-es and " t.-a osselubliea" of the country Hide, but only the young m.-a of certain famih.-s piesumesl to ask her hand in a datum. The Careys were not rich, it required a good deal of aav ing to buy ami lay by the two dozen silver Hjmous of each kuid which were to be part of h.-r w .siding outfit ; for, as waa customary, us soon us the girl was ls.ru this outfit h>ok its plane in the family plans. Ma.turn Carey put aside her lac. cuffs, mid emeralds set in guinea gold, aud a* mi am as Itachel was lift.-.*n, Is'llig th. u a uiost expert n.s-dl.'Wouian, w.-l<* of fine holm spun linen w.-re given her which she embroidered and math- up into underclothing for the time wln-u she should In* a bride. There were no (•alls, uo l.s-tures, no morning |ia)M-rtlieu with it* nvord of news and crime to fur uiith her with thought ; and when we re menilM-r how much of her youth was spent iu quiet sewing and in pure sweet maidenly fancies of her life to ouuie, we do uot woud. r that when marriage come at last she was a most true wife and ten der mother. It was, Lumvtr, usual for wumrii to Is- m. then. fcibc w jut eighteen when Israel Nowbold asked her in mar riage; a young oounaelor-at-law, of g<*l family, olid to wlium' rmlit )t was known that he had Iss-n approached bv Ilfirr (while li<- was to Western Pennsylvania), luiii hud indignantly refused bim hi* aid or tbiit of bis family. The young ]ieopl wow each other only in the presence of other*; their letters were studied wild formal; the engagement was ke|>l secret, as was the custom, ltut love was as stroii# arid flerv thru as BOW, and framed all the clearer taswuae hidden under ui sl.-a mwrva One can but envy them tlie delicious thrill of their sacred secret when their hands touched it) the stately quadrille or their eve* told the swtt unspoken story. Wlien Jack and 1 telle, having flirted with and kiaaed half a dozen other girls and m'n, engage them selves nowadays between the j anises in the waltz ami lue away together next morning to announce the fact to all their acquaintances, the story diuk blush would rise to her wrinkled cheeks if ahe was forced to >[nli before strwrgera. Her Is-autv was tlieu *■ mar wlon* Unit crowds followed h-r coach in the streets, to the great wrath of her voting huslwuid, who had no mind to make lus raw common property; much indig nati m too was expressed i>v her friemla 111 the city when it was found tlmt cer tain engtmv* rs lutd stolen a copy of In-r |s>rtruit for insertion in a book of the v ar. Israel Xewbold la-come a judge, tud WW left Ilu quiet country neighbor hood. He a stem man, who lived long <'Dough t<> grow cynical with a tiui winch rrwrardi-d clcatmg ami impudence rather than integrity and honor. His wife ntncvniol in r*< If vorv little with the time*. She hiul a family of eleven children. ami controlled a li m* hold of many servant*. In it was earned on the buaincM* of a farm, weaving, dairy work, the making of clothes for the whole fatnilv. She jer*on*l!y au| wriiiteiHled not only all these work", ami the storing away of provision*. fruits, meat*, lierlw, but the teaching of her bova unt girls, for whom ahe employed tutor* ami gov erumses. Modern inahnietion, alio cmu pl tiimd. wwa too wide and shallow; there wa no thorough knowledge given of 1> t >ry, and tuvurato Kngliati waa seldom li ord. Nothing cnnUl be aimpler or purer than her own n*<' of language, in her letter* or conversation. It strength ened the effect which her delicate face and always rich dainty drew had even upon at range ra who did not know her. V curious jiart of that effect was that this woman itid not lielong to society Cor to the world, but to her linslwunl and friends and rhihlren. Her life was no tilled with them, lier great household eon trolled with such wisdom ami order, her influence of strength and sweet humanity diffused subtly through so nuuiv hearts and lives, tluit we did not complain tluit there was no chance for her to become a public character. Her sous have grown up honorable men, lier daughters un faithful, liappv wives. Her btisband died a few weeks ngo, just as their cliil dn-n were rnadv to celebrate their golden wedding, which would liave lwvn on Easter day. After his death she made no loud outcry; the love of huslsuid and wife had la-en aacn-d and wordless always. Hut the pink blush left the aged elieek and she sat quiet and silent. We kflew that she felt her work was altogether done. When lier sons, who loved her very dearlv, found that the end was near, they liiirrii-d to the old liomcniend fntn the furthest ends of the country, and like children, with their lieada iqsin her knooa. cxiod out that she must not leave tliein. " Your father wnnta me, laiys," she aaid gently. " Nobody can take my place to him." Ami so it was that on Easter day she left ns nnd went l*ack to the husluuul of lier youth, and their golden wedding was held in another land than ours. Story A bent Boys. A doting father has two hopeful sons, one five and the other two years old. A few evenings since, after some pleading, they got |Mips twiled wp ntul listened ill silent delight—the little one on his knee ami the elder by his side—while he song the Wantiful song of " Ben Bolt" He feelingly traced the story of the bold mariner and with intense pnthos portray ed the death of his sweat Alice, who sloops beneath the gray, cold granite in the old churchyard " In a corner obscur* and alone." When the song was ended there was profound silence. They were too full for utternuce. The younger boy leaned agninst his father s bosom. The elder gazed dreamily into the fire. After some moments he turned his eyes, glowing witli the fervor of intense excitement, to his father and asked: " Papa, what is a skewrand ?" " A what, my son f" " A skewrand." '• A skeWraml! Why, my sou, I have not the slightest idea. Where did you ever hear such a word as that i" " Why, papa, when yon were singing you said: 'lu a corner of a skewrand alone !'" As it was late and the boy was sound asleep, mother was called and the inspired youtns were put hi bed. Torm: #2.00 a Year, in Advance. TlfK IIMH. OF llKit HEART. " A light lit lost!" eickuned, fcrrent- Ijr, the voting American who M-COWIM , m-d * ItuMWiui eaibaaaadur in tin* luii third ktage from l'ral*k, iii th route of it loug journey southward. " Ibavr-u !■* |>num-J, we are Hearing a human habitation! Through the driving sleet his lu**n yo hail iliaevrrtHl the twinkling of k lamp-light. Tin * hail n< msed thirty j utile* of wintry desert without encoun tering a alga of life. The g"*l news j foiled, however, tu unuw hia aettii doriuiuit coiii|HUiioti. The younger iuau turned toward hint a glauee of compos ■km. Thrown from the sledge some luiliw back on that day's journey, the jaKir emhaaaailor lui.l unstained an injury no painful that only for the lost hour, and under the lliduelio- of opiate*, he luoi ceased from moaning. The isolated dwelling which the traveler* approached, and where the fledges conveying their luggage Itad arrived, proved to tic the iiouae of a Kuasiau ]*eaaauL No sooner hid they juoowd it. wind guard.d pannages, cam fully lined with felt, ana entered from the intense cold of the out door air into the no tea* intense heat of the stove warmed interior, tliau the euiljamador fainted. 'flic < iiergie* of the American were devoted in mediately to the cure of hut friend. He liad already ordered hi* servant to hruig the medicine cheat from the sledge, and be Hjieedlly select ed and applied, with <-x|iros#ious of ten der M dintude, the proper stimulants, k> lions, and bandages. He had the sat to faction to see the einlauaaador slowly re vive, and to ixjiivmoe himself ihat the injury was nothing more serious than a sprouted ankle, which delay in afford ing remedy, and untoward exposure had rendered painful. j, Not only a luuidaouic youth, tall, ; { straight, broad-shouldered, and sunnily blonde, was the young American, Hart ley Berne, but a dashing, spirited, merry-voiced individual, who, a* quick ly as he found his patient recovering, broke forth into phswant sallies, which had the effect to make the emtsuMsdcir's fan- relax from its dreary aakew, and to draw his big features into an approach to a laugh. It was nearly midnight when the doctoring was finished. Tea had been steeped in the gnat ltuKKiau tea-urn, and had lax-n (wallowed in prudigkma quantities, The .mI SUMS. Ior, muttering many but not various adjectives of de t rec Ist I*ll, liad tieen h< axled upon the M*i of otate—the aole family bad, be it whispered—namely, the fur spread naf of the huge stove, when- gradually his groans, in the soothing sjwll of a akiU fully concocted draught, subsided into satisfied grunts. Tlien Hartley Berne had leisure to study critically his surround tugs- He was not long in comprehending the content* of the cnunpcl chamber, nearly one-fourth of whose KJMOH was occupied by the mud-furnace, whose flattened dome was now peace hall r graced by hia c. mriide. A tatde of rode deal, occupy ing Un' cent. r, KupjKsi<-d hia own dn templativc elbows. A bench, rough like the table, surrounded the room. On the dingy wall, Itetwc-n two doublc-glamxl windows, hung a gilded picture of Saint Nicholas. In one dtrner a pitcher of water, sacred to scautv ablution, was suspended from the ceding, and a shelf op]HMite upheld a cruih- black stone, re sembling s miscsrved Otalicitsn idol. t)u th. \tench under the gihted aaiut were seated the w omen who had watched the stranger's medicinal jx'rformaane with such adtniriug faacination. They spoke lttißKiiUi. and as our traveler was no novice in tluU language, and had pa tiently adjuainted himself with such phrase , of gwllai.try as usually give pleasure, he hist no time iu rendering himself agreeable. He did this the more readily since, although one of the women waa middle aged and ugly, the other was young and pretty. Yea, in spite of her coarse garb, the critic pronounced her decidedly, ami even —after be hud paid a few compli ments, and liad seen her dark eyes glis ten, her checks flush like the ripened jKa.li, and across lu>r glancing white teeth her ml boa redden—"eotifound edlv " pretty. They talked of many things, and it was not uutil the host liad returned from his care of the Iteast* tliat conversation turn ed upon the one ofyW virtu, and the guest inquired Uie aignilicouce of the block stoue. " It is 1 leva's god," said the elder woiu&u, with an nuunciU leer and a vi cious empluiM*. "It is a curiosity," Raid the host, glancing augri Ir at his wife, "and my daugliP'r here iias a right to it, since shc j.icked it up herself lust winter, in the snow." "It came to me," void the girl, sul len! v. The guest arose and examined Uie spine. " A meteorite," he pronounce.l it, "and on interesting sjiecimen." When the li.ist hinted, or growled, rather, that it was Iw .l-time, all retired to the state bed excepting Revo. Modesty, jierliaps. but mom probably the fort that the emlxiasador took much room, caused her to determine to keep watch that night. In the dim Are light the voting American, through his half closi-d eyeli.la, saw law without surprise, for his vanity liad perceived the attrwe tioti he poMNessed, draw near ami nearer him, until at tort she was quietly seated by hi* aide. Ho the night waned. When in.Lto jmiable slumber wa* ntteetcl by a trio of snaring, Beva whispered P. the stranger, who rested but did not sleep: " Wise youth, for yon converse, I think, w-itii the *tara, and unravel se cret*. lisve you tlie willingness P> help a j*>. my fancy. I am not a lius sum. Ho is iny father, so likewise is my step-mother, but not I. lam a Kirghis. My mother was a slave, taken in skir mish; a slave, also a wife. She died in giving me life. I would gladly, now that I comprehend all tliinga, cxcliaugc gifts with her. Every day I feci that I . would prefer to be far distant, for my step mother is not beloved by me, and —snail I tell yon!—l am betrothed to a ruffian utterly abhorrent. Do not now now give me answer," she added, as he Ixvdirred himself resjKinsively, " but sleep, my stranger, for you are wearied of your journeys; and while yon deep I will hold your hand and conduct you 1 through the dream-world. Then the door will appear to you tlud shall open to give freedom to a girl moat unhappy, who would escape. " I must go on if I die," said the em liaaaador, in a really irascible tone. " We must have horses if they are noth ing more than skeletons. We must have a driver." " If 110 is a death's-head," said Berne. " I agree with you; we shall go on, mv I friend, this hour." At night-fall, after a day intolerable to the embassador, a day made tolerable to his companion by the novel beauty, offspring of mixed raoes, and the aim- NO. 17. pic but charming coquetry of the dark eyed .laughter of th" ihsiert, the travel er* resumed their journey. All night limy gUdod uiutig over the aluuuig caajact mw, the eoibaaaador ptsicefully somnoieut, and hwcunjiamon moodily wakeful, vexed by a pair of black eyes, "burning yet tender." 11* gave himself for a night to the delicious Uirmeut of um n-gretf ll whim; on the mot row ho would arouse himself from such w.-aktii-as. NV*r daybreak lion*-mm anpr so-liMl. Swift rider* the* were, seven ni number, who *•-cined milking SJMWHI with M| rnaa • iuteot pi waylay tlie wmtwaaador, or to pounce with pliuuleroua foroc upon the fotuh d sledge of tempting luggage that jtrecoded lan. Tlie aspect of tIiCMC hom-tuati as they rushed into clear view IM-tokcnad bos tilfty. The rmlsowoior, frightened from hi* lethargy, and bis i*>mjKUuon. ner vously alert, pc-{tared to defend thean w lve*. As their horwea were seised, and their driver, a gigantic follow, wrapped P. his chin in sh.-er.dun*, was uncore miim.msly Un-r than the wild beauty of the Jceert, who, with the art of a Parisian diplomatist, hud r.eom plidicl her will, an.l who, witli tbe unpetuoflity of Juliet, pusatcnaieiy wur shi|K.l him. It cannot IK> denied that there was something in Hartley Beme's nature that respond-d to the isolathsi and idolatry of this desert romance. He was not in aetiaibto to the chnruui of tin. Iwauaiul and adqruig Bwva. Nevvrtheleaa her j.iVHence tioublnl liiiu. His manner toward h r be.-ame .lailv more colj; his tmiw .larkene.l when she approached. And as she hud seen the nwt. -or cool and darken, she now saw this idol of bar heart reaolvc from a star into a atouc. Tliis owning, a* Berne tieut studious It over his pajKTS, B'va, her task done, threw herself ujwm a pallet in the tent's rIUMIOWT recess, and preU-n.led to sleep. But froui time to time slie cost at the American stealthy glancw. He, too, MH I iuwp my husband at home even ing* 1" the reply is made: " Take a club and try to drrvt- him oat 1" Mark Twain aays: To the poor whites along the Mt*m>appi river chill* are • meretful pnmatcm of Frwvidenoe, eo abhng lieu to take aaerrint- without ex ertion. Paul Oaasagnae aayaevwry imperialist icneps the birthday at the Prince Im jwrml, Imt keep# it privately, because the emotions excited by the occasion are too sacred to be indulged in public. A member of the Illinois Legislator* lias introduced a bill providing that any • person asking another to drink any in toxicating liquor shall IM fined not ton t tin gjQ and not more than SIOO. The Saturday Krvirww at the opinion that there is no better sign of the pros perity of the world than tne liberal in comes now allowed by the authors ut novel* to their hcrore and heroines. A bea tree, discovered in Schnybr oounty, Jit, a abort time ainoe. yielded one hundred and eighty-six pounds of solid honey and aereuteeu pounds of comb and honey. 1 In the t< ornaments of old BUUIT a doufrhtv ehsmpion went down before sum* opponent wielding a king swords To-day UM ooutretonta ft o.l tbemselvc. berten bv those who can moat aucorea toliy wield a long word. There waa recently sold in Tipperary. Ireland, the toare of twenty-one acrea at land, withoat booses of any aort on it. The leore has fifty year* to run, the year * ly rent to SIOO, and the toaae sold for a premium of flti,Sttk i The Nomatown Herald is bypercriti eaL It grumbles beaaua* John Henry Brown SIR-IIS his name " Junius Henri Browne. ' He ought to be thankful tliat the idiot don't pell it Junkms Hen ivu k Brunei in*. A tod in Eddrrilto, lowa, lately found stU,oUfl under hia lather's lorn, and there waa grret rejoicing in Hie family until it waa discovered that the cash was ail counterfeit, and a very bad counter feit at that. Home of the statistician* who are in vestigating negro life have found that that race above all other* abhor* suicide. Onlv two pone* bare been recorded on (he police book of Richmond, Ta, for several yean. Gtm. Spinner * waignatioa ia said to hare been reoaired with general aadnere among the emplorees of the Uuitetl State* Treasury. JRtfnbtiean tart the women ctorkswept like children when he told itom of it. A priest in Troy (S. Y.) has a habit of otkinp a seat in a banroom on Sunday uftcniooaa and watching the customers. It ia said to be sarprtoiug to see how many person* look in sitaj lv to inquire what time it to, or where certain persons lire. Tile popubtiim <4 Denmark and her rarim-sdona in K*7f waa '2,008.200. an in sinre 1T0 of net quite 100,000. Of Uiia number l.KSi.ftW belong to lieu mark, 71,100 to Iceland, 37,700 to the Danish Antilles, and 9,900 to Green land. " Tlie kind of a woman toot I par tieukrly abhor." aare an old bachelor, " is the oue with a spin* of disputation in lies soul, who pick* me up on the point of a t-luup smitenoe as though I were a dropped stitch in her knitting work." A man out Wert uamed Jack Begar lm# been sentenced to twenty years im prisonment and a fine of oue hun.lred ■Hlsia Ha bos a right to put in UM pica l.i since time is money the Statu will owe him soiue change xhen he cornea out. A young woman in Maouupi:: county, TIL, reeentlv rawed a cord of wood in 105 minutes, cutting each stick twice. Pretty and nut quite eighteen, she per formed this feat bestuw her mother told ' her thai she was good fur nothing but to read novels. A girl screamed in a lecture audience in Lafayette, Oregon. Then all th other girl- nercoraed. General ."onsterna tion ensued, and a rush for the door*. People were bruiae.l, olothee torn, and the room at length emptied. The first screamer had aeeu a rat. A destitute woman in the suburbs being asked by a benevolent visitor wha she needed, said she didn't want to pu snyho.lv out, or lie thought to IM a com phiining dis|H>sitioD. hut if it was no making too much, she would like a lock box in the post office. The citizens of a quiet Texas towu arc somewhat agitated over the discovery that the SSOO which a few of them re cently won from a countryman at a friendly little game of "bunko" had j been intrusted to the loser for the pur chase of lumber for a church. Miss Lucy Obom lost her scalp I>V accident some mouths ago, in New Mil ford, Conn. Since then over one hundred pieces of skin taken from her body have been grafted on her bead, but very few of them have retained their vitality, and Miss Osborne's head to in an uinuitDfao tory condition. A law has been enacted in Indiana providing that all public notices required by law to be printed in the newspapers ofr any eonuty shall IM printed in one Gorman newspaper, if the county where publkation ia to be aiode contains fifteen thousand iuhabitonte and possesses a German newspaper. The King of Sweden lias transmitted 1 to the Riksdag a proposition, asking for 400,000 Swedish kremrr, or alxmt $130,- 000, for the worthy representation of that country at the exhibition in Phila delphia next year, loot year the Riks dag ordered about $20,000 to be paid out for the same purpose. The Bev. Henry Coggswell, a former Royal Arch Mason and lecturer in the order, has renounced and denounced Freemasonry. At an anti-Masonic con vention in Mansfield, Ohio, he read a formal recantation of Ml the oaths of secrecy which he had tkken. He said that he should feel in beSior bound, how j evsr, to reveal no ne of -the workings < I Miaoury. j-j