Two FrftMs. Friend, I*l m* apeak to the* t Wealthy art then ! Men through thou poverty. Through went eud minor*, Have sinned and eonvwed Often or* now. Friend, lot mo *peak to the*, Poorer art thou! From opportunity, From wealth and luxury. Men oft have borrowed Sorrow or* now. Friend*, will y* toll to tmv Hoth of yon now, lleapit* your disparity, From each other * chanty How oft have y* borrowed Comfort or* now. How 1 I/M My Heart. To tell you just how I Im| it, Oh, that wore a duticult (a*k ; Uow tli* 1 lung got away on that autumn day I n*v*r stopped to ask. Perhaj-s 'twas a glance tliat did it, A soft care*, to uiv lour. A *lo* warm gr*j\ or a gentle cU*p, Tliat captured it then and there. You see, there aro thing* you cau govern, But heart* have away of their own; Like tiint* they fly, -iid you can't tell why You ouly m.iw Ihom when gone. And why I don't tell the tory, If the reason you really must learn, la though lit* grow bright with a rvwv light. Yet I won no heart in return. SomeKvly * eye* were gentle and kind Ami hi* vote* ww* soft and low , lhit the heart 1 wanted was git en away Kw so long ago. Ami ay while I wo!ace a lonely hf* With a cat ami a cup of tea. Somebody s arm ts round hi* wife And her baby is on his kr.ee. And the loss 1 met with result* in thuy That mine ia a lonely (tart , You can't for your life make a lovtng wife Of a woman without a heart. Another heal rest* on the manly breast That 1 wanted to .heller me , Kuue other fair face ha* wou my place. So no man * wife I'll be. But compensation'* a law of hfe. And though trial* the god* will .end, I've no one to scold wheu hi* beefsteak a cold. And no email stocking* to mend. So that the love tliat ut l.et 1 ueter regret. When 1 think what my trouble* might he: Wheu damer is late 1 smile at f.!*. And nobody storm* at me. THE FKAIKIE EIRE. The round gulden suu rose slowly up into the gray morning sky ; long, vary long before the first dun streaks of dawn liad stolen in through the fissures in the rude canvas teut, Horace tiray and his young wife, tiertrude, were up ami doing. Only the first night of their stay in their new Western home had ]xtssed, and there was much for them to accom plish ere the suu went down aguiu. Tliey had brought only a few of the most necessary articles of household furniture with them; and Horace was to return that day to a rude settlement miles away, to bring Die remainder. Such was their liastc that no fire was kindled, and the remnants of the last night's supper sufficed for their simple breakfast. In a few moments the horses were harnessed and waiting, ami then Horace Gray came back to bid lus wife good-bye ere he started. Softly stealing his arm round her slender waist, he genDy drew her towards the tent-door, where they could gaze upon the magni ficent prospect around them. Away iu the distance as far as the eye could reach, containing acre* upon acres, stretched the wide, rich prairie, covered with long, tangled grass, crisped and browned by the October frosts, rippling geutly iu Die soft zephyr-like winds which played through it like the blue wave* of the great ocean which stretched so niauy weary leagues awty, over the tops of the great trees wliich bordered tho western horizon. Opposite them, not many hundred yards away, ran and sparkled*a litDe rill, dancing joyously in the glad morning sunbeam*, curving partly round the tent, and parting just below it only to unite a few feet beyond, leaving a Little miniature island of fairy-like beauty and proportions, around wliich Die low mur muring of the waters made perpetual music. On the left hand, far away in the dis tant east, stretched a long growth of heavy woodland, now crusted with the autumn gold, as if aping the rich west ern * unset, seeming to mingle its bil lawy foliage with the dim, gray sky which bounded the distant horizon. In the north, behind the tent, only the great grasw grown prairie rolled away ue far as the eye oould reach, covcnxl with the lights and shadows of on October morn ing, gemmed now and then by the few gorgeous autumnal flowers which the frost had left untouched, and which gleamed richly forth in the mazy depths of the brown, tall trees. Horace Gray gazed long and curioiwly at this truly magnificent scene ; and then bending tenderly over the Dight fonn of Ins delicate young wife, he sDd, earnest ly: " I have not yet asked my (ierty how well Die likes her new home." These words were spoken anxiously, and the speaker's voice trembled a very little ; but the young wife looked up with a bright, cheerful smile upon her fan-, as she raid, enthusiasticDly: " There is no need of it, Horace; I love it nlri-adv. I litDe thought, when I left my dear East ern home, to what a fairy laud you were taking me. I know I shDl le perfectly contented here, with this lovely scene spread oat forever liefore me. Onlv see," she conDnued, her sweet, girlixL face lighting up more and more, " what a soft, lieautiful sky stretches above a*, and what a splendid country around! How gorgeous is the coloring of thene late flowers; bow soft and billowy the prairie looks ; how grand aud solemn those dark old woods yonder ; and how sweet and peaceful that little rill which meanders Dong so joyously ! Oh, my Horace ! will we not be happy here ?" * Hhe lifted her eyes confidingly to her husband's face, as she concluded speak ing, and with a glad, liappy heart he clasped her again aud ogam tenderly to his bosom. "DearGerty, he said, earnestly, "I have so ofb-u feared tliat you would droop and pine in Diis lonely place, tliat makes me very happy to hear you speak thus. lam very glad that you think you shall like your new home." " Feared that I should pine, and you with me, Horace?" she *Dd, reproach fully. " But you have ever Itefore been surrounded by so many true, sincere friends," he answered. " Of whom my hm-band was th* truest and the best! Ko, no, I never can be lonelv wiDi yon." "But It know yon must sometimi* sigh for the loved ones you have le'l behind," her husband answered. "De von think I shall be sufficient for yon then ? Will you not mourn for the sound of other voices, and your heart thirst f#r other love than mine!" He bent his head slightly forward, and looked earnestly, Dmost aniiously, into her face. "Horace," she answered, truthfully, •' when I promised to become your wife, I knew full well all that I must forsake in coming here with you; yet I camp. I knew it must lie years before the sight of father, mother, sister, or brother would gladden my eyes; yet I gave them up for one who should be more tlian Dl of these. I came here with a full knowledge of the step I wa* taking, aud do not now, and am sure I never shall, regret it. That I should mourn for those I have left sometimes, is only natural; but were it you, instead of them, from whom I was parted, then my grief would be much the greater. This parting 1 can bear, but I could not that." And she nestled both of her smaM white hands trustingly into bis. " Then you love and vDue me more than all of these, my Gerty!" he asked, joyfully. " Ay, more than the whole wide, wide world liesides," wus answered, earnestly. KKKI3. KUItTZ, Ktlitor and lVopriolor. VOL. VIII. Agniu ho clus(w\l hor fondly to hta bnut, and, upon releasing hor, mud: "S<-e, Iterty, tho aun in gouiiug upon us while wo eUunl here talking. and tho hurae* begin to grow imjuttieut. I must HWIJ now, tl 1 would roturu to you Ive fore amiM't. Aro you sure you shall not b> afraid to a toy alone ui my ah wmv t" "Oh, ves!" ahd answered, chccr fully. " I am going to be your brave little wife, you know. Ihvudcs, I must accustom myself to U-uig alone, and this will lie a uicc time to begin." " 1 am very glad tliat you aro so light hearted about it, for I shall go awray the happier. There, kiss me once ! Now good bye!" And he jumped lightlv into the heavy wagon. "\ou will be at home before dark, won't you, Horace f" "Yea, love!" And the whip cracked aUnit the oars of the iiuiiatient horses, and witli many a Ivwkword glance, Horace It rev sped aloug on his jour ney. Gertrude sluvl a few quiet tears, which were mx>n brushed away, as he disaj>- ]x-anxi ill the tall prairie grass far away to tlie eastward; and. then, with a light laugh, humming a guv tune, she culhxl a handful of the choicest of the late flowers bhxmiing nrwuml, and tlieu re turned slowly to the tent. Once there, she began to arrange the few household utensils which had al remly arrivwl, iu jx-rfect i>r>h*r, against her huslxuiil's return. They consisted of only a plain pine table, two chairs, a rude camp lx>d, and a few smaller arti cles; and, therefore, in a very few mo ments they were arranged to suit her. Sotuo of tho flowers which she had gathered, she placed iu a broken pitcher ujxm the table, and the rest were woven into a light wreath, that she hung over tlie tent door. This done, to keep her thoughts from dwelling too much upon her loneliness, she drew a lxx>k from her pocket aud commenced to read. Becoming interest ed, at last, tlie hours flew by unheeded, until at length she was aroused to a sense of her situation by a ptx-uliar, smoky smell, which impregnated the air of the tent, llisiug from her neat, she went hastily towards the dvxir and hxiked out. The skv all around .-xx-imxl filled by a thick, dark va]x>r, and the air felt hot and oppressive, while a peculiar sound cauie from the northward. With a horrible, sickening fear strug gling in her heart, she sprang out away from the tent, and giving a single glance in the direcDou from whence it came, staggered suddenly forward, with her hands pressed tightly over a still, ghastly face, from w hence every particle of color had fled, leaving it like Die suowilrift. In tliat glance, a terrible truth, which made her brain dixzy and her heart sick, had been forcxxl UJKIB her. Far away to the northward the whole wide prairie was on fire, ami like the tempest-tossed wave* of the ocean, the mail flames were leaping over the dry. tangled prairie grass towards her, like ravenous monsters eager for their prey. "Great God!" alio gasped, faintly, " Thou art all-powerful; oh, save me formv Horace's sake !" At this thought of her Imsliand, re newed strength came to the sinking form of the young wife, and she resolved to struggle yet resolutely for lif-, if it were only for his sake. Suddenly, like a half-forgott u dream, there dawned upou her coufused brain tlie remem brance of something her husband hod told her long before, and which she had never thought of afterwords until then. " I will try," she cried, eagerly. ** He said a counter fire was the boat cxmrs any oue could pursue in such a situation. Heaven must have sent that thought." She sprang to her feet, and entered tlie tent once more. The Dn box wax nowhere 111 sight—her husband must have taken it—and Die well kn'-w that there were uo matches at hand. One last hope remained to her; soni" of Die fire Horace had mode the night before might be remaining. On tliat. Die felt, rested her life or death, and with trembling hands she raked over the asln s. No. u single spark rewarded her search. " Lost, lost!" she cried, wringing li-r hands; "all hope is lost, and 1 may as well submit at lust ! What au end to all my dream* of happiness ! I must save myself! I must find away w*in, for in a few moments it will be too late. Fath er in heaven, direct me ! Oh, I cannot remain here to be burned Dive! It is too horrible !" Hhe sprang out iu the thick, stifling air. During her alxsencc the fir • had made fearfu and was now D most u]xm her. As it came roaring toward* her, the dense smoke xtifleil and blinded her; with every sense but a de sire to escape benumlxxl and palsied. Die sprang away in the opposite direc tion like a hunted deer. Only once she panied and gazed in-hind her. The tent she Lad just left was on fire, and the flames were spreading after her. On— on, faster and faster she flow—still she could hear the crackling, hissing sound close b<-hind ber, nearer aud inmrer; uu til the hot air scorched her delicate skin. It was a terrible race —a race for life and love —which tliat weak woman ran with the roaring, hungry monster behind her. Who would conquer f Htill on she ran, her speed increasing, for the love of life was yet strong, until something yawned In-fore her. It was a ch-ar, soft flowiug stream of water; and, with a glad cry and a quick bound, Dit liad crossed it. Hhe stood upon tin- lit tle island—there was water Dl around her—and, with a grateful heart, Die sank wearily upon her knee*. But Dl ilanger was not over. Where she had crossed, the brook was very narrow for several feet in length; and, ox a light wind funned Die flames upon the op]K>site bank, the result was yet doubtful. But Gertrude's brain hail become clear, her wit* more keen, and she wa* ready for this emergency. With her own weak linmls she broke two great branches from a bush wliich grew close beside her. With one in each band, she stixxl calmly up, and wateluxl the pro gress of the fire. Hoon, ns she boil ox jx-ctod, a stronger gust of wiud sent the nearest flumes towering far up, until Diey had crossed the iiarrier lx-tween them, and caught in the dry gra** at her feet. But she was fully prejiared. For moment*, that seemed like ages to her, she fought bravely with the flames. At ln*t, she conquered. Her effort* were successful; the fixe passed hej, but it left her secure. The hot air had burned and blistered upon her face; the smoke hail choked and stifled her; hnt not until it Dl wa* paved, nnd she wns again free from danger, did her strength ntterlv give way. Tlie flames still rolled and hissed around her; bnt she knew it not Hhe had fainted. Hours, long, blissful hours rolled on, but still she remained in that death-like swoon. At last a voice sounded over the prairie—a voice that wa* wont to send the warm blood coursing through every vein, bnt now it awoke no answering thrill. A moment more, and Horace stood beside her, pressing her light form madly to heart, " Gerty, my wife—my Gerty !" he cried, passionately; "yon cannot be dead I I expected to find you a black ened corpse on my return. Heaven has saved yon, and you mart live for my sake." He bathed her face with the water from the brook, but it was long, very long, ere she exhibited any signs of re turning life. At length she opened her ages weasiif. THE CENTRE REPORTER "It ia a torriblc rtro!" alio mud. faintly. •• Oh, Horace, I would I might Itro to *OO you once more 1" " I am horo, tiorty; don't Tou *OO mot" ho answered, pleasing hor closer to him. "Tho Hro lute ull died away; hut, thank I Sod, it haa loft you to mo, my wtfo. 1 caro nothing for tho rout, no that my darling is uninjured." I'ora long while alio lav in hi* arm* a* weak and helpless as a \abe; hut uftor an hour * rost and i|niet, hor strength was in some degree restored, so that alio was aide to ait up and toll hor huslaunl calmly of her peril and escape. With grateful he-arts, they sunk UJH>U their knees together, and thanked Uod for tho victory. A few months later, and a limit, taste ful log cabin marked the site of the tent which had been burned; but thin time there was no four that the tire would ever reach it, for the immigrants adopted precautious to preveiit it. The Spare Bed. When I go to the country to visit my relatives, write* M. ljuad, the spare Ixxl rises uii Ix-forc my lmaguiatiou days before I start, aud 1 shiver as I remem ber how ixdd ami grave like the sheets are. 1 put off the visit as long as possi ble, solely on ueoouut of that spare lied. 1 don't like U> tell them that I had rather sleep on a picket fence thali to enter that sp;ire room and creep into that spare Ixxl, and so they know uotluug of nty sufferings. The s]>are Ixxl is always as near a mile aud a half from the rest of the Ixxls as it can be located. It's either up stairs at the head of the hall, or off iu the parlor. The parlor curtains have uot Ixx'U raised for weeks; everything is as prim as an old maid's bonnet, and the ixxl is as square and ti ue as if it had been made up hi a earjx-uter's rule. No matter whether it be summer or winter, the bed is like ice, ami it sinks down iu away to make oueshiver. The sheets are siipjx-ry clean, the pillow slips rustle like shroud*, ami oue dare not stretch his leg down for fear of kick ing against a tombstone. Oue sinks down until he i* lost in the hollow, and foot by foot the prim Ixxl )>osts vanish from sight. He is worn out aud sleepy, but he knows that Die rest of the family ore so far away that no one could hear him if he should shout for un hour, and this makes him nervous. He wonders if any one ever died iu that room, aud straightway he sees faces of dead persona, hears strange nois> s, ami presently feels a chill galloping up end dowu his back. Did any oue ever pass a comfortable night in a sjiare Ixxl I no matter how many quilts and spread* covered htm he could not get warm, ami if he acciden tally fell a-jeep it was to awoke with a start, under the impresaiou that a deud man was pulling his nose. It will !x> days and wx'ks lx-fon> he nxxiverx from the impression, ami yet he must suffer in silence, Ixxause the sjiaro Ix-J was assigned him iu token of esteem and of fection. Do Not Worry About Yourself. To retain or recover health, puraon* should lie relieved from nU anxiety rem ceruiug disease. The mind has power over Die body, for a JXTHOU t<> think he lias a dis-a>o will often pnxlinx' that dLsease. This we sn the mind is iutemx'ly cwncentratiD on the disease of another. It is found iu the hospitals that surgtxms and physicians who make a s|x*oialty of certain di.seas.-s are liable hi die of them themselves; and the mental strain is so great that sometimes people die of diseases whu'li thev liave only ia imagination. We have Hx-n a jx-raoii sea sick iu untieipn Don of a voyage, era reaching the v-xael. We have known person* t> die of an imaginary cancer in tlu- sbnuach, when they liad no cancer or any other mortal disisvie. A blindfolded miui, slightly pricked iu the arm, has fainted and died from lx-heviug that he was liltxDing to dentli. Therefore, well persona, to re m.iiu so, Diould lx* chix-rful nnd happy, anil sick persona should liave their at b-ntion diverbs! ax much o* possible from themselves. It is by tlieir faith that men are saved, and it is by their faith they die. As a man tliiuketh so is lie. If he wills not to die he can often live in spite of disease, and if lie has lit tle or no attachment to life he will Dip sway as easily as a child will fidl asTx-p. Men live bv their souls ami not by their IxDics. Tlieir Ixxlies have no life of themselves, tliey are only receptacles of life—tenements for tlieir souls, nnd the will lias much to do in containing the physical ixxnipaucy or giving it up. lllexDng-. on the Hoys. Blessings on Die boy*. Not tin young, healthy, rosy-cheeked nial" sav agi-s of thirteen or xixtix-n years. They cannot help being boys, and deserve no *]x-ciftl criDit or condemnation for it. But bh-smngs on those luile old boys of forty or forty-five or even sixty, who bend their broad shoulder* to the bur uen* of life, but who do not let those burdens crush their hearts; whose eyi-s ure quick to catch the light of merri ment over a drell story, and quicker to; fill with tears of sympathy for a friend's di.strefls; who retains a LxiyiDi love and reverence for all that is womanly; whiulitt i>( (ho Nov York VW bww, writing from llaalotou, IV, gtw-M u* the following picture of liio cool miner: Why cannot tho minora agree W ith their employers alxjut HUKHI with out ooubuit strike*, iui,t why, if they will strike, don't tin y do it like butchers, l*ikcr, wiiii onudh'.itiok makers, and ull Die nut I To settle this ]M>iut olio must go among tho miners and study their character and surroundings. There are many causes of discussion, but the chief one is this: The miner w, or tries to l\ a law to hmisi-lf as far as liis wages are concern ed. Of the laws of ]Hilili>"al economy which govern the rise and fall of pruv-s he of course knows nothing, and for statute laws, as far as they affect his right to strike, tunl to force his fellows to strike, lie cunti very little. He lives under a rude form of democracy, the laws of which are unwritten but arbi trnry and certain of execution, because every man is a self-constituted judge and executioner. Wheu the majority 111 the XDSiit couucil of his union iletermine to strike, he strikes w illiout reflecting whether the determination was wise or uuwise, right or wrong. According to his simple ethics the majority haw u right t' rule, ami the minority must L<- made to submit. N <-rv s-ldim do the minority rels-l. I'uuislunent is sum uiary. A letter of waruiug, embellialied with a rough drawing of a coffin, is first scut to the "blackleg" who darrw to work after the strike is decreod. If lie dOCS uot hesl this notice, the next olio is more emphatic. lie must be a brave man, indeed, if he still perseveres, for he knows tluit all around him are deadly enemies, waiting for an opportunity to kill him. They were friends and com rades Ix-fore the strike t>egall, but U'-w they are merciless. If a "blackleg" is found dead by the roadside, or is snot m his cabin, no witness ever appears to point out the murderer. 'The terrible triU' of 1 bun tee among the Mormons did uot execute vengeance more mysterious ly tluui do the miners execute what they deem to be justice upon the violators of their code. If you w isli to know in what terror uu-n stand of tins unwritten code, go to one of the liuudreds of miners whom you may find idling away their time in tlie mining village s near here, and offer him SDH) to put lu lamp ui hi* cap, go down the neighboring sltqie and cut a ton of coal. For wu to sus|xx-t, th>> N-w York I\nte says, that numlx-rs of these perauua who are sup|H**xt to die inb'state do not s die in fact, in tx> many lustaiux* the will has b-t-u de stroyixL The tem|rtatiou offered is Uxi strong to tx ts-stxUxl. I'lu-re is a bright fire iu the grate, and, nhuiding Ix-siile it, the flu ler of a will peruse* clan><' uft-r clause only to disonver tlmt n sum in finitely lea* than he thinks his du hrws lieen bequeaDwxl to him. lx-t him drop the document intothe thum-s, and, under the aasutrnxl intestacy, a ham Lome sinx must lx? his. The solicitor may, ind- jin-iitlv jx-rjx-trabxl. Which He I'referred. A New York judge had lx-fore kim a man named Jolm Bingham, who pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy, lx>th of the wives being pret.- Nt ui court. His counselor privately croaa-examined the bigamist, but he ujxiu liuvuig a plea of guilty cub-red. The counsel (aidn-ssing tlio ootirt) Your honor, I think tliis man lias had punishment enough from his two wives, and that Diould Lx> token into considera tion in panning sentenoe. ltecorder—Pruoiwr, which would you rather have the court do—discharge you to live with your t#o wives, or wu b-nce you to State prison for three years f Prisoner—Your honor, send me b> State prison fir mercy's rake ! ltecorder —I grant your request, and send you to State prison for tire© yeara at hard labor. The Spelling School*. One g'*xl .-ff.-ct of Die tqxiling match , fever is discernible- niter all. it will, perhaps, introduce into the vermicular some words of convenient generalizing effect tluit liavu long boon sealed up from common use iu tin- unexplored depths of unabridged dictionaries, llow handy, for example, will it tie when we are culled on to speak <>f the place of a planet or the ni'Miu, wheu it is in con junction with th" sun, to refer to it* syzvgy. How simple, when struggling witii n fashion article on Die varieties of sealskin, to classify them as plux-ine ma terials ! . How Hmoothiy nnd trippingly on the tongue, when dealing with the mysteries of the butter trade, to lump the whole question a* u butyraceous one. The Chinese Emperor. A new etnjM-ror lias ascended the throne of China. Horn* account* men tion the ng<- of this new emperor a* three year*, and others as five years. The explanation of this discrepancy is ea*v ; every Chinaman add* one year to his reD age, but the emperor is D lowed to add two. The three year* mny tliu* be the age counting from the birth, and the five year* the official iui]H-rial age. The name of the present emper or'* father is l'rinoe Chun, but his own name has not vet lxxm*n> to the left of the judge's IM-IICII. HIM face wore the Niuue ]>ale, sorrowful hnik that it did during the prttgivas of lii trial,iuid his whole nianut-r ahowt-d uiimiMtakable evidenooa of much mental autferuig. At half jsist ten u deputy marshal led the prisoner up to the bur of th court, where tlie judge, addressing him, mud: "William Morgan, have you uuvthiug to nay why the court nlemld uot now proceed to Mrlitelico you ill uceor-.lulice with the verdict of the jury l" The prisoner hung his head, and be gun with his left hand to pluv with the silvery white locks which fell down his left temple. The judge re]>eated the risUer made Uo reply. He ditl not even seem to uotnv< tlmt lie had lieeu udilri'ssed. Then tin- judge asked tlie deputy hi all the prreun-r's attention to tlie ques tion just put to him. The deputy ap proaclnxl Morgan, hxik liuu by the arm and said: "The judge is talking to you," but got uo answer; the deputy tlu-n said: "Do you hear me!" again no reply. " Speak louder," said the judge, " perha]i he can't hear wall." "Do you hear me," crixl out the deputy, in a very loud voice. Th<- prisoner stood motiotileiw, and luade no sign whatever llial he wus con scious of what was going on, but OOU tuiutxl playing with his curls, " Bring lum up closer," said the judge to the deputy. The latter tiieu caught hold of his arm a second time, and gently pulled lum forward. The prisoner took a couple of steps forward and etojqx-d, his fingt-rs still playing with his curls, and hi* eyes cast to the floor. A lawyer spoke up and said that the prisoner evidently lual iiotluitg to say, w here upon tlie judge continued: "Upon the indictment preferred by Die grand jurv, charging you with the willful and deliberate murder of your wife, you were plaoixl upou trial Ix-fore a jury of your countrymen, seUx-U-d bv yourself and the ixisv of TOUT affiuition. "In pursuance of tho verdict of the jury deciariug you guilty of Die crime of murder in the first degree, Die soubmce tliat 1 uow pronounce against you in: That you be taken hence to the place whence yon cauie, that thence, ou Fri day, the twenty-eighth day of May, 1x75, Lx-tween the houra of ten o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon, you lie corned to the place of cxccutiou, and there hanged by the iiiH'k uutil you are dead; and may Gixl have niercv ou vour soul." During the reading of the sentence the old man remained motionless, and seem ingly unconscious of wluvt was Ix-ing said and done, and looked a* though he had been enUrely deacrted by every earthly lieing. The I'otsto Hug. The Colorado |x>tato Ixx-tle is prob lem, tlie solution of which outweighs i:i iniixirtance many other quostiona. 'flu' Colorado potato bug first mad* it* ap pearance in IH6I in the far Wewt. aud since that time has becu gradually eu larging its sphere of action ut the rab-of sixty mile* a your, which, unless it SLAII lx* ch<-cke.l, will bring the bug to the Atlantic Stab-s about tue year 1880. Tlie lieant is entirmouDy prolific, and every fifty ilavs he duplicate* hi* family, which generally numbers atxiut 1,200. Thus far no way of exterminating lam lw* Ixx-n disc->vi red. Paris green will kill him. but unfortunately it kill* the plant also on which he alights. Ho notorious is his character that the moat strenuous exertions are employed to prevent him from entering England, Germany, and France. Every jxitato is met on the frontier and rigidly examined to see that there is no lui£ ftliout it, and eTery stalk and lox-* by tha *t>hriijrn t of Flunkey, and who wax a lntxurr in the work*. It so happened that Brnd sliaw had occiiMon to find fault with him nt hi* work, and Flunkey determined to have hi* revenge. Brad-thaw being n fine, powerful fellow, and Flunkey rather diminutive, the latter dared not attack him oixmly ; but a* Rradsbaw, uncon cernedly, lnni hi* back toward Flunkey, tha latter suddenly bx>k hi* greasy cap, saturated with the oil aecimiulntton* of years, from his head, ami ploeod it on the fire. The cap blazed np fiercely, and with the burning oil and grease stream ing from it, he clapped it on Bradshaw's bead, and held it tlu-re for some mo ment*, setting his hair on fire, burning his head and faee in a terrible manner, and rendering him nearly blind. Brad sliaw gave n yell of ngony, and leaped forward, ilnzed, upon which the rufflnn effected his escape. BqiTißitßLS.—Governor Paehecho, of California, publishes a letter received by him from a firm of pDnt-hruak manufac turer*, suggesting thnt ho ojFor a reword for the skins of the squirrels which have become sucli a nuisance iu the rural dis trict* of his Htate. The tails of the litUo animDs, it i* said, furnish what is known as " camels'a hair" in the brush busi ness, and a market can lie found for Dl that the farmers and their Ixiys can pro cure. Anlr-Nurtrui Gift*. The New York Timet, referring to the I.iok gift in UDifornia, after styling it tui " 1 lid lull gift," to he taken Link when denired, says: Whatever Uow lie-entries <.f tlie original iiiteutiou of the donor of millions, tlie glory of the tiling in forever destroyed. No future munificence cau restore the applnUMe. The action of the Duahtes, so far un it has gone, is ratified; but there is an uncertainty whether science el hi have Its l-oatly telescope and ob servatory, humanity its asylums, aud art its monuments. Home of these things were assured m the hands of the trus tee*. These gentlemen are men of busi ness and uublemislied repute. lYrliaps it was not certain tlist their exjierienoe in funds, real estate, and uierehandifte lias fitted them to superintend the plans for great works of art, or found liberal institutions for science. But they were more likely tu make a wise and discreet disjamition of tlie money than Mr. Lick could have done, eveu at his lieet. The miMfortuue of the whole affair is uot so umch that there is a pomibihty that tlie meiiey will uot now lie used Ix-nefteially, as that the rev.Kvttion will luive an un fortunate effect un rich men inclined to give litteral]y. At any rate, it will check that sort of ante-mortem munificence of which Mr Li.-k lias U*n an illuhtri ous, though fleeting, example. Kvi dently, it is not wixe for a man, in his lifetime, to put Ins property out of his control for tlie ta-neflt of the world at large. If he lias not the wisdom and unselfl-'hut-Hs to sjH-nd the bulk uf bis fortune for public purjwxa-a, let him en joy its p.wscßsiou while he can, and leave it for otln-ra to lay out in ajieciflc purposes w hen he cauuot come back and reclaim it. It is liot in human nature to give up to strangeni the absolute oontrol of the product Of our lalxirs midsagac.tv. If, as we have intimated, Mr. Lick has found new strength in the struggle which he has hud with himself since hi* • •tiginni deed wax executed, we may recommend hi* cane to the atteiiUon of infirm rich men, who think they are ready for • h-nial things because tempo ral huvo lost their rent. Men who are ready to oomprumiae with Uoaveu aiul humanity by ante mortem ofleriugx, find new life tu giving up now. Ju.t Idkc II u nun lh-iur*. I have often amused mysx-lf by watch ing the inhabitants of a farmvard, and s>x>ing how tliu cows have thei'r laws of pree>xlenoe and etilal<'rabl.v equal terms. Then, if a younger amrnal tlusn herself bo mlmitbxl, it u amusing to sec with wliat gratification ale* bullies the new-corner, ami how much higher •lie seeius to rank in her owti eatimation when Die ia no longer Die junior. Should the fates L* propitious, she arrive* at the dignity of tx-tiig senior cow, and never tads "h> assert tliat dig nity ou every ucceriou. When the cattla are takt'u out of the yard to tboir ]>aature in the morning, and when they return to it in the evening, Die will not allow any one except herself to take the lead. 1 have hoard of oue instance where the man iu charge of the cows would not allow th* "ganger,"a* the head cow is oftell called, to go out first. The result WM that Die rvfuwxl to go out at ail; and iu order to get her out of the yard, tin nan had to drive all the other cows back gaiu, ao tliat she might take hor proper lace at their head. The Lick Dirt. The San Frauciaoo / IttlUtin , speak ing of Die acDon of Mr. Lick iu seeking bi revoke lua deed of trust, preaeut* a different view of the matter from Dial expressed by most of the on the Pacific c>>a*t. It xavs tliat it doe* not npjx-ir tliat Mr. Lick ha* rejx-uUD •f hi* bem-Yoletioe, but that .he believe* tliat lie can mvi** Die trust, make it more i ffix-tuD, aud admuusb-r some part of it during hi* lifetime. The property is valued at |5,000.0D0, aud, ooiuiixDug mostly of real estate, will grraUv in creaw in value. The JhUtetin holds that tlie man bv win* shrewdness, energy, and foresight tin* projiertv liaa lieen nocnmuhrted may have the ability to give a more practioD eJTi-ct to his lo uaUona than if the whole direction of these gifts should lx> left to trust-xw. There is .another cxuiHideraUon of im portanoe. It is raid that good lawyers think that under the c>D*, some of the trusts crested in the Licit estate en void for want of any party authoriz.xl by law to take them, and it is Dinost certain that upon the death of Mr. Lick Die validity of the gift in its origi nal form would have tx-eu coutesbxl by liis legal heirs. If au amicable rettle nient witii these heirs can lx> made by Mr. lack during his lifetime, that is something gDtu d. and it may be the means of ]ireventing the Whole trust from beir g set aside, a* was done in the case of a trust created by the late Horace Hnwe*. also of California, where the widow and relatives came in and l regsrdixl in the double char acter of "dummy" and idiot Of late he has Ixvui employed ** a "trusty," and wn allowed to polish the boot* of tlie officers of (lie prison every morning, going outside the Wall* into the office to tx-rform tliat task. Seizing tho oppor tunitv, which he had waited two years for, Sunday morning he stole two root*, a |>air of jmntaloons, a pair of Ixxit*. eleven dollar* and a linlf in money, and mintc hi* e*oa]>e. He then made his way to n corner of the wall, and there doffed liis old clothes nnd donned the new suit. He was captured at Vaughn's gnp, who* it wa* found he had fully recovered his I ajxH-ch. A Dog Story. A Mr. Galligher wa* always aeoom ponied by his faithful dog "Captain." Afi a abort illness Mr. O. died; tho dog, thinking it his duty, went alone to the factory, returning in the morning s usual. This he continued four nights, but grew melancholy, whining piteously around the house during the day and often going to his master'* grave. The fourth day after his master's death bo left the house, wDked slowly to the rail road crossing, and wa* seen to reniDn for some time, until the express train approached, when lie stretched himself across tho rail, regardless of the en gineer's whistle, thus ending his sor-1 vows. This tDe very appropriately ends ' with b wry loud whistle. Terms : 52.00 a Year, in Advance. Makla( Bread. A woiuwii Willi whom we our* lived for w time, way* Sorrlmtr't Monthly, had kept houee /or thirty Ave years, Itwd uever liwd a nervwut, mid had* during llmt period, we alie iuforuied ue, " baked twioc n week regular." Consequently, to go into tile atwlut.ro of tlie inwtter, breed tied hern Linked in Uiet oaUbtiili ment 3,640 tiinnn. Deducting 240 fur ooonnloiinl wickuenw or obMWM of the inietreee (n large Dlowauoe, fur wire wee healthy, end neldoiu went from home), end we liave 3,400 tiniee tied tine women had made end baked breed. Hhe ueed good Hour, end yet her breed woe invariably detup, sticky, end unfit for e eavnge to net, end no Christian on inwch could jßienbly digest it with comfort. Now surely thin wen e won derful thing ! By whet methods, un fethoiueble to ordinary reason, could nhc Leva avoided, in thirty-five veers' precticw, lee ruing how to rneke good veext, how much to work the dough, how long it eiiould wteud to get light, whet temperature the oven should tie, end the projwr length of time to beke it I How could alio helu doing it right the three tkoueend four huiulr.-dib Urue) It would seem tliet e veal amount of labor would lie ueoeeeery to do it bedly 2 Hhe wee e women of average good sense, end, DO doubt, ooDeoieut>ouii. Hlie lied no eaperetioue end uo " nnneion," end reed nothing but e weekly njjigv-u* rn-wajißjier. Her whole mind wa* in her h ula*keeping, end here wee the re eult! Another women, now over fifty yeere of age, hae cooked more or less, gener ally more, since she was twelve. Hhe has e special liking for lamb chops, end lies oooked them very many times. And to this day she nerves up liver eoiored chop*, fried, end swimming in s greasy liquid I Merely looking at them will give a right-minded person dyspepsia. This w< .men has eaten lamb chops elsewhere, cooked according to the imet civilised methods, and has praised them; but each tune alio returns serenely to her frying pen and grease. Now upon w hat hyjxitheais can this be explained f Can it be possible that them are human beings so constituted that their bodies and minds act independent ly, so that the sensation of taste has Do mental effect whatever f For in these instances the results were not the effect of c&rehamieae or indifference— they both thought their horrid abomina tion* were feasts for the gods. And Dot the least curious thing in those csaes u tlist these poor cooks Lavs altar]i eyea for the fault of the butcher and the"baker. The butcher knows bet ter than to cSer e stale stake or tough chop to No. 2; and if the baker were to serve No. 1 with such bread ss she makes herself she would refuse pay for it, en tirrlv unconscious of the reflection she would thus cast upon herself. Why do some housekeepers continue, week idler week, mouth after month, and year after year, to use raw flour for " thickening ?" Would it not ho res sonsble to suppose that after a number of years—say ten—the raw flavor, and the siirktneae of the compound, would suggest to them the possibility of slter iug their manner of preparing it I We have suggested but s few things that liapptmsd to occur to us. and these belong to onlv one branch of house keeping; but it we were to pursue our iuquiriea into other departments we should be met at every turn with phe nomena similar to toe above. They in dicate the existence in the midst of onr home life of marvels that science lias failed to explain, and for which ma sou can tunl uo law. Nervous Excitement. One dreadful form of nerv .us excite ment very prevalent among all classes of society hi that which ia commonly called "dipsomania." A weak tendency to drink becomes an insane tendency. We are especially liable fan it et the present time, because so many of as are over wrought. Our acton, our orators, our commercial men, can hardly keep up the nervous energy required to go through with their work, and • > they take alco hol to gvt up the steam of the mind. We believe if e man has to go through a car tsin amount of lxalily work he will do it better if he takes e little stimulant, in cases of mental strain, the freer he keeps from stimulant the better. Let him al ways tat something when he drinks. Let liim drink as little stimulant ss pos sible as s rule; let him substitute coffee or cocoa for spirits and wine, and he will be fresher for work and la*t out Ix-tter. The laxly is a tough machine, but yon must treat it fairly; and so of the mind—it is usually tough enough, but you can upset it. • We beseech you, workers, to watch yonraelvea, especially in this matter of taking stimulants. Hut what shall wo say of the pleasure makers f Young people should enjoy themselves if enjoyment comes innocently But what do we see constantly I Wc see voting people whose susceptibilities ore keenly alive to everything that comes from without, freah and healthy young girl* of seventeen and eighteen, at parties and Italia, who really require no stimulant, or the least possible amount —a little wine and water at most. Well, these young girls drink champagne at inter vela, glass after glass; they do nut know how much they do drink. They have not Ix-eu cautioned. It is over excitabilitv; it is thonghUoaanw. But it is like throwing ritriol upon roses to apply such au amount of stimulant to young, healthy bodies, A little thought would constantly set all thus right A lteward. When a hanpy mother in England is thrice bkwn, when she has '• triplets, she receives the kjneou's bounty of three sovereigns. This is only, of course, if she is iu a jxwition to need pecuniary as sistancc ; and it lias just l*>en refused to a claimant, in Warwickshire, upon the ground of her lielouging to the imper ten. It is necessary that the three " Uttle strangers " should lie all alive in order to receive this donation, but there is no restriction as to sex. So rare, how ever, is a phenomenon of this kind that even the chance of doublets lias been as certaiucd to he less than one per ranged is thinly populated, ranebaa and trading jxact* dotting at long inter vale the met treeless plains which lie between i woody hills and moon tains cleft by secret gorges and canyon • For year* these precious rascals defied the law, and subsisted on a country, hud under contribution as thoroughly as Mexico was under Cortex. Mothers seared their children into silence with the name of VaeqtKdt, aud young men toiling in the vineyard or sultry gVbe, lex iked at Die dust arising from the hoofs of his rough riders on the mountain side, half ia f©ar and half in admiration. The chief ban dit bore a charmed life. He was thought invulnerable. No bullet ever reached him, and DO deputy-aberiff came near enough to see the color of his horse. In an evil hour for the young rubber, he f.-ll into the tods and wss captured, trie J, convicted, and hinged by the Brtk until he was dead. The bold, dashing, handsome tabaUero thad the death of s dug. He carried himself with lightiM** aud jolly recklessness to the acaffbki; but w hen lie was hanged, no man in the throng that looked at his taking off la mented his ignoble end. The general verdict was, •' Served him right," And so it did. The night before this wn tch ws hanged, lie naked to sae his oof&n. It was ahowrn him. He rrad curiously the inscription which net forth that he died "to morrow," and be Wt the lining teuderlv, saying: " I shall aisep kmg and well here." Then be discoursed of that silent laud into which he wwa to travel, wying. with aotno show of aeriousnesa, that he was not sure of aa eternity. " The sagee say there is one," be re marked, with anhrngof Dae shoulder*; and he added Hurt if there were an eternity of life, he (iauuld meat all his sweethearts next day. Knitting Ids brows, he dictated an addreae which he wished directed " To fathers snd mother* of children." This Dngaiardocument began thus: " Standing at the purtala of the unknown and unknowable world, and looking hack upon the life of this, a* I hsve seen it, I would urge upon you to make your greatest osre to ao tram, influence, instruct, aud govern the) young to whom you have given life, that, they be kept iduof, as far as in the ( nature of things is possible, from the degrading companionship of the im- J moral snd vicious. The general welfare at society depends upun the strict per formance of this pari at your duty." , This was the bandit's homily and warning. To his former associates he dictated an equally unique address, in which he deprecated Dieir tvpnted m tention to make bloody rcparatuai for > his death, and bade Diem to take warning , by his fate aud change their course, j while life was loft him. On the fi (Rowing : dsv, accompanied by a priest who lash his beads and pattered prayer, the brigand ehie# atepjved lightly to the fatal tree, joked aixmt the dread hereafter, told Uie hangman to Lw quick about it, and so was launched into eternity The Mory of • (onflnctor. Conductors of trains are almost daily anunved by the presence m the cur* of individuals fwiwciwd neither of tickets , nor money, iuid who have to be put' ashore at the earliest opportunity. A j few days ainoe the conductor of an aast ! ward K>und train ou the other side uf tin- < "hill," ys a Sacramento pajier, found ( that he had a ** deadhead" of this class , among his pwaeogera, and three differ ent times stopfxxl the train to psit him 1 off. each time giving emphauis to the I matter by the application of hi* boot, but it invariably happened that the un { desiratde ]wuengcr managed to get on tmard about as soon a* the conductor The third time the cvinductor remained ashore wntchiug the chap until the train had attained such headway that lie /alt confident that the deadhtiiad reuld not ( get on—in fact, he had to spring in a ( livelv manner to accomplish it himself;' bat ss un ss he got straightened upon his feet he found the tm}>ecnnious ruling : along with the rest Somewhat dis couraged, the conductor twined to him and inquired: " Where in hlaxes ere yon going, anrwavt" "Wall," ■*>! the, not to-be got-rid-of, " I'm going to ( Chicago, u my pauta hold out, but if I m , going to be kickod ewry five minurie I j don't lielieve I'll niaka the Dip." The I conductor let him ride. A Wifh't Rights. Her* is a love story, not out oI th# j " Dr man baa and a rich man wtutta t Nothing. A dwappointmrmt'- f-iilling on you do nut like and finding them in. The Italians are wry fond of anaila for food. That'a baoauae they mo mtoh them. Two hundred nsuro agricultural labor ers aw en rwrf' from England far Geuada. The value of the ooal and lignites sained in Germany in 187*2 waa not far from *100,000,000. Two men who had not seen eaoh other for aeventy ymr* met in West Newbury, Mam., the