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 s<x -ff.x*t<xl wh>n 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; wh<is
boyish confidence in humanity, us a
whole, though often shocked, never :
die*; who watch eagerly for tlie bright
spots of sunshine on life's carpet, and
sent themselves where it falls brightest
and warmest. They rarely grow very
rich, for their boyish generosity is too
cB-i-ii-s* for that; they may not command
the nwe of admiring crowds; they are
net always systematic enough to lx- safe
ly trusted with important office*; but
tne nimble feet of childhood springs to
them, manhood trustingly extends to
them a wide OJK-U hand, women greet
them with a confiding smile, nnd Dl
through life they live aud receive great
treasures of pure love. God himself
is very tender to these boys.
Proverbs.
Borrowed clothes never fit.
Better go round than fDI in a ditch.
Better go alone than in hod company.
Be siow to promise bnt quick to per- •
form.
Better to go to bed sup]x-rles than get
up is debt.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Catcn the lxar before you sell his
skin.
Charity Ix-gins at home, bnt doe* not
end there.
Do not rip up old sore*.
Doing nothing is doing ill.
Diligence commands success.
Debt i* the worst kind of poverty.
Dependence is a poor trade to follow. !
Deeds are fruits, words are bnt leaves.
I)o unto others as you would have
them do to you.
Every couple is not a pair.
Everything is good in its season.
Everybody's business is nobody's
business.
FDse friends are worse than open
enemies.
Fortune knocks once at least at every
man's gate.
Fire and water are good servants, bnt
bad masters.
Great barkers are not biters.
Grant gain and litDe pain mokes a man
weary.
Give a rogue rope onongh and lie will
hang himawlfi I
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1875.
The Coal Mlui-r
A c*'iiY*ijK>iulitt 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 w<ek* lie may
have been deuying himself every com
fort save a little tobacco for his short
pi]a*, but he will laugh at vuur offer, and
wonder if you take him for a fool, that
he should' riak las life for a little
money.
Desire)log BUN.
There i* very gvxxl reos* >u 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<s*d,
prtxlure* a ilupln-ate, which can lie eu
b-red for )irolmb-, aii.l the criminal mny
Dm* find hltiuw-lf defeated. Hut w hot
then I The crime at all events, cannot
IKS brought home to him. It was the
opinion of one of those moat exjx-ri
enced 111 t-stiiuieutary suits that this
ofl'euiw- is fr>- 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 lxx<n declared, a new
one Dways being assumed on comiug to
the throne.
A Goon HPEKCH. —One of the lxvit
political speeches ever made came from
the lips of a military gentleman during
tin- lat Senatorial contest in Went Vir
ginis. It wa* n* follows: Gentlemen—
If no one will make a sjx* <-h, 1 will,
ami I will stop when I get done. Citi
zens of West Virginia, if you would Dl
take tlie sam* interest in developing the
resources of your country by opening
your rich mine*, cultivating the soil, im
proving your stock, anil cultivating
habit* of industry that you 4uke hunt
ing public offices for yourselves or
friend*, you would noon have one of the
first and best Htate ; in the Union.
Tnr. FALLS. —Many year* ago, in Paris,
Miss Porter, of Niagara Fall*, wa* asked
if she knew much about the Fulls.
"Yes," she replied, "I own them."
Thi* wa* subsUuitiDly true, a* most of
the land on tho American side, along the
rapids and down to the cataract itself,
wns the property of tho Porter family.
Kocently ouo-eighth of all the lands and
premises on Goat Island was sold by
Jane Town scud to Elizatieth Porter for
$51,325, and one-sixteenth port of the
same property wa* sold to George M.
Perth for $25,652.50. At this rate Goat
Island is worth alxuit $400,000.
Frof. of Rhetoric: " What important
change come over Burns in the latter
port af his life?" keuior: "Ha diT"
AN 01.1) MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE.
llrniHK Ikal krulril Ik* !.•(.• *1 s \V kllr.
Ilulrrd VV lie .Vlardrrcr.
Upon the o)M-uiiig of the criminal
court HI St. Louis William Morgiui, the
old white 'haired lllttll who Wua Oolivictod
t th- Wt toriu of the court for having
murvU-red liis wife July 27, 1874,
brought up froiu the ctuuity jail,
and Kfiitt'd with st-vt-ral otlicr piim>m*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 <pi ration, but
again 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 ix<unm-l you had engaged to assist
iu your defense. To Die jury thus
rlius u and duly sworn well and truly to
try Die issue between yourself and the
St..te, the facta iu ytiur iw- and tli" law
ajiphcable Diereto were fully preaanted,
and they, after due delilxiratiuu, liave
solemnly pronottuoed vou guilty of
willful, delibarat an A premedilabxl
muriler.
" It would bo a task a* unpleasant oa
Useleas for me to slate in detail the evi
dence of your guilt. Kvery circuui
statics- of tlie terrible tragedy iu which
you Ixjre so active a port is doubtles* ao
dex'jily imjireaard on the tablets of your
memory that death alone can waali away
Die remi-mlirauce theisxif.
" The crime uf which Toll hare been
convicbxihaalx-eudeclared bv the makers
of our laws to merit death, aud tin*
Sentence 1 in list now J'lUvS upou you.
" Iu all kindmets and simx-rity I ask
tliat for the few weeks that will elapse
Ix fore the Cies-utlou of this sentence you
turn your thoughts and prayers to tliat
all*wis* God, who elo.M can recuucile
jiiMtnv with mercy and give you jxiace in
this the >isv 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 lo<ise particle of soil which accompa
nies it is removed nnd burned loot it
should conceal some egg which might
Ixuirgeon villainously eveu in the new
soil. Tin- Colorado bug* travel in such
vu*t numlx-ra that iu one night they will
nettle u)xin acre* aud sere* of young po
tatoes nud 11 •*troy them all. Tliey do
not six-ill to take kindly to other plants,
and therefore if tliey increase ami multi
ply it i beoMMC they have this food.
Pownihly tho planting n( no jxitabxe for
s year or two is the only-way to eradicate
the dreaded bug.
brutal Revenge.
A most cruel and dastardly outrage
wa* perjx-trnb-il in England, not long
siuee, njxn Jarne* Brndslinw, n work
ingmnu. After hxiviiig his work Krad
shaw entered a txx-r house, where he
found a man who g>x-* 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 eti<joette as clearly de
fined as those of any Kurojx-an court.
Kverv cow known* her )>la<X' and keeps
It; "lie Will Dot Cuudetxx'ud to lake a
lower, aud would not be allowed to take
a higher. When a newly bought calf ia
first introduced to the farmyard, it is
treated just like a new boy at school.
The previous inhabitant* of the yard
come end insjxx-t it contemptuously,
th-y decline its society, they crowd it
sway from the hay racks; and a new
comer iti a farmyard ha* atxiut a* much
chance of approaching the rack at feed
ing tunc a* a now boy lias of getting
near the fire on a cold winter dev.
However, as time goee on, the young
calf iiicrsoxsi iu growth, and is allowxl
Ui mix with her couqawiuu* on n>l<'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<xik the whole projx-rty, save what went
for lawyer's fxs.
Recovered Hl* Yolee.
Tlie NaDiville (Tenn.) Banner rays:
Tx years ago a convict named Wylie
wa* sent to the penitentiary from Hhelby
county. Hiuce his incarceration he ha*
(iretended that he could not xpenn, and,
a* he ha* almost constantly indulged in
dancing, making face*, etc., he m*u
cnine to lx> 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 <vnt. I j
know an eminent pbyoinn of London,
who. having satisfied himaelf of this
fact, has received for niauv years a jxnind
from each of his married friends when
ever there was an increase to their fami-
lie*, upon Die understanding tliat he was
to pay a hundred if the increase was in du
plicate, anil he lia* made qnite a litDe
fortune out of this oonijwwt, and never
liad to pay a penny.
"No Injun There."
We are inclined to think that the
frontiersmen, when Diey capture "bad
Injuns," do not generally think it neces
sary to take their photographs, in order
to their future identification. Thev sel
dom trouble their captors long, and are
never reformed and then let go. Still,
the chi f in the following incident may
lx- pardoned for his exultation over the
white race: A baud of Western Indians,
visiting the Treasury department, were
taken into the Hecret Hcrvioe division,
where there are numerous photographs
of thieves, counterfeiters, etc.—men,
women and boys, of Dl nations and col
ors, but no Indians. After looking over
the entire lot, the chief, turning to his
white enoort, drew liimself np proudly,
j and with a wave of his hand toward tha
' group of pictures, said: " Ugh! na In
-1 juu there!"
NO. 18.
A BANDIT'S WABIINO.
Tl* AStlrr ditti Is farsals fc tawa
lbs Vatrl t alirsrsla DaaSll. sa lb*
sniet.
Tibumo Vaaquaz was a baudit. Ha
and his baud ravaged at will several of
the lower ooiuities of California. In the
wild, free, Andalaaiau life of I**
Angeles and Hants Clara, tlteee brigands
found ample room and verge enough for
exploits whose recital takes us back to
the medieval times, whoo robber baron*
and predatory knight* swooped dowm
upon the plains and valleys, and Use
swav to their mountain fastnesses Die
•poA of beauty and pelf. An adven
turotin aud romantic career was that of
Vaaquez and his eosMav. Their ex
ploito have furnished forth material tot
cheap uovels and '' blood-and- thunder "
drainns. They stole, ravaged, burned,
plundered, and murdered in that gay
and darhing manner which fascinates
callow youth, and sets romantic maidens
to sighing tot "such a man." The
country through which these baud.it*>
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
" D<uncron," but one of the modern
jurisprudential tyie: A rich New \ork ,
widower of fifty-two, who was about to
marry a young woman of twenty-three, j
in order "to convinoe his daughters that;
his ronng wife married himself and not j
hia 8150,000, made hi* estate over to hi* j
daughters just before marriage, hut'
without informing hia intended of the 1
love teat. When she found it out, alter
marriage, ahe showed how much she
thought of her husband's worldly good*,
as well a* her husband, by going to law
to recover. Aud she did recover, the
court holding that dower being highly
favored in equity, a* a moral a* wall as
legal right, " the inchoate right* of the
wife aia as much entitled to protection
as the vested rights of the widow," and
that the deed executed before her mar
riage, under the facte and circumstance*
of this cane, should have no more effect I
upon her right* and interest# than if exe-.
cuted afterwards.
Wife Resting.
The following may support Mr. John
Bright "a recent argument about the im
propriety of dogging wife beaters: In
" The Chronicle of lngerbe " we read
that William the Conqueror, iu the year
, 1047, waylaid Matilda in the street# of
Bruges, "as she was returning from in as*,
seized her, rolled her in the dirt, spoiled
her rich attire, and, not content with
these outrages, struck her repeatedly,
and rode off at full speed. Thia Teu
tonic method of court#) ip, according to
our author, did not result in the flogging
of William the Conqueror for a lady
beater, but in an approaching marriage
in the highest life, tat Matilda, either
convinced of the strength of William'#
' passion by tho violence of his behavior,
or afraid of encountering a second boat
ing, consented to become hia wf ie.
Tho ore from the Newburyport silver
* mines Increases in richness a the shaft#
are sunk—an assay last week yielding at
the rate of 96, (XX) a ton. Six huadred i
' feet of land on the Bounton lode were j
sold, recently, to a Springfield com-
I pany tar 8160,000.
r a Spelling Match.
t a. WhiUier'a vweetea
I metfiwtl fi-m*. "School Day*," w 1<"
voted i) showing th* regret brown
rfSrn.-* girl at bTiif
" spelled down
- -th UUb be*
ll* etuUwti favor ringtail "I
j
•i'u sony thai I fh Ik# weed,
I hw* !■• e •!• vow.
BMMM"-- tie low fsU~
•• ltaoams, yon •, I low you."
Bull manor? to afiay-bairad own
Tlwl ( eluki faoo U !.o*in* I
ftaar iffri. tb groon on ht gr* *
Rtn forty yoora teen growing.
Ha litre to km in Ht* Uant rrltaai
Ho* few lm jwrrebove bin
4 CkMU Ike triumph *ui Me km
Lite tea-tomm# Ibay low Inn.
Item* of latere*!. •
Something that ought to bo put (lows
—carpet*.
The lawyers am coming ont with
spring suite.
An agricultural speaker triaboo a new
Arid lor lecturing.
What w it that a |*>r 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 <dbrr day.
It is easier to bear np under our miv
fortunes than to eurvive the oommenta
of oar friends on them.
"Ma when is a griddle cake in
halHtodt" " Why, mv clear, when thew
is a Utile Indian tn it. '
Don't imagine that vou wew born to
reform the world. You can't aplit a
mountain with a toothpick.
It appear* that coining copper is not
profitable. The government has not
I made a half at since 1857.
Mark Twain deniea that his " Gilded
Age" waa a failure. Ha my* it gave •
poor, worthy bookbinder a job.
Father David, a Roman Catholic mi*
wonary, estimate* the population of
China's! three hundred millions.
The laUwt addition to the umbrella is
a pane at glass, inserted in the front
breadth, through which the bidder can
see his way.
At Manchester, England, the other
ju a woman was found guilty of unin
tentional bigamy and waa sent to prison
for one day.
"la that dock right over there?"
asked a visitor the other day. " Right
aver there 1" ami the boy, "'tain't
nowhere alua."
The fallow who organized a Black
Hill* colony in Chicago is reported mus
ing, hv.!-V secured f5 each from aiz
hundred OMcagoana who had the gold
fever very badly.
"John, John, wake up, them's a bur
glar ia the bouse," aaid his wife. John
set upcWht in hied. "Burgiai. b-u-r
g-l-e-r—burglar"—mid he rolled over
waiting for a harder word.
Emperor William has written to a de
sceDdeot of Handel that a new quarter is
to lie added to the city of Berlin, in
which all the streets will be named after
Germany's maatoal celebrities.
No " can wear out over three pairs
of boot* per year, but what man can't
Wok over bis hack yard at this season of
the Tear and see sixteen or seventeen old
bonis hugging up to oyster cans f
Take life easy, and don't always be
trying to lies* the son up, says an ex
change. You may win for awhile, hut in
the long ran yoe'axe euro to be beaten,
•m.l *•-*?*** morning it will rise when you
don't.
A few days ago a Kentucky colored
man bought*a cattish, and in droroing it
found growing in the flesh of the fish a
operate tissue in the form of a human
hand, about as huge as that at an infant
a year old.
The first number of a Colorado paper
prints a two-column list of the staple
products of the new State. It is chiefly
nwde up of siir—- 1 * but includes deer
boras, live eagle* and similar fruits of
a fertile soil.
I. Viscount de Loageril has investigated
apothecaries' profit*. He my* that a
bottle ui aeidlitz water, add for twenty -
five cento, cost* to make it one cent and
s * half, and that other profits generally
are in this proportion.
"Augustus, deer," mid h, tenderly
pushing him from her aa the moonlight
flooded the bey-window where they were
• f think you had better try
i some hair dye; your mustache
| tastes like terpentine. "
The Newport (Rhode Island) -Vein
! warn* its friends outside the Stale "that
i wv will not tamdv submit to irreverent
i romsrks about our size, for we are large
| "ii 'Ugh to boast of two capital* and four
, tviudidatea for Governor.'
. Wolf scalp* are received in payment
of taxes in Missouri at the rate of
live dollars a sculp. Thelegislativecom
mittm appointed the other day to bura
' the ml)* accumulated in the last two
wars destroyed aboat *6,000 worth.
To find a policeman—Look down every
arc* in the street. If you do not by ac-
J cutout happen to aoe one, ring the bell
: ,nd inquire if the policeman is in the
' kitchen. Repeat this at every door, and
yon cannot fail eventually to find one.
A Minneapolis butcher dreamed one
night that he had only seven fingers, and
; tee next day he out off a finger with an
utilucky stroke of a cleaver. That uigbt
Ihe dreamed he hadn't any head, and
he ha* ever since been living in terrible
dread.
i "You may go on inventing washing
machines for the nest fifty year*, but to
the average eye you can't patent any
-1 thing equal to the sight of a lady * dia
mond ting* flashing in and out at the
sparkling suds as she thumps a wet towel
up *"■* down the washboard."
George Smith, who worked by nights
in a Troy car ahop, when called upon to
elope with the wife of his friend Ander
son, first made arrangements with his
' employer that Anderson should be pro
! moted" to the position he vacated. The
; contract was fulfilled all around.
The fish of Lake Brie, imprisoned by
ice, have been dying because they had
too mnch water and not enough air.
Now, the fowl an Lake Huron are starv
ing because they have too much air and
cannot get at the fish through the ice.
There seems to lie a predicament for the
ttoh in either case.
A fanner in Brown county, Texas,
was driving oxen with a rope wliich he
had twisted around the Angers of his
right hand, when the animDs took fright
and ran. The driver was pulled np
against a tree with such force that all the
fingers of Die hand to which the rope
was attached were torn off.
On AH Fouls Davaome Hartford wag
sent letters to most of the members o
the clerical profoasipn, inviting them
singlv.to be present at the United State
Hotel to nnite a couple in marriage.
Hot dreaming of a trick, and not know
iifc that othraa hadtbeeu invited, each
clergyman who had received a note went
to the hotel at the appointed hour, and
aft found tli Y had beyn made the victims
of a practical"joke. It is said that nine
ministers were there fet one time.
... , * r[
An Englishman's Opinion.
. Mr. Gbikters, spmjfing at Pontefract,
England, gave au .Account of his late
American £ nr. fojspoke in terms of
high enlogy of Attfftica. The Ur ited
States, he thought* was probably the
most prosperous country in the world.
He estimated ttfct in fifty yeaxa it would
contain one fifty million in
habitants, wMs progress of Eng.
iftjutl W&* Ukjoer-anlj limited. He form-
Sv flio reasons why Eng.
land should seek thefidendihip Mid alu
anco of the United S^tes.