Across the Street. 1 do not know it if ahe known I watch tier an ah* com en and gtre; 1 wonder if she drearas of it. Sitting snd winking at my rhymes, 1 wsave her enuny hsir at timea Into my rm or gloatna of ik Upon her window-ledge i* net A bo* of flowering mignonette ; Morning end uight she tend* to them. The sennelee* flower*. ttiet do not oer* To kin* thet strand of loosened Heir A prettily she bend* to thorn. If I eon Id one* contrive to got Into tnet box of mignonette. Some morning she tend* to them I>eer me ! 1 see the sweet blood rise And bloom iln! her cheek* end eye* And bosom. u ehe bend* to them ! —.t Wrick Jean, the Cobbler. A merry wight, end fond of hi. eeee. While he mug* Uie aongw end .trokee Lie knew, And light ea Uie eir which sway* the leave*. Is J eeu Yaljoan, the cobbler. Through the summer dey he eite end einge Of Uie eldeu dsvs end of encienl thing*. Of the demee of yore end of bygoue king* Sings Jee Valjeau. the cobbler. The liinl* ere singing in every tree Till the eir i* tlllej w.Ui the melody Of eong e* light end gey end fie* A* J eeu Valjean a, the cobhlet. With the weiung hedos the Urd ui ia neat. And Jean in hi* cot eech cvk Uie feet Which sweet sleep brings, with no csres o[> [Wtd, Ah ! happy Jeen the cobtJer. CONCORD AND LKXINKTON. Tkr )lnl tlaa that • far Aa*ri-aa ludrrnwlracr. From CWd IUJ New. J •'(.hi the li.Hn Uy of Anni, 1773, * day to lie remanibeml by all Americana of the present wacntidn, and which ought, and doubtless will handed ilovn to ugv* yet suborn, the trooji* of Britain, unprovoked, shed the blood of sundry of the loyal American subjects of the British King m the held of Lexing ton." Thcor words are the prophetic intro duction of the " Narrative of the Kxcur oiou of the King's Troops under the Command of Gen. Gage," which the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts sent to England a hundred years ago. With in Anile care the Congress drew up deposition*, which were sworn t-> l>efore •'his majesty's justices of tlie peace," that, with all legal form, they imgnt show to all the world who were the ag gressor*, now the crisis lutd couie. Tlien they intrusted the precious volume of these depositions to Richard lierbv of Salem, who sent John Derby with them to England. The vessel made a good run. She arrived on the 29th of May with the official papers and the Essex Gazette, which liaa the published ac counts. The Sukey, Capt. Brown, with the government accounts, forwarded by lien. Gage, did not arrive till eleven days after. Meanwhile, Arthur Lee and all the friend* of America in London were steadily publishing the uews of the " ministerial " Attack on the people, and the people's repulse of the army. The public charged the government with concealing the news. All parties had had fair notice that the crisis was coming; and they had a good chance to gness how it was coming. On th? 30th of March, bv way of seeing how people would bear the presence of an army, and how the army would march after a winter's rest and mat, Earl Percy, with five regiments, marched out over Boston Neck into the country. Boston people can trace him by walking out on Washington street, where the sea water then flowed on both sides, tip the hill at Roxbury, on the right of the church, and heeding Gov. Dudley's parting stone, which still stands, let them take Center street, "to Dcdham and Rhode Island." Along that road to Jamaica Plain, Earl Percy marched, hi* drums and fifes playing " Yankee Doodle." The spring was very early. Some soldiers straggled, and trampled down gnrdeua and fields that wen- planted, perliaps since last fall. From Jamais Plain, Earl Percy led them across to Dorches ter; and by the Dorchester road, they came home. Very indignant was the Provincial Congress and the committees of safuty at this first " invasion " of the country; and all people guessed that Concord would be the point of the next "excursion," because at Concord was one of the largest deposits of stores which the Province of MaiHachuMtta had collected in its preparation* against the British empire. As early a* Feb. 9 the Provincial Con gress had intimated their intention of stopping such " excursions." They had appointed the celebrated "Committee of Safety," with the express purpose of checking them. Of this committer The bucinew and duty it shall be, most care folly and diligently to inspect and observe all and every such person person* ac shal. at any time at: mpt to carry into execution, 1 y force so act of the Dritisl. I'srllament/en titled "Auac'.forthe better regulating tUs govern ment of the Province of Maaeschuset:* liy, in New England" • • • whicb said osn mittee, or say Sve of them, provided always that not more than one of tue raid five shall be an in habitant of the town of Ikwton. shall have rower, sad they are hereby enqowered mod directed, when they shall jodge that such at tempt or attempts are male, to alarm, mn-ter, and cause to be an-embled *uh the utmost ex pedit- iu. and completely armed, accoutred, and supplied with provieious sufltcient for their support in their march to the place of render vou-, such and so many of tlie militia of thin province as they shall judge necessary for the end and purpose of op; owing suc.li attempt or attempts, and at soch place or |4aces as they skall judge proper, and them to dirrharge the safety of the province shall permit. This, it will be observed, WOK full preparation for war, only the Provincial Congress meant that (tea. Gage should strike the first blow. Meanwhile, our friend** Bcruiere and Brown, whose sad tramp to Worcester we traced iu tlie last number of (Jtd and Xetr, were Bent to aee what there was at Concord. They left their journal be hind them, when, the next year, the English Rrmy evacuated Boston; and so we are able to trace their march to slay. And so it happened that on the even ing of the 18th of April, when, it wan supposed, most of the Boston people were in bed, aliout eight hundred soldiers —grenadiers, light iufiuitry, and marines —were emliarked in the boats of the nary, very near to the place where the old Providence station strxHl, where then the tide rose and fell. Remember tliat there was no bridge at that time from Hoe ton on any side. Tlie little army was ferried across to Lechmere's Point, not fur from th in sane asylum of to-day; lost two hours in ?;oing so far, and then took up its silent ine of inarch through Cambridge, by what is still remembered as Milk Row. At the tavern in Menotomv, now West Cambridge, the rebel committee of safety had been in session the day liefore. Dear old Gen. Heath, then only "our ooloncl," whose memoirs oome in in the most entertaining reading of the time, had been there. But he had gone home to Roibury. Here is hisacoouut of what happened to those who stayed: On the 19th, at daybreak, our gen jral was awoke, called from his bed, and informed that a detachment of the British army were out, that they had crossed from IkvUm to Phipp'e Farm iu* boats, and had gone toward Coneord, as was supposed, with intent to destroy the public stores. They probably had notice that the committees had met the preceding day at Wethorby'e Tavern, a! Menotomy. for when they cure opposite to the bouse they halted. Several of the gentlemen slept there during the night. Among them were Col. Orne, Cob Lee, and Mr. Oerry. One of them awoke and informed the others that a body of the British were before the house. They immediately made their escape, without time to drees them selves. at the baek door, receiving some injury from obstacle# in the way in their uudreesed state. They made their way into the fields. Heuth had met on his way heme offi cers who tried to keep the news of the "excursion" from reaching Concord; but the country was alarmed, and Col. Smith sent back to Boston for a rein forcement- Gen. Gage had expected the r.fjueet, and had ordered the first brigade under arms at four that morn ing. These orders were carried to the first brigade-major's. He was not at KUIiTZ, Kilitor nml Proprietor. VOL. MIL home; etiil, when he oeuie home, his wr vont forgot to toil of the letter. At four o'clock no brigtwh' apiwwrvyl. At five o'clock Col. SiuiUi's exports conic, ask iug Uie isinfunemepU On inquiry. tt proved thet no orders were liven; etui tt u:\ not till six tlint e puit ol the brigade pamded. Tliey wnitesl till seven for the mariuea. Is not alt this like a village muster today f At seven, there bring still no marines. it proved that ttie order for them had Iwvu addressed to Mivjor INtcaini, who was by this time far away, and liad indeed Iw-gun the war .urviuly, without knowing tt, by firing Ins pistol on Islington common. So the half of the brigade waited, and waited, till the marines could lo got rowdy, and when they were nwly, at nine o'clock, slart>d over ltost,m Nock; for uow Uiey had uo boats; so that they must e'en go six wile* tvuutd bv laud, :u every Bostoiiian will see. So thev came to Dudley's j>art iug stone, playing "* Yankee Doodle " again; but witeu they reached the stone this tnue they took the right hand road "to Cambridge and Watertowu." A Hoxbury boy, who sat on a stoue wall to M-E Uieui pass, prophesied ULU to IVroV, referring to the history of his noble house: " You go out by 'Yankee Doodle,' but you will come Ixick by 'Chevy t'lia-ve.' " While the half brigade was wasting for the marim-s on wlut is uow Tremont street, its line crossing Uie lusul of ltcu con street, a littis la>y nine years old, named Harrwm Gray Otis, was on his way to the old school in School strvs-t, where INirker's stamls to-day. Here is his account of it, printed for the first lime. It is, so far as we know, the only glimpse we have of Boston life on that memorable dav: (Hi lU* 10th of Ajihl. 1 775, I wei.t to M-LOO! for the lost num. Iu lh moniuig. aU-.it *e*n. Pero'S bngal* M drawn op, rxtvnding fnou Scollmv'* budding*, through Tbaixil *trwt. and nearly to the bottom of the mall, (.rcpar ing to take up their march for Loxingtuu. A corpiral oame up to me as 1 was guuis t* is ho>' and turned m* off, to )r. A* I wi.terel school 1 heard th* amiouiu-wmeut of "dr-jvu/e fihnvi, ' and ran home for fear of the regulars. Her* end ed my connertiou with Mr. Lotell'*a>(uuiu*tna- Uon of lb* school. Soon afterward 1 left town, and ds! not return until after the evacuation by the British, in March, 177k. Col. Smith and lu> eight hundred h id pressed on meanwhile. The alarm had been so thoroughly given in Inxiiigt >n that, at two o'clock, the militia had as sembled (one hundred and thirty in num ber); and Julia Parker, their captain, luul ordered them to load wiih powder and ball. This John is the grandfather ol one Theodore, who will appear two generations afterward. No sign of any troops; and the men were dismissed, with orders to assemble aguin at the t-t of drum. Mont of them thought that the whole was a false alarm. But tiage's officers, in the advance of the English column, came back to it on it* march, and reported that five hundred men were in arm*. Major Pit caim of tlie marine* had command of six companies of light iufantrv in advance. He caught all of Parker * scouts, except Tliaddeu* llow man, who galloped lmck to I**xiugtou common, and gave to Parker tilling* of the approach of the column. Parker ordered the drum to lieat; and his moa began to collect. He ordered Sergeant William Monroe to form tliem in two rank*, a few rods north of the meeting house. The English ofli t rs, hearing the drum, lialted tlieir troop , hmle them prime and load, and then marched forward at double-quick. Sixty or Hoventy of the militia luul assembled. The tradition is, that Parker had bidden the men not fire till they wVre tirisl upon, but bided, *' If they menu to have a war, let it Iwgiu here." Double-quick on one Ride; on the other, Sergeant Monroe forming his men a* well as he can. Major Pitcairu in the advance. '• Y< villains, 3* reh'ls disperse! Uy ilvt your anas ! Why don't ve lay down your arms i" He naw a gun fia forbear firing. Hut noma men in his party fired irregularly, ami Iftrt no one. Then came a general discharge from the English line, and many men were hilled or wounded, The militia returned the tire —some before having their line, some after -and the war was la-gun. Here is Capt. John Parker's account of the tight, one of the paj* r* which Capt. Derby carried to London: J. John I'arVer, of lawful age. and command er of the m.Litia at Islington. d<> testify and declare, that on the l'.Hli in the morning, ab.wit one of the rtoek. being informal that there were a number of tlie regular orb -<•** riding np and down the mad. top;MG and lU nulling people ae they pamuwl the road, and also lnfomuwt that a number of the regular troojx were on tbeir march from Ilmtnii. in order to take the province etotee at Concord. I ordered cur tail.tie to meet on the common in said Lexington. to ratwujt what to dieywrse and not to tire. Immediately raid Won;* made their appearance, and rushing furiously on, tired upon and killed eight of our ;>arty. without re ceiving any provocation therefor from na. HtiiDUut re . April i 5, 1775. The above-named John I'arker personsilv ap peared. and. after being duly cautioned to tell the whole truth, main solemu oath to the truth of the above deposition by him sub scribed before us. WILLIAM KA.i>, J'MUVk J<>li>NO* t Wll.lJAJt VTTI'KNKY, Jutti'.* tfthm /Vflor. That in the way those jwople went to war. They fought one fUy; ami then they minl<> deposition* to secure the truth of history. Henry Clay was grent ly amiweal when a New England historian told hiin of the*? depositions. He heard the story in some detail, and then aaid, "Tell me that again." Hut they did not atop for deposition* then. The militia retirv-d: aorae here, some there. The Eugliah (roups fired a volley on the common, and gave three cheers. Col. .Smith came up with the main party; and they preened on to Concord. Two of their jxirty had been wounded. Major Pitcnirn's horse was struck by a ball; and, after the column left Lexington, six of the regulars were taken prisoners. The musket of one of them is in the station house to day. Meanwhile, the Concord militia had the alarm, and had formed. The rain ute men, and same of the militia from Lincoln, the next town, had joined them. Home of the companies marched down the Lexington road till they saw the ap proaching column. They saw they were out-numbered; and they fell back to a hill, about eighty rods, distance back of the town, where they formed. Col. Barrett, their commander, joined them here. He hail been at work that day, executing such commands as these, given by the committee of safety the day be fore. They are worth looking back upon as illustrations of the preparations of those days. April 18. 1775. Volfi, That part of the provisions be re moved from Concord. Tiz.: fifty barrels of beef from thence to Sudbury, with Deacon Plympton, a hundred barrels of flour (of which what in in the malt house in Concord lie part), twenty oasks of rice, fifteen hogsheads of molasses, ten hogsheads of rum, five hundred candles. • ••••• Vt}U*i. That the musket balls under tbs care of 651. Barrett be buried under ground in some safe place: that be be desired to do it, and Ist the oommimary only be informed thereof. THE CENTRE REPORTER StiU tin.hug himself out tiuiubered. Col. lUrrett Uieu withdrew his force over the North bridge, and the little English armv marched into Uie town. Throe of their iw>tu|>anios were station ed at the bridge; three companies were sent to Col Barrett's house, two uuhw distant, t<> Jontroy the moguxuu-a. l>nl they llnd the musket bullets f No. AnoUter jsvrty was sent to the South briilge. Iu the cuter of the town they broke off the trunnions of three new iwlinoD, destroyed wliat stores they could And, among others some wooden spoons and trenchers, which appear quite cm siucttoualy in all Ute account*. Hut froiu ail such work all parties were called ly tirmg at the bridge. All this time, the minute tneu had tieeu pouring in on the high grounds where Col. Barrett lud formed his men. Thev saw at hist that the troops had fired the town, ui one place and aaother. The court house was on fit*. Cspt William Smith of Inucdu volunteered to take his company, and dislodge the guard at the bridge, Isaac Davis, of the Acton company, made the remark, which has become a proverb, " There is not a man of my com|auiy that isafrunl" to go. CoL Barrett ordered the attack, bade the column JMVSS llic bridge, but not to fire unless they were fired upon. Again the Iwission for law appeared: "It is the dug's highway; and we have a right to march UJHIU it, if we march to Boston. Forward, march!" They marched to the air of " l*he White Cockade," Uie quickest step their tifes could pla\. Laurie, iu command of the i-'.uglisli party, crossed liack on Uie bridge and liegiui to take up the planks. Major Duttrick, who commanded Uie attacking jmrty, hurried his uie*. When thev wen" wiUmt a few rods, the English tired, iu three saveral discharges. Mr. Emerson. the minister of Concord (who, also, will ap|H>ar two gsnerations after ward), came uearer the soldiers than those that were killed. Three severnJ discharges were made by the English and Mr. Emerson "waavery uneasy until the fire was returned." Isaac I Hit is and Abner Hoamer were killed; and Uu-c Major Huttrick gave Uie order to fire. Tin* English reUred. The I Hoi uicish crossed the bridge, and part af them as ccnded Uie bold hill which visitors i ituord rememlwr, hrhind the meet iug house, on the right of the town. The Euglish party under 1 "arsons re turned from Barrett's, ami cn mood the briilge again; but they were left to join the main body without offense. One Eugli-sh soldier hail been killed, ' and several wounded. CoL Smith de laved his return till he could find car ruigs for his wounded; and it wa* ti *>u lirne before he began his return. Mean while, north and south and went, courier* luul been speeding, announcing that the Lexiugtou miht a had boeti final on. The minutemen, the country through, luul started on their march. They did not know what jaiint to strike. Tiny did not know w !mt tliey were to do when tljey came there. But they uian-hed ; they were determined to lie in time; and ,in time they were. The populous conn try between Boston and Coocord wa* in arm*. The men knew every inch of ground, and, after they had had their allot at the regulars in one place, ran across the country, and trie,! them in auother place. " They are trained to protect themaelvea behind idoue walls," wrote Gen. Gage to the ministry, ) " They seemed to drop from the clouds," sv an English soldier. Poor Smith and lii* party, after tlnrty nnles j of tramping, iime Imck to the common, in no mood for giving three huzza* there. They made quick march ing of it, and were there by two. They left Concord at noon. "A number of our officers were i wounded," sava Iteruicre; "sotluit we liegan to run rather than retreat in order. The whole Iwliaved with amax ing braverv, but little order." Here Percy ui'-t them with hi* late re iuforcement; here they re-ted, ami then resumed theii retnul, to receive jn*t the same treatn. -lit in every defile. At West Cambridge, the Dauv<-ra company : —observe Dan vers again—the liana com ]miiv of the Kvn-x regiment, luul come i up. Fifteen mile* they had marched jin faur hours across Essex oouuty. It was snust-t Iwfore tin- head of what column was left across Cliarbntown • Nook. All lbi*ton was on Beacon Hill, watcliiug for their n-tum. Through the I gathering twilight, men eould see from the hill the flashes •( the niUsketi on Milk Bow; and Percy hail to unhimlier his field-pieces, and bring them into use again, it was at West Cambridge that Dr. Warren so ex posts I himself, that a pin was struck out of the hair of his • oarlock. Heath wns by this time exercising mime wirt of command. The head of the r.nglish column was at Hunker Hill, when un aid of Pickering's rode up to him to announce that the Essex regi ment was close ta-hiud him. Danvm had gone acroaa country; the rest of the regiment liad marched direct to Boston. Heatli judged that it was too late for any farther atlac'D. TIMS English, on their side, planted aentriea nt the Nivk. Heath planted them on the other side, and ordered the militia to lie uu their arms at Cambridge. Hut, long before this time, the news of the march had traveled north and west and south. The memory of the rider "on the white horse " is still told in tradition, reminding one, as (lov, Washburn has said, of the white horse in the Revelation. The march and retreat were on Wednesday. On .Sunday morn ing they had rumor of it in New York ; and on Tuesday they had a second ex press from New Kngland with quite a connected story. The ..torv wns so defi nite, that they ventured to send it south by express as they received it from New Haven. To Elizaliethtown, to Wood bridge, to New Brunswick, to Princeton, it flew as last as horse could carry it. The indorsements by the different com mittees show their eager haste. It was in Baltimore eu the 27th. It WHS in Georgetown, 8. C., on the 10th of May. It told how the king's troops were besieged oil Winter Hill; how Lord IVrcy was killed, and another general officer of the English, on the first fire. "To counterbalance this good news, the story is, tliat our first man in command (who he is, I know not) is also killed." No man since has known who " our first man in commaud " was. There was no commander all day long. The dispatch was all nntme. But it told of war, and it fired the whole coun try. On the '2oth of April na nrmy was around lion ton and the siege had lsgun. A Boy Frightened to Heath, It it believed by many that a boy to be I kept in his place needs a severe shaking ' up or a terrible box on the ears once in a while. Many fatal reunite have ensued from this treatment. A strauge and tin expected effect resulted from frighteuing % boy in Ht. Louis. William Murphy, a boy nine years of age, attending the Humboldt school, one day left school at noon, apparently in as good health as ever. Skirmishing with other boys along the road home, ho finally struck one of his playmates. Immediately thereupon a teamster named Jolin Meyer caught him by the arm and gave him a good shaking. The boy appears to have been so thoroughly frightened that he became sick and oommonoed vomiting. He was taken home, hut failed t recover, and died the next morning. Meyer, who is a married man about forty years of age, was taken into custody. CENTRE HALE. CENTRE CO., l'A., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1875. rr M it.iir it m: BEEN. The l aliel NUIm Sa IWrv Krisalard I sJrr I aallaS It sir—Their lalarr. The New York UtraUl says: We some times wonder what would l* the smith tn>n of these Stale* had we remained under the motiarehv. Buppuae the min isters of lieorge 11 f. had foreseen tliat iu another century the American colonies would be more (sipuloiia than th<- moth er country, ami liad permitted to our aucestorw all tlu> privilegi-s of Euglialr nieu; suppose tliey bad granted us a par li.-imciit and a separate autonomy like tluit |KwiNcd by faiuuia and Aitstruliu, a militia and revenue systems, and all ill a sjiirit of frankness, fraternity and equality. Such a tlung w probable euougli, and wisdom a hundred years ago might have held us in the name ties which unite Canada to the mother lulid. Would human progress* liave IHH-II ax largely benefited as we think It has l*a by the United States of America f We have tio doubt tliat we should have growu with tlie growth of the British Empire and shored in its prodigioua prosperity and grwmleur. '1 he aaiue sun would liave ripened our harvests; tlir name seas would liave floated our ahi|a. English wealth and energy would hate built our raiLnsuix and canal*. Englialt valor would certainly have achieved as nianv triuiupb* over tlc S|>aiiiard and the Mexican. Hut we qiteation whether liliertv would have l*l have fallen, and lilwrtv, which received sueh an tin pulse from the shot which wj.x "hoard round the world," would liave Iwe-n thrown Isn-k for another century. England is no weaker, America is oar tainly greater, because of the result* of the war which began on the aoft hank of the little Indian atresia a hundred years ago. Our separation from Etighunl wan like tlie separation of the yoiiug man from tlie old home, which u too uarrww, too conservative, for hi* freali uiountuig h>pe. It was our time t> go out into the world and make our way. We could have wudusl tliat the .xe(aru tiun luut beeu friendlier, but It wits lt tatrioliHiu. I*-t u* forget, so far as can !• forgotten, all tliat re-mains t>> the (ivst tliat i* not national iu the tru-*t American sen*-. Let us in the felicitation* of the time that men of the North and the South sbssl side by side iu the dark n to vi' tnry. If we could only la* one again as we were whstl Washiiig ton ami I*utuaui and Wayne were our generals; wheu New * Jig lsmler ami \ lr gitiian and South t'aroiinian *h>od iu tin em>*atUuld feel tliat this anniversary waa a blessed dav indeed. Tins cau only come, aaoume it will, by cherishing a truly national spirit. IV tieiiee, courage, frankness, will do it nil. God, who rule* in all affairs, and in the hollow of whose almighty hand the na tions are helJ. has dis | wised of events to our own gisxl. It I s His will—h t m tiiudlv believe—tlut tliene Slates have n gnuidiw mission than w.ul.i lutve Iki u jMissilde even muter the legia of the mighty empire of Knghiml that the Southern States bate a nobler destiny than could have Iwfallan the Confedi racy of their proud ami Imm n hoi*-*. Ist us strive that when we come to another centennial ihir of inilejiemlenoe and union we shall be one as we w<-re in Herolutionary days, and we shall honor with ever-increasing revenue's' the memo ry of the devoted men who liad the courage to Htrike the first blow for inde pendence, and whose glory is to day the first thought of every American heart. The Mormon Massacrr. A Utah correspondent of the Chicago 7'iw* says that a woninti was indirectly the cause of the Mountain Meadow mas nacre which was such a horrible incident of tne early history of Mormon Lain. He says that Parley I'. Pratt, one of the " twelve apostles," was sent on a mis siou to Arkansas in 1847, and while there converted to his doctrine a woman named Mclesm, who deserted her hus band and eloped with him to Utah. Afterward Pratt again visited Arkansas and abdncted three of the woman's chil dren from their father, who NutwMHpient ly met and killed the ul>durtor. The story is that lirighain Young prophesiiwl vengeance for this, and that among the immigrants who were slaughters!—bv the Mormons as is generally lielievoif, though Briglinm's followers lay the erimo to Indiana—were several neigh bors of McLean, one of whom, it is charged, assisted in the killing of Prntt. It ia also suid that among tint victims from Missouri were two who liad been concerned in the killing of Joseph Smith in Nauvoo. Two prominent Mormons named Dame and Lee arc now in custody trial on the charge of tieing the leniling actors in the massacre, where one hundred and twelve men, women and children were brutally murdered after the men had given up their nnns on the promise of protection from the Mormons. Too I'nanlmnnv The Washington >Sfar gives the fol lowing sketch of a conversation between n decapitated postmaster of n Southern city and the Postmaster-General. Iti re ply to the query of the ex-P. M. n* to the pause of 111* removal, Mr. Jewell said: " Well, that's a pointed qneetion, and I will give you a straightforward an swer. 'You were removed because yon were altogether 'too unanimous;' you talk too much, write too much, and slash around generally too much for the good'of the service." " Well, Governor," atiid the ex-P. M., "is then any hone of a reconsideration of my case I" " None in the world, so far a* I am concerned," wna the Postmaster General's reply. A MJXHD FAMILY. —An elopement in Millliury, Mass., hail ao novel feature, but it called attention to a strangely complicated family. 'flic wife who eloped was twenty-one years old, having been married seven years, and the hus band whom she left was sixty-seven. Tho husband's two sons by a previous wife are married to his recreant wife's two older sisters, and her brother i* the husband of her husband's daughter. I'en in s-a to Sea. The survey of the Niagnra route acto** Uie Isthmus ol 1 kartell and its minute in s|>ecfiou last year by coiu|>etent engineers, under the auspice* of the luteroceantc ( all it I f oUlUllsaioncrs, ImVe dlssq-abd all tlouhls as to its feasibility. The fact lias la-en vslablislud that a ahtp canal call lie iviustrucUwl from tireytown, on the At lantic, to Brito, on the I'aciflo, and tils question that will arise is whether the route recently surveyed can lie made more practicable ami at lees cost, and whether its mtuatiou would pri*wlit greater advantages to the tvimmereial world at large Tlw As|ituwall l'anamn line has certainly the merit of la-ing much shorter, for whue that byway of Nicara gua is one hundred ami eighty-one miles iu length, including sixty two miles of actual canal, the other would lie only forty one tuih** from ocrau to oivau. It would }M-rlin|>sbe premature at this stage to stab' with certainty which would la the Is-tter line, for the reason Unit though we are in |MMiaett*H>n of all the estimates of the Nicaragua survey, for they have la-en already made out with great care ami accuracy, the cost of the Aspinwall Panama route can only, at the present time, le roughly guessed at, ami cannot, therefore, be sa-'t forth tlelliately until all the details of the work of computation ami HHOWTUKV aholl luivo lawn completed -matters which w ill rvsjuire much studi ous calculation. It is known, however, ami admitted tirnt lite estimates from the recent survey will lie much lower than those for tlie Nicaragua canal; next that the Panama line lias the advantage iu point of distance, ami tliat so far as lias iseti determined no serious engineering olmtacles are mgxmntered Oil tlie line. With these facts in view, therefore, there can be uo hesitation in saying tliat the hue just surveyed lias evervtiiing to recommend it, and that aliotihi the pro posed c>si of its construction Is* very much lower thaii that of any other line yet survived the choice would Ist in its favor. This, however, is n matter of conjecture and must remain ao for at leaat a mouth or two, when the entire official rejairta of those attached to the expedition will be made known. What ever may Is- tlie result, however, it is certain that of all the surveys heretofore made under tlie auspices ui Uie United States government the two most worthy of consideration at this day are those re ferred b, antl showSd ever a cnnol lie made the selectiou will hardly fall slit at tie of these. Kcckle*ness from liquor. A gentleman tells tlie following story to illustrate thsfas-t that drinking liquor, in however amali quantities, makes men reckless ; A pr< ]Milt lull was made to emliark iu n busiuess enU-rpriHe, and I agreed to lUe> t the gentirtuell iub rest ed ou th<- uext Saturday evening. According to app< liniment I went, an J found thejwrty aexetuhling in a private j sir lor. Twrr w.-re four pnarat t snide tayavlf. The biwinens was •pened by tin- gentleman who had waited upon tur, ainl the plan of jiro|K**i ojwf*ti.iu >-t forth. It iui u"Vi-l thing, ami no one seemed indiuiH) to go ahead. All were anxioiin U> make rncHny, hut they didn't want to run any great risk*. lu short, they luuilled the wliject warily—wry much a* a boy luUidlea a freahly-caught snapping turtl". Hv and bye I saw two of the gentle taeu whi<|ering together, ami pretty noon one of them went out. When he returned lie wan followed tiy a servant who brought l*>tllea ami glasses, whieh were phuxxl U|>HII a mde table. The gentleman hoped I had no objection. 1 told him, not the tenet. They moat ex cune uie, that wax all. Throe of the party indulged. < >u kept me company in nlnUui.mg. After tin llmt aoeinl glaa the bibulous trio lighb-d cigars and talked of virion* mat t-r*. lie and bye they took a aaewd drink; ami very aoon after this they were ready for buiiuoa. Due more drink— just a drop- and the subject of the iqiwcuiatiiig scheme wiui agniu brought forward. I'reto! Those three men, only a little while ago. so timid and careful, had lieeomo very heroes of business dur ing. Riak f Pshaw! Who ml for risk f Was ever a great game won with out rik f They were ready to venture any amount, ami summs to go ahead. 1 came away, Wring them making the golden ttguree bigger ami bigger; ami from tliat time I have heard uo m<>re of the propoaed venture, Honestly and candidly, 1 believe that those two or tlmc glasses of liqnor upset what might have proved a profitable piece of btvunos*. Rut, whether tliat lie o or not, certain it i, that it required only those three social Mrinks to c mipletely demoralise the business force* of thrive g. HHI business men. Iluw lllf Men ltegau IJfr. Cornelius Vanderbilt l>egan lite with an old pirogue, running between Btaten Island and New York city, carry ing gar don stuff to market. With two or thrvs thousand dollars rained from that source lie entered upon steadily increasing en terp rises, until lie amassed the enormous sum of §50,000,000. A. T. Stewart first Ismght a few lnees at anetion, and opened his way to success in A dingy little shop in Broadway, noar the site of his present wholesale estab lishment. Ysirs of rigid honesty, shrewd management, and wisdom in things both great aud small, have made liiu the monumental merchant of the nineteenth century. Daniel Drew, in his early life, was a cattle driver, at the munificent rate ot seventy-five cents a day, and he has now driven himself into nu iwtate valued at from $25,000,(100 to $30,000,000. George Isiw, at forty five years of age, was a common day lalsirer on the docks, and at present counts )UH fortune nt something like $10,000,000. Roliert Ij. and Alexander Ktiuut, the sugnr refiners, in their boyhood sold molasses randy, which their widowed mother liad made, at a cent a dick, and to-day they an- worth prohnbly 85,000,- 000 to $6,000,000 apiece. Marshal t). Iloberts is the possessor of $4,(KM),000 or $5,000,000; and yet until lie was twenty-five he did not have SIOO he could call his own. 11. B. ('lnflin, the emincut dry goods merchant, worth, it is estimated, from 810,000,000 to $15,000,000, commenced the world with nothing but energy, de termination and hope, and see how mag niflcently he has invented them. Ileal h from Football. Sydney Branson, a young man of great promise, died in England the other day from injuries received while playing football. The rector of Waaing, near Heading, writes to the London 7VME about the young man's death: I have too much reason to *f>eak with bitterness of this game of football, against which I had warned him only the week lieforo. He was the last remaining hope of my 01.l age, and he was about to lie married to my only child, who is now in n most •ritioa! state from the misery caused by this terrible event. I am sure if the mothers of England could have watched by that dying boy's side, and witnessed the agonizing pangs, the fearful tortures arising from his internal wounds, and the misery of ]>orting with those now desolate ones, to whom he was every thing in life, they would, with one voice, as they think of their own children, cry aloud against this most pernicious game. IN 1 MINER'S HOME. At srrsspssSrai Hsssrs a MWi mII* llwa llsw Tkr) Uv*. 'K Beadmg /.'yle correspondent saya: I have rend of miners, ami hat e aeeu them aince mv visit here, but 1 never liad ati opportunity of living WIUI them ami (sir taking of their hospitality until Momlav niglit. in the tirnt place the conveniences of this life, such as ore met with in Uie cities, are unknown here. The coal regions may Is* classed as Uie rtiggetl edge of civilisation. You see no brick houses here, excepting in the IsWouglis ami larger villages. When I "peak of Uie regions 1 refer hi these wild moun tains ami valleys where tliey mine the black diamonds; Uie homes of the cusJ miners, umt the various ltathways tra versed by the ronpuijr'i lateral Muds. In other words, 1 mean the districts where the miners actually live. Tlieu tloiues nre one and two sb>rv houses, of stone, logs ami frame. You llnd no curjiet* covering their Ihtors, nor hue clothing up>n thrir Uu-ks. The furni ture is plain ami simple, and Un-ir lialuts are iu accordant-* with tins. Their foot I onmists of breatl, potatoes, mud gtSXt meat. 1 was given the la-st tiuarb-m the miner liad to spare, and 1 slept on the attic, or loft as they coll it. You may be surprised when I tell you tliat near niy bed hung a large hunk of dried gtatoca flutter is a rwrity h r*. After breakfast I coueludrsl that the miner and hia family wouldn't starve much if Uiev kept ou in that way. You will see tliat 1 have changed my opinion nwpectmg the call ditiou of those men. 1 have Iteen reli ably iuforan-d that the minem' aawicia ti in were well provided for this strike, and while then- may le some wlio arc in a destitute condition. Uie majority are not alarmist. There are ston*keeperu aU.ut here who an- willing to furnish gns>-ries and flour to the men without monev. Tlien, again, ft must be remejuliered that the eX|teu*o of miners' living la not much. He |} nothing for fuel, and bia family cvst* nothing fur fine clothe*. Hi* rent aiuuiUiU to little, a* most of them own their home*. He raises g< aU and chickens ami tbev pa*ture and feed on tlie luotiutaina. From Un-se lie get* milk and egg*- Flour and (*>tatoes be must buy. Fur meat ha can kill one of hi* gust*. Now, that's the sum total of lo* -x|wues, if you don't consider hi* mug of ale whieh is about ail tin- luxuries he luw>, if smoking a pipt of tobacco is not rs MlHldere si. lu all my travels, I liave never aeeu a claaa of men an flriuly united, and ao de termined in their purpose. They cannot be aoid to lie antagonistic to toe railroad company, in a criminal point of view, for 1 very much doiild whether a single miner would in any way do anything to endanger the lib- of a railroad man, or willfully destroy the company property. Of course there are Isul men IU all com munities, and if there are outrages com nutted 1 am positive tliat is i not done through the aauetiou of the old heads of the region*, (.'• iiuiag up from lax-nut (tap the other day on an engine, we saw a party of men on" the track ahead, signaling the en gineer to a. About tliree hundred yard* ahead they luul fastened a aill or a tie acroMi the track*. The miners came up along the engine, ami, after ex uuuiig who was on board, thev removed the olmtructiou and allowed the engine to |v*n on. Tliat'a the way they do if. They wmv lcMikmg for anaaelawly who hail been willfullv misrepresenting them, and if they hmi laid hands on him, be might have bran severely handled. You have, doubtless, 10-ard much of the "Molly Magturea." What i* a Molly I I saw otia to-day. and I will do scnl-e him. He is one of the many idle men who never work, if the mines are in operation or not. Half a Jur nof thcra will g.-t together and make throats. ProUibly they will dump over twenty or thirty cars, or bnni down a telegraph station, and then wait for the regular lie*spa|'r howl of the terrible " Slolly Muguiroa." The miners despise them, for their i-auae is injured in their losing the svmpathy vf the outside community. On tiiis they"depend a great deal. The great question in tin* regious is, whether the miners shall take into their a—HM'iatiou the inemliers of the other union who linvc been Mi.qicnded by the company. Yon will understand then are two"societies here, one composed of the miners ami the other composed of railroaders, laborers and mechanics. Memliers of the latter union were sus pendod by the coin}atiy because it was thought thev*were lending help to the miners. Now the miners are consider ing whether they aliall admit the sua- I >otided railroader* into their association for mutual protection. Writing for the Pre** Write proper names very plainly. Write on only one side of the sheet. He brief in statement and ajuiring in comment Write with ink—not with |eneil, when it can lie avoided. The most convenient sized page (manuscript) for compositors" use is what s known as " commercial note." Wlieu yon have nothing to say on any subject, say nothing. Don't string wards together tor the wike of tilling jsiges of manuscript " Short items and lots of tliem," was the homely rule given by a country edi tor to a correspondent, once upon a time ; and it's a capital one. Avoid "puffs" for tliia one and that, and anve the editor the trouble of " cut ting them out" o your letter. A pufl that he doesn't write himself, is an abomination to the editor. Don't attempt "fine writing;" and don't (if yon have any regard for other |MM>ple'a feelings) say "eve" for evening, "scholar " for pupil, "|ante" for panta loona, "gents' for gentlemen, or "Sab bath for Sunday. You can keep the authorship as nearly n secret from the public as you please ; indeed, nobody need know yon write for the newspapers unless you choose to let tlieui know yourself. The editor won't tell—rely upon that. Always calculate lnviu your letter reaching the editor at least a day before hia pajier goes to press. I'p in a Balloon. The death of the two aeronauts in France, which seems to have resulted from the extreme rnrefootion of the air at the height (26,000 feet) to which they ascended, gives a warning to aeronauts that any distance beyond 20,000 feet is dangerous. At tho previous ascension of Hie Zenith, although it did not at tain so great a height, some of the party suffered from dizziness, and two of the pigeons were found dead in the cage, while the third WHS almost lifeless. Mr. Glaisher ascended to a height of 35,000 feet, whereupon he become insensible and his assistant nearly so, and it was only by promptly opening the valve that the latter saved their two lives. The brothers Hclilaugisweit climhed to a height of 22,259 feet on one of the peaks of the Himalayas, and they de acrihe Upjir sufferings as very intense. Torrnii: a Year, in Advance. Knew They Were Oytrr. A luiu named Barter lived (ml in Colorado a few ysuw ago, v Mu Adeler, I 'ut as bin health WHO tNMI lie mm i irdered to KJWUJ ay ear or two at I tie seaabore. no was born in the fur West, and had never seen an oywtor in it shell. Ho tmujrbt a cottage down at Atlantic City, and wont there to live early last spring. A low days alter lux arrival bat mi w a man going by with a cart-la an 1 of oysters, which Horter mistook for stones. Mtoiie* aro mighty amnio at Atlantic, and an 11 rt*-r aaid there must tie a dead rat aoiuowbere in the weather-boarding, and be got the carpenter to outua and remove aome o 1 it. liut be found nothing; and upon going away be remarked to Hur ler tliat that Mauotkraut they were cook ing for dinner waa the deadlmai sauer kraut lor amell that be ever encoun tered. The stench grow stronger all Ui*t night, and on the next moruing a com mittee ol ueigbbom waited upon Mr. Horter to aay that if be would kill that skunk bo would ouufer a perwonal favor U|M>n tbrrn, and upon the people of the county generally; far tlioy cuubl amell him twelve uules up country. Then Horter told them bow perplexed be waa about the matter, ana aaid be would only be too glad to have the cause of the trouble detected*. Bo the committee made a tour of inspection, bidding their uoaca. When they got into the garden tbry perceived the oysters all gaping wide open and evolving an swful smell atwoluteiy in fumes. Out u( tlie ciimmiUcemeu, grasping the fact that Horter plan to! these oysters, imagined tliat be was crazy, and suddenly climlied over the fence and went home. The others remained ami asked Horter what ou ywteraaaid Horter. " Oysters! yoe don't mean to sav those are ovater*' (iraabua! Well, well! that beats all I 1 WUH wondering what made all those stones s]ibt even down the middle. I couldn't account f<* it. And ao those are oysters ( Why, I thought oyster* always came in causl" That afternoon lie buried the shell fish deep in the MUHI and the smell ceaaed. Then he wold out his cottage and moved to Lung Branch. He told Itrowii. bia next-door neighbor, that be knew they were oysters all the tiru and be did it for a joke; but be moved lera(i*> the people seemed to see too awful much fun iu it. Ma* and Wife. Thomas Jefferson wrote tha following excellent advicr. There ia much human nature ami good kw in it: Harmon* in a married state w the very find thing to he aimed at. Nothing can preserve affection uninterrupted but a firm reso lution never to differ in will, and the de termination of each to cumaiktr the lowa of the other of more value than any other earthly object wliatever on which a wiah can be fixed. How light, in fart, ia the aacrithw of any wish when weighed against the affectk n of one with whom we are to j*sa our life. Opposition in a single instance will hardly of itself uro duce alienation;. thia only takea place whea all the oppositions are put, aa it were, in a nunrtt, which, while it ia till ing, the alienation ia iuaenmhly going on, and when full it ia complete. It would pnzxle either to aay who, lwoatiaa no one difference of opinion haa leea uiarked enough to produce a serious effect itself. The affections are wearied out by a constant stream of little ob stacles. tHher source* of its discontent, very common, indeed. are the little pnr jxwi of husband and wife in common coiiTci-sation—a disposition in either to criticize and question what the other sues—a desire always to demonstrate and make the other feclou the wrong, espe cially in company. Nothing ia ao goatl ing. M ucli i>etter, therefore, if our companion view* a thing in a different light from what we do, leave hiia in the nniet jtnassasion of his new*. Wliai ia tiie use of rectifying lum if the thing lie unimpiirtant 1 let it poaa for the pres ent and wait a nailer moment and con ciliatory occasion of reviewing the stuv ject together. It i* wouilerful how many ]M>r*ona are rendered uahappy ly inat tention to the little rule of prudence. The Boy on l-abro**e Street. When a labrom street boy, the De troit hVff f*rr** says, is playiug " hop scotch " on the walk, aud hia mother i comee to the door and asks him to split aome wood, he replies that he will lie J along in jnt one minute. At the end often minutes she ojieus the door and save : '"Wilyum. 1 want that wood!" " I'm coining right now," bo replies, and then g>>es on hopping here end there on one leg. Another ten minute* flies away, and he open* the door and says : 11 Wilyum, if yon don't get that wood yon know what your father will do! "Jn*t ten seconds!" be call*back, and he enter* upon a new game. The n xt time aim call* he say* : "Young man, it'* almost noon and 1 onu't c*x>k dinner without tliat wood!" "I know it—l'm coming now," he re plica, and he stand* on one foot and hold* a long discussion with the John son IM>V a* to whet her the game of "hop scotch*' is as good a game as l**e ball. He has just started to hop when a boy whispers: "Hi, Dill!" there's your father." "Great snakes!" whispers Bill, and he goe* oTer the fence like a flash, grl>* the HX, and dnring the next two minnb-s he strikes two hundred blowa |>er min ute. He gets into the house ahead of his fatlier, and aa he drops the WIKHI he say*: "Mother, the bovs were jnst a aayin' tliat I had the liamlsoniest and boat and gtKsltwt mother on Labroase street, and I want to kiss you!" Tired of Liberty.. (ii tides, the man who. last summer, attempted and nearly succeeded in kill ing the young lady, Mary Frey, to whom he was engaged, shot her father, killed a man named Edgar, and for four months kept the whole community of lies Moines, lowa, in suspense, lately walked to tho jail there and delivered himself up. After his escape he remained in the county, frequently sent his photograph to Miss Frey, and seemed to make no special efforts to leave, although the officers failed to find him when they sought his arrest. After growing tired of liberty he walked to the jail sad aurrendered. NO. UK IXH'K-OIT Vtt. NTH IK*. Tk. Dlfrrrmr Dfl.rra Tfcs, u4 la tt'luU H • a—tlx. The Naw lor* J lea rid my* : That pait of the American public who wn contribute nothing to maintain a local strike. We have never bad a wri table lock-out in this country, but it is easy to see, from this explanation, that it ia a potent engine in the hands of em ployer* whenever they chonae to com bine and put it iu operation. A lock-out ia not a strike, but the antidote to strikes; it require* extensive co-operation to make it effective. Whenever the em ployers in any branch of industry decide to lock their door* against ail operatives the dispute becomes a brief question of time and eudontnoe between men of property and men without the means of sulwostcnce. But, in the absence of a lock-out, striker* can maintain their ground so long as the name class of la borer* iu other place* make contribu tions of their wages to maintain their striking coworkers iu idleness. The suspension of work in Lowell, though called a lock-out, ia not so in reality. The owners of the ootton mills admit ewryltody to tend spinning mule* who choose to do so at the jsuffered rates of wages. If it were a real lock out then- would tie no occasion for such a resolution of the spinner* as was lassd at their min ting, in these term*: Item>lvcd. That we, the Lowell mule spinners, do denounce any man who shall run a pair of mules, under the pros ant circumstances, as n slave in a land of liberty, a whining creature without a will, a curse upou civilized society and a perpetual {waiter in the land. Such a resolution show* that the Isra eli difficulty b merely a strike. If it were a lock-out there would bo no occa sion to denounce I*l Hirers who choose to work for theoffered wage*, for in a lock out there is no work at nil for anybody. Jes,e James at lNaner. At this time anything connected with the James bora is of interest to the public, and we give the following account of bow Jesse James appeared at a bouse only a few ilars prior to the affair near Kearney. He rode up in trout of the house atxrat noon, and asked the proprietor, whom he knew, if he could get dinner. Being replied in the affirmative, he asked if there were any dangerous people around, and the answer being satin factory, he looked carefully in all direction* • and then dismounted. He entered a house and walked to a back door, opened , it and looked around, quietly remarking that lie wanted to know away to retreat if it lieoame neoeswary. He carried a tine Henry rifle with him, and after re moving his greatcoat, the butts of five huge six shooting Ilemington revolvers were disclosed, allowing that, with the rifle, he hail forty-eix missiles of death ready for any one coming to interfere with*lib liberty. When his dinner was announced, he again looked out at the doors, and then seated himself at the table, with the rifle across his lap, dis patched bia meal with a hearty relish, and in the most unconcerned manner jHwsible, save with an occasional glance through the windows, keeping up, mean while, a pleasant conversation with las boat. Mlud and Health. The mental ooudition has far mare in fluence upon the Ixxlily health than is generally supposed. It is no doubt true that ailments of the body cause depress ing and morbid conditions of the mind; but it is no less true that sorrowful and disagreeable emotions produce disease in persons who, uninfluenced br them, would lie in sound health; or if disease is not produced, the functions are dis ordered. Not even physicians always consider the importance of this fact. Agreeable emotions set in motion ner vous currents, which stimulate blood, brain, and every part of the system into healthful activity; while grief, disap pointment of feeling, and brooding over present sorrows or past mistakes, depress all the vital forces, To be physically well one must, in general, be happy. The reverse is not always true; one may be happy and cheerful, and yet be a con stant sufferer in body. VEST STTXJSH. — At the wedding of a daughter of one of the Appletons, book publishers of New lork, the ceremony took place in a floral bower erected in oue of the large rooms of the house. The wedding presents of the bride were valued at SIOO,OOO, and Cardinal McCloakey performed the ceremonies. ' _ L Item* f lutmvt. Of tbe 221,04a teacher* in tbb coon tty m.tm are foowi. The fWßstn ab of Imga—the larg*t ainu ever iwhal. A Christinas disappointment--"lf# a lovely lioH, lar grandpa and grandma; bnt-'tmt- I'd hj>uig It would ba twins." Castor oil applied to a corn after par ing dowdy each night before going to bod softens the corn and it fooomiw oa utbor flesh. General Conch* haa created a sensation in Hiaun by securing ti*WelJevUar of nuliraaanrr during lib Captain-Gen eralcy in Cuba. The Car list war is aartonsly affecting the proajs-rity of %*i- The port* of thai JUUtry in 1074 were s,,oOff less tliau In 1H73. A Uomaa Catholic priest in Troy malum frequent rounds of the arioona in lib parish, to see if any of hb oongrega- Uon ace drunkanla In France a man baa been cxmdemm-d for a libel which he wrote with a sharp stack <>n the skin of a grwon pumpkin growing in the fields. Of the VA&Q headstones to mark the resting place* of Union soldier* in national cemeteries, 1 •6,000 are for gravea of the unknown. My eyes with tear* is red and dim, 'cause be lore* and I hire him; but they'll be better bv-and bye, when she eol* hi in and he loves I. Parties having a mama for suicide are seut to ait asylum in England, and last v*r the four bard red patient* at Hai. well earned ftO.UUO. How true, aa Dr. Joknaou aaya, that every man endeavor* with hb utmost mre to hide hb poverty from other* and hb idieneM fba himself." See here, old man ! Did you nerve in Mexico in the Firet Sew York vcJun tewrat If ao, and you can wore it, there are 9JM for you up at Albany. A Montana iuatioeof the peaee doesn't Slurirc anv when be mamea a oaaple. c mj* : " Arise ' grab hands- hitehed -—six dot bra And that's all there b toil. I At Ghraeaater, England, recently, a man was fined for a magistrate for stool ing a rid* on the railroad, and aa the man wa very poor, the magistrate paid the fine himself. , It baa beau discovered out Web that aa the prairie obiakena are destroyed the grasshopper* increase. Well, there farmer* pay thair money and they can take their chotoe. A Minnesota sheriff carried a bullet in hb bead ton ywara, and when they removed it the other day be became foolish. Tbey are looking for name one to ahoot him again. , There b a mania Montgomery county, IV, who can hold up hi* hand and any that be never opened another man slettor by mistake. We refer, of count, to Mr. John Pfafaelkaetfingar. A Yankee editor throws np a sponge with the remark that "it don't pay to run a paper in a town where the business men read almanacs, and pick their teeth with the tail of a herring. ' A Columbia jwfosear.reproxing eyoath fur the exerase of hb fibs, asid: W tight with our heada. The youth wu aidered, and replied that butting wasn't considered fair at hblret school *' That was a mighty good thing you had in a few day* ago about aoread-re," remarked a gentleman with a red now and vinous tiraath to the editor one day. "Cbn't you haul me two doUaraf" The foreman of a flour mill in Indiana lately put a watch in a sack of flour and shipped the lot before he found hb mis take. It will doubtless be found in the flour by acme poor woman kneading it- A newspaper out West thus heads its re port of a fire: " Faab of the Fire Fiend —The Forked Tungued Demon Licks with its Lurid Breath a Lumber Pile ! Are the aoeora of Boston and Chicago to be repeated f— Loaa $150." The Ticbborne madness ran* so high is England that Lady K*lclxflf —the outturn Kato Doughty of the etory—has breu compelled to leave her resident** in Staffordshire in consequence of the brutal impudence of the people near. The Norriatown speller* at the " Bee " recentlv were nicely fooh-d. After barn ing all' the jaw breaking word* in the diet i.mary, Ihey were given only simple words used in wliuary conversation, and of course didu't know how to spell 'am. A number of young ladiee at the "beat familiea" of the West End, st Boston, have organised a cookery dub, meeting twice a week at the resi dence at earh memls-r ia turn, who treats her xbtor members to a beefsteak, dinner or tea prepared exclusively by herself. A voting lady of New A ork city was recentlv struck* with the usefulness of her life", ami immediately went to work with vigor to lam plain sewing. At latest dates she bad hemmed one ride of a towel, wluch the prond parents have framed and hung in a eouspicknn posi tion in tlieur parlors. President Grant and Attorney-General Williams are tronbl-xl to know what tliev shall do with an Indian who kills another, as the lndisu* are not subject to our law*. Au exchange my*: Our opinion is that when they catch an In dian who has undoubtedly killed an other Indian, the true course bto give him a new gun and five dollar*. An Anecdote of the Pmlteit. The Wuhingtun IhronicL say*: lh wile u( a defaulting officer called upon President Grant to implore the releaae of her husband from the Albany peniten tiary. She told the Prwndent that, crushing aa the sorrow was hi herself, she would try to bear it, bat that every inoruing, without an exception, since her hnsltand's incarceration her fonr little children had come to her bedside with the tearful inquiry: "Will dear )] come home to-day If" "This plea of my children will, I know, ere long drive me into insanity. And now my little ones have varied their agonizing ques tioning, with a pathos that h maddening too— Won't pa come hoaae Christ mas I*" " Madam, I will consult the Attorney-General and do whatever I can for vour husband with his approval." " I know that will oil be useless," "aid the grief stricken wife. " His decision will only be adverse, and I may as well go home and tell my children at once that their mpa can't come home, and give up in despair." " Wait a moment, said the President, and sitting down he hastily penned a note to Attorney-Gen eral \Villiams, and nervously handing it to hex, said: " Go and tell your childreu i that their papa shall eome uome Christ . j mas 1" A Parent's Rights. By the decision of a New York court of special sessions a man has been sent 1 to prison for boxing his sou's ears. The youngster, who is about nine years of • age, objected to having his ears slapped, 1 and applied for a warrant for his father's ' arrest. Tius warrant was granted, and, though the dntifnl son failed to appear in court, the father, on his own admission that he had slapped the boy's ears, was sent to jail for five days, there to medi tate on the beauty of parental relations i as established by statnte. The decision of the court is somewhat startling, and • we hope the small boys of the community • may refrain from pushing their advau i tage too far. But parents in future, > j according to this decision, must dispense 1 j with that terror of boyhood,," the iod > in pickle," otherwise they may find themselves in the jog. * i, • . *o* 43 •/::'