"For LOT* IK Mind n
Fst* ecmnseled bur. if she miss.
To net a gn&nl upon her eye*.
And thus be wife from leva's surprise.
Rut youth, the hero, cetne err Rxvfr.
Cunr Ringing through * lieeilite. throng
v She Urteued, breethlees. to hi. song.
•• O fete," he murmured. " art thou SUM ?
I net > gvunl upon tny >.
Yet mut I yield to love's surprise !'
Anf dor Bedensee.
;Fmn> lit. o.rtn.n of 13 S, h.ol ]
ITW Boden.ee, the Ukr of Constance, situ
stet upon the bonier of Germany end Swilter
liuvl, is the lnrgeet lake in thoee two countries,
beingsixteen league* in length, four in width,
end three hundred end fifty fathoms in depth.
It in very neldotu entirely ftOMO over. The
moid out whioh form* the ul>je.-t of thin hails !
is Mttd to hare occurred tu the year IS-AV
A rider rede through ragged glsde,
A field Of MIOW UL the .uu.luue LOI.L
Hia dripping .ted through the o'.J anew hse* ;
He nust reach ere night where lake Constaae'
lie*.
Ihder and hot>e, ere the night cooie* down,
Khoukl he lodged in the safe bttle lakeaidt
towa
Rough was the treacherous siiow-eovemt way.
Yet the steed sped on through the Ahlai
day ;
Dale and mountain and lull were passed.
' And they came to the open land at !at.
To an ojven (dara a here the snow expands,
level and smooth a* the dewert *and* ;
Behind htm vanishes town and w\v>l.
And bis road grows even. his footing good.
In the wide expanse nor h.Hise uor hill
Nor tree appear ; all is eokt and sull.
Yet cu Sped the rider, mile after mile.
Hearing the seabird's cry the while ;
And the water duck's fluttering wuiga of fear.
No other sound greats lus listening ear.
No traveler came on bis annoo* sight,
"I\i say tf the way be rode was right.
As on velvet, eo ou through ths snow rwle he.
•' Whwre dashes the wster ? Where rolls the
eeaf
The eveuing fell, and then from far
laghts fsrntiy gUmmereil like distant stars.
Up rose through the night mist bill and tree.
But naught of the lake could the traveler see.
Stormy and rough once more his course.
Yet onward and onward he spurred liy horse;
On, cm nil he heard the watch dog s bay.
And e fishing village before him lay.
" Welcome, votuig mud at the window," cried
he;
•• Can you tell me bow far to Constance sea V"
And his heart grows chill as the maid replies
*• Good traveler. Lake Constance behind thee
lie*.
And were not the water too frozen for oar.
I'd aay you had landed and come to the shore."
The rider trembled and paled with fear—
•' On the plain behind me rode 1 here '**
Then answer wild did the maiden make
" Great God! you have ridden, sir, over the
lake !
On the treacherous floor, o'er the bottomless
deep.
Did thy home's mad hoofs safe footing keep ?
And crushed not beneath thee the covering
thin.
Nor the swerling waters to death drag thee
in ?
And thou art not devoured by the fishy
brood -
The cold dumb ptke in the colder flood?"
Then the maiden called, and the village cam \
The listening children, the wondering dames.
Old men and maidens questioning round,
Cry. " Thank your lucky star that you sere no:
drowned f
But come, for our evening board is spread.
Eat with us fish, tweak with us bread."
But the nder answered never a word ;
Since the maiden spoke he had nothing heard
His heart oeaaed beating, gray grew his hair,
The ghost of the danger past presets him
there.
He sees around him the roaring deep.
And the ghastly water* over him sweep ;
He hears the ice crushing, and cheek and
brow
Grow damp and pale with the mortal thro* .
Then he sighed and he sank to the earth and
died
And s dry grave found by the wster side!
THE BAVARIAN ROBBER,
Wirebauor Franzl wan the eon of s
pauper peasant of the Mieebach parish,
and hiul early (riven proof of hie laudable
abilities. Constantly in disgrace for
poaching, he gradually sank from poetic
to prouc theft, and from petty stealing
to highway robbery. Fear is generally
unknown to the Bavarian highland era,
but a kind of mysterious horror became
associated with his name. He never re
mained long in one place—he was here,
there and everywhere. His haunts were
known to none, but he the dread of
every one, far ami near, and he at last
created a positive terrorism. In the
middle of the night Franzl would appear
at some house, knock at the door, and
arouse the inmate*. The mistr*B must
get up, Kglit the fire, and cook a meal
for the intruder, while he sat on the
hearth and chatted pleasantly to her.
He did not steal for the sake of stealing;
he merely asked for what he wanted
when he required it His demands were
complied with readily enough, for peo
ple were intimidated by the boldness of
his manner. If he was well received, be
behaved like a guest, and made himself
at home. He never took from those
who could not afford to give ; but if rich
people showed any hesitation, he would
vow, with awful curses, to act Are to
their houses and burn down the whole
village. He was a genuine freelwoter of
the old type, generous or revengeful, as
it happened to suit him.
After a great deal of tronble, he was
at last captured and lodged in tlie jail of
the principal town ; but, with desperate
courage, he managed to escape by letting
himself down outside the prison from a
height of several stories. Once on firm
ground, he was soon off to the moun
tains ; and again the nanre of Wiesbauer
Franzl was in every mouth, while the old
horror returned with redoubled force.
It was unfortnnate for me that I was
now numbered among his acquaintances,
for I feared that he would avail himself
of. the privilege to invite himself to sup
per some fine night
Very BOOU he gave me fresh un
easiness. I was alone at home one even
ing, sitting at work near the lamp, when
my old maid-servant ran in, and mud, in
a whisper: "Only think!
there's been some one sitting on the
doorstep for the last quarter of an hour !
I've watched him from the kitchen win
dow, and I'm afraid it's Wiesbauer
Franzl. Jesus, Maria, Joseph!" she
added, " he's sure to knock presently,
and want to come in !**
Annoyed and curious, I hurried up
stairs in the dark, meaning to open the
window softly and reconnoiter my visitor,
as it might be only a harmless journey
man availing himself of a convenient
resting-place; bat, in spite of my cau
tion, the stranger heard me open the
window, and looked np withont changing
his position or ottering a word.
It was Wiesbauer Franzl. To pro
pitiate him, I spoke first, saying, with
assumed friendliness: "Do you want
anything, Franzl ? Are you hungry ?
shall I bring you some food?" But the
rogue replied, with a stoical shake of the
head: " You needn't trouble to do that,
Karl; I've had my supper, and I've got
farther to go to-night. I'm only resting
a bib" Soon afterward he got up and
went his way.
When the first snow fell I left my
summer residence and went back to tho
town, but my friend Franzl remained in
the mountains and continued bis re
quisitions. I did not learn his farther
adventures until my return the next
year.
One day, after an afternoon nap, he
fell into the hands of the bailiffs. He
was triumphantly lodged iu the county
jail, and every one breathed more freely,
although no one feltf perfectly safe then,
o indomitable was his bearing,
- awM t - . ZgM g"T j *
FIM:D. KURTZ, Krtitor and Proprietor.
VOL. VIII.
Freeh alarm was aoon created on his
account. The verv next morning hail
scarcely ilawued before the jailer was at
the doctor's door, tugging at the I will
like a madman. "Make haste, doctor,
make haste !" he cried. " Franzl has
hung himself in the night I was on my
rouuila, and I've just found him hang
itig from one of the window tiara. He
was atone odd, so 1 did'ut cut htm
down." Ttie doctor rushed to the jinwm
and found everything exactly a lie had
Ix-eu told. In a lit of wild d*qair which
cornea iwrei energetic natures v hen all
escape avnu out off, the bold robber
hail determined to make an end of him
self. The doctor at once cut the hucn
niviae. cold water was thrown into the
poor fellow's face; lut it was all iu
vain; ho gave no signs of returning
animation. The news spread like w ild
ftre from place to place, ami |*-ople
said it was Fran si's hrat useful action.
"If lie's really gone," croaked some,
" the wretch is not to be trusted until he
is actually iu his grave."
Meanwhile, preparations were made
for the dissection, aud the attendants
were atwut to undress the onme, when,
behold ! the eyelids trembled, the mus
cles quivered, and tlie diwl was re
stored fti life. It was high time, for
the dissecting knife lay ready u|xm tho
talile. Ami so the vital force of the
young criminal hail triumphed over his
will, and, in amje of ail his efforts, he
found lnmself still on this side the
grave.
He was restored to consciousness with
every care, and taken lack to his cell, to
bo forwarded the next day to Munich, as
uone of the autlioritieM cared to have
the responsibility of him; the prison
itself seemed unsafe as long as he was in
it. He himself was doggedly submis
sive, and seemed to be ui very low
spirits. Instead of rejoicing in liis res
(oration to life, he was evidently meili
tating xorne other des]>orate scheme.
The uext ilay a former's cart was hired,
and Franz, bound bond and foot, was
placed in it. The people stored inquisi
tively at the notorious prisoner, and the
equipage slowly ascended tlie pnvipi
tous rood alwive the lake. Suddenly a
alight snap was heard, the fetters were
broken, the cart jerked violently, suul
the culprit wo* gone! Head foremost
he plunged into the lake; for a moment
the wave* closed over him, the nest he
was swimming rapidly away. As none
of his escort could follow, or rather as
all shrank from a hand-to-haud straggle
in the water, a boat was got ready for
the pursuit.
In spite of tlie start he lunl hod, the
sturdy rowers anon conght up with the
fugitive. Bnt what then I At first be
dived to baffle his enemies, but, hi*
breath being soon exhausted, a fearful
conflict ensued. As it was impossible to
reach him by other means, some of the
men struck him on the head with their
oar* whenever he came to the surface of
tiie water, hoping by this means to stun
him. But his iron sknil was not to be
cracked, and as for seizing him and
dragging him into tlie hoot, tliat was
1 quite out of the question, for he present
ly flung himself upon it like a maniac
and tried to capsize it. The dnng< r was
now all ou the aide of tlie pursuers. A
storm was rising, and it was found ad
finable to relinquish tli- pursuit for the
time. With considerable difficulty the
little boat regained the shore, while the
fugitive found a safe place of conceal
ment among the tell rushes ou the banks
of the lake. When it was quite dark he
crept out, and decided that it would be
good policy to disapiH-or for a time. For
weeks nothiug further was heard of him,
and it was thought by many that he hot!
■perished in the storm. But suddenly he
I reappeared as though he had risen from
the ground. He ras not improved. In
deed, his hatred of all legal and peace
aide ovupations seemed to have Is-en
intensified by Iris late adventure*. He
took up the feud with soeietv with
greater ferocity tlian ever, and lie *JS
now alwavs accou]Kuii<>d by a four-foot
ed frienj —a liuge yellow wolf bound,
who followed clone at bis heels. He
would lick tlie roblier'a hand lovingly,
and look inquiringly up into his face;
but he was a* uiixantliroi>ical 1 r dis|<ocd
toward all the rest of file world as his
master. The devotion was mutual.
Franzl always gave the first mouthful of
the food he "requisitioned" for himself
to Wolf, and Wolf showed his teeth,
without any sign from his master, if any
one hesitated to comply with his de
mands.
Die dog was the only creature for
whom the reckless criminal retained any
affection, and it was evident tliat neither
of the friends would care to survive the
other. Franzl Iwcame more and more
overbearing and exacting, and the ter
ror among the people increased in pro
portion. One night be again aroused
tho wrife of a jssasant, and ordered her to
cook him some food. Trembling, she
appeared at the window, and refused to
comply with the extraordinary request.
He was standing below tho balcony, and
as alt* spoke he flung his great knife into
the house with such force tliat it went
through the wall. "You saw it, didn't
you ?" he shouted, in a menacing voice.
"Next time it will go through your
body!" and with tliat he turned on his
heel, followed by his dog, snarling and
foaming at tho month.
All waroh for him was in vain; in
fart, it is but latior lost to endeavor to
timrk a rogue in his own mountains. He
ha-1 long been an' outlaw in public
opinion, and at last, as all other menus
failed, a price was set on his head.
Diere was nothing else left to lie done.
At a certain spot where two roads
meet stands a large, lonely inn, con
ducted in quite the old style, writh oaken
tables and earthenware drinking veasela.
On tlie wall of the public room hang the
carriers' notices, beneath the stove
more* the watchdog, and the host i* the
despotic sovereign whose authority ia
never questioned.
One evening a few traveler* were as
sembled in this room, wearing their
picturesque hats with the jaunty feather
piffled forward. Suddenly the door
opened, and a sturdy looking fellow
walked in and sat down with the rest.
They all knew who it was as well as we
do.
It was the very day on which the writ
against him hail been issued. " Franzl!"
cried one, "do yon know that a price is
set upon your head ?" • Whoever takes
you will get fifty gulden," added an
other. "I should think yon were glad
of that, for folks say you're worth noth
ing!" Everybody laughed. Franzl,
however, did not move a musele; but
stood with arms akimbo, and cried scorn
lully: " Well, here I am; any one with
a knife and no money is welcome to
me."
Every one remained seated, but the
wolf-dog growled from beneath the
table as if he understood what was going
on. Without another word, Franzl re
sumed his seat, atd went on drinking
and chatting pleasantly an had been his
wont of old. He was, however, rather
more sulidued than formerly, and in
abont half an hour be laid a kreuzer on
the table, and went out into the dark
ness without a word of farewell, but the
dog turned at the door to snarl and show
his great fangs.
"He took no pleasure in cards to
day,'' observed one who had proposed
an interdicted game of chance to him.
"It isn't likely," replied his neighbor,
" that a fellow whose own game U up ia
likely to care much for any other." And
they drew their chairs moro closely to
gether, and whispered: "He won't pull
through thia time." _ "'Dead or alive,"'
THE CENTRE REPORTER
KUVS tho writ, muttered oue under LIUI
ktielii.
Two liny* later Franzl ouoe more
luiiHskol at the doorof a poaaant's Iwiwh,
It wan in the wtghkwrWiliif (huuiulon,
oil that lofty pass wllicit cm-irelca tlio
Mountain like a chain, tuui sire telle*
from Tegeruaoc toward Miialwok. When
the liot tec wife cam to the dtxr .he roc
ogttized the outlaw at once, but, con
cealing; her alarm, she treated him as a
jHiot traveler, ami asked him into the
house. Meanwhile her httslaunl called
in tlieneighbora to biaasiirtnuo. Silent
Iv they crept through the laick door into
the stnlde, ami consulted how tiest to
overpower the unfortunate Franzl. No
oue had courage enough to volunteer,
and rounuura arose of "' Dead or alive,'
says the writ; how would it do to shoot
him down I"
Among those assembled was a yonug
soldier, a capital shot, who hud left his
regiment but a few days liefore. He
judged the ease according to martial law,
and was of opiuiou that tho reward
would tie paid for killing, not capturing,
the accused. " He's sure to kill some
one else if ho lives any longer," thought
the young warrior to himself, "so I'd
lietter put him out of the way nt once."
"Mv double-barreled gun liangs lie
hiud tlto stove," whisjs red the master of
thelKiuse, and a bnathhstasilemveusued.
" Meanwhile Franzl had finished lus
dinner, and prepared to take leave.
" Gist bless you f" he exclaimed to his
hoattwe; " arid, if you are asked who
vour guest was, you can say it was the
Wieslauer rogue!"
With the** word* he left the house,
but slight figure *lipi>ed iu from the
other door, wearing the blue soldier's
cap. Noiselessly he took down tlie
weapon, and hid" it b*oeth the window
sill. Then the little lattice opened soft
hr, and a voice cried: " Not KO fast,
Franzl; stop, or I fire !"
Franzl turned round with a scornful
laugh: "Any oue who wants me had
better come out to me; I ilance atten
dance upon no one 1"
Another step; a whizzing rejH>rt; and
he fell to the ground like a tree smitten
lv an ox. the blood gushing from hi*
month, and his hands tearing up the
earth.
"At liim. Wolf!" be cried, with his
lost breath; and the }> or dog dashed at
the O|M>U window, foaming with rage.
.Another crack, and the wound discharge
was hidged in the faithful creature's
laxly. With tlie death rattle in his
throat, he managed to drag himself to
his master's side, and after a few con
vulsive straggles ho expired.
Treatment of the Sick.
Proper clothing, aay* .Science o/
llt alrh, is of tlie utmost importance to
every invalid; and the beat clothing is
that which is lx>st adapted for this pur
pose. For this reason woolen or silk is
superior to cotton or linen in cold son
sou*. Yet we do not advise woolen to
lx worn next the skin, because of ite
irritating qualities. Cotton flannel
drawers and undershirt* are su)H>rior in
this respect; bat woolen outer garments,
and even woolen s.*'ks im> better than
cotton or linen.
The color of clothing has ranch to do
with ita hcalthfolneaa. No invalid is
justified iu waring colored clothing next
the skin. The dve is usually more or
lees atoorbed, and is alway* injurioti*,
frequently (xiisouou*. Indeed, we qu>w
tiou ita }>nq>ri?ty, on tlie score of h<vdth,
at any time or in any place. True,
black al*orl* and retains heat, while
white reflects it, giving to whit a less
heat-retaining quality than black ; yet
nevertheless, white or light-colonxl
clothing we consider sujvcrior to dark
color. For surunnr w-ath#*r there ia no
question as to ite superiority, nor for
inner garments.
Tlie limbs and extremities claim from
every invalid and physician e|M-eial at
teutiou. Not oue invalid in a thousand
succeeds iu liavuig lus f •t, leg*, hands
and arms well ciad. Among women
the droa* usuallv wora is outrageous,
considered from tiiestand|K>ir,tof health,
and among men it I* only a little lens so.
The central portions of the Ixxly are
overburdened often with clothing, while
the limbs are almost always insufficient
Iv clad. Die shoe* are thin, stockings
delicate, panta fltic and only lined
around the waist, while over abdomen
and loins the clothing doubled or trebled.
How can any one exjw-ct to regain health
under such circumstances f Health de
j>end* upon a balanced circulation, and
the blood circulates from within. A*
power la-gin* to diminish, the circula
tion fail* in the extremities ami the blood
I* retained iu and alamt the central or
gans. Clothing retains heat, and beat
retains blood; so when- most clothing is,
there, other things being equal, tlie most
blood will !>e found. To call blood into
the extremities nnd external capillari-<
is one of the important objects of all
good treatment, and proper clothing is
a necessary adjunct.
A Sailor's Life.
A New Y'ork paper says : The arrival
of the brig Lady Louisa, bound from
Shanghai to this port, with a cargo of
ta, solves a mystery of the sea, and re
stores to a family one of its members
who has been given up as dead. Die
commander of the Lady lantisn, Capt.
John Fletcher Kimball, went to sea in a
winding vessel from this port twenty
three years ago, and was reported and
lielieved to have been lost, with a boat's
crew, while in pursuit of a whale, and
was never heard from afterward. Capt.
Kimball's father, J. W. Kimlmll, lived id
that time at Hudson, N. Y. Hoping
to cure his son of his desire to follow
a seafaring life, ho liad procured him a
place in the whaler. NY hen the vessel
returned the news of young Kimball's
supposed death was conveyed to his
family, and they gave up all hope* of
ever seeing him again. Several year*
ago they removed to Elizabeth, N. J.,
whore they now re-side. A short time
ago a letter was received at Hudson, N.
Y., addressed "To tho first Methodist
clergyman of Hudson." This letter,
which was signed by "Capt, John
Fletcher Kind ml!," stated that its au
thor commanded a briff trailing lietween
Cardiff, Wales, and Shanghai, China ;
tliat he was the son of J. \V. Kimlmll ;
that he had repeatedly written to his
family but received no reply, nnd that
he now took this indirect method to as
certain whether any member of it still
lived. He had Buffered great liard
ships, and expecting main to receive a
cargo of tea consigned to New York, he
hod made np his mind to take the vessel
into British waters, dispose of his inter
est in it, and n'.mndon the sea forever.
This letter was sent to Capt. Kimball's
family at Eliz<d>eth, where all its mem
tiers are still living, Mid for the first
they thus learned that lie was alive. A
recent telegram from London reported
that the Lady Loniss had stopped at St.
Helena for water, on her way to America.
A FEW HlNTS.—President Porter, of
Yale, has a succinct way of stating things.
Recently he gave the following laconic
advice to the students in tho course of
an address : " Don't drink; don't chew;
don't smoke; don't awear; don't deceive;
don't read novels; don't marry until yon
can support a wife; lie earnest; be self
reliant; be generous; be civil; read the
papers; advertise your business ; make
money, and do good with it; love God
and your fellow-man." Besides arith
metic and the languages, what else could
they teach at Yale?
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., FA., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1875.
SAN FRANCISCO IN |s49.
A l.ltrli INwrtrllu •! ■ frlmlllir Hm lrli.
In May. lHI'.l, there were lea* than one
hundred and fifty WIKHU<* house* built,
including all Hhantie* scattered over the
seven hills ; for Han Francisco had, at
tliat tiuie, m-veu lull*. Thousands of
tents were everywhere erected, and iu
these (HHiple dwelt. The plaza, or pub
lie square, had, at one time, one decent
wanton house, called tlie Parker House,
which, of courwe, wo* a gambling house ;
while the more pretentious tents were
one and all gambling shop*. The busi
est man in that city, at that time, was
on* Hiuu Bruiinan, a retired or reformed
Mormon, perhaps still alive. The noim
uol ruler of the city was a Mr. Smith,
styled " The Alcalde." The real ruler*
were twenty ruffians, known as "The
Hounds," wluMte chief was one Roberto.
They were one and all ex soldiers in the
Mexican war, robber*, cut throuto and
cowards ; yet the floating mass of inhah
itaiite, numbering no less than fifty
thousand, were actually tyrannized over,
robbed bv and afraid of those twenty
thieves. It may seem strunge that mum
a state of affairs could possibly exist for
a single ilay, yet it is nevertheless true
tliat it did exist for mouths.
There were hotels. One tuan, whose
name was Merntt, had a large wotxleu
houae toward the north beocli, where
his lodgers herded. They slept every
where— on the tables, under the tables,
in every available s|aoe ; betiding, if the
bloated and luxurious guest wanted such
a thing, hatl to U< provid<nl by himself.
It is, however, but fair to relate that
Merritt alway* exacted #2 n night for
from any bod v that sheltered iu
the house. As for the lii ing. it is almost
too ridiculous to be related. A French
restaurant, for iustiOKV, furnished tlio
lxvtt Ixittle of jxirt wiue for $2 -aoiue
thousand dozen M<ut from the lemdou
dock* and sold for the freight in San
Francisco, as no owner turned up. The
Frenchman charged tlie followiug price*
for a breakfast :
lteaf steak 1 00
Two pH*to-s. 'i.U)
Hue oulou. .... XCO
I 'offee . . !">
Iu rat. .50
Total t.00
The price of washing a shirt was gl.
This was done at the Preanlio by some
American soldier* who owned (happy
mortal*) wive*. Die price of lumber
was enormous—s3so jxir 1,009 running
foot measurement. A |>air of blankets
sold for S4O ; a pair of long txxite eot
six ounces of golil. A common rough
jacket cost s2>'. Yet luxuries were cheap.
There were pleiitv of cigars, and gxxl
one*, to le had ; plenty of the lx**t wines
and brandy. Itaisins, almond* and nuts
were literally found in the streets—
somewhat damaged, perhaps. The cli
mate, at tliat time at Uwst, was not very
invitiug. At nuuriae the weather was
mild and nerouo, as at Naples ; by eleven
o'clock the eastern winds began to blow
—not only dust, but gravel of reepucta
ble size flew- ab<>ut like hail ; by two i\
u. it Immo bitter cold, and by nix r. u.
tin* wind had entirely vanished.
lltunlnxU and thousand*of white-rate,
with fiery nsl eyes, ran al*>nt in the
fitreetfi and disptittxl the right of inhabit
ing each l nt or house. What llnw un
to Egypt, flea* were t tliat time to San
Francisco. Thep- was no u*>- of seeking
a reme<ly. No sleep could t>e got until
the million fleas got literally drunk ,on
the bkxKl of the rest lees sWjx-r, which
wa* generally by five in the morning.
Then the little vampire* took a rest
themselves. The city Ixwvste I of bat
few horses ; as f„r carriages, there were
uone worthy the name. Such was the
city of San FraneisAi in 1 *49; yet
everybody was bu*y, everything wass.>lJ
and bought for gold dust. Kvcrylxxljr
hail scalre and weights, and everybody
RM-me<l somehow to liave gold.
A Dog'* Kemorae.
Die following interesting letter is pub
lished in a London pnj*-r: Being accus
tomed to walk out before break fast with
two skv terrier*, it wa* mv custom to
wash tiicir fiwt in n tub, Vept for the
purpose in the garden, whenever the
weather was wet. One morning, when 1
took up the dog to carry him to the tub,
lie bit lun so severely that 1 wns obliged
to let him g<>. No sooner was the dog
at liberty than he ran down to the Idteh
cn and hid himself. For three ilay* he
refused food, declined to gr> out with any
of tln family, ami appeared very deject
ed, with a distressed and unusual expres
sion of countenance.
On the third morning, however, upon
returning with the other dog, I found
him sitting hv tlie tub, and upon coming
towards him he immediately jumped
into it and sat down in the water. After
pretending to wash hi* leg*, he jum|*d
Out as happy a* possible, and from t liat
moment recovered hi* usual spirits.
There appears in this instance to hnve
been a clear process of teaaoning, accom
panied by aento fe!ing, going on in the
dog's mind from the moment he hit me
until ho hit upon a plan of showing his
regret and making reparation for his
fault. It evidently occurred to him that
I attached great importance to this foot-
Imth, and if he could convince ine that
his contrition wns sincere, and tluit lie
wa* willing to submit to the process
without a murmur, I should be satisth-d.
The dog, in this ease, reasoned with (>er
fect accuracy, ami from his own pro
mises deduced a legitimate conclusion
which tlie result justified.
Slnhad's Ntorle*.
All of us as children were delighted
and absorbed by the stories of Siuhad
the Sailor, but as we grew older we only
accorded to them the character of ro
mance. Y'et modem developments go
far to show that those well-written tales
were founded in many instance* tqnm
facts, and the revelations made by the
early navigators. For instance, the
valley of diamonds actually exists iu
Uevlon, and the great rntch once
built its Host in Madagascar, and flapped
its wings to and fro, lietwoen the islands
and Uie main land. Now it appears that
the story of the great burial place of the
elephant* has been discovered to be a
reality on the table lands of Central
Africa.
In the original story it will IK- remem
bered that Hiubad,who pretended death,
wns carried by the elephants and thrown
into their burial place. Here after they
left him he built a raft, nnd loaded it
with a cargo of tho richest tusks, made
his way with them to ltagdnd, and so
finds himself a rich man. From tho
very region descriU-d in Hinlmd's story,
there is now fonnd an almost exhaustions
deposit, lielieved to be the burial place
of elephants, ami affording ivory ns
plentifully as the fossil beds of Hiberia,
from whence are dug up the huge mam
moth tusks which have so long supplied
the ivery turners of England and this
country. T&lk about history repeating
itself! Why, seeming Action is repeat
ing itself in the literal form of facts.
BHBHTED.—The most thoroughly
blightod being is the mnn who has been
deceived in s meerschaum. When lie
has expended his money Jn purchasing
the costly comfort, when he has con
sumed tobacco enough to unsettle tho
nerves of a rhinoceros, and the stulilKiru
pipe still refuses to color, demonstrating
to him the fact that he lias been sold,
then does the hollowness of this world
and all therein become fully and disgust
ingly apparent.
A I'U'CKV BUY.
Tl t, UII.IM* I tout TIIU Is ViasssrSssrtla.
A bright looking lad of sixteen ap
piled for loilgiugM st tlie |M)lioe office Ui
Worcester, MUSH. He GAVE his name us
Wm I}. Hed, of Abiugtoii, Mass., und
according to the custom was told to
plain iu his hut whatever articles ho*
might have alsmt his person. He
promptly drew a good sized Bible from
under his coat, and placing it iu the hat,
said that the tx*>k was his alt. It is not
usual for lodgers to have a Bible iu
their |MMscHHioit, and this, couple,l with '
tlie intelligent sppeunuioe of the lad, in
terested tho officers iti the case. The
lsiy when questioned told the followiug
interesting story:
With tlie consent of his father he left
his home the Jt of last October, ami |
shipjs-il from Boston on board the twrk
Marv F. Hurl hurt, Capt. Dudley, which
was l silt tut for Halves ton, Texas. He
was subjected to severe treatment dtir
ing the voyage, and on the arrival of
the vessel at (ialvesteu he esoajied, but j
was captured by the police some twelve
miles up the country, ainl returned to
the ship. As a punishment for running
away he was looked in tlie forecastle by
the captain, but in the night time he
broke out, and by moans of a hawser
reached the pier and was free again. He
lunl SI iu money, the suit of clothes '
which he had on, and a Bailor's lag con '
taming a number of trinkets. He left
(vslventou on November 17. resolved to
reach his home. 'Hie distance from Hal
ves ton to Boston is 'i.'iftil mile*. Hf the
whole distance young Iteed has trawled
563 miles ou foot. The rest of the jour
ney he accomplished by obtaining rides
on railroad trains and in team* which he
wet on the rood. His route'has been as
follows; t Sol vest, mpi New Orleans, 310
mil, *; New Orleans to Cairo, 638 miles;
Cairo to Decatur, 263 miles; Decatur to
Toledo, 328 miles; Toledo to Cleveland,
113 miles; Cleveland to Krie, ninety-live
miles; Erie t > Buffalo, eighty seven
miles; Buffalo to Allsuiy, 296 miles.
Young Heed, during his journey, en
countered hardhhqis which would have
discouraged a less plucky boy, but
through all he bore up with a fixed de
termination to reach his home. At New
Hrhiuis he had liis bag and several
articles of clothing stolen from him by a
uegro. 'Hie various expedients to w Inch
he resorted to obtain a ride to help hiiu
on his journey are illustrated by the fact
that he rode on the now catcher of the
engine from West Brookfleld to Wor
cester. He also rode two hundred and
oue miles on the truck of a Pullman
car on a Western rood during a cold,
stormy night, when tlie wood and iron
work of the truck was covered with ice.
lie had a pajs r in bis Bible containing
s list of persons in tlw various cities and
places where he hail stopped who lun!
befriended him, and to those lie said he
proposed to write when he reached home.
The list is a novel one, as will la* seeu
from the following address.*: " Mary
Ann Wilson, the |*xr fireman's widow
ami peanut woman at the Acailemv of
Music, New Hrlcana, La." Two police
men in New Orleans house,! and fed Un
hid for a week, and two members of the
police at Albany gave him a suit of
clothe*. The Bible, with which he lias
uot ported since he left Oalviwtou, was
presented to lxirn by his father the day
liefore he left hotuc. The young lad
was a hero at Uie police office, and the
ofticera contributed a purse to defray his
expense* home.
The Eastern Xonntaina.
At a meeting of the New York Heo
graphtoal Unduly, (ieneral II L. Viete
rend an ad dm** ou the physical geo
graphy, mountain and river systems and
topographical fnatures of the Htate. No
utuer one of the I'mUxl Ktates, said the
lecturer, ptmai'ssat such a marked iu
•lividnality as the Htatc of New Y'ork.
Whether we regard the magnitude and
extent of its rivcrw and lakes, the grand
eur and lwiauty of it* scenery, it* broad
and pmdnntiva valleys, it* lofty motin
taiu chain*, its succ-saful plans of in
ternal improvement, it* tcemmg imputa
tion ami busy industry, we find an
" imp>Hum in itrtpt rio " —without an
i-ijind afi 1 without a rival The moun
tain system of the Htnte is the extension
and in (mrt Uie iennitistion of the groat
Appalachian chain wjiich forms the
cimtcrly rang'* of the continenhd system
of inouutaiiiH. AH it onters the Stele of
New York from Uie south this mountain
range becomes narrowed am! dejirosscl,
and while a (tertian of it sinks Itcnctdh
the later sedimentary formations which
overlie the greater part of the State nn
other portion, jtasitig to the cant of tin-
Hudson river and serosa the State of
MasHacluisctts, form* in it* continuation
the (ireeu mountains of Vermont and
the White mounbiins of New Hamp
shire. At West Point, on the Huilson,
where this formation is developed in all
it* grandeur, the mountain chain is
riven asunder, and the lordly river, whose
deep channel would float the navie* of
the world, passes on mnjeeticolly to the
ocean.
The Seed* Supplied.
The Unit,si States Agricultural de
liArtmont is employing an unusually
urge nnmlier of people nt this tiun of
imcking ami forwarding seeds. At the
last scmion of Congress a sjiecial npprox
priation of S9O,ODD was made for the
purchase and distribution of seed to
those farmers of Kansas, Nebraska and
Southern Dakota who suffered from Ahe
mvngi>s of gnuwhopfwra during the stlm
mer of 1H74. Die dejmrtment ha* de
voted much lalwr to supplying those sec
tions with tlni farm w*-d r<*quiro,l, and
for some BUM pa*t 110-HIM-011 making large
shipments daily. Supplies of need are
still Iwing forwarded. The fact Uiat
the Agricultural department ha* received
from the region of country dern*tate<l
by graashopper* n* many a* two thou
sand letters nisn single day asking for
supplies of seeds, serves to show the
jxiverty of the people and the extent of
the work performed by the department.
The urgent necessities of the farmers of
the devested country induced the de
portment to devote the lalsirs of the
seed division almost exclusively to their
relief, which will account for any delay
in receiving seeds that may have been
exjierienced by people in other jmrt* of
the country.
A New Jersey Belle.
A cannon ball is preserved in the |
Treasury department in Washington, .
which deserves to l>ecome historic—if 1
cold iron rem bo said to deserve any
thing. It weighs twenty pounds, if our
recollection is correct, and is a plain,
rough shot, with an iron ring attached
to it. Iu a storm which occurred on the
coast of New Jersey, many years ago, it
was thrown from a mortar, with a line
fastened to the ring, and passing over,
fell beyond a ship which was stranded
and in'danger of going to pieces. The
line wn* tied to a cable on the shore,
and the shipwrecked people drew this in
anil fastened it to tho vessel. On this
cable a life-car was passed backward and
forward from the ship to the shore, by
which means two hundred lives wore
saved. The ball was liauled in and re
tained. It wtis subsequently sent to the
headquarters of tho Revenue Marine
department, where it ho* since beeu
carefully preserved, and where it is al
ways regarded with much interest by
people who are informed of its history.
It might have sunk a "seventy-four"
and never been heard from.
THE lII.ACK IIILIA REGION.
What Iks *• **•■ ikrlr Gate
Fir 14s— A Sirs* isr4.
The Indians have maintained a most
dignified und sensible re<ur* so far, says
s frontier correspondent of tlie New
* York Jlt raid. Diey say the Hreat
Father at Washington is their friend and
will do what is right. Their confidence
in the army is unbounded, and they
look U(MIU the soldiers a* their allien.
Not a move is made by the Indians with
' out consulting the army officer* and the
chiefs. Henerul Bradley and his officers
are on the l*-*t of terms with thein. The
officers, to a man, are in favor of aluxe
gatiug the treaty and advise Uie Hioux
to give up the country, but at the some
j time snv "the laud is your* atul no one
shall take it from you ly force." In re
turn the Indians ouy " the soldier* are
our friends; they are honest and will
uot allow ns to lie cheated or driven off
our land." 1 believe an army officer
could to <lay travel all through the
Black Hills and go into every Indian
camp with perfect safety to himself.
This certainly argues well for Uie char
scter of our army and the fairness of
our soldier*. When the miners began
to appear in Hnotted Tail's country, he
. scut word to General Hrd that white
| men were com nig into his lands, and
' wanted to know if he might drive them
out The general replied, telling the
chief to pick out fifty of hia liest war
riors, and he (Hrd) would employ them
as scouts and send a white officer to com
mand them. The chief at ouoe sent the
warriors, and they are now along the
edge of the Black Hills, under com
maud of Lieutenant Emmet Crawford,
Third United State* cavalry. It must
have pleoaed the Indians immensely to
be employed and paid by the United
.State* to guard their own country. It
was s happy thought, too, of < n-ueral
Hrd to so employ liietn, and thus got
control of the aarageo antl (rrevent them
from doing anyUriug rash or murdering
the adventurous miner*, vhicli they
proliably would have done if led by
their own chiefs. With the present
amicable understanding between our
savage and civilized warrior* Uiero is no
danger of snv bod v gvHUug mtinlerod ;
but if the miner* Wgiu to twowd into
the Blank Hills I fear the truce will soon
be broken. There lias not, 1 believe,
been a white man murdered iu the Hioux
renin try since General Sheridan, over a
year ago, ordered the troop* into Uie
reservations and occupied IU-d Cloud
and S(Ktted Tail. The soldiers and In
diana were qo sooner brought iu con
tort. with each oilier than they mail*
friends, and each j*irty now reaperta the
other. The Indians depend ou Uie sob ,
dter* to keep the whit* men out of their
reservation, but if Uiey find the white
men are coming in and not exjteUed by
the white warrior*, then it is likely the
Hv*ge warrior* will try their hand at
driving them out, \Vith the present
infieure> of the army, 1 believe, if the
miner* would only keep out for a little
white, and lie patient, Uie Indians could
lie induced to give up the Black Hills.
Ant attempt at force or too much hsste
will spoil everything and toad to a
BIIMKIV and interminable war.
ReJ Cloud has in hia village* and
under his control 10,000 Indians, and
Sjtotted Tail 2,00a It is likely the**
two chiefs, comllined for the owunon
defense, reuild put in the field 3,000
warrior*—enough in the natural for-
Crease* of the Black Hills to repel not
only the entire army of the United
States, but a* many more volunteer*.
Let the rash gold seeker* think of this
and remember the fitteof Fettermau and
his pari v liefore Uiey start West. The
hair on the heads of the youth* who are
now *■> frantically rushing to the border
will not be safe for one moment after
they enter Uic Black Hills, and the only
way to keep it in it its proper place will
be to remain quieUy at home unUl the
government announce* the country
open for settlement.
W shall, of course, have all aorta of
wild stories alxujt gold, and maps show
ing bow cosy it is to reach the gold
fields; but lei no one believe Uicm, for
the gold fields have not yet lieen dofi
nitely found or located, anil the nearest
point from the railroad to where gold is
supposed to exist is tver one hundred
and fifty miles—too far to run from In
dians. Place* will be trausjiorted bun
drcd* of miles from where thv actuaUy
exist, atul the min<*s Immght almost
within the oorjMirate limits of towna and
cities to induce credulotw people in the
East to Come West and outfit for these
place*.
"Hponglßg" on Newspapers.
Every man think* a newspaper fair
game. If a society or any body of men
get up a concert or a ball or other form
of entertainment, the object of which is
to put money in their pockets, or if the
• proceeils are to be devoted to charitable
purposes to add to Uieir own glorifica
tion, they licoome very indignant if Uie
proprietors of a uewsjoqver do not assist
thera by a serie* of gratuitous advertise
ments "for several weeks before the
event tokca place. These genUemeu
should remember that literary men in
this pnvtical age work for money as
well as for fame—principally the former,
htiwerer—and the business manager of a
newspajver, if he wishes to on the
safe side of Uie ledger, conducts his
charge on the same principle as the head
of any business establishment. People
who are getting up a ball would feel
eliarry of asking a preseut of a (xair of
gloves from any merchant on that ac
oount, vet asking and >x(avting to re
ceive a gratuitous advertisement is a
similar - demand. The editor of the
Marllniro, Mass., Journal states the case
very plainly when he informs his r<inters
that " AVe long mlojitet! tho plan of
charging our regular reading notice
price for all editorial announcements of
entertninnients to which an admission
ftv is affixed. We make no exception to
tliia role. In the way of news tonics we
freely ud gladly insert skotene* of
all entertainments after they have In
come matters of liistorv. It is only Ue
preliminary work, looking to the drawing
out of increased j>atnnage from the pub
lic, for which we expect oompcn—tion."
A Little tilrl'H Terrible Fate.
A letter in the Gonzales (Texna) Indn
says : AlKUit four weeks wince, a little
girl two year*' old, daughter of Mrs, M.
J. ltohinaou, living on Peach creek,
Gonzales county, was bitten by a little
|H*t tlog. Die circumstance cnatetl no
uneasiness at tho time, from the fact that
there was not the slightest suspicion at
the time of hydrophobia, and it was sup
(owed the dog was only in a little accus
tomed ill humor. Shortly afterward the
dog lvegan to have spasms, antl finally
left home ami died in the neighborhood.
Alxnit twentv tlaya after the child was
bitten she ixxauuo very feverish and
fretful, and finally bereune convulsed
with spasms. After three days of most
excruciating suffering with the most ter
rible malady—hydrophobia—Uie little
sufferer was released from pain by Uie
hand of death. In her paroxysms she
bit her mother several time* while nurs
ing. The mother has been twice to Dr.
Evans, of Flntonia, who is in possession
of a blood-stone, which was applied to
her wounds. The stone adhered tena
ciously the first time, and but slighUy
the last. It is to lie hoped that, the virus
has been entirely removed, and the
mother saved from a horrible death.
Term*: #2.00 a Year, in Advance.
A fjuy Hoy's Load.
Young (Joviile is bringing in wood,
, MMYS the Daubury AVwi. Watch him.
The wood lie* by the aawbuck. There
are two good armful* of it, but be is
1 going to bring it all in at ono*. That
' the Iwtter way, Mit aafea uue trip, lie
' i getting it upou hia arm with great
' difficulty. The pile riwa rapidly. It is
1 all up but a few stick*, and he ban to
' steady himself with a great effort white
' (feeling around for them. Each piece
coma* harder than ita predecessor. The
bottom stick* are appareuUy cutting into
' Uie flesh at hi* arm, and on* at the top
1 j i* j>ru*aing moat painfully against km
' chts-k. He L* sitting on hia liaundiea in
' 1 a disagreeable pantiuo, the immtaaing
1 weight making hia knee joint* aetu>.
' The dizzy pile is held in place only by
1 j the Mcverewt effort of both brain and
muscle. The slightest false motion
' would topple it to Uie ground. H* re
' alizea it. All the color in hia tiody ia in
hia fat**, and the cord* thereof are drawn
to the utmost teuakm. Hia eya* glow
' like a flame. He can't find that hurt
slick. Mlowly the right Laud cirole*
around, feeling carefully for i':. Hia
eye* are bright, but Uiey are ranged over
the load on hi* arm, and the very ntor
eat approach they can make to the aceue
1 i Uie dufftuit horizon. Htill he akir
miahe* aronud with the right hand. A
moiature u begiuniug to well tip in the
bright orba, making the horizon indie
tiuct. Die muscle* near the muatti are
commencing to slack an, and the muter
hp ahgbUv tremble*. It ia noticeable
that Uie right hand ia losing ita caution
| and growing a trifle impulsive. Ita cir
cle* are xhaqs-r, and leas in symmetry,
lie liaa gone over all the ground in
reach. lie l-mU apprehetuuvely for
warl for more brritory ; there ia a
waver, then another, a' sudden plunge
for reouvcry—and over gore the pile,
and a boy with paaaiuu distorted face ia
blindly kicking the inoffenirive stick*.
Dtett the back door oficna, Mid he and
denly ateqia and gtaroa morosely at the
wreck.
" William Henry," exclaims a shrill
voice, " are you going to be all night
bringing in that wood i '
"Go in the house," he mutters muter
his breath.
"YY'hat's that you aay to me, young
man 1"
"I said I'm comin's quick's I could," j
be hastily but frankly explain*. "Do
you "aptae I con help it, can* 4 the wood ;
ti|M over when I get it piled apt"
"What do vu try to carry *o much i
for, then?" sue properly asks. "You
bring along part of that wood, and go j
after the rest pritty quick, or I'll send j
your tether out to you," ami the dour
slam* again.
♦ Dure be take in part of it f Never.
Hia hrert may be wrung, and the tears
flow like rain, but be will carry afl that
wood in at once if it take* five year*. It
waa a mere caprice then, but it ia
principle now. He gore over the aann
performance again, and he repeats it
uutd he master* everv atiek, and riare,
reeling, to bin feet. Theu he st am hire
painfully up the ]ath, hia breath coming
quick and strong, hia eyre bulging. Mid
his knee* almost screaming out with the
ache they ore enduring. lie can't fire
the stoop, and hardly anything of the
bouae but the roof. He staggers up the
step* and kick* violently againat the
door. It ia opened by hi* impatn-nt ami >
thoroughly disgusted mother, but the
exertion has fatally disturbed the poiae •
of the pile. One stick come* thundering
to the floor, then another, and another. :
ll* makes a drejterate effort to reach th- j
vrood-box with ttie rest of the load, but
piece after piece comes craalring down, j
arousing the whole family and nearly ;
driving hi* mother insane. He reaches
tlie box. He may not iiave one-half the j
load on his arm. but lie brought it all in
at once—thank Hreveu.
Wklte Suits, Etc.
Crremy white French naaaook, *ay* a *
fashion journal, will be uaed for sum- j
mer cofitumeo, richly trimmed with floe
knife plaiting, edged with Y'alencienncs,
Mid alternating with raffle* of Hamburg ;
embroidciy. The akirta of thoc sheer '
mud in suite are made wider than they >
have lawn of late, and now measure four ;
yar.ls around the bottom ; they have two (
narrow wde gore*, and two full bock
widths ; the front and side breadths arc ;
acweil to a belt, and the lock la gathered |
by a drawing string. On handsome im- -
portetl nansook dreasM there are three j
scant flounces of Hamburg embroidery,
each edged by knife plaiting three inches ,
deep. The ovi-rakirt is a deep apron j
reaching to the toe ; this lias a front {
breadth Mid a side gore ; while ttehind
are two long straight breadth* draped j
and puffed on the tonrmire. An em
broidered ruffle edged with plaiting ia j
the trimming. The taaque lias one dart :
in front, and an English basque cut I
square oq the tournure. Htieh French
drcaficM coat from S4O to fM. r >. They are
oraaim'nted as a model few the "young
girl graduates " who aak for such hinte,
also for those who are preparing their
warelrolie* for the summer watering
places. Dealer* asy that Hamburg era
liroidery i* preferred to expensive nee
dlework even by those w ho nan afford it;
also that Italian Valenciennes Lace is
used in there costumes, and finer real
lares are reserved for evening toilette*.
Many of the French basques imported
with there suite are cut long and square
on the aides, and quite short in the back
and front. The sleeves are coat-shaped,
with knife plaiting* and puffs around
tho wrist*. Die neck ha* a standing
plaited frill. Mid tlie lengthwise trim
ming outlines a vest. French needle
women excel in making fine crimped
plaiting* ; their work is all done by
hand, and tlie iufinitesimally small plaits
are held in poaitton by a thread nnder
nsath.
Muslin overakirts MM! sleeveless
basques are also im(K>rted. The over
skirt i* a large apron deeply rounded in
front, but sqnare behind, held together
bv a ilark bow on the tournure, but with
tlie square corners behind falling open.
Such overKkirt* are entirely formed of
lengthwise box-plaits of white organdy
alternating with Valenciennes insertion
and edged with law. Accompanying
this is a sleeveless basque, much shorter
lielund than in front, matte of similar
box piaitn and rows of insertion. Bine
or rore-colored gri>s grain bows trim the
front of the basque, and a sash bow is
on the tournure. For a very rich dress
for graduation-day this will lie worn over
a plain dress of white silk, and trimmed
with white gros graiu bows.
Farlor Games.
Two new parlor amusement* are thus
described: Two players arc closely
blinded wjtli a bandage made of their
poekethandkerehiefs. Each one ia pro
vided with a saucer full of cake or crack
er crnmbs, which is held in the left
hand, and a spoon, whicfc ia held in the
right hand. A sheet is spread upon the
floor, upon which the players sit, and at
a given signal they begin to feed each
other. Their efforts to find each others
mouths with their spoons never fail to
afford much sport. Another amusing
experiment is to try- to blow out a can
dle blindfolded. The candle is placed
upon n table, up to which a player is
first lod; he then walks back six stops,
turns around three times, and walks for
ward as nearly iu the direction of the
candle as possible, and tries to blow it
out If he happens to wander to the
wrong part of the room, the effect of tho
i blowing is very tunny.
NO. 21.
10THKKLEHN CHILPBEY.
km lHirMi.il*. Vital MIMto.
itN-I'.fan.ui* o#iri#. nr.
There wa* a time wlwn some thought
fal people were afrithl that the world
would Mooma overstocked with tmpul*
tom, 'IW alarm, abort-lived a* It wan,
ha* no longer auj influence. Au exami
nation of mortuary wtatiatim, taken from
the msorda of any civilised nation, mym
the New York Tinw, must convince
even the moat timid of the disciples of
Maithua that the mortality among obil
dren will long keep down the extreva
({aut estimate* of increase of the human
raoe, mm eo readily received by alarm
ista. Infanticide la w oomnwm now in i
aome Oriental countries aa it waa in the j
darkest age*. The "baby tower* "of j
China, where parent* threw in their j
superfluous offspring to die, may not he I
a* conspicuously uw-d aa formerly, but i
down to a very recent period St was j
found that in aome portions of the em- i
{tire the number of children annually j
destroyed reached aa high a* eighty per ,
cent, of the whole number of births. In !
lands nominally Christian, for obvious J
reasons, it is impossible to discover wbat j
proportion of innocenta brought Into the j
world are untimely eut off by the art or
the criminal neglect of unnatural parent*. j
When we add to three the hapless one* <
whose lives are brought to an end ly i
rrekaaua, ignorance, and the effects j
of poverty, the sum total is very large, j
The slaughter of the innocenta goes on j
with the same thoroughness aa in the
days of Herod.
Perhaps one of the moat atoikfag facta j
connected with this dkmal record in that ,
brought out in the latest annual report ,
of the New York infant asylum. In that J
document, Dr. J. Lewi* Smith, review- !
htg the statistics] exhibit of the mstztu :
turn, shows that there were in the asylum
during IH7I, sixty-six infanta with moth
era, and of these only seven (or 10.6 per
oent.) died during Hie year. But of the
forty-five infanta without mothers,
eighteen (or forty per oent.) died. Ilcstsh
ciiWMs-s of children received the mine
cure, attendance and attention from tka
management of the asylum; aud yet, the
mortality of one class was four tune* aa
great aa" that of the other. The same
rncdml authority make* thia declaration,
after a careful examination of the man
agement of foundlings in this city:
"Infanta undar the age of ux months,
who are entirely I*.ltd- fed, in any hos
pital or asylum within the limits of the
city of New York, almost invariably die
during the hot months, whatever the care
and treatment which they receive, and a
majority of those l4wea the ages at
MX and twelve mouths, who are bottle
fed, also perish." This ia a strong state
monk It might to awaken renewed at
teutfen to the quasttou of the care of
motherless children.
Indeed, it ia one of the pro! feme of
modern civilization to aavs the children
of parents to whom, for specific miaous,
their < Tapring are a burden. It is a
melancholy and often diaoonraging que*
tion. On" one hand ia the poasilnlity of
encouraging vice at the expense of much
misery and the sacrifice of 'human life.
On the other hand ia tha certainty that,
with aims and atu ia the world, mother*
and children will together perish in
secrecy and shame. So far as an intelli
gent mid wise administration can aaoom
jlih it, it is better that unfortunate
mothers and their offepnag should be
saved by one and the same agency. This
simple theory liaa gained ground of late
years, and the iusUtutiaa to which we
hare above referred, supported by the
charities of our own people, aroma to
have made a wise and humane begin
ning. The fact that many phases of
auch a work are difficult or public dis
cuasion shows that its management must
lie delicate aud highly responsible. Bo
far, the best results are presented, and
by careful nursing, thoughtful care, aud
ficticious oversight, this asylum, at
least, promise* to redeem all its pledgee
of humane usefulness. There Mil! re
mains the lesson which the mortality;
among foundling children teaches. The j
motherless ones faded and died, most of
them during the mouth of July. How j
many children, outside of asylum* and
hospitals,arc pnu-tioallr without mothers,
even though their parents live f In
sufficient or unnatural nourishment
want of proper care and nursing, slay tie
innocents. Neglect in various forum, hi
many homes that should be safe and j
happy, is the Herod of the present
century.
A Powder Fx plosion.
The details of the terrific giant pow
der explosion in Ban Francisco recently
add horror to the brief story that ouae
by telegraph. Up ward of akm of pow
dor ww stored in the warehouse Awe
UH explosion occurred, and it in sup
posed that the .hamster *w caused by
the mnJna handling of the powder by a
man employed in the building. At about
three o'clock in the afternoon the entire
city was shaken by tle terrible report
Maws of thick, black smoke enveloped
the city and continued to roll up from
the reeking ruin* of the warehouse and
other structure# in the vicinity. The
outer walla of the bonded warehouse
alone remained, and told with what fear
ful force the explosion had taken place.
Small frame shantuw were scattered in
chips all about the dodui and in the bay
or burned to ashes; buildings remote
some distance from the soene of the ex- (
plosion were scorched, the paint curled
on the doors and the glasses tarn from
the window*. Everywhere ruin was ob
servable. The houses that had atood in
the vicinity of the warehouse were blown
to spliuter*. it was known that several
buildings in the vicinity hind Iwen occu
pied bv poor families and the inmates
were nil missed. After diligent search
amid the I turning ruins a ghastly human
form, blank, charred and smoking, was
brought forth—a horrid sight that chill
ed and sickened the thousands of people
who had assembled there. The body
was that of a man, but ao begrimed and
burned oot of all semblance to anything
an to be unrecognisable. Boon another
body was raked up from the bottom of a
pile of burning debris and likewise
prove*! to be the remains of a young
man. Tt was a steaming and noisome
mass of roasted and shapekes flesh. The
terrible work went on until eighteen
bodies of both males and females were
taken from the ruins. The property loss
was nearly $1,000,000.
Captain BoyntonN Dress.
The inventor of the life-saving dress
recently so successfully tested by Cap
tain Paul Bovnton is Mr. O. S. Merri
man, of New' York city. It ia of solid
vulcanized rubber, made in two parts—a
tunic with hood and gloves attached,
and pantaloons with boots attached.
The dress is secured by a water-tight
joint at the waist, and only the eyea,
month and nose are exposed. It is in
flated by means of small tubes,
which can be reached conv-iniently. When
the upper chamber is inflated it makes a
complete air pillow, upon which the
head can rest. The wearer is kept dry
and comfortable. Swimming is impossi
ble; but he lies easily upon his back,
and propels himself in any direction by
means of a double-blade paddle. A small
India rubber bag contains provisions and
a few needful articles.
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THB EOITOBS. —It is judicially decided
in Berlin that there are no privileged
communications between journalists and
persons from whom they receive secrets
to be published as news.
Item* af Interest.
remoua fed largely m oatmeal alw
liave good feeth.
Last Clmrtmas there were 760,1 I
' paupers WlfeghWd And Wake.
Hm| iflrtTiWbqght not to complain m }
dull time* -the* bnstoreg is always driv }
A politiftian who aorfdstrthr drank from
the wrong "bottle with a ffwi ia one of
the few men in America wh knows how
horse liniment tastes.
The prise for sending, a Cambridge
(Eng.) hoy to a boder In* to clean it
out, and pulling him out dead, waa *4*
months' hard labor.
" Why did yon name your dog Bask!"
" From ueorerftfi, Be lAiiwnys muring
away from home, and iPrMboM, -j
help calling him Hark f"
Hie Haiatoga chap who mat rie4*j*ft 4
last BWBUf, naviag feUen in lovgf wflti
with her beautiful oumpkxion, reyflWir
that it was.*. "akin game."
** Doing nothing i* doing ill." This
probably account- for the assertions of
aU little buys caught in mtsohkf, that
| they haven't "done nothing."
I Susan 11. Anthony ray* that there are
. <IOO,OOO profession*] drunkard* in the
, Cuitxd Status, and that one woman to
| every seventeen is married to aooh an
I artim.
" Dr. Mary Walker," a Washington
correspondent nays, *' looks like a iui
j sfanary's wife." " Then we axe mighty
laOf Tf itif fhff
There am signs that the great dead
-1 lock in the tfouti Wales coal field- Is
approaching a tonafaattou. Both aide*
I am evidently weary at the struggle.
Mark Twmn did "really try to become
a river pilot, but he umhl up so many
; Steamboats toying to clear the Mississippi
' of bate and snags that' he was forced to
■ j- *
f IrtiTVl,
By a recent statute fa Tennessee, the
! luring party fa a lawsuit baa to pay Ui
! jurymenls fees; and it- la alkged that 'the
1 Janus providently render their verdicts
against the richest litigant*.
In CMS** man's friends ocmgraluisto
him on the birth of e son. and condole
with him on the birth of a daughter,
s They am very emphatic opponents of
"women's right*."
" Why am women so much more oour
agrawis than men 1" asked a lady the
other day, after talking of politic* and
j war. " Because it is not they who have
I to
fight, he replied.
A had little boy, upon being promised
' five cents by fats mother if he would
■ take a doss at owtor ad, obtained the
1 money, and then told his parent that she
| might tartar oil in the street,
A pronouncing match took place fa
Cincinnati, Twenty married persona on
one side pronounced against twenty un
married on the other. The ink* of the
spelifag -sing governed the exercise*.
A man in London eanta a living by
going round waking people wboae busi
neas require* them to grt up very early
fa the morning. Many policemen also
.iaemear their faeomm in the same way.
TVw is • mam in Guilford, Conn.,
who has prodk-ted ail ths bad weather
0 past winter. Ee my than will
another now storm, but n of lb*
lwpb down there my that if it eams
thej *2l have that man's head.
Benjamin Franklin said: "It is bard
for an empty bag to etand upright."
This great troth ia robbed of its aadfc'wa
when w* know that tbeae t* no tweeasity
for a bag or any thing elae to stand np
hea it would look better lying down.
Has experiment of tranaf naing Wood
baa just been applied to Ova. Frank
Blair, who haa long been prostrated with
paralysis at bis home in Si. Look. Six
ovocet of blood www injected into Ms
veins, and the result is said to be favor
able.
A canal bead with the captain, his
wife, a little child, a ootor<-l nam and
two mulea on board, was earned over
the in the Potomac at Cumberland
by the wind, and strange 'to aay no dam
age *•* done to either the passengers or
; the boat.
Hie latest disco very in Fiance is that
1 the numerous gypsy bands seeming that
i oauntry are entirely under marching
: order* and ndlltaiy discipline from Ber
lin. They e wool to pick out their
: *■ wiping grounds fifty milt* ahead, and
I know in advance the name of the man
owning that ground m well as he known
I it himself.
As a Detroit man was digging in to*
garden his wife appeared at the door
ind shouted: "Come, you old fraud—
• come in to dinner!" As he did not
> oom abe opened the door pretty aoon
I and jrilnl **Hain't you coming to din-
I a*w, you blasted ' Bhe saw a neigh
bor in the garden along with ber hus
band, and finished . " old darling you !**
According to the last census in Eng
land and Wales, the females of the popu
lation outnumber the males by 600,000 ;
but above the age of twenty-five the
males exceed the females in number.
While there www 400,000 widowers,
j there were 873,000 widows. Above the
j age of ninety, females number two to
j every male.
A Detroit gentleman recently lost his
mother-in-law. If he closed his store he
might lose some custom, unions some ex
planation could be famished. A happy
thought struck him. He purdniscd
about a quarter of a yard of crape, hung
it on his stow door, then pasted on his
show window the following : " Store
will be open April IA If you want any
boots and ahoea.it will pay you to wait. '
Two lives rarely run so closely parallel
as those of Robert and Mary Ksaery,
who bed livwd for many years near Bid.-
ford. Eng. They had been married
sixty five years when the husband fell
' ill. His wife attended to Mm ateiduous-
Uv,*aad when he died she exclaimed:
! ''Thank God he has gone before me !**
It was not Wig, however, for the old lady
. sank back exhausted, aud died within
five minutes. Both the deeeaeed were
verging on ninety year* of age.
Dr. Carpenter, the English scientist,
j claims to have discovered that the ocean,
| like the Mood in the animal system, cir
culates regularly. The poles supply the
place of a heart, and the motive power is
| the action of heat and cold. The in
tensely cold wafer of the Arctic and
Antarctic regions ia continually moving
toward the equator, the warmer wafer
from which flows northward and south-
ward. Substantially the same theory
was advanced nearly half a century ago
by a Russian named Lens, but it met
with little favor in the scientific world,
and has long been lost sight of.
A TVwtrical Troupe Drowned.
The following appears in the Chicago
Iribum as a special telegram from Des
Moines, Iowa: A letter received by
parties in Lucas county from R. Harden,
who was a member of the troupe, states
that the entire theatrical troupe sf J.
A. Sawteile was drowned on Puget's
sound. March 2d, during a severe gale.
They foolishly embarked in a small tug
tmat, the Ruby, fas Port Madison, from
Seattle. The mammoth tug Goliah had
just been forced into th harbor by the
severity of the gale. A large number of
people stood on the dock watching the
tug. She went out into the roaring sea,
which was tossing hko mad, and was en
gulfed in s few moment*. The company
consisted of Mr. Sawteile, his wife, and
little "Vivia," Mrs. Fannie Morgan
Phelps, Miss Liuae Morann, Mr. Jerry
Crowell, and others
Usefulness of Coal.
Comparatively few realise the power
stored in coal for man's use. It is stated
ias a scientific fact, that in a boiler of
fair construction, a pound of coal will
convert nine pounds of water into steam.
Wooh pound of steam will represent an
: amount of energy or capacity for per
forming work equivalent to seven hun
dred and forty-nine thousand six hun
dred and sixty-six foot pounds, or for
the whole nine pounds, six million seven
hundred and twenty thousand foot
pounds. In other words, one pennd of
coal has done as ranch work in evapo
rating nine pounds of water into nine
pounds of steam, as would lift two thou
sand two hundred and thirty-two tons
ten feet high.