Old School Banishment. Old Muster Brown brought his fertile down. And hi* face locked angry and red. "Go, neat you there now, Anthony Blir, Along with the girts," he said. Thee Anthony B'air, with a mortified air, Vf itti his head down on his breast, Took his panitent seat by the maiden sweet. That he loved, of all, the best. Aad Anthony Blair seemed whimpering there. But the rogue only msde believe ; For he peeped at Uie gu Is with the beautiful curb, Aud ogled tlieni over hie sleeve. Mother-Sight. Under the apple bough she situ. The sunshine in tier dying hair, Pimplmg and laughing through tho suow Of rosy flakes about her there. And as I gaze 1 picture me. Reside this daring of cur souls. Two innocents with softer locks. Half riuglots and halt aureoles. Tliey froho with her in the grass ; They listen to the lard, the t>eo; They catch ihe p< tals as they fall ; They babble music in their glee. They teach the littie earthhng how Tlie cherubs play in heaven's oourte. With some great grscions angel roar. And smiling ou Uiem at their sports. Oh. do 1 really look upon rin.ee ht delights of vai Uhe2 rear*. Or do I only dream them there lVcauss I see her through my teas* ; ROCKY MOKE'S TllllK. Misslst b> as Old Tar was net "Sks(. haled." hal the l.asd >kark was. It is well known that it was fanucrly the habit of laud sharks, as tliey are termed, when sailors were scarce. to Shanghai sailers ami lamLsmcu, wheu sailorx were not to be hn.l, and when they were drugged to send Ultra ou board of vessels as sailors. An aid salt, in liis peculiAr way, tolls the story of Rooky Miw, ruid bis exjsloits with a runner, as follows: Rocky More had just come home in the ship Gertrude, Captain lUker, from Hombay, and had Inx-n jxii.l off witli six tnoGths' wwgea, and though at the time men were acarce aud wugce high, lhx'ky wcrn't a goin' to sea till he'd "run the rag down," and spent all nis money. He hoarded with a chap calltxl Hanuel, in Franklin square, aUmt as good a man aa was a-guin' in that business, and Kooky, of course, gives him his money for to keep—that is, the stoudin" }art of it, gite himself a new rig oat, and goes off for a "time." He'd been onto this "time" prehahlv three or four ilays, whon he fetched up in some gin mill along in Cherry street. It wore wiutrr time, and it wer*' mighty hard for to git men for the Liv erpool ships, auj they was a-pay in' as high as $75 advance, and $lO blood money, and the shippiu' masters was very glad for to take men from anybody outside of the boar.liu'-houses, cause then, don't yon see, they didn't have no hloCtl-money to iwy. and could charge it to the ship all too same, and the way it were, the ship were took into the North river, well out, and then as the men were bmrg off, one by one, the mate giv' a receipt for "em, and this here re ceipt were good for a due bill for $75 from the ahippin' master, payable five days arter the ship went to sea, if ao be as that man went into her. The Black Ball packet, Cambridge, were in the river waitin' for her crew at the time Rocky More were a-driftin' round, and as she had a hard name, it were worse to git a crew for her than for other Liverpool ships, and nobody ever was took aboard of her except he were too drunk for to know where he was wgoin*. The advance being so big, of conr e it wore a great temptation to all boatmen, old jnnk chaps :md dock-wailoj>er*i gen erally, for to be on the lookout for -chances, and if they patched a chap who had bowsed np Ids jib too taut they'd jist ohime in with liiui, a pretendin' for to bo a old acquaintance, and would stand treat two or thro* times, goin' on down nearer to the Battery ail the time ; and then, when near the l>oat, go into a crib, and as the chap wits a-git: in' his liquor, alio some devilment into it that would jist have him sense enough to git ■down to the boat, anil he'd never know no more till mavbe he'd wake up outside o£ Sandy Hook, without a stitch of clothes, and he maybe never havin' his foot on a ship's deck afore, ami leavin' maybe a business, and a wife and family behind him. There's many a chap, sir, as has been took off in that way, and very many more has been took than has ever come back. Moat of "em went with the "triangles," comin' qpt of a long spree, perhaps, and not bein' able to git any liquor for to taj>er off with, and havin' no attention, nr, worse than that, forced to go on deck and go to work; the life knocked out of 'em while on deck, and then bnt by the sailor tnen- when they went below; 'cause you see, no man likes for to do another man's work, and these here greenhorns bein' aboard makes it harder for them as is sailors, and they naturally takes it out of 'em when they gits em below, and so it ain't wonderful that a good many of 'em, what with bein' downhearted at leavin' home, and what with sea-sickness, and what with the "triangles " from over drinkiu', and then stoppin' too sndden, and what with ill-usage, jist giv" right np in desji&ir and walked overboard Ix-iievin' that drownin' ■were better than livin' such a life. Then there were others—it's God's truth— actually beat to death by the officers 'cause they couldn't do work which they'd never, yon soe, larned for to do, and men throw'd overboard and no -questions ever asked. Of course the crew would all ran away as soon as the ship struck the pier head, and so there weren't none of them to complain, and if there wore a passenger on Ixxird he were goin' about his business, and did not waut to be detained as a witness, and so generally there weren't no inquiry; and if there were the Liverpool courts couldn't do nothin', 'cause it were a offense committed aboard of a American shin onto the high seas; and as to the American consul there was one or two shippin' masters tliat had all to say in that shop, so you can see what sort of a chance a sailor would have there. few of these greenhorns, shang haied in this way, got back, some of 'cm ruined in health and their business all broken up, and perhaps their wife mar ried to some other chap, tliinkin' they had slipped their wind for good; and then there was others, that on landiu' in Livetporif went on a spree agin—as easy a thing for to do in Liverpool as you could wish—and then they would be ashamed for to go home, and would take to a vagabond life all their days after, driftin' round the world continually and never comin' back. Of course, sir, there were nothin' in this world that a good sailor-man liated so much as one of these here sharks and kidnappers. Rocky More were a good sailor man, but ho weren't handsome. Rocky always looked drunk. I think the soberer he got the drunker he look ed, and the cut on his lip and losin' his teeth always made him talk drunk, no matter how sober he were. I have my suspicions that Rocky were three sheets in the wind when ho fetched up in that there crib in Cherry street; but Rocky hisself always said, a tellin' me of it, and I've lieern it a hundred times, and always a little different, that ho had slept off his spree and were quite sober. Hows'ever, us he laid there asleep, he laoked enough like a drunken man for to deceive a Whitehall boatman by the name of Chris Lennox; leastwise that's what they told Rocky arterwaids his name were, who was a crtisin' round for to see if he couldn't pick np a hand or two for the Cambridge, what then lacked only a few of her crew, and when he oome in bore, and seen Rocky More, he thought he'd got a haul, sure. VItKD. KUIiTZ, Ivlitor imd I Yopriotor. VOL. VIII. "Tho f UH( tltitu? 1 know'd," says Rocky, leUiu' mo afterwards, " were a follow alappiu* mo on tho ahouUlor ami a wwkin' mo up, ami says ha: * Shivor my timbMK, Hill, ohl lx>y, I aiu't mxxl you for a long time; hovr'vo you Ixvn tltit long while f Woll, I looked at him," siysHooky. "Of course with uir ouo souint ova ho couldn't toll where 1 woro a Ktokiu, ami I know'd I'd uovor sot oyos onto him before, for though 1 aiu't got hut ono oyo, ami that rovo foul, I never forgit a fiut' 1 once aw, ' Heave ahead. my hearty," aava ho agin. ' Blast my lurry top lights and t gallon' eye brows if 1 ain't deligliUxl for to soo you agiu; don't you remember whon you and mo was shipmates ui tho brig Caroline, in tho Mathgasoar .ehanuel, an tho ouaat of Japan ; Sho wore a jolly old craft, weren't alio, and no mistake I" Woll," says Rocky, goin" ou with tho yarn, and this wore only ouo of his ways of tellin' it, "when 1 loirs tliat chap git tin' off that play-actor lingo and lioord him put tho M:ulagu*er channel onto tho ixoat of Japan, 1 kuow'd ho weren't Do aailor, nohow, ami 1 worked him up to a tra verso right away, ami 1 know d lio woro a shark, and I ootue to tho conclusion I'd have a hit of fuu with him, ami thou give him a haminorm" aiclt as ho wouldn't forgit in a hurry, ami ono that would laru him uovor to try.any games onto a sailor-man agin. So 1 says to him, ' I rookou you're mistaken, mv Ho; 1 never seen vou la-fore in tuv life.' •"Savs he: 'Ain't your utimo Hill Johnson (' "• Not much it ain't," says I. ' Well,' says he, ' its the strikiu'e-t likeness 1 ever stvJ.' 'Then,' says Rocky, * I kuowed lie were a lyiu', 'cause 1 knowxxl there wcrn't another cliap in the world so ugly as me.' * Never mind,' says he agin, 'come and take a drink for the sake of uiy old chain; well, I'd pick you out for liim ncuoug ton thousand.' " ' Would yonr' RJVS Rocky, quite simple. • Now that's strange, aiu't it, that there should bo two of us with only a starboard eye apiece, and a swivel eye at that.' " 'Strange,' says the chap, ' why, it's wonderful." 'Well,' says lvx-ky, m --tiuuin', * we goes Uj> to the l>ar and we has a drink. He proliahly thought 1 were a lookin' at a picture of " Black- F.yevl Susan " which were a hangiu" nj> In-hind the Ixirktvpor, whereas 1 were a kxikin' at them glasses all the while, and when he took his grog then 1 took mine. 'Uuiiae, so long us we both drank out of one bottle, turn and turn about, I didn't care for him. Well, we went out to gether aud went a rollin' down t iwn, both ou us a pr tendin' for to be a litii< in the wind. I think we had six drinks ou the way down to the Battery, aud even- time I seen tliat he took his grog from the same bottle as 1 did, and tliat be drank fair. At last we gits down in Whitehall street, and says he : H w got a boat down iu the slip here, and I'm gain' ont for a row for to work this 'ere rum out of me. We'll go in and tike another drink, and yon shall stand treat, and then we'll go for a row.' - '" AU right,' says I, and we goes in. He pours out his grog, and as I were a ponrin' out mine he kuul of surged up agin' me, knockiu' me a little ways off from the liar, and I seen him drop some thin'into my glass. With that,' says Rockv, goin' on, ' I kind of recover* d myself, and fetched up ntrin' him with such force that I kuoeked him throe or four feet away from the bar, and when wo both of us recovered ourselves and come up to our liquor again, them glasses was changed and he drunk my dose. He were in a great hurry then for to be off, and I went along of him, knowin' I eonld manage him at th-- Last, and I went staggerin' down to tli • Rut. " I don't know if he were a pretendiu' or not, but he staggered jist as much a I did, and so, tack and half tack, wv works down the street, got into the boat and pulls out of the slip. I kep my eye onto liim all the time, to see what game he would be up to, bnt for all he knowd I were a lookin' at Governor's Island. The tide were jist on the last of the ebb, and says lie: ' We'll pull and come hack on the flood.' His tongue were very thick wheu he said this, and I could see he weren't a pretendin' any more, for he kep a gittiu' more and more groggy, and at Inst I seen him tumble liaekwards into the bottom of tiie lxmt as dead as a log. 1 got hold of him and dragged him nft into the stern sheets, and then a idee struck me. All along I had been iu tondin' for to hammer him, but now I seed what he'd been np to. There were the old Cambridge jist oft Bedloe's Is land, and I says to myself, ' I'll send you to sea, my hearty, instead of your aeud iu' me.' But first off, I done for him what I know'd he would have done for me. I wont through him from clew to earin'. He had a gold watch, and P know'd if I didn't hike that some one else would, as soon as lie got aboard, so I takes that, and, says I: ' I'll keep this to remember yon bv.' He didn't have much money—only a little over s9—but there was two dne-hiila for 875 each, for two chiw>'< as he'd took off to this very ship. Then there was some printed re ceipts for sailors for the mates hi sign, one of which were filled up with the name of 'John Wilson.' I'd seen the fellow writiu', as we e< irne'd along, in one of the places we stopped into, and, says I: ' Yon chooscd that name yourself, my hearty, and yoiir'u it shall be.' "Then I took the oars and pulled alongside of the ship. •On deck, there,' says I, * scud a txiw-line down for this 'ere chap ; he's been overcome by the motion of the boot.' Well, tho mate he laughed, and they passed a rope over the side, and 1 bent him on and they pulled him up. Then I handed up the printed receipt, ami the mate he signed it. 'How many more do you want I' says I. 'Only one," says the mate, and if we don't git him, we shan't wait, bnt shall git under weigh at half-flood, if we can get enough of 'em sober for to heave the anchor up. '"That there chap I jist brought off,' says I, 'yon'll find a Ilret-rate man when he comes to, but he's bowsed his jib up a little too taut this mornin', but he'll BOOH sleep it off. When he wakes UP tell him his old ehnm, Bill Johnson, seed him safe aboard, will you?' 'AH right,' says the mate, and I pulled ashore. I lauded on the North river side, and then I went over to Bnrlin's slip, where the shippin' office were, and handed in the receipt and got a due-bill, which J put along with the other two. Then, arter I'd I tad somethin' to eat, I went down to the Battery. I didn't have but ona eye, and that were badly a-cockbill; bnt if I had had a hundred of the Ixsst eyes that ever were I couldn't have en joyed the sight more tlian I did when I BO.HI a steamer go alongside the old Cam bridge and tow her down the bay." And that, sir, were tho way Rocky More sarved a land-shark. llats for Ladies. The sailor hat will return to favor ; when tho warm <lays come, says a fashion journal. It is the most girlish of all the shapes, and most generally becoming to round young faces. Those of brown, black, or white split straw are trimmed with wide gros grain ribbon, t ither blue, black, or brown, and fastened by silver filigree buckles. The English walking hat, the Derby, and the new toque with drooping front and tumed-up back are all worn. The most coquettish hats are those with flaring brims caught up on one side by s rose. Put! wreaths and clusters of flowers inside the brim give a \ mature look to young faces. THE CENTRE REPORTER TilK I'SE or ITHSONS. The Terrible Meel .1 hlernl 1 reu Ihe tlusiau wieleui. 1 ueed uot deacrilie, says an English writer, the horrid drug to the uao of which no many people are now addicted, further than to say that it is a salt of a burning pungent taste, having a grout affinity for water; its Knox is chloroform, into which it IS supposed to l* changed iu tho liliHaL In suudl doses it is stiiuti lant ami anti Bl<unnxlic; iu larger, uar eotio; while an overdose produces death as uintantamsiualy as a tlasliof lightning, lake opium, tho ilose must Ik- constant Iv in creased h> keep up tho same effects, "flic results of a smaller dose of Lhctliug on a chloral eater and why Imy " <-u a chloral eater " is, because tho mciltcal profession (to which I myself tieloug) often err iu judging of tho actions of oer tain kimls of stimulant narcotics, such as opium. Indian liomp, etc., for this reas.ui: Tlioy take one or two diwe* of tho drug themselves, ami Iwxo their opinion of its action oil tho re,cult pro duced on their own systems, forgetting that the sumo medicine may have a h>- tally different cft'ix-t upon ouo accustom el to its use; a person not a smoker might just as well expect, hv taking one pipe, to tell how a real smoker tools under the influence of tohaoco- tlio re sults, then, of a lessor dune on u real chloral eater are partly *>f a stimulating, Cirtlv of a aootliiug nature. The stiinu lion, however, is not like that caused by opium or alcohol: it is not exhilara tuig, and does uot incite to action either mentally or bodily. Hut tin- subject of tho induemv rises f.>r a time strove all hut cares, or sorrows, or futigne, ami acorns to look ou life through the lue dium of a mac-tinted glass. But while care and sorrow arc forgotb it, aud a strange dreamy sense of perfect case, comfort, uid luppiuw lakes their place, all affection and love are likewise ban I ished. He is apathetic, and cares for nothing save his own sense of comfort. ; Ho Ls, if I micht so express it, ui.-rely a , living, breathing vegetable. In this i stub- the confirmed chloral eat< r would stand by tho death-bed of his nearest and dearest a passive spectator, if not. in deed, actually smiling; ami for the same reason he would stand quietly on tin- , scaffold until executed. If the dose is j repeated without the choiwlist lying! ih<wu, sjxxx-h Iwoomes indistinct, the eyelids drop, aud tho gait iu walking is affected just as in drunkeuui M fn-m ul oohoL The choralist, drunk m the first d*gr*x, is by no means an uuplcaasud companion. A stnuiger could mark nothing nnusual about him; he is genial, ami although rather languid, and by no means bright in conversation, ho is at uli j events a good listener, and is easily pleased, although his smiles often j*u J lake of the simpering or hysterical or I iler; ami, too, lie is at tuues easily ( roused into an outbreak of furiou- pas HI on, which dies away just as suddenly j as it came, leaving no trace la-hind. Hut j of course every one will not la- affected precisely alike, as mticli dcjwiids ou tie idiosyncrasy or innate peculiarities of the chloral int. In my own early .stage of chloral eat ing, I usxl to take a snudl pick-me up dose when starting on a journey by rail. Tho effect was rather remarkable; all sense of bodily fatigue ami even of un pleasant motion was banished; 1 seemed j lifb-d out of myself—asj irit traveling by train—and tlic ever-varying scenery w ut gliding past m like an euclianted dio ram a. The difference in the effects of chloral ami opium under the same cir cumstances would bo this, omurn is more imaginative, and paints things as | they do not really exist throws an arti fici.il luilo orouud them as it wen'; | chloral merely iucr< u < the power of! enjoying the real. The picture on the • brain of the cliloralist is, so to apeak, ; photogmphic compared to tlmt on the brain of the opium eater, which might bo called phantusmagurical. Rut tow, 1 think, after having rswl these memoirs, will care te rcjs-at my oxjHjrimenU in railway traveling. Thoughts for Safurday Night. Vengeauoe has no foresight. Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs. Essence and time run through the longest day. Benevolence and feeling ennoblo the most trifling actions. The ancients tell ns what is ls-st. bnt we must learn of the modems what is fittest. We exaggerate misfortune and happi ness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say nre. By cultivating the beautiful wo scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers; bv doing good we foster those already belonging to humanity. More hearts pine away in secret an guish from the waut of kindness from .hose who should lie their comforters than for any other calamity in life. We look at death through the cheap glazed windows of the flesh, and 1 te lle vo him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him. The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine innst cause much inquietude, to the aged is very seldom the source of much uneasiness. It were I tetter to liave no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is un worthy of Him, for one is unbelief and the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Of it strength often increases in pro portion to the obstacles which are im pfwod ttpon it. It is thus that we enter upon the most perilous plans nft. r hav ing had the shame of failiug in more Rim pie ones. Time in like a shin which never anchors; while I am on l>oard I had bet tor do those things that may profit meat my landing than practice anch as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore. Death is the tyrant of the imagination. Ilis reign is in solitude and darkness, 111 tombs and prisons, over weak hearts and seething brains. Ho lives, without shape or sound, a phantasm, inaccessible to sight or touch—a ghastly and terrible apprehension. What I'lrtures IMd. The value of pictures, or rather their superiority over words, as story tellers, is excellently illustrated by n couple of incidents which we find related in a for eign oon temporary. In a village in India, recently, it lecauie necessary in the course of some eagineering OJMTB tions to transport an enormous mass of metal, weighing seven hundred tons, from one point of the town to another. Ordinary means were out of the ques tion ; and as the ongineers found them selves unable to devise any process, tlicy did tho next best thing, and wrote to other engineers in England who worn constantly supervising such work. Tho latter, instead of writing but nice large pages of foolscap, beautifully cinlxdlished with Greek letter forumJm and red ink, quietly waited until the next big piooe of metal which they had to transport offered a favorable opportunity. Then they prepared a camera, and photo graphed every step of the operation, to gether with all the tools and appurte nances, and forwarded the prints from the negatives to India. These tho engi neers in th 5 far-off country followed, and with little difficulty accomplished their task. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., J'A., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 187'). THE WRECK OE THE SCHILLER. HrlKllr.l Areauul ol Ike llller b* -tie. ll< nr MM*, I'asaeaaer. Tho New York //<*(•/<t received bv cable the following mxxiunt of tlx• wreck of the Schiller, given by Mr. Henry St-ru, una of the first cabin pfaaeiigera: For several days previous to the 7th of May the weather wtis thick ami liarv, during which tiiuo it was imposstble to take observations. At eight o'clock iu the evi-uing of that duV tlu-re-oroae a very dense fog, and all soils were furled aud j tlie e-ngiuo reduced to half sp"xl. 1 went forwiuvl to tho forecastle to look for the Scilly lights. 1 could aee noUi ing, but I had been there scarcely an in Mnnt when 1 received a sudden slna-k, :We hal run UIKJII the rock. Three or four shocks folio wed in rnpnl sttooeaaiou, , when thi- slop stuck fast. 1 hastened back to the sidooii dock, and was met on tlie way by Huuth von Scliulhof ami Walter together. We went into tin saloon ami desired to arouse the wouieu ami children, who had all retired to rest. We went below with u light to look for tlie life iierwervera, and w itli tlie aid of i llerme Ztukt iseu ilistributixl them to j tlie passengers. 1 gave the lost one to Mr*. Becker, of l'hUadelphut. lu tho meantime the ea began to break over the \iivwl, HO tlrnt it *as im possible to remain on deck. The cap tain standing mi the luidge ull, l did everything w tihut human power to es tablish tinier. He at first tired his revol ver over the heads, then among the suit ors who refused to take up with the |ot seugers, but all in vain; all discipline was at an ou*L Then* was a fearful era raging, the vravee were im*n->tibly roll ing over the whole ship, ami whoever coultl not cling to some firm object at a ahclteml spot wn* pitilessly swept over bimrj, never to lie seen again. At abt>ut eleven o'clock I Mkenvlnl in climbing up the mainmast, where I was at least Jirotectetl from the immediate rage of the waves. Toward midnight tho fog cleared up, ami I saw the light of Bishop's Hock clear before us at no gn at distance. Hut an hour after it IKHIUUO dark again, un>l i conld liardiv distin guish aiiytiling but the white lle.uls of tile waves ami the ]iurt* of the Vessel nearest to me. The tlunl officer kept tiring rockets and bine lights fnuu time to time, as often as the nige of tho ele ments permitted it, in order to secure help fnuu the shore. There were lights burning in the pavilion up to one o'clock; then suddenly there came a Uvmendoiis a*-a that carried everything Is font it, and swept the whole house, with all who were in it, mostly wonieu and children, clean off the deck. Oue heart rending outcry of many voices r- so to the akimt, thru there was the aiktnoo of the grave. Many persona who had sought refuge ou the bridge were gradually swept away by the greedy waves, at last also tlie.cap tain, who stoxl at liis jnist like a bnivo nniu, us he was. At three o'clock in the morning one of tho funnels fell ami smashed our last available beats. Net long "afterwards also the doctor and the first engineer wi re waahed overboard. A Uvit was lowered, but it was staved and broken before it bad scarcely touched Water. Anoihcr ami more fortunate att mpt was made by three sailors, who got safely awav fn>m the slop's aide, but tlnwe men coitid not ls induced to allow anv others ti get in. Soon after this tlie fife-boat was launched from the starlstard aide, with Polciuau in o mini and, but she ear* ems! over imm*diatcly, and caused the death of many of those who laid g"t in. They succeeded, however, in righting h*r, and die afterwards riaclnsl shore with ten w-rsons, as.--is ted by the first I nut. In tins l~i.it was Mrs. J nous, the only surviving woman. There was a fearful state of excitement and confu sum on hoard. Many of the crew and passenger* were intoxicate*!, one of the officers having celebrated his birthday that ovcuing. Morning now lie gun hi dawn, and I oounted about thirty jiersons hanging with me in the rigging of the mainmast. Kuhn waa above me, ami lienenth me there waa Westo. The whip gradually went dcejier and deeiier, and began to settle on one side, so that the waves wont over the rigging. Between five and six o'clock our mast suddenly snapped off, ami we were all hurled down into the deep; and all, 1 la-hove, except uie. who had saved thcmaelvcs in the rigging, were either slain by the falling </ bris or drowne*L Most of them wer*< weakene*l by exposure ami fright hi such a degree that tliey were unable hi make the least further effort, and apathetically submit ted to their fate. Alter being thrown down inhi the wiit'i' I anccoedoa in catching two filiating Warns, with the aid of which I kept alhuit, mid was washed toward the cliffs. As far as 1 ean re tnemls r 1 had Ixs-n in this condition for about two hours, wheu 1 saw a boat at hurt. I cried for help. Tlu-y hoard me, and in n few minutes I was saved. In tho same Ivmt I found (hildlierg and Wrote. Tho bout which saved us was from St. Agnes Island. Captain Tiiumnn deserves the bigbest praise in every reapect. An able sea man, ooarageoua and skillful, ho ditl everything ho could to nasist those whoao worn intrusted to him in tho hotir of danger. His uad fate will l>o lamented by ail who know liini. 1 mnxt noknowl edga here, with grout gratitude, tho au aistouoe rendered mo ly an American captain at tho moment I moat nciMoil it, who recommended mo to hold to tlm mast as tho safest position until as sistance came. Wo talked together a long time while wo wore iu tho rigging, but after a while he succumbed to the cold and seemed tumble to answer, and was finally killml by the falling of the mast. Christina Joenn, tht only surviving woman, told the Ifrralil eorresjiondent that she came from Hchloswig ami had lson on a trip to visit her oli home. She wan about to retire for the night with her husband when the tlrHt terrible shock oecnred. They both ran on di ck and jumped into n boat just Iteing low ered, whereby she seriously injured herself in the Hide. The boat in which they took refuge was full of water and without oars. Sle- drifted around in it for two hours, until she was picked up bv Polemon's tx>at. She was unable to give further details, having l>oen in the boat filled with water for ton hours. Do Jiot Laugh. Do not laugh at that drunken man rifling through the street. However ludierons the sight may 1*, jnst pause and think. He is going home to some tender heart tint will throb with intense agony; some doting mother perhaps who will grieve over the downfall of him who was once her sinless bov, or, perhaps a fond wife whose heart will id most hurst with grief as she views the destruction of her idol; or may tie a loving sister who will shed bitter tears ovor the degrada tion of her brother, shorn of his manli ness and self-respect, ilather drop a tear in silent sympathy with those hearts ao keenly sensitive and tender, yet so proud and loyal that they cannot accept sympathy tendered them either in word, look or act, although it might fall upon their crashed and wounded hearts as re freshingly as the summer dew n}>on the withering plant. As our eye follows the inebriate's uncertain footsteps, re cord a solemn vow in heaven, that while your life endures, you will do all tlint within you lies to further the cause of temperance and to make it a crime to sell or drink in toxicant*. THE ARMIES OE EC KOBE. The tlrrul I'reHaralleua Made let Wr Hume Creed Arielee. While the uedcosity for pe.x is upon all lips, and the Ixun fita >f international amity are forcibly contrasted by the European press with all Uie bale, the plague, Uie evil that follow IU the train of war, yet, at tlie aaiue lime, nays the New York Tribune, tlie governments continue to arm, ami with feverish liaste are endeavoring to swell their armies to Uie most fonunlable war footing. All brunches of military administration are equully stimulated; armaments are per fected as well us asaembhxi to au enor mous extent ; ways of oommuuicatii>U are extended and ramified ; lie* uiethmls Of conscription or obligatory service are iligesbxl (Ml us to draw forth the utmost available effective strength of Ui Ooun try, while over ail these measures, that s|M<ak s.) clearly of war, thrri is thrown so light a veil tliat no one should fail to see the ultimate result Hegmning with ltn-siu, that )M>wcr lias at this moment under arms ~10,(100 of tho active force ready for liie field, I'JO.OOO men classed as garrison troops, 80,000 of the local force, 200,000 of the reserve, 257, (XX) men iu depute, and, finally, 70,000 Cos sacks enrolled for the active contingent, or a total of 1,483,000 men, ready for the busmess of war at short notice. I'jam the reinforcement of the new laws regu lating obligatory service, the field force could te speedily enlarged to 000,000 men. and there could la drawn a force of 68,(KX) men from the sjveciol txtrps oc cupying Uie Caucasus, making the effec tive" strength 1,700,000. This may l>e readily augmented by 21X1,000 COBS arks, aud from tin* OjMtJtchruu or lAUulwehr may lie draftml iiuotlier million of men, giving an aggregate of '2,300,000 availa ble for war purposes. For this immense force the v cry Wat uf mixlero arms have becu provided, including tlie timUiug gun and Uie latest improved American revolver fur the cavalry. Never l*fore was Russia so well prepansl in all re spects for w-ur, defensive or offensive. The scale of l'russian military jirej>ara tion is known to all men. This LS shown by official rvtsirte within a few thousand men and lnuf a dozen batteries of field artillery, while the rcoent FraucoQer luait war gave ptaitive evidence of Uie extraordmnry moral and iut.-llectnal ele ments which animate that vast war ma chine, the I'rus-ian armv, and the skill of those who Jirect its operations. Ibxx-uUy Uie l'russiaii armv has l*x*ti tx>mpl lely rixirganirixl, and the field artillery, aejsirated from tlmt designed for siege and fortress service, has been distributed among the several artuv o.rjw, ut the rate of two regiments, each of two liattohous and eight tmttenes, to Uie Corps. Of Uiese lotteries there ale three lituidrtxl, and when completed the ergauizatiou will cousmt of Unity five regiments with an armament uf 1.2(A) pn-oco, hi be Increased to I,Wll in war. Ihe foot or fortreaa and siege artillery, at present, embrace tweuty-uiue lmt talious of four compauii each, armed with the needle-gtm, and traimsl in in fantry as well as in heavy artillery ser vice. Meanwhile exjs-ruuenla upon a groat scale have lieen made with the now field guns adopted for the artillery in 1*73, and that arm lias been thor oughly ami satisfactorily tested, or its value ascertained. Moreover, aix army corps liave lieen rearmed with Uie new Mauser rifle, in place of the once famous needle gun; ami all the cavalry carry tho captured chaaaepot, shortened and otherwise modified inhi an excellent light carbine. At the man- time a Mauser ewrliine has been furnished h> a unmlier of the ('luvwi'ur liatt-ulioii* for erjiorirai uh Without counting the r*> serves, wo may set down the imperial army at nearly SMO.OOO men. All the frontier fortresses are I sung rapidly en largisl ami strengthened by every engi neering device; ami it is noteworthy that those on the Human border have reoeivod as close attention as those facing France. Hy a recont act of the Ih-iehst.ig provision writs also made for the maintenance of tlie Laudsturiu (old soldier* I for seven years, at n jwace foot ing of 400,000 men. France of course lias l*en making prodigious exertions to keep pace with these prejHiralioiiM of Prussia and Hua sia, and lias a reorganised artny of at least G25,000 men, exclusive of the new Territorial armies, in the reoeut "Ma neuron," at which many forvigu officers wer< present, the French cor]** arc said, by gi-uerolconsent, to liave shown a high degn-e of discipline, with ev*-ry evidence of siilsdantial reftinn. War material lias Is-eil accumulated ; the bint defensive |smitious have lsen strongly fortified, and tlie means of rapid transjMirtation and concentration U|H)U the frontier are well nigh p* rfecte.l. Even insular England has not stood an inactive spccbit'-r of those military prejiorationa of the groat continental (Kiwera; but, after all, little has Iwvn done to increase the size of the army. The subject of re<*niitinent is one, how ever, that has excited much discussion in the pn>ss and Parliament, but as yet nothing definite luis IMM*H determined. One thing, however, line lieen settled ; no care is to lm aporcd to preserve the maritime supremacy ntnl strength of England, whoso navy to-day is even stronger, relatively, than ever la-fore ; and was never So formidable for offense or so effective for defense. A lliff Hoy and Hi* Mother. Of all the love affairs in the world, says lie rial i On-i n. none can surpass the true love of a big boy for his mother. It is a love p.ire and noble, honorable in the highest degree to I Kith. I do not ni>nn merely a dutiful affection. I mean a love which makes a boy gallant to his motlu-r, saying plainly to everybisly that he is fairly in love with her. Next to the love of her husliand, nothing so crowns a woman's life with honor as this second love, this devotion of the sou to her. And I never yet knew a bov to "turn out " badly who began by falling in love with his mother. Any man may fall in love with a fresh-facial girl, and the man who is gallant to the girl may cruelly neglect the worn and weary wife, lint tlic big boy who is a lover of hin mother at middle age is a true knight, who will love his wife as much in the sere-leaf autumn na he did in the daisied soring. There is nothing so licnutifnlly chivalrous as the love of n big boy forhis mother. Suicides. We report seven eases of suieido to day, snys an exchange, nil of them of n better clnes of pnmona. The majority of them come frorj depression incident to disappointment, loss of business, and the cures and sorrows of life. That, in deed must lie a dark future and a sad present when life lieeomes so intolerable as to make self-murder preferable to continued existence. 'Die shutting out of all faith and hope, love of offspring aud kindred, of tire good and beautiful in life, and the substitution for these of the pistol, the knife or poison, is indeed a deplorable estamato of human exist ence. Pain, disease and poverty are in deed bail enough; but to plunge into the undiscovered country, as one leaps into the sea, defying the future, destroying thfe present, and lamenting the past, is not the pin-pose for was born. There in nothing manly in such an end. Suicide, at best, is cowardice or in sanity, and it is but charity to call it the latter. JOHN CHIN AM IS IN TROT RLE. amr H§> llmllt t*ulnrd bl Julia's Nail* and Nun la a haßurtat I uadlilua. Tb viokftl Hiuoll l*jy* <<f California, Oregon ami Nevada liave oarer failed to Uku advantage <if evory opportunity afforded tbi-iu fur rendering the Ufa uf |HMir John t.'hliuuiuui an miserable aa jMMaiblu, When he w> ut Ui dig iu tie garden, tiny threw at*men ami mud at hint from convenient hiding place*. When be walked iu the street* to take the air, they accelerated lua taoVMßMlta ;by Blinking put* into hum When li be came a aide walk <*andy merchant, they " raided " upon Uim in troopa, and cur ried oIT hia tui ad toothsome ooinjiouiid*. When be returned home wilh the family washing, tiiev ael tuba of water iu ilark hallway*, and waib-d a|>urt to aalute bun with about* of deruire laughter aa aoftti ua the "splash " ahotild announce the HUOIVMH of the "joke," When he went to cool himaelf in a convenient stream, they hid hia clothe*, and from a aafe dia tauoe eujoyed the frantic effort* which he made to reouver tlieiu. In aliort, Uiey were continually on hi* track, put ting into execution aotne new plan for driving liiin to desperation. John ha* aubmitted to all thin, hoping agamat hojie, that the urchins would flually grow tired of it and let him alone. His b irlieamnce lias, however, Iteeu misunderstood, and the more he aub mitted the more be wa* abuaed. lle ceiitly, iu Nevada T-ity, a lot of boy* bora down upon a single Chinaman 111 such a uiaum-r a* they thought would give him no chance for defense, ity an arranged plan, each small boy was to torture the victim in a different way. One ww* to prick lura with a pin ; an other with a needle, and a third with a shoemaker's awl. Hu or aevt-u were *et a|art to hold hi* arm* and the aonie number to hold hi* legs. Tbey were to mount on each other's back* to get at lu* head. The pigtail was confided to a small boy who had had some experiejioa in ltauliug ropea, John, however, \ra* not disposed in thin instance to submit quietly, and he cam i off victor. The boys had their face* so badly scratched tliat they were forced to (b-sist, and leave the Held Ul ibngnwv. The elder Jieople took side* with the t'liiiianuui, and declared that the boya were served just right, until it was discovered thai tiie scratches „u the Isiya' faco* would not heal, despite the utmost effort* of the surgeons, but grew worse and worse. When this fact be rau<> gemrallv known, the conclusion wti* sjHM-dilv arrived at that John Chiua mau rarritK piiaiii under hia inula, and, a-* a consequence, should not be jier milled to live in a Christian community. If he luul lawn found in Virginia City after tin* impression obtained puwMMt sion of tiie public mind, tLero is no knowing what might ltave befalleu him ; but he evidently luul the good m um- to si take the du*t from hi* feet some days earlier. Hereafter, the small lioys of California, Oregon and Nevada will doubtless think of the fate of the pigtail boy of Virginia City wbeu they are alKttii to indulge iii tin :r favorite spurt, and all good jieople will Is- glad if it lias the effect of inducing them to cease their persecution* of the unhappy Mongolian. The Centennial CommU-iim. Tiie United Ktatcs Centennial csamw aioti announce tlint tt lias concluded U< have a display of live stock, product* of fish culture, "and |un< 'logical product* in connection with the bureau of agri culture of the exhibition. The livestock display will be limited to the mouths of September and October, 1170, the pe riods devoted to each class and family being fifteen days, or as follows: Horw-s, mule*, and am*-* tas one class), from Sept. 1 to 15. Horned cattle (of all varieties), fioni Sejit. 20 to Oct 5. Hheep. swine, and goat* (as one class), from Oct. 10 to 25. Poultry will IK- exhibited a* a perma nent ami also as a temporary sliow, the first commencing on tue opening of the exhibition, the hitter from Oct. 25 to Nov. 10. Animals most lie of pure blood to lie qualified for admission (trotting stock and f*t cattle excepted), and even tlioae of pure b.ood must be highly meri torious. * Stock must le f.-d at the expense of exhibitor*, who will bo furnished with the necessary forage ami other food at post prices. I'xnibitors will also be expected tofur nlsh their own ntb-mbuib-, on whom all responsibility of the care of feeding. wa tering and cleaning tiie animals, aad also of denning the stalls will rest. Though the oommisMon promise to -rect ample arvotnuiodntion for the exhibition and jirobvtion of live stock, contributors who luny desire to make special arnuige ments for the disjday of their stock will lie afforded facilities at their own cost. All animals will lie under the snperyi sion of a veterinary surgeon, who will examine them liefore admission to guard against infection, and who will also make a daily insjieetion and report. In case of sickness the animals will lie removed to a suitable iuclosure specially prepared for their comfort ami miilieal treatment Kings will be provided for the display and exercise of horses and cattle. It is also the desire of the coinmis*ion to afford proper facilities for the exhibi tion of fish and the various appliances and processes used ill fl*h culture. It is suggested that the commissioners of fish eries of the various States take such con certed action as will lie the niens of making this feature of the exhibition s success. The classification and arrangement of fruits sent for exhibition will lie accord ing to their species and variety. The most important display of fruits will IH> made during the mouth* of September mid October. He lifelines the Honor. Mr. I J. W. Cutler, of Denver, 001, having IHS-II tendered the nomination of city sexton, declines in the following style: Some men were born t J great ness, some inherited, while others have it thrust upon them. I will class myself with the latter. Hy reference to the proceedings of your honorable liody, I peroeive tlmt I was unanimously elected city sexton—an office not sought by me, neither is it congenial to my calling in life. The idea of groping among tomb stones and communing with ghosts and goblins for a livelihood causes a chill to run down my back; then, too, to know that 1 havo not obtained the position on account of my fitness for the calling, but as a reward of merit for "political dirt I have done adds another norrer to the thought. No, gentlemen, I must refuse. I would "rather lie a toad and live upon the vapor of a dungeon" than wait for my fellow men to die that I might grow fat. l'loase leave nie o pursue the quiet walks of private life, that I may in the future, as in the past, assist to elect many a pig-headed politician to places of trust and profit. Thanking yon, gen tlemen, for your kindness, I remain, as ever, yours politically, and hereby ten der my declination of Haid office to the honorable mayor and city council. To THK POlNT. —Boston liaH a society which has organized with the following constitution and by-laws, preceded by j an elaborate and somewhat pious pre amble: Constitution —Art. 1. Sec. 1. Bo just. By-laws—Sec. 1. As you would that others should do to you do to them. Term*: $2.00 a Year, in Advance# LOCAL NEWSi'AI'KR*. Tfce* Ur,rrir Ifc. Ht.rfl *#rl sf K*rt ttes. Americana road more nwwspftpftra than any other |eople, and lutve inure, bettor and i'lw|r one. to road, because they are the ue mt intelligent, active and pro greasive nation Uie sun ahiin-a upon; and the jwrfeetion to which the Aniertean |>roaa of Una day liaa alUuiu d, will e*.-r I* tlu> marvel and pride of our age and race. Hut we deairo especially, says an ex change, to <*ll attention, now, to the place ao well filled by Um load proas, which makes miwrul effort to bring into prominent relief the Iniauaaw and inter cats of some purtn-uiar locality, and while it leaves the broader and wider Held to the enterprising dailies, selects some proscribed quarter upou which to oonceutrate all its effort*. To insure suoceaa in the midst of such active competition ami in the face of ao great disadvantages, it ia ajqiarout that { lie load pujter must have the united and generous support of the people where its lot ia oast. And it wdl certainly motive a willing response from any euinmuuity which knows how to appreciate, at its true value, ao much labor ex]cudod for it* benefit. < Vrtainly none can give this support unwillingly or grudgingly, when they remamher the direct ami immediate) advantages flowing from a general and hearty reomimendation to one's iru inc diatemight H>r and friends of whatever he liaa to sell, or can manufacture, or denims to announoa. Then, too, to kuowof * Saturday even ing, aa you open the well filled column*, redolent of friotnls and home, tliat every page will bear the mark of some familiar Land and discourse upon aume topic of en|Mvial domentic interest is indeed a de light which the more stately daily, and rou the monthly magazine wrajjp.il in (he daintiest of covers, often fad* to im port. Give a hearty support, then, to the local journal; send tn your subscription* cheerfully and promptly, and with an ox preanion of lively good will for tlie bard working editor and hi* carp# of assistant*; remember the character of a plase— whether alive or dead—whether liberal or paraitnouioua—whether at a .lead level of fostiilixed stupidity—4i IsAter rodeote.l and ofteucr demonstrated by an imqiection of ite column* than in any other way. The editorial, the occasional article, tiie elAed news, Uie advertise ui.-nts displayed, will at ooce be a sure guide to tin- intellectual, moid, aerial and b**iu.'* statu* of that community. The Sad Story of a Musical 11. but. and It* Failure. Tliero are always crowds to ba seen inxjiecting the different d jstrtmcnt*, say* a Washington paper. Of oonme the giesteat interest i* manifested in the treasury. There the largest number of ladie* are to be aeeu in neat attiro, count ing money or writing. Stranger* x --pr.-os gr.il disappointment alaittt the small number of good looking women to lie seen. Generally they are middle nged women iu runty black, with care worn fsroat. Now aiid then may be seen a young face and om nttempt at ih.ww uud fashion. There aro some notable persona who are alwaya iu qnired for. Tliero i* a l.ly who ha* been twelve years in the troa-unr and who looks older than *ho really i*. She in not hand- \ •ome, and dr< mnoi now in dull mourning. Her oiroer has lieen different from what friend* antirijiabed. tthe was a child '■ w hen Jenny Lied first vnubvl the coun try. She had a birdiike voice, and aiog Jenny Lind's *oug* so wondvrfully tint when her father uied, and she and her motherwereleft dependent upon rolativ. s, tbev thought that tlie boetawustanee tliat could be rendered would tie to eduaate the child f<w the stage. She wua aeut to Italy and placed under the I lest mai lager*. All tlie accounts re ceived sijoke favorably of her voice and application. In due time she wan con sidered cocijietent to make her debut, which took place at the Ojiera House in Loudou. She failed! At first it wae said tliat the fault was more in her act ing than her voice, and ao tin- hope waa entertained tliat nlie would improve. Tlieu she atU mptol eotwerl*. An en gagement wasetTecteil iu New Y'ork, but ili*app<>iiitmeiit awaited hero there as well a* in Eurojie. She returne*! to Washingtou, her na tive city, after years of abaruoe. Her first appourance was in concert, 'rhere was a jierfeol ovatiun paid her that night l'jon the platform with her ajipenred President Huchanan, the cabinet mixiia tcr* and influential friends. There was no enthusiasm aft-r ber tirst song. In answer to her last encore she sang " Home, Sweet Home." It was the test jiteee. Critics said there was no sym pnthv or expression in her voice. She did her best after that, and friends clung to the delusion tliat she might yet achieve success. The result is Uld wheu I mention what liaa been her occupation for twelve years. Driuking Water. Or. Hall ia opjosed to the immoder ate drinking of water. He says : Hie longer oue pnt* off drinking vratiw iu tlie m. wning, esjieciaUy in summer, the less he will require during tlie day; if much iv drank during tlie forenoon the thirst often iutwease*. and a very un pleasant fullness is oliservinl in adiiition to a metallic taste in the month. The lee* a man drinas the better for liim, be yond a unnlenkte amount. Tlie more "water a man drinka tlie more strength he has to exjieud in getting rid of it, for all the fluid taken into the system must lie carried out, and a* there is but little nourishment in water, tea, coffee, boor, and the like, more strength is expended in carrying them out of tlie system than they imjairt to it. The more he drinka the more he must perspire, either by the lungs or through tlie akin; the more he perspires the more carbon is taken from the system; but this carlion is necessary for nutrition, hence the leas a man is nourished the loss strength he has. Drinking water largely diminishes the strength in two wnys, and vet many are under the impression tliat tue more wa ter swallowed tlie more thoroughly is the syst'-m "washed out," Thus, the loss we ilriuk at meals tlio better for us. If the amount were limited ton aiugle cup of hot ton or hot milk and water at eaoh meal, an immeasurable good would result to us all. Many jiersons have fallen into the habit of drinking several glasses of cold water, or several cups of hot ti'ft or coffet" at uieals. All such will lie greatly benefited by breaking it up at once. it may te very well to driuk a little at oath meal, and, perliajw, it will be found tliat iu all cases it is much bet ter to take a single eup of hot tea at each meal than a glnss of cold water, however pure. Settled It. A railroad engineer at Harrisburg, having been discliarge<l, applied to lie reinstated. " You were dismissed," said the superintendent, austerely, " for Icttuig your train come twice into colli sion." "The very reason," said the other party, interrupting him. " why I ask to be restored." "How BO?" " Why, sir, if 1 had any doubt before as to whether two trains oan pass each other j on the same track, I am now entirely ' j satisfied; I liave tried it twice, sir, and it I can't be done, and I am uot likely to try 'it again." He regained his situation. NO. 22. WRECK* OF FORTY YEAH*. Til# IrrwilagOtru IMaaalpr* Tfc# PrMl. Smi. Amir, fullr, iaauii CSj ml !>••<••, aw. 1 Hie loe* of the ftchiller and tlie ac ' euwiioiiyuig sacrifice jf life call vividly to the atlentiou of every one the mul record of disaster on fie* ooain, and I * the exhibit of noUbV wrecks becomes 1 inb r< atmg, melancholy thong It it is. J In March, IWI, the id-annship Profi ' dent arnled from New Yafk for hiw- ImjuL Two days after sis- touted a tern tie gale swept over the oeuao, and Use ' j vessel founded, as Is auppoetd, for not a aoul survived to tell the detail* of the '' iwiomity. Three hoadrod persons per iahed by thia <iins<der, and among her 1 iNUMcugeiv were Tyrone Pt>wrr, a gifted Irish comedian, a ('..uotliau bishop, and 1 other prominent jtrrwmogas. '' The Amazon, a West India mailsteam j ar, tell Kouthauptcn, Lngtaul, on June ' 2, 1H52, and wheu off boilly, aliout one ' hundred mil-* wtsd of where the Hehil ler was wrockod, she was found t r> be ' on fire, having caught near tlie engine -1 room, and one hundred and two of the | one hundred and sixty-one pa*aaagm were burned to death or drowned. The other* camped iu a life-boat, or were picked up by posing vessel*. 1 No oot id "disaster ha* ever occurred that luis muaod more grief and onuatertis tiou among the reMtteote of New York city than the low of the Collins steamer Arctic, on October 27, 1854 Bbe left Liveiqtool on the 20th of that month, and during a deuan togon the 27th came in ouilixiuu with the French iron oro pelh-r Vesta. Copt. Luce, stijjpoeing the propeller was badly injured and in dongor of ainkxig, while he believed his own ship comparatively uninjured, made an examination of tlie latter, and then sent off fottr of his boats to look tor tlie Ve*ta, which, meanwhile, badly dis abled, wo* leading for Halifax, vAlcli it Huoeeedcd in reaching in safely. In tea* than half an hour after the I Mats liad gone, Cajit. Lure discovered that his! own Kteamcr was leaking very badly, and the coirriction vrn* noun forced upon him that she miul go down. Guns were fired and other signals used to recall tho boats, but tliey were too far off to respond to the signals for aid. The re-1 maining boats were hurriedly launched, but they were insufficient to aocommo < lute one- tlitrd of those on the fated steamer, ami in the midst of the con fusion tlie veaoei went down. Gapt Lure and several other* were subtaa i qtientlv picked up and brought to New York. Of a total of four hundred and thirty-nine parentis ou board, three ban- 1 dred and seven vera teat, and of three a good proportion wore New Yorkere. In IHSB the liomhurg tkonpany'* steamer Austria left Southampton, Lug land, bound for New York, on Sept. 4, having on board C3B paaaengera. On the ldth, iu latitude forty-fire <leg. north, longitude forty one deg. thirty rnim west, the steamer caught fire during the proems of fumigating the vmeel by the crew, through rarclroaneaa, and ail on board jierished except aevmity-aeven, who were jack ml up. Tho Couin* steamer Pacific, with ISC pamengera, sailed from New York in January, 185 C, and was never seen nor heart! from, nor wn* a trace of bcr left to indicate the manner in which she was lost. It wa* ooujactnrnd thai she •truck an iceberg, filled, ami went down. The City of Gbtegow, like the I'rt-siden! and the Pacific, mvstt-riomdv disappeared in December. Iw*:, with 41*) jJamengers on luaid. The Ilunga nan, a new mai) steamer belonging to the Allan line, and plying between the St Lawrence river and Liverpool, was oast away uff Nova Scotia, and 205 pej aoas perishad. Tho Aitgio-riaxon, a Rritish Moil steamship, went ashore on a reef off Oaf** Race, during a dense fog, ; on April 27, lfifiS. Of *4 i persona on ' board, 287 were lost c Tim next notable disappearance of an , ocean steaUMT wa* the foundering at sea of the City of Boston, in the winter of I 1870. 'Die vesrol wa* commanded by Oapt Hokwow, Rlie left Halifax two Java alter leaving New York, and was never seen ugxiu. nor has a trace of her j since been founX In September, 1857, the steamship Central America foundered during a' heavy gale wLuk- ca tier way to Aapin wall Of Urn 578 passenger* on board, ' oulv 152 were saved. In >Septembcr, 18Tu, the st-camer Kvenitig Star, bound i from New York to New Grleau*. founder ed during a heavy pale off the South ] Oftroliua coast, and 120 persona lost 1 their Uvea. The steamer Ban Francisco, * a California steamer, bound from New York for Aspinwall, foundered in a ere < clone, in mid-ocean, in 1856, and 160 live* were lost Tlie I'oraona, an American vessel, OafJt M'wriliew, left Liverpool April 27, 1858, bound fur this port, with a crew of forty men and 3i< ptssengera, and ; early on too following momingstruck on j Blackwnter Bank, on the Irish ooast, by , mistaking a revolving ligtit at tliat point 1 for the Tuskar Light. The vessel rapid- 1 ly went to picowi, and of the 487 on Isjord but twenty-four were bared. Oft .Tan. 11, 1866, the steamer London,) lxmnd from London to Melbourne, Aus J < trails, during n heavy gale foundered in - the Bay of Biscay, and 220 Uvea were ! lost. Among those who J'crii-hod were j Gustavus Vaughn UrxHjke,the wllkiK>wn j tragedian; Dr. Woolloy, principal of the , University of Sidney; CVijA. Martin, and j others of noto. 1n*1872, the Missouri, of tlie Pacific Mail line, was burned cm j her way to .ksjuuwall, involving a loss of eighty Uvea; and the America, of the same line, Uie sister steamer of Uie Japan, the fluent vessel of the fleet, was burned in Uie Bav of Yokohama. whOe lying at anchor. Folly seventy perrons were lost, a majority of whom were Chineae. Tha steamer waa valued at $1,880,080. In 18R8, the Lcgonnaia, a Freucb steamer, j was run down dnring a fog off Nan -1 tneket, while on bar way frota Havre to ; Quebec. Ij the cwnfusion th<> v*ael' sank, and 100 persona lost their lives. | The detail* of the Atlantic wreck on ; April 1, 1873, bv which 547 passengers : jHWislKd, nnd of the Ville du Havre calamity on Nov. 23 of the same year, ' by wliiclt 270 persons were lost, are still fresh iu the minds of oIL Economical Young Women. Thirty-one young ladietoin Warsiiw, Ky., have signed a new kind of pledge which rem la: We, tlio undersigned lodic* of Warsaw, desiring by our ex ; ample to promote ecouomy and to dis countenance cxtravaganw, and hereby lighten in some measure the bunlena of our hiuiluuids and fathers by prudent retrenchment in our household exjienseij, therefore, }ledge our words of honor to each other. That we will uot during a period of one year from the Ist of May, 11875, purchase any material for wearing apjiarcl the cost of which shall exceed twenty-live cent* jier yard. And further promise to observe a strict econ omy in all our household pertainaiiceH, and cheerfully add by those delicate sacrifices to tlie general stock of home oomforts—too often dispensed with for tho frivolous outside adornment of the body alone. DTDXJT Wans.—A iran stood in a Detroit storq door until a young lady came along with an umbrella, and he stepped out, mode a liandsome bow, and said: " May I **lll with you ? I don't 4 Hke to get wht," - " Thia rain is just what waa needed to give vegetables a start," she replied, and poised ahead, i leaving liim out in tha wet. id m i m*- - '•* i#*l -oft * *- .. um of interest. to®**** o * °' * rum li an elm tree -till growing ' B Pari* wtlMl was planted in 1605. Whtt fiiltert* Yfctnta to let a bnman 1 >ait K full the hardest sl*e lift* bun tip tb> The latest definition of capital it that iMtiu* harvest of paw* labor. It • good one, too. A person who ha* tha strength to moo hi ■ontifinailj wnat have the j*w bono* of an a**. It is a and thiofi to urn people wioo --<Mui moa*y ana know tint yon oumab Mp them do It. " Hh* in my BiMber- law, with *ll that the tropin*.'' id • witueaa m 1 ftil TffttftftpoHrtwftßli - ' " B/rrewed rlottie# never fit." If they would fit, tlwi chancre xr that yott couldn't borrow them. IU who eat* strawberries awl cnwrn with hw ; ,rt at this aeaftou ha* the dear thing* all together. It wil) require sews® jr rare of steady work to ootwtrswt the faiuaal between England mud Franc*-. By • racunt statute in Tewwreee, thft losing party in a lawsuit baa to pay tbft iunrmen'aieea; and if i* Winged that the ) tinea prorid llHj W—>* their verdicta against th rich rat litigants. Acotirding td tto ttftiifa* of 1870 there were in the ten State* of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michiga* I,'if 1,780 fame. , " Sum doa't U> rough," remarked a person who had lawn arrested for thievery the other night. " Pray don t say lam a thief, lb* polite anil all me a mem! contractor." A Colorado tombstone remarka: H# was yoaax. H* wa# fur, Bui tint lejruti* f bi# ,jusii. Iho opftutag of * laundry by Wah Lee baa anfrrwli i to • eorowpoudent that Wah hluag would be a good name for the next Celestial who got* into the tmai^eaa. I'nah yo*r bnaineaa through Urn ft : m ingl auii flWt , u mm ~m> ■■■■■ pultuitf ft K%p over your door, and lar UKjWi modwrt Am aendtog nut drum mento wotep people into tending with j ytm. - - A newtooy counted hi* pennira over and i< mioU'ti: " Brrenteea cent* in all. That's five for the emeus. throe for pea nut*, fmr for a sinking fund, four I own j to Jack, and there * one left to rapport I a widowed mother cm until Saturday uigbL" Tlia oominf insane asylum keeper to visitor: "Do yon m**u that man with ' hi* bead bowed, hi* eyes oaat down and hi* bp* moving I Ob, yea; be waa ; aped*! down, too; but ha keep* right cm j practicing jowt the stousi I believe hia , word is 'ay*ygy.'" The truth of the following aestiment la, we all know, not oonfineJ to China. Though a poor man should live in tho ' midat at a soiay market, no one will aak .-dxjut him; lto>ogb a rich man should { liury himaeif among the mountain*, hi* relations will opine to him from afar. ! Lady, particularly solicitous about the hi-allli of the elder Mr*. Jenkins— •< o—ar—ran you tell nw how old Mr*. Jenkins at" * Butler (severely)—" Can't say, ma'am! To tall the truth, ma'am, 1 , dJa't feel justified aa an old servant of Oie family in tolling my misfavns'* age to ' liobody. A tare case of polittaal self-abnegation low just occurred at Portage City, Wia. The candidates tor aldermen were the editor of the village paper and the town druggist The editor magnanimously i voted far his opponent and elected him, the druggist getting eighty-one vote* out of one hundred and sixty. Unhsas the mouth J frequently and carofnliv demised, it becomes infested with vegetable and animal parasite*. These oauae decay of the teeth. Soap !in the l**t material for preventing the - development of the fungi and for neu tralising the acid. Precipitated chalk mixed with the soap assist* the cleans ing. If married wa will attend the spelling . matches, they had better leave their ! wives at home. It isnT comfortable to I walk heme with her and have the dear 1 mate* muttering at every step, ' I'm ashamed of vour ignosmnor," and "If rem can't *p4l •agitate.' IH teach you When I get home." No; it's dishearten ing. A few weeks ago a little boy living in (illrev. California, drank a quantity of i quicksilver out cf a bottle he found among I'** tor*. lie did wt sufler from the effect* of' the draught, except that he was with difficulty kept awake. The mercurr remained in brt system about ten das*, and be ia now as bright aa ever. / Few people are aware how near the Monroe doctrine nunc to being enforced by the United States in reference to the brief reign of Maximilian in Mexico. President Grant now sap that one time (tetter*] Sheridan was in readiness, and awaiting order*, to proceed with an army to Mexico and " clean out" the foreign inrad-t*. A man waa diraharged from Auburn priLwho hmiSo*d ncea boy of only seventeen a seatenoe of ten years, ami daring the early part of hia incar ceration wiu> subjected to the punishment Ibf the •• hower tooth." It* effect was to si tatter bis intellect, ami he goes eut with • daaod brain and aeventoen dollar* from the State. A three-year-old son of David Johnson, of Toabriogc, Vt, fell into a deep well the other day, but lodged on the bucket, which was partially lowered. The mother attempted to draw him up, tell ins him to cling on. but when almost within her reach the litttle fellow's strength gave out, and falling to the bottom, thirty feet, he waa killed There are four hundred religious journals in the United States. The Methodist* have forty-seven, the largest number ; then come the Catholics, who number tortv-one ; the Baptists, thirty - five; the Presbyterians, twenty-nine; the Episcopalians, twenty ouc; the Lutherans, fourteen; Gerrnau Reformed, fourteen; Jew*, nine, mnd Congrega tioua lists, eplS. The tallest chimney in the world is the well-known Townsend's chimney, Port l)uuls,Glaiow. The total height from tin' foundation to the top of the coping is four hundred and sixty-eight feet, and from ground fine to summit four hundred and fifty-eight feet; the outside diameter at foundation being fifty feet, at ground surface thirty-two fed and at top of eopipg twelve feet eight inches. Paris lias within its walls 62,868 houses, of which JKH are ih course of con struction, and 1,947 uninhabited The official figuree show that toe entire popu lation numbers 1,851,752. These in habitants live in 61,622 houses, of which 694 are public establishments, which give an average of thirtv persons to each house, or thirty-tw* if we take into calculation the floating population, which is daily estimated at 1515,000 per sons. t Aooording to Drake, the historian of Boston, there was a J esse Tomeroy there in the year 1725, a lad of seventeen years, who enticed into by-places three little children, barbarously whipped and otherwise abused them. • He was sen- ■ tenood the following Fehraary to tn whipped thirty-nine hisharait the cart h tail, twelve at the 'tffflfyH, thirteen at the head of Sumner fdSetd, and thirteen below the town houwvttbd to be com mitted to Bridewell for six months. Here is an adveUfitHOect from an FnfrMi paper. The point lies in the application of it: Wanted immediately, to enable me to leave the house which I have for these last five years inhabited in the same plight an® condition in which I faund it, 500 rate, for which I „ will gladly pay the sum of five pounds sterling; and, aa I cannot leave the farm attached thereto in tjie same order in which I got it, without at least five millions of docks ami drisk-ns (weeds), I do hereby prcasteC teffrther sum of five pounds for-,tint,. sgid number of i dockefii > B - The must be fuH grown, and nO'crippleß. *m W tLm vJivf ;a# tSan 'JsiaMa. I % fh
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers