The Heavenly Country.
No clouded ski**. no long, dm V night.
No feen or psin. o; vr H i i.ig blight.
No death. no notr w there o*ll come;
No wanderers there, H re at home;
No richne-* there, no fevered brow-
No toed of care. the form to txw :
No slave re a.th it* gelhug <+ o.
No an vino* torttirihg of the brain.
No silver idols, to god* of gold.
No honor that'* there bought and e<vid;
No whispered envy with tongue* of ttaroe.
No slander to bring the Mush of *hme,
No thieve* Of robbers with stealthy tread.
No niurdererr- there, to luiilhplj the dead
His gtorioue voice ahall rule the wide domain,
And Eden fair, in beauty bloom again.
Of Age.
Thev tell me I'm a man to-day
They say I'm twenty-oaie s
That twenty years ago last May.
My mother had a mm .
They tell me that tuy boyhood * days
Have mingled with the past.
They speak of "hauteur," " manly wave,"
Of "dignity " and "easts;*
They paint m rarest hues serene
An " honored age." and aucli -
And load old profligacy in.
AsMsted by a crutch.
Then farewell. vouth. Thou dear old friend,
I'm toll to takes thee here ;
ltut let ns in the wmegl*** blend
The joy, the hope, the fear.
The vision* we alone have kuowu.
Our chatefciix-eu-ljipegne.
With wisdom's dignity and frown,
tSemeniber I'm a man;
Remember I must bid adieu
To shallow joys and dream* j
But most I dread to part with von.
• A man '—how strange it seer.:*.
But Milk metluuk*. there's some mi- tale '
1 met a friend just then,
Who greeted me with hearty shake,
And said, -old boy T And when
I asked him it he saw no change.
He smiled and asked. "Of shirt
I told bun 1 bad come of age .
He asked rue if tl hurt.
1 dropped hi* hand aud turued away.
And to myself 1 mused
•• Shall I assume a role to-day
To which 1 am unused 7"
No 1 Pome along ' Old time has Ued.
And cheated me and you ;
Well battle with hfe's changing tide,
And coll her pleasures, too.
We il laugh okl dignity to sooru.
And slap his rigid face.
In one to pluck life's pleasures bom.
There's little stately grace.
And so, vain pomp and juude. away.
And some one else allure ;
They tell me I'M a man to-day.
rrh*i—l a not sure.
THE SAFE KEY.
In tlie city of Now York there are
uiany very large and elegant buildings,
whoa* first and second floor# are uaed for
offices of insnranoe, banking and other
companies. In most instances these offi
ces are fitted up in elegant and expensive
style. Here clerks work until late in
the afternoon, and the rooms are then
left in charge of janitors, who come to
put the desks and furniture to rights,
and dust and sweep, and get everyuiiug
ready for another day. In some cases
the janitors and their families occupy
upper rooms iu these buildings, and 1
live very tvmforhibiv. high up in the
air above tlie world. The janitor of the
East India Buildings lived iu this way.
Besides his wife and two girls, he had
one sou, who used to help him in his
work. This boy's name was Zacharv, or
" Zack," as he was commonly called.
At the time we introduce him to the
reader, there was nothing jwcnliar atiout
Zack, unless perhaps it was his intense
love of reading, and, I am sorry to say,
his utter carelessness of his personal
appearance. Beading books did not
make him a g->od Bweej* r or duster, and
his father often scolded him sh*rpiy
for what he called his shiftlessneea.
Zack, however, liad one friend who
sympathized with him, not only in his
love of muling, but in his boyish dis
appointments and difficulties. This
friend was a middle-aged bookkeeper,
named Farley, a thin, {ale, weak-voiced
man, who worked faithfully for his em
ployer!*, often staying in the office as
lab- as midnight, to make out his ac
counts and to finish balancing his 1 looks.
Farley delighted iu getting Zack to
talk of American history, for tic boy
loves! to read about his owucountry, and
remembered a great firttf of wh.it he
read. Farley had never given much
time to sr.eh reading. It was pleasant to
See the g-.mnt l*<okk©-p"*- skiing upon
his stool at night, eagerly listening,
while the shock headed Zack, uiwn an
other stool, with a silk dusting-cloth if
one hand, stub a feather whisk in the
other, related stories of the fights of the
Spaniards with the Indians ui Florida,
or described the grand ceremonies that
attended the journey of Washington
through the country after the close of
the Revolutionary war. Zack via fnil
of interesting facts relating to the great
men of old tunes, and Par by often wou
dered how it was that so little a fellow
came to know so much. In return for
these entertain UK-tils, Farley taught
Zack many of the email mysteries of
account-keeping, showed him how to
take care of books, aud various office
duties. Zack looked with wonder on
the huge ledgers aiul journals, and at
the mighty safe, set like a great cup
board in the walls, large enough for a '
man to walk inside and stand erect. He
grew to have a sort of affection for the
broad white pages of Farley's folios,
with their beautiful writing and figures.
At odd lionrs he learned to do a great
deal in the way of adding columns aud
filing papers, while poor Farley, with
his bent back aud red eyes, was leaning
over his desks aud toiling through the
long reckonings, making no sound save
the scratching of his pen and the laying
down of his pencil. This bard work
told upon Fancy severely; so much so
as even to cause liim to faint at times;
and Zack had more than once revived
him by bringing ire water and ammonia,
and throwing ojen the windows for air.
Tims the two became fast friends.
Zack took a gn at interest in the hnge
locks on the safe, and two or tliree times
he had happened in in the morning when
Farley was alone, and stood by to see him
open the one under his care. He
listened with carious wonder to tlu
ll envy clink of the failta, and the signi
ficant rattle of the odd looking key in
the wards, and he kept his eyes open to
all the strange mauenvers tliat seemed
necessary to perform the work. One
particular part of the unlocking was
evidently a secret, for Farley never ex- ,
plained it, or said anything abont it. Af
ter inserting the key lie nseil to turn the
knob of the door a certain nnmlwr of
times, apparently counting or calculat
ing as he did so, until the lock seemed
to give a muffled signal inside and the
door was easily pulled open. The mys
tery was in the numlier. Zack was sure
that this number was not always the
same, and that was all lie could" make
out. •
The key itself was entirely unlike any
variety of the ordinary form of key, and
its use would scarcely be suspected by
au uninitiated person. It was of the
" combination " sort, and vt,
of bits of steel, each stamped vr.ui a
number, and all fastened t igeuu-i wiui
a long slide, which ran through little
grooves. The place into which the key
fitted was arranged to correspond, anil
whenever it was thought that too u>*u.
persons in or about the office knew how
the key was made up, the one that had
charge of the safe had only to take tha
key apart, change the positions of the
pieces, and make a similar ehange in
the lock. Then, so long as he kept
secret the combination, no amount of
guess-work would enable a burglar or
ny dishonest person to'opeujthe door.
Tlie closing of tlie door was a more sim
ple matter, for when once arranged bv
the numbers, the lock would set itself
without the aid of a key.
Z u-k, seeing that Farley was not dis
posed to explain the secret of the key,
FUKD. KTJirrZ, 1 Alitor uml I *rpritur.
VOL. VIII.
of oonm said nothing about it. and con
tented himself wiUi Irving to muleratiutd
fully what the good clerk wa* dnqawed
to explain. Meantime, the hoy liad to
sweep and dust the office as over, and on
the nights when Parlor staved Isle,
which lie did usually at the en<! of each
month Zack hastened his l*fa>ra in
order to get the sooner into his friend's
society. On other nights, w hen Farley
left early, Zack wns lonely enough, ami
moped through lua task without the
siighbv-t enthusiasm, l>ut he always
dusted Farley's desk- With the greatest
care, and emptied his wast© liasket, and
cleaned his jeus, and rilled his ink
stands, and arrauged everything with
acrtapnlons and affectionate neatnees.
It vexed hiui to discover while moving
alauit among these desks a great :atuiv
things that he did net understand, and
that seemed to be constantly used by
Farley. For instance, there were the
interest tables, and the foreign money
rut*-*, and the mercantile agency reports,
and, besides those, all sorts of canceling
statin**, an.l passKvika, and memoranda,
that Sic could not make head or tail of.
One thing iu particular puzzled'him
excessively. He dropped a large book
while he was dusting, and on picking it
up, he found these word* written faintly
in pencil at the top of one of the leaves : j
44 The landing iif Columbu.* and tlie
day* of the year make the key, Nov. 'ill,
bsiiy."
" WbaH on earth," queried Zack to
himself, " can that ttMOi 'tuii ho re
pooled il over ami over again.
It Ixvetuo fixed iu his memory, bat
no solution of it earn*' to hainl. it re
maiaesta nnterr. Ooamkmelly it was
netUed, wlieu he hapjx-urd to catch I
sight of the book that contained it lb
did not Jr*:u that these words would
liave a hft -and-dvath iinpiWtanee bw-and
hye. The writing was the work of Far
lev, done to aid his memory, and which
be imd intended sometime to erase.
As the winter went on, Farley, though
ill much of the time, continued to in
struct MR young frieml, and Zack, under
his tuition, wad initiated into the se
crets of double-entry bookkeeping. Iu
the course of a month or two he master
ed most of them, and was proud of his
snoceaa. It seemed, b>o, to have a U-uo
ficial eff.-ct upon his j>ersonal habit*,
lie took pains to polish his shot*, and
to smooth his ha r, and to conduct him
self like a gentleman. Though he still
discharged nis duties as sweeper, he wore
an old eout and an old straw lmt to pro
■toot himself from the dlist, In fact he
began to be and feel like a new man, and
he attributed it all to parley.
Poor Farley ! His tasks seemed to
grow more heavy every week, and he
bent under thein so perceptibly that
Zack's heart aebed.
" Can't you go away, sir, for a little
while on a vacation 1" asked Zack one
day.
"No, I'm afraid not, Zack," said Far
ley. * I don't think the oils-era would
, let me."
••Then they must be brutes, that's
all !" cried the boy.
"Sh-sh-ah !" whispered Farley, look
ing around cautiously. " Dou't say
such thing*. Zack 1" and his thin hands
trembled from sheer lurvntisma-.
" I —l wish," said Zack, hardly able
to control his voice, "that I knew h >w
to do something for yon, air, you have
done so much tor me. But I can't. I d
like to give you a thousand dollars—aud
let yon go into the country for a Year or
two—or Jo all your work for you—or
something !" Farley gazed at Mm with
Uuuikfnl earnestness in his dim eyes, but
made no replv. ltnt Zack had a chance
to help Farley iu away ho little
dreamed of.
It was late in the afternoon of a bitter
ly cold day. The snow vn blowing
tiero ly without, and strong men shiver
ed as they glanced through the windows
into the bl< ok and darkening streets.
At four o'clock tle occupants of the
offices began to lock up their books, and
wrap themselves for their homeward
walk or ride. Farley was preparing to
go home, and the office boy was assisting
him to put away his folk* iu the safe,
ami secure everything for the night.
Busy in the gathering darkness, and
supposing that all was ready for the final
looking up, tile lwy shut the great safe
door and looked about imjiatieiitly, ex
pecting Farley to tell him lie might go.
Not seeing Farley, he concluded that he
had gone to the closet to wash his hands.
Afn r waiting a minute, feeling in a
hurry, lie went to Look. There was no
one in the closet.
Perhaps F .rley had gone awny. No,
there hung his coat and muffler and old
fashioned hat.
The*boy bunted through all the other
office*, few he was anxious t> go home,
and he was never permitted to do so un
less Farley gave him permission. Tlio
man was missing, no one cuuhl account
for him.
Two of the officers of the company
• which employed Farley, ehh rlv gentle
men, were still in the building; and
thev now came from their private office
amf joined in the search.
They began to feel some alarm. AU
at once the boy (Tied ont : " Hark !'
A muffled noiae.aaof someone pound
ing, seemed to come from the wall. The
three stared at each other in silence.
The noise was repeated, hut more faint
iy-
The IK-V ran to the safe. The terrible
truth flashed upon him that he had shnt
the door ujion Farley. The had
springs, and the poor clerk lied been
locked inside.
He cried ont in dismay, and turned
pale as a ghost. The two gentlemen
were in despair.. Farley undoubtedly
had the safe key in his pocket!
"Run, run to the nearest machinist,
and call some workmen, quick!" cried
the oldest partner. And the frightened
boy darted from the office.
There were, no sonuds now from the
interior of the safe. Farley must lie
suffocating.
I While they waited in an agony of im
patience, Zack came into the office,
itoth the old gentlemen knew how friend
ly to each ether he and the head clerk
were, and seizing upon the smalh-st hope
in their distress, they et once told him
the situation.
'• Farley is locked in the safe. We
suppose he haH the key in his pocket 1"
Zack's heart sank within him.
He knew that a person could not live
long shut up in that stiffing place. But
he did not lose his presence of mind.
He thought rapidly, and began U look
about him with all his eyes. It was JKW-
Bible tliat Farley hail not the key in his
pocket. He was sure he had semetimes
seen him do that the last thing before
he left the office. His desk was still un
locked, and that was u faint omen of
hope to Zack.
The gas had lieeu lit now, and with
eager haste, the two officers and their
young assistant searched among the pa
pers and through the tills. There was
no key to be seen.
At that instant the panting office boy
, returned, bringing two machinists with
I drills and sledges.
, " How long will it take you to force
, the door!"
i "Can't telL Several hours."
t, There was no cbanoe, then, of getting
f Farley out alive !
t ! The partners were just ordering the
smiths to begin their work, when a
. i joyful "Hold on!" was heard from
j Zack, who still bent over the open desk,
f He had found the key !
The old gentlemen reached for it with
- j trembliug haste. They looked at it aud
, ' groaned. They did not know the com-
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
biuatiou. Farley otaing-st the nuwltera
at will, and was not required to com
nmnicatc the wocrrt to he* employ > r*.
Duly on© officer of the noi|*iity would
possibly know it, and lie was gone far
up town.
In the consternation of the moment
/wok's mind was not iille. lie lial seised
the hint of the |VUI"I1IH1 word* s,viili)utal
Iv thrown under his eye* some tone ago,
about "the landing of t'oluinbu* ami th
days of the year," and fastta-ughta were
bttsv, trying to work it out.
The familiar okl date gave him four
liguree. the days of the year three more.
Zack ts>k the key from the {HCMY- hand
of the senior jwrtner and studied it. An
arrangement of the figures occurred to
him. It might be the right one but he
dared not say so.
He stepped to the d.sr an.l inserted
the key iu the look. Then he stood a
moment looking intently at the niys
terioiis knob. There was a scale marked
around the rim of the revolving guard,
where it fitted the door. Noting care
fully its exact position, lie Iwgan to turn.
Slowly, once, ami again, and again, till
he thought he had the necessary num
ber*.
With a prayer iu Ina heart, he w*t -h.*l
the figure (>;; the scale, and llafaned fur
the muffled signal. It came! Zack
trembled so tliat he could harilly stand.
Every bod v iu the room stmsl breath
less. His faltering hand pres'd tlie
key. It moved softly iu the oiled
tumbler* of the luck. The great door
yielded, aud swung silently opeu '
There lay poor Farley, a lifeless heap,
with his loild hem I presse.l close U tlie
door, as if he had hoped to get some air
there. But Zack dni not see liirn. He,
too, had faiutt-d on the floor.
It was nearly an hour before the physi
cian, liurneiUy suninnuu'd to the *j>ot,
restored the uufortuuatc bookks-|>er to
coinu-iouauea*. Then all present stood
remly to gres-t him, and Zack among the
rest. It was a fearfully narrow eaeape.
Two days afU-rwaril Zack sat U-ide
Farley in his chamber at home. The
old clerk was pale, but a hojvcfui smile
brightened his face. " Zack,", said he,
"1 think now lam iu your debt. What
cau I do for you!"
"We won't talk about that," said
Zack ; " but 1 waut to know if the firm
are going to give you a vacation, or auy
fair treatment at all!"
" Ye*. I start to-morrow to go South.
They pay all my expenses, and my salary
go. sou U-sidro."
Zack jumpetl up. Ilia eye* lighted
with pleiiiiurc. " Aud you," continued
Farley, " are coming iuto tlie ortuv as a
clerk, at three hundred a year."
Zack could not express his surpri-*-
and gratitude ; but in honor of this
grand turn in the fortune* of both the
two friend*, they hml a little private
dinner together that -lay, and in the
course of it I hey toasted Uie firm iu cup*
of eh-as-late.
" We "reformed Vm, sir."
" No, it was you that did it, Z^ick."
" N>, it was you."
44 Wrong, Zack, till wrong. com
promise. It was our nerves. Mine
gave out, and yours held ou till von
made a tirstmte goo** that saved inv
life."— Youth'* Companion.
Capturing a Train.
The story of the capture of a wagon
train On wax* to tti* liknik Hill* by tin-
I'nited Stat.w troojw fs thns told: Cap
tain Fergus Walker, of the First regt
uunt -if infantry, sUtpvneil at Fort
Randall, I>akota, acting under general
order* if General Sheridan, w.w aent
oat on the frontier to arret all fsirti--*
destined f-r the Black Hills found trav.-!
Dg on Indinn reservations. He found a
rain of forty seven wagons ami one
mulriHl au-l fiftv meu, wbi-h b<>OTlUtt-d
o turn laiek. 'i'hirty-vight di.l so, and
th-- bahuK*-, one fiundrevl au-l twelv*-
men, decided to go Ulto camp at Gor-ion
City and await the O|M nuig of tli-- Black
Hill* by the goveroiucoi. Cbptun
Walker followed the jwrty whih- they
encamjvd and then se.nt for reinforce
ment*, which arriveif, w!i>n h- onlerevl
the miners into line. Then h • drew tin
wagons together and fired them, to
gether witti all Cutnn ispiij age, the
miner* standing iu fine onil witnessing
the conflagration. After the destruction
the miners were marcheil liack to Fort
Han-1011. Tlie miners, many of vrbutu
were barefooted, were obliged *to march
thirty five miles a day, and snffered
sevufely. Many c>f th-i mna li* I their
f.x-t no severely cut by tin- eharp prairie
grass and liari "tones on the nad tliat
track* of blood from tlwir feet could IH
tracd along the rood they traveled.
Ou the aecond night out, two brother*,
u.-imcd Collin*, nimle their cm-sqn- frm
Walker'* command on jwmie*, arriving at
Creight->n, Nebraska. The citizens t-clo
grapht-d tlie facts to Secretary B- ikuap,
and a reply law* fas-n received Haying
that lie will order an investigation.
A Happy Couple.
A mail should always Ire a little older,
a little braver and a little stronger, a
little wi*-r, and a fittl* more, hi love with
her than she ia with him.
A woman should always Ire a little
younger, and a little prettier, and a
little more considerate than her hnsfauid.
He should fa-stow upon Iter nil hia
worldly goods, snd she should take good
care of them. He may owe her every
care and tenderness that nffeetion can
prompt; but pecuniary indebtedness to
her will become a burthen. Better live
ou a crust that he earns tlian on n fortune
that she lias brought him.
Neither must fa" jealous, nor give the
other cause for jealousy. Neither moat
encourage sentimental friendships with
the opposite sex. Perfect ooutblence in
each other, and retidiioe concerning
their mutual affaire, even to members of
their own families, in a tirst necessity.
A wife should dress herself lrecoming
ly whenever abe expects to me>t lu-r
liusbaml's eye. The man should not
grow slovenly, even at hum-.
' Fault-finding, long arguments, or
scoldings, ends the happiness that
fa-ginsin kisses and lovemnking. Histora
and brothers may quarrel and " make
up." Lovers arc lovers no longer after
such distnrlsuices occur, and married
people who are not lover* are famtul by
red-hot chain*. If a man admires his
wife most in Htri|>od calico, she is silly
not to wear it.
Now ! A grain of sand on a botindles
plain. A tiny ripple on a measureless
ocean. Over the ocean we are sailing ;
bnt the only part of it we posses* is that
on which our vessels at this moment
float. From the stem we look fau-k
wards and watch the ship's wake in the
waters; but how short a distance it
reaches, and how aoofl every trace die
appear*. We Ms: al*< some landmarks
further off, and then the horizon clones
tlie viow; but beyond that the ocean
still rolls far, far away. Memory con
templates the few year* of otir individual
life ; history shows us n dim outline of
mountains; science tolls us that still
furth-r bock, out of sight, aire tehee the
vast mm ; reason assures us tluit, like
space, it hath no boundary ; but ail that
wo possess of it is represent by tolu
small word—now! The | ao*, far
action, is ours uo longer. TL n future
may never become present; it is not
ours until it Joes. The only part of
time we can use is this very moment—
uow!— Jfrwfon Hall.
Watering-place resort— The town
1 pump.
CENTRE 11 Abb, CENTRE CO., TV., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1875.
ITupoM-il New Calendar.
Justice Bradley, of the Hupreiua
Bench, IUM |>i\>|Hn-d a change tit Hie
iwh-iidar u account of its many iinia-r
faction*. Aos -rding to tlu- plat laid
out, tlie year would lr divided into four
quarter* of three months each, itoM-tIV
oorresjioiidiug with the four natutol ill
visions of the yu*r made by Ui* sun'* ar
rival at the two equirioxe* ami two sol
stives. Thus, beginning at the winter
aolstii-e, when the aim is at tlie extreme
southerly jariut reached by huu, where
he commence* his return to the north,
Judge Bradley would place tht new
year, or January 1, uu the pr s. at 'Jlst
ilny of December. Then (,-nitig to
January, February and March each
thirty i)aia, the Ist of April, or begin
ning of tiie second quarter, will, ill coin
moti years, fall on the 21 st of March,
anil in leap year* on the 20th of March,
or exactly at the vernal *piiuox, when
the sun Is oil the equinoctial line and
the days and nights are equal.. Then,
giving "to the next six month* each
thirty one day*, the Ist of July, or be
gmuittg of the third quarter, will fail in
common years on the present '2'2<l of
June, am! iu leap years on the 21*1,
which is the summer aolstioe, wheu the
sun is at hi* furthest |>uiut north and
the day* are longest; aud the Ist of Oc
tuber, or Itegiutiing of the fourth qtur
ter, will fait in common year* on the iHd
of Heptcmla-r, ami iu leap year* on tlie
22d, which is the autumnal equinox,
when the *un m-rv*i<* the iiue and the
day* ami nights are equal again. Tln-u,
giving to th-toiler ami November em*li
thirty tUy*. ami to December twenty
nine in common year*, anil thirty in lean
year*, the Ist of "Jaunary will again fall
on tlie present 21*t of December in all
case*. This allotment of day* to each
mouth is easy to n-iuemls-r, i* as couve
mcnt as any, and make* tl*-mixrre*|*>nd
to the great natural pheiiiiroeua of the
*nu'* annual orbit. It i* a h-a*on iu as
tronomy iu itself, and is generally ap
pro veil a* the beet plan that lia* been
proposed. Tlie placing f the ntten-a
lary day of leap yi-er at the end of the
year would lie a great advantage ui all
astrouomioal ivdcnlatioti* and srraiige
nient* of tin- cnleniar. And the eou
fonuitv of the entire civil Vt.ir to the
natural year wouUl of iirw Is- an tub
vantage amply sufficient to com(* ".sute
for any U-iuj*irary mcunvctiience arising
from the change. No wltcratiou in the
recurrence of leap year* from the r
rangerneut of the (Irrgorian calendar is
nrvtposctl. That is Sttfilclently accurate
for many ccnturie* to coin. Tlie law
prepared bv Judge Bradley to effect tin
(ihipeoi t'iiange, and whu-h was read to
the National Academy of Hcteuc-, is ex
tremely simple and comprehensive, and
would obviate id! inconvenience* of a
bn-mesa character tliat couhl pibly
ariiw".
The Stage Driver's Darling.
O. S. fathers is a tage dnv.r in
Ckdorado. A bright little girl of MI
sivnmcrs lives with him and calls him
father. Theold m.ui and little girl have
an extraordinary affection furrm-h other.
When they are together they are lmppy
a* angel*; when o-qmr it-sl thev live in
tlie pfoopert of meeting, and wlu n tla-y
m-et they fa-have like children of tlie
same age. Their mutual idolization ia
well known in Denver, where their
home i*. About two year* ago mi officer
of tlu* law appeared in leover with a
requisition fmin the governor of I'enn
Hvlvanui for the arrest ntol delivery of
old man Caller* ott a cluirge of afaluo- i
tion. Cith-r*'fri'-nils were ao well eon
vinoed of his hou< *ty that Uicy waru-xl
him of the presotioe of the offUv-r, and
aid* d m hiding l*th tin- old man and
tin- child until the officer IIA! dejwurtod.
Then fathers --xtlaiu**l that he was not
the girl'* father, but her uncle, and gnre
a short family history. It was his dead
rftater'a child, whom "he nu lr<Ating aa
hi* okrn, and l'tt r, if i**vuble. When
hi* sist-r was dying she gave the little
girl to him, ami lie pr>-mi**sl t. live for
the ehild and guard her as his own.
When his -osier's hnahand mart uxi u;aiu
the father want d to take the girl away
from her uncle, but h>- fi-d with his
little treasure to tlie far West. He
atopped at Denver and became a stag*
driver, and his here for his neiee in
crts>M>d tenfoht, when an officer came
anm-d with State weapon* to wrest his
darling from him, and father* ami his
babe trill until Iho danger was past.
Lately another officer cauio with a re
quisition from iVuii-sylrania ntnl smsl
out a warrant for fothers' arrest. The
*heriff ref!is-*l t*i nerve it, ami tlie IVnn
•vlvanian went h-mie empty Lamle.t.
I't-nnsylvauU will have to go without
that little girl while there are mountain
cave* iu tin! Weat.
A Singular Sceue.
'lire Dallas (Tex.) Commrrviai of a
recent date givi* the following remark
able account of an execution in that
State : At the hanging of Frank
Smith, colored, which took place re
cently in Montague wunty, Texas, n
largo crowd galle-rcd at tlm place of
©locution, and uft-r the prisoner had
offered up a prayer ho addressed the
people in greet jrenitonoe, arl exhortral
all to meet him in heaven. Tlie sheriff
then adjusted the noose about hia neck,
and the guards .crowded up to bid him
good-bye. The iheriff ordered them to
stand back, bnt they refnsetl to do so,
and eoekod their guns, swearing tliat
they would bid him KO"h1 bye. Some
<-idled out to "Shoot tlu- rotre," 44Lifa-r
--ato him," 44 Let him go," etc. The
greatest excitement prevailed, and it
was evident tliat the sympathy of the
entire crowd wn* with the doomed man.
The effort to release him would have
fared siKx-emful had it not Ireen for the
doomed man himself. He was the only
man that wan firm and welf-p-resonant.
Ho exhorted his friends to desist,
44 let the law take it* eonra-"," said he,
'• I am a nuiu, and can die like a man.
This i* no time for n row ; let us not
disgrace ourselves in this maiuiar." A*
he siiiil this hia face wore a smile, and as
lie stood upon the platform strong snd
powerful, a hend and shonlders afaiv
any of tho others, lie crertninly premintod
a {lict-uro of no ordinary intor.-st. At n
sigiud from the sheriff the preparations
were completed, tfa- traj> Hprnng, and he
fell ami died without a struggle. The
crowd s-kiii diN|M<rm-d, but still mutter
ing against his executioners. *
An Effort to Ntop (lamhling iu Wheat.
The millers of Ht. Ixmia have joined
in n petition to the president and faiard
of directors of the Merchant*' Kxcluingc
asking to have wheat stricken from the
list of articles sold at tfa- call uf the
hoard on 'change. They nsert that this
kind of speculation produces illegiti
mate fluctuations, which are ruinous to
manufacturers of flour, and will ulti
mately destroy the trade, and that the
tendencies of such speculation are de
moralizing and disreputable.
The walnut tree is proverbially long
lived, and an extraordinary instance is
noted at Bonvilliers, a village at the foot
of tho Vaudois Jura. Au ohl walnut
tree, whose age is estimated at lretweon
three and four hundred years, is there
still iu a flourishing condition. Its
trunk measures over twenty feet in cir
cuinference snd notwithstanding its
great age it produced last year over
fifty bushels of walnuts.
An Indian Hear Ntory.
A eurtou* I war utory, illu-tratiog tin
j*-i*uhar characteristic* of the Indian
mind, wa* tiuit of two Crts wlm, *u-l
denlv *tupri-u-d by agriaaly.inoflootmUljr
dlsehargtHl their gun* and rushed to
climb tlu* lustre*! tr*' for refuge. The
tree, as it happened, wa* a high, uak-d
pole, witli but one lateral branch atiffl
clout ti *tip|M*rt the weight of a man.
One Indian wa* able to rest on this
branch, but the other wa* obliged to rove
bun self from the clutch of the monitor
by hugging the bare tree-trunk in the
most painful jKieitiou, clinging by Un
hand* and b>w. Such a |>oaitnm could
not loug b> endured. The poor fallow *
strength rapidly gave out, an.l fie burst
into tear* and lamentation at the thought
of hi* wife ami children, while the ml
lotw wretch afaive him, in aafcty, laughed
and flouted at hi* agony. At last the
fatal moment came, and lie abandoned
himself t-i hi* fato with stoicrmuguaii--u.
Now, as it charawd, at Uiat very Uuvtai.t
Ua- grizzly wa* iu ao exiu-t a line tx-u- ath
that our Indian friend, iuafatid of la*h
ing upon Uie hard ground, plunged
right upou the animal's back, a catwrtro
phe which ao ast>ui>died tin- fa-ar tliat i
lie ruabeil in a {auric, a* irntil a* hi* legs
could carry him. Finding Uiat the
cuetny had no uiU-uti-m of returuiug, the
sew>ud Indian after a time dcacciided,
and, remunuig their guns, tlie two pro
ceeded together to the enoanipuient,
where they both had tlwir h-uue. A*
th-y were on tin- way, the unlucky hun
ter, filled with alarm in anticipating tlie
ridicule he would meet with were his
wiwknea* under proai-eot of death pro
claim- d to the tnlie, exerted himself tu
the moat tnunUiiwiii otter* to hi* c*>m
pauion, in Um hope of j-urchaamg his
(vilouiv', aud he did at lengtli sinvwed in
extracting a promise of secrecy, but oidv
by Uu- sacrifice of evcrytiiiug he |KM
sensed iu tin- woild of the slightest luxury
or value. Stripped of all but the lavre
necessaries of life, the IMSSP fellow
could .vet fa- happy— his self reaju-ct was
navad.
But, as might fat Imngtoed, tlm man
who could take so lo*- an a-lvontage of
a frieud'a miafortuuo wa* not likely to
prove a trust worthy guardian of Hie
--oret lie ha-1 wworn U> preserve. Not
manv monUi* afterwanl, this w-.rthlns*
villain, a* fa- came staggering through
the -amp in one of Ilia accustomed tits
of ib iinieutwva*, fa-gan family t- pro
claim tfa- *lrj uf hts friend s -lingrace,
aud hold him up to the luttereia con
tempt aud lidkm
The outrage.! Indtau went straight
iuto hi* ten* and anmxl liimwlf with a
loaded gun. then, returning to the place
where tfa- kiiave wu uttering In* scan
dal*. lie t<Hik aim at him in s-ght of nil
tin- |* -pie, and shot him tlirough his
heart.
Ih-ef Hung I'p to Dry,
The dried beef ia a production uf the
GriH-ui*. for whidi they are mdefak-d t<
their climate. At the alUtodc ol their
vallev*. the air i* *•> ilry that few nine
montilS out ml the tw- lv- meat hn no
tendency t., d<-com}KMittcu. Availing
tliems-'lvea of this favoral-le condition
th- v kill in the autamu tfa- beef and
pork which they will re{<rire in llm en
suing rear. It us slightly aaiU-d and
hung up to dry. Notliing more t* d-a*e
to It MTOept ratiuk it. In three or l-mr
moutlia' time it t* not only dried, tnt
also cookisl, tliat i* to asy, tfa- air haw
given it all the c-mkiug it will 'ever re
reive. It has become as dry and aa
hard as a Uar-I, and internally uf the
effor of an 01.l mahogany table. Kx
temaliv there i* nothing to *ngc"t the
idea of meat ; it M covered with cib
wel-s dust, and mold, and iv indis
tinguishable from frognu'tifa of the
mummfa of Uie aacri-d bull* fak u from
the cnbuv-tnb* of the Serajw-uni at
Memphis When your host brings fnm
hi* rellar the leg of the mummy of a
(triodui < -w, shrunk to the dimen-ri-uv*
of tlrn human limb, and tolls you tliat it
is to fa" your dinner, you are dis|**--d
ti> o-lviso hini to take it to the trustee*
of Uie British museum. He is, however,
atom! to prepare some for yv>ur repast,
and you watch the process with curi
osity* It i* a very simple one; Uie
material is cut neros* th* grain writh a
very sharji knife in slim ing* no tluoker
tiiaii writing paper. Were it cut the
huigth of the fibre it wood be a* *U)
mauagcablo iu Uio uiouUi as a piece of
whijH-ord, <ir a thlrihwtriug. Curiosity
again, somewhat atimulat'Hl by nece.*.-ity,
for the only alternative is the meager
cheese, at lad imjw-l* TOO, with many
misgiving*, and after much -lehfa-nitiuo,
to carry one of the shaving* to your
month. After a week or two"* experi
ence yen will liegin to thiuk that it is
not badly flavorisl, nor luiusmdly re
pugnant to the process of digt-st ion.
So-called 41 Fatal n Wounds.
The fact tlud UoL Anthony, of the
lasivcn worth Timm, whi> was sliot
through tlio shoulder, i* still alive, not
withManding the statouu nts of several
prominent .snrgi*n that it wa* im|*>*i
ble for liim t-> survive, ha* called forth
several similar wc* of men who were
declared fatally wounded, one of wfauu
was {'apt. John Booth, of a cavalry com
pany, who, while making a desperate
charge, wa* allot from hi* horse. The
ball struck hia ahoulder, the artery was
aerfcraaly wounded or cut, and the ntsh
ing or whirring of blood was alarmingly
perceptible, even to hi* own ear. The
physirian* with whom he con*ultod—
many very 1.-anusl in Hie profusion—de
dared hi" death c-rtnin in a very *h-rt
time. The captain i* now living, with
the blood still whirring. The ball bus
not moved, and he is well. Another
{lnrallcl ca*" was that of Joseph Bigby,
formerlv of the Seventh Kansas cavalry,
wlio was shot, in 18121, in nearly the
identical place where t'ol. AnUlony WHS
won tided, the fadl making a downward
movement through tlie lungs. Dr.
MeOormick ntUsi.h d Mr. Bigby. who"*"
life was despaired of for some time. His
right lung 1-1-1 very fre> iy for nearlv n
week. The artery arem-d to. have fa*-ii
seveml, and the pulsation in the arm
wa* lost for many day". After two
months he fa-came convalescent, re
gained the use of his arm. slid has leen
able to pursue his accustomed avocatiou,
which is tliat of a blacksmith.
A Startling Statement,
'Hie report made by the superintendent
of rates and surveys, presented !o tin
fawinl of fire underwriters in New \ork
rooentlv, makes the remarkable *tate
uieut that <>f thw sixty nine hotolain New-
York city, twenty-lour of them have
fminc Mansard roofs, thirty-nine have
wooden cornices, fifty-five have unsafe
gas brackets, twenty five have unsafe
steam-pipes, twenty have unsafe flues or
fireplace*, forty-nine have unsafe laun
dries or drying-rooms, fifty one have un
covered lights iu faionniento or wiiq)
cellars, txreuty-flvc have repair-shops in
the building*, twenty have unprotected
Ixrilers, twenty six have open elevators,
while, iu all, the stairways are opeu.
Tlie report further states tliat thirty
throe, or about one half of these hotels,
have fonr of these several defects, and
not one of the whole nnmber exists with
out one or more of these defects. In
other words, there is not an entirely safe
I hotel iu New York city. There is not a
i hotel iu New York city in which the
guests wo not exjuwed to death by tire,
explosion*, or accident© iu elevators and
at stairways. There is an average of
20,000 people exposed to these perils
uvery day in New York,
TIIE OLD MAY TItAI!US.
Tknr Jail* I'M M*a~Aa Ulvrratlaa Uta.
I alar rare.
In a most in tar ratting artich- on tfa
old times May iuutora, or ''trainings "
a* they are fa-ttor known, the JriLuiu:
aav* :
For week* fa-fore the uiuotor the vil
lage -rf Tarry town, aud all it* congener*, j
wa* in a fever of preparation. Every
matron prepared scores of pies, every
maid fui m*h<*L her lust Biimmer'a flu<-ry
f<ir tfa" entartninmeut of the warlike
host. Aud when the day arnveil, with
wliat proud liealiug* of fa-art rlid tle
women folka watch folln-r ret out to hia ,
colonel's uniform, with Joe, a* tirat lieu (
tenant, by hi* side ! The gallant colonel
on week day* aerveil out sugar and a©
lasar-a ai-ros* the counter, but he looked
none the fan* K heio for that; and Joe,
who bad lareli casting *h—-pl*h, ho|K-l<ma
glanet-o at the aquiro'* pretty Jenny for
■ a year, met her undaunted tmw in his
glitter of blue and gold, ami bv his mar
tial IM-aruig won the day. There wa*
sure t< fa- good wcatiM-r all that wo-k; j
ar'hoola w ere distnisMad; Tiui atul Bob
disapjo-ared at ilawn aud were seen no
mure until night, Wo* imt 1 faddy Pol
tar'a mcorlow at entail Itald where the
rattle of laleni, the tramp of ld tali cms,
anil the *ornt of giiigr-rbroad and pop
leer null the ilav eucluuited I Wa* nut
Darhly Puttor, [aaiwhint of tailor*,
there himself a* adjutant, stonily drill- '
ing hi* man all day long I Had not the
cavalry ju*t arrived with all the torriflc
trampling which forty horse* —mid pro
duct-I—the Clap City Guard* in bine
and silver, and the ttro-mCounty Bang
era in frugged hunting nhtrt* f "Fhia last
attire wa* looked upou doubtfully as a
daring in novation hardly in accord with
the solemn pump of war. but was for
given ou account of the line effect pro
duced by the gray liar*™ of the Ranger*
and their Kotnon helmet*, from each of
which streamed a Iwrot'i tail. Kioto
ment rose to its height when tlie gen
t-rai of division (old John Htokely, the
utotvk- ejH-r at FUlfatowui, amtwl with
hi* stuff, all galiautiy mounted and in
lite t' -ntiuenbd blue and buff. Dr.
Brown, who d-mcd tlm whole couutry,
rode Itewid© bini in narv Ida© coat and
green oa*h as *urgeon of tlie regiment
Auy body OMU kti<,w by hi* fa wring
thai h< wa* u*ed to cutting off aim*
every day under tire, and tool never
heard of lkiver'e powder or laiouul
mafftiraia On the lad great >Uy. the
I tali* * of the Village rqaMre,l to the
scene in all their pink and yellow lawn*
ami fluttorilig nbfa>u* in l-uggiew, and
gig*, and spring wagons, and tie great
*ii uu fait tl*- was fought witii the Mug
Itoli. Some of tin- maneuvi-ra were
masterly, e*firially wlwn Joe'a company
deployed lwhiud th" Imni, and toadt
them \n the flank. For a rear tdtarwarel
the c-uulurt of tin* Iwttlc fonualie.l ilis
taMdou* at th- grocery, th- old men as
serting that cvrUuti nit*vent were not
to nearilMKe w itli military tactics. But
the Eugh-h wrere slwwyw whijqM-d —al
ways.
'i"he May'musters are over now with
other pleasant foilie of ouryooth. Pol
ler'* meadow isplnntad in rye, and echoes
ua more to martial mu*ie. The women
would say, thai forbni that it should.
Mines' th- dav the Tarrytown fare*
•uarchcd awsv to tfa- Wildermw*. with
01.l Pottor as* oajriain. tfa-v ahu.ldtw at
th# sound of a ilruoi and Mr. H< many
of the boy* never came back ! The ohl
doctor saw tfa m die. and laid hi* gray
hairw among tlwm at Ch*nce.lL>r*viHe.
T-mi and Bob xrent throngb tfa- war and
ajv at Ivnup now. **▼ it tin b
*AX hot thil it niiik IIWWII
of tlicm. It lirought tliwu and all
Americana out of their village bigotries,
fscs- to face with the reality of things;
taught them an humbler estimate of
themselves, a justT one of their own
and other oonntoriew.
In a comedy uow playing in Paris M.
IsifaHssiere is riwjnostiN.l to give some
thing to a charitable enterprise. 14 A cry
gTKoi." he aav*. 44 put my name down on
the list for a 'hundred francs— M. Lafafa.
siere. dealer in n ret at*, and member of
the general counsel," "But, air, *c
luve no fist; we are collcctingthe money
in a Iwt" "No list! and in s hat !
Here i* five franc* for you." And he
put* the bank note back into hi* pocket
(took.
Sad Family Meeting.
It wa* the old, old story, and explained
the origin of fioodlunnsui more satis
fa-torily than hundred eloquent and
philosophical diacourrea. A drunken
mother and a father, with hit narrow
|vrreptimi and sensibilities contracto.l
and mtinted by incessant toil and un
ccoeiug stniggi- against poverty. Much
wn-n- the parnuta of the younger girl,
who under more favorable awapseea
might have grown nj an hoaorabie and
resjiecbHl member of society. Tliat sire
pneftensed many storting oualitiea wn
proved by the testimony of both {orti<-*.
44 Ah. "your honor," said the father, a
ix>or old man whose thin liand trembled
witli emotion a* lie stretched it out iu
supplication to the juilge. '' Hire smy
,adv comfort, and don't, don t commit
her thai time. O. jrowr hanor, what will
Ido if she goes ? Who will take care of
mv four little chihlren f"
44 Where ia their mother? askiHl the
• 4 Ah,"' said the ohl man, sailly, shak
ing his hrawl a* Ire turned toward a
ronrse-tooking women at hi* elbow, who
wn* irijiing her eves with the coruor of a
dirty shawl, " *lre" here, but you know
what "he ia."
••Yes, indeed," stud tire judge; only
too well. I haven't seen her here lately.
44 Oh, tus your ' honor," said th<-
woman bright-ning U{. " I promised
vou the fast time you rent me to tire
county jail 1 Wouldn't g t drunk agaiu,
and" I luivcu't got drunk for n long
time."
44 How loug *aid lire juilge, cunons
" 44 0h, quite n time— well --H inouth,
anyhow. But yon won't convict her,
vour honor. Oit, don t, she wail.nl,
hibiting 'genuine sytuptons of grief.
44 What would my children do wiUiont
In t . and 1 may get drunk again. Gad
knows, 1 don't wish it your honor, but I
can't help myself.
-• Well," said his honor, aud hi* brow*
contract**] as Ire s|ioke. for constant con
tact with the dark side of human nature
had not rendered hi* heart altogether in
sensible to pity. 41 I-l like to let the
giil go, lint oh© was here a wi-ck since
on a similar cluirge, and I really I relieve
it's for her gvanl to send her to the in
dustrinl school." And he turned to hi*
warrant*, while the parents filed sorrow
fully out of court. -oSan Franci<f> Pout.
P r !?* •"?- - fand. •
i All the witty writers are looking abont
for something on which to display their
brilliancy, and material is getting scarce;
but the Norwich Hull ft in man has
struck a 41 big bonanza" in the size of
Rhode Island, ire witness: They hail a
good deal of trouble wi'h Barnum's ele
! pliant in Rhode Island, recently. It ap
pears that they were feeding one end of
him iu Massachusetts anil the other end
i got into a farmyard in Connecticut. The
t' neighbors eame nut and attacked the
i Connecticut end with pitchfork*, and
the Massachusetts cud got mad. There
I ( was a good deal of excitement for a
r time, and the majority of the inhabitant*
i stepped over into the adjoining Htatoa
1 (ill it wn* over.
'l'orniH: HH'J.OO a Year, in Advance.
* " 4>raul|>a.**
He cam* along from tl> K#*t with hie
mm MKI hie sou WIFE HD three ehU
til en, Mill they Were willing at the
Michigan Southern depot In* • train.
One of the rhihllMi, i boy of thirteen,
•eeuunl rlilUilwxl (till of UgliilMM. HI"
father wee lip towu Mul hie mfltiw •
word bad no rfftd upon hire. Ho would
pound on the window*, run out doom,
make f*M* et people end uee impudent
language when HJHIIMMI to. CIFMTDP*,
•I—l .if eighty or thereabout*, with
iMiowr heir end e crooked voior, watchd
tlie loy 'e entiiw for eome time, end
finally eeid :
"fie* here, Helen. do yoti ww how
thet boy ie acting up f"
" You, but 1 ui t do anything with
huu," h<- replied.
The old man lmbbled arroea the room,
took the boy by the ear, drew Una to a
arwt and aaid J
"Hit down there, Milton. l>o you
weut to ilmgiso- uaall! l>ou't you amm
the folk* alookin* at ye! If you don't
1 quit euttin' up I We to duet ycr
jacket V
i Tim boy Milked away until the old
man left hi* eret to get a dnak of w
ter, and then Milton ahpped out door*.
4 inuidpa hobbled out into the freight
house, caught him by the hair, and ae
lie led hint lurk he remarked :
• 1 know what alley*. Ye are aching
fur a good training. Kverylxidv out
Weut here is alooktn' at ye, and yer
father'* family i* to Ix disgraced through
▼et conduct!
••I gnetw I want to ae thing*,"
growled the boy.
"Oh I if 1 waa onjy thirty year*
younger !** exolaimcd grandj*, ua the
iatl tried to lilt* ht* hand.
He hung to the boy, aat him down,
aad the mother ud :
" I guww Milton doeau't feel welL"
" I gueea he want a regular old Ver
mout thrashing—that's what 1 gin-**!"
rftortol grandpa. "You know I dout
beiimru in nuuiliii' ▼oungaMwu, hut if he
don't behawc luaaeif he'll oatch it."
The buy edged around, dug at the
plastering, Mid finally rrowlcd away
again Mid kicked hi* brother for chuck-
Uug <'*er hi* mtuation.
" Tlierc goes that young man again 1"
einhumed Urn old man. Jumping up.
" tome Isurw, air "
*• I shan't!" bluntly replied the boy.
" Now then, Helen, tell me that that
bor nm't aching for a thrashing, will
you?" continued grandpa, turning to the
mother.
"Oh, well, I guwaa he'll be good,"
■die replienh
" Helen," aaid the old man a be but
toned hit oust, " Solomon waa right, and
it * my duty to duet that boy's inckrt:
We are in a Wal of stronger*. and atran
gem will judge ua by the way our chil
dren art. We aiu't o a farm now,
Helen; we're rigid where folk* uaii see
ua Oo*M here, air ♦"
The !kj refused to more, and grand
pa cornered hiru. necuml a firm bold on
hi* collar Mill pulled him to a seat.
•• Xow then," he con tin tied ae he eel
down, "lay over my knee, Mid if ye
bite or kiek it'll !>e the wore- for ye, and
the louder v# holler the harder 111
atrike"*
Me heut Mil ton oyer hi* left knee,
threw hi* rigid leg oyer to hold th* boy'*
fort Uowu, am! then and there proceeded
to administer an old fashioned spank,
ing -one tliat made every woman'*
month water. The boy howled until a
•core of isMMMiger* gathered, but grand-
I -a want right along with hie work aa if
entirely alone. When hi* elbow ached
he let up, twiated the Iwy into a seat
and remarked:
" Thar. I'll bet a thousand dollar*you
fwl Is*lter I"
And d itruck all the other passenger*
jiwt that way .—Detroit /Vt* /Vca*.
Jeff. Dart* to the Texas*.
Jefferson lfcm gave the Tflpau vote
ran* tome good advice in hi* speech at
Houston. He **id : Tench your *on*
and their IWOI, and let the precept de
•oeud again from them, that jedriothau
is their next highest concern after their
God and their umittra, and that, wheth
er aa a Texan or an American, the voice
of duty oali* him. be should be a* prompt
to rwjund a* hi* fathers were rn the
olden time, when the voice* of Au*tin.
Fannin, Bowie, and Hou*ton called to
arms. You arc a great people to day—
you hud greet progenitor*, and your hi*
lory i* one of which to be proud. At
no time, not even in late* conflict* and
under late* iwmnrtuwg have Texan#
ever failed to add luster k their fwar.
I shall alwav* remember tbern with
gratitude and honor them with the hich
<rt respect of mv nature. Alul parting
with you. th* father* of two uotde gen
eration* of son*, I do it with a feeling
of pride that you are my friends iuid my
countrymen, and with the hope that
Texan* may always continue to add to
tlxnr gcaUieea, and achieve a* much
fame in giving the boneet loyalty to the
Mara and stripes of their country to-d*y
aa you did in the dark day* of ltihi,
wln n you were both **a!ous and brave
in defense of the ftrrt flag— the "lone
Mar " of Tex**—which ww* the bewcon
to rally the Texan* to the defense of
tlieir homes, their liberties, and their
right*, and which wa followed as a pil
lar of cloud by day and a pillar of lire by
night, guiding yon to this flowery,
amine land of promise.
A Remarkable fa*e.
One of the moat remarkable owe.-* of
the jweeervmtion of life tinder coutiuual
disaster is that of George Pepper, of
Boston, who waa lately killed in a family
quarrel He ww* a sailor on th* Oou
grese when the Merrimac made her raid
at Hampton Bonds, and he waa laid away
for dead, but re<v>veml, liaring had
sknll, nose and jaw broken, teeth knoek
sl out, thumb carried away, arm and leg
wounded, an eye destroyed, and other
damage done. Then he weut borne and
married. A tire next door so anussl his
wife that she end her infant died, and he
was alone again. He went to work in
aoue tnlw uiula aud fell and broke n leg.
lksHjyering, lie was handling lumber,
when a pile fell ou him and three rilw
were broken. These he knitted together
again and returned to work, and indeed,
*o to sjioak, took another rib. for he
fonud a seooud wife. Back in the tube
work* he had a circular *aw take off the
four flngcr* that liia thumb left at Hamp
ton; and when he bad got well of this
little injury, what was left of him was
killed bv a earring knife in his wife *
hands. " He eeolded her for not knowing
how to carve and knocked her down for
her ignorance. In the scuffle he fell
upon her, and landed ou the knife. Ho
closed hi* strange career, and his wife is
on "trial for murder.
Meeting of Red Skius la New York.
While the Sioux Indian*, guest* of
the government, were in New York city,
a number of Warm Spring Indiana, who
had aided our soldier* in lighting the
Modoes, went to visit them, aad the
1 pipe of pence was circulated among them
amidst many grunt*. White Swan, of
tiie Sioux, addressed the Warm Springs
in these words: "lam happy to meet
these people among the white people,
and if I had met them iu war 1 would
have been glad. 1 love to tight my ene
mies, ami also to meet them like tins. I
am a big warrior, and urn glad to tight
ij my enemie like a warrior. We are
i enemies, and it can't be helped, but I
shake hands with yon all now."
NO. 2(5.
9
Grasshopper ttowp.
I Ttjn Wasienslmig (Mo.) A'fw# tell*
* 1 tin* atory. Messrs. Riley A Mlmgbt
i determined to M tto e*k*l locust
question in nm to its *<l*ptabiHty as
food f>r tto human nbnuadt. Getting
i wind of the late affair, and botng always
\i in haste to indulge in free feeding, we
i matte bulii to nil rutin oorwlf ou our
artoiitifh- frteuda. We found toiunteows
tattle *|tread, surrounded by the grade
i men nametl, aeooinpaiitad by Mm
ijHt might and Mwa Maitby. Without
I uiuoh waste of twfwm mjr thai* were five
| j pemsta M ated, nod we were helped to
soup vhith plainly showed its kwrtri
f origin, and tasted like chicken a*np~
and it was gotot; after asaaomng w
, ' added, ra ootid disltutfuiab a delicate
biwahruuta flavor—and it wan bettor.
, Then ounc batter oaJuw, through which
i locusts were well mixed. The aonp had
banished ailly prejudice and sharpened
i our appetite for this next kwwa, and
i batter cakes quickly tlMapptwred al".
t Halted locust* were thru tried (plain
r bop)* ik. without grease or condiment),
and either with or without aoeuwpaai
|' nu-nte. It wan protiowsowd an eaonli< ol
■ dish. The mml waa duaed with dmawrt
a la John the Baptist -baked locust and
t honey -and, if we kuw anything, we
i nan testify that the dirtiugaiitod Bcrip
lure character must haw thrived on lua
f I rude diet m the wddernwMof Judea.
t j We beii-ve liiia ia the first attempt at
r putting this insect to it* best use, and
, the re*alt b not only highly satisfactory
to those brave enough to make the at
-1.*!,.j ; t, but l>oitkl this insect make t>e
j visit of tenor and mum greater do-true
i tion, future generations will bnil its
%' presence with Joy. It will he jubito
• year—like minis tn thw tfltew, or
quail* MI the durart lawd villrnt
motiey and without prion. Now, danr
nadir, you lusr ahrug your shoulders
and stnOe, but WiceforUi we wbnll *•
' teem pmhoppm an • luxury to be
classed with ovaten, traffics, uttah
. rooms, etc. As aoou an arrangement*
iwu be made an •i—iftmurit of kicNWla
i will be sent to St. Louis for trial by the
F scientific researchers of that city, ,
TV iMffiraity te tew Hampshire.
The superior court of New Hampshire,
' in a omnmutuoittou signed byill the
judge*, have kwtined to pass any
, <>puiton ou the qnaatirm submitted to
I them by the House, a decision which
, will increaee the resume* felt for that
tribunal by all minda which
, hare had ocrnskm to ofifcwve its charac
ter. The constitution of tfce State has
ordained a tribunal for .U u running the
. right of members of the Legislature to
, sewta, but that tritmnal is nm any at the
ordinary courts of judicature. In that
' . Stele, aa in all the States, each branch of
the legislator* ia the supreme and final
, judge of the election and qualifications
of its own members, add no judicial
court has any shadow at jurasdtetion
orer such oases. W# do not nnxM
that the member* who submitted this
difficulty to the superior court imagined
that the court had any legal autii.srily to
. decide it. It waa, of course, referred to
, them merely as art litratara, but the State
jconstitotiou dona nut mnpovrer the
Legislature to refer to arbitration the
queatireis which it requires the two
House* to decide. The court has wisely
abstained float prononnciug a derision
by which nobody would be bound. It
,ia a fundamental urinctpk of good
government that the "legislative, judicial
and executive departments be kept dis
tinct, and that each be held to its
separate rrapouritotlilv, tWxmt intru
sion into the domain of th ottos*. An
intelligent public opinion will approve
of the reaped which the highest court of
New Hampshire baa paid to this impor
tant principle, and butane its refusal to
make a decision which it haa no authority
to enforce, and which would be aa void
in law as if pronounced by any other
three dawns of the State. TV refusal
of the court to interfere leaves! things aa
they were. TV Senate having admitted
. the two democratic Sena toesto seats
when a quorum was present, it* derision
will stand, and there ia no authority to
'' reverse it
instinct and Reason.
Hays an English writer : Tim exig
ence of an essential difference between
instinct and reason , and the unerring
certainty of the former as compared to
the prowess* of the latter, were till ]
lately takvti tor granted. In the '
cut day, Ixnrevcr. a oonviction semi to
be dawning on the minds of uiany that
it is well not to stake too muck on the
i certain operation of instinct of any sort.
Aa impetus will perhaps be given to
, this tendency toward oaattoti by the
action of a rat—not indeed a aeoeder
. from the opposite camp, but a M*
rat—who has .lecHned to fellow the
course assigned to him by the best
, zoologist*. This rat was destined the
otlicr day m Un-akfaat for * serpent in
; the Jardiu den Plantes at Paris, and waa
. with this purpose introduced into the
cnge of the reptile. It was niapnwiion
sbry the rat s duty on being bnwight
, face to face with the serpent to have t*e
oonie fascinated, and to have obeyed the
instinct aluoh is suppoi>d to deliver
,' " such small deer " an unresisting prey
tattle destroyer. Far from fultfimg the
duty traditionally iacambant inon him,
this daring innovator flew at tlie throat
of the nV and Wt it SO severely m to
1 produce uiatent death and a loss to the
garxicna cd alxmt tsro tliousanil francs'
worth of serpent. This unexpected re
sult baa, however, bad tbe good effect of
dcteriniuing the managers of t|ie Jarain
r ! des Plantes to feed their o pfitea upon
. dead an minis only, the " funeuiatiou
theory " having proved an utUu failure.
I
! IV Tramp.
I Aa exchange, in referring to the an
noyance* to which farmers are •übjected
frem tramps, says: Every village and
t everv individnnl farmer has the remedy
I uthand. Tramp* pursue Uieir preaent
1 calling simply Isvause they tiial tliat it
* |iays. So long as that is their extierieuce,
( tliey will eontmtae it. Witliiold as
sintencc from them, aud thev must tnrn
. to something else. If the fr.rn cm and
' jicooie generally throughout th* country
f would, by unanimous consent, refuse to
, accede to even tbe smallest of their de-
mauds, the nuisance would vary speed!-
' ly be removed. There is u* ciianty in
* helping these people. It is not a qurs
- tion of charity at all. Within the bud
' two weeks n woman called at a country
' house, and told a long tale of distress,
* the burden of which waa ahont a sick
f child dying for want of food and
r , warmth.' She was supplied with fuel
I and food, and before she had gone a
> hnndred yards from the house she had
s thrown both away into a ditch. She
wanted money, to tqiend in all proba
biliiy in whisky, but it was evident Hint
. she did not want a meal.
flomes of Preiddentn.
j Of the eighteen presidents of the
s United States nine hare been furnished
a by the Southern States, vi*.; Wuahing
i ton, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
t (all from Virginia), Jackson (Tcmieaaee),
s Tyler (Virgina), Tolk (Tennessee), Tay
t lor (Louisiana), and Johnson (Tanrev
, see). Of the other nine three hi vj
I I hailed from New England, the two
- Adamses (Masaa- liusetts) and Pierce
I 1 (New Hampshire); three from the Mid
t die Stab*, Van Buren and Fillmore
e | (New York), and Buchanan (Peimsylva-
I i nia), and tliree from the West, Harrison
' (Ohio), Liucolu and Grant (Illiupii).
, T . llept 9t literwl.
When the "police want to mvrat ia
dtoioe OPT
ffihSfiwlwlwiof the lfi*t
: It I* aaiil tlit acttfe natures are rarely
• mehiiicholy. Tlte isilowa who have but
little life are those <*ho do not want to
live. ;
Tliere is winie Ulk of a anrnmci hotel
up in the Black Hills, with lied Cloud aa
tlw chief of tlie hair dresmng ♦te|*rt
inent
It is retimatctl that at least I.oo°
1 sheep and bunlw have been killed in
' uorthwcsKwu Wiaremfia this araaon by
wolves. ilm jsm f *. I
In Euroiie it is an*teipetc<l that this
"'will let grm year forvrimred gator.
The dry weather has given the birds s
good start.
A Frenchman. inteieUng to oompli
inent a young lady \t calling her a
gentle lamb, arid " Him hi one mutton
* aa is small."
1 T. W, park of Rennmßtofi. XI., ia
1 aaid to he one ft the wcritheri mm in
1 the ouuntry, Bbt property hi valued at
f 117.000,00*; i
| An lowa comri baa derided that it ia
not legal fur a farmer to bitch his wife
~ up with .a mule, no matter how anxteua
V is to ptow. "
One milUou Jrilani* wprth of coral
t was firin-d up 'mt of the depths of the
. ' Mediterranean by tha eoral gatherers of
, Naples task year.
t Tits mere stoutly a man protests hell
• 1 die a beobriar, .the more mrtata you may
be of an inviuUun to his wr.Jd.iog within
f |a twelv. aant.:!h.
•. , Tha j ••* <M<xm aw complaining of the
| greri numlMU o f boxre of grsashoppers
flut Western anfferert ire Mteiing east
1 thrimirb tb* iniito.
a VMM
A urietsfce of the types in a coutem-
I i penury tressed *a announreineat to reed)
; '* Thirteen I.iUmis xailreads are in the
; hands of itecri vetu F*
fe . A Muntpelter cat eataWished liereelf
t as a heroine % n-s.-ning her kittens
I from a buruing stable. d having liar
. bflfr nearly B finged off tn the exploit.
• ' * An innocent man, Orivin H. Watson,
i has been perdooed out fa Maesachn
. aette priaun after serving half of a two
Ljuare sentence for the supposed theft of
I a horse.
r > When an Esquimau remtteman eate
* ■ half a durem tritow csmfies for lunch,
aid washes them down vtt a pint of
| lamp <4l. ran he be raid to have a
: light repaffit
' ft WW Jdbvrtio wished thri hia adver
-1 aary hsri written a booh, if he bad been
r, a Job printer the desire would have
i had more the appearance of buriaere
•, than malice,
►i The prwlnctiun of poultry in the
'United TEStels about t§O.UOO,OOO
! pounds antroally, worth 911,000,000, the
1 product of egg* yielding a like amount
' of asobvy.
The nuanher of pemrew killed on the
railways of Great Ikitew test year wre
L 435, and the namher injured, 6,060.
( * There wre* one hundred and thirty col
, lirions i<t treias.
r Lord North deriered of the generals
> sent out'to Arhy'tha HnreeOiiaida
i of Ida day: ♦* I don't know what the
t enemy W think of there; but I know
i they make me tremble."
The Lrgialatuw of Gaiitortii* haa
preaed a law forbidding any dteorimiiia
1 tion against the female teacher ia the
I matter of jwv. In future it mast be
' equal eatery tor equal grade.
' TYtehhn* havo lately beau found for
[* lire firm time in the firek of a wild boar.
killed in the Harts mounteina, Germany.
\ Hitherto this parasite has been suppowHl
to be coufiuM to the domerttaetoa azu-
I I nasi.
i A visitor to a jail inridentelly men
l tioned that this was a backwred spring.
. •• I Itekl say it waa," praeteimed a dis
> eonragad iwianeax. "Hat*it is the 30th
s of May, nod we hain't bed green peas
>7 It waa uot poetical, but it rame from
1 the heart when an old lady, steading
beside Stunner's grave the other day,
remarked: " Wefl, the poor man won t
' J bare to help pot down any carpets Otis
year."
By the aid of petooteura ii the Cana
dian liglit houses and lightships are
', maintained at a cheaper rate than any
country ia the world. Ninety thousand
gritaus of ofi Were required tor the aer
. l vine last ysaac.
Jay Oooke'a eoontiy aato, f Ogonte, "
, near rhdmMpliia, wre offered at. auction
rwredb by the trustees. .It" cost more
than 91,000,000, but the upset price,
9830,000, wus not tod, and it waa with
drawn for privaia aala.
The lost issue of Mm Gerumu official
historv ofdha war may correct the habit
that is totxuding common of regarding
the battle at Sedan as a mora massacre
■of the French. It reports toe German
tore in that fight at 900 officer* and 8.500
mtk. a!
< Old radian are a fruitful aomroe of dia
naee. The drains should be looked to
and put in cutler, old barrels removed or
flreaneed, every mroutiog tutor token
a war, and a coat of whitewash, to which
a qii:utity ef coppersa in solution haa
been added, be htosullf spread upon
toe whole.
i There ia * hardy fellow at Caen, in
Normandy, who haa twice saved the Uvea
of men in the water at the peril of lua
owm So notice was token of there
event*. But recently he saved the lite
of a half dtownad rat and the "Society
i for toe Preteeteon," ate, haa given him
, a silver medal
A toy recently dimtoniged a catepult
at a train, in one saloon of which toe
Princess of Wales and her children were
seated. The latitat went through one of
♦ the large ptete-glare window* witoout
hurting any one, though itatertled the
princess and tor rinldrea. and tell into
ilw tmloon, causing eonsidemble tUmage,
How would jou like to have yonr
sugar whiten * ! with the bone* of men
who died for their emiatry They are
I nrawren% having ittohtvmyin France.
Th-v hare, foamed' a factory for the
, i mannfactnre of auimri obarcoal at Metx,
which is supplied with tomes from the
battle fields ever there. This product
is used in refining ug.
1! "Yes, vmt mav come again next Sun
t < dav evening, Harare, dear, but "-and
i toe hernia led, "What is it, darling I
.1 Have I given you any jrttol" be saked,
as she stall remained silent. "Ton did
not mean to. Vm rare," she responded,
"but next time ptaese wear one of
' those collars with pomte tuxtiing ont
wasd; they aeralrh au."
, The bride-rieet Of Urtwrtd iberitkn is
, dexcrilsul aa a very pretty, rather jolly
looking girl of uineteeu i>r thereabouts.
' She is "to aeoond daughter of General
D. H. Mucker, has tort t aeqoainted for
veers m a sctoolghtt, #nd later as a so
. i oictv vounglady, with (itetopd-Shendan.
[ and the match w coua-kred by mutual
~ friends as eminently snitebta.
. The earthquakes iu Aria Minor, which
■' are reported to have caused Hie loss of
• 2,000 lives, do not appear to have de
i stroved anv towns of note, and probably
. occurred at some distenee from the cities
I of the seaccnri. Large aa the loss of
r ; life is, it does not compare with that
caused I) v the great Calabnan earthquake,
; 1 by which 80,000 people were killed, or
II even with the slaughter caused by the
I earthquake of Lisbon.
* The Cumberland (Md.) Xnc* states
II that an adopted son of a brother of
Miller, the Millerite preacher, has, ever
since the failure of the Millerite predio
t lions, been partly insane, and a few
days ago was seixed with a brain fever
thri terminated in hi# . darih. The
physicians state that the diaease was di
rectly traceable to the terrible mental
1 excitement under which the unfortunate
. 1 youth labored for many dwya.
I The most hideous women ia the world
, are said to live in Mm valley of Bpiti.
u which is a moontein-bound, almost m
v aooesaibie place, 12,000 feet above the
j aea, among the Himalaya. Their featmes
3 are large and coarse, toe expression of
e 1 their faces ia usually a natural grimace,
! and they hang huge ring* in their now*
a j They drees in thick trite* and trousers
r and their heavy bpute, coming above
U ' the knees, ofteh fined around their
legs with flour for w-armtV