Ljvc ReclprocAted.
Only • shelter for my ha* \ sought,
Ona stormy winter j
To ms the blessing j m) life was brought.
Making the v bright,
Ho shall 1 1 f or i gift so ewect,
0 Heavenly Friend?
I eon a resting place for weary feet.
And found my journey's end.
Only Uie iatchet of a friendly door
My timid fingers tried ;
A loving heart, with all its precious store.
To me was opened wide.
I asked for shelter from a passing shower -
My sun shall always stun* 1
I would have sat 1-entde tlie hearth an hour
And the whole heart w as mine !
Another's.
Hlia has the most alluring eyes,
A little tlreotan uose
She wears the most bewitching guise,
Aial |witie,i)atwi hose !
Her touch can thrill one strangely when
When one clasps her in the dance;
At least, they tell me o but then,
1 never had the chance!
Her melting tores, so peopl* say,
lutoxicate the 1-raiu.
And leave, when she has gone away,
A joy akin to paui.
Her voice is like sweet music whs*
Its strains are soft and low;
t>- those who've heard 11 say—hut then.
I never did, you know
Kite makes the most s-.iporh ragout -
Knits stockings by the score.
Known Lat.n, and Italian, Ux\
fnvdi. French, and plenty mote !
She's jwt the girl to sweeten life -
Adarahle!—divine!
In ahort, she is a perfect wife!
Rut then she isn't ituue
DOOMED.
On handsome lawn fronting an old
ivy-grown mtttituou in tho State of Vir
ginia. one pleasant iflemooa, tug many
years ago, a group of young people of
both sexes were gathered. Standing in
their midst was au old woman, bent
•down with age, looking as if she stood
on the brink of the grave; but her dark,
restless eyes showed that there was vig
orous life iu her mind, if not in her
body.
Sin- had twvn "telling fortunes" for
the young people gathervsl around her,
and to all but one she had foretold a
bright and happy future. The excep
tion of this rule of blessedness through
life was a handsome l*y of nineteen,
with a iLirk, p:issionate fo*>-, au.l an ex
{>rew*ion which indicated perfect fear
essness.
Five years liefore the opening of this
story an old gentleman and his nephew
had* moved to Virginia, and baying a
farm, had made it their home. Mr.
Mcrcvr and his nephew, Frank, wen*
treated with kindness by the gentlemen
of the neighborhood, and they received
invitations to visit the plantations near
them.
Frank soon became acquainted with all
in the country; but his uucle never left
his farm, and seemed to shun society.
For this, rnanv reasons were given; but
the true one was that he had lost his
whole family, aud Frank's parents hav
iug left him to Mr. Mercer s charge he
determined to devote himself to the
boy, and found sufficient enjoyment in
his company, and iu cultivating his
farm. Tnongh reported very wealthy,
and that he always kept a large sum of
gold iu the house, Mr. Mercer and
Frank lived in a quiet way, and made
110 display.
Thus passed Frink's early youth from
his fourteenth until his nineteenth year,
when our story opens. A man of su
perior education, Mr. Mercer bail been
his nephew's teacher, and hail imparted
o liir.i much knowledge of the world,
of letters, and people, so that Frank, at
nincUs li, was as well informed as if he
hail possessed a cultivated education.
There were those in the neighborhood
who reported that the boy was wild and
dissipated, and this found ready believ
era in others; so that Frank had some
enemies as well as many friends.
Thns we find him; and the evening of
the commencement of our story he liad
been invited to an entertainment given
by a wealthy planter to his children.
Mr. Dewos, the planter, had three
children, tlnxyoungflf-! Nad loveliest of
whom was M iry, a girt of twelve. Mary
ami Frank w rc the best of
friends, and loved each oilier dearly; so
when the fortune teller predicted a dark
and stormy future for Frank, the tears
arose to the child's eyes, and she said ;
" Do not listen to her, Frank."
But the boy laughed, and, turning on
his heel, walked away.
Two days afterward, lie left homo for
a week's hunting in th** mountains; but
the second night after his departure, the
neighborhood was aroused by the
startling news that old Mr. Mercer had
been murdered by his nephew. One of
the servants, passing tho bouse at night,
heard a cry, and, seeing Frank's win
dow open, ho sprang in and walked
across the hall to Mr. Mercer's cham
ber, from whence the cry came. Lying
upon the floor was the old man, dead,
while near him stood hit nephew with a
bloody knife in his hand. In fright, the
negro rushed from the house and gave
the alarm. Persons from the neighbor
hood wre sent for, aud Frank was
seized against every protestation that ho
did not kill his uncle, an l thrown into
gaol.
The feeling against the youth was in
tense, for the negro told the story of
how he had found Frank; and a way
faring peddler, who had just ascended
the front step 3 to ask to stay all night,
corroborated his statement.
The trial came olf, and the charges
were made known. Frank was accused
of starting upon a hunting expedition
as a blind, ami th n returning from the
mountains by night, hid entered the
room, and attempting to remove a large
of gold kept by his uncle, lunl aroused
him, and. upon being discovered, had
driven hiH hunting knife into the heart
of Mr. Mercer; the gold was on the
floor, its weight having torn through the
bag when it was raised. The knife with
which Mr. Mercer was killed was one he
had given to Frank some days before,
and was a large dirk knife incased in a
silver scabbard.
Pale as death, but showing no sign of
fear or guilt upon his handsome face,
the prisoner sat unmoved by his sen
tence, which was to die on the gallows.
When asked if he had aught to say,
Frank arose, and looking around the
oonrt room, and in a clear voice, an
swered :
"I have! Circumstantial evidence
has condemned me ! I admit it looks
as if I did the deed, but I am guiltless
of murder! Dropping my percussion
cap box in a mountain stream, I return
ed home for more; for without caps my
gun mis useless. It was a lovely night,
and I determined to enter the house by
my room window, get caps, and retnrn
without awakening my uncle. I tied my
horse to the fence, sprang into the win
der**, and then hoard a loud crash, a
call, and a shriek in the direction of my
uncle's room. I rushed thither—a dark
form dashed by me in the uncertain
light of the room—and I fell over
something upon tho floor. With fear in
my heart, I arose, lighted a candle, and
saw uiy uncle's body covered with blood,
gold scattered upon the floor, and my
own knife, which haddonethe deed, lying
near. I picked up the knife; and thus
was I found by the negro, and seen by
the peddler. As God is my witness,
I did not murder the good old man who
has proteeted mo throughout life, and
whom I loved as though he was my own
father! lam guiltless of the deed, but
submit to my fate."
A silence fell upon all ; there were,
however, but few who believed tha
youth's statement; among the latter was
Mr. Dewes and his family, who, through
all, remaiued stanch friends.
Frank Mercer was to be liung, to die
an ignominious death on the gallows,
and huiulreds flockvd to the little town
where the execution was to take place,
to see him die. How were they disap
pointed to find that the night before he
had escaped ! How, no one knew, but
FIIED.KURTZ, Kditor ami 1 Vopriotor.
VOL. VIII.
ho had left a note nJdrwwJ to tho gaol
or, thanking hiui for tho kindness shown
him white lie wan iu his charge, and hut
regrets that hi* eo!\j>o might >iw him
tmuhlo, hut xaving ho had had an oj>
IHirtunitv of escaping, and took advati
age of it, for ho had no idoa of dying
an ignominious doalli for an aot ho was
not guilty of, merely to gratify tho ouri
OMty of a gaping orowil. Freedom ana
Acred him, and ho accepted it, and
h qw a lie would yet be able to prove hi*
in&tHwace,
This w ;vs atkuit the subject of tlie let
ter, ami when it was published iu tlie
Uhwl paper, there were muu whv> were
glad Unit the boy Inn I escaped the gal
lows.
Mr. Mercer's property was, iu his
will, all left to Frank, and it was foutid
to In- considerable, TYtinteM assumed
charge of it. and la fore long the ptiet
community had settled down to its usual
routine, and tlie murder and escape
were almost forgotten.
Ten years (tasse.l away, and no word
of the fugitive had been heard, and peo
ple lielieved him dead. One exception
was Marv IK-wes, now grown t* woman
hood. fell* had never believed him
dead, aud through her life had treas
ured Frank's image iu her inmost heart,
the mystery that hung around hitu but
a.Ming strength to her regard. Her sis
ters had married, her mother was dead,
and together with her father, tie y lived
at the old homestead.
Husineas calliug Mr. IV wen to Havana,
he took Mary with him, and they set
sail from Charleston in a fine ship run
ning South. They hail la-en som<- davs
at sen, when iu the dea l of night the
fearful crv of "Fire!" aroused all
from slumber. The shijt was on tire,
and in vaiu wen- efforts made to quench
the dames. The acumen in fright
rushed into the only available boat ; and
it sank with them, and left them strug
gling iu the ocean, borne away by the
wind and waves, while Mr. Dowt a and
Mary, the captain of the ship and a few
others, were huddled away upon the
stern, awaiting the doom that must over
take them.
"Sail ho!"
Tho joyous cry came from the captain,
who hadl wen straining his eye* over the
ocean, iu hopes of seeing some vessel
coming to save them. Swiftiv dying to
wards them came a low, rakish, three
masted schooner, which ever anil anon
sent up a light, to prove to thowe on
board the b'lruiag ship that succor was
near. Hark! tlie deep boom of a gun
is heard, and as the captain listens he
exclaims ; " Miss Dewea, vre are all
right now ; cheer up, fur there c -mesa
vessel of-war to our #iiL"
"Ship ahoy!" came in ringing tone*
from the schooner, as she came near the
burning ship, which was being driven
rapidly along by the wind.
" Anoy!" answered the captain.
" Throw a long line from your ship,
and I will scud yon a boat," came iu
the same clear tones.
The line was thrown, the boat at
tached, and, after a little difficulty, the
people from the ship were transferred to
the schooner ; and Mary was soon in the
comfortable cabin, rejoicing over their
escape from a horrible death.
At breakfast the next ruoruilig, the
young captain of the war schooner de
scended to join his gin ts.it the tab!--,
and, aa he entered, Mary sprung towards
him.
" Frank MercerOh ! it is you—is
it not V
One glance at the boautifu! girl, and,
though years had jwssed, Frank Mer-vr.
for it was no other, recognis -.1 die play
mate whom h bad loved s well, mid
whom he had never oased to think of.
Mr. Dewes came forward, and w hat a
joyful meeting was there! but seeing
a cloud, as if of bitter memories, eorne
over the young captain * fnor, Mr.
Dewes said, quickly : " First, )• t in--
relieve your mind of one thing, Mere-r.
Your inuix-enc • in Virginia is tLorougli- ,
Iy established; for a negro runaway
lmng the other day for killing a woman,
confessed jn.st before his diwth that hi
i had mnrdeml your nnela, ami you
arriving when yon did had prevented i
him from getting the gold, l>nt made
him escape from the house. He knew I
yonr uncle kept a large amonut of money,
and you being away, as he thought, he
took your knife anil committed the fatal :
deeti."
Frank listened to Mr. Dewes almost
breathhsw, and tle-n. Inuring his face iu
his hands, he wept like a child.
" But come in," said Dewes, at
length ; "we are hungry and need
breakfast; and ar* dying to know how
you became a captain in the Mexican
navy."
"My story is easily told, my dear
friends; for, aft**r escaping from prison
through your kindness, I weutto Mexico,
entered the liavy, and. having rendered
some service, rose to my present com
mand, which has been the means of
saving your lives."
Little more cm lie added. Frank
resigned his commission and returned
home; when he wai lionized by the
whole community. He came iu posses
sion of Ills estates, which were greatly
increased in value; ami, six months
afterwards, in the very town where he
was to have bad the hangmen's lialter
placed around hi* neck for death, he had
the noose of matrimony thrown nronud
him for life, aud the "bride was Mary
Dewea. Thus his life had been both
dark and bright.
An Incident.
A Washington correspondent tells a
very good story in connection with the
dog-catching ordinance now in vogue in
large cities. It appear* Hint Mr. Sharp,
of Washington, a friend of President
Grant, is the possessor of a fine dog,
which he keeps inside his grounds, now
the dog law is in force. But as that
gentleman sat at a window a short time
since, he saw two of the oflicial dog
catcher* enticing his canine into the
street, which they had no sooner done
than they seized him, and attempted to
throw him into their cart, tho dog re
sistiug violently. Mr. Hliarp went to
the rescue of his favorite, and remon
strated with the catchers, but ineffectu
ally. A short, squarely-built man who
had accompanied Mr. Sharp, also joined
in the protest, when ho was told by the
burly" catcher to " mind his own busi
ness," accompanying the remark by still
more expressive actions, and a brisk
push on the shoulder. Instantly tho
short man struck out a forcible blow
from the left shoulder, and the boor
went clown like u log. But ho was up as
quickly, and was about to take the offen
sive, when Mr. Sharp put himself in the
way, aud said hastily ; "Stand off, you
fool; this is the President of the United
States V And so it was.
Can Have Them.
Does any one desire to have swarms
of mosquitoes about his house in the
course of a few weeks l Well, nothing
is easier than to cultivate them—a little
pool of stagnant water on the premises
is all that is necessary. If you haven't a
pool near by, a hogshead, barrel or tub
filled with rain-water and allowed to
stand in the yard a few weeks will answer
the purjxise. About four weeks are re
quired to make a first-class mosquito,
that is, to develop it from the egg into a
buzzer and Inter. An examination of
the surface of stagnant wafer with keen
eyes, or, better still, with a microscope,
will reveal the source of these destroyers
of our summer peace.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
• A NlttllT 1U1.1.00N VOYAUK.
IVtllmx latrnmrra .1 Thrro < wMMStan
liilllara naU a Narrow Karat**.
Mr. Charles l'iro, of tho Toronto
•Vn/i, who with Mr. Charles, of the
/,e*i*/*r, and Mr. Uevmo, of tho .tflhvr
fer, w-nt up with Prof. Donaldson in
| tho Iwdioon P. T. Itarnum from Toronto,
gives an intoKMiting account of tho voy
ago and of tltoir miraculous escape from
tho waters of latko Ontario. They
; reached an altitudo of 2,000 feet, and
I when twilight aot in they were over the
•outer of the lake. The professor thou
announced that lliov would bo compell
ed to remain out ail night, a- it would
l*e impossible to make a landing unless
the wiud elianged. The wind shortly in
creased and drove the tvdloon along at
the rate of forty milt* an hour. More
ballast lieuig thrown out the air ship as
i iwudel until it reached a height of near
ly two miles. At this point tiiey could
1 stw* nothing but each other and the stars.
The atmosphere was clear and bitterly
cold, and tllcy huddled together ill the
basket to keep themselves warm. Then
they descended and came within a few
hundred feet of the water. They sight
ed Oshawra iu the distance before it be
came dark and came witluu a few hun
dred feet of the land. Then a change
of wiud drove them far out over the
lake. Mr. Piri%oontinttm: *
As the evening wore into night a he.ivy
mist rose to the west, or in rear of the
balloon. It seeuied to follow close be
hind, but did not overtake it. the air
being quite clear in front. At a later
pcriltd in the night, when two of the
re{H>rters went almost to ale. p, having
been aiugiug and endeavoring to pass the (
time as pleasantly as possible under the (
circumstances, Mr. Devine, who was 011
the lookout, suddenly called uttnitiou to
a magnificent burst of light which illu- ;
miuated the whole sky. He fancieo for ,
a moment tliat the balloon wet on fire, (
but tills delusion wasquickly dissipated, (
and the cause at the light was discovered ,
to lie a most brilliant meteor. which ap- ,
pearcd almost directly overhead, lasting ,
for an instant, and then suddenly dart
ing otf in an easterly direction, changed
its course, and gradually faded away.
The spectacle was a singularly iiuprea- ,
Hive one, and w ill never lx- forgotten by (
those who saw it.
After passing Port Hope, the move- (
meiits of the liallooti liecame very erra
tic, the wiml blowing from all point* of
the compass. After drifting about for
some time in this purposeless maimer, (
the balloon dexoended to within twenty
feet of the waves, which were rolling (
Imavily, the great <lmg rope trailing in
the lake. As this weight of rope was in
terfuring with the motion of the balloon,
the prole -sor's orders w. re that it should
la- taken into tk<- onr. Tin* vh< no tsisy
t.isk, as it was aa iucli thick, and nearly
three hundred f.s-t long. It imvuig been
coiled in the car after very heavy labor,
it was found that the weight on the car
was more tiian the bottom could bear,
ami it was again gradually let out to the
extent of fiity feet. The balloon sud
denly dipped into the water and rose
again, and again dippe d. This was, to
say the least of it, unpleasant, and 1 '
ballast having !mh*u ;s 11 disposed of, thv
profew.r orileml the anchor and tin
drag lino to IK* thrown overlward, aud
tlias lightened, the balloon sprang up
ward, tod tho moon rising, illuminated
tho wh* lo extent of tho lake.
The light enabled the party to bight a
schooner iu the distance, coming toward
them from the east in tho diroct line c!
th-> ball " iu. Tho jurty iin mediately
hailed the boat, which replied to the
cm s and asked when* tiny i ii*. Nat
nratiy, they replied "up in a Iwlloou,"
which h-vl such a humorous sound that
th an- 011 liard the s-hooner uttered
some ejaculations of displeasure, and
immediately tacked away. This was lik.<
the la>t hope disappearing, and a feeling
of dr> a i apprehension fell upon the p;u -
ty. All hope was not, however, almn
ilonod, as it Wi felt that another vessel
might ootne in sight, or the wind drive
the ball on ashore. At ulmut one o"el<K*k
tho car again dipped in the water, and
dragged at n fearfully rapid rate through
tin- lake. This necessitated the parties
on board dinging t"th" rop=*aia>d Uud
ing on the edge of the basket. The cold
was intense, and tho arms of the rejairt
ers Iw-came so nnmlted that holding on
was almost mechanical.
When all hop - had been abandoned,
th" profess*.;• from his perch aloft de
scrilied n bin • light, which was hung at
the masthead •fa schooner approaching
the balloon. As soon as she came w.tiiin
hailing distance, too distress of the aerial
travelers was made known, and a small
boat WM pot out to the rescue. The
liuln<in appeared to bo lliled with a
spirit of contrariness, and instead of
waiting to b$ rescued, llew before the
winil. Two young men in the boat,
whose names were subsequently ascer
tained to lie Henry Loney nrnl Thomas
Whrillam, rowed vigorously for an hour
and x half, sonietimi** Hearing the lad
loon and again left far la-hind. Fortu
nately a dead calm fell, and the boat was
enabled to reach th" balloon, ami tho
unmanageable monster was towed to
shore near Long Point lighthouse, in
Athol township, Prince Edward county.
No Fear of Death In the Djiug.
A striking fact jn connection with the
dying isthat they are not afraid of death.
don notice this oven in executions. The
majority of men who are hanged are re
ported to die "game." Death following
disease or injury is, with the rarest ex
ceptioiis,unaccompanied with fear. Dis
ease dulls the intelligence so tlwt the
situation mny not lie fully comprehended;
or there may be pain, and death is
looked upon as a relief. Nature, by a
kindly provision, seems to prepare for
the flight of the spirit ; as the hold upon
life grow* weaker, so does the desire for
life grow less; and in scarcely a single
instance has not the dying man re
liuqnishod life at the last without seem
ing reluctance or fear.
The several physical phenomena
which, accompanying the act of dying,
vary considerably in the earlier stages
witli the causes which produoo d<*ntb,
there is mncli similarity in the latter
step*. Death offers then a physiognomy,
which, onoe witnessed, is not hard to
recognize again.
Among the more constant signs arc* tho
failing pulse, wl.ich gradually lieeomes
imperceptible, first at the wrist aud lastly
at the breast itself ; the extremities grow
cold; the countenance changes as the
venous blood courses tho arteries; the
Hkin grows clammy and the v*ssc-ls relax ;
tiie eye glazes; the* jaw droops ; the
fluids accumulate iu'tho windpipe, cnus
ing the "death rattle," so Called, the
breath comes short and Finally ceases.
AH the reil blood leaves the brain tlr
judgment becomoH objured, and the
senses deficient. Speech in incoherent.
Many times '' last words " are imagined
by affection to mean more tlian intended,
if there was any intention at all. "It
grows dark," or "more light," are com
mon Rayings as the optic nerve loses its
stimulus. Or strange sights may be
seen and sounds heard, as occur some
times in the still twilight. The hallu
cinations of the dying may be often ex
plained upon natural causes.
The Philadelphia Ledger drops a
sympathizing tear over the recital of a
touching scene in Mexico, where the re '
mains of a matron one hundred and
thirty-two years old were attended to
the grave by her orphan boys, aged
respectively ninety and one hundred. 1
CENTRE IIA I.E. CENTRE CO., I'A., THURSDAY, Jl'I.Y 22, 1875.
A Colorado Hold Mine.
A JYibm e correspondent, writing
from C-oiorndo, giviw the following
sketch of a mine in tliat section: 1 went
l.ftdO feet iu to a mine, following tin
tunnel -traight in. It was cut through
the solid rta-k without a disclosure of
" pay " during the entire distauoe. It
was eight feet high and seven or eiglit
wide, aud seemed almost large enough
for a railroad tunnel. A track was lard
within it for the donkey oars to haul out
tlie ore to the mouth of the drift. At
the end of the tunuel the veins were
found. They diverged iu different di
rections. Even underneath tlie tunnel
a aewer or isuial hail l>eeu built to carry
awrav the large streams of water found
in the mines, and I saw what 1 luul not
thought of before—that the ore hail been
, taken out scores and scores of feet lie
low the level of the tunnel, and that the
i roof of one corridor, formed of timbers
and covered witli earth, mode the ffoor
of the corridor or hall alano. Here,
thousiuiiU of fict within tlie mouiitains,
where the sun never shone, were busy
workshop*. Here a large engine was
fizzing and puffing; here win, a black
siuitli's forge, here wa* a slioft extend
ing above and below, hundreds of feet
out of night; here was a hoisting uia
ohme, with wire roims and India ringing
an signals for raining or lowering the
immense iron ore-tubs; here were stea
puiups working away as though '
mines would I*- flooded if they stiipJH-.i
to take breath ; here were immense
water pipes to -stri y the water into the
main canal; here was a stable filled
with mules waiting for their details; here
was au iron bin containing jiowder, fu> -,
etc., for blasting, and here w.w a clu-st
containing drills, liammers, and otlu-r
tools—m all, the most nnexjieeled sight
possible to one who sees it for the first
tima. A dull, dim, exasperating light
surrouuds you, aud if, In the muvrtainty
of your vision, you stumble against a
car, or a pickaxe, or step iuto a bucket
of water, you are laughed at by a d-<£cn
owl-eyed miners, whose sight, by long
training, has overcome tlie darknesa.
'Hie superintendent ask-sl me if I
would like to go down into tin- shaft a
few hundred feet. 1 asked h<*w I was
to get down tliat distance. " Yon cap
get into tliat tub," said he, "and we
will lower you with a nq*< around a
drum "
" You are very kind," I answered,
" bnt I think I will <h-fer it."
"Or," said he, continuing, "you cuu
go down that Lnlder uUmt eighteen fis-t,
when you will find a lauding; then jon
can take an oilier latldcr ami go on uu
til von reach the bottuia."
As the ladder was aluio*! j*-rj*-ndicu
lur, and only the top round cookl la*
scu-u in the dim light, I again ikclim-d
the i*lite invitation. M.v present situa
tiuo ill the clammy atmosphere, the
sound of escaping steam in uiy • are, the
crt-akiug of roller*, the digging of picks,
the noise of doze-is of drill hammers,
the sound of wat- r gurgling beaeath my
feet, and Host in the 1m art of the moun
tain—all this served to fill me with awe
and apprehension.
The I'oor Children.
Do not tease a sick child with much
dressing, but keep it AA easy and com
fortable it* possible in loo* iy titling
garment* tluit subject it to lit tic or no
fatigue in their adjustment. Beware,
tl ough, of altogether i)is|x'anug with
ilautit-l, even iu hotU at w< atlier, ivsuug
how variable is the American climate,
and if a change is required, let it b
( made with all due caution. Qute tbui
nel shirt < pr- tect the br-n-.t and other
vital parts without incommoding any
elald, nave one with a most exceptionally
sensitive ski:;. Death lina been wen to
ensue from no graver cause titan the an*
timely removal of a thuinel tdiirt.
The thoughtless par-nt who indulges
her -hihl with a taste of every titbit has
often sml cause to rue her imprudence.
Wit nets the case of a young motticr who
helped her eighteen-months' old baby to
a dinner of lamb And two of the tiniest
little new jMitatoos—wis- things just suit
ed for pretty lathy a palate ! That night
Iwihy came near living of cholera infan
tum, and tliat mother lias never forgotten
AO severe a lesson in balnr dietetics.
Nature's provision of mother A milk is of
' course the best food and medicine fur
infancy, but, from mono cause, this mp
ply is often failing nowadays, or pro
nounced by physictMM not to agree with
the child, lu tliat cane mcli substitutes
mwt bo sought as the oouicttiutiaai of
, the infaut may require, as indicated by
the stale of the bowels. Often the mere
change from brown to white sugar, from
raw to boiled or scalded milk, may have u
decidedly alterative effect, if the oonsti
tution hue not been already injured by
tlm use of uarcottus. In those alarming
and sudden attacks of cholera infantum,
which frighten even experienced nurse*
j if no doctor is at liaud, the proper thing
to do is to applv a mustard plaster (not
too strong) to the stomach, nnd to give
mint julep, n little at a fime, prepared
with iec )M>uudeit np as flue AS can la-,
no water, a dessert ajioonfal of !*• t
French brnudv, and a little loaf-sugar.
Ilow Diey Died.
Augustus chose to die in a standing
position, ami was careful in arranging
his person and dress for the ooansioii,
Julius Ctesar, when slitiu by the con
apirniora in the capitol, concealed his
face beneath tlte folds of his toga, so
tliat his enemies might not see the death
pang upon his countenance. Si ward,
Karl of Northumberland, when nt the
point of death, quitted his lied nud put
•in his armor, saying: " It becomes not a
man to die like a beast." Maris Louise,
of Austria, a short time before she
breathed her )a*d. hud fallen into an
apparent slight slumber, ami otto of the
ladies in attendance remarked that Iter
majesty seemed to be asleep. •' No,"
replied she, •* I could sleep if I would
indulge repose, but I ant sensible of the
near approach of death, ami I would not
allow myself to lie surprised by him iti
my sleep; I wish to meet him wide
awake." Lord Nelson, on receiving the
fatal shot, said to Captain Hardy: "They
have done for me nt last, Hardy; my
backbone is shot through and had the
presence of mind, while carried lielow,
to take out his handkerchief mid cover
his face and stars, to lie concealed from
the gaze of bis crew. And last of all,
the great lionnparte died in his field
marshal's uniform and Ixiota, which he
had ordered to bo put on a short time
previous to his dissolution.
A Ilrlde Without a Bridegroom.
Some time ago a beautiful and intelli
gent young lady of Richmond, Virgiuia,
informed her intimate friends that she
was engaged to be married te Mr. A.
The night was fixed for the wedding,and
a number of cards of invitation were
sent out. The guests assembled, but no
bridegroom appearing at a late hour
ttaev withdrew, full of sorrowful sym
pathy for the lady, and fierce indigna
tion against the man who had so over
whelmed her with mortifieatiou and dis
appointment. On the next day the lady
was a raving ntuuiac. The gentleman
in the ease, however, asserts that lie was
not engaged to the young lady, and had
110 idea of it, nor did lie know anything
abont the wedding that was appointed
for hint. He doubtless tells tins truth,
and the arrangements for the wedding
on the part of the unfortunate young
lady were but the premonitory symp
toms of the insanity afterward folly,
developed.
Ilumlsg IbaUes In Irelaud.
Some very interesting antiquarian -ha
i-overie* lmve recently la-en made in the
Hand hill* of Fiuuar, aw ild di*tri--t -x
tending along the coast between llaily
sliauuon ami Uuudonui, Ir- land. It aj
iN-ai-s thut the owner of the laud, Colonel
Falliott, of Holybrook, m-ar Itoyle, lis*
given tlirts-tions for the erection of a
wall on tliat portion of his estate, and
that tlie workmen em ploy oil, in la-lping
iheuiseives Very freely U wliat apiM-ar*l
to them to lie iui ordinary heap of fi- ld
stom-s, uatueui*n some very large bl*-ks
of soui-lnbine plmv-tl ill the i-eiib-r of lie
pile. One of those they sletlged to
pieces, and thus opened one aide of
what apjieareil to W a uiegalithic
oiiamlwir, csiutaiuing a large quantity of
human lauies, among which were several
skulls iu tine preservation. It is much
to be regretted that belora auy intelli
g>-llt pertain liad lietUl nunle aware of the
"find" the place was invaded by a
number of treasure s-ekiiig roughs from
Itallyshanuou, who, t*-*idea doing much
ibunage to the cist, broke tlie crania to
piectw, and scatb-ml tho other remains.
That the l*die lial been bulij-h-Uhl to
the action of fire, was evinced by the
scorched ap|*arsntvi of many of the
t hi uea, and bv the presence iu the clay,
and among tlie small and larger stones
bv which they were surrounded, of
pieces of cliareoal iu ja-rfoct pr- ta-rva
' u. Close by is a flue example of a so
called "grant's grave," a st-mncxn-le
ami jH-rtiiin of another, aud a little dn
tan.-e from tlie climl>ered iru tlin
workmen luul sometime previously
broken into a oromit-se, which was found
to mciisie human ashes, buruetl boues,
cliarcoal and a flue cinerary urn, some
fragments of which only have I* en pre
served. We understand that Mr. Wake
man, honorary secretary to the Arelimo
logical H-K-iety of Irelaml, lias vudted
this site of what s}ij*-ars to be • great
Iigan cemetery, and tliat an aoix-unt of
the discovery, acoompanied by nieaa
nred drawings of tlie various monu
ments, will appear in the journal of tliat
asMH-iatiou. We are sure, in the mean
time, Colonel Falliott will take M<-| to
prevent any further intrusion of igutir
ance or acta of vandalism. The plaix- is
well worthy of a scientific examination,
especially now, when the proa and cons
relative to the practice of cremation
among {.lhristian ivimmunities have W
coui- aoiu-'wliat ventilatiHi in certain
circles.
Detrult Fw Trcalßpi.
The flerman stddiers are going out .-n
a target shoot this fall. These will la
only U- 1,200,000 of them.
A tornado which crossed Missouri was
d- Bi ril**l a* " the wailing, writhing,
wriggling, whistling win J.
Some imperii are mean enough to say
tliat the lieutenant governor of Michigan
wotU'l never have 1-eeu heard of ha*l he
not l*-eu aurd for trying to kiss a
woman.
A New Orleans man wdl sit on a log
in tlie broiling *un and fish all day ami
f*s*i reward<*l with one bite, and yet if
his wife wants a pail of water brought
ho will exclaim : "Oh,yes—keep right
on fix m*' for burial !
If your nun, or father, or brother went
t*> California Ltd winter to escape the
rig*rs **f this climate, and didn't take a
thousand dollars along, voti should di
rect your tetters in care of soma poor
heunc if you want them to go tbrect.
Coru-x'T Whjtkwasii It. — lt was
only a line *r two in the *laily paper—a
few words to the eff-ct tliat the tV-ntral
Station had Ihwii newly whitewastesL
U**xlheart, of Bixtii stre* t, cam*- home,
after a night's absence, with whitewash
<m hi* back, and a- he mi l his wife h<-
u I: " Hiuig my luck! Got oarriisl
off on a link*) Hliore train." She picked
np the paper, placed li*r thumb <n the
wonl wliitewssh, and there were icicles
in b**r voice a* she repli**! : " Don't let
that happen again, \\ illiam titxalheart."
Jtmr AS WKI.I. —An old farmer, mail
ing a letter at tlio post-office, edged up
to the stamp window and inquired: " 1
gitppow you don't keep slw<cp-shears
her.-, do joit!" "Of course not," was
the reply. '* Never did keep 'em, did
you.'' "No, sir, and never shall."
" Well, sheep shears sell pretty well at
this time of the year, but if you haven't
got'eta I must go somewhere else. It's
just as well, probably, for I may con
elude to get ine sitar summer socks and
let the sheering go until uexl year."
A Vanquished Kagle.
Tlte llaltimoro Avp rioan gives ntt in
t-resting account of a recent attempt by
an eagle to carry off n cut, which oc
curred at a farm* on tlte bay shore of
Kent County, Maryland. A young me
dium-sized cat was treading leisnrely
along in a potato patch, when a huge,
full grown eagle swooped down, and,
catching Iter in it* talons, lw>ro her up.
Pussy wriggled and mewed piteoiudy for
some moments, but suddenly seeming
imbued with courage, she In gnu a deter
minod effort to obtain a hold on her op
pressor. So gnat were her struggles
that the eagle was unable to fly longer,
and kept up a continuous flapping with
its wings t<> keep aloft. After much ex
ertion, the cat sueeceded in her object,
. and obtained a Arm grasp with In relnws
ion the breast of the eagle, which made
I every possible endeavor to free itself itt
vain, it flapped its wings, shook its
liotly, and appeaml to heartily regret
having meddled with pussy in her peace
ful wavs. Finally, a if in despair and
exhaustion, it spread its brood wings
and fell slowly to the bay, over which
the struggle had lieen going on. Int
mediately u;. a touching the water, the
cat liHised her hold and swam boldly
ashore, while the eagle, upon iH'ing freed
of its troublesome burden, shot upward
and sped rapidly away.
Tlte Washington .Motiumetit.
I We have a circular from Wasliiugtou,
i says an exchange, inlhng upon the peo
• pie to make another effort for the pur
, |tose of completing the monument to the
• memory of Washington which now
r stands in reproachful solitude upon the
i banks of the Potomac. This shaft,
which is not more than one-fourth of
- the height it was intended to attaiu, has
i for a loug time been boarded up to pre
, > vent exiKxetre to the wind and weather.
I Occasionally there lias beena little effort
■ to collect no e money to finish it, but
' the people have laid no heart in the
matter. Congress would give nothing
to the undertaking. It would IM S
gratifying thing bi us it this monument
could lie completed. It is a reproach
to Ale* energy, and we may say to the
prirriotißin, of the American jieople that
we have not done the work long ago.
It would IKS a gratifying incident it the
centennial year would mark the comple
tion of a monument that would lie
1 among the wonders of the republic.
A Terrible Htorm.
Reports from numerous points iu
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ne
braska, lowa, Missouri, and Southern
Illinois indicate that the storm which
passu i over that section lasted from
Sattmlay till Monday night. It did
great damage, killing much live Atock,
tearing down houses, barns, and fences,
inundating whole Jortos, and injuring
the crops to" some extent. ..Railf'ead
bridges and culverls were siW jit away
iu some places, and many peraons in
i jured, and several are reported to have
i been killed.
The Value of I Ife In Huwii,
Tlie Ht. Petersburg correal*indent of
Uie iaiudon Attainturtl *ay : I*4
month the military tribnual of Warwaw
tried a cnae which in Knglaud would have
priHluml an imuieuae aeiiantiuu, and
whieh ia well worth noticing for the ex
traordinary state of feeling whicli it re
veal* in society. A *tan miilaiu, one
Kurpoff, wa indicted for the willful
tuurder of a rural tnagialiaU) named
K iaiuouko. He liad gone to the village
where the judge was stationed, placed
himself outher ukl w here the jmlge'acar
ringe uiuat pas*, aud deliberately shot
him without warning, at tlie risk of kill
ing the m-en-lnry by his side instead.
The wounded man got out, Kurpoff
fired again, roiled with hia victim into a
ilileh, and, when lie saw that life was
gone, professed " his heart lighter," and
went to give himself up. He was sen
tenced to Htberta, lut the court Will iu
U-rcede witli the -micrur, so that he will
only la- confined in a fortress for two
year*, without degradation or loan of any
rights.
Now this savage tragedy and abaurdiy
mild punishmeiit are the result of that
antagonism lietweeti the military men
and th<- civilians which still character
izes Hussion life and of Huaiuau military
views about dueling. The original
cause of quarrel, or rather tlie pretext,
was a miserable question of a chair for a
lady at a ball. The two men luwl long
liati J each olbei, and the civilian seems
Ui have beeu in the liabit of saying bit
ter things al*ut war aud officers. Ex
pianations followtnl the bail scene, and
the affair seemed ended, the *U
claiming offense, karpoff then is told
tliat Koziueiiko goes aUait with a dog
said to have fright* nd him, Kar|*>ft,
out of demanding satisfaction at the late
interview , Thu report k-ads to a swvmj
in a public garden, during which the
officer gives the lie dir*-ct, and receives
a blow on the cheek. Of course a duel
must follow. It appears that Kocinenko
never really refuse*l t> fight, but tliat
karjniff, through the fault of one of the
aeeunds, thought he did. The details
are unimportant. Tlie officers sign a
round robin exonerating KarjH.ff from
all stain on his honor, aud tin- evi.lenc*-
shows him U* have been a studious,
quiet living, promising officer, yet be
believes tliat his honor reouiml turn to
murder Kozmeiiko, am! those iu com
mand over hiui evidently tic mght that
lie coul J not act otherwise. Buch is the
prenent stale of public opinion about
dueling in Huaaia. Among tint officers
of the guard, at the present moment.
th*-r<- is au assuciatic'i, the memtiers of
which liav*- Isiuiul tL.emselr-s not to re
fuse a challenge, and, to my knowledge,
a very high (s-rwotiage iudrwwl expr*sd
his a]*|*roval of this undertaking a fight,
and iris conviction that it b-uih-d to pre
vent disputes among those who liad
signed it.
For Mothers to Read.
Au exoliange, m noticing some of the
crimes committed under cover of tin
law, *ars that "soothing compounds"
and " infants' cordials," and all things
of a like kind are so many (Miaous kept
and u-whl for th injury or executi*n of
babies who haptien t> be cliargnnl with
Uie crime of lwing en ma. Tlie amonnt
of narcotic drags ivmsumed every year
in this oovntrv is far in exevas of any
thing which their legitimate use can jus
tify; white it ia well known that the sale
of such mixtures as we hav- mentioned
is enormous. The death of infants oc
curring from their a**- is not the limita
tion of the evil. Many children who arc
dosed with them do not die, but th**y
liv*- on. Impoverished in iwalily and
mental raiww-ity, to swell the p -pulaiion
of the unhealthy and dissolute which in
fests our cities.
Thin is H subject which coroners,
physicians, MM -t.il reformers, and the
society fur tho ureTentioa of cruelty to
children rony MVioiagoa*l]r bring un
der their consideration. Cmsen will
find no lurk of awes for their judicial
treatment if only they take a very little
trouble to look for tln-m. •• Opium "is
an infantile disorder €f very common oc
currence, but it lies roucraiwl under
some more legitimate designation, and
is only to la* detected after special re
search. The indiscriminate sale of nar
cotic medicines, which ar> n reports!
especially for yonng children, should la*
checked. Many of litem are proprie
tary, atnl those an a rule are tie* most
dangerous. There is no euuitobl© r*a
son why the nurse or mother who ad
ruint item them, the druggist who sells
them, and Uie person who makes them,
ahould not Is* held nwjwusible for their
consequences. It is a poor testimony to
out advanced civilization that the use of
such things should go on unrestrained,
that infanta should he kilted for no
greater crime than ill-temper, itself often
the result of ill-health, and that the con
stitutions of a large part of the coming
generation should lie enfeebled by a pro
cess which, if it had prevailed two hun
dred yeara ago, would have brought its
inventors to deserved punishment.
Large Kara and Small Kara.
Large ears, says a theorist, mounting
his ltohby, hear tilings in general, and
denote brood, comprehensive views and
modes of thought; while small ears hear
things iu particular, and show a disposi
tion to individualize, often accompanied
by the. lore of the minute. liargc ears
ore usually satisfied with learning the
leading facts of n case, with the general
principle involvis!—too strict att atten
tion to the enumeration of details, es
pecially all repetition of the more unim
portant—is wearisome to litem. People
with such ears like generality, and are
usually fitted to conduct laigc enter
prises, to receive and pay out money iu
large sums; they prefer to give with a
free hand, without reference to tlte
amount- Small ears, on the contrary,
desire to know the particulars of a story,
as well aH the main facts; take deligiit
often in exaimhfttg, handling, or con
structing tiny specimens of workman
ship; are disposed to lie i xact witii re
s]n*et to inches atnl ounces in buying or
selling, to the extent fit least of know
ing the exact munlicr over or under the
stated iniwanre given or received. Peo
ple with stieh ears would, in most coses,
prefer n retail to s wholesale btisiftesH,
A Parisian Story.
A Palis jiaper narrates a story of winch
n Parisian recently returned front the
cape was the hero. One day, having
strayed sway with two companions for a
longdistance from the town, he, with
his friends, came ii|H>n u cabin, which,
lieing very hungry, they entered. Itt it
was an old tiegress, who wa-t making nud
cooking a sort of omelette. They
made Iter understand by signs that they
were very hungry, aud particularly
wanted that omelette, and would
pay a good price for it. She, by signs,
assented readily. Then, pointing to a
string of nvtishrooms hanging by, they
intimated that these would make a
savory addition to the meal. The woman,
with it scream of horror, abandoned her
cooking aud took refuge in a corner.
They, without more ado, added the
mushrooms for themselves, anil found
tlte whole delicious. As they finished, a
cry of despair was heard at the door.
Tho ingro Imstmud had retnruod hi m e
the last, of Alto cam of his deceased
enemies vanish down it Parisian threat.
Tho three friends were ill for fifteen
days, and cannot hear a mushroom
mentioned without turning pale.
Terms: $2.00 a "Y*ear, in Advance.
THE WEMTTRA LOU'KT.
A llr,irl,lli *1 Ikr l.raiMfcui'prr. lit lldriu
mm* Ua Wmmd
Charbvi 11. I>oigv, aaniataut entomoto
gist United Btetrw <ipaitineut of agri
culture, in a letter to the New York
Hrrnirt says: The Western migratory
locust, or " hateful gnus-hopper," as M
is s-um-tnnes nailed, is an iuwx-t measer
lag fr.>m an inch and a quarter to an
inch ami a half in length from haul to
tip of wings, which extend over or
Itttyund the abdomen from an eight to a
third of an inch. A description of the
m*cet is liardly necessary, as it very
closely resemblns the common little red
h gg,-4 grusshoppar ao ptenlifui in fields
and meadows in the summer and fall
and known in scientific parlance as Ha
loftlmtu femur-rubrum, tlie princi|a)
difference Is-ing the length of wings. In
fact, the Western migratory apcctea be
longs to the same genua, and is named
| ('tUopteHUd *}>rt tu*. A there are uiany
j other grasshoppers fouud in the region
inhalnted by three insects it is not at sll
uncommon for " Eastern friends " to re
j oaivc monstrous samples of hoppers aa
• the destructive hj-ecltM, snd we have even
received by mail very large specie* be
: longing to s group that never have
wing*, and therefore cannot tie inigra
i lory, as {>ecimeus of the kind of insects
' that are devouring the lend. What they
I lack in aixe, however, they make up in
j numbers, aud persons that have never
seen a " visitation" can form no idea of
the extent of thctr swarma, and would
' liardly credit the statement that they
had lieeu seen drifted against a grain
shed three feet deep.
Of their itoeky mountain hiatory noth
ing of importance is known. They do
live in the mountains, however, and are
found far up the peaks, even to the snow
\ range, where tin y have been caught in
attempt tug to fly over. 1 have beesi in
formed that three insects may be froxen
Mtiff, so that they may be broken like
| pipe stents, yet their fellows in the same
-.itnation can lie thawed ont and hi a
idmrt time will be as lively as ever.
The manner in which they deposit
I their eggs is as follows; The female,
| with the ovipositor at tin- cud of her
abdomen, forms a hole in the aofl, gen
•-rally al-out an inch deep, the horn-like
| tips enabling her to do this by s sort of
i drilling process in a short spore- of time,
usually but a few minutes. The insect
i prefer* lore sandy place* or hard dry
ground for tliia purpose, but at the same
time will oviposit iu other locations.
The egg* are deposited side by tele in
a mass to the number of thirty to uur
hundred. They are slender, yvilowish,
-lightly curved, an<l measure about one
fifth of an inch in length, tod when
frewh are soft and moist, but soou be
come h'irder. They are rarely, if ever,
deposited in moist or wet ground.
When they flret hatch they are white
or grayhh iii color wild very tender, and
in the to-ginning of spring the cool
nights often destroy many of them. They
oat nearly everything that con be eaten
aud randy ever leave until the supply is
exhausted. They have their jireferenoeft,
however, and delight in anything acid
or aour, and even hot ami bitter sub
stance*, as tolwoco, pepja-r, etc., are
much to their taste. The tender vegeta
tion is alway* dtn>yed first, Imt it is a
little singular thai ewcct substance*, aa
green corn, a-rghnm and the like are
heft attacked until the other* are con
sumed. Itiley says: " Vegetable* aad
0-ered* are their main -tay; turnips,
carrots, robltage and radishes arc all de
roared with avidity, Ix-cta and potatoes
with Ires relish, though sometime* the
talters in the ground do not eecapa.
Onion* tliey are very partial to; oi legu
minous plants the pods are preferred to
the leaves, and cucurbttaceous plant 1
also Kiiffer most in the fruit Of the
rereal* re-m is their favorite, and if
young and tender is devoured to the
ground. They are fond of back wheat
and flax, but seldom touch castor beans.
Next to vegetables and certwls they
relish the leaves of fruit trees. Thps-- of
the }>eaeh are generally left untouched,
though the fruit is eaten to the stono."
Nor do they cease when the supply of
green food is exhaust**!, as they are
known to eat the dry bark of trees, the
dry lint from a well seasoned fence
plank, drv leaves and paper, ootton and
woolen fabrios, and they ban leeu sm
even upon tlie tiacks of a flock of sheep
derounng the wool. Dead animals are
sometimes food for them, and if one of
their owr number beeemea disabled it is
soon finished by its hungry brethren.
They show a marked preference for
wilted or unhealthy plan to
A Notable I'lare.
Quiucy, Ma-oachnsetta, i* a notable
birthplace of great men, such as John
Hancock, the Adamses, l/nincys, and
others more or lees famous. It is a pic
turesque old town. From the summit
of Pnwi-lent's hill the eye swretis over
a magnificent aoeue, crowded with remi
niaceuces of a oeutury ago. Directly
Iwneath, on the east, is the site of the
old home of John Hani-x-k, now ocen
pied by the Adams Academy; to the
southeast stands the decayi- g nmnsiou,
witti negb-ct—l surrouu-img*. where
botti John Adams and John Quitscy
A-lain were lorn; slid nearer by, ou
tlie north, ia the fine old estate which
was built by a Tory and confiscated to
the government, and which afterward
became the reahleitos of John Adams,
and is still occupied by his gnuidsou,
Hon. Charles Franci- Alams; a few roils
fur!lter to tlie north, half hidden in the
surrounding foliage, stoiids tlie old club
house, kuown as the Ureenleuf Home,
wlure many of the leading patriots of
the revolution were wont to meet and
confer together, and where were ar
ranged plana which were vital to ltl>erty.
Three auil many other relics of patriot
ism are still standing hire to recall
sociu-s whicli lis re long since pawed into
history.
The IkiMill's Rootifte.
V few months ago a Mexican by the
name of Fianmseo Vi-Ua came to the
rsnche of John Hcinlan, on Mussel
slough, and hired ont to herd horses.
He snlmeqnentiy tt<d that he lind
been one of the* Chavis band, had re
solved to leave them mid w-as fearful
that he would be murdered for so doing.
On the morning after Viella had gone
to bis work, a large, well-dressed man,
whom the Chinese cook took to be
either a Mexican or n Frenchman, rode
up and wanted breakfast. He was
mounted on a large Iwy horse, and well
armed with pistols aud gun. lie rode
away over the pluiu. Toward night the
horse of Viella was found tied to the
fence, with tlie saddle removed, am!
forty or fifty rods away the dead Ikklv
of the rider was found, where he liad
1-ecu lassoed and dragged over the
plain* until his neck was brekeu and life
extinct. There can In- no doubt but
the murderer wna a member of the
Chavis gang.
How does a Spider Make its Web!
Here is a poser put by a writer in .N'ci
noe Go**ip, which some of our readers,
who liave watched the lmbita of spiders
uiav be able to answer : How does a apidt-r
make its web, the Hues of wliicli, cross
ing at the ivnter, are carried, some of
I hem, tot he surrounding objects, while
others are fastened to an outer eironlai
line, made ov.ieiit\jr hptore the.outer
circnlai - lines of the woof ire formed f
Where does the spider place itself when
it ejects the lines svliich form the spoke*
of the wheel i
NO. 2ih
A ROMANCE IK REAL LIFE.
' A Hi, a wi Kml*r fakertla a .Willi**
mm 4 la t* to MorrtaSl,
During Ui late rebellion, aays the
Detroit Ave Prtm, a father and two
sous entered the Third Pewisylvaiila
eavairy aud servi-4 until tin* father and
one son were killed and the surviving
sou waa mat home illaahled. The father
left an i-tate valued at that time at
about gMiki.OUO, aud from the time of his
death until about a mouth ago tin* estate
ha* lwon in iibgation. During this time
the aurvivur, James Hhay by name, ta
, terminiug to fit himself out for lite, with
commendable petssvsfsnoe has learuisi
1 the trade of atone cutter, machinist, and
engineer, aud during hut winter worked
at Dundee in this Htato aa engineer ia a
mill. Previous to his leaving his home
at Philadelphia, however, he placed the
securing of his portion of bm father's
' retate, ss bis b<*ir, in the bands of a
ludge of Knight Templars to whit b bis
fattier la-longed, with Charles Minor of
Philadelphia as special oouuscd.
Wliile at work in the mill at Dundee
Mr. Hhay became ambitious to add the
experience of a (steamboat engiaear to
the record of hw life, and hut winter
proceeded to Cleveland to secure an
engineer's license. He interviewed
M rears. Bounders A Cook, steamboat in
spectors at this port, waa examined by
them and was told that be bad proved
liimx-li worthy a 1 human aa areiaiii engi
| neer tut a high pressure engine or first
; engineer on a tug boat, and that if he
could accure such a t-oaitiou tbey would
'' issue t-i* Ij-t— The ooot ot a license
is five doitara, which Mr. tttuy did n-t
have, aud he no informed the inupMon
' promiaing to send the gmmti within
', thirty days. The inst-evtoes told sjp
they would issue bis license aud trout
' him for its cost, and be deported tor
Toledo, and in teas than a sreek had
' secured a [msitioii on tlss tug G. It.
' Hand. Tim coveted house was made
* j out at this port and soul to him. .
I The tug Hand was engaged at Totado
in towing aoowo, tender# to the dredge*
I I at work on the harbor improvement at
- that port, aud tihay waa in good spirits,
r wot king faithfully, his hep** paid for,
', am) tor the time being, aa ho nays, bed
* given mighty little thought to what
■ he might or might not gut front Phils
* drlphUL
' 1 'ur iig Um forenoon at Tnesdsy, June
i 1, hhay was at work is Uu hold of the
tug Hand, tightening the brasses on the
connecting rod, when the hatchway above
was dwk<*ncd, ami' looking up be saw
a Kmiimg countruanee peering down at
tii, i snd a n*ml (iinaaml nsurliing
toward him. " jSbre, I think you may
stop work for a while," mid the intruder,
and the voice wo recugnined as Charles
Mim-r, hi* c-nnsH.
M 1 got stuck on the cantor," said
hhay, " when I saw Mr. Miner, hut told
1 him I would be ou deck immediately if
1 he would get out of the way. Covered
with oO and smoke I climbed oat, ami,
1 just as I was, not -van giving me time
1 < to wipe my bauds, Mr. Minor aetand me
b v ixiUi auitl lokl um lliflkl list?
- cane had bceu decided in my favor, and
that all I had to do was to draw the
' money. Y'ou should bive seen those
overalls come off, and the way that
wn -ich snd my old cap spun around ou
' deck was a caution. 1 couldn't my any
tiling, to 1 seated myself cm the bul
warks and looked at Mr. Miner."
The remit was that Mr. Hliay went to
Philadelphia with Mr. Miner, found
out that he was in reality a millionaire,
property valued at over Si,OUU,CtiO being
u- the hands of the Knight Templars,
who managed hia case, ready for such
disposition a* he should wee fit to order.
Returning, Mr. Hhay stopped at Toledo
a day or two, and yesterday arrived in
this city. In the atteruaou he visited
the office of Cook & Saunders, carry
ing under his arm his license as engineer,
handsomely mounted on s (due satin
background, sod surrounded with a ame
aive r-xiewood and gold frerue. Happily
Mr. hhay's good fortune dues not end
here, as he expects to be married to a
young lady, the daughter of a farmer
who liwa near Dundee, and who; when
•he went to Toledo to work last spring,
secured employment at Toledo, and
together they have been working and
wooing in that city.
What Next!
Mine. Rachel, of Paris, the equal aud
ooatinuator of the famous Mmc. Rachel,
of London, render* ladies "beautiful
forever " fur the trifling imm *of £I, OOO,
with the trifling inconvenience of never
being able to wash face, neck or hands,
the " enameled" eurfaoe not being *n*
oeptible of anymore energetic "ckxrn
ing " than can he accomplished by the
gentlest possible dusting with the softeet
brush of Iwdger's hair. Enameled la
dies, moreover, can only indulge in
smiles to s I united extent, for the enamel
ha* a troublesome way of cracking thai
must be carefully guarded against. The
Pariaian enameler, who claim* to lie a
niece and n-tapted daughter of the great
lautdon homonym, dnvea every day in
the It-is, at the fashicuable hour, in an
opicu curriaga and pair of lite utmost ele
gance, dressed in the extreme of fashkm,
and cnibellishetl with all tlie resources of
her art, and keeps a standing advertise
ment in the principal newspapers, in
forming the public that " the wouder
fully beautiful stranger, whose appear
auix> caused such an nnprecedented ex
citement among the lemlers of the faah
kmable world, a* she drove in her ele-
Ent eipnipage round the drives of the
is do Itoulogtie, arm no other than the
renowned Looutine Rachel, powsaasr
of the secret of Nuion, who is to he con
sulted at such and such an address, and
is reodv render the whole female sex as
bewitehingly tieautifulaashe is herself.*
San Francisco Mang.
'Die popular upeech of Hun Fnuuuaoo,
say* a writer in -S cribnier't Mmithh/, is
strongly flnvored with localiaius. Yon
hear on every side the jargon of tlie
mining csunp, the pafoit of tlie frontier.
If a man fail* in business he is "gone
up a flume;" if he make* a lucky specu
lation lie "lias struck it rich if lie
dies he lis* " passed iu his checks."
Of a man of sound sense it is said "his
head is levela g-H>d business is suil
to " pan ont well." The genuine Guli
fornian never says he has made a for
tunate investment, but he ha* '• struck
u lenducvor says ho has got rich, but
lie has " mmle his pile." A good
dinner he calls a "s-iuare meal;" k
cheat is always a "bilk ;" getting at the
real character of n man is " coming
down to the bed rock." " Clean out,"
"freexeout," ure synonyms for raaoally
ojieratious iu business. When stocks
are active they are said to lie "boom
iug ;" a panic'in the market is expreseeil
by tlie term " more mud ;" a man who
is hurt in a mining transaction is
" clinched a weak man is said to have
"no saud iu him a lying excuse is
denounced as " too thin." In the slang
vernacular, an ratiug-phvee is a " hash
house," a "pretty waiter girl" ia a
"beer-slinger, and a newspaper reporter
an " iuk-aliuger."
The following is a good cure fur
' scurvy leg* am- >ug fowls: Take aulplter,
two ounces: rhnnsnd, jmlverir.ed, one
tomtit ounce; train oil enough to form
a paste. Apply with Urn hand, by rub
bing well in. Allow it to remaiu for
three days; then wash off in nuhl weath
er with good soapsuds, and repeat the
' dressing as often as it is necessary.
—
* '" IfoitJtf.
Oemswtorxw-W*" wta*s*ls|a
}ln IwißfiH land to taMaau'* tad ■
! Two Unifying stops* aurt tare to tare-
Am) tod* WMsb other W4.
"Ami who • jmj*' crted <**, W"
shuddering In tit* gleaning Ugr**-
*• I do h know" tl Hi* mmmi *to|"
" I only ffiod taut titftn!"
af. a. AMrirh
Thought* for tMUNtay JHght.
h In Iml rwoutep iwwifiiteiwlli
lo slavery, when mm mmomtm t •;
I VlflA
Active imtnre* are rarely m- bnrtwdy.
I Activity *ud melancholy are itKmmj*ti
blo.
la hie it is difSanU to my wh > do you
th neat miaobief—enemies with the
won* tateutiou*, or Mis with tito |
boot
Toil, feel, think, hop*. Amm ia
* to dream enough Mom ho dte*.
without making aHwagwnento fw *
purport. "* *
Trimlirir rotuuw ttw moml nature,
whether ft be danger or suffering, or the
approach of d*tb, faaaiab unt*. li-f in a
moment. f
if The monhuj at lha trnaaury will mm
dirre* tb twynxmt of ti* <bwtl install
moot of SW,WO of fhe Farragut prue
money.
Hhirkargo, " The (Sty of tftiarka," ia
the eloquent heading of a Ht. I>mia edi
torial tlpdn Chicago'* delinquent la*
' lint.
Take away my find letter, lake away
my new .ml fetter, take ftwogr all my tot
ters, and lam still the aoum-The pott
yrmn
j The Empress of Japan caution* her
young lady friends about "talking feud
fy ou the like the vulgar America
girls."
An liinoit gnotr aaya ha wouhl 'father
hare the power to tell a good egg from
a bad one than to be President of the
United State*.
Pennyroyal torn*. rubbed and prmd
out in a room, or the unaorking of a
bottle of the mmmm, wfll drive out moa
quitoes, it la wmt*
The height of earthly promotion and
glory iifte ua up no whit nearer heaven,
i It is easier to atop there from the lowly
vale of buarihattou and sorrow.
" Mary," said a poeacher, addressing
* eutomi convert, "ia not the U>v of
God wonderful ?" She replied "Ido
imi tiQi.it it ia ao wonderful, because it
ia just like him.**
Gram- m glory militant sod glory ia
grace triumphant; giaoa is glory begun,
glory hi grace made perfect; grace ia the
firat degree of glory, glory is the highest
t asrieisssu r il* ttftPMhuftb*
Ut ffTW Ot
Grtnwty during lifa is a very dif
fereoi thing from generosity in the hour
of dtoth; the one proceeds from liber
ality and bewvoteuoe, the other from
pride or fern-
True ameoee, which is lha knowledge
of facts, and true pfeHrtoplty, which is
the knowledge of jwiaripto*, aits always
allied to true raligiMb bteb is the
hamMtty of the mmwith facts and prin- -
! gtokgh,
No man's life iafroe from struggles
and mrti£eeuous, not even the hap
piest: J.at every one may build up his
own hapworos by seeking mental pleas
ore, and thus male himself independent
of ontvnyd fortune.
Human ramou. after gbrttisg mid
roaming from am* to met, yesnw for a
Lanl and Maker, sot to oruair it down
but h> take it up, weak, bewildered and
weary, and foil it in that divine reason
whew* alone it borrows vigor and illn
' minstion. 4
' It Is a go** sod safe rule to sojourn
In everv place as if you meant to spend
rour ife theaa, never omittifig an tm~
portunhy of doing a kmdaam, or speak
u* a true word, or making a fmnd.
Soec thus sown by the vmynid® often
brin c forth abnodaut lisrrest.
The Hasher of the Irau Xluea.
• He was always mad. liuriag the flush
tunes of W7241 he used to loaf around
the docks and invito sundry and divers
pcamms b> climb up and ait on th fleshy
part of liis arm. He was muscular, and
be knew it. fn the hksow and jwide of
.tartv manhood, hewaaaathc tafty holy
hoek toppiiug over the modest catnip.
H® wore hi* panto st'Oflfed into high top
Ixtoto, a strap girting hi* waist, blue
flannel shirt turned tinder low down on
his breast, sad a broad hat that swept
awsv from his burning forohead like the
fanfeil of a Jenyboat, He was slow, de
liberate and great. If he beard of a
lighting mate on board any of the ves
sels in pent, or even a common waiter
whom nature had upholstered, aa it www,
to order, he longed few his blood, and
sought him out with aa uanwwtaew that
was brantif ul in its devotion. Everybody
liked him. He was frank, open-hearted,
and would just as leave kick your head
as took at won. If he desired a drink,
' all he did he was to saunter up to one
of bis numerous admirers and impure
what the governor of North Carolina
said to the governor of South Carolina,
and the reply of the latter executive that
hecunddfltod it a long time between
drinks, n=nni!v ending in quenching his
thirst si somebody else's expense. He
was a bruiaer from Bruiaexville. he was,
and admitted, reluctantly, that he bad
cleaned ont no lew than four circuses
and rferen mnalboats during the ooure©
of his cheerful and happy existence.
Buffalo Tots oame upon an ore barge, just
to And out who he was, and went back
with data and information that exceeded
bis moat sanguine expectations. The
Detroit Pile Driver came up and had an
interview, and Ids friends made him aa
comfortable as posmfato on his way back
to the city. The panic came, and he
smiled a li-fty smile, stopped on bo*rd
the car*, and beat his way out to Utah,
laud winter a snow slide rushed down
lite mountain side and buried him six
teen feet deep, bat he gradually wrig
gled oat, came to the surface, and re
quested tliem to fetch on a decent snow
slide if they were going to have any
truck with htm '.—Jtarquetta Miming
Journal. _ •
The Hired WrU
A hired girlehonld be ingenious. One
of them* in Hi* employ of a West street
family, Daubtvy, discovered an unique
way at extracting teeth. She suffered
uearlv ft whole week with an aching
tooth", but had not the courage to go to
a dentist. One afternoon it troubled
her so much aa to foroe her to look for a
remedy, and ahe finally hit upon a plan.
With u piece of stout twine rite made a
loop, which she put about her tooth.
Then she took a tut of amp ami rubbed
it on the floor, opposite the l*ck door.
The other end of the twine she fastened
to the knob of the el used door. Thou
she UHik a position on the soaped boards
and comm. need to lean back. When
she had acquired a slope of about forty
live degroea, the soap suddenly took
hold, and she name down on the floor
with such force as to knock a pair of ten
dollar vases from a mantel upstairs.
.And there she sat, reaching out for
breath, when the affrighted family made
their appearance, while the offending
tooth dangled from a string against the
door. ' _
A Hint.
Since Uuliee liavc begun to wear parti
colored hose, they should know that the
color used on them r pois&aotts. Mr.
Hart Dj ke, member of the Hritisli Par
liament, had adopted the fashion, and,
lieing on an exciuwou from London a
few weeks ago, he danced. Next day
His feet swelled, and the physicians were
uuable to discover the cause until one
of them took a notion to axainiue the
stockings he wore, whicli he found to
bo. colored with aniline dye, very
poisonous substance, that laid irritated
the skin and raised vitulou* pustnUa.
Janliea in Loudon, Pari* and elsewhere
had been similarly affected, and not till
the case of Mr. Dyke became known did
the doctors even guess nt the true iwr. e
*df this -w.
The e xportetiM> oLwifihaat and flour
from the Paciflo coast for the year ending
with this month, will amount to about
10,250,000 centals of wheat, valued at
' alxuit 000.