1 Bonder Why.
I vondn why
Tlip whit dead- t*y up in ti)* ky '
The birds lisht low thst fly i fast ;
The downy thit.Ua f -*1 I* t:
Bnt the clon<ls >•> alwaya Ui^li.
I wonder *hy'
I wonder liow
The UtUe bird cling* to ih bough'
Sometime* at night when I *- *lo
And hear tlie tree-tope moan and ehsVe.
I think, " flow sleep the hmliee now t"
1 wonder how'
I wonder why
We leave the fair earth for the sky!
I wish that we might always atay;
That the dear Lord might come some day.
And make it heaven! Yet we mnat die.
I wonier why !
—Mary A. Lathhury.
In the Shelter of the Fold.
Tli.re were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold ;
But one wae out on the hiila away
Far off from the gate, of gold.
Away on the mountains wild ud hare.
Away from the tender Shepherd's oars
'• tiord. Thon hast here Thy ninety and nine ;
Are they not enough for Thee V"
But the Shepherd made answer *' This of
mine
Has wandered away from me ;
And although the road be rough and steep,
I go to the deeert t J find my sheep."
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters oroeeed ;
Nor how dark was the night that tlie lewd
;eased through,
'Ere He found lite sheep that waa loat.
Out in the desert He heard its cry.
Sick and helpless, and teady to dia
" Rird. whence are thoee hkwxi tracks all the
Thai mark out the mountain's track ?"
" They were ahsd for one who had gone astray
'Ere the Shepherd could hung him hack. "
•• Lord, whence are Thy bauds so ran." and
torn r
" They are pierced to-night by many a thorn.
And all thro' the monnUuna. thunder riven.
And up from the rocky steep.
There roee a cry to the gate of heaven,
" Rejoice 1 I have found my sheep 1"
And the angels echoed around the throne,
" Rejoice ! for the Lord brings back His
own —Moody and Sanixy't llyn is.
WILD ROSE OF CAPE COD.
Nearly all the rosea in Massachusetts
aro born in June, but Wild, the little
daughter of John Rose, WAS born in
• IVoember, and on Cape Cod, too.
Well, on Caje Cod. as I said. Wild
Root was born ; but that was twelve
years ago, so, this last December, was
celebrated her twelfth birthday. It
wasn't much of a celebration, to be sure,
for there weren't many perms to cele
brate it—only Mrs. R.se and Johnny,
and Wild herself, for Captain Rose was
gone on a fishing trip.
At tea that night there was upon the
table a big load of ginger-cake—frosted,
too—and around altout it—not on it,
mind rou—twelve small tallow candles.
"Twelve dips." Johnny said, "that
male as much light as the Highland it
self." And Johnny ought to know, for
the keeper of Cape Cod light is a great
friend of Johnny s and often in summer
lets the lad go up with hiai to sis.- him
** light up. "
This Highland light stands out on the
bleak cajx-, and is oftentimes the first
light that greets the sight of seamen
when approaching the coast of New Eng
land from over the Atlantic ocean.
Even in summer the wind blows so
hard at the Highland that it blows the
wings of young turkeys over their heads,
and in winter it blows nobody knows
how hard.
I am quite certain yon never saw a
home like Wild Rose's home. It is hid
den away in the very bottom of a big
hollow in the sand, and is protected on
all sides by a high fence to keep the
sand from covering it np. In the first
place the house had been boill upon
spiles driven into the sand, but the
fence was afterwards added, and outside
of the fence WAS a barricade of seaweed.
Over the stilts, fence, sea-weed and all
was the fisherman's cabin, as snug and
warm and comfortable as anywhere on
Cape Cod could be. Not far away on
the Atlantic coast was a charity house,
not a poorhonse when- i>oor folks could
go aud live when they hadn't anywhere
else to lire, bnt a rude room, inclosed
by a rude outside, into which a poor
shipwrecked mariner might crawl and
possibly keep himself from freezing to
death until help should drive. Wood
and match**, aud straw are supposed to
be kept in every charity house along the
coast
Johnny Rose was two years younger
than his only sister Wild, but a ten
year-old lad on Cape Cod knows more of
the sea and ships and fishing than the
wisest grown-up man in the world who
lives inland.
The Little Katie was Captain Rose's
fishing schooner, and the Little Katie
waa frozen fast in* the ice right in sight
from the land up the bank above the
cabin. Two weeks pa—l by and still
the ice held the fishing boats anil would
not let them go. Stout little sb-am tugs
went rasping away with firm bows ami
good intent at the ice day after day in
order to break it up and tow the boat*
out of danger, but the cold came down
stronger tliau ever and knit the ice
cake firm*r and firmer. Every day,
Johnny, bundled np until he looked like
I don't know what, made the toilsome
journey over to the Highland to look
through the "glass" at his father's
schooner, and, every night for two
weeks, with a fAoe on fire from the fric
tion of the wind, he came back with the
good news, " No signal up yet."
"No signal up y-1" meant that there
was still something left to eat ami wood
to burn on the Little Katie, and hopes
also of getting free of the ice without
sinking.
Now and then a neighbor came down
:'nt > the hollow and walked in without
knocking at the cabin door, to inquire
bow Mrs. Rose was getting on, and to
raj yet again: "Cape Cod lias seen
harder times than this, Mrs. Rose.
Keep np a stout heart, and well have
the fl -et safe into Providence harbor be
fore many days." And then Mrs. Rose
would put on a bright look and say, in a
cheery voice, "Oh, I hope no," bat in
her heart she fear*-. 1 all things, for did
she not know that every dwelling
on Cape Cod had its widow aooner or
later ?"
At last there came a dav when Mrs.
Ross said that Wild might go to the
light with Johnny to learn the news.
The two children set off in high glee.
The sky yas clear, and the wind was
blowing from the west. The Highland
lighthouse was not more than a mile
away, aud "what could happen to the
children ? Nevertheless, Mrs. Rose
gave them many command*. They
were to return as soon as they found out
what news from Little Katie, and, if it
should snow, they were to go back or
forward, whichever way Bhould be the
nearer, and, if near the coast, they ere
t® go to the charity house in the bank,
ami wait there for rescue.
The wind helped them on their way,
and, to write the exact truth, blew so
hard and so fast, that it came very near
blowing them past the lighthonse over
the high bank into the ocean.
" It s a tough day, a tough day, even
fortheCape," said the lightkeeper, when
they reached the lighthouse, " and the
boats have drifted, Johnny. For the
the life of me, I can't make out the Lit
tle Katie." But Johnny made her out
without the slightest difficulty. Of
course he did ! Does not every Cape
Cod boy know his father's boat ? More
than all, there hrng the signal of dis
tress. The light-keeper saw it, and Wild
looked at it, and Johnny looked again,
and declared that: " Come what would,
he'd get out there, and find out what the
matter was."
Thou the glass was put away, and
they all went down, and the children,
thoroughly warmed, started for home.
A little cloud over Cape Cod bay grew
and came nearer aud spread more and
more, and at last began to drop down
like white snow on the sand.
" Come ! pitch into it as fast as you
KHKT). KTirr/, Ktlitor mul Proprietor.
VOL. VIII.
can while wo iwu Haiti Johnny,
seizing Wild', liatut and bowing to the
wind. " We're thr— quarters home ayd
we'll tuako it iu uo time."
It was not dark, ami Johnny kuew the
land marks well. Here a bunch of por
erty grass atnl there a forlorn clump of
buyK-rry, wlnmc outline* he knew juat
as ho knew tiie outline* of the l-oat* ami
sails, served to guide him when the air
was thick with snow.
"We're lost!" said Wild, pulling
back and trying to stop Johnny; but the
sturdy little fellow declared that they
weru't U*st at all; didn't he know all
alaiut it f Hadn't he "fogged" it many
a time to the light aud t-aokf Why,
there, right ahead, was a pole that he
knew. Of course it was, right on top of
home; and there was mother calling this
minute, not fifty feet away.
All of which statements were quite
true ; and in five initiates they were safe
in the cabiu, and had told their news
from the toe U-uud l*oata.
"Nothing to eat, maybe, aud i>>ld,
perhaps. Not sick, I hope, ' said Mrs.
Wild; and then, in rather a dismal way,
she set forth the little table for their
evening meal.
" 1 should think you'd feel gladder
about our getting home safe, mother,"
said Wild ; "for just see how it snows."*
" I am," said Mrs. Wild ; " but 1 was
thinking of some way to help your
father."
"Do you think there is a wav f" asked
Wild. " Yon know the tniats can't get
there, and the ice isn't safe."
" If I was God," said Johnny, " I'd
fetch a big wind along tliat 'ud crack
that ice up small as fish scales in no
time."
"Yew, and sink every boat in no time !"
suggested Wild, with scorn.
"Oh, dear !" said Johnny, "I guess
I was in too much of a hurry ; but some
thing's got to be done!"
The wind had been blowing two hours
after dark, and the snow and sand wore
whirling about iu a long, round ilauce.
after the fashion of Cane Cod sand and
snow, when Wild called out of the dark
ness to Johnny:
" Are you asleep I"
Johnny guessed he wrsn't asleep, al
though he had been fast asleep when
Wild's voice reached him, and wanted
to kuow w hat was the matter.
"I've thought of away, I guess, we
can reach the Little Katie, Johuny."
" How f"
Johnny was np in the bed, 1 -auing on
his hands, interested, iu a im-ment.
"You know that big hank of net twine
of father's ?"
" What of it I" with disappointment.
" Don't you believe 'twould reach f"
" Whose goin' to reach it, I should
like to know f"
" When the wind blows right"—
"What, then. Wild Rone f Are you
talking in your sleep I"
"Send a kite over!" suggested Wild,
not heeding the interruption.
"Whew !" exclaimed Johnny, sinking
down into bis warm bed again.
He didn't sjx-ak, aud poor Wild
thought he held her scheme in extreme
derision ; nevertheless, Johnny was
thinkiug, even after his sister was
sleeping.
Tlie next day it snowed all day.
There was no chance to hear one word
from the fishing fleet. Johnny declared
that he must go to the nearest neigh
bor's house. He knew the way well
enough; but it was after nine o'clock
before he set forth.
Presently he returned with his friend,
Peter Petit, and the two lads spent tlie
morning, with barred door, in Caption
Rose's net-room.
Wild peeped into the place when the
boys were out of it eating their diuuer,
anil beheld, to her amazement, the skele
ton of a huge kite.
"Oh. Johnny! are you going to try
it r she cried, running out to him.
At first, Johnny was vexed that she
had found it oat, but iu a minute or two
he was all over the pet, and was in high
glee when Wild and her mothei joined
in the work. An hour before the sun
went down across the l>ay, the kite was
done and the snow eeaa—l to fall. It was
too late to go to the Highland light b>
see the signal on the Little Katie ; it was
too late to do anything with the kite,
even had the wind Iwen right.
The next morning the wind blew just
right, and almost at the break of day
the boys set forth, aecompani—l by five
or six men. for idlers are 'always to bo
fonnd on Cape Cod in winter.
The kite was made of good stout ;>a
jier, and was covered with messages to
the captain of the Little Katie, or any
other captain over whose Imat it might
chance to fall, or get entangled. Tlie
wind was ofl shore, and away went the
kite, the men paying out the seine twine;
bnt alas! the kite went high als>ve the
(mat* and did not reach them. It was
oil<l work flying kite on th- awful ioe-
Ix-und shore, bnt the novelty of it
brought a crowd of men to the spot. To
their own surprise they entered into tin
work with spirit, bnt every attempt that
morning failed. The kite fell short, or
flew too high, or went off in the wrong
direction.
" Run home, laddie-, and get your
dinner, and get warm clear through
your bones," said one of the men to
Johnny and Peter, about eleven of the
clock, "and we'll see what can be done
ith the kite this afternoon."
When Johnny reached home he de
clared that he wasn't cold the least bit,
nor hungry the least atom, but he snt in
front of a blazing drift wood fire and
ate like a giant, and got up to go to the
coast again.
Wild didn't see why she couldn't go,
too. It was h*r father jnst as much
as Johnny's, and she cared as much
about the Little Katie as any of them
did. And so Wild, bundled np uutil
all resemblance to a twelve-year-old
girl was lost, set forth, toiling through
the snow aud sand to the ooa-t At a
short distance in the rear, Mrs. Wild
followed on. It seemed to her, as she
Irew near the shore, that half the in
habitants of the next village were gath
ered to see the flying of a kite.
It was jnst ready to start on its over-ice
journey when Wild came upon the scene.
" Don't yon see, there won't lie any
thing to catch hold of ?" she said to
Johnny.
" Catch hold of?" repeated Johnny,
who felt that he oonld not, in justice,
despite Will's suggestions any more.
" I'll show yon," she said, "if von'll
hold on a minute. Tie some lonjf strings,
now and then, near the kite, that will
hang down."
The strings were tied on, half n dozen
of them, st intervals, and away went
the kit*, with more "string to it," than
any other kite that ever flew.
" Twon't reach 1 It flies too high !
No go ? Let out! Give it string!
Hurrah 1" as the kite seeming to meet
wind in another current tiegan to flutter,
turn, and actually did fall on the ice
within reaching distance of the Little
Katie's crew.
Then such a shout as went up from
the Cape Cod shore, for, was there not a
line fast from one of the ice-bound boats
to the firm old mainland, and did it not
mean that bread at least could be drawn
across the frozen sea to the famishing ?
The men on the Little Katie were
pulling in the kite, which looked a good
deal worn, but still tliey gathered around
it, and read in Johnny's boy-hand the
words : "If you get the kite, don't pull
in the string, for we'll put something to
eat on it if you are hungry, and you can
pull it over. Everybody's well over
here. Wild and Johnny."
THE CENTRE REPORTER
Captain lb-so re*.l the words, and then
he ami lite orew tri—l tt> nhout twck, l>ut
the wiinl earn—l their voices aero MM the
bar *
Within the Uett tweutv four hour* the
cord had Ix-en doubled, and food tti
ami 1 j-ookago* went along the novel
roadway from hour t" hour, until tuil<*
of seme twine lay on the deok tf the
Little Katie, and many los*e of bread,
with Htuall jiaokag—i of " aalt meat,"
sugar, tea and coffee, had la-en secured
from the aea.
The next morning the wind blew again
on Cape Cod. The inhabitants were on
the watch for the kite, ami, lo ! it was
seen rising iu the nir. On, on, it catue.
It sailed over the heads of the group on
shore ; it went right across the ••Wrist
of Oa|e Pol. It would have gone out
upon the ocean, but for the Highland
lighthouse, that caught ami held the
great fluttering bird of man.
Wild and Johnny were the flrst to
reach the light ami cry out "What
uewsf" to tlie k—q-er, who had juat sue
ceoded ill recovering the tiattered kite.
•* Come and sec with your young
eyes." Wild and Johnny found the
words: We had lutd nothing to eat for
two days. Sow we'll weather the ice,
thxl willing, and git in all right. We've
supplied the Mary from our stores."
And there, right at the door, the first
oomera, who had followed the kite, wen-
Mrs. ltiwe and the friemla of the men
of the Mary.
"Whom- idea was the kite?" asked an
old fisherman.
" Wild's," shouted Johnny.
" Johnuy made it though. I couldn't
make a kite," said Wild ; but not a oul
save Johuny heard her, for the wild air
about the light was ringing with tlie
shout of "Long live Wild Rose of Gaj<e
Cod!"
In-anltjr In the Sexe*.
A contributor to J'opuJar & ricnee
Monthly nay* : We obtained an i-h-a
of love differentially a* it exist* in the
*ex-* by observing the degree to which
it affects men and women a* a prot-able
aause of insanity. Iu the same manner,
I think, we can gain a knowledge of the
comparative intensity with which emo
tion* ami state* of consciousness, com
mon to both sexes, exist in intellection,
by observing the extent to whie i they
retvt as a probable cause of mental
alienation. For my j>urjx*- 1 shall use
Dr. Kirkbride'a rejx-rt for the Peunsyl
van ia hospital for tlie insane. The an
aly*i* is l-es- d upon the supjxme-l causes
of insanity iu fi.ftyy oa*--o. Domestic
dfficultive ar< the probable causes of
mental -lis-'as-- in forty wnn meu an-1
eightv-eix women. Nearly two to one
expresses the difference iu intensity in
the action of this <*aus-. Fright result
ed in insanity in sixteen men atnl thirty
six women ; grief affected seveuty seven
men and two hundred ami fifty six
women, a difference of more than three
to one ; religious excitement act* as the
-•ause in seventy-nine mctr and one uun
dml and twenty-seven women, a differ
ence of sixty-two per cent. ; nostalgia,
seven women and no men ; from mental
anxiety there are one hundred and aixty
four meu and two buudr--d aud sixty one
women insane. These oausen, winch
present such dissimilarity, have one
band of uniou ; they affect the emotion
al part of the physical nature. From
till* I would uot conclude that women
are less able to I-ear the operation of
these exciting caii*->s than men; but
tliat the emotional nature of women i
more largely develoj>ed, and thus more
exposed to the action of such -•an*--* as
directly affect it If lam right in this,
w> would expect to s--e in w.-nieu the
emotioi:al form* of insanity develop—l in
ex--*** of the same in meu ; and this is
just wb it we fin-L Continuing to an
alyze the tables of Dr. Kirkbrnle relat
iug to the same eases a* atxive, we find
the nnmlier of women to l>e 3,220, the
number of men exci**ling them by 459 ;
and yet there are 1,032 cases of tnalnn
cholia among the women to 832 in men.
Prof. Mauduey defintw this form of in
sanity as " gr at opj-ressi-m of tlieir
-.■lf feeling, with oorreeponding gloomy,
morbid ideas."
The Heroine of Newport.
Ida Is'wis' latest exploit in pulling
out from Lime Hock lighthouse >u the
lower Newport harbor and rescuing a
man from drowning recalls the earlier
achievements which have given her the
title of " the Greco Darling of Ameri
•a." She first came into prominence in
1806, when, ou one of the coldest and
most blustering days ever known in tin*
latitude, she HSV— I the life of a soldier
*ho bad started for a sail on the hnrtx>r
in a light skiff. One day, in the autumn
of 1867, while a terrible gale was raging,
two men set out to cross tlie harbor with
several sheep, r.nd in trying to rescue
one tliat had fallen overboard, came
near swamping tlieir boat; seeing their
twriJ from the window of her father's
I lighthouse. Miss Is-wis went to their
aid, and. after lauding them safely, went
back and rescued the sin ep. lint her
greatest exploit wa* perform—l oil the
29th of March. 1869, when n 1-oiit con
taining two yonng soldiers arid a boy
wo* struck by a sqiia'l on the harbor
HI J overturned. Though ill at the
time. lia rush—l out of the house,
; launched her life-bout, sprang in, with
J neither hat on her head nor shoes on her
f—*t, reach—l the wreck just in time to
save the two sailors us they were al-out
losing their hold from exhaustion, the
boy having meanwhile perished, atnl
rowed them to the lighthonse. Miss
Lewis should l*> among the first to re
ceive the new <lr—-ration to lie bestowed
'by Congress for heroic de—ls in saving
life.
Ilringlng Forth Hood Fruit.
The New York Indr.prnderU lias the
following: The Oberlin h>ctrino of " a
revival of righteousness " is one wliich
we heartily tielieve in and have tri—l to
support. They have lieen having just
such R revival in an Ohio town, if w- can
judge from the following letter lately re
ceived at this office;
A/y I>rnr Sir : Home y—irs ago I
took the New York fnftrprvrtrnt, and
there is now an old ac— mnt on ynnr
books against me. I have given myself
to Ood unconditionally. Make np my
account, and the usual interest that yon
have to pay for money up to thia tunc.
I think I can send von the money in a
little while. Very truly yonre,
We wish that a similar religious ext>e
rience might ?>e had by some fsw of the
reader* of this paper. This is what we
call bringing forth fruits meet for re
pentance.
A Chlrken Case.
A chicken case of some interest has
recently occurred at police court at
Greenock. A little bov was charged
with stealing the chicken. One of the
witnesses examined was evidently fresh
from the Highlands. He said : " I
saw'd ta woe lioy wi' the wee chicken in
Eelow his jacket, an' I kenned the wee
ird, for I kenned its mother. (Great
laughter). . And the poy he telt me thnt
he had got her soomin at the side of the
born." (Great laughter). The chicken
was placed in a banket on the table, and
the lid was lifted and the chicken shown
to the witness, who said: "I ken its
wee cheep. (A laugh). Ay, and that's
the bird, for it's so like its mother.
(Laughter). The case was found not
proven.
CENTRE II ALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, SLIT KM HER 23, 1875.
A DEFAI'LTIN'fI OFFICIAL.
Tie Trroitrrr si N#w Jrrse* IHn>i>nri
with Hill Th.-M.nuil Dollars-- V Fsrluse
There was great excitement iu Troll
ton, N. J., over the announcement that
Joaephtis Hx>y, the treasurer of the
State, was u defaulter to the amount >f
sixty thousand dollar*. He had IWH-II
elected for four consecutive terms, aud
List winter helil over another term on
account of the difference of is-litiiwl
opinion lictwccn the House and Henate
of the State. Some mouths ttgo the
iuiuptroll--r warticil SOOV'H Isuidaiusn
that lie uei-ded looking after, and some
of thetu sitokt 1 to him. Some weeks ago
it was known tliat he hail several thon
sand d-illars, wlucli he sai-t were revivtxl
from the lVuusylvaiiia rnili--a-l company.
As tin-it* was no record of such money
on the Isioks the comptroller viMtcl the
coiujiaiiy's oftit-e iu Fhiladelpbia and as
i-ertaiuisl that the comjtanv claimed to
have paid the treasurer eiglity Uiousand
dollar* more than* they were credited
with on the ktook* in Trenton, but they
were uot able at the time to find vouch
ers tor the same. The comptroller, re
turning, anktsl the treasurer whether he
had received the money jmid by tla com
pany, and the treasurer a-liuitte-t that lie
liad, but lliul denoaitevl it iu the I'uiou
(tank at Mt. Holly and the Gamdeii sav
ing* tuuik, but that amoiuit had uot lu-eu
crediUsl, and he ha I sent his Is-ok to
have it done. The comptroller told him
to attend to it immediately, atnl tlie
treasurer went away with the avowed in
tention of doing *•>, since which time he
lias uot t>eeii itaeil.
The boinlsmeii are Gen. John S lrick,
Vinoentown ; James T. Durwud, New
ark ; W. A. Ripley, Newark ; Samuel
H. Dobbins, Mount Holly; John Hrown
l'arker, M-iunt Holly ; William S er,
Green Hank ; Nicholas Kooy, Hurling
ton ; Edward T. Tbomjiaon, Klnuuony.
The amouut of the bond l*
The sixth and seventh l-ond-mien are
brother* of the defaulter. The enlnp
troller entered eompbiui twfore Justice
F. S. Mills, of Trenton, agam*t Trca*
iir-r S--T for 'ial>ezzlenieul of fllll-l*
of the Slate, and a warrant was gmnt-\l
for his arrest and au officer ili-qaitchrd
U- Mount Holly. A report of the defal
cation wras ale-- sent t<> ti--v. lt-*-lle at
Ijoiig Hrancli, who arrivcl iu Trenton,
as -lid Attorney-Gcucral Yauatta from
Morristowu, ami they were in conference
until a lab* hour with Comptri-ller Run
vou and Assistant (Vimptfoller E. J. An
-lemon. The Stat-- *e*urities and school
funds were examined ami found intact,
the money ct-'leu ln-ing confined t>
money nxvivisl from the l'< unsylvania
railr-m-l Oimjwuiy, either as tax--* U|MIU
property of th-* united compaiuea, --r in
dividend* njwtll *t-H-k of the UUlted Com
j-auies owrn<xl by the Stat--. None of
this money was -'vi-r reiKirt-xl by the
State treasurer. The pro!"abilities are
that an extra sensi-m of the L gislattue
will be call-xl to imjieach Sooy.
Treasurer Sooy was arr- st-xl in I'hils
ilelphia. The officer iu purwuil of him
traced him from cr -fg- ry t-> groggery.
He was paitwHy intoxi-at-d ami almost
destitute of fund*. The t-ntiri' amount
atoleu ha* Iswn muamlcr-xl. The l-clief
is iiretraleut that he is derangtvl ami the
opinion i* liorueoiit by hi* moat singular
conduct.' Mr. E. J. Anderson, of the
comptroller's i-ffi-v, am! J. A. Hall, the
governor's secretary, s<-arched Uie re
-v-r-U to ascertain t> what extext the j>e
culutioni had run. They were tra-val
tiack to January la-t, and aggregate
fifty-nine th--uaand d-illar*. .*u addition
to tin* unlawful eljicoditure he ha
wquaud- re-t al*-ut '--venty-fivc thousand
dollar* of prqicrty sine* going into
office. The brothels id Philadelphia
were frequently vi*ited by liirn anil have
often lent money on hi* notea. lie is
sixty-seven yi-ars old, and has an entim
•able family, one --n a M--tli-xlist minis
ter, l- iiig 10-'ab-l at Princtou, ami an
oth- r employed iu the tieasurer's oflioe
at Trenton.
Ib-troit Free Ere** Currency.
The mosquitoes haven't put in a very
profitable season thus far.
These deluges around the country art
very annoying to old drunkards.
"I'll talk it over with Susan," is the
last -lang express! m coined in Xo> York.
Keep it in mind tliat it isn't jscitire
lv neeoaaary to strike each sepanite stair
in falling down stairs.
It is believed that a good many more
jieople eotild inert ase tho enuacienee
fund if they only would.
Army regulations are to le alten-d so
as to allow men to enlist as cooks. The
question is, can a cook Is* a jmtriot?
"How much is a meter?" asks n
Ch \ eland pais-r. Wait till the gas man
comes around—he'll give hlieral figures.
A New York tailor says that if all men
would pay cash down for clothes the
tailors could knock thirty cents o(T of
prices.
There is no such word as " liar " in
the Chinese language, and the Chinese
get along al>out as well as any other na
tion.
A Wyoming husband has given hia full
consent for his wife to run for office, but
he didn't give it until after a conflict
which broke every dish in the house.
The I'all Mall tiaxrltr defends the
practice of men kissing each other's
wives. It may do lor England, but the
practice has fallen into decay on this
side of tin- ocean.
Would yon think that Gideon Welles,
when you stand and look at him, ever
carried candy mottoes in his pocket or
ever sat on the stile with his girl at twi
light and chewed gum ?
A Boston man spent SI 3,000 in lot
tery tickets and drew about s<soo in
prizes. If this isn't sufficient encour
agement for beginners we have twenty -
seven other oases to bring forward.
Mr. Charles P. Clark, of East Gran by.
Conn., has the original deed of the farm
on which ho livi-s, and which lias bean
in the family ono hundred and sixty two
years, and also has in daily use a wooden
vessel for straining milk which was used
by his ancestors in the seventeenth cen
tury.
Maine's Human Lamiata. *
A correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal, writing from Angnste, Maine, gives
the following ; Our Ktatw is bugimiing
to bo overrun with tramps. Tho pres
enne of these vagabonds is striking ter
ror, for everywhere they go they are sure
to commit depredations of some kind.
11l somn instances their crimes have
been of a more serious eharacter than
that of stealing money or watches, their
favorite booty, (juito a number of citi
zens who never were known to keep fire
arms in their houses, nre supplying
themselves with weapons for protection
against these lawless itinerants. We
met a gentleman on the train the other
day, a maa of nn exceedingly amiable
disposition, who never pulled a trigger
in his life. He displayed a seven
shooter, and in n resolute voice remark
ed : " ThiH is for tramps, if they oomo
to my house." The tramp question is
exciting an unusual share of attention ;
and as the vagabonds lieoomo more in
solent in tbeir demands for food, and
their thieving grows more general, our
local authorities are beginning to take
the matter in hand ss they should. In
this city more than half of the inmates
of the jail of late are tramps who are
given quarters for the night.
Eccentric Will-Maker*.
An eccentric old gentleman of his sc
quauitauce called upon htm otic -lay and
asked lain to draw up a will for huu.
" CWtaiuly," said my father; "explain
to lin' how you wish to dispone of your
pnqierty and 1 will make a note of your
wiiilieH and put them into regular form.
So tlie old gentleman tiegan : "1 Wlah
to give a hundred thousand dollars to
my old friend Alexander Tomkins. l'oor
man, he is not very well off iu worldly
fortune, but he is an excellent person
aud I think this sum would make him
comfortable for life. Please note t-hat
down. Then another hundred thousand
to Mrs. Ehzal-eth Jones. I waa in love
with her once, but the married Jones,
and Jones has left her poor. Then there
is young Maulstick, lie is showing a
good deal of talent but lie is suffering
from the 're* anyutta ttumi '--married
a poor, pretty girl- the old story. Put
him down at* *50,000. Aud put down
950,000 to the hospital of decayed gentle
women. It is an excellent institution."
M V father |>au—l, and looking up, aald,
" 1 am delighted to see by these dispo
sitions of your property that you are so
rich. I had no idea that you |-o>K-m-d
such n fortune." " Fortunet" said the
old gentleman ; " God bless you. 1 have
no fortune. lam a poor man." "I'isiri"
said my father ; " why, you have already
disposed to strangers of g3U0,000, and as
1 supjHise you mean to leave your family
at b-ast an < qual amount, I should scarce
ly call you a poor man." " Hleaa your
sottl." said the old gentleman, "my
whole {Htasesfuoua would not amount to
one tenth of the sums I have named, but
1 nut them down in my will to show
what 1 would do if 1 had a fortune. 1
wish to aliow my good will to all those
frit ml*." Helton ; That is precisely my
etna-. Excellent old man ! I wish I hail
known him. lhi you know it reminds
me of the will of one of the greatest men
of Am-row, who died not manv years
ngo I He had, ss he said, lived like a
gentleman all his life—meaning, of
course, that he had sjwut all he could
get, and considerably more, and was
head over ear* in del it ; but. like tills
old gentleman of whom you *J>oke, he
made a will di*)>o*ing of large sums just
as if he had them, and leaving hi* real
estate, which was mortgaged to the full
value, to his heir*, remarking ixaillv tliat
"m—uis would 1*- found to carry fiis in
tentions into effect," Mail- tl : Av, I
remember the fact very well, and I re
tuemls r also tliat means wure found, and
that a large sum was raised by public
subscription to jay off his debts and
onrrv Ins intentions into effect. I won
der if the public would do that for tin?
Helton : Inunediatelv after hu death a
statute was projHawvi to lie erected to
him, and, in view of the debt* he owe 1,
Dull* suggest* <d tliat it abuuld b* Oast in
brass from tin- a*rt oil'!< Ihe left. Mai
lett : Bravo! And 1 Is-lieve it was the
same tw-rsou who remarked on hearing
tliat this same gnat jwr>nag- had jaid
the debt of nature : " Thank G-xl ! It
in the only debt I ever knew him to jay."
Loud Manner* toward Ladles.
Recent events, says a vrntr. have
called public attention to the intimate
relation of moral* and manner*. It may
le mi l tliat there- ui uo greater peril to
morality than much that is call—l merely
fre*• and —w-y manner*. Young men, and
even yonug women, |-rmit themselves a
freedom and license of manuer which,
having all the as|— t of impropriety,
may Tery readily a-jyuire- it* ul>st-in—'.
Edward a-ldr——* I.milv with a loud and
j.-sting intimacy of tone and conduct,
• Inch might l>e expected m the sailor
sal-Mina, but which is re-pul-ive and odi
ous in the drawing-room or among re
fin—l or gentle pereous. E-lwwr>l and
Emiltr would be atuax—l U* )*< told that
they have not tlie maun- re of a gentle
man or of a lady. They think that they
above all othera know wliat ia the rule
of high society. Hut they are merely |
vulgar, and have the manners of those
who are- worse than merely vulgar.
Goaesnoesa cannot b- gild—l into refine
lui'lit The young woman who habitual
ly call* her jouug friends of the other
*ex by their Christian names, or who
suffer* anything that can 1*- call—l fa
miliarity, although it fall short of actual
indecorum, should refl—-t care fully. '
"Sir," sai l a lady to a policeman who
took h*r ellxiw to pons Imr over th--
Htrex't, "if I wish yon to touch me I
will ask yon." No woman of a high
sense of personal dignity wi*he* any
man to lay his liatxl upon her thought
lessly or unncccssarilv. Nor will such a
woman permit any kind of mdeues* in
the tone or manner of men.
An Extraordinary How of Stow*, Etc.
While boring for water on the farm of
a man named Hoar, three miles wont of
Marine City, an explosion of pa* took
place, the result of which is simply won
ilerful. lusts-m 1 of having a well over
flowing with cleor anil sparkliug water
Mr. Hoar ha* a miniature Vesuvius at
his door, an<l altogether too float) to Iti
oorafortahle. The well hail l>een put
tlown one hundred ami twenty-aevt u
feet, ami at that distance hail struck a
vein of water, muni ami gravel. Up to
thm time there hail not been a drop of
water in the well. One morning the
gas began to escape from the well, and
an hour after the force was ao great that
atone", one of whieh weighed eleven
pounds, were thrown hundred" of feet
in the air, awveral oomit.g down with
Btich force na to penetrate !h roof of
the houae ami liarn, two at es going
through both roof and ceiling of the
houae on to the second floor. Water
soon began to follow and in anch quan
tity aa to floe 1 the wholepremiaea. Thia
maaa of stone, sand and water was
forced out in an unceasing stream for
more than six hours. Then, instead of
a well seven inches in diameter (as the
tubing of the well was that size?, there
was a hole of more than three foot in
diameter, every particle of the tubing
having ilianpiwareifj everything having
given away to the power beneath. There
was a heavy rumbling sound, which at
the well vn* deafening, and roil Id be
distinctly heard in the village.
The Vineland Case.
Mr. Carrnth, the editor who was shot,
and his family have returned to Vine
land, N. J. Carrnth, says a correspon
dent, has become very corpulent and
looks remarkably well. His sight is very
much imjiaireil. and he IIAS to move his
heed to cover the width of a newspaper
column. He thinks the hall is lodged
behind his right eyr, and if it should
trouble him seriously in that region he
intends to have tho eye taken out, so
that the ball may lie sought through the
socket. He can walk or ride without
much inconvenience, but exertion is in
variably followed by loss of strength,
in addition to the thirteen acres of laud
which hn owns in Vineland, and which
is free from incumbrance, he owns
property in Wisconsin. H i deter
mined to spend the remainder of his
life in his Vineland home. If IIIH in
come Ve exhausted before liia death, he
says he will go to the poorhouse of
Cumberland county. He has not made
n complaint against l<nn<tis, as he says he
sup|M>ses the |>eop]e w ill do what is right,
about it. His recollection of the inci
dents attending tho shootiug are very
much confused. Tho report that nego
tiations were progressing between him
and Liandis on the question of damages
is unfounded. Neither party has as yet
made any advances to the other on |li*
subject.
INDIAN JUUUURU,
MlsAsss.
The fort of Calcutta, says a traveler,
commonly known as Fort William, is
one of the most splendid and convenient
military establishuieuU to la found in
auy jart of the globe. It ia very sja
ciolis, alld H- -tlie what resembles tlie
Tower of London, in tliat it DOMUB ->f
various streets and squares, adapted for J
different military purpose*. Ou all sides
it is guarded by a high and strongly
built nun|wrt, which is surrounded in
its turn by a broad and deep foaae, over
which are placed drawbridges, leading
to the priucijial gateways. Tlie fort is
often Uie scene of animated festivity,
from tile presence of native jugglers, re
Downed lot their surprising skill and
dexterity. The performance* of these
strange people have been no often de
scribed, that I shall only make mention
of one which struck me as being curious
from its liaviug a strong resemblance to
the feat* recorded in sacred history, as
liaviug Is-eii performed by tlie magicians
of Egypt, and in the time of Moses, in
the presence of I'hamuli. Indeed, as it
is well known tliat the Hindu tricksluve
I teen handed down from tlie most dis
tant ags, from father to son, there is
little wonder that such a similarity can
exist.
The particular trick alluded to is the
apparent e-mversioti of a brass coin into
a Hiiake. The juggler gave me the coin
to hold, aud then seated himself, alnmt
five yards from me, un a small rug, from
which he never attempted to tuove dur
ing the whole performance. 1 showred
the coin to several persona who were
close l>eide me, on a form in front of
the juggler. At a sign from hun, I not
only grasped the coin I held firmly in
my haud, but crossing that baud with
equal tightness with my left, 1 enclosed
them t*>th s firmly as I could .between
my knees. Of course 1 was positively
certain that the small coin was within
my double fists. The juggler then be
g*n a sort of incantation, aooomjiauie-d
by a monotonous and discordant kind of
recitative, and rejieating the words
" Ram, Hum ma," during some minutes.
He then suddenly shipped, and, still
keeping his seat, made a quick motion
with his hand, n* it throwing something
st me, giving at the same time a pufl
with his mouth. At tliat instant I felt
my hands suddenly distend, and become
j-artlv open, while I experienced a sen
sation as if a cold I-all of dough, or some
thing equally soft, nasty and disagree
able wan now between my palms. 1
Mart- -I to my feet in ash-uisbment, also
to the astonishment of others, and open
ing my hand found there no coin ; but
h> my horror and alarm I saw a young
snake, all alive ; and of all snakes in the
world, a cobra dl-oapello, folded, or
rather coiled, roundly up. I threw it
instantly to the ground, trembling with
rage and fear, as it already bit by the
deadly reptile, which l>egan immediately
hi crawl along the ground, to the alarm
and amazement of everv otic present
The juggler now got np for the nrnttime
since he had sat down, and catching hold
of the snake displayed il length, which
was nearly two feet -two feet all bnt all
meh and a half. He then to--k it can
tiouslv by tin tail, and opening his own
mouth to its widest extent, let the head
of the snake drop into it, and dehlwrate
ly commenced t swzll-jw the animal,
tdl tlie end of the tail was only visible ;
then making a Midden gulp, the whole
of the suake was apparently swallowed.
Aft- t till* he came up to the *js*cti*.t--r>,
and oi-euing hi* mouth wide, |H-rnntted
us to look into his tlir-iat, but no suake
<>r -sake'* tail was visible-—it was seem
iugiy down hi* throat alt-g--Uier. Dur
ing the remainder of the p-rformaaccs
we never saw this suake agatti, nor did
the man profess his ability to make it re
ap|M*ar ; but he performed another suake
trnk, which surprised us very mtidi.
He took from hia bag another cobra di
cwjx-110, aud walking into the center of
the room, eucloaiwl it in his hand* in a
folded state. He waved, or shook them
for some time io thin condition, and
then op*ncd his fiats, when, presto! the
snake was gone, an<l in its place appear
isl wveral small ones, which he suffered
to fall from his hand*, when they glided
alsiut the floor.
London Beggars.
Tens of thousands of jereons in l*m
don have no other means of livelihood
than I-egging. Hays u re-cent writer.
Hogging has txwmmo s fine art in Eng
land, snd the tramp* who go about the
country making s livelihood out of tlie
sympatliies of the public have well de
fined routes, and conduct operations
with much system. In London snd the
large towns,"they have an alphabet of
olialk marks, which they put on doors
and other place* to indicate the character
of the resident* and the chances of ob
taining aid.
Tin—' marks indicate, first, tins road
is better than the other; second, they
will buy if you have what they want;
third, good "for food or something to eat;
fourth, religion*, bnt good on the whole;
fifth, uo good; sixth, snoilt by too many
tramps calling: seventh, likely to have
yon taken up; < lghth, dangerous, sure
of Wing sent to prison. These marks
serve as guides to the professional men
dicants. Residents in some of our
American cities and larger towns have
been startled sometimes by finding their
doors or gate posts curiously mark—l
with chalk. Can it be that onr Ameri
can trnuij's are adopting the English
system I __
Disappearance of Oak Timber.
From statistics recently published it
apjw-ars that oak timber os|eeially is
rapidly disappearing from Europe, al
though half of the area of Bw—ion, one
fourth of NorwaY, one sixth that of
Switzerland, and 780,000 square miles
in Russia are said to be yet in forest.
The consumption of oak in France has
doubled during the last fifty years ; she
requires 15.000.01K1 cubic feet yearly for
wine cask* alone, 750.(KK1 for building
purposes. (UKI.iKKI cubic feet for her
fleet, and 150,000 cubic feet for railway
carriages; £BOO,OOO worth of staves
were imported iu 1852; £5,000,000
worth are- now ue—l—l. Since losing
Alsace and Lorraine. France contains
150,000,000 acres; 20,000,000 of this
surfs— is covered with forest. Holland
atnl Belgium are nearly denuded of tim
ber. and are large importers. North
Germany is rich in forest, bnt within
half a century has commenced to cut
down yonng tr—*. Austria has sold her
forests sin— railways have l—>u intrei
ducod. Iu Italy no forests remain.
Hpniu and Or—-ce are almost woodles*.
The southern oust of the Mediterranean
is almost foresth ss.
" An Empty Butter Firkin."
Weddings should be scenes of " hal
lowed mirth," but now and then they
exhibit to the clergyman a very humor
ous phase. Rev. I'r. Trafton tells this
incident : I have in mind nt this time
the case of n well to-do grocer, who was
united to his Jiaiwrr by a dear old friend
of mint*, who will no doubt risid these
liues. To his great surprise he received
110 fee nt all. Some time after, beiug iu
the store of the happy grooin one day,
the gentleman said: "I have intended
to make yon a present for the little job
you dil for us, and I will do it now ;
and stepping iuto the back store, he
brought out an empty butter tlrkin, say
jug : •• Tt will he useful in your family. "
Terrain: 52.00 a Yenr,in Advance.
THE OLD FOLKN.
Hhi SUM.I* T*# Be 1-aW aa lk Wfccli la
Ikr *rrawaaa4*ilaa a( l* •'
psaala—As ArilrU thai C'aalaia* .Warfc
•f I mrrraf.
In mi ariicl* on lh " OKI Polka,*'
the lYihunr says : The " old man "on
the farm watchsa Hob come down in his
Sunday finery aud aet off across the
fiehls in the late suuaet to the frolic, or
to take Dolly f to Hinging acbis>l, and is
<suitent to amoke his pipe and go off to
led before the sun is fairly down. When
the smart young women in the quiet
liack ntrm t* of lulaud towns put on
their evening mushn and tie piuk rib
bons iu their hair, and ait down to |>l*y
waltz- s 011 the rattling new piano until
"tlie twwux" come, their father and
mother hurry out of the parlor, and
stifle in the stuffy little -lining room
uutil l>odlime. It never occurs to them
or to their daughter* that the liest room
and the eheerfuhieaa and light and gay
ety should not l>elong to the voting peo
ple as a matter of course. "They " liave
bad their turn," is the argument which
settles the whole matter.
What was it they had their turn of f
Love, pleasure, some daily brightening
of the -lull mechanical round of duty I
In the old man dead now to all these t
Diil his heart harden and grow callous
as his hair whitened and his eyesight
failed f 1* not his feeling mors tender,
the sense of lourliuea* more profound,
the yearning for comtsuiiuuship etrongcr
with every year that passes I Try him
with a little symjiathy ; the experiment
is a curious one, and rarer than you
think. Take him into your confidence
some day, instead of the daalung young
fellow whom yon met last week and
recognized as a congenial soul. Bharc
the fun with him some time, the joke,
the little scheme which you think so
itnjiortaut. Test the question whether
this queer work-# day old gentleman
whom yon arc ashamed to remember
you know best by his odditiel and differ
ence* from yourself, although he gave
you life and all that has sustained life
aud mad- you the Admirable Crichtou
tliat yon are, has really any human
nature akin to your own in the finer and
sweeter sense.
It really seems as if there might be
aome vein of sympathy between the
young man and the old, even on such
matter* as amusement aud 1OT making,
provided one knew what witch hazel rod
to use to find tL Old Storr*. who comes
liack to the shop every Monday and
leaves Phil to danae and flirt with the
girls, or who sends the young fellow to
Europe for a year, ia regarded by that
gallant youth aimplv as a hauker. In
deed, he talks of him sometimes as
"my exchequer." When Phil was a
baby Hu-rrs Ixgan that system of strict
personal eoonomv and ngid devotion to
buiuc*a, for which the younger man
n<>w brand* him a* of lower nature than
his own. It was all dune for Phil. He
had the money laid by for that journey
to France and Rome which lie and hi*
wife had planned an long ; it went into a
life insurance for l*liil's benefit ; the old
people will die without seeing the coun
tries of which tbe boy talks MI glibly—
talks in fact to <-there, for he ha* tlie no
tp-u tliat it would be throwing pearl* be
fore a very inferior aort of animal to
sjxak of art to them. So the old man
stands in tlie doorway and look* in at
Uiis man-child he baa given to the world,
aud feels that be has no part in him, ex
cept one akin to that of his caterer or
tailor. Old KUirre' story is repeated a
million times, in all clsaae* and ranks.
When Rob at the farm goes courting he
knows well enough tliat the King littl
sum on which he can marry was saved
by tliat old couple drowsing over the
flic bv hard labor and ceaseless self de
nials for long year*. But does be for
tliat try to make the evening of their life
less dreary ?
There are a few cases where father and
mother and children maintain that best
of all relation*, kon camarmttnc to tbe
last, but only a few. In the majority of
American home* the old folk*, however
tenderly nourished, are held aloof as
oomjwtuious, lour—l from all the dailv
interests, the j-*t*. the pleasures* which
give to life its actual test. Hence they
turn incessantly to the scenes of their
couth and drearily recount them, simply
iwcause it was then they were recognized
as oouq-anion*, rather than burdens; or,
Sost pathetic of all, the old man finds
his grandchild the nearest friend in
tlie lonesome latter -lav*. l**-an*e the
lby lias not yet learn—l to snub him
In every house where the old folks yet
linger it would be worth while for the
gay girls and young fellow* to spare a
little time from their work or idlene**,
and. remembering all that they owe to
these qneer old men and unfashionable
old women, try to discover what hopes
mid love aud fancies they liare earned
with them to the edge of the grave.
They have but a little way to go before
they reach the great darkness; a young,
cheery voice and loving hand would do
much to make those few step* leas soli
tary.
A Voracious Idol.
A coiT-wpondent of the New York Tri
hunr thus describes one of the idols in a
joss-house in San Francisco : The "G-HI
of the Tiger*" is worshiped more in
China than here. In early days a blood
thirsty tiger came from the jungles and
ate all the children, an-1 frequently men
and women. The "Tiger Mar, now
canonized, volunteer—l to go to the jnn
gle- and slay the tiger. He was last seen
on a tiger's l>aok, and the belief is that
he slew all the tiger*. To the right of
this ifiol, and beside him in the same
oonopv, stands a mangy-looking effigy of
a tiger, al-out a foot high, with a big
head and an open mouth. It is the most
miserable and counterfeit nreoentment I
ever Iw-bold, and the foolish superstition
of the Chinese nowhere appears so ridic
ulons a* here. In front of thia figure of
a tiger, and all around it, were strips of
pork, lx-il-1 egg*, mutton chops, nut*,
etc., which nr.- plac-1 there- to appeose
the hunger of the In-ast and pn-Tent his
i>ating the women and children. It is
the lw-lief of thoee who pUoe tlieee
things there tliat when the tiger gets
hungry he eats the provisions instead of
the children. Hut being somewhat iu
i-redukms, 1 think the rats are more fero
cious tliar the tiger and that they run off
with the offering*.
In Sierra L—inc.
Sierra Leone is a terrestrial paradise
for the colored man, and one where they
have almost everything their own way.
In Sierra Leone a negro might assault
and half kill a European, and only be
fined a small aunt, but if a finger is laid
upon a negro, the flue ia twenty pounds.
It ia no uncommon thing for a negro to
follow a white man all over town shout
ing after him: " White nigger," which
they consider a moat opprobioua epi
thet, and dancing around with menacing
gestures. All this ia done in order to
make the " white nigger" lose his tem
per and strike the other, iu which case
the latter immediately takes ont a sum
mons against his assailant, who is mulcted
of twenty pounda. As a large pro
portion of the tine goes into the pocket
of lie person assaulted, many of these
colored men find that it is more prod
table to provoke white men to strike
them than to work for a living. In this
I negro "Utopia," instead of the negro
!>eing the miserable downtrodden wretch
he is generally depicted, he is ths great
i man to whom the whites must defer.
NO. 38.
THE LOOT ror*D.
A Tm> Wmm MeM.r.e la Mar Kawltr
Aflvr mm A ba.ar.af O.ar Tweair Veare
—Ta Start ml Mar AStralarra.
A romantic incident, each ae we some
times rtwd about bat eeUiom have an
opportunity to wituem, occurred at Dn
mud, Wu. On the 17th of July, IBM,
Mr. Timothy Htokin, now of Dnraud,
hail a little girl eighteen months old
stolen from him. He was then living at
Merton, Waukeaha county. Mr. Htokin
wee in the garden at the time picking
cucumbers, leaving the child in the
house villi older children. Her liuehand
waa some eighteen mi ha away from
borne. When Mr*. Htokin returned to
the bourn- she asked where little Emma
waa, and the children auawerod " oat on
the flower bed." Mhc called it, bat re
ceived no answer, and never aaw the
child again until night Wore last., when
Mr. Htokin returned with a young lady
from lted Cedar Falls, l>unn county.
Thia proved to be the child who was
stolen twenty year*, one mouth, and two
daya before. Tbe girl bail been teach
tug achool during the summer at Bed
Cedar Falls. The history of the loot of
the child and her snbsequrnt move
menu ia interesting. After the child
disappeared the father aroused the
iieignborbood and a lung aeerch waa
made. He firmly believed that tbe
child bed been abducted, and left no
atone unturned to find her. lie tracked
two men to Ripon under the belief that
they had the child, bnt there he lost
track of them. The father and bis son
entered the army ; the eon was killed,
the father returned alone, and the family
removed to l>urand, where he has lived
for ten years.
Of the adventureaof the child nothing
ia known up to her eixth year. She re
member* that at that age she waa living
in St. Louie with e woman whom aba re
garded aa her mother. Tbe women w*e
taken ill, and under the impression that
she would die, abe confeeaed to the girl
that ohe waa not her mother ; ' hat ohe
had been stolen and that she (the
woman) had been paid to keep her. The
woman did not die, and the girl remain
ed with her in 8l Louie until abe waa
eleven years old. At that time Capt. L.
D. Bartlett, of Hudson, Wia., captain of
the steamer Viola, was in St. Louis with
his wife. Mr*. Bartlett met the girl,
liked her, and made arrange menta with
tbe woman by whidb the girl fvisaed into
the hands of the Bartletta and went to
Wisconsin to live. About a year ago
Captain Bartlett removed to Indiana,
and Fannie Johnson, aa ibe girl wrn.
known, took charge of the achool in
Dunn county, as mentioned above. A
few weeks ago Mi* Nasby, of Du
rand, viuted Cedar Falls and became
acquainted with Emma. She wsa imme
dlately struck with the resemblance of
the girl to the Htokin family, and know
ing tbe story of the lost child concluded
that this might lie her. She acquainted
the Htokin family with ber belief, an<j
Mr. Htokin at once visited the girl, and
after interviewing her felt assured she
waa his daughter. He persuaded her to
accompany him home, and they went to
DuratuL
The meeting between mother and
daughter was very affecting, and so
deep were the mother's feelings that she
swooned sway on seeing her long-lost
child. Ail doubt of the identity of the
child is removed. The young lady has
lieen well educated, and is a verv inter
eating person. She has been well cared
for. and especially during her residence
iu Hudson, where die was universally
liked. Her parents are in moderate cir
cumstances, bat are an honest and indus
trious couple, and have the highest re
spect of the eutire community. It seem*
that a year or so ago the girl received in
formation from 84. Louis that her pa
rents had I wen discovered, and was
urged to visit Si. Louis, but her Hud
son friends advised her to wait until
references given were found to be genu
inc. As no clew io the parties advising
her to return to St. Louis could be
found, it was concluded that it waa an
el fort on the part of seme questionable
persons to get possession of the young
Lulv, and she remained at Hudson.
Mr. Stokin, the father, has this theory
in regard to the abduction. A man
named Cliarlee Taylor was a suitor for
the hand of Mr*. Stokin. Her marriage
filled him with rage, and he vowed re
venge. He followed them from Ohio to
Wisconsin and stole the child.
Oier Two Cataract*.
Fall's creek ia a small stream travers
ing the western part of DeJaware county,
N. Y. On it, near Delhi, are two cata
racts near each other—one forty feet
high, the other thirty. At the heed of
the upper falls stood for ream a saw
mill, which disuae had mhioed to a
somewhat dilapidated condition. The
rains had swollen the creek to three
times its siso, bringing the water up un
der the foundation of the oh! mill. Not
long since a sudden storm of wind and
rain arose in the viciuitv. The wife of
Mr. G. L. Bloat, living near the saw
mill. had started with her three children
to go to a neighbor's. The storm over
took them below the saw mill, and Mrs.
HI oat took refuge, with her childrvu, in
the old building. While they were
there the foundation was entirely under
mined, and before they could escape
they were swept toward the falla Just
as Ihe mill was precipitated over the first
fall it was discovered by Mr. Bloat. who
was near by. He did not know his wife
and children were in the building, but
out of curiosity to see how it would be
broken by tumid ing over the cataracts,
he ran to the food 01 the lower falL The
old shell went to pieces the instant it was
struck by the water falling over the first
cataract.' As Mr. Bloat stood gasing tip
through the sprav and foam he saw min
gled with the rifkri* of the old mill the
bodies of his wife and children. Over
the second fall they plnnged. Mr. Bloat
ran with all speed to a narrow gorge,
through which the water passes, about
four rods below the lower fall. He
reached it before any of the floating tim
bers or bodies hail passed through. In
a few seconds the body of his wife came
rushing toward thepass. He seised it
and drew it out. Then he secured the
Ixxly of bis oldest child, and that of the
youngest. The thin! did not appear,
and after waiting a few seconds Mr.
Bloat turned his attention toward resus
citating the rescued. His wife was only
partially unconscious, and was soon re
stored. " The two children were also re
suscitated after a long trial, and removed
ito the house. The body of the third has
not yet been found.
Skillful Work.
It is wonderful how export our mod
ern mechanics have become in moving
buildings. They pick np a big struc
ture of brick or stone and carry it about
without cracking the plastering or dis
turbing an article of furniture inside.
One of the neatest exhibitions of their
skill, however, was seen in New York,
when tliey removed a single brick wall
sixty-five feet high, weighing some 300
tons, carrying it a distance of eighteen
inches, and setting it down in its new
place without the least damage. The
reason for moving it was that while it
belonged to one party, it had somehow
got upon the land of another party, and
it hail to be taken away. The floor tim
bers were sawed off eighteen inches from
the end and the brick wall moved np to
them as before. It was a wonderful
piece of work and was accomplished
without accident.
ItMM ®f IlltllWt.
Kentucky ladies go fox bouting.
Tbe bent pocket companion—A fall
pniw.
littrjnH generally prootioe wh*t they
preach; but then they src paid far tha
pnrtiiw.
A viewed from O.ial i,.U .l, SUjtt*
fslU indeed present* a nanny mated
■pi: utaolu.
Tb* American tmard of foreign art*-
niimm i* behind WOO,OOO for lb- ) <■*"
cloning August SI.
Homebody ha* iHncrrcd ibM "ti
mum girl* an pinned book th iu <ro
forward they uroin." #
A block of HtraitavUl* (0.) ooal . igh
ing five too* will bo taken to the Phila
delphia (Vntennial.
An Alloa town (Pa) yon tig woman's
tix grandmothers hare Uir bad taste to
continue in cxutenoo.
"Yoo mtut not pat ooantorfoit
nickel in thin box," netd • etreet ear
driver. "It i* not for*."
The low origin of • person is forgot
ten in ■ mewmro when * greet amount
of bin money ia looked at.
Tbe Xorwmgan settlement in Boeqon
county, Texas, is said to look like tbe
moot thrifty ipart of tbe country.
In Germncy the lorn of young men in
the war hM been eo great that there are
1,000,000 more women than men.
A plaintiff ia a lawsuit at Fitehvillc,
Mas*., put one of hie ears in evidence.
It had been bitten off by the defendant.
A murderer In Nevada refuted to es
cape when the jail door woe seeideo tally
left open, "beoauee he didn't have s
dean ahirt to go in."
They are trying to acclimate the Flori
da caw tree in Germany, ae It furnishes
the only kind of wood suitable for tbe
manufacture of lead pencils.
He fondly hoped it would have been a
boy, bnt it wasn't, and ever since then
he has been wringing his bands end
murmuring: "A lass : a lass !"
The Presbyterian Church in the Unit
ed State* lias tturty-Mx synods, 4,7 l
ministers, 50f1,0d4 communicants, and
620,452 Monday-school children.
There will he a great gathering of
grangers at Louisville, ICy., Oct. 1.
The national and Htote executive com
mittee and all the purchasing agents
will be present.
John Lew, of Montreal, woe determin
ed to kill himself, and having nothing
but a penknife be stabbed and cut him
one hundred and twenty-erren time* be
fore life departed.
•' I would I were a glove upon that
bond," he murmured, fondly ; but the
next time he aaw ber aha had aaltrheum
lad. and then be changed his mind.
Fickle, fickle man!
Tire peril of traveling in old vehicles
ia illustrated by the announcement in
the Chicago Poet that " Daniel Lamonr
eux, of Fen ton villa, waa killed by being
thrown from a *wgon aged seventy
four"
"If it ia ell the same to you, daugh
ter," said an old gentleman to one of hi*
married children, " I will not dine with
you to-day." And the daughter said,
•' Very well; you may go, father, end
fare worse."
A Norwich woman was attracted to a
well, the other day, by the screams of
ber little girl, who had fallen in, and
though she pulled her up in the bucket
twice, the child loot her hold both times,
end waa finally drowned before ber
mother's eyes.
A Milwaukee man made three at
tempts to Mow his brains out, and then
his wife told him : " Don't try it again
John ; yon haven't got any." He pee
about now saying that he owes hie life to
that woman.
And again the watering place hotel
keeper light* big ftrss in his parlors
Eta on his overcoat and promenades
i vacant oucridora, arm wishing that
he were dead. But the coal dealer
aaith "Aha!" .
Lmd and ailrer have been found at
Haverhill, HIM., on the farm where the
poet Whittier waa born, and a ahalt
twenty feet deep baa been auk, from
which ore equal to Ui found at New
bury baa been taken.
It ia a singular coincidence that the
examination of the unearthed remains
of Aztec villages in Arizona and the
mounda in the Grand Traverse region of
Michigan reveal large quantities of char
coal in close proximity to human bones.
Since the year 1800 England haa
waged forty-nine wars ; France, thirty
eight; Russia, twenty-two; Austria,
twelve ; Prussia, eight; and in spite of
ail the peace societies and intAiational
conventions they all appear anxious for
another.
Respect old we. If you have a maid
en aunt thirty-three years old, and aha
is passing herself off for a girl of nine
teen, there ia no excuse for yon to ex
pose her. The more you respect her
age and keep still about it, the more
ahe will reepect yon.
Remember that appearances are often
deceitful. Many a pale, thin young lady
will eat more corned beef than a black
smith. Becsnse you find her playing
the piano in the perlor it ia no sign that
her mother ia not at the corner grocery
running in debt for a peck of potatoes.
Danboxy haa the champion patient
boy. He cornea from a chronically bor
p wing family. The other day he went
to a neighbor's for a cup of aour milk.
"I haven't anything but aweet milk,"
said the woman, pettishly. "HI wait
till it sours," said the obliging youth,
sinking into a chair.
The recent diaoovery of extensive coal
deposits in California will add much
to the prosperity of the Btate in more
wars than one. Last year the sum of
#16.000.000 waa paid for iron, which
cost half as much more for transporta
tion from Eastern and foreign factories.
The following notice from the war
office appeared in the London Gasette :
Brevet-Colonel Valentine Baker, half
pay, late Tenth Hussars, has been re
moved from the army, her majesty hav
ing no further occasion for his ear vices.
Dated August, 1878.
Coarse plug tobaooo made into a
strong solution, will, in two or three
applications, kill ringworm. An equally
sure remedy for this disease, mange in
animals, or itch, is equal parts of blue
precipitate, soft soap and lard, muted,
rubbed in and kept on over night
washing off with oastile soap and warm
water in the morning.
A complaint is made in an English
magazine that instead of studying her
own maritime interests, England has
created five naval power*, Germany,
Turkey, Bpain, Brazil and Peru, bv per
mitting the construction, on the Thames
and Clyde, of iron-clads superior to any
in her" navy for these countries. It is
urged that the lords of the admiralty
should take immediate steps to have
this business broken up.
The Stilton of Zanzibar showed him
self generally o very amort chop to the
Europeans. ' He didn't weor ony store,
and garters, and crosses, and medals of
his own. nor would he accept of ony, as
the wearing of such gewgaws is con
trary to the customs of his oountry, per
haps because, as the evening and morn
iug drew of his subjects is simple naked
ness, they would have to cut buttonholes
in their skins to adopt such a fashion.
A chicken died in Auburn, Illinois.
It belonged to Mr. Ney or Mr. Loch
ridge, whose yards adjoined, bnt to
which could not be determined. They
quarreled about it, and tossed the car
cass back and forth to each other over
the intervening fence. Then Ney shot
at Lochridge without hitting him.
Then Lochridge seised a club and
chased Ney. In the fight that ensued
the revolver and the club were both used
freely, and Ney was killed.
A Chicago man accidentally struck his
gas meter with a base-ball club, and as a
result his monthly bins declined from
*HO to lew than $5. Presently a mar
came round to "have a look at the
meter," and took it off with him, leaving
another one in its place, which, being
uiidubbed, immediately set to work and
rolled up a S3O bill against the lessee.
The simple fact that a means has been
discovered of persuading the uneou
scionable gas meters into something like
reasonable conduct will be received wit Ij
joy by thousands of citizens.