THAT NEW WORLD. BV **#. *. M. a. mrr. Ho* graeion* w# *re to grunt to the des.i These wide, vague lstid* in the foreign *ky. Reserving the world for onrwelvea in*ted For We mo*t live though other* must die 1 And whst is the world that we keep. I prv ? True it lis* glimpse* of dew* and flower* ; Then youth and lore are here and away, lake mated birds—but nothing is our*. Ah. nothing indeed, but we cling to it all. It in nothing to hear one'* own heart I-est It i* nothing to see one'* own leer* fait; Vet touch the breath of our life i* eet. Yea. the breath of our life i* *o sweet, 1 fear We were loath to give it for ail we kuow Of that charmed country we hold *o dear. Far into whose beauty the breathless go- Vet certain we are. when we see litem fade Out of the pleasant light of tile sun. Of the sand* of gold in the paim-leaf's *lisls. And the strange high jewels all these have won. Von dare not doubt it. O soul of nnue And yet, if thrae vacant syra could see t>ne. only one, from lliat voyage divine. With somctluug. any thing, sure for uie I Ah. Mow me the scent of one lily, to tell That it grew outside of the world, at newt, Ah. show me a plume to touch, or a shell That whisper* of some unearthly coast ! Martha's Wailing. BY KORKKV C. ¥K\ SUA. She was Martha. Irish ami red. She had iH-en here In America at ear, and had worked ban! and steadily, bad saved from her wages, and sent money over the water to her old home for the tno and children. But she used to think, at odd times, this Martha—odd times rather. Some times with her arms in the suds, a little remembrance of home would come ti ller, and a salt tear would tali down ami mix with the soapy water; or she would be sweeping a room, and a thought ot those far, far away would steal softly into her heart, and she would stop the work for a few minutes, just unmindful of anything about her. Ati! this think ing is a wonderful sad feeling, and even cruel too, for it is very -trung, ami we are so weak that we never know when to expect it. Now she had not mueh time to her self; but her heart wasa great big world iu which there was ?ilontlv living the time, and nothing that was new. She made few friends here, beeatise she felt that nobody quite understood her. w hen she spoke of the old place; and there was l'at, owr there, and von know -In had a wonderful feeling tor him. Said he, when -he was standing ready to leave for the new country, - Martha, it little re can take wid ye to remind ye o' me." •* No. Pat, it's much that 1 have," said she. '• Faith, and what's fhai f" *• Me heart, Pat. for you're In there sure enough." Then he had laughed at her, and told her to cheer up, for in a little while he was coming over too, and be sure then everything would be all right. Ah, well, here she was, working away her dear life, an i waiting. Sorrowful! Not at all. Kind to those around her; faithful ami true. "Martha, why don't you go out more?" asked her mistress. "If it (4h.se ye ma'am I'd rather stay by meseland then I don't know many places to go to." So she stayed at home. Often of pleasant evening*, w hen work was done she had a breathing spell, she used to sit (low it with Iter rough hands in her lap and think of Pat. She wondered what he was doing then; if he was thinking of her; or may be he was smoking his pipe at her moth er's liule cottage, aud talking about her; maybe he was joking with the children ,oh, he could joke finely, could l'at, as she well remembered.) she hoped he was well and cheerful, and bore up under the loss of her; well, not too well; she would rather that he'd be a little lonely at times, just for the sake of the love she bore him. i*he could not w rite, you see, or maybe ahe would have seat htm a letter, but then there would have been small u-e iu that, too, >eeing that he could not read. She got to know the places where the emigrant ships came in, ami one day she saw many poor homeless Irish lads, without friends on this side, ami with little or no money, wandering about like lost, till the cars should come which would take them to the Eldorado of the world—the West. Martha bought eakes and candies and went to them and gave the stuff to the poor forlorn children. Her broad, hon est face did good to the siek-hfarted woman, and they looked up with a little glad look in their eyes at the sight of one of their own country women. " Are any of ye from Donegal ?" asked she of one "of the women. " Rlee ye, darlint, that I am," respon ded the woman. " And do vez know the widdy Mc- Coy ?" "Troth and I do,and all the family." 44 I'm Martha McCoy." " What, ye're Martha, as yer own mo ther talks so much about? May the blessed Virgin hould ye but yer mother loves ye." "Yes I know."said Martha, a tear in her eye, "and do ye know Pat Carde gmn ?*' "Aye, and I do. He's a well doin" boy, wid broad shoulders, ami he's comln over here next year." " God bless ye for that same news." ; said Martha, as she helped the woman to the cars. She stood watching the train as It went away, loath to leave any one w ho had seen him and all that was dear to her, later than she had. One day, working in the kitchen. Martha heard a hand-organ in front of the house playing "Donnybrook Fair." She stopped, listened, ran to the street, gave money to the man. " Will yea play that over agaiu?" asked she, for l'at used to sing it, you see. She fell to thinking, to be sure, if he came he would have no home to go to; she must try to save money to give him so that lie might not feel poor till he got something to do; but then he too would go West. Well, in that case, she would go also; she was strong and hearty, she could get wrork any where, and then with Pat she wouldn't mind how hard she had it. Now she had sent money home by the priest of her church, and he said to her when next she saw him, "Martha Mc- Coy, Father Campbell, over in Donegal, sends me word to you that Pat Cardigan is to sail for America next week. Your mother and all are well anJ send their duty to you," What, Pat coming? sbe could hardly thank the father for his welcome words. She flew home and worked ta-t and furi ous, so that the other girls should not see that there was any tiling the matter with her. " Martha, how your eyes shine," said one of them, "aiut you well?" "Well,'' she cried, "I'm more than happy " —and laughed. She went to.her mistress: " Ye've been very kind to me, ma'am," she said; " but 1 may leave you in a week." '• Why, Martha, where are you go ing?" /There's some one coming from the ould country, ma'am, as may wish me to go West wid him." "Oh, your sweetheart, eh, Martha?" She smiled: "My young man. yes ma'am." " Well, Martha, I shall be very sorry to part with you, for you are a good girl, and you will make a good wife." " Thank ye, ma'am, indeed," she said, glad of this praise, which seemed to say that Pat would be glad, too. She counted her little savings, and went out and engaged two rooms in a poor neighborhood, fell on her knees and prayed, while the tears streamed from her eyes—prayed for Pat—only him—and thanked God for sending him to her. The time dragged on, her week was out, and she lelt her mistress to go and wait for her lover. In the poor little rooms she fixed and brightened up everything; she bought oat-meal, so that she could make cakes like those in Ireland, and so please Pat; she hunted the shipping office for news of the vessel. The men treated her kindly there, for she seemed so modest, FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Propnetoi VOL. IX. and withal so wholesome and happy looking At last the\ told her the ves-sl would irriv.- in j*ri next da\. All night she sal in her home, waiting and glad. In the early morning she was down at the wharf, along with many others who were w idling lik> her- - some out of cu rlosin to ee an emigrant ship, others to meet those the) loved. She *|H>ke to all alsmt her, A little woman waw att ing foi her husband. M irlha slaved by her till *ll at once a cry went up lliat the ship w as coining in. Big and black, like a cloud it came slowly over the water, casting shadows on the stream, and at last was hare. Martha held the little woman up, for a mau w ,s l.sikiug atvove all the rest, to ' the shore, and the little woman sudden ly threw her arms around Martha's ueck " That's t ed," alio cried, " that's me own darllnt!" and the eniigraiil* were coming forth bew littered and atix . .ous. Martha could not stir flirm the place she occupied, A something like a sob of joy held on to her heart, ami she could not get free. I lie people jostled her; she did not mind them. H,,uie cursed tier for being iu their way; she did not hear them. All at once a man in the crow d was seen by Martha. It was Pat. *he crossed | tt . r a rtns u|>oti her breast, glad and wild, am) he saw her; came close to her; hut aw otiian was with him. Martha! he -aid. and in such a strange, altered voice t has her very heart -eeim-d to stop beating. The woman with him looked at her. Martha mechani cally pointed to her. " It ho is that?" she asked, "Why. Martha, that's Biddy, me wife! Me were married just la-fore we sailed. What's the matter wi.l ve r Are ye sick?" For her arms fell at her sides and her eyes closed;.* something clutched her throat, and she could not j breathe, "Take uie where there's air." she gas|H-d, and he helped lier away. " W by. w haa ails ye. Martha r" asked Pat, while his wife looked astonished. " Nothing. Pat, I'm vvell again. Ye have no place to go to have ye?" No, he had not. " Then Iv'e two rooms forninst here, i which I UHk for ye when 1 heard ye/ was coming. Ye uiay have theui and ; the rent's jwiid for a month. 1 shan't , see yea again, for I'm going far from here, far from here," She took them to the place; their gratitude knew no bounds. She was ; going aw ay, daaed and cold, when be j called out. "Martha, ye have not asked after your mother." Then she listened to what he had to -ay. "tiood-bye 1" she said, and went out. She wandered along, she knew not whither, and once the feeling came over her that she would drown herself, but j oh the water that lett these shore?, j flowed beside the cliff-- of Ireland where Hie hail lived, and where her old mother was. She could not think now, and tear would not come. As night came on she -link into a corner, and there on her knees, -he rejieaied her simple "Hail Mary ! Full of grace!" ami rose up and went to the place where she had been employed. "Will 1 take you back, did you say, Martha?" "Ye-, indeed," said the lady. "but where is the sweetheart?" "He did not come!" said Martha.' "My sweetheart did not come," she mechanically repeated. Her mistress saw the agony in her face, "oh Martha, 1 am so sorry for you. Is lie dead t "Yes, ma'am, dead !" she said w his peringly; and the next day the work went on as usual, arid her strong arm were as powerful as ever, but the sor row that lay down deep In her heart | was only known between herself and God. Hrasllnf. Don't scow 1; it spoils faces. Before vou know il your forehead will resem ble a small railroad way. There is a ; grand trunk line now from your cow- ] lick to the bridge of your nose, inter- i aected by parcllel lines running East j and West, with curves arching your i eyebrows; and oh! how much older you look for it! Scowling is a habit that i steals upon us unawares. We frown when the light is too strong and when it is too weak. We tie our brow s into a knot when we are thinking, and knit them even more tightly when we can not think. There is no denying there ! are plenty of things to scowl about, j I'he baby in the cradle frowns w hen something fails to suit—"Constitutional ! scowl," we say. The little toddler wb<*J likes sugar on his bread and butter tells * his troubles in the same way when you leave the sugar off. "Gross," we say j alxmt the children, and "worried to ! i- aih," wont tin- grown lolks, and is j for ourselves, we can't help it. But we j mu-t. Its reflex Influence makes others . unhappy; for face answereth unto face ! iu life a* well as In water. It belles j our religion. We should |>s?c--s our j souls in -neb peace that it will reflect itself in placid countenances. If your forehead is rigid with wrinkles in-fore j forty what will it be at seventy? There is one consoling thought abouf these marks of time and trouble—the death angel almost always erases them. Even the extremely aged in death often w ear a -mootli and peaceful brow, thus leav ing our hist memories of them calm and tranquil. But our business is with life. Scow ling Is a kind of silent scolding. It shows that our sonls need sweetening. For pity's sake, let us lake a sad-irou or a glad-iron, or smoothing tool of some sort, and straighten these crease* out of our faces before they become indelibly engraved upon our visage.— Christian . T'seleas,aimless, drifting through life what was I liorn fori For Homebo dy's wife, iny mother sa) *. Well, that being true "somebody' keep* himself entirely front view . And if naught hut marriage w ill settle my fate, 1 believe I nhall lie iu an unsettled *tate. For though I'm not ugly—prav what woman is?- jou might easily tind a more beau tiful phiz; and those who seek for per fection will seek here in vain. Nay, in spite of thene draw hack-, my heart is perverse, aud I should not feel grate!ui for "better or worse," to take the first booby w ho graciously caiue, and ottered me those treasures —hi* home and his name. I think, then, my chance* ot marriage are small, but why should I think of such chances at all T My broth ers are all of them younger than 1, yet they thrive in the woild, why not let me try T 1 know that in business I am not an adept, because from such busi ness I'm st nkingly kept ; but this is the question that troubles my mind—why am I not trained up to work of some kind? Uselessly, aimlessly, drifting through life, why should I wail to be somebiMly's wife. A West India Hurricane. lii the year 1806, occurred the most terrible Hurricane experienced iu tin- West India Islands, during the present century. The ocean rolled completely over Ilog Island into the harbor of Nassau, in surges so enormous, that the crest was even with the gallery of the lighthouse, sixty feet above the sea. Houses and forests went down before | the wind like reeds; many which with i stood it force when it blew from north ! east collapsed when it shifted to south west. In twenty-four hours the city was like a town sacked and hurried by the enemy, and a large part of the wealth accumulated during the war ; had disappeared Into thin air. The i islands have never entirely recovered I from the blow. THE CENTRE REPORTER. ttrftr-**ttr*r llnuir r*. Rutmiug tlMtnl over Europe at all time* ami in Mailtnl into duv, tn StamUiul another, with intervals of waiting here ami there, affording c\ uctl) tli' knnl nl leisure in IH> thus eui plo)ml, a man could certainly not tin iicllei than ixtake lutn-i'lt tnhiii a In it', whit-h, like every other study, tn volyi ? a great ili-a I nf learning. ami enriches On' mind nitli tuut-h quaiie ami unusual mtiMinatmn ( a very tn | itnt'Mitit: hunt. Fur vour hrir a brae liutitei must know a good th ai ttlmttl history. ami, in away. atiuitt art. tin muni have a lirittl for date*, ami ln< a qnaintid with tlif PTIICIFM ll{ thui. th'- Inato Ulanutacttlit-a in which In- it spe cially interest* -d. ami nun something of the processes, too, l>> which the it' •pedal beauty it attained If this i (>ciha|> circumscribed within the tnw centuries which have given It* highest deve lopciuc tit to art, , it lit a gu at matter. A vat > unusual amount cf atsimnmirnt is needed m In able to trace anv line of thought .through two ui ttttvo w*titurie; ami 1 the Volv fact that tt I# llt'tnled iiti|iltr> opportunities of culture which uiaiiy | more imposing pursuits nrithei de maud uor acquire. Imlrcti. for our own jiart. we arc free to admit that the science which traces the earth through it great many uplieat logs, and professes to tiiid intense dramatic interest in the grinding together of wild rooks, the developing and drying up of pathless i oceans, tin* tiellowiugs it extinct l*ettsts, unenlightened by one ray of human interest,is infinitely less attrac tive to ourselves, though so much gran ilci HI public estimation, than the mil der enthusiasm which follows the ca rter of an art. and thus learns a gicat deal alNttit the human creature, through whom and by whom it threaded its way into life, as well as the ih signs ami the colors, the material and form, the when ami the how, of its protlut lion. To know* anything thoroughly, whatever tt may bo, gives a tnau, a | wonderful advantage over his fellows; ami he who would know china must understand a great many things be sides china on his way to that emi nence. upon which he sits, instructing us by iiia gracious word* and hum tiling us by his suave superiority. Imagine him strolling through the streets of a big town, which, after we have seen it , sights, are probably nothing but wea riness to our soul, Berlin, for instance, flattest ud dreariest of cities. Soft! while we yaw n under the Liiidcu, he ' has dived into some dingy den in a ! hark street, with all the eagerness of an explorer in his tine countenance ami -peaking eyes, from which, (rerhap#, he emerges sparkling and glow tug w itb plea-ure, while we ate vaguely won dering whether it is possible to get to lied so early without compromising our reputation for ever. Ib-d! our hero has something in his hand which takes ail thought ot weariness from htm. As 'he unfolds it. the very atmosphere around him palpitates with pleasure. He sees it already in imagination placed on a new bracket in the place ot honor atuoug all those daiuti | itches which till his home, ami hears 'he rustling ot the wings of all the con noisseurs who, hearing news of it tu their distant nest*,comesweeping from far and near tosce it. half weeinug over the good fortune of the lucky follow whose very occupation is thus throw - ing him in the way of continual tun . sures. *lt is only a bit of crockery," I you say in your ignorance; or if yon are a Scotsman you mav. perhaps, in dulge in a sharper tone of eontempt , and call the wonder a "pig." But if You li-teii to hnu while he tells you the history of his "pig," your contempt will probably, if you are ot an ingeni ous niiml. give way to admiration, and you will tind perhaps, though you piide yourself on knowing aotm-tbing, that the picturesque distinctness of a rp'.- fife is ever so much more th ar ami ex act than your blundering general iu furination, ami that your fin ml'* scrap of crockery lights up an age to htm with nunute tapers of illumination fine and delicate ami char, which throw | more real ligtit upon history than the big blares of war, and dim lamps of councils. After which di-covery it i* to !• ho|ted that you will la- modest, ami Itnik down upon the mail of rliitia and trinkets no more. We confess that there are occasions i in which the sju-cial devotion to brie a-brar has a somewhat laughable ef fect. It is funny, for instance, to hear iu a record of a visit to Dresden not a word about Raphael or even Correggio, but a very great deal about John Fred erick Bottcher. Now, dear reader, fierhapa you do not know, if jron are not a china-maniac, who John frederic Bottcher is? Neither did we—till Ma jor Hall enlightened us. He was. so far as we can make quite sure, the inven ( tor of that charming white porcelain which is one of the prettiest nf all ce ramic productions of Dresden, and the , director of the great manufactory at Meissen. We are very mueh obliged j Lto him for the white china, which is : \ery captivating in its way; but we feel that it is somewhat droll to hear j HO much about it in the very presence, as it were, of that Virgin ot the San Sisto, who hushes all common talk ! upon one's lips, when one comes near j her. The brie a brae man. however, j ; chirrups on undismayed. He has uo j eyes for that glory of supreme art. j j The little magnitude which he loves j has confused his Hcnse of space and j j distance, and destroyed sight, so that ! the small bulks seem bigger than the great in his eyes. The contusion #iat# out" i* given. When the boats are down, and proof lias been given that everything connec ted with them Is ready ior service, tin order to haul tin-in in is given, and in a few more minutes tliey are restored pi their customary resting places. The same organization of crews i applied to tire duty; and as soon as the bout In spection Is completed a fire-drill takes its place. In this some men have charge of buckets, with ropes attached to them, so that they can Is- tilled over the side and hauled In. Other* have to fetch and join the hose, to connect it with pumps worked by the engines, or to take charge of the jets. Other* are pre pared with blanket* to Is; wetted ami thrown over the ilumes, but the essen tial matter is that every man has hi# place and Ills duty, ami every mail is acquainted with them lxth. The same division into crews, as for the boats, Is also used for manning the pumps, and as soon as the fire-drill Is over, the pumps receive the next attention. Each crew Is expected to la- in its place, each pump is tested and examined, and It is shown that there is no water in tin bilge. This done, the crews are dis missed, but the iiis|>ccUiig party pro ceeds to make a complete lour of the vessel. The storeroom# are visited, and • the steward is cautioned with regard to his duties iu respect of them, and is es pecially told that no other light than that of a closed and locked lamp must i ever be taken to them. Every water tight door is shut and tested to see that •, it moves freely on its hinges, and that I none ot its lever fastenings are rusted or out of order. The supply of rockets ( UNTIU: H ALL, CKNTKK CO., PA., ill LKSDA V, MAIM II 0, I*7<>. and other -Ignsl* l*>XMinlned,tltc sieer ing and signaling ap|artii* trkwl; and only after cv< i vthing ha* l-C- n found to !-• hi order l the word given for the ship to enihai k her passenger# and to pro eed tt|-on her course. In addition to all this care, every ollleet Is re|ill lhle lor the eottdiliuii ot things in hi* own department, and the captain for aI, so that the smallest liiijierfectloii would 1H reiMirted as h* M *ii as It wasdla- covered, and rectified a? S-HUI as rwtl tieation vv .is (Mesiblc. I'he t unard com p'tny does insure, hot yet take? Its own ri?k? to a cct iii II extent, and no know n risks are ever Incurred. If the -.inallest delect is discovered ill All) pill of a -hip, m> question is raised whether If will hear one voyage or two voyages more, but the order "out with ll" la given at once. A Horlm,. In the whole range of sacred and pro fane literature, |>erhaj>s there is noth ing recorded which has such staying properties a? a g>H*t healthy mortgage. A mortgage can 1-e -!cjm*mtcd on to -tick closer than a hrotb- f. It has a mission to iH-rform which never let? up. Day after day it i right there tu-r d- a huge nightmare eating out tin sleep ol -oiue resiles* sluiula-rer, the unpaid mortgage rear- tip its gaunt front in perpetual tor men t to the mis arable wight who i# held within its miserable clutch, it bold* tlie |oor victim with the relentless grasp of -a giant; not one hour of recreation ; not a a moment's evasion ot it- hideous pres ence. A genial savage ot Ulollif V lllg as|M-cl while tlie interest Is paid; a Very devil of Inq-eli's* destruction when the jiaytiienta fail. Other liabilities mav he evaded or smoothed aside; but a mortgage hatig* on with the pertinacity of a hull dog or the grip ot a blacksmith's vice. If the interest 1? paid il i added to swell Its grim parent, the principal, aud hold* up it* horrible front with a harder seeming than before, ll will have the |stund of flesh w hleh t* nominated in ttie t-ond; and more terrible than the feaifnl witches in Macbeth, the threat ening fiend. Foreclosure, rear* up Its dreaded menace with the crushing weight of hojMtles* despair. I'lty for the |-oor man who lias the grim fiend in lii- household. Every hour of his life is fraught with one in tact endurance of misery and dread, embittered with a grievous load he 1# powerle*- ( U -hake an av.—/(wfusfrinl Jje. Hiimra si Wlrhtcan I nlv- rsllv. II iviiig been in happy n|>eratiun for twetiu-nine years a* a university ex clusivrlv for men, in the year I*7o it o|H'iierdilig to the most recent returns, one hundred an i seventeen of that sex are now avail ing themselves of the right to univer sity Instruction tliu* recognized. In the -liatrlhution which tfiey iivv-- made of themselves among the several de l-artmeiit*, there is uolitth- *ifinlflcatice —four of them have chosen tlie law, forty-seven medicine, and slxtv-six lit erature and Helen re. Before 1870 there w ere several college- in America w hi- Ii had adopted the y-n-ui of co education; but all of the#e had adopted that •vflaw from the beginning. Michigan ia tlie first university which, having begun it* life and attained eminent success 111 *ii the oi l exclusive system, then de liWrately iurorporated upon lteif the new .in-l more comprehensive plan. The resolution to do #<> w a* by no means a hasty one, or taken w ith much cheer fiiltn—s. It had been under considera tion for twenty years, and w lien adopted at la-l, it wa- adopted with no little anxiety. Our experience of five year? has, I think, convinced everybody here thai thi# anxiety was not well founded. Neither go-i order nor the tcholarstnp of the I nivrrsUy lu# suffered any harm from the presence of ladle# in its clasa room#; while the physical dia#u-rs to the women themselves, which an emi nent medical authority ha? nf late clearly demonstrated to is- tlie fieiial Con sequence# of feminine toil at the dry and arduous ta?h# of university study, have tint# far strangely failed to make their ajuiearancc in thi# neigli lstrli(s*l. Indeed, the ladies here seem to thrive ludicrously well under the rugged regimen to which they have ts-en put; and their omission to vcrifr the prediction# of an priori alarm 1# something bordering u|ron the cruel. A benevolent mind observing these tiling# can hardly do less than utter a word ->f kindly caution to all |#*rson? who still ib-sire to take unalloyed com fort in tin* doctrine that women are not fit for universities, or that universities are not tit for women; such person# should abjure tlie neighlxirhood of in stitutions !ik<- the i nivendtv of Michi gan, and faithfully limit themselves to #i*-eii!ntive data.— Srribmr't Montklg. Haste and Health. it i# not wholesome to lie in a hur ry. Locomotives have been reported to have moved a mile a minute for short distance*. But locomotive* have often come to grief by such great rapidity. Multitudes in their haste to get rich are ruined every year. Tlie men wlio do thing* maturely, slowly, deliberately, ar the men whooftetiest succeed in life. People who are habitually in a hurry generally have to do thing# twice over The tortoise Ix-at the hare at last Slow men seldom knock their brain* out against a |M>.?t. Foot-race* are injurious to health, as are all forms tive exercise. .Steady labor in the field is tlie Ix-at gymnasium in the world. Either lalsir or exercise, carried to ex haustion or pro#t ration, or even to great tiredness, expressed by "fagged out," alwava doc# more harm than the pre vious exercise ha# done good. All run ning U|--stairs, or to catch up with a ve hicle or a ferry-boat, I# extremely inju rious to every age, sex, and eon lit ion of life. It ought to be the most pressing necessity which should Induce a person over fifty to run over twelve or fifteen yards. Those live longest who are de liberate. whose actions are measured, who never embark in any enterprise without "sleeping over it," and who perform all every-day act# with calm ness. (Quakers are proverbially calm, quiet people; ami they are a thrifty folk the world over. A writer iu tlie Gardner'! Chronicle, an English horticultural journal, says: Hearing a very good linguist pronounce tills word one day,as if il had been #|xjl ed "Ixs-kay," I w as induced to ask htm Ids reasons for doing so, when lie gave me the following information, which may interest some of your readers. The word, us we are aceiistoiyed to seeing it spelled, is a French perversion of two Tartar-Arabic words, IK>, beautiful, and ka, jierfume; hence, the original mean ing of the word bouquet is anything wliiclt possesses a Ix-autiful perfume, in like manner, the luscious Tokay wine (of whieli the Austrian Emjieror is re puted to be as fund as tlie King of I'rus sia was of champagne) is indebted for its name to the two Arabic words, To, royal or iiii|x>riai, and ka, jx'rfurae. When, therefore, connoisseurs *|x-Hk of their wine having n'Mx-aiitiiul bouquet" tliey are correctly using tlie word in its original sense, but they are incorrectly and unwittingly using the adjective twice —first in English, and then in A rabic. The atnwllral t'apilwt l l.urn|ir It uiiist certainly !*• allowed that the I capital ot Montenegro has no claim to i rank among the great cities of the earth. Il* general look, consisting mainly, a it doe*, of one wide street, rather re minded me of some of tho-e small low ■■* or large villages which lie on the old road troiii Oxford to Loudon. Not ex |icciiug to find a new liahytoti or I'al- Ultra ill one of the oases of the Mlaek PpsMiutaln, I saw nothing that looked specially mean or -qualid or tumble dow u. I certainly know of iautiicl|ial 1 and parliameiitar) Inirougha in more i |iaita than one of the British Islands, | which certainly would have ti hold e, and tit* -mootll round the neck, tlie slit with Uie button allow ing tlie head to |wv*- eail> Uiroogh 1 Iw-ie i also another "plain-fitting urpliee." it i# "oje-n down the front, nu |er(ect!y smootli round tlie tie k and shoulder like the jMM-ket surplice, aud i* so made that it will not fall away in front to *lmw the trouer*." "Nwrt t'oita -ur phces are quite plain, aud tall low on the shoulder#." There are also "slightly gathered surplice#," "and round neck gathered aurplices." Tlie former. It 1# stated, "have ISM fn!n-s at the neck than the cathedral sliaj-e," wlitle the latter, which are worn with cassock, •'put on over the head, have a very nhx* ap|M-*raticc." Anv clergyman draw ing a "round neck gathered surplice" over hi# 1 eet —ln tact, getting into it Uie w rung way—will, in the present muddy condition of the streets, present, on the other hand, a very natty appearance, and prevent the vestment from exciting those feeling* of veneration which, if plunged Into head foremost It 1* calcu lated to produce. Here is the oilier, which i? very dif ferent: t'lergyuMu, in the opinion of some persons, are a body of well-clot bed, we|l-fed, well paid men, who have lit tle else to do hut to grow fat on the rev enue# of the church. Tlie evidence given at an inquest held at Leamington on the remain# of a clergymen w lio died in that town,disclose#ale**highly colored picture of clerical life. The de ceased, it w a# stated had never obtained preferment, and lalterlv had derived no emolument from tlie cnurclt- 110 was a widower, aged seventy-three, and lodged alone. He had a small annuity, hut tlds wa* forestalled; and lie would frequently have txa-n without ftxxl hut for the kindness of those with whom lie lodged. "I have lived," he said in a letter produced at the inquest, "for several years upon Bd. jx-r day. I sul>- -ist ii|xn bread aud milk, bread and cheese, and eocon, and have no meat, ale, or spirit*. I have nothing," he added, "to subsist ti|M>ii, and i do not know how to supply my necessities," This letter was written in answer to an application to pay the debt* of hi* only son, whols a hopeless nieutal in valid. This unfortunate old clergy man was found lifeless in iii# room, having died, according to the ve-dict ot jury, "from natural cause#." Hon to Hnke lb# IVnd Times Worse There is no fact more generally or more thoroughly appreciated than that tlie times are hard, and there i# need of prudence and economy, but there could tie nothing more mischievous than the dis|x>sitioii to exaggerate the condition of things or to destroy confidence in our |Miwrs of recii|xr*tion. There is danger that tlie public mind will be come morbid on tlie subject of the hard time# and suspicion* of ihe stability of all business. Let there be a general j feeling of hopelessness or distrust, and tlie chief source of recuperative energy will tx- dried up. There have iwen many failures and one of the natural effect* is to shake the confidence of bus iness men and of tin* community at large but thi# re#nlt I# aggravated lx>- yoiid all rational limits by tlie stress that is laid on#caeli failure, mid thc ruuior# and suspicions that are set on had regarding ot Iters that may follow. We all know the projieiisity of rumor nud gossip to become magnified a? tliey travel, until their proportions are alarming. Many a house that might have weathered tlie storm if leniently dealt with, lias been forced to suspend by the.demand# precipitated ujien il by an idle rumor that il wa# iu a straight ened condition. The practice of parad ing, weekly, a long list of failures, great and small, so as to make the most impressive show of business distress pro duces an impression that Is essentially false, and altogether mischievous. .Still worse is the propensity to spread ru mor# and unauthentleated rcixirt# re garding tlie unpromising condition of ?|iecial times of business, and the-in stability of certain concerns. The ef fect i# to unsettle confidence and pro duce desjKindency to a degree wholly unjustified by the actual state of affairs. * • What we need most Is confi dence and ho|>e, and we have ground enough for them, hut there arc busy bodies whose occupation Is to spread distrust and dismay. By giving thein countenance, we only make the bad times worst; and the process of recovery ' more dlllli'iilt. Bv prudent ami car-**- ! (ill management ami pilsiilug wltli the spirit of legitimate enterprise wherever an opixirtuuity nrmsnu, we will stead ily rehiilhl the fahrlc of our shattered proajierlty. The lesson* of adversity W ill IH- of priceless value to lis In the luturc, ami we must not fold our hand* and itioiiu or list, ii to the forebodings of croaker*, hot stand up manfully, put - uiiltdcjiec In your fellow menexcept those whom we have some slitttcieilt reason to distrust- and work on with a will, "Heart within ami God n'erhead," ftitl'.U I How Saliusls l.lis la Hlalsr. Gur reader# know that there are two kind, oi respiratory upp.iiatua—lungs, which Inhale alt, abstract oxygen from It, aud give In return chiefly carbonic acid; and gills, w hhh absorb the oxy gen ill-solved in water, and also give of! chiefly earlMOiie acid, which is more readily dissolved In water than the ox.v gen, 'The former apparatus ia (HMsesaed by mammals, birds, Ac.; the latter by Ji-hes; and as iuiig* are incapable of taking oxygen out of water, and gills cannot take it trout the air, or In other worth), aa lungs cannot breathe water aud gill* cannot breathe air, animals with lungs are drowned iu water, while fish are drow m-d iu the air. A small utlinlier of amphibious animals, how ever, posse*# both lung* and gills, and can therefore breath either air or wa ter, and thus live to liutli, it ha- been, however, observed that inu-krals, ami 0110 r swimming mammals with lungs, could travel considerable distance# un der ice without reaching any bieatiiing hole mi the surface, and it was lor a long time a problem how they silcttHled 111 living so long and traveling o far Without at-cec to the atmosphere. The problem has |>eeu answered by S. New iiotise, in a w..i k called the " I rapj*-r's Guide," (rolil which wc extract tlie fol low iug ; "MukraU have a curious method <( traveling long dtntama-s under fee. lit their winter excursion* to their feeding grounds, hlcli are frequently at great distance# from tliclr abode*, they take in breath at starling, and remain under water a# long a# tliey can. Tliey flue to the U-e and breathe out the air ill (hell lungs, w tiich remain* in bubble# again*! the lower surface of the ice. They wait till tin- air recovers oxygen from the water ami ice and then take It in again, and go on till tlteo|M*raliou haa to be re peated. In this way they can travel almost any distance, and live any length of time tinder the lev. '• I'he tinnier sometime* takea advant age of thi# habit ot the muskrat iu the follow in£ manner; "When the marshes ami pond* where the uitiskrau abound are lir-t frozen over, ami the Ice b thin and clear, on striking into their housea with ids iiatcbe;, for the purjucw of setting hi# trap#, he frequently wee# a whole land ly plunge into the water and #w im au ay under tiie ice. Follow iug (Mil- for iewe dislauee. he see# hi income up to renew hi# breath iu the manner above dr*- crihwi, "AftT th animal ha# breathed through the Ice and before lie lias time to take it in again, the hunter strikes with hi hatchet directly over iiiui, and drive# away hU breath. In this he drown* tu swimming a few rods; and Uie hunter, cutting a hole ill Uie lev, take# him out. Mink, otter and Ix-aver trav-d under tlie ice in the same war ; and hunter# have frequently told me of taking otters in tlie manner 1 have di-si'til##!, when (lies#- animal- visit the botie of the muskrat for prey."— Mdrin hearing their uoisy demonstration#, w a* moved by feiniuine curiosity to have a jx-eji. She wa#seized fiy the hand and brought forth, her |x-r --#editor being exiled toauotlier province. Tfiere lie #aw an old man and woman weening over a young girl. In answer to hi? inquiries he learned lliat a nion ?trou* serix-iit with eight head* ami eight tails had already devoured seven daughter*, and was Htxmt to gobble up the only one romslning. Tlie god says If they w ill give him their daughter to wife lie will settle account* with the dragon. He construct# a sort ol scaff old having eight entrances, and each opening ilisplaying a vase lljled with sail irh-e wine)*. The dragun shows it self eapaide of intoxication and isea?ily slain. The verse of five line# in which the god celebrates the building of a house for Ids bride i* the oldest relic of the lyrical poetry of Japan. It is not a little curious to find in the native myth ologv of Nipjxm a prototv |* of M. George. I*a*#ing over various demi-gods re joicing in stteh name# a# Ma#a-ya-a-ka tu-iiaya-lil-ama-tio- wi-lio- nti-no-miko to, we come to a time when the eartli was under the rule of two brother-, one of them hunting on the hill* ami ihe other rt*liing in tlie sea. They agreed to change tlieir vocations, hut tlit' fisher • aught no game, and the hunter lost the ti#h hook in the sea. A? Ids brother imperiously demanded ll# return, lie descended in a sort of a cage to the pai .n-e uf the #ea-grxl. There lie espoused tlie daughter ol that potentate, obtained tlie luxik, also two precious stones of flux and reflux, and, with nil hi*jre.t— ores, returned to the earth. Ill# hnppi tie## wa* destroyed by a stealthy obser vation# of his wife at a time when lie had promised not to look upon iter. It is ill effect the story of Melusitw over again, like the lair mother of the house of Lnsignati. tlie daughter of tile sea g-xi disappeared into the waves, and her husband no more Ix-held either wife or child. The chronology of the mythological age of Japan is easily summed lip. There were live generations of terres trial dcßle#. The dominion of the god# from the time when they came down to govern tlie eartli lasted Ijfttt,47o years, hilt as to the ejxxdi of eliaos its duration lias not been estimated. It is easy to sec that those legends are nature myths. Daiziu is the personifi cation of the sun, tlie emblem of fire ami light, i'he mikado* are said to Ix> de scended from her, pretty much, it may fx; sup|XlXC(|, on the same grounds that the Em|xror of China is said to IH; tlie brother of the sun and moon. A *#'• Friend*. It is very certain that a man's inti mate friends are often the la*t to sus pect liis possession of unusual abilities. Nil# is a trite observation, but one is constant iy being surprised at some new proof ot iu truth. It was not long ago that a gentleman told us tlint he did not Ix-livc a certain celebrated poet had any real genius, because lie once lived in the same town with him, and knew that his family were no better than tliey should be. He had never read any of his books however. It was the old story over again. "He a great man! Nonsense! 1 knew him when he was only fAM*r* around the nw-ky coasts of the Hotiihcrit I'acifir <<-an, atid on the ahorea of the Cape ot Good Jlopc. The king |M'Ugul(i ia one ot the kit known of the specie*; it tM-long* to the genu* 'i/.t, tKnlytr*, Iwing parti< u lari/.ed by /iHiiogista aa n p/caody/c* fissflski, The bill ia *ieuder and cut ved at the points, which ate acute ; aud tlie wing* ate very small, resemb ling fin* in ap|M-araure, aud t mil feathers or plume*; they are therefore unfit for purjeme# ot flight. Indeed, tt would appent that thi# sin gular ti tin ia entirely unfitted for tra velling through the air, aa the bone* have tio air chamber*, are filled with marrow, and are very heavy. The feet are very far hack, and the posterior surface touche* the ground aa tue bird walk*. Great uuinbera of them- binls were fotiud in Kt igut leii's Island, a tor ky island in the Indian Geoaa. by the ei peditloll which travelled thither to ob ere the transit of Venus, which took place on December 9, 1874. At a dis tance they ap|M*ar a* white stationary bodlea; hut on approaching, they are seen to tie waddling along with an in desciihnbly ludicrous gait, which )* made still more almutd by the turned heads, as the bird* look back distrust fully at their pursuers. As the laid) • way* from aide to side, tlie bird looks like an animated coal with empty, • winging sleeve*. When altaske#! at eloM- quattera, the penguins will tine their lieaks with romodermhie effect; aud their sense of bcipJesaties* ia strong hut lln-y fWHin take Ur ruuning aw ay. Being clumsy and slovHTi walljing, they frequently fall on their hreaais, and move then wings (a* if tliey were in the water* like till*. When congrega ted iii uumler*.they will unite to resist an attack, ami wilt form a close pha lanx. They are frequently ktllol for the sake of their sktua, which are cov eted on the breast with fine, close feathers of remarßable softness, and ate used. 111 place of fur*, fur wearing appaiel. They are geu railv slaugti tefed by bring kuorked OU the bead with a club; but sometime* they are taken alive with a lasso thrown over the head. If they can reach the water, they can usually elude the jammer, aa they swuu and dive with aaiomahiug rapidity, remaining under water for sortie time and reamiearinir at a con siderable distance from the place of first immersion. The king penguin, the largest of the •peeiea. haa an orange tinted breast, which beeotow wmtr near the abdo men. The back is gray tsh black, aud the front ami liark are separated by a sharply definitive line of a steel gray color. They stand almut 2 fret inches high, and tlietr plumpness gives them" considerable weight. Their diet emu see the flesh to be rank arul fishy, but it is eaten by the natives of some coun tries. Ralbrrs sbssld me laorslsU. The rare of children's health daring (lie M-bool |tertod devolves maifily upon the motiiei, and it makes au immense ditlerenre in the aucceaa of the school whetlier the children come in the morn ing bright and fresh from the long night's sleep, the uiotning hatband the simple hieakfaat, eaten leisurely and with the enjoyment that arm res good dig ration; or whether the child ia al ways allowed to ait up Late for exciting pleasure, dresses and rata its hteakfaat in a borrv of fear, lead it should IM- late for whd in the world." and ita face Minded a wrinkle of contempt for the little dollar bill. , Ju.l then tlie caahier come*, take, the little mui muring hill, and kindly give, it to a poor widow. "God Idea, you !" .lie rrin*, aa with a .lulling face .be receive, it. "My dear hungry children can now have aome bread. A thrill of joy ran through tit# little hill a* it waa folded up in the widow • hand, and it wbi.pered, "I may do •mate good; if 1 am .mall.'' And when it wu tin- might fares of ber father lea. children, it wa* very glad that it eon Id do a little good. Then tlie little dollar bill la gan ita journey to uaefulueaa. It went tir.i to tlie haker'a for bread, then to the mil ler'a, tbeu to the farmer'a, then to the laboretthen to the doctor's, then to the minuter'*, and wherever it went it gave jileaaure, adding aome thing to their comfort and joy. At la*t, alter a long, loug pilgt image of usefulness am ed in at least one new garment—a clieap lial. fan or handkerchief, if no thing more costly can be afforded.—JSr XicioUm. "At MNCA .4 hie us A nUtti A MIL— I don't know what die lady was talking about. 1 merely ueard the above re mark as she was passing through my wod. Ha! ha! thought 1 to myself, why. there is as much difference lie tween ant# as between people ! I'll tell you how I know it : The little school ma'am luia a turn for experiments, and I've seen her make one or two on this very point, (toe day she picked np several anta from one ant-hill and ear ned them to another ant-hill, where there appeared to be thousands of in habitant- all looking just like the new comer*. But it seems the ant# could see the difference, for the unfortunate strangers were recognised as intruders, and were instantly set npoo and killed. Another time the little lady hook some ants from a large bill, and abut them up in a l- are governed by hope through the whole course of our lives; and in our last moment* hope i* % flattering to m, and not till the beating <4 the heart ahail oeaae will It* benign influence leave u*. Herb* lutetidod for drying should be nicked just before the plant blossoms, waib them until they are entirely free from dmt. Then put them In the oven and let shew remain until Utey are per fectly dry. Afterward nib from the -talk*, |*ut in glaaa jars and cover cloaely. I Railroad* were drat constructed and opened as follow*: England, Iftift; France, ltf; North America, I*3o .ermany BUS: Belgium. U35; Russia, IK3H; Hpairi, 1*44; Italy, 1*44; Denmark 1*44: Holland, 1S&3; *w ito rlaod, 1*44; Sweden and Norway,lSM;Turkey 1*64; Koumania, IS®. * Amber attract* a straw, m dona beauty admiration, which only last* while the warmth continues; but virtue, wisdom, goodness and real worth, like the load stone never lose their power. They are the true graces, linked and tied hand In hand, it is by their Influence that human heart* are ao firmly united m In each other. ~ A Belgian priest, who didn't have very many men to Itear htm, told the ! women, one day, that, If they would I tell their husbands, fathers and bro (tiers to attend, the next day. he would -how them how to make a pair of shoe* iu five minun*. Next day, the church was crowded. After jbe service*, the priest took up an old |dr of boots, and, with a pair of scissors. speedily con verted them into a pair of shoes. The artesian well at the Collier White Lead Works,. St. lath. Mo., has at tained a detail of over TUM feet, nearly all of whictt depth lias lvn through lime-tone. The drift is but slightly above the ewrinltiai lime- tone, and has passed through but little of either ftand -tone or chert. The burl ug commenced iu the lower Archimedean limestone. There U a very preuy Kaalern tale of which the tale of plagiarist* often re mind* u*. the slave of a magician saw his master wave his w and, and heard htm give orders to the spirit* who rose at hi- summons. The slave stole the wand, and waved It himself in the air, but he had not observed that his mas ter used the left hand for the purpose. The spirits thus irregularly summoned tore the thief to pirns* instead of obey ing his orders.—? Jf jcoaiay. It is only for those to employ force who poeee— strength without judgment but the well advised will have recourse to other mean*. Besides, he who pre tends to cmrry'hD point by force hath need of many associate*; hot the man who can persuade knows that he Is him self snißclent for the purpose: neither man such a one be supposed forward to shed blood, for who is there who would choose to destroy a fellow citisen rather than make a friend of him by mildness and persuasion ?{ JL'ssopAos. Nothing says an observer on th spot >IVIS( ukeu seriously In Pari*, even work (and the Parisian* who cater so well far the world's amusement have to work very hard) Is done in a cheer lul, nonchalant maouer that seems to -ay, "I enjoy what I am doing and do not re&Hee fam working." The wait ers at the cafes and restaurants, who are veritable slave* (for they get only a few hour*' sleep), seem always gay and contented, and ever have a bright smile and a cheerful manner for all. A cement for covering the Joints of ovens, that ha* been found excellent in practice and doe* not crack, but be come* very hard, may he made by mix ing equal quantities of finely lifted wood ashes and crushed and finely sifted clay, and adding some salt and sufficient water to form it into a dough, with which the era As are coated when the oven Is cold. If this cement is em ployed instead of clay in setting new ovens, they will, U U claimed, oe al most indestructible. Such as at e iu immediate fear of los ing their estates, of banishment, or of slavery, live in perpetual anguish, and lose all apjwtite ami repose; whereas such as are actually poor, slaves and exiles oftentimes live as merrily as men In a better condition; and so many peo ple who, impatient of the perpetual alarms of fear, have hanged and drowned themselves, give us sufficiently to understand that it Is more Importu nate and insupportable than death it self.—[ Montmff**. St. Conrad of Constance died in 976, and WHS buried in the cathedral of Con stance. According th * chronicles as early as the twelfth century the spot where the saint reposed became noted Tor the miracles wrought there in be half of the halt and blind. The devout of Constance had determined to cele brate becomingly this year the nine hundredth anniversary of the good saint's death, and set to work to ex hume his remains hut to their horror and amaaemeut they found the stone sarcophagus empty. The City of Warsaw, in Poland, a city not much given to innovations has set an Initiative in the pavement ques tion, which has drawn much attention to the ancient capital. The stone pave ments of that city having become un even and worn, under the traffic of a few centuries, the Warsawese, with a happy trust In a more enduring future have laid their streets with cast iron, the blocks being two feet lengthwise of tbe street, and three and a half feet crosswise, with a thickness of three inches. Back block weigh# about two hundred pounds. T A New England newspaper shows its appreciation of the trialb of the wo man who "does her own -housework" in the following paragraph ; "The long suffering house-wife hears the door bell ring, washes the dough from her hands, pulls down her sleeves, removes an old calico apron, and with a hasty look in the mirror goes out in the hall to find a patent- medicine bill on the floor. A woman who can go through this experience, and resume her work without making a few easuyl remarks concerning Job and his patience, de serves a niche in the temple of Fame.