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 <il
Work.
\ Young laMty's aollloqu>.
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 #i<cm*
almost moral as well as mental, and
leaves us half indignant, hall in laugh
ter; but all the same Meissen and Bott
cher, whose life is one of the many stir
ring stories of inventors, ami a great
deal of obscure but important national
history, is all revealed to the china
maniac, though he does not mind Ra
phael, bv the white porcelain.— Illnck
irtHxP* Magasint.
Why Ihey are "larky."
When a vessel of the Cunard line is
ready to sail, but before the passenger
are received on board, a complete tn
spection is made by her commanding
officer, and the marine superintendent.
The crew are drawn up for Inspection
in two lines, on the starboard and port
sides of the deck, each man wearing the
badge of his boat, and ready to answer
to hi- name. The muster-roll having
Iwen called, orders are given to prepare
for boat service; and the men break up
Into the necessary number of crews,
each at his own station. When this is
done the order "lx>at# 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<H*s the slightest teiulene) t slumber
impair It? vigor iu the least. Night
and day, ami ai holiday times, without
a moment's ,.( for sickness or recrea
tion, tin- biting oltpriug of it# exis
tence g(H - oil.
Tile season* may change, days run
into weeks, week- into mouths, and
mouth* 1* w allowed up Into ipty gray
man of advancing years, hut tlflik mort
gage stands up ui sleeplc-s vigilance,
with the interest, a |s ieuulal stream,
ceaselessly l uiudng on.
I.ik>- 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'iie<i it? doors iu all department* for
th<- adon-situi of W - IIK 11. Ac#a>rdilig 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
<lowr o their heads iu a coiupa w itb
the Montenegrin capital, I w# struck
with the good sense of the Prince w ho,
reigning over |ieople of his
own hliMst, is sutislled with a palace
wlilch does not even pretend to the
privacy ola squire'* mansion, but aim
pit stand* a- the great house of an o|-eii
tillage. This I* the new |uUaoe; the
old palace, ill which strangers are
lodged* the work of the last Vladika, i*
a different building. The Vladika, at
once Bishop and General, built a house
which would serve lietter either for a
monastery or for a barrack tlian for
anything which, in the West, would )■
understood bv a palace, or even a pri
vate house. But there is nothing to lie
said against the quarters iu it, Cettage
supplies ever) thing hut the tub, and a
wise traveler carries that w itb liim.
Not tar Irotn the old palace, on the
slojs- of a high |M'aked hill, stands the
monastery, wjth it- small eUurelt, con
taiulug tlie tssly of the sainted l'eter.
The Arrangements of tin- monaster) arc
puzzling to one fAinlUar only with tie
inouaateriea of the West; hut tw or iiige*
of arches, one over the other, stand out
conspicuously*, It might Is- dangemo
to goes- at llicir date ; to jmlg-- from a
new church on tin* other'side of tin
town, architectural style would seem
to have hardly changed In these parts
for seven or eight hundred year*. Abuse
the monastery stands tlie tower where
T'urks" heads are no longer to he seen.
But the signs of the glowing civiliza
tion ot Montenegro are chiefly gathered
iu another part ol the tow n, at the end
of the one main street. There is Uie
future hotel; there is the Post Office
Montenegro w as a aiemtier of the Postal
1 tiion some mouths la-fore France—and
there is otic institution to which the
Prince send# bis visitors with a sfwcial
pride. Tin* la the model girl#' school,
where those who are curtou* in "Ume
tabh-s," ami takr a ut) stetiou* pleasure
in drawing tlietn up, may have the
pleasure of studying theui iu the .Slavo
nic tongue.— V i MttUia'# Jfapajiae,
lust tsh ( lert) tnrn
The following picture* of English
clergymen arc rxtraeled froiu tin- full
M<tll (oteefla; Here is the first which is
so illu-trstiou of the way *mr of them
dre*a, and carries out minutely some of
the picture# Nf r. Anthony 'l'rollopr hs*
drawn; The toilet of clergymen of the
present day must give them almost as
much, if not more, trouble than thai of
Young Indies who have plunged int.. a
Vortex of gayeiv, to jmige fy Uie ad.
vertisemeut of "clerical tailors" winch
appear In ecclesiastical jw-riodicals.
From one of these some Inh-resUug in
loriiiatiou may ta- gleaned respecting
surpih-es. (If "the jaa-ket sur|dice" we
h-arn that Its use ha# now beccome tmi
ver-l. but whether it i- simply carried
In the |Mvck -t or worn on the shoulders
i* not staled. "The pL-iiit-filiing sur
plice" i "made to fa- worn with or
without a cassock, t of the j*s ket stir
pllee hs|>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."— M<tn
*/ mrer on l ItmUUr.
)t*#sm a)iiioioa i .
M. Burnout lias published an inter
esting brochure oti tlie tnv tin-logv of
the Japanese, INIWHI U|*n a more |pu
lar historical work than thai previously
translated by Tit*h-gh and Ktaprolh.
Tlie mythological system I* a little con
fusing. Tlie name* of the god# are a#
long a* though they had fieen invented
by a mmferti chemist. Naturally tiling?
outniitetice iu chaos, hut M*m three un
begotten deities emerge to view. From
these deacclid eight mtqilrd deities, the
last tx-iiig i-caua-gino-mikoto (he who
granted too much;, and i-zaua-mltto?
mlkoto ?lu* wlio asked too mueh), who
w ere the parent# of mountains, riven,
plant*, god# and men. Their eldest
daughter wa# Ten-ayan-dai cia, i.
the great goddeM who shine* in the
heaven*. Her younger brother wa# a
rough fellow, a "regular pickle," and
frightened ill# i*ter tn such an extent
that she retired Into a grotto. Tlie re
sult wasth.nl night and day could no
longer be distinguished from each other.
The god*, in great consternation, a**etn
hicd and commenced a serenade Ix-fore
the cave. i>drin 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 fA<tf high!"— Scribner.
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance,
The |M lignum are a family of web
fiMited buds, with very imiH-rfectly
developnl wings; they are fmiuii in
immeiiMe tiutu>M*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 wh<Md,and arrive* there with jaded
laaly anil mind to undertake Utaks
which are trifle* for its healthier com
rade. while he or she break* down un
der ffiem, to add another to the long
list of invalids accredited to the public
M 11001 system. To. accomplish even
thi* simple hotne dutv towards the
great national work of public educa
tion, a woman mods more than merely
motherly love aud goal luteutton. She
tit-eds educated intelligeuoe beraelf aud
a careful preparation for the work.
She must have au aquaiutance with
school life, aa well a* home life, and a
knowledge of their mutual relations.
It ia often lamented that the female
teacher# in oifr puhitr school# clianp
so often because tliey leavearboolto lie
married. We believe that ttn# is tar
from tveing an unmixed evil, but that
on the contrary (hi# <resli young ele
ment has it* value in the schools, if it
work# under competent directum and
supervision, and whatever evil arise*
is more than compensated by tire
knowledge of the school# whiidi is thus
gamed by the future mother a of the
community, who can exercise *o power
ful an itifiui noe upon education. Even
tlie physical inheritance of children i#
imptitved by flic education of the mo
ther, aud iter three year# of teaching
are often tin- most valuable ptcparato
rv year* of lir-r life. An English wri
ter on statistic* show# that 24 87 per
cent, of the children of the illiterate
inotlters die in the tlrat year, white on
ly 14 R1 of the children of riiotlierti hav
ingaonie i ducat ion die dtiriug the same
jx niHi. In considering these ntimfK-r*
we must allow- for the fact that the il
literate cla-Mi includes tin- jmupcr claw*
who actually author from physical w ant,
still tlie latge difference of ten per cent,
is very suggestive.
A (*('• I nrnnstrr with a Tarils
An Iniliana|Niiis Maltese cat got to
playing with a turtle, and tumbled and
tortured the poor thing in the most
cruel manner; bat at length pussy met
with a decided reverse. The AW?
says: "The turtle, by a lucky snap of
its jaw *, closed tition the tail of the cat,
and clung then- with the tenacity of a
hull pup. while the Maltene, with a
horrid yowl and arched spine, danced
tlie liveliest kind of a minuet. The
tail swelled to abnormal size, the turtle
couldn't let go if lie wanted to, and "for
a few seconds there was a revolution
of cat and turtle, turtle and cat, with
'm-r-o-w s' and 'spitz-spitz-fitz-fß*,'
until the spectators were fain to believe
that instead of one turtle and one cat
there wen* 6,000 or 8,000 cat*. Finally
the Maltese was released, and dome
hours later wa* seen gravely examin
ing tier caudal extremity, and evident
ly wondering 'How litis was. anyhow,'
and it was noticeable that when the
turtle retraced it* atop# to the aquarium
lie had exclusive right of way so far a*
the cat wa* concerned."
French Oncl*.
There are many reason* why duels
rarely cud fatally- All the gunsmith*
keep pistol# w arm II ted not to hit a bam
door at ten paces. They are grooved all
sort* of way*; they are made so light
tiiat the least load of powder sends
litem to the skfe*: the trigger is made
so hard tlie hand pull* tlie pistol higher
than even tlie skie*; the hammer is
weighted and has such a powerful
spring the barrel is knocked down.
Moreover, tlie seconds always take care
to overload, that the pistol* no mailer
how carefully aimed, may bounce over
the object. l.astly, hut by no means
1 easily, there is the emotion ineepara-.
hie from a maiden apjearauee in the
part of target for an enemy's loaded
pistol. It is incredible how fast eye
lids w ill snap under these circumstan
ces.—Scrilmer'a Monthly.
Notes and Items.
The toughening of glass so as to
make it a safer and more durable arli
cle for the multiplied use* to which
glass is pot lias long been a desidera
tum. A French gentleman is said to
have succeeded in discovering a pro
cess of toughening it and lias patented
it in Europe. If we can get lamp
chimneys which will not snap in our
lingers, we shall feel that one step up
ward has been gained.
Reduce all needless expenses now
and live closely within your means.
Avoid debt as you would the whirlpool
of destruction. Keep clear of debt and
you will have no interest to pay. Live
in your own bouse, rather than rent
one. Live in your own house, though
it is of the humblest character. You
will thus save to build a better.
NO. 10.
tOl TXa* OOLI'IR.
The fieri ItUls.— Two bill, were wait
ing to the bank for their turn to go out
, into the world. One waa a little hill,
•ml/ one dollar; the other waa a hi*
bill, a tliotiaaed dollar bill.
While laying there aide by aide, they
j fell a talking aimut their usefulness.
I The dollar bill murmured out:
"Abf if I were aa big aa yon, what
good I would do! I oiMild move in ancb
high places, and people would be no
careful of me, wherever 1 abfMtld go !
: Kverv iM.lf would admire me. and want
to lake me home with them; hut,
.uiall aa 1 am, what good can i dot
NOIHMIV rate. much forme. law too
little to lie of any nan."
"Ah, yea! that ia an," aaid the thou
sand dollar lull ' and it gathered up tta
well trimmed edge that waa lying next
the little bill In eonactoua .uperiority.
"That la so," it repeated. "If TOO were
a. great aa I am. a thousand timet big
ger than you. then you might hope to j
do aome go. >d 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<ug every witl of peo
ple, it rante back to the bank again,
crumpled, defaced, ragged, softamed by
iu daily use. Seeing the thouaaud dol
lar bill lying there, with scarcely a
wrinkle or tTnger-maik upon it, it ex
claim* :
"Pop, sir, and w hat baa been your
mission of usefulness f
The big bill replies: I have been
from safe to safe among the rteb, where
few could ace, and they were afraid to
let OK go out far lest I should be lost.
Few indeed are they whom 1 have
made happier by my mtsMon."
Then the little dollar bill said; It ia
better to be small and gu among the
multitude doing good, thau to iw so
great a* to be imprisoned in the aafes
of the few." Ana It rratrd satisfied
with its lot.
Tht Ckitumf *A|- Tmr.—lt is not the
first day or January, nor January at
wll. but the sixth day of February that
ushers in the Chinese New-Year. The
grandest festival in all the calendar;
no think the Celestials; and they cele
brate it with the most imposing cere
monies. Not a man. woman or child
that does not take part in its femici
des ; Neither the infant of days nor the
man of a century, the millionaire nor
the beggar—none may 1* excused from
<hmning his beat, and going out holi
daying on New ,1 ear. From the Em
peror in hi* gorgeous palace, surroun
ded with pomp and luxury.dimn to his
humblest subvert, living and rearing
his family perhaps in a boat, where
kitchen, laundry, nursery and bedroom
all are encompassed within the narrow
limits of a space of about twelve feet
square—every one .according to bis rank
and ability, enters with heart and hand
into the festivities of the season. All
buaineas is suspended, and for three
days at least, mirth, jollity and feast
ing rule the realm, while aontr of the
wealthy keep up. for a much longer
time, the routine of gayetiea. All who
can possibly procure it don on Xcw-
Yeai s Morn an entire new suit, no ar
ticle of which has dler been worn be
fore ; but even the poor are sure to be
arra> 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<ottle with some very H*
smelting stuff called a*afHida. The
next day she returned, bringing the
bottle with the imprisoned ant*. tf
conrse the poor tilings swelled very
strongly of the asafo-tida. and then
nearest relations could hardly be
blamed for refusing to know them. So
I felt quite frightened for their sake#
when the scoolma'am returned them to
their home. But no. Though tbey
were at first threatened hy their fel
lows. they were soon recognised and
allowed to pas*. "Blood" was stronger
than asufo'tlda.—St .Vickdoi. A
Walchim (Wi Self.— " When I was a
hoy," said an old man, "we bad a
school master who had an odd way of
catching the boys idle. One day he
called out to us: •Hoys. 1 must Irnve
closer attention to your book*. The
first one that sees another idle I want
you to inform me.'
"Ah,' I thought to myself, 'there is
Joe Stannous, that I don't like. 11l
watch hiiu, and if I ace him look off hia
books. I'll tell.'
"It was not long before I saw Joe
look oil his book, and immediately 1
informed the master."
"Indeed,' said he, "how did you know
he was idle?"
" '1 saw him,' said I."
'"You didt and were your eyes on
your book wbeu you saw liim V
"1 was caught, and 1 never watched
for idle boya again."
If we are sufficiently watchful oyer
our own conduct we shall have no time
to find fault with the conduct of
others.
Utile Hob begged hard, when some
friends were dining with us, to be al
lowed to come to the table during des
sert, whirh I told him he might do.
provided lie neither talked nor annoved
people by asking for fruit. He readily
agreed to tlie* conditions, which he
honestly fulfilled to the letter. At last
1 heard the poor little fellow crying
and sobbing most pitifully. "What is
the matter, Bobf* 1 asked, "Why, pa,"
he replied, "here I am. askiug for no
thing, and getting it."
Telegraph Mnttwno In
Several naval powers are directing
their attention to the practicability of
establishing telegraph stations in mid
ocean, bv which messages can be sent
from Hl) v part of the se along the line
of the cable to the terminal points on
shore, and vice versa, so that commu
nication with iron-dads, mail steamers
and other vessels when out at sea, may
bo established. The invention consists
of a hollow sectional column, with a
base plate attached by a bail and socket
joint, which column is lowered into
the water, and anchored rigidly to the
ground. The branch cable Is coupled
to the main cable, and carried along
the column to tne surface of the water,
to be there connected with instruments
on board the vessels. By this inven
tion It is proposed to control naval and
strategical movements, while a ship In
distress could communicate her exact
position, the nature of her disasters and
thus procure assistance.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I.lw UiU day at If It were the last.
Prejudice U the child of Ignorance.
When spring unlock* the flowers It
.paints the laughing soil.—{
It I* a miserable economy to mw
time by robbing yourself of necessary
sleep.
The animosities art mortal, but the
humanities lire forever.—{ Ckri*tofkr
Sunk.
Money la a bottomless aea. In which
honor, conscience and truth may he
drowned.
The European population of Egypt la
rati mated at of whom tj.lld re
aide at Alexandria.
With four weight* of respectively I
lb., 3, a, ami 37 lb., any number of lb*,
f rom | io 40 may be weighed.
The Peak* of Olh r, near Eyiichtmrg,
Va., long .upjee. il to he an extinct vol
cano, have iwmllf given unmistakable
evidences of action.
To prevent water freezing in the gas
meter add glycerin. Tlie proper pro
portion 1 one pint of glycerin of gly
rin to a gallon of water.
Another ln*o t called the twiner lias
attached the vineyard* in laniibitrdy.
and U .aid to be far more deatructi ve
than tlie renowned phyloxera.
People, like plants, grow jade and
puny If the run is shut out. Good
health is the sunshine of the body; a
cheery disposition is the sunshine of
the soul.
Kate Field says Tom Taylor, who
will shortly bring out bis new play of
i "Anne Boleyn," calls artist, "geese"
[at the rehearsals. What would a tailor
be without his goose?
There is nothing like taking all you
do at a moderate estimate; It keeps
mind ami body tranquil; whereas gran
diloquent notion* are apt to hurry both
into fever.—{6*. tinmtt.
To extinguish kerosene flattie* fling a
cloth over them, or, if the flour barrel
I. handier, throw on flour, wbich ab
sorbs the fluid, kills tin- flames and can
be readily cleared up afterward.
Men are protected front insult and
wrong, not merely by their own skill,
but also, in the iosence of any skill at
all, by the general spirit of fbrbearance
to which society ba. trained all those
whom they are likely to meet.
W* arc horn in hope; we pas* our
childhood iu hope; w>- 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.