WAS IT L?
Up the morning the light biwesea •hirer.
The no ft clou.tleU flit o'er the ekv ;
Who ran in her mirth by the nrer 1
Wee it 1 ? Wee it 1 f
Whoee voice rang out. a* clear end gey.
A* the joyone breath of the wakening day,
Who cheered the dog to the flashing leap
W here the pehblee ehoue and the banka were
steep ,
Who ley on the daisies to wntoh the lerk
Pose ite twinkling wingt in the greet blue arc.
Who laughed et the brown here# .letting by ?
Wee it I? Wee it If
Iu the auneet the lithe wtllowe quiver.
The twee Unl ia flooding the eky j
Who loitered of old by the river ?
Wee it If Wee it If
Who watched Uie bine forget-me-not* gleam.
And the water liltee float on the tioem'
Who binahed ee a strong arm drew them near
And a low roe 1 * wbiepered oloee etui dear,
How fair the waveu flowere would ehow,
"Mid the golden bra, da in the ball room's glow '
Oh! the happy alienee hushed aud ehy.
Was it I ? Wee it 1 ?
The blank loe band* crackle and ehirar,
As the pale wintry aun lights the eky ;
Who elands by the cold sullen river ?
Is it I? Is it If
With heir that ia touched by the fallen anew.
And a atop that was eager, long ago ;
Ah ine! aince then ita faltering lived
Has followed the train of beloved dead
And bee learnt the watcher's cautious way*.
And must needs go softly alt its days,
And memory owns, with a patient sigh.
U waa I ? It waa I ?
—All Tkt )'■ A'fwwd.
MyConvict Acquaintance.
He was rather a slight built man of
ahout five aiul thirty, tolerably well
dressed, and having a foreign, tanned
look about the face that told of residence
abroad. He waa my right hand neigh
bor in the row of the pit of the Olympic
Theatre during the performance of "T he
Ticket-oi Leave Man," and he had draw n
my attention to himself by the intense
eagerness with which he had been list
ening to the dialogue, as his eyes seemed
to devour every situatiou Iu the clever
drama.
More than once I heard him utter a
faint sigh, evidently unconscious that
he was heard; and at ln*t. when the
hero Is hemmed in by difficulties, and
prosecuted by the black shadow of his
own character, which follows hitn
wherever he goes, ui.r neighbor rested
hts hands upon the partition which sep
arated us from the stalls, bowed his
head and remained unmoved for quite
half an hour.
And this during oueof the must inter
esting phase- of the drama.
I saw at a glance that this was no
ordinary plav-goer, but one who for
some reason w as evidently deeply moved
by the Action enacted before linn ; and
l" tried to respect bis emotion, which
showed itself every now and then by a
convulsive heaving of the shoulders.
At last he turned a sallow, haggard
face towards me, and rose from his
•oat.
"Will you let me go by?" he said.
"I mmt get out of this."
I let him pass me. and after a mo
ment's hesitation, followed him into
the fresh air and it was well 1 did so,
for the poor fellow gave a lurch a* soon
as he wits outside, and would have
fallen If I had not caught his arms.
A few minutes alter* ards, 1 had led
him down into the strand, where in the
retired box of a well know 11 coffee room
he revive! under the Influences of a
. little cold spirit and water, and gave me
a feeble smile.
"1 am very thankful to you," he -aid,
rising. "Good Night, i am spoiling
your evening's entertainment."
"If you take my advice," 1 said, "you
will t quite still for another hour.
You are not detaining tue, for I have
seen the piece before, aud only dropped
in to refresh my memory. It seeuied to
move you."
He looked at me sharply.
"Yes," be said after a pause, and
speaking with intense bitterness —"It is
so true 1"
"I suppose it is," I said vaguely. "I
have heard so."
"Suppose —heard!" he said excited
ly. "Man, it is a fact dressed up in the
form of fictiou. I kuow it to my sor
row."
"Indeed!"
"Yes," he said in an undertone, as he
rose once more—for his excited manner
had made a shabby looking old pressman
look up from his jiaper. "Y"es, I know,
and 1 could prove it all. Good night,
sir, and thank you. Yours was the first
act of kindness I have encountered for
many a long day. Perhaps 1 should not
have received it if you had known that
I was a tieket-of-leave man myself."
I must confess to giving a start; and
he saw it and smiled.
"I don't see why the fact of vour
having been in trouble should \ave
precluded my affording you help," I
said.
"But it is the custom," he said bitter
ly. "Too can't touch pitch without
being defiled."
"1 object to being ruled by your old
proverbs on principle," I said. "Half
of them are bosh, and a lot more are of
the most ixmtemptibly selfish tendency.
If the pitch touching theory held good,
there would be no Christianity. I say
you can touch pitch without being de
filed. You may make yourself look
black, but pitch is a good, honest, whole
some vegetable guin and does not want'
black guarding."
"You are a philosopher," he said,
half sneeringly.
"Not I," 1 said. "We profess here in
London to be a Christian people, and I
was trying for once in away to act like
one."
"Christians!" he exclaimed, bitterly.
"Well, yes—that's what we make a
great parade of being; but I'm afraid
we are very bard on any one who has
climbed over the palings—very hard
indeed on a man; and as to woman,
poor wretch ! it would have been better
for her if she had not been born."
He stood staring at me, hesitated,
then waived his hand, as in token of
farewell, and was passing me to go;
bat I caught his coat in my hand.
"Sit down, man," i said; "you look
faint. Come, join me tn a chop and a
glass of stout. You see, I want to act
like a Christian, but you won't let me."
He hesitated still; then he glanced
down in my smiling face, and once mors
took his seat, to half cover his face with
his hand, remaining silent; while I
ordered some supper, took out a cigar—
offered him one, which was refused—
and then began to smoke.
" And so yon are a ticket-of-lcave
man, are you?" 1 said, in a low tone;
but he started, and glanced round, with
a frightened, half hunted look.
There was no one heeding us, though;
and his eyes sought mine once more.
"Yes," he said, "I was sentenced to
10 years' penal servitude, and 1 served
five, when they let me free, and I tame
back. I had better have stayed."
"I suppose it is hard to get on with
out recommendations?" I saitl.
"Hard? Man, it's next to impossible.
Look here, sir, you have sought this
out; you have lead me on to speak, or
God knows I would not have said a
word. You see here a man driven to
desperation—broken hearted, despair
ing—without a friend to turn to; set
free to get an honest living, but dis
trusted by everybody, and dogged by
the police. Why, supposing 1 got a
decent post, I am bound to go to the
police officers to have iny ticket signed
at intervals, and if 1 did not, I should
be taken before a magistrate.
"I will not ask you to believe me—
how can I expect you to, when I say I
was innocent of the crime for which I
suffered ? It is the cry of every crimi
nal, from the mnrderer down to the boy
who pilfers from a till. You will tell
me 1 was tried by a jury of my owe
countrymen, before a judge, and had
impartial treatment. Yes, I grant all
that; but I am innocent all the satne.
Do you wish to hear more ? Shall I go?"
"More? Yes. Go? Why?"
"You are sitting face to face with a
returned convict."
"I'm afraid that I've sat face to face
with a good many respectable members
of society who ought to be convicts un
relented. Go on, man. We shall have
the chops here soon."
His face worked as he looked at me,
and his voice had a good deal altered, as
he went on:
"It was an embezzlement case for
which I was tried," he said at last. "I
was one of the clerks in a large I.an-
FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor
VOL. IX.
cash ire cotton house, and there were de
falcations discovered.
"fl by they pitched ujwwi me, I never
knew ; hut one morning 1 was called
into (lie private room of the dun and
questioned respecting certain amounts
and could give no explanation; there
had been a certain amount of cooking
In the Lnvks, and in a couple of years,
by the professional accountant's *how -
lug, about three hundred pounds were
missing.
"Fancy being suddenly called from
your desk to go smiting into a room,
exjweting words of encouragement —
the announcement that you are promot
ed. or vour salary raised —and then to
he smhlenly charged with embe*le
rneiit.
"1 was completely stunned. 1 know
I fall cold ami damp, and 1 suppose 1
flushed and then looked |ale — sign*
which those present Interpreted to
uioau guilt. 1 faltered aud grew con
fused, too, in answering questions—in
short, I was completely overcome; and
at the eud of an hour 1 ** being taken
to the police station, stunned, over
powered by this sudden charge.
"Before we reaches! the pollce station
though, the light had come; for pass
ing a newspaper office, thens in large
letter* UJKVU a bill were the three suc
cessful horses of the I>oneasier St.lx-gcr,
and they were neither of theiu the
runner* that John had backed.
"I shall weary you with my long
story. Let It suffice that there was ex
amination after examination, and to my
horror my brother was placed in the
witness box to confront me; and he did
so quietly, aud without a shade of emo
tion, save at the last, when he broke
down, ami the magistrate told him that
his display of feeling wa* wo*t credita
ble to hiin.
"1 was astonished to see how a net
was closing lu round me—innocent
won!* and deeds now *eemed to have
suddenly taken a guilty color; and at
last, to my horror. I was committed for
trial, bail being refused.
"John came to see me then, and faces)
me trembling in the prison; but I
turned my back itpou him, and would
not speak unless he came to me a* a
suppliaut.
"He came again, this time begging me
le hear him.
"I saw it all in a flash; he had been
losing again. The race was three days
before, but 1 took no notice of such mat
ters, being a bookworm, while John
was gay, and had sporting tastes. This
was it.
"I shivered as I thought of it all. and
•eemed to see mv mother's agony when
she heard of it, as she must before
many hours were over. She worshipped
John, who was a Ane, handsome young
fellow, and idolized bis young wife.
John was two years older than I, but
my junior in the counting-house; and
1 groaned In the bitterness of my heart
as I thought of the agony it would bring
upon those two women, when they
hesrd of his disgrace.
"I say disgrace, for I had not a doubt
now. 1 knew him to he the culprit, and
in my misery I forgot my own sorrow,
longing the while for an oppertunity to
warn him of his danger.
*Ned, Ned. old fellow,' he cried, sob
bing like a child, '1 did it—l own I did
it, but I can't acknowledge It. Ned, it
w ill break our mother's heart, and EUau
will despise me. Oh, this cursed gam
bling.*
'And weakness,' I said bitterly, as I
realized it all—everything that tie had
said, and knew it to he true. 'Go back
to them, John,' 1 said; 'I will never bo
tray you. Tell Mary—
"I could say no more, but sat on my
bench, blind, "choking, and half mad.
••But, there, 1 need not go Into the
store of my love. I bore it all, and never
unclosed my lips. 1 took the credit to
myself, as I was accused, of being the
thief who had robbed his employers:
for I knew that if I opened my lips, I
should be in effect my mother's murder
er, and the blight upon the happiness of
John's young wife.
" 'lt will be a lesson to him,* 1 said,
'l'm of little consequence In the world;
and as to Mary, she will forget me.'
"My trial came on, and 1 was sen
tenced, as I told you ; the bitterest trial
of all being to see John stand there,
calm and unmoved, one of the witness
es bv whose words I was condemned.
"f parted from mr mother, leaving
her deceived. Why should 1 ahatter the
idola ahe worshipped? And in bitter
mockery her words, urging repentance
for my crime, fell upon my ears. Mary
the woman I loved, I did not see, but
she wrote and told me ahe did not be
lieve me guiliy, and would wait.
"It was her promise that enabled me
to bear up during the time I was at one
and another of the convict prlaona, till
the day I stood leaningover the bulwark
of the transportship which was bearing
me down the Channel away to Van
Dieinen's I.and—a convict.
"I thought my heart would break, as
I leaned there In the tight, half-gro
tesque convict garb, my close cap drawn
to my eyes, my face cleanly shaven, and
my hair cut short. It was so hard to
believe that I was the same man, com
pelled to associate with a set who were
nine-tenths ruffians, with scarcely a
redeeming trait.
"And there was the soft, blue sea and
across it the gravand ruddy cliffs of the
Cornish coast. Land's End would soon
be in sight, for we were close to the
Lizard, and soon we should be out upon
the open sea.
"'Good-bye,' I muttered, with my
hands firmly clasped—'good-bye home—
mother—Mary. Brother, you, have been
to me like Cain, for you have taken my
life.'
"f did not move, but stood watching
there till we were ordered below, and
the next morning home was far astern.
"At the end of five years, after the
hard toll of a convict In the colonies, 1
was back here in England, a broken
man. The hope seemed crushed out of
me, and I expected nothing now. Still,
my heart beat high, as with a little
money, my own earnings, 1 was, after
the usual preliminaries, set free, with
plenty of advice as to avoiding my
former evil course, all of which 1 heard
patiently, before setting off for the
north.
"I arrived to find my mother was
dead; my brother had sailed with his
wife for America two years before.
"I had one more hope—my greatest.
Hail Mary kept her word?
"God bless her! she had; and was
toiling on and waiting patiently for my
return. Sir, can you wonder at my emo
tion as I sat and saar that realistic piece
to-night? It was as If the writer had
known my life. 1 could not bear It, and
you know, I came away."
"Wel! ? '
"Well! well, I am a ticket-of-leave
man. 1 ran not get employment; an<!
when I <lo 1 can not keep it. God help
me, 1 have a hundred time* been nearly
driven into crime; and but for the
thought that the who waited Ave yearn
through evil report la waiting still, 1
should—pish! why should 1 worry
you ?"
"There's such a thing as patience In
the world," I said quietly.
"Patience!"
"Yes; ah, yes chops. You are
faint."
The hot plates were thrust down
before us at this moment, and my newly
acquired friend, after a little forcing,
partook of his supper.
We parted that night an hour later—
he with a card In his pocket, I ruminat
ing upon the truth of the word of cer
tain people who gave me birth—that I
had a natural tendency for getting into
bad company.
I had an idea that night that my ac
quaintance would And that the tide had
turned in the morning; and I believe
he did And that to be tne caae, for he is
now in the employment of one who
knows his story, and is getting on.
"But. my dear air," 1 said to his sm-
THE CENTRE REPORTER
plover one day, "von surely are not
•ti.Ti a flat as to believe that alory ol liia
about his Innocencef**
"Friend Grav," he said, button-holing
me, "I never trouble myself about It.
All i know is that t never had my
hook* kept so well before; that his
sweet, pale-faced subdued little wife l
an angel, and llist I kicked aw arehouse
mau out of my office for telling me I
had A lickrt-of-leave man in my employ.
If voitr acquaintance tot is me after this,
may tiod forgive him tor my part I
wUI."
•'You feel comfortable In your own
mind, llieu, sbuut w hat you are ilolng ?"
1 said
"IVrfectly, my deai buy, and so do
you,"
And, do you know, I think my old
commercial friend is quite light.
raising sa* Us Isss,
The employment of felt for other pur
jH'iu*s than h-Us, which uv was tie- 1
scribed in a recent iiuiuber, ha* created
several other branches of industry. The
most common product* are felt* in flat
layers like cloth, and the moat usual
mode of manufacture is a kind of w ad
ding thy mean* of a machine similar to
that used for the same purpose In cotton
mills) and to submit this to the felting
prove**, often felling several layer* to
gether ao as to obtain great thickness.
With improved niiwlerii machinery, such
wadding may be made of considerable
dimension*. A special and peculiar
article of this kind, and of great com- |
parative value. Is the felt used for the
covering of the hammers of pianoforte*.
The tiesi material for this purpose i* de
rived from the wool of sheep tound ou-
Iv in Hungary. They are called the j
Ksterbaiy tlwlt; arid the wool given a
more elastic felt, resistlug belter the
cutting effect of tbe strings, which soon
wear other kinds of felt away. These
telts come in the trade iu elongated pie
ces, very thick at one end and quite
thiu at the other, so as to suit the re
quirements, which are that the hammer
striking the tuts* strings should be cov
ered with thick felt, the substance be
ing gradually diminished for the higher
tones, so that the hammers striking the
strings producing high tones have s
very thin covering. The pianoforte
maker* have then only to cut those fblts
into strips to have ail the needed as
sorted degrees of thickness. It being s
first requisite of the pianoforte, and iu
fact of every other musical instrument,
to attain equality of tone, avoiding sud
den changes iu power when passing j
from one tone to another of the scale, j
Other felts are manufactured Into
carpets, and printed with figures, form
ing the so called rugs, and others, well
known, are blankets aud material* for
cloaks, women's skirts, socks, slippers,
insoles for boo* and shoes, etc. bome
kinds of flue felt* are saiurati*d with
varnish or paint, and change*! into a
material not unlike patent leather; this
is used tor the shades of caps, by car
riage makers, etc., being much more
tenacious snd elastic than pa*tel>uard,
In which the fibers are not interlaced,
and ara only held together by a simple
ad has:en or'ifliaamd by great praasur*
during the process of manufacture. We
must also mention the use ol
roofing, for which purpoae it is satura
ted with asphalt urn, coat lar, pitch, or
other equivalent waterproof material;
aud feit is also used in shipbuilding, a
a layer below the copper sheeting,
and on steam cylinders, conduits, aud
boilers as a non-conductor of heat, for
which purpose it is often prepared with
variou* ingredients, intended either to
make it lews combustible or to increase
ita capacity for retaining heat. A mod
ern industry of this kind sprang up dur
ing the late war. Contractors, !u order
to increase their gains, had blankets and
even soldiers'clothes made from felts of
which the hair wu not of the proper ;
kind, but consisted of the offal of wool
en factories, fillers too short to be spun,
but which, by felting, could lie made to
hang together and form an apjiarentiy
woven fabric; which, however, soon
showed it* true nature by it* lack of
strength. This material ha* obtained
the name of shoddy; and while felt made
from the proper kind of hair, of sutflcl
ent length, it as strong a# anv good
woven fabric, this shoddy, or felt made !
from unsuitable kinds of hair and hairs
of insufficient length, is comparuthely
worthless. Unfortunately thousands of
dollars have been made In this disgrace
ful way before the nature of the deceit
became known.
Waa*a Who are f We Ever Tewng-
Action Is the secret of Immortality,
and now that women are entering the
active fields, they will cease to become
old; they will remain young, like men.
There was a lime whe women only lived
five years—from eighteen to twenty
three. Before that they were "chit*;"
after," they were talked of pityingly,
as "old maids." Married women were
supposed to be out of the world alto
gether, to have no Interest for any one
but their husbands and their children,
and with the natural perversity of hu
man nature, when a woman ceases to
have an interest for any other person
than her husband, she quickly ceases
to have an interest for him.
The time ha gone by when women
ceased to he interesting because they
had passed girlhood. Womanhood ia
founu to be as much richer, much finer,
and more attractive, when It is devel
oped and employed, as summer than
spring, or manhood than boyhood.
Who stops to think whether George
Elliott (Mrs. I>ewes Is young or obi?
Who cares for noted women until they
are old, or at least until they have pas
sed their youth, for it Is their experi
ence and the use to which they put It,
which makes them wort h know log.
Early Inßoeueea.
There can be no greater blessing than
to be born In the light and air of a
cheerful, loving home. It not only In
sures a happy childhood —if there is
health and a good constitution—but it
almost makes sure a virtuous and hap
py manhood, ami a fresh young heart
in old age. We think it every parent's
duty to inake their children s child
hood full of love and of children's proper
joyousness; and we never see children
destitute of them through the poverty,
faulty temiiers, or wrong notions or
their parents, without a heartache. Not
that all the appliances which wealth
can buy are necessary to the free and
happy unfolding of childhood In body,
mind, or heart—quite otherwise. God
lie thanked; but children must at least
have love inside the house, and fresh
air and good play, and some good com
panionship, outside—otherwise young
life runs the greatest danger iu the
world of withering or grow ing stunted,
or aour and wrong, at least premature
ly old and turned inward.
Very read of Candy
A few days ago, says the Ottmnwa
(Iowa) Courier, a young gentleman and
lady from Sigourney were passing hy
a candy store in this city, when they
observed a huge stick of candy hanging
In a window as a sign. She remarked to
her cooijranson that she was fond of
candy. lie, to have her refuse and Ix-g
his pardon, proposed to huy a stick for
her, provided, he might le allowed to
select It and she would agree to carry it
home herself. The proposition was
agreed to and the stick, weighing be
tween twenty and thirty pounds, was
bought, paid for and the lady undertook
to carry It home. he got along with
the task very well for a short distance,
but accidentally let It fall, breaking it
in two. Determined not to be overcome
by such trifles she picked up the pieces,
and with one under each arm she Anally
reached home with her prize, and now
lias eandy sufficient for the whole neigh
borhood. For pluck and sweetness we
can commend the Sigourney girls.
CENTRE HALL CENTRE CO., I'A.. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1870.
torero Burrs of *oo*raaUß , s rail
The eigne and onieue I ihell brleAv
relate without paving mtieh attention
to their chronologic order. Very little
eUe than theeo onieue and the iiieane
adopted to avert their consequences la
ieeurded from UVI3 to 15131. An army
went to the province of Ainellan, per
ished with cold and by failing tree* and
rock*; aud a comet with three heada,
I |>erha|Mi the one already mentioned,
hung over Auahuac. Then a wonder
ful pyramidal light appeared In the
east, reaching from the earth to the
*ky, visible tor forty day*, or as aome
say, for a whole year, in all juirta of
the country, from midnight till morn
ing, very similar according to the de
scrim ion to the aurora boreali*. Nera
huatpili was *o affected by theae signs
that he gave orders to discontinue all
hostilities. Au Interview was held be
tweoii him and M oolemma, aithougli
for some time they had uot been on
sneaking term*. Nerahualpill *aw
clearly in tlie strange omen* the sp
proa.hlng end of the empire and hi*
own death, hut waa re*ignei to the de
cree of fate. Monteruma ou the con
trary, instead of resignation, felt oulr
anger, and is said to have strangled
many of iti* sorcerers for their unfavora
ble Interptelation of Die sign* and their
failure to avert evil omens. At last a
game w as agreed UIKMI lietween the two
monarch* to decide w ho*e interpreta
tion should tie accepted, and to show
how little liu|M>rlauce he attached to his
wealth and |*>wer, Nerahuaipilt is said
to have wagered on the result hi* king
dom against three turkey cock*, lie
woo the game; hut still Mooter uma
was not disposed to yield to the fate*,
aud still persecuted his magician* ill
the hope to effect a more favored prog
nostication. Hut In vain. The magi
oian* alt agreed with the Tertucsn
monarch.
About the same time the tower* of
lloltrilopochtli'* temple took Are in a
clear uiglil w lthout apparent cause and
were reduced to aaiies In *pile of all ef
fort* to extinguish the tlame* and an
other temple was ei on Are by light
ning. This was the temple of the god
of tire and was now burned for the
second time. In this period. In the
reign of the second Monteruma, Bras
*eur put* the story of a mysterious ae
rial Journey of tlie two kings to the
ancient Artec*. There are accounts of
the resurrection of I'apanlxin, a sister
of Monteruma, who brought back from
ihu land of\he dead toher royal brother
au account of the new iwople who were
to occupy tlie land, and of tlie new re
ligion they would bring. This lady is
said to have been the first Mexican to
receive tlie rights of Christian baptism,
aud the priest* took pains to send a
duly authenticated account of her mi
raculous resurrection to Spain. The
intimate connection of this tale with
the religious prejudice* of the invader*
renders it unnecessary to *eek even a
foundation in truth for the report. In
1 joy, as several author* say, the waters
of the lake became violently agitated
without wind, earthquake or other
natural cause, and, lu consequence, tlie
city was inundated. The fisheruteu of
the lake caught a large bird like a crane,
wearing a round traii*|utrent crown,
through which Monteruma saw the
star*, though it was in the daytime,
and alo many people that approached
in squadrons, attired like warrior* and
seemingly half men. half deer. The
bird disapiK-ared before the sorcerer*
con iti satisfactorily interpret thl*
strange thing. Ih-üble bodies! and dou
ble headed men also were seen, and, on
being brought before tlie King, sud
denly disappeared, and the aatne thing
happened with men who had no Anger*
and toe*. In 1511 armed men were
seen righting in the air, and a bird ap
peared w hoe head seemed human ; and
a large -tone pillar fell near oue of the
temples, no one knowing whence It
came. An earthquake and a deluge at
Tasopan are reported. At TecuUima a
most ferocious aud horrible beast waa
captured. A female voice was several
times heard bewailing the fate of her
children. At Tlascaia a bright light
and a cloud of du*t arising from the
summit of a mountain caused the peo
ple to fear the very end of the world
was coming.
The sorcerer* of Cuetlirhttoo alio
saw many wonderful vision*; but
among the people outside of Anahuar
the fearful phenomena and the pre
dicted coming of a foreign people were
lean terrible than to the Artec*, for
with their terror wu mingled hope of
relief from the Artec yoke. A wild hare
invaded a king'* garden, but he would
not allow the animal to be killed, for
in the aame manner, he raid, would a
strange people presently invade hU
country. Certain writer* give a long
and detailed account of Montezuma's
suffering*. It seems that he waa not
content with hi* own dream* and omens
but instructed hit subject* to re|x*rt to
liitn ail liteir viaiona. At laat he waa ao
distracted that he determined to hide
himself from impending calamitie* In a
cave, but was deterred from such a
course try a series of smiematural events
more absurd, if possible than those that
have been narrated.— Iknu-mfl'i .Vabee
Rictt. .
Why the TeMh Bwaj.
The cause* of the decay of teeth have
hitherto beeu a matter of doubt, but
the investigation of la-ber ami Rotteu
steln throw conslderalde light on the
problem. Tbey recognize constitution
al differences in teeth, rendering some
more sensitive than other* to the influ
ence# that favor decay. Tlieae Influen-,
ence* are not so much internal or vital,
as external and chemical. Decay begin*
at the surface, and there It must be
checked if at all. It i chiefly caused by
acids, ami by a certain fungus, the />p
tolhriz buccalit, found ahundamltly In
the mouth. Under the mlcroacope the
fungus ap[>ears as a gray, finely-granu
lar mass or matrix, with filament* deli
cate and stiff, which erect themselves
above the surface of tills granular sub
stance, so as to resemble an uneven
turf. The fungus attains It* greatest
sire in the interstices of the teeth. Ail
acids, Imth mineral and vegetable, act
promptly on the teeth. Various acids
are taken with food, or in medicines,or
are formed in the mouth itself by some
abnormality In our secretions, which
should lie alkaline,or by an acid fermen
tation of particles of food. But acids
alone will not account for all the phe
nomena of caries In the teeth. They
play a primary and principal part mak
ing the teeth porous and soft, in this
state the tissues having lost their nor
mal consistency, fungi perpetrate both
the canaliculi of the enamel and of the
dentine, and by their growth produce
softening and destructive effect# much
more rapid than the action of aclda
alone can accomplish. Bowdltch, In
examining forty jiersona of different
professions, and living different kinds
of life, found in almost all of them veg
etable and animal parasites. The para
sib* were abundant In proportion to
the neglect of cleanliness. The means
ordinarily employed to clean teeth hail
n* effect on the parasites, while soapy
water appeared to destroy them.
We may remark that it is several years
since attention was first called to this
fungus of ttie mouth and Its possible In
fluence in causing the teeth to decay,
but the Investigations of anil Rot
teustein appear to have settled the ques
tion beyond a doubt. The "moral" la,
that if we would preserve our teeth we
must keep them scrupulously clean, and
we must use soap as an Ingredient In
our dentifrices or in addition to them.
It Is not necessary to employ any of
the so-called "dental soap*. ' W'c have
found by experience that the Imported
white castile soap, which Is probably
the purest soap in the world—a fact
worth remembering In other connec
tions—is quite tasteless, or at least has
no unpleasant taste. Rub the wet
tooth-brush over a piece of this soap be
fore dipping it Into the dentifrice you
use, and you have the moet perfect
combination Ir thorough cleansing <•
lite twlh #IHI destroylug the obnoxious
fungus. We uiuuie. uf course, that
the denllfrh-e Itself la not on one that
Injure* the teeth, as man) uf those In
common use do.
l.laalir* Ma*| • Hi la swiaaarra
To na, much of the difficulty ircini
due to the fuel that most writer* have
signally erred In exalting the iinpor
tauce of the agent above the principal,
the aubordiuate above the master. t om
nierce I* to be performed; lu adjust
ment* are to be made by the partii-a to
it, and the requisite machinery for
Ihoae adjustment* should Ims forthcom
ing, whether it be in lite forui oi money,
of check*, of bill* of exchange, of pro
miaaory note*, or of clearing-houar*.
Very many writer* have advocated the
placing of an arbitrary limit upon the
volume of money, either that of the
quantity of gold or silver which can le
retained in a country, or of a fixed
amount of circulating note*; but none
with whom we are acquainted have
propoeed to limit in auch manner
any other of the mean* of payment.
Why do thia 1 Why not apply thia lg
--latative interference to all the form* of
the machinery, and extend It to check*,
hank loan* and dej-oslu, nromlaaory
note*, bill* of exchange, and clearing
hou*ea? Commerce being the princi
pal, and it being thought desirable to
place a clog upon It, why not logically
and consistently place that clog in op
eration throughout f It ia believed Im
{•oasible to aaalgu any reason for thia
diacriuiinaUon against money, and in
favor of the other appliance* for seiile
meail, * kleh h*a It* fen*rt*Uee la *ev
sound principle: but that it la the mere
outgrowth of the sclfifline** of the few
who have ao long governed the many,
either through legislation in which
tbaae many have hail no voice, or bv
the creation of a public opinion In which
the voice of the people baa been made
to go against their own bet interest*.
I.uniting the machinery for making the
adjustment* ol the great am! powerful
would not for one moment be tolerated
by tho*e who hold the jxmer; while to
limit that of the many who are weak,
to retain and consolidate the power of
thwse who are already strong, i* of
of course ea*y, and I* defended a* not
only right but beneficent. In the dis
cussion, as well a* In the legislation
which follows it, com mere*, and e*j>c
lally that among the great body of the
people,—really the great commerce,—
I* overlooked and ignored; empirical
legislation la applied to the |M>pular lu- j
•trumeut of this commerce, and a* a
consequence poison is absorlwd at the j
very root*. We have, therefore, a* one
of ttie result*. In every so-called civil- ;
ixed country, an abnormal condition of
society, alio* Ing millionaire* on the one
hand and pauper* on the other, —the
richer the millionaire*, the poorer ami
the greater the number of the pati]wr*.
Tkt Atlantic for Starch,
#la
A cold I* simply a developer of a dl
ease.) condition, which may hav been
latent or requiring ouly some favoring
condition to hurst out into the flume of j
disease. That this ia usually the cor- j
reel view of a cold a* a disease-pro- j
ducing agent, under all ordinary cir- I
cutustauce*, may be made plain by re
flection upon per*onal experlence t even j
to the must ordinary utiderslanding. |
When the human body la at It* prime, I
with youth, vigor, purity and a g<**i i
constitution on ku able—no degree of i
ordinary exposure to cold gives rite to
any unpleasant effect*. Ail the ordi
nary precaution* against nobis, cough*
and rheumatic i>alii* may be disregarded j
and no ill effects ensue. But let the
blood become Impure, let the body be- i
come deranged from any acquired dls- !
order, or let the vigor begin to wane,
and the Inflrmltle* of age be felt by oc
casional derangements In some vital
part, either from inherited or actual
abuse* and the action of cold will ex
cite more or lea* disorder of some kind,
and the form of this disorder, ot the
disease that will ensue, will l>e deter
mined by the kind of pre-exl*ting blood
Impurity, or the pre-existing (suit of
these organic process**. Ft follow* j
from these facts *od consideration* that .
the secret of avoiding these unpleasant 1
consequence* thought to spring wholly
from the action of cold upon the body I
has very little dependence upon expo- j
sure, but a great deal upon the impure
and weak conditiou of all the vital pro- ;
ce**en. In other words, with an average i
or superior constitution and Intelligent
observance of all tlie laws of health,
men and women could not take cold If
they wanted to; thev might be exposed
to the action of cold to a degree equal
to the beast of tlie Held, and with like
impunity. But in case of persona with
feeble constitutions, and who disregard,
knowingly, or otherwise, the condition*
of healthy existence, no degree of care
will prevent the taking cold, as it i*
termed. They may really live In house*
regulated with all the precision of a
hot-house, they may cover themselves
with tlie ttuwt highly protective cloth
ing the market provide*, and yet will
take cold. I don't think the roututn|>-
tive person Uvea, or ever will live, even
If kept lu temperature at#olutely uni
form and clothed In aw holly faultless
manner, in whom Die well-known signs
of one cold after another will not be
ap|tarei!t. But, on the other hand there
are those who, like the late Sir Henry
Holland, of good constitution and living
In accordance with the laws of health,
may travel, as he did, from the tropics
to the Arctic again and again, clad only
In an ordinary dress coat, and ycl
scarcely know what It i* to have a cold
or alcaiiess of any kind. The truth I*,
to avoid taking cold from ordinary, or
even extraordinary exjrosure, the vital
processes must be made strong enough
to ri*e above the untoward Influence of
external conditions.— Tht Sanitarian.
The AwlBt I tllM of Hvsleo
In Mexico the Hpaniarda found all
that deserved the name of civilization
on the northern continent. There was
organized power, there were home* to
fight foi ; there were the wealth, dis
tinction of caste, and highly developed
religion which are to some extent com
parable with the details of our own
polity. The Conquerors first swept all
this civilisation out of existence, an.)
destroyed every trnee of it they could
discover. Theii they gave moat glowing
description* of it. The few relics they
left for our Inspection and criticism are
aa meagre as those of some forgotten
people, the remnant* of whose huts and
feasts are dredged from a mountain
lake. In the popular mind tiwlr de
scriptions are combined with the dis
covery of highly sculptured ruin* In
Guatemala and other countries south of
Mexico, and It is by adding together all
the conjectures to which the sight of
these carved atone* give rl*e, and all
that la reported of the Mexicans, that
the popular notion of the Aztecs has
been formed
But thl* la rank confusion, for the
sculptured building* of ("open and Pal
enque were the work of another and
probably a preceding race to the Na
huaa, of whom the Aztec* were part.
The fact that a previous people had
better house* than the Mexicans, built
grander cities, and faded out la-fore the
kingdom of Mexico wa* founded, of
course offers a flue field for speculation.
Galaxy.
•■Bill**.
Nothing on earth can smile hut human
beings. Gem* nmy flash reflected light,
but w hat Is a diamond-flash compared
with an eye flash and a mirth-flash? A
face that cannot smile is like a hud that
cannot blossom, and dries upon the
stalk. Laughter is day and sobriety Is
night, and a smile Is the twilight that
hovers gently between both, and is more
bewitching than either.
A tls; la (Us Wd.
I want to tell you about our day In
the wood nutting; Jim, and Kate, aud
Hick, and I—only Jim'* name isn't
Ji'ii, nor Kate'*, Kate, nor flick's IKck;
and mine Isn't Alice, for that matter.
You see, If I should call us all by our
names, Auntie and all of us, the people
around here might see the newspaper,
and know tuore than 1 care to have
them know.
You w<- Jim is my cousin, older Uian
I, ami Kul la it schoolmate from tl e
vllinfr, iiiil Dick— well you'll Ami out
w holHck la before you are through my
latter.
You know I told you lliat iny aunt
objected to my going Into company, and
I a*ke<l your advice about It. I'm wait
ing now for an answer to iny questions,
but, lii the meantime, 1 think vou'u
like to bear alxitil our day In the wood
Jim aaked me to to. lie said he'd
get up the buggy and stun and ret Kate
for cmtpdHg fur un>. (I know IMck la
awful aweet on Kate, but that's none of
my business—be la two years older
than I am,} and then we'd go on toward
the Point, where there waa a world of
all sorts of iiuu, and wild grapes, and
we'd have a splendid time. Jim aaked
his mother If I might go. Auntie nev
er refuaea Jim anything; so I put on a
stout print dress, thick-toied hoot*,
and a nig hat; gathered up amoks, ami
luncheon, and basket*, and blanket
shawls in case of it* turning cold, as It
often t'ora at this time of the year, and
away we went lor the village.
We found Kale, with her sleeves rol
led up, wash'ug fur dear life; but a
she w as nearly done, her mother kindly
volunteered to finish, and she made a
hasty and suitable toilet, and away we
went.
You all know what these autumn days
are iu iowa. A* yet there is no butch
of the dreamy Indian summer. But
there i something inexpressibly sweet,
and full, and ripe, and rich—;lf that la
not piling on the adjectives,) in these
days. 1 sometime* think one could a •
must live by inhaling this autumn ai ,
without any more palpable food. There
is the odor of dying Aowera, and taste
ofripenlug fruit, and the malnousap e '
•cent of matured leave* floating in the
air. I love them ail.
I think Jim and Kate felt all this as
well as myself for they were very quiet
during the ddw to the woods.
Hut when we were once in the woods,
the very spirit of fndle seemed to pus
ses* u. We were noisier than a tribe
of Indian* on feast night. Jim climbed
tree- like a boy of ten. Kate and 1 ran
races as we had not done since we were
in the juvenile class at school.
There were nut* In plenty though
there hail been hardly frost* or wind*
enough to bring them to the ground.
Hut Jim was nimble, and be took a
long pole to reach with and the black
walnut* came pouncing down alum us.
The hickorv nuU, especially the shag
harks were mure difficult to get. But
we had aw hole day brfore us, and
score* of tree*, and au we found all we
could carrv.
The leave* of all the trees are begin
tug to turn—nume ever mi slightly; the
oak leaf just a darker green, and more
waxy looking; while llie maple is tak
ing on its autumn color# in all the
shinies from pale pink to deepeat flame,
and brownest bronze, the colors that
make it the delight of poet* and romance
writers.
We gathered great quantities of the
mu*l beautiful of these leaves to pree*.
And there U no end of hardy, deep
colored autumn Aowera. We gathered
these 100, 111 large beautiful coquet*.
Jim called this work "fooling," and
just like girls. The solid work o." nut
ting suited hi n better.
Hut Dick—where does he ooine in?
Ob, I'm coming to him presently.
I was awav alone down by the creek
and I had )u*t found a place where the
ground was strewn w itli beautiful, soft
shell hickory nuts, and 1 *ai bending
over Irving to All my basket before Jim
and Kate found me, when some one
lifted mv hat from my head and sent It
spinning Into the nearest tree.
You hateful, saucy boy," I said, keep
ing straight on picking, up the nut*.
"Get that hat, and do not Interrupt me.
I'm working for a wager."
"Why didn't you let me know you
were coming out here to make a day
of it ?"
"Why should 1 let you know, more
than auy of the rest of the jieople up at
the village? Stand away and don't
bother.**
"I shan't stand away nor get your
hat till you tell me why you dldn I let
me know you were coming."
"Because—because —1 told Jim to
tell you."
"All right. Miss Alice. Here's your
hat 4 and i'ni your servant for the rest
of the day."
There, didn't we have a splendid
time in the wood ?
GIKI. AUCK.
RsltsßSt AallsslhiM
A party of sailors from an American
man-of-war, lying in a Mediterranean
port, about thirty years ago. engaged
in one of those sanguinary brawls so
dear to every seaman's heart. Their
enemies were sn equal number of for
eign sailors—French, Stanl*h, or Ital
ian, I now forget which, though the
story came to me direct, one remove,
from the American Commander. The
offenders w ere called up for explana
tion, and stood before the officer, a row
of six hull-dog*, battered and cut and
bruised to their heart's content. There
w as no evidence® of a guilty conscience,
how ever, among the whole lot. They
all felt that they had been upholding
the honor of the" American flag, and of
their own sacred profession. Their
chosen spokesman touched his hat, and
seemed to concentrate the conscious In
nocence of the entire party In his own
|ier*oii as he said: "We couldn't help It,
ver honor; it warn't our fault. We
was slttin' Uiar peaceful as kittens. And
them forrin chaps come In—what calls
themselves sailors —and the lubbers
had their Jacket* buttoned Inside of tlie
o'the scat o' th'r trowsers!'? A look
of scorn told the rest. The Commander
beat a hasty retreat, and Jack eseajied
his punishment. Any English or Amer
ican citizen who harbors a feeling of
international aversion will do well to
examine his prejudices carefully In the
interest of his reason and his manhood.
He w 111 find that the vitality of his
aversion spring from s habit, on the
part of his neighbors, of his buttoning
their Jackets inside the sests of their
trow so rs, or from some othej reason
quite as consistent with his own digni
ty as a utan —quite as Inconsistent with
tiie fact that he Is not a child, or the hy
pothesis that he is not a lunatic.
The t'elllc D;ln| owl Iw Iretwwd
It Is very probable rhat the use of the
Celtic tongue will eventually die out.
It Is by no means so much In vogue with
the rising generation as It was with the
former. There are but few persons
now, even among the old, who really
"have no English " as the phrase goes;
although many will pretend that this Is
the case for purposes of their own. 1
believe, also, that tbe peasant* would
by no means wish their su|eriors to
learn their speech- Nevertheless, they
will express approval and admiration of
any efforts made In this direction. Both
Protestants and Romanists mutilate
and distort the Saxon language in the
most wonderful manner. They are as
fond of long and difficult sounding
words as the negroes are said to be.
They are even ingenious enough to
mount polysyllabic terms, on the spur
of the moment, when memory fails to
bring forth any compound sufficiently
startling. "Oh, Sir. you gave us a very
fine allegation to-day," a respectable
man said to his clergyman once. Now,
it the time had not been Immediately
after morning service, there might have
i been some difficulty in discovering that
the subject of commendation was a ser-
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
mon. A maid servant on cm invasion
airily called a troublesome child "the
inoat ooclmtaaUcal boy aha had evar
seen in her life," as the greatest term of
reproach she could think of, and the
uuue woman described a Fenian gnther
lug aa "a wonderful triangle of people."
Then, when one of the gentry waa 111 In
a country neighborhood, tltere were
many inquiries made a* to whether he
would be likely "to intercede," mean
ing were there hope* for hla recovery.
A dlepenaary becomes an "expenaary,"
the excise service "the OUUlde." To
expect is to "Inspect," and vice versa.
A cy press-tree la a "cypher," a surplice
a "cy press," an Inn "an end," and ao,
ad Infinitum. The staple malady and
cause of death In Ireland la a pain or
atitcli in the heart; but Lite peasant*
also suffer occaalonally from "a great
impression," and a "fluency on the
client." The moat grateful heart can
And no richer or more elegant mode of
expressing thankfulness for some favor
done than u> wish the patron "a blanket
of glory in Heaven."— Argotp.
frssas'i Male—a-A rprl* sf Use
After General Greene's retreat across
the Yadkin, be waa Joined by General
11 uger near Guilford, and continued bis
oourae until be had placed the I>an
between his force and fxirda CornwallU
and Haw don who were In pursuit,
t'dk 11 w mills raised his standard at Hills
borough, North Carolina, and was Joined
by the Tories In response to a proclama
tion Issued by him. To cheek the de
sigus of the loyalists, Greene on the
Inth Feb., 1781. ordered IJeuteoaat
colonel Lee and bia Virginia legion,
Captain Oldham with his veteran com
panies of Harylanders, and General
Andrew Pickens, with the Mouth Caro
liua militia, u> recroaa the l>an, gain
the front of CornwallU, and cat uIT
some of hU linee of communication.
I'hls was promptly and quietly done.
Learning that Tarleton with hU legion
had passed up the Ilew river, a move
ment In pursuit was made. The great
eat secrecy being necessary, as the
enemy were not aware of the Ameri
cans' return to North Carolina, It was
determined to assume the character of a
roe u for cement to Tarleton. Circum
stances favored this rmse, and while In
the vicinity of Tarletoo, a chance led
the Americans to a new adventure. On
the X&Ui of February they were met by
two young countrymen, well mounted,
who, on being accosted by the Ameri
cana in the character of loyalists, an
nounced themselves as scouts from a
party of Tories, in search of Tarleton'a
camp. They were conveyed to Colonel
Lee; who, being informed of their
character, took theneodiul precautions,
and assumed the part of Tarleton. He
received the loyalist aoouts with great
cordiality, and their information with
satisfaction. One of them, under eeoort.
was sent to Colonel Pyle, in com mend
of the Tortee—with a request to htm b>
draw hit troop* on the aide of the road,
In order that the weary column might
pas* to iu encampment without deUy.
Hie other messenger was detained by
Lee. When the bead of the American
column came within sight of the Tories,
It baited, and Lee advanced to meet
Colonel Pyle, who, at the head of four
hundred well-mounted and well-armed
men, had formed on the right aide of
the road, and, with the greatest defer
ence. awaited the approach of hU sup
posed friend.
The Americana then passed along In
front of the Tories, and Lee, who waa
on the extreme right, waa in the act of
taking Pyle by the hand, when a Are on
the extreme left of the Tories gave
notice of diaoovery. The ever greens
worn in the hats of Sickens' militia were
recognized ea the hedge of republican
ism, sod an immediate Are waa opened
on Kggleston's cavalry In the rear of
the American column. It was immedi
ately returned; the rasa was patent,
and. in a second, the engagement waa
general. It was short, but bloody. The
surprise of the Tories, and the dexterity
of the Americans; the unfavorable
position of the one. the nervous prepara
tion of the other, (lid not long leave the
reault doubtful. N'loety of the Tories
were killed on the spot, and nearly all
were wounded, while not one man was
lost to the Americans. Those who were
able to escape found shelter with Tarle
ton, who was only a mile distant from
the scene of slaughter, and who eras so
much affected by the tale* of the fugi
tives, that be hastily recrowed the Maw,
and, with all speed, returned to Hills
borough. While, of course, prepared
for the worst, it does not appear that
lre expected so sudden a development
of battle. He states that his design was
to pass In front of the enemy, place it
under control of his own force, and
then make known his actual character,
"with a solemn assurance of the enemy's
perfect exemption from Injury, and
with tbe choice of returning to their
homes, or of taking a more generous
part, by unltiug with tbe defenders of
their common country against their
common foe." However, the God of
battles seems to have ordered otherwise.
The terrible carnage, as Marshall says,
"In a great measure broke the spirits of
the Tories In that part of the country,
and Intimidated many who were dis
posed to lake up arms in support of the
royal cause. Some who were actually
on' their way to join the British stand
ard, returned. In order to wait the issue
of events, before they went too far to
recede." _
Tbe oldest Tebeeee-rtpee In tbe
TsvM.
There are some remarkable objects to
be met with amongst the relics of North
American antiquity, but none are more
curious than the stone tobacco-pipes
which have been discovered in the
mounds formed by the early in habi
tants of the continent. They are un
doubtedly. the oldest things of the sort
In the world. There Is something about
them, however, more interesting than
age.
"These pipes," remarks one writer,
"are unique In form, and are carved
out of hard, ornamental stone, in which
their bowls are hollowed and their
tubes drilled with perfect skill, and the
bowls themselves are sculptured Into
the forms of birds, animals, and human
heads, In a manner quite unapproacha
ble bv any but civilised race*.'
This is Information which must re
joice the heart of every smoker. Is It
not gratifying to know that the use of
the gentle weed was thought so much
of by races now hidden in the mists of
antiquity, that they exhausted all the
resources of their ingenuity and artis
tic skill upon the construction and or
namentation of the needful apparatus?
It may be added, that elaborately
carved pipes continue to be made by
the North American Indians in the
present fay. Some tribes devote most
ot their attention to the ornamentation
of the bowl, others to that of the stem.
Occasionally the bowl is adapted for
the Insertion of two tubes—a conveni
ent arrangement, whereby two smokers
may inhale the fumes of the tobacco at
the same time.
lis* f n fort a net* El**st
An elephant had been endeavoring to
rive the bole of a knotted oak with nts
trunk, but the tree closed upon that
member, detaining it and causing the
hapless elephant intense pain. He
shook the forest with his trumpeting
and all the beasts gathered around him.
"Ah, ha, my friend, said a pert chim
panr.ee, "you have got your trunk
checked, I'see." "My children," said
a temperate camel to her yonng, "let
this awful example teach you to ahnn
the bole." "Does It hurt you much?"
said a compassionate gnu: "Ah, it does;
it does; it must; I have been a mother
myself." And while they were sympa
thising with him ths unfortunate ele
phant expired in great agony.
Moral —The moral of the above is so
plain as to need no explanation. Talk
is cheap.
NO. 13.
fwtnur
Om err Uorum.—l am going to tell 70a
• story a boat • bora* whose name is
Ton, and who la fond of children. 1
know he would like to give you a long
ride } tor. when he baa • land of chil
dren behind bin. he pucka up his earn,
and trwta off in tine style.
I Last aawaaer. he took Bertie, Howie.
1 toll la, Kama, Annie, end Charlie, and
Charlie's awaa. en a picnic-party to
the wooda 1 thought aoue of the
children would be tipped out of the
carriage before we got there; but old
Ton carried then all safely.
The* had a flue una gathering tenia,
and playing; then tbcy sat down and
ate their supper, spread on the glass,
with Ton standing near. The* gave
bin cake end ginger- bread, which be
ate just to pteaar then; Mid. before we
cane hone, they triumed his barnaaa
with I earns.
One day, when Toaa waa standing in
bis stall, be felt something tickling bis
legs. He looked around, and there
stood a little girt, who waa brushing
the dies off from bin Ha stood per
fectly still and did not kick, as some
homes would burs dona. Bat it eras a
rash thing for u little girl to do, and
her mother told ber not to go near a
borers beats again.
Now 1 an going to tali you about a
hme who was fond of strong drink.
Yea. be loved whiskey sod brandy.
One day. bis msster bad occasion to
drive bin a long distance. Coning
bone, they were caught in a heavy
shower . The horse tort cold, and had
a chili. He waa pot in bis warn stable
and well rubbed; and then bis master
gave bin some whiskey, which be tort
with a grant relish.
After that, bis master noticed, that,
wben driven any distance, this boras
was always tick. He would paw, shake,
leak his tail, and cot up many aatios;
but liquor always cured bin very soon.
—so soon, that the aeca on the farm
if'gan to think be was playing a trick.
So one day when be began bis ca
pers. the j watcbedhim, unseen by him.
When the aoaa were near bin, he
seemed in great distress: but. when
they were out of sight and hearing, ho
would stood quietly, and aat his oats
like any sensible boras. His master,
co vi need that he waa playing sick,
gave bin a whipping, and after that be
was a strong "cold water hone."
Tkt /erealer of tir H keelhorrtrw.—
Itutiue a great nan to do a little thing
Who do you think invented that very
simple thing called a wheelbarrow 1
Why, ao leas a nan than Leonardo da
Vinci.
And wbo waa be f
He was a musician, poet, painter,
architect, sculptor, physiologist, engi
neer, natural historian, botanist, and
inventor, all ia one. He wasn't a
"Jack a j'i tradessud master of none,"
either. He was a real master of many
arts, and s practical worker hits ides
W beo did he live f
Somewhere about the time that Co
lumbus discovered America.
And where was be bora f
In the beautiful city of Floteoee, ia
Italy.
Perhaps some of you amy feel a lit
tle better acquainted with him wben I
tell you that it was Leonardo da Vina
who paiutcd one of the grandest pic
tures in the world,—"The Last Sup
per,''—a picture that has been copied
many tines, and engraved ia several
styles, ao that almost every one has an
ides of the arrangement and position
at the table of the figures of Oiur Lord
and his disciples; though 1 am told
that, without oeeiog the painting it
self, no one can form a notion of how
grand end beautiful it is.
And only to think of the thousands
of poor, bsrd-workiag Americans who
really own. in their wheelbarrow, an
original "work" of Leonardo da Viad.
—A Sickota*.
Hkootimg Lawner*.—"One day when
I vuti the < nkney Islands," said the
wild duels ia oee of our coo vera*uoiit,
"1 saw an islander walking along with
a run upon hi* shoulder aad a game
bag io his bud. He was met by a
Cip of travelers from England, who
just landed.
• 'What wort f cried ooe of them to
the islander. 'What spurt hare 700
had this morning f
"'Well, nothing very great,' an
swered the man civilly enough. 'l've
only shot a brace of lawyers this morn
ing.'
"'Whatf screamed the travelers.
'What' lulled two lawyers, and talk
about it aa coely as if you had only
bagged a couple of birds !*
And so 1 have,' laughed the islan
der. There ia a bird hero a sort of
puffin, that we Otkaey folks always
call lawyers. Why, you didn't think I
meant men. did your
"And," continued the wild duck,
"while the travelers thought it a
dreadful thing to kilt a lawyer when
the lawyer was a men, they thought
nothing at all of it when the lawyer
was a bird. Just as if a bird's lift
wasn't worth aa much to it aa a man's
life to him. Humph! Very queer, 1
think."
And with this the wild duck dived
suddenly to catch a Utile perch that
be fancied for bis dinner.
Very quest world this. altogether.
Wonder*.—Lewinbeck tells of an in
sect seen with a microscope, of which
twenty-seven millions only equal a
mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of a grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees,
with branches, leaves and fruit.
Buttertiiea are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tube*.
The surface of our bodies ia covered
with scales like a fish ; a single grain
of sand would cover one hundred and
fifty of these scales, and yet each scale
covers five hundred pores. Through
these narrow openings the perapira
tioo forces itself, like water through a
The mites take five hundred steps a
second.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
a world of animated beings, swimming
with aa much liberty aa whales in the
ecu.
Each leaf baa a colony of insects
grating ou it, likecowa in a meadow.
Keep up.—Never be east down by
trifles. If a spider break his thread
twenty time* be will mend it again.
Make up your mind to do a thing and
yon will do it. Fear not if trouble
cornea upon you: keep up your
though the (lay be a dark one. Mind
what yon run after. Never be content
with a bauble that will burst or fire
wood that will end in smoke or dark
uess.
A rem Stery.
There was one old fox which for a
period of several years had continually
evaded the fleetest and keenest-scented
hounds, the scent Invariably being lost
in the vicinity of a bouse situated in tbe
woods and far removed from any habi
tation, and which was used as a store
house for pells. At last one day the
hounds started the old fox, and away he
went in the direction of the house with
a pack of young hounds In full cry after
him, hut on nearing the hounds ne dis
appeared, leaving the hounds and
hunters non-plunged as usual. While
the hunters were gathered in and around
the house, discdlsing the frequent mys
terious disappear nee of t>e fox, an old
veteran hound came limping up, and
entering the door set up a vigorous
barking, and tried to jump up on the
wall. Hia singular action attracted tbe
attention of the hunters, and an ex
amination was made, the old fox was
found suspended by his tail to a nail in
the wall, keeping perfectly still, and
looking, unless closely observed, like
tbe pelts with which the walls were
hung. This plainly showed that the
fox, when too closely pressed, had taken
refuge in the house, and hung himself
up on the nail by hts tall, which was
the reason for the dogs always losng the
scent at that particular place.—ifesse
River (Wet.) Reveille.
RVB EH IMF.
—A hundred pounds of flour costs 111
In the Black Hills.
—Tb Aral mater works Is Texas art
being established at Austin.
—Ths United States consumed 3,000-
000 bushels ol peaaufr last year.
—For savers! years lows was the
banner Granger fksts, but It lost
seventy-live loos! granges last year.
—Car loads of latinon are every day
shipped East from California. The
< ail torn la salmon la coarser than that
of Malus,
—Edward C. Marshall, ths only liv
ing child of Chief Justice Marshall, Is a
clerk In the Interior Department at
Wssblngtor.
—Si 1 teen thousand two hundred and
eighty-eight patents wars issued In the
United States but year, an increase of
3,<MW over 1874.
—Mr. Caleb Cushlng becomes, bv the
death of Jtsverdy Johnson, the oldest
Cabinet Minister living in paint of
years and appointment.
—ln Richland county, Wisconsin,
the farmers have built a wooden rail
way, si statu miles long, coating only
three thousand dollars a mite.
—The astronomers say there will be
another total eclipse of the moon
August 3ft, 1339. Ladles and gentle
men prepare your smoked glasses.
—Don. Butler's Dutch Clap canal baa
now twenty fate of wafer In It, and en
ables vessels 10 save seven miles in
passing up and down James River.
—J. B. Phillips, of Orwsll, Ob la, Is
making a cheese which wilt not be com
pleted until the 30tb of May, whan it Is
expected to weigh 33,000 pounds.
—A bill has been introduced in the
New Jerser Legislative requiring rail
road companies to pay the funeral ex
|<euse* of all persons killed upon their
—lt is calculated that ths shrinkage
In the value of foreign Government
bonds on the London mock Exchange
Mm been 1388,000,000 In the last four
years.
—Cardinal McCloskey la negotiating
for the purchase of Le Grand Lock
wood's mansion In South Norwalk, Ct.
with the intention of coo verting It
into s Romish college.
—The Municipal Register of 1t74
gives Jau.UUD as the imputation of
Boston, but Meaars. Sampson, Daven
port A Co., according to a recent count
only figure up 341,813.
—One of the most striking objects at
the Centennial exhibition will be a col
umn of eaal one hundred feet In bright
to be transported to Philadelphia in
sections fSrom Tennessee.
—George B. MeCartee, Chief of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing at
Washington, baa resigned. Hating
spent a year's appropriation in eight
months bis shop tt closed.
—A Parte Ky.) young lady will Mod
to tbe Centennial a poker bub toned
front a revolutionary gun barrel.
Nothing could be bettor calculated to
stir up tbe Area of patriotism.
—Mr. Bayard Taylor baa accepted tbe
position of aa editorial errltor on tbe
New York Tribmm, and will commence
•aork aa soon aa bte lecture engage
ment* for tbe eeaaon will permit.
—There are Itt driving parka ia tbe
United Slate*. The value of the pro
perty held by tbeee associations te wti
mated at H.QOO.IW). and that of tbe
boreee entered In aeitijrleyear $18,000,-
•00.*
—Hie late Reverdy Johnson leaves
IS children, about SO grandchildren,
and Mverai great-grand children, nearly
all of whom were present at tbe anni
versary of bte golden wedding la Xov.
18, IW.
—Tbe sound portions of tbe old Kim
of Boston Common will be made Into
furniture for tbe City Hail of Boston,
and various specimens will be eent to
tbe various historical societies of tbe
country.
—Twenty thousand salmon eggs,
taken from tbe Columbia River, ia
Oregon, have arrived safely in Auck
land, Xew Zealand, and been deposited
in waters titers carefully prepared for
tbelr reception.
—The Swiss exhibit at tbe On ton
tenntel erlil be small, but complete and
well classified. Among manufactured
articles watches will occupy tbe Am
rank, but tbe show of lacas will excite
special admiration.
—The united ages of a family of In
persona, two stater* and three brothers,
named Seabohl, whom homestead is at
Baptistown, Hunterdon county, N. J.,
amounts to 373 rears. Their agm
respectively ate £3, St, 79, TV and 40.
—Sharon hail a banquet la Frisco re
cently. There were dowers and plan is
and music, staging-bird#, wine and
rich viands, and at each guest's piste
was the bill of fare, engraved upon a
heavy plate of solid silver, and costing
over 440 each.
—There was a good blubber crop last
year. The average catch of whaling
reuse.!# engaged in the Arctic see
amounted t 1,384 barrels of whale and
walru* oil, and 14,900 pounds of whale
bone, the largest average for any sea
son si no# 1866.
—Nine bushels and one-eighth 1a all
the wheat crop averages per acre in
the United States, and only about ten
or eleven ma the fertile prairies of the
West, whUe in old England it avera
ges twenty-eight bushels per acre by
! thorough tillage.
—A man is serving out s year in the
Wisconsin State Prison who was con
victed of robbing the mails of twenty
live cents. Since lie has been confined
there the letter has been returned from
the dead-letter offiee, with the twenty
five cents inclosed.
—The Cincinnati "Commercial"
thinks that the government can save
nearly $1,000,000 by reducing the sala
ries of postmasters ia the smaller cities
and towns. There are arore than two
hundred postmasters In the country
who receive s salary of more than S3OOO
I each.
—According to the latest returns re
ceived by the Adjutant-Oeoeral, and
by him transmitted to Congress, the
aggregate organised militia force of
the State of New York ia 19,413; in
New Jersey, 8,838; in Pennsylvania,
14,638. The grand aggregate of all the
States ia 89,863.
—Governor Bagley, of Michigan,
urges upon every citisen of hia State
who owns a piece of ground, whether
it be large or small, to plant upon it on
the 16th of April next, a tree which
shall be venerated in the distant future
as one planted by patriotic hands dur
ing the Centennial year of the repub
lic.
—Dr. J. H. Funk, of Boyertown
Berks county, who has probably the
largest collection of bees ID Pennsylva
nia, reports that the present weather la
death to them. He fears that already
more titan half of his honey-producers
have died front starvation, the mild
weather having caused them to make
way with their winter's rations earlier
In the season than usual.
—The statue of William H. Seward,
by Randolph Rogers, is finished, ana
will be shipped in time to reach here in
May next. It coat $2&,U00 which
amount was subscribed by some gen
tlemen of this city, among whom were
George J. Forrest, William 11. Apple- ,
ton, Jerome, Schell. and others. The
statue Is described as being one of Mr.
Rogers's best productions.
—The report on the geology and re
sources of the region of the thirty-ninth
parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to
the Rocky Mountains, by Mr. Dawson,
says: "From what I could learn, I be
lieve that at the present rate of exter
mination twelve or fourteen years will
see the destruction of what now re
mains otjthe great northern band of
buffaloes, and the termination of the
trade In robes snd pemicatt, in so far as
regards the country north of the Mis
souri River."
The ItershMt ef Vealee.
A Venetian merchant who was lol
ling in tbe lap of luxury was accosted
upon the Rialto by a friend who bad
not seen him for many months. "How
ia this," cried tbe latter, "when I last
aaw you your gaberdine was out at el
bows, and now you sail in your own
gondola,' 1 "Tme," replied the mer
chant "but since then I have met with
serious losses snd been obliged to com
pound with my creditors for ten cents
on the dollar."
Moral— Composition is the life of
trade.