A Love Jkrng. Oh, warn swart hraath of tha Roathsru wtad I Blow softly oar the sea, Bearing my klasas to Up* that wilt - VTslt for kiaaes from ma. Under ttis roaaa, white and red, My love is watching the moon ; The st.rs of the skip- are watching her ayae. That are deep m the does of June. Roae and lily, watching her cheek. Chant from their hiding place: Hail to tho quean of the hly and roee. With the roee and lily face P Oh, swift. wee| messenger' come back. Come hack from ever Uie sea, Bringicg the kisvvs that pure, swart lipe Ostc yon in trust for me. A Pay of Summer Besaty. Out in the golden summer air, Anud (he purple heather. A woman sat with drocping head. And liaoil* clove knit together; Never a bitter word She said. Though all her limbs looked cold and dead— Cold in the g'.owit-g hate that lay Over the fair given earth (bat day. That day of summer beauty. Far, far away, where leafy woods Touched the blue sky. cloud riven. A thousand birds rang out 1 fc>' bliss In jubilee to harrn; How could the poor, o d. withered throat Carol echoes to eac.i soft note ? Every soul mnst pay life's cost lier dt e;>eal silence praised tVod meet. PluiS day of summer beauty. Too d. lied her soul, too worn, to feel Summer delight acutely ; While os-lli was praising Ood aloud. Her patience p<a-od him mutely. Her muus life of thought and care, Not life to live, but Ufe to bear . Oont : ted that her 1 a ead. While ail O vt' souleas thing* were glad. Tha: day of rammer beauty. And where she etayrd. a du-ty speak Iu g ir*e and heather glory. A we a- v spirit watched slid real The pathos of her story ; A apir-.1. doubt oppree ed *vl worn. Hal found auoiner more forlorn. That, trustful, staynl no.- c-ught U> gases Life's oita it g, which are faihomiees, TY. - oogh ail the summer beauty. The GeneraFs Address. A Stoiy of this Dai k Day* of the Revolutionary War. The sufferings of the American army durirg the Revolutionary war were se ver*. The American Congress was ac casts! of not treating the army fairly, and at one time ther* was great danger that the troops would leave the field Washington appealed to Congress at this juncture, but no heed was paid to his r=Hjuet. In writing to the secretary of war on the subject he said : " Only conceive the mortification the troops must suffer (even the general officer*), vrheu they cannot invite a French offi cer or tra-eling acquaintance to a better dinner than bad whisky (and not a way> that ) and a bit of beef without vegetables will afford them." Cungraaz, though it professed a de- i sire that the army should receive justice, declared its inability to do anything until the separate States were consult ed. A committee appointed to make known their grievances to Congress re turned and reported their ill suce as This report fell like fire on the suf fering army, and it was evident that some decisive action would be devel oped before long. At length, ou the tenth of March, it took form in an anonymous address that was distributed through the army, calling on the to met t next day to decide on the meas ure- that should be adopted to obtain a retirees of their grievances. This address, it was ascertained year* after, wa- written by Major Armstrong, aid-tie-camp to General Gates. Its language whs well calculated to set on fixe the army that was already prepared for an explosion. The addrc-s commenced with the state ment of the disappointment felt at the report of the indifference of the government to their rights, say ing * A hat faith has its limits as web as ita temper, and there are points be yood which neither can lie stretched without sinking into cowardice or plunging into credu ity." He then takes a rapid survey of the past, recit ing their devotion, their sufferings, and their wrongs, and in a aeries of scornful questions asks them how their faith and patience have been re warded. After arousing their iudig nation by this recital of their wnn.g-, and the contemptuous treatment with which their humble petitions had beet received, he buret forth : "If this, then, lie your treatment while the sword* y-m w> *- are necessary for the defense of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shal sink and your strength dissipate by division, when those very sword*, the instruments and companions . your glory, shall be taken from your side* and no mars of military distinction left you but your wants, inflrmitie and scare f Can you then consent to . e the only stiff- rers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness aud contempt I Can v<u consent to wade through the vile mire of despondency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in l.onor ? If you can, go; and carry with you the jests of Tories and the scorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what is worse, the pity of the world; go, starve, and be forgotten !" But he adds: "If you revoit at this, and would oppose tyranny under whatever garb it may assume, awake, attend to your situation, aud redeem yourselves. If the present moment be lost, every future effort will be in vuin, and your threat-t then will be empty as are your entreaties now." Having thus artfully kindled the passions of the army, he boldly sketched out the only oourae to pursue. " Draw up," he says, " a ltst remonstrance, and tell Congress with them rests the responsibility of the future; that if redress is not given, aud peace returns, nothing but death shall separate you from your arms; if the war continues, you will retire to some unsettled country to smile in turn, and ' mock when their fear cometn.' " This adureas, so well adapted to stir up the passion and bring about sudden and violent action, > ad- been scattered through the army without the knowl edge of Washington. When at last it was brought to hiru and he read it over, a cloud dark as midnight settled on hiß countenance —the day of evil, which he 6o long dreaded, nay, had foretold, had at last come. The labor of seven long years was in a moment to be overthrown. The earthquake had opened at his very feet, and he gazed with sinking heart into the gloomy abyss. The worst of it was, there was mot an assertion or state ment in that fiery address that ha could •antra i ; -t. The appeal alone to red; ess tbdmselvew he oould not meet, and this could he done only by a counter appeal to their patriotism and their faith in his promise, that had' never been broken. But the first greet object was to gain de lay. The meeting had been called for FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. the licit day, oa purpose that no time j should h given lor {wmion to salwide! and coaler counsel* prevail. Washing km was kn> sagacious to attempt to prevent the meeting, as he had authori ty k> do, Force ho kuew would only in tensify the fooling that prevailed. Things hud plainly oomo to a crisis, And to moot it successfully required grout pnidouoo, llonoo ho must have tirno to mature hi* plans, And AO joat poucd tho mooting till Saturxlay, four days in ndvanoe. To this no ono ooold object, but the leaders in tho movement SAW that it boded evil for thorn. In tho moAiitiwo ho sont for his gonormls U> mort him, to oonsnlt on tho proper course of action. It WAS A cold, chilly day on which they aeaem I tied, Aud tho old open fireplace WAS heaped with bhuiug logs Itefore which Washington WAS slowly pacing when the general* one after Another rode up— Wayne, and Putnam, and Sullivan en tered one After another ; Steuben from over the river ; while the veterans Knox and Oreen rode np together from the south. Others arrived from near the camp ground, until as no ble a group as ever gathered around a chieftaiu stood around WashiugU>u. Gould this old room speak and tell what passed at that sad and solemn council, it would tell of noble devotion and pat riotiam such as the world has seldom witnessed. It was finally resolved that Washington should attend the meeting and open it in person. It was arranged that immediately after his address "Old Put" should move that a committee be appointed to draft resolutions expressing j the ft clings of the meeting. The fifteenth of March was a oold, bleak day, and the leaden clouds gave a somber hne to the wintry landscape. Snow was still on the menu tain tops, and here and there lay in drifts in the hollows, as Washington and his staff be gan to climb the hills back of Newburgh toward the temple net r the oamp ground. Washington dismounted at the door, and giving his horse to the orderly, entered the building. It was packed throughout its entire ; length with an anxions andieuee. Every eye was turned as that tail and stately form moved calmly toward the raised platform at the further end Not a sound bnt his heavy footfall on the uuearprted floor broke the profound, 1 imorvsuve silence of the room. As he reached the platform and stood for a moment and gazed on the assembly, his noble heart was stirred to its profound est depths. He knew every face, and, as his eye passed from one to another, what a tide of feeling must have swept over his heart. They were his comrade* in battle. How often hail they olofed round him in the deadly encounter, and -houldar to shoulder carried him trium phantly over the fields of his fame. Noble men were th y all, oa whom he had relied, and not in vain, in the hour of deadly peril. A thousand proofs or their devotion came rushing back on hie memory; their toils and sufferiug rose before him, and the whole history of the past swept by like a moving panorama till his heart swelled over them with parental fondness. He had no word of rebuke for tbem—only words of affec tion and sympathy. Unrolling his manuscript, he took out his spectacle*, and said, in a voice choked with emotion : " You w, gentle men, I have grown blind as well as gray in yonr service." One could have heard i pm fall, so breathless was the audi ence; while many an eye, that hail never blenched in the wildest storm of bat tle, grew dim with tears. Every line •>f this immortal add rem reveals the stern patriot and the devote I chieftain. After referring to the anonymous ad Iress. and denouncing the author and his dark designs in uns|ring language, and the meeting called in this unprece dented w.y, he witn chauged voice and manner spoke of the army, ita suffer ings and devotion, and then passed on to his own conduct, saving: "If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to von that I have been a faithful friend to the army, my declaration to yon at -hi* time would be equally unavailing sud improper• • • tj, a t p, e ever left 'he side of the army except when called away by duty, but had ever >wwn their companion in distress and linger, and add*: "As I have cou*id -red my own military reputation as in •eparably connected with that of the army, as my heart has ever expanded with joy when I have heard it praised, and my indignation lias arisen when the mouth of detraction has been opened ig dust it, it can hardly lx suppose,! st this la*t stag*- of the war t' at 1 am in different to its interests." l.ut lie asks: H-.w are these inter**t* to be prwrvnl I Not, he plainly shows, by following the treasonable advice contained in the ad dress. He then pledges most solemnly his almost ability to see all their wrongs redressed, all th<-ir rights established. He oonjures them to rely on the plighted faith of their country, and tak ing fire as he proceeds, he exclaims; " Let me conjure you in the name of our common country, as yon value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, as yon regard the military or Rational character of Ameri ca, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, un der any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood gate* of civil discord aud deluge our rising empire in blood." He closes up his stirring appeal by saying: "If you will do this, yon will by tee dignity of your conduct afford posterity occasion to say. when spaking of the glorious •■sample von have exhibited to man kind: ' Had this day beeu wanting, the world would never have seen the last stage of perfection to which human na ture is capaple of attaining.'" It was enough. Tne conspiracy was dead, and a deep murmur of delight- run through the audience, lb-moving his spectacles, he dtsoen ed the platform and* moved out through the assembly, each eye following the stately form as it disappeared through the doorway. Knox immediately arose, and moved that the thanks of the officers lie tender ed to the commander-in-chief for his ad dress, and " to assure him* that the offi cers reciprocated his affectionate cxpres Bona with the greatest sincerity of which the human heart is capable." It was carried with a unanimous and loud cheer. "Old i'ut," as he was called, then moved that a x>mmittee of three lie appointed go draft resolutions and report in half an honr. In half an hour the report was ready. The resolutions were short and spicy and to the point. They wero carried by acclamation, and that was the last ever heard of the an onymous address. BEWARE.—Let ladies beware of " lac ing back," "strapping up," or what ever the correct term is, their dresses too tightly; at least when they go to oourt. At one of the last drawing rooms a lady, after executing a most low and loyal oourtesy to Queen Victoria, found herself quite unable to " get straight " again and actually had to be helped into an upright position. "■HE CENTRE REPORTER. A lIt'NTKKN* CAMP. A N...111 kv I wi.ail.l WrvaaAs— Hrai.ri Ulv a. It U la I'lvtilaatlva. The " Huntera' Gamp " on the Oen tennial gtonnda is visited by hundreds daily. It is in a ravine and on a creek that runs through the park. A long piece of oak bark, pegged with its outer aide against a tree, with an inscription carved on its iuuer side with a jackknife, tells the visitor that the curious struc ture which he sees is " The Hunters' Cabin." It is reached by crossing a bridge of two log*, and if the visitor has a oaue he will prv.balily lap on the back with it to satisfy himself that they are not flesh aud bhod the tin ducks and drakes loatiug at anchor in the stream. Safe over, he is confronted by the hunter's watchdog a dwarfed brown War tethered to a tiw which shades the kitcheu and dining hall a little circular wall of sooty stoic , with a Mack iron |*>t hanging aluve it, ami sharp pointed roasting or toasting sticks loaning over its sides, ami a table made of a huge atrip of bark supported on fonr stoat twigs stuck into the grouml. A camp tire of logs is con stantly burning, near by, and at night it casta such a light through the wooded vale that the bloodthirsty redskins dread to approach the cabin. It suooeeda, also, in keeping the hunterr warm these frigid July days, and proves the moital foe of t'euteunial mosquitoes. The two chaps sitting at the table must be in sjHVted before a look is takeu at the cabin. They are attired in full Western hunter's costume, which is quite as out landish as Kobmaou Crusoe's—ooouskin cap, bnckskin tunic, w.th fringe hke a leathern dyuet for a horse, breeches of the same stuff and similarly fringed, and moccasins. With sharp sticks for forks, and with Arkansas toothpicks i fourteen inch butcher kuiTes), they are helping themselves from wooden platters to ltocky mountain venison obtuiued from Wt st i'hiiadt lphia steers, and to cracked Arrapahoe maize produced by liucks county savages. Three times a week they Lave hash, and on Suudays they sdo the luxury of bread made of nialXe meal, which they grind between flat stoues. Their speech does not la -k the t>eouliar charm of Western classics. While one " 'll be teetotally chawed up for a sucked egg " if he ain't n>ar s " gone coon " lor a " chawt a backer," the other ln)}s* he " may be toasted on forked lightning if he aiu t spun out eleaner'u a bar's tongue of everything 'cept crumb*,"' and •' these " he wants for " sniokiu"." The cabin i* salt lox shaped, entirely open in (rout, built of log*, and thatched with Iwrk at ho>tlle to water a* a duck * back. Underneath the bark ts a coat iug of palm and cedar bianchca to in ert-** < the warmth. Tin* it has little difficulty in effecting, ***iht<-,l by the crackling camp fire ju*t in front of the cabin. Within are two camp louugi the only bed*. These are exactly like hospital stretcher*, but haviug two legs at one end so as to elevate the head of the skw-per. Among the other article* displayed inside are the skin of a white polecat (declared to l>e the only white polecat known to hare been ever set n 1U the United States), the stuffed head of a leopard, skins of black nud grizzly iwsirs, elk antler*, Lions of R->cky moun tain rams, bows, arrows, moccasins, wampum, strings of grizzly bears' claws and other curiosities captured from the Indians; rifles of anld lung syi.e, fiah sjtears and fishing and trapping imnle mentsof every description, a table made of nicer l>ark than thst in the table out side, aud two objects of the shape at d size of au enormous codfish, aid lua le of plaited willow. The*.- are mow* lux-.*. Ihe feet are slipped under straps in the Oenter, ami the wearer jogs along (earleas of Mink ing HI the snow and h<<}>*- W*a of making a hop, step an 1 jump over a fciice. "An' d> the r ibkin* oareftstas big ss them f" wis the ill - i.ooent inquiry of a spectator. Below r .he cabin a dam has been constructed, the stream Ming tin r>-by made broad ♦nd deep enough for the hmit'-rs to amuse themselves rowing alsuit in the two Indian can oca which they have there. To cut the stnrv short, this hunters' cabin, with its eoute ts and surrounding*, afford a c >mplete illustra mm of the life of a Western hunter. It is improbable though that many of those daring >nd emturing pioneer* are tortunate enough to And for their head qu<rtcre#uch a lovely spot as Laudowue ravine. Carrier Pigeons and Shipwreck*. An interesting lectnre on tho utiliza tion of the homing or carrier pigeon w in given at tho zoological gardens, Ite gont's park, London, recently, by Mr. Tegetmeier. Afterdesoribing tho origin of the pigeon voyageurs, tho methods of training for tho long eonoours, or races, the powers of flight, extending to npward of five hundred miles a day, the lecturer described the details of the pigeon post ured during the siege of Pari*, and stated that at the present time every Jot tresa and fortified town in Germany waa provided with flights of trained pigeons by which oommunica tiona conld be stmt into the town, if in vested by a hostile force. He then proooeded to descrilto the latest application of the homing faculty of these birds—namely, the establish ment of oommnnioatinns from lightships to the shore, so that by the use of the maritime code of signals, two or throe letters stamped on the wing wonld con vey the intelligence that assistance of any kind was desired, and would pro vide a means of oommnnioation when no other mo;hod was available. The ex l>eriment is tteing tried, in tho first in stance, at Harwich, and as soon as a sufficient stock of birds has l>eon reared, it is proposed to keep relays on board the adjacent lightships, so that in case of a second wreck like that of the Dcntschland, requests for assistance conld be immediately conveyed to the authorities at Ilarwicn. London Beauties. It in no sli/ht work which the beau tics of London havo t<> perform, a cor respondent writes. As I heard one say to another the other night, on a crowd ed staircase, where people had Ix en waiting for half an honr unable to get odher np or down: "We have to go to a reception and a ball yet, and this is our third party to night," To drag aronnd from house to honse like this, night uf ter night, requires a constitution of cast iron, and most of these fair damsels seem to have it. The first rose of the year is not a more l>eantiful object than some of these girls, with their perfect forms and complexions as fresh and clear as the daylight. They are begin ning life without an anxiety or a care, and imagine that tbey will meet with nothing much worse on the road tlisn a dull party or stupid partner ; but we old stagers, who have trudged on a good way ahead, know very well the kind of entertainment which will presently be spread out before them. It seems to me that the crop of those beauties is more abundant than ever this year. CENTRE HALL, CENTR Till! MENNOMTKH. A llswrlsilM sfs Pvvallsr Heel Is mull. vasla—ltvw ihr? l.tvv at* Ureas. A correspondent writing from Lau castor, I'a., draws this picture of the Mennonites, a noted scot there: A rep resentative MetlUOUite is an object of curiosity. Traveler* goiug through this valley are puaaled to know whatk> make of them. Menuonite men xri nearly al ways alaive the medium heighL They are tall, straight, ami augular. They wear their straight, black hair rather loug, until it nearly reaches their shoul ders. Their coats are cut straight up ami diiwn. The material is of gray wool, aud ia home-made. There are no buttons ou their clothing, hooka and eyes beiug used instead. The vest is cut high; so is the shirt; aud around their necks they wear black scarfs or stocks. Vests, and wide, long, straight pantaloons, looking more like a pair of lings than like pantaloons, are of brown jeans, coarsely and rudely made up. There is uo style about them. The Menuouite costume consists of a black slouch nat with a very wide brim, which is worn a part of summer and all wiu tor. The men wear heavy cowhide boots in winter. This style of drees was worn by their fathers in this valley over two hundred years ago, ami has I wen wi ru ever since. The women wear black suu bonnet*, lined with pastelxtard ali|>s, brown calico gowns, and black woolen capes or shawls. Their feet are cov> red with blue stockings knit al home from wool raised on the farm, and rough kip shoes. Tim wumnu *n>, an a general thing, small ait compared with the stature of their husbands. Young an J old drww alike, so thai unless a close ius|xwtiou in made a man twenty years of age can hardly lie told from one fifty year* old. They stand quite erect, aud, like the Cbiuauieu, rereiuble racli other very much. The married women become plnmp and sluggish, and the young ladies may tie ever so handsome, yet they always look plain in their domestic garb, and their black eyes and rosy cheeks are bid away under the (laps of their uncommonly large sun bonnets. They are quiet, aud rarely smile. The old folks are more loquacious than the young. A fair daughter will go to church with her father and mother. She will sit between them, and look neither to the right nor to the left. At the close of the services all of them may stap in leaving the bull lug to recognise and |x*ak to friends for a short time, but the conversation is very limited. I visited one of Uietr farmhouses—a small, two-storv, atone house, with four small nx>ms and a kitchen. Tlnue was no car|xd ou the fl,xr*, ami ihe furni ture was neat and plain. The boards were scrubbed fresh mid clean; the win dows up stairs were open; the tx d*. pufTjl up with bouncing feather I-ul sters. looked sweet aud dean; extra ap parel hung on l>egs iu a corner, and a chest served for a wardrobe for the other clothing. The walls w ere white as the driven snow, and the pleasant air of the shady grove without bulged in the common paper curtains. Their diet is principally eggs and vegetables. They eat very little meat. About fifty yards from tb. ir dwellings are tin ir immense barns, Urge enough to hold a doses of the homa-s tl.ey live in. These tsirus contain the remains of the crop of last year. The stables are tilled with horaea and cow*. and in the outbnildiugs re the plain family car riage, wagons, plows, and other imple ment*. These men are hard working farmers, suu-bromu<d and bom st, ear ing nothiug at all alxuit (xilitire. and living only to till the noil, deal honest.y with their lieighliors, and save money. The husband is the sole manager of h:s household, the wife and children doing his bidding iu the nod minute partiru lsr. They an* people of remarkably few words, speaktug >uly when it in ale. lately necessary. They would not know inglv wrong anybody. Their religion embraces the doctrine of the goldi n rule. One of their * ivling men. who has acquired a large fortune, will not take more than four jxr cent, for the use of his money, because, as he says, it is not fair, right, juat, nor lion eat to re ceive any more. It is certain, also, that there are plenty of them who loan money to their friends and uoightiors who do not ask even a Ixind, note, or collati ral, nor do they ask for or receive any interest. They sell nothing on credit. They keep no Recounts. Their verbal promise to pay is as good as a rtrt mortgage or a government bond. They never go to law, and crime is un known amoug them. Curious Farts About Blind Tom. Blind Tom'a birthplace is Georgia, and he begnn to excite attention as a musician at tie l age of four years. All sounds afford him delight; even the cry ing of a child causes him to ilauoe about in a state of ecstasy. Wlieu at home ho ofteu bit and piuehed his brothers and sisters to make them emit cries of pain. If kept away from a piano, lie will beat against tho wall, drag chain about the room, and make all sorts of noise*. When in London a flute was procured for him of a very complicated pattern, and having twenty-two keys. He fro qnently rises np at night and plays this instrument, imitating upon it all sorts of sounds which he may hear at the time. Once when the agent attempted to make him stop-playing a piano in a high toned hotel at three o'clock in the morniug, Tom seized liirn and throw him through the door. In Washington be threw a man down stairs who came into his room, at home in ox>rgia he lives in a building about two hundred yards from the house, aud there re mains alone with his piano, playing all day and night, like one possessed with mndnesa. Had weather has nu effect upon his music. In cloudy, rainy sea sons, ho plays somber music in minor chords; ami when the sun shines and the birds sing, he indulges in waltzes and light music. Sometimes he will hammer away for hours, producing the most hor rible discords imaginable. Suddenly a change conies over him, and he indulges in magnificent bursts of harmony taken from the best productions of the mas ters. Since his childhood ho has been an idiot, and he played nearly us well at the age of seven as bo does now ; bnt now his repertoire is mnch larger, as he I**l play anything ho has over heard. He now plays about 7,000 pieces, and picks up new ones everywhere. It is u curious fact that he will not play any Sunday school music if he can help it, having a great dislike for it. A subscriber, says the Hartford Pont, who signs his letter "Charles," writes us: "Something within mo tells mo I have genius. At dawn, at midday and eventide, I break forth in poetic song; my waking hours are musical with the lute tones of an unseen Orpheus, and in my sleep the muses bend lovingly o'er my ©ot. How shall I develop and perfect this inspiration—this divine af flatus—this gift of the gods ?" Come down to Hartford, Charles, and peddle clams. Of Course. G CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY -7, 1870. A Kmlng l ife. Young Jessnp, of Phdmb Iphia, who waa killed iu a duel iu (Vdorado, pus ■eased a roving dis|x>sition. He served ill the army when fourteen years of sge, and in IWW, then only twenty, he, with a single coin|>aniun, started on an over laud trip around the world. The journey across tbe plains st that time waa par tirularly dangerous. Tbe Indians were suspicious and resentful of the encroach went of the whites. The frontier posts were insufficiently guarded, and, aa a conaequenoe, the savages hail grown bolder iu tbeir raids. The two young men left lawivenworth, Kan., with a can vas covered wagon and four light mules. Poratiout a mouth tliey traveled entirely alone, but on the borders of Nebraska they found the ludiaus so laid that they fouud it necessary to join a traiu for the purpose of mutual protection. Their paity numbered thirty four in all, and for nearly three weeks the purty waa lie net by (lands of hostile Hioux, who fol lowed them until they came to s mill tary post. Arriving at Denver, then just rising into prominence, the two young men visited the differeut mining camps and towns of Colorado, akirting the mountains to Biahop'a pass, and proceeded thence to Halt Lake City. Proceeding westward toward Sacramen to they made frequent detours, visiting whatever wns of iutrrert by the way, aow journeying alone and again joining the wagon trains they overtook. In California they explored the wonders of the Yuarinite, then a comparatively tin known region, and after remaining In re some time they sat let! for the Sandwich islands and thence to China, Cochin China, Malacca, (Joy Jutland li.aiatolb* Himalayas, returning half way hark to Allahabad. Upon making tbe great journey acrues central India by "coolie dak "—a two-whiwled cart drawn by six teen natives -they arrived in Bombay. Proceeding thence by steamer t> Aden, and np the lb d Sea to Su< x and through lower Egypt to Alexsudlia, liirir further journey wa* interrupted by a cable tele gram to young JeNsup a nwunoing his mother's dangerous sickness a- l sum moniug bim bouie by the qui kest mtiUi. Iu all his dangerous aud adventurous journey, in the hardship and rxponiire hi which they < re exposed, his com panion liear* witness to ins chivalricdia p. notion. bin desire |o protect the oak from imposition and his duqwMiitiMn vol untarily to assume more than his share of the hard work. And now ixiuiiv the contrast. After having t>een at borne but a little while, Jeasup went to Europe and made the grand tour. Ho visited all the gri-a'. ,-upitals from Paris to Yienua, from St. Petersburg to Home. Sapplied with ahuudant means be lived a moat luxuri ous life and became sated with all the pleasures of continental life. His sense of manliness aud his keeu enjoyment of innate refinement of character that was occasionally atrongly u si k-d kept him from many of those rxc-into which other VoUUg taeu have fallen. While living in this way he mail-led on l aving all the appointments of Lis daily hie as nearly perfect as might le. For bim there was no middle course. I'nh-s* he Could dine m rryfr in tbe city he pre ferred a bit of bacon and the fiesdeiu of the backwoods. Some nix year* ago he w< nt into bnsi ties* in Philadelphia, but the roaming habit had grown too atrong for him to la long contented with the daily routine of office work, fh lt*73 he gave up his position and bought a stock farm in New Mexico, which he aftetward trans ferred to Colorado. This sort of life ws-med to suit him exactly, and on a visit to hi* home la-t winter he expr.-as d himself well satisfied with his new •xvujwtioo and his desire to make hi* h 'me permanently in the West How to Treat Sunstroke. Suintroko in caused by excessive lic it, and especially if the weather is " mug gy." It is man- *pt to oocnr on the *M>- oud, third, or fourth day of a heated term thau ou the first. Loss of aleep, worry, excitement, clone sleeping rooms, debility, aud abuse of atimulauta pre di|xm It ia much more apt to at tack those working in the sun, and ee jx-cially between the hour* of eleven o'clock in the morning aud four o'clock in the afternoon. On hot days wear thin clothing. Hare as cool aleeping rooms as possible. Avoid lows of aleep and all unnecessary fatigue. If working iu doora and where there ia artificial heat, ace that the room ia well ventilated. If working in the aun wear a light hat (not black, as it abaorltn heat) and pnt inaide of it on the head a wet cloth or a large green leaf ; frequently lift the hat from the head and ace that the cloth ia wet. Do not check pcrapiration, bnt drink what water you need to keep it up, as perspiration prevents tho body from being overheated. Have wherever {KMsible an additional shade, as a thin umbrella, when walking, a canvas or broad cover when working in the snu. When much fatigued do not go to work, or be excused from work, especially ufter eleven o'clock in the morning on very hot days, especially if the work is in the aun. If a feeling of fatigue, diz sineaa, headache or exlianation occurs cse work immediately, lie down in a shady and 000 l place, apply cold cloths to ami pour cold water over head and neck. If any one is overcome by the heat give the person 000 l drinks of water or cold black tea or cold coffee, if able to swallow. If the skin is hot and dry, sponge with or pour oold water over the laxly atul liuitxi, aud apply to the head pounded ioo wrapped in a towel 01 other cloth. If there is no ice at hand keep a cloth on the head, and ponr oold water on it as well aa on the body. If the person is pale, very faint, and pnlse feeble, let him inhale ammonia for a few secouds, or give him a teaspoon fnl of aromatic spirits of ammonia (hartshorn) in two tablespoon fain oT water with a little sugar. He Can Tote. A gentleman in New Orleans writes to the New York Sun to inquiro whether ft man born in tho United States, the son of foreign parents not naturalized, in or in not ft citizen of tho United States; whether naturalization pa pern are in any way necessary for such a man; and whether he in eligible to tho office of President. Wo answer that, by tho very fact of birth on American noil, ho in a citizen, needing no other naturalization. Whether his parents nro naturalized or not inako- no differonco. Every man born in the United States is a citizen of the United States, unless ho expatriates himself and becomes a citizen or subject of another nation. As a citizen, he hna all tho rights that belong to a citizen, including tho right to vote nnder the limitations of law as to ago and residenoe; and he is eligible to the office of Presi dent, although his father may tie a foreigner, and remain snch to the end of his days. Mr. Posoubj'a Adrenture. Mr. Poaouby, while bony in bin office, was surprised by the eutrauoe oI Mr* Poaouby, who came ill to say thai she wan going to take tea with Mm. I*4l - and would uoi be home until nine o'clock, but abe would leave tbe key under tbe mat at lb" (rout door ao that be could let himself 111 wben be went borne, and be bad better get his supper down town. Tbeir aon, Herbert, would accompany ber. Now, it ao cbanord that while Mrs. I'oaonby waa tbua explaining maltera to ber bun band ber hopeful aon waa niak ing desperate efforts, assisted by all the doga be oould wbiatle up from the entire neighborhood, to get at a rat be bad aeeu run under the front porch. Maater Poaouby punched with a long pole and scraped and dug with a boe, and tbe nine doga deployed at irregular inter val around tbe porch and along tbe ver liens t>ed, scratched with might and main, yelping byatarioally an they NO rate bed, and pausing from tbeir la bora now and then to fight over tbe question which bad dag tbe drwjHwt bole, to tbe immeaanrable delight of Maater Poaouby. liut aa tbe auu went down and tbe aoft light of aunligbt fad ed into tbe miaty gloaming, be reineiu- Wred that be bad been told to lock up and join bia ma at ber frienda'. He put tbe key under tbe door mat, and then with bia bead atili set on capturing that rat, be brought around an old steel trap, wicked as dynamite, and having baited it liberally, set it on tbe porch for tbe benefit of the rat when it should oome out. Then be carefully dismissed bis allies, and stoned tliem in difierciit di rections lest they should go back to re suuie tbe siege aud fall into bia torpedo piL Mr. Posonby did not oome borne un til quite late, not until bia wife and aon had returned and retired, tired of wait ing for bim. As tbe houae was quite dark and quiet when be approached it, be naturally auppoaed bia spouse bad La-en detained later than abe expected. He felt under the door mat for the key, but aa that useful little "opeu sesame " waa in tbe loch on tbe inside of tbe door, he conldu't find it. He felt fuitber un der tbe mat, and then thinking be might have pushed it away, began to fed around tbe porch tor it, aweepiug bia hand out in ending swoupa, accompany ing these erratic movements with sun dry exclamations and mutteringa. In one of these rigorous sweeps be thrust bis hand into something that lifted him to bis feet. A terrible, cold, vicious something that shut down on bis haml like a wild beast aud just raided bim np until Ulilv bis lip toes touched tbe porcii floor. Th wail that broke from bis pal lid lifM* silenced ail tbe dogs in tbe ward, aud woke up a private eight watchman alto was paring bis vigilant ls-t on lop of a salt laurel jnt around tbe corner with bis < yew shut. It wakened bis Hon, who thrust bis bead out of tbe window an J rboutod " Are !" in tbe most stent.- ri.iu U new that a youth of eleven Tears can command. It roused bia wife from h r jwaic til rdumlwis, who thrust ber h'-u.t out of snotlierwindowand screamed •• thies. si" vith ~11 the full pu-rcicgtig or of her w,,uimly voice. It waioned his tie gldxira in both direction*, who h sued out of their window* and shot at Mr. l'osouby, who stood on the j*orch, daneit g about iu an ic-tier of agony, howling at every jump. In a ra.uicut be b twine calm enough tonntn -t ig:.t ; he removed the trap, explained an 1 w.<s admitted to the house, lie explain, d to Mm. IWnby, as she bandage I his wounded hand, that he thought sure it was "snakes," and when that good lady ridiculed the idea, and said there w.-re uo snakes about here, he shook Li* head wearily, aud looked at her out ol the cor ner of hu eyea with a sweet, ra.l - nib.. Disbanding the Aruij The position of the American array at the close of the Revolutionary war was by no means an agreeable one for the officers and men who had been so long engaged in military duty. Major North Fays : "The inmates of the same tent or hut for seven long years granpt d each other's band in aihut agony—to go they knew not whither, all recollection of the art to thrive by civil occupation lost, or to the youthful never known, their hard earned military knowledge worse than useless—to be cast on a world long since by them forgotten. Severed from friends, and all the joys and griefs which soldiers feel; griefs while hope remained—when shared by numtwrs, almost joys. To go in silence and alone, aud poor and helpless--it was too hard 1 Oh, on that sail day how many hearts were wrong. I ssw it all, nor will the scene be ever blurred from my view." The brave, generous hearted old Raron Stenben looked on the pitiful scenes with swimming eyes. Seeing Colonel Cochrane a brave and mcritori ous officer, standing npart with a sad anil disconsolate look, he approached him, and tried to cheer him np by say ing that better times would oorae soon. "For myself," replied the officer, "I can stand it; bnt, ' pointing to a mere hovel, "my wile aud daughters are in the garret of that wretched tavern, and I have nowhere to carry them, nor even money to remove them." "Come, come," said the baron, " 1 will pay my respects to Mrs. Cochrane and your daughters, if yon please ;" and leaving him standing alone, be strode away to the tavern, where he found the ladies sank in despondency at the dismal pros pect lief ore tlio.m. The sight was too much for his beuevolent heart, and emptying the entire contents of bis pnrse on the table, he hastened nwsy to escape their tears and blessings. As he went down to the wharf where the troops were embarking, he came upon a poor soldier, whofx> wounds were yet un healed, bitterly lamenting that he had not the means to get to New York. Touched with hi* sufferings, tho baron's hand instinctively sought his pock t, but, alas! the last cent hail just been left in the miserable garret. Turning to an officer, ho borrowed a dollar ami gave it to the poor fellow, and hurried him ulsiard a sloop. Benching the deck, the latter turned, aud with tears stream ing down his ehetks, exclaimed : "God Almighty bios? you. baron." Soon tho last Unit v-ns struck and the last gun wheeled away. Children. Children mn i t be taught proper mau ners st tabic, of course, but to prohibit them from laughing or talking at their meals, is wholly uuphysiological. Joy- OUHUCSS promotes the circulation of tho blood and helps digestion. All disagree able and uncomfortable topics should be banished from the table, and the con versation encouraged should 1> of the most cheerful kind. A gentleman from Lyons, France, displays thirty-seven varieties of roses, and a new and beantiful geranium, the Zonal—Riokes Nakaahima. TK11MB: S~.GO a Year, in Advn?ice. KI'XKIUL* CONT TOO MUCH. Wv s*vA Wvrv Msarv •* • la ibttt wv Mar Mabv aa Oaivalailaaa UlavUr. It is very atrange, the material im porlauce we now attach to a funeral. We iusb-t that it ahall be ooudnrtod with a certain show, at a certain coat; we re fuse to lie content with an observation of the mere proprieties. Expensive aa perflmties are demanded; we do not be lieve we have discharged oar duty to the dead, unleaa ire have honored him or her with at least an approach to pa geantry. We fancy that kinship or friend ship should be expressed in a prodigal outlay; that bereavement must be reck oned by disregard of dollars aud oenta. Except on the score of taste, there may be no objectiou to this. When any member of a rich or well to-do family dies, it is a question for relatives to de cide how expensive a funeral the de ceased ab ill have. If they wiah to make a great display; if they like to render his death more conspicuous than any thing in his life ha* been; if they want to advertise their income upon bis coffin snd it* accompaniment*, surely nobody should gainsay tliem. But when the dead waa poor; when he leaves a family with little or no means, it ia more than foolish to use the little they possess, or to incur indebtedness, in order to trick out his corpse, aud to send it to the cemetery in a manner they cannot afford, ami which certaiuiy can oe of no ptsMu blu benefit to him. By each worse than useless extravagance they wrong his memory and themselves, ami encourage a custom extremely unwise in itself aud decidedly mischievous in its results. Persons who can boat afford to bury their kuiafoiks or friends sumptuously, are loaa apt to do ao than (leraona who cannot afford it. It ia one of our na tional weak neeses—and a miserable weakness it ia—to struggle against any aud every appearance of poverty just in proportion to the degree of our pov erty. We anew to be unconscious that this constitutes the real m<wuinef which we flatter ourselves that we ale avoid ing. We are wont to speak of it as our pride, wben any true pride would at it, knowing it to be nothing but tbe moat vulgar vanity wearing a worthy name. It would be sat prising to learn how common it is for families in this and other large cities to overtax themaelvea to provide paraphernalia for the tomb. Npt infrequently they spend every dol lar that has been left, even exceeding the amount sometimes, and in many in stance* anticipating a large share of, if uol all, the insoranoe upon the life of the dcoiwaed. Not a few instances might be cited in which money has been borrowed to defray funeral ex |tenses, when, if the funcial had been modestly aud properly managed, there would have lteen no need of borrowing at all. What an unworthy return is this to the man who has probably worked bard for years, and given himself end le ts anxiety to saw something for his faroilv in the event of his sudden death ! Of wbst advantage is it to him, in his -heeled sleep, that there should be a few more flowers or carriages, that the . offlu -hould be real roeewistd, or the handle genuine silver f All has ended; all is well with him. To him money is :.o longer essential; whatever be haa gained beyond m cx-ssaiy expenditure obonld be devoted to the service of the living. Undoubtedly, they who ao exceed their niHUii in such poai martsm parade are generally influence,! by good though mistakeu motive*. Tney uo not know— *t least, they do not think—how far such ostentation is removed from honest revireuee, from veracious grief, for the loved and lost. If they could aee how hollow, how pitiable, is this sacrifice of sensibility to mere display, this profana tion of affection for tneatrio effect, they would never be guilty of it. Influenced by the spirit of imitation—by an ig noble desire to do ti ant others do, ure al active of ability or fitness—they turn ooraaiona which arc distressing, and which should be sacred, to tawdry sjwvtschw for idle aommeut aud vulgar gossip. They who lead the beet, the purest, the nobleet lives, care not for, indeed, they are opposed to—gaudy oliseqniea. They prefer, w hen they have acted their part and the dark curtain has descended lictween them and the world, tliat they shall be borne quietly to the grave, without pomp or circumstance. It is only the min. the shallow, the unde serving—secretly conscious bow totally unimportant their death must be, even to their own circle—who want to em phasise it with display and expi nditnx*. It is well to shear death of the unnatural terrors with which superstition and rnonastieism have invested it; it is well to make it as little solemn as it may be ; to view the inevitable with calmness and philosophy; but it is not well to deprive the tragedy which we must all undergo of its pathetic siulpletiees and awful dignity.—Act/' IbrA litnet. Brazilian Silkworms. In the Braxiliau department of th Ontenuial there is a very interesting display made by Honor Luis de Rose tide, Upon wooden tablets arranged in a rack, Honor Reseode exhibits ailkworm eggs, then silkworms, one, two, three, and so on, np to twenty-five daya old— those of each day being upon a separate tablet, aud eared for by an attendant In a series of glass bottles, and pre served in spirit*, are specimens of silk worms, showing each stage of silkworm existence, " from the cradle to the grave "—that is, commencing with one day old, advancing to twenty live daya old, then from beginning to spin to the formation of the chrysalis, and, Anally, the emerging of the butterfly—the whole having been produced at Rio de Janeiro. Another case contains a col lection of Brazilian butterflies, one of which, the Aurota natumia. is a silk producer. It measures about seven inches across the wings from tip to tip, aud is about live inches loug. It* cocoon is much larger ilian that of the ordinary silkworm, anil produces about live times as much silk, the latter being of a soihe what brownish cast of color. Burning Coal Inst Burning coal dust as fuel is a com plete success. Instead of being molded into blocks, as by the Loiseau process, the dust, iu its loose condition, is shoveled into furnaoes of stationary engines or locomotives. The heat ob tained is equal to that from an equal weight of lump coal. The buriiing is effected by forcing a current of air aud sh am through the dust in the furnace, which prevents it from caking, increases tho supply of oxygen and adds some hydrogen, all of which tends to make tho combustion more vigorous. The Pottsville Miners' Jmirnal estimates that one-third of all the ooal which is mined is crumbled to dost and made unsaleable. Forty million tons are thought to be available for market, and much of it is close by railroad tracks. The new invention is supposed to be ap plicable to tbe use of steamships and smelting furnaoes. NUMBER 30. Drained by a Lunatic. Mr. John Shank, a wealthy fanner, seventy-six years of age, living on Halt Purk creek, about six mil' north from Ijswrenoeborg, Indiana, waa discovered by hi* daughter, Elixa Bhank, lying op against an old smokehouse, gasping in the agonies of death, with the blood oozing from his mouth and noae, and with the entire back of hia skull mashed and crushed in a horrible manner. Mis* Bhank at first waa petrified with horror, and then, with a piercing scream, alarm ed the inmates of her home, all of whom aeme rushing out ja*t in time to are the old man fall back a corpse. At firat it waa thought that Mr. Bhank had been ruudrred and then murdered, but the discovery of the bloody ax with which the murder had been committed lying near the victim, and the sight immedi ately thereafter of Exra Bhank saunter ing leisurely up from the barn, which ia located not more than a dozen yards from the scene of the tragedy, together with the knowledge that be bad been chopping wood not ten minutes before the crime waa committed, oonvinoed the friends of the deceased that the crime waa a patricide, and that Ezra was the guilty eon. This son is now forty eight yean of age, and for nearly a quarter of a century has been hopeless ly insane. Until very recently, how ever, he had never teen suspected of being vicious; indeed, he had been con eiderad perfectly harmless, and the most of the time was kept about the old homestead rather than in an asylum because of his harmlesaneaa. He ia of a powerful frame, being over aiz feet high and weighing upward of 25) pounds, ooustiluting, therefore, any thing but a frail antagonist in a desper ate flight. Hia father waa a man equally tall, but by no meana ao heavy, besides being enfeebled bj hie weight of nearly fourscore years. Ezra had been of late ver - obstim.: J and lazy, and ouee or twice had in dulged in some savage threats whenever am of the children, of whom there ace ten, ail grown and nearly all living at home, insisted on his doing any work. No attention, however, was paid to these threat*, and Ezra was requested to take the ax and break up some wood. In oomplia on he took the ax, but in going to work was very sulky and would answer no questions. It is supposed that hia father happened along when he felt most vicious and begun a conversa tion, when, with the horrible despera tion of a madman, the son rawed the cruel ax and dashed out hia father's brains. The sight presented waa sicken ing in the extreme, and the aged wife and mother, on beholding it, fainted, and has ever sit.ee been uttirly pros trated, only hovering Iwtwean life and death. The sons at firat were frenzied and sought to question their brother, but they could get uoth ng out of him. He wonld answer no questions, and when sli own the lifeless body of his father evinced n more concern than had be been discussing the weather. The lie nucky shower of Fie h. At last we have a proper explanation of this much talked of phenomenon. Mr. L. llrsiideia_ write* to the Sanita nan: in 1537, while Paracelsus was engaged in the production of his "elixir of life," he came across a very strange kicking vegetable mit**, to which he gave the name of " nostoek." The want of rapid transportation, combined with the perishable nature of the sub •dances fallen, have hitherto prevented a complete and exhaustive examination. The specimens of the " Kentucky shower," however, reached this city well preserved in glycerine, and it has been comparatively easy to identify the sub stance and to fix :1a status. The " Ken tucky wonder " is nothing more or leas than the " noetoc " of the old alchemist. The nostoc belongs to the confervas; it oonsiat* of translucent, gelatinous bodies, joined together by threadlike tabes or seed bearers. To ere are about fifty species of this six.ji'v plant dam fled; two or three kind* have even been found in a fossil state. Like other con fer vie, the nostoc propagates by aelf division as well as by seeds or spores. Wnen these spores work their way out of the gelatinous envelope they may be wafted by the winds here and there, and they may be carried great dirts noes. Wherever they may (all, and find con genial soil, namely, dampness or re cent rain, they will thrive and spread very rapidly, and many cases are re corded where they have covered miles of ground, in a very few hours, with long strings of noetoc. On account of this rapidity of growth, people almost everywhere faithfully be lieve the nostoc to fall from the clouds, and ascribe to it many mystenou* vir tues. The plant ia not confined to any special locality or to any climate; sown by the whirlwind, carried by a current of air, in need of moisture only for ex istence and support, it thrives every where. Icebergs afloat in mid-ocean have been found covered with it. In New Zealaud it is found in large masses of quaking jelly, several feet in circum ference, and covering miles of damp soil; and in our own country it may be found in damp woods, on meadows, and on marshy or even gravelly bottoms. All the uostooß am composed of a semi-liquid cellulose SDd vegetable pro teins. The edible noetoc is highly valued in China, where it forms an essential in gredient of the edible birdnesi soup. The fleeh that was supposed to have fallen from the clonds in Kentucky is the flwh colored nostoc. The flavor of it approaches frog or spring chicken leg*, and it is greedily devoured by al most all domesticated animals Buch snppoeed " showers " are not rare, and arc entirely in harmony with natural laws. In the East Indies the wm nostoc is used as an application in ulcers and scrofulous disease, while cv ry nation ia the East considers it nourivhiug and palatable, and nses it even for food when dried by sun heat >he Threw It, A fortnight ago a lady, with true feminine recklessness in times of ex citemcnt, threw a atone at a cow which had invaded her flower garden. The atone happened to be a choice specimen of geld quart* which by some accident had been misplaced. Of course the lady did not hit the oow, and the missile went off at right angles, and landed in a neighbor's yard. A few days afterward he pioked it np, and was astonished at the show of gold which he saw on all sides. Taking it down to a jeweler, it was tested, and the gold prononnoed to be of the best quality. The lucky finder was wonderfully elated for a few days, and would not have taken SIOO a square foot for his land, bnt the lady who threw the stone having heart! of 'his good fortune, mis trusted the truth, and haying asked to see the specimen, at once identified it as a portion of her cabinet, and carried it off in triumph. | > 11MM f later**. The zpeeobi that have not been made in the oeet Ths (Wart of Sahara mw 2,000,000 iqurt mils*. We take gnat liberties with thoee from whom we expect nothing. Thai* in on on disputing with a man who will not ha convinced. A man •honk! be doing a good bind nam, if it ia not ao profitable Tha wholesale prima for cattle bam reached tha lowwat prim atom 1862. What aperies of lorn ia that which ia oarer reciprocated I A neuralgia affec tion. Home |>aopie cannot drive to bappi with fottr bursas, and other* oan reach the grad on foot. Never look a gift borae in the month, nor examine tim date of an er ahanga begged from an editor. , In Kern count?, California, a few i dam ago, sixteen bond red sheep were mold to a batcher f.r fifty cut* a h<*i, When the yonng ladiea band jon a card nowaday* with the oabaliatio 1.4- tera T. M. O. A. it meana "you may call again." Doing boa in MM witbont advertising, naya the Dan bury New, ia a good deal like trying to borrow a flag on the fourth of July. T/eughing may make a man grow fat. bat yon've got to mix it nightly with bread and meat and a qniet conscience if yon get it to elicit. It ia propoeed to amend the conatitn tion of Connecticut by adding a aection wrtaUing nine member* of a jury compe tent to reader a verdict. A Yankee, deaoribing as opponent wbuae peraon waa extremely thin, aaya : "I will tell yon what, str—that man Joo't amount to a sum in arithmetic; caet him up, and there's nothing to carry." A new trouble threatens the country. The scarcity of help W already bring felt, especially in the Went Nearly everybody ia being withdrawn from the field and shop to fill vacancim in the family of the late A. T. Stewart. Aocustom yourself to overcome and □uwter thing* of difficulty ; for, if yon observe, the left hand for *>* nt of practice ia insignificant, and not adapted to gen eral business, yet it hold* the bridle bet ter '*■" the nght, from- constant nee. " In Eastern lands," when the govern - ment wants to get rid of a troublesome •■abject, he is invited to dine with the chief local official, and word ia aunt to bis family that "tua dinner did noUgreo with him," after .which be pauses into history. "Oh, my darair!" said a poor suf ferer to a dentist, "thisi* the second wrung tooth you've polled out!" " Very •torry, my dear air,' said the blundering operator; " but a* there wre only three Jt<*v-tbi-r when 1 begun, I'm sure to be right next time." A Chicago paper say* that a clergyman of that eitv thinks it looks decidedly -usjscions for a member of hi* congre gation to send him a me*s of fish on Moodav morning. especially when be recollect* that that member waa not at cbnreh the dy Wore. An old fHow was paid bis week's wage* in New York, recently, receiving the most part of it in silver half dollars. He looked benigr ly at them as they lay in his pal in, ckockld as though in triumph, and exclaimed : " That a the stuff the rats can't chew." The first lord of the admiralty on his firat voyage .town the Thames, in rather a leaky vessel, olwrrad the men work ing the pnmj*. " Dear me !** ho "1 did nut know you had a well on board, captain, bfit I am really very glad. as I do drtmt river water." "Can vou change this William for me f" said a young man who presented a SSO biil at tim counter of a bank nwmt ly. " Yea," said the cashier; " but why Jo yon aall it a William I" "Ob, I'm not *—>> enough with this kind of a thing to call it Bill," WM the ready reply. The six men hanged at Baloosca for complicity in the murder of the consuls were all notorious aasaasins. When led >ut to execution each refused assistance, adjusted the rope round hi# owu neck himself, and kicked the stool from under hia feet. The inquiry made by the Turk ish government previous to their execu tion was earned on in secret. The idea of a South Carolina judge ia to allow any one to sell liquor freely, but require every one who wishes it to take out a regular license, which should be .-ranted onlv upon a reasonable proof itiat he mav W trusted to keep tolerably -ober, and'to be revoked if be gets up roarioualy drunk ; selling or giving liquor to* any person not showing tach license to be a misdemeanor. A gentleman afflicted with an impedi ment in hia speech took dinner at a tavern, and ealliug to a waiter addressed htm thus : " We-w-waiter, gi-gm* m me a-e aome r-r roast b-b-beef.' The waiter stammered out in reply: " W-w-we a-a-ain't g-g-got any." At which the gentleman, highly enraged, supposing the servant was mocking him, sprang from his seat and was proceeding to ITTMVA him down, when a third person arrested his arm and cried to him not to strike, saving : "He at-st-stutters TT s imirr as w-w-we d-d-do.'' * What Washington Did. Washington, who understood Indian warfare the best of any man of hia time, held that surprise ia the one thing to bo guarded against, and that a commander who suffers a surprise is inexcusable. One of the few occasions on which he loet hia self-control and gave way to an uncontrollable outburst of anger was when the news came to him that General St Qi"r had fallen into an ambuscade in hia expedition against the Miama In diana. The news wan brought to him by a special messenger while he was at dinner with company. He went out to speak with the messenger, returned to his seat and went through the dinner with perfect composure and immediably attended Mrs. Washington's drawing room, speaking courteously to every lady. When the company had gone and Mrs. Washington had retired, leaving the President and hie secretary, Mr. Sear, alone, Washington broke out again and again in terrible expressions of wrath. " Yes," he exclaimed, •' here on thi very spot I took leave of him; I wished him SUCOMW and honor. • Yon have your instructions from the secre tary of war,' said I. ' I hail a strict eye to them and will add bat one word—Be ware of a surprise !' You know how the Indians fight us. I repeat it, • Be ware of a surprise. He went off with that, my last warning, thrown into his ears. And yet, to suffer that army to be cut to pieces, hacked, butchered, toma hawked by a surprise—the very thing 1 guarded him against—Oh, God ! Oh, God I" (throwing up his bauds and shaking with emotion) " he's worse than a murderer. How oan he answfir it to his oountry f The blood of the plain is upon him, the curse of widows and orphans—the curse of Heaven ! It is clear from this passionate outburst that Washington thought a commander who permits himself to be surpriued by In dians is without excuse. Affection. Mary Clemmer, in a recent Washing ton letter, says : We are approaching that line in the thermometer when from j a natural law human affections ieane, and even woman ceases to be a lovable being, for I persist that a woman with a perspiring face, in a sticky muslin, fighting flit s, is not a lovely or a lovable being. It ia merely a qneation of weath er when the capacity for romance ceases, and the power of human affection dies out of the lmman heart. Surely it must be easier to be affectionate, at the north than at the sooth pole. A Penii Tan pig was recently born which had one head, two eye*, tiue BOB trils, one month, fonr ears, two sets of brains, a portion of two bodies, two tails and eight legs, two of them being loca ted on its baok. . .
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