r*nt and Present. Thin Agn is wise with wisdom slowly culled. And msn, grown bold like well Irsinod hun ters. leap From cra to crag of trnth, with sigh t un dulled, O'er pre cip oo* rteep. Ilui when our fathers lost the level plan e. The strs shone brightly in the gi.i.tU* strnsira. The rainbow arched above the summer rams. And sleep brought happy dreams. Hie world s rolling swift snd far away From morning mists and early morning light. And m the fnltrees nf it, m ddls dsy No ehs>los inthe sight. Bnl reaching from that aofl si d shifting sty Of early dawn a rvi-iul | athwsy shore. A d ai grl-i in the ni mil v ventured nigh, Who in Ihr in in ,'e gone ! lurgit nc.t, t.ike bii 's of spring, Hweet wools are loin from dai knees snd do~ epair. And afi row fragnune through the snnuy ait. Olid s,.irits sing. Ah ! ye ho fought. And nobly fought as warriors tit to die, Shall Je the poaer of hivtheihoovl defy, llv desih untaught ? The right and wrvwig Are twirled with the dust lit thoee who sleep In Ihc w arm sti.lness of earths Ivsom deep. And life is strong. Forgive 1 Forgive' Tims sings Uie em light as it geatly glides luto each but del i 1 heart ths' doubt divides Forgive and live 1 Forgive! K.rgira! Oh ' ye to whom the ptlyu g heaven had deigned Alan's eovertigu rights by tyrant power itte daioed, F.wgive a. J live'. Oh. love divina! Artec, arise, that son's eiat worship thee; That scale n sy , only thy I ante, and s-. o Tin-it strength iu thus! Mfi', ye are kings ! Rut strife a; . ti. i ye brutes, unfit to swsy The kingdom of t' < future, fernowl to-day ldie Uast of things ! Fu ri.al Ood' Fill tlitse gieat h ai s wHi I hiue termty. Let u. iou ilrs* with fioorre .-f -lb r.y ihe *' I , soe! OVER NIAGARA FALLS. Th. SIM* .1 Ih. stats .1 ih. VII.I *ud hrr r.rllHH. Trip. I a the year 184 i, say* Scribnrr't Monthly, a small *t*anier was built in the edvly just above the railway eus- IH* anion bridge to run up to the fall*. She was vi ry appr ipriateiy uamed the " Maid of the Mist." Her engine was rather weak, hut sie* safely atvompliah tvl the trip. As, however, ahe took pas sengers atwurd ouiy from the Canada aide, she did little more than pay ex penses. In 18." 4 a larger, beth-r Inat, with a more powerful rngine—the c w "Haul vf the Mist"—was put ou the ronte, and, as *h* t*s>k {*assenger* from both sh.itvs, many thousands of person* made made tin* imv-t exciting and im pressive tonr under the fall*. Owing to some change iu her appointments, which agiin cot.fined her to the Canadian shore for the reception of jaa-engtrs, she lieoame unprofitable. Her owner having decided to leave the place, wi*h ed to sell her a* she lay at her dock. Thi* l.e could not do, but had on offer of something more than half of her cost, if he would deliver her at Niagara, op posite the fort. This he decided to do, after consultation with Robinson, who bad acted a* her captain and pilot on her trips under the falls. The boat re quired for her navigation ail engiueer, who also acted a* fireman, and a pilot. Ou In r pleasure trip* she bad a clerk iu addivi in to these. Mr. Robinson agree.! to a- fa* pilot f r the fear tut vovage, and the engineer, Mr. Junta, consented to go with him. A courageous machinist, Mr. M *lntyre, volunteered to share the risk with them. They {int her in coni jilet* trim, removing from her deck and hold ad superfluous articles. Notice was given of the time for start ing, aud a large nnmlwr of people as semble. I to see the fearful piaog*, no one xpivtitiflr to eei* eitln-r Is -a", or crew aga-n, after they shonld leave the diva. Thi.': dock was jn*t aliove the railway snspt-nsi* >n bridge, st the place where she was built, and where she was laid up in the winter, that, too, being the only place where she could he without danger of Doing crushed by the ice. Twenty rods lielow the eddy the water plnng-s sharply down into the head of the crooked, tumultu >ns rapi i n-achiug from the bridge to the whirlp- x>L At the whirlpool the danger of la ing drawn nteler ws mwt to be appreheude.l; iu the rapid®, of being turned over or knocked to piece*. From the whirlpool to Lewistou is a wild rush and whirl of Water the whole distance. About thre- o'clock iu the afternoon of July 15, 1861, the engineer took bis ploot* in tnc hold, and, knowing thst their flitting woald be short at the loLgest, set his steam valve at the proper gauge, and waited—not without anxiety—the tinkling signal that should start them on their flying voyage. Mcln tyre joined Robinson at the wbeei on the upper deck. Robinson took hi plaoe at the wheel and pulled the start ing hell. With a shriek from ber whistle anil a white puff from l*r escape pipe, the txait ran up the eddy a short dis tance, then sw ting around to the right, cle red tho smooth water, and shot like an arrow into the rapid under the bridge. She took the outside curve of the rapid, and when a third of the way down it, a jet of water struck against her rudder, a column dashed up under her *t*rl>oard side, heel-d her over, car ried away her smokestack, started her overhaug on that side, tbr,*w Robinson on his back and thrust Mclntyrc against the starboard wheelhouse with su..-h force as to break it through. Every looker-on breathed freer as she emerged, shook her wounded sides, slid into the whirlpool and for a moment rode again on an even keel. Robinson rose at onoe, s iz -d the helm, set her to the right of the large pot in the pool, then turned her directly through the neck of it. Thence, after receiving another drench ing ft nil its waves, she dished on with cut further accident to the quirt bosom of ! li- river lielow Lewiston. Tim* was accomplished the most re markable and jwilous voyage ever made by tn"U. The boat was seven ty twv. feet long, with seventeen feet breadih of beam, eight feet depth of hold, and carried an engiue of a hun dred horse-puwer. Kobinaon said that the greater part of it was like what h had always imagined runst be the awift sailing of a large bird in a downward tiight; that when the accident occurred, the boat seemed to be struck from all directions at once; that she trembled like a fiddle string and felt as if she vronl' 1 crumble away and drop into atoms; thst lx>th he and Mclntyre were holding to the wheel with all their strength, but produced no more effect than if they had beeu two flies; that he Lad no fear of striking the rocks, for he knew that the strongest snction mnst be in the deepest channel, and that the boat mußt remain iu tlist. Finding that Mclntyre was somewhat bewildered by excitement, or by his fall, as t rolled up by his si .e but did not rise, he quiet ly put his foot on his breast to keephim from rollii'g around the deck, and thus finished the voyage. poor Jones, imprisoned beneath the hatches before the glowing furnace, went down on his knees, as he related afterward, aud although a more earnest prayer was uev r uttered, aDd few that were shorter, still it seemed to him pro digiously long, the effect of this trip upon Robinson was decidedly marked. To it, as he lived but a few years after ward, his death was commonly attrib uted. But this was incorrect, since the disease which terminated his life was contracted at New Orleans at a later day, " He was," said Mrs. Robinson to the writer, " twenty years older whan be 1 1 C Kl IM'/,, l\litor mul I >r. VOLUME IX. cum.- In-mo tlmt day than when ho wont out." Ho sunk into hi* chair Uko n {**r Mm overcome with ssariuiuw, Ho ! oid.wt to alwuivtou (ho water and advised hi* s. ns to venture uo more aUmt tho rapid*, llolli lo* manner and aiijwar imv woro dull gi il. I'alui atul 111-1111.-™!.- ! l-oions lu- become thoughtful and M rums afterward. Yet ho had a strango, almost impressible desire to make this voyage iiutao.liat.-lv aftor tho steamer , put ou t*-low tho fads. This wish was OEIv increased when tho first " Maid of tho Mist " was siijawseded by the tow , ami stancher one. Robinson wot lsiru I,i Sptinglh-ld, M owi. 110 was uoarlv MI fowl high, with light choatunt hair, clue eves ami fair complexion, 110 was a hind hearted mm., of equable temper, fow Word*. Ov>vl, dslilmatc, divided, litho as a ttaill and gen tie as a girl, lie u.itht r provoked nor defied Providence, nor foolishly challenged tlio admiration of bus fellow men. Hut when news oiuno that some one wits iu danger, thou he went to work with a calm and cheer ful will. Benevolent association* in different cities and countries l-ostow honor and t rewards on those who, by miseltisli of fort and a noldo courage. save tho life of a fellow Is iug. This Robuisou vlivi re pestedly ; yet no stouo commemorates his deed*. A Poor tirl*s Devotion. Yesterday morning they pulled poor Kate l-sslford out of tho waters of tho Kaw, says tho Kansas City Timet. It was evident at first sight that tho vie ceasovl had made a determined effort to viio, tor tlio water was shallow, no shal low that the suicide had not depth suf ficient to sink in. She died from grief, and her story of trouble deserves more than the orvliuary uotiiv>. Katie Dono van was the only daughter of a per but hard working farmer uear Muueie sta tion, a few miles west of Kansas City, on the Kansas Pacific railroad. Katie vlivi not agree well with her stepmother, and left home about two years ago ami came to Kansas City tv> work for herself. In due time she met, loved and married a brakeman named Edward Ledford, who was employ.nl on the Missouri Pacific railroad. Soon after marraigo Ledford was arrested with others for an alleged th.-ft of goods from a railroad train. List ford was sent to jail iu Lawrence, where he Hidevl and assist.Hl Bud Me Panic is, the Mutioie train robin r, to make his escape. McDanieia was killed ill the pursuit and Ledford escaped, ilis wife, then only seventeecu years of age and devotedly attached to her hu< band, tovik his disgrace much todn-art* She went Uv work for a living, and while she could reach her has and sent all her earnings to him in jail. She at all times ai-|eared grief stricken and sad ou account of her bust ami. She con tinned to work, sail, disconsolate and often sick with grief. One morning she left her place of employment after dressing herself in her last calico dress. It was her shroud. She said she was sick, and wa" going home. She bade her benefactors farewell, hut instead of going down to Muncie, she i ut out and paid < ne or two Utile tri fling debts for sewing. Then she went to the Kansas nv.-r, and Bel. ctiug a shallow pla>>-, iu the cool of the eve ning, laid ber-clf down in the water ami dii-d. PiKir girl. H.-rs w.w a brief his tory—raise ! in the Kaw bottoms, step mother, no schooling, uo friends, early marriage t* a worthless scoundrel, Lii a tragic eh s-- to a life which t-> her se mni all sadn. as; all barn nof K-anty or sunshine. Th- Itepths of lliuing Shafts. The Baltimore American says: Twen ty year* ago the deopo-t mining shaft iu the wot id reached oniy ah-iut 2,00" fe t IH-IOW the surface. The very doep est, we believe, was a metalliferous mi ll in Hanover, which hnl been carri.il down to the depth o 2,200 leet. Th deepest jieqa-uvlicular shaft to-ilay i the Adelberi shaft in a silver-lead mini in Pnzibram, in Bohemia, which ha* reached a depth of -1,2X1 ft-et. The at tainment of that depth was made the oc casion of a three days' festival, aud still further noticed by the striking off of a huge number of commemorative silver tneilals of the value of a florin each There is no record of the liegiuning of work on this mine, although its written history g-ss buck to 1.127. Quito recent ly an elegant commemorative volume has lieen written and printed, which is most intelesting to those who have a tit- te for either the actualities or antiipii , ties of mining industry. There are two other localities, however, where a great er depth has been reached than that a! i the Adelhert shaft, but not in a perpen dicnlar line. These are at the Itocksalt tiorchole, near Sporenberg, not fur from Berlin, which a few years ago had lieen - bored to a det-th of 4,175 feet, and the csad mines of Viwrs Remus, in Belgi um, where the miners, by shaft sinking. , together with boring, have reached H total tie pith oi 3,542 feet. Turning from these two mines, uo shaft in unbroken |ierpenilicnlar line has as yet exceeded the depth ol 3,280 feet. Although tin depths to which the shafts enumerated have penetrated into the interior of the earth in the art and practice of mining may appear mighty, aud may be an ex ' pressivo witness of the great progress made iu mining pursuits, yet, on the other hand, the above results may tie consid ered insignificantly small when we corn Ire them with the extent of the earth's crnHt and th- diameter of the earth. The deepest bort Itolo iu the world is the artesian spring at Fottsdam, iu Missouri, which reaches a depth of 6,500 feet. Summer Showers. It is about time, says the Boston Ad rertuer, that the newspapers and the renders of newspapers should cease ex pressing womler that a shower at the end of a very hot day " did not cool the air." The idea that tho weather is us ually rendered more bearuble by sncli showers is contradicted by experience, andisopposed to common sense. In very rare cases a permanent change of wiud begins at tho same time as an evening shower, and then we have cooler weath er. But it. nine cases out of ten a dead calm follows the shower. The gronml is Isith heated and soaked with water, which rises iu the form of steam and charges the atmosphere. A dry air is uot very oppressive even at'a high tem perature, but add an excess of moisture to an already heated atmosphere, which is at the same time disturbed by scarce ly a puff of wind, and their effect is al most intolerable. This is the condition a summer shower usually leaves behind it. The wonder should therefore lie ex pressed when a thunder storm does mod erate the temperature or improve the quality of tho atmosphere. His SEAT. —The following dialogue is said to have taken place in the entrance way of St. James' Hall, London, be tween Rubinstein, who was about to liegin a concert, aud an impassioned old lady: "Oh! M. liubiusteiu, lamso 1 glad to see you. 1 hive tried in vaiu to : purchase a ticket. Have you a seat you > oould let me have?" "Madam," said the great pianist, " there is but one seat at my disposal, and that you are wel : come to, if you think fit to take it." "Oh, yes! aud a thousand thanks. Where is it?" was the excited reply. "At the piano," smilingly said Rubin stein, THE CENTRE REPORTER. Ouly a Newsboy. "Little Bob" * its a newsboy who drifted into the capital of Virginia utt r the close of tho war. He hobbled about the city ou crutches, but he was out r getic and vivacious, and, iu spite of his affliction, managed to dispose of more papers in a dav than any three of his competitor*. What were his Zliteoe dents, how he hist the Use of his but ha, perhaps uo one gave himself tie* troll ble to inquire, lie wut Horn in the first tumults of war. Father {n-rhsp* he never had known; to a mother's care he owed little. Misshape*!, friendless, tg uorant, he survived the jHirila of child hood, and somehow gathered elements of character which would befit a much higher station than that iu which Little Mob lived his few brief years. After he ivuue to Richmond ami tiad wou for himself a successful place m his humble sphere. Little Bob linked about for a friend. Aud him he found in another uewabov, yet more helpless than him self. l'hl* was ** IK la ware," who was older than Bob, and who liad lost both leg* above the knee. These two cur.ous little folk, the elder uot more than twelve, might be found at all hours of the day together, ami doubtless shared the same squalid cot at night. "Delaware" Bold but few pipers, while the younger partner each night had gatheresl a giH-dly amount d nickels. But "Delaware" never suf fered on that account. Bob paid for his food, and it was from Bob s little store that the nightly lodging was so cured. Once in a while the two had a dramatic treat from the highest gallery iu the theater, aud up the stairs it was by the aid of Bob's crutches tlint both were able to climb. So the two fared for fwveral years, the ties of friendship, througti benefits received and conferred, growiug closer and more firm as tho time passed by. What were the confi deuces exchanged—what the topics of discussion la-tween this deformed Damon and crippled Pythias of tender vears and lowly race i None may sav, for of them and their thoughts the world has not time to concern itself. But iu its way the talk of these two must uot have tieeu altogether twae ami de lira veil. For, one day, "Delaware" and Bob were bathing in the neighbor ing river and " Delaware," helpless, got beyond his depth. No other help was nigh, and Bob vainly tried to save his (autner's life at the risk of his own. Then he took a little store of savings and starved himself for a week to give " Delaware's " body decent burial out of the potter's field. Bob never got over the death of his friend. Missing him at his side in their accustomed employ ment. Bub gave it up after a while and rented a little stand on the thorough fare—a large deal box set up on end, and furnished with a scanty stock of what only the newsboy and liootblack might bu>. But his business did not prosper, and the town was uo longer the same as when lie hail a friend to share all that tielongiHl to him—of sorrow and o! limited joy, aud of that little sum which the day's labor had brought. So Bob begun his wanderings again, this t me into that Northern country of which In but dimly knew aud cared. The rest i* U.ld in a new-pajH-r item touching a crippled bov who was drowned the other day while bathing in th" Delaware wh* re it runs by Philadelphia. The paragraph found its way back to Rich mond. and the Is sly was identified as tln.t of the crippled tmy who went then* by the name of " Little Bob." Thus ttien* two lowly friend** met diath after the same mauuer, and th" river whose wilts rs cluss d over the head of the one bore th-* same name by which ths* other was known. This is all. The two boy* •sniiit fur but little in the sum of hamuli of", tin-1 their story, jH*rhaf*s, for less. But to some it may appeal as Ix-aru.g M IU tifiu>d round the waist by a belt. Jackets and cardinal ca]tes are the popular shapes; but mantles and man tillas are tho more stylish garments. On some of tho imported dresses pockets occupy the entire length of tho skirt, from the l>elt to the hem that bor ders it. Worsted braids, with gold and silver threads interwoven, and lace with colors introduced, are worn a* trimmings for fete dresses. Linen wraps, Lislo thread gloves, Japanese fans, suu umbrellas ami flat sponges (filled with water) worn insido the hats, are peculiaritioa of the toilets seen ut the (Vutenuiul Exhibition. Badly Bt ought Pp. There was a sail scene at the Brock ville (Canada) court house, a recent morning, when James Kelly, a child of only seven years of age, from Prescott, was brought before Judge McDonald for stealing a watch and chain. The oris oner was a bright little fellow, whose head only reached just almve the pris oner's dock, and who was all alone, not a friend appearing, although it seems he has a mother. The judge, previous to passing sentence, remarked that ho bad made inquiries in Prescott, and ascer tained that the little fellow hail fallen into very bad hands ; in fact, was being trained up as a professional thief. Tho child was sentenced to three years' con finement in the reformatory prison. THE RCIHMKNTK. —P. T. Barnum seems to be greatest in the dead lan guages. He closes a two-column letter on a local quarrel in this impressive manner: "Iu closing, I suppose I must imitate this learned savage, who over whelms me with his Latin quotations, so here goes: ' Procul ! I'roctU !' Kphu ribun unum—merit tektl—tine qua non —little Indian. Ugh I Lawyer bah!" CENTUM HALL, CENTUM CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1870. I lib CENTENNIAL. in lalrrMtlas I rll.i AS. HI iapaa aail h.r t*nirlt>Mtliaa I • th# K ihlbtllwu. I havti umiln Japan. Her marked sympathy with the United State* in the Centennial move lurut, also her material anl rendered in the vain ly ami value of exhibits, this in it** It will allow a more extensive no tide of a country, and a >eopU', with whom our relation* are is vial in a certain sense, educational to a degrw<; as 1 no tlce agi it I'. l< >•*! ill the Japaln *<• in the matt r of educating their youtli in our country, aud the increasing extent of our (Muiuiercial relation*, hence it Will IH- of value to the general reader hi kuow a few detail* not found in the school IsMlk*. The emblem of tho Ja{i*uono empire consist* of the suu represented by a golden bull ou a rod ground for the im perial standard, ami by a red ball ou a white ground for the national (lag, lu ancient times the flag* had a double crest, the MIU and uioou crescent shaiie, the flag sha{M*d like a pouiiant. The Hhioguns, of the Aslik.i • i timl>, intro dneed the vertical tig* tJO y* ars ago. Under the .Stiiviguni of the i'okugawa family, th einbleiu of the*uu alone fig ured ou the tlag, ami has now la-en uilopbsl for the m-w fi ig* of the dtff. i eut dejartnieiit*. The Japaii*--e a lopted the decimal *yst<*m for weight* and measure,* many ix'Uturii** tn-fore tli* (.'hm- w* l'he unity of the weight l* called Ihe " MuUlf," or the uovleru name of " .Sen," which ia the same as the (' lines** " Maoe," and is equal tlir e grammes. 7*Vi,621. l'L-ia unity i* divided luto 10 llkl lIKXI parts. Kn wor-me s the Login-t unity aid equal to l.lktl rnomc, or thr* e kill S, 756,521. For various kinds of good* the "kin," etlhd cutty by forciguii*. i* UStsl. It i* equal to ItiO morne, or fiol grammes, .04, or n arly one and one third jM'Uiida English. It varna accorvi iug to the nature of the ginnl* and the locality. For their meanr*-B of ca|iacity for cereal*, liquids, etc,, thev tiave th<* kaku-10 Do-lOOSho- 1,000 Go- 648,- 2690 Japanese cubic lines, or 180 liter*, thirty-mnc, and are in the sha{Hi of wiHsien s.piare boxes with a diagonal irou rial stretched across the top, the u|t|H-r siirfuce of which l* on a plain* with the rim of the laix. (.tee of the richiait -x hibit* of the Japanese i* their "Ikan bari," from the name of the inventor. Something like /KIJJ rr machr, outy tliut this i* made from numerous layers of their paivr, which are ad hero. I by glue, prejarcd from fern root* and uuripe jvr aimmona. Porcelain, ceramics and pottery arc the most im{H>rlant features of Jspa- UCH' industry. Japanese legends attn lnite the luvi-utiou of |H>tP ry Pi Oiisei tstimi, who lived in a time of Oauamuoh uo-mikato, 660 B. C. In 29 B. C., human figures were formed of clay and buried with the deceased m<-mtH*rs of the impi rial family, thus obvuting the necessity of their si rvaiits aooomjiauyiiig their masters to the grave. I am as surel thi* idea was heartily reli*hed by the servants, who, us eon)|wusatiou for living iui|H ritdly in the kitchen, were r r<.s*l*iu wan under direction of Goro dayn Sh-in siii, a native of I*e who wi*nt Pi China, where he t-tu iil d the art. Un his return he setth d in the province of Hiz< n, which is today the m<**t inqnirE-int •enter of the porcelain imltiatry. f'h< lifferent kinds of {mrcelain manufac tured bv this jiionis r ami oooUimed ! the pre* nt are, S ime-tsuki or blue, ar*- (iHtnP-d with col'olt oxide under the gIaSN ; the Kanyn *r HiikiistheCragnl), lln* Si ldti or Be!a*lon wari*. the Aikni, •>r the rc*l war*i ; un-l the G-xwi. which Utt*r mean* tlve isilor*. This is u • i tor the porcelain paiutoil with vitrifi-ibh colors upon the glaze. It i now called Nishkide. In 724 A. D , a priest iiam-an. Vegetable wax is a valuable production of Japan, which seem* to have esea|H-d the attentiou of oorrcspoudent*. It is produced from th fruit of several trc<**, iM-lougiiig to the genus Rtiii", annuigst which the Rhus Sncoedrica i* imjMir tant. The lai-iiner tre**, Rhus V rni cifera, also yield* wax. The Rhus Svl vestri* i* the wild wax tree. The culti vated wax trees were imported from the Loo ChiH islands. Tin* lierries, the size of a small pea, aud united in bunches, contains the wax between the kernel and the outer skin. They are crushed, winnowed, steamil, placed in hemp cloth bag*, steamed again, ami afterwards pressed in a woralen wedge by hand. To facilitate the flow of wax, a jM-reeutago of Te no alinru (oil from pcrilln o cimoides) is adibsl. Tliis wax is made into candles; the art was intro duced from Loo Choo toward the end of the sixteenth century. Another tree yielding a kind of vegetable tallow is the ciuuamomum |>edutieulatum. Then is also an insect producing a kind of wax exclusive of the honey IMO. Thev are identical with the Chincao " peln. ' They live upon the hgnstrum ibata. It i* wonderful the variety of es, crude and artistic. This wax tree a* well as the wax insect could l* intro lIUMHI into the United States with the most productive fruits. There is noth ing known to the varied fields of agri culture or horticulture, and their result* in any part of the world, bnt can IH* re produced in America, and the necessity for this iiitnnluction is apparent, when we consider how different element* ex haust themselves; and a balance of |ower can alone IM* preserved by pro moting supplanting gifts whose strength will take the place of the effete produc tions of a aoil devoted to a specialty for generations. Let our people study Japan and her resources, and the conse quence will be a resulting profit. J. B. The Turkish Wnr. By a 1 Mildly executed series of opera tiniis, the Turks have possessed them selves of tho Timok valley, the ridges overlooking which form the natural fortrei.s of Bervia on tho northeast. To make this advance of use to the Turks require*, however, the prompt use of large IMMHCS of troops—more than they m-eni able to command at present. The advance, however, proves Bervia to be thrown entirely on the defensive, and with little chance jut now of being able able to bring into play that branch of military science known as the offensive defensive. Thi* is n sad change from the confident ndvauee of Tchernayeff a mouth ago, who started ont on an easy march for Adriauople via Holla. We are likely to see better igbtiug ou tho Bor vian aide uow that the Bervinns are on their own soil, unless the great powers can atop the war altogether. Events, however, are hardly ripe enough for that. VETIY MEAN.—A very mean storekeep er in Ontario receutly charged one of his female clerks, who hail ridden iu to Co bourg with him, fifty emits for tho use of the buggy and fifty cents for lest time, but the young lady had him fined S2O aud costs for carrying passengers without a license. Till: IIKEIT COBS BELT. It. Rural al Terrllarv aaS Ih. I ra|> Sr.- lar.l-Tk. Itala—t'ara al Pin. t .al. Irr Acre. A cerres|Hiudeiit, writing of the crops ami crop prospects, gives lis the follow ing : A large |>art of the Northern States has lieen visited by a eoiuiuou calamity. The region embrace* much of western I'ennsvlvania, most of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, aud the ra*l era part* of Kaunas and Nebraska; aud it include* the gient corn I wit of the Halted State*, where is grown the stir plus of corn that enters into the mar ket* of the world either iu tlie form of grain or of provisions, via.: pork, beef, lard ami butter. Du no other part of the earth's surface nail so much Com to tlie area lie produced, ami in no other part is the quality so good. ft la to bo athlwd that intensity of production is limited to a region not much larger than the Ktate of Illinois, equal to ateiut 120 average counties, snd that the corn pro during Counties lie, a few in Dhio and Indiana, perhaps five ill each, in the whole of central Illinois, iu southern lowa, eastern Kansas, ami Nebraska, and m the river counties of Missouri. It is from them* counties that tlie actual com mercial NttrphiN cornea. Elsewhere the supply la abaorlted by the local demand. A commercial coru crop must IHI planted from the fifteenth to the twenty second of May, or it will tie a failure, bt valine the field is so large that, if plautcd later, there will not IK* time to work it. As soon as the corn appear*, team*, harrow s, or other implement* are ready to stir ttie ground aud kill the weeds, and not a Jay, not an hour is suffered to {tas* unimproved. the whole business ra reduced to a complete system and may almost lie called a science, and, except as to some alight differences, a* to check planting or drill ing ami iu the use of implements, all the farmer* agree ou common method*, and the work prognoses with the promptness and certainty of a huge piece of machinery. In uniformity, in vast ilea* of extent, in capital invented, and iu generally suooetoful result*, no other example of rural commercial industry in the world ia at all comparable to corn growing in tin* great corn Ivlt. Tlie three great Cincinnati, Chicago anil St. Louis, which statu! at the outer angles of thi* region, have been built up and are sustained by tins w. n.lerful grain. Well, the com crop for 1876 ws ]ilanP*d in due season, though under a great disadvantage, for the ground was cloddy and hard, and many P atua were broken down, so terrible heavy and urgent waa the work ; but it was all in, and the triumphant farmer waited for a Utile sea** u. The spiry is Benin Pild. Rains ft 11 continually, and on low, level ground it wo* impossible Ut work the corn, and the mournful observer travel ing through from beyond the Missouri almost to the AlleghanieN sees thousands U|MJU thousand* of fields where the corn, never yet touched since the day of plant mg, i* from six to twelve inches high, yellow standing in water. No work, uo possible favorable condition*, can tuoke it worth fifty cent* *u a*re. On rolling, high, quickly drutned laud, the com lisiks well, and the istimaP* is {H*rha|>s it i* high- that tin re will be ludf a crop. There were twelve day* during Juue when au incredible amount of rain fell in in ii'nd Illinois, staPsi to have Im*iu 13,500 cubic feet to the acre, or an aIU provide passage foi them bock to ber shores. The Menuomte* iu RuMsia have writ P*u to a u ell known German resident of New York city that the emperor of Brazil will give P> every immigrant 160 acre* of land for fil an acre, the pur chase price to IH* paid within ten year* without interest. During the first year the settler* are to be gratuiPmsly sup plied with food and the necessaries of life. The eui|ieror asks that tho Rus sian colonies depute representatives Pi visit, at his exponas, the proffered lauds in Brazil. Forty colonies have united and elected four delegates who will, within a short time, start for Brazil. Th< so colonies are all anxious to de|iart from Russia. Although one of the Meunonitea' leading divines is the chief agent of Uie Brazilian government, it would seem that they are not attracP*d bv the em jH*ror's offer. They are apprehensive of a curtailment of their religions liberty in that country, and they doubt whether Dom Pedro's successor will lie as lilieral and win* a* he ia; and, moreover, they fear that as laborers in a country so laU ly worked by slaves their social status will IM* uuenviable. Those MeunouiPis who have immi graP-d arc almost all in the United State*, and are happily aetUcd. They are highly valued a* settlors here. In addition to the government of 160 acre* free of oust to all who become citizens, private enterprise is sending out induce Illelits to tlie MeUUUUIteS to laud here. Iu Wisconsin they are offered forty acr< * of land apiece near a main route of trnv. 1, und in the Southern SUP s a houw* and P*u acres of CUIUVSPhI land at 810 j*er acre,P> lie |iaid in a few years, at six per cent, interest, an* their* for the asking. A Notable Liquor Saloon. A P w d ys ago a young man was ar rcstcd at the instance of the saliMin ai* per* m the 1 rilmnf building. New York, for carrying a liauner lH*fore their . ■.i 'ishmeiit, iuM*rilcd: "Rum aid I'olmcco -the lh*vil and hi* Wife— Shame n You 1" Hi* employer was Mr. Ilimau C. D xP-r, a house on.l sign |.aint<>r, at 4t Broad street, afP-r whoa** name iu the city di'eetory i* print**.! the same injunction. He was aunonnoed t<> speak U ftn- the American Temperance Union in lllet*cker llall. Mr. J. B. Giblw, the prosids it, said that Mr. Dexter bad plut i hi* lianticr before a very bail place, l'u* ing by the name oaloon, he aaw n woman stand mg la-fore it, tntt-ri*d, an I evidently milled by rum. She repeat >!ly yelled bitter oath* to tin* projiri-bir iu? b* The s|H-Mk<-r felt that it wa* an inv*-ca tion honestly offered. The awn bad iH**n wroeked by liquor, aud felt from the b ittoai of her soul tin* ill* that the truffle was casting U|>ou society. Mr. Hunter snnl that the Kahmn did a big hiiHtriesa, and hi* heart burned to think that Horace Greeley's memory was so outraged. He hail often almost shed b-nrs in dwelling njion the fact. He would like to giTe a little informa tion regarding thi* saloon. A young man whom he once met a* invited by a friend to take a drink iu the plane, but said he preferred taking a bath. His friend told hini that he would take him to a bathing e.*tablishirn nt ami t-ntk him to the top of a four story budding win r<* I nit h* of wine could lie had at a dollar each. Ou objecting to the price, the young mail wn* told that the raths on the story IM low were fifty cents each, but that the wine there had IH-CU bathed in by customers ou tho top floor. On being used in tiiat story it was carried by pipes to the one below, where twen ty tlve cents was charged, and after iM'iug there used, was conducted to the floor IH-IOW, where, ths young man WO* told, it was bottled for the saloon. The young man nutwequently took occasion to visit the building, oue night between twelve aud one o'clock, when it wn* closed, and when the Kiltling took place. He found, the speaki-r i-:ii.l, men stand ing naked in the wine butts. The wine, the men *aid, was all intended for the saloon.— New York Aim, A Man in a Bear Trnp, Newell Alexauder, a Miomae Indian, aged about sixty-nine, who was on his way from Quebec to Honltou and IN must alarming, and we might almost say awful, visitations which we know of in the history of any village in this presi dency. tiolwuod, the place we are re ferring to, is midway between Bombay and Kural, and ou the Bombay, Bar ml* ami Central India railway. Being close to the sea, the officers of the company have hitherto looked upon it as a kind of sanatorium, as it {Harnessed many of the advantages enjoyed by Teeth til aud Bulsar, the recognized sanatoria of Gu xerat. Here the guards of the goods train* used to change, and many of them had their residences near the station. Altogether, the papulation of Golwood could not he more than 200. Last week Cholera, which is now preying around Ahmedabad, suddenly entered the vil lage, and slew victims right and left. Ou July 4th., the first day of its appearance, no fewer thou fifty seven people out of the small population died; twenty more died on the sixth; and when we hod our lost advices from Gol wood, there were eighteen new cases, of which three-fourth* were hopeleaa. The few survivors and every poor wretch who could move have fled to the adja cent hills, where they are now huddled together, and struggling to exist on such food as they can find in that barren locality. Much was the terror and helplessness of the people when the outbreak oc curred, that they did uot bury their dead, aud bodies lay rotting in the streets for two wbole days, during which the stench was abominable. No reason for the outbreak has been o.***igued, and the fate of Golwood furnishes one more instance of the mysterious movements of cholera. The misery of the people wo* aggravated by the fact that there was no doctor at hand. A Mr. 11. B. Wharton, j*ermannt way inspector on the B. B and C. I. line, has a house dose to the vii.age, and when the epi demic ap|H*sred the jsiople ran to him for help. He was the Old J European in the Ktatiou, aud they naturally thought the MIAI6 might IM* able to help tbam. He ba{ipen*d P> have a small supply of cholera mixture aad chlortHlym-, but it waa soon exhau*P*d among so many ap plicants, and Mr. Wiiortou could do nothing bnt listen helplessly while tales of death were tieing told him ou every side by pauic stricken tieople. Mr. Wharton ssys that the cholera was tlie most virulent he liad ever seen in the coarse of a long exiH-niaio*. He saw {H-.iple die within thirtv minutes from the moment of attack. )"he village was filled with lamentations, and natives ruslie.l wildly hither and thither. Many jus ].ie died "in the street*; while run ning away tl-y were seized with the pangs of the disease and drop|tod on the spot and soon expired, James (iordon Bennett'* Baughter. The retirement of Miss Jeauett** Ben nett, daughter of the late James Gordon B< nuet!, of tlie New York Herald, to a convent, has ln*t u closely di*cuss<*d with a view of learning whether it could lie explained by any special disap pointment. There is, however, says s New fork corr spondeut, not the slightest nrobabilily of thi* character. The fact l* that of the two children of the once famous editor, the son liears a strong resemblance to his mother, and the daughter is very zanch like her father. Ido not refer so much to the features as to the character. It is evi dent that the dashing, sporting, driv ing. yachting proprietor of the Herald shows little 1 keuess to his father, who never drove a horse, and never was on a yacht, and had uo care for tbost active sports in which his sou delights. The senior Bennett was a very pecn lmr man, and wa* little understood out side of his own inlitorial rootus. Not withstanding the boldness of his col umns, he was very timid, and was con stitutionally shy of the public. He never attended any foetal masion, and never made a speech, even in reply to • toast, for he avoided all such occasions. \s an editor, he kept himself in his little office, lie rarely appeared in the street, coming and going in his carriage, and never went to church. His only place of pnblie resort wo* the theater. In later years be abandoned this habit, and became n very close recluse. This was a natural tendency which his daugh ter ha* inherited. Were she forced by circumstance* to battle witli the world, as her father did, there can lie no doubt of her success, but being left to pursue her own inclinations, she indulges her natural love of retirement. Young Ben nett, however, inherits from his mother a love of society. The Currency Issued and Retired. The controller of the currency of the United Ststes has made a statement showing the issue and retirement of national bank notes and legal tender notes under the act* of June 20, 1874, and January 14, 1875, to August 1, 1876. The amount of national bank circula tion retired and RUTendered from Janu ary 14, 1875, to August 1, 1876, was $39,697,990. The amount ianied be tween the same dab s was $15,475,965, showing n decrease of nati >nal bank cir culation of $24,222,025. The amount of legal tenders dc|Kmted from June '2O, 1874, inelnding $3,813,675 on dejaisit nt that date, to August 1, 1876, for the purpose of retiring national bank circu lation. waa $61,590,141, of which amount $25,310,346 remained on deposit August 1, 1876. The additional circulation issued since January 14, 1875, was $15,- 475,965, of which amount eighty {H>r eout. iu legal tender notes, or $12,380,- 772, has been retired, leaving the amount of legal tender notes outstanding August 1, 1876, $869,619,228. A COOL ROBBUHY. —One of the coolest and most audacious eases of robbery ever put on record is that of Ira Glad ding, of New Britain, who was dis charged " from the Connecticut State prison recently, after haviug served a term for horse stealing. He was re leased iu the raoruirg, aud on tho uiglit of the same day he climbed the priaou walls, broke into the shoe shop, and stole a pair of boots. Several days after ward he was reoaptured, and is now lan guishing in durznoe vile. NUMBER 34. The Little Big Horn Battle. A correspondent who wa* with Col onel lieno 10 hi* dorqw-rato resistance to th<- htjotilo Indiana after their maooorn of the gallant Ourtwr, Ihuo vividly toll* an of the dangers and hardships of tb brave baud surrounded by navagcs, and who were o mercifully delivered from a torn bin f*U- by the commands of terry and (Hbbons: Three o'clock cton, and otili the battle ra#cd; many had fallen, and every hoar added fearfully to the lint of killed and wounded. At the present rate of mortality how long would we hud t 1 made a mental calculation and oatd about ten bourn; but when we beanino weak in uuuilmuw the would ruah down in a l. Oh, it waa terri ble, U rnble; ltlt the end would soon aome. Already the Indian* were maao iiig in a ravine j not in front and prepar ing in overwhelming number* for a grand charge, brave old Benteeu totw it and determined not to wait for tb .mart; he sprung over hia feeble breast work*, and calling on hia oumpasy to follow him, daabed into the ravine. The Indiana were taken completely by Murprioe and broke, but too late, for Beutoen waa upon them, and, before they could get away, lie hod killed ten and wounded aa many more. The bov agea were evidently astonished, and no longer felt tafe in the ravine*. 80 far we had fought only on the defensive, and the Indian* seemed to regard as a* their certain victims. But Benteen'a gallant ootiduci filled u* all with a new courage and evidently alarmed the enemy. The day won hot and w# had no water; many hail not tasted a drop of water Mince the night before, and some not for thirty-six hour*. Hie men'a tongue* were dry and swollen; few could speak plainly, and the wounded begged piteouflly for a drink of water. The narrow river ran at the foot of the bluff* aaarcely two hundred yards dis tant, but the timber on the opposite aide wo* lined with Indian sharpabootor guarding every drop of the procioa* fluid. Who could go down the side of that steep bill and come up olive f Not one. A ravine waa found leading down ol most to the river, and again Bsntoeti farmed fur a charge. He aaid he would make a feint against the hilla, pour a few volleys into the woods below, and, while the Indians were confused, the mm must run down the ravine, fill the camp kettle* and get back under oover. Tbe stnit<-g<*in sut oeuded admirably ; the Indians no longer trusted to a purely defensive policy on tbe part of the troops ; and when the men sprang up, shouted and poured in volley*, there waa excitement and ooni union in the savage ranks everywhere, and even the men beyond the river thought the soldiers were coming down upon them. Under oover of the smoke and volleys the men with Hie aornp kettles had reached the river and filled them, when the Indians discovered what was going on and rallied. They fired heavily, but it was too late ; www of kettles, con taining many gallons of water, were on their way up the ravine, and an abundant supply for present use had been secured. Two men were killed and six wonuded in litis attempt to get water for their fsmidting comrade*; but the lotas was con-idered light com pared with the service rendered. The Indians hod token every precaution to cut ua off from water, and they no doubt felt greatly disoeuraqed when tbey found we liod boston them. Tbe water revived both our spirits and courage, and the meu went at their work with a will. Tbe balk* lwed all day, and at night the Imtuua drew ofl to their vil lage near by, leaving a strong cordon of pickets about our camp. It was a horrible mpiit, and we lay on our urras nuiid tii* dead and dying. TL<- Indiana were holding a grand scalp dance below as, and 1 could not help thinking, while the*? infernal fiends were hiding their orgies on the plains, perhaps burning the bodies of scores of prisoners they thai captured alive, the people at home were quietly filling the churches for evening worship. I need not lengthen out the horrible recital. Suffice it to my that with the dawn of the morning the battle was ushered in again and raged until one o'clock in tin* afternoon, when the In dians drew off in great haste, and we kn<-w relief was at h **d. All evening we watched, but no one came, and we lay down to rest again in donbt No In diana wen* about, however, and early the next morning General Gibbons' column was descried coming op the valley. Never was the grasp of broth er's hand more welcome in a foreign land than the sight of thoee bine jackets. General Terry was with General Gib bons, and when he rod* into our works many a gallaut fellow did not feel asiiamcd to let his general see tears of heart bit gratitude rolling down his cheeks for deliverance from a horrible death. lotted States Treasury. The debt statement of the United States for July shovrs a reduction in the public debt for the month of $1,138,- 033, which is atxmt one hundred and fifty thousand dollars haw than the in duction for the corresponding month of last vcar. As compared with the pit needing month the amount of legal ten ders outstanding haa decreased $152,- 000, and compared with the same period lai-t year over five million dollars. The amount of fractional cut reney now out standing is less than thirty-three million dolbus, s decrease of over one and one half millious of dollars during the month. The decrease in fractional cur rency since July 1, 1875, lias been $8,000,000. Estimating that $15,000,- 000 of fmctional currency have been lost and destroyed since the date of first issue, there is now outstanding in fractional currency not more than eight een millions of dollars, and that amount is likely to bo redeemed in subsidiary ooin within the next four months. The coin balance on hand, after de ducting coin certificates, is $30,530,685, a decrease of over fifteen and one-half millious, as compared with the corre sponding period of last year. Of the coin liaiauoe now on hand $5,574,137 are silver coin and $2,505,000 silver bnl iiou, leaving the actual gold balance about thirty-two and one-half millions. Against this there are in matured coin obligations about seventeen millions of dollars. The currency balance now on hand is $12,590,350, a decrease of about one half million as compared with the pre ceding month, and an increase of over §8,000,000 as compared with the corre sponding period of last year. The treasurer's books show that the total amouut of legal tenders now held for the redemption of the notes of national banks, includ.rg liquidating and failed bonks, is 825,386,716, of which 9672,- 000 are gold notes. During the month there was deposited by national banks to secure circulation $826,350, in bonds, anil there was withdrawn, for circula tion surrendered, 82,149,250, which shows a reduction in national bank cir culation for the month of $1,226,610. The total debt of the United States, less cash in the treasury, was, August 1, $2,098,301,311.06. What ailn thiß uatiou is waut of confi dence; and it suggests a train of paiutul reflections to Bee a mother of a family of religious boys no scrupulously particular iu locking the pantry door after her, Little Jm** Straw. I M w frnyllMMilW Vol gama* tabnrt to my kn** ; Dor t{a**r*rt tabafi, dor oiwrtaal ragu* AM #f*r roaidid im, H* ran*, •ad •ebomp*. and lahnihaa dint • In n barta of dor Ikmmo - But rot of dot t bo m ntno oon. Mi no loodlo Y a wool. Htronoa. Ho got dor moooloo and dor maoibo. Uod olorydlng dot'* oat; Ho oMMo ml no glooo off log or Mar, PooU oehnaff Into mlno kraal Ho QUO mlno pipo mlt Umbarg ooboooo— Dot TOO dor roagbaat abort**, I'd doko dot rrom no odor poy Bat loodlo TowoobJMianon. H* dakaa dar mtikboo for a dt.ram, Uod oat* mlo* oaos In dwo To make dm aobtfok* to beat tt mit- Mn. oraokma ! dot va* droa. I dtnka BUM bead voa aobpUt abort, H* kick* oop sooth a tooae. Hut nafar mind—d*r poy* va* few like dot young Yaweob Btraoaa. Ha aska ma qoaaUooa ooeb a* dmwt Who bainta ado* noa* ao rad ? Who vaa It out* dot aehmoodUi ploo* oodt Vrom tba batr upon mina bed f | Und vUare dar plu* go** vrom dar lamp Veua'er dar gkm I dooae ll.jw gmt I *ll dm* diug* aggvblain To dot aohmoll Yaweob Btraum f I aooMdimm dink 1 acholl go vlld Muh mm h a graoy poy, Und nab vono* mora 1 ooold baf rast Und baaoafoi dimaa aoahoy. But vaa ba voa aahleap to pad, go quirt a* a moo**, 1 pray* 4*r Lard, "lake anydings, But leaf dot Yaweob Mown*." —ltrtroit Frm Prru. Item* of laleresL What kind of sweetmeats were there in the ark! Preserved pairs. W'at-er-fall there is when a waterfall meet* a downfall. Uncle Ham's firecracker item for 1876 is five million dollars. There has been on unusual immigra ion of California stock men to Arixona. Grasshoppers threaten to become a greater pert in Alabama this year than tSU Hun flowers and colore u* neutrsliae the effects of marshes in chills and f ver districts. A Detroit man whipped bis wife be cause the baby did not take first prize at a baby abow. Two hundred tons of ice are manufsc tored daily to New Orisons by the aqua ammonia process. Before attempting to pour oil on the troubled water* be sure that you have the right kind of aiL •• |f. berk is on the sea," a* the cur ai,i when the captain threw him over board. Leisure is sweet to tboae who have earned it, bat burdensome to those who get it for nothing. Tbe chimney sweeps of London have farmed an sa*ociaUou fur the purpose of " elevating the business financially and socially." A".an never really understan Lmtbe doctrine of total depravity till he has worn a pair of white pantaloons to a pic nic, and sat down on a plate of cmurd pie. A treatment for lung and blood dis caeea, practiced in Milan, Italy, oon siste in putting the patient into an apartment containing compressed, medi cated sir. . If a ladle of molten (pig) metal be poured in a stream on to a chilled cart iron body it will out s bole in it more rapidly than if poured on a cart iron body that has not been chilled. Lieut. Creycroft, the only surviving member of one of the eonipoaks exter minated with Custer, happened to be in Kentucky at the time of tbe massacre purchasing horse* for tbe regiment. A debtor, severely questioned as to the reason of not paying a just debt, re plied : " Salomon waa a very wise man, and Samson k very strong one, bat neither of them could pay bis debts without money." The number of Indian warrior* in the hostile country is put down at 27,000, including women, 68,000. Indian popu lation out of Alaska, clared that the Sioux and Cheyennea alone have 22,000 warrior*. A Concord (N. H.) man found in a white oak tree, ct-ar the heart, a vu of hair twenty seven inches long, which hod evident! ▼ come from a woman's head. The growth of the wood over the hair indicated thirty-five years. "Did she not return your Sovef" in quired a symp.ithixing friend of s young man who intimated that be bod had difficulty with his sweetheart. " Yea, she returned it, and that it ex actly what the trouble is. She said she didn't want it." Hermann, tbe magician, was natural ised in Boston the other day. While taking out hi* jwper* he pleaded pov erty, and then drew oat a95 note from the city clerk's vert and presented it in payment of his fee, much to that offi cer's amusement. A subterranean forest bed has been discovered in London, conssting of peat, with trunks of trees, most of them f. funding. All are of species still found in Britain, the o*k, older and willow be ing abundant. In the peat are found hones of the great fossil ox. Only s woman's hair ! Who lias not some time in his life pickfd snob a golden thread from his best ooot collar and fait his heart beat quicker for it f Or gased ujwwi a tress laid away in some nook and not felt the influence of tender memories I Only a woman's hair! And yet we do not like it in the butter. A mother of four children in New Or leans lias heeu convicted of regularly pending th.m out to steal. By pructioe they became very expert, and the profit of their thieving" enabled the woman to bay a houre and live comfortably. She devoted he.rewU to the sale of the stolen articles and the general direction of the children. A good story is told of Spargeon. His habit is to shut himself np on Satur days. One Saturday a man called and insisted on seeing him. *' Tell Idm, said the visitor to the servant, " that a servant of the Lord wishes to see him." The message was delivered, and the fol lowing returned: "Tell liim that 1 am engaged with his Master. A young clergyman, modest almost to bashfulnesa, was onoe asked by a coun try apothecary, of a contrary character, in a public and crowded assembly, and in a tone of voice sufficient to catch the attention of tbe whole company; " How happened it that the patriarchs lived to snch extreme old age!" To which ques tion the clergyman replied: " Perhaps they took no physio." A Michigan paper says that a' Detroit man has a piece of bark from a tree that grew on the farm of an uncle whose grandfather's brother-in- law started with lien. Jackson to the battle of New Or- Irens, but was detained by an attack of cholera morbus, and he would send that to the Centennial Exposition if he had any adequate assurance that he would ever get it back again. Behm ,k Wagner, in their annnai re view of the population of tbe globe, state that Europe lias an area of 2,700,000 square miles, and a population of 303,- 000,000. Asia, 18,000,000 Fqnare miles; population, 799,000,000. Africa, 8,700,- 000 square miles; population, 206,000,- 000. America, 12,000,000 equate miles; population, 84,000,000. Australia and Polynesia, 2,500,000 square miles; popu lation, 4,500,000. He complained that life was a failure, that there was nothing new under tbe sun ; that he had found out the cold- Bess and hollowness of friendship, and that no sensation could arouse binr fr u_ the apathy that was steeping his soul in torpor, when a man tossing psckiiges of brown paptr from a warehouse wagon smote him on the pit of the atomu.-h, and gave him a sensation which knocked the wind and the nonsense out of h>m at one and the soma time.