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 <ral uot altugi ths*r without its uss* ami
• fleet in this every day world, made up
m large part of such as ths-ss*, and in it
higher circli**, here and there of one
less w. i.hya passing moment's thought.
—.Veto York World.
Fashion Note-,
The revival of old mats-rials in notice
able.
Smyrna lace has taken the place of
cinny.
At prei-eut polonaises are preferred to
tunics.
Scarfs of India silk ere drajwd as
ovrrskirte.
Long, slender waists are decidedly
the fashion of the day.
Black lace confections retain their
place for summer wear.
A novelty in black net, embroidered
in lines and dots of straw.
('logs* fitting long wai-ted habits are
the fashionable overdreeses worn abroad.
Belts ami chatelaines, more thau
ever, for the convenient carrying of
fans.
The crimson parasols from Paris are
adopted only in rare instancee in Eng
land.
Sleeveless jawkets of ecru cashmere
laoe, wrought in colors, for midsummer
wear.
Dressing sacks and light kirts for
luncheon uo longer shock the most fas
tidious.
The popular contrast in colors for
both iKinnets and dresses at present is
navy blue and red.
The blouse differs from the polonaise
in that the bodioe is made loose, and
w>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 <pnr*d to IH* burns! in the some grave
with their master*, while alive. In the
six Century a Co run n tile m.uiufacturer
came to the capital to Lochias profi**-
-iou, and from that to the sixteenth pen
tury coutmned to flourish. At thi*
JHTUHI a new article was itltrvidnord
-oiled Rukn, by a Dereiin. It was a
common black earthenware. The IH*
ginning of the making of r al )**>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-<l Giyoki introduced the jHitti-r's
whi-id into Ja}>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 <li*signs
made from thi* vegetable wax. Uaudlee
are painted and of a variety of *ha]>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<JUUt equal pi twelve inches on a level.
A* there e uo dischargi over so vast
an ari of the prairie, there could be
only one rt*ult. M- anwlulr there i* a
hvrge stock of leg* iai*cd Mncv* the
scarcity of two years ago, and plenty of
ntUle, all looking well at present. How
they are pi IH* fatt- ned l* a question.
But there is one botM-ful vit w, so far a*
the whole region * oonccrned, to the
* fleet ttiat the corn crop of lat yi*or was
the largest ever grown, and lnavy lots
lire on hand iu central Illinois, estimaPsl
to IHI 50,000,000 of bushel", which Will
largely increas* this year's half crvip.
It is manifest that white the ram wa
fulling wheat, ont*, twrley, and rye must
have suffered, and that, therefore, then
is shortage so far as these products an
concerned. Certainly the wheat crop
must IH* short, and yet only a few Dys
since wheat fell nearly fifteen ceiil.* u
bushel. The n*a**n for thi* wonderful
decline i* alleged to lie the deficiency of
suitable storage in New York city and
the damage wheat in suffering by tin
hot w nther and on aooount of tii low
condition in which it was harvested las!
year. Then* are said to 1M 4,000,00 '
bushels in New York and scarcely 2.000,
0(t0 iu Chicago, all IH*IOW ginnl grade,
and now comes a low grade from much
of this year's crop.
There is a pretty large wheat prodnc
ingrigi-iu uot yet mentioned. Commenc
ing on a line 100 miles west of Kansa-
City, we have a country 150 miles wide
where the rains were timely and where
an immense breadth of most excellent
wheat wo* grown, which is now mostly
thrashed. This includes all of wstteru
Kansas and Nebraska ; and lie sides fa
vorablo weather prevailed in thre*-
fonrths of lowa, where uot ou!y whest,
bnt coru, ont* atul all vegetables an
good and abundant. Tlius, while the
loaRCH by wet weather have been euor
moua, a vast amount has still IH*CU saved
and the wealth of the country is mater
ially llierejUM'tl.
Married, and Within a Week Insane.
O. e of the saddest records we have
ever made in these columns, says a
Colorado paper, is the following : Some
time since a gcntlemau from thin county,
who is one of our most prominent busi
ness men, was united in marriage with u
charming ami accomplished young lady
from one of the cities of the bay. The
con pie went to Bail Jose to spend a few
days of that usually blissful period, the
first of married life. The union took
place on Sunday, and very early Thurs
day morniug the bridegroom was
awake; ed by hearing the young bride ai
prayers. Suddenly hi-r praying wn*
changed to singing, and this was follow
ed by loud laughter, until the awful fear
took hold of the gentleman's mind that
i is beloved wife had lost her reason.
Thinking that a change and the quiet of
a country borne would IHI beneficial, the
couple started nt once for home. The
lady's malady grew steadily worse dnr
ing Iho journey, and uo lieneflt was de
rived ut their new home, and a few day*
since it was found necessary to take her
lmck to her parental associations in the
hopes that a mother's care would prove
the panacea. The spectacle a* the party
passed down the road wa* one of the
most pitiful ntnl saddest thnt could IHI
imagined. Tho bride of a week bod be
come a raving maniax, wild and violent,
requiring the strength of several persons
to hold her. Her ltunliand'H grief was
terrible beyond expression.
Ruined.
A man who was not clever at oonnn
drums, in attempting to get off one at a
tea party at his own house the other
evening, became exceedingly mixed.
He intended to ask the old question:
" Why is a woman liko ivy ?" the fa
miliar bnt gullaut auswer to which ia:
" Because, the more you're ruiued the
closer she oliugs." But he put it: "Why
is ivy like a woman ?" which none of
the ladies cou'd tell, and so tho unfor
tunate man told them himself that it
was "because the closer it clings the
more you're ruined."
The Itusilau UrmunltM,
Due of Doiu Pedro's |*ioiaJ ohjoeUtiu
visiting Europe is to prepare the way
for a wholesale lin migration of the Men
not den of southern Riisiia to Braxii.
The exar yet allow* t*i the an | tropin four
years, sfu-r which, if they du not iru
ungrate, they must conform to all lh<
law* of the land, even to the tteriol Ui
auoe of military duty a duty that is as
repugnant to theni as though they wer♦
Quakers. Whole oolottlea are, there
fore, meditating a general flight. Their
vigor, sobriety, industry and iutelli
gence render them valuable as imuii
grants, aud the enlightened ruler, llniu
Pedro, naturally enviea the Dinted
Mtah its good fortune in winning them
as settlers.
Two vessels, one from Bremen and tin
other .ruin ilaiubu.g, have lately lauded
large parties of Meuuointoa at Caatto
Garden, New York. They bring the in
formation that for mouths past tlio
agents of the Brazilian government have
nought thvni iu German territory on their
way Pi America, and urged them to take
passage for Brazil; but on their apply
ing to tho German authorities for ad
vice they were told that they had better
settle ill the United Htatcw. They were
informed that ten years ago a steady
tide of German immigration set ont for
Brazil, and the German government waa
obliged Pi aid the immigrants in getting
bock pi Germany, the |mverty, sickness
and neglect under which they suffered
having decreased their num tier* fright
fully. Two yearn ago the I'russian gov
eminent ordered the exodus sPipped.
At the same time the agents of Brazil
|M-rauadCd many English {leasants to
visit their country, and Great Britain
had P> 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 <HXI
- and who passed through Wiun,
was caught in a boar trap which wits set
by Alexander MeMain, of Mnttawiuu
keag, iu the woods. He had lain there
four days, when Edward Hautel and
John Bavard found him, having been
attracted to him by his hearse aud f(pnt
cries for help. He hail heard the car
riages passing ttji and down the road,
and had cried for help, but the sound of
the win els probably drowned hia void*.
Home |H*rsims heard, but were sfrnid.
He had plenty to eat with hini, but
could not cut as ho was nearly choked
for want of water. He had in his pos
session a dipper with which he dug
down three feet into the earth, and was
dipping up the mud aud sucking the
water from it. He had an axe with him
with which he made n wislge, driving it
behind his leg, thereby easing the {ires
sure somewhat. He was caught just
above the ankle of the right foot; bnt
fortunately u<i teeth eutered his leg. He
is uow nt n physic m's with hia wound
properly dressed, aud it is expected he
will recover.
A PETITION. —The Madrid correspon
dent of the Indejte.ndaner llrlgr, writes:
The Jews of the United States have ad
dressed to the kiug of Spain a petition
praying him to restore to the descend
ants of the Jews, expelled by tho kings
of former ages, their civic rights and re
ligious lilH-rty. It remains to IHI seen
whether tho Ultramontanes will permit
the government to extend the benefits of
article two of the new constitution to the
Jews.
TERMS: 514.00S 1 4.00 a Yoar, in Advance.
THE CHOLfcKA.
Awful llraalallM ala Villas. FvsalattM
la IsAia.
The Bombay Oaerttr dnaeribes aa fol
lows a calamity which has fallen on a
village in India through the ravages of
cholera : One of the dark spots iu In
dl.lU village life Is the periodical visits
lion of so in e epidemic, which enters al
most every hovel and narrow off one or
more of the occupant*. 'The villagers
may have IKW*U living happily together,
their minds jerpl*xd aliout nothing
more serious than the state of their
crops, their cattle, or the ordinary gos
sip of their 1 Uie community, when aud
deuly the destroyer appear", and the
scene is instantaneously changed from
|Mwicefulueas into terror and eoufusiou.
A sad instance of thin fact lis occurred
iu this presidency within the last few
days.
Where there was once a thriving,
pleasant little village situated ou the ea
shore, there is now a deserted collection
of huts. Not a human sound is to be
heard iu the place from morn till night.
Most of the inhabitant* are dead, the
victims of a terribly sudden invasion of
cholera, aud Uie survivors have left
everything iu their huts and fled to the
adjoining mountains. It is one of tlu>
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<ody and finish
ua at one fell owoo;>. 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.