What rs the Star*.
Art thsv whit* lambs, tha* star* on high,
Tli.U whn the day Ur .ink. in night,
Btill feed in pastures of th. kv.
And to th. shepherd* l.nd their light t
Or .ilvor hi.. re thev. there,
Wilt) sweetest peisl* o| .n e*d
That, when wr mortal. ree, fr.<m osro,
Ttuir fragrant*, o'er the w.ary .hod ?
Or ooneeerat*d candles tall.
That on God's altar ahin. ao bright,
The darkiiMi. of onr earthly ball
To diesipat* with eofteet light ?
Ah! no! th.y ai. I.ttor. fair,
With which good angola, clothed in whit.,
Sw<w>t hymn, of love for ua prepare.
And in H*a van's book of record writ..
On A 1 a'thfnl I tan L ('ashler.
|A diapatoh from North(kld, Minnesota,
elate* that .ight monnlM robber* rode up to
th. lank. Thro, of them then d>amountd.
aniarwd, .prung ovei th. counter, ami ordered
th. oaahiwr, Mr J. Haywood, to open Ui.
xanlt. Althongh a ktiif. *u hold to hla
thros", h. refused to obey. Th. robber* UMUI
ahot him throngh th. head; th assistant
i-ashnT wa* wounded. hut *ncoeeded in Mean -
it g. lit. alarm wa. at ouoe given. th. ctua.na
e>.lrc:ed and attacks) tli. hand, two of ahtun
w.r. killed, after which the other, made their
e.oap.l. Oaiug to the herwiam of Mr. Hay
wood, notliing u loet.]
Cnto how few the fadeleaa baya
Belong ' How few th. iron crown
Of virtue wear! And few the laya
That bear a hero's honor down
Untirnishad to the latest dare !
Yet there was one bnt now who brawthed
Faithful to trust, and in that hoar
Bunnu->ned he laid down life, bequeathed
To alt good men hi. good deed', power.
And with great names hi. uaiue euwreatlieA
For ti ll me not ht place wa. low,
H - sterling vote, till then unheard .
He i> >w and daied to answer "No!"
Vl. e vchimes spoke in that one word.
And ury conld no further go.
No :e. eel on war', glortoos held.
t ; ;u the rare of fa* nng men
Dos* duly call, bnt when the shield
Of secrecy protects, or *lien
Our dearest hopes to her must yield;
Not ofteneet doee the martyr gain
By sscnflce lus nghteotu fame .
And this man knew it. stood the strain
Of silent trial. He pnsed the name
Of truth, and kept it ftee from stain.
If he betiayid not, death was sure ;
Be .we 1 im stood the murderous thief .
He d.d u.t flinch. Of one life fewer
The angels turned the bhod seeled leaf
That night, and saio. " The page is pure."
Oh. simple faith and loyalty :
If each true bean like tuis were strong
The natron's auc.t. t majesty
Would rise again wt h joyous song.
Her beauty shit eo'er every sea !
CawMurv.c. Mass. G. P. LtTHBor.
MATCH-MAKING
•' 1 wouldn't marry the I**l man that
tver lived J"
And she araLt it, or, what answers the
same purpose, she thought she meant it.
After alt, how few of ns ever leally know
what we do mean !
" I engagtd myself once when a
girl, and the simpleton thought he
owned me. I soon took that conceit
oat of him, and sent him about his busi
ness."
The voice was now a trifle sharp.
Wha; wonder, witho galling a memory!
14 So man shall ever tyrannize over
me—never! What the mischief do yon
suppose is the matter with this sewing
machine ?"
" Annoyed at your logic, meet 'ike
ly," said my friend, a bright eyed
yoni.g matron, as she threaded her
needle.
44 My husband is not a tyrant. Miss
Kent."
44 I am glad yon are satisfied," was the
laconic answer.
It was quite evident ■by the expres
sion of the dressmaker's face that she
had formes! her own opinion about my
friend's husband, and was quite com
petent to form and express an opinion
ou any subject.
Miss Kent was a little woman, as fair
as a girl and as plump as a robin. She
wasn't as named to own that she was forty
years eld and an old maid. She hail
earned her own living most of her life,
and was proud of it. Laziness was the
one sin Miss Kent could not forgive.
She was a good nurse, a faithful friend,
and a jolly companion; but stroke her
ths wrong way, and you'd wish you
hadn't iu much shorter time than it
takes ne to write it. Her views on all
subjects w. re t-tr..,i:gly original, aud
not to be coin! ated.
44 What are jot goirg to d< when yon
are old?" persisted the mistress of the
rrtH 1 shment.
44 What other old folks do, I sup
pose."
44 Bat yon can't work forever."
*' Can't say that I want to."
44 Now, Miss Kent, a husband with
means, a kind, intelligent man "
44 1 don't want. I don't want any
man. I tell yon, Mrs. Carlisle, 1
wouldn't marry the best iswn that ever
live.!, if he was as rich as Ck-Bsus, aud
wom.l die if I didn't have t,4 m" Now it
yon have exhausted the marriage qtiea
tion, 1 should like to try ou y >ur
dress."
That there was something behind all
this 1 knew well. My mend's eyes
danced with fun; and as Miss Kent fitted
the waist, ahe threw me a letter from
the bureau.
44 le ad that," she said, with a know
ing look. 44 It may amuse you."
This is what the letter said :
44 My De au Jennie : I shall lie de
lighted to spend a month with you and
your bnsband. There must be, how
ever, one stipulation abont my visit—yon
must promise to say no more at>out mar
riage. I shall never be foolish again.
Twenty five years ago to-day I wrecked
my whole life."
44 Better embark in a new ship, hadn't
he t" pnt in Jennie, toVo voce.
44 So nDßiiitable was this marriage, so
utterly and entirely wretched have been
its ooueequenoes, that I am forces! to be
lieve the marriage institution a mistake.
So, for the last time, let me assure you
that I wouldn't marry the best woman
that ever lived, if by so doing I could
save her life. Tour old cousin,
44 Maiik Lansing."
44 Rich, isn't it ?" said Jennie, and then
pointed to the chubby little figure whose
back happened to be turned.
I shook my head and laughed.
44 You'll see," continued the incor
rigible.
44 Se what?" inquired Miss Kent,
quite unaware of our pantomime.
44 That particles which are chemically
attracted will unite. Of coarse an alkali
and an acid—Don't you think this sleeve
is a little too long, Miss Kent?"
44 Not after the seam is off. Bit what
were you saying abont alkalies and
acids, Mrs. Carlisle? The other day at
Professor Boyntou's I saw some wonder
ful experiments."
44 Did they succeed?" inquired Jennie,
demurely.
44 Beautifully."
44 So will mine. I never botchod a
job in my life."
44 1 don't thiuk I quite understand
you," said Miss Kent, perplexed.
44 No ? I always grow scientific when
talking about marriage, my dear."
44 Bother!" was all the little woman
said, bnt the tone was much better ua
tured than I expected.
The next week Cousin Mark arrived,
and I liked him at once. An unhappy
marriage would bave been the last thing
thought of in connection with the gen
tleman. He had accepted the situation
like s man, Jennie told me, and for fif
i years carried a load of misery that
could have endured. Death came
is relief at last, and now the poor
rw honestly believed himself an
I from domestic happiness.
Igular as it may appear, Cousin
I waa (he embodiment of good
FHED. KURT/, 1 Alitor and 1 Voprictor.
VOLUME IX.
health and g*xxl nature; fifty, perhaps,
though ho didn't look it. aud an rotund
and fresh in hia way an the little drees
maker was iu hem. As 1 looked at him,
1 dotted anytxxiy to eeo one aitil not lx
immediately reminded of the other.
Trtte, he had more of the jHihslt which
come, from travel and a. lap tut ton to
diffcreut classes at d individuals, luit he
wis not a whit more intelligent by na
ture than was the bright little woman
whom Jeuuio had determined lie should
marry.
•" i was surprised yon ahonld think
necessary to caution me about that,
C'onsin Slaik," cooed the plotter, as she
stood by his side looking: out of the win
Row. "The idea of my being ao ri
diculous !" stnl iu the same breath, with
a wmk at me: " Come, let us go to my
sitting-room. We are at work there,
but it won't make any difference to you,
will it I"
Of course Oousiu Mark answered
" No," promptly, as iuuocent as a dove
about the trap being laid for him.
"This is my oousiu— Mr. Lansing,
Miss Kent," and Mr. Lans'ug bowed
politely, and Miss Kent arose, dropped
her scissors, bins lust and sat down
again. Cousin Mark picked up the re
fractory implements, and then Miss Jen
nie proceeded, with rare caution and
tact, to her labor of love. Cousin Mark,
at her request, read alotul, drawtug Miss
Kent iuto the discussion as deftly as was
ever fly drawn iuto the web of the
spider.
" Who was that lady, Jennie 1" Cons
in Mark inquired that evening.
"Do you mean Miss Kent!" said
Jennie, looking up from her pajxr.
"Oh, she is a lady I have known for a
long time. She is making some dresses
for me now. Whyi"
" She seemed uncommonly well poet
evl for a woman."
Cuder other circumstance* Mrs. Car
lisle wSuld have resented this, but uow
she only queried : "Do yon think BO i"
and that ended it.
Two or three invitations to thesewing
room were quite sufficient to make Go us
in Mark perfectly at home there; and
after a week he \iecame as familiar as
this:
"If you are not too busy, I should
like to nad you this article;" and this
is what Miss Kent would say :
"Oh. 1 am never too busy to be read
to. Hit down by the window in this
comfortable chair and let's hear it.'
After a couple of week*, when the
geutlemau ivune in, hoarse with a snd
den cold, Miss Kent bustled about, ber
voice full of sympathy, and brewed him
a dose which he declared he should
nev r forget to his dying day ; but one
dose cured him. After this, Miss Kent
was a really wonderful woman.
Ay. Jennie was an arch plotter. Hbe
let them skirmish abont, but not once
did she give them a chance to be alone
together—her plans were not to be de
stroyed by premature ooufldenoe*—until
the very evening preceding Cousin
Mark's departure for California. Then
Miss Kent WHS very demurely asked to
remain and keep an eye on Master
Carlisle, whom the fond mother did not
like to have quite alone with hia nurse.
"We are compelled to be gone
oonple of hoars ; but Cousin Mark will
read to you, won't you, cousin f"
" Certainly, if Miss Kent would like
it," replied the geutlemau.
Tlie infant Carlisle, thanks to good
monagem: nt, was never awake in the
evening, so the victims of this matri
monial speculation would have plenty of
time. The back parlor was the room
most in use during the evening, and out
of this room was a large closet with H
la ge blind ventilator, and out of this
closet a door leading to the tsick stoop
and garden. Imagine mysurjirise when
I was informed that Mr. Carlisle was go
ing to lodge, and that we, after profust
warnings about the baby, aud promise*
not to be gone too long, were to proceed
to this closet overlooking the bad
parlor eia back gate and garden. It
vain I protested.
" Why, von goose," laughed Jennie,
"there'll be fun enough to last a life
time. John wanted to come awfully,
hut I knew he'd make a noise and spoil
everything, ao I wouldn't let him." The
wily scheme* had taken the precaution
to lock the closet door from the outride,
so there was no fear of detection. On a
high bench, as still as two mice, w.
awaited results.
Cousin Mark (as if arousing from a
protracted reverie). " Would you like
to have me read <"
Miss Kent. "Oh. I'm not particu
lar."
Cousin Mark. " Here is an excellent
article on elective affinities; how would
yon like that ?"
Jent ie'a ellow in my side almost took
my breath awsv.
Miss Kent. " Who is it by ?"
Jennie (clear into my ear). " That's
to gain time; see if it isn't."
Consin Mark. " It's l.y a prominent
French writer, I believe."
Miss Kent. " I don't think I care for
a translation to-night."
Omsin Mark. " Nor I; nor reading
of auy kind. This is my last evening in
New York, Miss Kent."
Miss Kent. " I hope yon've enjoyod
your visit t"
Jennie (into my very bead this time).
" She's as shy as a three year-old colt."
Consin Mark. " 1 didn't think 1
should feel so sorry about leaving."
Jennie. "He is the wreck, you re
member. "
A long pause.
Miss Kent, " I think I hear the
baby.
Consin Mark. " Oh, no. You are
food of liabies, aren't yon. Miss Kent ?"
No answer from Miss Kent.
Cousin Mark. " I have been a very
lonely man, Miss Kent, but I never real
ized now lonely the re st of my life must
he until I came to this honse."
Jennie. "Ob, how lonely !"
Cousin Mark. "Now I must return
to my bnsinesn and my tioarding house.
Think of that, Miss Kent—boarding
house—boarding house-, for a man as
fend of domestic life as I am, Miss
Kent."
J nut then we very distinctly heard a
little purr, which sounded very like a
note of intense sympathy from Miss
Kent.
Cousin Mark. " I have friends in Han
Francisco, of course, but no fireside like
this, nobody to care for me if I am ill,
nolody to feel very badlv if I die."
Jennie. "That'll fetch her."
Miss Kent (voice a little quivering).
" I wish I lived in San Francisco. Yon
could always call upon me if yon needed
anything."
(Jennie in convulsions.)
Cousin Mark (abruptly). "If you
will go to California with me, Miss
Kent, I'll wait another week."
Miss Kent. " Why, Mr. Lansing,
what do you mean ? What would folks
say?"
Cousin Mark. "We don't care for
folks, Miss Kent. If you'll go, we will
have a house as pleasant as money can
make it. You shall have birds, and
flowers, and horses, and all the scien
tific monthlies you want—deuced if yen
shan't—and yon shall never sew a stit
for anybody but me. Will you be my
wife I"
Just then Jennie and I stepped up an
other peg, and there was that little old
maid, who wouldn't marry the best man
that ever lived, hugged close to the
man's breast who wouldn't marry tiie
best woman tha; ever lived, not even to
save her life. We came away then, but
it's my opinion that they remained in
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
just that jxxution till we rang the bell
half an hour after.
" How did you know t" I asked of
Jennie.
"My dear," she answered, "my
whole reliance was upon human nature;
and let me tell you, gooeie, whatever
else may fail, that never doe*."
"Why, Miss Keut, what makes your
face so red I" iuquired Jeuuie, UJKIU
entering; " aud, Oouaiu Mark, how
strangely you look! you hair is all
mussed up."
" And 1 ht'|e to have it mussed
often," stud Couaiu Mark, boldly.
" Mias Keut and 1 are to lie married
next week."
Jennie laughed till her face was pur
ple, and when 1 went up stairs Miss
Keut was |K>undiug her back.- /a.rar.
Fashion Note*.
The furor for silver increases.
Catogau nets, black and colored.
Velvet skirts are agaiu to t>e seen.
Gold trimming on white silk is fash
ionable.
Damask silk will be fashionable for
overakirts.
Sleeves are narrow and many of them
liave^'ufts.
for autumn wear the Louis Xlll.
style will prevail.
Sealskins trimmed with beaver cannot
be worn with crape.
A pointed Tyrolean hat, known as the
tiiubole, is much worn abroad.
For eveuiug wear, cashmere of all
soft shades will be popular.
Silver buttons iu quantity will le
used on light wixilen costume*.
Sealskins alone may be worn in any
mourning except a widow's.
Cravats and necktie* promise to l>e
longer and wider than in jxist years.
Go*tume* made of satin and velvet
are talked about for the coming s<asou.
Myrtle green of the darkest hue will
be much seen in stylish winter costume*.
I'lain long sealskin jacket* will be
more fashionable this winter than last.
Basque* and overskirts will not le
completely superseded by the popular
polouaise.
The new browns are darker than last
year, and there are fewer gray shades
than in previous winters.
Silk dressea will soon be at least flf
teen per cent dearer than they were at
the same time last year.
In silks black and all dark color* will
be fashionably worn, anil the gro* gran:*
of demi luster, with medium rep*, will
be the most approved quality.
Bright shade* of cardinal red are pre
paring in Paris for underskirts, and for
trimming polonaise* of delicate colors.
Hough finished camel s hair, serges
and cashmeres will lx< worn, aud iu
cashmere the ink shade* only a few re
move* from black, will be the most
popular.
There i a new work of China crepe in
preparation for winter Imll dresses; it is
open work, with silk embroidery.
A conspicuous feature in some of the
new polonaises is an immense bow
placed midwav down the back of the
skirt.
So Long Ago.
A remarkable cae is to be found it
your own country, aays Prof. Hnxley.m
ice of his lectures, iu th* nrighlwhood
of the msgmticeut falls of Niagara. In
the immediate vicinity of the whirlpool,
and again upon CK>at island, in the su
perficial dejHisits which cover the sur
face of the roil of the rock in thoto re
gions. there are found lemains of am
mala in perfect preservation—shells Ix
longing to exactly the same form as at
present inhabit the still waters of Ltk>
Erie. It is evident here from the forma
tion of the country that there animal
remains were deposited in the Iwxls in
which they are found, at the time of
which the hike extended over the re
gion iu which they ate fonnd, aud thst
involve* the necessity that they existed
and live,] and di d In-fore the falls had
cut their way back through the gorge of
Niagara; and indeed it is possible to de
tcrmine that at that time the falls of
Niagara must have leen at least six
milts further down the river than they
are at present. Many computations
have !>een made of th" rate at which Ni
ttg.iru is thus cutting itswuv liark. Those
computations have varied greatly, but 1
am sjs akir.g within the boncds of prn
denoe, if 1 assume that at it* greattv-t
rate of cutting back, the falls of Ni
agnrn have not retreated at a greater
pace than alxmt a foot a year. Hix
miles, s|eaking roughly, are 30,000
feet; 30,000 feet, at a foot a year, are
30,000 y ars, and we are fairly jnstifled
in concluding that no leas, a period than
that has passed since these shellfish,
whose remains are left ip the beds to
which wc have referred, were deposited.
That Car Window.
It require* six men, according to the l
San Francisco AVic* tsttrr, to pnt up a
car window. A young lady gets in, and
having humped around in her seat for
about five minutes, she turns and re
quests the geiitleman just In-hind her to
perform thAt service. This is a near
sight-d individual, vrlio peers around
the window frame some time for the
catch, and then—of course the window
sticks —jerks bis finger half off and sits
down with a red face, amid the giggling
of the sehoolgirls opposite. Next, the
mau in the fiout seat puts bis lavender
colored knee on a paper of cherries be
side him, clutches and yanks at the
knob, ami finally falls over into the
yonng lady's lap. The cause of all this
misery now remarks that "it doesn't
matter," and then smiles sweetly at n
I wile young man with long hair. This
martyr turns white, rises, and buttons
np bin coat for the death struggle. On
the eh venth pull he hursts a blood
vessel somewhere, and goes into the
toilet compartment to bleed. A simple
rairnh d mechanic now comes forward
with his tool bag, from which ho takes
a crowbar. .Inst when he is alinnt to
use this the conductor l.ap]>ens by, nnd
slides the window airily up with a gen
tle twist of the wrist.
The foal Supply,
Tho earth is rich enough in coal to
supply the needs of all for centuries to
come. Foremost in this respect are
North America and China. The coal
deposits of the United States cover a
surface of 200,000 square miles ; those
in the llritish possessions 20,000, while
in Kiigland they cover 9,000, and in
Belginm 900. China is perhaps richer
still than the United States in this re
spect. In the single provinoe of tho
four rivers deposits have boon explored
oovering 5,000 square miles, in nuintor
ruptt d heavy layers, while the province
of Hjam i is situated over the richest de
posits of the most excellent quality, so
that by digging in auy place leads to the
coal deposits, which form under and
around this province an incredibly large
store.
NOT SO PLBASIK*. —It has been
discovered that the aniline dye, known
as fuchsine, or magenta, is largely em
ployed by dishonest wine growers in
France for improving the color of claret,
and masking its dilution with water.
Unpleasant symptoms have followed the
use of this medicated beverage.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, IH7B.
How late May a Liter Stay t
Miss Abbie J. Terry, sn American
young laxly of literary proclivities, iu s
recent publication, says;
" It is aii ini|HMUtiou ou any well bred
girl to keep her up later than half past
ten o'clock, when you liave the op|x>rtu
ulty if seeing her often. If you always
leave her with the wish iu her heart
that you had staid longer, you gam so
muoli. Never ruu the risk of wearying
her with your urwauoe. \Vtx a woman
bravely. If there is auythiug huuuli
stiug to a woman, it is to hsvo a lover,
whom she wishes to hounr, weak and
vapid, ever yielding and half afraid of
her. She longs to tell him to act like a
man."
Miss Terry, it will thus be seen, holds
the same profound and correct views of
the female heart which were entertained
by Mr. Weller, who oouimeuded the
" bob tailed style of love letter," be
muse it made the recipient wish there
was more of it. For our part we take
exceptions at once to Miss Terry's rul
mg. Why should it IH< an imposition to
keep a well bred girl up later than 10:30
p. n. conversing with tier betrothed or
probable betrothed on the same sofa in
a parlor with the gas turned down for
economy, as become* these times of re
treuchment and reform, and not an im
position to take her to a tiall, where uu
dcr the glaring light she will dance till
four A. M . with a score of |>euple, to not
one half of whom she mn reasonably ex
|>eot to become engaged I True, there
should be mixleration in lovers' visits.
Such visits should not l>e prolonged, as
a rule, till what theaooiety rejKirtcrscall
Uiat " late, or rather early hour," win n,
as Tennyson beautifully olmerve*:
" TUo i-ftta aneak home mid Uvht le cotlp.
Aud the uulkiueu jump upou the ground."
Hut except in the tiackwooda, under the
diM|M<usation of piun knots, it in hard to
see why e.ther economy or prndeuce
should refuse the limit of a later hour
than that designated by Mias Terry, say
midnight or a quarter after on ordinary
occasions, and eleven or half pant on
Saturday nights. Mihs Terry's caution
to young men against wearying the ob
jeot of their attentions i*. however, in
oontrovertibly judicious. There is uotli
ing so beneficial or flattering to a true
woman an a little wholesome neglect.
Another acute observer of wumeu aud
thiugs, Mr. Joshua Hillings, in one of
his essays, enlarges ou thin point and
lays down the rule that it is " we 11 some
times to draw iu your wind and hsik an
though it hurt you, for she will think
you are ailing and will pity yon," and
pity, it is an established psychological
fact, easily melts the heart to love.
Othello was a skillful practitioner iu
this kind, if Shakespeare may bo be
lieveil. Miss Terry, who iuists on per
feet hones'y bet wean lover*, perhaps
would not sanction such a rttae, and
perhaps she is right, though it lias t>ceu
well said that in love, war and |M>htic*
deception is often the tx-tU-r part of
valor. Her last rule, " Woo a woman
bravely," is admirable, though in com
mentiug upon it she mx-ui* to Ix-iray
some personal feeling, as if she, so to
speak, km-w how it was hersejf. Hut
why should she overlook the fact that
thm in leap year, and a c uteuuiai lean
year at that, when by ail the cstions it
is agreed that, without doing violence
to her woman hood, any true woman may
tell her lover, Hough a very sheep, t
"act like a man."— World.
Plotting to Murder hi* Father au<l
Mother.
The Hravo poisoning case is not off
the English mind la-fore a young Eng
lishman of Hertford startle- the public
by pros- outing a companion for couspir
ing against the life of his own parent*.
The pnasvutor bears the name of
Augustus Dickeun, and on his own con
fession has livedo most vagabond life.
The defendant in Paul Hajari, s. n of a
French woolen manufacturer of Itoubaix.
It in churned by Dickens that l'aul hire J
him to go to France, visit Honbaix i t
there murder bin father a* ho went c -it
for his morniug walk over his groin .Is.
and his tnhthor a- she went to chap 1.
rb* young man furnished his mercenary
with a plan of ltonbair. and full dire.-
tiims us to finding his father's r. sii'.cnce,
and photographs by which he conld
identify U:o old people. He gave Pick
ens a note of jCIXM) a* reward for the
deed, saying that ho did not vri-.li him
to think that he (Hay art) did not love
his parents, because he did, but hi*
financial situation made their n moval
necoowary. Bayart'n defense is that the
entire nllegition is falsi- snd all the
documcnts put in ore forgeries. His
two brothers wen- summoned from
Rotibaix, the eldest a |artner with his
fath'-r in a business amounting of 4,000,-
000 francs a year, and they denied that
any of the criminatory handwriting WHS
that of Paul. Dickens, after putting th<
affair in the hands of the police, very
strangely sent to the father at Rouhaix
a demand for cash on the note of £T>OO,
which is claimed by the defense to give
a cno to the whole affair ns a blackmail
ing operation on his part. Dickeus bad
had also a quarrel with a Catholic priest.
Father Htanfield, to whom the ltsyart
t>oy seemed to lx consigned, he le
--ing iu England to acquire a knowledge
of the language to n*o in his father's
business. Cardinal Manning was ap
pealed to, and wrote a letter to Rome of
Dickens' friends altout the quarrel. Ac
cording to Dickens' story the killing wa<
to be effected by au air gtin, aud con
siderable confirmatory evidence was of
fered to show that Paul Bayart hail leen
making inquiries in regard to poisons
which leave no trace. It is a queer case,
aud Bayart was lon ml over in £2(X) hail
for trial. The probability would seem
to be tlint Diekena had ingeniously
strung togetiier a lot of carefully con
trived incident* to give weight and sub
stance to au outrageous fiction.
Important Income Tax Suit.
In the United States circuit court at
Providence, It. 1., Judge Knowles de
livered the opinion of the court in the
case of the United States agt. Kowlaud
G. Hazard. The action is to recover
817,451 for tax on defendant's income in
1808. Defendant pleads in bar to re
covery the payment by defendant of the
assessment made by the United States
assistant assessor with the added penalty
of fifty per cent. Tho United States
attorney, Gardner, demurred to this and
other pleas, and tho opinion of the
court sustains the demurrer, following
the principle of the decision of the Uni
ted States supreme court in the Dollar
Savings bank agt. tho United States.
Tho case is important, i* it is the first
one that has boon instituted to recover
income tax after n citizen had paid tho
tax assessed by tho United States assess
or with fifty per oont. penalty. Tho
judgment of the court sustains such ac
tion.
MARINK LOSKKS. —The following nro
the statistics of maritime disaster* re
ported during the month of July, IM7C.,
concerning all flags : Hailing vessels re
ported lost—English, eleven; American,
five; French, four; t orman, three; Nor
wegian, three; Dahb, three; Span sh,
two; Italian, two; Giack, one; ltussian,
one; Swedish, one; and nine, nationality
unknown; total, forty-five. In this
number are included four vessels report
ed missing. Steamers reported lost—
English, three; German, one; American,
one; Spanish, one; Norwegian, one; to
tal, oeven.
STARVATION IN BULUAKIA.
Aaaltsr atartllni I'lrtar* >1 lh llsrra
• r \Vi—Tk t'ltvr lbulrM •! IS*
Trh.
Hut the dead are lea* to be pitied
than the living, says s Luidou AVt< <
oorreatHiudeut writing from Bulgaria.
They have been reduced from ease and
comfort to the condition of wild aui
main without home, without shelter,
without Isxldiug, almost without cloth
ing, and living on what food they-can
pick up from day to day. There are
women here who have known comfort,
who are weak and ill, and who have
three or four little mouths to feed. They
go out iu the fit-hla, reap enough wheat
for the day's food, jmiufully thrash it
out with their hands, pound it into
flour tietweeu two stones, and hake it
into bread for their little ones day by
day; and sleep, like the foxen, in the
corner of a ruined wall on s little straw
at night. There are little children here,
haggard aud thin aud sickly, sleeping al *
most ou the I tare ground, and, wheu it
rains, on the wet ground. Nobody who
lias not seen it can imagine the misery
mused by the buruiug of a village.
The authorities had sent some tents
here for the people, which were old and
ragged, capable of sheltering them from
the sun, but u<>t from the ram Hut
there was not enough fur all. The mu
dir likewise received a little food now
and then, which he distributed, which
barely kept those who had uo harvests
or other means of existence from starv
ing. Hut there was not euough, and the.
supply was uucertaiu and might cease at
any moment. When we were starting,
the women and children gathered around
us by the hundred, and blocked up the
way. They showed us thin, ragged
clothing and mid : "Hee; we were
rich; we had a house and furniture snd
mttle and sheep, and these rags are all
we have left." They bared their leau,
skinny arms, to show us their fearful
emaciation; they t>ared their shrunken,
shriveled breasts, at which lean, hag
gard, wretched bal<es were tuggiug, to
show us they had uu milk. God knows,
their hollow chotka and sunken eves
and dnquuriug faces were proof euough.
'They said: "We are starving; our
lwt>es art* starving -starving to death.
Can you do nothing for us f " And we
could do nothing; nothing I d shed
useless tears.
And the Turks of the nt-ighlxiring
villages, who have taken tbe horx s and
sheep and cattle of tew* starving wom< n
and children, their clothing andl>e.!diiig,
and the tiles from their roofs, come to
the village sometimes, and ride through
on the horse they have stolen, looking
upon this misery with indifferent eye*.
We saw several here who had come out
of mere curiosity, well fed, fat, insolent,
smiling their contempt for the starving
beings around them. Tbe Tnrk is not
only without pity, he is without jwtriot
iam. Ht* doe* not look upon these peo
ple as his neighbors, his countrymen,
lie is too ignorant and stupid to know
that iu injuring them he is injuring him
self, thst be ix attacking hi* own txuiu
trv. He knows no such thing as coun
try. He knows ouly Islam. The people
of India, tlie uoiuadic trilies < I central
Asia, whom he lias never seen, of whom
he ha* heard once or twice periiap* in
his life, are nearer to him than his next
d:sr neighbors. The words country,
|mtriotinm, do not exit iu bis laugusge.
That these Christians, his near neigh
bora, arc his couutrymen, that on them
a* much as on himself de|Mud* the great
news and pros|>ertly of his country, is a
fact which has no place in his mind,
which has no itiflueuce on his r.ct* He
kuows only thst they form no part of the
religion of Mohammed, and he looks no
further.
When we h ft the village a hundred of
there women rnu after u* for a mile with
their cries and lamentation*. It seems
they thought at first we had come to
bring thern food or succor of some kind,
and when tbey learned thai we had only
come to make an inquiry tlu-ir disap
pointment was bitter and overpowering,
ind they sat down by the wayside, with
their little one* about them, crying aud
wringing their hands, rocking themselves
to snd fro, and moaning, rather to them
•elves thau for ns: "What shall we dof
What shall we dof We are starving !
We are starving ! We are starving to
death !"
An Ecclesiastical Juke.
TI-." Richmond H'Aijj, speaking of two
old time model junior* of the Old 1 H
min ion, the Rev. John Buchanan aud
Rev. J. 1). Blair, narrates the following
amusing anecdote. It says :On one oc
casion Mr. Buchanan played n j->ke 011
Mr. Blair in this wise : A gentleman t n
gag< d to carry Mr. Buchanan hi jer
form a marriage service in the 00m.try
some twenty or thirty mih-s distant, but
omitted to provide conveyance for
him. At the appointed tune Mr.
Buchanan hired a carnage for two days,
made the ontward jimrney, and made
the twain one, partook of the wedding
supper and no Joubt enlivened it. On
the next day, us'he gave the couple his
parting beuediction, the bridegroom
slipfied into his band a rather heavy
ronleati.
The kind hearted parson inwardly
chuckled at the hnndsome fee he hail
earned for his brother. He was anxious
to unroll the pa}>er, expecting to fiud ten
half joaaenveloped, bnt he restrained his
impatience nntil out of sight of the wed
ding tolks; then, to his surprise and dis
appointment, he discovered ten half dol
lars. Vexation could not long retain its
place with him, and soon gave way to
the opposite feeling. Ho determined,
if hi' could not put the fee into Mr.
Rlair's jnicket, he would get some fun
out of him. So, on his return home, he
drew out a regular account, thus :
Thr lirr. J. />. IVnir to tht lirr. J. /fur fin ruin :
To hire of a carnage two ilaye, $5 SIO.OO
To horee feej and other expenses
to and fro 3 00
♦IS.OO
llv wedding foe from Mr. 5.00
lUlance duo J. Buchanan $ s 00
This is hut ouo of the mnny nnocdotos
related of these friends.
A Rood Suggestion.
W. J. Mpioer, superintendent of the
(iraml Trunk railway of Canada, has
issued a circular to his snliordiuates, in
which he says: Model ate drinking too
frequently induces sleep or perhaps a
foolhardy indifference and recklessness,
either of which couditioi s is alike dan
gerous in-oounection with the move
ment of trains. The importance of tot' 1
abstinence, particularly amongst rail
way employees, cannot lie overestimated;
the ex|>orieneo of the last three years has
so convinced me of its good effects that
I have determined to renew my pledge
for another year, and I hope that the as
sistant superintendents, agents, train
! men, and the traffic staff generally, will
join heartily with rao in the movement.
JOHN AND THIS CATKCIIISII.—A clergy
man in a remote part of the country was
once catechising ins parishioners. John,
the beadle, not being very well "up,"
kept pretty near the door in order to
lie out of reach of the minister's eye,
and thus avoid making a display of his
ignorance ; but the clergyman, seeing
his beadle in thiH position, put to him
the following question: "John, what
is baptismr John, at first a little
puazled, bawled out: "Ob, ay, you
ken it's jist aaxpence to me, and fifteen
i denoa to the preoentorl"
Cured of Hwearlng,
The Hoehester f Wion says : They
tell a curious stoiy up iu the AUeghanies
—somewhat stunting also—of s dull
fellow named Morgan, a miner, who was
greatly addicted to swearing. He would
have made all excellent addition to the
, celebrated army of Flanders or have
I men a tit oompaiiiou for the proverbial
>ailor. Everything was done by priest
and laymen to cure him, but without
avail. lie hail other vices lieatdes,
among which wvre card playing auddl ink
mg. On one occasion he was in a room
in the tavern with his companions, en
gaged lit a game of "old sledge," and
the stake* were considerable. The room
was underground, next to the brewery
and very dark, and gamblers were
I obliged to use candle*. 'The game be
come very exciting, aud Morgan con
stantly lost. At every misfortune he
railed and swore until even his hardened
companions wure shocked. At length
he was entirely " cleaned out," and the
torrent of blasphemy that flowed from
his li|ia was frightful to listen so. Fall
ing ou his knees he defied Heaven iu
language that caused his listener* to
shudder. Finally, having become ex
haustod he rolled over into a corner and
fell into a drunkeu sleep. After about
an hour be woke. Everything was in
pitchy darkness, but he still heard his
friends wrangling over their cards as
they continued their game. Morgan
call ml to them and asked bow they could
nlay iu the dark and why they had put
the aandlea out. They answered in a
tone of astonishment: " Dark T why
it's no darker here than it was before
you fell asleep. The caudles are still
lighted ; can't you s< them I" Morgan
sprung to hut feet aud shrieked : " No,
1 can't see any tiling. My God, lam
struck blind!' They gathered ats>ut
htm in great excitement, making various
tests to judge whether he had really lost
his sight, and this appeared to te the
case. The wretched blasphemer fell ou
his knees and implored them to send foi
a clergyman, which they presently con
sented to do. While waitiug his arrival
Morgan lay on the floor sobbing and
groaning in the most pitiful manner.
YVbeu the preacher came he made him a
long discourse on his impiety, but he
dicXarod he would not offer prayer for
the restoration of Morgan's sight unless
he would promise never to use an oath
again. This the miner, who was nearly
drlirotis with terror, eagerly agreed to,
and the minister, preening hia lingers
upon the other's eyelids, affected to go
through a secret prayer. He removed
hut fingers and Morgan saw as well as
Iwfore the lighted caudles, his friends,
anil everything. His gratitude may be
imagined. It i* hardly necuasary to say
that the whole business was a clever de
ception arranged ly hut two friends dur
ing his sleep. They simply witbJr< w
the candle*, darkening the room, and
then waking him with their lond dis
puting as they pretended to continue
their game of cards. The clergyman,
who was a sensible man, when applied
to, readily entered into the confederacy,
Ldieviug that the goodness of the rud
iu view, which was to break Morgan's
terrible habit of blasphemy, fully justi
fied the means. And that end was m r
fectly accomplished, for Morgan never
swore again up to the hour of his death,
which was by the inclined railwni used
in the mines to raiw the ixwl If you
go to Frostbtiry and min le much with
the |>eople you will find their stock of
stories very small, and you will hear this
one bevond a doubt.
An Indian's I-a*t Shot.
Four while men, while oat hunting
about two miles from Deadwuod, kided
a deer, and while they were skinning it,
one of them saw au Indian approacntng
them, loading his puny. He was prob
ably trying to surprise them, but, I- irp
uncertain of their exact p -sition, be had
approached too near, and they discover
ed him first. One of the party snatched
np his shotgun, loaded with buckshot,
aud fired both !arrels, bringing down
the Indian and his pony. The confident
manner in which the Indian bad walked
toward them hail led them to suppose
that he was supported by a nuiuls-r of
others, ami so they quickly retreated to
ward Dcadwood for rt- enforcements. A
party started out to scout the country,
and, on reachingtbe spot aberetlie deer
lay, the men saw the body of the Indian
by the side of his nony, and, thinking
him dead, they rushed forward. This
action w s fatal to one of the {-arty, for
a shot from the Indian's rifle struck hita
in the heart. A volley from the others
killed the Indian instautly, however,
and his Ixvly was quickly surrounded by
the white men. The Indian had been
almost riddled with buckshot, ote shoul
der ami both legs having tw-en bp-ken,
yet he hail managed to I windage hi* logs
and to take unerring aim with his
wounded arm. Knowing that his life
would bo taken without doubt, he hail
prepan-d to sell it as dearly as (svasible,
and, lying on his back, he rested his
rifle on his wonnded legs and shot dead
the foremost of his assailants. In his
mouth was Another cartridge ready to
reload. His rifle was the l*-*t and latest
breech loading arm issnod to the army
iu 1875, and it was probable that he had
obtained it in the Custer or Bono fight,
since an old bullet mark in the grip of
the stock showed that it hail boon in ac
tion.
The Croat Cities.
The following recently published table
exhibits the population aud total daily
consumption of wAter iu several Isrge
cities:
IsAitMlgafj.
band on 3.700,000 123 000,000
New York 1.300.00(1 Mt 000,000
Philadelphia 750.000 43.000 000
Manchester. . 750.000 16.000,000
Chicago 475.000 38.000.000
CinciiinaU 875,000 15.000.0i0
Sheffield 205,000 5.000.000
It will IH> clearly wen that tho ratio of
consumption is ranch greater in Ameri
can than in European cities—particular
ly in New York. This in partly due to
various improvements of hatha, etc., in
modern dwellings, to the extensive uao
of vrnter for manufacturing purposes,
and to a free uw of water in various
other ways, ltut that there is in many
places a needless waste of the Grotou is
quit*' certain.
flow Thoughtful!
He was three and twenty and she was
two or three years younger, and they
had been married only two or three
days. They were standing at the corner
of Broadway and Canal street, New
York, waiting for a car to Central Park,
when, all of a sudden, the bride laid her
hand on his arm ami whispered:
" Darling, s'posen y u should got
killed and I should be left in this great
city all alone !"
" Never thought of it before," he re
plied, backing away from the curbstone
a little. Then, pulling a long, red wal
let out of his hind jiooket, he counted
ont four ten-oentshinplasb rsuud handed
them over with the remark:
•' Yon are right. Iu the midst of
we are iu death, ami yoa might as well
l>e prepared in case anything happened
to me."
NEW JERSEY PORK. —"We make our
brags ou hogs this fall," said one of the
officers of tho New Jersey State agricul
tnral society; "in fact, our hog*, for
fineness of breed and all excellent quali
ties, are not excelled by the swine of any
State In the Union."
TKHM H: a Yoar, in Advanoe.
THE Bl'ttlNKMft OUTLOOK.
A t lrs ml Iks Mist* ml Agalrv lr*a a Ml
--nr.. Bl*r.
la there a sound and real revival of
business I asks th* New Turk HeraUi,
and it answers th* <iuestiou by saying:
On the whole, we believe there ia. The
evidences of this liusineas revival attract
atb i.tion, as wo e* by the uowsuapera,
not only in New York, bnt in Boston,
Chicago, in Hi. Louia at all th* centers
of trade, in fact. There are morn people
buying; the Houthern trad* U aald to be
uncommonly brisk this year; Western
oummrrcs also is brisk, and merchant*
from all part* of the country are replen
iahiug their stocks in a manner which
seems to show that not only are their
shelves bare, but they have, on a survey
of the condition of their customers, coo
eluded that these will buy aud will have
money to j>ay. There can be no doubt,
in fact, of the present activity of trad*.
The main question is; Will it oontinne,
or is it only a spurt, a sjtosuiodic move
Lueut ? Wa believe we see reasons for
holding that it ia not spasmodic, but
that, unless Some HOW Unforeseen CSUSe
intervenes, it will continue, and we are
at last ou the upward way.
Commodities of all kinds are at pre*
i-nt uncommonly cheap, l'roduoer* of
all kinds have at last suited themselves
to the markets. The anxiety to make
and sell ha* brought the ingenuity of
manufacturers into use, and people can
not only buy cheaper than at any tun*
since IHOU, but they find it more easy to
buy what they want. During the great
rush snd excitement of the s|>*culiitive
jteriod, producers ceased to take partic
ular ftains to study the tastes and wishes
of customers; but this ha* now changed
for the better in many, and, indeed, iu
almost all de|arLmcjiiUi.
The country is really rich* It lias
been rigorously economising since 1873,
and three years of strict economy do
wonders among forty millions of peo
ple. The sum of our savings ia ana
tion in a year of eoonomv amount* to a
vast deal of wealth. We have been
saving for three long and tedious years ;
and while this economy ha* been forced
and distressful with a considerable part
of our people—with those engaged and
employed in manufacturing—it ia on
deniable that the farmers and planters,
who are the bulk of the population, have
had pc*sperou years. Even last year
the farmers of central Illinois made it
their chief complaint that they oonld
find nobody to borrow their surplus
money and give them what they thought
a fair rate of interest. But the times
are not hard where men have enough to
.•at %ud chiefly growl because uobody
will borrow thwr surplus cash. During
all tbe hard times we have had in the
main good crops and have received
good prices for them, and thus we have
had an unvarying source of growing
wealth.
It was u.-ocNKary to stop for s while ;
sod when, in 1873, confidence received
so general aud Severe a shock, and
thuUa~ud who had imagined themselves
comfortable or wealthy were suddenly
ruined, the panic of doubt seized every
body ; all enterprise was checked; all
investments twoame doubtful ; all who
hud money sought only to keep what
they had ;* everybody's affairs under
went a scrutiny, and it was soon seen
that th*ro hsui been immense over
trading. Bankruptcy—staved off dur
ing prosperous years—was no longer to
lie put ff. A "great part of our mer
ch uits, all over the country, appeared
IU the iumilveiit li-ts, and then begun
that long and dolorous process which
appears at last to have weeded out the
unsound business houses and to have,
at great suffering to individuals, left the
country, vLere it must be plaotvl before
we can have sound anil lasting pros
perity, ou the "bottom rock." ludi
vidual failures continue and will con
tinue ; nut there is uo longer the ma
t rial for a panic. Even the failure of '
the gn at coal combination, vast as were
the louses it entailed ou a multitude of
people, has scarcely caused a ripple in
the commercial worlThree years ago
inch a lm-*k would have brought a
general and crushing disaster.
Confidence, no severely shaken, slowly
return*. Merchants, manufacturers and
producers in general watch the market
..ml the condition of the country with
auxious care, and they see not actual
prosperity, for we have not come to that
vet, but they do see a return of confi
dence; they see that losses have been
measured; "that failures have been settled
up; that prices are low, in many articles
very low; that it is safe and advantage
ous to buy; tliat the mass of consumers
need to replenish aud are able to pay;
and thus and for these reasons trade is
slowly reviving on n sound liasis and
with prices at which a prudent merchant
can even afford to hold his goods with
out fear of loss. Another reason for a
general revival of confidence in the fu
ture lies in the fact that the hard times
have greatly decreased the expenditures
of our various governments, town, city.
State and Federal. Our public affairs
are more prtideutly conducted now than
at any time since 1860, and here is a
great saving which the community
quickly feel*. There is a general lielief
thai whichever party wins this tall we
shall have wiser legislation at Washing
ton. There is a belief that the currency
question draws near to a settlement.
Men look for ar.d demand reforms, not
only in this matter, but in all legislation
which affects the production snd sale of
commodities. The mass of men have
come to see that the country is not real
! ly poor, but rich in all the appliances of
industry, rich in everything which is a
help to the creation of wealth, and that
what is needed is yiot beyond our own
reach, if onlv we choose to seise it.
What we require now to draw us out
of the slough in which we have been
mired since 1873 is, oontinned prndence
on the part of business men; second, a
sound aud stable currency, which shall
enable us to carry on business on busi
ness principle*, and not as gamblers;
snd dually, such a revision of the laws
which affect oommeroe and production
as shall enable us to sell our surplus pro
ducts abroad without loss. Those three
things granted the reoovery of prosperi
ty, though certain to be slow, will be
sure of lasting.
American Workingmen.
At a banquet given in Paris to the
French labor den-gates upon their re
turn from the Philadelphia Exhibition
one of them said : "In the great
Amerioau republic, so lauded by our
public men, we fouud the relative por
tion of employer and workman the same
as it is here. " There, as in Franoe, capi
tal is the master. The workmen in
America have everv possible liberty;
they have many more schools than we
have in France; but. notwithstanding all
this, and iu spite of the abolition of ne
gro slavery, the slavery of the whites
still flourishes. Many as are the privi
leges which tho workman is accorded,
and which he does not possess in En
rope, he remains a workman still; and
these privileges are of little use to him
as long as he is not allowed to have a
shore in the profits with his employer."
DON'T WAIT. —How many there ate
who long for happiness 1 But it never
comes unless we make an effort to re
ceive it. Don't wait for it any longer,
but rush to Knox's store, and buy
shirts, drawers, stockings, socks and all
the dry goods you want, and be happy.
NUMBER 42.
(Ul'STr.lirElT 011b NOT EH.
T*. r,i> *f k war. I.
ar+d Ki,,n.(a[*ran Net UflMtlll)
tkmmmm I# U* NtUl ■■ MMM.
An impression pre vat la thai there is an
enormous quantity of counterfeit money
in circulation. The truth la there ia
I little. The only engraver* working, who
were considered expert*, Tom Hal lard.
Hen Hoyd, aud < Jeorge White, have been
neut to the penitentiary ainoe October 1,
1874, the first for thirty years, and the
lust two for ten year* each. There ia an
other engraver at liberty, an inferior
woikman.bewboeot thelitchmondllnd.)
ten-dollar plate, and tbe title plate for
Vbe Lafayette (Irnl.) ten dollar note, the
1 niter the laat counterfeit note issued,
both being priiited evidently from the
name plate. The oapture of thia fellow
ia only a matter of time. It took thrae
year* to get Ballard, eight month* to
reach Hoyd, aud aeven month* to cap
ture White, Mot only were they cap
tumd, but all their tool* and the plat**,
thua effectually • topping thia inflation
of the currency. Provisos to their ar
reat Hal lard, who acted for himaeli, Nel
son Drigg*. who waa Boyd'a backer,
and Tom Cong do n, who made the moat
from While'* work, put out large quan
title# of their bill*.
Lite number of counterfeit* in circa
latum ia reduced every month by tbe ap
prehension of dealer* and abovera, but
it ia impoaaible to gather in the whole
wane, since thuuaanda of dollar* nay re
main bttrind for year*. In 1867, Mai
Kinrie, who engraved tbe §lO plate for
the Firvt National bank of Philadelphia,
and waa seat to •* Cherry Hill" there
for, boned $90,000 in three notes. They
remained in tin- ground five or six pear*,
and many of them are [now in ctrrala
tiou. The aame La true of what art
known aa lb** " Illinois fives," embrso
iug the First National bank* of Aurora,
Canton, Galena, I'axton, Peru and Chi
cago, And the Trader*' and the M**r
chant*' of Chicago. Ben Boyd cut all
theae plate*, or rather one plate for the
obverse, another for the bolder, and an
other for the center of tbe reverse, for
the title waa left blank and the name*
printed ia from other plate*. They ***rr
all captured from IjeJaou Driggs, at
Centralia, 111., in October, 1876. jliere
were vary few notes of the Merchant*'
and Catena pot out, there being no anch
bank aa the Firat National of Catena;
and I tier* were none at all on the Flrat
of Peoria, though that is usually in
list* of counterfeit notes. There were
$117,000 in theae fives found in Drigg*'
poaaeaaion, but he had aold to custom* r>
ail over the country previous to his ar
rest, aud many of the notes thus put
out are in circulation still.
The plate* for the M*Kaachaaett* fives
—the First uf Northampton, the Mer
chant*' of New Bedford, and the Hanip
den of Went field—it will be remembered
were raptured with White and Oongdou
in Brooklyn laij} Jane. Nearly SIOO,OOO
of their issue waa found in the "mill."
They had gotten rid of about #20,000 of
New BedforJa, $16,000 of Northamp
ton*, and $15,000 of Hampdens. Other
parties were arrested subsequently with
about SIO,OOO of thia stuff in their pos
session. no there remain* afloat abont
$30,000 of the issue. There never was
a counterfeit $5 on the First, of Louis
vilie, Ky. One was reported, bat the
statement was never verified. All told,
there are, fx-rhapa, #150,000 in counter
feit five s now oat.
There has not been a Counterfeit 820
note printed in six Tear*, the plate*
from which the Merchant*', Bhoe and
Leather of New York, and the National
hank of Utica, N. F., were printed, hav
ing been oaptnred by 001. WhilJey,
when he waa chief of the secret service.
Of the flO note*, apveral sets of electro
pistes for the Farmers' and Manufactur
ers', the F.rst, and the City of Tough
keepste, N. Y., hare been secured. The
original ateel platea were the handiwork
of Ballard. They were cnt several yean
ago, and have rusted out long since, and
are now worthless. The First of Bed
Hook is a very old issue, and the plate
is not in existence. The 82 platea for
the 8L Nicholas and Ninth National of
New York, and the Westchester County
of Peekakiil, were also cut by Ballard,
and electroplates have been oaptnred by
Waahborn. The originals are believed
to lie in the same condition aa Ballard's
tens. No notes, --wever, have been
printed from them for several years.
On the first of January last there were
but two plates for government notes out
—one for the SSO Hamilton bead, and
the other a SSOO. The former was se
cured bv Washburn in Cincinnati some
time in February. Tde other is still out,
but under cover, and no notes have
been printed from it for a long time.
Effect* of the Blast.
Id order to form a correct estimate of
the result of the groat explosion on the
Hallet's Point reef, ears the New Tork
Ifrrahi , we mut recall in oar memory
its condition previous to the commence
mcnt of the excavation. It was then a
well recognised danger to navigation;
its ragged shelving surface, projecting
outward into the channel of Hell Gate,
was like a groat trap aet for the unwary
navigator, to touch which was destine
tion. The shallow water that whirled
over it had sufficient velocity to draw a
vessel right on its most dangerous
ridges, and in ordei to avoid it the pilot
was compelled to steer so close to other
obstructions that it became merely a
choice between two evils Is Ah equally
threatening. Now, however, the series
of carefully made soundings over the
site of the reef shows that this monster
obstruction hss been completely shatter
ed. The columns that supported the
rocky roof and the roof itself tie in frag
ments at the bottom of the great excava
tion, like the rnius of a mighty temple
crumbled almost into dust by the shock
of an earthquake. Where the shallow
currents rolled over the reef the sound
ing line now indicates a depth of water
in which au ironclad might float in
safety, aud, instead of edging away from
the shore and risking destruction in or
der to avoid it, the steersman can bring
his vested within fifty feet of Hallett'a
Point without endangering her. Such
is the result of General Newton's work
at Hell Gate. At one blow he has de
molished the rocky structure that has
taken untold ages to form, and opened
wider the gate of the river for the com
merce of the future.
With a highway for commerce so free
from dauger a wonderful change will
take place in the appearance of the up
per East river. Great steamships and
tall masted barks will line the wharves.
Factories, villages and cities will cover
the now vacant spaces on Long Island
aud Westchester close to the water line
and send their productions to the shore
for shipment to every part of the globe.
New York will ontgrow the narrow
island on which she stands and will
spread over such an area as will make
her the rival, in size as well as wealth, of
the great English metropolis.
Tna END or THK I.INB. —A romantic
Siir, not more than 1,000 miles from
ew York, were blessed with a number
of daughters. The eldest was called
Caroline, the second Madeline, the third
Eveline, the fourth Angeline, when lo!
the fifth made its appearance and no
name oonld be found with the desired
termination. At length mamma, who
had been reading of the fashions at Sara
toga, pounced upon a name very popular
at that plaoe, and forthwith the baby was
baptised Crinoline.
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f tafcvoidMli htm wiU fan • promi
MO* iMtaNa IB tofettriNP F* VNIIIC
A MV lurat MM bam fafcrodnowd
in TlUl—nhiimiltir politic*. A nnmlwr of
willToto this yttf.
After all, mt* M old doctor, there
a only two kin da of dieeeee— the one
of whicn you the other erf which
don't.
yon
" What in th* worst rids of natal war
far* f" naked school teacher. "Ths
broadside," replied the boy in the back
nest. Ha wont up hood.
A traraler stepped Into tho cottage of
an Knglmh farm hand at enpper tim
and new on tho table a awooibroad, with
bam and peaa and now potatoes.
Nebraska bo* more tbao doubled her
population iibm 1870. The now
contain*267,747 inhabitants, aa compared
with 122,008 in 1870, aod 4,494 in 1866.
A London butcher waa rooenly sen
Umoed t" imprisonment vitb bard labor
for one month for witting off a oai'a tail,
and tba plan that h was drank didn't
mitigate Justice at all.
liiito recently played one of hia own
oumpeaitiona for an American musician
named Iknae, and Boise's criticism ia:
" He played it in away calculated to
make onn's hair defy hair oil."
There ia a growing oonriction in the
n.inda of amokera that a veal pocket
abuold be made deep enough to entirely
bide a cigar from the scrutinising gaae
of tbe man that never baa any.
One person of every 269 in Cincinnati
dice by suicide. Hixty-tw<. per cent, of
tbe aalf-murderers are German. Tbe
proportion of the saxes is five men to
one woman, and the most popular method
is hanging.
A late number of a German comic
newspaper represent*a young lady wear
ing a hat trimmed with a biro, upon
which a cat ha* jumped from a neigh
tstring window, miataking the stuffed
bird for u live one.
Tbe man who sent hia son to New Stars
to beoome ■ oterk now write* asking the
merchant whether them is " anything
in the boy." "Yes," replies the mer
chant, "just after he baa been to a
saloon."
About 160,000 person* in the United
Bute* are constantly employed in pro
ducing aawed lumber, and 1,886,000
lath*, 2,266,000,000 ahiughw, and
12,750.000,000 feet of lumber are manu
factured annually.
A three-year-old boy in West Warda
boro, XL," wandered into a field re
cently, where he met aud played with
two wild brer*. The beasts did him no
harm, though they had been killing
sheep ia the region.
Fever* have been engendered at Mon
treal by burning coffins which were ex
humed from the old burring ground at
the new *"*! banin. The bodies in
terred in the coffins were those who
died in 1847 of the ship fever.
A *t*p waa arrested in Philadelphia
the other day for stealing a clock. The
judge told him that as he had taken
man's time to begin with, be
would now Uke hia own time to reflect
upon it, sad sent him up for three months.
The first appearance of the potato
bug in Europe ha* been made ia Sweden,
where i number of potato crop* have
been devastated this sew Km. The bugs are
supposed to have had American parent
age, and have immigrated with gtain
cargoes.
A fa French lady despairingly eay* :
•'I am so fat thai I prmy for a Jimp
pointment to stake me thin. Mo sooner
does tbe disappointment oome than the
mere expectation of growing thinner
give* me neh joy thai I become fatter
than ever."
It is mid that the Servian officers are
so deeply impressed with the reports
they have beard of the Turkish atrocities
ij>t they always endrav<r to reserve one
halt in their revolvers, no a* to blow their
own brain* oat as soon as they fall into
the hands of the enemy.
" 1 made nine hundred dollar* daring
my three-day's visit," mid a young
hopeful to bis father on his return from
New York. " Bow so, my boyf" re
plied tbe delighted parent. "Why, I
had a thousand dollars' worth of fun,
and it only coat me a hundred."
8. F. (Jilmore, of Eacanaba, Mich.,
advertises a reward of S2OO for his runa
way wife, who took with her their little
bor. The advertisement conclude*:
"The reward above named will be paid
for the recovery of the boy—and the
woman can go to thunder."
John Otun.iy lost hia life in rolling a
stone out of the way of an English rail
road train, thua averting a great disas
ter. Praise of the deed was general;
vet an appeal for money to save his fam
ily from want resulted in raising only
shout £4, the railroad oompany giving
nothing.
A tramp in New Jersey refused to
help get in some hay in return for
board, and then revenged himself upon
the farmer by destroying several valu
able fruit tree*. To a trunk of one waa
a note containing the** words: " When
a ">" asks yon for something to eat,
look at thtwe stamps before you refuse
him."
Something novel in the way of suicide
is reported from Alsace. A man put a
dynamite cartridge in his mouth and
applied a lighted match to it. The next
second his head and the upper part of
his body were blown into a thousand
piecM. ' The man's brain had been
affected by the heat of the weather.
jt groat number of the articles in the
Philadelphia Exhibition are sold, and
will be removed by the owners on
November 10, the time set for the close
of the show ; and most of the exhibitors
will extreme their privilege of then tak
ing away their property. Consequently
the display, if prolonged, would be very
meager.
A tailor and hia son were in the olden
days doing a day's work at a farmhouse.
The prudent housewife, to secure a
good day's work, lighted candles when
davlight begun to fade. The tailor
looked to his son and aaid : "Jock, con
found them that invented workin' by
caunleUchk " " Ay, M replied the young
snip, "or daylicht either, father.'
A citixen of Chicago, who has led a
roving life, has named his children after
the places where they were born, and
the list is now as follows : First daugh
ter, Albany Benson ; first boy, Omaha
Benson ; second eon, 8t Joseph Ben
son ; second daughter, St. Josephine
Benson ; third daughter, Cincinnati
Benson; third boy, Chicago Benson.
At St. A to, France, two farmers and
a workman of Yannes found an unex
ploded shelL In order to prevent it
from doing any damage, they themselves
set to work to take out the powder by
the orifice, and partially suooeeded.
Finding th.> difficulty to increase as they
proceeded, one of them struck it against
a stone, when it burst, blowing two of
the men to pieooe.
The bridge of the Boston waterworks
over the Charles river is supported by
the largest arch, except one, in the
world. It measures 134 feet in length,
and sixty-five feet from the keystone to
the water. The weight at the oenter of
the structure is 480 pounds to the square
inch. It was constructed solely to carry
Sudbury river to the other side, and will
cost, when completed, $200,000.
Roger Bell, a surgeon prominent in
the Bravo trial, has distinguished him
self in another case. A man went to bed
and his wife Boon after followed him.
She found him speechless, and blood
flowing from his mouth. A doctor was
sent for, but he did no good, and then
Mr. Bell was summoned. He discover
ed that the man's false teeth had got in
his throat, almost choking him, and with
great skill he dislodged them.
A polioeman gently but firmly laid his
hand on a tramp he saw backing ont of
a kitchen window. They searched him
and found in his ragged sachel nine
spoons, four pocketknives, three razors,
a photograph album, a dark lantern,
five breastpins, two watch chains, eleven
handkerchiefs, and some small ooin.
" Unhand me," ho exclaimed to the
polioeman, "servile tool of a corrupt
administration. What we need is re
form." And then they east hitn into
the pit." •