My Utti Treasara. Would von know my Uttls trssours. Rarest, priceless beyond measure T Come with ms ; Look and see Ripe lips brimming o'er with pleasure Laughter loving Marjone ' Little darling, bright eyes (Isaminfb Full of thought and tender dreaming - Thought for me! Ijook and see All the love that there l beaming # Hweetesl dearest Marjoris ' Little daughter, full of langhter. Whom the sunbeams ripple after. Peer to me ; Look and see All the love that I would waft her— Heat of trea#nrrs,Marjorie ' The Model Church. Well, wife, I found a model ohnrch' 1 wor shiped there to day t It made me think of good old times, before my head wae gray , The meetui' bouse wa* died up more than they were rears ago. Put then 1 felt when I went In. it w.an't all bnUt for show. The st iton didn't seat me away bank by the door ; He knew that I was old and deaf, as well ae old and poor ; He must have been a Christian, because he led me tlirough Tlie long aielce of that crowded church, to ftnd a place and pew. I wish you'd heard the singing, it had the old time ring. The preacher said, with a trumpet voice: * Let all the people slag !" The tuue was " Cor nal on," and the music upward rolled. Till 1 thought I hi an) the angela striking all their haipe of go d. My deafness seemed to melt away my epirtt caught the Are ; I joined my feeble, trembling votes with that melodious choir. And di'.,g. as in my younger days, " Let an gels prostrate fail ; Pr.ug forth the royal diadem, and crowu Him Lorvl of aiL" I tell you, wife, it did me good to sing that sting once more . I felt like some wricked maimer, who gets a glimpse of shore ; I almost wanted to lay down this weather beaten form. And anchor in the bleared port forever from the storm. The pjeaclua Well. I jurt can't tell you all that the preachir raid ; 1 know it wasn't artitcn . 1 know it wa n't read ; He hadn t time to read it, fot the lightmn' of hie eye Went dashing 'k ng from pew to pew, nor passed a sinner by. The sermon waaTl do* cry ; 'iwae simple Cloe pel truth ; It fitted poor old men like tue , it flued hope ful yocth : ' Twas I ,!K.f conrc'.ati. n fir weary hearts that bleed, 'Tarts full of invitation to Christ, and not to creed. The preacher made sin hideous in Qenules and in Jews ; He ah >t the golden scire roes down in the tin est pews . And— though I can't see very well—l saw the falling tear That told me hell was some ways off. and heaven very near. How swift the golden mi metts fled within that holy place; How beautiful beamed the light of heaven from every happy faoe; Again I longed for that sweet ume when friend chall meet with friend, *' Whtn congregations ne'er break up, and rvabbath has no end." 1 hc-pe to miet that nuctoter—that congrega tion, too — Iu the dear home beyood the stars that shine frtm Leaven's bine ; I doubt not I'll remember, beyond life's even ing gray. The Lappy hour of worship in that model church to day. Dear wife, the flgkt will soon be fought, the victory be won ; The e limit.' goal is just ahead, the race is nearly run ; O'er the river we are uearing they are throng ing to the shore. To shout our safe arrival where the weary weep no more. MISS HARPER'S MAID. After the last voyage bat one, the good sLip of which I was find officer went into dock for a thorough refitting, and I had a lor gt r apeli at home than I had enjoyed for many years. I would not change this way of life for any in the world; but I was glad for once to stretch my legs fairly on dry land, and see something of green fields, brick and mortar, and my shore going friends in the ntigbborhood of Canterbury. Among the families in which I was most intimate was that of a Mr. Harper. He had made a comfortable fortune by trade, and now was enjoying his otium mrn dignitate in a good house on the oub ku ts of the city. An only daughter kept house for him; for he was a wid ower. Now Julia Harper, when I first knew her, was a fine, handsome girl of two and-twenty; tall, well made, but on rather a L rge scale, with bright, restless eyes, and a profusion of dark hair. Bbe had a great many admirers, some of whom, th< re is every reason to suppose, admired the old gentleman's money as much as the young lady's eyes, but they met with no great encouragement. I often met with Julia at the house of mutual friends. I certainly liked the girl; ad my vanity was flattered, be cause, with so many admirers around her, she t bowed me, as I thought, a de cided preference. She seemed to be never tire 1 of talking about the sea. She wearied me with questions about it; and on moie than one occasion said very unguardedly—that she thought a voyage to India would be the most de lightful thing in the world. Of course, I male fitting answer, that with a con genial companion, a voyage anywhere would be delightful; and, more than once, opportunity being favorable, 1 was on the point of declaring myself, when an internal qualm of conscience arrested the dangerous avowal. Affairs wr re in this state, when an ac cident befell me which brought matters to a crisis. There was a steeplechase ne day iu the neighborhood of Canter bury, which I attended on foot. During t e ex litement of the race, I attempted a difficult cut acrosa the oonntry, failed at a leap which was beyond my powers, and bad the misfortune to sprain my ankle. The injury was a very severe one, and I was laid np for many weeks ia my lodgings. You have often laugh ed at mcfor taking everything so coolly. J assure yon that I did not take this coolly at aIL I chafed, indeed, like a lion in the toils; and was continually ar resting the progress of my recovery by putting —in spite of repeated prohibi tions—the crippled member to the ground. At last, I begun to learn a little philosophy, and resigned myself to the sofa with a groan. The loss of my liberty was bad enough; bnt the loss of Julia's society was a hundred times worse. Here father came often to see me. and brought me kind messages from his daughter ; but, if I had no more substantial consolations, I believe tbat I should have gone mad. Julia did not actually come to me ; but she wrote me repeated notes 1 of inquiry, and often sent me flowers Lmd books, and other tokens of womanly Kindness. The messenger employed on Kiose occasions was Miss Harper's maid. Ebe was generally enjoined to deliver Hjp letters and parcels into my own Hnds, and sometimes to wait for an Bbe came, therefore, into my Hjtwing room, and if she had occasion Hteit, I would always desire her to be Kd The girl's name was Raohel. KRKD. KITRTZ. Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. Mhe might have IHVU old, or ugly, or deformed, for anything 1 oared, or, iu deed, that 1 know about her. 1 had a dun consciousness that she had a TOT pleasant manner of iqa-ahing ; hut 1 give yon my word that, after ahe had bean half a doacn timoa into tuv room, 1 ahould not have kuowu her if f had met her in the street* ; 1 regarded her only as an appendage to the fair Julu, whoae image was over la-fore my eves, shutting out all else from my view. This, however, did not last forever. It happened one day that when Rachel brought me a parcel, I—in my lover like enthusiasm—start<>.t up from the sofa, and incautiously planted my in jured foot on the grouud. The result was a spasm of such acute pain that 1 fell loked for the tine, time inquiringly luto Kachel's face. I thought that, alb get her, she wis a very pretty girl, aud, moreover, a very genteel oue. I observed now what 1 hail uever observed indeed, had hail no opportunity of observing— that she hail a charming little figure. Her -l.swl hail fallen off while she was arr.ii.giug my pillows, so that 1 could see her deli oate waist and the graceful outline of her lightsome form. I was interested in her now for the first time ; and was sorry when she took her depart tire, with tlie expression of hope that 1 might not suffer further inconvenience. 1 hoped that she would come again on the following day, and I was not disap pointed. She came with a note and a bouquet from Julia; but before deliver iug either she inquired after me with— what I thought—genuine concern. I answered kindly and gratefully; and be fore opening her mntress' note asked her several questions, aud drew her into conversation. The more I saw of her the better I liked her. She was at first a little reserved—perhntw embarrassed-- but after a few more visits this wore off, and there was a quiet self-possessioii about her which pleased me mightily. I could not get rid of the impression that she was somethii g better than her social position seemed to indicate; at ail events, she was very much unlike all the waiting maids I had ever seen. 1 soon begun to delight in her visits. She came aimi>st every day with some lett< r or message from her mistress. I looked forward to the time of her coming, and felt duller when ahe was gone. I thought that it wonld tie delightful to have snch a handmaiden always about •ue, to smooth my pillow and bring me my meals, and talk to me when she had nothing better to do. I was interested in Rachel, and enjoy ed her visits ; bnt, believing still in Jnlia Harper's fidelity, I was faithful to the core myself. But circumstances soon occurred which shock my faith, and then ray loye begun to dwindle. Rachel brought me a note one day, ;nd a parcel containing a pair of worst d work Rlippers, which her mistress *aid she hoped I would wear for her ake until I was able to leave my room. She did not actually say. bnt she im plied that she hail worked them for me herself. When I said something to Rachel about the time and trouble Miss Harper—l neve* said " your mistress " now—mnst have expended on them, I observed a very curious- and significant expression on the girl's face. I hail ob served it onoe or twice before, when I had said something indicative of my con fidence in Julia's sincerity. It was an expression partly of pity—partly of ills gust; and seemed to be attended, for I •ouid see the oompressnre of her little month, with a painful t ffort to repress the utterance of something that was orcing its way to her lips. I was think ing what this conld mean, when a piece of folded paper fell from the parcel; I oieked it np, and found it was a bill —a bill for my slippers, which Miss Harper had bought. I knew now the meaning f the look. Rachel saw that I had got a glimmering of the truth, and I thought that she seemed more happy. She hat—said that I hail ordered it to be made on purpose for her use, and that I should be bitterly disappointed if she did not toocpt of it. Ami she did accept it with undisguised pleasure. And a very pleasant thing it was to lie on the sofa, and watch her neat little white bunds plying the needle in my behalf. 1 hail been longing to see the hand withont the gleve, and I was abundantly satis fies! when I saw it. Hbe had hemmed one side of the hand kerchief, and we bail conversed on a great variety of topics, when the weather began to clear np, ami the sun to shine in at the windows. Rachel rose at once to depart. I said that 1 was quite sure it must be dreadfully wet under loot, and that I was certain she wai thinly shod. " Not very," she said. But I insisted on satisfying myself, and wonld not be content until she bad suffered to peep out beueath the hem of her gown one of the neatest little patent leather slippers I bad over seen in my life. I said that they were very dainty little things, but altogether fine weather shoes, and not meant for wet decks. But I remembered presently that I had seen in her hand, when she entered the room, a pair of India rubber overshoes, and I reminded her of them. "They are my mistress'," she said; " I had been desired to fetch them from He shop." " Wear them," I said, " all the same —they will be none the worse, and will keep your little feet dry." " But how can I?" she answered, with a smile ; " th'-y will not lit mo at all." " Too small ?" I said, laughing. " Yes, sir," she said, with another smile, even more charming than the first. 1 told her that I should not be satisfied until I had decided that point myself, and at last I persuaded her to try. The little rogue kuew well the result. Her feet were quite lost in them. If I have a weakness in the wor d, my good fellow, it is in favor of pretty feet and ankles ; so, when Rachel insisted on taking her departure, I hobbled as well as I could to the window to see her pick her way across the mud puddles. I satisfied myself that the girl's ankles were as undeniable as her feet; and she was unequivocally bien chauaaee. I could not help winking of this long THE CENTRE REPORTER. after she was gone. Ami theu it occur red to uie that Julia llar|>er was certainly ;ou a rattier large scale. She had a good figure of its kind, and she hid tine eyes; but Rachel's were onite as bright and much soft. r; and as (or all the essentials of gnu*>ful and feminine figure, the mis tress' was far inferior to the maid's. 1 kept thinking of this all the evening, and after 1 had gone to bod. And 1 thought, too, of the very unpleasant specimen of Julia's insincerity which had betrayed itself iu tlio iw of the slipjiera. The next ilay was an auspicious one. Isaikiug prettier than ever, Rachel cunie with a uote from her mistress. 1 was in no hurry to open it, you may t>e sure. 1 asked Rachel a gieat number of quae tioua, ami was esjavially solicitous on the score of wet feet, which I feared had lieeu the result of her last homeward voyage from my lodgings. She bad by this time habituated herself to talk to me in a much more free aud uuembar ras egau to think that the mental qualifications of the mistress (_uone of the highest be it said) were by no means superior to those of the maid*. Indeed, to tell the truth, my good fellow, 1 was falling in love with little liachel as fast as I }>o**ibly could. This day, indeed precipitated the crisis. We hail talked some time to gether, when liachel reminded me (J tliought that there was an expression of mock reproach fulness the little round face t that 1 had not read in her mistress' letter. I opened it in a careless mauuer; and hail no sooner n-ad the first line than I burst out into loud laughter. "Bravo, Racthci," I exclaimed. "Yon an- a nice little measenger, indeed, to carry a young lady's billet* daux. You have given me a wrong letter." She took up the eiiveloj-e, which had fallen to the ground, and showed me that it was directed to " Edward Bloxham, Elk}." " All the better, Hachel," 1 said ; " but this begins, ' 1 am am so delight ed, my dear Captain Cox'— Hurrah, for tlie envelop*a!" I looke-ti into Rachel's lac*'. It wi> not easy to read the expression of it. First .die seemed inclined to laugh—then to cry. Then she blushed up to the very roots of her hair. She was evident y in a state of incertitude and confu sion—pouled what oourse to pursue. I folded up the letter, placed it in an other envelope—not having, of o nrse, road another word of its contents. What ••as the cause of Julia's excessive dc- > light I am not aware up to this moment; but I conld not help asking Rachel something about Captain Cox. One juestion led to another. Rachel heai .a ted at first; but at last, with faltering voice and tearful face, told me the whole 1 truth. She said that she had felt her self for some time in a very paiuful and embarrassing situation. She recognised her duty to her mistress, who hail lx-ei. kind and to her—but she could not help seeing that much which, hail la-en done was extremely wrong. She had ail along been ashamed of the duty on which she was employed, and had more thau once hinted her disap- . probation ; but had Wen only laughed at as a prude. She had often reproached herself for being a party to the fraud which had been practiced on me. She had not at lirst fathomed the whole exteut of it ; but now she knew how bail a matter it was. The truth was, that Miss Harper had for some time been '•arrying on something more than a flir lation with Captain Cox. Rot her father disliked the man, who, though very handsome and agreeable, bote any- j tiling but s good character—and, there fore, Julia had acted cautiously and guardedly in the matter, aud had feigned an indifference which had dc oeived Mr. Harper. When I first came to anchor at Can terbury, Captain Cox was on " leave of absence;" and, as he hail gone away withont makiug a declaration, it Lad ap pear id to Julia that au overt flirtation with me in the captain's absence— seme thing that would certainly r- ai-Ji his ears —might stimulate him to gr< ater ao tivity, and elicit au nnrrti actable avowal. Her flirtation with me was in tended, also, to impress on Mr. Har per's mind the conviction that she was really attached to me, and he ceased, therefore, to trouble himself about Cap tain Cox. He liked me, and he eocour- j aged me, ou purpose that the odious captain m glit Is- throw.', into the shade. Such was the state of affairs at the out set of Julia's flirtation with me. But Rachel assured me that I r* ally had made an impression on the young lady's b-art, though she had not by any means given up the gallant captain. I ak<ear two impressions at the same time. She said that she stipjxised some im pressmns wore not us deep and inefface able as others. At all events, she be lieved that to Mier it was a mat ter of no very vital concernment whether shemarriid Captain Cox or Mr. Blox- ; ham; but that she was determined to have cue or other. The fact is, the girl was plating a double gumc, and deceiv ing both of us. AU this was very clear to me from Rachel's story. But she told me it was her own belief, that Julia would determine on taking me, after all —and that for tho very excellent reason that Captain Cox was engaged else where. At least, that was the story in the town since his return to barracks. Poor Rachel shod a groat muuj tears while she was teiling me all this. Hho said that, baring betrayed her mistress, sho conld not think of remaining with her. Bho wan decided on thin point. With warm expressions of gratitude. I took her little band in mine, aud Raid that I would t>e ln r friend—that she had done me an inestimable service—that I was glad to be undeceived—that the little incident of the deception of tbc dippers bad shaken my belief in Mian Harper's truth, that altogether my opinions-bad changed, nu 1 that I knew there were worthier objects tf a (Tec tion. Then I spoke o' h r own position —said that of courae her determination was right—but that she would confer a very great favor on me if she would do nothing until she saw me again. This alio readily promised; and it was agreed that on the following day, which was Sunday, she should call o i me during afternoon service. I presied her hand warmly when I wished her good-bye. Hho came at the appointed honr, look ing prettier and more ladylike than ever. .She was extremely well dressed. I i shook hands with her and asked her to seat herself upon the ootich lieside me; and then asked her, laughingly : " What news of Captain Cox r" She Raid there was not the least doubt that Captain Cox was engaged to be married to a lady in London ; ami tint Mt llarp< r, on the preceding evening, i dt: before, had been made acquainted with the fact. 1 then asked Rachel what the young j lady had said ou receiving buck her let ter to the captain : and learned that she had been greatly excited by the dis covery, and had been very eager to as certain how much of the letter ] had read. When Rachel told her that I bad read only the words: " I am so de lighted, my dear Captain Cox," she somewhat r- covered her spirits, but this morning the had pleaded illness us an CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 187(5. eicuae for uot coming down to break fast, and ha,l uot since left her room. There was at this time lying ttno|>eued on my table a note from Miss Harper, which hail laam brought by her father, an hour Iwdoro. I asked liachel to give jit to me, saying: "Now, let us see, liachel, whether any new light is thrown upon the subject.' 1 think her hand trembled when she gave it to tte. 1 opened and read : "Mr Dui MH. lihoiHAkt ; Very many thanks to you for your prompti tude iu returning the uote, which, , stupid little bungler- that 1 am " (" Not so very little, is she, Hachel t" I paused to remark) "I seut you by mistake—l am very glad that I had uot sent the other to Oapt. Ooi for, although it docs uot much matter if one's letters to one's aoouaiutauco falls into the- hands ) of oue's friends, it is uot at all pleasant I if one's letters to oue's frieuds fall into the hands of one's acquaintance. 1 wrote to t'npt. Cox only to tell him how delighted 1 was to hear of his engage rneut for he is goiug to be married to a Miss Fits iSmythe—a very ladylike girl who was speudmg some time here with the Maurices, and was really quite a friend o. my own." I hail not patience to rea.t any more. I knew it to be all a lie. So I tossed the letter into the middle of the room, and said; "We have had euoufrh of that." 1 was ineffably disgusted. Oue thing, however, was certain, that Julia Harper was now to be liad by me for the nek iug. I hail other views for my humble self. 1 fouud, ou inquiry, was the daughter of a Mrs. Kruahaw, the widow of an officer. The widow's means of subsistence were slight, and her daugh ter hail obtained s situation as, what people called. Miss Harper's maid. My good fellow, 1 can hardly tell you what happened alter this. I have a cou fused re ollectiou of liamig looked iu qnirtngly into Rachel's face; read whole chapters of love in it; thru threw my arms ronud her waist, pressed her fondly to my bosom, aud, while I untied her bouuet strings and removed the ui>tru sive covering from her head, said to her : "We sailors have all been sworn never to kiss the maul when we can kiss the mistress—unless we like the maid better than the mistress, and Heaven knows how mncli I Jo !" After the lapse of two or three win ks, and very delightful week* they were, too, Hachel Ernshaw became liachel Hloxliam, and I the happicet husbuu I in the world. I have got the very last of little wives, and never, I asstir- you, for oue moment, though we have litUt enough to live ujou, aud I cauuot 1* ai these long separations, have 1 deplored the loss of Miss Harper. A French Execution. 'Twas the doomed u au. Lie wan tail and thin. He is stiff in hi* bearing, and walks very slowly. His haggard eye is tlxed on the guillotine, which he see* for the first time. His face seems to re flect some object of an earthy, yellow color. One of the executioner's a -istaids removes the jacket from hi* shoulders. The upper part of his shirt has been out otf, aud his lare breast and dioulder* were risible. The executioner ■sized him bv the left arm pit Au a* sistant executioner seized inm by the righ' arm pit. Another a**:Unt pushed him him from behind. A third aasisftot went rapidly by us ami stood near the yoke which keep* the head motionless. The doomed man tot tons! as he came forward. He said to the assistant who pushed him :"N< tso fast!" V>ut hi* voice was *trang!ed, for he hail no saliva in his month. i!o reach the scaffold. Ita vertical plank came nearly up to the hollow of hi* breast. The ansistant* pushed the plank, which from vertical became horizontal, tripped up the doomed man, who fell on it lion r.ontall", his abdomen next the plank. He tried to rise by exerting knees and arm*. He murmured some iuarticulste words. The executioner and two as sistants pushed him violently forward, so ns to bring his 'iead immediately un der the yoke. The doomed man mur have felt the sensation of a person who falls down an abyss. Tb • executioner bends forward to see if the ucck is in proper position. His assistant lets the yoke fall on the <"oomsd man's head. I'his yoke imprisons the head as if the yoke were in a vise. The doomed man must have felt this fall distinctly. It lunst lie an if he * ere twice executed. All this t *>k lime. I counted my pulse; it lout four times while this ws* taking place. This is long. The executioner raised a little lever. The knife fell. It oouhl lie followed as it fell. It attained its greatest velocity only at the close of the fall. The head bounced into a zinc box. It seemed to mo I could see, as the knife fell with on iudistinct nimble, the doom'*! man's soul take flight. The headless corpse is tossed by the as *istaot* into the l*sk< t, where it lies on its hack. The executioner wheels un his right foot aud turns his face toward us, his back to the scaffold. He indi cate* by this final movement, which he never fails to make, that oner the orinii rial beheaded bis part is at an end. The rest is his assistants' business. One of them shook the zinc liox to mnko the head fall into the basket. I nw it roll over and over like a ball in the bloody bran. I staggered and shut my eyes. Facts in Figure*. Mr. (Jcorge Blair, president of the workingmen's assembly in the Bute of New York, who is welt informed on this question, aud whose opinion may be taken as honestly given, baa famished the data from which the following tabu lar statemeut was prepared. It forms a clearer idea of the precise condition of affairs among the working classes than any words of description or argument: o?M (Htl of to fc# tf TVflflc l'm4o**. WW*. W "ark. HUir tKdlrtrra at.*! < *rpiit*r* 4/v o 7, mm IdkUtrcm <••,* 14,000 tirlrkUrorn 2/IBQ 2,480 l.tam I.AO. I'laairrrra 1,300 I.WM Paitjtrrw 1.*I0 1,000 Imo workrra and tnoldir* . l.fWai 3,?4M Mmm M MM i'rilit.-r® . MM MM MMMMMovo**** MM i.ifkt Hatter* TwPor* (ciMoi) *> mm Tattoro (aoMM) M MM ||rr haugfrit and uiihuUi^rfnt., . nui 1,100 Var&iahrr* anet-n found worthies". A burglar broke into a palatial resi dence, chloroformed the inmates, got possession of an United States bond looking box, fastened with a brass pad look, and carried it three miles into the country before he ventured to open it, and then when ho found in it only a Eapcr pattern for a lady's uight drees, o throw his dark lantern into the creek, and swallowing his skeleton keys died in abject mortification. A Legend qf the Setters ludlui. Homo, the great Thunder spirit, had his lodge Irtdiiud the sheet of water which pours down at the falls of Ni agara. For a long time he dwelt them, astonishing the Indians with his stun uiug peals, but never venturing forth to practice his strange art la-fore their eyes. They could hear him and knew he was them; but never as yet had he Iteen seen; nor is it all likely that lie or the effects of the sun ever would have been aeeu Hut for a little incident, the results of which brought him forth. A young and beautiful maiden reeid lug at Heiieca village, just above the falls, hail lieeu contracted iu marriage by her father to an old man of disagree able manners aud hideous person. Mhe at once r*solved to seek death lather than drag out the life of misery which such a union must bring about; aud with this object iu view she launched forth from the village in a nark cauoe and swept down the rapida of Niagara sing iug her own death song until she took the awful leap. Hut death was uot ready for her. Heruo, the Thunder spirit, happened to be wide awake; and when he saw her coming down among the foaming waters he coolly caught her iu his blanket and conveyed her to his home behind the ialla. Of course, the maiden had romance T uuugh about her to INS grateful for all Lhia, more especially when she found (the u entirely beyond the reach of the monster her " cruel |ia ri en I " had se lected to comfort her through life. Hbe fell upon the neck of the Thunderer am) wept Hwret team. The team auftturd hut stern heart, and led him to nmooth back if not to toy with her golden tree* eft. In abort, to hurry through a long atory, •hay got to billing and ooomg— they fell in love—lh< y made the inter eatmg affair known to each other; aud the wronged though Iteaatiful maiden became tii£ wife of Herno, the Thunder apirit. And, aa a matter of course, ahe vrne very happy. About thla time the Benooa® of the vil lage above the falla were riaitod with a peatilenoe which awept them off by hun dreds, and while some prayed to the Groat Spirit for help, other* gathered around the cataract ami sent in their pe tition* to Herno. The tale of their suffering* moved the Tbunderwr, aud be aeut the maiden forth to tell her people that a monstrous serpent was dwelling iauiesth their village, jual below the Ml rface of the ground; that it was de pending npon (heir bodiea for food, and that it oame forth at the end of every moon and poisoned the water*, in order that they might die and be buned within ita reach. A* soou a* the Indiana learned this they pulled up and moved to another lo cality; consequently when the great ser pent poisoned the water* a* uanal, the earth brought him no food. This was an affair no strange that be crawled forth to see what it meant, when, to his sur prise, he found the village was deserted. With many curse* on the head of the Thunderer, as the author of lua misfor t uue, the serpent took the trail of the re treating Indiana and started away in hot pursuit. The maiden atill loved her people, and when ahe NIW the aerjieut moving on hi effect their further destruction she up pealed to h r husband to arrest lnm. Herno vrai not deaf to her entreaties, and ao lie stepped forth from hi* hiding place and launnlied a hissing bolt after the serpent, which struck him just as lie was endeavoring to cross the narrows some distance above the falls. The wound produced was a fatal one, and the great monster floated down the stream and lodged npon the verge of the cataract, stretching nearly from sbcre to shore. The swift water* were dammed up by the obstruction; hot they finally broke through the rocks behind, and tlius the whole top of the falls n|ion i which the suake rested was precipitated with it into the abyss below, excepting a small portion, which is now known as Goat inland. It almost entirely mined the hopie of tb Thunderer, for it reduced the great space liebind the waters to a very narrow compass. He .till occupies it as a sleep t. g apartment, however, aud yon may now hear him suoring under there as you stand on the shore; bat if he would ex ercise himself in hi* favorite pastime of throwing thnuderboli* he is forced to come forth into space less limited Unreasonable as this myth may sound, there'can bo no doubt that the BeoocM believed every word of it. When they were to le met with in the Niagara country tiny pointed out a place ne Mornay, the director, wanted a new comedy for Mile. Mars, who was alreadv growing old. This wa in lKfty, and tle famous eommediennc was by no moan* a juvenile. I had been thinking about a play for months beforehand, and had already invented a plot which I subsequently worked into | " Mile, de Belle lain," On Monday 1 went to Mornay and aaid 1 accepted hi. proposal, and would immediately write him a uiay. " When will you give tia a reading" | " On Saturday." " Not a word of it ia written yet t" " Mots word." ••You cannot possibly be ready by that time." " I ahall, though. But 1 want some cash down." My audacity in asking for monee aatonnded Mor nay, who, however, gavy me a check for 8.000 franca in advance. On Saturday 1 returned to the theater. Not a line of the play was written. I was introduced into' the green-room. Everybody was assembled. Mile. Mars included, and in the very worst temper. " Where ia your manuscript 1" asked Moroay. ■ " I have not got it," 1 replied. " Be has nut even brought his manu script P cried Mile. Mara. •* What nonsense! How ill-bred to tiring us here for nothing 1* •' I beg your pardon, madamoiaeiic, you are brought here for something. To hear my new play." 1 give you my word, my friends, that I bad been so busy daring the week, 1 bad not even thought about the play un til thai mom, and then 1 sketched it oat in my bead, and went off to the Franoais, to improvise it before the august assem bly of the greatest artists of the day. I planted my back against the chim ney piece, and set to work. I declaimed sot-no after scene, just aa if the whole aifair waa written oat before me in the clearest handwriting. I was applauded to the echo. Everybody was aatonnded. The play waa accepted. And Mile. Mara embraced me. A week afterward the parts were copied, and in hand. If I had died on leaving the Theater Francais that day, " Mademoiselle de Belle Isle " would never have been acted on any stage. Hot lied Bumble Bees. No man ran tell when a boy of nine or ton years ia going to break out in a new spot. A Cam farm lad, who has been noted for bis quiet demeanor and steady ways, all at once took a notion to hunt bumble bees. He armed himself with a will.- mouthed bottle and tram{*d over lota and fit-Ida and entrapjied many a lucklee. f-tii.ger. After securing them ha had no further pleasure except to at e them crttv ) up and down the aides of the bottle anil whack their stingers into each other. He waa out early one morning, gathering in the bees while they were benumbed, and when he entered the house for t>i ekfaet be bad about thirty great overgrown, wicked kicking bum ble bees. They ware packed into the bottle, bead* and tails and other ways, and the falbt r, catching sight of them, spoke up : "Bee here, boy, 1 don't want any more of this fooling around after bees. After breakfast yon heave that bottle out doors, and don't bring another bee around this bourn-." The boy placed the bottle behind the dining room store. There waa s gentle fire, and the bottle had no cork. The family had got through with the first cup of coffee, when tnej heard some thing going : " Jing—ring—ding—ong—long- rong fire wanned the bees np, and they left the I ottie to warm the family np." It was a hosinees * flair, and the bees went in to do their beet. The boy slid out at the first alarm, bat the old folks flourished their nakpins until elid ing out would hare done no good. The old gent got a sting on his ear and an other on ids head at the same second, while the old lady was punctured in the shoulder and yelled "Murder!" with all Iter might. " Maul—maul em 1" shouted the old gent, waring the batter dish around and getting another needle into his neck. "Police; Police!" squealed the old ladr, diring under the table as a big bee settled on the lobe of her ear. It was a rery ercn fight for a while, but then the man got down cellar and the woman flew for a bedroom, the one's deep bass roioe shouting: "Gimme the camphor, IMaey!" and the other squeaking out : "If you lore me go for a doctor!" No one knows what became of the boy. He is reported as missing. Seated under the swaying head of some stunt* d thorn tree on the oommons, be looks longingly toward borne, but he realises that ma reception will be red-hot.— Detroit Free Pre**. Re fastlon*. Swindling ia often successfully perpe trated by raising drafts, checks, rotes aud orders for money from small to larger sums. The drawers of small drafts and checks arc often careless in leaving the paper so that it ia conveniently altered. We have seen alleged frauds of this kind where, if we were on a jory, w© should say that the maker of the altered paper onght to stand the loss; and we have seen oases where strong suspicion fairly rested that the maker, h clerks, or bookkeepers, were sharers in the swin dle. Never cash drafts for strangers. Nor is it safe to collect drafts for strangers; for altered papers are often paid, and returned mouths afterward when the fraud is discovered. Such is the law and custom. Have nothing to do with drafts aud cheeks unless yon know all about your inau. The Socialists. The vastus— of the Socialist organisa tion iu Germany revealed itself at the congress held at Goths, when 101 dele gates, elected by 37,747 votes and sent by 284 districts, took part in the delib erations. There are 145 accomplished public speakers conn cted with the movement. The congress received com munications from Soc alist societies in Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Brussels, London, and Paris, all urging the point that the interests of workingiaen were everywhere identical. It was not many years ago when all the skates need in the United States came from abroad, chiefly from Oar many. Now, a Massachusetts company is filling orders for niokle plated skates to be sent to Germany. Wastm M UM Para. The greatest of waatu oc UM hum, my* UM Beiim*tUk> Former , is la UM not nidng of cnr brains; UM grsalasl be cause a* UM bottom at all other wastes. A Uttla thinking often naves much labor. Altar aocrimpiiaiiing almost any piece of , work, the moat of us oaa look bank and MM bow wa ooald bar* improved on it, if w had bat thought. As ww review <>nr eropa of thia year, ww aaa bow they could have bawn easily inoreaaad, had ww only thonght. Tha ditch ww dog through oar meadow waa not done in UM moat economical wax. Ww dog too deeply at first, and did net allow for UM wtlliug of the buui. HWOM a waate of Übor. We omitted baying an imple-„ ignent that would have saved nearly all ita coat in thia one year's aaa, until ww had spent much in trying to aooompliah mr work without it Here waa another waate. We carry a water pipe too near the surface, to aave the expense of dig j ging a trenail of a aafe depth, and the winter's frosts uiumaiiilafii a replacement of the pipe and an additional digging. Certainly, a waate here. Ww allowed the weeds to grow on one piece of land, not thinking to what proportions they would grow by the time the crops were too far advanced to admit the hoe. A waate here which might have been obviated. And ao on, wastes, little and big every where, all arising from not thinking an fficientty—waste, beaanae not neoea aary and easily obviated. We omit the ordinary wastes from nwglwot, from laai ■ nets, from want of appreciation of oteaniineaa and thoroughness— UM wastes from oar stock, from oar manure heap, from oar household. Verily, a little thought will aave to the farmer mnnh, and the as ring through thia means, even on a small farm, will represent the inter est on a considerable capital. The wastes arising from ignorance can very readily be diminished, and are in a large pari inexcusable; those arising from carelessness are not deserving of sym pathy. The fanner, aa well aa the basi nets ma?,, moat uao bnainesa principles to secure the largest anooaaa, and the one should be aa careful of the outgoes aa the other. ftiata A heat Dressmaking. Ail essy way of making the trim Eng lish ooliara ia seen on new dresses. They are merely biaa bands, an inch wide when finished, of the ailk or wool of the Iraaa, lined with the material with which it ia trimmed ; the wearer turns over the front* in points to anit the inaide collar worn with the dress. If it ia iMMMNary to have theooUar flare alight J y twhind, a aeam may be taken in the middle of the beck to shape it thus. The uteri tiling of crinoline which aome nod lata have used make the eollar too thick and clnmay, and is now dispensed with. Rows of narrow braid arc some times seen on ooliara of woolen dramas. Fur black ailk ooliara a lining of black velvet, that ahowa only at the torn over points, ia very nest. When dark dramas are trimmed with cardinal red or other contrasting oolor, the gollar ia lined with the bright color. Baaqass buttoned behind will oon tinoe in favor for very young ladies. They are trimmed aa little aa possible, aa all ornament interferes with the •hapely aeama that follow the outlines of the' figure. They should be made without any aeam . down the middle of the front, and with very low. darts ; if the bust is vary full, these dart* are made on each aide. The high straight dog eollar is preferred for three. This ia * bias baud passing straight around the neck without any opening in front With it ia worn the naual inaide collar or frill, and a velvet ribbon band an inch wide, or even wider, holding a petulant or brooch in front, and tied ia a king looped bow, with coda reaching to the waist. Among the latest importations are dresses with nine perpendicular aeama in the beck of the corsage, counting the tinder-arm aeama. These make the side bodies so narrow aa to look like patches and scraps joined together. Modistes *av they are necessary for stout figures, tw now need to be made to look (dander.— Utuar, Religion* Statistic*. In an article on churches, a writer Srs that in the United States the Meth ist, Baptist and Presbyterian preach eta are the worst paid in money. Epia oopahan and Congregational next. The (When* take what they need; the rest goes to the church. But the church officer does not, on the average. And preaching profitable. 1 presume a majority of readers think the Oathoiica outnumber any other sin gle denominational i: em ben-hip. I thought so, bat I find that in 1870 the table stood as follows: HapuM IS.MO 4. SCO. 188 Guiwltoo.l 1716 1.117.616 ritsuni l 1601 M 1.061 KK ■!•? Presbyterian 7.071 6.6W M* Raman Ouholie. 6,606 1,990,614 But the same rating does not follow in valuation of property. Ooi krsgrtiooal.... S'Sm'JSft 5 StSSS Presbyterian - 66 600.000 Roman Catholic 00,986,000 All told, there were at the last count tag. 74459 organisation*. 63.082 church edifices, and 21,666,062 seat*, rained at |35A.i54681. So isnt is the income of the average clergyman that he is forced to eke it out as best be may. Some edit " religious newspapers;" some simply write for them; some correspond wj|)> secular papers; some take pupils—and aome beg. Now and then a preacher hiree a haU wherein be talks cm Sunday, and lives on the " collections." km Awfkl Moment. A man who had been playing for four or fire hours at a faro table in Virginia Oily, Ner.. mid, in a quiet, determined tone to the dealer, as he laid his last dol lar's worth of checks on the tray and fire : " If I lose that I*ll blow my brains ! out." There was a hush in that small room where souls are bartered nightly for the chanoe of winning gold. Youths, fevered with the excitement of the has ard, drew back at the awful threat, and old gamesters oast an eye of dread upon the pale faced man who staked his life upon a card. The gay murmur which almost always rises from a group of gamblers was hushed. The long, thin angers of the dealer trembled. His eyes watched the cards intently aa they came out. The five loat 1 The player look at the card for a moment, then, lira wing a revolver, pointed it at his head and fired. The shot did not prove fatal, and he was lifted up by his friends and carried to a doctor's. A Comical Scene. For a sensation of the serio-comic order, the town of Baoo, Me., is now prepared to furnish an excellent illustra tion. A young man belonging to the United States nary returned home one ilsy, and, before meeting his wife, learn ed that she was about to go to the Cen tennial Exhibition with another man. He immediately blackened a spot on his breast with soft coal, pierced a vein till it bled, prooeeded to the house with a revolver in his hand, entered the family room with his bleeding breast exposed, discharged a revolver under his arm and fell to the floor as if dead. There was great consternation in the household for a few moments, which was then followed by a storm of indignation at the fright the man had caused. He Wanted Some Hlmsetr. " Aw-boo-boo!" bawled a small Chi cago boy, over his father's front gate, the other night. " What's the matter, sonny t" inquired a kind hearted gentleman, pasting by. " Matter 'nough," whined the boy; "my brother's up stairs with a whole lot of measles or sothin' an' they won't let me go in an* have any—boo-hoo I" Then the kind hearted man tried to soothe the lad, but he couldn't make him believe that "measles" were not some kind of nuts.