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 l<aok upon my ooneh with an in
voluntary ory. and a face as colorless as
marble, liachel immediately stepped
forward ; aud, with a cordial expression
of sympathy, asked if she could do any
thing tor me, and proceeded, with a
light, gentle hand to arrange the pillows
under my crippled limb. I felt verv
grateful for these ministrations, and as 1
gave utterance to my gratitude, 1 lt>oked
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 ha<l wished me "good morning,"
am! was about to depart, but I told her
that I could not suffer her to go. It
was altogether a deplorable day, what
we call in the log squally. There was
a great deal of wind—a great deal of
rain; and jnst at this moment the latter
was coming down in torrents. Alter
some persuasion she consented to re
main. Then I asked her if she would
do something for me; an.l. with a bright
snaiie, she answered : "Yes." I hail a
new silk neckcloth waiting on the table
to be hemmed. She took it up, and
then turning to me, ak- d uaively how
she was to hem it withont needle and
hreail. To this question—for which
I was well prepared —I replied that in
the other table drawer she wonld find
something containing both. She
searched, ami found a very pretty Rus
-ian leather case, stiver mounted, with
til the appliances a seamstress could ile
■lire. Then I begged hi r acceptance of
>t—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 <ed manner than when first she came
to my apartments ; and the more she
talked to me the more charmed 1 was ;
(or ahe expressed herself so well, hail
such a pleasant voice and delivered such
sensible opinions, that I soon l>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<<d Rachel how this could be—
how it was possible that any heart conld
l>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 Mi<a Harj>er 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
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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
||<irfh<**r. . .*MO 1,40')
(ablnH 1.2 m i.nm
PUootnakrn l ••••• 000 1,100
CMnukift I|MO MM
Mill ha'ila. MtryMt ami h<trnak*ra. roo 2,G00
I titfiiK • r* nii'l ma< ■ 2/410 A.AOO
l'|>rr haugfrit and uiihuUi^rfnt., . nui 1,100
Var&iahrr* an<l marfala rtibbw* 7tiu 1,100
l*rrlrk ro*it and litwro #0 ) 1,200
JewMrrw and gold
Br ana fin I altera I'M 7VI
MP 3,44*1
CarjMvt wtavnif 4mi 1,200
Paper ataioara.. . 2011 aoo
Other occupation* . 0,000 I*ooo
Total* 88,300 88,930
MaVITTUTtfiII.
Total number of workmen 102,400
Total number at work ....•*(,100
Total numb* r out of work 88.900—202,400
NnmWr that otiffht to b* at work. HB.WW)
Numtirr that arc at work 04,100
Difference over average year*. 22,8441
It will thus be seen that, instead of
an average of 15,000 unemployed men,
as was usual in fair times, there are now
38,000,. or two and a half times as many
hands out of employment than there
ought to ho.
There is one committee at the Centen
nial Exposition that has not hail a
vacancy since the opening. "It is the
jurors on wines, and they have sampled
over eight hundred different varieties.
Fashion Note*.
l'luah is used for trimming hats.
Fringes are very fashionable this sea
800.
Street dresses are to be worn quite
abort.
New muff's for thia winter are made of
feathers.
Velvet is in great demand for dreus
trimmings.
Turlmua made entirely of feathers are
very fashionable.
The square mesh, netted ailk ties are
favorites this season.
Few felt hats are to be woru. Velvet
or silk art- preferred.
New lace scarfs are of cardinal red
colored cashmere lace.
lsmg cloaks or dolmans are the fa
vorite wraps this season.
IVmch shell jewelry is exoeediugly
pretty and fashionable.
The dross skirts are made even more
scant than last season.
Hed flannel balmorals, trimmed with
black velvet, are iu vogue.
Bauds! shoes and alippara are not so
much in demand this fall.
Only a little lace, which must be very
fine, is used on dress hats.
ltu dungs with colored edges are only
to la- used for morning wear.
Hruad 1 Hilts, with large silver, steel or
jet buckles still continue in favor.
Milieu), or linden color, is one of the
new shade* of greenish cream color.
All polonaises are made very long,
showing but little of the dress skirt.
Very deep and heavy worsted friuges
are very stylish for trimming dolmans.
Very small pieces of turquoise, set in
steel and silver, are a novelty iu jewelry.
Ulsters will be as much woru thisnia
son as last both by gentlemen and
boys.
White ivory ornaments are very pretty
and much iu demand in the place of
jewelry.
Black kid gloves are coming in fash
ion, to sear with carriage and reception
euatomra.
Low crowned hats, with qu-'o bumd
brims, a e the favorite cues this fall for
children.
The looping* iu overskirt* aud polo
naises are made very low in the back or
on the sides.
Three cornered silk handkerchief#,
edged with lace, an- shown for wearing
around the neck.
Filagree gold and silver necklaces will
take the place of the heavy gold link
chains for full dress.
Many of tlie long streamers woru ou
hat* are caught together at the cuds by
an ornamental pin.
The hair is worn low on the neck, iu
square meshed talk nets, the nets
matching in color either the hair or
dress.
Hitching*, either of rtn organdie or
criqn- li**e are nse.l in the neck* and
alee Tea of < veniug dr-a-s iu preference
to lace.
Shetland wool hoods are to be
woru by children this winter instead of
the usual wluti Swi#* and Vaiencit-unea
lace ot.i .
Wolve* In ltusJa.
lu 1873. in one government, that ol
Vologda, witli au arm of 324,000 square
ver-ts, tliey killed 14,000 head of large
cattle and 35,000 head of small; in the
Kazan government, in a space of only
50,000 square vend*. they kilted 5.0(W
large and 26,000 small, of an aggregate
value of 254,000 ruble*, the population
of this goveAi.ao t.t being only 1,715,-
(KiO. In the Bt. Petersburg government
the losses are smaller, but even there,
in the same year, urup rty was destroyed
by wolves to the extent of 64,000
rubles.
In forty five Russian governments, ex
clusive of the Baltic province* and Po
aud, 741,900 bead of cattle were do
stroyetl in one year, making a loss to the
eountrv of over 7,500,(XX) rubles ( more
than $.V00, 000).
Russia i* a thinly populated coimtry,
and, perha|a, tho aloivo loss appears
even more striking when considered in
reference to area. Putting aside eight
out of the forty five governments, the
loss on the remaining thirty-eight
amounts to lhroe copecks on every
deciatiue of 2 7 acre*.
The ani'iniit that wolves will cat i en
ornoooa. In two or three hour* a pair
will cnt the half of a horse weighing 350
kilogramme*, they themselves not weigh
ing more than fifty kilogrammes. A
dangerous jM-culianly is their trick of
seeming to be dead. A found a
wolf apparently dead on the ground,
bat him with a cudgel, and took him
home on hi* sledge for the sake of hi*
skin. In the night lie heard a uoise,
and found the animal on the table. It
juui|M'd at lii* throat, and his wife, who
rushed for help, found him dead on her
return.
The number of wolves in Russia can
not be less than 170,000, and they eat of
feathered game alone 900,000,000 bead.
In 1875 no les ■ tbau two hundred human
being* were destroyed by wolves. A
comisirisou i* instituted lietweeu the
looses occasioned by cattle plague* and
fire* a* against those conned by wolves,
and, extraordinary a* it may seem, the
proportion of damage done by wolves a*
compared with cattle plagues is as 200 to
240.
To What Base Uses.
Tho practice of using the portrait of
the pnpo of his oonntry to embellish all
manner of business signs, says the Bur
lington Haw key r, has a very decided
tendency to lower that great aiul good
niau in "the estimation of the rising gen
eration. A prominent music dealer pur
chased a very fin® olecl engraving of G.
W. and hnug it in his parlor, ami when
the youngest hope of the family came
home from school he w* told that they
had a new picture. Tho boy's eyes
brightened with anticipation aud pleas
ure, but when they led him to sec the
trt astire his face was clouded with dis
appointment and disgust. "Ho !" he
exclaimed, mindful of the pictorial sign
of the establishment which furnished
the table with i*s fl- hy viands: "Ho !
old meat market picture t" The moral
is obriou
Very Careful.
The sum of g:i14.75 in "condemned
money " was taken at the gates of the
(tonbimial Exhibition up to Sept. 1.
Three-fourtlio of the pieces of silver
been mntdated ; tho remainder were
oouuterfeits. The largest amount of
counterfeit money received on one occa
sion, $16.60, was rewivrsl on New York
day. Tho otile keepers, from whose
salaries thio losa io deilucted, have really
douo excellent work, oinoe although
throe or four million piece® liuvo paooed
thniugh thoir bauds, only a few hundred
have l>et-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 n<ar
the month of Cayuga crock, where the
banka were shelved out in a aemi circu
lar form, aud declaied that it ha! In-an
done by the serpent in hi* deith tlirooa
after having lieon wounded by Herno'*
thnndcrliolt. And to thi* tralition may
lie attributed their custom of patting
away their deal upon scaffolds aU<ve
ground iusteal of burying tliem.
The tirasshopper ltescribed.
A Western journal says : Tlie grass
hopper as a cliampiou multiply ist has no
equal. He lays (upeakiug gcuencally
and not to put to fine a point upon it)
an egg which is about the sine anusliape
of a long primer 0. In faet, 119 lava
several of them. From August 1 until
winter be is actuated by a reckless ambi
tion to bore holes in the ground, of the
aixo of a pipe atom, and to (111 these
boles with cream colored 00. And
though he is small he attends to las lux,
and is a triumphant suooeaa. In stature
he is aliout a match for a mxj* nuy stub
nail, in form he ia like unto a lynchpin.
and he wears a green sealing wax head
011 him ami a ptur of glass eyes. *0 that
with his long tailed duster 011 he looks
like an unsophisticated and near sighted
schoolmaster. But unsophisticated isn't
what's the matter with him. And nu
meration ia his l*t mathematical hold.
He will stand himself bolt npright like
a peg in one of those holes aforesaid,
and view the heavens with an air of sub
lime serenity and wooden headed un
consciousness.
Don't yon fool yourself—lie know*
just what lie is about, lie prefixes him |
self like a figure I iu the bnsiueas, and.
adopting the decimal system of not*
tion, calmly places a 0 when* it will do
tho most good." That stands for 10, and
before you can dot and carry one ho has
added another cipher to that, and he
now leads 100. About thia time yon lie
gin to discover what sort of a rooster he
is, ami yon entertain a degree of awe for
him not inspired by front view of his
groan goggles. Reasoning a posteriori
' you discover that ho is a dangerous
neighbor. But while you stand amaaed
he rapidly suffixes fifteen or twenty
more 000, carrying his problem into the
million millions, and haa sealed and
cemented it up ready to lie fired at yon
next spring. In two minntos and a
quarter he has giveu you a problem that
with all your power* of multiplication
cannot lie solved or equated. He com-
Sounds his interest at 100 per oent every
ve seconds, puts a snap judgment on
yonr oornfield, and forecloses liefore you
can say Jack Robinson.
General Newton's little daughter,
only three years old. tonched off the
dynamite in'the Hell Gate mines. Bless
her soul, if little Miss Newton blows up
things so thoroughly when she is only
three years old, what will sba do when
alia is a mother-in-law f
TKKMB: &'2.00 it Year, in Advance.
An Australian Mltlionalre.
Home where about the year IHIO. when,
if history speaks truly, facilities for
transportation were abundant in Ire
land, a woman under the name of
Eleanor Collins was transported from
Uienoe to tke then penal colony in
Australia. With her she is aaid to have
carried a son, then a mem child, and
named Patrick Cod*, she claiming to be
married to a man of tlie same name, in
Australia ahe subsequently married a
man named Buckley, Cody having died
in the mean Ume, and as a mark of
esteem for his stepfather, the aon added
to hia name that of Buckley, and grew
up thenceforth to be known as Patrick
Cody Buckley. Under this name he
accumulated large wealth in Australia,
aud died a few years since, leaving an
estate estimated at about £200,000
sterling. After hia death two persons
presented for probate what purported to
Ire his will iu their favor. This will was
con test*- i on the grounds that it was a
forgery and one of the parttaa convicted
of the offense, the other having died in
prison before his trial was reached,
la-ttera of administration were then
taken out on behalf of creditors of the
estate by a firm of solicitors in Mel
bourne, and, after paying all the debts,
a still very large sum remained which
her majesty's attorney-general claimed
to have escheated to the crown for want
of beira. These facts oummg to the
knowledge of certain parties in Dublin,
Ireland, claiming to Ue heirs of the d
ceased, steps were taken to assert their
claim as against the crown. Prom
Dublin proceedings were pot in motion
which led to Australia, and from Aus
tralia the contestants have danced
around the globe to New Turk city,
where evidence is now being taken la
tum Mr. ltichard Huntley as oomniis
aioner appointed for that purpose by the
supreme court of Australia. The claim
of the heirs is resisted on the part of th
crown of England ou the question of
the legitimacy of Patrick Oody Buckley,
it being claimed that Eleanor Collins
was uot married to Patrick Cody nor
did she carry a born child with her to
Australia at the time of her transports
tion. In proof of this it ia asserted that
the passenger list of the transport ship
Canaiia, on which she wss earned to
Australia, made no mention of such a
child. On the oontrary, it ia asserted
that she was at the time mrirnle by the
jailer ; that the latter was dismissed
from the office for the pari he took iu
the affair, and that wss the child whose
legitimacy is in dispute. Thus Un
crown puta the claimants to proof of the
marriage of Eleanor Collins to Patrick
Cody, and their subsequent heirship to
the estate of Patrick Cody's alleged in
fant son, Patrick Cody Buckley, whose
i-white is now in litigation. On this
question it is thst proof is now being
taken before the commissioner, and
thus far the testimony adduced seems
to tend to establish the claim of the
heirs. 'The heirs are represented here
by Mr. Ootarius O'Brien, s<dicitor of
Dublin ; claimants in Australia by Mr.
Frederick Stanley, of London, and the
attorney general of Australia, acting for
the ctvwn, by Measr*. Hnilivan, Kobbe
A Fowler, of New York.—Arte York
f'aprr.
The War iu Serti*.
Comparatively little information baa
jot reached us os to tin result of the re
cent fighting iu front of Ah-xinalx. On
tho one baud wo bsve tho report of a
correspondent of tho London J\tne*
with tho Turkish forces. Naturally a
man in that position would see tho CJ*C
through Ottoman spectacles, and when
wo consider that hi* report was tele
graphed from a city n.d far in tho rear
of Niseb—jwrhapa Sofia—to Constanti
nople and thence to London, and wee
ther* fore snbjeet to Turkiah censorship
at two point*, it ia erident that it would
uot be likely to oontain any truth* that
would be unpleasant in Constantinople.
Anotlier source of information is the
c irmepondent of tho London Starulard
at Belgrade. Anybody telegraphing
from that aide would be ait to give ua
tho Servian etory exeept thia oomwpon
dout; but a* the lory organ ia ao thor
oughly i lentiQod with the aupportof the
Ottoman oanae that it depreciate* to the
utmoat possible point all Servian acta
and adnata no Servian sncoeser*. Per
h.nps, therefore, the fact that it done not
claim that the Servian* wore annihilato<l
hi the recent fighting ia an evidence that
they were moderately successful in their
movement They seem to have moved
from their wor* to the aaaanlt of tho
Turkiah linee, and to have endeavored
to turn the Turka on both flanks at
oaoo; a fact which indicate* that there ia
m Tet no tactical genius iu the Servian
staff, for tho attack on lxth flank* ia al
ways a blunder whore the attacking
force doe* not cnormimnly outnundwr
the enemy. Bat though they did not
overwhelm the Turka they doubtless
had some satisfactory achievement*, for
the Turka are reported as assuming the
offensive in circumstance* which do not
indicate that they had advanced. The
Turka peril a} v endeavorcil to recapture
position* stormed two ilcys before by
the Servians. The one fact oertaiu ia
that the valley of the Mcrura alcove
Alexinata lias Ixwrn the scene of some
really obstinate fighting, which is enough
to show the very great change from a
few week* sinoe, when the Turk* drove
the Servians down the same valley like
aheep. Already, therefore, the Servian*
have established a new relation of facts
for the peacemakers. Probably the re
port* of the content* of the note of the
cxar to the emperor of Anatria are ac
curate. It is said that the ciar propose*
a conference of minister* of foreign
affaire of all the power* if tho Porte will
accept a permanent armistice, but other
wise the immediate occupation of Bul
garia by Busman foro a and of Heruego
vina and Boauia by Auatria; thia joint
oocu)wtion to guarantee to the popnla
tion of those countries and of Servia
their practical independence in the
fntnre from Turkiah ilomination. Thia
ia very likely to be the turn event* will
take. There ia no apjwaranoe anywhere
of a capacity or a will to oppose thia
atop, and Turkey herself can at moat
only protest against it.—JVcto I'ort Her
ald.
Sunny Rooms anil Sunny Lives.
Light, says Aferibner's, is one of the
most active* agencies in enlivening aud
beautifying a home. We all know the
valne of mnlight ns a health giving
agent to the physical constitution; and
it is not lees so to our moral and spir
itual natures. We are more active un
der its influenoiv-oan think better and
act more vigorously.
Let UH take the airiest, choicest and
sunniest room in the l ouse for our living
room— the workshop where brain nud
body are built up and renewed. And
let us there have a bay window, uo
matter how plain in structure, through
which tho good twiu-angels of nature
sunlight and pare air—can freely enter.
Dark rooms bring depression of spir
its, imparting a sense of confinement, of
isolation, of powerlessuess, which is
chilling to energy and vigor; but in light
rooms is good cheer.
Even in a gloomy house, where walls
and furniture are dingy and brown, yon
have bnt to take down the heavy cur
tains, open wide the window, hang
brackets on either side, set flowerpots on
thebrackets and let the warm sun stream
freely in, to bring health to our bodies
and Joy to our souls.
NUMBER 44.
Anecdote of Alexander Ihi mas.
Home years ago the writer, on return
ing from Rome, via Oivita Veeohia, met
on board M. Alexander Daman, pert.
K very body knows that thia f anion,
novelist wan very fond of relating aneo
dotes, and after dinner a large party ne
urit Bled en deck and surromided him
to listen to bis tales. The evening was
delicious, the aea aa aelm as a river, and
the aky above brilliant with stem.
The can venation turned upon
dramatic subjects, and M. Alexander
D uinan related to u* bow he wrote bia
famous comedy, " Mile, de Belle Isle "
For more than a year the people at the
Francois had been bothering me U
write a play. l>e 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.