In deepest WMrtsM I ley ao still
One might have thought It death,
For hneh of motion and a sleep of will
Gave me bat eoandleee breatti
An trail slept not; only knew thai reel
Held me all oloee to her ;
Softly but firmly fettered to her breaet,
I had no wish to etir
"Oh. if," I thought, "death would be like
this I
Neither to s'eep nor wake,
But have for agee Jnef thi* ooneciom* bliaa.
That perfect rest I'd take.
Hie eoul grow* often weary, like the Serh ;
May met perya>le her king,
While ehe shall feel the Joy of growing freeh
For heavenly work and song 1
The Miner's Story.
I married Barb'ry ont'ii the city, yon ee,
She wv far 100 nice a Use for the like o' me,
1 did my courtin' ui Brave, (Uie doth* e. my
beet;
1 didn't tell her at 1 wae a miner lad, like the
reet.
Not that ehe thought me a gentleman '• aon, of
course,
I'd never go there, riding, with gig or horse,
But I somehow kept under my workiu' ware
and talk.
And I'd never nouoe the common lade in my
walk.
P'r'ajw 1 let on that 1 had a farm at the least
For 1 could talk kuowiu' 'bout any barnyard
beast.
And K ea, an' the like, an' crops of barley an'
rye.
And of eceda au' rvx-l-v 'a if I had come there
to buy.
ISho was a delicate, purty, ladylike httle thing.
With a cheek like Uie blush on a roee, there's
a fhuuu' ring
Of h< r yellow hair, in tay Bible. 1 keep it ao,
it kinder draws me to mad the good
Umk, you know.
Bo 1 married Bart wry she went home wi me
the same day,
1 look her to my old mother, an' what'd the
good eoul ear •'
' Shea uot fit for you, sou. a rough miner
wants strength in a wife
1 thought I ah'd sink w the ground—'twas the
sin o' my life.
1 Mu'l dare to 1 aik tn the poor little qulverin'
facet
"li e the deceiving 1 mind, dear, tiau't the
work, or the place ;**
lheta just her word*. and I wanted to die in
my shame.
*' k'on got me with lying her look meant ex
actly the same.
Bo 1 did; and it made me ngly as time went
along;
F, r I farcied that Baibary always remembered
the wrong,
Sot if ehe wee pale. I'd teaee her 'most cut of
her life.
And tell her she ought to be stronger, bctn' a
miner's wife.
And once when my temper was up, 1 cursed
her hard to her face;
bhe fall at qjy feet, so a lute and scaled I 'twas
a burrnn' disgrace;
And than came the awfuieet hour a man can
ever see.
And a little morsel of new torn life, laid on
my knee.
Well, p'r'ape oue Uke me'll never eee the
angels or such.
If the Lord kept her from me I shouldn't
hiame Him much.
I wasn't fit settxn for a di'mond. precious as
that—
You're lockin', I etc. at the piece o' crape on
my hat.
Loet both, air; it's all right, I m not the man
to complain.
They're where the glory and beauty is. I'm left
siooe with the pain;
But I'm flgbtiu' my cursed temper, nghhn'
both day and night.
And 111 conquer it, if I die—it's ail right, sir;
all right.
—itary A. Xkrujon, ia .Scrt?>n!T'.
GOING TO SCHOOL
A STORT BY CAPT MARRY ATT
" Have yon anv idea of putting that
l>oy to achool, Mr. Easy 1" asked Dr.
Middleton of eccentric old Nioodcmus
Easy, the father of Jack Easy.
Mr. Easy crossed his legs, and clasped
his hands together over his knees, as
he always did when he was about to
oomi tenoe an argument.
" The gn at objei'tion that I have of
sending a boy to school. Dr. Middleton,
is, that I conceive that the discipline en
forced in not only to tlie rights
of man, 1-nt also m opposition to ail
sound sen*e and coin uon judgment.
Not content with punishment, which is
in itself erroneous, and an infringement
of social jtiNti.e, they even degrade the
minds of the boys still more by apply
ing punishment to the most degraded
part, adding contumely to tyranny. Of
course, it is intended that a troy who i
sent to aches 1 should gain by precept
and example ; but is he to learn heaevo
lenoe by the angry look and the flourish
of the vindictive birch—or forbearance
by the cruelty of the ushers—or patience,
when the masters over him are out of
all patience—of modesty, when bis
nether parts are exposed to general ex
amination? Is he not daily reading a
lesson at variance with that equality
which we all possess, hut of which we
are unjntly deprived ? Why should
there be a distinction Iretween the
flogger and flogge*- f Are they Do t both
fashioned alike after God's image, en
dowed with the same reason, having an
equal right to what the world offers, ao I
which was intended by Providence to be
equally distributed ! Ts it not that the
aacred inheritance of all, which has
tyraunouHly and impiously been ravished
from tin: many for the benefit of the few,
and which ravishrrvui, from long cu*
torn of iniquity and inculcation of false
preot p's, has too long been basely sub
mitted to? Is it not the duty of a father
to preserve his only son from imbibing
these dangerous and debasing errors,
which will render him only one of the
vile herd who are content to suffer, pro
vided that they live ? And yet are not
these very errors inculcated at school,
and impressed upon their minds inverse
ly by the birch? Do not they receive
their first lesson in slavery with the first
lesson in A B C ; and are not their
minds thereby prostrated, so as never to
rise ngain, but ever to bow to despotbm,
tocriugc to rank, to think aud act by
the precepts of others, and to tacitly
disavow that sacred equality which is
our birthright ? No, sir, without they
can teach without resorting to such a
fundamental error as flogging, my boy
shall never go to school."
ajj. Mr. Easy threw himself back in
his chair, a |] phiiou^
pbers, that he had si.i something very
clever.
.. [ P r waited l untlT*fi'e MilJ
exhausted his oratory.
•• I will grant," said the doctor, at last,
"that all ynn nay may have great trnth
iu it ; but, Mr. Easy, do yon not think
that by not permitting a boy to be edu
cated, y n allow him to remain open to
that very error of which you apeak f It
is only education which will ooi.quer
prejudice, and enable a man to break
through the trammels of custom. Now,
allowing that the birch is used, yet it is
a period when the young mind is so
elastic as to soon become indifferent ;
and after he has attained the usual rudi
ments of educatiou, you will then find
him prepared to receive those lessons
wlii-ii you can yourself instill."
"I will teach him everything myself,"
replied Mr. Easy, folding his arms con
sequentially and determinedly.
"I do not doubt your capability, Mr.
Ersy; bat unfortunately you will always
khave a difficulty which you never can get
kver. Excuse me, I know what yon are
Bumble of, and the boy would, indeed,
Vliappy with such a preceptor, but—if I
■rust speak plain—you must be aware
b wall as I am that the maternal fond
of Mrs. Baay will always be a bar
FRED. KURTZ. Kriitor and Proprietor.
VOLUME IX.
to roar intention. Ho is already eo
spoiled by her, that ho will not obey ;
aiul without olwtlicuiw you cannot in
ouloate.''
"1 grant, my dear air, that them
ts a difficulty ou that point; but maternal
weakueee must then IN* overooukc by
paternal severity."
"Mayl ak how. Mr. Easy f for it
appwtr* to IN* impoanible."
" Impossible ! By heavens ! I'll make
him obev, or I'll Hem Mr. Eaav
stopped Worn the word dog was fairly
out of lus mouth—" I'll kuow the rea
aon whv, Dr. Middleton."
Dr. Middleton checked hia iucliua
tion to laugh, aud replied : " That you
would hit upiu some schema, by which
you would obtain the neoeetary |*ower
over hitu, 1 have no doubt ; but what
will be the consequence 1 The boy will
consider his mother as a protector, aud
you as a tyrant. He will have an aver
siou to you, and with that aversion he
will never )>ay respect and attention to
your valuable precepts when he arrives
at an age to understand them. Now it
appears to me that this difficulty which
you have raised may tie got over. 1
know a very worthy clergyman who
does uot use the birch ; lull will write,
put the direct question to him, and then
if your boy is removed from the ilanger
arising from, Mrs. Easy's over-indul
gence, in a short time he will be ready
for your mom important tuition."
" I think," replied Mr. Easy, after a
pause, "that what you say merits con
sideration. 1 acknowledge that iu con
seoocnoe of Mrs. Easy's uouseusioal in
diligence, the boy is unruly, and will
not obey me at present ; and if your
friend does uot apply the rod. I will
think seriously of sending my sou John
to him to learn the elements."
The doctor haul gained his point by
flattering the philosopher.
11l a day he returned with a letter
from the pedagogue in answer to one
supposed to tie sent to him, in
which the use of the birch was indig
nantly disclaimed, and Mr. Easy an
nounced to his wife, when they met that
day at teafiine his intentions with re
gard to bis son John.
"To school, Mr. Easy i what, send
Johnny to school.' a mere uifant to
< school"
" Purely, my dear, you must be aware
that at nine years it is high time that he
learned to read."
" Why, he almost reads already, Mr.
Easy ; surely I can teach him that. Does
he not, Sarah I"
" Lord bless him, yes, ma'am, he was
saying his letters yesterday."
"Oh, Mr. Easy, what can have put
this in your head 1 Johnuy, dear, come
I here—tell me now what's the letter At
You were singing it in the garden
this morning."
"1 want some sugar," replied Johnny,
stretching his arm over the table to the
sugar ba-in, which was out of his reach.
" Well, my love, you shall have n
great lump if yon will tell me what's tb
letter A."
"A was an arc'uer, and shot at a frog,"
replied Johnny, in a surly tone.
" There now, Mr. Eaev ; and he can
go through the whole alphabet— can't
he, Sarah ?"
" That he c*n, the dear—can't you,
Johnny dear 1"
" No," replied Johnny.
" l'es, you can, my love ; you know
what's the letter B. Now, don't you I"
" Yes," replied Johnny.
" There, Mr. Easy, you see what the
boy knows, and how obedient lie is, too.
Come, Johnny dear, tell us what was Br"
"No, 1 won't," replied Johnny, "1
want some more sugar and Johnny,
who had climbed on a chair, spread htm
self over the table to reach it.
"Mercy! Sarah, pull Lim ofT—he'll
upset the urn," screamed Mrs. Esay.
Sarah caught hold of Johnny by the
loins to pal! him tack, bnt Johnny, re
sitting the interference, turned round
on his back as he lay on the table, and
kicked Sarah in the face, just as she
made another desperate grw-p at Lim.
The rebound from the kick, given as h>
lay on a smooth mahogany table.brought
Johnny's bead in contact with the urn, *
which was npset in the opposite direc
tion, and notwithstanding a rapid move
ment on the part of Mr. Esy, be re
ceived a sufficient portion of boiling
liquid on his legs to scald him severely,
and induce him to stamp and swear in
a very on philosophical way. In the
meantime Sarah and Mrs. Easy had
caught up Johnny, and were both hold
ing him at the same time, exclaiming
and lamenting. The pain of the scald,
and the indifference shown toward him,
were too much for Mr. Easy's temper to
put up with. lie snatched Johnuy out
•>f their arms, and quite forgetting his
equality and rights of man, lielaborwd
him without mercy. Hirah flew in to
interfere, and received a blow which
not only made her see a thousand stars,
bnt sent h r reeling to the floor. Mrs.
Easy went off into hysterics, and John
ny bowled so as to be heard at a quarter
of a mile.
How long Mr. Evy would have con
tinned it is impossible to say; bnt the
door ojiened, aud Mr. Easy looked np
while still administering the pntiish
raent, and perceived Dr. Middleton in
mute astonishment. He ha 1 promised
to come iu to tea, aud enforce Mr.
Easy's arguments, if it were necessary ;
but it certainly appeared to him thut,
in the argument which Mr. Easy was
then enforcing, he required no asist
ance. However, at the entrance of Dr.
Middk ton, Johnny was dropped, aud
lay roaring on the fl.sir ; Sarah, too. re
mained where she had lieen floored,
Mrs. E ey had rolled to the floor, the
urn was also on the floor, and Mr. Easy,
although uot floored, hail not a leg to
stand upon.
Never did a medical man look in more
opportunely. Mr. Eisy at first was not
certainly of that opinion ; bnt his legs
became so painful that bo soon became
a convert.
Mr. .MiddU-ton, us in duty bound,
first picked np Mrs. Easy and laid her
on the sofa. Ha rah rose, picked up
Johnny, aud carried him kicking and
roaring out of the room ; in return for
which attention she received sundry
bites. The footman, who had au
nounced the doctor, picked np the nrn,
that being all that was in his depart
ment. Mr. E isy threw himself (muting
and in agony on the other sofa, ami
rassed how to act ; "he
Mr. Evsy required his aasistance, aud
that Mrs. Eisy could do without it ; but
how to have a lady who was half really
and half pietendedly iu hysterics, was
difficult: for if ho attempted to leave
her, she kicked and flounced, and burst
oat the more. At last Dr. Middleton!
rung the bell, which brought the foot
inan, who summoned all the maids, who
carried Mrs. Eixy up stairs, and then
the doctor was able toattend to the only
patient who really required his assist
ance. Mr. Eisy explained the sffurin
few words, broken into ejacuiatioua from
pain, as the doctor removed his stock
ings. From the applications of Dr.
Middleton, Mr. E- : y soon obtained
bodily relief; but wliat annoyed him
still more than his scalded legs was the
doctor having lieen a witness to his in
fringement of the equality and rights of
man. Dr. Middleton perceived this,
and he knew also how to pour balm into <
that wound. i ,
"My dear Mr. Easy, I am very sorry i
that you have had this accident, for
which yon are indebted to Mrs. Easy's ,
foolish indulgence of the boy ; but I i
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
aui glad to perceive that you have taken
up thorn |*art*utal duties whioh am iu
en low tod by the Scriptures. Solomon
says, ' that ho who sparoe th rial, spoils
the child.' thereby implying that it la
the duty of a father to correct hie chil
dren, and in a father, the NO doing doea
not interfere with the rights of man, or
any uatural • quality, for the aon l>eing
a j>art or portlou of the fattier, he IN
only correcting hia own aelf ; aud the
proof of it is, that a fattier, in puuiahiug
his own aon, fee la an much iaiu iu so
doing as if he were hituaelf punished,
it i, therefore, nothing but aelfdia
oipluie, which IN Htrictly enjoined ua by
the Scriptures."
"That ia exactly my opinion," re
plied Mr. Easy, comforted at the doctor
having NO lognwlly got lam out of the
scrape. " Hut —he shall go to achool to
morrow, that I'm determined on."
" He will have to thank Mrs. Kaay for
that," replied the doctor.
" Exactly," replied Mr. Easy. " Doc
tor, my legs am getting very hot again "
" Continue to l*athe them with the
vinegar and water, Mr. Kaay,-until 1
send you an emhrimatiou, which will
give you immediate relief. 1 will call
to-morrow. By-the-bye, 1 am to aee a
little patient at Mr. B Jiiuycaetle'a; if it
ia any accommodation, 1 will take your
aon with me."
"It will be a great acc> inmodation,
diwtor," replied Mr. Easy.
"Then, my dear sir, 1 will just go up
and see how Mrs. Easy is, and to mor
row 1 will call at ten. I can wait an
hour. Good uight."
" Good night, doctor."
The doctor hail his game to play with
Mrs. Easy. He magnified her husbandV
accident—he magnified his wrath, aud
advised her by uo means to say oue
word until he was well and more jaci
fled. The next day he repeated this
dose, anil, in spite of the ejaculations of
Sarah, anil the tears of Mrs. Easy, who
dared uot venture to plead her cause,
and the violent resistance of Master
Johnny, who appeared to have a pre
sentiment of w hat wan to come, our hero
was put into Dr. Muldletou's chariot,
and with the exception of one plate of
glass, which he kicked out of the win
dow with his feet, and for which feat the
doctor, now that he had him all to him
self, Uoxed his ears till he wan nearly
blind,he was, without any further eventful
occurrence, carried by the doctor's foot
man into the parlor of Mr. llou uveas tie.
Master Jack had been plumped down
in a chair by the doctor's servant, who,
as he quitted him, first looked at his
own hands, from which the blood was
drawn iu several places, and then rt
Master Jack, with his teeth closed and
lips compressed, as much as to say : "If
I only dared, would not I, that's all I"
and then walked out of the room, re
paired to the carriage at the front door,
when he showvl his hands to the coach
man, who looked down from his box in
great commiseration, at the same time
sharing his fellow servant's indignation.
Bnt we must repair to the parlor. Dr.
Mnldletou ran over a newnpa|>er, while
Johnny sat on the chair all of a heap,
looking like a lump of sulks, with his
feet ou the upper front bar and his knees
almost up to his nose. He was a promis
ing pupil. Jack.
Mr. Bonnycsstle made his ajqiearance
—a tall, well built, handsome, fair man,
with a flue powdered head, dressed in
solemn black, and knee buckles; his
linen lieautifnlly clean, and with a pecu
lir bland expression of countenance.
When he smiled he showed a row of
teeth white as ivory, and bis uiihl bine
eve was the w /Wu* uUra of beneficence,
de was the bean-ideal of a preceptor,
and it was impossible to see him and
hear his mild pLowing voice, without
wishing that all your sons were under
his protection. He was a rijie scholar,
and a good one, aud at the time we
speak of had the care of upward of one
hnndr< 1 IHVS. He was celebrated for
turning them out well, ami many of his
pupils were rising fast in the s- uste, as
wt II as distinguishing themselves iu the
higher professions.
Dr. Middleton, who was ou intimat
ternn with Ikmnyeastle, r-se as he en
tered the room, and they sliona hands.
Middleton then turned t<> where" Jack
sat, and, pointing to him, said : " Look
there."
Bonnycastle envied- " I cannot say
that I have had worse, but I have almost
as bad. I will apply tbe Promethean
torch, and soon vivify that rude mass
Come, sit down. Middle-ton."
"But," said the doctor, as he resumed
his chair, " tell me, lionuycastle, how
you will possibly manage to iick such a
cub into shape when you do not resort
to flogging ?"
" I have no opinion of flogging, and
therefore Ido not report to it. The fact
is, I was at Harrow myself, and was
rather a pickle. I was called up as often
as most boys in school, ami I perfectly
reioolloct that eventually I oared nothing
for afl >gging. 1 had liecome case hard
ened. It is the least effective part yon
can tonch a lioy upon. It leaves noth
ing liebiud to refresh their memory."
" I should have thought otherwise."
" My dear Middleton, I can produce
more efft ct by one caning than twenty
floggings. Observe, you flog upon i
part for tin most part quiescent; but
yon cane njion all parts, from the bead
to the heels. Now, when ouce tho first
sting of the birch is over, then a dnll
sensation come* over the part, ami the
(wtiii after that -J nothing; whereas a
good sound caning leaves sores and
bruises iu every ( art, aud on all tho parte
which are required for muscular action.
AftT a flogging a boy may run out in
the hour of recreation and join his play
mates as well as ever, but a good caning
tells a different tale; he cannot move
one part of his body without being re
minded for days by tho pain ot the
punishment he lias undergone, mid he is
very careful how he is called np again."
" My dear sir, I really hail au idea
that you w. re execs ively lenient," re
plied Middleton, laughing; "I am glad
that 1 am under (i mistake."
" Look at that cnb, doctor, sitting
tin-re more like a brute than a reasonable
being; do you imagine I could ever lick
it into shape without strong measures ?
At tbe same time allow me to say that I
consider my system by far tho liest. At
tho public schools, punishment is no
check; it is so trifling that it is derided:
with me is puuinliuient iu
■ -■ —.. of the word, and the con
sequence is, that it is much morn seldom
resorted to."
"Yon area terrorist, Bonnycastle."
"The two strongest impulses in onr
nature are fear and love. In theory,
acting npon the latter is very beautiful;
but in practice I never found it to an
swer—and for the best of reasons, onr
self-love is stronger than onr Jovo for
others. Now, I never yet found fear to
fail, tor the very same reason that the
other does, because with fear wo act
upon self love aud nothing else."
" And yet we have many now who
wonld introduce a system of schooling
without correction, and who maintain
that the present system is degrading."
"There are a great many fools in this
world, doctor."
"That reminds me of this lioy's
father,"replied Dr. Middleton; who thm
detailed to the pedagogue tbe idyosyn
crtsy of Mr. Easy, and all the circum
stances attending Jack being w nt to his
school.
"There is no time to be lost th<n,
doctor. I moat oonqner this jousg
gentleman before his parents rail to see
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him. Depend upon it, iu a week I will
tiave him oliedieut ami well broke in."
Dr. Middleton wi-dual Jack good bye,
aud told him to be a good boy. Jack
did uot vouchsafe to answer " Never
uiiud, doctor, he will be more i*oliabt*d
uext time you call here, depend U|hiU
it." Aud the doctor departed.
Although Mr. Bouuycaiitle was severe,
he wan very judicious. Mischief of all
kinds wan visited but by sleuder punish
uieut, such as being kept iu at play
hours, etc., and he seldom interfered
with the Itoys for fighting, although he
checked decided oppression. The great
rifle /ti nun with htm wan attention to
their studies. He soon discovered the
capabilities of his pupils, and he forced
them acoordiugiy; but the idle boy, the
bird who "could sing aud wouldn't
mug," received no mercy. The on use
qileuee was, that he turued out the olev
or eat boy a, aud his oouduct wan no uui
form and uuvarving iu itn teuor, that if
he wan feared when they were under hin
control, he win invariably liked by those
whom lie had instructed, aud they oou
turned his frieuds iu after life.
Mr. liounyoastl* at once perceived that
it wa* no use coaxing our hero, and that
, four w the oulv attribute by which he
I could l>e controlled. 8> a* soon a* Dr.
MulJlrU'ii had .putted the room, ho a. I
tressed hint iu a commanding tone :
"Now, boy, what is your uaiue f"
Jack started; lie locked U]> at Ilia man
ter, i>oreeivod hi* eye fixed upon him,
aUii a countenance not to tie played with.
Jack waa no fool, ami aoinehow or an
other the discipline he had received from
hi* father had given him some intima
tion of what waa to come. All thia put
together induced Jack to condescend to
au*wer, with hia forefinger lietwecn hi*
teeth: "Johnny."
" And what ia your other name, airl"
"Jack, who appeared to repent ho
ooudesoenaiou, did not at fintt anawer,
hut he locked again in Mr. Bonny- '
.indie's face, and then round the room;
there waa no one to help him, and he
could not help himself, so ho replied :
| "Easy."
" Do you kuow why yon are sent to
school t"
" Scalding father."
" No; you are sent to learn to read
and write."
" But 1 wou't read and write," replied
Jack, sulkily.
"Yes, you will; sud you are going to
read your letter* uow directly."
Jack made no answer. Air. Bonny
caatle opvmd a sort of lsa>kci*e, and
displayed to John * astonished view u
series of cane*, ranged up ami down
like billiard cues, and continued ; "Do
yon kuow what those are for f"
Jack eyed them wistfully; he had
some faint idea that he was sure to be
better acquainted with them, but he
made no answer.
" Tbev are to t*ch little boys to read
and write, ami now 1 am going to tench
vou. You'll noon learn. Look uow
Lore," continued Mr. Bouoycastle, open
ing a hook with large type, and taking a
capital at the head of a chapter, about
half an inch loug. "Do you see tli t
letter I"
" Yea," said Johnny, turning hi* eyes
away, aud picking hi* finger*.
" Well, that is the letter B. Do you
see it ? ! Kik at it, so that Toil may know
it again. That'* the letter B. Now tell j
me what letter that is."
Japk now determtued to resist, *o he
made no answer.
" So you csunot toll; well, then, we
will try what one of these little fellows
will do," said Mr. Bonny castle, taking
down a carte. •• OITMTTO, Johnny, that's
the letter B. Now, what letter t* that t
Answer me directly."
" 1 wou't learn to read and write."
Whack came the cane on Johnny's
shoulder*, who burst out into a roar a* j
he writhed with paiu.
Mr. Bonnyoastle waibsla few second*.
" That's the letter It. N'w tell me, sir.
directly, what that Utter i* 1"
" I'll tell my mar." Whack. " Oh,
law ! Ob. law 1"
" What letter is that f"
Johnny, with his mouth ojieu, psnt
ing. and the tears on his cheeks, so
swerod indignantly : " Stop till 1 tell
Sarah."
Whack came the cane again, and a
fresh burst from Johnny.
" What letter's that 1"
" I won't tell," roaml Johnny. " I
won't tell—tluit I wou't.
Whack—whack—whack, aud a pause.
" I told yon liefore that's the loiter 15.
What letter ts that i Tell me directly."
Johnny, byway of reply, made a
snatch at the oaur. Whack—he caught
it, oertamly, but not exactly as he would
have wished. Johnny tlun snatched nt>
the book, aud dashed it to the comer of
the room. Whack, whack. Johnny at
tempted to seise Mr. Bounycastle with
his tee'h. Whack,whoek,whack,whack;
and Johnny fell on the carpet ami roared
with pain. Mr. Bonnycastla then left
him for a littU> while, to recoverhimself,
aud sat down.
At last Johnny's exclamation settled
down in deep sobs, and then Mr. Bon- j
nycastle said to him : " Now, Johnny, I
you perceive that you must do as yon |
are bid, or else you will have more beat
ing. Get up immediately. Do yon
bear, air ?"
Somehow or other, Johnny, without
intending it, stood upon hia feet,
" That's a good boy ; now you s.<e, by
getting up as you were bid, you have
not been .beaten. Now, Johnny, you
must go aud hriug the book from where
vou threw it down. Do you hear, sir!
Bring it directly 1"
Johcny looked at Mr. Bonnycaatle
and the cane. With every intention to
refuse, Johnny picked up the book ami
laid it on the table.
" That's a good boy ; now we will find
the letter B. Here it is ; now, Johnny,
tell me what that letter is f"
Johnny made no answer.
"Toll me directly, sir," said Mr. Bon
nrcastle, raising his cane up iu the air.
The appeal waa too powerful. Johnny
eyed the cano ; it moved, it was coming. '
Brentlileanly he shrieked out: " B!"
"Very well indeed, Johnny—very
well. Now your first lesson i over,
ami you shall go to bed. You have
learned more than yon think for. To
morrow we will liegiti again. Now we'll
put the cane by."
Mr. Bonnycatlo rang the bell, and
desired .Muster Johnny to be put to lied,
in a room by himself, an-I not togivo him
any supper, as hunger would the next
morning much facilitate hi* studies.
Pain and hunger alone will tame brutes,
and the same remedy must bo applied to
conquer those (Missions in m:-n which as
Nimilate hitn with brutes. Johnny was
conducted to lied, although it was but
six o'clock. He was not only in paiu ;
but Ins ideas were confused ; and no
wonder, after all his life having been
humored and indulged—never punish< d
until the day before. After all the
carouses of hiH mother and Harab, which
ho never knew the value of—after stuffing
himself all day long, and lieing tempted
to eat till he turned away in satiety, to
find himself without his mother, without
Sarah, without supper—covered with
wales, aud, what was worse than all,
without his own way. No wonder John- j
ny was confused ; at tho same time that '
he was subdued ; and, as Mr. Bonny j
castle bud truly told him, ho had learned
more than h had any idea of. Ami
what would Mrs. Easy have said, had
she known all thia-and .Surah too?
And Mr. Easy, with his right* of man ?
At tho very time that Johnny waa hav
ing tha evil driven out of him. they
were tvitiaollng theuisclvea with the idea
ttiat, at all events, there was no larch
uned at Mr. Bonnynaetle'a, quite losing
sight of the fact that an there are more
ways of killing a dog besides hanging
him, no are there more ways of teaching
than a posteriori. Happy iu their ignor
ance, Alley all went fa-t asleep, little
dreaming that Johnny wan already so
far advanced in knowledge an to have a
tolerable comprehension of the mystery
of the cane. An for Jotinuy, he had cried
himself to sleep, at least six hours before
them.
The next uioruiug Master Jack Easy
wan uot only very sore but very hungry,
and on Mr. Bounycantle informed him
that he would uot only have plenty of
cane, brtt also uo breakfast, if hn did uot
lt-arn hin letters, Johuuy had windoiu
enough to say the whole alphabet, for
which he received a great deal of praise,
the which, if he did not duly appreciate,
lie at all events infinitely preferred to
beating. Mr. liouuycastle perceived
that he had oouquered the boy by one
hour's well timed severity, lie therefore
handed him over to the ushers in the
school, ai d as tht-v were* qually emjsiw
er-ed to administer the needful impulse,
Johnny very soon t>eoame a very tract
able boy.
The Urasnhoppeni In Minnesota.
A short trip through Nicollet, Sibley,
and a part of Brown counties iiun con
vinced me, nays a correspondent, tliat
the grasshopper question is of much
more serious iiu]M>rtanoc than our }wo
pie suppose. In a drive of t .irty miles
1 did uoi see a furrow turned. Vacant
houses and deserted farms are not infre
quent. Those who remain cannot {sjoai
bly hold out much longer. Many of
them are actually facing starvation.
Unless a change main comes our western
counties mast Is- dcjiopulatod. The
crisis is reached. The people have strug
gled for their homes and farms during
the last four years of devastation by this
terrible scourge, but they canuot hold
out much louger. The issue is now poei
live, simple and well defined. .Shall the
country lie occupied by the |eople Or
the graashopjM-rs f They cannot both
inhabit the same country much longer.
If the greater part of the eggs de
posited shall hatch out, there wili be
grasshopjH'rs enough to devoer every
gie.-u tiling in the State of Minnesota
next year. The deposit of eggs is prob
ably hundreds of times greater than it
has i ver been Iwfore. If they shall de
velop into full grown grasshoppers, and
remain in the Plate, the result is fearful
tocontemplate. 1 tun satisfiiil that if a
universal raid were made U|HIU them
wlnrever they are, immediately upon
their Ix-gluniug to liatch out, disaster
might ls averted. But action must be
prompt and in every jwurt of the rvgiou
mfoated. Ido uot believe that men can
lie driven out by grasshopper*, if a
combined effort is made with a deter
minatiou to wiu.
Now, as to the theory of the eggs !**-
iug destroyed by the red worm. I in
vestigated this matter, and while it is
unquestionably true tliat Uie wortn i at
work, yet at the proeut rat. of drat rue
Lou it will absolutely amount louothiug
at all. For everv egg destroyed there
will IN* a thousand left, *j>oaktng within
bounds at that. Ho. too, some of the
egg* are rotting, but the decrease fr*>ru
this cause will aloue be iufimtessimally
small iu comi*ariaou with the whole utim
ber de|NMUtest.
It is |H*s*iblc that very unfavorable
weather in the spring might destroy and
prevent the eggs from hatching out. It
is also |N*ssibie tliat favorable winds
might drive thum away as mam a* th- j
are able to fly, but these are ooubugeu
cir*t that oannot be token into mvount itt
deciding the question : "M• n snd
brethren, what aluill we do to be iwrr d 1"
EnclHh Co-operative Socletle*.
All co-operative aocielica, says* writer
in Xcri(mrr', are goverud by a com
mittee, consisting of n president, sec
rotary, treasurer, and a fix<*d number of
directors, all of whom must IN* eloted
by the menilere, and serve in rotation.
The president must preside at all m<- t
ing* of th committee, au 1 must sign
all the reports of the society. The m*c
retsry aud treasurer perform all th
duties incident to such office*, and the
treasurer must IN* under bond*. Eacl
and a'.l of them* officers may lie paid ancl
sums for their services as tin l ma-iety
may from time to time appoint. The
duties of the committee include the g 1-
eral conduct of the society's busineis,
the ap|*oiutment aud payment of all m-r
--vanta, the purchase of goods, land, build
ings, and otlier property, and the ad
justment of all losses and profits, loans,
investments, and other financial matter*
concerning the sopcty. The committee
may also appoint local ooturaittees for
the government of ajsvial branches of
the business, or branch stores and work
shops. 11*-sides these officers, there arc
always two or more auditors wh*se
dnty it ia to examine all reports, lsw*ks,
and accounts of the society a* it may
from time to time direct.
The profits resulting from the busi
ness of a co operative s<*ci-ty aie usual
ly divider! as follows ; First, tin* pay
ment of the agreed interest on the loans
or deposits ; secondly, the reduction of
the fixed stock or plant of tlio society ;
thirdly, the reduction oi the preliminary
espouse of startiug tlio aciety if un
paid ; fourthly, the payment of a divi
dend on the ordinary share espiUl of the
m-eii-ty ; fifthly, in the creation of a re
serve or contingent fnnd; sixthly, in
promoting culture and instruction
among the members by forming au edu
cational fund; seventhly, contributing
to the general cause of the 00-o|erutive
movement, or to the social, provident,
or other lieneflt of I lie nioinliors
lastly, the surplus, if any, mny be
divided, first, among all the members,
according In their purchased ; secondly,
a less sum among nun members who
may have made purchns*** at the store ;
thirdly, a bonus on Ihe wages paid to
the sctvnuta of the society.
The Slck-Kootn.
The wall of the sick room in a pretty
important matter to the patient. If it
in covered with one of those dreadfully
viiricguU-d papers which, nlas! are re
garded as ornamental, it will lie fonud,
oHjieeiidly if the pntient is suffering from
auy disease in which there in abnormal
exudation of the brain, that it in a source
of great annoy.moe, and may even be
possibly injurious. For as bin eyes run
over those pictures he will fancy he
sees images of various kinds, such
as angels and demons, alternating;
indeed, these figures will assume every
conceivable form, and he becomes
thoroughly worried in tho attempt to
disentangle the confusion. The paper
covering the wall should have a uniform
natural t int. such as a light grccu, a deli
ll buff, or a very delicate si ite color.
A light greeu, perhaps, is as agreeable
to the eyes as any color that can be se
lected, and it rests the eyes with a re
freshing monotony. Such a uniform
tint tends to 41 healthy stupidity," and
thus leads to repose.
A Suggestion.
The House murder trial suggests one
lessou to married oouples to which we
draw their attention. It is dangerous
to domestic peace, as well M the life of
each, for both husband and wife to keep
bandy loaded revolvers, especially when
Jars are frequent.
THE W4H l'AM< IX EUROPE.
, >• l*rtMir<la al m Ur.rr.l Wr~-Tfc<
Sl* a.
A war jxuiic has certainly begun ill
tlit* F.uropean oii - liaiig<> mark ft*, ami
tho public uiiud, i|MH-ially ill England,
' IN alarmed ami aroused. Hut all tlua
mar well Ix- without sufficient reason.
A war Ix'lwixm Russia ami Turkey dues
not of necessity menu a war iii which all
Europe would I*' engaged. Out) would
j think from the tone of the journalistic
writer* iu I*otidoii that a declaration of
war between thoae two powers would be
immediately followed by the attack on,
1 and Russian possession of, Goustautr
Bopln, ltut the season in late for any
warlike o|>erationß iu the " Balkan ien
insula "—winter will aoou begin in those
bleak mouutaiua. It ia doubtful if
either Servia or Turkey can mow their
arm lee with much freedom after the first
of Nuveinlier. Then, we all know that
the arming ami mobilising of the forces
of an extensive country cannot be ac
comnliahed iu a day. To trauajxirt a
hundred thousand men by railroads,
with all their equipment*, for thouaamla
of miloa, tlemanda time. But, suppoe
ing that LIUNMIA IN well organised, and
can move arniic* a* Prussia moved them
against France, aud that by the first of
January, next yar, she concentrates a
hundred and fifty thousand meu on the
Dautilie, we are then only at the open
ing of a long and slow campaign.
Turkey has fought this same battle
before. (She is by no means a contempti
ble antagonist. Khe has held her own
before tins in the countries of the
IHUIUIM) for months against all the
l>ower of the csar. The Turks fight
well in defense. They have many
strong places which they can hold, and
difficult lines of defense. There would
te no possible chance of any sudden
march on Constantinople. In fact, the
war could hardly open before spring.
This will relieve Europe from the sud
den embarrassment of s struggle in
which Constantinople must be protected.
It is true that, according to the an
cient notions of British policy and the
believed necessity of keeping the way
to India open, (treat Britain could nut
l>ermit the Turkish capital to lie occu
pied by the Russian*. But that ulti
mate danger is as yet remote. If war
does break out. Kuglam) can wait be
■ fore beiug involved in the protection of
I Constantinople. A fleet and a few corps
of men can lie sent there in the spring
as easily as now. A war in defense of
Turkey would be now iu the last de
' gree unpopular in (treat Britain. It is
true that the recent mow rnent of Itussia
is a gods and to the Tory bailers. They
tan summon Parliament now with tin
jwrturbed mind. There is no likeli
hood of any change of ministry at
present. Earl Derby will no doubt act
as if the government might be called
upon to protect "the gatcsof the East."
This alone will increase the exchange
iwnic. But even a British fleet in the
Jospborus does not, of course, moan
an alliance, offensive aud defensive, le
tweeu Great Britain and Turkey. It
mav merely mean a warning to the czar.
The rumors of an approaching alh
snoe between Russia and Italy seem in
the highest degree futile. The Lilierml*
of Italy, it is true, have the strongest
fadings ngaiust tlw oppression of the
Turks upon the Christians, while tin
follow, rs of the Pope, with their usual
fatuity, *up|K>rt the Mohammedan,
though some of the sufferers are Roman
Catholics. The government of Italy de
sires to annex southern Austria or TyruL
Rut to obtain them- provinces by vio
lence would ©oat s terrific and ex|K)iisive
struggle, and Italy is poor. It does not
aeetu creditable that she would incur
such tremendous risks with such doubt
ful result*. France every one regard*
as neutral, and as certain to remain neu
tral. The French pre** is plainly opj>os
ed to Russia aud iu sympathy with Tur
key. Germany is, in all probability, in
secret alliance with Russia. The family
relations of the two emperors, the polit
ical necessity upon Bismarck to aoeur*
an ally on the flank of the empire, in
case of another French war. aud the ab
solute wnnt of interest of Germany in
whatever happen* on the Dnutibe, to
gether with certain public ludiestion*,
all make tlus more than probable, bull,
this alliance may mean nothing jx-rilous
to the jxace of Europe. It may merely
pledge the German empire not to inter
fere in the projects of Russian ambition.
The point upon which the whole posi
tion of affairs turns, is the probable
course of Austria. A* we have previously
said, we do not believe that the Ana
Irian emjM>ror will be drawn into this
new alliance, at least to the extent of
war. The press of Vienna of all parties,
echoes the cry : "No war ! no oocupa
lion!" Such a policy would be opposed
to all the traditions of the empire. It
would be dangerous both within and
without. It would recall to Austrian
statesmen that joint occupation of llol
stein, which ended in Hadowo. It might
merely be txkiug ths Russian chestnut*
from their own fire. It would lie an
alliance aud oocujwuicy very expensive
aud very jierilous. Still, on the other
hand, it. must tie said that Russia, Ger
many nud Italy may lie able to briug an
extraordinary proanre to boar npon
Austria. They may threaten her Italian,
German and Sclavonic provinces.
Count Andrassy may think it safer to
occupy European Turkey thau to lucnr
single handed the hostility of those
three power*.— New York Timet.
The Death of TiTiimwh.
The attempt to And the bono* and
erect a monument to the memory of the
noted Indian chief, Teoumseh, recall*
the story of his death. Proctor, the
British commander, fled before the ad
vsnciug hosts of Harrison, in coverings
Moravian village. Teoumseh, deeply
chagrined at this aud devotedly desirous
of protecting the people of his own nn
tion, resolved to hold the Americans in
check long enough to allow the women
aud children of the threatened village to
escape with their movables. Harrison
came up and Tccumach gave him battle.
The conflict was long, and, for s lime,
nnoertain.
The voice of Teoumseh could lie dis
tinctly hoard aml.l the roarof musketry,
directing and encouraging his Indians,
who placed entire confidence in their
chief, and would nrfa hitlnrand thither,
anywhere and everywhere, us he would
direct. By this time the officers in the
American army became convinced that
they would not anooeed, excepting they
silenced that well known voice. The Iu- |
dians were floroely engaged in rejx'lling
an attack on their right and on their
left, which caused HU opening iu their
center where Teoumseh stood. Col. |
Johnson, of the American army, seeiug
the opportuuity, dashed forward into
tbeo|M>niug, monutod on a splendid war
horse, armed with a carbine and pistols.
Teoumseh vu quick to see the move, j
Ho won ou foot aud armed with a nohly |
mounted, short barreled rifle that he
usually carried with him slung by a Htrap
over his shoulder, aud n tomahawk under
his belt; he sprang fearlessly forward to
meet the advancing horseman. When
they came within five or six roils of each
other they I Kith fired. Johnson missed
his aim; but Tocumaeh brought John
son from his horse. He fell heavily to
the ground. T'ecumseh -sprung forward
to dispatch him with his tomahawk; but
when no oamo within ten feet Johnson
drew a small pocket pistol and fired.
Tecum sob bobnded high into the air
and fell dead,
TKKMB: &ti.OO a Year, in Advance.
THE YOUNG PARTNERS.
A tttory toi the Boys
[ Tip wa* the older of the two. I oan't
really say how old he was, and what is
, more. Tip himself didn't kuow. He
wore a man's ooat and a pair of very
, small trousers, but neither fitted him.
1 His h,d was an old felt affair that he lis.l
I picked up in a back alky, and Ids bead
• seemed very much as if it might liave
f I been picked up with It.
, i Top was the other partner. It was
Top who bought the melon, beoause b<-
had sold all lit* papers but one, and had
,| an uncommon handful of change. The
melon was cheap, too, and only a trifle
, ! spoiled, so the partners sat down on a
[ stoue and ate it. Then Tip wiped his
- ; mouth on his ooat sleeve and looked at
t I Top, who had spread his last paper over
: his knees, and was slowly spelling out
i the news.
" There's s row somewhere*, but I
, can't make out wbtoh side is lickitT; it's
the Tuikeys or the other fellers. What
i | be the Turkeys, Tip t"
" Basel sill fellers, I reckon; them kind
[ is great at a scrimmage."
" And a freshet carried off a railroad
bridge. Tarnado in Dubbs county,
, | bio wed all the oats down. Does oats
. j grow on trees, Tip, or bushes f"
" Bushes, and kind o' limlxr."
" 4 Tarrible catastrophe.' What would
, i a catastrophe be. Tip i"
" It's a kind o jumpin' animal.
Don't ye mind the one we seen to the
i circus 1"
Top folded up his paper with a sigh.
The> circus was the beginning of ibe
partnership, when the two boys, curie-el
I up together in a crockery crate, had
i i been uwakened in the dusk of a My
< morning by the long train of circus
, wagons rumbling away into thcoountry.
Half asleep, they followed ou, keeping
pace with the great br wn bulk that
strode with swaying trunk after the
wagons, aud glancing half fearfully at
the awkward camels that bared their
, great teeth viciously, as if they would
j not at all mind making a mouthful of
the two little vagabonds. Once a driver
noticed them, and cracked his long
whip at (hem; but they only fell back a
few steps.
" I say, Tip, let's go on till it gow,"
whispered Top; and with a nod the bar
gain was concluded.
It was ten o'clock before the circa*
'. stopped, and the boys, footsore and
| hungry, bung around the wagons, get
ting plentiful kicks and abuse, which
wa* no more than they were- accustomed
to at home, but rewarded by a glimpa*
of the animals as they were fed, anil
making a rare breakfast on a loaf oI
bread that a girl in a dirty spangled
drees snatched from one of the wagons
and tossed to them.
Top had risen in the world sinoe then.
He had left rag picking and gone into
the newspaper business, and ev. u picked
up s little learning at the night class in
the newsboys' home. But he wa* loyal
to hi<i partner, aud often shared uis
good fortune with him. He had a plan
now for them botn.
" I say, Tip, le's yon and me go to
farmin'."
Tip looked at Top, took off his hat,
turned it over a* if hxiking for an idea
in it, and Mien put it on agoiu, and said
nothing.
" There * a ehap oomes down to the ,
home told n* fellers if you go out West
s bit, the gnvmeut would let ve hsv* a
farm free, jest fr living on't. Best
kind o' ground, too. We could raise
things o sell, besides bavin' all the
melons and stuff you could swaller every
day."
"Cia on," said Tip, his mouth water
ing at the thought. "la it fur, out
West, do ye reckon?"
" A g.xxl bit; but I've got some
money, and we can walk it easy. Git
yr other shirt, an' we'll start to-mor
row mornin'."
That night Top drew all his money
from the deposit at the newsboys' home
—three dollars and aixty-flve cents.
The first thing he did was to buytwo
clay pipes ami a paper of tolncoo. Then
be laid in a store of provisions, in tiie
shape of a sheet of stale bans * triangle
jof cheese, and a dozen herrings. Tip
was on hand promptly, with his other
j shirt in a wad under bis arm, and the
two partners started "ont West."
" May as well ride ten cents' worth,"
said Top, ivaying fare for the two on an
omnibns that ran to the city limits.
Afterward, they walked on toward the
open prairie, breakfasting as they went,
and adding to their stores a turnip and
s oonple of tomatoes that bad jolted
from some hoi en market wagon. Miles
after mile* of market gardens, where
women and children were hoeing and
weeding and gathering vegetables
They stopped at one bouse and asked
for water, and a womau in a brown stuff
petticoat and white abort gown offered
them some milk in a big yellow bowl,
and a piece ol black bread. A boy was
washing long yellow carrots by the
pnmp. Tip bit one, and liked it, Tip
was always hungry. Then they went
on, and by and bye came to the end of
• the gardens. Hn re were great stubbly
fields and a stack of yellow straw. They
sat down by this stack to rest, and then
Top thought of the pipe*. The men
shorn he knew always smoked when
they rested at noon, and so he and Tip
tried it. They had tried it talon with
ends of cigars they had picket! np, and
once Top had bought a new cigar, a fif
teen-center, and smoked it all, though
ii made him fearfully sick. The pipe*
did not seem to agree with them. Tip
felt particularly uncomfortable, and
wished he bad not oaten that carrot.
They did not make any remarka about
it, but presently they put away tho
pipe* and went to sleep in the snn.
When they waked it was sunset and
growing chilly.
"No use to go any fnrder to night,"
said Top; and they burrowed into the
straw aud were as snug as two field
mice.
In the morning there were only a
herring and two very dry buna for
breakfast; but the partners had seen
iunc.ii nmaller ration* than that in their ]
day. They asked for water again when
they came to a house, but the old lady j
who opened the door must have l>eeu j
deaf. Bh* only shook her head aud ,
shoo-ed them away a* if they had been
two stray obiekcus. Next time they
had bolter luck. A fat little woman
with rosy ml cheek* gave tliein a big
basket to fill with chips, and when it j
wis full she brought them each a thick
slice of bread aud butter and a great
puffy brown doughnut. Afterward, they
drank at the well out of a sweet tasting j
dipper made of a cocoauut shell, aud the
woman looked up from the bread she
was kneading to uod and smile as they
went out of the gate. Next came a long
strip of woods, without any houses, and
beyond that, open prairie again.
"I think this is about fur 'nongh," i
said Top, sitting down on a log. "1 1
should kind o' like to have our farm;
nigh to tho woman that give us the ,
doughnuts. She's a good one, she is."
" Well," said Tip, " seems to be lots j
of land, and mighty scarce of houses, j
Let's take it half an' half, woods and :
perrary."
Now that the farm was located, the
next thing to be done was to build a
house. Never did Western immigrants
find things more convenient, for near
the roadside lay a pile of rails that had
onoa been a fence about a haystack.
These they dragged lot© the woods, end
NUMBER 40.
proceeded to build a but against thu
trunk of a great tree, 'lire rueult woo
not exactly a paiao-, bnt at leaat it wan
clean and airy, aud they bad slept in
much woroe quartern. Tuoy made a bed
of green bougha and opread Tip'a other
nhirt over it. Everything went well
until Tip nodertook to elimb a tiw after
nuffiK wil l grape*. A oonntry boy
would have known better than to trust
tb old dead limb from which tbey dan
gl l; bat Tip newer onopeetad tbata tm
could wear ont, until be found bimaoif
crashing headlong through the branch•
to the ground. Be lay there oo quiet
that poor Top might oa well bare had
no partner at all. Top wan frightened,
but b didn't yive it up. He abook Tip
an-1 • Up] MM] him on the back; he even
light* i • pipe and blew tobacco smoke
in hi* face, all of whioh romediea be bad
aneu used with snoot-#*, though not Upon
people who bad fallen out of tree*.
After a while, Tin begun to breathe
again in a jerky fashion, and then be got
strength enough to groan iliamaily.
"laityer bead I" asked Top, onnouaiy.
" Are ye all right in yor lames t"
"It H me laigs, and me spuics in all
smashed to fluid ere," moaned Tip.
Top managed to drag bis unlucky
partii* r into the but; but the bed was
anything but luxurious, and Tip waa eo
hero to suffer in ailence.
"Is it ao bad aa awhalin'f" naked
Top, meaning to be sympathising.
•• Wuss," groaned Tip ; but, after all,
the suggestion bad aume comfort ib it.
"Tip," said hi* partner, presently,
" be ye sorry ye oorne out Wait I"
" No, not if I die," moaned Tip. ** 1
seen a feller die onoet, failin' down a
elevator."
Tip tried to get up, but foil Lack with
freak how la.
•' Don't yoa give up the farm. Top ;
and yon can have all my clothes and my
other shirt "
Top would have cried if he had known
bow, but just than a mw coming down
the wood road stopped a moment to
look and listen, and then strode ap
to the queer little hut, aeying :
•* Wliat in cre-a-tioa
"He's hurt," said Top, briefly nod
ding Ins bead at his partner.
"Hurt! I should think ao! Who
are you? and what are you doing here!"
" We re pardneru, and we've took up
this farm, begun Top; but the man
looked at the pair of beggars and
laughed in a fashion that threatened to
bring the rails down over hia head.
" Well, well," he said at last, wiping
his eyes on hia shirt sleeve, "if that
ain't the biggest joke."
Then he sobered down a little, and
felt of Tip's hones and, in fact, Tip was
not much else but bones.
"No more meal'n a ladder! WeR,
well, well!" And be picked up poor
Tip and marched away with him, while
Top followed meekly. It seemed to him
the man had on seven league boots, lie
got over the ground so fast, while he
could only limp after, for Top was get
ting sore and stiff from tramping. By
and bye, they turned into a green lane
and came to the Uacl door of a house.
The man laid Tip on a bench, and a
shaggy dog came and sniffed at him.
" Molly Anderson !" called the man,
and somebody oame trotting briskly to
the door, saying: " Well, John!" long
before she came in sight.
It was the woman wbo bad given them
toe doughnuts. Tip cried when he asw
her, though he didn't know why, for be
felt wonderfully glad.
Things were mixed up after that for a
good many days, mud Tip had queer
fsneitw fit going on and on, trying to
find the beat kind of farm t© settle down
upon, until at last he waked up to find
himself on a clean bed >n a great breezy
i garret, with the pleasant little woman
darning stocking* beside him. The
man waa there, too, and he said, in a
cheerful voice: " They're made of cart
steel and whip cords, them youngsters.
He'll be right as a top in a day or two."
" The outer one is Top," Tip tried to
sty, but his voice waa so queer he did
not know it, and wondered who had
spoken.
In the end, the partners concluded to
grve up the farm; bat the man wbo bad
bafriaodsd them gave them both work
for a few weeks, and when one day they
rode back to the city in a great loaded
market wagon they felt very grand.
It was grander yet riding hack again
at night, with the cc* delight of return
ing to a home and a welcome.
" Tip," said Top, as they crept into
bed, " 1 ain't never gora' back to the
city. When they won't keep us no
more, and nobody won't keep us, I'm
goin' to start along the road, and keep
on till I oome to aomewberaa. ltoada is
better n streets; tbey always go to some
where* that they didn't oome from
Top'# voice died away, and Tip only
answered with a snore. The partner*
wore asleep.—if. .VioAo/as.
A Soldier's bolgotka.
Cuba i* a cemetery for Spanish re
cruits. Unlike FalstafTs ragged regi
ment, who were good as food for pow
der, these poor boys who are enlisted in
Spain and shipped off to crush the in
surrection in Cuba are kilW by the
diseases incidental to the country before
they have s chance of facing the enemy.
The mortality is as great or perhaps
greater tbau that which cursed the
federal army on the peninsula. Malarial
fever " gathers them in." The official
records at Madrid and Havana may be
able to show bow many stont fellows
have boon swallowed in the swamps of
Cuba, but in no other way can the thou
sands of victims be told off. Tbe Mad
rid government is evidently tared of
frittering away human life in this way.
Martinez. Oampoti is appointed to com
mand the army, and the order to fire is
to be given all along the line. Insur
rection is to be wiped oat. Campos has
only to give the order, and auick,
oreeto 'it is done. It is as essy a* lying.
Sixteen thousand troops from Madrid
are on the sea, and twenty-four thou
sand more are to follow, anil with thoee
on the ground the spirit of free Cuba is
to be crushed. We have been beariug
this for yearn. Men have come and
men have gono back to Madrid, but the
war goes on. The insurgents have got
a commander who is never idle. His
name is Gen. Disease.
Kescned from the Wrave.
A nasty, discolored, and wornout
leather pooketbook was sent to the
United States treasury, with the follow
ing aflidavit, from Arkansas: "While
plowing my held I lost my pooketbook,
which oontaiued a 9100 note, a 850 aud
a 820. Next year when plowing the
same held 1 unearthed it- 1 send it and
its contents for ideutihcation." The
pooketbook was given to a lady, who is
a great expert. She carefully removed
the mold and debris, but, alas 1 the
legal tenders had not been proof against
frost and rain, and earthly mold. There
wore only a few black crumbs in place
of the crisp, fresh notes. The lady took
tissue paper the six a of a greenback.
She carefully separated the black parti
cles, and, as if by magic, she recognized
a letter here and there. These she stuck
on the tissue paper with mucilage, until
she found a clue by which she could
identify each note. She proved that
they were notes of the National bank of
Baltimore, Md., and by her knowledge
and patience she caused the notes to be
redeemed by new ones, and the farmer
has not loot a cent by planting bank
uotea, though bis crop has not increased.
| TW E4llor.
Hcrafc*,aonkott. oerafc*, for his daily tweak,
Th odtov at* with low. boot hood t
HO antes that UM rest of UM world Sy rm*
ThM oM WHO JOB** baa mad* a deed.
Or HMO John Hmtth baa stole a pit t
That Former Brown Hm a brand now gig
Tbot old Mold Orooo In owned at loot j
Or Mr. HI oak from lb* aortb boo fioppod
Thno ho wrttoo for oU that la said.
Till U loot wo boor UM editor's deed.
Root hoa no mo far tho wary bond ;
Ho bold froo#okou for UM btttor load.
POEM. tiff*. 1. 1871 -A. 0L A.
Ilmi of UtdfMt.
A mustard piaster is a vva personal •
friendL
Pounded ion for dinner, if allowed lo
stand too long, is not what It io crooked
np to bo.
Nothing io oo great an iastanee of ill
manner* w flattery. If yoo flatter nil
the company, yoo please none ; if yon
flatter only one or two, yoo offend the
rest.
A late Charleston circular put* Hie
present rice crop of Gworgia and Booth
Carolina at 76,600 tiarooa, or about five
per cent more than any crop since the
war.
It was a New Jersey wife who amid:
" My dear, if you can't really drink bad
oof Toe without abusing me, how is it
that you aan always drink bad whisky
without abusing the barkeeper l"
The girl whose lover, named Locke,
was exceedingly bashful, lost her
patience and declared to him that
Shakespeare had not aaid half as many
things sa he ought to about Shy Locke.
A woman's band. How beautifully
molded, bow faultless in symmetry, how
soft and white and yielding, and, oh,
hoar much of gentle memory its pressure
conveys! Yet we don't like it in our
hair.
Two young men were hanged by vigi
lantes in Liano county, Texas, for cattle
Mealing, latter developments showed
that the cattle found in their peso nasi on
were hired from a stockman at aotne
distance.
An unebronictod event of the season
at Newport waa a christening party at
which the baby wore a white laoo robe
yahied at |3,000. It also wore §5,000
worth of diamonds belonging to its
mum&i
A lady, who was at the Centennial Ex
hibioo on Pennsylvania day, remarked
to a friend that she a* all aorta of peo
ple, among whom was a woman with one
rjt , who thought abe ought to be admit
ted for bail pnoa.
A gaoler in a Weaters State bad re
oat ved atrial order* not to keep hispris
onera in solitary confinement. Onoe,
wben be had two in charge, one escaped,
and be waa obliged to kick the other oat
of the door to comply with the regula
tion.
A student after passing three yean in
the " Latin quarter," wrote to his father
as follows: "I have made op my mind
to set to work, dear father ; therefore, I
should like to know whether it waa law
or medicine that I came to Paria to
study."
We've suspected for some time part
that measures would have to be taken to
check the alarmingly rapid growth of the
Smith family. And here, now, sure
enough, a Pennsylvania man exhibits at
the Centennial a "Smith roller and
crusher."
The Hon. John W. Foster reports to
the department of agriculture that " in
Mexico there exists the agricultural ca
pacity to produce all the coffee that can
be consumed in the United States, and
of a qualify equal to the beat grown in
any oountry."
People may beabaect minded in every
thing else, even forget the dinner hour,
bat you can't find a man or a woman
who overlooks the necessity of getting
that ten cent bill changed on the way to
church to get a nickel out of it for the
contribution plate.
A queer will, written on the back of a
receipted bill for groceries, was admit
ted to piobete in Albuuy recently. It
reads as follows : •• 1. ilriJget Ih-tily,
in my solid senses. wills this house to
my nuaband. House and lot, all be
longing to, and furniture."
In Algeria there is a river formed by
the onion of two streams, one coming
from a region of ferruginous soil ana
the other draining a peat swamp. The
acid in the latter acting upon the iron
m the former makes a true ink, and the
river is actually a stream of good writing
fluid.
Two English town (N. J.) boys, fired
with the spirit of many *t-oaatkmai tales,
stole an oyster boat at Keyport and put
out toaea in march of an inland whereon
to play Crnaoe and Friday. Two or three
days later an inward boand vessel picked
them up, nearly dead from exposure
and hanger.
A well dressed man ate, with apparent
reh*h. an elaborate dinner in a Paria
restaurant, and then cat hia throat. He
waa taken to a hospital, where the wound
ww dressed. Upon reviving to con
aotonsDem he exclaimed: " What, alive
yet!" and completed the suicide by
tesnng off the bandages.
Scene in * New York police court—
Judge: " Prieooer, I find yon are guilty
of intoxication in the public street*.
The punishment is ten dollars or ten
day*. Which will you take?" Prisoner:
"I will take the ten dollars, your honor."
Judge: " You are too bright to be locked
up ; try and remain so ; you may go."
Prisoner: "Thank your honor."
A new industry, that of drying eggs,
has been set on foot at Pasaau, on the
Danube, and the Prussian military
authorities are about to give the product
a trial lor soldiers' rations. The Lon
don Atacs says several German chemists
are very sanguine as to the success of
the experiment, and they pronounoe
dried eggs to have lost none of their
valuable properties by the gradual evap
oration of the water contained by them
in their original state.
Emperor William has addressed the
following word* to the citiieus of Wis
sembourg, in Alsace, where the French
first felt the shock of the advancing
German host: " I know you come to me
with bleeding hearts. It is only natural,
my friends I myself have known
vicissitudes, but bore up against them.
Believe me aa an old man, time sets all
things right Time reconciles us to the
greatest changes, and time. I am sore,
will make you satisfied."
Shingle Year Own House.
Scene, barroom; time, midnight
Wife: "I wish that man wonld go
home, if he's got one to go to."
Landlord: "Silence, he'll call for
something directly; lie's taking the
shingles off his oru house, and putting
them on onrs.
By this time James begun to oome to
liia right senses, stnetched himself as if
he had just awoke, and said: " I believe
I will go."
" Don't be in a hurry, Jamee," said
the landlord.
" Oh, yes, I must go," said James, as
he started.
After an absence of some time the
landlord met and ncoosted him with:
" Hello, Jim, why ain't you been down
to see us ?"
" Why, I had taken so many shingles
off my own house that it begun to leak,
so I thought it time to stop the leak;
and so I have done it," said James.
Pulling Out a Boy's Ear.
An autopsy was made upon the body
of Joseph Bolter, aged ten, who died in
New York from the effects of injuries
received at the hands of Mr. Beslin.
From the ante-mortem statement made
before his death the lad said that he was
playing with some boys. Among them
was little Walter Boslin, about his own
age. They quarreled, and the deceased
threw some dirt at his companion,
whereupon Mr. Beslin came up ana
pulled him oj one of his ears until it
was almost out of the socket. Dr.
Goldschmidt found that the ear had
been partly pulled from the boy's head
and two immense swelling-i had been
caused beneath them. Finally, the
brain had been affected and caused his
death. Beslin ia in custody by order of
the coroner.