Tell Her So. •• Oh, mv bourne, brown htrd, In my aweeUit tie neat. Why ailent and aad, with no laughter and "OKg? Of all the dear birdiee, I lore thee the beet. And know that thy lore la at tender and "troag." A ripple, a trill, and a gay little strain. With fresh raffled plumage to make her more fair, " It over yon aek me enoh question* again. Look into your heart, for the answer la there." " Yon lore me, ret tell me eo seldom yon do, Ht heart gets to doubling, and .adder 1 grow; The joy that it glree me if once yon bat krew 1 think roa would elware keep te'hng m i Young and Old. When we are young our boy* are avret. They olimb our knee* and tie at oar foot; Wbea we are old they are hard to please. Cold a. the root and wild ae the breeae . They kiae a* kindly end apeak a. fair, Kal we enow their heart, are otherwhere. Ob. my mmi' my son till he gets htm a wife, Rut my daughter'* my daughter all her lite. When we are young our day* our bright. And full of hope from morn till night; When we are old we alt alone. And think of pleasant day* long gone. When the house wss full of the children's noise. The willful girls and ths naughty hoys. Oh, my son's my son till hs gels him a wife, Hat my daughter'* my daughter all her life. THE RAVEN S VOICE. I was a very bold and fearless child, and ray brothers and sisters often dared uu- to go into lonely places in the dark, or do perilous feats of various hiuds, which challenges I never refused. Often I hey set out to play tricks on me, but it usually happoued they fell into their owu traps, while 1 performed my part in safety. Very possibly the consciousness that they wrv about to dupe me gave me more cranage than 1 would otherwise have had, for any unusual noise or ap pearance would be attributed to one or another coming to frighten me. But, night or day, 1 used to go straight up to and touch whatever seemed fearful, and finding the object of doubt resolved itself into very simple elements, 1 ac quired an ease which stood me in stead in times of real danger. We Lived iu a large old house built of English oak, and bearing its nearly two centuries very lightly. It opened to the south, and the two large parlors looked to the east and west. The diu ing-ball and spacious kitchen formed the square of the house, while at the west and back was another large room, sometimes called the great pojch, and at the east and back was the dairy and an other porch. There were three stair ways leading to the upper rooms, anil a garret, whose ample space was broken only by the great chimney in the oeu ter. Wt> had a gay and lively house, and wore nsexi to a great deal of company and visitors, for my parents were great ly given to the old fashioned virtue of hospitality. The humblest wayfarer coming in at the porch waa entertained kindly and bade God-speed, as well as the guest whoee elegant carriage and span drove round to the front door on the son the rn side. I am not going now to tell yon of my handsome " gentle" parents, or my brothers and sisters—only about myself. There were a great many of ns when we were all at home, especially in the win ter holidays, but at times we were nearly all away. Boarding schools, academies, traveling—all claimed ns at various times. Yet it was rare indeed that one was ever at home alone. It so hap pened, however, and to me. It was a summer day, and warm, bright and beautifoL The morning promised a lovely day. Just after our early breakfast, a merry party came rid ing down the lane, in carriages and on horseback, and calling joyously for my father and mother t > accompany them on a pleasure trip. They were accus tomed to thi* mode of impromptu festi vity, and gayly answered that they would soon lie ready. It was only the day before that my father had returned from the Australian gold fields, and had bronchi with him a bag of gold. I knew lie had this, for I had seen him the night tieiore counting some out of it, and putting it into another bag. Thomas bronght the chaise to the door. Fitter's favorite black horse, who** xmt looked like lnstron* v lvrt, and who stcpix-d so proudly, wa* paw ing the ground impatiently as be ap peared. H" handed iu my beautiful mother, and 1 stood looking on with •hil iisfi pleasure at her !*auty and rich dress that so became her. My father suddenly turned to me and said, taking his key to hi* iron bound box : " Run, Aun, anil get me the little bug you saw me put sway last night." I was proud to be so trusted ; but when I qnickly retnrued with it, he wa* almtdy in the chaia-, and part way to the gate.' He looked ont aad said : " No matter now, Ann ; yon may put it back again, for we are going another road, and I will pay Harris to morrow. Take care of the key, my dear, and good bye." " Good bye, and a givxi time to yon," I laughingly replied, aud ran back to put th* treasure in safety. I haste ned indoors again to see them wind down the private way that led through onr extensive ground*, and half wished I were old enongh to go with them. Heariug a slight noi*e, I turned and saw a stranger, a figure not unusual, a man with a bundle hung on a stick. H ' waa leaning on the stone wall, and apparently looking after the carriages. He cam" forward in a moment, aud aaked if he might *it down and rest, aud if I woohi kindly give him something to eat. Of conr-e I said yes, and with light step* soon had him a substantial lunch of bread and cheese, which he came into the kitchen to eat. Betsey and Hannah were bn'-y, harrying to finish their work, for they were going oat to tea and to s|>eud the evening. They talked guvly about their visit, pay ing little attention to the stroller, who was quietly eating. He had hi* straw bat on the floor, and I saw that bis head was bald on the top, and the thinni'h hair brushed np from behind over it. H had prominent eor, low forehead and largo month, with a receding chin, where grew a stubby hoard, of grizzly black, like his hair. Idid not know why I observed all thin, or his eyes, small and hid nnder grayish brows, that seemed to glance furtively about him when DO one appeared to be looking. His voice waa harsh and croaking, and bad t art led me when he first addressed me. Wo were used to strollers of all kinds as I have said. Perhaps I was menta'lv contrasting his repulsiveness with my father's noble and dignified features'. He seemed to me very ugly. I was glad when he had finished his meal and risen to go. He a*ked permission to light his pipe, which was readily granted. He went out directly, passing accidentally through the dining-room and -at of the great hall, where he lin gered for a moment or two. He had thanked me civilly enough for his break fast. but the giris laughed and nodded KH he went out, and aaid they should think I had picked up a raven. All that long, bright day 1 waa busy and happy iu me flower garden, or sew ing, or reading ; and when the girls left, I looking vt-ry cheerful at their half holi day, I wished them a merry time, and HJd th m not to haten home, for ™>nias should oome for them. I ex ■el mv father and mother soot: after Kto'elock, and I told Thomas that he go about that time, as they would ho ne, and it Ipoked a little like ■ Heavy clouds were gathering in ■est, and the thunder rumbled sul- FRED. KURTZ. TCditor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. lenly. He t*x)k the covered wagon and old gray, and, before lu> stepped in, said : "Miss Ann, I think yon had better fasten the doors, as you maybe all alone for a short time if Igo so soon. Would yon not rather that I should wait till your father comes ?" " Oh, uo, Thomas; I don't mind be iug alone in the least, and you ought to go, lest it should rain hard, for it is more than two miles to ride, and they may not wish to leave in a minute. \ expect father and mother every moment. Don't wait." So Thomas left, and the wagon rat tied merrily up the lane. 1 bolted the door* because he had told me to, for otherwise 1 would uot have thought of it. It grew dark rapidly, and the thun der lx>gan to peal heavily, while the wind rwe, and the flashes of lightning grew more vivid and frequent. 1 went to the east parlor, and looked out to the south, but the sudden _ lighting up of the sky and the following darkness did uot interest me long. 1 could uot see out very well, either, as the honey suckles covered the window . The large mirror reflected me as I turned away to cross the room, and I stop|ed a moment with a natural vanity, for 1 was young aud fair enough to look upon. I let all my hair fall loose, and wound it iu long, shining, brown curls over my fingers. It certainly did look handsome, for it was very thick, and fell lelow my waist, and curled almost of itself as it fell. There ranie a great flash of light, aud 1 saw distinctly reflected in the glass a face looking in the window. It was an instant of terror, but I neither screamed nor moved. The face could not see my face, and I kept my body still, and rolled the long, shining rings off my cold, white fingers. It was an ugly face, and I recognised it. I had seen it that morning, and I knew what lay be/ore me. I prayed inwardly a brief prayer for help. Turning from the glass, I went steadi ly toward a table that stood near the wiudow, and on which I hail left my caudle. Imo veil steadily as usual, and took up the water pitcher and looked in it, then took my candle and went to ward the kitchen. The lightning kept flashing, but the face did not tome again. I dropped my candle on the kitchen hearth and put my foot on the wick. I set down the pitcher on the dresser, and with soft, light footfall hastened through the west room up the frout stair>, into ray father's chamber, aud softly closed i J bolted the door at the head of the stairs. I unlocked bis box, took out both tile baits of gold, relocked it, and made my way into the great chamber. I heard voices; I heard the doors tried below. I knew it wa* not my father. I dared uot tremble nor grow faint. I went through that room and two others to the garret stairs. I hard ly hreathed. I heard a window pnsbed up; more than one person came in at it. 1 felt atxrat me in the dark. There wa" a sliding panel iu the inside of thestair ••vay. I pushed it nd it rolled back. I entered iuto a long closet under the stairs, and slid the panel carefully into it* place. I felt cautiously to . np here," said the Raven, "and we'll soon have her." "I'll warrant she is here, and I'll wring h< r neck if she makes a noise nbent it." But the thorough search was ended, and the v. io s grew very angry and fall of frightful outiis and threatening*. They s*t down on tb garret stair* to u< 11 a parte). A spider ran across my f*c. A spider pnt* me in mortal fear. It wa* with a great effort that I kept from screaming. "Come," croaked the Raven, "let ns go and get the silver ; that will be some thing—that will le something." " Curse the silver. It's the gold I've come for, and I'll burn the house if I don't find the girl! So let her look out!" A cold perspiration came on my fore head. Would they perform their threat ? "Good! Then th rats will squeak, 'Down drop the money bags,' ami we'll choke the girl to make her dumb." " Hold yonr noise. The old man will he ooraiug home. We'll • e ranght here. Be qnii-k." " Who cares for him ! lie's oi.ly one. A bludgeon will give him a liamly little headache as lie comes in." 14 And his wife ?" They spoke low, hideous word* that male my flesh creep. I almost was ready to call aloud, to open the panel, to give them the gold, and bid them go. They got np, and the steps and voices went down. It was horrible there in the dark. I waa stifling. I moved the panel slightly. No light entered. I sliil it softly back. My resolution was taken. I would get out of the lionse, run down the road, and meet my father. I wonld save him. I left the gold in the closet, shutting it in close. I stole down two step* into the chamber below. I knew there was a window open there. I crept across the room, listening keenly. I lifted myself cautiously on the window ledge, and eeight a branch of the cherry tree which grew close to the bonse. Swinging myself lightly ont, I hastily descended the trunk of the tree, anil found myself on tho ground isfe. No. The lightning flash betrayed me. The Raven's voice shrieked, hoarsely : " There she goes ! Catcli her! Quick! This way!" Ont at the front door came the pur suers, hardly ten steps from me. I dashed toward the thick shrubbery to put them off tlie track. Fortunately I knew the way, every step of it. They were guided solely by the sonnd and flashing light. " Shoot her by the next flush !" cried one. My flying feet struck loose boards. I waa pasaing directly over an old, unused well, very deep, and it gave back a hol low, resonant sound. Almost the next moment 1 heard a crash, the report of a pistol, a heavy fall, oaths and a deep THE CENTRE REPORTER. groan. Shuddering, 1 seed on through liio garden, op toward tin* eider proas, over the atone wall, down the hollow, up the hillside, over the field*. No ste{>* followed ; uo voice* shouted after mo. 1 r*u down to the second Imuk, aud lot them down. It l>egau to rain a few great dropa, thru fust, thru it pourwd. I w** wrt to the skin. 1 nui uu, for 1 hoard advancing whrrlii coming rapidly. I hUkh! iu thr rood and ctrird: " Father ! father t" Thr chaise stoiqxs.l. Another chaise lirhiud stopped also. It *m our uril neighbor's, who lived u quarter of a mile further on. •• Ann, my child. Gtxxl heavens! What is the matter I What has hap jxuiod f" I told the whole iu a few words, ami,! .•ager exclamations of joy at ray safety, of surprise, even of anger, because Thomas hail left me alone. " Don't blame him, father ; 1 iusisted on his going." A hurried consultation tevok place. My father was verv brave. Our neigh Ivor was verv timid. He proposed going on to his house and returning with weapons. In the meantime I hail got into the chaise and crouched down at my mother's feet, who was half crying, and whoilv thankful to feel me there. We rode on, and came to our gab' under the willows. There were lights in the house, but all was still. Nothing moved. My father put the reius iu my mother's hands, and opened the other j gate that led up the lane. "Will you go home with Nathan!" said he, " Aud leave you here I No." " Take your wife home, Natliau, if j you will, and come back. " " We will stay by you." " Ixd us reoonnoiter, then, a little." They got out, leaving us sitting still, j The rain fell less heavily. They got something that would do for weapons 1 from the toolhouse. Ihev went all rouud the house—all was quiet. They wnt in. We sat still, speaking few words, my hand clasped in my ! mother's. "Thomas is comingf" I exclaimed, eagerly. " I hear the wheels." We called to him as he came to the gate, for he could not see us. He drove through and called out : " What is the matter f" We told him sufficiently, and he It ft lteteey and Hannah, and went in at once, with only the heavy whip. We did uot sit long. Natliau came cut di rectly. " tYhat have you found? Who is there f" "Nothing. Nobody." " Are they all gone f" " Yes, with some of the silver and a few things. We don't know what yet." The horses were put under the shed and wo all went in. Father said, calmly : " We will take a lantern, Thomas, and look round out of doors a little." I knew they would go to the old well. I stood and looked out of the window aud saw the gleam of the lantern as it ciovisL Iu a very few minutes they came back. "One of them is dead," said my father, "and the ot.ier lies at the bot torn and groans. lhe third has en caj>ed." They laid loards across some barrel* in the shod. and brought up the dead man and laid him on them. nis com rade, who fell iu the well, had shot him iu the head as he plunged through tin boards. His ugly face was still uglier. It was the Haven. That night my father's prayers were very solemn, and his embrace was cloee as he gave me my good-night kiss. The robber in the well was bruised, but not seriously hurt. The law took him to punishment. The third escaped. I was never left at hour* again alone. I.lltle Tommy's Letter. Deer Ma: I wh-hf you wood o-me bomb. Jonny shuts rue up in the cloe zet and pinches me awfnl cos I wont shuv eginst for him to cut it hurts my bans, an he sos none of the chickens is going to le mine when my hen comes awf cos they was his eg* what she set on. The old black banty tride to set but we diddent want black chickens, w* wanted wite, so we chaste h r awf evry day, an the wite hen woodcut set till Jonny tide her outo the nest, an she duzzent set she stalls. He ecd he wood give me One chioeu cheap for 25 cents an I bawt it. Deer Ma I miss yon awful. Cant I have some pants of my owen au not Jounys f That fell- r what comes to see Ant Gad was here last night. He set on the soft an Jonny was under thoaofy but be diddent no it at awl. When Ant Cad came in the feller tole her sea ht they is plenty of rnnie here, au she set down bye him. Then he List her, not rite away but bine by nn she was rele mad an got tip ami slamed the door. When she came Uick he kist her af en an she kep* telling him to stop, but h> diddent til Joni.y run a shanl pin into his leg. Thou Ant Cad roocht in an hawlcd J nny owt, an boxt his eres an cawled him o yon nawty boy, an Jonny eride, an the feller sod it was no matter. The floor what Qranma eawis serins olnmed the other uito. Hhe strat for evry botldy to come au see it and the hows was fill of fokos au a lot stunning owt on the pavement looking into the window. They was a coming an goon evry minuit. Thev aed it was wander full. I th ;wt it was a nice flour, nn Jonny whispered pick it an I piet an I aint got over it yet. lam so soar I cant bare to set down mutch. Onr girl ha* got a bow. He must be a very ritch gennelman, he wares sneh a big long gold cbane wounded twiee around his neck, an tiien sneh a waeh ! with too lids to it, and he ses it is a court cro nomyt- r waoh. When he wants to no wat time it is, if it is iu the day time, he just lays it onto a fents or a post au lets the sun shine on it, ami tin l if he stuze there til it is noou, he can toil egznetly what time it is. If it is afternoon he has to wato til next day. When tho Bun dont sbino ho cant tell eny way, an when it is nite be dont no. Ant Cad ses it is the best oourt wach she ever Haw, I want yon to send me too sbilen in yonr nex letter an rite rite away. I want to hero from yon so match 1 cant wate. Yonr afexnnate son Tommy. The Turkish Capital. The population of Constantinople, with tho snbnrhs, is now estimated at HOG,OOO, and the burden of vessels clear ing the port at alxrat 4.000 tons. The Roumcliari railroad connects th city with the northern provinces, j-assing through a wonderfully rieli but wretch edly cultivated country, and bofore long there will be a more direct railroad com munication with Europe by a line meet ing the Hnschuk-Yarua railroad, aud crossing the Danbno at Gnrgieve, to join the terminus of tho Roumanian trnck line. Pera, thanks to frtquent fires and foreign residents, bids fair to blossom into a pleasant place (or u Chris tian to dwell in. Two thirds of it was I burned iu 1870, when 2,000 houses, in cluding the British embassy, were de stroyed. It is not being rebuilt on tho former site, but a large town is raining around the spot where the old town stood, arid about Galata, covering a wide area. A very important Christian city is probably destined to grow up here, under the auspices of the embas sies which cluster on Pera's heights. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, IR7R. TIIK PATH OK YlKTl'Ka Thr Nur? •( m \ u>a Mki'i I 11im— thr ftCo*l lift#. There is nothing Mulder iu the litera ture of romance than is the story of the defalcation in the National l'ara I sink. It is a melancholy tragixly tu reel life, surpassing, ill it* sorrowful details, any thing that the novelist* can invent—* tragixly, truly, although the sufferers byr'llls' sin are still alive; more truly a tragedy, indeed, Uxviuse the blow which he has struck at the i>er*ons nearest to him is of a kind that does not kill the laxly. For eighteen years this man lias la Ixirtxl to build up a reputation which ww worth iLifiuiteiv more to him and to the family that he liad colled about him thau life itself. He had tieeu diligent and faithful in his business. He had grown up with tlie Imuk iu which he worked, and had become part of it* working machinery. lie had p*xl through all the lower grades of office there, and was the most confidently trusted of the bank's officers. The mil lions iu it* vault* were Hi hi* sole keep iug. The president and the cashier alone were above him in rank, axul they trusted him implicitly. In the natuial course of event* he would ba\e ntuvoed ed them in office. His slowly earned reputation for fidelity hail been abuud antly tested, and it wa* a solid and oe cure capital for him. He hod Ixx-n "uj to his ellxiw* in money for years," and the time luul long xgo goue by when there was room for doubt a* to his strict integrity. He wa* rich; richer thar any amount of money could make him, l>e ratiae his wealth was ola kind th*t no thief could steal aud no adverse fortune oonld take ai*v fiora him. Hi* salary, too, wa* utuple, and he liad all the means of comfortable and even of mod erately luxurious living. The lust of gold seized him, and for a tarn which to such a mail ought to have seemed paltry, he sold all this. He threw away his capital, throttled his honorable reputation, destroyed the re suit* of a patient lifetime's work, alian doned the prosperous and happy future which he uad so laboriously secured, aud in one miuute change.l himself from an honorable man, whose success in life was already accomplished, into a thud hiding from the officers of the law. All this is terrible, but this is only the smaller and less tragic part of the *tory. This uiau L*d for hi* own some thing more thau wealth, something I* t ter than success. Iu his Brooklyn home there were a wife aud five children, and the wrong done U them w* mere tcrri bio thau any words of oars can hint. There is a bright boy there, twelveyears of age, this man's firstborn sou, ami we read in the newspapers that when that txiy saw the t >ry of Ins father's guilt in the journals he Mink under the blow, and wept. Who sliall picture the agony which brought tho*e tears f Who shall tell, who shall even imagine the crash ing, blighting effect of tin* man s crime upon the life nd sonl of that boy t L'he ohil I ha* been r'arxl to hold in highest respect tlie principles of fidelity to trust and integrity of cliarac ter which had made his father u trusted nui honored officer of a groat nietropoli tan bank. Hi* pride in such a father a* hi* wa* believed, to I*' must liave been the highest joy of his life, anil his voting ambition must have been to fol low m his hither'a foot*tejs, to win for himself a liko reputation, perliaps to follow his father in the very institution in which the f .flier's honors had txxm won. The light is ail gone out of ttiat young life now. The bright boy, with high impulses and with th ' stimulus of u father's oonspicooualy honorable career a* a motive to earnest effort, has in a single hour become the eon of a thief. His little brothers and sisters are nrdor the same terrible cloud which over shadow* him and which nothing can ever remove. The picture is too horri ble to ooctemplate, anil yet it thrusts itseii ujx'ii tl.e gaze of every father with depressing, but Ist ns hope with whole some i fleet Tin t poor boy, weeping over a grief that even time cannot a* ■rang", is much more truly and much more terribly the victim of his father's •*iu tliau he would have been if hfl hail fallen ite'ail under a blow from his father's hand. Tne thought of him iu his grief is a nightmare from which there is no escaping; and Ellis' reward for nil this tnqjic work was a paltry sum of money which he may easily waste in a single year.— .Vera York Eve ning Pout, Burns and Scald-. Burn* arnl scalds are among the most ocmmou of accidents, and peruana there ure none for which uiorc remedies have been suggested and employed. With -ouie of those rentedi ait is the duty of .ill of us to become familiar, that we tnav kiMW what to do in an emergency* It is a thousand pitin* to have the chance, once in a lifetime, of playing the part of the good Samaritan and lack the skill. The tirat thing to be noticed ia, that in moving injured people great care slicnld te taken not to add to the effect of the shock which the system has already ex pcrioneed. In removing the clothes there roust tie no tearing off of tho lmriit or blistered akin, which affords a useful protection for the injured sur face. The next thing is to cover the bnrnt or scalded parts with material that will exclude the air. Floor answers well, aud should be freely applied. Or common whiting, reduord by cold water to the consistence of thick cream, may lie spread on a light linen rag, and ap plied to cove the injured surface. The ease it afforda is instantaneous, and it only requires to Is l kept moist by neon sional sprinkling of cold wat< r. Cotton wool, if at hand, may l>o wrapped round the injuries, or lint, or linen rugs Htecpcd in water may be used. Those may be covered with oiled silk. A mixture of linseed oil and limn water, in equal proportion", nay be applied with rags laid over the burns. The wore ex teiiflivo the surface involved in the noci dent, tho greater care should tie takcu not to expose it to atmospheric in fluence, which increases the pain, and nlso adds constitutional depression. Hhonld the sufferer lie ereatly exhausted, give brnndy or other stimulant ; if the pain be excessive and irritating to the nervous system, ten drops of laudanum should be given nutil professional aid can bo obtained. A If indsomc Sum. The rej ..t tiiat Mr. Delano will short ly retire from the editorship of the London Time.* excuses a reference to a statement which lias lenn going the rounds relating to the births, marriages and deaths column of tho great journal It was said that those were st first in sorted gratis; but Mr. Walter, the then proprietor, thinking that a lienedick might very well pay a trifle for tho an nouncement that he hud volunteered into the "noble army of martyrs," fix ed a tariff of half a crown u|>on each epithaiaminm—tho inon-y to go to the printers. One morning at breakfast MrH. Walter suggested that tho sum realized in this wsy wonld tit ill very nicely to her pocket allownuce; and her husband, seeing with the eyes of his wife, diverted the revenue accordingly. At. Ino subsequent transfer of property, it was found that the triple record of hnmau weakness aud mortality was worth fully four thousand a year. Only Lour Hundred Miles. We cannot conceal a souse of diaap poiuluieiit at the return of the English north pole expedition without having accomplished its direct object. Gaptaiu Hall pushed the little Polaris, a vessel but jxxirly adapted to its taak, to within four hundred and sixty four miles of the pole, and tlie Eugliah expedition, under Captain Narea, only reached sixty four miles further in sledges. Ilia advance vessel —the Alert - wintered iu latitude eighty two deg. twenty-seven seconds, while the Polaris hail wintered iu lati tude eighty -one deg. thirty -eight star. Here is certatuly a slight advance; but are we to consider that this is the limit 1 Dr. Hayes in 1860, with dog sledges, i xplored as high as eighty two deg. forty five see., or only forty miles short ofCaptaiu Narcs' furthest. Parry reach ed the same latitude north of Hpitiber gen iu 1827, and Captain Hooresby, in the Hpitabergeii sea, touched eighty one deg thirty sec. in 1806, or withiii five hundred and ten miles of the pole. The efforts iu the direction of the Arctic dur ing seventy years, therefore, represent a total advance of one hundred aud ten miles. No polsr expedition went forth so well equipped and under such favor able auspices as that which has just re turned. Doubtless no !aili Were sparest by auy person in Um entire expedition to uccotiipliahall that could )>e achieved; but we may here note our surprise that a single winter's exjxriruoe was deemed to establish conclusively their iuahility to reach the |H>ie. Why, for instance, was not oue of tha vessels d is) >atched south, after lauding her stores, before tile ioe closed, to return with the open Water ticarilig fresh supplies? The ex perienoe of all explorers who have adopted the Booth sound route ha* taught that the real < ffort tx-gius at the eighty-second parallel, ami hence, if Arctic exploration is not at an end, ar rangemenls must tie made iu future ex peditions for a journey northward on boat sledges of four lmudred and eighty mil< *. The termrs, the enormous diffi culti's of such a j.raruey, are pictured in thooue fact that the heroic nlcdge |artv from the Alert could not advance more than a mile a day. If this *|>eed cannot be Ix'tU-red of orurae dwcoverv uorth ward is at an end. The contributions to our knowledge of the Arctic will donhtlca* prove considerable, the tracing of the coast line of the American couliiicnt two hundred and twenty miles to the west of On < ulainl and a consid erable distance tottieea.t, in all, prob ably, oue fifth of the circumference of the rim of the north pole I sung especial ly valuable. Captain Nares declares emphatically against Kaue'a open l'olar sea. Below the eighty second parallel animal life aud the tuigratlun of Ltrda ceue. lh-yond all is ioe, ice, ice. " I'he impracticability of reaching the pole was proved," he says. If that has been fully demonstrated by one winter's effort we can jx-rmanentiy resign the north pole to the roma wrs who have had it so long. But has it been f—AVw- York Ifrrald The Tarantula's Bile. Dan Hbeppard, a workman on the Boutli Pueblo wau r wi.rk* ditch, Colora do, some time sines', the IX-nver Nru say*, was bitten by a tarantula. Hhep pard a* slee-oing iu a cabin on the Gravback rnueii. He hod inn 1 his bed on the floor, aud had searec'* gone to sleep when he felt something pinch hi* left shoulder and then run across hi* face. Ho tried to cateh it with his hand, but it escaped him. S< vera para* , LM-ginuiug to sho-.'t from tl.e shoulder. Sheppard became couvinced that be luul lieeu bitt< ii by a trintu.*. He tin n an up the rail nay track to M. T. R 'binson's, alvrat a mile distant, iu the ' hope of getting airre whiskr for UM- AS an antidote, but unfortunately Robinson ! had no whisky on hand. Ho then re i turned down the track and went to a house near where he wo* bitten. Sheppard is a stout, powerful man, but by this time he was marly exhaust ed. Tue pain had pasm-d from his sh rai der down his left side, then into hia legs and up his right side, until his whole laxly was affected, and he was in a etate of the most excruciating ng>> y. A neighbor immediately mounted his horso ar.d galloped to I'ueblo, eight milcM distant, for a supply of whisky. In th" meantime Bhepjiard returned to hi* cabin, and iu a short time, from the action of tho poison, be became al most ins'iisib!e, and hi* Ixvly, head and limbs brcame frightfully swolleu. In ra*t two bonra and a half from the time he was bitten, the much needed whisky was received from Pueblo. The poisoned man was now lu a very critical condition, unable to move, a> d evidently at tho very gat-** of death. The whi-kv was immediately adminis tered, and )ic speedily revived. Al* ut a quart was given him, when, as 8h-p --. pard himself says, he l>cgan to W him self the strongest man in (tolorado, ami it was with difficulty that four men could hold him. It soon leeame i vident that the whisky would prove an effectual antidote to the tarantula poison. Bheppard is now recovering rapidly, aud though he is still weak, ami has lost some thirty pounds in weight, there is i little doubt tuat in a week or so he wili lie all right again. It is a little singular that, although the effects were so terrible, the bite it self left a mark so small as to be scarcely jierceptible. Although the whole of the rest of the liody was bndlv swolleu, the spot bitten was scarcely affected. An Army F.xnmiiiing Board. Board of examiner* and victim apply ( ing for commission : Kzamiuer —"Who was the greatest general of aucient or modern times f' Mr. Green—"Some say Alexauder, noran Napoleon, others General Grant, but I think Moses was the greatest, be cause he carried an immense army with women, children and baggage across an arm of the sea, and didn't use* a pou i toon train." " Who is the greatest man in tho i United States to day I" "I)r. Mary Walker." "Who founded the city of Sevas i topol ?" " F.xense mo, general." "The city of Sevastopol, Mr. Green." " Oh, yes I Sebastopol. Hannibal, general." "Now, Mr. Green, suppose you were marching your command through a hostile country, right in front, aud yon were hemmed in by the enemy on both flanks, with an impassable river in front and th" sea in rear of you, what would yon do ?" "Well, I think I shonld s" down and write to mother aud lie passed—out. Ills Will. A wealthy man died suddenly without leaving any will. Tho widow, desirous of securing the whole of tho property, concealed her husband's death, and |>er snadud a poor shoemaker to take his place. Accordingly he was closelv muf fled in bed, as if very sick, and a lawyer was called in to write the will. The shoemaker, in feeble voice, bequeathed half of all the property to tho widow. " What shall be done with the remain der ?" paked the lawyer. " The remain der," replied he, " I give aud bequeath to tho poor little shoemaker across the street, who has been a good neighbor and a dostrviog man." A HAI> IHHAHTER. TSr Khllivkl t .m.I.M as Ik* Uflawar*. I.ark,aaana aal H'*at*rs Halltaait A frightful accident occurred on the Delaware, Laekswoims aud Western railroad st a station known as Lehigh Hutnmil, on the I'eoouo mountain, twruty miles from Herontou. The regu lar afternoon train to New York and I'bilodelphl*, consisting of seventeen passenger cxiachns drawn by three en gines, had about twelve huudrwd pas seugers ou board, principally bound for the benteunial Kxinbitiou. Tne train was two hours liehind lime, aud reach ing the summit shortly after eight o'clock, stepjMxl to take water from the tank. While there a heavy coal train, drawn by three engines, ran into the rear of the passenger train, telescoping two of tlie cars through and through, and breaking five others. The scenes that ensued were heartrending, although tiy a most miraculous circumstance the number of killed are few. It seems that after taking water at I Lehigh Hummit oue engine bouame de tached from the train. After being coupled ou agnu auoiher start was made, which resulted in breaking off the last two cars. The two engines and fifteen curs went back for the stray cars, but in coming up missed the coupling. In backing up again, and when at about forty y arils from the two detached cars, the long, heavily laden coal train came driving ui> at a e|eed of about fifteen miles an Lour, ran into the detechtxl cars and shot those forward into the rrar of the rest of the tram. The two de Inched oars, standing between the two traius, were, strange to say, bat little dsuia d, and the rear cars of the fif teen, into which these were immediately plunged, also suffered little ; but the fifth aud sixth car* from the mar were literally knocked into kindling wood. The fifth car reared and was thrown right upon the oar in front. The rest of the passenger train iu front was not much injured, and even the engine of the coal tram which hail caused the damage wa* very little broken np. Imagine two oars smashed into flind ers as by a pile driver, the splinters and blocks thrown into a heap in the most indescribable confusion, and tne posern gcra pitched into this mingled mas* of wood and in n, and wedged in such s uay that the backs of the seats had to tie broken in order to rescue many of thun, the air filled with the ithrieka of men and women, and the groans of the wounded, and one ha only * faint con ception of the scene. Home of the passenger* had stepped off the train to wait for the watering of the engine, and so fortunately escajaxL These, and the uninjured on the train itself, immediate ly set to work to rescue the wounded. Borne of these were eo tightly weJged in by the debris of the car that it was a long time I*-fore they could be extri cated, and their sufferings were indes cribable. To sild to the horror of the some, oue of the cars took fire and was destroyed. Hurgoua had b-eu telegraphed for to Scran ton, eighteen miles away, and Htroudsburg, thirty five miles. There wns one surgeon at Gouldsboro, two miles distant, Dr. Patterson, who wa* soon on hand and did all he could. But what c tild one physician, however -kilh-1 and however humane, do with so many wounded ? Th" officers of the rood*did all that posmbly c uld be done to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded while awaiting the arrival of the sur groua who had Ix-eu telegraphed for, ami who, it *• emxl, would never come. It wax at least two hours before the Bcrantou ami Btrotiiisburg o>rjis of sur geons arrived. They reached the piao almut the same time, and numlx-nxl atxrat filUwn. With them came prob ably forty person* from the two phuvs, ami all set to work binding up wounds. The country m-sr Lehigh Hummit is very sparsely settled, and bnt little aid could be rsndercd by the few residents. As to the cause of the accident. The road iu this section is full of curve*, and the grade at the place of the disaster— which is only a watering place and telegraph station, the t.ta*.-ng< r station lxing two milt* this side—is eighty teet to the mile. The passenger trai l left Be ran ton with two conductors, tlie regu lar conductor, Mr. Bush, l-eing on the fronttof the train, and the extia conduc tor, Sir. Darling, on the rear cara. The rear car hud the usual red light signal, but the crowd on the platform hia the signal from the engineer of the front engine of the ou coining train, ao the latter claims. The curve hid the pas senger train nutil the coal train was • mnu-diatoly ii|H>n it, and the steen grade required all the steam whicL could be earri"d. The actual cause of the accident was probably the fact that the machinists and men lal>oring in the yard at Scrnutou had been on ftrike idmnt month, this Iwing the third re duction of tin ir wages, and, consequent • ly, the rolling st<>ck is sadly in need of ' repair*. On account of tho Centennial, the road is constantly crowded with jvw senger and excursion trains, and all the *tock is in coustant demand. Two pas eengers were instantly killed and a large number injured. Hevoral of tho injured died. Men and Women Cook*. There seems to bo more natural diffi culty for tho woman to learn thau the man. There is a *weot tooth rnuning through her sex which affect" her ta*te< ami renders her less trustworthy. Hhe is leas exact, at lmst in the pursuit of this vocation, and doe* not reason as the man does. If he fails be thinks and trie* to find out the cause of the failure, which she is less apt to do. II" gives pounds aud ounces a* to quantity where she gives approximate handful*. The man is more jartieular alxrat tho food which he consume* himself, which makes him more careful about what he prejsxre* for others. Many women are content provided they have ioe cream and sweet cake, or something equivalent thereto. Count de Najao, a man of some authority eouoerning the table in Paris, avera that the interest and traditions of the kitchen can only be confined with safety to men, and that if the womeu guest* at a table were not under the eye of the stern sex they would Wgiu dinner with the dessert. As may be conceived, this is a painful mistake for a French man to make, but a sense of duty doubt less rises above all other consideration*. Notwithstanding, even if men be su perior to worni u in this calling, if any widespread movement is to come alxrat the movement must come from them, for the kitchen is virtually in their bands. A Business tllrl. When a Chicago girl received n dm patch from Wisconsin, anunuueing that tier lover was going off with tho con sumption, she telegraphed to his friends: " Has jxxir Jeffrey kept up his life in surance t" The friend telegraphed back: " Po'.icy for SIO,OOO in your favor is paid up till May 9, 1877. Poor Jeffrey cannot last after the first cold Hiiap." The yonng lady then wondered philoso phically how she would lzok in black, and telegraphed to Jeffrey : " Darling, I will lie with yon on Tues day, never to quit you during life. " LrRIJNK." " It will be a sail loss to yon, my love," said her mother. " Yes, ma, ' sobbed the girl,";" bnt the loss is fully oovered by insurance." TERMS: S-i.OO a Yoar, in Advance. A Lady burgeon fn the Army. liters waa at this time at the cape a person whose eoaentrioitlee attracted universal attention—Dr. James Barry, stall surgeon to the garrison and Urn governor a inedieai adviaer. Lsrrd Charles deacrilxxl him to me as the moat akillfui of phyaiaiaua and the moat way ward of men. He had lately been in prof rational attendance upon the govern or, who waa aomewhai fanciful about hia health, but, taking umbrage at some thing said or done, he had left hia pa tient to prescribe fur himself. I had heard so much of this capricious, yet privileged gentleman, that I had a great curiosity to see him. I shortly afterward sat next him at dinner at one of Pie regimental meaaea. In this learned Pundit I beheld a beardless lad, appa reutly altout my owu age, with au un mistakable Hootch tyue of countenance, reddish hair, high check bones. There was a certain effeminacy in his manner, which he al wsys seemed striving to over come. His style of conversation was greatly superior to that one usually heard at mres tables in those days of non competitive examination. A mys tery attached to Harry's whole profes sional career, which extended over more than half a oentnry. While at the cape he fought a duel, and was considered to be of a most quarrelsome disposition. He was fr queutly guilty of most fla grant breacnea of discipline, and ou mure than one occasion was sent home under arrest, but somehow or other his offenses were always condoned at head quarters. In Hart's " Annual Army Li*t" for the year 1865 the name of James Harry, M D., stands at the head of the list of inspectors general of hos pitals. In the July of that same year the Pitrut one day announced the death of Dr. Barry, and the next day it was officially reported to the Horse Guards that the doctor was a woman. It is singular that neither the landlady of her lodging nor the black servant who ha 1 Lived with her for years had the slightest suspicion of her sex. The late Mrs. Ward, daughter of Colonel Tidy, from whom I had these particulars, told me further that she believed the doctor to have beeu the granddaughter of s Hootch earl, whose name 1 do uot now give, as I am unable to substantiate the correct ness of my friend's surmise, and that she adopted the medical profession from attachment to an army surgeon, who lias not been many years dea>L A Modern Antiqne. There lb a millionaire here, Hn Kuang Yung, aaya a Centennial letter, who lias au exhibit of porcelain or china ware that is very, very valuable, because it is very, very old. You must know that crackled ware is now all the rage; I do uot know why, except that it is supposed to be very old when covered with a net work of cracks A jar all crackles i worth about SSIK) or S6OO. We had in the family a hideous tiling—l ml! bowl, half pitcher; old—ever so old—older tluin I e ui. Years ago it was laid away among the archives (we keep tix>m in a b*rr>-l iu the cellar! because grease would nose out through tue crackle*. After a dav among the cliinaware at the Exhi bition, Toffy, v ho is always diving into the musty rcooawea of the past to drag np aome relic of kiDgiy splendor, went down into the cellar ar.d fished that bowl out. It was dark brown, and cov ered with rils about half an inch apart. Toffy varnished it and painted the ribs a yeilow green. Then she set it in the sun to dry. When dried, she placed it on the front parlor mantel, where it re ally looks hideous enough to be genuine. Visitors come in, ey<> lbe monstrosity, and say : " What a—a—peculiar jar that i*J" " Ye*; is it not ? It is very old and rare. You may have M-eu them at tlie Exhibition—in the Chinese department. This crackled ware "—(taking it up care fully, and showing the network all over it) —" is very valuable, you know." " Ah 1 1 see; it is imked remarkably Iwantifal; the design is wonderful- 1 had not examined any of them before, but I can see this is very rare." " Yes," riiplia* Toffy, "we prize it highly as a specimen of the antique," and then ahe replaces it cautiously aud resumes her conversation. The Jame*. Family. Mrs. Samuels, the mother of the James boys, the famous Missouri marauders, has left Clay county, Mo,, and goue to Texas. On leaving ahe iiaid : " I hope I shall at last find peace and rest in tne new home I hope to find. I am very old now, and not the woman I was thirteen years ago, wheu trouble came upon me and mine with the war. Mv hnsbund was hung by the Federals, and Jesse, then a boy fifteen years old, was whipped by the same gong until speechless lx*canse he would not tell where his brother Frank was. As for ir,y family, here is all there is of it. Dr. Samuels is old and helpless. My little boy is unable to make s living yet. He is the next to the l>oy killed by the de teotivca at the time they threw in that hand grenade. Then there is my daugh ter. She wa* brought home from school to do the sowing for the family when I lost my arm. Besides these three helpless nnraibor* of my family, I have an old colored woman who has lived with us on the farm over there in Clay county for thirty years. She will never leave us ; she is too old to do for herself, and will u d take ber freedom. Then t have an ld paralyzed colored man belonging to the family. I must keep him as long a* he lives. And then a little child adopted by me, and old Annty, make up my family. There, yon see, are eight of ns, all helpless and all barmhee. aud why we must be hunted out of the home we have lived in for thirty years I cannot understand." It was Yerjr Warm. At a dinner party there were two sisters present, one a widow who had just emergei! from her weeds, the other not long married, whose husband had lately gone ont to India for a abort term. A young barrister present was deputed to take the widow down to din ner. Unfortunately he wa* under the impression that his partner was the married lady whoeehnsbatid hail just ar rived in India. The conversation be tween them begun with the lady's re marking how extremely hot it was. " Yes, it is very : ot,' returned tho yonng barri*ter. Then a happy thought suggested itself to him, and he added with a smile : " Rut not so hot as the place to which von husband has gone," The look with which the widow an swerod this "happy thought" will hanut that young l>arriste r till the day of his death. To Come Back. A man oon*iilerably more than half drank presents himself at the police sta tion: Official—" Well, what do yon want ?" Inebriate—" I want to be locked np." Official—" Why I" Inebriate—"Oh, I get drunk every Bnnday and am locked up at night, bnt to-night I couldn't find any offioer to take me up, so I thought I would come myself." The sergeant reflects a moment, then renlies, seutentionaly: " If yon are able to find the road to the police station by yonraelf yon are not drunk enongh to be flocked np. Come back in an hour or ae." NUMBER 47. The Power of Coaacteaee. A touching incident, illustrating the i>ower of oouactenoa, even in the moat hardened criminal, recently occurred in Washington. At dusk a wall dreamt stranger rang at tba door of one of the Inmaiw. and, on being admitted, aaid to the proprietor : " Ton do not, Mr, reoag nice my face. 'Tis well. Listen. Tour pocket was picked about a twelvemonth since?" "It wan, and 1 lost $12.66." " 1 was the thief. Nay, air, apare your reproaches. For seventeen days I bad not tasted food, and my wife and eleven small children lay at home on their miserable pallets, crying with banger and cold. The money I stole from yon then, sir, saved them, for with part of.it I bought coal, with part of it bread, and the remaining portion I played upon the eight, coppered the king, mid called the turu till 1 ran it op to SSO ; but par don me for intruding the details of my humble business upon your attention. I became an altered man, and determined to reform and lead another hie. lam now well employed, and night and morning my wife and children blew your name, though they, innocent ones, do not know that I stole the money. I have long since sought you, bid was un able to find yon ; but, fortunately, my friend and lieu elector, I recognized yon on a street oar yesterday ; 1 followed yon home and learned your name, and to night I have oome to restore to yon the money of which I robbed you." 8o saying the oeniteut gave the kind gen tleman a $M bill, received $7.36 change, bkeaed his tmnefaetor warmly and left the house. Next morning the old man found that the bill was a counterfeit and that the thief had, on leaving the honae, taken the old man's hat and umbrella. A Jfervoaa Artrem. Laferriere, aay* a French journal, has lieen playing " The Poor Idiot" in the provinces. At one small town tbe stock company was very nervous about play ing with the great star, especially a bsp leas woman who was cast for the moth* r, and with whom Laferriere has the crack scene of the piece. It is in the fifth act, at the moment that tbe idiot begins to recognise and distinguish the persona that surround him; then abe rashes to him and, folding him in her arms, shrieks: "My son. I am yonr mother I" At every rrhearaal Laferriere encour aged her. " Don't be nervous," be would aay; " keep oooL All you have to do ia to cry : *My son, I am your mother 1' and mbraoe n." " Ob, yea ; but, M. Laferriere, I am ao frightened to play with you." All went well through the first four acta, and in tbe wait before the fifth Laferriere went to the actress' dressing room to cheer her. " Keep up a stiff upper lip," he said, cheerfully; " you know what your have to do. The whole play leads np to 'bat scene. I reckon on you. *Mysi n, I am yonr mother!' and embrace me." ♦•'TTea, yea; 4 my son. lam your mother!' 1 shall not forget." Tlio curtain r.wc, Laferriere van playing with even more than his foriou" vigor. •• Now, then," be whispered, enoonr agiugly; then, taking up his part, yelled : " Who ia thia woman I Who ia she I" •'My mothcen given him, he will stubbornly re sist any attempt to get more of it into his month, while on the other hand, if he baa fonnd it sweet or otherwise pleas ant flavored, or even simply tasteless, or if he i* allowed to sniff at it and And that it ia not the staff to which ho ob jects to, he will open his big jaw* and take it down as gracefully as a bone can tie expected to swallow drug*. Where Rasaia Stand*. The Loudon 7\mes' correspondent at Paris says there is no doubt of complete acoord between Russia, Germany and Austria. It can be easilyeaan that Eng land and France will not break their neutrality. Therefore, Rasaia has only Turkey to face. The only minister of the Ottoman cabinet who believed that Turkey might defend herself and receive European aid has fallen. The cabinet are now convinced that Turkey cannot count on the accord of Europe in her favor, aud that Turkey cannot longer maintain complete dominion of the Bal kan peninsular. If they hesitate about the six weeks' armistice it is because they wish to know the condition* to which they will have to submit. What Russia wants ia now known, and the Ottoman cabinet will probably resign themselves to it Russia wishes the ab solute independence of Bervia; the re cognised independent* of Montenegro, with au extension of territory, and the annexation of the port of Spissia and the politioal and administrative autono my of Bosnia, Hernegovina and Bulga ria. She wishes to strip ofl Bessarabia, taken from her in 1856, and to have the liberty of the Dardanelles established. No Savey Sue. San some street, San Francisoo, re sounded to the echoes of a policeman s whistle in the hands of a miserable, miserly looking old Chinaman. A policeman hurried to the soene, and found that the celestial wanted a citi zen arrested who owned him some money and refused to pay it. It was in vain that the officer tried to point out with the legal acumen that the China man's remedy was at civil law—that he should sue the refractory debtor. No, ho wanted criminal process. • 1 Me no savey ' sue ;* savey, he got my money ; savoy, me want it back." ' " Ob, come, get out of this," said the guardian of the public peace, gently shoving him away from his debtor, who walked quietly off. •' What you shove mo for. Get me back me money. Chinaman he no pay white man money he go to orison ; white man ho no pay Chins man he walk off. Yon say 4 sne, sue.' Me no savey 4 sue.' Savey yon allee same fool." Here the offloer made a grab for John, who effected his escape. Items r lutwreat. UuUm| ilrtfHw Ihntr thildnn in riobtr material* than do *he English women. g Two Bagliahman mode journey of7Bo mike on bicyclesln aboni a fortnight Pnr— —— and Bavarian* ara vol on teerin* largely into tba Servian army, aa mum Bnaaiana. linrtng it* I*o jaam at existence. Um Presbyterian church aiOianberry, N. baa had bat six minister*. Tbara ara an onaaoal nam bar of *ild turkeys this aoaaon in UM mon:iUinoaa part* of Pennsylvania. Up to fir lof iaat March, England bad expended no ia*s tban $25,000,000 on bar now coast defenses. Tba Indian Nationi* tbaOrataaGreen for fngitiva lovers from Texas. Mar- I ri*gs in tba Nation ara valid. A mother'a pratty saying: "Which of your two children do yon love moatf' 1 " Alwaya the one that ia absent." Eggs and batter are generally, baft frro jeoaaly, regarded a* perishable arti dm, for they gain in atreegtb aa they grow old. In the Franch inaaae statistics for 1875, 152 men are reported aa having tieoome la nation through love, and on j tbirty-eevea women. A lake in Lower California which covered 150 square mile* in 1878 has now almost disappeared. In drying np it ha* left a large deposit of salt. Inauguration day (Marsh 4) fall* on Monday in tba yaara 1821, 1840, 1877, 1917, 1045, 1978, 2001, 9020, 2060, 2006, 2125, 2168, 2181, 2221, and ao on. Tba last native of Tasmania has died, at the age of aeveniy-three. This island, which Became ao Engtiah ooJony in 1806, had 6,000 nativaa in 1825; in 1*47, forty five, and now the race ia extinct. Here ia a modal verdict of a coroner's jury: "We do beiievo. after doe utqaiiiM, and according to onr bed knowledge, that we do not know bow, when, and where the aaid infant came to it* death." Ike has had an irritating akin disease. Mrs. Partington my "the chariot* raw broke oat ell oror him, end if be hadn't ware tbe Injun beads ee en ome let, it would donbuen here culminated fatally." A breve end good little Ohio boy net on the fanae two hour* in the frewing oold of deed winter, watching e broken ru on the isfkn* 1 truck, eo ee to oerry tbe lat-4 news of the impending ac cident to biefetber. wbo was local editor. In 1790, not one hundred, yeere ego, et tbe Beck of lemed, tbe RaMnece were •a etroctoos toward the Turk* ee tbe let ter ere towerd tbe Servians ; end Bower row put 3,000 persons to death, as a lee ion to bie soldiers in the art of maa aacre. " Why didn't yon pot on e clean ooi ler before yon left borne!" celled out en unperUneut young fop to en omnibna driver. " 'Uutae your mother hedn't eent borne my weebing," wee the ex tinguiehing reply. An old women who in crowing tbe street bee e narrow escape from being ran over bye hearse. "I em not et all superstitious," ebe eeye to her reecoer, " bat U )■ always seemed to me that it would lie unlucky to be killed by a heeree." "To have ideas is to gather flowers, to think is to weave them into gar land*," eeye one uewaoaper. "It's rather let# in the season, hot still not too let# to advise our neighbor to gather some flower*," sarcastically adds soother. A Scotchmen being asked by hie trimeter "Whet kind of a men wee Adam I" replied : " Oh, jaat like lther folk." The minister in is ted on having a more special description. " Weel, neebody got anything by him, end many lost" The name Hell Gate, it now appear*, ia older than the Dutch settlement of 161A In a very ancient map of this lo cality, found ia tbe library at Munich, Met hstten island is repfentsaled ee eov m-d ly Hohicene, but " Hoik Oette " i* indicated in the East river. Prof. Loomia concludes, after comper ing five hundred case, that rtorns move at tbe rate of twenty*:* mite* an hour on land in this coontry. and a little over nineteen over the owi'u An I'lpwa train or a fliet-da* ►tcamship could ,anlj keep ahead of a common storm. In London 153 children die annually ont of 1,000 before they attain their first vear ; in Denmark, 156 ; Scotland. 156; England, 170 ; Bel pi m, 186 ; Holland, 211; France, 216 ; Prussia, 220 1 ? pain. 226; Switzerland, 252; Italy, 254; Austria, 313; Russia, 311 ; Bavaria, 372. Calculations have been published showing that or or twenty-three millions of animals and bird* were wounded, without t eing captured, by the licensed sportsmen and poachers of the British islands during the year ending March 81,1878. The vivisectiowsta are oom pletety eclipsed by this cruelty. If yon put s hot ooal in your pocket it will bum its way out. Aye, so will a bail deed, that is hidden, make itself known. A fault concealed ia a fault doubled ; and eo you will find it out, all through life." Never hide you faults, but confess them, and seek through God's help to overcome them. "How do you do daar aunt do you love poor Vicky dearest aunt this a pre sent for you Victoria." This autograph letter, written by Queen Victoria when she was an infant, has just been sold at auction. Probably Julius Cssar wrote just such epistles when be was small. It shows that any of us are liable to be born great A strange story if told of s horseman on a white charger, who, in the thick of a battle between the Turks and the Ser vians, rode in front of a Servian regi ment, and abou'ed to them to retire, aa the Turks were in the rear. The appari tion was not eeetr again, and proved to have been a Turk who had naked hi* life in the ruse. It seems probable that the elephant will soon become extinct According to a statement made at a recent meeting of the Parish Geographical Society, Eng land imports annually 1,'200,000 pounds of ivory, to obtain which it is necessary to kill 30,000 elephants. The total an nual destruction of theae animals is esti mated at 100,000. Two Oomack women have attracted a r l deal of attention by starting from Petersburg to join the Servian army, in which they desire to do yoeman ser vice. Tbev * are sisters, their family name Lukjaaow, and the elder is only twentv-tliree ; but they possess unusual physical strength, \nd theyoungerisaaid tohave taken part in many a bear hunt, in whieb she displayed extreme boldness and anduranoo. The Bushmen account for the origin of the milky way by relating how a girl of the ancient race wished for a littJe light, so that the people might see tc return home at night. She therefore threw wood ashes into the sky, which became the milky way. This name girl, being vexed with her mother for giving her too little of a certain red edible root, threw up portions of it into the sky, where they became stars. The First he'd Heard or It. A blacksmith having failed in busi ness, a friend, to enable him to 3tart onoe more, loaned him some iron, which a creditor attached at the forge. The friendly owner sued for his iron. Choato appeared for him, and pictured the cruelty of the sheriff's pro needing as follows : 4 ' Ho arrested the arm of industry as it fell toward the an vil ; he put out the breath of his bel lows ; he extinguished the fire upon his hearthstone. Like pirates in a gale at sea, his enemie swept everything by the board, leaving him, gentlemen of the jury, not so much —not so much as a horseshoe to nail upon his doorpost to keep the witches off. The tears came into the blacksmith's eyes at this affect ing description. One of his friends, noticing them, said to him : 44 Why, Tom, what's the matter with youf What are you blabbering nbctatt" 44 1 had no idea,'.' was the reply, in a whimpering time— 44 1 had no idea I had been HO much a a-a-abnsed !"