9 The Old MUI, •a, f nartrad year* tha mlU>aa aw.d , Owa hnndrad yavra tha ritaking food Haa trims 1 tha wheal with rearing sowad. Through foaming water*, round and rovnd One hundred years : and overhead The same broad roof of blue ta spread Am 1 in the meadows, bright and green The uiller's children atill are seen. And thna the world ia still the same ; The sunset clouds are turned to flame And while we live, and while we die, The lark still carol* tu tha aky. And other, rt.e to All our place ; We Bleep, and others run the face . And earth beueeth and sklee above Arw still the same \ and IVo.I is love. The AWRI One. Oh, eilence of the nigh, whose voice alone is sweet, • When I ere is lost to me Mysterious ray that fall* about the m.wsy * feet Of yonder .ha ling tree- Tell me if that her ey.-, ht u oUir aouudly sleep. tiekindlea soft its ami. And if my darling ft tend, win's 1 my vigil keep. Recalls the alw cut one t When in the blue ah ft the ne on floods aith her tight The forest and the ky— What time the be'l. n.ai to the reaper prayer invite. Ctitme and vibrate and die— Tell me if that her soul to their eel har mony tieepo: Js in unison. And if to her thai clun-e .if peaceful melody Recall, the ilwut ouel JOHNS PROMISE. An Incident of Western Ptoueei Life Bucwr wm a mushroom city which bail sprung op on the luniks of a ravine that out through the western bluffs of the Missouri. In a tbi ket of oak sap lings, high op oc the side of one of those bluffs. skxxl a hastily built house, aided with rough, upright cottouwood biiarxls a rusty stovepipe sticking thn ugh the roof; a small window, cur taiinsi by * scollop edged ueaapaper; and a white do. r taktufrom a sunken steaiulxxit, whoee nicely finished piuiels oontni(4ed strangely with its surround ingS com pi ting the ext nor. One pleasant M y evening,' just as the shrill whistle >t s?t amboat echi eb among the hill*, this door was opened by a pleasant Tuung woman, who was followed by a oyij g child. A ob, Sammy, quit your muse; that's poppy's little man; seethe great ls>at 'way yonder ;** liftr g huu up; " don't yon see I look right sharp now, close ag'in' the bank. Does Sanimv want to go down town and see the big Wat, and see peppy 1" The willing feet toddled dowi the path; but the mother called: " Wait a bit, and maninir *ll pack Bammy;" and, tyirg on a pink snntxui net, she tooA him in Iter arms and start isd down the steep, ortx>ked path. She reached the steep main street to find it filled with wagons that bad been turned crosswise of the street, to rest the t. ms. But, edging her way close to the clav bank, she reached the river just as the steamer was leaving the wharf. The si orting of the engine and the shouting of the deck hands, togeth er with the puffiing of the mill near by, was too much for baby bravery, and Sammy's lip begun to quiver. Catch ing him in her arms, his mother sat down on a sawl.ig, saying : "There, there, honey, don't be afeared, be pappy'a man, now." Tb tide waves of the recoiling boat sunk lower and lower on the sand; the gay crowds that leaned over the guard" grew indistinct, and she peered more and more eagerly in among the tall cot ton wood trees on the opposite shore. At length four men came out of the woods, and, entering a skiff, started across the river. She watched the skiff anxiously, for it frequently disappeared between the waves which were raised by the strong south wind. Fctir rough looking men, iii red woolen shirt."—f< >r lumbermen aid not pretend to wear coats except in the coldest weather—jumped out of the skiff, and, with boisterous laughter and rode jest, entered the mill. Presently one of them spies her and came to ward her saying, boisterously : " Hoorsh for you. Saucy ! Whatever brought vou'nn down 'ere this time of even in' ! Mighty line doin's, when you oughter be to home gettin' your old man a bite o* "upper ' Packed that yoni g *nn down. too. Til tvt! Reckon you'd as well get back right quick, now !" fie snatched the batty from her aud tossed him oa his shoulder, shout ing i " Hoorab for pappy's man f Peerfest boy in this 'ere town ! Mighty p*i>i.d to see his pap !" Poor S*bcy I Her huslwnd was drunk sgsin. She hurried up the street, pinning her deep sunbonnet more closely about her face, that the passers might not see the tears that would come. He had kept sober so long that she bad hoped he would come home sober again. She hail anticipated so much pleasuie of meeting him, after his week's ab sence. How often she had thought of it in those long, lonely nights, when she had only her child and hei thought* for company. It took but a few minutes to put sup per on the table. 1 hen she sat down on the doorstep to watch for her husband, worrying all the time leat be let some thing happen to S unmy. When at last he cme the effects of the liquor were wearing off, and he ate his su( per and smoked his pipe in sullen silence. Hbe eonld not eat a monthful, but she dared not let the tears come, for she knew that it would make him angry. So sh fed S mmy. laying her face on his little head ocee in < while, to force back the choking lump that kept rising in her throat. Then she hastened to rock him to sleep, let his fretfulncaa should dis turb his father. The first peep of dawn found her busily preparing breakfast, for she knew that John wanted n early start. The sound of the coffnemill woke him from his heavy sleep. and be lay qniet ly watching her by the light of the dim lain , as she moved ouieklv hack and forth from table to stove ; from thence to the little row of shelves, in lieu of a enp l>oard, setting on the dish**, watching the bacon, and taking the crisp corn dodger from the oven. •• She is a dear, good wife," thought he; " what a ncotin drel I was to make her feel so badly." He knew that he bad been rough to her the night before. He wished that he conld remember what he said. Of conrsi he never got dead dmnk, bnt he wished that he could forever let whisky alone. His breakfast was just to his liking, and his wife as cheerful as if he ww the best n-an in the world. He wanted to say something pleasant to break the awkward silent*', but be did not know bow t ts-gin. He had an uncomfort able feeling that he ought to beg her pardon ; but, being a man, of conrse he did not condescend to that. At length be liegtiu by saying : " You was right peart nliont your breakfast this fcorn ing, Nancy." ••Oh, I allowed most likely you'd want to'get off FOOD," she answered. •• Yes, Jones want* ns there ag'in sun np It's onlv a fifty-log raft; reckon we can get it down to Leavenworth ag'in the night train starts, and I'll get right on and >e back to Atchison afore day. Don't catch me foolin' away another day 'round that old fort." "Oil John' I m no proud I —she mused' abrupt!r, for bis eyes dropped with a look of on scions shame. What mood, was be in f Would it do to speak I He bad shoved back from the table and there was a serious, far-away rlook in bis eyes, but nothing sullen or sround, and dropping on Kknees beside him, -lipped, berarms Kut his neck, saying : Oh,John, l K h you'd promise me you d never i.uy more FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor. VOLUME IX. " That's most too hard on a follow ; but I'll promise not to—uoi drink .too much ag'm," lie answered. _ " Hut l ui af< srd that wouhlu't do any ood."* " Veil talk Uko yoti thought 1 hadn't sou** uiNigh .to st.>p when I've got euough, if I try," he exclaimed. •• Oh, John, d. a't tain ao ; you know y>u promised me that uigh onto a year ago ; Put vou think you'll just take ouo dram, ami thou just one more, ami afore you kuow it, it's t.wi much. If you'd only promise me now tliat you'd uever taste nary drop ag'iu." Still he kept his eyes steadily turned awav from hers. '• Pout you mind, now," she went on, "how your mother sand one time: ' I reckon. Nancy, warn count John a inigpy rough chap, but lie's all right at theiVre'l and dfohl you mind how she UM .1 t. pray for you iu thetn old times f Don't you muni the eveuin' we hoard her prwyiu' down by the old spring I If she's watching you among the stars, how proud she'd l>e to hear you pro mise. And John," she continued, drop ping her voice to a whisper, " 1 pray, too, sometime*. 1 have never told y.m, but I've la-en feeling right serious here of late. I've taken to rcadiu' my Bible, and I've just made up my mind to live better'u 1 used to; and pray for you, too, and it M BDut like th>d hears mo." And she laid her head on his shoulder to hide her tears. His arms slipped around her, but he ■dill k. pt his eyes turned stubbornly away from hers. At last, laying his fucv .-(gainst here, he sja-ke enri.eetly ; " Yes, Nancy, I promise." Presently, starting up, he exclaimed: "If I haven't stayed till plum daylight!" " Oh, John ! come and kiss baby afore yon go, he 100 lis so swi-et. Sammy ! Sammy t wake np, honey, and kins pappy I" * " Bless his sleepy eyes ! PappyV little man ! I'll bring him some candy when I come home ag'iu." All day Nancy went about with such a light, cheery heart as she had not iwr ried in her laieom for many a day ; sing ing snatches of old bymua, and thinking happy, bojieful thoughts of him who, all those long hours, was working his rudder sgaiust the strung current of the Missouri. That t-vi nirg the stars shone brightly down n|H>u her, when she ktieit by the little window, and asked God's blessing on her husband and his good resolu tions. But she was awakened, a few hoars afterward, by a rudi and confusion, a shower of glass and hail aeriss her bed ; ami, catching her baby in her arms, she sprung up, fr'ghteued and bewildered. It was a terrible storm ; one long to lx remembered by all who fel" its terrors The deafening roar of the wind aud hail almost drowned the loud thunder. A blinding flash of lightning showed the reee almost bent to the ground, and the house rocked to ami fro like a cradle. She suddenly felt a new, strange feel ing, as if she was flying, floating, through the air. She thought that she was dizzy, and caught hold of the !>ed. A Urrible crash—she never knew how t all happened! Her liaby'a cries I moused her. The wind and nun chilled i tier through. f>he started to spring up, out something held her down. A shook if pain darted over her, and, putting •at her hand, she felt a great beam yiug heavily across her limbs. It -eemed as though it was crushing her. Something struck her, then another, and another. How they stung 1 Oh ; vas hor child unsheltered from that piti less storm ? His sot earns grew louder Oh! she must roach him I She could *ee nothing through the tLick darkness, but she knew that be was not far off What if he, too, was fastened, crippled ! She stretched her anus ; every move meut made her pain more excruciating She strained every she could al most reach him. What if he was fret and could come to h r f "Oh, Hxmmy! Sammy!" she called, "cometo mammy." The child ceased crying. She heard him move. His warm body touched her hands, ' hat were groping iu the darkness. She caught him in her arms and bugged him te her breast. She fel* of his head, his arm", bis feet; sound and whole. How thankful she was for that. But how those cruel nail.-t>m the storm. She reached around, but coul i touch only cold mud. Oh ! that terrible pain ! She hail al most forgotten it in her anxiety for her child. It grew more and more intoler able. It seemed as thongh the hail stoues struck through into her brain. What if they killed her! Was blu afraid to die? Visions of eternity, of the heaven of her faith, rose 1 adore" her. Should she dwell with God and the angels forever? Was it possible that there would never be an end ? No, tbe was not afraid of death. But hi r child, ber husband— bow could she leave them ? Not yet! No, no, when life o)>eued before her 1 She must live t<> help John keep his promise. God would spare her for that. How long would it be until morning ? How could she bear the pain so long? Oh, it would be terrible if John should crime and find her lying there, cold and stiff. John did love her, oh! so well. He had loved ber so long. It seemed so many years since he first told her that he loved her ; it was ou the mountain side, in dear old Tennessee. How far away it seemed. How the snn shone and the birds sung. How dreamy and bewildered her thoughts were. How still the baby was. Y< s, she could feel his heart lieat. She no logger felt the pelting of the storm ; had it censed? Her thought was answered by a rush of wind from a new direction. She felt the great weight lifting oil from ber. She was free. Then—something struck her. The train went snorting into Winthrop just at daylight. John jumped off, ami was the first to reach the frry. He bail never seen Atchison so qniet. With the exception of those who had crossd on the ferry, sud a few early risers who were hnrrviug np the street, the town seemed asleep ; but as he passed up the street be saw a man who was riding n mule coming down in great haste, who cried ont: " How d'ye, John ?' "Why, Jake!" be replied, "is that you ? I allowed you was half way to Denver afore now." "Wo started yesterday, but we had a powerful storm on the prairie out here last night. We chanced to lie right near to a house and they let ns in; but it sent our old wagons rolling over aud over across the prairie, and our oxen all stampeded; I'm on the hunt of them now." " It don't look like it had reached Atchison." " No; I reckon it just took n streak." John hurried on down the river. The road ran so near the bank that the steady swash of the water seemed under his feet. The birds were singing in .the trees, and the sunshine came creeping down the bluffs overhead. How eager be was to g< th< me that morning. His heart was full of new plans and new purposes. He conld keep his promise, and he would; he would never make Nancy's heart ache again b/breaking that promise. He stopped suddenly— THE CENTRE REPORTER. hail tli storm reached Hutuner f The i Ull building* along ll> wharf were leaning roofless, que this #y, another that, a if the wind, coining over the bluff*, had reached ju*t low enough to unroof them. Ho bwlttiivl around llio * foot of tho hill; tlioro lay tho brick j hotol, tho boast of tho town, iu scatt. r jed fragment* <>u tlio ground, liko a wasps' uest scattered by Iho house kee|>er's broom. Ho looked around; ' three fourths of tho town Uy in mum How WHS it with Ins homo I 110 mu lip tho street until lie could see whoro it I stoofl. (hvue! Not a vestige of it loft. Ami hi* family I Perhaps tilt y hail OH oaped before tho storm; jerliaj>*. Scarce knowing what ho Jul, ho hurrioj to tho nearest house that was yet stand ; mg. ami without ceremony opened tho 1 door. Thoro wan no ouo m tho room, but on a couch in one corner a white f aheet "sunk to tho atill proportions " of . two oilont forma. Moved by some lit range impulse, ho turued bta-k the covering that ahronded tho facet Nancy and tho baby 1 Shocked, stunned, ho euuk on his kuet-s an.l laid IUH face on that dear j form. Who oau describe, who can com prehend, tho utter desolation of that hour ? None but those who have felt it. Oh, tho thoughts and memories thai crowded uponliim—tnauv of thorn bitter, regretful thought*. Rut there ; wan one memory for which he *iu thank ; ful: that ho had not listened to the tempter which whispered to linn venter morn, that it would be weak and uu j manly to yield to her request. They found him tl-.ero an hour after ward, but he asked no questions, made uo reply to their attemptoatconsolation, and they left him alone with his dead. Cost of Making a ltesldeat. " The American people," said an English writer on our |Hlitio, " is per | ixtually voting for some election or other. Somebody, it might l>e added, has to l>ear the expense of these per petual elections. Just what the expense is, in a general canvass like that which has just drawn to a close, it is difficult to estimate with any approach to ac curacy ; for there are no statistics ex taut upon the subject, aud the politicians who plan and conduct camtaugus are aatnrallv reticent ujx>n such matters. It is plain, however, that there must lx a heavy outlay of money. The printing and distribution of camiaugn documents, the rental of public halls, the pay of stump speakers, the purchase of bau uers, torches, uniforms aud other para pherualia ; the expense of jKieUige and t'l-graphing—all these are necessary outlays, and wheu the extent to which they are carried throughout the country is borne in mind it Becomes very ap parent that the aggregate must be enor mous. A paragraph has lately boon go ing the roumls of the pnws, to the effect that the strenuous campaign iu Indiana preparatory to the recent State election consumed ten million dollars. This is, of course, wild exaggeration, based njxm a mere random guess. An •ttimste that seem* to us not far from the truth places the average co-t of a Presidential election at about one mil lion five hundred thousand dollars for each of the great opjxwiug parties, or a total of three million dollars. Accept ing this as witliin the bounds of prob ability, it would seem that the ei]>euao ot putting a President into the White House is fifteen times greater than the whole amount of salary |>aid to the in •nmlieut during his term of four y-aia Calling ths population of the country about forty muliona this would Is equivalent to a tax of seven and one half cent* a bend for every man, woman ami child iu tLe United BUtes. The maintenance of the court of France for the first year of the second empire e leas than two orats per head of the popu lation. it appeals that the cost of making President may be greater thai; that of keeping a prince. Tne ex}-nse of our elections, how ever, are borne mainly by voluntary contribution. The burden falls chief)} on wi althy partisans who expect to "hare in some way the benefits ensuing from the election of their caudnlate. it takes the form of a tax only in the ciw of office holders, who are assessed for lection expenses by the party in jsjwer. The burden toueties the people re motely and indirectly, if Bt wnile in reality they d< rive an actual and ini mediate b-u"fit. The various devices by which their sympathy and snpjxirt lire solicited awaken a more active inter est iu public affidrs, aud the mas-is thereby acquire the rudiments of politi cal "duration, instead of remaining m apathy and ignorance of the condition >f the country and the aiimuiistiation of the government. Great as the costs of mr elections may l>e, they cannot be lamented as an unmitigated burden upon the people.— Xt w York Hrrald. A Town luuudatcd. Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, was inundated on the night of the third and the morning of the fourth of Octo ber. On the third of O , tol>er dark clouds legnn to gather overtiie doomed city, followed by a fnrions wind, accom panied by a deluge of raiu. Toward the dawn ot ihe fourth the downjionr begun to abate, and there was some prospect of its cessation; but at about eight A. M. the rain recommenced, without causing much alarm at first; but suddenly, from the direction of the Sierras, a dull, rum bling sound was heard, approaching every mom-nt nearer, till at l*Ht an over whelming flood of muddy waters, sweep ing along iu their headlong course great trees and masses of rock, burst U|x>n the hapless city, penetrating into its inmost recesses. The people of the city were at break fast when the fl ><>< l bur.it in upon them, rising almost instantaiieon Iv to a height of one or two yards in the houses, lion Floreii'-io Aree, a comfortable merchant, tried to save his daughter, who was ill. He ran to the yird, but stuck fast in the mud; a wall fell aud killed him on the spot, breaking lioth the legs of his daughter, who was rescued with great diffi.-tilty, but she died. The wile of Dou Jesus Trinidad, another well-to-do merchant, trusted her life to a rope that hail been tied across the street. But the rt |mj gavi way, and she was swept off by the flood, drowned before the eyes of her own husband and sous, who woro helpless to Hive her. On the morningof the flfthof October the flood had sulisided, unil the streets of Managua were once more, though not without some danger, passable. The victims are six men and women, and Ave or six children in the city, and seven big and little of both sexes in the Hicrras. A Wonderful llors. Startle, one of Robert Bonner's horses, recently trotted a quarter of a mile in thirty-two and one-half seoonds. A noted horseman who witnessed the feat says: When all the facts are con sidered, the performance was certainly the most wonderful ever rnftde. Staitle accomplished the feat so easily, and fin ished so well witbiu himself, that. I was convinced that, great as was the per formnnce, he was capable of readily ac complishing a still greater. Startle, in his physical conformation, is a marvel of power, and the fact that a horse of his size could draw a wagon a 2:10 g'.it under such unfavorable circumstances, and without any special preparation, stumps him as the must wonderful horse of the age. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, DEC 1 EM HER 7, 187<>. THE IIOKItOKS 01 W IK Tfc. Haul. .1 H1..1.-.J.IHMI Wsrvlwa. Os> .rr(M|.'llw Ike W pMHjril CiU.arf. W ... Tt.wltsi. A correspondent of the Ijomlou Trie tjraph writes: Tliun they OBUie nil, and presently opened so fearful u riff.. lire that the bullets fell srtlUtld Us kit like hail. A a yet our infantry were quiet; uot a rifle was heard, und tin foe \u coming nearer to the a-rni circular trenches of which 1 have liefore spoken, i Sinhleidy there IN U movement ill the I bushes, a sharp note from the Bugle, a rattle of bayonets and stool laurel*, and then a little cheer. Our men are rnur tug, the supjHirts are taking the empty trenchea, ami the reel of each baitallou IN in the reserve tinea. All at once such a tire pours forth a* envelope you IU smoke, ami make* that still advancing column stagger. Yet only for a minute; there is a counter cheer and a rapid rush. Whirr ! how the bullets fly j*ast them; with wliat shriek* do ho shells hound iu ! See, the Herwans are stand mg still for a moment, tiring yet, but (aiming no ueart-r to the mountain. Their line is gradually beii g fed, too, aud they are extending every women* It is only the fear of the shells and the bullet# which makes them hesitate, i'erhapa uot only the fear, but rattier the effect, for uow they are falling fast, and without the aid even of a glass we can see that they are strewing the ground bv hundreds or staggering away u> die. Harder than ever is our Are, as theirs weakens, aud more determined, too, are our men, for they now quit the outfxwit trenches and are ad vanciug upon the bewildered enemy. Volley after volley from the foe fails to stop them, they leave many a comrade on the ground, but on they go, till at length the Servians, seeing their red fears com tug nearer aud nearer, turn and fly, de serting 3,000 of their nurntxT, who will urvrr s e home ill Ituwviu or on tlie lauiks of the Danube any more. • • • Not one was there hut might have heeu the hardy father of a numerous family. I did not see a boy among them. Our in |wrtieular 1 noticed—sod he was hut a typo of the rest—a tall, w< 11 made, broad shouldered warrior, who, having . fought to Ins uttermost and received a wound iu the stomach, had lain down upon the road to Derbent iu hope of succor. Unhappily for him, friends were far away, and his comrades had hung in fantastic fashion, on a tree hard by, a Circassian, who, having fallen into their bauds, had been first tortured and put to death. 1 was looking at him as 1 rode by, wondering if he were yet alive, when, horrible to relate, there came upon the sc< four Cl.irkoxsoes. They, too, had so. u their hanging comrade, and they thirsted for blood. At this moment the wounded Servian raised yis head and rolled his glassy ryaa round in hope of descrying help. Down sprung a Circassian, and with a little dagger pierced the dying man through and through, cnt off his right hand, and ripped him up as he lay upon the ground. Fortunately his end was near, and he expired; but even in death he was a handsome giant, this victim to the tiarliarous war which ltussia has caused and Waged. Itrsrcratiou of LlnruliTs Tomb. The attempted d M cm! ion of the tomb of the late President Lincoln is one of thont* stories which would seem to IK long to imaginative rather than real crime. It is difficult to believe that even the worst of criminals would plan and endeavor to ••Xivute such a ]r< jcet. Had It suc ceeded the whole world would have re garded it w.th horror, ai d we may well Ivelii ve ti nt the expectation of a ransom with which tin- crime was planned would lure hl to the !1..al ibtevtlou of the criminals, even if tin y La 1 succeeded in oonomlu g tin ir 11ur. nut 1 its uocom jlithi..t 1 1. The later orimiud art wn engaged. 'ih < maturity were at first to iiotrilied 1 , U • discover v of the uiduight attorn; t that they lw--tily jump ed to a oonciuswir that something of •nther political or sections) significance itlurhed to the crime ; but it is now de finitely kuowu that the sole motive or objoct was the obtaining of a great ran son for restitution of tin- r mains. The Linooln Monument At--oeiutton, com posed of leading citixeus of toe State, have raise*] n largo amount ot money aud erected a splendid luoi.ume'.t which, with its fine surrounding'-, i the point of iuterest to all vnutors h re. It was conjoctured by the would be robbers that tlie association, the citiwns of Springfield and the people of Illinois,as ot the Union, would Pay an immense sum to re over tho Is dy. It was to be another "Charley Rose" outrage, with much larger possibilities iu the way of rewards. Ex-Chief Elmer Washbnra was called in to unl in tho capture, which wouid have IHM-II complete, with COUCIUMTO evidence, wh le all wcro iu tho crypt, Out for an unfortunate accident. AH the detectives emerged from their haling place, one hundred foot from the vanlt ontrauce, one of them in examining hia pistol accidentally discharged it. The robbern instantly 3< d and disappeared iu tho wood, which ih hut a few rodH distant. The name* of the parties en gaged are all withhold by the officers, who say they tan be had when wanted, hut they aro alleged to lie among tho shrewdest managers of gigantic crimes on this gido of tho water. The first ink ling of theaffair was known in Juuo last, tho details having been overlieird in a house in a Northern city, and was IHHI reported to parties interested here. Since tli t time Robert Lincoln aud Hon. Leonard Swett, of Chicago, have couHtautly Iwe u ou the alert, aud by means of s vera! fortuitous cireuin- Ntaiicoa were able to pr. veut what cer tainly would have lawn n moat horrible aacrilege. The monument is now closely guarded. ltid She SI Ist kc. She led Lim to a sofa, and in a deep bass voice called him her soul's idol, ami inquired what his monthly income was. Seeing his gaze fixed on her Wa con strictor like mouth, she remarked : '• Hurling, I seo you notice my large and beautiful potato trap; let mo < xplain to yon tho reason of its unusual size. When I was quite u child I was playing on pappy's cellar door; it gave way; I was precipitated down into tho base ment, aud caught by tho mouth on a projecting meat hook, which ripped up my face and extended my mouth several inches." With his eyes full of sym|>a thotic tears he rose from the sofa, and replied, as lie made toward tho door : " My angel, you are perhaps mistaken. Probably, in the excitemmt of tbatawfnl moment, you left yonr month down in the basement, and accidentally brought up tho oellar. We shall meet again in * better world. Adieu." HTOPPEO FOOI.TNS.— At the opera house in Oiuci l nati, one of tho attendants at a menagerie played a trick npon the ele phant. He offered the animal a quid of tob icco, which was thankfully received. Within a quarter of an hour the vontig gentleman foil a victim to retributive justice. While ho was standing in tho oeutor of a small group tho elephant's trunk wound nlxuit him nnd tossed him into the air. Tweed as a Fireman. It is known that Wm. M. Tweed, whose case is now attracting so luuoh attention, cotuuieuoed hla political career in New York as foreman of a tire oooi|MUiy. " Hig Hn " was tho name of Uie company and " Hig Hi* " has beeii attaelie.l to Tweed's name ever snioe. A New York paper gives some incidents of this company, and of Tweotl'a oouueo tiou with it. It says : L'|>uu theooour reuoe of Uie Hague street explosion, at an early hour in the day, Tweed and his company were among the first to reach tlie aoelie of the catastrophe, and to tliem was committed tlie task of extriosth-g the living and dead froui the rnius. t'a.thfully and laboriously did Utey toll, remaining upoii the ground ali thut .lay ail I night until thr. e o'clock in the moruuig of Uie next, while the mem Ix-re of other companies retired alter several hours of labor. The term " Big Bix," applied to tlie Americus engine, originated from the fact that at tlie time of the reorgauixa turn of No. 6 the city had caused to be constructed four e. glues of the Pblm delphia pattern, two of the largest of which were assigned to ri|*\ rendering it ca|iable of tieing turned in any direction by the pipeman, who played directly on the tire from his station on top of the case containing the air chandlers. To supply water for this machine the citi lens were pressed into service, each house lieing by law compelled to keep hanging in the hall hear the 'treet a number of leathern bucket., .nscrilied with the owner's name. Upon a* - alarm of Are iu the mughtswhood, < sell house holder teM.nl his Collection of buckets into the street. to be pickixl up by era by hurrying to the conffsgratiou. At tlie tire the bucket holders Wert* formed into two lines. expending from the engine to the various town pnnq>s in tlie vicinity, the one line to pass the bm krts when tilled to the engine, which had a box at the rear end to receive the wab r, and the second line to retain the empty on sto tlie pumpers. After the lire was extinguished, the buckets were piled in a huge pyramid in front of the city hall, and on the morrow the park swarmed with colored servants iu search of theprojierty of their rwapectiva tnas ter*. An the fire department had for many Tears exercised strung local jm.itioal in line nee, and even claimed the office of register ns a reward for the faithful scr Tloe of a popular chief engineer, tlir foreman of "Itig Ktx " naturally aspired to municipal representation of the ward in ulucli ho dwelt. Imuacquently he ran for the aldermanship of the Fourth w ..rd, but was defeated. Chagrined at tin - untoward result, the comi Jiy ]er •UthJ their foreman to remove from Vaudewaler to Hutgern street, and he was there placed in nomination for a* sintuit ald rmau of the Seventh ward. His election laid the foundation of a prolonged |Mihlical career, hia influence *1 - Jiiy extending over the Cougree sional district, }>roveii through Ins dec ti< i as representative over C*iurad Swockhamer, a prominent jtolitical Ira 1 er, and editor of the 1 teiiiorraV.c lir- I'iw. Only once was ho deteate-d, and then tu a contest for the aldermanship. Tlte Nail IHdrict of Itinninxham. On a murk winter's uigLt, in the olde.i time, when the tires from the blast furnaces, aud the lurid flame* of some ignited pit mound, were ail aglow, the mtiHic of the uailiug hjunmers of ibrmingliann, England, might be beard all the country round. From the little but* or sbels, dotted here and there upon the broken landscape, with an utter absence of order or convenience, as though the mighty geologiad opera tions nuderueatb hud shaken them into the most unlikely places, the gleam of the he.trlh fires would sbiuo from the open shatters, nnd the mcrrv sougn of the workers, male ami female, sting at the very topmost pitch of their voices, might l>e heard a mile away. Up to tsu or eleven o'clock at night would these sounds continue—no unusual circtnn stance iu a district where laUir never wetus to rest, lint where the r.airiug furnaces and the great rolling wheels go on unceasingly day and night. Through the open loophole, the whole art aud mvstery of nail making could bo wit ue**e,l 'by any passer by. The nailer wouhl have the ends of three or four rods in the fire, and taking ont the one which had lioen in longest, after a pull or two at the liellows to bring it to a welding heat, he would taper down the point uoou his anvil, at the same time making a shoulder for the head, lie would then hold it over a chisel or cut tuig punch, stuck upright at the side of his anvil, and, giving it one tap with his hammor, cut it halfway through, an iron stop in front of the punch giving him the exact guago for tho length. He would then turn down the point of the half-severed nail into a steel instru ment called a bore (the top of which ormod n mold for the lieiul), and twist it off, aud then, with a few smart blows, he would lieat it down until the head wasspreud ont sufficiently, and aie-urued the required shape, the nail just tnmiug from red to black as ho gave it the finishing tap. As liis rods got too short, he would weld or 11 abut" two of them together, and put a new rod iu the lire ; aud so on, with th regularity of clock work, probably, iu a thousand nails, uot one varying tho number of blows upon em h. English Stallsllc*. Tho returns for 1874 show that sixty uino of the fi'Jfi,632 (s-rsous WIIOMO deaths were registered in England in that year were tab tl to 1H one hundred years old, or upward. These centenarians comprised sixteen men and fifty three women; ami the oldest were six widows, described as Ix-iug 104 years old. Of the fifty-three women ad but eight are registered as being widows. Among the whole sixty nine there is only one who is styled a gentleman; one of tho men is descriliod as a pensioner, one woman as an annuitant, and another woman (one hundred years old) as a " ward in Chancer }." A bright Omen. J list as tho long procession of people who had attended the last day of the Ex hibition wore slowly and reluctantly wending thoir way toward tho exit gates of tho Centennial grounds, tho leaden clouds which had veil'd tho sky during tho whole of tho day wcro partod in tho west and a glorious glow of sunset overspread tho inolosure. The grand towers of the Main building were illu minated with golden light. Auspiciona omen I May it bring in its train all the bright anticipations which it started in stinctively in tho minds of those who beheld it! Tlit Heat of the At a meeting of the academy of act cue*#, I'rof. ltoee's naval cxix-rimmta were diactiascd. A paper was read aa follows : Oil no ou of the lluartUnd questions of Science is there So wide a .iiwrepanry as in reejieet to the values set on the aolual ln-al of the surface of the sun. KsUuiate* have lieen furnished by Herseht 1 and Meorhi thai place it at 10.0U0.0U0 .leg.; |.v Knows.in at 4,000,. 000; and ou lite otber hand, by French physicists of repute at a point a little over that of a blast furnace -say I.SOO degrees oeiitigrade. This is a mouMlroua discrepancy for skilled erjierimenVera. The difference ill results depends U|*>n the mode of working the problem, and the assumption involved. The large estimates come from following Newton's law tliat temiie rat lire increases as radia tion does. The smaller estimates coins from applying Duloug and I'.-tit's law, in which temperature is s function of radiation; a tunction tliat reaches its practical extreme when it is pushed be yond a temperature of two tbousund de grees. Htrange to *>', the ami annul tiuioou* comparison of the hiiu'b heat and tlukt from terreirtrial sources has uot yet t>ecii made. An an approximate mode of inquiry, I'rof. 8. P. Langley determined to compare the ligut of the nuu with that froui the molten iruu poured out of the lioNneiuer ootiverler. The experiments were made at the Edgar 'J'homaou steei workn, where every fa cility wan gives. The galvanometer could Hot be lined for measuring corn parative heats. Imoauae that instrument in at ouoe affected by the movement of large masses of iron 111 itn vicinity. The Kilchie type of photometer was em ployed; Prof. Langley described its construct lOU and metits. In us.ug 11 he was placed uud r great disadvanlag. from the continuous changes in the p< 1 lion of the liesacturr converter. The hehoslat arrangemeut to give a beaui of the sun for oumnariaou, had to be as continually shifted; th< ol** rv r sat on a window aill in uncomfortable proxi mity to the furnace o] K-rations. The detail* of the exierimeut no*l uot be gtveu here. The tlrnt conclusion reached was that the nun's light, which turn* the light from the molten steel into a black spot, must Ik? at least fifty I lines the greater. Then the speoirusoojie was employed and the two rayn com]tared. The steel rayn w.-re again blotted out. Hence the sun's rays must have been at leant sixty-four tini-* brighter. Next Prof. Langlej matte comparisons of the sun's rays with those from the flame aliove the converter, when the latter were at their brightest. This was a Iras difficult proceeding, and furnished more specific results. The photometric com parison could be made directly. It is admitt'sl, however, that the flame light msv not 1* quite so blight aw that of the molten steel. The arrangement was s. uiewhat like that of a camera obscuro. It gave the image of the nun ao accurate ly that nun spots could le easily exam ined; it also gave an exact n-on senta tion of the furnace flam". Each wan alternately stipvt posed on the other. The conclusion in tliat the sunlight is at leant *2,lt>B times brighter tlisU tile fur uace flume. An the ii at is presumably of lL" nam" relative or.t t, the r -ult n adverse to the law of Dulung and IVtit. The actual heat of the nuu in probably among the higher values that have IK <-U suggested. Novelties In flllllncry. Qlove kid in coming into use for bou nets, nays Harper's Ha:ar. A very few have beeti imported, but they are pre ferred by Paruneunus to the fin-si felts or even velvet. One of pale rose pink has the hue rose kid drawn sino- thly over the frame and trimmed with os trich tit n and gron gram of the sau.e shade. The Iteiioitou, or se,rf of silk passed tinder the chin, is another no* Ity. Thin ta a long width of aoft twilled silk, either cardinal red. cream, or other shade of the trimming of the Unmet, and is iu many oases bordered wiih ftir. It is a, wixl to the back of the Unmet low down c n the crown, is pa**. d around t the front, tnnfHing the neck, aud is faa ietied on the left side. Hilver fox fur or else maraltout feathers trim the hand some*! B-noitniiw. The square figured liaaket woven silk* are also need for this purpose. Hotae of the newest French hats, espe cially thoae of plush or felt, have an dge of fur that borders the face; gray and black fnrs are most nsed. White plush, velvet, or soft felt hats chosen for dress by vonug ladies who dress richly. They have broad crtiwna, high but uot pointed, are very short be himl, an*l are trimmed around tlie crown with a plaited scarf. For face trimming is dark velvet of some becoming shade, or else a fringe of ostrich feathers very much curie,!. The newest French flt are of the tillnil shade, a greenish cream tint, trimmed with the same color, and contrasted with |>ale blue or with dark damask red. Cream oolored felts have cardinal puffings under the brim, with mauy upturned loops of riblon outside; the ends of the ribbon are also turned upward, and are cut into five or six saw tooth points. The pointed Mother Goose crowns and one sided bonnets have lieootne so commonly worn tliat fashionable milliners are tarnishing their customers with more quiet looking bonnets with broader crowns, or else regular cajHitea. Felt bonueta are very popular, notwithstanding the outcry against them made at the beginning of the season. The Life of a Reporter. I reported on a morning newspaper three years, nays Mark Twain, and it was pretty hard work. Hut 1 enjoyed ite attraetioua. Reporting is the beet school in.the world to get a knowledge of hnmun Wings, human nature and human ways. A nice, gentlemanly re porter—l make no differences—is well treated by everybody. Just think of the wide range of IIIH acquaintanceship, his experience of life and society. No other occupation brings a man into such fa miliar social relations with all the grades and clauses of people. The List thing at night midnight—ho goes browse g around after items among tho poiioo anil jailbirds in the lockup, questioning the prisoners and making pit a ant and lasting friendships among some of the worst people in the world. Aud the very next evening he gets louiaelf up re gardless of expense, puts on all tho good clotlios his friends iiave got, goes and takes dinner with the governor or oon mandet in-chief of the district, the United Htatos senator ami some of the upper crust of society. He is on good terms vrith all of them, and is present at every gathering, aud has < any access to every variety of people. Why, I break fasted almost every morning with the governor, dims! with tho priucipal clergyman and slept in tho station house. A reporter has to lies little,of oonrse, or they would dischargo him. That is why X left it. I am dif ferent from Washington. I have a grander ami higher staudsrd of prin ciple. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't. Reporting is faacinat ing, but then it iN so distressing to have to lie so. Lying is bad—lying is very bad. Every individual knows that by experience. 1 think that for a man to tell a li"—when he cannot make anything by it—is wrong. TKRMH: a Year, in Advance. Counting tho Vote*. In IHA& Congress adopted a joint rule that if sny mem tier of cither lb mm should object to the certificate of the re sult of ths Presidential siection in auy State, both HOUMS . hould withdraw and vote upon the qu. stion without delay, and unless Isith Houses concurred, the <*ualy embar rass it. At present, if oue House should protest sgainst the result as declared, and withdraw, the validity of the eieo llou that might be aunouuaed would be questioned. The Constitution provides that the president of the benale shall open the oertiffoatea, count the votes in the presence of the Beiiate and the House, and declare the result. This seems to imply tho assent and aoquiea oeuoe of both Hou*es, and the protest and non-eoncurrenoe of either might lead to confusion and trouble. The rule of 1*66 aertainly exposed the country to some risks. If, for insUaoe, the result is any election had depended ujum New York, and objection were made u|>on the ground of fraud, bat really for a mere |*arty purpose, and it were suNtained by a party majority in either Hous<, the temptation would be very strong to raise a similar objection in the other Uouv. ujion similar parly grounds, and to sustain it in the same way ami for the same purpose. The re ceplioii of the whole electoral vote was htis exposed to the whim of party spirit. It is tutttuned, however, by our system of government, that th. re are good seusc and patiiotism enough in the American {wople to curb the perils of unbridle.! party spirit, aud tbe action of Congress, we iisve no doubt, will justify that faith. Some method might he suggested under which, it objection tie made to auy Btab* return, the ground should U stated, and the question re ferred to a committee of equal numbers from both Houses. They should task, s speedy report, and, in case of dia ■gr. - meut, they might oall in the chief juaiioe t, arbitrator. The decision should be Anal. Any plan that euuid la* devi c! would be open to objection. Rot friction ami inconvenience aud com promise would be very much better Ulan any failure to determine. The problem is not in itaelf difficult Its solution demands only honest na triotism and loyalty in Congreas; and if the > do not exist there, the country is much more nnfortnnate than we be lieve. It is foolish for either party to insist at thiN time that the other is not willing to abide by the decision of the majority. If, for instance, the remit of the election depends upon the vote of Ixuisi: ., the sole question is. For whom were the majority of the votes in thai State cad I Fiaud c-.n be awomol npon either side, and the assumption proves not lung, The pteviona action of the present returning tmard has in da i laid it under suspicion. But a careful surrey of the canvass of votes by prominent representatives will satisfy the country. The declarations of the President were nw*t admirable, and rthy of tlie chief magistrate. All that I: >n..table lii publican* and Democrats wisu to know is the fact as tt ix.—liar prr't W'tjtk'y. lankee vs. Jap. Looking at the pottery in the Japan ese tiaxtnr, says a Centennial letter wriUr, I espied a flower po| which struck my fancy, and 1 inquired the price •• Four dollaire," was the response of the youthful Jap. The price suiting as well as the arti cle, 1 determined to take it on my way out. and in lb* afternoon again up preached the hoaaar with that object. This time there was a leathery old Ori -1 ental iu attendvnce, with a face like that of a wrinkled old monkey, who, being ask <-d the price, answered : " Eight dollaire 1" " No," I said, throwing up four fingers, " it was four dollars this morn ing." The old heathen opened a mouth like a alit iu a side of pole leather, and dis playing a row of yellow fangs, ejacu lated : " Oh, una, he is eight dollaire." As I retreated, I noticed in the little garden which surrounds the Ifcraar the same kind of flower tad, in some of which were plants, and I tried the cus todian of these, a sober, chestnut com plexioned Jap. " How much are those!" •• Six doll .ire." Again 1 explains,! they were four dol lars in the morning, but was only an swered by a quiet grin, and— " Six dollaire." Approaching the ItaOOar once more, I waite i until the withers,! old swindler was called away for a few minutes, and then hailing the youngest and most amiable faced Jap 1 could select, I louche,! the flower pot and asked : " How much I" The youthful son of Japan picked it up, looked at it, trying to eetimate its value, and then turning to me said, evi dently at haxard : " Four dollaire an half." And 1 carried it off at the fourth price at which it had Itoeu offered me during the day. A French LOTS Story, Marie Gauthier, a rich heireea, be tween fifteen aud sixteen years of sge, who lived with lier |>arente at St. Me dard, was the object of many hopee ; among the eligible young men of the neighborhood. In addition to these, one especially ineligible sighed for the gilded Ilea tity. His name wai 'I heophile Parocan, hia age eighteen, and his parents were humble cultivators of a Kmall farm. His education hod bceu good, hut feeling that he could not hope to obtain tho consent of the girl's fath er, he entered his household as a ser vant, with a view of oaily being seen anil heard by her. Within a month the heiress r--eived his declaration aud warmly mpuuied to it, and the couple I eloped. Theophile had made a confidant of n young man, Jules Gatinaud, who was engaged to marry his sister, and seekiug the couple in their retreat, he told them that the police were searching for them, and that there was no alternative but a temporary separation. He advised The ophile to escape, and offered to carry Mile. Gauthier back to her father. Theophile acted upon his advioe, but ! Gxtinand, instead of performing bis promise, took the young lady to a way side tavern, and thenoe, on the next dav, to his father's bouse, aud requested the latter to call on Mons. Gauthier and offer to find his daughter if he would promise to give her hand to his son. Hnt Gauthier refused. , Mile. Gauthier was, however, soon disoovered and taken home. Theophile was also fouud, aud both he and Gati naud were arrested. The parents of Gatiuaud were likewise arrested, but ' they were aoqnitted. Theophile was condemned to two years' imprisonment, and Uatiuaud to three years. NUMBER 49. On fhe Mtuatloa. The Ijotidon Timet has a strong pro it unman leading editorial article aa the Eastern question. It first notices the alow progress toward an agreement about a conference and its basis, facts which am clearly not promising for its nuooem, but dooJsrm that the worst symp tom is a disposition to prescribe before hand conditions incompatible with ideas of negotiation and compromise. It cites as thns iuoouhisU-at with the idea of a conference, tlie stipulation that there most be no limitation of the sultan's sovereign will. But those who labor for peace, it says, will not low heart be cause the prospect is not perfectly dear. The 71mm condemns past Itritiah policy and says : "If Austria and Great Britain had known their interests last ysar, they would have smarted any extension of this difficulty by promoting what wax then g comparatively easy eeUlemeaC" It then proceeds to forecast the future in this wise ; " Supposing the a>rmut tioe expires without a conference, or the conference fails, the czar would doolaie war, disavowing, probably, a desire to add to the Husaiau domiuions, or any other object tlian seconug good govern ment for her Slavonic brethren. Many would my tliat this was mere hypocrisy and falsehood, but it M deer that Eng land could find no pretense for intet fercTior until much more had happened than the outbreak of such a war fur | such an avowed purpose. Ilia time might come, when we, declaring to the sulUu oar regret st the inevitable parti tiuu of hot dominions, might be obliged to demand that h* should resign Constat! • unoplt- to kpower able to take cam of it" The Tim** mya it docs not sup pose it would com ft to thin. The czar would stop before he provoked a crista calling for Englaud'a intervention. With Barns aggrandised and tndepeu lent and with Bonmania independent and aggrandized south of the Danube in exchange for territory ex-led to Bus lua on lite north, be would top well contented with what he had done in a work, the completion whereof must be left for another tune. But what e result Lhu would be of a policy having for its first ljote the maintenance of the inde pendence and integrity of the Ottoman empire. What we have described is the probable courm of events to which we must look forward if the armistice ex mren without peace being proclaimed. W itbout saying that under no cwma stances could a shot be fired from Eng lit-b oannou, this much may bo unhesi tatingly declared : that if liu—ta took up the war from Beivia'a failing hand*, English opinion would no more justify armed opposition to Bornia, than it did justify armed opposition to Hervia, and the diplomacy of Kumia would show it x>-U altogether deficient in the sagacity attributed to it if it did not so describe the objects of the war and restrict its OIK rations as to prevent the ocrtirrenoe of any sufficient reason for our inter fering. The Price of Beef. Tin- New York Time, has the follow iug : If Aun noau beef can be eent from here to England—a JisUmtv of three thousand mi lee—and retailed in the London market for nine pence, nay seventeen cvntt per pound, surely it should not aell here for from twenty to thirtv cents pt r pound. And be it le membemt. only the very choicest Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri cattle are used for export; the common sort, more especially rough Texan*, being excluded. This promising addition to our export trade is comparatively new, constantly growing, and is likely soon to attain vast proportions. It has already attained an average at about uoe hun dred carcases a day—roughly estimated at f75 per oar caw—making a total laily export amounting in value to #7,500. Is it not a monstrous anomaly that American tierf should be retailed in London at lower rates than are charged for it here t Ail cotton goods show a groat advance and deoliue from the tie ginning of the war down to the present time. New York Mills, which sold fr twelve and a half cents in 1861, a°.d aru offered for the same price per yard to day, were advanced to eightv cents at one time during the war. Wamsutta good*, which acid for twelve cents a yard in 1861, were advanced to seventy c ut* in war times, and are now offered at the old price. Printed cotton goods or oalirae# are selling to-day in the lower standard grades at a redaction from the price* of 1860. Merrimack*, which sold for ten and twelve cents a yard in 1860, and tw<-nty-eight and thirty cents dur ing the war, are now offered retail at six and a quarter cents a yard. Garner's sell to day at six and a quarter cents a yard, the same price as in 1861, and so on throughout the whole catalogue. Prime cuts of beef sold before the war for twelve sod a half cents per pound. To-day they are selling at from twenty to thirty cents per poura} in this market. The Eastern Question. The following is the text of a speech delivered by the axar of Russia at Mos cow : "I thank you for your sentiments respecting the political situation, which is now more clearly defined than before. You know that Turkey has yielded to my demands for an immediate armistice to end the useless slaughter in Salvia and Montenegro. In thia unequal strug gle the Montenegrins, an heretofore, have shown themselves real heroes. Un fortunately the woe cannot be said of the Servians, notwithstanding the assist ance of our volunteers, many of whom shed their blood for the Slavonic carta \ I know that ail Russia joins me in warmly sympathising in the sufferingsof our brethren and 00-religionisU. The true interest* of Russia are, however, dearei to me than ail. My wish to the uttermost is to spare Russian blood. Therefore, I have striven and will stil strive to obtain a real improvement of the position of the Christians by peace ful means. In s few days negotiations will commence at Constantinople. My most ardent wish is that we may arrive at a general agreement; should this, however, not be achieved, and shonld 1 see that we cannot obtain guarantees necessary for carrying ont what we in tended demand from the Porte, lam firmly determined to act independently. I am oouviuoed that the whole of Russia will respond to my summons should I consider it necessary, and Russia's honor requires it. Moscow will lead the van by its example. May God help us to carry out our sacred mission." t hlucsc Cheap Labor. The testimony taken by the Chinese commission in San Francisco in refer ence to the shoe trade was very interr ing. A manufactnrer testified that four years ago the average wages of journey men shoemakers ranged from $24 to S3O a week, whereas at present they are able to earn only from £l6 to 818 a week. This reduction is attributed to the em ployment of Chineee journeymen. The price of Chinese labor in San Francisco, he t-aid. was on a level with that of white abor in New England. An assistant forewoman in a factory in which 300 Chinese journeymen were hired, stated that twenty-three young women were also employed on uppers. They did not like to work with the Chinese, bnt star vation was the alternative. There were hundreds of unemployed white women in the city who would gladly take the plane of the Chinese, and they could certainly work with greater rapidity. A Burglar Mot and killed. Mr. Joseph B. Piteer, of Zionaville, Boon* county, Indiai a, with his shot gun diminished the number of burglar* ■uf.sftting Indianapolis and neighborhood by one. At a late hour at night Mr. Pik—f wae awakened by a noi*> in the rear of hia residence, which proved to be made by burglar* climbing upon the kitchen. Tb J removed the upper a*b of the gable window opeuing out npon the roof of the kitchen, and through the window gained eoeeee to the main build* ing. They pa—ad from the room find entered down the ateirway into the halt and parlor. Their movements were ! heard by Mr. Piteer, who hurriedly ilroanrtl himself and armed hi mac If with hia shotgun. Re took the precaution to add to the load of birdahot in the gun a few tiookahot. lie then went to a aide door on the eaat aide of the bouaa where he could command a view of the kitchen and the prolieble nit of the burglar*. I He parsed out of tbia door to a small I torch, and aa he stepped from the porch a man advanced cautiously to war. i bun, stooping —if to co noes l him • If. cvi denUy not being aware of Mr. P.'a preu enae. He soon diaoovere 1 Mr. P., how ever, and started up, and, as Mr. Pitser thought, attempted to draw a pistol. Mr. P. immed.au ly tired upon him with, as it afterward prove 1. fatal effect. The man diwppe—vd behind : the house, and Mr. Pitat-r retort ud lo hia room and remained on guard until .tayHght. After breakfast be *U>t*d for the barn to feed his hone, nod in the barnyard found the dead body of the man upon whom be bad fired th< night before. The shot had taken t ffe Witt Clinton by 128 to eighty nine. In thin contest the voto of either Pennsylvania (twenty-three) or Virginia (twenty three) would have made 1> Witt Clinton President. In 1824 the fail electoral vote of New York .'thirty-four) would have given Andrew Jackson a majority of all the votes cant. Aa it waft he received only one vote from New York Bute, and the election devolved upon the Houee of Beprcsen- Wivi. The contest in 1844 *m exceedingly clone. • Polk reeerved 17U votee ; Clay, 105. The low of New York (thirtv four volwa) waa fatal to Henry CLy. Polk's plurality in the State wan only 5,106—50 that ■ change pf 2,564 votea would have • cam! the election of Henry Clay. At the miw-eotti Premdenttal election (1848), the vote of New York (thirty four) or Pennsylvania (twenty-four) would have given Caw a majority over Taylor. Buchanan won in 1856 ly fifty two votes. W ilbout the aid of Pennsyl vania he would have had only 148 votes —the exact number neoeawry to a choice. Had Pennsylvania gone Re publican in October, hia defeat was inevitable. Lincoln received, in 1800, 180 votes, against 123 for hia opponents. Notwithstanding hi* great plurality, be needed the voto of New York to give him a majority of all the votes cant. Henceforth small aa well aa large States may deem themselves of great aocount. A Deadly PooL Some remarkable statement* were at au inquest held at Kitty, Lat cwdare, England, recently, respecting a mill stream lodge known aa "Old Cha rley's Lodge," or "The Ratter's Ceme tery," in which a young woman aged nineteen drowned herself. The iodge, i it seems, is in the midst of a tniciuy [populated neighborhood, and ia not pro tected by any feoee. The waW r being warm, it offers unusual temptation to suicide, and owing to it* unguarded condition, it ia also the soene of many fatal accidents to young child r. who fall into it while playing on th- l*nka. The coroner t*id he ecme: hit : it " a rrnblic Haandal " that "Old Charley's Lodge" wan not feaoed off in some way. He had himself held inquests on tiie bodies of from fifteen to twenty persons who had met with their death* in that lodge, and be understood that altogether upward of fifty bodies had been taken out of it. He did not think there waa another place in the kingdom to equal it- This ia a mistake. Tuo End* on Hampatead Hiath claim to I ve destroyed more human lives than any other piece of water of a similar *ixa in Great Britain, and the number -of bodies taken out of Ihom ia almost be yond calculation. "Old Charleys Lodge" ia, however, beyond doubt a most deadly pool, and a polioe constable present at the inq seat stated that it was a common saying m the borough: "I'll go to Old Charley's Lodge," or "Go to Old Charley's Lodge"— the first being an expreeeion of despair, the second of brutality. The ooroner, with the hearty concurrence of the jury, suggested that he should himself write to the owner of the lodge on the subject with the view of having it fcooed off ; and it is to be hoped that this letter will have the de sired effect. A Homesick Soldier. One of TcbernayefTH soldiers was charged with cutting ofi two fingers in order to render himself unfit for service. The soldier when taken to headquarter* admitted that be had coaxed a comrade to do him the favor. "And were you not ashamed," asked the general, "to abandon the field when the Turks are on the soil of our father land I" "1 am quite willing to fight the Curbs," was the reply. " but I wanted to see my home again." "Well," remarked the general, "you shall have a long leave of absence. Say your prayers. You will be shot this moment. ' The platoon advanced, and the soldier, after making the sign of the cross, stepped in front of his executioners. Suddenly he turned to the general and placing in his hand a few pieces of money, said : "To be given to my wife after "Go and be hanged," said Tcherusyeff; " take them to her yourself." Visit Your Parents. Never allow weather or waut of time or conaiderations of expense or oouve uieuoe prevent it, Rhort and o:ten if in the same town, or if at a distanoe, make it a point now and then to go back to the old home, and talk about old times, and tell them how yon are doing. They tre old now, and are very mnoh alone. There are no yonng people about the houso to atrract others, and most of those of their own age have passed away; they need some break in the lone liness of their homes; every visit of a ohild is pure happiness, and when the mtsssage oouies, "They are dead," your first regret will be that you had not done more to make them happy, and to smooth their pathway to their last rest ing place. A Law Abiding Citizen. A little old lady, wrapped with blanket shawls almost to suffocation, stepped ofi from one of the ferry boats at Detroit and appeared desirous of interviewing some person. As there were no band boxes, baskets, or bundles visible, the custom house officers paid no attention to her until after she had lingered on the wharf for fully half au hour. At last an officer inquired if she was looking for any person, and she replied that she had been " making some purchases across the river, and wanted some of the Etverument chaps to inspect tin goods." r. Thompson offered to perform the servioe, when he vm gratified with a view of two kittens whose eyes wt re not yet open. Suffice it to say, no duty r\. < demanded.