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<uie*.
must have bruised him. She rested
him on the ground anil crouched over
him ; she could move just enough for
that. The frightened child ceased cry
ing, and pnt his arms about her neck.
If she could only find something t
cover them fr>>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 <W, lopmt utH m
regard to the stteu j'tni ii< iH-cnktu 'i,
■airs * letter frotii B{i. iugfiald, 111., shown
:hat it wn the consununutiou of a must
In'imiupil and le-p laid cousj :racy, iu
which uo novic, in th<> 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 r<orgmaed
companies, assuming the prrfli "big"
to distinguish them from their prede
cessors. Niagara com pan v thus l.oainc
known among tire men as " Big Four,"
and Americas as " Big Six." In this
connection it is interesting to note the
gradual and auoooaaive changes time and
circuuistanoes have wrought iu the aiae
and fa-hum of the engiues used by our
Voluuteer tire department during tile
last half ceuturfof its existeuoe. Origin
ally companies employed the primitive
style (if lire engine, destitute of the
power of suctiou, vet furnished with a
"goose neck," which term denotes a
species of universal joint attached to
the tube running down luto the air
chambers, tv which joint could be
screwed the discharge i>i|*\ 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
<*<rtifliwte should be rejected. But this
rule has lieeu repealed, aud there is now
no provision for tbe aeUlruient of such
a question, should it be raised. The re
sult of the pros* nt election is BO eiose,
aud the probability of aome suoh quo*
tlon is so evident, that the litat duty of
Congress ujxiu re assembling will be to
make provision fur the contingency.
The differing |*ilitical sentiment of the
Houses may make suoh actum more dif
tlcult, but it should not sen.>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 ff<ct
in breast and neck. The verdict of
the jurr was that the deceased cam* to
his death "by a gunshot wound by the
hands of Joseph B. Pttscr, while in the
attempt to feloniously rolf the house of
the mid Joseph B. I'llxcr.
People Agnized the dead burglar
to M Charley Brown, a profess tonal
thief. Mr. Ktaer is a wet! known and
w.-althy citizen of Boone eonnty, and it
is possible the Inurglan', knowing hi
circumstance*, believed be bad a oou
oderaids sum of money in the bouse.
Presidential teat* t*.
Frve Presidential elections in which
the vote of noma OM Bttle might bava
changed the result oocurmi in the
United Ktttes out of the twenty-two
from 17ft© to 1872. In 1876, wbe a the
State legislatures cboea the electors,
Adam* had only ■ majority of two over
Jefferaoa, Um- vote bt-i-ig seventy one to
sixty-nice. In 1812 President Madison
ni duiM over L>e 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.