Hew Brow Old.
1 looked in the tslltaJ* mirror,
And MI the mirk* of cure,
The orow's feet Mid the wrinkle*.
And the grey in the dirk brown heir
Mr wife look*) over my elioold.r—
Si oil beentifol WM (the ;
" Thon wilt new grow old, my tore," the
Mid,
" New grow old to me.
" For ege i the chilling of hert,
And thine, M mine can tell,
le M young and warm ae when diet we
heard
The sound of our bridal btU!"
1 turned and kisned her rip# red li| a :
" Let time do its worst on we,
If in my soul, my lore, my faith,
1 never ee m old to theet"
Christmas Time.
Heap on morn wood!- the wind i chill,
lhit k t i! whistle as it will.
We'll keep our t'hrtsUnaa merry stilL
Each age has denued the new-boru year
The Attest time fvir festal cheer :
• •.•
And well our Christmas sire, of old
Loved when the year its course had rolled.
And la-ought blithe Christina* hack again,
With all his hospitable train.
Domestic and religious right
tlavv honor to the holy night:
On Christmas eve the belts were rung ;
l>n Christmas eve the uiaas wa* sung ;
That only night, in all the year,
Saw the stoled |U u .t the dhilw* rear.
Tlie damsel denned her kirtle slieeu ;
The hall was dressed with belly greea ;
b\>rUi to the WHHVI did merry inert go,
To gather ui the mistletoe.
Then opened wide the tiaron s nail
To vassal, tenant, serf, and all;
Tower laid lus rod of rule aside.
And cernn, ny .h.ff.l bis pride.
The heir, with roses in lus shoes,
That night might vi'lsgv psituer clns.se ;
The lord, sndrrvigatiug, share
Tlie vulgar game of "post and pair.
AU hailed, with nsns • troll.--1 delight.
And general voice, the happy right.
That tv tlie cotuge, as Ik, crown.
Brought inhngs of salvau- ii d. wu.
The fire, with *ril dried log* bUpfiiied,
Went roaring uj !i. vtuauey ide ;
The huge hall taM. * oaken l>i>,
Scrolled UU it *!i -:ie the day tt erace.
ltorw !inu upun U ruajaive Kvird
So mark to port Use vjuirv sad kmi.
Tbtn wa brought :■ the lusty I jiwu,
Py old Mae coated n I.ls man ;
Thru the grim boar* head frowned i n high,
I Vested with liays and rosemary.
Well can the gn-'ii garbed rangir tell
Ho*, when, and where, the u. niter fell :
hat Mhl* lus death he '. re.
And all the haiung of the beer.
The wa*sel rvir.ui in gi>od Uvwn bowls
Garwishtd w.th ribbons, blithely Irowls.
TV- re the huge <ur!i4.l reeked ; hard t*
I'Hur. i> wridjte t *>l, snd Obnetmu ;
Nie failed old Scotland to produce.
At inch high tide, Mr a\i*y gts'sc.
Then eante the-merry tusker* in.
And ear ' r iard lb ! htl e rue diu ;
If munekbiK ;i was Ui< > : r.
It wi a hearty r.'tr, and strong.
Who lists may in their tuuiiunmg see
Traces of at. .-out mystery.
VThiti shirts •:::■• lied the mwqm-mle.
And saintted cheek* the \ i -r* made ;
Hat. oh I what ciask-.m n.-hly dieht
Can I ltd i f I- soma half so tight ?
Ksciaivd J MR) 11-miand. when
Old UffisDuai trought his sjairts again.
T v hrutuAs broached the merriest ale ;
"Twas t'hntr.:r.s told the merriest talc ;
A Christmas gaurt ol ft would cheer
The poor man's heart through half Use year.
—.air Holler .Scr.fl.
YES. OK NO.
Terrible weather—quite an old fiuh
!■ i ml Cur! -tmar—the an >w falling f:e>t.
in tlskis ms L-.rge as d uic. and an icy,
pet.etromig w id sweeping hiTuri the
country, with a fierce determination to
lir-ve its < tii Way. Everybody said it
w:u the i !de>; winter iter known; but
tli.it is annual saying.
At the E . the s> .it <f n country
r itlcuian, in one of the Northern
S* -tes, a 1. r. • rnrty bad assembled :
ivt r.d i;o C.< li.-tmiß hsdiilays. Mr.
F wrier, tlio • w ler i f the Eitus, was r
mun of lr 'h teste tiul iii>< r.d Ay, an I
enjoy mi not] ing K Iter than to gather
his frit lids ur- .'i.nd h-ui. He was a wid
ower, viUt one eliild—Lueilla, A sjmrk
lir.g, sprightly girl t f nineteen or
twentv.
The }-any c -nsisted f several fr.Ynds
a:. 1 neighbors f Jir. Fowler, anil their
wives end daughters. There was, of
c >arec, a j:• portionate uwt'mblr of
y oag ■ nd :,;i. tie :u a Itf Ihhl
Ck.pt*; a Wilfred IlKrWrt; a great mi
ni, rer vf Lac ibi *, without, as y.t. hav
ing aetual'y d* •. r . L.i.:-, If. It needed
not much L. • rumen!, l:owevcr, to iier
ceive that Is- w;> dev. icdly attached t*>
th • y nng lady, while she on L. r jurt
vci nut i rT -rent t<> hiiu.
Bnt jUH ht we tell yu aw nl ale tit
L icills. S'i one of the >e dear, be
witch - : cr< u. s that u:.l make y.<u
think tiiat y>a ir<; a very nice sort . f n
fellow, and th.it y n are just the kin 1 of
n man that she always mbnired; then,
without any perceptible effort, will
ranee yon to suppose that ynn are a
great blundering thin? that astonishes
himself lv his own or.eeit iti snpp sing
that lie, f .r a moment, could cmnjarp
himself with h"r; bnt underneath all
th:.-, there v .s a woman's nature that
eoulsl lC loving, and even sn o re. Now
her f itlicr, v.Lo, strange to s*y, conld
t >t re id v cintr la hes lik- a!• k, Bering
only a a qaeite in h's charming iletigh
ter, W::B mnch phased by tl.c- irefi renre
paid her by the handsome young i fficer,
who came of an excel lent family, and in
addition to"hb proftn, had un ample
private fortune, ai d, in his parental s<
liritude, was desirous of seeing her hap
pily settled with some de-*>rv.ng and eli
gible young man. Mr. Fowler himself
was verging on seventy years, having
married late in life.
It was about midday and the scene in
tic grounds of the E'.iiiS was animated
and striking. They were of grent ex
tent, pud in summer timst beautiful'y
laid out. Now, however, their beaut ee
were veiled beneath a waste of snow.
The immense clma, yews and ce-lari
which skirte<l the lawn, so externive as
almost to resemble the open spar in p.
park, were weighed down by fantastical
ly shaped conglomeration f snow, an.!
the lawn its If was a vast sheet of white,
reminding - :.e as much of Siberia, and
.its sable and mink hunters, than of rn
American landscape, and a party of
American ladies and gentlemen.
The guests of Mr. Fowler—some thirty
in number—seemed to lie enjoying them
selves amazingly. Some of the young
men had, for the amusement of the
ladies, contrived to make a lmgc figure
of siio-v, an 1 tliev and their fair com
panion-. were now engaged in pelting the
giant with . uowb'dls. Others had rigged
out, Ruaraa fnbion, some pretty little
sleighs, which, drawn by three ponies
adorned by snail silver bells, and each
capable of containing two persons, afford
ed an opportunity for flirting not to be
lost Viy young people snowed up in a
country house. ?.fost of the young
ladies v. ere clothed in fur suits from head
to foot, wtiil" th * gentlemen, in fur caps
and jackets, contributed their share to a
very pictureiqne tableau. Tlie tinkling
of the sleigh liells, and the merry shouts
of the party engaged in pelting the
snow giant, formed a most pleasing ac
companiment to thebilarity of the scene.
Miss- Fowler, who had been sleighing
in turn w th half the young men of the
party, white Ciptain Herbert stood
apart, gnawing his tawhey mustache, and
eyeing her with ill concealed vexation,
l.ad left the meriy throng for one mo
ment to confer with her father on some
matter cf domestic economy.
Very j retty and piquant looked Lucil
la Fowler, muffled m a suit of rich sables,
her black eyes twinkling like those of a
squirrel and her nose displaying just the
faintest suspicion of red in the frosty
air. Si:e laughed, chatted, mimicked
and flirted outrageously.
FRED. KXJRTZ, Kditor and Fropriotor.
VOLUM K X.
" You will have to take care what vou
art- a I suit, Lucilla, pet," vvlusjtercd \lr.
Fowler to his daughter, wurningly, "or
Herbert will 'cry off.'"
" He has never lteeu 'on ' vet, papa,"
returned she, ti van tig lier heitJ iiidigmuit
lv, "He lias never asktsl me, and if he
tild, I should say ' No," "
" till, }svoh ! )totlh ! !" Mini the old
gentleiuan, govxl humoretllv. " Tell
tb.at to some cuie else, Lilt'iila; it vtou't
gt> down witli ma"
And he turnevl away from his daugli
t r and Iwgtui talking to attiue brother
landed proprietor alsmt the scarcity of
lieeta and stasia, and the pitis-s fat bul
lock* wt-re fetching at tlie eotuitry
town.
tHp.titin Wilfrtsl Herbert, who had
Iws'ii watching au opportunity, inarchetl
up to Lucilla, a cloud on his handsome
face.
"Will yon sleigh Willi lue Xlow, Miss
Fowler? 1 think it's my turn."
"Oh, 1 don't know about atiylsHly's
'turn,' 1 was half engaged to Mr. Fitr
gerald. Bt vdee, I really think I've hail
enough of sleighing for one ilay."
" Ju*t for ten minute*, phsahsl the
young officer.
" Xo, I tliink not," lutwul tin' will
ful lteauty, who, like other Iwautiea,
having lus'kisl lier fish, delighted ill the
torment she put liiiu U>. "It •becomes
fatiguing after awhile."
" Well, then, shall we join UiC su.'w
ballera ?"
"Oh, de.tr, no! When last I saw
them, }sor l"i-fee fum had Uv-t his no-n',
his ears, Litli arms, and everything els,-.
There would IH no fun iu peltiug at the
stunip U"W. thie might as well throw at
tlie trunk of a tree."
"Ok, Lucilla," said lie, earnestly,
"what makes you treat me in tins man
ner t"
"In what maimer i" ssked the little
coijuette, affecting supreme uneonscious
uet-a.
"Yi u will neither sleigh with me nor
join the snowballing party, though 1
have aak'sl you dozen times; yet you
have joiuctl nearly all the otlier fellows
iu l>oth pastim 's. '
"Have I, really? Well tlie other
• fellows,' as you call them, nre nil par
ticular'iv pleasant, agreeable y >ung
men."
"Am I not pleasant to yon, then?"
"N •; jo.st uow. Y"U r- ally look like
some melo-dramatic tyrant. Btvcdos,
you don't expect me to praise yon n> your
face!"
" Lucilla," said the young mail, with
such jr.ssionate energy that it starthsi
her, " ruy torture nn* thus > It -n't you
know t!'.at 1 love you with all n:v h-art
and * oil! ?"
Y'es, she knew it well, end her he. rt
!>ea; fast with joy : . . t: r iph ; leg lit.
demon of coquetry had p< saess . n >:
her, and she answer-1. tl •; Ii in as. iter
tone:
"Really, I hml n ver tli. ugLt abut
it."
"Think about itnow.tlieu,"e.'Ulinr.ed
the young > fff r, speaking rnp-e.ly,
and m tones of dei'p em >*ion; " tliiii!.
almht it now, de.ire t. 1 d > love y
and think your father w-ll appr T- I
it. W.ll y ;i Ih> my wife ? * y• y w
But Lucilla, though she 1 "si given h
he-irt iu retum fr W.ifred ll.'rb rt'-,
was not to be carried by a .-tor::' in '
provoking w:!v, and the --. i :
"Xo."
" You cann -t mean it, ' eX 'I.-.irncl H ;
bert, in great .uritat i n.
"Why not? rep-i ; el Lu-'illa; !■:.
.overran she sj he she r. , cut. •. " W y
not? C.in 1 :et eh" - wl. >:i 1 i ' is. ?
" Y'on love s une oil! eh > id l:.<
young man, u.oodily.
Lucilla gave him one little b t of com
fort:
"X'.l do t: •." s' ■
"Thank H>-aveu f. r tr.ut! Hut v n't
y ui answer me, Luc.ha?"
" X : now," she si. J, wav- ri - ['!;<"
her w >:n::r.i heart vr d 1-- sum i. ler.
and she added, with a tremulous sigh:
" What if 1 say • X >. a *. in ?"
F sil sh young c.i} ' . • . he might l.avi
seen that tire wasa v. sh on th- young
lady'* j.u.rt to cat .tn!i ;• ; '• lit in* ■ id n ".
He replied, ftrtr.'y:
"XJ woman siinll i-i.-r suy ' X>' t
me twice."
This rouse. 1 all tl> j ride in Lu.-ilia's
nature; it v :t alin"* a r- \ :i!se.
"Mood murning, t' plain Herbert,"
she said, to she tnrne udi;mantjy aw .v.
"I hr.ve k- :nc btis i • • : to fr. nsact with
Mrs. Knox, the hon-. k. ejwr."
And she wr.lke,l ir p-U y towrrd the
.lorse, leaving the v rig Rt .n half s :ry.
::a!f trun.pliant. t
"I have lififrontcd 1 r," lie thought,
h -okiug afb r l;rr. "Bat I nm sun
die loves me." A- . with a ! glib iied
licart lie j .ned the • the* visit .- u tin
lawn.
All through to" evening, Lueill.'
nar.'ntained n d slant o 1 Iness toward thf
y. ung i Ciccr tliat mnde him feel exceed
nnaey. If r.er heart h. 1 1MII
touched by Ins avowal of tlie i ftern-siti,
it was evident lier pride was deeply
< fiend" 1. 81ie would neither dance wit::
hfm u-.r aing with him as usual. And
when ; t became als* lutelv nece.viary to
r"p!y to any nnnark nimle by him. she
did an -with the barest possible civility.
Lucilla he*s'"lf wr.s fcr fr> ;n <• imfortable,
and she availed herself of tlie plea of a
headache to excuse herself to her guests
an.l retire to her own room.
HT maid, Hirers, waa arranging the
voiuig lady's !*air for tlie night, when a
iowr tap at the d<sr w-as heard, and one
of the under housemaids presented her
• with a note.
" From Captain Herbert, please
ma'am, and I was to !>eg for an answer
before yon went to bed."
" What ooohtess," thought Lucilla, but
she said : "Did you tell Captain Her
bert I had gone to lust, Mary ?"
"Oh, yes, please ma'am," said the
girl, w.th an arch smile; "bnthe snid
it was of great importance."
" Very well; yoti *nr.y go, Mary. I
will give Dorcas a note to give to Cap
tain Herbert's servant."
And Mary departed.
With a beating heart and heightened
color, Lucille opened the note. It ran
thus •
"DEAR Lrcmi-A— I cannot rest until
you answer me. Forgive me if I spoke
like a coxcomb this afternoon. Oi*e me
an answer, 1 entreat. Will you have
me? Write simply 'Y'es,' or 'No.'*
Lucilla, with compressed lips, took up
a jicti nnd ink and wrote on a single slip
of paper " Xo," then twisted it into a
note and gave it to Dorens.
" Deliver this to Captain Herbert's
servant immediately," she said.
And Dorcas left the room, after bid
ding her mistress good night.
Lucilla loved Wilfred Herbert, but lier
stern pride would not permit lier to yield.
She was determined to punish him for
his dictatorial ways r.iril his presumption
of that afternoon. What ! was lie to be
captain over the citadel before it had
yielded? L'icilln, be it remembered,
was nn only and spoiled child, und hail
been used to having hrr slightest whim
consulted. Who was Wilfred Herbert,
that he should presume to constitute
himself her master? Her heart told
Iter ihat he was the man who could sub
due her willfulness, but her pride re
f used to submit to the yoke. Suddenly she
remembered young Herbert's words of
that eftemoou : "Xo woman shall say
' Xo' to mo twice," and she had said
"Xo" twice. At least she had said it
once and tow she had written it. Good
heavens ! she had lost him then. Lu
cilla grew pale nnd sick at the thought.
Bhe rose up in her bed with a motion ne
if she would meet Dorcas.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
At luat she know she loved Wilfred
Herbert. N,d niiliimt to him, indeed!
Why, it w.niUl ho her joy t>> reeogutse
Inn right t<> domainl of her it return for
the love ho Imre her. LilOtUu l'owlor
htnl hoon hitherto u willful, impetuous
gul. Suddenly she hiul hotviuo trans
formed mt,> n loving, submissive wo
man. Beatrice's worvU :
" AIKI lWlUxtitk, lv\* ill) | Milt l v(IUto
ruruillg m MIM lnurt U* thy loving itAlui,
rose hi her mind, tuid the similed bounty
mid ftHpiette, overwhelmed with slmmc
for her own willfulness, opened her eyes
to her own faults, elenrlv mill without
disguise, will Milking hui'V 111 despair oil
her pillow, burnt into a pusnrou of
teunt,
l.ut'ilhi inanely slept nil that night ;
hut when morons ciune in the morning
with the hot wnti r mid tin' intimation
that it wi.s nine o'clock, she felt almost
asltanieil lest lier iuai.l should remark
her heavy ey > and haggard ttppeunuuv.
" l'tea.se, lua'atu, I'm very sorry," be
gan lXweaa, jwiuteiitly, "hut 1 forgot
all alstut it."
" Forgot all about what < asked Lu
oi I la, listlessly.
" I'lii' note, ma'am, tor Captain Her
bert. It's Christmas tune, you nee,"
pleaded tlie lady 's mitiil, apologetically ;
"and when I left your room last liigfit,
ma'am, to take it to the captain, 1 met
Mrs. KIIOX, the holisekei'per, in the
corritlttr, and she told me there waa a
hot currv of turkey, and nunc ■ pica, and
elder w tiles, and 1 don't know what else,
ready in her room, and asked me to go
down ; nlul so —and so- and hee hee,
lua'uni " here 1 tore as put lu r apton to
her eyes, and begun t<> sob ; ■■ I forgot
all a'nout the letter, ma'am, till this
morning," she continued ; " but when 1
went up to the captain** riviu, jii>t now,
lie wits up and gone out. (>h, ma'iuu, 1
dt> h.'iH> it ain't no cmtaeouenee."
A light broke on Luciila.
" Wliere is the note now, then ?" site
naked, joyfully.
" Here, ma'am." And Donna drew
it from lier IHWUIB. Lucilla seised it,
while she almost screamed :
" Ok, you geovl girl You d-ar, go.nl
girl!" l>omis stvirted buck in tunar.e
■neiit. What, no scolding? Had her
mistress gone out of her selis.% !
" Y u may have that purple merino
of mine, if.you like, ltorea.-.' pursued
Ms- l'o.vl.r, ",;id that rico wami
jacket. I han't w.-ar it again."
Ti • i. a h.'l.t lr ke m up. it tore, to
bright, net! mind also.
" Oil !" fsi'.tl .Mi s lYrt to herself,
" some lovers' qn m l, 1 gt;, . an 1 she's
itlti red la r mind, I ud site's glial he .uli't
g•: !.-r ii t". Mi !"
Hut t! e w.ry l i ly's mic.l kept her
ile.. >to herself, at..l thanking hr inis
ti s ' y, pr II ti it' i.s, her
to 111 ike her toil. t.
Wh, . Wilfred II rb rt to.k l is sent at
the br-'akf - .st tabic, he U..S iii a state of
t 'rrible ausponxun and uncertainty, ami
utterly mi ble to at : t ! r Lucilla'a
radiant ti-i.n vn r. W s she glad to be
rid of him? Hal lis not- beeu tic
livs r Ito her? If h"\v w.s i' t' t
he reivived no an wer? Hi tom-outed
himself with these questions t II < verv
i,sly r "iiarl. .! Iti.- ab*i :tce of mind. If
e!]Ksl his Su it fair neighbor t devded
iJneys inst ad t f gut i- pie, <u: ! electri
ti>l the honVge per, who pro-id 1 over
tiie to.i uiii e iT ,bv nskitig f r :u r
i.tgur in hoijPUpof e< ll" •, w'::e;i he b.at
. .
Mr. I'ow. r rdiudtlie you-it 'fi" r
a his a! wu ee {tn lid, and all gest'si
~twl tre his trea. .ire v, . there it v. ..s
■
lue young:;' snsk .1 hi"i f!■• " .
.s • maidenng oap on," whils on • Marti
1 - ! suggested ti i! p'r''. tp t'tpt. i,
if. v.ti itav -'b' l iu tie f *vl-r's s'.itre.
■
it do a a *i', :a i to ' sj.py to cer
Dili !i ub at 1 V.rhs p.:.g t! < '• -vent:. '. d
fence of maidenly pi priety, tnlvnue-tl
toV. .r.l t! e you: g i 111 - r.
"Y lil-ve Hot led your answer yet,
{'.ipt.dn Herbert," sh' :;::d; "if y- u e; n
• 'ine with n." two nrv.ite- into (he C' n
s>TV..t< iy, y u ill 1. tve it <: -w."
It 'v M.'red, but tn tilt ii . iy happy,
the ciiptua How c. hi into the place
specif! • 1.
She cm;:. V the jxuut at t.nce, without
iUiv beutisig about iiu> bush.
"I wt"te yi 11. it nigiit," alio said,
phicing in Lio lieu I tlie a-to which 1) >r
caa he I r. turr.ml to her.
W.lfrt I llerboit tunn-d it oer with a
imrr.bsi 10-Then w.ia the one anx
" US little it r.l " X
" Wlint ii "s this ii.een?" he nske.l,
doubtfully.
" It j'le.iaa," an wertsl Lucilla, blush
>ng atid Btailing nt the some tiie." :
" v Isn r. J om, bi-t night ;
Y's. tin* raortiin:*. • r. I i_v.
t'"!.im vi. >■•<! Iv caiiiilc'i'.i.t
1- • not !> S th sen.. I \ <lav.
Then, lik" a p-'d, Itoncai girl a* the
was, r We t< Id h ni the w hole s' >rv.
"J)irii s ougiit to b- pen ioiitsl," he
■slid, n j.tiironslv. ": ut tlo love me,
theii, dar'T.c, aftt r all?"
" Y replied l.iciH.v, blu'diing,
"alth n.-h I have bth sj.id rid v.ritt a
" X
"Never n.ind. Lucie, de-.nst, aweet
i' !, la st," rn i the y mg man, taking
her in Irs r.i iua unrc) a:s'd, "voti know
two ueg'itivcu ma):' an r.fhnnatr. e."
A French Coainiiiiie.
A F'reneli ngricultarnl paper gives nn
interesting account of a remote garden
commune called H .seofT, in Brittany,
where immense quantities of vegetables
nre raised for tlie French and English
markets on land now valued at from
SI,(XM) to 51.4•' e) an nere, which tradition
a sr.' rts wai. rechtimel from the ms.
During 1575 some 12,8*7 t 'lis of veget;
hies, valued at S2'.Kl,(>o'\ left tlie port.
Besides this, immense quantities are sent
off by rail from MorMix, wb.i lier they
are conveyed in old fashion".! birnhering
e.irts. for in most resju-ctsthe Ito.vci.ffimis
are still very primitive. The principal
nrticles grown are potatoes, on -tua, niti
chokes, nnd hroeoli. The {emjierntnre
in winter rarely do-a my of these harm.
Scarcely any manure is used but that of
marine plants known r.s g lemons.
The Winter ami the Poor.
The Chriatitn Inlrlliycnrrr iina taken
up the cause of the poor, most np| ro
priately at tliia aeas<m. Itnayv: At no
time have 'these unfortunatefl been so
largely re-enforc 1 is they have th's year
hv persons who belong to tiie industrioua
lals'ring ninl artisan elins, wlio nr • mas
ters of some calling and who nre able nnd
willing to work. Merchants have re
duced tlie number of their clerks, factor
ies are running on half time or have
stopped work,building lias almost entirely
ceased; and as a result wherever we turn
we see n aoorc of men waiting to tlo one
man's work, and thousands cannot pro
cure the pr.vilegc to labor at nny ex
penditure of effort or solicitation.
Discharged.
. Four liumlrod employees of the Uni
ted Htutes bureau of engraving and
printing nt Washington were discharged
—nearly one-half the force of the entire
bureau. About two-thirds of them wt re
women, many of them being ureas-girls
who have been employod by the printer
individually. These discharges are due
to the recent action of tlie government in
giving the work of printing revenue
stomps to the bank note companies in
stead of to the engraving and printing
bureau.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY/*! ANT ARY 11, 1877.
TIIE POSITION I > >ll \IKO.
Ilu Matters siMHtl Xi.nl> n (an bi*
Asirrlalui'it.
The jHwiitiiin of iitViiir* ill Nlcxiixi is
somewhat intricate, and |nia*cca art
miirkttble difficultv in tin* way of U-iug
eiuilly UliilelsliKHl. Iti the niir IN7I,
.luarex and 1) /. Mere the run! prv *nleii
tuil eiUldidat--, . lid I ' .I.' wa* gefeatixl
Juarez died 111 ofli'-c, and MU* BIHX-CIXIIXI
by Chief Justice 1. ixic. When IjClxl" *
term of ertice expirixl he IKX-IIIIH a eiituli
date for a second term. Whether lu u
elected 01 not IR * disputixt jH'int. He
cliiiiiiixl that he was Mid a**umixl the
office.
Judge Iglesius, US chief justice of the
supri me court, was the in I"*<>II di -IG
liatixl bv the lust ixhl' lof the ixuißliti!
tiou to bisx'ine president ill ease of a \N
cuncv in that otllce. He tleehuxxl that
Eer.io MA*, not ehx'tixl, and that he
illegally held the position. There being
110 president electix! the judge himself
IISSTLTUIXL to be president and A*utuixl
tin* rein* of JSIWCR, being Hllßtallied by
all the clergy,
IKM, MIIO was defeatixi flrsf hy Juarez
iu LSN and hud been Muitnig ever since
for an emergency, now said thnt it MU*
not worth while to bother alsiut hi* per
sonal cI.UUI*. All lu* M anted WU* to *<*
cure the triumph of Hl* fru nd, Igh-oia*,
and to that end lu* would Couim UNL the
igh siuatical armv. lb* uanstuinx* woa
acix-ptisl. and he marelu 1 t<> the attack
of tin* irqrrtsl With hi* RMM tn ARE
nlreadv familiar. Pre*idc!it E<*rxlo ran
away, but WAS caught and locked tip.
Hl* general, EMXII" do, *U exeeutixl.
Ulu. entered MexiiXioml Mlliouneed tiiut
he MU* the only genuine Mexuvui pre*l
dent, nil othel*. including I. rd<> ami
Iclesia*. L>cn,;R imp -TOR* HUM. : > <>f
tin* slighti *t itt nti. 'II.
I'tn* i* now tlie nctunl condition of
iifTur* M Mexnxi, Die.'. IS-ing pi< lent.
What Lerdo and LGH* Ul* pro|**-< to do.
ah UIT it, the future UL :■ can d'*cloe.
A HIRE** lal*t letter.
I.A*t August Eliza IT. in 1* fx the
LI u*e of her pa retita at tlibsou s:.;' on,
I r., and fled t> 1 leltiß- 11, I'ex., where
sin* married A t*'.egruph < )* rut. r 1. utuxl
T. LI St. ill avail'- *t tin* M. "F '.er fath
er. She lived happily with hiiu for t*o
month*, when he left lu r and ut in
M-arch of employment. Ab it the latter
part of Scpteinl>Eß he *< *UI. : tin* JK-;-
tun <>f night ojM r.it r N tin Ml** uri
L'u.*:li.* r*:lr".lD at Wus: 'LIGT' 11. Sin*
hearl where he MU* and VENT there to
R: ct htm. H-* learned < f her e lining
unl ran off. She return.*! t< S .lalia,
M Sin* rrav I hoi if in 1■ r bridal
role . t->k JR>'* ct. und !NV down and
.i I WITH th.* LOOT HER si had nwiw)
fr in LN-r LlE..*' M I el:I*J L .11 lier H 1.
IN u large bl. nk L*tk W ■ ;}'<■ f.dloaii
D.RI CO d to her husbtiu i:
UL* Llt ct of :AY If- . 1 *> I ili.
f r ten. FFEI-rgr, itxilnig, *!;> J. T > •ar Lrt
(IN .-I agtl!t t .'*. *l-. a *• ' tti- 'irht ••• ranch
. f KM* 8 *hort time !.::I-x. / XV. . r<- SO BSPPV
thrr. nJ n>> R" rotwrwli. Why do >•:
J. UT LU*-. L' -G* ? V' U RM lelO L!> ti' the
I *r- > f tn -N. BUT y<. I emu ■ A • > IIM to LIID.
Wh'-n death laio-, elivrg'' ' • s v
will vru'.ir RHII LE, li RP HA* I. ■* 11 Hl*
1: furgtviug d.*-: 1 CO.: At - >U KIVJ. th.
ruig iu v. ur liiiul. hcfx* 1 ) u*-I it. I-1 it
:U*vcr t* REAMED to NN th. hand tliat 1 hair
LO- J Jii '(*■ til'.l \V: *:• ' ill I I. ■ I
I . t 1 Y-'I LA: T ! (M
tlu.IK f lad*; SL.-'U IU * <* EN. 1 1 .LOIR' **.
t: S.ik uf lata: w':l*v O EVER BAR T! It.f.
t*'..IKI.( !*'U . ant s* LUIG sX O. think of
i . !. ! w . > 1 1 1et..,:. II '.l 1! ef
TLI X. o r t.*i N • *-T '■ : I lie
I
'
you * IM I: ■:>:* .iMI l *>- ( I Ll'urgi.
my 1 < xrt A< ti*:>* L-> VI. *. 1: !: . :.?F' * . I r
* lA* lr*. A* the I." th*" f ill*. ' ! I'! T>*
TL'IUL tl.' *:gl-l ef I<| <t ..'JL i L.' -I V I ..
WHICH . but Af. . .11 •A- away. 1 a will
U orfurpl Ml*. I', rg- , d.**r. :L M..r have
r-.-.- 111. THE again. ISMN< I D.. UCH
(" ur L.ft I -t1. .-111 iu* lint 1, *: 1!-n t Wnt ih. m
'
E<. to tie* crmi .v ith TT. IV. .v. •*. .Ur
■ :tl* . I I : , \ A I.RO L-r-D
LJ.lv nd J. t 1 LEV* V* a 1 • ry- . AN* no
h.ut'snd . yon KNOW Y U sr. 1R • • th. praie
tliat veil M*> live. Will (NM DROPOUT CG t**R
for N**?
lie.irjfe, f.e|i liy trunk unl ! thuic: that i
Ml I I.li. to ISO t Tel. 1.(1 "t r.li. *li 1
hi..' care of tla tli fir the lne > 1 1. I : . 11 <
Slid ill the bi.uk book r. ad HM RUH
.* >H ]H. l by my <' 11 li) *„n I 1 *>.|. T u
Ia la. <i- rpa, it us lard battie 1 ;x.*ti lite
' id d. ath. an I 1 wniuigly prefer >' ath rstli. r
Ihan live "ill. 1! ; a tam .t 'lir mil iif. snd
u.w c > d.>v in l'r.xv.T, at.d I- *• < <1 I■ )■ ■■
t,I aft. r I 11 xd. T NO* tski INJ !•! drink
It I* * gU iof p.! - n
Kate Clayton'* I'-atpe.
MISW< ""laxt N GIVE* a thrilling n<* ■ nut
of her cs '.upc fr MI theHn* klyn 1 outer,
in which H!IC Sy.< : Titer, NEVER W* N
braver imui 011 earth thau Sfndley. lie
*t-> *1 by me <X*'l and colb"*'.x| a* the
beit man of tin* "SI Hundrtxl," and
kept t?I* falling tire off me. When the
flumea sw.qit down ujon *. * :.nd flight
wua inijierative, and N<> GO 1 vva* to 1'
done by staying, I gutln r* 1 my W Kil*N
petticoat tlnuly in • .' ii IU .1, AMI fought
the tire fi ON no UH I IH.R.LI.NL through it.
I stnjijMxl only onee. ill). I that was t>
S I *E JI .or Murdoch, NU I try TO drug 1 itn
oil", hut LIE W:l* pulle 1 iv. IY from I.E.
Tiicn I H'tie'l my WAY t. I .u',*'l with that
WIKIL.VI Jctf'C ut ; it was my salvntioti.
I citiicr ii .rd M INDE II .auxi n in LU-r
room and >t her out er met her at the
D'HT of it. Then 1 R tncmbeml the
undergro'.uid pnosngc to the BN nffi •*,
and went for if, f.>r t!-C bttmg.lß *tagc
bepiii to fall in ujKn ti". T• * horror <>f
th f w IV.inutcN in thnt dark place — only
wide EM ugh for one to p.a-X at H time—
ix in.ii crib .-ble ; 1 km w that the ihx>r at
tl ** end WIS tmnally locked, and iniglit
be now ; but the (.X ! Providence that
dii*<x*t 1 voi tin full of tli" SPARROW made
a whiiu < 1 1 1 in* the m M* < T our icape.
In tliw inoriiiug of that dre.ulfnl day
merely f■: f.NI 1 hud inxistcd upon
having the D.NIR <>J>< tiing from the box
offie * to thix pa* ngewi.y unl" ioxl, and
1 w.'iit TJIR utgli it to my DR.***::! ;-N*'m,
instead of going round t*l tin* *tu;l* DIK>R.
TII'" key WAX reluctantly given TO my agent,
with many injunctions t • lock the door
behind him. He pruniiacil t NL"M, but
drojijieil it in LU* |XK*K"T I'l -t' IU 1 of put
ting it in tin* DOOR on the itmide, A* he
Hlmuld have done. lb* say* that hi*
finger, were cold, ntid that WENT lie put
tV*ni into hi* pi**kefs HE vowed he
wouldn't take them out for all tlie keys
in Brooklyn. Those cold fingers, hy
(1 id's nn rcy, sav.xlall our lives, for after
M" had at nm hied through that PASSAGE
and up tlie stairs the DOOR yielded and
we ttunhh d into the box office. The
smoke was suffocating.
The Sioux Treaty.
The Sioux commission hn* mode its
report to Secretary Chandler. Hy* the
terms of the agreement tin* Sioux sur
render all claim to any country lyingout
side the boundaries of thi ir permanent
reserve n* defined by tlie treaty of
1 Mf.M, and to *0 much of said ro.-erve
na lies west of the one hundred ami
tiiird meridian of longitude, and as is in
cluded between tli" north and south
forks of the Cheyenne river, coat of said
meridian. The United States govern
ment thereby secures full poxxession of a
tnict. of country which ineludes the
Black Hills and is definol by natural
boundaries. Tiic Indiana grant a right
of way over their reservation for three
roads from Missouri river to the ceded
territory, the route* to he designated by.
the President. They also agree to re
ceive all subsistence which may hereafter
be furnished at such points on or nenr
the Missouri river as the President may
designate. The area ceded in the treaty
is estimated at from ten to twelve thou
sand square miles.
'l'lu* Spaniard* lu I iilta.
In tin* Spanish Cortes rnwiitly 11 loud
nit tin ml't-r mi ill, Hpciikiug of thnt lllmiu
mnttti : " S|mm mil tlii no lutnv tliiui
what she liuti li. III*. Wliiti* soldier* were
wnntnig here with whom tu rinint the
different factious m arm* agnliiht us,
111 .l\ V eotltlllgCtltS Wilt' MCI it tu ('ill*.
Stllix till* V riu 1868 we lillVc wilt there
111 Hii u, •>f whom 73,1**1 linvi* died
thin*. What results have urn obtained?
If \n' l>elie ve tin* official ri'jh.rU mid
tin* ui'*a published by tin* government,
tln'in* results huNr l t u bnUi>fiu*t*irv; if
Mr I i lli'M' tlii truth, till* Hull* nwult till*
lnl'll lIi'MVV lo**Cß, 11* I M ill lifllVl*. 1 111*
luMWH i"f fill* illSUrgolltS 111 till* SpSlX* of
three vi*i* ttliil a hull Mm*, iuxx>rditig
tu tin* g"V< rit*< ut rejmrt*, l'iM.OUll kill
til IUUI prisoner*, mul tin* surrenders
llO.ikKi, with a constant iiuuirgeut force
..f from B.OUO tu These 128,(M1U
casualties pruVi' i-lthiT thnt thi* dlr
patchc* were incorrect, which I do out
believe, or tluit the insurgent*. after tin*
fashion uf tin* Kcija boys, arc replaced *r
fast a* they ihb:ij>|M*iir. Kitlu-r uf them*
exploitation* deserved till* Mtti'UtiuU uf
t' >ngri ►."
The Kcija lx>v rcfi rnxl tu alsivc un ra
it ivlebratixl luuiil uf forty outlaw*, who
infi btixl fur u long mluli* the ru;ul* iu the
vicinity uf H uuln, in Andalusia.
Troops Mere continually wtit Hguinst
them, mul the officers in command uf
Mticli truiii* iiivaruthly reported tlist they
hiul ktlliii auiiiiry uf the hainL Hut iwi
the *fTV* dnj* kept' Up ill i*tT* **"ll ll*
force of furty men, /.<& Sinn* <(• A.' ija
Imnuie a byword in Spain fur false mili
tary reiHirta. |
iwntiiw i—mtwr —in'" "Wiw ia
Culm is ahnurmal in it* character The
elieltiv live* ill the bllkll as well rut he
Moul.l in hi* houne. If one uf their
ini ii should full out caliiitihteil on a
march, in u few inument* he is taken ti]i
itiul carefully tended. If one uf our
men < *t out on a march, In* m a dead
mall Mlliilll a few minute*. They r*-
111111X1 no ration*, lieeause thev live on
what they pit her in the wood*. All,
therefor**,' that they have to carrv i* their
smull supply of nmmuuitiuu. My their
sjiie* tliey arc kept informed of our
every movement. They know tlie in >-
merit at whieli the nil una whieb our
truoj •* miibt invwuirilT carry will give
out. they lay m Mult for tin m, they full
UpuU tin in, ami although they may IK*
lejuilwd, a* "iir men nre obliged i** re
turn to c.Unp f T plow .oil*, it follow*
that Me are alwev* obliged to r<ts**ul
miili heavy etauunbranei *, fxmsiatiug
principally i f our woniuleiL Then the
enemy r*f utu* ami hang* ujwm our rear,
so that although Me may have been vic
torious ill tin fight, 1' l* a Very shady
vietory ill lie* eld. JUilp**, tin n*fare, I
r p<whether "iir general* iu command
lire not elit.thxi to uUH' I'VellM*.
Th*iik*gii in? Hay iu the WrU
A Western jiuj ir, diacuNaiiig Thanks
giving d s-iy it *.* nut a *ucoea* out
f N. >i Ki.chii.d ami the Middle
S: I: idik IN Mf IBHMd m
ru- iur a brook trout in a stream that
t! i from en i.rt-* un well, it you k m*
it. rc ami hi *' e) nch to mt. It will
look like a trinit Mich a* yon u*<* lto
e itch up II the llloUtiti.in* > . New H.tUlp
*i. i *, but M!I SI you coine to cit it you
will find tint it tii*te* aa itifiitid a* a
ticker < . i,-hi ma t uddy, h.*Ulow lnke
in f e n.!h of V it. Appli"* M:11
irrow in t'u nn, but their t-.M<' i* I**-
twi't', ih-it of wh !i tump and a piece
f I siMiakl, It I* tnU'*!l the i-anu* with
Thank* .VSUR <i.iiacr e:iteu aouth of
1, ' n.l * en. i and Mint "f the llud
■ u river. The t irtey, j j iditift and
1 .-fry lis k all r lit, but they are ► idly
wuutucf in M*i* uiisf. and iu> addition
fr ;n ti ■ < : tor or epic b'\ w ill pie
them tli • requisite flivi r. The i**ik is
let ti bl iin**. She hail nut the reijniwtc
c i. lib 'ii* fur at tree**.
Hun II the Went, enjw-ciallv, are
it *t ai'. 'pb d tu c h brtc n i .1 Tiianka
p ii/us. Ti ■;i ur> t.*i tnauv r •!*,
a'lii ii' ii" uf them are lnrfr** enough.
1 w of th inhnvdu u occtnvivl by inure
th in one p*r r. hi n. Mid it i* imp Moulde
to have a flmt-rhuw T!uuik*fivnnf in n
n.'-.v I :s*. As a rule tic y nr* waruuxl
bv f'.iniac- i or nir-tiffht *tuv*, while
1 hnnksfivinp call* f*r open tin**, with
ito t < ■'. them. A l.riok o\<m I*
is. ce-s rv i s e *ik a TTia'ikspiiitfj dinner
p- ij.i-rli. mul n< \Vi**Sem h *u*E IUM one.
M thou: * in the West were built to
ell. or tn.de, or to put n mortimire on.
S irh 1 uii' * were never ih's; null (•> cele
brate Ti aiiKsir.vinu in. A huiiM- f..r this
jnirj should I*' built fur a family
mine i .ii, mul iix 1 a* aueh a* p*ner
t n an • 1* pin rutn li. N't h**
than three p ".'*nitiun*, and f< ur ia a
b-Iter numb T, ahunld *it dowm to n
T in!-'*v,:* dinner. Vnfurtunati'ly
for cx'h'brntie.jj Thank*!*. VOlß the
Wit, t' •• J>s ph- chii By yoUtlßfolka.
There i* no ore t.i tcjl how much better
thev ht.d th.njfa wv. ntv ur e irhty veiira
*,* •; n.'uiiet i i-itiß revidutionary bailnd*,
or to tell titor e* *f the early Preaidcitta.
Temperance in Mailajrasear.
Nl ' litiun has been nnule of the b mper
nuoe reform tn-tvetneut innUßitraUxl by
the queen of Nl ulaßiiscnr. Tlie follow
iiir i* a ixfjiy "f la r H iißular isliet : "I,
Uin •*. :.l"i i!i'i*'ikii. bv the pruce uf ( 1
and will of iv p*sijili* queen of Nfuda
p '.-i.-iir. defettiier of the law* uf my kiiiß
ih'.n, anil thi* i* what 1 have to say to
you, my siib;.x*t. : (i.sl ha* Riven me
this land and kitißilom, and eonrx'rniiiß
the rum. oh, my mibjeuta. yon ami 1
have .ißre. I that it shall not la* sold ill
Antananarivo, ur in the district in which
it was ORVCXI it should not In* sold
(( t hi r. I.i, the central province). There
fore 1 remind vou i f thi* upon, lieeanse
the rum di*'* harm to your wives and
children, makes foolish the wise, make*
more foolish the foolish, and causes p -
pie not to fear the laws of the kiiißunin,
and especially inakea them Rnilty before
<SHI. Ml this ahowa th" rum to ben
bad tliiiiß t i have in Antan inarivo, for
at liißht (under its influence) peiiple ro
about with clubs and Brlil, and they
BRIiI each other without eanse, ami they
stone each other ; therefore, why do you
I >ve it. oh, my jieople ( Hut I tell you
tliut triuie in R.**d fl.iiiß*, by which you
can earn money, makes me very Rlud in
de 1, oh, my people. This, then, is
what I say to y.ai, oh, m\ people ; If
you trailo in rum, or employ people to
trade in it, here in Antananarivo, or
in the district spoken uf above, then, ne
eordiliß to the laws which were made
formerly, 1 consider ymi to be Rinltv,
because I nm nut nshained to mnke laws
in my kinßiloin which shall do yon rissl.
Therefore, I tell you thnt if there nre
people who break my laws, then I must
punish them. Is not this so, oh, my
people, say I It inovalonianjakn, queen
of Madagascar, Aiißiist K, IS7(>."'
Ulsasfers In Theaters.
While the Brooklyn Thenter ealsmity
is pre eminently tlie most terrible the
United States has ever been called on to
bewail in the number uf its victims, and
in the horror uf their fnte, iu Europe it
luw Ih i'll exceeded by the buniiiiß of n
playhouse in Amsterdam, in 1772, when
800 people were killed; by the destruc
tion of the Saragossa Theater in Spain,
in the same year, when I,(KK) people per
ished; by the destruction of the Palais
Royal in Paris, 1781, when 600 people
were burned; and by the full and conse
quent conflagration ef the Cafe D'lstria
Thenter in Italy, by which disaster over
1,000 men and Women lost their lives in
17M.
Ol T OK WOICK.
It lull to r lilt Urrlinuli sl Ihr lirenl I llln
it* Hit • Hl* Vllmrrl
A m-wiqmprr rejsirter hn*l a talk with
an intelligent cuipenter, of Nw York
citv, who i* an old trade* uiiiunist, and
known uiiiung nustltuuiM. Jb* mud:
I ix>uhl take you to the home* of hun
dred* of mechanic* in thi* city and show
vou sight* that would o*'iivimx' you at
olicc of the great Wlilit that prevail*
■tuning tin* Moikingiuen, You would *<x*
■canty furniture, rooms almost bare, '
children but )**'ily cla.l, n wife anxion*
hsiklliß and Rial, a workliiuu out of fill
ploy incut and not know ing how he i*
to Biippoi t hi* family. You would *•*•
ut a glance that jsiverty wiia there. It u>
■mt diflieult to t 11, on going into the few
rooiunoorupiodliy a MorkiiignuuiVfuiuily,
whether there i comfort or want. 1
know Uiym-lf doKen* of ftiiulliea who have
■old the lavst part of their fiiniltiire and
wiio have parted with whatever clothing
or little vuliiiihiiv* they poivMxvifd. liow
else could they have llVixl? 1 have now
beill out of work my-.'lf over live
month*, mul though nil tinumrried iiinn
1 have foiutd it a pretty biogh time. I
can too well understand how so many
luix-hanie* have Rime to Hlaekwell *
island for n alielter for the winter. When
there i* m> griitt deatittttiuu so early in
■> .. .in .t can be ctihily imagined how
terrihh Mill IH* the *iitb ring during tlie
licit tlir.x* or four m< nth*. 1 ewnnot
conjecture how tin* woikiiigraeii are to
find shelter for Uieiuielv<*S and their
families while this dullui-** in trade ixm
tiuuea. I know how it ban bis II with a
numls-rof tJn-m • far a* the landlord*
are eonoeruisL N■ it w i tlratauding tlie
well known condition of afTain 111 bu*i
notia, and tin* fiwt i *|iecia'ly tliat the men
are idle throllgll no fault of their own,
the laiiillonl* hav. Iss li liiexiirsble in da
mandiug retita.
•• To my knowledge workingmeu have
alreuviy *lnft%l two or three time* from
tenement hou****, having IKS*U put out
bv lauillorvl* on of not Iteing
iifde t'i pay. llow long thi* method of
procuring rootua to live iu will continue
1 know not. but tin* 1 do know, that the
IIUIUIMT of the houts'leMa W ill lie iuemwed
by thooi laU if the hiiiiUords choose to
demand the relit. It cull do the land
lord* vi ry little gi**i iu tin* end to a*t .**'
iuercih*H*ly, for the tenant* coning in
will IMI pint a* poor a* th n* going out,
re 1 cannot pay lit udvaiiix*, Hy leniency
iuul gt aeroit* dealing* tin **'• )iroj**riy
owner* M uld make luoix* money iu the
en L How i ver, ti fur tlii* wamu they
v .11 n- ; *ci* the matter in this light. Hut
I tell VOU, Ultil 1 tell what 1 kljoW to In*
the undercurrent of fis-img among thou
sand* of the idle mechanic*, tliat thi
workitigun ii of tin* city art- not gotug to
starve tin* winter, nor *r- tie . going to
Is- shelterless ami ms* their rhihlivo dy
ing i f is'hi an 1 hunger cither in aim*
holt* '' ■ r ill the street*. Patience cesses
to Ik* n virtue at some point, tuul the
work' iignu-n of tins city have exhibited
for ovi . tliree visox. on xem** of that
virtue uiqiindiehxl in tin* historv at
great cxunmeieial cit'ei. It will l** a
terrible ilay for N'CM York when tlie
w rkin.". ' a grow di rqierate. lint what
i* it that dri\<* men to de*;icr.it .on if it
.* tit ban, er ? 1* it not p'mn that un
h-so aom<* relief i* >llll*l to the lm*n M.il
tin :r familieu there will le a*, the very
lew-! during the mxt throe m.mUi* In",*
o*l hiiuiar. Is Ufa * •'. uglliett, their
M.VI - arid chihlren daily without bread?
Sup)*! * that reln f ix mx:i, whl it come
in Hitch * way that tlie inc.l will i*it I**
humilint'xl to t' e IOMIat 111 accept lig it?
Will they Is- tl r >v.n i' toiunki t .em bs-1
tliat thev must at on<x c.uiKiih r them
■lN t-> lie JWIUJ era? Ti * would I**
bad.
"Tin- class, fmm now i<i' r.re uot the
same that nis .<xl HO much the great help
Uu v got al. nple of w:nb*r* ago. Tlie
netxß' ity m w strike* in :*.;:iong tlie (ami
hen of i.i ii who, but a b w yearn since,
w>rc Mill to <!• * And hntl iximfortnble
ho m ■ who w. re sturdy and iudejieud
ent, and wife proud if their us*fulnisi*
iu tin* c •immnity. 1 feel per usded tliat
when th w .dthy c me t> tin conclu
sion that it is R**i to hdp the unf< rtu
unte UHX'luiliic*. tie appnxriatiie.l "1 that
help woiitd he vastly incr' IM-J if, 11* fur
as }Mi;vvible, the w.-re them
selve.x ulloWixl to Is* tile judge* of wln-rt*
il wra.i m"t mxxiisl, and wi*rc the ilis
jwnsi rr. to IT.CII other of such ticket* or
order* for fi**l e* tlie ni"U'*y l***t -vvixl
would warrant. 1 ku<>w that thi* trust
would not 1 ■ tibit* d by tin* men. and
thai tli< y tin ui Ive* wmild IK* *.i v first
to ev]*!*.' any attempt *.t frund. It would
IK* easy* t • arrange tiieti tail* that would
insure tli . If twenty wealthy men in
tlie community gave JTi.tki" iseh the
<tl"".<i"t) NI (ibtaimsl would go a ' >iig
way townrvl reln-f at this time. If the
wot*: continued other wealthy men might
•upph men! that amount witli .*l* much a*
WHS tu* si sL I co'iie down ti figure*,
bceanae it ia either money or starvation
now; ullhope of work is gone. There
m no pr>**|xvt of getting through the
winter witiaiut aoniethiivg of tin* *• it
IM'LII. done. Tiie ordinary charity of the
approaching *oa*oii could not ai .til mci't
the distros* which now prevail*, because
it would not reach the person* of whom
1 have 1* ell s;x*iikiiig."
Hiixinex* lb'fnrc Congre**.
A very large mttnlier of bill* are be
fore the United State* t7ongrex'. which
were left over from the last aooaiiMi, hut
it is not proliablc that mic-foiirtli of
tlicin will le actixl njKUi. Tin* calendar
of the Seniiti* shows that 212 bill* are
iietnling lH*f'*re that I*sly, tieshloaannm
i>i rof resolution*. S venty-fottr of tlie
bill* now before the Senate have licen
p.iaHed by the House, and bW an* Senale
Siilln, many of them Iwiug of minor im
portiuico. The calendar of the Hon- eof
RcprescuUitivea show* that there are
fortv-two bill* of a public nature, anil
231 of a private character jiendinß ta fore
that IKKIV.
Among the bills of 1 njMirtam-e before
tlii* Semite nre the three bills amembv
torv of the l'acitl" railroad m*t*.
fiie bill to equalize the lK>uufic.* of
soldiers who serveil in the late war,
which p.iKß.xl the House hist session, also
stand* iijwm the Senate calendar, having
bi*en P: *rt"'l favorably from the com
mittee on military nHairs. This bill
passed two years ago, on the last day of
the aeeaion, but did not become a law.
The vot" upon its passage in tlie Senate
resu" - 1 ill 11 tie, and the lute Yice-Pr* *i
di nt iVilson gave the dividing vote in the
affirmative.
The bill reducing the salary of the
President of the Un t'xl State* fixim
(HX> t<i ?25,0(K) per annum passed last
session. Mid was vetoed by the Preaidont.
The House last session passed a hill to
rep. :d the Bankrupt law, and the Senate
committee on the judiciary reported it
hark without amendment, but also re
ported a bill providing lor the iipjHiiiit
ment of a commission to inve*tigate the
operation of the several statutes in rela
tion t > bankruptcy, and to recommend
1 i Vition thereon. Thi* bill has never
In 1 n ixinftiderixl by the Semite, but still
occupies a place on the calendar.
POI.VR PBCUIIIA.RITICS. It is well
known that the *j>ot at which the nlii Jlß
of the Arctic expedition wintered was BO
far north that tliey lost all lulvnntago
during .their long night of 140 days of
the aurora honalis. Apparently they
got behind not the north wind, nut the
polar light. This, however, was not al
together unexpected, but what was a
surprise to most on the expedition was
thnt byway of compensation they got
nothing but full moous.
TKKMB: a Year, in Advance.
The Imte Speaker kerr.
la the United Kt.it;a House of Itepre
aaututlviß Mr (' IX, •'( New Y<rk, )*'kr
of the lute Kpi uker K'*rr a* follow* : Mr.
Cox *tUl that, when by Mr. Kerr's
deuth bed, lie tlied hllii whether he Wait
ready to meet tlie terror* of deatii, tlie an
swer wa*, that ibath hail no terrorn for
ium. Ht believed (Mr. Cux aaid) that a
ju*t life oil earth would gl\e loin hi* re
ward. What, h? naked, did Mr. Kerr
lelie\e in regard t tlie great future?
ill* fuith wan iu Ilia work*; LIB religion
wa* to Ite houe*t; he believed thai hi*Ul-
U'gritv and oonaeicnoa were the auiu of
pure, undefiled religion. H<* did not
accept tlie dogma* of the church, or any
ahiirch; lie did not accept all tJiut wo*
written or eaid ulaiirt tiie Kavior; but lie
did lnuke the touching* of Christ Anjiuie!
for lun own Id'e. He lielu-vwl in that old
WHII of rntxl*. the lovelium* of p-rfo't
dcela. Witli liitii Ittborare wu urart;
work wa* liin OWIUH. And when he left
to piuiM gently throtigli tlie portal* to tlie
other world it seemed aa if nothing in
earuate wn* left of him. He wa* * ile
votee of tlie jieeuliar claa* of phlhaiu
plrera known a* I'uMtiviata.
Mr. Cox r lole<l Mr. Kerr's late con
versatron with hi* *on, in which he told
linn that he had nothing to leave him but
his good mune, and to guard that as he
would guard hia mother's honor, to live
aa he had lived, to pay all his debts if
his estate warranted it without leaving
hia mother peniiilei-s, nnd if not, to pay
them as fir ns he ootlld, and then to go
to hi* creditors, t< H them the truth, and
pletlgC his honor to wi|>e out the indebt
edness. The national flag in tiie hall,
now drujied iu lionor of Mr. K* rr, was
an omen painfully suggestive of tlie ft 111-
dilron of the ftiuutry, and it wa* to lw
n gretteil that Mr. k> rr waa not alive to
give his counsel iu this time of solici
tude and anxiety, IM-OUUI*- HE loved the
whole country and loved the Btatcs a* a
unit.
I arm* ami Wage* tn < alifornbi.
Our att< ntiou, savs a Kan Fraueiaßo
pajx-r, Ira* lecu ealid t the nuiulier of
f.iruiM und of agriculturists or persons
eugaged in farm labor in tire Umon and
ill t'difomia, and we find tiiat tliollgh
tlu* farms have on the average three
tiui<-* a* tnu'.iv acres in tins Kioto, then
are fi wer lalron rs to "ach farm. The
nation hs* 2, Why,two farm* and 6,!fi3,0M)
farmers, vhi!<* "ttr KUito has Sl.'bU
liu'iui. .aid 47,<kri fanner*. Ohio, C •!!-
m-cticut nnd Nebraska have alKiiit tiie
satne proportion a* Oaliforai*. or tw.
agriculturists for each fnrm; whil' New
York, l'eiittaylvauia as:d Illinois have
throe for two farms, and Alslnuna and
lit. i .'in have four for one farm. The
larger average HIS of the Calif' mi in form
is cause. 1 by the fact that 2,700,000 acres
out of <t,"it*',(**• acres incloaod are u*<d
for pasture* of wild groos, and that on
iuv nut of tlie dry eharactor and bght,
clenn soil of ni<>*t of tne farm*, a man
e.ui cultivate a larger ana tliuu in tlie
mii. .t, wixxly ornl heavy soils of the At
lantic Ktatcs, Tlien lias Ikh-u u<> notable
change in the rate of wag.* in California
for * veral j.itrs. MWi*nir* git from
$2 to tJA per ilay. lurskill'ii white male
lid Hirers frv.m to S3, axul Chinnmen
from - sty cent* to §l. without Kami.
Ma . is, | -tcrcrv and plumlwira receive
from $1 i • |h r ijay; cq aton*. lliwk
am ilis mid wig uinoker*. from to $4,
servant g;ri for g*u<Tal house work, fflfl
to SsiA per month; farm laborers, frv-m
ifl't to s.' jn r inontii in wiutcr, and from
|UO t' $V ht summer, with Uuml.
Miner* get jet.so to $4 per day, and sir
?iui- lab irer- at mine* 82.50i.i93, witli
out bmr.L The same work •* ihaie for
half as much on tie* Atlantic slope and
\ustrvr.a, and on" third iu Etixv|e, and
prov i:-i• nn generally are cln qcr iu C'ali
torn is.
The I nlted State* Supreme t urt.
The Albany l.mr Journal opposes anv
aue'iidnicut "of the t'institution which
s'.iall provide for th* canvassing f the
elect, rnl vot<n by the supreme court of
the I ii;t'sl Kbit**, for reawis which c* r
t :iirv have a great deal of force. It says:
At pre--nt the supreme court stands
high ill the respect of tlie pe- pie, and
eviTv o*ie has c -nfld-moe in the purity of
the motive* influencing it* memltcrs.
But let it !c brought into tlie eouflicUof
politics, whether n* sn arbitrator or
otl'.erwiae, and the high regard which is
felt for it will no longer remain. Xo
matter liow pure and exalte.! the indi
vidual. the moment he becomes involved
in a c mt<wt for public office be iscliargol
with every kind of wrong, and whether
the charge* be true or false tliev have
the effect to stain liis reputation, and no
vindication will completely ffinv the
-Uiin. If tlie supreme court takes part
in politics, those not satrsfl d with it*
decision will impeach the motives lend
ing to such decision, and many will be
led to (relieve that jir <|er motives did
n-t influence it Tle'ii. too, the b mpts
tiwn to do wrung will often be very great,
and there is iLinger that it may some
time be strong enough to influence even
our highest tribunal, and if such should
be tin' case we would !*• well on the w;iv
t ovarii ii destruction of ooi s'.itntiomu
govnimciit. We have n emrt > f last re
s. -rt above tlie shadow of suspicion. Let
in- keep it s>>.
The Burning ol' (he Rirhnond Tlieafer.
Tie Riehmoeii Theat. r wiis burned iu
the month of lb vein Irer, like the Bn*rk
lvn 'Hi iter, but ihedav after Cliristmaa.
Richmond had then oidy 10,000 iiihiil>i
bint*, but there were six hundred }>>iple
At the jrLiV. The point* of the trag'sly
were much like those of tlie present one.
A chandelier set the scenery on fire, the
stage mechnnicH became panic stricken,
the fl ones burst ujion the nmbeuce, and
there waa only one door for eseiqre, and
the windows were very high. Sixty-one
per "on ■ were pub! dusl next morning ns
dead, and in nil alsmt .one hundred
iM-rishod. Among them many fashionable
ladies and ehildritu, the governor of the
State, the president of tlie bank, and
members of sueli families n* Mavo,
Veil able, Botts, Bniston. Gallego, Foge,
C'oiitts, Nelson, Marshall, Stevenson,
Clav, Griffin and Greenhow. A slave,
Gilbert Hunt, personally rescmvl twelve
ladies by eatehing them in his arms.
"He obtained his freedom," wrote the
annalist of the city.
Bemnrknhie ( nre of ( roup.
A remarkable cure of a case of mem
branous croup in Now Haven, Conn., in
little boy two years and nine months
old, is lepirted. The child weraod cer
tain to die and n surgical operation was
rh .'idftl H]w>n. A hole was cut iu the
.udpi)H' and a Writ tulw* inserted. In
side of this tube was one of a smaller
size, the twa lieing liisfssary in onler to
kvp the wie thn.ngh which breathing is
cirriiil on free from the olartructions of
IIIIMHI and membrane which were given
off in coughing. Tlie tubes were in use
from Tuesday noon until the Thursday
of the follow ing week, and for five days
the only nourishment administered to the
patient was a little milk. His recovery
is remarkable considering the exhausting
character of the disease, Ijut perfect sue
eess attended the hazardous operation.
A FAMINE. —A Calcutta report says the
accounts of the famine received from Ma
dras are worse than those from Bombay.
Large numbers of starving people arc
fl. -'king into Madras. Deaths from star
vation have occurred. Much distress and
disease exists in the oountry districts.
NUMBER 2.
A t'sreb—x Monarch.
Tin- kin# of lturmah muh rstanila that
Itiuunn in about to invade England; in
uouaequetioe, he i putting hie now mini
f<.rt* in order. Ha baa pnniuMd three
now Kiupp Held guns, and with th*t<
furiiuiiuirU impregnable, Heh uJ
r-ady tried some of thus- giiim on his
niiktiqui'tiag subjects, and fiinht thai the
onhuuiof HiiKwi-r nil expertaiiona. Hia
muji-kty uruikllf observed the exhih
ruling enaote of shell itud gmjio ami
canister on a village three-quartern of a
mile distant from the tiring point The
villagers kkipped nimbly aljout, U the
great delight of their sovereign lord,
uho anon set their village aflame.
Rocket* were also tried with surprising
effect, ea)eeudly as one suddenly buist
ami killed ah ading jadaoe functionary
who waa engaged in deftly training the
iniaKile. His majesty wna ao inn-used at
this that he ordrrtil a few khota to I*'
fired into the khippmg in irowraddy river,
which flows | aiat hik capital of Maudatay.
Two native craft were oliaerved to aink
la-fore the whole of the vessels could eat
and klip. HIM Hunneae majesty ia eon
lident that with hia Krupp guna be may
aafelv defy any auch puny foreign power
it lirittuu. On the strength of this
opinion hi majesty Its* united hia aarml
]a-moti to three more wives, and there ia
a " aoiiiul of revelry " in Mandalay.
A Murniag to loung Women.
A French gentleman who was to I**
married neut hia intended bride a prev
ent of diamonds worth £3,000. Wishing ]
to enjoy the gratification of hia bride, '
he followed closely on the heels of hik I
present, and finding no one in the par- 1
lor, ensconced himself in a window In
land the rurtaim. l*ree<-ntlv s bevy j
of girlk fiutteidl into tlie rooin, and all ,
ta-gun talking at once. "Oh ! did yon (
ever see such a lieautilul curht iUr f ,
L >uit-e is lnckv! What a generous
l.UMcui l site will luve !" said one. " Bin ,
ought to lie happy, to lie sure. But -
do you know what she told me juat 1
now ? Why, that she had ratlnr have 1
the inrlxitU without tlie gentleman
who gave it." "It can't be; she never
said ao !" "She certainly did ; and then
tjie is—ak her for yourself. Louise, 1
didn't vou tell me vou would rotiter
have t)je rvrbrilU ahm*, without M.
Melier?" " Yea, I Lil nay So; hut
Unit's lietween onrsel res." "Much
obliged to you, madaroataaDe, ** aai<l M.
Meber. coming forward, "you shall u<-'.
have eiUier." So saving, be OOolly put
tlie aplearf'-d present uiwJ r his arm and
walked off, leaving tlie bains in an etn-
Imrriuoinient " easier conceived titan ex
pres<vL"
What Ike Mikado Say*.
The Jajianese minister presented to
l'reaident Grtmt a letter addressed to him
by tin- mikado of Japan, of which tin
following is a tranalatmn :
G SIR AT AMI GOOD Faicsn: Now that
the gr it KtpMitiou in honor of the one
liundredlh year of your excellency's na
tional government lias lieen eminently
successful, 1 write to congratulate v<>u
and tlie ja-ople over whom you preauir.
Frmn my vubjecta in the Umtd Stat.* 1
have ln-srd nothing but words of kind
ness in regard to tlx- manner iu wbieh
they luivc liecn treatcil, and I believe tbe
reoi-nt iub-nxium- fx-tweeu our countries i
will have a teodeury to htrmigtheu tlie
friendship already existing. I would
here exprvHH tin- sincere hope that tlie
incoming century will not only witness
the eoutiuued program and prosperity of
vonr natiou in all bnuche* of industry,
hut also prove an era of jieace. Tlii*
will bs 1 landed to you in jx-rs iu by my
minister residing near your government,
wh<> has bc<-n directed to emphasise niy
vtiy friendly congratulation*.
i Signed f MITHVHITO.
T< kio. Uie first day of the tenth mouth
of tlie uiutli year of Mi'iji.
lave at First sighL
The lirt time that Gen. Custer net his
handsome eyes tijton his future wife WBR
when he was fifteen yci.rs old, snd going
to school in Monroe, Mich. Going along
the Mrett one driy. the rough, flaxen
headed, freckh*! faced boy pisaed a little 1
blnck eyed, eight-y.*r-oUt gir" swinging
on a gn'te. She was n pretty little crea
ture, her father's pet, an only child, and
naturallv sjanlisi. She aaid.'archly. her
little face dimpling w-itli smiles : |
" Hello ! you Custer boy !" Then,
frightened at her'own temerity, turned
and flel into, the house. It was love at
first sight with the wild young savage of :
fifteen, and he then and then- vowed that
■nine day that small girl should be his ,
wife. And so she was, but only after ,
many lovers' woes; for Judge Bacon, ,
pretty Lizzie's father, was a long time
obdurate toward the young man who he
feared was tickle and unstable, and liia
daughter and her snitar subouttod most
patiently to his will until at last he re
lented.
Ilin Dinner.
A fit. uieier WHS receiving at dinner a \
distinguished guest renowped for his i
taste, and iii the course of conversation
the latter sjxike of liaving dined tlie day |
Ik-fore ut n house where tbe host lunl (
" i utertaincd the eoinpuuy with some ex- ,
e llent epigrams." lhe fuiaueier's jeal
ousy was excit.il He rang for his cook.
and, in the presellcv of his ibstiugnishul |
guest, tu-ked liiiu whether he could mat--
epigrams, and. if so, how it happened
that he had hitherto concealed his talent. 1
Without allowing the astonished cook to 1
reply, tlie financier ordered him in a m-r- '
emptory manner to serve up a dish of
epigrams at the next dav's dinner, ami at 1
the some time invited the distinguished '
guest to umir and see whether they were 1
as good aa those of wh'ich he had just
sjv'ken. i
I—lll i
It"* Jif-l Awful. i
Mr. George William Curtis, talking ot !
railway maimers, tails this story: A '
young woman suddenly flounces ui her
sent and throws up her arms, and ex
claim* to her fellow travelers, through a
companion: " Did you ever know any- 1
thing so hot ? I'm stifling. Cant you I
open this window ? Whew ! whew ! Oh, '
dear! it's dreadful, isn't it! It's always i
so in these cars. My ! it's awful!" On i
one occasion, when this kind of remark 1
had lieen made at some length for the
edification of the company, a voice was
heard from the other end of the oar: i
" Yes'm, it's awful. But let's try to 1
lie.ir up. 'Trdn't notlvin'to the snfferin's
of tin- early Christians!" A general ,
laugh followed, and nothing further was
heard from that young woman.
Dn Not Drink Vinegar.
ilrtlf* Journal of Health advises
ovoggp..: j>eople iu>t to seek to reduce
wT drinking winegur or smoking,
hat to maintain as perftx-t a digestion na
jmssihle and avoid fat making foods, such
as starch ill the shape of uotatoes. flour
bread mid riee. liquors
and sweets are to l>e abjured. The
gluten at wheat is the best food. It
will sustain life in full vigor, but ikjril
not add nn ounce of fat to tlie body. •
"Do you believe it is true," asked a
gentleman, of rather slim reputation for
honesty, of a lady, "that whenever a
man gets into trouble there is alwavs a
woman at the bottom of it ?" "laon't
know but it is true," demurely replied
the lady ; " I have heard that in your
own ease there was a certain mis-demeanor
at the bottom of your trouble."
Items of Interest.
A man nan take a joke boat after ho
liaa taken hia dinner.
Honed turker ia good if boned writh
the eminent of the owner.
One amile for the living ia better than
a doaeu team for tlie dead.
What ia that which fliea high, flies low,
liaa no feet, yet wear* shoe*? Dont.
Now is Ue time to go around and
chase awav the • wolve*" from your
poor nnigblKirw' door.
In Brartl diamond* arc found on moun
taiea 6,000 feet above the aea. Tliia ia
what makes them ao high.
The largest number of " Udtars " in
Wikcouitiii at the election should hava
been in Door county.
Prolmhilitisa; Whin won see a man
going home at two o'cliti in the morn
ing, and know hia wifo ia waiting for
him, it ia likely to lie stormy.
"kin/Tinge is promotion," aaya George
Eliot In the ye of atwh a reckoner a
man with bin third wrife would doabtleaa
paai for a brigadier general.
A movement ia on foot in Booth Caro
lina for the ladies to make a contribu
tion of one dollar each to purchase a
bottae for Gen. Wade Hampton.
Two railroad companies in Missouri
pay their hands with check*, fpr fear of
having their puv can waylaid and robbed
while rnnning worn point to point
The following eunveimtinn t*ik place
recently in a hotel : " Waiter?" " Yea,
air." " What'a this ?" " It'a bnn soup,
air." "N J matter what it hua been, the
question**—^what ia it now ?"
A lady wiahed a seat in a crowded hall.
A handsome gentleman gave her a chair.
" You are she said. " Oh, no,
I am a jeweler; I hare juat net the
jewel."
To obtain the necessary sinew* of war
the Busman government hua issued no
tices that from and after the first of Jan
uary next the import duties moat be paid
in gold.
A Norman peasant docs not lielieve
there is any virtue in racciiuitiou, liecauae
only two days after hia aunt had endured
the operation she fell down stairs and
broke an arm.
It baa been proven impossible to raiaa
the wracked British ironclad Vanguard,
and bar masts will b blown np by dy
namite, aa they are dangerous to ship
ping. * "
The English post-office* forwarded ia
1874 no fewer UUIB&67,000,000 letters,
79.000,000 postal cards, and '469,000,000
book packets, mostly at half peony and
penny rates.
It ia stated that 60,000 Philadelphia
families will break up housekeeping on
tlie first of January and start around the
muntrv making Centennial call*. Re
venge is sweet.
" Tliought Fd leave my measure on
your floor," said a man who fell down in
* burrootu. "So mmt'i—Hy for that,"
said the liarkeepcr. "We know exactly
how much you bold."
There are two waya of going through
this world. One i to make the beat of
it and the other ia to make the worst of
it. Tbore who take the tatter course
work hard fot poor pay.
When your steak is broiled done pot it
on a hot dish, sprinkle with minced par
sley, salt and j**pper, lay on lump* of
butter, *anl put it into a Lot oven until
then- ia no juice or butter visible.
•' Molh, liave I any children?" asked
an nrciiin of eight summer*. "Why,
IMI ! What pot that in your headr re
turned tibe surprised parent. " Hrasnsa
I raad to-day of children's chiidrsa,"
munveml the acute juvenile.
The average speed of raiiroad trains
from New York* to the Pacific coast is
nineteen mile* an hour, and the Baa
Fnuidko newspsjeri> urge tha*. it lie itt
croaacd to thirty, which would sburtos
the journey over two days.
A minister in Lexington, Ky., lately
aaid in the pulpit Utal he had seen a
jiack of cards and a liuckgunmutt '*4
in the parlor of a member of h <8 u refc, j
and alter services several puma urea
Molded tlieir wivewfor eauekraenes*. -•*-^
" What is tlie trouble among oar
% uung m<u ?'* Around here it ■ una to
In- tl.at tliere are six working day* be
tween every two Sundays, and they i d
that it ia "an unjust duapensati.-a, dl
that there onglii to be more Sundays.
The paragraphia# of the iuture will
write auch items us this: "A rfeuflp
wind came through e. window .uid.-er
turned Mr-. W<-eder*a crexnafuv mr
veeterday forenoeo, and Lew lit -Imnd'a
urnings were swept away in a twiukHngi*' -
(ieneral Hswley aavn that the led
thing he saw at the Exhibition was tine
American people, sad that during the
whole time he waa tln re he did not see a
single intoxicated person on tlie gronjuia,
nor did he witness any difliculty or alter
cation.
In China agriculture ia considered the
noblest of aria to which man can attaan. 1
To inch a degree i tlie worship of this
art curried tiiat the annual fete liav of
agriculture ia altendf vl by the emperor
in person, who on tliia day lmrobly wielda
the phw.
let Turks dt-iigiit to howl and light,
for 'tis their nature to; let lenr and lion
growl and bite, for madness made them
so. But. Yankees, you should uever let
your angry pae-ions rise; don't quarrel;
trade, w-urk nartl. lie low, and iorwaxd
the supplies.
A man minied Watte, living iu Sao
county, Wiacotiain. saw a prairie chicken
on the top of hie wheat stack and shot
at it The wadding from tlie ( run set
the stack on fire; tlie fire destroyed tiiat,
the barn and tlie house. Less. 92,500.
The chicken flew away.
In the department of Biscay, France,
every huidowner must plant two aapliugs
for every timber tree he cut* down. In
Java tlie birth of every child is cele
brated by planting a fruit tree, which ia
as carefully tended as the record of tiis
age of the"child whone birth it registers.
A novel attempt at suicide is rcjiortod
from Delphi, Ind. One Greiss, a hard
drinker, purchased ten cents' worth of
powder, tilled bis mouth with powder,
und touched it off with a lighted
coal His month ami face were terribly
burned, but it is thought he will recover.
Seveu Chinamen are partners in busi
ness in San Francisco. A creditor, find
ing it hard work to collect u debt, learn
*l tirnt the money w.us in tlie safe, the
Afe hail seven different locks, each part
ner had one key, and they hiul to lis
unanimous before the money could 1*
got ah
One of the customers in a barber's
shop sees a dog of ungainly aspect sitting
opposite intently watching liiio. " Why
doea that dog look at me so?" "Why,
sir, occasionally my hand slips, and I am
so unfortunate aa to snip off n bit of ear."
"£hkami what then"Why, then
he eata it"
Tlie projierty of the proprietors of a
faro bank in San Francisco lias been at
tached at the suit of Parrott & Co.,
bankers, who charge that their default
ing clerk lost some $35,000 of the funds
of the hank at tlie gaming tables of the
defendants. It is rumored that a num
ber of prominent citizents will be sub
pmnaad as witnesses for tlie plaintiffs,
and the affair is likely to cause mane ex
citement. , *
At a recent Sunday-school reunion tlie
superintendent proposed that they form
a line aud march to tlie song " Hold the
Fort." Accordingly the line WHS formed
with Deacon B. at the head. All went
beautifully until they came to the second
verse:
" Sec the mighty ho"t advancing,
Satan leading en,"
when they were all so impressed with
tlie exceeding appropriateness of the
thing, that singing, marching, decorum
and all solemn feelings were knocked
into pi by a general roar of laughter at
tlie expense of Deacon B.
Disabled Soldiers.
The board of managers for the United
States national home for disabled volun
teer soldiers say that the attendance is
larger now than it lias ever been. There
ore 3,200 disabled soldiers at the central
branch, Davton, O.; 754 at the Eastern
branch, Augusta, Me.; 758 at the North
western branch, Milwaukee, Wis.; and
627 at the Southern branch, Hampton,
Ya., making a total of 5,889.