Uif Mo.
K sown.
LOTS no, love. bat Uroatho it Lw,
Soft r xnmuixr ** *i*thr ;
If you Jo to mo, toll m* x*v
A* wo Mt togotlu-i,
Hwoot an*t still s roue* blow.
Love mo, lovo, but breaths it low.
Toll mo only with your even.
Word* wo cheap as water.
If yon lovo mo, ltvk* and nigh*
Toll mv mother's daughter
, Mor* than all the world may know
. Love mo. lovo. but hrvathe it low.
Words for others, storm and IK<.
Wirul and changeful weathor
■ jjb l*et the shallow waters tlow
Foaming on together;
r£ But love ts still aud d*#p. and. oh '
Love Ue, love, but breathe it low .
—.Axtijwiti ,Vi ll,r,
A Lore Sons'. ,
Och, Norah, so swate, an' so ptirty, the dwlint '
Hereheeks uv like pinks shinin' out uv the
anow ,■
An' hef ohin ooh. my heart, the dimple that's
in it I
An' eyes that aay yts whan her lip* utter no.
Her form it is ihgant. trim like, an' ahndor .
An' 10-*k at the dowers that are harkm' all
round
To hear is slie eomin', wrid kisses so tinder
TV) (tiv her wlute fat as it touches the
ground!
Ad' oft do 1 wind tlie ftt*t hour of our wee tin'
The haste uv a J.y. he had frighted her so ;
She sprung to uiv arms, her poor heart w iklly
heatin'
Wid fear ; but i' faith, not a hit did I kn>
What it was ailin' mine oeh a stir an' commo
tion
Inside uv my clust, where her purty head
I*>.
While my breath suwe in whirls like the winds
nv the ocean.
An' tripped up the word* I was wantin* to
say.
Ail' here am 1 waitiu' an hour m the gUwram'.
Wht cruel kvue *]*vU* sinkin' d'ti in wy
heart.
Hist 1 that is hersilf now, so craftily ocemn'
To tie a poor lad wid In : guile an' her art.
But ye'H not git aw ay. sun ,my twautif ul daisy ;
Bet horv in the arms that are Kwiu' iik
ttreug.
Kape Mid now mswurawii ; ye'd bet t her K
any—
Some other Vig dog might be cow in' ak>:-g.
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
BY PIT. OLIVIK OOLPETV ITH.
I WKS ever of uniuien th-.t the li act
roan and brought up a
large faiAy. did more service than 1; >
who coot M lied single ; ami 1 had scarce
taken oriw* a year before 1 eh *xe my
wife, a goul naturesL, notable wruinou,
who could read any English lx> >k with
out much spelling. while for pickling,
prx'scrvins and cookery none could excel
tier. We loved each other tenderly, had
an elegant holts* in a good neighborhood,
and lived many years in a state of raueli
happiness.
Oar children were well fvirnied and
healthy, ami, though we hail but six. 1
considered them a very valuable present
made to my country. Our eldest son was
named George ; our SVMUII cliild, a girl,
Olivia ; another girl, Sophia ; >1 **•> was
our next ; and, after twelve years, we
had two sons more, Richard and William.
When our visitors would say :
•• Mrs. Primn e, you have the finest
children in the whole country !"
"Av, neighbor," she would answer,
"they are as Heaven mad^hem—hand
some enough if tiiey tx? gv*\l enough ;
for handsome is that handsome d**ex.
And theu she would bid the girls hold
up their heads ; who, to conceal noth
ing, were certainly very handsome.
Matrimony was always one of my
favorite topic®, and I wrote several s r
moiia to prove its happiness. It was,
perlia}*, from hearing marriage so often
re -canmended that niv eldest s >u, upon
leaving Oxf rd, fuel his ..flections upon
a neighlwriug clergyman's daughter.
Miss Arabella Wilxnot, who was allowed
by all (except my two daughtersi to be
completely pretty. Everything was
ha}>}>ily arranged, but. as Mr. \\ il
tnot was courting liis fourth wife, and I
always stoutly contended that a clergy
man should not marry a •■•s>>nd tin: \
oar controversies on this point l>egau to
cool his friendship. The day before thq
wadding a relate iu of mine cnHtxl with
sorry news,
"The merchant in town," sai 1 he, " in
whose hands your money was lodged, has
thought not to have left a shilling in the
pound."
This blow soon determined Mr. \\ il
ir.ot t break off the match, and my
fcmilt found themselves humbled in the
world, without an education t" render
them callous to its contempt A* we luul
orJv four hundred pounds remaining out
of fourteen thousand, I joyfully accepted
a small cure of fifteen pounds a year,
meaning to increase luy salary bv f.irm
itig. My eldest sou Gorge having
started for Lmdon to seek his fortune,
we set ont soon after for our new it*on-.
Stopping the first night at an obscure
inn. we fonn-1 there a p**r gentlem; n,
named Barchell, who lacked m---eyto
JUT hia reckoning, havir.g temporarily
impoverished himself bv Lis benevolence.
I gladly lent him two pounds, ami, dur
ing pr.rt of the next day, he traveled
with us, giving me an entertaining ac
cmnt of Sir William Thoruhill, the gen
erous and eccentric uncle of our new
landlord, and endearing himself to us all
by plunging into a rapid stream anil res
c ling Sophia, who had been thrown frmn
hr horse by the force of the current.
Oar retreat was in a little neighbor
liood of frnjml farmers. Tlie house, of
one story,was snugly thatched, ami ni.-ely
whitewashed inside, and. though the
same room served for parlor anil kitchen,
that only made it the warmer. We had
many simple pleasurta to refresh n < aftv
oar honest industry, and often sat to
gether, wheil tlie weather was fine, on n
rustic seat overshadowed with hawthorn
and honpysuckle.
Then?, one holiday, a genteel y< cng
man approached us with a careless supe
rior air, and soon let us know that he was
Squire Thoruhill, our landlord. Such is
toe power of fortune and fine clothe* that
he was forthwith on the easiest tonus
with the female part of the family, and
raadily obtained permission to renew his
visits.
My wife thought this meeting n most
lucky hit, anil declared she could s. <- no
reason why the two Mas Wrinklers
should marry great f'rt tinea, an l her
children get none. Obscrvmq that Olivia
secretly admired the squire, I warned
them heartily against disproportioned
friendships, but the arrival of n side of
venison, with his compliments, dulled the
cdee of my remonstrance.
That evening poor Mr. Burchell made
ua a visit, jmd helped us tlie next day in
the huvfi'Td, aseii-ting Sopliia with assid
uity ; but I had too good an opinion of
her understanding to lie under any un
eaainess from the attentions of a man of
broken fortune.
Shortly after, we entertained our land
lord ot dinner, and, tlinugh he talked
I ken flippant freethinker, be made liim
eelf higlilv agreeable to Olivia and h'-r
mother, who begun to speak exultantly
of a match with the squire's family, mid
defend" ! htm with warmth, when I de
clared:
" I could liave been better pleased
with one that wqis ppor and honest, tluui
this fine gentleman with his fortune iunl
infidelity."
The next morning Mr. Burchell came
again, tad though he wus always cheer
ful, amiable and even wise, I legan to lie
displeased with the impression he eeem.d
to be making on riopliia. However, lie
took himself away when the squire sent
word by his chaplain that he intended
giving a moonlight ball on the grass be
fore on' <3 -or. Mr. llioruliill fetched
two voireg ladies of faeliion from town ;
ueigtb- r Flamborougb's rosy daughters
were br nght in, flaunting w-th red top
knots, end yre had a very gay time of it,
winding up with prayers.
FRED. KIJRTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME X.
|
My utrlx Inarm' now to pitch their 1
thoughts very high, mid tlieir pride was t
not lowered bv a fortune telling gqx>\ i'
who nivunimxl l,iv\ a squire ami Sophy
a lord! all f->r a sliitling apnxv! Then i
the two fine ladies from levn panl nun t
visit Istiv lHaruey ami Miss faroline v
Willielmnm Nkiggs' and though Mr. t
Ibtrehell turned his back, and crt<sl t
" Ftnlge!" at the end of each senbauas t
we werv* vastly fdeatsd with their high t
life couvvmaiinti; and my wife struck uj> <■
a notable plan of sending our twodaugh- t
tor* to t vn as their coin|auuoiis, at stip- s
raids of thirty pounds and twenty-tire
guineas a year. This they very oomle
sceiulmglv approval, only rvstuirtng, us
a m'n form, Mr. Tliornhill a r**x>iu- u
metulation. This he rvxalily gave, and n
the exjxxlttion t> town was spetxhly re- v
s.Jv.d UJKUI, though Mr. llnreliell very j
presumptuously sought to dissuade us n
from it. f
As we were now rising in the world J
we determined to sell our old eolt, which
had no tail, and buy a better one. My
son M>vsi went to the fair with liim, in a
waisUMMt of gosling green, fell into the
hands of a }>rv>wlutg shar]xr, ami brought
Ivaek only a grvms of gnx-n ajiectacles !
Then 1 took our othvr horse, old Hla"k
la>rry, ami sold him myself to a most
venerable appearing gvntlcman, who .
gave me an order on naighlxir Flam
borough. for five pounds. llut when
mv honest neighlxMP a-iw the mune f
" Ephraim Jenkinsou " —he exclaimed : '
" A'ite greatest ru.-v.d tunler heaven ' A
This is tlie very same rogue that sold v
t" A
l"went home dejHted, but found my 1
wife and girls in tears over a greater din- 1
appointment, for the two fine ladies, liuv- *
iug Uearvl reports of us from some ma- t
hcious jx'rson, hial s>t out for London,
leaving us to wonder who could have as- '
[H-rs\l our chareters tlui* bas'ly. Hv s
e'liuiee, however, Mr. Burchell was de- '
tecUxl in the villainy of having sent a i
warning letter to tlie ladies at Thomhill !l
I'astle, and, when reproached, lie showed 51
such effrotit ry that 1 ixiuhl scarcely gov- "
era my }HKsion.
"Ungrateful wretch!" I critxl, "be- '
gone ami no longer pollute my dwelling "
with thy baseness !"
He smiled and departxl witli the at- f
most eompi-snre, leaving us aabmiahed '
and enrageil at Ins assuranee.
S-pure Thornlull continued his attea- <
tious, bu ill my wufe's art eonld not i
bring liim t<> a At hint it was - s
resolved that Olivia should nuirry, at the <
end of a mouth. Farmer Will nuns (who I
was in easy cireunißtiuux*s, prudent, sin
cere iuul i>penly devoted to hen, pro- i
vidtvl the squire did not meantime tie-
elare his intentions. Instead, however, '
he discontinued his visits and Olivia >'
siwrneil coutentevl with the ehauge in her 1
fate. Fonr davs Imfore her intended '
nuptials, httle l>iek eiune ntniiinq in, r
crying: "
" Oh, pa{a, she is gone—sister Levy
is gone from us forever !"
" Gone, child !" "
"Ya—with two gentlemen in a }** it ;
chaise—and one kissed her—and she
cried—but he persuaded her—and she
s.iid : "Oh, what w.ll my jn>..r }apa >lo '
when he knows I am undone !"
" Xow tiieu," cried I, "my chihlren, *
go and be miserable, for we shall never
enjoy one hour more. And, oh, may "
Heaven's everlasting fury light tqxiti him "
•ind his ! Tlius to rob me of my cliil.l !"
"She's an ungrateful creature," Kud
my wife, weeping, "to u-e its thus."
"I>> not talk hardly," said I: "she
shall be welcome to this heart, though j
-t.iiiusl with vicx-s, if I find but repent- '
mice."
Mv suspicions fell entindy upon our
young landlord, but, when I insisted on
seeing him, he met me with an ojx-n (
face and aeemed amaxeil at the elope- t
ment, protesting on hi* honor that he
was quite a stranger to it. This denial
vnd soma other circnnistances soon ©on-
vinceii mo that the reid culjirit was no j
other than Mr. H irchell ! I followed
s uue clears to his flight with my po-r .'
daughter, but in vain. R 'turning sadiy
bomewnrxl, I fell in with n very well •
dressed gentleman who invited me to sup
with hyn, and talkixl }x>!itie at n prent
rate; but lie proved to 1> onlv the hub
Is, and tlie sudden arrival of fiis master (
ami mistress put me in great confusion.
Just then, who should enter but Mow ,
Arabella Wihnot, who was formerly eu- f
g.igeil to bo married to my son George, j
She recognized me with jov, and, on ,
hearing my name, tlie old gentleman
and liwiy, h-r uncle and aunt, insisted j
• m my staying for some days. (
Tlie next evening we went to see some
strolling players act in a barn. When ,
the chief performer appeared and per
ceived Miss Wilmot and tne, he st'xxl '
speeclileas. It was my unfortunate (
George ! He burst into tears and re
tired. f conducted Miss Wilmot home, ,
and we soon had my s.m with tts; all his
travels had brought him no more for- |
tune tluui a stiek ami a wallet; but I
fancied that I could discern tluit Miss ,
Wihnot still looked on him with a favor- (
able eye. Nor was this preference (
aiiaUsl by tlie arrival of Mr. Tliornhill, ,
who, I learned, had already nuwle lier ]
same overtures. He seemeilsurpriacil at
seeing me, but was very friendly, and
procured for George an ensign's commis
sion in one of the regiments going t>> the
West Lidies.
Giving tny son all I lnml—my blessing j
—I took leave of the gixsl family tluit
liatl entertained me so long, and set out
for home. Putting n}> for the night at a j
little public house, I chanced to overhear
. the landlady berating some one in tlie
p*im alxive.
" Out I say," she eriel; "what, yon
trumpery, to eotne and take up nn honest
house without cross or coin b bless yottr
i self with! Come along, I say."
" Oh, milam," cried the stranger,
i i " pity me for one night, and death will
soon do the rest!"
I knew the voice of my p<xr Olivia,
flew to her rescue, and caught her in my
arms.
i " Welcome, my dearest, lost one, to
yonr poor old father's bosom !"
• * "O i, yon can't forgive me ! I know
i voti ein not!"
1 * " Yes, my child, I do. But it sur
-1 prises me how a person of Mr. Bitrehell s
: seeming honor could be guilty of such
• baseness."
" Pajm, you labor under a st range mis
i take. Mr. Burchell always admonished
me against Mr. Tliornhill, who '
"Mr. Thomhill! Can it tie ?"
! " Yes, sir, it was Mr. Thomhill who
employed the two hnlies, as li<* called
f them, " who were, in fact, abandoned
women, to decoy us up to town. They
• would have succeeded, but for Mr.
I Bluebell's letter, and lam eonvineed lie
- was ever our sincerest friend."
r " Yon amaze me ! My first suspicions
r of Mr. ThornhiH's baseness were bx> well
i grounded."
"Alas, papa, you are but little ac
quainted with his villainies; he has been
1 married already to six or eight wives
i more, whom, like tne, ho has deceived
i and abandoned. Bo monstrously did he
treat me tli?.t I left him and fled here,
3 only to be at a distance from a wretch I
- detested."
0 The next day I t>k Olivia home, ar
-1 riving near midnight, just in time to save
0 my little ones from the flames which de
t voured our humble cottage before our
1 eyes, leaving us houseless and hungry,
- bat for the charity of our kind neighbors.
1 My arm, too, was severely burned, but I
; suffered less front that than information
a I received that Mr. Thomhill wus going
e to be married to Miss Wilmot in a few
, . days. My Olivia's lietrayer luul even the
assurance to present himself to me, with
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
his tiHiiul air of familiarity, and pretend
that hm conduct toward tier had nothing
criminal in it.
"Avoid my sight!" cried I. "Were
mi brave *Oll at home lie would not suffer
tin*, but 1 am old and diMiblixl, and every
WHY Ulldoue. tit [kinhl lit) heart II|XKI
tluiie honor, and have found its Imsenes*.
llti, and po-vtess a hat fortune has given
thx- Jx-aiit\. riches,health ami pleasure,
ll.i, ami have me to aant, infainy, dix
ease and sorrow. Aid, humble a* I am,
though thou hast uiy forgo cues*, thou
shall ever have my contempt."
" It.-peuii u|xu it," rcturmxl lie, "you
sliall ftxd the effects of this insolence. '
\<ir did lie tlireat li in vain. The lit'lt
in> ruing tits steward detnawdtxl mv un
litml rent. 1 txitihl not pay ;so my cattle
were sold, anil 1 myself was cast iuto
}ir:--on, whither I was accompanied bv
no dtsconadate family. Glivia was suf
fering from a slow fever, iunl one day tu
the depression of her spirits she was
heard uttering these mournful lines;
"Wl • n l<u\ woman t ; t" folly,
AllJ rinds too tAte til#! lutu ts trV,
What rharm can asothe her metaneh 1*
What art cau wash In i guilt aay ?
•• The onlv art t- f guilt to cover.
To lude hrr shame from every eye.
To |toe rr|x ntaius- to her lovt r
And wring lu ISMOIU is—to die."
We luul now nothing between us and
famine, sav what my s>n MOM S could
earn ns a day laborer. I'vcti in Uu* #trmt
1 found a fraud iu a fellow pr:*o#r, that
Very r.phr.uin Jmkius.m who had got old
Bhu-klx-rrv for a worthless draft on iteigh
lx>r Flttudxirough. His cunning hiwl not
t-lived him fr\>ui jail, but he piMtuiaed to
MS' what it could do tow aid relieving
me.
Meanwhile mv poor Olivia grew worse,
lxx'ame apecehlessi, atnl then came the
KVI tidings slie WAS deutl! It was for
her sake 1 had di lied Squire Thoruhill,
and now 1 conseutrxl to make my sub
mission to him. In vain! He would
show no mercy! As if to complete the
sum of our miseries, our dearast S >phia
was snatch*' I from ns, e.irrnxl off by un
known ruffi.-uis! But ill fortune ha I yet
anotlier blow. Tli* prison kecjrer entered
with a man all bitxxly, w>uiidixl ami
f*'tter*xL Horror! It was my George!
H;> regiment hod not left England, and
hearing of T hornhiH's rrilne he clndleug
<sl the villain, lustc i of njqx anng in
jx'rsoii, Thoruhill sent four doim sties to
seize him. One he wounded, but the
others captured my (Kxtr h -n; as a chal
lenger his life was forfeited!
But let us be indexible, mid fortune
will at last change in our favor. The twit
eve tit was the return of Sophia, who luul
Im* n rescued by our old friend. Mr. Bur
chell. He received tny ajxilogies in the
kindest way. and S ,'hia < xphntie*! tliat
he had heard her ere s, and ifisiunned tlie
rutfi ui who La-i s.-iz*xi her, but who man
ag*xl to make hi* eseajie.
"Mr. B.irclitll," crnxl I, " na you have
dehv* re*l my girl, it you can st.► ■[> to an
alliance witli a family so pour M mine,
take her, obtain b< r con -cut, and you
have mine."
Without the least rej>ly he onl' re.l din
ner. a dozen of wme, ami some *s>rlinls
for me. ass >rting that, though in a j>ris -n,
he never felt in >rc *iis[s>ssl ti be lm rry.
At mv re-ptest Mr. Jenkinsou and my
son were now admitted. G x>rge r*-
ganhxl Mr. Burchell w;t!i astomshment,
and fixed at a r- sjsx'tful distance.
I'ereeiv ug hd is* if kn *vn, our gu* st,
ass tniing a'l ins native dignity, desired
mv >'i t*> < "it* forward. Ait.-r }>nx
n**ii i -.ug s* v. rely un th" sin of *! i- ling,
he a*lmitte*l sne!i palliation <*f p-or
G*' >rgc's fault a* inuuce.l him to f, >r
givc it.
" It there b • injury," --aid he, " th're
sliall l'iv*lres ; and this I may say with
out b i.ud;llg, that none have l.ivsl the
iujusLc • ' f S r W.lliaui Thornltill."
W-> n vr found tliat *>nr harmless,
amnsiiig oompiutiun, |xs*r Mr. Jl.irch* 11,
wus in reality the unci# >f itr offc nding
landlord, nn*l a man bf large fortune ana
gr*';it inter* xt. t-i whom s*':int*>rs listi-ui d
with applause. My }*">r wife ami
K ijdiia were overwhelmtxl, but S;r Wil
liam smilingly reassured them, and at
hi* request, Jenkinsou, wlto had fur
nis'ie-1 a el*".* t<> the abductor of S iphiu,
was s";it with two men to apprehend tlie
ntsoaL
B 'fore we lnal well <lin- I, a message
w:u* brought from Squir*' Thomhill. <!<*
siring permission to appear am! vindi
cate his liiiuxx'iice, with which ri-qinst
the baronet complexl. B-mg intro
duce-1, he gave so sm<x>t!i a version of
his conduct as qitite chaired him, if it
could l>e believed. But at the sudden
appearance of Jenkinsou, with the rutfian
who had carric.l otT S*phin, lie turned
pale, ami it j>r*'*< ntly came out that he
h !iis* 'f luul instigate-l tlie abduction with
the Imsest design#.
" Heavens!" eried Sir William, " what
a viper!"
The unex}>ect*'.l arrival of Miss Ara
lel!:i Wilmot aurprised us next, ami it
speedily appeared tluit the s<inire, b>
win h'r htuid, hiul per#uailel her that
G >rge was uiurrie.l ami gone to Ameri
ca. The revelation of his baseness re
vived her pa. si on for my son, who was
now releas'sl, at Hr William's request,
and presently appeared in his regimentals,
wlicreu]M>n sin* lost no time iu hliudiing
ly letting him know that, if she eould
not be his, she would never be another's.
The squire now showed himself the
li inly villain, ami, laving aside sluinie,
insultingly declared tliat Mi *s Wilmot's
fortune was safely nnule over to him,
and lie cared not who won the lady her
s.-!f. Tiiis was l/K) true; hnt m-itlior
(iisirgc nor Arab dla heedoil it in the
least.
" Lt hint enjoy our fortune," cried
she, "I now can tie happy even in in
diff*'ti<v."
" Ami I," cried the squire, witli a ma
licious grin, " shall be very happy with
what yet despise."
"Hold," cried Jenkiiison ; "can the
squire have this lady's fortune if he lx
tnarri'-d t< another?'
" Umloubt-sdly liecaunot," replied the
baronet.
" Well," said Jenkinsou, " lie iK mar
ri<sl already; and, if the company re
strain tlieir curiosity a few minutes, they
shall see his wife."
So saying, he darted off, and presently
returned with—Olivia !
" Squire," he cried, " this is your law
ful wife, and here is the license ! You
commissioned tne to get a false license
and a false priest, to deceive this young
lady, but 1 got ti true license and u true
priest."
A burst of pleasure now seemed to
fill the whole apartment. Mr. Thorn
hiH's assurance forsixik him, ho fell on
his knees before his uncle, and implored
compassion. Sir William promised hiin
a lmre competence to supjx>rt the wants
of life, and ordered him to be gone.
All now hastened to salute Olivia,
wliooe death Jenkiiison and my wife had
thought it necessary to |M'rsuade nte of,
t*i procure my submission to the squire.
Sophia did not seem perfectly satisfied,
but Sir William soon relieved lier doubts
by claiming her as his own " loveliest,
most sensible of girls."
The next day there wns a joyful
double wedding, seasoned with the good
news of the recovery of my fortune from
my merchant in town, who had been ar
rested at Antwerp. All my cares were
new over; it only remained that my
gratitude in prosperity should exceed my
former submission in udversity.
Two grand jnrors are on trial in Balti
more for attempting to blackmail a man
against whom the district attorney La I
usked for an indictment.
CENTHE HALL, CENTRE CO., FA., THURSDAY. JANUARY IH, 1877.
WEAKNESS.
.% I .rot Iron* Ihr llurkrl ola IHurff I uurl.
Not h'tig sitiix' u singular suit for .li
v*>r*xi was trnxl in one of the Court* of
Uio West. The plauiUtt, from idl iu<-
,sunits, aj>|x*rs t*> lutx*' been a reckless
and unscrupulous adventurer, and the
defeiidiuit n very gixxl, amiable, tuiu'li
abtUMxl, long sutl ring wouiau. Tin*
husband, iti order to have s.*!iio pretext
for getting rid of his aife, claimed that
slit* hud Uegli-cttsl his JM ISI iuul Colllfot't
in tlie grvxest milliner, defied los nil
thoritv, stolen his m..ney ami lx>eii
coiiiiuriinlly unfaithful to liiiu iu rejx-aUxl
iustancea. T*> prove this he |ir*xlucl
Ultliesses f UVerv qilestio: .ble ehunu
tor, alio were uuule t*> contrtulict them
selves by tin* defendant s counsel, ami
•howu to have u s*x'ial *r m*rul stand
nig, ev*'tt in a oonimtuiity when* tin
requirements for what is vaguely known
as resjHX'tnLility arc not remarkably high.
Indeed, their testimony Wort s letbvtually
overthrown u* t* leave little doubt on
the miud of the judge tliat they hud been
suborned, Uioiigh lie luul Uo mcolis of
proving his Ix-lief.
The plaintiff, with sublime audacity,
intimatol that injustice luul b.-en done
him, iunl asked tlir*>ugli his counsel for
a postponement of the case, that he
might bring more w itness.'s, since th *e
he luul intrvluce*l sectmxl t<* be dm
crxlitsL The tx'iirt refiiv Ito giant the
motion, ami the trial wont on, the u-.-ti
monv for th*' *l-fendaut b ing duly
o}u*ned. Tlieu a utuulxT of well known
ami trustworthy witness* * swore that tin'
huslxuid had treated hia wife shamefully ;
that he luul often IMVH semi drunk; that
he hud repeatedly b* abut her; that he
luul jiaw tnxl lu-r jewelry to got um vt >
gamble witli; that he lunl <*ottsort' i with
vile womeu, and Ix-hav -1, in aw 1, like
a thorough pm'tsl villain. \\ hen tins
diuuogiug < videm*' hal In u given, and
the fis-liiig of tlie court ami the si*c*-ta
u*r luul IMM'H plainly foreshadowed, tin*
plaintiff's rvMinw-l, witli a view to cuun
t-rHctiiig the edict, iu ><- ami :u*k*sl. if
anv such shit* 1 of finds w r> ereiliblc, why
the defendant would have resist**! the
divorce. "I*it in human untnre for
anybixly to endure Bitch treatment. In
inquired, "and yet slmw unwillingness
to lx* free from its e*atinuatHn, when
the ojpirtuinty is not only offered, but
tlie demand frtxjueutly iirj'* *l V I his
question was so jx'rtinent, au.l the an
swer a* i difficult, apparently, that some
thing like reaction s* t in, au.l the law
yer lx>k*xl *li'light*xllv loviind the rvxim,
regarvlitig with an air of triumph the
Bpectutimt, who, in the remote West, have
quite us much to do with trying causes
as tin- iudgc hmis'-lf. Nothing Jisc-in
fit*xl, tlie defemtaut*# c uiis.! rt-calbxl
one *>f his witness's, ami 'licit*sl th*
iiif(>nuati<>u that he (th ■ witneai often
askixl Mr*. why she li*l n>t leave
her husband; tliat he hiul t -hi lu-r tliat
it was a duty she owed to her fro nd*
as well as to" herself, lb r invariable re
plv, with broken *ols, was in substance ;
" 1 cannot, can not l*ave lniu, f>*r 1 love
him s>. H;' doesn't menu t* be but;
lie's g.Kxl s uneUmes; it ia In* bad as
sociations that are tlie e.uuve *>f it all.
H*'Tl le lx-ttcr after nwlule, I'm sur*\
You wouldn't want me to leave him if
you know how 1 loved him."
Hero th*' loungers in the courtroom
w< re plainly mo veil, ami vvh*:i the young
wife, who, though pale, wretched, ami
criwhfxl l***kiug, lxirc tnux-s *>f past
liwit", give way to her *nppr**sx*lein
t. *u in a fi'xxt >f t*-ars, there W*t*' 1OU1
murmurs ami audible threats, jxirti-mliiig
no pxxl t.* th*' plaintiff. The judge him
self, w hi* w;vs not all adamant, rvmarkisl,
in a f* w nionients, witli a *iuiver in hi*
v**i*s*, that th*re was uo iu*ed f continu
ing tlie c is*>; that iheauit ie diamiss**vl,
with costs to the plaintiff. The dcciinou
vr.i* r*x".v*sl *.v tii u ■ diout <*f uiinghxl joy
ami rage. Tlie odious Imslviiiil unurr
st* *xi its meaning ami declined to *pnt
the eotirthoa**'. 'ill*' ai*'tatr wi re
finally got out by tic ale riff ami his
depute •*, after which ti* j.taint.ff claim
*l tlieir |>nt*s"tion, and aUileoff s*>'r*'tly.
Otherwise, no doubt, he w. ul.l hav*-
lxs'ii roughly hamlled by the erowil,
who hung about for some tun*-, waiting
for Ins iq>; caranev, aa one of tle'tu grim
ly oliaervtxl, iu order to g* t bettrr oc
*|:iaint*xl Willi the gentleman.
Acnmiiug t*> tlie local jonnud, the
g*uitleman dcjuirUxi abruptly from town
the same evening, grentlv t<> the disap
pointment of tlie community who would
have Is en only txi happy to show it*
appreciation of him in a well fitting c*tt
of tar and feathers. The same journal
also mentn'US that the maltr* at*d wife
lia.ijijM'nxl the day following, nml ex- .
jir.'ssi'# the opinion, based on tnist
wortliv inf*irni:itit*n. that sli • had g**tie
after fier ac*fUndrel huslwunl. Its cncln
sion is tliat " women are awfully qiiivr.'
Fnrtlier a-lvi*'*'* imlicate that the late
plaintiff lias probably nmrncd a numb, r
of wi-tnen for snoli jirojverty a* tli'-y
might have: turned it into cash; sjx'nt it;
got rid of tnern by abuse, iliglit or law;
and that he Las tints far ■ cajwd th- eon-
Hcqueuce oy,liia manifold sins. He is
rcpri-si'iitixl,as a "mean looking cuss."
but " a regular heart smaaher among the
(air MX'VA'W York Tim'*.
(•hen in Marriage.
Tin* groat opjxirtunitv of marrying f*r
either sex, savs an excliauge, ix-eurs !*-
twet'ti the ages of tweutv ami twentv-five;
the chances are not seriously diiniuishi*d
for men in the ensuing five years, lint
for women as they approach thirty there
is nowhere near half as much prolnvbility.
The fiu-t that if jjeojde me:ui to marry at
all thev should set nlxuit it in the earlier
years of maturity is very jiliiinly en
forced by these figures. At about the
age of twentv-five unmarried women
have lost two-thirds of tlieir chances ; nt
thirty, six-sevenths ; at forty, twenty-nine
thirtieths. When a bachelor litis reached
tliirtv years he lias lost seven-tenths of
his opportunites; nt forty, more than
ninc-U'iiths. Marriages in which there
is gr'at disparity of nge# six'in to be
c 'inparntivelv rare ill Philaileljiliia ; the
old gontli'ineii of tlint city *l* not take
kimlly to very young wives; in 1H75
only one girl under twenty married a
man of over fifty years, and only
one woman under thirty married a man
of over seventy. October is the favored
month with people desiring wedlock,
but they arc almost equally well satisfied
with any of the winter or fall month#.
On the other hand, March, whether in its
quality of lamb or lion, is considered a
wretched month for bridals ; and August
atnl July are almost equally out of favor.
Con Music.
Tlie cow has at least four tones or lows.
First, there ia her alarmed or ilistressed
low, when deprived of her calf or separ
ated from her mates—her low- of affec
tion. Then there is her call of hunger, a
petition for fisxl, sometimes full of impa
tience, or her answer to the farmer's call,
full of eagerness. Then there is that pe
culiar frenzied bawl she utters on smell
ing blood, which causes every member
of the herd to lift its head aud hasten to
the sjsit—the native cry of the clan.
Whon slie is gorged or in great danger
she bawls also, but that is ilifferent. And
lastly, there is the long, sonorous volley
she lets off on the hills or in the yard,
or along the highway, ami which seem#
to be expressive of a lciinl of unrest and
vague longiug—the longing of the im
prisoned Io for her lost identity. She
send# her voice forth so that every gixl
on Mount Olvmpus can hear her jilaint.
She makes this sound in the morning,
especially in the spring, as sho goes forth
to graze. Galajrt/.
THE JOINT COMMITTEE.
Tl*l* Mrnslr SBd llaUM* I ommlllrr• t|*|*ulul.
rt Iu < SttaMorlfcv I'l . .Idrullul qurutlun.
Fourteen men now have th# important
question before tin-11l of rejxirtilig a plan
for the settlement of the Presidential
problem, sew-it ltepublieana, Senators
Edmunds, Morton, Frctinghuywn and
1-ogaii, and CougreKimieu M* < rary, Hoar
and Wlliard, and seven 1). unx-rats, Sens
tor# Thurtuau, Itayurd uu*l Ransom, ami
C\ingreasnien Pavue, Hunbui, Hewitt
iui.l Springer. They luive from now
until the fourteenth of February to de
lilx'rute iunl agrts* ujxiii a measure, for it
is not until then that the vote is count
ed, iuul it is probable tliat tile two
holts**# will sixx'j.'t uitS- " method of ex
amuiiug the voti-s "on which the ix<m
imttee may agn*'. tin the whole, tin
(xmimittee is thought to have lni u well
sehvted. MetuUrU of tx'tll si.le# ale
sound lawyers, enjuible of sifting uiul
uaturully resjHx-tiiig prix'edents, and alio
are likely to 1* gniilisl to a onoduatou
J>y what they sliall tiiul, on s careful in
v.-.iigutu.n of tin* manner in which Una
qtleatlou has txx-n IreaUxl und n-g r arvl*l
in Congress from the Is-ginuing, to l>e tlie
proju r way of counting tile v.ites.
S:'ii!it*ir Morton baa probably exaiu
liu d the mutter more car* fully than any
other memlx-r of tlie jireseot joint com
mittee. He litis Ixs'ii for several years
d<-aimus of a coiistitutioiiul lunendtu-'ut
i-liaiig'iii_' the luetics) **f elis-lnig the
I'resnleiit, ami IU tlie ileliate# on his
amendment ami *>2i the hill wliieh, at the
last s.-**sioU, pjt.*.**l th*' S**li;it- t<> t**).e
tin- place rtf the twenty second joint rule,
he t*"ik a very prominent jart. Tlrnt
bill, under Lis leadership, received the
siij'jxirt of altmist every lb publican in
tin- Seriate ami of #ome l>etui*ruta. In
the course of the delvat*', which lasPxl
tuany days, Mr. Mortou ltu-1 down two
imje>rtaiit jxinta iu* lx*y**nd controversy.
A* to th" p -wers >f tlie Vice-President
he said:
" I ilu not a*x*-j>t the suggestion that
t \'i pres lent ■ S 1 • U ntxl Btti<
has anything more to do in the bmuuroa
of counting the vtvb-s for Preaulent ami
VlX*-President tl.ull that Sjxelfic dlltV
which is jir* -sTiissl for aiul MtjoiiXAd
iljxiu him bv the Constitution. I hat
duty i*. m the pr*-s*-uee of tlie Senate
ami Hon*.- of RepreseuUtjvt-a, to *>}> en
the cxrUficat v*. Then- Ix-ing uo other
duty ivasigmxl t lorn I infer, naturally,
tliat he ia to do nothing m re."
In regard t > the decision wliere two
set* of eleetornl r*tnrns come up from a
Stat** he tlitt* explain*d the • JTix't of n
ae*qioti in hia owu bill;
" The rff.s t of this section is to deter
tirim- winch a*-t of electoral returns is to
be ootin' *l, and if the two honae# do not
agrx- neither >-<*t i* t In* ismuL-d; and
again, th*- v **- g*s-* **tlt. The State lma
no v*>t. lMx*ans, unh-ss there ia souie
tribunal to settle which vote shall be
rouutod, vou cannot omut lx*th, and,
tJu-n-f r, yon **arm*)t i*>unt either, bm
must have some tr*butinl Ul s* ttle tliat
ibfficulty; and what tribunal is safer
than the two bouses *•' t'-*:igr*s*s ?
Of S*-uaUir Edmund'# otnnioiui lcaa ia
known. H*' am! Mr. rreliughuyaen
have favored aulMulaaino of diapuiad
qucatiou# to the supreme rourt, but tJua
couhl m>t )•• don • without a (\sistitu
tioiinl niuendmitit for which no one u
now tuclunxl.
Senators Thurtuau, Fi .'lmglutya'ii and
la>g!it: v* I**l for Mr. Morton'# bill last
so* ion and are thus ooiniuitb*l to Mr.
Morton'# view* as nli *ve expmwxL
Henator* Itayatvl, K lrmuuis ami llanwan
vot**l against it, but they are known to
have been of late re-examining the aub
jis't and may #ee cause ti c*>iue to a dif
ferent cotichision.
Of the n pn--ntativi's u the joint
committee Mr. MeCrnry has proltably
given th* uv —t ear. Jul ntt* !iti*si to the
question, lie * th*' anlh ir of a stamlnrd
tn itu**- ■ n tli* law- of clectiuna, ami is a
aoiuid and jsunstakrig lawyer. Mr.
Wiilurd, al*.. a lU-|>nblieaii, ii a mem
ber *>f the s:!\.-r iMiimiission. Mr tl*->.
F. 11-iar i# a lenrm-d lawyer. Of the
Dcmocra'a on the committee Mr. Payue
is n biuiker, Mr. Hewitt a manufacturer,
M> era. Hunt*ui and Sjmnger lawverw.
It is not yet known whether the tw*>
committers'will v* together a* first.
They will at any rate frxjucntly c*.nf-r.
and tliey hav< Henator Mortou # old bill
to w .rh on. Tl.-y will jirolsibly not Is'
txnitciit wit". ut ft complete investigation
of nil the pn-cfxlont* since tlie foutidiv
tioti of tb.e gov* rnment njx.n the elix't*>r
nl count, and an etaintnalioo of what
lion been helil upon the jxiwera of the
Vic* - President ami the two house# in
' the s inn-what tiuiuerou# debate# in
wliieh tins que**, u has C tUe up. //*r
aht.
Important Railway l>ecl*ion.
On the *.ixti*cnth ilav of August, IS7O,
Henrv P. *k, desiring in comjany with
hi* wife und daughter to visit t'ajw* Ann,
Ma**., purchased at tlie office of the Data
ware, LvckavviuuiA an i Western railroa*!,
at Norwich, tlin*' ticket# for Albany via
Utien, rei' i ving the ticket* of the Central
and Hnoi- 11 River railroa*l ivmipanv at
Albanv, for which lie paid the usual fare.
Mr. Peck tart<*dto|smrdthe train which
stixxl ill the i|ep it, but was told that he
would have to unit seat# in the forward
cars, inasmuch as tli an* in the rear were
alrondy filled. Acting on the informa
tion. lie went forward with lux family,
ami finding no unoccupied seats in the
coaclics, went into a drawing-room car
and to k posaessimi of thri*' chair*.
By-and-byc the conductor of the train
.pjmareiL t 'k tlieir ticket# ami pass.*!
on. B v>n niter the sjxvial conductor of
the jialace ear came in. and di-tnauihxl
aeveuty-five cent# extra for i-ai'li chair as
palae*' car far*'. Peck refit sis 1 t*> pay it,
claiming that he had paid full fare to
Albany. At the next stopping place
Peek." still refusing the demand, wa*
ejected from the train, his wife and
daughter following voluntarily. Peck
brought suit ngain*t the corporation in
the Chemung ixmnty courts to recovci
damages. Li two courts the juries rcn
derisl a verdict in his favor. The rail
road company carried the rase to tin
court of ajiiicals, and the trial resnlbxl in
n verdict of itl.iKK) for the plaintiff.
l'cacc or War.
Whether there shall be peace or wni
in Europe still ilejiemls on the nttitiidc
of England. It w*n in her power t<
avert the Crimean war, and it likewis*
rest# with her to settle peaceably the
pending eontlict. If her government,
savs the Tribune, allows tlie Turks t<
entertain any hope tliat the army am
navy of England will uphold then
against Russia, the Port** will nudoubt
edly rejis't the jirojvosixl reforms, am
plunge the c mntry into war. The Brit
ish jtoliey is still in doubt. I#rd Balis
i bury has advised the sultan to accejit tin
terms proposed by the conference, but i
semi-official journal in London declare!
that his counsel must not IK* treated OJ
an ultimatum. Almost identical stopi
• marked the njiproneli to the Crimeai
war. Lord Htatford formally advised tin
Porte to accept a note wliieh would havi
■ satisfied Russia, but he allowed tin
I Port*' to discover that it might safel*
• adopt a differeut course. Accorvlingb
, it did so, nnd wa# ujiheld by both Fraud
i and England. The contemplated sailini
1 of the British fleet from Besika bay am
- the approaching departure of Bir Henr
■ Elliot afford promise that England ia re
1 solved to convince tho Turks this time o
Lord Salisbury's sincerity. Had Eng
, land's conduct been as consistent as thn
i of France, there eould Im* no doubt as t
! her intentions.
TIIE UENiai. CVI'LONE.
fHrllirr I'arltrslara at Iks Trrrlblr l.ss* ut |
l.tfa as# I'rsprn*.
[ Tlie L >udou THIUH furnialiea a few ,
, tulilitiouul part it'll lam (xintxTlilllg tlie |
I effect# <if the cyclone wav* which, on the ,
, Uiirty-ttrat of Octols-r, cuun tijam the \
| alumlK'liug inhabitants of the flacker- ,
- giiugc and iicighboriug diatrict# like a
tliief in the night. The J'tHttn aaya: { {
I The comparatively few details that liave ,
yet reached ua concerning tin* effeet# of t
the cvclouu wave which, ut midnight, on t
GetofverSl, auddeuly awoojxxl round the
low-lviug district at the mouth of the |
Gang*-#, nr.- sufficient to mark tlie event ,
, ua probably the liloet destructive cuius- ,
trophe bv water oti authentic rcwd. It ,
ia t*> be feared tliat, when miytliuig like .
, an lu-itiraU- luxMimt has been taken of j
I the ihstrurLiou to life and property j
, which wa* cuiUkxl, it wiU 1m- found x>ti- |
I aidi-ruhly to <-x<xsxl tho estimate alnsulv ,
, made, upjioihiigly high a# Uiut ia. It i# ,
, not easy to form auv adequate idea of the |
. destruction of life which has occurred: |
( 'JlftjalU liv-s lost iu a space of time tliat ,
| might also IK* count. *1 by minutes! ,
Tin# uiitulier exi'i-els by several thou- i
sand the po|mlutiou of ('nnilM-rlainl, ia ,
four times the hau* of life cutuiod by tlie |
liooghlv evclone of Dctolx-r, 1 Hfii, and j
tx-arx about tlie anuie ]*rojx>rtion to Uio t
, UUUIIh rof deatlw* caused bv the Innlxili ,
; earthquuke of tlu* middle of last ix-ntury. ,
The immediate cause of the r**'*-nt cuius- ,
, trophe ui tin- Btwki-iguiigt- and neighbor- t
, tug distrgjt# wus w hat in kuoau a# a cy- ,
clou** w.i*a, or storui wuve. At eleven ,
o'clock. We ure t* >l*l, on tlie night of the (
nt*iriii then- were uo aigua of danger; be- ; j
. fore midnight tlie cyclone wave awept j
over an area prolmbly cl*#-c >u three >
, tlioilxan*! square mile#, to a depth 111 j
| place* of twenty foot, waking the alecp- j
, ing iniutl it tnt# only to a *VHHM- oumif-a# |
iif th*-ir u%rihle late. ,
( K LONKii OF OTHKM rtHOM. 1
One of the earliest cyclones of which '
.totalis have Im-cu recorded occurred, Hot
' in the iieual M a as*m, but in Ibx-snnbcr, '
' \7K>. It was accompanied by a huge J
storm wave, which broke on the c-muU at
t'oriiigw. near the rn.mtli of the Oodavery. '
In ttiix i-nae, a# ia several other cuacs on '
record, tin* oa*#t w ita awtifit by t!u>-*- suc-
Ocsxive w.ivea, tlie tir>t of which drove [
1 aU iH'torc it, and tLxxiixl the town with
several feet of wuU-r; the s*-<Mtld over- '
■ topjxsl tli<- firat iunl covered all the ]
neighlxiring district, while th# thin!
' dualieil it* water* over all. Nearly all 1
' the town, with thirty thonaan*! mfinbi- '
' tanu. wa# destroyad, while the ahimiiug '
at anchor in tlie Lay were thrown fur tljt
iu to the laud. This wry ajxit was 1
' vi*it*-*l by on almost -quully *l*#lrui"tive !
' cvclon*' wave iu lKfil. On October 31,
1831. Lid ttiilew of the tMUi.try ut tin* '
1 mouth of tin* Ganges wa# swejd by a
wave which obliterate*! native vil- '
lag**# ami ileal roye.l 10,000 of the inhabi
taiit#. < Ither deatroctirr* hurneatic# an* ;
recor.iixl as having occurred on tlie aauie '
1 coast <m ( k-tolx-r 7, Dili ami S*'jiteiuber 1
r 21, DCt'J. On October 21, ISO, a wave 1
•wept the Mouth of the Hooghlv an*l j
• ovcrwlielm *1 10,000 tx* qile; while, on
1 the twenty-first of the previous May,
1 tlin*' succe—-ive wnv-x. * at Ooriuga, '
1 swej't away fitk) villages and destroyeil
.Vl.lkK) |K>jtle. Tlie last <f tin*#*' waves
• was time fi-*-t higher than the liighewt
tide, ami the barometer is said t> have^
' anddinlv fallen a-- much us two inches,
t * .
rtiK nurm < xi i-osK.
In the (Istouttft cyclone of October o, j
, IMVI, the devastation wus alimnt solely j
, due to the effect of the cyclone wave, tlie
. extent of couutry l.ud ututor water having
. lieen 1,500 aqtiari* mill* It wa# of little
avail tiiat the lialikx of the lfooghly alul
2 its feeders, ami the lxlaiiilx at it# uk*UUI
f were pivit-x'ted by *like# ami euibatik
. mclits *f bum eiglit to ten feet high ;
{ these, evi-n if they had Ix-cti strong
, i inmgh t*i withstand tin uhoek of the
wave, wore far oxert**pptxl by it, and the
loml inside lan I under water to a depth
of from MX feet t*i eighteen feet. In tlie
Ibsiglily the j.-n-ati *t height of this mem
orable evclone wave recorded wa# sixteen '
iunl a Lalf feet alxive higlt spring-tide '
level, iunl ftlamt twenty-seven fix-t above
the mean level of the sea, Exf*tt a# far
up a# tVlcutt# it wax atsc.it the MUin- -
height ax the high* at spring tide, and !
fourteen iuul a half f*#-l tdsive tlie unxm
xi*a h'Vi'L Tlie wave WJI# f.-lt a# hlgli uj>
a# Mehnrtsav, "U the Matabnngha. Tlie
loss of life din# tly catisixl liy tlie storm
wave wa# not lex# th.u 50,000, and wv*ul*l
!irnlrj*ly have b.x'n enorniouslv greater
ia*! tHb wave caught the roxqvie aalaep,
i ax has Ikh'ii the case at BacVcrgnnge.
j In the brief s|eo of iMi# nuaitli after
. the Hixighlv dixoxt. rof ,.n Novem
-IKT 5, xi-aro-ly b'*x destructive wave
dashed over tlie coax* at M vnlipatuin, nt
the niontli of tlie Kixtnah, where the '
curve of the coast ix precisely of a nature
• to intercept ami emraitnte the power of
1 xtuM n wave. The l<*a of life in tin*
• case wax something like 35,000 people.
r Duly thr • years later, November 1.
' Ibfif, tin- Calcutta iliatrict had another |
• xjiniliir visiUtiua. happily not mvxrlv so
destructive, n only 1,000 livi.x were lost,
1 though 30,000 nativo lint# wero awojit ;
awny.
1 Of all rec**r*le*l jvreyiou# I'ftla'-lrojihies
'j of this kind, the most terrible occurred j
iu lHt'ri, ami the native# still retm-iuber
' it ax tlie fuun/a or flood of 1220 B. S.
This cyclone apjxxvrx t* have had a very
• wide range, extending fur inland, aud to
the coat, and far In-youd L'ah'iitta to the
r west. It swept overall the islands at the
mouth of the liooghlv and over the
'I neighboring cuxxtt. Fortunately tlie
wav<* broke in the early evening, and, aa .
j the cycloue ha*l Ixvn raging for some
time, the jMX'jile were in some measure
S prepare*L Still, it ix stated, 100,000 of
• tin* inhabitant# and a# many cattle were
" ilestroy.xl, and property to tlu* extent of
!> uxor*' than 1,000,000 rupees.
H
The Nineteenth Rule.
n
r D wa# notieixl when the jiresent aca
i- sion of the United BtaUCongriaa begun
[- tluit tlie sale of liquors at tlie House rc#-
c tauruiit, which u#<xl to IK* a furtive busi
n iii-RX, was enndncted without any nttempt
nt c ine*nlment, the todtles l*cing plainly
in sight and the liquors !eiiig drank
without disguise or decejvtion. On in
quiry it turns ont thst the caterer exam
ir inivl the manunl of Congress ami found
e that the restriction on hi# selling liquor
o w-nx contained in the nineteenth joint
ir rule, ua follows;
e "No spirituous or malt liquors or wines
t, shall be off -rcil for sale or kept within
o the ('.ipitol in miy room or building con
d nix'tixl therewith, or on the public
u groutuls ailjaoent thereto."
t- As tlie Joint rules wore no longer in
d force the caterer inferred his right to #*'ll
t- liquor, ami hrnoo tlie change above re
- feried to. An invitation to drink is now
io worded as an invitation to "godown anl
a suspend the nineteenth joint rule.
*H Mil
Ahont Moods.
is
.n Henry Ward Beechor, in the course of
io a Friday Uiglit talk, sutd: " I have lia<l
rc intsxls where 1 would have given tlie
ir world to have been able to have gone
ly into the pulpit and stated, not what I
ly thought, but what I felt. There are
**e feelings that cannot be *'xpn'sse*l in
ig words. When n man says to his chosen
id maiden: 'I love yon,' do yon suppose
ry lie tells the whole story? Iti# n story
e- that cannot le told. It !s infinite, laminf
i>f less, supreme; a stream forever flowing
g- and never flowing awnv. And there ix a
at htate in those that liave pone to the
to height of divine life which is wordless.
It eaunot be told."
•" 1 t
TKRMS s #2.00 a Yc3ai\ in iVdvan<3.
On Hie ititer NUe.
A* nn Hiatal#'*' if Uir dr**a*l luapired
by the authorities, aajr* (b-u.
ni Si i ibm r' Monthly, 1 will uumUuii
a circumatiuMM* that *ax:urnxl to na. Be
tween Gebcl * 1 Tuyr and Minieh, w- were
Bailing rapidly, wiUi a strong north
wind that lunito the river very rougli, |
when A' hmi-t eallexl me to tlu- *t*-rk.
The river ui front w*a iwered with na
tive vaSM-lt, and xolne tour uf five hun
dred yard# ahead wo# a group floating
ihiwn tlie river, ataiuliug on ami clinging
t*. something just below tl*e aurfocr.
As wane native laata were h*e to tlie#*
|Miple, ami heailmg townril theui, we ilnl
not doubt that they woiiid reli-x e them,
w hen, to our surjirise ami le*rror,tliey jnuw
txl Oil without an effort to aid them,anil tlie
|aair wretches floated jmet, shnekntg and
imploring help, Gf eonrse, we ut once
let go the sheet, atnl s-ut our sandal aiP-r
the drowiiing men. Our sumlal and tliat
of the " Zarifa lUnMtded in reacuing
all, after they hsul flouted down aliout n
mil** fnrtlier, and w lewm had them ii
board. There were thirteen, of various
colors luid oußditious- atncmg tliem s
woman. They hud Ism tlirxx- hour* in
the water, and were nearly "haul
with *-old and fright. From all
that we could leurn more tluui that
Immlt t ha*l perished before We Saw
them. bolue of tlteiu were nien-lianta
rn roufc to Cairo to make purchases,
aud, in tlieir ahirtu, hint thrown a war
ooiißuLerwhle xi in ix of money. Our aail
<>rs were vary jiroinpt in saving them,
and, when we hud them on l#rd, were
ua kind aa passible in giving them food,
drying their elothea, etc. Boores of na
tive J* ait# must have passed dose by
tliem without an sttenijrt st reecue.
B*xii sfter they were safely on our lioot,
Arhmet told me tliat the crew were anx
ious that I should shield tle-tn from any
harm for their g<od action. Naturally, I
was ustouixhed, when it at length up
jttmred tliat the oauae *f appreltemmiO j
waa lite same that hiul prevented tlie na
tive I*xils from rend* ring Maiatanoe. Ii
was tlie fear that, had any poUwd, all
who t*xik part iu the dehv.-rauoe wuoltl
be Uirowu into priuoit a# witiieuuea; aud .
ouce get a man into j.rieuJi, no matter for ,
wlint eauoe, hia chaiwes for egriw# arc
faint uultxxl. The bur of the autlioriuea
LA BO great tlua thew- naturally kind
heart*xi iiu-n w ill sew a felhiw crrul ure dn*
rather Uwui iH<-ur the risk of saving Una.
It aj>p-ord that l wouiau hod be*a tu
Minu-li to visit hrr eon, tt mere lnd, whu
wax in prison. Hrr story was, that tlie
shiek of h<*r village had given him some
onler which he had forgotten to ex*rute,
w herenjxjo, a# tlie readiest inetlnxl of
improving htx memrsry for tlie future,
the sheik . h<>ked him until he fell aena*--
Irwa. Tlierefore, hia tinnier>us brotlicra
an*l sixtera, thinking hint dead, howled u>
Orientals only can; so. byway of teach
iug the family not to make a fiusi about
trifles, the shiek sent the boy to prison
for two month*. "NVJien tlie governor of
Minieli colled in the evening, and ex
pressed hi# thanks for tlie rescue of the
people, 1 asked the favor of tlie boy'a re
lease, j-rivuhxl tlie mother's st*>ry was
true. Next *lsv he was releawxi, and I
was iufonutxl that hia iwntenre uf two
mouths' iinpriuouwfut luul been for
feigning death !
Honiething About ln*ef!.
An old friend of mine, an enthusiastic
philo-ajiiarian, told me that l*eing at a
mend's house one dry summer, when all
the field fl-werx were nearly sowehed up,
he s.-iw thousand# of bees busy in a
fieVil of clover titan in bkxm.
" I wi#li my bee# were hen-, said my
friend.
" Frolutblj they are," rephtxl the gen
tleman.
" What, at forty miles, distance ?"
"Yes," said In# fn**nl. "On your
r**turn hotne *lredge the Vtocks uf your
bees witli flour i# they iwue fr*uu the
liim in the morning, and w** sliall see.'
This wax d'a*. aisl hr* friend wrote t*>
him him directly : "There are plenty *d
of vxmr white jacket bee# lien* in the
clover."
Hut wtintever is the fact witli lx-ea,
snt# follow tlieir maw** much more tiion
their eyes. In my goixlen 1 saw a train
Of ant# a#e*-tKlmg an ajqde tree; gr> np
by one track, and ilncnfl by another.
Ax in ascending they p.-wxl lK>rw<-en two
smidl slioot# Hint sprung from the bale,
I sn>)>pr<] their pnaxhgv Witli n piece of
liark. Tlie ant* did Dot see this obstruc
tion with their *}••■#, but ran burnt*
against it, and xt<>xl still, astonished.
S*x*n a crowd of theui had thnx been
suddenly stopped, and were anxiously
x*-arrhiiig atx'ut tor a passage. By vari
ous su<\>*aive starts forward, they
evuntindiv got around tin* obstruction
and rechxl the track oil tlie nti"r side.
The line of scent was renewed, and
thenoehirword. on arrmng at tiic barri
cwle. thoy went, without a moment's
hesitation, bv the circular track. I then
Wok my pnkaif" and parol away a piece
of tiie outer bark on tlie oj>eti bole where
tlie anta were descending. The effect
was the some. The scent lxnng taken
sway, the ants came to a dead stiuid, and
tJiere wax the sarns <xnfunde*l erowil,
and the same aj**i#mo*lie sttenq*t# to re
gain the n*ad, which being effected in
the some way, the seent wn# enrri*d over
the shaven part of the bark, and tlie
tt-Ain ran on as freely as before.—.Vf.
\ichnla.
The Alabama Claim*.
The court of commissioners of Ala
bama claims lias announced its final de
cisions. Tlie whole number of claims
fil.xl l*ef<re this court since its organisa
tion, including those of which it was
originally given jurisdiction, a# well ax
those r*-e'ive*l under the set of Jnlyfl,
187fi, extending the time of the court
nnd slightly increasing its jurisdiction, x#
2,067. The aggregate ammmt awarded
is nloiit J">,so" 1.000. Tlie amount cltunuwl
ill the eases a# presented is $141,9!H),516.
The Geneva sward in round flg.ircs wwe
51.5.500,000. g"l<l. This was at one** iu
vextcd in United Stat*#' Ismds and the
increment lias IKVII v'ry large, *o that
deducting the amount swarded, (W.R00,-
0(K) there still remains over SO.iJOO.OOO
un*lixj*i#e*l of.
For this amount there are at present
uo claims except those known ss the
"War jiretuium and insurance claims."
The bill which passed the Unitod States
House at the lost session docs not oilmit
the insurance companies to jvnrttcijwflion in
this award, and there are st present a
gri<at many ri*|>rcentatives of tiie differ
ent compani(>s who suffere*! by tlie act#
of the Alabama who are anxious to ob
tain a share of the money.
A Baring Conspiracy.
Two newspaper men formed n oonapir
acy to burn the Baron de Palm's body in
l>r. Le Moyne's furnace at one o'clock in
the morning, before the other sjveetntors
could be warned. They offered tho fire
man at first §IOO, nnd afterword n gold
watch and u diamond ring in addition, to
start up the furnace ; but he wax incur
ruptibla nnd the plot fell through. The
object of the conspirators was, of course,
to obtain nn exclusive report of the pro
cess of cremation.
A Liberal Editor.
In the way of n New Year's present
the editor of "the White House (New Jer
sey) Ctuket offers fifteen aeres of land,
mill water power, as a New Year's pres
ent, to any respectable mannfactiiring
company who will establish at Lite
House, N. J., a business tliftt wiU cm
ploy ISO to 200 hands.
f I -z ~
NUMBER 3.
WHAT PRGMDEJIT BRANT HATH.
Mr llrlrr ■ fair CwM an* *lll H. . *!•
W bvrirr la llwlaiml Ktwlrd.
President Grant, U ■ MBT—tiW
with h representative <>f tJi New Y<vk
Asuicutled Pre**, auid that lie bod n<>
knowledge <>f ■ I>-m<* rtiUf armed mm
•I>u-rv South or wk as h*l I*** !*•
l.rU*i. Ut- luut information merely of
i >rg*mzcd rifle companies outside of tin-
State militia, but lie *u not appreheu
aive of uruiml oolliihons in auaßaetiau
with the Prewnleecy, uo matter what
Might he the fear* of others. It
b> thru that the ptsijilc (Wired only a fair i
oonut <*r the elm-tofij Vote ill tile rontewt
ml Houlln-m State* in order to lie aatu
fled of the rwdilt. The reports of the ,
several committees uow there would abed
light <m the true mm.litem of affair*,
tuni lwve a tendency hi aulve existing
•hftkuiJtiea. It waa certainty Uemrabh* to
establish the actual fsct uf the eWtiun of
either lly< or Tilth-u, he aaid; for
ueitlier could fee! imtiafimi if any doubt
remained of hia election, tiecsuse in audi
ease hia txautioti aa President would not
command the re.|iitc general support.
Tin- president an id that no one could
nuppoae that he had any outiuectmc with
or relation to the dmdaratiou of who waa
aWted. That waa not a matter for linn
to determine. He waa now anaioua. In
aaid, for the coming of the fourth tif
March, alien he would gladly give way
to hia auoowwar; and, freed from official
carre, lie fore re-retali] tubing himaelf in
hie home ut Galena, lIL, when he owns
a house, he proposed making a trip to
die Weat Indies, visiting Havana ami
other point* of interest. He has de
ferred hi* voyage to Europe until June,
for the reason that hm youngest son,
Jeeee, whom he sialic* to accompany
liuu, will not graduate !ad- >rt* that time.
The President aaid tliat during hia two
terms of office hia healtli had been very
good, and it Waa uow excellent.
K-t-urriug to the rwcent election, he
said dial he should promptly rcooguixe
whoever should lie declared his succes
sor. With this hia political feelings
would have nothing to du. It would be
recollected that, several years ago, dur
ing the gubernatorial contest in the StaU
of Arkansas, and with both parties rep
resenting their respective cases at Wasli
uigtou. he recognized the Democrat in
preference to the Republican, Ix-canac,
by legal t * -presentation, the f< inner was
entitled to the ]MMuti(iri. While it was
true that the Presidential term begun on
die fourth of March, it did not neces
sarily follow that the IWoident elect
should defer taking the oatli of office
nutil tluit time. He might take it imme
diately after the declaration of hia elec
tion; but, of course, could not enter on
the jterformauoe of hia dntiea as Pivsi
dent until the fourth of March, die day
uf n*4iremeut of his prcdeceasrw.
The President intends replying to the
House resolution calling for uuforms
tiou rugnnliug the sending of troops to
tins Month, and die authority under
which he actial in so doing. In all auch
(•roceediugs lie aaid he endeavored to
keep within die limits of the law, having
allays previous to acting consulted the
attorney-general, hia legal adviser; and,
lieahlce the Democratic House of Repre
sentatives, during a former aeaaion of
0 mgrewa, emphatiealiv iWlared dial all
citizens if the l inUvi Htvtes should lie
equally protected. He added, in regard
to the'complaints concerning die tending
of temps to the South for the above
mentioned ]impose, that it would lie rec
ollected that (fen. Frank Blair wanted
troops sent thither for a different object,
tut ring iu hia letter to C"l Brodhoad. in
.Itin" of 1865. that tliere tins bnt one way
to restore the government and Constitu
tion. and that wns for the Presidenr dect
ti declare die Keoinstruction act null
and void, and compel the army to undo
the alleged usurpations at the South,
and to leave the white people to reor
ganize their own governments. Surely. ,
said the. President, if the aruiy, accord
ing tii (Ju. Blair, could lie used to wipe
out die government*. it could, iu my
(Siiuiou, lie employed to support them.
The Dotiiocrauo national convention,
after dns letter was written, nominated
lieu. Blair for Vice-President ou the
ticket Willi (kiv. Seymour.
BUI Itestrv) the Messages.
The Ivoard of directors of the Western
Union telegraph comjiouv have been
anxkmaly considering the questions raised
by th< recent demand ujwu the
Company by the lulled Ststiw House
of Bepceaaotatives for certain dispatch < a
tliat hare lieeu sexit over the Western
Unam 'a w ires. The executive committee
of die Ixiard had a meeting at which the
question was thoroughly discussed, and
it was resolved that *ll officers and em
ployees of the company should be in-
Mructed tliat tiiey were t*A ti custodian#
of the di*qatehe received for transmis
aiou over the wires, and that diey were
not empowered to tiike aetiou reganling
their ihsjKih.il. Thia duty and reapowai
bility the executive committee took ujkhi
itself. 'Hie president and board of direc
tor* were notified by die executive com
mittee of this resolution, and a meeting
of the board was i-ailed.
The board fullv ratified the action of
the committee, and Uien considered fur
ther the question of the best mode of
svoidiug a similar complication in the
future The rule heretofore in force lias
lieen V> destroy all dispatches after a
given time, as the vast accumulation of
(viper would render their preservation
impracticable even if desirable, hut the
originals have lieen retained until the
current accounts were settled, as being
the only voucher* in the checking system
of receipts. The time during which the
dispatches were jireaerved waa formerly
two years. but lately it has lieen reduced
to nix montlia. Tlie Inmrd instructed die
executive committee to destroy the origi
uala in future as soon aa possible after
their tran-onisaion.
It is authoritatively aaid that the oom
pauy will even have messages destroyed
on die day after their transmiwi<Hi if that
ia necessary to isvnriug privacy.
How Interest (irows.
A ease fell under our observation a
tew diivs ago wherein certain jvutics con
tracted a debt of 340. aud tnm tinie to
time die interest was added until tlie
amount waa $200.52. Then a mortgage
of sixty acre* of land waa given to secure
payment, A few days ago the debtor*
made sale of forty acres at S3OO, and
paid off the debt, which then amounted
to $234.06 which luul grown from the
original one of S4O. The party who held
the mortgage was rather miserly in hia
way, and the parties owing the debt may
certainly be thankful that they escaped
with even a small jiart of their former
home.
It was Sold.
The old court house at Racine, Wia.,
was sold at auction for S3O. An exchange
gives tliis choice extract from the auc
tioneer's Bjieech : "To an antiquarian
fond of reveling in the musty past this
venerable pile is worth half a fortune.
These ceilings have reverberated to tlie
j eloquence of great and noble men. Of
those who have stood conspicuous witliin
its jiortals many are dead, some have ad
vanced to great wealth and fame; some
alas! are in Congress, and a goodly num
ber are in State prison. How much am
I offered for this building ?" There was
only one bid. Nick Miller offered S3O
for it. Nobody else wanted it.
e
Item* later
BnlL Cow sod Calf are the nam - of
1 three Kentucky streams that empty into
the Handy river.
•' T nevar did like mutton with caper*. '
Brown laid, as he brushed hia clothes
after an attack from a nm.
A Colorado woman has aolleetad fifty
bushels of grasshopper*, and scalded anil
, tried them for winter ehjokeo feed.
A Ooluaa (Cel.) fanner sold hi* wheal
crop the other day for fifisg,ooo, realising
then*by a jiroflt (if $200,000.
A yonng roan's friend* object t<> hia
being looer ; but, somehow, tliey have
an i*(|nal olijeetit>n to hia being tight.
To be unkind or rude to others, and
vet exjmct to be treated by them with
(XiurtMy and affecthm, ia as selfish aa it
ia absurd.
Tlie aneieuta built their theaters in the
first place with a view to people getting
I into them, Mid aeoood with a view to their
getting out.
Thia ia a Gaelic proverb: "If the beet
man a faults were written upon hi* fore
head, it would make him pull hia hat
over ilia eyea."
Tn grain ships are in the harbor of
Portland. Oregon, four of which are
loading for England. Wheat out there
ia worth $1.66 per bushel.
The huMtnaea ot theaters throughout
the country, aaya Wis Dramatic. AWi,
is unfavorably affected by the Brooklyn
fire.
The newest article made of iron ia *
'• cast iron grandmother," aai a term i f
repmadi, but a machine for darning
hose.
i Hing Lee, the ridieat Chinaman in
Montana, waa recently inurdered at (lar
uisn Gulch. Hia murderer* got aboait
$50,000.
A New Jeraev woman ia ao cleanly
tiist she uses two rolling jiina. owe for
the pie crust and tha other for her hua
lioau'a head.
The modern cook stove i* approaching
a degree of perfection which will rv
quire a competent augineer with a sUtcd
salary to run it,
A harassed husband think* if the
i|m—maker would trim hi# wife * dreaaca
lnw -f 1 the butcher would trim bis
meat more, he could meet hia obligation*
better.
Walt Whitman dialikra the idea of
cremation because when life has gone
out of the body he " rather respect* the
•Id shell for afl it has been, m well as for
idl it hs* contained."
Temperance has been a marke*! fea
ture erf the Moody and Hankey revival
in Chicago. Many drunkards iirofeooed.
on lieing converted, to kiae all trace of
.ipjK-uti- for stimulant*.
After fooling around for a wdmle week
to open a big aafc, a Dnlmqne merchaut
diacovercd that it hadn't been locked snv
of the time, and he called his bead clerk
a fool and discharged hum
A placard in the window at a patent
medicine vender in Pari* reads ss fol
low*: " The public are requwted not to
mistake this shop for that of snot .or
quack just opposite."
A farmer <rf Mount Betbel township
cut open au old hornets' nest just to ex
amine its interior arrangement. He aaya
bethink* he will be able to see his burn
again in about two weeks.
The winter of 1872, in Missouri, was
|M*riiaps the coldest ever known in that
n.-etiou; in fact it wo# ao cold thai a pm
(Mf out tlifw (anvil; ** Hum, cattle
turkey* roosting <u tree* were frozen to
death."
A traveler, cm entering an inn in tlie
north of Heotiaad, asked lor soup. On
iK'ing served with it. he remarked t tlie
hiwtcoa that it wasn't very goad. " D-ed
sir," quoth She, *' it's no very strong, but
it's bet."
A lady who bad married an inveterate
smoker was asked if she had no prejudice
•gainst tobacco, to which she replied that
she had ondergune the smoking process .
ao long that her prejudice had been per
fectly " cured."
A member of Congress in a debate
shouted: "Amicv* Plato, A mica* Abcro
tr*. erf major rrrita*." Tlie n imrter
next morning made hi* speeidi r a*.: " I
may cuss Plato. I inav cure Socmtea, said
Major Veritas.'
George Eliot aaya that the peculiar
waving <rf the feeler* of the cotamon
cockroach are not indicative of deri* a
or contempt, hut are v the expressions rf
au earnest aml vainly Mriviug to grasp
a vanishing ideal.
Young man. dont attempt t< carve a
turkey when your girl ta reeAclnng you at
the table, for vou cant do it. We tried
it once, and whisked a drimstick on her
ailk waist, and have been paring damages
for the last fifteen year*.
A lunatic, whose mental tlrwiui r is m>t
' suspected by atrangera. recently traveled
through Kentucky, and bargained ti buy
bundled* of forms at ridiculously high
pricre. The elstkin of the farmer* wma
sjieedily followed by a direpjioantment.
There are 812 paper mill*, miming
98ii machines, in the United Btatea,
manufacturing 868.000,080 powada of jia
jier aiiuoally. In the Unite-i Kingdom
274 mills are running 42t machine*, turn
ing out the same qtumlity as America.
The editor of a Philadelphia paj* r
went to a eonveuiioii ami left a new ailk
hat. worth seven dollar*, hanging on the
rack in tlie cloak-room, and wfaeu became
out to go Inane he found d had gone,
and eti okl, gr-sy, ragged, sunburued
old rag ufa list, with a chalk scrawl on
tlie brim : " Pleam- Ex' left in its
place."
A Loudon paper jmblishe* the follow
ing advertisement : " Wanted, by a
widow lady, a pwaon who is experienced
in the art' of whipping, ami well quali
fied to administer a severe flogging with
a new hireh roil to two young children
of the age* erf nine and ten; wages. £3O
tier annum. The children are very will
ful and troublesome."
A new device to prevent cool minera'
strike* and lockouts haa been adopted by
the miners" association tuul tlie cool own
er* in Durham, thigtaud. They have
jointly appointed a barrister witli a salary
of three hundred pound* to sit a- an inde
pendent |>er*on to hear evidence upon
any dispute that may occur between em
ployer* and employed.
A convict in the Philadelphia house of
correction was kept nineteen days in a
dark cell and fed on bread and water. At
the end of that time he was discovered
by a common council committee that
made an unexpected-\i#it to 4 tlie prison.
The prisoner, when taken out, was un
able to speak aloud, aiid tlie bad uir had
seriously affected him.
The Arrival of Immigrants
The rejx>rt of the commissioner* will
allow tliat tlie number of arrivals at New
York during the year 1878 were 109,592,
re compared with 185,043 in 1875. Of
the entire number of arrivals, 70,820
were aliens, as compared with 84,560
aliens arriving in 1875. The number of
immigrants arriving from three lending
countries in Europe in 1875 and 1876, re
spectively, were a* follows;
1875. 1876.
Clrrat Britain 44,636 20,923
(ierman Empire 25,559 20,072
Busma A133 5,319
| Tlie increase of immigration from Rus
sia is looked upon with great favor by
| the commissioners, as the immigrants
| from that country have all been of a de
w ruble class, most of them well provided
I with means, and all calculated by experi
| cure to better the community' io which
; they attach themselves. A mistaken no
tion has prevailed that all the Russian
immigrants arc Mennonitut, for many of
them are Lutherans, Catholics, etc.
A Destitute Family.
■-
i A Baltimore policeman found a family
i in an awful plight. Every member had •
been stricken with scarlet fever, and
tliree children had died, not of the
[ disease, but of starvation. There was
i not a morsel of food in the garret, and
- every available article of furniture or
s clothing had long been pawned. The
■ wife was abed, unconscious, and the hus
i band had stretched himself on the floor 4
j to die. This case has incited an organ
) ized effort to succor the destitute person#
of that citv.
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