"Little M. n liM. f**t. in matins Tr. Up n*t down th. p*rlor fleer ; Lift!, h*n<U. with Tin *nil**Tar, Resejpnc Bt tb. outnd. door. Art IT. brain Bnd huy Anger*, Finding trwAfttire* t-vorvn h*t. . Little fonn tint often linger* Thoughtfully by " malum. ■ cli.ii." 1 .it tie one. * base jirencnce only Maketl) all around thee glad: Bright'ning hours that would be lonaly, t neering hearts that would l>e *ad Fairer than earth'* firat token. 1* thy tittle faor to me ; Eloquent witli word* un*|v>ken, Which my eves can only are. Ami 1 pray that angels o'er the. B1 easing* on thy path* ay }*>ur . Smooth eaoh rugged way Ix-fore Uiee, Keep thee pure forvrer uor. After Twenty Years. Although you've l*een a huahand true. Ti* many a year gone by. John. And I'm a faithful wife to you (And will be till 1 diq, JohtiX We hxl a lonely sort of life. With no sweet child to K'o* u*. Till IVSST came !at tTvn.-tma* day, To comfort aiul caress ua. Our bby has a father gray, A mother none too young, John, And yet it seems the time of May, E'er since our hmlling sang. Joint ; She brought new life into the honse. The little, jiratthug stranger. Ami. John, she hind* you to your hvime. Who might have N-ou a ranger. Once every chair was in its place. And not a thing awry. John, Yet we two, sitting face to face. Would often breath a Sigh, Joint; Itut now ujoa our ample hoard. Ia daily placed N't ween ua A picture plate and porringer, From loneliness to w an u* While she, our httle liaby queen. With eye. o hke your own, Johu * yThe Iwtghtest. 1 hieat etir *vti\ Eats with ns on her throne. Joint Heaven guard our precious little one May angels fair, that 1 tonight her. Protect front every threat uaig ill The "old folks " little daughter. ERLA AND FLORIAX. Erla Vincent made a graceful cour tesy whes Mr*. Murden tuvsentetl Floriaii King, and thought, with a little unusual sparkle in her blue eves, that if this urns toe wonderful Mr. King she had heard so much about, and ho had IKN*U in vited to Mrs. Maiden's for her express benefit—why, that he might have been sparwl ins trouble—tall, ugtv and dark as he was. ami site hated dark men so. Mr. Fiorina raised his hat with tlie grace of a courtier, and bx>k a swift in ventory uf Miss Frla's charms, and re corded the YOW Xiu.i if this ludt-JK-iidt lit voung lady with the yellow hair and light eves was the •• wonderful Miss Vin cent " lie had b on adviinxl to w in, that he might as well have stayed w here he wns. "Howdovou likelier, King? Rnn tiful girl, isn't she ? 1t 11 von. if von ruivwd in uiak tig love to Vincent, v.'u'll do what no otlier fellow ever iliil," said Frank. Beautiful! Miss Vincent beautiful ? It did not occur tome. Tall, fair mid iry. isn't she ?" said Florian. Dantonville gave a little groan of hor or. •* Florin:i! Mi>s Vincent i perfec tion ! Ami to lie described n only ' fair, tall and icy," this magnificent Venus among women." King's lij-s parted in an amused smile. '• Really, old fellow, if I didn't know you were a married man and aliove re proach I'd be suspicious. Honor bright, is Miss Vincent so enchanting ! I'm glad to hear it, although 1 do n<>t usually core for blonde women. Take a sail, Dwt ?" "Isn't he splendid, isn't he elegant? Oh. Erla. if Mr. King only should fall in love with yon ?" Almost a suiver of disgust ran over the girl's slender, graceful figure. "Don't mention it, Mrs. Marden. I never was so disappointed in nil my hie as wheu I saw him. Why, I hate such -at limine visaged creatures, and he is ac tually gray, too." She tort? a little cluster of daises in pit -res, to help her endure her ilisappoiiit meut and chagrin the better, for in truth she had thought an l dreamed of the coming of this Prino•• Charming until she had made a god of him. Mrs. Marden gave a little indignant exclamation. "Oh, von wicked girl! Mr. King is one of the most refined and culture.! gentlemen yon ever met or ever will meet. Erla, I'm ashamed <>{ you !" And in the soft summer silence of that evening, later, while M -s Vincent was waltzing. Mrs. Marden and Frank Dan tonville compared notes with amused asonishment. " We have made a grand mistake, Mrs. Mar ten, ami we must rectify it at once. We have lie. n too profuse in our honest expressions of favor, one to the other. We must stp chanting the eternal praises of one to the other, as Erla would say, and try the opposite rule of con traries. You must pick all the flaws y. u ean, and criticise him to Erla—and I will take the same cotirs. with hhn. We'll arouse tiieir pique, and couvince them that they are entirely unfit for each other ; and if it doesn't result iu r.n engtigernent, v- >u niav take mv head for a football!" " After that Mrs. Marden ami Erla were IT very often, and when they were at home it seemed odd how sure it would happen that Mr. King and the Dautm vilhs were all out vachting for tlie day, and one after.*m Florian spoke of the c(incidence to Dantonville. "We don't see very much of that young lady friend of vonrs, Frank, over whom yon are so gushingly sentimental." " We ilon't see much of her, that's cer tain, more's the pity. Itut if she takes a prejudice, there is no reasoning her out ot it. Confidentially, Florian, site doesn't like you ; she thinks y< >u are a perfect bear, and, being very fastidious iu lier tastes, yon couldn't expect her to Karri •fiee her feelings to the dictates of society usages. Curious girl, Erla, until you know her." "Mr. King's fvee flushed w-nnnlv—he not suited to the "fastidiousness" of Miss Erla Vincent—"he"—notably a ladies' man, and the petted darling in whatever society he chose to a/lorn—he a " perfect bear!" " I wouldn't care if I were yon, Florian, what she said or what she" thinks, for, after all, she's only a flighty girl. ShnU we take tickets for the picnic to-morrow ? Nellie told me to mention it to yon; they're all going." And he would go to convince Miss Erin Vincent he was not the "bear" she imagined him, and that if he took the tiuing to lay siege to her heart—even if le only did it for pastime—she would have to capitulate. "Saucy, conceited little creature !" he decided, as he dressed for the picnic next morning. "I'll make her change her mind about me, and then " He smiled under his mustache, a very meaning smile, that if Miss Vincent, in her room at the other end of the corridor, had Been, would perhaps net have ap preciated As it was she was very deeply engrossed in settling the bows of her sash, while Mrs. Marden and Mrs. Dantonville, in full picnic attire, were watching her. A man's footstep passed the door. "That's King, after all. I was afraid he wouldn't go; indeed he said almost as much to Frank yesterday." " Mr. King must be very liard to suit if all the entertainments we have had lately fail to amuse him." Mrs. Dantonville drew on her gloves leisurely. " Oh, it isn't the entertainments Flo rian objects to, but the society. He told Frank there was not a young lady stop ping here capable of entertaining him." Erin's face crimsoned. . "The rude, unmanly fellow ! Tlie idea, and I am in the same house with him! Not capable of entertaining him !" The tiny silver gray Lisle glovee were FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME X. leiiig dragged on in hot, angry lumte. Mrs. Mnrden laughed. " Why, Frla, any one would think you took it ns n i>er<Miucil affront. You know you think Mr. King is a jK-rfeot boar." Tho glove* wore buttoiuxl vindictively, and Mrs. Diuitouvitlc took up her sun sliado to depart. There was a jeifivt temjieet of cuiiv ttou in Frla'* brain and heart, and out of the rioting confusion there sprung an almost savage determination to convince Mr Km?' of !o* mistake in considering her the uniiiteresting Ixxiby he thought her. She would make him admire her, and make liiiu hke her, and, wtektxl or not, she would draw him on to care for her with all lus soul, and then oh, what a revenge she would have ' She was *o charming, so I iew itching, *o irresistibly fascinating that King came nuder the inrtuetitv admirably, and suixxxxhxl in creating the impression upoii her he desired to create, that he waa not a " l>ear," but a rethied, agnx*- able geiillenian, wlio ciinverscd, daiuvd and flirted equally well. That wa.* a grand d.y for them lx>th; they were togethi r all day/while Mr*. Marvlen and Dautouville and hi* wife s*- sunnxl reprvsichful Uaiks and laughed in their sleeves. It was a rich httle drains this play - ing at swords' jx'ints tir*t, and then," gradually 1 xxx tiling really interested, und trying to assure themselves it was only their giH*l luck Unit made tliem o l.ap py; and then to go slmut so devotedly together, little dreaming that tliey were reported engage*! many a time. But it suddenly came to a climax a premeditated climax on the part of the co-conspirators and Mrs. M aril en bx>k the initiative by vxtmiug in uixm Erla one day us she sat alone, with a lank she Jutd la en rending. •• All alotie ? What a wonder and what a blessing, for 1 never get an op(x>rttiui tv of a wi'ixl with you since that vxlious fellow of a King hangs so continuously around vo-.u I do tliiuk, Frla, you ought to le a little ashamed of your self." The gnuvful figure straightened suddenly. • "1 ought? Really, Mrs. Marvlen, you have changed vour mi ml great ly ahe-.it Mr. King, wlio is scarcely the • ixlii :;s fellow you take him to be. I find him delightful." •• 1 have changed my mind alxuit him, lam happy to say. 1 see him now as he is - vain, friv <loua ami conceited aa a boy. Erla, take my advice, ami have m> more to do with fiim, unless, as I lispe tuid prav. it is only a flirtation." The lovely golden head droopvxl alight lv, ami Mrs. Marvlen saw n jialem -s on the averted face. She smiltxl anil went on, as she arose frvim her chair : "Don't hate me, dear, for saying what I have, will you? But lam older than von, bv so many years, ami I don't think Mr. King is a tit uuitch for you " , Tlicu the gulden head came proudly up, and the blue eyes looked straight in Mrs. Manleu's. "Mr. King is a fit 'match' for a princess of the blood royal if he chose to so honor her! lie doe.xn t intend to marry me!" Thou Mrs. Mardeu went out, laughing all the way down Uie hall, until she met Florian coming impatiently, hastily in her direction, with a determined sparkle in his dark eyes and a pale, eager anxiety on his handsome face. •• Will I find Fr- Miss Vincent in the parlor ? Is she alone ?" She told him "yes," with grave coun tenance, and then went straight to lu-r recipe lsmk to hunt up the directions for the wedding cake she meant to give them. While Mr. King went into the lonely, silent parlor, to find Erla crouching in a corner of Uie sofa, crying softly, in the sudden knowledge that had IH*OII forced to her by Mrs. Manleu's word*—the hu miliating fact that she was in love with a man who, as she hud proudly said, "didn't intend to marry her." He walked over to her, his heart thumping in strong, audible lieats, his face pale, his eyes full of tenderness. He stooped beside her, and lifted her love'v head. - " Frla, is it true you hate me quite as much as they tell me? Frla ! dear little girl, if you only knew how 1 love yon— Frla! quick ! —you do care for me, nv •birling. my darling!" Her onus were clasped around his neck, her eyes looking in his—and, as a matter of coarse, the wtxliliug cake was wanted. A Social Fathering. Tlie following, from the (roldfn /'u(r, contains an account of " Infonuals " which may be of use to our readers : Eirly in the season, say in November, Uie owner of a cosy little hoaie sent a note to families embracing Uiirtyor forty of his frienils—no more than his double rooms would sent comfortably stating that he would be "at home" Friday evenings during the winter from seven to eleven, and should W glad to have them come when they phased, doae-they pleased, and go when they pleased. They were requested to oomc in without ring ing, and soon lcarnixi t> ill jx>se of their wrappings and themselves without troubling anv one. The rooms were brightly lighted, well warmevl and venti lated. Tliere were tables for those who wished to play cards or other games, an open piano and music for the musically inclined, luniks, magazines and papers strewn about, easy chairs around the fire for story tellers or visitors. No " refreshments " were served, but in one Corner was a table with apples and jnip ped com, or walnuts and raisins, candy, or—on especially cold nights- an urn of ix.ff.-e and a plate of doughnuts- to which all were invited to hnlp them selves, or others, as they wanted. Husbands, wives, or young people, came alone or together, as was convenient; stayeil according to their pleasure; did as they wished, and went, as they came, without more ceremony than a cheery " gissl-night." The meetings were called " Informals," and whether the number in attendance w.ia ten or forty made no difference, for there was no ex pense or special trouble of preparation. It was proposed to have them rotate, but the objection was held valid that bv so doing there would always be wit it some an uncertainty as to tlie place of meeting; rivalries in "entertainment" would creep in; dressing up would come to lie thought essential, and so the char acteristic charm of the gatherings be dispelled. They, therefore, continued;>.s tliev lx'gun, and were efficient in killing off for those concerned, at least, the old stand-up parties on one side, and pre venting a social stagnation on the other. Fanners, Take Fa per* for Your Son*. The New York Sun lias received a let ter which is worth publishing. "It says : I have been a scrub farmer all my Lie, and, just as I am about ready for the grave, or too old to work, I am beginning tii leani what I aught to have known at eighteen or twenty years of age. The work I have done clearing up and wear ing out land as fast as I could, with the least benefit, would make any good farmer rich. I often find one article in a newspaper that more than ten times re pays me for the price I pay for it. I have two little sons, and both of them are beginning to take a lively interest in tlie papers. Let me repeat it. Farmers take papers for your sous. THE CENTRE REPORTER. THE li UI M t\ HORROR. I *• I*l IIL lite Wtrtk HI ULILULIMLN llt-nrir-u<llit Vriira *• llrtHl>rtl lit tloi mtin nth* I'rtMfli uoivi ro ntniiov II J Tomhuson a gem-nil insunuuv am 111 lit Melllphl*. Tellli., oil lh<> *iix-|x r lVlatiiiv". H< thinks tliciv w-tre tllirix |x r*olih alxmixl this cur, which was tl o third from the clulof the Irani. He had pi*t l*>k<xl at bis watch, winch *h< wi*l 8 *\i w York tnuc. wla-ti the tall rolie broke, ami he felt a smUb ti sin*-k, like that of a vxilhwoii. I hen he vxiulvl fvx'l what *ta tned like wlux-lsoff the tnwk. bumping over ti<* lor, say, the length of thv* car. I'heli tXiliu* a sensa tion of sinking down down. It svxamxl a.* if it would never stop. He thought of cw rythiug that had e\ r hapjieinxl to him, every thing lie had ever done ol' wa* going to tlo, of hi* wife, family, friend* everything that belonged to liini, t \ t u to a $175 flute, which no luul j-.ist >! from Nv w York, ami which was in charge of the porter. I hen*! thought lit. that flute will IK- crushed to pieees. He never thought but that ho would himself escape with hi* life. He watch ed the < id of the car* .u* they w t lit dow u. First, a* has been sanl, he thought tin y had collided H*- hlld halt some experience vf railroavl atx*hlenta IK*- foix*, ami exjmeted to lie throw n uimn one Milt' of the track or the other, but thi* v-tisatiou of going on over a chasm tin an even k<x*l and down the whole way for such a ilistuiivx* on tlie same even k<x 1 for from the ap)iarcut time tin vhstamx} *<x-!uxl almost einlle.** - this sensation was imleacribablv wonderful. He lunl In trd the roar of the other car* breaking, but tin* terrible crash of gla** ami iron and w>sxl he txiuhl yet hear and A el. Then ciuue a blank, and the next lie knew he was wa.* lying in tin* snow lixtking at the tall piers, with tlie blank lx'twcen now tilbxl only by tlie whirling now where a f< w minutes before had been the 150 fvx*t of ir>*n bridge, which had fallen with them seventy-five f<**t into the be-d of the rivi-r. Then hi* < \ > rv stcvl on the bluziim cars *tr teluxl all the way across the sp. ee. lb-sitle him were two or three men, one of W o:n was l\ H. Tyler, of the firm *-f Win*lon. Tyler A of St. Louis, who lia.l bceu in the same car with Toinlin i'*>ii, ami t*i whom, he ft**ls coufiih-ut, he owes his cscajK* from deatli. Tyler t*s eajKxl with only alight injury to one band. Tomliusou w.i* propjaxl up in the pump house, where, lighting a cigar tvi case his pain, he felt thankful that lus injurit * were not *o great us those of the mai v numgb-d *hap * which so >n tilbxl the bu l ling. S !i came Mi-.vor H<*p buni, of Aslitabula, who, with tin* great v*t kiiulut-ss, mviUxl him to h * house, where be now lie* witha broken wrist, injured hips and bruised head. v ROISRVOHH s STATEMENT. t'. K. J ones, of Helo.t, NTs., who w.c, in the first passenger ear .* ml eseajsxl with slight injuries, savs 1 e ha>l ju*t gone t*i thv* fir-t *bx*p- r, the l'ahitine, to en mure s Is-rth. thv* vuly* *m not tak**n, ami w is returning for his baggage whv*u tin* avx'xlv :it bappeDed, Wldle pa-*.: through he not:V*xl the v*a*ie. were quite full and the other <•* r* more *•• titan the first, the on< h* luul r.vbleu in, which he thinks had two pvrsma to at lvx*t two-thirds of thv> r-t- .t*. lav sni>'ker e*; *x* xbv *vx-uiv-tl cr* wti* I. "Our car, h** r.-.vs, ' m::;* l-vwil *wift'yb:lt *v • !n --ingly ! r long, long tniunb-s. 1 EXJKX'TVXL to la' klilevl, T f txvurse, ami tif all tin* even:* of life, great n*l st all. thought of hohliiig uiy busim*s eon I tight f* r ivlent tieation. 1 elnl m-t think <>f it.* b.iniing. Tic crash em: v* waen our ear lighted and was jamn vxl immovably. Another era all came is another e:.r dashed down on us. 1 was i;**arly free, be Tig proteete 1 Over !tv : >1 by the tmeks. tbir car s* *tuxl to fall in kiii<lling wt**l ar <und roe- kindling w**l. imlvxxl, ia which the lire wan just ci-tching front tin* st* U>. 1 KVT out in it* lurivl light by a s'r-tig effort." ' Mart n Jeffer* m, of Ohio, with his wife ami two children, W.IH on the train, aiivl ail were rvsctivxl. He heard n wailing ery of " lien Murt.n, where are y iu?" ami went to the a**istance of a woman who Uien sai i : "Oh, it's no u*e ; I'm all broken to pie s." But la* liftv*! her by her mi* tujurvxl arm and, luul to step in some water, where lay*, it seem*, a mat-., who clutched him by lmtli leg* and dragged him down into the erix-k. Then tlie man himself pi't up, apparently tuiinjurvxl, and uiiconeernedly walkwl off ami disap jiearevl in the stvum. He afrain j>iekvxl up Mrs. Martin ami with some other help she w.ev vxirriisl t<> a place of safety. Till* lady has since been prematurely de liverod of a child. Jefferson is sun* many more might have been saved txmhl water have bv*-*n ilirectvxl'on the wrix*k fr-'in hose in time. He bx-l* sure that there were at least three hutnlnxl per sons on the tniin. Crime in China. Chinese crime is as curious a study as French wickedness. Tw > families were living under tin* same roof in Hankow, and, us a matter of course, the house was not large enough for them. They finally separated, one couple moving in to another house, and the other couple remaining where tiny were, with their sun and a y'Hllig girl to whom he was be trothed. Late in Oetober the mother of this young man received an invitation to dine with her former liKlgerH, but de elimxl on the ground that 1T husband and son were mviiv, anil she could not leave the house. The host said lie would remain in her house during her absence, and accordingly alio went to dine with his wife. A short time after her depart ure the son returned, and, failing to gnin admittance, clambered through the window. The first object that met his view was his bride, who lay U|von a bed with her throat cut from ear to ear. He aroused liin neighbors, and they searched the honse, finding a man lying on the floor in an npjier rooin with hi* throat cut. Jt was the former lodger, who had invited the voung mini's mother to din ner. Beside him lay two bundles con taining nearly all the jewelry and cloth ing of his wife's gllest. He luul evident ly been detected by the girl while he was plundering the house, ami had killed her in order to escape conviction for rob bery; then, realizing the enormity of his crime, lie luul cut his own throat. An Indian Massacre. Cnpt. O'Neal, of the Wyoming Rang ers, writes to the governor of the Terri tory as follows ; I thought it my duty ami necessary to call my company, the Wyoming Rangers, for the protection of some of our citizens that had gone down Big Wind river looking for stock, ami to bring in the Imdiea of nine men tlint were murdered recentlj* by the hostile ■Sioux Indians. The military nt tlnnip Brown could not get permission to leave the post, so my company went alone. We found three dead IKKIJOS, ami buried them. These bodies were recognized to be those of James Levsight, from New Jersey; R. C. Anderson, lowa, and Davivl Davis, from New York State, I believe. The other six bodies we did not find, but the Shoshone Indians say they were all killed. We also found be tween 150 and 200 Indian lodges en camped on North Wood river, nlmut one hundred miles from this place. I think they were" Cheyennes, but we luul no fight, my force being too light to attack them. We anticipate trouble from them if the military don't rout them soon. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., LA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1877. run I t I ION OF l ilt WOHI O. li.l. rr.llu Vlnl." t | I null It.. Mini \\ ul |*rrrr% l The b<--I tuitl. l ily estimate# the whole population of t!i globe for tSTliut 1,4211,- '.'lT.lKkl. ami tl area of the land surface to Ik M.atn.soo inure mil. -., tliu* giving an uv< rag.- it. usitv of al-oiil twenty eight p.s.ple to one square mile. I'lieae data arc npjhirtioue.l among ll.e varioiiß.ti v intoiis of the globe ub nearly us jKwaihle an follow b fsjUSlB Vltlen. llltinl xt ftllts. Kuropc . S,T7.t;il 3";', 17s,;usi Asia .. 17.e7\i.:> s :l s-.'t.Ms.Ni Africa 11,417,*- i IZ'.wl.mh Auetiiluk met l'olvn. i.t ;i ' ,i 1, 741, 50n Auuriea 1 •*7-■ 10 W.ftlV.iSvl The greatest density of population in in Kurojie with eighty-two inhabitants to th.' square mile, and the lowest in Au.-t ialia and I'ol vin-.m with on. aid <ni.-- tlurd. In Ainert.-a, iiicliiiiiug North and South, there . re liv. and "Ui -half inhab ilaiit-v to each square mile of t. rntoiy. Averaging matters, people are not very tvadly crowded tuivwbelt on the globe. l ite ent i. arm of British i*. ■-•m-bmoiis outside of the kingdom isgiv. n at T.'.H'.t, 7d2 square Uliles, with a p. J .illation of 2hd.iHl.7tk'> excluding, ■( eour-e, the Indian States. The increase in America is upward of 1,2b0,t)00 over the uumlx-i iv< nin 1 s7o The jM.pnlation of t'.uiml ii* d,t'72,1 lrt, and the t'nite I Slates li- arly pnsnMloO Mcxiis. stand-, at y.27f..07i> I t tral Am. ri.nn State-, slu.w a • it <i> r., the number this year b. I.i ■ 2 *2*. It".I ; the Weal indiee.4,Bl6,l7B,ami ail S- ith Ai.teriea, 21 800,701k of winch Rtllil claims upward of ll,lWO,ttt*t. There are 210 cto in t e wor! i with populations -! thb.OOOaiidox r, ami uly tweuty-ume idi - ] -jcbat w ex ceed 500,WW. Those at or static an d lion are B. ihn, I,(HI.WkI. t 'aiit-.ii, I.tXXt.OOn ; Loudon, d. iM'.t'-** ; New V-.rk with lii.siklyu > 1* -• I,'td.t,- 622; fans 1,x".1,7i>2 ; 'Seangtait, Shan ehoiviu end s ..icui.fu (China), tsu-li 1,000,000; and Vienna, l.tWl.tW. The entire jaipulatitm >fA-i ib 1 .r r bv nW-ut 65.t1U0.W10 than the estimate given in ks7s. The |s.)iulation of (Miiua is given a* 40o,000,w<ii, with 2J<,500,t>00 of outlyii..- p. pie. Hong Kollg s. ems to h .v. d< creased by Upw.uvl of 2.0W1 since I s .o, the number now given Ix-ing 121,*.t?vt. Japan IS set down at Xt,201*,014. The following nre the populations of the leading States of Kurv.jw, liivorvllllg to lat.-st est una U b : Otttltumv. 1*75 ... 4t*JJ,t4J Aulrvsftuiign -• 1*7.7 5.,7-o.iiO Switzerland. I*7" 2,i> .'.147 N. tl.< rtaiMs. Js7J ... 3.M19.&27 lSrlguint. I*7l 3.336,4514 lilllintwill. I*7.'- 803,14* BoMia, Iml 71.7*1.8* fhradi a. 1"75 t.**3,291 Norway, 187S I.S'.'.S-J Ihuuuvrk, 1*76 1.!W3,0ti IVaiM-x-. 1*72 at'-, le.'.'.fJl (<>< ,t itrilaiu, I*7o .S3.44u.iSM s . . igro 16,161,647 Atul.-na 16,606 I'ortugal, l*7t .. 4. ssi Italv. 1873 27.4*2.174 Mei'.ais., 1*74 .... 3.741 San Manne, 1*74 Emupoaii Tui key. J,Sou,uuu lle-umaiiia. t*73 5.U73.W"' s*rvia.l*7s . 1,377.(W* Miwitcngru . ... Ism.'m tirvs**'. Is7o t,447,*'>4 Tlie inereaaeuf the |Hipulntioii • stimnte for 1*76 • er that for I*7."> is uj vvard > f ■ I IMI. Of fSitirse, It must Hot be im.igined this enormous inerea.se is en tirelv enusisl by the exe> • of births over deaths ; as the area luis l*"eu alTis-teil by extended survey. m the p.>pu!ation tig ur.-s owe their iiien-as in a ootisiderabl# degree to the r<-*nlt* of nsv-ot ccuatise# mmnlv in Kttnqie ami in India, nnd to a more aivnrate know ledge of rvgn hb hith erto iui|H-rfeetly unknown. The Sting-Kay. A Floriila letter says: B g ti- ii, when struck, mnku a b. eltne through tlie near est channel for the inlet, their instinct telling them to get to sen us qui. Uy iw J., -sibit*. Two N w Yorktls w' o .1 d not know this fact met with a fuuuy ad venture. They were flailing in a small bout at the mouth of the ercek, ">p|*.site the inlet. They had ls-eii very sueees fill, nnd had made their Inst out, n little before sundown, previous to starting for home. One of tlieni got a tremendous strike, and, after twenty minutes'strug gle, lie drew to the top of the water an enormous sting-ray. The ray Isgnn moving his wings, churning the water als-ut, propeller fashion. The tide was running out, nnd n long jmll was before the pair. A bright idea struck them. "Tie the beast to the lx.w," the leader shouted, "and he'll propel us h -me." No sooner *.ud than done. l'iie anchor was liftisl ill a jitTy, and away she went, but in the wring direction; and, before n knife oould he found to cut the is.r.l, the two smart Yorkers were almost over the bar, with an extra mile against the current added to the lnls.r in store for them. Sting-rays are more plentiful than pleasant in these waters, and grow to an enormous size. My companion captured "lie that turned the scales when landed nt 1-M j.imds. lie had hardly lain live minuUs on the beach when a three-vear-ohl liog tore out his entrails, and lnd himself within the cavity. An other nearly sunk a good sized sailing Is.at. A resident of tlm Jihice drove a pair of grains, attached to a i tout chain, into one of them that lie saw lying in a shallow place, while poling past. With the assistance of Ins comrade lie succeed ed in hauling the ray up nnd lay ing it across the bmv of the boat. Its weight sunk the Ismt down so that the men had to run to the other end of the Isiat to keep it from going down. Tlie fish be gun to llop, mid every tl>>p sent the bow down and the water |>nred in. Had it not Im'cii jiiiHhed oil", the Ismt would have gone down, in seining numbers of sting-mvs are taken. The fislierinnn cut tliejr tails ofl" ami turn them hs.se, and they are often afterward captured with hook and line in this condition, the wound having healed. There is a gen tleman in New York who uses ns a whip the tail of n rav enpturod here that was originullv nine feet long and three inches in diameter at the bntt. The whip-ray, another variety of ray, is also taken here of great size. These fellows are some what of a nuisance. They take your bait nnd walk right away with it at a steady gait, no hurry and no halt. It is difli cult to turn tliem.and if the hook ho well fastened something must break. An old Niirragniisott Pier Quaker here, whom they Isither very much, appropriately terms them "animated bam d<sirs." A Itusli for Appointment. The pressure upon the United States Treasury department for official (Men tions is greater now than at any previous time within the recollection of the np poiutmcut clerks. The applications from all jmrts of the country continue to in crease by every day's tnajl. There have boon nt least 1,000 discharges from the department within the past four months, biking into consideration the reductions in the bureau of engraving. Yet people leave their homes nnd nwait eluuiees for appointment. The appointment clerks say there is absolutely no eliance for them whatever. Demands have been made that vacancies shall lie created for applicants who nre backed by strong in fluence, but the department in its syste matic reduction* of late have retained only competent and worthy employees, and it is found absolutely impossible to . comply with the appeals that are marie. a mi itm iuirs vision. 11l iiini Unltlr lUr I •ntlriMtird >1 till linn m In it I taut lit Wbbl viiiil ||-.|| l Nc til- ill' I OH! lit Ml rtl. • I (tut Belcher, the IVi county Kill tnrio) murderer, lieeu eiceuh I 011 the lu. iit \ first of I > .'l'tulwr, n* sentenced, 4t would huie been hi* second execution, writes //iiiifif Mrrw|i.'iiilfUt. If thin asset ti<>ll rcmls Btrnngrli it ib copublo of such en explanation u# will reuder it jer feOtly I'lttlll. Belcher in it cool umii. He stained In. hand* with human blood only after lie had brood.*! over hi wrongs for week* niul weeks, mi.l tally after he had come t.> the coin ltißion tltitt hm own life vim tt burden. lit. scarcely attempted it fcuae vh< it hit trial oaiuc on. lit" eoulil have aecuicd witnesses whose tentiiuony would have infltt< need the jury in hut fuvor more or lent, hut he would not it. ad for tin iit. lie could have mule a statement excusing hm crime in a mea iture uiul allow iiii4 thut lie bad been deeply wrouted, hut he would scarcely sneak. When the jlltlire Jitlt oil the block rap and Bentell.'tsl Belcher to he handed the miinh rer t xhilnt.sl less emotion than uliv other person in the courtritom. It wna onlv after lie 1 a.l Itecii ironed hand and fool and pin- d in the murderer b cell iii the gr.ui jail ut Sandwich that lie Mem.il to realize hi* •ltuat.ou. ••It'h nil right; 111 1* there when waiit*l, he (trimly oWrtel, and he ' talked f.elv with the num. nnu journal ists who Bought UlteJ'Views. There were few resident* of lWt couuty who want. an etieiiiiiui to taki jiliu-e. The e> unity lma not had one for wnra. and the uitluenet of the auti-rapi tid punishment |>eople of M.chigau i strongly felt along the holder. Ste|H. w ere i > >ll taken to secure a commutation of sentence. Belch, r was u pathetic at tirht. heing more inclined to put the i). over hia le ad than I > nut it from him. There came a reaction. I'erhaj.s the winter uuahiio- pouring through the cohl iron hara i.n.t warming the tlag btoUen of the corridor w artm-d hm heart ut the Millie time. lie could hear the m. rri shouts of tiie boy* m the_\ slid down I.ill ..r .haled on li.e rii.-r below, and the mimical jingle of sleigh holla Cull Id let he kept out by tlie liuuuuvc wul'b. Belcher w .iiitcti t. live. He wrenched at hm iron* with the atreugtli of a guUlt, an I called 1 ut latcatlae the In turn and do were flying so awifllv. lie U- .light the j.nwi to piCud hm ca*e; he culled for law vers; lie reineJultered that he had v messes. The alroug until broke down and hteanie a child, and every da*, and every hour, outanle of hi. .deep , hi th iiglit of the grim gal - lows, the fatal UoiWC, Rial lie saw hllimelf ihiiigiiiig in the air. lhree il*y lefuw the r ; ri.*ve cauc he mi.l he would gam. . hilt la- ici l it with a face im white ax Miow .in I. very uerve trembling with fear. Had lie lirwU tak. uto excrtltl.itl lie could not have walked alone, and he would have nnk down <m the :ruj>. Itelelier h"ped and feared. lb prit n-s are not Mir.in.mm in t .iiia.ni that umr dt re's 111 the shadow of the gallows can relv on litem and keep tlieir courage uj>. w ben i icr.il and w anion and murderer were counting the hours tin- reprieve .miin.• Itelelier eacap. I the gallows, hut the th of Kingston were to clow on him for life. It mm evening when the uewß came, and when the tel.-grnui was rea.l t>> him he could not utter aw .r.L An h ur lteforc tin ami went down the juil was very quiet. It w always b> when the shadow of death hold* the h< \*. 11**1- cher juiced tip and down, hm far** hag gard and worn and hia eye* w. ..ring aitrk a look as one never see*outside of )>risoi walls. Out m the courtyard men were at work, not at the gallows, hut at some 1* juuis. Itt'leher lvehev.al that the scaf fold iroin which lie w;. ■ to swing was Is-- ing en-ctcd. and bis heart must have slots! still !U lie heard the hammer and saw at work. 1. uiing ngailiat the wall, hia eve* lo..king int.. vacancy, Uic mur derer sutrer. d all ti c Jiaui tluit a real t x ecution tviuld inflict. S.pie of flu-j.riß oncrw w. re watching him. flier saw hull hold out his hands for the aheliff to remove the iiviia. Tin ymw him kins'! in praver. Tht-v him arm. and l >k around as if following tie- official* to the gallows. lie I'i.iktsl up as if surveying the swaying u.-e. and a i-htiddet jsiss.sl over liim. Th" pnaoiiei eoiihl re id his thought* a* plainly a* if la- ha.l written them d>wn. In imagination In* mounted the gallowa. He hs>ke.l at the insse. ngain and su.ld -nly jerked his head aside, a. if the r. >|e h.ul Uruehetl him. He Itent his head im if to have it .passed ..v.-rnnd tighten.si nls.ut his in"CK. hen he sto.il a* if waiting for the trap t-> b| ring, his face was no longer pale; it was so livid and distorted tjiat almost every line of humanity waa crushed out of sight. The trap fell, an 1 with an awful gasp, a shout, a scream of agony, Belcher fell to the lb tor. his tongue pro truding, his eyes open and ghmsv and a froth oozing from his mouth. It was a quarter of an hour before he waa fully reausritntcd and hia first words were : o oh. tied ! hut how the rope cut into my neck J" It was another fifteen minutes lief ore the maneoul.l he convinee 1 that his exe cution was imaginary. He hn.l sufTiTtsl all that a hangman'a victim anfT- rs, and ill piteous tones he cri.sl out, while tears ran down his fiua* ; " Don't hang me again! Oh, my throat is so sore !" He had oil a v.tolen shirt, fitting l.sisely around the ms-k. They unhut tone.l the collar, turned it down and there was a bright red mark elear around his throat! facts only are stated here, and mea limy theorize as they f.>el inclined. That mark did not die away for thirty hours, and the murderer complnined of swollen tonsils and 11 sore throat. His reprieve mine only after he laid been hanged, and yet it saved his life. A Mistake. An old couple living in a village not far from Berlin, ns many provident souls have done, anticipated a certain want by purchasing a pair of coffins, keeping the cheerful reminders in a stable, to serve as cupboard* for the storing of linked fruits and other winter necessities. At last the old limn died, and hi* eldest son, a soldier quartered at Berlin, was sum mon. .1 home to the funeral. The widow emptied one of the eotfins of its contents to make room for the corpse, tilling tlie other with the ejected comestibles. The day after the funeral tlie soldier had to return to his duty. The dame went to fetch him some fruit, and on opening the solitary coffin was startled and confound ed at la-holding her dead husband. Somehixly had blundered, and thocoffin ful of g.wsi things had been solemnly put under tlie turf, aial everything had to he done over again ! Curiosities of Life. Half of nil who live die before seven teen. Only one person in ten thousand lives to be a hundred years old, and but one in a hundred reaches sixty. The married live longer than the single. Out. of every thousand persons born, only ninety-five weddings take place. Lay your finger on your pulse, and know tlint nt every' stroke sonic immortal jiasses to his Maker; some follow being crosses the river of death; and if we think of it, we may well wonder tluit it should be so long before our turn comes. Tin* Wear unit Tear of Iron, It is now evident that the bridge of the Fake Shorn roiiil, while strong enough for the t<*t of weight, at the time of its construction, ha* since that time lost da strength. Ten year* ago the lilt of building thul elan* of iroll bridges was, compared with tin* present, in its infancy. The fatal defect luay ha\e been in e<instruction or in material or in liotli. There 1* a |Hipula! belief that iron or steel nt low teiii|M*iutiire IKKXHIIC* brittlvv. Befon* the intriHlue tion of stvx-1 for nols, it will IM- reuivm bv iidthat tiny were vxiiistantly break ing vluring the cold season, sometimes with lumeiitahle result*. Not many year* ago the mm rs.f of u railway *ta tiou at Troy gave way, involving u con siderable loss of life. It itpjiear* cer tain that cast iron can never to any ex tent be Itsvxl 111 the Construction of railway bridges, ami that anv iron with constant usvv ami under daily pressure Will lose s iiiletlittlg of Its strength On tin* other haml, many uinl very thorough i'X]K*iinienU bv careful exjvert* give no such rv suit. Iron anil steel liuve been subjected to the low temperature* which chemical mixtures afford, far below any thing JM.XMI.IC IN mi American winter, and while ill that Condition have been b-stvxl by every variety of stmui. It is the foiiviet '.l of those who InlVe imi.lv tlnsM e\|H*rimeUt, says the New York /rit/uiu , thul tin metal is not in the least Weakened by extreme Cold, or even by frcqUCUt ami greal cii..nges of tellljH'latUre. There is also u theory current that frequent vibration*, such a* Are caused by passing trains, ehaiige in time the molecular constitution of the iron, rendering it more crystalline ami brittle. Tins lliMiy sev-m* t<i IK* SUJl js.rt' i by Uie practice .f cxtndemniug and vlisoarding calinoU that have beeu tlrvxl .- vx'rtaui numlM-r of times, though then- x then no • xterual evidence of their gr. wing w.-akness. But it ia re pluxl t ■ this Uiat cannot) are siibjtx*lel to a strain which is far beyond Uie elaa ticity <-! im tal, ami it thus IKKXIIIICS juvr maiiv-ntly stretch.xl. When Uu* metal lias IM-**II subjev-texl to million* of blow* and strain*, each one of which win with in it* capacity for separate emluraliee, the closest test* reveal* 110 change ill its wtructurv or *treiigth. But here i the terrible fact lavfure U* ; Uie lirulg** at Ashtabui.i gave w:.v under a weight Uiat w .is far 1 low its ii .initial and tented breaking strains. That change ha* taken pliu*. during the ten or eleven years it ha* IM-. -U in use. Whatever the lulsim tory exjM-ntuent* on Uie effect* of <mlil or vibration may tench to Ui< contrary, thu.lisast. r ought to ami will confirm the js pnlar Is-hef. unless some different ami more complete exjilanation can be afforvltKl. The bridge, n* now njijtear*, con hi hanllv Inw ■■ IKK*U R-I!.* for very heav v trmu* under any c;rcum*tance. In Uie weather of that bitter night it wo* no I letter U.au a trap. The FM||I)IIIUU\. The Esquimaux are tin* most coU*idcr ablr remnant in uorUiera regions of that nameless prehistoric race of fisher* and liiuilers wlio once clung to thevsmsts anil shores of Euro|H* until they were pnabed awav into the holes ami <x.nu rs. ami to the very vergi and twlge of Uie great continent* of til- f irth,by tin successive l*nd* of Uie Aryan migration*. Tliey unci existed in Fngluml. France, (ienuanv, Denmark, Sweden ami Spain, iti all oi which they have left their traces in intenuents ami iin|>leiueiita, afvd laystalls and " kitchen - nnxeti*." They were of Turanian race ; and n i'ii at the jireseut limy they exist a* 8.-.xks in the rnggvxl iiMmntam* of S]>aiu. Iti Swvsleii we fiml tliem as Lupjts ninl Finns ; nnvi * . oil id ng tin Russian coast there is a fringe of Un*m that clings to the edge of the land on tin* shore of Uie frozen ocean. How the great diviaion of this prehistoric family found their way to tin* v.vst ami inhospitable region* in which th< v an* now known to fun ignera aa Eavjuinunx, is open to doubt. The received tin- -ry m.w is that they were (•■reed Unther from the coasts Itotli of Asia utid America, **n Behring'a strait, by the migrations of Imhiui and Mon golian trd*-* ; but it is nt least n likely tlint th>**-.- hnrvly savage*, who are no arliere so lmpjiy s in their native tent*, if they only have plenty of scl meat ami blublver. have cxixfixl from tune iinme n: rial iu the Arctic region*, ntnl in this sense may claim to IK* H* rcully autoch thon ami illdigciteu* children of the soil, or rather of ico and snow, a* any race on the face of the glolte. But whether in digenous or not, Uicre they nro, a branch of tin* great Turanian family, and carry ing with thi-m in their *j>eeeh the beat evidence of Uieir < ngiu, in th* affinity which their language bear* t<i the Lapp, Bask, Hungarian ami Turkish dialect* of their common race. The reader, therc fon*. sc.— at once that these Esquimaux, whose existence huddled llji ill snow and ici>, condemmxl for lmlf the year to a jierpetual night, and with bwr or no want** lwvond blubber seems s<> wretch rxl mid miserable to civilized luan. hx*c attaincvl to the dignity of living memlera of tin- great ltody jMihtic of lintions, nml are by kumhiji ixittsins to sonic of the promWt and haughtiest pixijihoi in the world. There *,* a Turkish proverb, we IK-lieve, which sjK*aks of the pride of the Mavgar as exceeding tliat of tlie jicncock, and no doubt tin* Magyar n*jK rtorv of win* saw*, which embotly the " wiadom of many in the wit of one," contains a saving as njquieite to the Turks; but here we find that the Esquimaux an* of the same race ns lsith these jwae.ioks, and we dare say, have quite a* much right to pride tlicuibelves on their national char acteriatii-3. A Bnlgarlan Ap|M*nl to the t'zar. The following is an extract from a Bul garian appeal to the czar, which hn* just been sent to St. Petersburg : " t)li, blese<l ezor! Millions of freed men bless thy name and render it im mortal. Condescend t<i add to the glory encircling thy brow and liberate tlr* Bul garian nation. The Bulgarians have not forgotten that centuries ago the Russian Prince Svnt*>slny snvixl thorn from the Byzantim-. To-ilnv they entreat thee on their knix*s, oh, great Sovereign Alexan der Niixilaivitch 11., that thou wilt frw them from the inaupjairtable yoke of the Turk. "Oh, greot sovereign, lisik graciously uj'-jn this trodden down race and defend the deb nselcoH. Bulgaria is the cradle of Slavonian orthodoxy, Slavonian lan guage and Slavonian literature. Order thy gallant troops to lilierate aeveral mil lions of Bulgarians, groaning under ,a foreign yoke, and impreamxl by the com mon enemy to serve against their Im bued brethren the Slavs. Place us in our appointed jxisition in the great Slavonic family, and convince tlie world, and more especially diplomacy, that we are a healthy, honest and industrious race, nml that we do not deserve to be looked down upon. " Powerful orthodox czar ! With tears in our eyes, we prostrate ourselves he fore thee, beseeching thee to command thy valorous army to save unfortunate Bulgaria. If help is delayed, the Bul garian race w ill disappear from the face of the earth, ami our country become the home of the Circassian—a new Caucasus. "Powerful, orthodox czar! Thou alone art able to right the Bulgarian, (live us arms, oh, gracious sovereign, and thou wilt see where is the Slavonian Ararat, and where the Slavonian ark. We arc thy majesty's most obedient, humble and grateful servants." TERMS: 52.00 a Year, in Advance. The Mexican Tiger. Mr. Hunter, of Brooklyn, some saven mouth* ago procured from the captain of a sailing Vv-omcl u bv iu>t which he formed a Mexican tiger. It was young at Uiat time, but wan extremely victotlA, and Mr. Hunter took the precaution to have ita tooth extracted ami it* claws clipped nil fast aa they grew and then confined It in a utrong wire cuge. ltevxuitly an owl W'lUi added to Mr. Hilliter'n Collection ami waa brought into Uie name room with the tiger. Tlie result ww duMwtruU*. The tiger caught one ghmpae of the owl, ami Ilia cage, winch luul thv-retofore l>eeii large enough to nfford him a genti-d proineliailr, suddenly became V*> small to ixmUiui him. For half a ininute or ao there waa not a part of the interior of that cage ut which the tiger w not dn* tinctly visible all the tune, and the uoine of hi* snarling overflowed the rmau and delugtxl the snlewalk, sttractuig at once n number of bystander*. Prvwntlf. after shaking the win* of hi* cage Ull they seemed about to give w*y, he Hprung ut the door of it, which flew opeu ami gave hmi egrcw*. At that moment, according to the w*- liuiouy of a uumber of eye-witneaaea, tlie air BeeUlcd to Im* full of that one tiger. The room mu luminous with hi* pre enee, but he vjuiekly focunevxl on the ow l * cage, which hi* battcrxxj wildlv 1U hi* attempt to get at the frightened in uiat<>. Tin* vltuiger of meddling with tlie Iveast was not imiuevluitely apparent, aa he is not much larger than the largest size of ordinary hoiisa* eat*, awl an at tempt wa nia.lv* by several to teur him sway from the cage and res ton* him to his own quarter*. It wa* only a mo mentary attempt, however, for aa s**u as he realized it he mastered the wt na tion by selecting the largest of hi* as sailants, a Mr. Baud, and springing on In* buck, he made his way thmugh tlie substantial clothing ami went into tlie tioshwlveueuth. It would probably le difficult now to convince Mr. liuini that that tiger's claw's were ever parevL Mr. Baird is very stout ami vine* not look like one given to rapid running, but In* tune from tlie stove UI tlie sum pi e- MUUI to the khuffiv b.vor.l room laslow ha* never bvx-n V .pialeiL B*-euforCemetit* arrivvsl iiiimedniteiy, and by throwing n large bag over the tiger he wa* captured and put back into lus cage, where he spent the remainder of the day in sullen exultation. Mr. Bnird wna not serioualy injured. Coiigrexxtuan < ix on Mr. Kerr's Belief, (Vvngreaonuui H. S. Cx, in his eulogy viii Michael C. Kerr, refer* to hi* belief*. He sa vs of the ex-speaker : Hi* reason and conscience wen* his religion. It wa* hi* habit to submit everything to this test. He squared his life with scrupu lous reason. No U-mjsiral interest of his own or that of hi* family swerved him from following thi* guiding element of his character. He wn* a scholar; he was * disciple of the positive philosophy, <le votexl to the tenets of Herbert hj veneer, John Stuart Mill, Comte ami Buckle. Hi* xwilitioal science was drawn, as m<*t jvohtical science is. from those of similar philos*iphic inclinations. Jeremy Beii tham wa* hi* teacher, (xnitcionily or un consciously. His idea* were not transcen dental, but utilitarian Ilie Iwsut of hi* mind was increased by his *tnvlie* in tlu* school of philosophy, but there wras no unreasoning skepticiam in hi* character. Despite his uiiwillingacas to lielievc in anytlung miraculoiw or improbable, hi* heart wa* reverential (wfore tlie great Onraiacience. With him reason was tiie first Ivom, and. though twin with faith, Isvlh inherited the blessing. If lie hail any bias ut his muid it was toward rvve •ou, though lu faith walked timnlly hand in hand with it. It is said that the sun i* reason, while faith i* the leaser orb that shines by night Michael C. Kerr made the great light to rule hi* busv vlav. How far the leaser ruhxl in the coiitemplations of the night only Oval know*. If faith slnues only so long a* she rvfiects some fuitit illumination from the brighter orb what casuistry sliall discard tin* niiui'* religion* nature from tbeahrineof a true migion? • • • His fame was not quenched by dcatll, oulv his opportunity. It was said by Theodore Parker of Samuel A.lams Uiat he was not in oue sense * Christian tmui. but one of Plutarch,* men. So was Michael C. Kerr. His human worth can only reckoned by the gravity of hi* loss to us in thi* perilous and anxious trial for the stability and genio* of the government. If filwrty through hi* death ha* lost from tins hall of the pes pie one of her purest devotees; if liberty, like Algernon Sydney.must go to tin- scaf fold, yet from tlie scaffold ahc will as cend to another sphere where there is n lx'tter cvsle of justice and right, and there in that realm who will give her les* stinted wehxvtne than the immortal spirit of Michael C. Kerr? A Frightful Waste Cigars, which in IKSB. according to the revenue returns in tlie Fnited Stati**. were n-jxirted only to the extent of lifit,- •JSS,2SS. have now reached s joint almost touching tlie two billionite figure, the i xact numler Iveing l.fidfl, 141.057. There are 40.000,000 people in the coun try, men, women and children. Of thi**e it' i estimated 5,000.000 arc men, of whom probably 1,000,000 are regular smokers. Accoriling to this every man smokes 2.000 cigar* s year, or five cigar* evcrv ill, v. New York furnished 540.970,630 in a single year. Pennsylvania made 361.- 7Ky.368: Ohio. 178,5127,038; Cnhfonua, 95,149,492: Illinois. 89,986,180. and Mao sachusetts, 80,112,241. The total taxa ble number, since 1863, which includes cheroot* nml cigarette*, was 15.372,560,- 509, or an annual average of 1,098.040.- 036. Besides the domestic production the cigars and citrarettiwimporteil into the Cuiteil Stativi since 1868 are embraced in this total, averaging. JK'rhnps. 50,000,000 nt-r annum. Beginning with 199,288,284 in 1863—0r estimating for twelvemonths bv the rate of rat urn for the ten months of that year—282.502,998. tlie production has gone on increasing until it now an nually reaches nearly two billions of ci gars. Ijot us take ten cent* a* an average, nml we have 2,000.000,000 cigars at ten cents equals $200,000,000. Two hun dred millions of dollars sjvent every year for cigars and cheroot* ! New Ynrk National (•usril. The force of the National Guard of the State of New York consists nt present of eight divisions and seventeen brigades, as follows: One regiment and eleven -apnrate troops bt cavalry; one battalion and eleven sejiarate batteries of artillery; twentv-five ragi,i.ents, twelve battalions and eighteen separate oomjuuiies of in fantry; comprising 1,267 cavalry, 1,108 artillery and 18,707 infantry, which, with the 342 designated bv the commander in-chief and his statt and tlie division and brigade commanders and their staffs, comprise an aggregate force of 21,424 men—an increase of nearly 2,000 men. His TIIF.F, —A worthy resident of Os wego, N. Y., made u bargain with a farmer for the delivery of a Christmas tree. The man appeared at the hack door one evening with a fine tree and was paid a good price for it. On the follow ing morning the householder in passing through his front yard noticed that a beautiful evergreen which had been the pride of his lawn had disappeared. He luid bought his own tree. NUMBER 4. Human'* Lev# A bete AU. A young woman with a liabe at her breast came into a city polio# station ami naked for a lodging. Bin- waa thin and poor, and the frozen #uw hung in faaaae# about the akirt of her dreaa. "1 walked in from to# country," die sal.l, when the UMual question waa' untied her ; "my husband came in to look for work. Aa he did not c<ine lrack I made up BIT mind tiiat he fell in with aoiue of hia old cronies. Ho I came to look for him. Mother offered to keep lue, but I know tiuti she liaan't more than she need* for herself. I liave walked U'U mile* since breakfast. Can I Stay until daylight J" The officer aaid she could. Aa die waa passing through tlie corridor die caught sight of a man Und mg behind the bare. He waa unshaven and haggard, and hia red eytsa told the cause of In* being there. " Why, Jun!" The man glanced up. He brushed hia hand acrea# hia eyre, looked at lier again, and it i* to hi* credit that hia vuto# krombied when he aaid: ''How came vou here, Martha V" "Oh, Jim!" and tlie poor wife began to aob ; " 1 waa afraid of Una ami came after you. I knew you wouldn't go to do it of your own accurii; but them cronies, Jim—them rrorure! I knew what it would come to." " Yre," and the voung fellow's eyre filled with teara ; " I know it'a ao, but I never knew it ao well liefore. But if 1 get out of this, I'll givevou my won! it'a the last time. It'# toe laat tune !—ami you know 1 never have promised you Uiat In-fore." / The moUier leaned against tlie Irera, and let her t.-ars flow fur a moment. Klie then straightened up and went direct to the clerk. " How much does he owe ?" ahe asked " Three dollar* and forty cents." The woman took from her pocket a aolituiy five-dollar bill and paid the fine without a murmur. The dour was opened, the young man pureed .nit, and m u moment was marching down the street, with tlie lialie on one ami and his wife close to hi* aide. An Old Cirrus Man Dead Avery Bmito, formerly one of toe owner* of tlie Eucj*-an cireua, and for nearly half a century connected with the cuvus and menagerie iuterreta in tlie I'uited State*, died in Newark, X. J. In the language of a veteran memlier of the proferei.m, he was tlie head and front of the btutiuere." He first Ix-ramr at tached to the traveling alurw witli wlurh hi* father wtis identified, known a* the Original Zoological Institute. Tlie firm waa .1 une, Titua, Angev im* > Co. to toe public, but among the jierlormera it waa known aa tlie " Flathag" Company. Since tlien Avery Smith's name liaa lieen foremost among the manager# of the great allow enterprises. He waa the principal owner <-f the European circus, mid since it was wound up ha* beeu iu t< rested iu Uie R-.niau lupiVslcmn . Mr. Snuili waa :.t different tuure iu hia life in portnerahip with many of the well known fcliowmen, among tiiem John J. Nathan, June, Bailey and other*. Ho waa known ui Newark for hi* lilierahty, and in that city ia a church for whose coUKtrtiction lie advanced the money. He had lieen perceptibly failing for sev eral month* from a complication of dis ease*. ami hia death wne not unexpected. A Ivevson ef (.latitude. A gentleman once making inquiries in Russia alsmt the metiual of catching IM*U* in tliat country, lie was told Uiat. to intrap them, a pit waa dug several feet deep, and after covering it over wiUi turf, leaves, etc., some f.WU waa placed on the top. The lmr. it tempted by the bait, easily fall Into the snare. "But."' he added, "if four or five happen to get in Uigether. they will all get out again." "How is that ?" asked the gentleman. " They form a sort of ladder by step ping on each other*' ahonldera, and thus make their recape." " How does tlie bottom one get out ?" " Ah ! three liear* though Botporea mug a mind and aoul. such as (hid has given us, vet can feel gratitude; and they won't forget the one who had been tlie*chief means of procuring their lib erty. Scampering off, Uiey fetch the branch of a tree, which Uiey let down to their jsmr brother, enabling him to speedily join them in the freedom in which they rejoice." Sensible lieara we would say are a great deal lietter than some people Uiat we hear about, who never help anybody but themselves. (harming a Man. A Minnesota girl was so enamored of a yonng man that, finding ahe could not otherwiae awaken in him a responsive j Mission, she plied him with drag* to stimulate it. The result was that ahe made him insane. She *H a fooliah and a wielo>d maiden. She did not get a lover, and the object of her j***tou haa just gone home from tlie insane asylum re*tred to his senses, and'his determin ation not to marry her is redoubled and intensified. Qnaeks and charlatans ad vertise love powders by tlie use of which girls may excite the tender passion in men wit h whom they are infatuated,but not m > can la l inspired love in the manly breast. It feeds on the grao-s and virtue* of lov able women, not on the combinations of tlie alchemist. If you wish to rharm a man, girls, resort to no witch or wizard, but display before him the charms of wit, the sweetness of vonr ilisposition, nud the attractive modesty of yottr de jxirtnient. If he is worth having for a husband, he will admire these tilings, and tlie love you bear lnin will perhaps speedily l>e the cause of an answering tenderness in his own heart. I<ova is very catching. Berth and the Irate Duchre*. Worth i* in trouble again—with ft spirited Parisian dnrhen this time. He hud, after ft full fortnight's consultation, an<l nn infinite ileal of assistance on the lady's part, designed toilet of toilets, magnificent, unioue. Not long afterward the dnehess. while at her milliner's, was surprised rather than pic—ed to discover displayed on the milliner's sofa the exact duplicate of her costume, the same shades, the same trimmings, everything. The milliner also patronized Worth. Hie patrician, furious, sent won! to M. Worth that she did uot want the dress; he returned reply that it had been or dered and executed according to order, and must be sweep bed and paid for. Thereujsm the duclieas took a fearful re venge. She wrote to M. Worth : " I shall take sujd pay for the dress, but not wear it. I send you this by my cook; you will lie so good as to alter the costume so that it will tit her." Aud now that cook on her day out appears in one of Worth's most exquisite creations, and the cream of the joke is that the blow has been ef fectual, aud Worth thinks himself dis graced. A ( ha nee. Why will scores of able bodied ytuing men stand on the street corners, with their hands in tlieir pockets, says the Norristown Herald , when a Baltimore man advertises "complete printing offices" for three dollars and a half? There is no excuse now for an idle labor er not to All a long felt want in the news paper field—and suspend publication at the end of two months, five hundred and fifty dollars in debt. la the l'nrltan Day*. Tli# Klmuir did not exist in the vWJ earlr time at the Pilgrim Father*, bflfi re tuajiT * htuAf huufl on th® wall th® foi lowing twelve good ml#a : TYofaw no Dtrinc ordinal*#. Touch no Hutc intlcr. t'rge no health*. Pick no quartet*. Knccmr*#* no rioe. Ilopeat no grievance*. IU TMLI nowciwU. Maintain no 01 ujknkma. Make no comparison*. Keep no bad company. Maka no long meal*, lay no wager*. Item* of Interest. Th# London Timet ia about to irene a weekly edition at a jwmny a copy. Woman ia fret Ix-ing nuule eligible to all tbo office# without salaries. A |Jftrty at illegal votoni in Cincinnati have beeu sentenced to a year in prison. Each petanu on the globe would get two duller* if all the gold were parceled out Haukey protest# against lua revival tunea Iwing arranged for vlta and quadrille*. Tlie innocent bloah more frequenUy than the guilty; th# face of the latter ia not ao eaatly red. " Our earthly reputation*,'' aaya a great |Ktet, "are the color <J grass, and the wur aun that rnakea them green bleach - ea it out again. Sav* a Woatern editor: " Who drinks all the wliiaky made in the United Btate# ia what stagger* ua." It ia enough to ntagger anybody. Every "■" atam|M hia value on hini aelf. The priiv we cliallcnge for our nelvcw ia given u*. Man ia made great or little by hia own wilt The Breckinridge (Jfcy.) A T el ia not a lielhgerent. It aaya: No, I thank yon; don't want the inuaket and hard tack. Paaa the buckwheat cake* and honey, pleaae. An Elgin (111 > tawapaper ha# thia ad vertiaemeut: "'Found—A buckakin mitten. If the owner will leave the othw at th'* office he *lll greatly oblige the finder." Cleveland young women writ/ Com ment* on the margin* of the library novel* they read. One emotional crea ture write#: "The pang* of love am grate i liave ben there my self." They do aav that a New York firm, which"shipped a lot of extra large until* to Detroit, got them all lrk by tlie next train, with the remark that there waa no call for ao many "children'* ante*." A hundred ami fifty-nine divomw were granted in New York city laat year, and vet good men go on marrying women for their 1 eanty ami pure girls wed wild roung men with tlie hope of aaviug them. "I don't believe in faahionable church - re," aaid a lady, recently; " but after all, couaidering that w# are all to go to the rente heaven, perhapa it'a lietter to keep up the social diatinrtiuua aa long M we can." It ia announced that Shelby L Cul lorn, governor elect of Illinois, refuare to be a candidate for United State* K ua tor. He &vs that no man liaa a rigid to be elected governor aa a atepping atone to aomething elae. A Cincinnati physician sued another man airoply for calling him, no a portal rent, " A liar, a • pluck, a thief, a murder er, a raacal, a ruffian, a villain, a forger, a uerjnrer, au ignoramus, a pretender, and a general beat." ~~ A little girl died of scarlet fever, and # _ almost the laat word* ahe uttoral WIT# ; "Oh! 1 ace uiy mamrea." Her mother died when tlie' child waa eight months old, and the latter wa* several yrera of age at the tune of her death. The hardest thing to get on with in thia life ia a man's own self. A cross, si-lfish fellow, a desponding and cam, plaining fellow, a timid and care burden - •<d man—these are all Ixiru deformed on the iuaide. They do not limp but their thoughts do. The increase in th# cults rati- i of b<*"t root in Europe for toe manufa tnre of sugar is aaid to be causing great lore to the cane sugar planters in Cuba who have lieen to an emjrMwßa outlay for machinery and labor to protlnia a line clnas of augar. About two thousand jx-nsc* taken from the Indiana at the Missouri river agencies were MIM by auction in. St. I'snL Thev were described a* aerubbv, lean little hearts, yet spirited and en during. There were sold at from eight to forty dollar# apiecp. Justice Willea, of England, w.-e. iu tlie habit of interrupting counsel. A lawyer who waa thus annoyed one day said to him: " Your lonlship i* 'Ten a greatest man than your father. Tlie chief baron used to miderrtiuid me after I hail done, but your lonblnp understands me before I liegin." Somebody said to Rc.l-ert llal! : " 11- w many discourses do you took, Mr. Hall, BUT a minister gel up each were * An swered Hall : " If be i* a deep thinker and great coudanser, be may get np ooa; if he ia an ordinary man, two ; but if h# is an saa, air. ha will produce half a docan." Dr. Forbre Winalow record# th# start ling fact that over 10,000 person* of im aound mind are confined in the iunati# asyiuma of the United States, driven mad from over-excitement on the subject of spiritualism, and that insanity from the same cause is prevalent in England, and increasing every day. A quaint minister once said : " Now, brethren. I propose to throw this liymu book at the man who used profane lan guage yesterday." He made the neces sary gesture, aa tliough he would hurl tlie" hook, and, curiously enough, half the men in the congregation ducked t heir heads. A man went through the bankruptcy court. He had owned a fine home and gig, and thev both <lisappered for a time, but liy-and-Viye the horse and gig were doing service for the same owner again. On living asked what this meant, tlie man's reply waa : " I went through tlie bankruptcy court, bnt the boree and gig went round." Why talk of hard times am! lack of work when the following advertisement appears iu the ('Upper : " I want a man of courage, who ia willing to take chancre, to take charge of and hold a disputed silver claim in Mexico. Free transportation these, and good compen sation will be allowed. No labor—nerve the requisite." In Texas all doctors are required nu der the new law governing toe practice of meiliciue to appear before tlie county Imard of examiners appointed by the dis trict court mid stand an examination in chemistry, anatomy, physiology and ma teria uiedica before they can collect their bills. Any one violating this law is liable to lie indicted, fined and impris oned. A Mexican, having wooed in vaifi a young Woman in Santa Monica, Califor nia. attempted such an exploit as is not often successful outside of printed ro mance. He swooped down on her on horseback aa she was walking alone, lifted her to lus side and rode away. This young woman was more muscular than "most heroines in novels, and she scratched and kicked in a vigorously ro mantic way. The Mexican was glasl to drop her at the end of half a mile. With the Diphtheria. The Columbia (Pa.) ('ourant says: A family in Columbus are tlie happy pos sessors of a beautiful flying squirrel, very tame and tractable. Some of the chil dren were attacked with diphtheria re cently, and in accordance with his custom the squirrel sometimes crawled into bed with them, oftentimes nestling up against their faces and throats. After a while the squirrel was seized with all the syxu toms of the disease, and, growing worse, apparently went through all stages of the complaint in jnßt the same manner as the children. While ill it was found neces sary to feed him on soft food, in all res spec ts similar to a human being suffer ing from diphtheria.
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