"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.