Io>v' Severe! giity. Tk<m*k los* leva* wall things of ontwnH grvw That pool* prtun# and gent!* ladi** prim. Yet lives h* not by fsvcvr of hlti* eyes. Or Hack or brown, or aught that ho may trace In feature* faultless aa the porfoot face Of art's ideal. No! his essence lira Wfp in the hurt, not in it* changing dyes On Up and cheek. Hf ha* hi* dwelling place In the Hfe'a life. Aa violet* deck the May Which yet survives when the** have passed away All lovely thing* are love'*, but ne'ertholes*. Health, youth ami beauty, though they nerve him well, Are but hive'a minister*; hi* sovereign SJH-!1 Lirea tu his own immortal lovehne*# ! -Jo\n kin* The Dreamland Sea, What matter, though my pilgrim feet May never pre** tlie stranger * land. Or wander lone where wild wave* boat With ceaseless moan on ocean's strand . Tor me expand* a lovelier deep. Whose isle* in vtatoned beauty sleep. And never ><cean wave* could be So brght as thine, fair dreamland sea. My castle crown* the boldest steep. Ity warring winds and water* warred. That *ea*ard loans, and o'er the deep Keep* evermore nnccasmg ward. Fall freighted, with their wings of anow, The white ship* come, the white ahip* go, While in the ahade of cliff and towers I dream away the gliding hour*. With manes, foam decked and losaitig free, The waves, wild courser* of the sow, iU.v swiftly to the level strand. And struggling die upon the sand. The shells that }wrUe at my fret, Strange tale* of md and wave repeat. The weird romance, the mystery Of the dark cavern* of the sea. My fairy fleet that long hat lain Close moored m some enchanted lay, lie roe by fair gales across the main. Sail* swiftly on its homeward nay. My ship*, my stately ship* I see ! Full many a royal argosy, lake white wmgivl turd* ibey steediiy come, And bring their gathered treasure* Ixme. IVarls from the mermaid's watery cell. Pure gold from sunny orient lands. With many a rosy chambered sliell And jewel-wrought by elfin hands. Crosse* and amulet* of pnee. Of sandal wv>od aud sacred ;vahn. Embossed with many a fair device. And odorous with tropic balm. The Old Organist's Story. •* I wonder if he ever cared for snv thmg in the world besides music ? lit is decidedly the ugliest man I ever saw; no more expression to h s eat-gwes eye than my jn-t parrot's. I declare it pro voke® me to think nature would put up such a job ;" and pretty ltell St yin. ar jxmtiugly tore tiie white ros<-s clinging to tlie veranda post, and spitefully t >vs ed them on the gravel walk U-neath her. " Why Boll!" and dark eyed Fiuria glanced up in surprise. " One would think you were disappointed because tl-e ' green eyed monster,' as you tenu him, had not vielded to your charms. 1 do not think him ugly. He plays divine ly, and as for expression, he has to my my eye a pitifully sail one. I shall ever believe he loved in his youthful days and lias been disappointed in s. -me way." " Well, if he ever loved, it was some one as hideous as himself, you may de pend on it. But ootue, let's go in; the night sir is chilling." Laughingly the two pretty, thought less creatures waltzed iut<> the handsome parlor of the seasi de hotel. Bell Sey mour little imagined I hud been a listener to her very uneomplimentary remarks in regard to myself ; but, leaning from my upper window to catch a breath of fresh sea air, I could not help their <s n versa - ti- a being borne to my ear, as tiie night was calm and still. And her thought less words sent me turning back, year after year as some wanton breeze flutters amid the leaves of some sacred volume said opens its saddest tale. Little Fiuvia was right. In the golden days of manhood, far down the misty, moldering past, I had loved one of God's purest, sweetest li >wers; a ihiiuty hlua som formeil from the very lx*ginning to expand onlv in heaven. And to-night, with the dear old memories stirred, 1 must give to the world my love dream, fur it cannot lie long now before the grav headed old organist of St. Paul's will do away forever with earth life and eagerly follow the beckonings of white bauds that call from the further shore of the river.. May Andcrlv was onr pastor's only child, a ra liantly beautiful girl of s.x teen. And hiw well I remember even now every incident that occurred tliat first Sunday morning in June 1 ever saw her. Daintily robed, from the tiny Iss-ts modestly peeping from lieneath the s-ift folds of her silken dress, to the plump gloved hand resting lightly on the arm of the old, cushioned family pew, she see me 1 only made for rnv love, my wor ship. And looking on her fresh, pure face, I knew the sunshine of my life had oome to me, making me hereafter in heart as other men, with something to love ami cherish. The services on tlrs esperial morning grew intensely int-reatiiig to me, ari l even the waxen petals of the ealla lily sent forth a jierfnine purer an l more re fin ed, as her soul mingled with mine in the morning anthem. Once only she raised her eyes to my fa -e, when with le ligbt I sent the music swelling and sway ing through the grand old arches of the church, and then sunk it to a fluttering sob that died away on the morning winds. But for this, I might have sunk out of existence for any attention she lie stowed on me. I was tlie organist, noth ing more, to her or any one else in this wide, wide world. As the services closed I leaned forward to catch one more glance of the sweet bright eyes so bine an 1 pure, but she ha 1 already pause 1 out, and I came down from the organ loft with a joy in my jhexrt with which the bright spring morn ing fitly harmonized. How fresh the fl iwrrs looked in their rainbow beauty—the violets were so much like the shy eves of my darling tliat 1 kneeled-down and ki-we I one. I never jdjeamod, as other men are wont ta wife and home and tlrs little faT"WTiiy fireside queen. Oh, no ! she was too pare for me, and T was fully contra! to set her up in my heart of hearts as an idol, and secretly worship her there. I well knew the jioor organist and the beautiful daughter of the wealthy pastor of St. Paul's were no fit match in the world's eye ; but that knowledge did not weaken my love. She was my idol ; my queen ; and Sunday after Sunday, as I saw her cater the square old fnmily pew and join witli rny music in devotion, I felt (hid was go *1 in granting me this master passion. For through it her soul nnd mine eon!! mingle in one beautiful, beautiful strain. And I think she must have guessed, sometimes, my idolatry, for, when I would pour forth my soul in some grandly thrilling measure, a star tled look would creep into her sweet young eyes, and the litt'e hand would tremble as she turned the leaves of her song book. This was as far as onra~qtißintanoe went. We talked only in music ; and how eag erly I watehed for Sunday's dawn, that I might, as a bird to its mate, tell of my love in song. One Sunday, after a year of exquisite enjoyment of my untold love, when the bright May poured its yellow streaks of gold into the whispering baby leaves of the oaks, drinking softly, as fairies might, the glittering dew drops nestling in the flower cups, I misse l the fresh young voice in onr church music, and the little daintily dressed figure in the large old family pew. Glancing at the pulpit, I found a stranger filling Dr. Auderlv's p'ace. A wild fe ir of something in the future seized mv hear , and that day I'm s re the music must have been poor. \ T was hurrying out of the organ loft, wild with fear aud uneasy thoughts. FHISD. KUHTZ, I Alitor aiul 1 Vopriotor. VOLUME X. some one v>f the choir remarked behiml lue in a tone of deep ay tups thy : *' l\>or little May Auderly ' Is it not sad that one so young and beautiful should lie dying this sunlit spring tunru tug f" I rtoivpod to hear i> more, but, stun tied ami bewrildervvl, sought my shabby room ami locking out the cold, unf<eliug wrorhl. fainted upon the fhsvr. Wheu consciousness returned, 1 thought how vlrear mv future life must henceforth be. 1 behoved then (in the tirst great slnwkl that death had thus atl! ot-sl me, ins-ause 1, the plelve an music an, had no right to l<a k tt|von the purple ami golden hangings of "youug love's dream." Tint was only for the rich and high. Since then, year* with their better, xa>ier judgment have taflghl me where to Ua-k tor the silver lining to the thuu der elomi ; ami to-night 1 smile UJH>U even thta shadow, ku wing that iti the bright " toixune all will be char as the sun in uml heaven. Stealing softly out and down the tree darkened streets to l>r. Auderly 's mar. aioti, 1 cutered the iron gate la>rderv*l with tall, dark evergreens, ami sat uja u the marble base of the pretty fountain sending up spray s of crystal water m the silver moonlight as if there were no such tiling iu all the world aa sorrow or death. By the sound of pass-, nutc weeping coin ing thr nigh the half closed {>arlor bliu 1 knew all was over, ami mv darling would sleep till Christ should come to gather up his jewels; and, kneeling there amid the d >wrs, 1 watched with the dead iuside until the tl >t faint blush of morning {united the eastern sky. lleing neither friend nor wv ate of the Audcrlva, 1 knew not how t. • gain one tuore look at my froten darling ; an I sitting down upou the little hard lwal, the chief attraction of my attic room, I wei t a* only a young, lonely man can weep when lie gives up, in the full tide of life, his last hold of love on earth. A kms*k at my door aroused me, ami a ser vant hand,si in a card with the written request tliat 1 should play the funeral dirge of Misa Auderly, at her lute resi detice. Thankful for even tins chance, 1 bowed assent, ileteruiining music should tell the hovering angel spirit, my de>p, wd i love—love tii.it in life 1 dared nut breathe, but which in death became glorified. Softly entering the dark nm, fa--t filling with weeping frientls, 1 stood b-r u moment, before. taking my seat at the orgs n, by the side of the handsome rose wood casket and gurel f-ir the last tin-e up. ii nil thut was m -rtalof tuv idol. Tim little figure lay stiff ;nd cold in its bil low v robe of white. The waxen fingers hela to the silent breast pure white tl >w ers, and a lily slept in the .lark brown .-urla. 1". nd.ug ver her, I onnaht sight of a mislani ringlet pud gently rej !a-x\l t, allowing my hand to re t for an instant ■>u the jia'.e, cold brow. That was niy fareweil for arth. I feel t vniglit the separate -n cantu -t be long, now, for I have gr- n old in years "and the gra-shopper i- bo-onie a bur then and often in t:e quiet i-f twilight I think I lr ar the dip < f the l>oatrann's oars n< he crosses the " river of death," and the o-w.l, damp mist from it- banks arises sud wets the old men's brow. Ah, Bell Seymour ! the hideous old mu-i-ian so worthless in your mem sight has a turned down 1 ;tf in his fohhxl life all your beauty anil wealth could never bay. A wh.te finger has ]H>ititad to me a country where u-> fa ting or pari ng cornea ; a country whose maker and builder is thai ; and I know someday, perchance in the gathering twilight, I hall pass quietly away an 1 take my "chamber in the silent halls of death. Till then I feel— •• Tin re's a l-eaiitiful fs.x- in tin* njipi-r *sr. That follow* me ever *nd near. With soft, swaet and "itii raren hair, WuU vos e'emi h;-. yet with br- ath of prayer I feel but cannot hear A Self-Excused Murderer. The Hartford Oitttrant contains the following : Twenty-two rears ago ayoung man in New Haven was engaged to marry a young woman therp. For some reason she transferred her promise to marry, if not her affections, to another person. The first suitor, who was a respectable mechanic, disapproved of the match ami declared that his rival wns a disreputable person who would le.nl his affianced a wretched life, and tliat while he could surrender her himself, he would rather she should die than marry that man. Accordingly, and :u> he said sol ly to save her from the awfnl fate of such a degrad ing marriage, he killed the girl. He did not attempt to conceal his deed ; In- jus tified it, and regarded himself as the savior of the girl's happiness. He was tried for murder, and a<-quitt<<d on the the ground of itiasinity. although he stoutlv denial that he was insane, ami said that he had acted upon his emd con viction of what was best the girl, and wsa ran.lv to suffer the penalty of the law for the homicide. Acquitted, he was remanded t" the county jail by the court ; lie remained there seven or eight years, all the time protesting that he was in his right mind, and that the State should either hang him for murder or re lease him. He was then transferred to the State prison at Wetherdleld, by what authority it does not appear, under no sentence. There he has remained until this day, in the same state of mind, ap parently rational on nil subjects except that lie insists that lie hud a right to kill the girl to save h-r from dishonor ; ami that if the Slate th night otherwise it should have punished him as a murderer. This is the story of Willard Clarke, who has now petitioned the Assembly to re move him from the Bta'e prison to the insane asylum at Middlctown. Ra/ar Fashion Notes. The Plastron princesse dress is one of the most elegant importations of the season. The new spring woolens are soft nml yielding, ami though of pure wool, have scarcely more weight than the sheerest cambric. The plain pri urease dress is of seal brown silk, trimmed with plaitings and facings of lighter brown or ashes-of roses silk. D ' beges are no longer plain or mere ly twilled, but are imported in the sty lish small figures, nrmures, stripes, chocks, and matelasse patterns in shaded gray or brown. Checked woolens will be worn again, but the best qualities will be finer even than pin head cheeks, because these very fine cheeks cannot be copied by do mestic manufacturers. Conspicuous among the wash goods are the prettv lawns of a generation ago, with white grounds strewn with sprigged patterns in bright colors, and a colored border for trimming. A battle in the Clouds, The Paris (Ky.) Citizen says: I sup pose you have heard .by this time of the battle in the heavens that occurred in this county recently. Those that heard it say it was much like the Morgan fight here when it commenced, and lasted about one minute and a half. It came from the northwest. I have just talked with a man who heard it coming whirl ing through the trees, looked up and saw the smoke flying from it, and a large rock fell within fifty yards of him, weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds. The rock was of a black mineral color. It fell about four miles below the town 0:1 Ornigmyle's place. The noise was heard all over the county. THE CENTRE I REPORTER. ANDREW J it h SON'S Ul 111.. The I tglil In which he Killed hU tnisaeuto wild wos 11iuisrIf \V vtwiidrd. I'lie duel betvvecu Andrew J nek sou and t'luxrlm Ihi'Liusnii ass deadly. I'icktii sou li*tl nlluilevl in public to the well known ntiil recorded Inet that one ltich ivrds had obtained n divorce from hi* wife 011 account of !i*r " living m inltib ten with one \mlfew Jackson She hm\ slrecnlv been, nuide Jiickreli's wife, but the offense was deadly. J tick sou acnt the challenge. lhekniann wits tbe 111 oat expert UlsrktUtlHll lit IclUlessce, and Jacksou rewolveil to give huu the tlt>t tire The place nppointed for the meeting w is n long day ride from NashvtHe. Thumdav morning, before the tlawu of ilnv, 1 hekmsou stiilc from the side of his voting ami beautiful wife ami In-gun sjHssidv to prepare for the journey. She awoke ami asked htm why he wins up so enrlv. He replied that he had business in Kentucky, across the river, but it would not detain htm long. On parting he kissed her with twveuli.tr tenderness ami said '•(bawl-bye, darling. 1 shall be sure to beat home tomorrow night." He motiutevl hi* home and rejiairtsl to the rendezvous where his aecoud and half u do—l gay bhsles of Nashville were waiting to escort him on his jour tie v. Away thev rode in the highest spirits, as though it were u party of pleasure. Indeed, they luoile n party of pleasure of it, Whett they stopp.si for rest or refreshment, ihekiuaou is said to have amuse I the suipauy bv displaying his wonderful skill with the pistol. Once, at a di*Uuit-e of twenty-four bs-t, he tire.l four l>ails, eiu-h at the word of command, into .1 sjaw-e that could lw ixuertsl by a silv.-r il.dlar. It is said that he hiul lunl a vv ager df jf-'ew 1 that he cotihl hit his antagonist within half an inch of a certain button on his ivait. Both i nrt:< >. with their rwpwtivc cavalcade*, reached the vicinity of the ground appointed for the duel lutein the afternoon. They secured aixxunmodn tions at a couple of neighhortug taverns. It related taut Jackson ate heartily ;t supjier tiiat night, eouveru.R in a lively, pleasant manner, and snu-kiM Ins even ing pij** a* usual, lie retired i-arly, and by iluyl ght nest tnorumg the a hole l arty was up and ill the oi l lie. A gal lop of a mile and the fording of a stream, which, owing to its swollen state, it was found liece—urv to swiui, brought them to the ground. Ihekitimrti and party had already armed. The buat il< at oliee pr xxxxled. Dickinson'* srtMtul watt the ehoiee of Jxmitioii and Jacksou'a the office of giving the word. •' Both were perfectly collected," says I'artou. " All the |oliteu< ■- i>f such IH*- casious was very strictly and elegantly performed. Jackson aim dressed in a lis we fris-k coat, buttoned carelesslv over li- chest, and eoueealing in some degree the extreme sh-ndentei-a of his figure. Dickinson was the younger and hand somer man of the two, but Jackson's t til, erect figure, an i the still intensity of his demeanor, :t is sa-d, gave huu a most sujieri >r and eoiumaii nug atr, as he i-t -si under the till jxiplar- on this bright May morning, silently awaiting the moment of doom. " Are you ready?" said Overton. ** 1 am ready." replied Dicktuson. " I tun ready," said Jackson. The won! was given. Ibckinaou raisevi bis pistol ijuiekly and flreiL Overton, who was looking with anxiety and dr<-a 1 at Jackson, saw a puff of oust fiy from the bmurt of his coat, and saw him raise his left arm and place it ti.'htlv across his breast, lb- is sure ly hit, thought Overton, and ill a 1 ad place, tio; but no; lie ihs*s not falL Kreet and gr;m as fate he sto.d, his t< >th clenched, raising his pistol, (tver ton glaneisl at 1 hekm- >u. Annoyed at the unwonted failure of Ins aim, and np tiareiitlv appalled a! 'ho awful figure and lace In-fore him, Dickinson hail recoiled a pace or two. "Grout (1 >1 !" h-' falter—l ; "hive I missed him ?" "11 ick to the mark, sir!" shrieked Overton, With his hand njs'n his pistol. Dtekiusou recovered lus oonijmmire, stepped forward t 1 the peg uml stood with eye - averted fr >iu his antagonist. General Jackson took ddi Iterate aim and jiullel the trigger. The jiist.il neither snapped n T went off. He looked at the trigger and discovered that it had stopped at half-cock. He dr- wit biek to its place and took ai"i a second time. He tire l. Dickinson's face blanche 1 ; li > r Vi ; his friends pushed toward him, caught him in their arms, ami silently seated him on the ground, lean ing against a bush. His trousers red dened. They stripped etT his clothes. The blood was gushing froui his side in torrents. The ball lmd puss.si through lh" b *ly below the ribs. Such a wound coilld not but be fatal. Jackson ami his friends immediately left the field. It was foitml njsm exam ination, on reaching the tavern, that he was wounded. " Dickinson's aim," says l'art in. "had lieeii perfis-t. He hail sent the ball pre-'Scly where h' suppose 1 Jackson's lien: t w,u lieating, but the thinness of his body and the hsiseness of bis coat combining to deceive him, the ball hiul only broken a rib or two and raked the breast bone. It was a some what painful, bud looking wound, but neither severe nor dangerous." Dickinson died that night. In this duel it is plain to be seen, from a careful consideration of the circum stances above narrated, though the truth does not appear to have reached the np prehension of Gen. Jackson's biograph er, that Dickinson was outwitted by his older and more experienced antagonist. Advantage was taken of the very fact of his being a " dead shot," and of his per fect confidence in Ins skill with the pistol. His avowed purpose was to shoot Jack son through the heart, and lie felt abso lutely sure of doing this. 111 what man ner his object was defeated Mr. Parton unconsciously discloses. He aimed " precisely whore lie supposed Jackson's heart wiw beating, but the thinness (if hie both ami the io fences of his coat " combined "to deceive" him. Admit ting the morality of private combat as of public war, siieli a strategy under the circumstances cannot be regarded as un justifiable. The late General Sam. Dale, who was iatiinnte with Jackson, has been frequently heard to sav that Dickinson's fatal mistake was in not aiming at Jack son's head instead of his heart. Porton is in error when he states that Jackson's wound was "neither severe nor dangerous." It confined him to his room for several weeks, and it healed falsely. Twenty rears after it broke out afresh, and troubled hiin for the remain der of his life. The pulmonary affection which dually carried hiin to his grave is attributed to that wound. Jackson never exhibited the slightest compunction for the part lie took in this bloody affair. He very rarely alluded to it, but when he did it was always with perfect complacency. It is told of him that a gentleman was once examining his duelling pistols. Tnking up one of them the general quietly remarked : "That is the pistol with which J killed Mr. Dick inson." A tramp in the 1 ist stages of looped and windowed ragg Iness was heard to mutter to a companion in New York a few days since, as a poodle irv a sealskin sack trotted proudly by them on Broad way : "Well, I'm hlowed if they won't put a point laee collar on that pup next, an l hang a stone cameo locket 011 his gold neck chain." CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., |\\., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1877. fidget's Naughtiness. After ten the ,meter eullnl with his wife, a lively, ph<a.Ult lady, who 111 sistisl upon M mg th* younger mem bers of the family. Susie, who uiib rather dlltideut, sat Vi iy qillctlv UIBiVT Iter, I'Ut Fidget u! pealed quite lit her i .IKC, and h r "elite" replies to the liniy's funny questions were regarded as evidence of , urpris ug smurtin ss by her a lliurillg brothers will sisters. Hut how lie I the blood seem suddenly to frce/.e m Johnny 's veins as I jdgt t, springing into the minister's lap, remarked With gruv it j " Your clothes are ail t u*l up " Are they V" inquired Umt geiitlemwi, smiling. " You're a f*l," replied l'tdg, t, gissi i at ureillv " Fidget," said mamma, 111 a very se vere tone. Hut the bpint of mischief seemeil to have taken poss, "-"loll of the I Itie lady, ami she refused to lie Colltrollid, " You're two fouls the cried, merrily. " You're fiis-, four, ten, six fools ' "Fidget,' said 11 Tw'e, steilllv, "if von can t lieliavo vourwelf, vou'J lietter gO t . lad." Pier fidget ' Iti all her short life she hud never before la-en s|>kcu to 111 such . lone. She glanced pitifully at li*r uv. H'.S face was forbUh'li, almost i.ugrv. Huste l.sikisl |s>Mtiveiy horror ■tiieLen, wnl Johnny, who rceognurd in hmi-elf the unwitting cause of th# trou ble, sat with downcast eyes and crimson cheeks. The child gnnsl for a moment into tin- silent, ret>r*su'hful la ••*. The Sight vv at ■ luueil for tiie tender 'tile heart. " 1 ihu't love uou<* f Votl," she sobtasi, throwing heraeif into :er mother's arms. " 1 don't love the -mitt'liter, nor UOIKSIV. 1 want t<*- gv* to—bt d." Horace took her up, his anger melting away like morning mist, as he held los wee sister in his arms. " ft sir pil-vsy onl," sail he, tenderly, " brotiiei was too 1 id to s .1 lor. Sh ihdn't mean to, did she " No. Ihdn't lm ill to what?" asked Pidget, imiocently. "She iha'SU t even know what slie has done, sail Honwv to himself, "she i* such a little gisiso. "Twon't do to sav all sorts of thiii'gH Itefore her. We shall have to hs>k out;' ami he kis-esl the rosv, quivering lijva. Johnny, mewiwhilc suffering small agonies lalow stair He ismld not la-ar to have l'idget bhuutxl for what he km-w was, in a great measure, his own fault. lb* Would like to tell the minister *•>, but las bashful little tongue refused to perform tin- oftiee. Ou*r, twice, he ewsayed to speak, but in vain. The guests b el risen to go, but lingered for tiie last few pleasant words. Johnny felt that his chaiua* was slipping froui him. LI must LA BOW or never. "'Twrasn't her fault, 'twas mine." " What do you mean, my aon ?" ake*i Ins mother, surprise*! at such wi out burst. " Why, l'idget; 1 called lii-r ail April foil this morning. Yon know she didn't know any la'tt< r." I am sure tin* minister understood , Ist what he meant. As for his wife she ls>kiil vvit'i a new nit* rest into the blushing, loy:sh foe*', and then, gn atlv t*i his surprise, and somewhat, I think, t her own, she st *>ped and him. A Hard Winter on the Plain*. The stock men on the Laramie plains, ■ ITS the San l*raiu'ls<* Hud' tut, are passing through the hard' -t w.liter I.n m a since the settlement of that coun iry. The Imsm, which i* l*udde*l on t ie northeast by the Black Hills, on the southeast bv the main nuige of the It- .vies, mill ou th* southwest by the Wasatch mountain*, has long lean re garded as one of the richest {mature re gions of the continent- The grass of the numerous valleys is so nutritious and the range so wile that the stock ordi narily live the year roun 1 without hay or grain. The present winter, however, ha* been remarkably sever*'. The snow eovi rs the whole valley t • the depth of two feet, and in sonic placi - it i* three fe.-t tlevp. (kittle arc dvi g by thou sands from ex|MMiure and starvation, and the sheep arc not much betti r "ff. The hor* *s will likely get through the w inter; they have sense enough to paw the snow away with their feet and get down to the bunch grass, and M> manage to pick ujia living. The homed cattle, stai ding in the snow Ixdlv deep, make no exertion to help themselves. Bt*s'k owners have pro*pix't**l for hundred* of miles to the north and south for open pasture, but the snow holds the entire valley in its embrace. Hay ship]ail from the Knot or West would cost a* much for transporta tion as the cattle are worth; so nothing can be done but wait until sunshine or showers dissolve the snow. It is esti mntisl that there are two hundred thou sand head of cattle, four hundred thou sand sheen siul alauit fifty thousand horses in the section of Wyoming Terri tory above ileseribed. Alsmt fifty thou sand head of cattle were driven down from Montana to winb-r on the Laramie plains. Bow Petroleum is Formed. The formation of petroleum luia been explained by Mr. 11. Byassmi upon ex jieriniental grounds, as follows: If a mixture of vapor of water, carbonic acid and sulphnreted hydrogen be made to net upon iron heated to a white heat iu nn iron tube, a certain quantity of liquid carburet * will be formed. This mix ture of carburets is comparable to petro leum. The formation of petroleum can thus be naturally explained by the ac tion of chemical forces. The water of the sea, penetrating into the cavities of the torrential crust, carries with it nu merous materials, and especially marine limestone. If the subterranean cavity permits these new products to penetrate to a depth where the temperature is sufficiently high,in contact with metallic substances, such as iron or it* sulpliuret-*, we have a formation of carburets. These lushes will form purl of the gases whose expansive force causes earthquakes, vol canic eruptions, etc. Petroleum is al ways found in the neighborhood of vol canic regions or n long mountain chain. In general it will be modified in its properties bv causes neting after its for mation, suck us purti.il distillation, etc. Petroleum deposits will always be ac companied I# salt water or r<>ek salt. Often, and especially where the deposit is among hard and compact rooks, it will be accompanied by gas, such n hydro gen, sulphurated hydrogen, cirliouie acid, etc. Life in a London Workhouse. "I works in the laundry at the work house from nine o'clock until five every day, and sometimes 1 feels the want of something," M the defense of a |w>or old woman to the charge of having been found "drunk and inenpahle" in the public streets. Hlie was an inmate of St . Giles' workhouse, and ia over eighty-two years of age. If in that workhouse, which ia tilled with plenty of younger and able bodied persons, this poor old creature, who haa exceeded hy thirteen long years the allot ted span, ia made to work in the laundry for eight hours a day, all we can nay ia that it is simply moustroua. Our work houses were not intended to be slave yards. The teat of labor waa never in tended to be applied to octogenarians. We trust that the guardians of St. Giles will afford some explanation of tliia. It is due to the public.— London Examiner. FARM, (. tRDIN tMI 110 l SKHHI.D, F| r I ouil I'ur Wlitt k. A. ('. Wiilo, a farmer >f Stark nuuitv, nino. who his i vpvrnncuti .l cxttuinivelv in fotwling sheep, wrote the American Farmer's club, that be selected tbroe liiindrivl ewes uml divnbsi tliem into two lots of eipiai uiimtiers, and as nearly Cipial 111 weight, age and condition as he could g-t tlielll. One lot of one htindrtsl ainl fifty was pluceil in oin shed and ris-i' veil liberal rut ions f clover, hay and sheaf oats. The other lot of one hundred and fifty was placed in a neigh- Is m tig slnsl, and bsl twice a day with steamed e irn f slder, ertt to three pjor tern of nit ili- h 111 length, mixed With two bushels of bran, and wet down with boiler water it the rate of wtl bliohel of the mixed fed to t<*li shix-p. Itefore bt'gliiliiug each lot was weighed on a set of btis'k seal, s conveniently nt-nr, and thereafter were wtighcil twice a week. Kaeli lot reixuveil tiie same cure in water ing, bedding, exennae, protection against storms, etc. The ex|M*nments were con tinued over a |i*ri<sl of eight wii-ks. The riKvirvls uf the details were so satis factory us to hcciu t<> warrant the pur chasi of un cngiue and Uiilrr, and the putting up of tanks and conxeiiien *os on a si'ale mle<|Uub' to tile viants of the t! s*k. Since then Mr, Wales has fixi this f**s| almost exclusively. Liu-tw ni ter, owiug to the failure of the hay crop, he kept oVer his entire stock, ootlb-btiug of twenty horwes, alut twenty head of ivitih, wnl between l.tkki and l,7tkf she, p, without a tMcund of hay, and they came into spring m IM-ttcreuuiiitiuu than tin V have ever done on ilrv feed- The sheet anchur of steam fc*slhig, he l><- liev.s, is the fishier of sowisl corn, of which he cut and eared five humlrisl tons last summer, front eighty acre* of upland clay noil. At the present time he is feeding 2,;J30 sheep and lamb* on steainisl fisbl ; tin it d uly ration is d.-ttm p'luutla of fodder corn, fsto js mn-is of hrmi wnl twelve bilshi-U of corn, tfnc fbs-k of one huudrisl and fifty ewes wcighixl, gwne.l thr*-e |Miitiid jM-r hewi iii eight tiny*. In n garvl to tiie iswt of Ntewiiltlg, he says The s!<s*k tH'W l !Jlg* fisl mpures alsHit three tons of dry bssl js-r dav The cutting t June by a No. ii Cummins cutter, wal it i~ *> arrange*! Unit the cut feed as it falb from the cut ting machine i* carried ti and plaixd in the tanks. Wit Up witii the niXx-SMUy quantity of wati-r, and mixed with brwi or rui-nl by machinery ■ t!tat uh' ii the cutting i* jnui' the b'sl is ready for tin itMin. Three men ui Mi hour and a half can rut tin- three tuna. With the {iri-Mit butler capacity it taken (W man luU hour* uiirt> tu slc.ilu it. The ivat of 1 tlel for catting, mixing, pumping * uler, i t*,, is about five rent- |"f tmi f dry fi-iL Hie rut ft*l in much more Muuly and rapidly dwtnbub t to the animals than long hi ■!. It In ibttvrW from the tanks down into toftuM with side board* timt utai id below the Isittom* of the tanks, ami earned to tlie sheep fohla. The r.ifii* are niikh to MXHiinnioiiiti' twenty sheep. and thin UUIiiIhT in found to lossl :tlMint two bushel* tif eut fetal. The fe sl-r han two two-bushel basket*. While lie in carrying flit t • the rack* tin boy fill* the otlior, In thin way a man and a loy can feed and cam for l.Stat aheep. The fodder in eaten tip clean, a few joint* an ! n - led piece* only Ising left, hut not one |er Pent, in wanted. All the a lv*llta;i • claimed for fcisluig steaunsl fmsl t > Cattle and hornet, the eOOtl<>m\ of hi i, the Itiereiiusl health, thrdt and e Jiufort of the annua!,- are found in .in < junl degree in the feeding of sllCep. The cjjV-et in allow 1! 11l the w.>l, which w of u liHlgth, cle.intepa, ntyle, and particularly strength <f staple rarely found on nh't-p wintered on dry fee l. There mno jur or tender place in the Wool, in i eat .UK the J mill' io the growth of the (tin r where the nheep changed from green t*> dry feed. All the wool buyers olwcrred thin , and the wool, it i- lel:. v,!. commanded a higher price that iuiv other clip bought from timt hand* in th<* or any of the adjoining eountie*. It in not rimmed that the Hteaming of feed adds to it. nutritive ele ments. Hut an the pulverisation and stirring of the noil promote the growth of plant* by making the plant fosi more aeo HMble t> the plants, no the steaming of feisl lunkm it at OIICC more palatable mid more readily digested and assimilat ed by the animal*, and perform* the name ofllee for th-ir final that cooking doe* for tlie human family. Mnltcnt Noli. ltriiv i ami S a i, lis. -Buak a piece of linen rag in linseed oil, su*|m nd it from the tongs our n aaueer, and ignite tin* lower end; tie oil which drop* from it, while consuming, should be implied, wlieri isild, with a feather, to the burn or scald. If kept in n b ittle well corked, it loses none of its I'fßonrv. Marsh- ji.u.lowh (Hvm'P orb—l. Fresh riait'-. otic jnniml; water, oue gal lon; boil to one-half; press out the liquor; let it nettle; add white feiigar, four jnunnls; and boil down to six jsninds altogether. 2. Fresh root*, one lHiund; water, live quart*: Isal to imm half; add four pntttida of sugar. I mil agui i to the consiateiiec of a syrup. I'scl for tickling roughs. IiOOSK Tkkth. When tiie front teeth lH'Onme loose without any apparent cause, a diseased state of the gums mav l>c apprehended. H ini'times the teeth may be s.-t tlrm again by washing out the mouth, three or four mornings running, with a tincture of myrrh, alsnit a teii s|n sinful in a third of a tumbler of water. But if this will not siuveed, use the fol lowing for a mouth wash: Infusion of rosea, six ounees; borax, one ounce; honey of roses, one ounce. Bad Conn. A correspondent writes; " i append two remedies for n cold, leav ing the reader to take his choice. 1. As soon us you tlnd that you have an nttaek of cold, abstain from swallowing any thing that is liquid. You may eat ordi nary food, but you must not drink any thing. Keep this up for sixteen hours and your cold will be very slight; for twenty hours and you will be compara tively well. The first drink of water you take, w ill teneli you how good water is. 2. The first night after you take mid, take a dose of aperient medicine and rub well, night and morning, with a damp towel. Tin* ( itnnttH ThUllr. The Canada thistle should lie allowed, n member of the American Farmers' club thought, to attain nearly their full growth, so tlint they would have drawn largely upon the vitality of their root* before the attempt is made to etTect their destruction. At this stage it should have the tops eut otT and burned to prevent the ser ,ls from rimming, and the remain der either plowed or spaded under the surface. As soon as the plant shows it self above the ground again repeat the plowing or spading, and continue this treatment throughout the season until the plant fails at last to appear. On ground newly cleared these thistles are very liable to mine up thickly. In this era u it was advised hi sow grass seed thickly and mow the crop when both grass and thistles are in bloom, atul the latter will rapidly decrease with each successive mowing. Itnlllnu lilt' I.mills. 15y tlie use of rollers land can be made compact cheaper than in any other man tier, and if our fanners would use this implement, more on their wheat fields, the result could scarcely fail to be siitis faeloiy. The land maybe rolled at the time of sowing the seed, then again in the spring, tlie lutuer pressing the roots into tin- earth will uiukmg the noil firm "In.ut tin-in, tln-ri liv preventing esjnnmri' to light wnl wr, fiiliotriil by injury from drying. lint tlm niiHst singular effect of tin* spring rolling of wheat has been olnwrvtKi *III-M it had tiueh u very rank growth, giving promise of over luxuri ance, which i* quite certain to lit- fol low, -| bv lodging or falling dovru before tin* grain ir rij-. In biu-li iu.luimi it liiu- IM-. II observed tJmt solidifying the surface checks the growth of the straw, ami ut th' Muni- time greatly increasea tin- yield of tin- grain. It costs but u tritli- to tent thin theory of solidification, or " root iinintiiiit " theory, bv applying tin- roller to wiii at in thy lull MM) unit In ull tin- pruirii- region*, Will wln-re wheat in liable to "111-live out ' mitl win ter kill, vvi- mv certain that tin* farm roller cwi 1< UIM'II with gram Ileuefit. at.i-1 I far Halt-a IJr. Tlii- chairman of tin* American Farm er's club r. ad the following paragraph in defense of nudes, which ure no iifteo <ie iiotunvil for the damage thcv an- said to ,lo to grow nig crop*: in sonic part* of Belgium an attciuiit lira IM*I u made tu < xtirpub- itioh-N. Fln-w. little annuals, though they have fault", ut the •uimt- time many re**nuiuemlatnma. At one of the nlegaut chateau* in the Coun try, Hurroumlcil by u pmk, adorned by magnificent law lib, un-u were Muploved t i catch wid kill the iiiole- After u time they all ili!-a|i|M-ttretl itlal ilu-J. The gins* of the lawua MUOU wither*-A. The ouuE of the mischief wlib a Munil white Worm, which lukl previously iMw-ri kept down bv the molrw. The proprietor was obliged to Stuck his | flaii* with a fivsh supply of mole**, after which the !awii (L-u fished aa formerly. I .ootl % r M l. Take twelve large J>ott>e>, w anh them well, witl put them ou in a gallon of water, ith a handful of hp when tiie jsitiit * * wi- nearly tlolie. Let nil boil t t!i'th<*r until the potato*** are ixiokisl. Take them Up, pj-el, ami Uuuill Iheffi will; then strain the watur Upti tIiMU, ami a-iil oue tmu-upful of sugar (white preferred i wnl one of bull. Two cupful* . f aw, et yeu>t to atart fermentation. Kd it near tiie lire until it begin* to work, wnl then put it into Little*. Cork, wnl set them in a ixatl ptm'e. You should put water enough wheu done boiling to make a gallon of yeast. iki not use a {•article of rtour ui making tin a yeast. It will not bubble wnl ferment as much w> oominutl yeast, but i lively iievi-rlh' less. V"U must remeuilter to use less salt than usual in making up the bread. t Kick shoemaker. In the taxable* of Brooklyn, nay* a loc.U ja|er, npiw-uTb the naine of a Her man *hi' annual payment* for bum exceed th "s of many of the so-called princely liiirclialitb who live on the Height*- He puvb taxes yearly upon rial wnl j tsoiiiii property assessed at tISII.UUII, but Worth probably double that an, Hint. Yet this Wan works liard at the trench every day, and if lie speud* a lioliar iu reiTeaiiotl for his wife mid cltiktivo ou fsinnlay he flunks it is a lug thing. He lias no help, but works for a few customer*, doing all their work ami caring nothing atsmt any of them. If they ure displeased Witil his Way of dome things he simply says they can take flt~ir work elsewhere, and he sorely tries their patience by bo habit of dis appointing Irs customers a to time, 'ltiis man collect* his <**u rents, builds two or three new house* every year, and from his frugal habits promises, if hia life is long spnrisl, t< lie one uf the wealthiest of all the Brooklytlites, His yearly income from real estate is not loss than fM'i.OOrt per annum, but he regard* idhitess as a sin, ami work* away every ilny tijs-u In bits and ahown as regularly as if liis bread and butter wen in j**q>- ardv*. Fa*hions in Spring Mlk*. Importations of spring silk* will be smaller than they have !'. for year*. Very onudl chick and very fine hair strijM * wdl IM- chosen for summer silks. The new self-colored gros g-nxins have the si ft c.islitticr* finish, with demi-lustra, and medium reps, neither very heavy, like ]*•]'! n, nor too small, as in taffeta. The Colors of Silks that prtxiouutiatc are bine, brown, dark steel, mid awoke shade*. Of brown shadow, seal brown will remain in favor. The some soft cashmere finish seen on oolortd silks is liked for black gro* grains, and tiie medium grain is also cliooen. The smallest ormura figures will lie probably the first choice for the silks that are n*e,l us portao( c*>stume4Ulcoui bination with gros grain. The soft yielding silks in brocade*! or domatk d*-igns are largely iiu)s<rt*-ii in very light qualities, warcely heavier than the plaid I. niisines so long in vogue. I'veuing silks lira luocmled in nil the designs just note*!, mi l are nccompaniikl by pro- grain* of similar sbs le.— liazar. m Two (Mil Bream*. An exchange tells n ston of a geutli miui who, on going to bed, lost a collar button, which on coming detached ro!h*l to a distant corner of the room. He scaralu-1 for it almut ten mintitos, mid then gave it up for 10,-t. In the night he ilrotuucil that lie found it under the washstmid, and mi waking up for,ml it in that sj M it. This isn't half an mhl ma the case of n man who lost n valuable horse, and before going to lsvl ate a Welsh rare bit. He dreamed bis horse was in a village church tlftiM'n miles awuv, and wwaqniwtly cnnsnnuiig the hair in tiie JICW cushions, having left the buggy on the pulpit stiqis. Win u he awoke next morning lie found that in reality a neighbor's ls\vlindfound the horse and vehicle and had put it up iu a livery stable until lie cionld claim a reward. Poultry keeping for Boy*. The true citizen is lie who realizes mid assumes the duties and responsibili ties of life. The more such citizens we have, the lietter for the State slid the nation. Hence, the early training of our bovs to luibits of industry and frugality is a matter worthy of our constant atten tion. For we should bear in mind not only that "the boy is father tithe man," but a'sothat "an idle mind is the devil's workshop." Anything that induces carefulness, regularity and thoughtful ness is a valuable educator of youth. Time's t hange*. " Three hundred JMW ago," ssys the Ihirlingtou Hiiirk' i/i, " forks wore un known in England, and a uian could scoop up all the grwii peas ho could curry on the fiat of his knife and shovel thofii into his mouth without having liia wife stamp on his corns or nudge his elbow and spi II the peas all over where hia napkin ought to DC and never is, and aav, in a hourae, reproachful whiapor: * Why, llartholoiaew !'" Tlte effect of a lorder drama on the boys iu the gallery of a theater is de scribed in the Philadelphia Time*: When at last the curtain drop* on a scene brilliant with rod Are and stifling with saltpeter, the hero standing amid the ruins of the Sioux nation with his "gnrrttl" on his breast and the Ameri can flag waving over their heads, they don't care if the whole world were to black their own shoes and stop buying the daily papers. TERMS: 82.00 it Your, in Advance. A Murderer'* Wife. A short dispatch stating that John V. KICK, INDICTED at Hudson, along with his wife Klwuiur, for the killing of Charles H Heroisms-, hail been found guilty of murder in the second degree, while tiie woman charged with complicity ill tlie enuie w as acquitted, iluaervea a few words of explanation. The hiatury of the murder ami the proaecutinu reveals HU instance of the devotion of a degraded W'omati for a degraded inati auch a* has seldom ls*>u i-urallrlej in fact or Mka. To get at the heart of the story It U neces sary to relate the unsavory epnwsic that let] to the eommtssiou of the crime. Kiere and his wife kept a house of lU repute in Jludsoii, and at the time of the murder they hod in their place the run away Wife of a vuuug fellow named (tiles Mpanhlllig. Hiie was a mere girl of fif teen who, after a few mouths of unhap py married life with a mere Isiy of twenty one, had left him and taken refuge in tliia den of infamy. Hpauldmg, who set-ma to lie a pretty poor specimen of manhood, Tearned for iter compannm slop, and tit tennmed to make an effort til recover the fugitive. He commu nicated ins design to a female friend, who consented to go with him tu Kiere's house, and on their way they met Charlea H. llermauce, whom they {>reaseil to accompany 'them. They paid two visits to the place, failing to get admittance ou the first occasion. At the second call, which biok place alsuit midnight, Her inancc w< nt to the dtsir and ksudud, while his companions remaiuta) in the Itttckground. They saw tlie dtsir opened olid heard a few vvi.uls eii luuigevl, u slug was then fired aud IJeruuuice reeled down the steiis aud fell back on the psveaicilt stone dead. The bullet had gone through ilia heart. Mr and Mr*. K era, with Annie S|Mtul<bug, the eaiis*- of the quarra-l, ami two girl* of bud character who la-lunged to the hotiM-, *i i* irr*-t<*L It wo# at once iliarxivcred that Kiera and hi* wife hud gone to tin- door to XIKVIT t he knock, uii-1 tie woman weeing that either one of the tu would Is tuoile rtwponMitikr for the inurh r ra—ilved to answer for the t*-rrible divsi herself. She mad*- a con fession next morning, stating that she had shot Hcnunnr**, and she afterward swore t<< the statement in giving t<*ti mony Is-fore the coroner'* jnry, evident ly considering th- old doctnn# that tli# husband l- answerable for the acts of hu> wife done in his pram-une a nullity, und hoping to save him Lv saenfiemg her self. It .* provid, however, bv the girl- who were in the house, tliat Kierv wnit to the d'r with a revolver in his hand, and Khmcl still bidding it, while liis wife ouly corned tiiot truly feminine weapon, stove bltcr. It w slown also Uist Klere was * bl<*ithirsty scoundrel, Vho had already kille*l two tncu, wound ed thrac others, and served a term in State prison. Man and wife were in dicted and tricil togellier for the murder of Henuonce, he stoutly maintwiiuug hi* lutnswtie*' and she stonily assertmg her guilt. Out- would tlunk that a jury could not hesitate long in deciding the qtti-*llon, but It t*sk twelve gisid and tru- ei'.i. iusof Hadwa *evit<*ii boon to determine whether the man who kept * house of prostitution. lutrUirad a runa way wife, went to the door with a revol ver in 111* hand to suswer the kuork of the fugitive'* (ricud seeking to bring about her mxmeiliatioti with her hus biuid, and sliot down that nndmtor tu cold lilooii, was guilty of luaidcr iu the first or second dogrec. \V<* shall only *y lit way of criticism that it is a merry that a jury which, alter euch deliberation, brought in a ver dict of murder in the second degree, liaJ eaumuu tense enough to acquit tlie murderer's wntcrnt wife. They did ao, however ; and for the tirst time during thf trial air broke down w hen listening as a free woman to the judge condemning hwr husband to imprisonment for life. The curious spectre fe of Mich devotion no moved tlie judge that he raid iu sen tencing Kiere : "Your wife, who was indicted with yon, has, by her conduct and her evidence, exhibited an amount of affection for you wluch has Itecii the wonder, a* it ha* excited the admiration tif tliia whole community. Tiiat she should Ih> willing to sacrifice herself either from iier own volition or at your suggestion and entreaty, to spare your h'e, to save von frotu incarceratiim in a f -lem's cell, li* taking upon hcrwelf the whole reejsiu sibility of the crime and exonerating yon from all participate*! therein, furnishes nu evidence of womanly beoiism and de votion seldom if ever witnessed before. As we cuuteinplale it we ean almost for give h-r for deliberately swearing to an untruth in order to carry ant tins object and purpose. But truth is mighty and will prevail. The story was too uurea souaide and improbable to be credited by honest and intelligent men." Such comment from audi a source render ft unnecessary for us t<> add any mterjirc tatiou to the story which we have told, and we can only conclude witli the platitude !sirrow<sl from Mr. Squeera, that human nature is a nun thing.— .Vcrr fbrt- World. Scarlet Fever. Scarlet level Iwing very prevalent this season, the B eton board of health has issued a sjHvial circular in regard to the disease, from which w-c abridge some facts and suggestions. Scarlet fever is highly contagious, and usually shows its llrst signs in alsnit one week after expos ure, A pat ti nt should la* plavtl in a room apart from the other inmates of the lioiiac, and nursed us far as isissible by one ]>ersoii only. The sick chamber should 1' well wWuied, exposed to sun light, and well aired. Its furniture should be snoh as w ill jxmnit of cleans ing without injury. The family should not mingle with other jieople. A iaitors to an infected house should be warned of the presence of a daugerous diaoaac therein, ami children especially should not be admitted. On recovery, the sick person should not mingle with the well until the roughness of the skin due to the disease shall have disappeared. Clothing worn by patient or nurse should be cleansed by itself, and tud sent to the laundry. It should lie thoroughly boil ed, or "if tluit can not be done, should have free and long exposure to air and sunlight. The walls of the room should be dry-rubbed, niul the cloths used for the purpose should IH< burned without previous shaking. The ceiling should be scraped and whitened : the tloor should bo washed with soap and water, and car bolic acid may 1h aided to the water one pint to three or four gallons. In case of death from senrlet fev r, the fun- ral should be strictly privute. Minnesota's Hoppers. The Detroit Free /'res* haa the fol lowing: There arrived in this city, di rected to the Free i're**, a IKJX about two feet long, eight inches wide, and six inches deep, which was filled with damp, rich, black earth, while skipping over the top of the earth, and burrowing therein, were myriads of grasshoppers, varying in size from that of an ordinary ant to tliutol a juvenile cockroach. Upon the box was u placard stating that the earth was taken from the farm of F. E. Ford, Gleneoe, McLcod county, Minne sota, and that "the little cusses were hatched in the ofliee of the Gleneoe Fey inter, Lilterty Hall, publisher." The cargo of peats left Gleneoe January 29, at which time they were one week old; and when inspected they were in good condition, and capable of ninkiug pro digious jumps. NUMBER 11. IN THE EVKUGLAUEH. A mart ol Ikr ftrnlulr M m ll Wwli.— TSr Itra.4l. kw.HI, The ei|iluntkii of the of Florida bung to light many incidents of the ]<<ng nnd terrible Seminole war. lt-youd the " Mules' Wallow" there U i marsh a ln 'lit which the most remark - utile tbirie. are UMTttel. it IM <*U*il "Feather lied Hay." No wild annual when chased Itjr the hunter was w known to cms* it; the baying of the h< 'ii in In might force the deer ■ little way from the liriuer earUt, Imt it wotilil then become alarmed with iU rapid tanking and struggle out even " into the jaws of death." Under the tread of any hung thing upon the treacherous tussock* the whole surface of the marsh will tremble a* if it were merely a floating teutn on a hidden depth of water. A* one survey* iU tall fur re and tutted grass, traversed by the quivering nndulatiouN produced by tlie breeze, and ponders on the fright' ful stories of tite hvtia which have Iweti sinotberod in the unfathomable slitue, Ilia Wonderment at lilt- application of the name of " Feather Bed itv " OMM*. It wan c 1111 jwiruti\ elv unknown to the wintes until one battle took plwv. Tin? Indiana, in retreating, hoped by their superior lightness uf f.iot to enaa tin* " Feather lied liay " In-fore they ware oveitakftu. They woultl hare avoided it lrnd they not luwn pressed very hotly, ami by boldly attaining tli# utli*r IIUJK they t lough t that lit* aluU-n would it# induced to at tempt to follow thetu. Bat tin* trepids tion of tiu* in* uncut prevented ti.? safe passage ujxui which they hail reckoned, i'lie surface of the hay shook under ao many rauccasmed feet, and warri-r after warrior aonk in the shine, bia last breath gurgling tip h-ke the croak of tlu? frup at twilight. To a<ld to (tie horror uf the scene, which even to the Iwwted whites was repulsive, Indian wurneo, whom rrni uera had warned of tlie Hearing struggle an they sat fishing on the margin of *'Bmk <•' I'inhooka," appeared >w the further aui- of "Feather lied liay," wringing tlieir hands and tearing tiieir Itair with terror an their husbands, brothers, lovers and fathers straggled with the (Orange eyelopa. Home of them even flung themselves with long re- Miundiug and long reman bared shrieks ibto tlie fatal pool of nure and disap peared with their dttodtn. Shlwut warriors, whose coppery flesh seemed to have assumed s redder hue from having been painted with the blood of the win tea, painfully struggled back to the shore, with even glaring, tongues protruding and faces streaked with sweat and gore. There the whiten, with tlie paaaicn of re venge grimly burning in their eyes, stood firing at the figures which were attempt ing to reach the other aide ; and those who struggled back, affrighted with death in so sickening a form, were given their quietus ly blows inflicted with the butte of their muskets. Thir bodies were thrust bock into the mire ami never seen luore. Fifty of the savages passed *' Feather Bed Ikv" either by treading tlie tu sork* with superior quickucM* and agili ty or by running are iml it with tlieir ut mat speed. The latter example was follmrel by many of tin whites, who re sumed the pursuit, after preventing the (•V*|K from the mit* of two braves who toiled nearly shoulder deep to the edge. Honor of the white* here turned Iwrk, hut others, forgetting discipline and not hearing the r.tiee of command, pressed on in hot pursuit. The night hat] fallen and the sound of breaking vines and shrubs ami the splashing of the water in tiir morasses as the fugitives swept through was ail that guided the soldier*. On, on, they went; the faint light of the moon only served to confuse ail nether objects, and the vistas of pine and ry press assumed strange asjwets as they sped along. There was a sort of intoxi cation in the vrilduesa, w< minessand un certainty of the lmut. There was dan ger of ambush by wil<! lieasts as well as by savages. Tbey heard the snarl of the panther over tlieir heads frequently as they passed uito the Jeuee taugle of the palmetto hammocks or 44 eye" jungles. Hut they were men who liivl cause to thirst fur the blood of the Seminole*, and they knew during these hours of night oulv of the now near, now distant, sound of tlieir footsteps i nd liate i voices; sometimes the nobs of th< querulous squaws, sometimes the delving yells of tli-? fiend like warriors. Judging by the poaitioa id tlie moon, thev went eastward from the " Sink o' Pinhooka.** where there stood a few de serf e.l wigwams, crossed several streams and " thicks," and finally approached a large island in the rniilst of a grest ex panse of water and forest, Tlie island was denaelv and closely shaded with magnolias, bay* and live oaks, sud a great ramp fire in tlie center east a Unit a wonderful glow, which disclosed to th-" a ivivle of many wigwams- The luvoaus stood at Iwy" and renewed the tight. But they were surprised by the sudden apparition of their pursuer*, wlm. they supposed, lisd lieeti twtfiod by liie tortuous and tangled way which tliey had led them. The soldiers dashed in ii]sui tliem and killnl a ninsw, but they were quickly surrounded by more In dians than tliey had expected to encoun ter, and could* only cut their way back into the morass, from which they main tained an occasional file at the figures which ventured cut of the wigwams. Thev relatnl that some of these were negroes. Thev then plunged backward the way that they had come, ami about sunrise found themselves at the Lower Finhook Sink. Almost Heartbroken. A Philadelphia letter mn: It has IHS definitelv aacertaiued here that the ivMvt • of H. Weldon, who at tempted tin* life of Gov. Packard in New Orleans, reside at No. 913 Holly street, in this city, near theCmiUmuialgroiuidß, Tlio father is Kev. Charles F. Weldon ; not. however, the clergyman of that name, who is pastor of St. Peter's Ger man Lutheran dumb. While in this city young Weldon was employed in n tin gtsxls store, at Eighth and Chestnut streets. In November hist he left this city for Mobile, where he engaged in the dry' got sis store of Patrick Pepper. The lather states that he received information that his sondeft Mobile on the thirteenth of February. He telegraphed his son, telling him to make a full and free etui fessiou to Gov. Packard, and at the same time requesting the governor to apprise him of what would be done. A special t > the Philadelphia Press from Bethle hem states that young Weldon was edu cated at the home school of Mr. Charles H. Schwartz, there. It is believed that Hiittle and Sage also come from the same place. Rev. Mr. Weldon is inmost heart broken at the actions of his sou, und states that he cannot comprehend what would induce him to commit such an act, as he was always very quiet at home, und took no part in polities. Just Like Himself. "Why doesn't this fire keep up?" asked a Chicago husband pettishly, as he pranced around half dressed, and fur tively poked the stove grab 1 , late one bit ter morning. " It's so much like you !" piped out his wife, from her warm bed. "Like me!" exclaimed lie, stopping in his work. " How so ?" "Because," said she, roguishly, "it will go out nights!" He only mumbled sometliing to him self, and returned to his work. "If." If ay lava had milsd on ai Withihloiajt brow and Bashing e'e, I bad ta an bar to ray heart Vow d for aye Uie krrer'i amart t Itaiaad bar tiny, (Unity band I Swore ' obey ber least oorainand ' Yen ! tbia rarely bad been eo If she'd raiilad on ma below. (Bat aba datnt I) If 1 lov'd aa men have lov'd. Barely then my fair had proved Constant, Umdvr, wttchmg. falr !■■ bar beeoty past oompare. If I bore mrh Br* within. She'd ha all my kith and kin t • I'd do what m* heart appro* d. If I lov'd as man hava lov'd. (Bat I don't I) Items of Interest. The great senses-taker—ram. Don't get " short" if yon Want to get ' a long Au incalculable weight—The weight of indignation. The detrt of the rity of Fliiladelphia ia over 672,000,000. A man with a caat in hia eya ia not out of place in an iron foundry. When two trains attempt to pass cvsli other on a single track, one must go under. A Philadelphia woman swore that her husband's conduct was enough to " irri gate an angel" He—Wh*e sweet ? She—Boat of us. He—Whoore plum pudding is oo ? Ooze. Huoneaa don't consist in iiever making bluudera, but in never making the same one the second time. The genius of liberty and poetry brought into action the brightest powers of the human mind. There ia one trait of a young gentle man that ia always posscwaed by the girl he loves— hia por-trait. There is room for 5,000,000 mora farmers in Texas, and each one can hava a farm with a race course era it. In Pennsylvania there are 5,585{ tniles of main and branch railroad*, and 2,78*4 "f a*****! and side tracks. Htuliands and fathers will be pleased to learn that " small cheek* " are to lie faahtuaable fur silks this summer. <>ue of the subalterns of the Grand Duke .Vh-xis' ship stagger* under the uneuphunioo* name of Boulkowaky. The fund for the family of Haywood, the latnk cashier who was murdered at North Held, Minn., iiaa reached 617,000. Au Italian philoaofdter is at the opin ion dial a good many people tn thia world suffer torture in order nut to die of star vation. Work ia progressing rapidly on the building fur the Paris Exposition of 1878, and April 1 of that year is an nounced aa opening day. There were 10,628 births in Bo Aon last year, 3,391 marriages, and 8,200 death's; s decrease <4 394 births, 597 marriages, and 758 deaths over 1875. Rhode Island pawied a law legalising the marriage of blacks and whites; then they repealed the law, and Anally they lec'raaidnrisd the repeal and re-enacted the law. A Detroit tramp gets hi* l-eer for nothing by n.ochuig the bartenders insert with the remark: " Why, I thought for an instant tlmt Daniel W ebsier had returned to life." Actor (in a popular melodrama): 1 must steal away ; should I be discovered lam )o*t. A voi.se (from the gallery;: On the contrary, if you are discovered, you are found.' (Curtain. ) " Remember whom you are talking to, sir," isud an indignant parent to a re frectory bur; "1 am your father." " WeUL, who's to blame bar that?" said the vuung impertinence; "tain'tme." Little girls disturbed an old man in San Francisco by playing on a balcony close to his room, which ww* in s fourth story. He ran out, caught one of them, and threw ber over the railing. She was willed. The golden fleece. As the gold yield of Australia derroasets the wool crop grows more vainahle. Iw4 year the wool product of that country vra* $70,(100,(1(10, more than four time* aa much a* its gold product Jennie (looking iu milliner'* window > —** I>n't jrou think they are very pretty t" Lizzie (whose thoughts IT on the other de of the street} —" Very, ss iieemily the one with the mop, black aide wuiakerw" Tire mikado, or emperor, of Japan, hae just celebrated hi* twenty-seventh \ ear. He ia the one hundred ana twenty ihird representative of a dynasty of rulera who own boaet of an unbroken succession for twenty-five centuries. ••Smoky Jooea," known throughout the Black' Hilla aa a vagabond, has be come suddenly wealthy by discovering and selling gold vein*. He gained hie nickname by long disuse of snap, and wealth make* no ehauge in his liabit*. John Stevens ran away from hia wife iu Elmira thirty-tonr years ago. Re cently she discovered him in California, where he had accumulated SIOO,OOO and another wife. She ia willing he should i t-tain tlie second wife, but she .It-manda a third of hia fortune, and ia likely to get it A daring Brooklyn man who ventured to km* a Boston girl thus tersely depicts the resulting phenomena : " She rose in soctnw—rigid, awful, sublime-towered, Medusa like—fixed her atony stare a mo ment on nothingness, then telescoped, c llapaed, scooted, and I saw her no more. Among the treasure* recently niiwvrthed at Botne was a little gold be d having on its eidea the inscription : "I am made as a preventive ngnuiat the evil eye and it is supposed that the Roman mothers Liuig these bells round their children's tieeke to keep them from harm. An apple woman in New York, who recently died, requested a three hundred and fifty dollar funeral, and left the money to pay for it, besides distributing three thousand dollars among her rela tives, and yet there are people who com plain that" nobody is making money nowaday. Two women and a. man are under ar rest in Philadelphia. They comprise the Charity Relief Association. They l ire*! a house, put out a sign, collected money from benevolent persons, and jHicketed the proceeds. They tire said to have operated in the same manner in other cities. The cattle disease lias shown itself in several sections in Silesia in Germany, and also among the cattle driven to Ber lin for slaughter. The disease is as cribed to the influence of foreign cattle, imported in disregard of government nidations. These are to lie more at rioi ly enforced in future. m A glazier was putting a pane of glass into a window, when a groom who was standing by began joking him, telling him to mind and put in plenty of putty. The mar. bore the banter for some time, but at last silenced his tormentor with : " Arrah, now, lie off wkl ye, or I'll put a lain iu yer head without auy putty." John Clerk, the Ediuburgh lawyer, and Raeborn, the paiuter, were great cronies in their younger daw, both be ing poor as church mice. One day Clerk asked Raebnru to dine. On arriving the latter fouud the landlady spreading the cloth and setting on the table two dishes, one containing three herrings, the other three potatoes. " And is this all ?" said Clerk. " All," 1 said the dame. "All! Did 1 not tell 1 ye, woman," he cried, "that a gentle man was to dine with me, and that ye were to get six herrings and six pota toes ?" On one occasion when Henri Monnier was acting in the provinces a terrible storm came up just before the hour un ; tiouneed for the performance to begin, and when the curtain rose the audience was found to consist of .me solitary man. Nowise disconcerted, Mounier advene vd to the footlights and addressed the pub lic: "Excuse me, sir, but would you mind coining up here and pitting on the stage ? It will fatigue my voice less if yon are close beside me, and you ee n nee I just as well. Or what do you say to our closing the theater and going to the cafe ] next door to play domiuoes?"
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