If.
Ah. dearest. if our tr*r were shed
Only for onr beloved dead •
Although onr life'* left incomplete.
Tout would net V*> (o hitter, sweet.
As now ! ah ' no.
Ah, dearest, if the friends who die,
Al uie were those who make us sigh ,
Although life's current is so floit,
Nglu would not lie so weary, sweet.
As now ! ah ! uo.
If oft man pain it did not give
To know that onr tailored live.
Than learn their heart.* have ceased to ta at.
tirief WO'.lld not ta' :• hopeless, swot.
As now ! ah ! no,
TV. Hood.
The Orchard Sine.
Winter orchards, pih 1 with branches gaunt
and Itciien J. Miff ami hare.
Blackening to the dreary Uwlmiw ahea thr
snow clouds numb the air.
How •. rohin lov t *to tin n* tv'tenng in the
twitight there'
v' " ; tune orchards, flush'd with suiishnic,
calinig hn.ta to open wide
Rounded tiids, hki fatrv IM. with the finest
< merald dyed.
Shedding pi ifiirnr to the limtrs a they swing
ftom side to side,
Siuar. r orchard* whin with hi * cms, drop
ping wlr'e flakes all around,
\V,ft < I. oh, - * 'ftli downwards, till they rest
without a sound
With ltie dew-drop- slid the Jsisiea, and the
mesne* ou Uie ground.
Autume orchard-. dense with leafage, hower'd
thickly overhead.
Where the clustering js \r* ami apples rqa-n
slow ly hrow u and real.
And to children search for wind falls in the
grass with careful triad.
Orvh .nta, , rehard-, all your lessons fit onr
learning are not few ;
Would aitr M il!a could >im and rilwn. bearing
frn.t a< wv *er y >u '
Weak! onr lives heat to (kid's finger with an
answer ju-t as true '
A PERFECT CURE.
Mr-". W'l.dfang belonged to that class of oU
lady that undergoes a marked change when the
d- tor *; iwwov Si met lr. Wli Uey ou his
way up a; the top of the stairs. In rung further
pr gt< s*. ,\* M.iti a- she had knowu of ln>
; n ■< mi' in the house she had assumed the tip
l.v gait and what about J niluig shades d"u
ami'shutting doers. She stand- now on her
t H - u an i VpcUiit, hushing set i f way. head
a trifie forward and a pointing tevtngi r -u
pemh-d half wsv betwwu In ag and hps.
VN s'o IT ku CARS what U COMING ud dreads it.
"Ok dear doctor," said Mr*. Wildfang, tend
in.. a go si dead forward, " 1 do beta-veiny [s>r
Maris is going to ta- Wry .i l She hasa t i atea
anything hat a little chicken since luncheon,
anil the poor g.r'. is M-thiu! I can feel her
joor. dear nb*. If you keep anything from
rue, doctor. I shall never forgive you. There
M r.i. -o f< •of them ou one side. If it is my
poor girl s dear ribs that trouble her it will (y
cruel if yo.t deceive me. There -• enus! to 1*
Mile nine of ihrtn on hir left side this very
aft< r s.xui. doctor. Oh. my ! >r Maria !
"Oulv nine !" rejwated Whitelv. with an cvld
Utt.e Miiiie. "My dear -Mrs. Wihlfaug, how
many nta do you u;q-.'-o belong t woman on
aue .:Je of her?"
•• Theu, doctor, vou think it is bacan-e she
hw tw many ? Oh, nir {xi* girt!"
" Let me s.o i >ur diughter," said Whitely,
trying to get by the old lady."
'••Yea you si. !!. doet> r; but. dear d sitor,
don't a-k her iiir. - ar. .piestiousL My Mana
i, ~ „ isitii' ! She -r.il to me only this ery
morning: * Oh. *r mamma! if the doctor
should heal" of this 1 :• spat ou my left arm he
would want to see it. I am vry sure, and it
would lie so awkward for me to have to show
my left arm.' Easy, doctor easy. If it is her
nta, doctor, you mustn't tell my gir! to-day ; it
may kill her. she is so w< ak. Oh. my per
dear! lam sure she is going to ta- very sick.
Tn-.ro were only nine. I am sure, dear doctor.
If vi must count them do please not look at
my poor Maria. sii< i- so sensitive.''
Mr*. Wildfang !- !t! way ci tii'toc, :f -
finger raised an 1 j luted t- vrasa tar ii -.
Whitely expect,-d to tiud a ; treat pretty w,
passed away, a young hfe nattering to earth.
Pussibly some -pi ml di- -rib-r. in bra of r.bs ;
and h- was asking him-, If an hotre.-t question,
whether hk bitb r dnig would a.- -initiate in such
a iias He was not snrpri -ed to find the room
qui e dark an I c -est and the asual round tal le
lad -n with bottles, spoons, enps. smelling salts
aui flowers, standing near to the door to ta
Ntil-übiesl over. It'll he did indulge Uls odd
lilt!* smile until it was quite tay> ud control
wta n he beheld for a patient an able bodied,
th 'Ugh rather gaunt maid >f thirty. . aU-d U
fore a Sooty eoal fire, nibbling iced sponge cake
aid readme, or trying to see- to read. Dumas.
An uni-nxily uglv : aif -h.w-d kye terrier was
in luer Lp. Whitely hat lidf a uund to turu
and ' e : lut h ral ed and called for frt sh
air and-nt Audit. For a long teu minutes he
lei lh* patient p-<ur fort!i a tale of deep woe
ant dreadful snfferita'-- : many new aches that
must have been r • r.t'v introduced by the
demon pain were tied: many unheard of
symptoms w. r- d elt ujsu ami there were
tear- tht flow, i and dropped on to the no-e of
th S'.ire tcr - 1 hen an artiti-ial -oundrng
little C"ugh, a ki- i of dust or j*-; per cough,
with ut depth r dignity, men iy the protest of
a palate irntapd by an exce- of -weets. put an
en J to rtie tans illation, .and under cover of it
Whi'-Sv am- and leached thed.r. He Is ik
ed back kindly at the cotiiplammg woman, a
pleasant litth -uiiie playing ou hi- coiiut<-
uanre. and said he ta-i>eveil he had heard all
andh > >ed that lie might do her much good.
Th- n he wit! drew, miue-t ::c Mrs. Wildfang to
foil v him down -tnr-.
"There i- nothing the matter with your
di.'i. iter. Mrs. Wi'dfang. said I'r. Whiteir,
facing the old lady and eyeing her sternly,
'•u.iler (lod s blue sky. She i sound a# a
stiver dollar. Cm. lier ' George Eliot' to read
aud ta-ef to eat. Take that dog from her. and
•he must have an aim. She i- hvmg for noth
ing. now, and it doesn't agre- with h.-r. Two
blocks from here is a family that lie on loose
straw and dress iu rag*, aud one pale, frail girl
of sixteen keep- five mouths from starvation.
I>et your daughter cail. iu an hour's time, at
N<>. itlO Blank street: she will look differently
at life after dou, - lam - ire. and feel differ
ent'v. See to t that she takes bread with her.
and some tea ; and. by 'all mean*, the remain
der of that le d sponge cake. I will bid you
good day.'
Mrs W'Tdfan- i" dumb fr rn aet'miabment,
ill uioi Q"'.rn onto h.-r heels. When she re
covers speech I >r. Whitelv is being driven up
the street at a 1 ri-k tr t. But he had not of
fended the old bdv. n might ta -nj-ed. f r
a messenger awaited hiir. at his ofl. the next
tnorning, requesting another interview. I>r.
Whitely • ei| muoe with hi— Wildfang was a
bitter oue. Without taing ill. the lady was
suffering an unrest of mind and an uneasine—
of taxlv tliat was akin to illness. But one day
Whitelv was surpriss-d and relieved to ha-..-
Miss Maria break out in this war—it was really
a breaking out :
"Dr. Whitelv. don't yon think it would tx
good for nw if I were married Y Mis* Wild
fang was sitnng bv the parlor window; it WA
twilight. And Whitelv vai seated in front of
her, bot'i gazing on the street. " You "ay you
want me latere-ted. Dint you think it would
intere-t me to have a husband to look after '
Whitely wax watching a man lighting tli*
street lampo-'i —ite. and hid Jilut tims enough
to suppress a little start before the gas Jet lit
nphiii face. "I think whatever you think
"1 for you would be good for you." lie aaid.
" You are stronger than you were, aren t you ?
fnd alive without the support of loed sponge
cake or the stimulus of sn overdrawn society
novel. The next step must be toward a pur
pose "
" Of all the meu I ever met," eontinne-1 Mi*
Wildfang. "I could name were* of them, uot
one of tnem seemed to care anything for me.
I was pretty then, and could waltz untiringly,
and I la-ted longer than moat girls night after
night. Bat that was all. None of them cared
for me, aud I got tired of them ; there seemed
go little of tliem for men. Frank Reynolds
waltzes beautifully. Dr. Whitely, but hi- isn't
fit for a husband, and Charley (Jray, who took
me about so n iich two or three winters ago, he
is really very handsome, hut he is too Billy to
marry," he is awfully empty headed; "and
there is Ned Bartow, he k' pt ever so many of
my glove*, and I believe that he has one of my
rings, but he is all lingers and feet; I don't
thiuk he has a mind."
" Y'ou mean he dance* splendidly and talks
nonsense, '* intermit.trd Whitely.
"Y'es ; I mean k<- .'oesn't talk common sense,
though he waltzes as if he were a beautiful
piece of machinery in motion and leads delight
fully. If I could meet a sensible, good man,
one who could care anything for me, now that
I cannot waltz much nor be up late at night
and laugh and talk ai I used to, if you would
allow me Dr Whitelv," aud here Miss Wildfang
Fmi led, " I think X would like to marry him—
that is. provided he asked me to."
'•What do you mean, Miss Wildfang" asked
the doctor, looking searchinglv into the
woman s eyes—tliey were looking unusually
brilliant by the light of the street tamp.
" What can I do for you ?"
"Ask Ned Thornton if he will not call," she
made answer, with charming frankness. '• Ask
Sir. Thornton to calk" she repeated, "he has
been very kind to me."
Whitely took the hint, at once, and shortly
withdrew.
Thornton wan an old friend and classmate of
Dr. Wiii'elv, aud fortune favored him in pre
scribing the gentleman a-likely to l<e of great
service in MI.-H Wildfang'* case. He dropped
in to see Thornton one day when he was down
town, aud the two put heads together over
some prime old samples in the private office.
But Thornton was a disheartened man. The
panic had shaken tiie wine trade to its center,
and the merchant had not prospered of lib .
While:. introduced some ~ -i„) subjects, od
the Wi' !f..rgt' I'f.mo into the conversation.
"You ay Miss Wildfang is ill?" a*k*d
Thornier., with a Uttl* start.
FHKIX KURTZ, Kriitor ami 1 'ropriottu-.
VOLl'3! K X.
m 1 x.\; \ sht v mpliuink: rv|>h<si
Whith
" tVvtku." cantiuurt! riu*n>ttn. "that M;-
WtUlfAiijC ** a Hiir j;irl u|H*rb \mltit r, ta>\rf
*t n.i lu ht lhan lu u t!
Ull Ainajuif hijiblifM 4 , i>uni\ t.%l
truth * uM unit.- •. u U u*Miut a'.l t'itt
iu^*ht-' uth Iter. tiiiivM' iti ht i *tT, b**ven
iu h i\ t> ' atul A!) tl :*!. I tipkt r |iu) W •>>
attriitioti . thru the (Wkuio v*uir
ami t*\rrvthij; .1 t* l*v K v ' mtx
m\ whl 1 o i-txl v Aih::
•" V\u \ h< tv |H * f > i u thr otht-r tUy."
Nkid Whltrlv, * Hhut \K . v * .. ■; 1
M) kit iv I th \i*u Uv'uKl oa 11 mrut ro
tin* bib I ihuik t thiuk (bat thr panu' uiUhuit
> * k much UP thrru, AIU) Mr*, i- A
t-vsnl ,!.! iu To t U um tht* truth. Mt*
% llAb jh Jikrthi: tli hrr t lUul that iu> lit
ttr linif .'all !. ! I Uk!h Vxu Pltkl
v v v.11i.1 it I wt'.al ti.iiiW th*- IklAttrr
*kth ht r Yo know tuv rr|'UUtU'U i* at
klk A V'ASM' tike* tlilSk.
I'hivsuttui itriHukHttlbe **ouUl call, uitl 1 Vvlor
YVhitrl) %-utrn-U iu otutubu* &iu) rutuhltxl up
t*u t, trrj;;*-. hi* rautiilA In A week two
hi* in Mtw> o* A>l Altv.thr,
while l'h rntou c* utmu*xi ht with kuci*
r. u dav \\lutcl> rvtYiuxl A fr joyful
hnr* from hi* out oUsm*tr trlUiu; him ttiwc
the brlU BtmM U rtngkUf* % week frvin ht
folh'vt \\ * xlm >itAjr fvr a W txhUug ou l'rk
AAr :U . X • *. ,U vf tvl.< fVh tt 11* * I ti> h> aißf* h9
h*t work* J fuir of A very t:i ul a Hmr *tui
t'ihf.
A New York t lub llouv.
The Lot.vt Club, m the
rnaiu of jourualist*. artist* atnl ae'tors,
raceuUy reiuovoil t. > a tu building 011
Filth avenue. New York, and it* interior
1* thus it -scribed : Kutering the hull
ilis.r, tlie eye is at oiuv taken with the
grain! sweep of st.iirv xae that rises
spirally to the roof, aud with the great
height atnl massive paueltng of the hall
its-'lf. All the wv. 'dW' ik u sight i> of
jHil.shed walnut, oak and r -ewovl, the
i ffe •! of which, though perhaps too ssiu-
IHT for such a gay place a., the l,oto*
club house, is nevertheless extremely
rieh. To the right of the hall are the
three priucipal apartments of the estata
lishmeut, which .re v<muvted by folding
iliKirs. Tlie tirst of these is the main
paii-.r, a uiaguidivnt rooiu, elegantly
furnished, with heavily eurtaautsl win
low s 1 Hiking out on the avenue and ou
Twenty tirst street. Its wall* and ceiling
are riehlv paneled in white and gold,
and the chandelier and other eis lix
turi-s, as well as the frames of the mas
stve mirrors, are also heavily gilt. The
iloor is covered with Gobelin tapestrv,
whose iich hues blend harmoniously
with the j>ule grtwu satin covering of the
funiiturc. Inlaid tables and stands ie
cupy their proper places near the win
dows, and the wall-are hung with pic
ture-, many of which are from the
studios of membejs of the club. Ad
joining the pari r is a smaller room,
hands.'tuely furnished iu brigh col. rs,
profusely iieix>rale.i w-.tli picturts and
arttsbc km 'k-kuaeks gent raiiv, which
will be usxl a* a sort of cafe ami smok
ing room; and immediately buck > f thi*
again is the club diniug-n> tm. heavily
paneled in oak. and furnished with mas
sive chairs, tabh *, sideboards, etc., iu
black walnut and msew **l. The ceil
ing* of these three rooms are different
from each . ther. and each display* all
the art of the f>-. -x> painter. To tie
lett <>f the dining-r *mi and buck of the
main hall, are the butler's rooms, also
titteel up in <aik, ami the other apart
ments tliat pr qx rly intervene b twen
the diuing-ro <:u and the kitchen. The
front room <>u the second AIHT is the li
brary. This risun is literally full of
statuettes, tai-t*, and photographs, me
mentoes of men celebrated in art aud
literature, * >me f wh >m w.-re memlwr*
of the club, and many of whom arc now
dead. Separated from the library by
folding doors is a tastefully fimii>h'-d
private dming-ns'tn, where members can
entertain their personal friends at din
ner, and adjoining it t the rear are the
customary card-n oms and dressing
rooms. Tlie top tl- or i* divid 1 .ff' into
private suites, em-h suite eon.-i tmgof r.
parlor and Led r. o::i, 1 nd >:ueiv lur
ui.-hisi, which arc rental annually to
memlers. 'llic Imsemeiit will be <>ccn
pitsl by tlie billiard-room, wine-room
and kitchen. It is a: ticipated by the
officers that the removal to m .re sj a
cious a:ul elegant quartc . will cause
the list of memls-rship t swell to its
maximum in a very short time. The
list of meinl - rs now it: Iu les atae.it 'isri
names.
Fashion Notes.
Tlie wide Josephim belt is very popu
lar.
Mode colors—grays, browns, dark
blues and greens, vine, currant, gold
and vulcan.
Suits of bunting nre very fashion able.
The prevailing color* are dark blue,
ivory, vine and black—all acceptable
dye*.
Tlie latest hnt* in Paris are made of
nothing but fl .wers arranged, not as
iiead dresses, but iu the ordinary hat
Parasols of ecru bunting, over colored
silk, with ivory handle*, fastened with a
ribbon taiw and pearl orniiineut*, arc the
latest novelty in sunshade*.
There is quite a revolution in neck
garnitures. Paris, the crude of fashion,
has sent out a number of cunning modes
for throat embellishments ; some of the
styles an- indeed replete with lovelin* ss.
Crepe lisse ruches are very efb etive,
and have the happy knock of becoming
almost every one. Thev come from
single to quadruple; some are equal in
height, while others have each edge
lower than tlie other.
Torch >ii or Smyrna lace i* very much
admired iu finishing a morning toilet for
promenade and shopping wear. This
innovation in lace n lat is rather sur
prising, since the j reference is given to
a style of lnee that cannot possibly lay
any claims to refined beauty of finish or
elegance in design.
Toilet* of all kinds for this and next
SCAMOU'* wear will largely partake of the
flower garniture. Bouquet* arranged
on tlie train skirt and down the front, a
little to one Hiita". A cluster of Flora'*
offerings placed on the left nhoulder
gives a freshly smiling finish to th'*
toilet. Ou the left Kale of the throat
aud at tli® end of tlie dcmi-slcevea should
be small bunches of half blown flowers.
The Human Face.
The countenance of every nation de
fines the characteristics of its people.
Every human face indicates the moral
training as well as the temperament and
ruling traits of it* owm r, just as much
as every human form indicates the
quality and amount of its physical exer
cise. This is proven by the variety of
human faces everywhere visible. Those
whose lives have been given to physical
labor, unbrigliteued by an education of
ideas, have always a stolid, stupid ex
pression, even while their limbs and
muscles are splendidly developed. The
more savage tlie people, the uglier tliey
are in faciul development. The very
features of their faces are disfigured by
violent and ungoverued passions. Peo
ple whose employments are intellectual
have invariably a large, clear gaze, a
bright, outlaying expression, as if from
aii inward light shining through a vane.
\\ here a fine organization and a deep
sensibility accompany the practice of in
tellectual jiursuits, often tiie features
take on a transparent luminous look.
Persons endowed with powerful sensi
bility, however plain their features,
always have moments of absolute beauty.
ILe total manufactures of silk iu this
country for the past year are valued at
$26,693,108.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
\ Tilltl 1.1.1 Nt< WI IMI M'tlltY.
( olltrr* INTPRLWTMTI L IT it IN MM ITTUT^*
ibtlt il k||Hr kit i*rtl ** ll It krawti ,k
ihr *tMi|Htiht oI nil I unit lis
4|arrM.
All laigltsb c ir Sj 'hi t.l t . New
Yoik IT / wriles I'm c . pern d- f
in arlv ten dav > a terrible buttb rugeil
in the Welsh oollii ry of l'r.Hslyihiw, a
battle 111 which dentil savagely I 'light on
one side and the brave miners of I'only
pridd on the other, l'he tale is one that
will 11*• long in the IKMBM ol th*
Hhondda vallev It is a story the .it tail?-
of which were given day by day, un.l
which has-tirrid t > the low i'm -t,i e| Ihs
the sytllpilthios uf the I ngltsh p<- 'pie,
and enlisted the artiest - >iicitude . ! tht
queen herself. It was on a Wednesday,
just as the day sluft <\>lhers wa re quit- ,
ting the Troedyrhiw pit, when the caus
troplte iHvurre I. .Suite 1 ist incautious
blow, vr sonic accidental breach f wall
ir vein, burst the thiu partition which
held 1 nek a vast conival<d r. s, rvoii .f
subterranean water, when suddenly,with
a rush like that of an angry iu uning
sea. the ri.Hsl broke ill H|H>U the mine.
Filling the lower galleries and the bot
tom of the shafts, driving before it tiie
atmosphere from every portion *•: the
workings, this mysterious deluge cut • rt
two parties of men, wit - esciip.d with
difficulty from the jn'ril of it..mediate
drowning only t > Ihul then.selves mi
mureti in the tirst atnl scoou 1 a.iits of the
tuitie neare-t Uic upper shaft. No •• 'tier
was it known that a numner of opera
tives vvi re missing than score* of 1 ave,
htirvly volunteers were forthco m g t >
rescue their fellow,. Many at once ile
scelldetl the shaft, which is'JTtif- <t di ■ J',
and entered the workingw. It was theu
as -ertAiucd that all the vvorkings within
a lew hundred yards of the bottom of
the shaft were tilled with water to the
rvsif, and no hoiw was entertained that
any one would be discovere.l alive.
While the explorers were ix>uult:iig as
to what movement should be made, faint
knocking* wi re heard ou the other side
of the coal, as was couje!*turel, ak a ilis
tauce of thirty or f "rty feet. N>s • nei
was the discovery made than a score of
tuen threw oIF their jackets a I vviti.
mandrils oommenced cutting through
the 5..1nl mass. The impris>>ucl vvcre
also at work. Throughout the night,
relays of men toiled with desperate, uu
tiring energy, cheered ami etnsiuragtsl
by the knockmg and soitnda of lal<r of
the imprisoned men. the task was very
lata>rioiia, it having to lie performed m
deep water, but such was the progress
mn.lo that ou the follow ing morning a
mandril struck through and a hole us
made mto that part of the pit where live
men were shut up.
The next m incut a territie explosion
occurred and one of the imprisoned, a
miner t aui.-.l Morgan. w..s hurled into
the opening, wln-re tlie r em r. found
him di •1. The inuudation lml IMN I. -
sudden as to imprison the air in the
inner w>rh'.ngs i nnd the force of this
hiul kept bai'k the water ftom the five
■m n n that 10-a'ity. The moment a
■uuvll hole was cut by M 'man's tn ui.lnl
•diis volumn of imprisonetl a.r < soaj-cd
and hurled the JV. -r fellow sb -ly into
the oiiening and his s..ul int-• eternity.
His Isxly was s.s'll aft' r brought t • the
siirfais-, and immediately f 'H wing the
four liv ng men w.re brought up ami
delivered int > the lian.ls , f tin r over
joyed friends. Others, how .er, w.re
still missing; others ware m nri.iiig
over friends et II lmttlUrisl in til pit,
and once more the explorer*, with will
ing hands and stout, manly I.exits, set
t.i w rk. These remain ng j r -"liers
were, like their re!. w I fellow*, shut up
in a chamls-r of e -nipre-*. 1 ■ r lending
out of a gallery which th< had en
tirely tilled. The other ■ .1 of t..i*
"bamlver was a thick soli l wall of coal,
.nd lieroiid this r.ga ti w: s an -tiier pas
■*age tilled with w .tcr. Divers attempt
ed to peuetrate this latter paasage but
failed, and it wivs n >t until fur days
after that the water in it was so f.r r<
ducvsl by pumping a* to render working
practicable. Tlie men who la 1 volun
t.'er**l for the ta*k worktsl eoiitiiiuoiialy
by (Siuotiint relays in endeavoring to cut
a passage through the wall wh eh sepa
rated them from their in prisoi ed c m
--nules. The passage vas about three
feet in diameter, nnd the men carried on
the work on their hands and knee*. S i
great was the int re-t to elT's t their
reseue that a colliery owner worth ut
least £50,000 went down in the train of
a collier to lend u helping hand. On
the feeon.l Thursday following the dis
aster, the rescuers came near enough to
communicate with the entombed.
Shouting at the top of his voice, a
miner asked : " How many of theiu are
you?" Tlie reply eaine back : "Five."
It was tb n naked: "How have you
lived?" To this answer was male:
"By eating candles. Do make haste."
Shortly after ten o'clock the next morn
ing it was known that the men would 1>"
brought out alive, and a message which
iiime tip to that ifF-et drew forth a
ringing cheer from the excited crowd
around the pit—a cheer which was re
echoed from one end of the village to
the other. Between two and three
o'clock in tlie afternoon, the men, who
had been living for quite ten days in a
tomb far underground, once again caine
into the light of day and breathed the
free nir of the upper world.
By n happy coincidence, when the
lust mnn was brought to bank and was
lieiug conveyed on a stretcher covered
with blankets into the hospital, a mes
sage was received from the queen. Mr.
Parker, one of the officers of the com
pany, mounted a tram, and, with a loud
voice,said: "A message from the queen."
There was a rush of tteople forward,and,
the miners and all others having uncov
ered, it was read. This was followed
with ringing cheers and waving of caps.
The message was as follows: "Baldiilpli,
Osborne, to Mr. Wales, mine inspector,
Pontypridd: Tlie queen is very* anxious
for tie- last accounts of the jas.r men in
the mine. Arc they saved ? Pray t<dc
graph."
Everything was in readiness, and the
five rescued ones were carefully attended
to by imrsoa and surgeons, ft was
learned from them that they had nothing
to eat during their confinement except a
little grease which had run from the box
where they k< i>t the candles. The tirst
two days they had a light, hilt this went
out at the close of tlie second day. They
suffered terribly from thirst, During
the imprisonment, and while tlie work
of rescue was going on, many prayer
meetings were held in the district ami
the men commended to the mercy of ftod.
It should not be forgotten ns one of
the many incidents connected with the
thrilling affair that the four men who
first escaped and the poor fellow who
was their companion and subsequently
suffered death, when surrounded by
water, took, s they thought, aii eternal
farewell of each other, and then sang a
well known hymn in Welsh, of which the
following is n translation:
In tlie deep and mighty water*
There i* none to hold mv head
But my only .Savior, JC-IIH,
Who ntH (.laugl'tored iu my atcad.
lb-, a friend in Jordan's river.
Holding up my "inking head ;
With his minle I'll go rejoicing
Through the region* of the dead.
It appeal's that they were singing this
when the welcome tappings were heard;
"and," said Thomas Morgan, "off went
our jackets, and my beloved son, who is
no more, worked all night with the en
ergy of a lion. Ho passed the Jordan
river, and is to-day on the holy hill of
i the better land."
CENTRE HAL!., CENTRE CO., 1A„ THURSDAY, MAY :tl, 1877.
I 111 FATE OF I 111 til NDI R>.
% Nttirulht* T% llur M| llsr H U \% LU
I i lira! Tin ui.
A Western paper contains nu account
of the full-of tlie Binder family, ah"e
th-o.i.i o| t i inie in hull -in ttud Inl t< riolts
ill*upp< Ht':tiiee created Mieh a groat mu
■utifii afi a ui ago. It r.i-cm* tliat a
tiuiup alio Mas nliipia.' in u liiiyt tuck
back of the Bender*' I UM WM n.ik
elled ut llildtilf. lit, llllU looking ollt lie
nuw three pelMilm evidently at work dig
ging at a nJiort distance (i i.i him, hut it
W..M no dark tliat lie could • I vilntiilgllinh
tlu-ni uur moke out what tin v were bury
lit'-*. Ito next day In- t"ld Dir. etrctllu
stance to a ueiglds'iing furiaer, who ltn
nieih.iti-ly organized a pints of twelve
and started for the hone "t the Bradi n,
but when they arrived tin re it wu* de
.-el tcil. Hit- party fund tin- w agou
t'acl.. of the lit emg uiuiHti and imme
diately started ill pursuit.
The tioek of the Bender wagon Cotlld
lie seen leading to the southwest. Hie
horsemen followed ut full speed. Just
I <!• re Mills' t till- pursuer eulne ill sight
ut the fugitivr* Jhe\ hail evidently
urged tl ill ti.nun on w .ii l all speed jss
stble.n* tln-y were u good foity live miles
from their tavern, and the r animals np-
J e lled Well Used Up. As ihl- pUl'Mlit
rum - IU sight of th u rutite it* \ gave a
yell, and charge 11 duw n U|>OU DielU. '1 he
luomeut the I'. udi rs e.ngt.t sight of
their puislli Is,the gli at. st COiist-riiatn'll
uppoaretl t" t ir ii p. 'ii the ui, John
Bender, wlio w is walking by l!u* side of
the wagon, run t a ward t> the ha.sl
team, as though to itlihlt- ll thein, hut
*o* evidently reea'ded by the oid man,
who blinded him out an otd-fushi- i d
si.: til bell- Y 111 gl r ! .ill . With h s
wi ajiou he tli' d a taurmlok- sh"t at tie
adviUieing horaemeit, and thru drew a
na\y i. v>v •t > - ! hi- '• d into
the wagon f. i . on!, i-i Urfi te li- had
time to draw it forth, l.oweier, a shot
from i'iik of the farmer* l.nd huu out
life I -s I'll the pt iUI l*. the ball ial"rillg
his left hi' .is* . .. ! piercing the 1.-.tit.
'
w igou, ttiul, striking down the < v-r,
veiled at h s luirsi s m (>• riuait olid tl ir
ished a revolver oni his ht-uiL 1 lie
pursinra wi a. i t II pture him alive, if
possible but di. l net in to approaeli
too e'o-e to the old ni* 's i ■ w-lirr. A
they w.l. gi U ii"*u a roil ill tin prai
rie Ola- of the It !hi U' -r ' * fl li, .uiii Kate,
*]>ruigiug out of the wagon, went to the
fallen lit'.. !.!.d l-s i: to get It 111 But in
stead of raising th* fallen ta n>t, she cut
Km e it* ii'ate, ai.d, mounting it, was en
deavoring to n tike her em-ape ou it*
hack. At this t:.• old mans, euusi i-rai*v
with a-igcr, and tin d h;*rcvolv r at her.
He did not hit her. however, but the
horse springing forward eiuight s leg in
the brcxs-hing of its fallen mate, and
w.tit down with K ib- utub r h ui. The
old '.. .Ji hliViUg I te d liM revolver,the
pursuers closesi Ui ou hiui and ta-at him
down with their gun barrels, though lie
and his wife fought like tigers t - tin
last. Aft r they had tied Bender and
hi* wife they got the gill "Ut from under
the horse aud found that sin- hud a leg
broken in the fall. Kate enrs d theiu.
cursed her father and mother,and -• • im I
n n nsl-hot viil of wrath.
Tlie party ntov<*l over t • a "run" and
eamjM-u for the night. Dll Bender re
'•i e i to say a wonl ui Englisli, but ta'th
he and his wife cursed their captors in
(•eni'.un. Kiti E.'tider seetii" Ito timik
their eiptors knew everything,*ud while
she Would ti"! answer questions, slie
ma ' • concealment of tlie awful work
that hiul Is-i-n ewrried on at the tavern,
ami tt*r< rted frequently ti.it they li.ui
kilhsl over lDt js-rsolk SAhe wud slie
had done m<*t of tlie tiiri at cutting
herself; that John was afraid; that he
•>r the old woman did well enough to
knock t! eir victims "ii the head, but they
ppi uivl to be afnud of tliem alter they
were down.
When oski i why they killed s - many
i referring t> her assert on of having
killed 10D persons), sh'- repli' 1 thut the
ohl pis.ple (mesitiug h< r pan nt*) likis!
the motley, but she liked to HI- the
blood. Hiie was lying "ii tin- eroutidun
b and, b- r broken limb preventing her
i-scape. One of the men hapja-msl to
-it down luar her, when, quick as
thought, she jerked In* revolver fr.-m
his belt and tin <1 nt him. The ball
miani d him ond entered the th hy part
of the thigh of a man mimed le'Ve.
Before she eould fire again she was
shot, one . f the balls pa . through
her head.
'1 he ohl couple bwiked on w th nppar
tut itnlilTcn ncc up >u the t. .-riide mv-ne,
and when s|M>ken to w.ail 1 make no
reply, save t" give utterance to maledic
tion* upon their pursuers.
'1 he farmers hel l a long consultation
a* to the disposal of their priamier*. A
bond of sworn * t re y was entered into,
an.l *•) the old muii and lus wife were
taitli slot. They made no ujt>e.'il to
nit rev, but dii d cursing. The following
morning their ' iT's-ts were divided up
among their captor*. The tallica were
buried oil the sp"t.
England to l'rotect Her Interesl*.
The London Timrt, in ale uling arti
cle, depreeab < insslles* panic contvrn
mg the war, and says: England may
linvo to strenj'then her tb*'t in the Alisli
ternineiui and .end it nearer the scene of
action. During the Franco-Gorman war
England had ti op nnd real interests to
guard ; but the nation displayed no weak
or noisy alarm. We a- a mod that we
were perfectly able to defend our in
terest* if tliey were attacked. Mid lnenil
wlnln we maintained the strictest neu
trality. We cannot do better than
follow tln> precedent we then set our
selves. Our interests in Turkey are
manifold and great, but it would ta- easy
to exaggerate them so long an the war
keeps within ertaiu limits; and at
present they- earned be compared in ini-
IKirtanoo to t hose of Austria. No doubt
the war might, both in Europe mid Asia,
roll to point* of greater iuqmrtanre bi us
tlinn to any otlicr State, just as (lie war
in 1870 might have rolbsl to Antwerp?
but we have precisely tlie same security
now a* we had theu in the self-interest
of the principal combatant. Russia,
whatever ta- tar faults, lias, nt least, a
peculiarly keen sense of lu-r own inter
est*. To presume she would absolutely
court n collision with the greatest naval
power in th*- world is to presume slid
would suddenly become n,- infatuated as
Turkey. It is sometimes assumed that
Constantinople might, be taken by n
dashing attack, but, in reality, it is one
of tlie strongest places ill tlie world.
The Turks might, so long ns they com
mand tlie sea, hold it single-handed, nnd,
perhaps, the ktiowle Ig.'of this tact adds
emphasis to Russia's declaration that she
will not seize Constantinople. At all
events, it sufficiently rebukes cries of
nnd gnificd alarm, and undisguised ap
peals to ignorant {Mission. England can
afford to regard the present contest
calmly, for the simple reiuton that it will
be perfectly well able to defend its in
terests if and when they are attacked.
A curious and remarkable experiment
has been tried in India. A Mr. Adams,
of Bombay, has invented a solar battery
consisting of two hundred small mirrors
BO arranged that they focused the sun's
rays upon a small copper taiiler, niul
generated stcaui in it in twenty minutes.
Mr. Adams contends that lie could by
the same means generate heat enough
to drive tlie largest Manning mill in
Bombay. What would be do if th* sun
I didn't shine ?
II I'M low llllill il \( M Scluiill lll'IIM-,
111 U \ lllllgl) 111 ill' t'lltl'llgo, 111 M'lliMll
ilit lH*ll iih •>f tin- primary department
wow min-li annoyed ui wnuriiu a |x-r
--liiniu'lil aiitl I|l r-irahlo t-.tiln i. Hour or
til l- Illilti'H llltil rtlllVl-XMV I'ly I 'lt'll em
ploye I, l>ut afti r teaching Uo or tlirw
ihi-litllr> mi a m\ months' engagement
till'V ItUli hill Ti'lliil li'il til till- attU'-kn lif
t"ii|nil. I'lout. V uf gciitlriui-ii offered tu
tuko tlit- vacant position, 1 > 111 It wart ilo-
I'liloil that lliiiil'M till)V WnTi- adapted tu It,
aiiii that units* HUB could l>o I'htaiiii'il
till! ('lll lil'tll Hilll IIIRO hill lllli 1 I'O ItlllM*
i-UJ'U'.l. i lit* log* uf tiilrt " temple uf
Icuruihg" were rotting down, the
I'Oliclii 1 uiiil houtrt More dilapidated, the
\i 11 hail CMVcd in aliit tin- roof h 'liked.
Yot, *tninge In hiiv, in me advix-iitcd ith
ii |iair IIT a ilullar'rt ex)x*uditure.
Tilt' nit! Hrhirtilliultho wan tcliulltle**
whi a Minn (Yiuuey appeared. She wan
aVi minuter, ttll'l u teacher l IV pftifca
ni.m. HUM nil l- Ootihl have traveled
along xuigiv for twriilVMi vi lit nu- a
mystery, for nlie owned two bright, af
ftvtiotiato ovt an exceedingly wiuuitig
(MtintoiiaiH oan 1 a graceful figure. The
directors hehl a meeting t" ilooulo if the
lady nhullhl have the h,-li"i'l, and, Ulliit-r
the influence uf their crratio uiiil nlu>tiii
ate chairman, tliuuiniioiirli decided that
iliilenn M.xx K. wuiihl obtain surety, in a
b 'tlil uf uuo thousand Jul law. tu keep
tile school fur hit month*, hill-hli mill tint
have the ih-Mroil (xiaitiou. H'-r uncle
roeitloil a few mil' * off, ami it wan 111-
f err in I lie WiUlltl luvome her hnuilntuull.
Now, the lady Wurt (-X- it ihllgly deMIoUn
tu het'iiri- the utliiv, an I, having Uut the
reniotoht oh a > f uiiitntuouy at the tune,
1- —tight her uneli- tu he her surety. He
OtVi irthnl t" herw irthen, tile lullil W art duly
ilulv tileil mill the UcW llHslre-- llihta'leiL
1 ir ah nit two nilmtiiAeverything went
on elniritiuij-*lv. 'J'h" directors ami pa
twiicuf thi school fancied tJu-y hiuluth.nt
M .-uinl a jt*rru:i:ieiit and m -t iteorahle
t-aeher. Itilt, ul .fur lie imilfficielicy
uf hill - 111 fon-.ght, who rthuultl urrive
Hi til eielllllf* le.lt Ne i Hi-. .
fiinl, Auti uf tlu ul.I squire. Nr.l had
left llhttu'.n three t i-arh p:cvious tu en
hance Ins t ntute in California, urn! had
there lxx-u Mtey-ohJifal in increasing his
w i Illy pihrtlH. lie wan pr iliuhly thirty
four r tile vi hi uf ag> -, an 1 wan a tine
xpocitii u iif a stalwart auti uf the great
Wit. NuW, Mihh ltali!icy h ar.li',l at
the old squire'*, and, an a matter uf
(Yinrue, the young man iwam fell in love
w !h her, a 1 Mihh H rm-ilplUol the
arttnity. Ned u.■ itiij iitient f ran early
marriage, ami *■> startled ami -iirprii—il
w ,1-u \1 -- H. tut rtueil h i that month*
mutt elapse ere they (amid lx> muted
that alio and her iturh- were under lxmln
fur utte tl. . isaml dollar* that *he ohuiild
teach I - lite (til of MX tn< ait lis. Young
lira.lfunl hal li vi ! in California lung
• noiich to lx- capable uf funning sudden
re IvetX. Si he asked the lady if all®
would marry linn at unoe if he w. uld
arrange with the dinvtors about that
bund. An aflirtuative answer was re
- ! \< ! i .i!' \ ] Q-ti-d tu the
director* and arran;-i*l fur meeting them
. 11 together the next day cm important
huMiii When ai -t-mbled with Hum
he nak'-l if they would release Mia
llalltiey 'ii linele frolil the |>elndtv uf the
urn- thousand dollar* bond if we inar
ms! him.
"U' li-axe Mi** llauuey * and*? IK
the hi-lv going tu marry vmi ? Confound
it ! wiil we never lx- rid uf the bother uf
the-- marrying cole mliuarnirt ? N . *ir,
we Won't ri-leaxe the Ixuul," wo* the re
plv of the inu-t influential director.
'• \Vell..Uien," aaid N.-d, " I will |utj
li.- Ix.iul, fur M -- Hcnuey mint be
mine withui n im-nth. Hut 1 wuithl like,
gentlemen, that the one thim-mid dollar*
1 (.hall pay Vnu he devoted to a rtjxx-iflc
imrpiw— the building ufa new *chool
llOllMd.
The director* were viustJr with
the pn P -'.tluli, and IX(oil agreed to ae
ivpf it. The luuiiey wiv- pa il ami Ixmd
ilei-truvivL Within the next ten day*
Ne.i in..l Mix- H. were married and -tart
• il Fjvrtt on a Vint tu Ue lady'* relativeA.
In le-- than tlinx niunthrt the village had
tile liand-umeht little M'houlhoUM' fur
many mile* around.
' A f lever Trick.
One day, w ing a large ship w ith the
appearance of a well laden tin reliant man
near the *hore, the hteamer Sjuxvly gave
1-hiine. On U(*aring li< r *he aiiddi-nly
mirtirtl her pirtx, ami Lonl C x-hranedm
covered that lie had to deal not with II
rieh, helplexx iiiereh.nitnmn, but n large
Spanirth frigate, crowded with meu, who
had hitln rto lx-en kept out uf night. Tu
tight the Spmnaril would have I well a
-iiuple act uf folly; tu frum her
by taking (light waa . .pnulv out of the
I 111--t II 111. Some uf the ofil.-er* were
nnsiuiirt tu try the fate uf an netiun, but
Lord Cuehrutio, tlre-i .ati-r n- In wax, )*>*•
m-k-mnl :i clear, well balanced mind, and
nw that the Speedy w<mld have no
chance, lie then b-re had rixMiirceto a
rn*e, for which he had prepan-d lx-fore
haiul. Having heard that the Spmiiunlrt
w. re purlieu larly bitter alxutt the Speedy,
lie had emiaeil her to lx- painted no ax to
resemble u Dnnixh brig, the Clomer,
well known on the Spanish euaxt. He
lind ul-o ship]x-d a Pauixli i|uiirtcrmn*-
ter, and provided htm with a uniform of
mi oflhvr uf that nation. A* xoun aa the
Spaniard di-el 1 her real character, the
Speeilv hoiati-d iVuiish colora. The
SpniiiurdH not being xatistle.l with HUN
evidence of nationality, sent a Ixiat to
Ixiurd the Hritisli brig. Had the SjMxsly
lx-en boanled, tin- trick would, of course,
have been diacuvered in n moment. To
prevent such n catastrophe, ami nt the
same time disarm suspicion, the Danish
quartermaster, in liia uniform, was
jilaosi HI a prominent position on deck,
mid told to carry on a conversation. The
yellow quarantine ling was run up at the
same time. The Spuniarils have always
had an abject and unreasoning terror of
infection, and on this ■x'-eaxioii their fears
were increased by the intimation given by
the Dane that the ship was only two days
out from Algiefx, where the plague was
raging. This intelligence wan quite
enough fur the Spaniards, the Imat at
once returned to the frigate, which im
mediately set sail, the Speedy losing no
time in making off in the opjxisite di
rection.
Ilon't Worry About Yourself.
To retain or recover health, persona
should bo relieved front anxiety concern
ing disease. Tit® mind has power over
tin- body for u person to think he has n
disease will often produce that disease.
This we see effected when the mind is
intensely concentrated upon the disease
of another We have seen n person sea
sick, in anticipation of a voyage, before
reaching the vessel. Wo have known
people to die of cancer in the stomach,
when they hud no cancer in the stomach
or any other mortal disease. A blind
folded man, slightly pricked in the arm,
lias fainted and died from believing lie
was bleeding to death. Therefore, pcr-
HOIIH well, to remain well, should he
cheerful and happy; and sick persons
should have their minds diverted as
much as possible from themselves. It is
by their faith that men are saved, and it
is' by their faith that they die. As a man
thinketh, so is be. If lie wills not to die,
he can often live in spite of disease; and,
if he has little or no attachment to life,
ho will slip away us easily as u child will
fall asleep. Mm live by their minds as
well as by their bodies. Their bodies
have no life of themselves; they are only
receptacles of life—tenements for their
minus, and the will lins much to do in
continuing the physicial occupancy or
! giving it up.
MORMONS DEFIANT.
t etullaiMt <1 l*rr|rl•• Iu Krelel I nltrel
"Htttre I.MMe.
There* in no uny doubt that it
dangerous undercurrent of excitement is
running through ull the Mruioii cities
ami settlement* in I tuli, nr is there any
doubt of the cause, says a correspondent
of the V * Y"ik H< rut I, iu n aispid h
from Salt l.akcCili. The leaders of the
Church "f Jesus Christ of 1 niter Day
Saints, from liriglinm Young down to the
bishop* and their counselors, bine l>e
come impressed with tlie belief that pun
ishnieut is, for the tirst time, seriously
threatened, uot only against the Instiga
tors and perpetrators of the Moiiiituiii
Meadow inn .acre, but tdao against the
antlers of him 'reds of murders besides,
which surpass in utroeity those com
mitted bv the assassins of unci' nt Venice
or tlie Tfmgs of India.
This belief has b< en transmittal to the
tasty of Mormon jxx.ple, whose oaths
Compel them to avenge the deaths of the
martyrs and to obey the counsel of their
living priests. Brighton Young himself
has become confident, bv rt asoii of long
immunity and tlie exercise for nearly
half a century of |Mwer, eoiiq<treil with
which the dc*joUstii of an Abyssinian
chief i* a timid nnx'kery. He honestly
lieoeves the adults among the hundred
thousand Mormons in the Territory can
whip all the men the I'ulted .States etui
bring against them. In tiiis oouueetioa
he is encouraged by the present rumor
that the I "luted States army istota- prac
tically re bleed to licit to nothing.
'The members of the famous Nauvoo
IjCgmn, which successfully d< thvl Jiihll
soii's army, m 1 Hb'.t, are drilling iu meet
ing h 'Uses, barns, stables slid corrals, IU
Halt Lake City, and most "f Ui< minor
town*. Bit ( ch-lisulllig rifles have btw-n
*tnpi*l in great uuiulter* during the
last fortnight from the East, and several
tail' * of arina have gone t > southern
Utali fi >!u tlie cooperative store, which
ia largely owm land entirely controlled
by Bngi.aiu Young.
In the tuts niii.de tlie prophet arose at
all uiieXJs*'U*l moment alul broke forth
m an address to saint* and sinners,
which gave the latter to understand that
if tin 1 v. :itit(*l blood tliey CXtllld liVr
plentv "f it, aud, indeed that they were
hk< ly" t" have more of it let out of their
veins than they could spare at an early
period. To iace the 1(10,000 Mormons
there are nta'Ut 15,000 t Jell til s ill I'tali.
Sail Ijiu.e City has a (sipulatiou of
t**i, of whom, irhajs, 4,oriri are tieii-
Ule*. The discrejH'iicy is obvious, and
having duly observed it, many discreet
(•entiles are quietly orrangiilg for the
renioyal of their faiuilie* at the first aigti
of an outbreak.
It is more than likely tliat the saints
wh" are plotting resistance ti the oji-ra
tion of the laws will get the worst of it.
Sub) euas are issin*! for a formidable
number of witne*—* in criminal ease*,
and arrest* of murderers who have had
immunity for vear* are imminent in the
mountains and along the l*inlers where
they have secluded themaelven. The
swot.l of justice hang* over tlie risf of
many a ausjieeted assassin. tuineut in the
nuinsel* of the Mormon pnesth'Sid, ami
it is not unlikely that the doctrine of
blots) atonement will ia' brought before
the e!o*e of aumtm r home li their own
heart* and throat*.
Tnrkej (Derhaub-d.
An editorial in the Nt w Y'-u k Herald
say* : If there is one nation in Europe
which cum.- a* a r'n|u ring army, which
has dc*pi*. I civilization, which knows
and respects no authority but the sword,
whose Cll 1 I "licy IS aggrcssivy*. and
whooc religioa i* lust and *u|>erstition,
it is that Ott. man ptiwrr whieli many
rilling iiiui'l* iu England would perjietu
ate eicit ut t!i < Xjieuise of a bloody war.
Tlie Turks liavc no sympatliv with us
eitlier in nus* or religion. They name
into Euroie and t.*'k (' >ustantintqile iu
the middle of the fifteentli century.
They were Tartars from Asia. By the
sheer force of arm* the Turk captured
the most renowned tuiii ancient empire
of the world the home of thetlreck and
the Egyptian aud the Carthaginian. He
rule l in Athens and Jerusalem —the city
of light and the city of religion. H<
metis'.-1 Vienna. \V*hercier he ruled
he blight'sl nnd destroyed. The history
of lo.* a ivance is the hc-tory of civiliza
tion overthrown, industry paralyxetl,
laws violntod, InnplM MNI down, art
effaced. He has never changed. A war
rior at tlie outset he ha* striven to en
graft hi* warlike empire upon tlie fair
bonom of Chnstiali Etirojw. The Turks
have n<> arts, no science. C mntrie*
which, ag - ta-fori- America *.w known,
were the homes of n delicate 'lid ri-flli'sl
civilization have fallen under Turkish
rule into decay. The story < . their tm
pire i* asc imtal. Not many years have
pnaaed ainee they eiicaced iu a fierce w.o
with tlie (le Tgnin*, " i'l eonsequenoi',"
says tin lr-toriall, "of the lieorginns
having refused to continue t > supply
Turkish harems with a customary annual
tribute of the handsomest of their daugh
ters, offering, however, at the same time,
in lieu, a venrlv contribution m money.
In European* Turkey the Ottomans an
in the minority. Out of a population of
more than eight millions, excluding the
tributary State*, we learn from "The
Statesman'* Y'e.ir Uo"k that only a mil
lion are Ottomans. The remainder are
(•reeks, Slnvomans, Armenian* and Al
banian*. These races are all now,
and have been ever *ince the Turk
ish advent, subject to the Turk,
who lias reinforced himself from Asia
when repression and massacre were
neecisarv. We not only, therefore, have
an empire of abomination like Turkey
sustained iu Europe, but we have it sus
tained ns a ruling power over millions
uf Christiana.
Five Days to Make s Week.
An extraordinary proposal to reduce
the woe, from seven days to five, and,
further, to rename the days, conies from
Australia. Mr. 11. K. Busdan, tlie au
thor of the scheme, enunciates hi* view
in a paper on the " Week " in the trans
actions of the Royal Society of Victoria,
where he expr<-**<-* the opinion that
while reducing Uie number of the day*
in the week it would be a good opportu
nity to discard the present pagan names,
anil to substitute Oneday, Twoday,
Three.lay and Fourday for them—Sun
day to be called (Jooddny. The author
is sanguine as to the success of his plan,
nnd answers the plea of impracticability
with the remark that " Uie week itself
was actually altered by the Romans,
Greeks and many other peoples; and, in
fact, as there is no record of any attempt
to niter the week having ever failed, the
allegation of impracticability is so far
proved to be lnv-eloss."
We met a noble sen of the forest,
whom we have known for years, atnl he
was in so dilapidated a condition that
we inquired xvnnt troubled him. The
seat of Ii in unmentionables was torn out;
tears ran from his bleary eyes, and lie
looked :i veritable " I*i! tlie Poor In
dian," to perfection. " Give fifty cents,"
said Jim; "me want him plaster; I go
dig garden; dog jump out door; catehum
ray breeches heap; take more ns two
pound steak off me and eat him all up."
The four bits was banded out.— Car/ion
Tribune.
Tlie king of Austm lias 187 dia
monds, and yet he can't moke u Wood
box, put up stovepipe or paint
kitchen door.
TKIiMH: a Year, in Advance.
FARM, (.A It DEN AND IIOINEHOLD.
II rr I
U#HN lim kv, —Tukt* ON** |iint of
etirn meal alid stir into it one teaaiKMJliful
dry snh-ratiu and luilf teoa|>ooniul salt,
then add two well-beatell eggs, one pint
sour milk, and three tahlesjsHjnfuls amir
cream, beat at Hint Ave minutes, and put
utamt half an inch deep in the pun to
bake; if you haveuo cream use ilwut a
tables|Msinful butler or lurd; bakethirty
live Iniliutes.
I.i.MoN CiutAil Pi*. -One quart of
milk, three eupfuls sugar, yolks of four
< ggs, one cupful flotfr; mix tlie flour
With some of the milk, then boil the rest
and U.n this with it; flavor with grata!
riinl ufa lemon; bake; make a frosting
of the whites tauten to a froth with a cup
of sugar and juice of the letnou, brown
in u hot oven. This makes two pies.
YKUKTAULK Hoc*.-- Pureliase a small
piece of slim, with some meat u]x>u it ;
put iuto the Vessel that you make the
soup in four quart* of water, with salt,
boll three or four hour*, then add a tea
eupful of rice, one carrot grated, one
turnip cut m pieces, one leek, cut up a
•talk of celery, little |>eiiper; juat liefore
si-rving for the table, take out the shin,
removing the meat, which you
cut 111 small piece*, put the
meal into the tureen and pour
the soup over it ; send to table to
ta- cab li with catsup or spiced sauces.
(YKIIANT JBJ.IT, — Take rijie cherry
currants, place on the tire to get thor
oughly hcatai. When cool enough,
strain through a coarse crasli towel till
tlie seeds are dry. Measure tlie juice
into a clean porcelain JKM, let it boil five
minutes hard, then pour over the sugar,
which lias ta*eu previously niessurwl
into a stone jar large enough to hold
sugar and juice. btir constant IT while
|Mitiriug 'U the *yrup, and from Uie bot
tom, till every particle of sugar is dis
solved. l'*e granulated sugar, oue
pound to a pmt of juice. Have the jelly
glic-ess ull reody, as tlie jelly often forms
while stirring. This makes splendid,
clear jellv, very firm, and will keep two
v-ars. Mui.e it altout the fourth of
j uly.
MEAT KAl.t*i. —Chop very fine cold
meat <>f any kind, and soak tlie same
quantity of "bread crumbs; mix tliem to
gether with an onion chopped very fine;
if the fiavor of onion IS liked BCSMOII with
salt and jK-pjaT, a little nutmeg and all
spire ; mold together with one egg ;
form into balls and fry in taaling fat.
Illal* Trsaaplaaltaa-
The art of transplanting trees, shrub*
and vines is only learned bv exjwricuce,
close oltservation and a strict adherence
to the laws that govern vegetable
grow th. Any unskilled laborer can dig
up and reset a tree or vine; but tins doe*
not insure life, health aud vigor. There
is a well adjusted balance between the
ristts nnd branches of every tree or v:i,e.
Trained practical gardener* reooguixe
this fact, and the importune*' .u Lrans
planting or removiug carefully all the
r<* Js j*'**ible, and especially Uie fine,
fibrous ones, such a* take up and furnish
the nourishment. T<> save enough of
these root* in trausplanting large sumd
tre. *, it is lus-essary to know the habit*
of growth of tree* and vine*. For in
stance, the Scotch or white pine* with
their long, fleshy root*, and omiiuirative
ly few litiroiis ones near tlie tasty of the
tne, rcjuire more care m removing than
tlie Norway wmee with its mass of
fibrous txsits elusb rtsi around .and near
the tasly. Tlie ta-st way in all cases is
to dig a narrow trench around the tasly,
*- ane duitano' fr Ma the tree, deep enough
to get below the lower tier of roots. In
making this circle the flat of the siwale
should not lie placed toward the tasly of
the tree. The top soil ou the "ball,"
near the body, should ta- removed bv a
digging-fork or other implement that
will not cut or injure tlie small raU. In
case the trees or shrubs are to be moved
only a short diata&oc from where ther
are growing, a* mu> h soil a* will ad
here t<> the r> * it* may be left ou witli
advantage.
The second important point to be ob
is r\.*l in transplanting is not to leave tlie
roots o\]H>sod for ii moment to the ray*
of the a tin, or to a blowing dry air,
which in quite a* injurious to tender
rootlets. If not set out at once the r*t*
ought to ta- kept da* >p and covered with
a cloth, or "heeled iu." Tree* coming
from a distance, when the root* show
sign* of ta>iug left exj*w*l, and the
fl IMI s are dry and somewhat shriveled,
will be mucli improved ly plunging tliejn
into a stream or JMO1 of water, and then
hs ling tliciu iu, covering the roote can*-
fullv with ni <ist soil, and so leaving them
until ready to plant out.
t salamander l.izard.
We lixve always considered the jmpu
lar mythical legend, or delusion, in re
gard to the salamander's !>cing aide to
go through fire unscathed as one of the
most prejiostenms of mythical delusions,
the .ipjttal, of Msysville, Cal. says. A
gentleman of this* city, however, re
cently related to us a story iu regard to
the lizards of Nevada which seems to
confirm the jsissibihty of their enduring
intense lieat, for a short time at least.
The black lizards of that sagebrush
State are very easily domesticated, j
harmless, sociable and intelligent. This
gentleman had several jnff lizards, one of
which lived near a furnace where he
burned retorts or molds for silver bul
lion. This work required a very hot
fire, which he had made open at each
end. The lizard would sit on the tree
near by watching him, and his dog would
frequently chose it if it ventured to the
grouud and eomjH'l it to take to the tree
again.
Frequently, however, the lizard, appa
rently for the sjxirt of the thing alons,
would dash down from the tree and in
duce the dog to give it a sharp race,
when it would run right through the
fnrnace.coming out of the other end like a
flash, unscathed, while the d<>g, in his
eagerness, would ta> burnt at the fire
before he could stop. This would be a
daily occurrence, and the lizard actually
seemed to enjoy the joke on the dog.
Tlie time that the lizard or salamander
was in the fire was very short, and it
doubtless could Mot have remained there
very long.
Coercing sn Audience.
lino of tlie iK>ot* of the first empire,
Neponmoene Lctuereier, wrote n tragedy,
w l.ose hero wo* Christopher Columbus.
He had in it violated the unities, which
Frenchmen for years considered au in
violable law of tragedy. When Lemer
cier's piece was played, tlie students
hissed it with great vehemence. Napo
leon admired Lemercier, and when he
heard the tragedy had been hissed, lie
ordered it played again. It was again
hissed. He became furious. He order
ed it to IM> played a third time, and weut
j to the theater accompanied by a regi
ment of soldiers. The first nnd second
acts were heard in silence. It was nt the
third act that the hisses were most vig
orous. When the curtain rose ou the
third net, Napoleon leaned over his l>ox,
and looked nt Hie students to set 1 if they
would dare oppose his known will in his
presence. What should he see but the
whole audience, from the pit to the last
tier, wearing nightcaps, and pretending
to be fast asleep. The sight was so odd,
Napoleon could not holp laughing, and
he gave up nt tempting to support the
trsgsdy.
NUMBER 22.
( via* of the World.
The following ia the value in round
UUIUIMTM, in CENT* of our currency, of
the ootua of the world :
Auat ralia—Gol d, pound, 53S | aov
erigu, 485.
Austria -Oold, ducat, 228; sovereign,
676; crown, 664. Silver, old dollar, 102;
old acutto, 104; old florin, 51; new florin,
48, new dollar, 72; Maria'lliern dol
lar, 102.
Ilclgtuui Oold, twentvflve franca,
472. Stiver, fire franca, 08.
ltolivia Oold, douldoon, 1,559. Sil
ver, dollar, 79; half dollar, 89.
lirar.il Oold, twenty ruilreis, 1,090.
Stiver, double milre a, 102.
Central America —Ookl, two acmloa,
;t6B. Silver, dollar, 100.
Chili—Oold, dwtikwD, 1,559; ten
JMWOH, 915. Silver, old dollar, 106; new
dollar, 98.
Denmark —Gold, ten thaler*, 700. Sti
ver, two regiwlaca, 110.
Kcuador—Oold, four earudoa, 75."
Kuglatid—Oold, pound or sovereign,
4*6; pound ■ r aoY*T>-igtt, average, 4*4
Silver, shilling, new, £1; shilling, aver-
France—Gohl, twenty franca, ri<-*,
.185, twenty franca, average, 384. Sti
ver, five franca, 98.
Germany—(iold, ten tl.alera, 790;
krone, 664; ducat, 228. Silver, old
thaler, 72; new thaler, 73; flortn, 65.
Greece—Gold, twenty drachma, 344.
i Silver, five drachms, 88.
lltiidoatan—Oold, mohur, 708. Sil
ver, rupee, 46.
Italy—Oold, twenty lire, 384.
Japan—Ookl, old coining, 444; new
oobaitg, 357. Silver, ttzebu, 37; new
ttzebu, 33.
Mexico—< lold, doubloon, average,
1,552; new doubloou, 1,561. Stiver,
dollar, average, 106; new dollar, 107.
Naples—Oold, six dmwta, 505. Stiver,
acudo, 95.
Netherlands—4*old. ten guilders, 396.
Silver, 2> guilders, 103.
New Granada—-Oold, doubloon, Ike
gota, 1,561; doubloon, Popaywn, 1,537;
ton pewa, 907. Silver, dollar, 97.
Pern—Gold, doubloon, 1.555. Silver,
dollar, old, 166; dollar of 1858, 64; half
dollar, 38.
Portugal—(told, crown, 589.
I'ruaaia—Gold, ten tiialers, 797;
crown, 664. Silver, thaler, old, 72;
thaler, new, 73.
Koine—Gold, two and one-half aendt,
2CO. Silver, acmlo, 105.
ltuasia—(iold, five roubles, 397. Sil
ver, rouble, 79.
S|iaiii —Gold, 100 reals, 465; eighty
reals, 386. Silver, pi*Umo, 20.
Sweden—Gold, ducat. 223. Silver,
rix dollar, 111.
Tunis Gold, twenty-five piastres,
299. Silver, five piastres, 62.
Foxerty is N'exada.
The Virginia City Knfrrjiritt cautions
those in pursuit of labor and a living to
keep away from Nevada. It says: "The
-i*torn of men out of work and out of
money to apply to the city jail for a
tviver from the night and something to
at in the moruiug, tella a fearful story
of the want and destitution in our midst.
The fact is too {latent to be denied. Soine
of the good people of this city sjiend all
their leisure tune in endeavoring to And
something for heads of famines to do
whereby tbev may provide for those de
pendeat on tlicin for support. The re
lief committee have done much, but
their funds are exhausted, and they,
more than most others, are acquainted
with the fearful deetitution which pre
vails among many families here 111 the
city. It has been hoped that with the
coining of spring better times would pre
vail, but thing* are continually going
from Iwul to worse, and the end is not
yet. Men have been lured here and con
tinue to come, because of the publiahed
and wide-spread report that miners get
St l**r day. Many have managed, and
some are still managing, to get here, and
then they find tliat new men are not
wanted; that not more than one in five
of the old miners can get work, and tliat
the prospects an- oontiuuallT growing
{Morer. There are thousands of men
icre wlu had lwtter go elsewhere. They
cannot do worse than to remain, anil
may do much Iwtter. New fields are
opening up. There is Arisooa, where
workingmen an* needed. The Black
Hills and the Bear river country are
open to prospector*. Anywhere is bet
ter tliau here, and it liehoovea all who
ore idle and can get away to go some
where—anywhere away from here."
A Hydrophobic Cow.
A cow in Brooklyn, N. Y., was re
cently attacked with symptoms of hydro
phobia, and was consequently put to
death bv i tine stable meu. when one
of the employees went to the stable he
lu/.c i tile cow frothing at the moutli
and biting at the stall. It was let hwse
in the yard, where the symptoms con
tinued. * After a short time it jumped
through a window aland four feet from
the ground. It rushed by the horses
and suapjied at them, but did not bite.
The cow was captured by the stablemen
aud tied in the stall. A veterinary surged)
was wnt for, and found that the animal
was suffering from hydrophobia in a
most malignant form. An officer of tbe
Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was sent for, but the
cow was killed liefore his arrival. It is
supposed Hint the animal had been bitten
by n mad dog, who must have entered
the stable and left it unobserved by the
workmen. This might easdy have hap
pened, a the door waa frequently left
open.
The leather Medal.
We often hear of the leother medal,
and iu some instances our railitarv marks
men have won, aud occasionally wear
the leather medal as a sort of absurd re
galia marking a verv low rate of marks
manship. It may t>e of interest to our
renders to learn the origin of the medal.
Some time during the fourteenth century
the lad Kiug John for the ransom of his
roval person promised to pay Ed wan!
111. of England 8,(XXI,000 of gold crowns.
In order to fulfill this obligation he was
reduced to the mortifying necessity of
paying the expenses of the palace in
lenMier money, the center of each piece
being a little point of silver. In his
reign is found the origin of the burlesque
honor of bovliood, called " conferring a
leather meilaL" The imposing cere
monies accompanying the presentation
gave fnll force, dignity and value to tin.
leather jewel, which even noblemen
were proud to receive at the hands of
majesty.
London Streets.
On a fine iluy what a sight are these
London streets, with their dim back
ground of grand masonry, stretching
away, away, as boundless to the vision
as the ocean itself, while through tliem
pours a multitude of our fellows, the
noted names of earth in every sphere of
endeavor. There goes the queen, drawn
by four prancing bays, and attended by
eqnexries on horseback, themselves the
ttnest flowers of England's nobles.
Tomler the delicate Princess of Wales,
fair, but so frail it seems a rude breeze
would slay lier like a frost-smitten daisy.
Look, here is Tennyson, the prince of
poets, with slouching felt hat, long gray
locks and furrowed cheeks. That ex
quisite beauty is the Countess of Dud
ley, the heroine of the lost diamonds,
the wife of a men more than double her
Items of Interest.
Mr*. Partington remark* that few per
sona nowaday* naffer from suggestions of
the brain.
The Un'ted State* nary at the mweent
time ooneista of 144 reaaala of 150.167
ton* measurement.
In Africa a breed of aober-minded doga
without tail* has been discovered. There
isn't a wag among thorn.
A rut* man aayahe tliinka that inatead
of giving credit "to whom it u due, the
oaali had better be pant.
The war e*c>*tn*nt has produced
nome wonderful natural reeu It*. You can
aland aud actually aee the wheat coming
up.
" That portable store save* half tlie
fuel," said an ironmonger. "Fait thin,
I'll take two of thim, ami aare it ell,'
replied hi* customer.
The czar haa put a stop to the pnr
diaa* of American hawunotivea and rail
road coachee by decreeing that the Rus
sians muat manufacture these things for
theuaelrea.
o Give me a flfth-etory room, next tit*
skylight, so I can get ont one way at
lead, said a traveler as he registered
his name at a city hotel.
An unsuccessful lover was a*k-<l bv
what means he loathia divinity. " Alaa!'
cried lie, " I flattered her nutil she got
too proud to speak to me.
What is s young man to think when
lie meets a young buly ahmliug her eyea
from the sun with a piece of music, the
title of which—" Kiss Me Good Night"
—ia turned in full view ?
A Nebraska postmaster, finding s
I taper without the wrapper ln-aruig the
addteea, searched through a tableful of
papers until the wrapper was found,
lit- ought to t>e promoted.
The Pacific Coast State* make s hmd
wail against the tramp nuisance. The
climate is very favorable to these people,
na they can sleep out of door* comfort
ably eight or nine months iu toe year.
An exchange say* : "It take* a mental
effort to pay a 'gas bill with a genial
look." Of ontwe it does, bnt it doesn't
Miual the effort, physical, mental and
otherwise, to pay it with greenbacks.
A ten cent piece of fractional currency
reached Jackaon, Mich., the other day,
liesriug this inscription: "Black Hills,
Feb. 16,1877. Tins is the last of $60,-
OUO left me by my father two years ago.
Louis Katouatein put ou a hideous
HIMIIK and went to a Chinaman s shanty
iu Marvsvillc, Ck l, to scare the inmate.
Tlie Chinaman was successfully scared,
and Katonsteui got a ludlet in on* of his
leg*.
Horse thieves out West build hollow
hnvstwfc* provided with a hidden door,
into which the animal is driven. Much
space in Ohio paper* ia occupied by ad
vertisements offering rewards for horse
thieves.
The Utile town of Haletn. N. C, ships
unnnallv 1,000,000 poumis of dried
blarklie'rriea to Chicago. It cost* one
cent jier pound to deliver them there,
where they are sold at fifteen cents a
pound.
Curious fish are found in Wallowa
lake, California, which are blood red in
color, verr fat, and are superior in deli
cacy to salmon. There are only four
known lakes iu the world where these
flali are found.
Stick a ginger n*P on the end at a
Lnirtjng needle and Ton havo the latest
style of parasol. And wrap * sheet of
toolaeap around the neck (4 a mineral
water bottle and you havo the latent atyle
ai gent's collar.
A letter from one tramp to another
waa picked up in Fsirbaveu, Vt., the
other day, which cloaed aa follow* : " u
won't ketch me in thia atat agin my ad
vise to u it tago bak to vork slat ceep
cieer of Vermont fur it it not a good hum
fur a eensativ tramp."
Two cows got their horns hooked to
gether in the woods about eighty rods
from IVI ton. Wis., and remained a that
condition for three days, without any
thing to eat or drifik, when the strongest
< >ne backed the other into town, whers
they were separated.
The Chinese theaters in San Francisco
cloae their |>erformanceß at two o'clock
in the morning. A few nights ago s
quad of police took poaaeestiun of the
xita, and searched every Chinaman
present for concealed weajmna. Not a
Miul was found carrying ace.
Four newspaper men in Chusigo
agreed to net in a fan* for the benefit of
a theatrical manager there, the rwnalty
of not appearing being SIOO earn. On
the ap|oint*d night all )ut our backed
out and paid the forfeit*. Tbe brave
fourth * rut on the stage, explained the
Mtuatiou, ' .id Mud that he would give
the money to a charity.
A gentleman called at a large stationer's
to order aome note paper with a heading.
(hi l>eing ahowu various designs. mona
grams, etc., he said: " So, I want some
thing simpler—just a flower, such as
a forget-me-not." ** But, air, that would
surely be mure suitable for a young lady.
•• I know what I want," waa the prompt
reply ; 'Ta a tailar, and-tbe paper is
for my customers."
An Admiral** Hi don.
A correspondent of a Portland paper
give* some interesting particulars con
<■> ruing tlie late Admiral Aldeu a family.
Hh grandfather waa Robert Tate, the
fourth son of George Tate, of Loudon,
who came to thia o>itry aome time be
fore the year 1756. George Tate had
leen a seaman on hurl the first Russian
frigate that even went to sea. When he
came to America he built a largo two
Htorv, gambrel roofed honae at Stroud
water. lie., which yet stands unaltered,
outside or inside, aud is the beat example
in tliat vicinity of the prevailing style of
good bouses at tliat time. He died there
i:i 1794, in the ntnety-fourth year of his
age, leaving four son*, all Iniru in Eng
land. His thiril son, George, entered
the Russian naval service. Catharine 11.
apjiointed him lieutenant iu and
she afterward raised him to the rank of
rear admiral. Alexander L made him
first admiral and a mom tier of the Rus
sian Senate. For his gallant services at
the siege of Ismail he is-ooived from the
Empress Catharine a gold medal bearing
her likeness ami suitable inscriptions.
He received from the different sovereigns
under whom he served the badges of the
orders of SL Waldimer, St Alexander
Newski, St Ann and the military order
of St. Johu. He died in the service in
1821, unmarried, highly honored audre
apected. His last visit to Maine was in
1819, when he erected a handsome monu
ment to his father aud mother at Stroud
water. The fourth son of George Tate,
Robert, had one son and several daugh
ters. One of the latter waa the wife of
Captain James AldeO, of Portland, and
the mother of Admiral Aldeu. One of
Admiral Alden's sisters married T. S.
Arthur, of Philadelphia, the well known
author.
The Dry Season of Brazil.
As an illustration of the extreme dry
ness of the soil during the dry season iu
Brazil, it is stated that in June all vege
tatiou ceases, the seeds being then ripe,
or nearly ao. In Jiilv the leaves begin
to turn yellow and fall off; iu August an
| extent of many thousands of square
! leagues presents the aspect of a Euro
pean winter, but without snow, the trees
l>eing completely stripped of their leaves;
the plants that have grown in abundance
in the wilderness drying up, and serving
as a kind of hay for the sustenance of
| numerous herds of cattle. This is the
jieriod most favorable for the preparation
i of the coffee that grows upon the moun
tains. The l>eans are picked and laid on
; the grcntid, which gives forth no mois
ture, but on the contrary absorbs it, and
being surrounded by aa atmosphere pos
sessing the same dessioating proper lies,
the coffee dries rapidly without molding.
An Intelligent Dog.
M. Maples, a Connecticut man, keeps
a Newfoundland dog and takes a weekly •
newspaper. The latter is thrown from
the train by the baggage-master every
Thursday, and on that morning, as soon
as the cars come round a curve in sight
l of the house, the dog is seen waiting
expectantly, and then running down to
the track. When the paper is .thrown
off he picks it up and carries it to tfte
house. On other mornings he is either
not in sight at all or else lies coiled up
and paying ao attrition to the train.