What Dm it Hatter.
It matter* little where 1 VM born.
Or if my parent* were rich or poor ;
Whether they shrank at the oold world'* worn.
Or walked in the pride of wealth aecur* ,
Bnt whether 1 lire an.honeet man.
And hold my integrity Arm in my clutch,
I toll you, brother, plain a# I can,
It matters much I
It matter* little how long I May
In a world of sorrow sin snd care ;
Whether in youth I am called away.
Or live till" my bone* of flush are hare ;
But whether I do the best I can
To soften the weight of adversity's touch.
On the faded cheek of my fellow man,
It matters much!
It matter* little where 1* my grave,
Or on the land, or on the *es;
By purling brook. or 'neath stormy wave.
It matter* little or naught to me ;
But whether the angel death .ve down
And marks my brow with hi* loving touch,
A* one that shall sear the victor'* crown.
It matters much!
My Mother's lkmr.
I met iu the aiist one summer morning
A girl whom I hsd known from a child.
And whoso bright self vw her best sd.vriung
But that dark tuornmg her look* wwre wild.
•Stop, little Norah !" She did a* 1 lade her.
" Why are you here slone on the *HHW 7*
I was sail last night, to-J*y 1 am saditer,
" Reoauae I go from my mother's door."
'Why do yon go, then, and what is your
sorrow ?
Tell an oM man who has known you so long."
"Soggstli Aroon, row will know to-morrow,
And l>* first—but dout—to *sy I wa wrong.
I used to I* glsd- nogirl ws gladder
1 never remembered that we were JXHW ;
I was sad last night, and to-day I am sadder.
Because I go from my mother's door."
"What has be done to rouT " Broken my
heart, air."
" Aud what have you done to her now,pray ?"
" Nothing hut love him. and take his part. *ir.
For the poor fellow a word to say."
" Then ahe got mad. and you got madder.
And didn't you stamp your foot on the floor "*
" 1 eras sad last night"— *' And to-day you
are sadder.
Because you go from rour mother's door.
" You will go back, North. Give meyour hand
uow."
"I would rather not, *r. " "I say you wilt
You will fetch him to see me. You understand
now."
"Your reverence knows him. It's only Phil.
She looked me up. aud he brought a ladder.
He love* me." " You told me that before.
But your mother is sad." "She shall not be
sadder—
I will not go from my mother's door
A Blight in Summer.
1 w# not the regular doctor —for the
practice at Blurney bolouged U> Fred
Garnet, au old hospital friend of mine,
who ha.! taken to a simple country prac
tice, while I had been rvvuuuig about the
world aa a sturgeon in emigrant ships
during the Franco-German war. We had
met after seven years, when I wanted a
month's quiet in the country, and he had
asked me to attend to his practice while
he came up to town to pass a degree—for
he was a hard studying, ambitious
fellow.
A man at the door desired me to come
error and see his master, who was "dying
of gout." This was the announcement
by the servant. Saving that I had bH>n
consulted about a " ternble wherrtluf
pal a" in the back of an old lady of
seventy-five, this was my first calL
"There's Miss Kate" a-watching for
na." f
I cculd see the flutter of a white dress
by the gate as we drove in; but my at
tention was now too much taken up with
the prettiness of the place, and I was
gaping idly about thinking nothing of
•' Miss Kate " and her cares, when the
gig stopped, and I jumped down.
" Here he is, uncle dear !" she cried.
" Time he was here!" exclaimed some
one, with a savage roar.
Alter giving various little orders, I
place ! the ten ler leg in an easy position,
the patient braking out into furious ex
clamations thy while. Then by some
hoops from a small wooden tub I made a
little gipsy tent over the limb, so that
the coverings did not touch the exquisite
ly tender skin. At the end of half-an
hour I had the pleasure of hearing a sigh
of satisfaction, of seeing a smile steal
over the face, which was now smooth and
bedewed with a gentle perspiration; and
directly liter, in a drowsy voice, my
patient said;
" Kitty, my darling! he's a trump
Take him into the next room and apolo
gize to him, and tell him I'm not always
such a beast."
He was half asleep already, while l—
even in that short hour —had fallen into
a dream —a dream of lore—l, who haul
never loved before, nor thought of it but
as sickly boy and girl stuff, unworthy of
busy men.
I "cannot tell you how that dav passed,
only that Kate Anstey had iinpV.red me
not to leave her uncle yet; and I—l was
her slave, and would have done her bid
ding even to the death.
He was soon better; but my visits to
the farm were more frequent than ever.
I went one day as usual; but instead of
Kate being at the window, and running
out to meet me, the old gentleman stood
at the door, lookiug very angry, and he
at once caught hold of my coat and
dragged me iufc> the kitchen.
"Is anything wrong?" I asked,
trembling.
" Yes, lots!" said the old nan. "What
do you oome here for ?"
'"'For mercy's sake, don't keep it
back!" I paid—for the room seemed to
swim around me. "Is Kate ill ?"
" Yes, I think she is," lie said, gruffly.
"But look here, young man! what does
this mean 1"
" Mean ?" I said. " Oh! Mr. Brand!
if she is ill, let me see her at once."
" She don't look very bad," he said,
peering through the crack of the door
into the parlor, where I could see her
white dress ; " but I say, yonng man !
you'd better not come any more. She's
growing dull, and I can't have my
darling made a fool of."
" Made a fool of?" I stammered.
" Yes!" he said, STuffly. " What do
you come here for ?"
I was silent for a minute, with a
wondrous feelingetealing over me, as at
* last mv lips "aid—l did not prompt
them— •' Because I love her with all my
heart!"
" And yon have told her so?"
"Not a word!" I said slowly. My
hand was being crushed as if m a vise
the next minute.
'l'm not a gentleman, doctor, but I
know one when I meet one. There, you
may go and talk to her—if it's as you
say; for if it's true, yon wouldn't make
her unhappy. But, mv lad, the man
who trifled with that girl's heart would
be the greatest scoundrel that ever
stepped on God's earth!"
The whole of this part of my life is so
dreamy that it is all like some golden
vision. But I was at her chair, I know;
and that glorious evening I was content
to watch the soft, dreamy face beside
me, as she sat there, with hands folded
in her lap, watching the sunset.
At last we rose and walked together
through the wood to stop at last be
nea'h an overshadowing tree, and there
in lc w, broken words I told her I loved
her; sod, in sweet, girlish simplicity,
she la' 1 her hands upon my shoulders,
looked up in my face, and promised to
be my little wife.
I went home that night riding in a
wonderful triumphal chariot, instead of
a gig. To my great surprise, on reach
ing the house there was Fred Garnet.
" Back already ?" I stammered.
"Already? tVhy, the month's up!'
be said, laughing. "You must have
had good sport with your fishing, Mas
ter Max."
It came upon me like thunder, this
return ; and I lay that night happy but
miserable —for this meant the end of
mv v> i And what was to come in the
tuture ? I had not thought of that.
I put it off for the time ; and, having
obtained willing permission from Gar
net, I went his round the next morning,
and of course found my way to the farm.
I fancy the servant looked at me in a
rather peculiar, constrained way, as she
said her master had gone to the"off-hand
farm.
"And Miss Kate, "I said.
"She's down in the wood, sir!" said
the girL
FRED. KTJRTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME X.
I waited to bwu uo more, hut ran
along the garden, looped the gate,
; crossed two flolda, went through the
wilderness and over the stile into tlio
WOOd.
" My darling !" 1 kept repeating as I
hurried on, expectiug to meet ber at
every turn ; and tlieu 1 stopped abort,
with a horrible jmug seeming to catch
my heart. I was dizzy, faint, ragiug
with auger, and mad ui turn ; hut thai
all paused oft' to leave a bitter, cruahiug
sense of misery, as I held ou by a vouug
sapling and peered at the scene lie/ore
me. There sbanl, with ber hack to
me, Kate, falae, false Kate— with the
arm of a tall, handsome tmlitarv-lookmg
man, eucircbug ber waist, ber bead
resting u}a>u bis alioubler, and even aa I
ga>t\l be bent lua head down and alie
raised ber ariua—ber face ber Upa —to
• meet bia kisses, as be folded ber tightly
to hi* breast. 1 saw no more, but stole
blindly awav, went to the stable, saddled
and bridled the horse in a dreamy
fashion, mounted and rode lack to Burn
ley, throw the bridle tofhe man, walked
straight to the station without seeing
Fred Garnet, and weut off to Loudon.
Six mouths glided by, and then I
was once more called upon to take
charge of the practice of a friend iu the
suburbs.
It was one dark night in winter. I
was just going to bed, half wialuug that
I had-had a call w hen the surgery bell
rang sharply, and the summons I wished
for came. It was a policeman with a
bans m tab, aud bis oilskins shone
wet and vividly in the red light over the
door.
" Axiden' case, air!" he said; "Pr,
Barker in the next street's got in, sir,
and he wants help."
I learned from him that a gentleman
hail leeu kuocked down by the very same
cab we were in, and trampled upch by
the horse lefore the wheel went over,
and broke bis leg.
We were there in a few minutes, snd I
was shown into tbe'back parlor of a com
fortably furnished bouse, where the suf
ferer bd been ltud on a mattress. A
brief conversation with my colleague en
sued, and he told me what he feared and
Liow he was situated —another important
call demanding his presence. The result
was that I agreed that we would examine
the patient, and then I would stay until
J)r. Barker's return. A faint groan from
the mattress saluted us aa we turned to
onr patient; and aa I held the lamp over
his face and the light fell on the fair
hair and the long, drooping moustache,
I nearly dropped it. " Nemesis !" I
thought. " Mine enemy deli vexed into
my hand ! Kate's lover lying bruised
snd broken—crashed like s reed—at my
feet! Aud now I need not kill him to be
revenged for all his cruelty to me, but
only stand by supine and he will die!"—
for a few brief moments told me that I
possessed greater knowledge than my
colleague, and that, if I withheld mine,
nothing which Pr. Barker could do would
save the flame even now trembling in the
socket of life's lamp.
The scene in the wood flashed lieforo
me once again as I stood there—Kate's
sweet face upturned, asking for this
man's kisses—and all so vivid that my
brain reeled and a mist floated before my
eyes.
"What do you think, Mr. Lawler?"
said a voice 'at IUV elbow, and I start*. I
back into the present.
" That he'll be j<ast saving in an honr,"
I saiii, quietly.
" I fear so !" said Pr. Barker, shrug
ging his shoulders.
" Unless—"
Here I unfolded my plans, as I said
bitterly to myself : " Ami heap coals of
Are upon bis bead. Kate, take your
lover —and G d forgive you !"
" Excellent!" exclaimed Pr. Barker,
who was a frank, gentlemanly fellow,
without professional jealousies; aud in
an hour's time we had done all that was
necessary, oar patient was breathing
easily, aiitl Pr. Barker was shaking my
hand.
" He's saved, Mr. Lawler. You've
saved his life. Now, I'll be off and get
back in an hour's time. " You've given
me the greatest lesson in surgery thut I
ever had in my life."
And then I was alone,thinking bitterly
of what I had done.
•• Kate —Kate—darling f*
These words, feebly uttered, brought
me to myself, and I was the cold, hard
man once more as I rose, and taking
the lamp, lent down over my jw'ieut,
whose eyes now opened, and he stared
at me.
"Where's Kate?" he asked; "and
where—what " He stopped short.
" Accident ? Oh, ves f I remember.
I was going to catch the night train tor
Burnley, when that coufouuded oab" —
" You must not talk," I said, fighting
hard to contain myself. " You are seri
ously hurt."
That last was not professional, but
there was a grim pleasure in giving him
Bomepain.
" That's bad, doctor," he whispered
" for I was going down to see my darling
—she's verv ill." * •
" 111!" I exclaimed, starting.
" Yea," he said, speaking with pain,
and I could uot stop him now. " Con
sumption, they say; broken heart,l think.
Some scoundrel—"
I almost dropped the lamp as I caught
his hand and gripped it, and said, in a
hoarse, choking voice—for I was strug
gling to see the full light:
" What do von wish me to do ?"
"Telegraph, at my expense, to mv
brother-in-law. Take it down, or you'll
forget: From Christopher Anstey to
John Brand, Greeumead. Burnley. Sav
Kate is not to fidget You know best."
" Yes—yes!" I stammered, my hands
trembling as I took out a pencil and pre
tended to write. "Miss Kate, then—
then," I faltered, " is—"
" My darling child !" sobbed the poor
fellow; " and she dying."
He was too weak, too faint to heed me,
as with a bitter groan I turned away
stunned—mad, almost—at my folly.
For I saw it all now—poor, weak, pitiful,
jealous fool that I was. I had seen the
girl that I worshipped, petted and
caressed by her own father; and,without
seeking or asking an explanation, I had
rushed away, leaving her to think me a
scoundrel—nay ! worse.
When I turned once more to the mat
tress rny patient had fallen asleep, and I
stood there thinking. In a few minutes
I had made my pinna; then, watch in
hand, I impatiently waited for Dr.
Barker's return.
He wwt hack to hia time, and in a few
words I had made my arrangements.
" Doctor," said I, "you said you were
in my debt for this night's work."
"My dear sir, I'll write you a check
for twenty guineas with pleasure," he
replied.
" Pay me in this way," I said, " see
that these patients whose names I have
written on this slip of i>apcr are attended
to well for the next two days, and tell our
friend here that his message has been
seen to."
He promised eagerly, and the next
minute 1 was in the street, running to
the nearest cab-stand. I wan just in
time to catch the early morning train,
and half mad, half joyous, I sat inijiatieut
ly there till the train dropped me at
Burnley, where the fly slowly jolted me
i over to the Four-Mile Farm.
It was a bright, clear morning, and
the sun glanced from the river upon the
trees; but I could think of only one thing
as I kept urging the driver on, and he
must have thought me mad as I leaped
| out and rushed into the well known
parlor.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
'• Kate !" I cried, as half blind, I rati
toward a pale face lying laek ui an easy
chair by the tire,
" You acouudrel !" was roared at the
' same moment, and the sturdy farmer bad
tue pinned by the throuk
"Yea! all' that," 1 soul; "only hear
me."
Hi* hauda dropj>ed a* Kate uttered u
low cry and fainted.
"Quick 1" I said; "water and some
brand v."
Wito a low grow 1 of rage my old jwtieut
for gout obeyed me, aud in a few miuutes
1 had her bead ranad ou mv arm.
" Have vott come to eav good-by ?"
alie said teebly; and there wtia a neb a
look of reproach in tliat poor, wan face,
that I only answered iu a whisper:
"No! uo !—to ak you to give and
bh*s tue with your love—to ask you to
forgive me for my cruel weakness for I
uiuat have been mad."
A deep groan made me turn my head
to see that the farmer's head sua down
upon bin arms, and bia broad ahouldera
were heaving.
" I thought you would never come
again," said Kate, feebly: " but I didn't
give up hope. Ami now I shall get well
soon."
The Torpedo Boat's Construction.
One of the torpedo launches used iu
destroving the Turkish monitor near
Matchin, on the Danube, WHS reoeutly
carefully looked over hv a eurrespoudeut
of the Loudou Iktiljt News, who mi
nutely describes it The launch was only
about twenty-live feet long with about
four feet l>eam. The torpedo spars, of
which each boat earr.ed two, were about
thirty feet long. They were placed ou
each aide of the boat in large iron rings
fore aud aft, wliioh maintained them iu a
hurixoutal position w hen not being used.
The torpedo is attached, of coarse, to the
forward end of the spar. The torpedoes
themselves were alniut twenty luches iu
length by eighteen inches in diameter,
and were covered apparently Willi wood.
When used, tha torpedo-bar is thrust
forward through the rings until it is only
supported by one, and the torpedo ou
the eud of the spar may then l>e hoisted
up and down as ou the eud of a lever. It
is known that the force of a torpedo only
acts within a radius of ten feet, aud us
the spar is thirty feet loug, the boat is
thus at a safe distance from the explo
sion, except th" danger of it being tilled
and Bwani|>ed bv the column of water
which the torpedo inevitably throws up.
The lauuch is au otdinary wooden one,
covered ove with a wooden deck, sup
ported by very slight wooden or iron up
rights. The sides from a little above
the water are protected by plates of irou
a quarter of au inch thick, loosely fasten
ed ou to the ujvnghts, ami si.Ri lent to
stop a bullet, leaving exposed about four
inches just below the deck for the crew
to Are through iu case of need. Neither
the bow nor the stern, however, were
protected in this way, ami the launch
coming on would be exposed to 1m tra
versed from stem to stem by the enemy's
bullets. As is well known, not a single
bullet has ever penetrated the boat or
wounded a man, although the launch
must have been for several seconds with
in twenty feet of the monitor, and the
Turks had flred protwbly more than 100
shots at her at that distance. The reason
was, that it hail not occurred to tlietu to
down throngh the deck, which wns
only of wood, aud all their bullets had
been expended on the iron plates, which
were of course impenetrable. The tor
pedo is made to explode by contact, ami
may also lie exploded by an electric bat
tery in case the shock ahoud not have
been sufficient to explode it.
l'earU of Thought.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind
must look down 011 the hate of those be
low.
We every dav svrifl><e principle*
which we esteem through fear of being
blamed by people whom we despise.
Oat of suffering have emerged the
strongest souls, and the moot massive
characters are seamix! with scars.
Our love is inwrought in onr enthusi
asm as electricity is inwrought in the
air, exalting its j>ower by a subtle
presence.
When the million applaud you, seri
ously ask yourself what harm you have
done; when they censure you, what
good.
We must not contradict, but instruct
him that contradicts us; for a madman is
uot cured by auother running mad also.
Abuse, like other poison, when ad
ministered in too strong a dose is thrown
off by the intended victims, and often
relieves where it was meant to destroy.
The transmutation of nn-als is a small
affair eotnpaml with changing shame to
glory, reverse to success, sorrows to
pleasures; yet true wisdom can do all
this.
Bashfillness is more frequently con
nected with good sense, than we
find assurance; and impudence, on the
otlipr hand, is often the mere effect of
downright stupidity.
Many new years, indeed, you may see,
but happy ones you cannot see without
deserving them". These, virtue, honor
and knowledge alone can merit, alone,
can produon
Summer Kvenlngs.
There is an nil-pervading and diffusive
charm about a summer evening any
where. In the country, where the air is
fragrant with the breath of honeysuckle
au<l rose, and perfumed, liesides, with a
thousand subtle scents too transient and
delicate to be separately defined, the eve
ning is the climacteric of the day. Not
morning, with its wondrous sparkle aud
shine, its glistening pearls suspended
from myriad b-anelies, its evanescent
clouds, and its chorus of song; not noon,
with its hush of s|icll-bound splendor
and its lovely languor of stately repose;
not even late afternoon, when the long
shailows creep down the velvet slopes,
and the hnxe hangs tremulous on the dis
tant hills—is so fair as twilight. Through
the faint ethereal glimmer of brightness
which lingers in the west, through the
glory ot the golden moon rise, there come
vague questionings and thoughts to our
minds, not clothed upon with speech,
though they wear the color of heaven.
From unseen haunts in the orchard, or
from the dark licit of firs which girdle*
the ravine, there falls now and then a
silvery note, the vesper song of the robin,
or the last warble of the thrush, ere he
tucks his head beneath his wing. Tran
quilly and tenderly the night approaches,
like n gentle mother whose protecting
arms gather the tired children cloee and
fold them to slumber on her breast.
The Credit ItnslnesK.
After having inspected a pile of calico
in one of the Detroit stores, a somewhat
rusty looking man blandly remarked to
the clerk hefore him :
" Credit must be given me "
" No, sir—wo don't trust," was the
reply.
" is going to remark that credit
iu ti 'h# given me for"—
"We couldn't do it, sir. The rule
applies to every one."
" Couldn't do what?" asked the man.
" Couldn't give yon credit."
" You are very uncivil, sir, very, bnt
yet I will sav before I go out of here
that credit must be given t me for being
honest and impartial, when I say that I
never saw three hitching-posts look
nicer than them out there. That's all,
sir, and I wish I hadn't said that much."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1877.
DAY."D (.KKLIPS SAD STORY.
Ktakllsa lr Ten llasr* la I*l* Is Wave
11II* s*<l Utile- t MtSrra fruai ibrlioll-
II tour uutl a father'* % #w.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
tjuirrr writes from Jackson, Mich., na
follows:
David P. Greer, a mau alsnit forty
flve years old, aud las sou Charles, a
loy of leu, reached Una city two or three
days ago, inteudiug to remaiu here for a
week or so among relatives, and thru
proceed *to Bennington, Vt,, where Mr.
Greer has two sisters and other relatives.
Both father ami sou are in s weak and
nervous oouditiou, and the reader will
not wonder when it is stated that the boy
is partly scalped and has a tomahawk
wound iu the ahoulder, while the father
has a rifle bullet in his shoulder, a bullet
wouud iu the leg, a stab in the cheek
aud a bad wouud on the head where an
Indian clubbed him with a rifle.
Up to a few weeks since Mr. Greer
was a citizen of Idaho, having cabin ou
the Cottonwood river, near it* tuoutli,
ami putt where the hostile Indian* have
put tu their must Kinase work. He had
a wife and three children, and the boy
Charles ut the only member of the family
now left to him. The pioneer aava he
waa comfortably situateil, having all the
ueoeanarieti of life and waving up some
thing. He had a sort of trading-poet
connected with hia cabin, and was well
patronized by Indians and hunters.
When aaked to detail the particulars
of the first outbreak, Mr. Greer said :
" Well, 1 was ready, and yet 1 wasn't.
The reds had Iwcu skulking around for a
week, and every one entering the store
wanted ammunition aud nothing else.
I had overhauled the house as well as I
could, knowing that I would have to de
feud them until help could come ; and
one morning 1 didn't open the store at all,
but set out to bring in three horses
which were grazing about a mile down
the river. 1 gave my wife orders to
keep all the doors fastened and not to
•rt any ludnuisiu, no matter how friend
ly they apja-ared. She hail a Spencer
carbine aud a revolver, ami I took with
me a Heurv ride and another revolver.
I waa in a fairry, having my mind made
up that there would l>e uo trohble before
night Having a go.nl horse under me
1 soon reschedule valley, but my horses
were goue, run off the day before by
the Indians. I didn't wait arouud there
long, as 1 feared au ambush, aud 1 was
about half way home wheu 1 heard shots
and yells aud knew that my ]<oat had
been attacked. The trail was along the
river, aud 1 couldn't see the cabins till
close on them. While 1 was riding
that half mile I heard the Spencer car
bine growling awav, aud I knew that
my wife had uot beeu taken by surprise.
""Well, ir," he went ou, his voice
trembliug, "there were at least forty
yelling tienda around the place, and 1
rode riglA into the crowd before they
saw me. My wife had all the doors aud
windows secured aud was tiring from
tne loop-hole*. I saw two dead Indians
on the ground as I dashed up, while a
wounded one was crawling away. My
horse was perfectly wild, but, sir, 1 roOc
arouud the post at least five times,
(sipping at the Indians, calling to my
wife, and Iming shot and struck at every
secoud. I don't think my wife recog
nized my voice, as all of us were yelling
at once, and when I found that she
wouldn't open the door 1 made for the
bluff hall a mile away, followed by over
half the gang, some ou foot and some on
horscltack. While riding around the
(sail I got this stab in the cheek, but 1
didn't even feel it for a quarter of au
hour. While galloping for cover the
brute* put a bullet into rav leg here, but
I didn't kuow it until 1 was running
over the rocka to find a sheltered place.
I dropped among some bowlders after a
bit, aud it wasu't over a minute before
I knocked over two ( of them. That
cooled the pursuit, but they surrounded
me, got secure positions, and I was
blockaded."
" And your family ?"
At this'question the little boy began
to cry and the father could hardly con
trol his emotion as he answered :
"It was awful, sir. The bov here
says that the Indians appeared soon
after I left aud asked for powder. She
wouldn't open the doors, aud they got a
log and were going to batter their wav
in wheu she killed the two I saw as I
rode up. Then they surrounded the
building, and the Imt'le opened. There
wasn't a better wife and mother in this
world, sir, and I never dreamed tliat she
had such pluck. When I think—wheu
I think, sir, of how she must have looked
for me hack, and how she wondered
what bad become of me. aud how despair
crept into her heart, I—l wish I was
dead. The other two children were
girls, one aged twelve and the other
seven. The boy says that Mary, the
oldest, used the revolver from oneof the
doors while her mother defended the
other, and that little Clarn carried car
tridge* to U>th of tiiem from the closet.
There was a hAlf-story chamlier to the
cabin, and the boy was stationed up
there to look through the crevices aud
watch for me. When his mother kuew
that part of the Indians hail suddenly
withdrawn, and when she heard the
firing on the bluffs, she called him down
from his post and gave him a rifie which
I hail laid away to sell to some Indian.
He says that she was very pale, and that
her hands trembled, but she kept the
Bpenrer going. Lying among the rocks,
nearly a mile away, and with an Indian
rifle popping at me every second, I
heard that ogbiue above all the din.
My post couldn't stand an Indian attack,
and I knew it, as there were too many
windows and doors to defend. The
house and store-room were connected by
a doorway, but there were no loop-holes
at the end of the store-room, aud the In
dians could gather there and lie safe. It
was about oight o'clock in the morning
when I took to the bluffs, anil when
noon came I could still hear that carbine
going. I was wondering all the time
why the fiends diijn't set fire to the post,
but they hal other plans. I had three
kegs of powder, lots of lead, two barrels
of flour, twenty pair of blankets, fifty
jKjw ler-lionis and various other goods in
there, and they wanted them. They
several times called upon my wife to sur
render, but she kept up the fire onil en
couraged the children. About one
o'clock all the Indians surrounding me,
except about half a dozen, drew ■iff Bin!
joined those around the (wist I wns in
a safe place, and yet it was a bail place.
They couldn't reach me with their bul
lets, and yet they bad positions from
which they could have killed me hiul I
stood up or moved six feet to right or
left The excitement kept pain away
for an hour, bnt after that I was pretty
badly used up, having uot a drop of
water to wash my wounds or quench my
thirst
" About one o'clock," he went on. after
a short rest, "all firing censed, and I
believed that the post hail been captured.
Half crazv with anxiety and distress I
rose np, determined to dash out, but tho
bullets came so fast that I was frightened
under cover again. Few men ever put
in such an afternoon as I did there. Pain
and thirst were terrible enough, to say
nothing of my mental distress. I hadn t.
the least hope of getting out alive, and
along toward night I got reckless as to
consequences. I should have made a
dash for the river, which was in plain
sight and not over half a mile away, and
was jnHt on the point of rising up when
yells and shots from my cabin held me
back. For abont five minutes there was
a lively roar of Are arms, ami above all
other noises I could hear that carhuie
going boom ! Ustui ! Us mi ! The In
dians who hod been left to watch me now
opeued Are aud Itegaii yelling, ami it
wasn't loug Itefore I suspected the truth.
You see, us I suaitected, aud as the boy
afterward related, the murderoua fiends
found they couldn't capture the post by
assaults ou the doors. That brave littio
woman and those poor children were too
much for forty or fifty Indians. After
losing nine or ten killed and over a dozen
wounded, the rela collected at the west
end of the store-room, out of nuige, utul
went to work to tear out the logs. They
were three or four hours getting things
readv, but when the time mine nearly
all tfie end of the buildiug weut down st
once. My wife and children were ready
for 'eiu. They defeuded the doorway for
full fifteen minutes, or until all but this
lioy were ahot dead. When the Indiana
Anally swartued in he was the only one
left to wreak vengeance on. They toma
hawked him, started to scalp him, and he
was the same as dead for hours. He is
sure the others were dead liefore the In
diana got through the door, ami I praise
thai for that consolation, while it nearly
times tue crazy to think of it"
There was a period of silence, the boy
weepiug bitterly, aud then Greer braced
himself anew and continued:
"And what did 1 do? God forgive
me ! but I couldn't do anything. 1 was
wild with excitement, and while I was
trying to plan something the reds made
s dash at me. They poured down at me
as if there was uo end to the number.
They were right on me the first I knew,
shooting, stabbing ami stnkiug at me
with their guns. I got this rap on the
head tlieu, and also this bullet iu the
shoulder, hut they didn't finish me. I
fought 'em, but how long I don't know,
for i was crazy. I remember of tlietu
dodging around me. of striking at them,
and of fceliuit the r.ige and strength of a
wounded lion. It sras long after dark
before I cooled dov.u and knew my situa
tion. 1 was then carrying this !s>y in
my aims to the river. \VTiere I found
him I don't know. After plundering my
;Mwt the Indians set Are to it. This
ehihl must have crept out and hid iu the
hushes, while the bodies of the dead
were burned. He says he ma*conscious
when 1 crept upon bun, and that wheu
he Iegged for water I took bhn in my
arms ami started for the river. Well,
wounded as 1 was, I felt better in the
cool night air. I wanted to save the
boy, and that helped nerve me up. Thu
cool water eased our hurts and refreshed
us, and iietween ten o'clock that uight
and daylight next morning I walked
twenty-two miles, carrying the boy half
the time. You wonder that we are not
dead, hut it woau't to lie. The boy has
!>eeu prettv tenderly treated, but I
haven't fooled with the doctors much.
They dug out some of the lead, bandaged
me up, ami I'll aoou be all right again.
I'm going to take Charlie to Vermont,
ami then I'll go track to Idaho and kill
Indians as loug as I live. I've made a
vow—l've sworn by all that's good and
sacred—that I'll enter into no other
business ami have no other plans imt to
kill Indians whenever and wherever 1
can find them ! I'll shoot down old and
young ! I'll keep right on killing through
war and peace !'
Something in the Bed.
Judge I'itmau has a habit of olipping
his watch under hi* pillow when he goes
U> lied. The otlier night somehow it
slipped down, ami, as the judge was rest
lim, it gradually worked it* way down
ward toward the foot of the bed. After
a bit, while he wa* lying awake, hia foot
totieheil it, and it felt very oold; he wa*
surprised aul seared, and, jumping from
bed he said :
'• Bv gracious, Maria ! there's a toad
or snake or something uuder the covers.
I touched it wilh my foot"
Mr*. I'itnian gave a loud scream and
was out on the floor in an instant
"Now don't go to hollering and wak
ing up the neighbor*," said the judge.
"You go and get me a broom or some
thing, and we'll fix the tiling mighty
quick."
Mr*. Pitman got the broom and gave
it to the judge, with the remark that she
felt as if snakes were creeping all up and
down her leg* nnd back.
"Oh, nonsense, Maria ! Now you turn
down the covers slowly, while i hold the
broom and bang it. Put a bucket of
water alongside the bed, too, so'a we can
shove it in and drown it."
Mr*. Pitman tiled the bucket and
gently removed the covers. The judge
held the broom uplifted, and a* soon as
the black ribbon of the watch wa* re
vealed, lie cracked away three or four
times with his broom. Then he pushed
the thing off into the bucket. Then thev
took the bucket to the light to investi
gate the matter. When the judge saw
what it was. he said :
"I ruight've known that. Just like
you women, to go screeching and fusa.ug
about nothing. Who's going to pay me
for that watch * It's utterly ruined."
" It was yon that made the fuse, no
me," said Mrs. P. Yon needn't try to
put the blame dff on me."
" Oh, hush up, and go to bed. I'm
tired of hearing yon blather. Blaine me
if I ain't going to get a divorce and emi
grate. "
And the judge turned in and growled
at Maria until lie fell asleep.— Max Ad
fler.
Vindictive to the Last,
A horrible atory of man'a inhuman
hatred for a fellow-creature cornea from
Mayaville, Ky. Levi Ball had fnmiahed
the'family of James C. Owens with sup
plies to the amount of S2OO, and, finding
it impossible to collect, he levied on
Owens' property, which was released on
a claimant's boud, and on that Ball also
secured a judgment. These various
proceedings aroused Owens to a pitch of
madness, and he swore to kill Ball.
Every instil t he oould devise he east
upon'his prospective victim to win some
provocation, and finally he solemnly as
serted hia intention of pouring the con
tents of his shot-gun, which he bad
charged with forty sings, into Ball's sys
tem. A few days ago he met Ball and
commenced his abnse again, whereupon
Hall fired four shots, mortally wounding
his vindictive enemy. On his death-bed
Owens went into convulsions at the sug
gestion that he must die before killing
the object of hia hatred, and when lie
recovered lie exacted with his dying
breath a solemn oath from his aeventeent
year-old son that hti would never res.
until he had sent Ball to his grave,
Upon the trial of Ball for the
lie was promptly acquitted.
Lake Superior.
Lake Superior has, at times, not only
the varied interest, but the sublimity of
a true ocean. lis blue, cold, transparent
waters, undisturbed by tides, lie, during
a calm, motionless and glassy as those of
any small, secluded lake, reflecting, with
perfect truth of form and color, the in
verted landscape that slop's down to ita
smooth, sandy beach. But when this
inland sea is stirred by the rising tem
pest, the long sweep of ita waves and the
curling white caps that crest its surface
give warning, not only to the light bark
canoe, still much used along its shores,
but also to sloop, and schooner, and lake
steamer to seek some sheltering haven.
At such times, craft of every description
may be seen running before the wind, or
heating np against it, all making for the
most favorite harbor on the lake, the
sheltered bay of Madeline Island.
TEA AND UOEI'EK.
Haw Tfir* ara ASallrrair* aaS Haw la IM
cavar Ike llrlrirrtaa* Wakalaaraa.
A writer iu the New York AVu<y
J'tmt describes the maimer in which tea
and coffee are often adulterated, aud
what he says will lie rsul with interest
in every household where these articles
are found ou the table. The writer says:
The sophistications practiced upon tea
are large iu uumlier and often harmful
ill character. The greater part of the
adulteration occurs in China, but the
English and Americans appear to have
become skillful imitators of the Chinese
in st least some branches of this nefari
ous industry. Mineral and organic sub
stances are used to increase the Weight
and bulk of the tea; fictitious strength is
imparted to it by the adilitiou of certain
vegetable substances snd pigments are
employed in order to produce s desire
able color. A preparation rejoicing in the
very appropriate name of " Lie tea," was
formerly snd is doubtless still used as an
admixture with geuuiue tea, jiertieularly
with gunpowder. "Lie tea" is insists
of the dust of tea and other leaves, which
is mixed with various mineral substances
and agglutinated into little masses by
means of starch or gum; it is then treat
ed with mineral p'gments. Hut the ope
ration which is most generally earned on
is the artificial " facing " or coloring of
teas. This practice is almost entirely
c<>nlined to green teas, of which, it is
said on high authority, but fw grades
reach the consumer in s pure state.
Green tea differs from black only in its
method of manufacture, and unless arti
ficially colored it should not present the
decided bluish-green appearance so often
noticed, but should possess a pale olive
color. Green tea is also converted into
black by chemical treatment; in fact,
these metamorphoses have given rise to
s special and regular branch of business,
notably in this city aud Philadelphia.
The pigments most ued for coloring
green teas are Prussian blue, indigo,
turmeric and china clay; the peculiar
gloaev apjwaranee they frequently pre
sent iseing produced by metuia of black
lead, talc and soapstone. Other and far
more dangerous substances, such as
arsenide of copper, chromate of lead and
Ifutch pink, are said to be sometimes
employed. When hot water is poured
upon "a faced tea, the coloring matter
present often becomes detached and
either rises to the top or sinks to the
bottom of the liqnid, forming a sediment
which can lie readily recognixed as a
foreign 1* *ly, especially by aid of a mag
nifying glass. In many instances this
test will be sufficient, but the safer plan
is always to avoid this use of teas posses
sing a metallic luster aud a bright green
color.
Coffee i* very extensively adulterated.
When Mild in the ground tatc it almost
invariably consists of a mixture contain
ing little or no coffee and a fit oat deal of
chicory and masted grains, aueh as peas,
lieans, rye and wheat. The addition of
chicory ta frequently defended on the
gmund that it improves the fate and
quality of the coffee, bat owing to it*
comparative cbeapnea* three is a great
temptation to use an undue quantity of
this substance, and unless the amount oi
the addition is specified on the |>ackages
(an is requiml in several European coun
tries), it undoubtedly constitutes a true
adulteration; moreover, chicory itself i
very often mixed with foreign aubtances.
Piofessor Sharpies has recently exam
ined several varieties of package coffee,
including the " drat quality Mocha and
Java coffee," an "extra quahty French
coffee," a " Frehcb breakfast coffee," an
'* English breakfast coffee," and "pure
roasted and ground Cape coffee," hut
wa* not able to detect the presence of the
veritable tiean in anv trf these prepara- !
turns. A very popular and, in compari
son with the' altove, superior brand of j
" prepared Java coffee," received by the
writer for analysis, had the following
composition : Coffee, thirty-seven per
centum; peas, fifty-two per centum; rye,
two per centum; chicory, eight per
centum. A simple method for detection -
Mime of these snlmUnee* consists in
slightly stirring the snsperted sample
with cold water vid otiserving the color
of the liquid and the gravity of the pow
der. Pure coffee will remain floating
upon the surface of the water for some
time, and fails to impart a perceptible
color to it, whereas chicory and tieans
(especially the former) at once sink to
the Is it torn and color the liatud decided-
Iv. Other snlietanoes which also rise to
the surface of the water can be easily
distinguished fnun coffee by their ap
pearance and taste. Another simple teal;
is to spread the coffee out on a slip of
glass, slightly moisten it with water,
and then touch the layer in different
parts with the point of a needle; in this
way the presence of soft non-resisting
foreign ingredients can be readily de
tected. If on opening the ]>ackage the
contents are caked, or show a tendency
to cake, the presence at chicory is indi
cated.
Four Widow*.
A South Carolina exchange has the
following:
At Prosperity, a station on the Oreen
ville and Columbia railroad, dwell in
reach of the sound of the whistle four
widows.
No. 1. This ladv, as all the other*,
lo.it her husband (luring the war, and
was left in straitened circumstances. Did
she sit down and grieve at her fate f By
no means. She has raised four children,
l>esides flue crops, and to-dar she has
much of last year's cotton and flour on
hand, is free from debt, and is able to
par-canh down for what she wants.
No. 'J looks complacently on all of her
last crop of cotton, aud with a sense of
perfect rest and absolute fulness on 8,000
pounds of flour, neither of which she lias
sold Iwcause she had no use for the
money. The onlv tiling which disturbs
her rest now is wlint to do with her new
fodder, everv place being occupied with
♦he old. She. too, like a true woman,
has raised children and set them up uu
der their owu vines and ftg trees.
No. 3 struggled through the year*
whieli have rolled on since the late un
pleasantness, raised six children, giving
each at majority flfiOO in cash. Last vesr
she 1 siught n tract of land, for which
$1,400 in good money wns paid. Has
corn fodder, and other things in abun
dance.
No, 4, like nnto the other*, has made
a splendid tight, and brought up a large
family in the way they ahould go; has of
last year'a crops abundance, pay* cash
in trade, and loans her earninga out on
interest.
A Thunder Slorm in l<ondon.
There was a terrific thunder atoriu in
London on July 5. Three peals of thun
der wore heard in quick succession at
Kilbum, and a sheet of tire dashed in
the street. The thoroughfare for some
distance seetnod to be in flames, and a
material similar to molten metal des
cended, leaving behind clinkers from an
inch to six or seveu inches in circum
ference. The street for a distance of
fifty yards was covered, something like
a oouple of bushels having been picked
np by |M>rsonH in the neighborhood. A
child named Frost, who was running
from one house to another, was struck
with some of the liquid and severely
burned. The flre-ball then struck a
telegraph wire, which passed over the
street, completely burning it np for a
distance of 500 yards. For ten minutes
after the fall of the thunder-bolt the
whole neighborhood was enveloped in a
thick blue and yellow fog.
TKRMH: S'-i.OO a Year, in Advance.
Fashion Notes
Bunting is the seaside dress.
The uew shade of pink is rose (re
mit re.
The latest notion in kid gloves is half
Augers
Ivory white beregr is in favor for even
ing wear.
The latest uovelty in printed cambrics
is IndUnne*.
The Herbiait costume is the rival of the
Breton.
Black lace mitts are worn with all kinds
of dmaims.
Embroidery appears on nearly all sum
mer dress toilets.
Phuded and plain hosiery is more fash
ionable than striped.
Lace ficlius aud collerettes, with cuffs
' to match, grow in favor.
Grenadine is full dress for matrons, bnt
not for young girls.
The French twist is still the moat fash
ionable morning otaffure.
Black satin shoes covered with em
broideries are Tery fashionable.
The most fashionable lawn drosses are
m sinligbt blue and sorrel green.
Handkerchiefs and neckties fur morn
ing wear are trimmed with colored
torchon lanes.
Narrow bauds of black velvet ribbon
worn around the hair in Grecian style are
coming in vogue.
Navy blue percale, trimmed with white
embroidery and Gloria lace, is the oos
tume of the moment.
The prettiest seaside list* are of white
Panama, trimmed with white bunting
scarfs and deep red roses.
A stylish costume is effected by trim
ming colored cambric with salmon col
ored torchon lace aud salmon ribbon
bows.
Ivory mohair braids, embroidered in
, black or in oolur to suit the materials,
appear on many of the most stylish sum
mer suits. 0
White brrtyr evening dresses are pret
tily blighted up with colored ribbon
bows, such as ruby, Mandarin, or tur
quoise color.
DatUfle)Uet is a new, durable lace, of
the character of guipure d'arf, which, to
some extent,is taking the plaoe of torchon
for underwear.
Fine white torchon laces edged with
color—blue, red, pink, tilleul, *>r black ~
is made up into fichus, collars, and cuffs
of various styles.
Bome of the newest balageurer are of
white plaited muslin,embroidered on the
edge in oolor to match the dress with
which they are worn, or edged with col
ored torchon or Ckma lace.
There is a run upon green; we have
had Holbein, sage, myrtle, willow,
bronze, aud mom green, and now we
have Oreille cuite (cooked sorrel), s yel
lowish green shade, which combines with
singularly stylish effect with either jale
blue or pink.
The mousquetaire cuff* of lace to be
worn outside the sleeve have lawn her
alded for some tune, and are now found
among the importations. They are six
inches deep, sad square, or else they are
closed in gauntlet shape for the band to
be slipped through. At present they
are only shown in the white and colored
torchon laoes that are "worn with sum
mer costumes. Accompanying these are
broad collerettes that fasten behind and
have long jabots in front
i Curies* Family.
Tb 7VmN and Drtpateh of Reading
says: Albany, the township of snakes
and catamounts, possesses one of the
most canons families in the county,
whose history is quite remarkable.
Kunkel is the* nunc of the fsmily, which
consists of five persons, four old bach
elor* and one old maid, brothers and
sister, who are hound together by the
most affectionate ties and refuse to be
separated. The sister is in her seventieth
year, and is noted for her excellent man
agement, wielding s great influence over
her younger brothers, who range in age
from ftftv to aixty-flve years, the
yonngeat lieing upward of fifty years
old. Tliev are ail over six feet tall, pos
sessed of herculean frames. The form
u|K>u which they live has been handed
down over a hundred years, and was se
qiiired by their ancestors over a century
ago. Their house was erected more than
one hundred years ago, after the style
of the first settlers, split logs tor a floor,
filled up with clsy. They do all their
own work, and are neat and clean in all
they do. Their farm is in excellent con
dition, and produces annually large
crops. They do not liave their horses
shod in the winter, only in the summer.
In winter the shoes are removed, and
the horses are not taken further than to
water. They carry all their grain to the
mill and back on their shoulders, never
using the horses for this purpose. The
barn roof, and a number erf the out
buildings are thatched with straw. The
fsmily is much respected, and is reported
to be wealthy. A sister, who married a
number of vears ago, has been utterly
discarded, Ler singular brothers and
sister having paid her the portion to
which she was entitled out erf her father's
estate, and will have no further inter
course with her. This curious family
resides near!,Wesnesrille, in Albany
township, and have never been out of
the county, and it is believed never oat
of the towushijp. They are said to have
relatives in Philadelphia whom they
have never seen nor visited.
Drowned In the Surf.
Moore Beatty, a wealthy builder of
Philadelphia, WAS drowued at Atlantic
City while attempting to reecue Mr*.
Matilda Phillips, of New York city, who
had gotten beyond her depth. Juat be
fore the accident Mr. Beatty, with hia
wife and little daughter, were aitting in
the Surf House watching the bathera.
Suddenly Mr*. Beatty exclaimed: "I
Iwlieve that woman ia 'drowning," point
ing toward Mm. Phillips, who waa some
distance beyond the other bathera.
Answering: "I believe she is," and
throwing off his coat and boots, Mr.
Beatty plunged into the wster and swam
out to her/He got hold of her and made
a desperate attempt to bring her to
shore, but the drowning woman seized
his legs and dragged him under. By
this time a large crowd hail collected on
the beach and boats nut out to their
aaaistance. The two did not sink, but
were hauled on Board one of the boats.
At first it wna thought life was extinct,
but when the boat reached the shore
both liegan to gaap. A physician wna
sent for, and nieaus were taken to resus
citate them. But though they con
tinued to gasp for nearly an hour, both
died.
(•ray's Elegy in a Churchyard.
Two stanzas hare been added to Oram's
famous elegy, in order to do away with
ita one reproach of having no woman in
it except "the busy housewife." They
are to appear after the fourteenth stanza
of the original and to take precedenoe of
the men altogether. Here they are :
Here sleeps some fair, whose unaffected charms
Bloom M with attraction to herself unknown,
Whoaa beauty might have blessed a monarch's
arms.
Whose virtues cast a luster on a throne.
Whose modest beauties warm'd a humble heart,
Or cheered the labors of some homely spouse ;
Whose virtues form'd to every duteous part,
The healthful offspring which adorm d her
NUMBER 29.
THAI* HKEtMKUS UETEf TED.
Hew • fsllifsl tiKgtorvr Weal Saws le file
Ileum-. "I ( ssMhave JeearrS aad Hewed
Mreetf, bet the Tenia tt.aH have UssS
Oavrn."
The cases of Leroy Oliver, George B.
Gibson, James Loug, and Allen M.
| Greenstrect, the four dropersdoro who
! are held as the wreckers of the Texas ex
press upon the Hi. Louis and Han Frau
tnaoo railroad, on the night of June 2,
were called before a grand jury at Dixon,
the county seat of Pulaski county, Mis
souri, s special erosion at that body hav
ing been ordeifid. The details of the sf
fsir were slow iu developing, owing to
the suppression of the facta up to the
time iif the capture of the four men.
On die night of June around, when
the Texss exprros entered the gloom of
the Oxark mountains, a terrific storm of
wiud sod rain was raging. The storm
was s tempest in force. Little streams
had swollen to torrents. In the cab of
the engine, Frank Caton, the engineer,
stood with his hand upon the throttle
' and peered into the tempest, keeping a
sharp lookout for any obstructions that
the storm might have thrown upon the
track. By bis able was Ham Ktohardsoti,
' a lisnjy young fellow, the fireman at the
engine. There was one other msn on the
eugiue, s friend of Galon's, Dr. E. L.
Atkinson, who had stepped aboard to
ride a few miles. The train was on a fill.
Forty feet Mow was the tevel of the
ground.. The engineer observed a beep
of rubbish sod leaves upon the track.
At the same instant his eye, aocasuxned
to dark nights and the distinguishing at
objects in dim light, aaw the form at a
man stealing into the deeper darkness,
away from the light at the engine's bea
con, far down at the base of the hilL He
suspected foul ptey. With ooe band he
polled the com, and the engine gave a
warning shriek. Then be seised the re
verse lever, and, with s desperate pull,
reversed the engine and applied the air
brake. Too late I With nia hands yet I
upon the lever, he went to hia death.
The engine reached the seeming obstruc
tions. A trap had been laid. Two nula
had been loowr-ned at one end, and their
course diverted. The intention of those
who did it was to plunge the train into
the depths below. The engine passed
over the brow of the hilL It rolled down
the embankment to the very base and
stopped with the wheels in the sir. The
three occupants of the cab were beneath
it, crushed ami mangled.
When the engine left the track and
started upon the path made by the mis
placed rails, it gave a wild plunge and
bound. The coupling between the ten
der and the baggage ear gave way, bnt
not until the heavy oar turned upon ite
side. The remainder of the train aame
to a dead stand still, safe upon the track.
There were but few passenger* on
board. The traffic ia generally light on
Saturday night Home of them were dur
ing in their seats. Others est looking
out into the gloom, listening to the bow
ling of the storm. When the warning
shriek of the engine was followed by the
sudden and violent stoppage of the train,
the passengers sprang to the windows to
ascertain what was the matter. AH.
Wilson, the conductor of the train, was
seated in a rear cor. He seised the lan
tern. and jumping from the platform,
started forward. He had struggled
through the mud and weeds at the side
of the track but s few feet when a pistol
shot was heard. A bullet panned through
his hat The bullet came within an
eighth of an inch of his scalp. The sen
sation stunned him partially, and he fell
to the ground. Hia lantern WM extin
guished. Seven more shots were fired
in quick succession, and than everything
arms quiet. The shots came from the ra
vine upon the side of the fill down which
the engine had plunged. One passenger,
with his tec* clone to s window, saw by
the flashes of the pistol five men. hud
dled together in the shadows. It be
came evident that the parties who had
j don* the firing had fled, and the paasan
j gera came oat of the can. Walking for
ward, they row at a glance how the rails
had been tampered with. One man
racked up a new monkey-wrench, a claw
hammer, and a common laborer'a pick
axe. These had been need to tear the
rails from their strong fastenings.
All hands groped down the muddy
bank to where the wrecked engine lay .
emitting angry volumes of steam. Word
iMMsed that there wrae men beneath.
Willing hands set to work. The body
at the fireman was taken out; burned,
scalded, and mangled. He must have
died instantly. Next the searcher* ae
cured the remains of Dr. Atkinson.
Then they came to poor Frank Caton,
the engineer. He was burned, scalded,
and crushed, but he was still save. He
clang to life with s tenacity that teas
wonderful, and it was full two hours be
fore death put an end to his sufferings.
Speaking slowly and with an effort that
was agon "ring, "he told thoee who gath
er*l SIKIUX him how he had noticed the
obotructioua, how he had tried to save
die train, and how he and his oompan -1
ion had gone down to death. When he
had told his story he feebly gasped: " I
could have jumped and saved myself,
but the train would have gone down."
These were his last words.
Intelligence ef a Mocking Bird.
A correspondent from a city in Arkan
sas writes: Deeds of personal valor and
heroism, when brought to public notice,
are always applauded, and generally
find their vivacious and enthusiastic his
torian. Now I propose to perform this
friendly office as best I can, for several
members of the little feathery tribe, in
relating a little occurrence recently
brought to my attention. A gentleman
residing in this city has the yard front
ing his residence adorned with shrub
bery. One shrub having a small post
support, it seemed a small mucking bird
had utilised for a nest, in which, on this
{■articular occasion, reposed five little
birdhngs to fill the fond mother's heart
with joy and gladness. One evening the
lady of the house had her attention at
tracted to the spot by a violent fluttering
and shrill screams of distress from the
parent bird. Ooing to the place, what
was her astonishment to find a large
snake coiled about the poet, seemingly
intent upon having a " game " supper.
The lady at once called a servant, who
promptly dispatched the reptile. Now
for the singular part of the transaction.
No sooner had the good lady appeared
upon the voene than Mrs. Mockingbird
disappeared in the direction of the
woods; but, in leas time than it takes to
record it, she returned, accompanied by
five of her feathery neighbors, with s
war cry issuing from their tiny throats,
evidently intent upon the destruction of
the ruthless invader of their homes. A
reeonuoissanoe in force was at once be
gun, but the " enemy " had disappeared.
The search, however, was continued un
til, at last, his remains were discovered,
when the now happy songsters set up, as
it were, a shout of triumph and con
gratulations, and dispersed to their sev
eral homes.
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TWIN COLTS. —A very uncommon
phenomenon of horse-flesh has recently
come to notice. On the fourteenth day
of May a marc owned by Mr. Joseph
Hussey, of North Garmel, Maine, fooled
►twin colts. They have been healthy,
growing well, and are now real beauties.
They are of light bay color, which will
of course beoome darker, with black
points. Alike in form and movementa,
marked the same, they now promise to
make a beautiful span of perfectly
matched horses.
Items f latere*.
Gold ia an eighth of a mnl Join*.
Noai.Ua time tog* jmt troth filled.
Jenny Liad aaja thai h husband ia
bar true* fnend. Bwry woman'a ought
to ba.
Tba empress of Austria ia said to ha
tb moat beautiful royal lady in tba
world,
Ferik Aaid noweommand* tba Turkish
army. That ia, ha tells the boys when
to rate eat. SKf" ]
M TbaTnrbd." mm m roefaange, " ara
aw" *<&—■"
WIU) WX),
A woman in Bslliiisifs baa bean fined
9100 aad eoata for sanding scurrilous
poatal card* to ladies,
Man wastes hi* morning" in anticipa
ting his afternoons, and wastes his after
noons in regretting bia mornings.
In tba United States shoot tbraa-fiftbs
of the cereal production ia Indian corn,
white in Europe cats predominate.
( Tba historical oak under which, it is
■aid, Wealey preached bia first sermon
in America, ia still standing at Frede
rics, Oa.
" Are thaaa soaps all one scant f" in
quired a isdy of s juvenile salesman.
" No. ma'am, they are all tan cants," re
plied tba innocent youngster*
The fashionable male shirt collar is
gradually decreasing in height. A young
man ran now paes under a telegraph
wire without ducking bia bead.
As General Tebartbamistem*b*adoff
was tearing fur the wan, bia sweetheart
remarked to him, in tear*: " Though I
no more behold thee, yet ia thy name a
spell."
A man who had prartjroi twelve years
with s revolver, and who eonld drive a
nail it sixty fact with s ballet, was kilted
by a slab in the hands at an Arkansas
man who couldnt shoot s barn.
We suppose that when the entire Boa
man army went marching over the pon
toon bridges it didn't nudta one-half the
clattering tbet a ten-year-old boy does
when he walks down one flight of stain.
A little girt, where a minister bad been
invited to dinner, was privately placed
on her good behavior. Finding a lull
in the conversation at the table, she
folded ber hands and said: "Ob, God,
pfeaat pass the batter."
When a small boy with a prejudice
g.iu* yellow dogs observes an old
<>vstr esa in s eonditsoa at inactivity be
at ernes begins debating the question
whether it was created to point a moral
or adorn a tail. The dug gets the first
news of the deetsaan.
Just because Western hucksters stick
their thumbs into the measures on veil
ing berries sod then withdraw and tetein
those portions at their anatomy , the Chi
cago Journal sake in a towering rage:
"Shall we, as American cttixeus, pay
far thumbs by the pint and quart and
not get them F"
A trump in Peoria, 111., connoted of
vagrancy, was set to work on the road,
lie refused to do a stroke ; they oros
man ted him with a ball and chain,
whereupon be sat down iu the road aad
stared at the crowd all day, aad the
crowd stored at him. They were still
staring at test accounts.
A child charmed by a black make in
Jqfferson county, Tcnn., fed the snake
duly for over a week. The father dis
covered the snake coiled up in the child's
lap and killed it, whereupon the Utile
one went into spasms of grief and reflteed
to rot food of any kind. Shecr.es almost
continually, exropt white asleep, and
physicians state that she will live but a
short time.
A rheumatic old gentleman, whose son
was careless shout shutting the front
door after him, called oat to him one
raid day, when he had left the door
swinging wide : " See here, young man,
vou leave that door open too much!"
""Do I Y* was the response. " Then boj
much open shall I leave it T "I mean
vou leave it open too often !** thundered
the old gentleman. " Oh, well, how of
ten shall I leave it open J" politely in
quired the son. The father aid not dare
trust himself to reply.
Here is a classification of kiaaes in
rhymes:
"There is a formal to— at fashion ;
And s burning kiss of passion ;
A father's Idas,
And s Mstor's kiss to move.
Thsvw's a traitor's hies tor goid.
Libs a sarpaat's clammy fold.
A first kiss,
A irlnieo kiss.
And the thrilling kfcs of km*.
A meeting kiss,
A maiden kiss.
A kiss when food heart's sever.
Bat the esddeel lose
On earth is this—
A kirn to pert for ever r
Trying to Starve to Death,
gu months ago • gentleman and bis
wito registered their names in the bast
hotel in Honors, California. They made
few acquaintances; they seemed to court
seclusion; they wandered up and down
the gnssr hills: oeeaakmaily they were
seen sitting under a tall pine, anon the
man carried a pick-ax on his shouluer
and had the air at s miner who was hunt
ing for a pocket rain; they were eeeeo
trie and mvutarioua. On Jane 80 they
liiMappeaml, and after their fellow-board
ers had gossiped ahout them for a da v or
two search was made fur them. The
queer couple were found on the top of
Bald mountain not far from the town.
Thee had been oat doors about ninety
hours; they had not lost their way ; they
had pone out into the woods with the
deliberate purpose of starring to death;
thee had eaten nothing; they had a four
ounce bottle filled with water, with
which they had moistened their parched
lipa; they* were dying by inches. The
neighbor* carried them to a cabin, and
induped them to eat something. The
husband is a graduate of a Pennsylvania
medical college, and owns a homestead
in New Jersey. Once he was very
wealthy, but he lost everything in stock
(•peculations in San Fisncisoo. He had
been waiting for remittances from that
city; his last penny had gone; he was in
debt to the hotel proprietor ; he resolved
to go up the mountain and starve, and
his wife went with him.
Preserving Elephants in Ice.
Some Russians lately found in Siberia
another elephant, perfectly preserved
; in ice; they were able to eat its flesh.
M. Bayle, in announcing this fact to the
Zoological Society of Fiance, said it did
, not prove that elephants had lived in
the country, but that, in a time of great
cataclysm, their bodies may "have been
transported by a very strong current
from the Himalayas on to Siberia, where
they were stopped by the ice; the time
necessary for such transport is much less
than would be generally supposed. The
elephants, very nnmerons at that epoch,
had not been all earned to Siberia,
many had been stopped en route, and
; nothing had been left of them but their
bonce and tusks; it was the latter that
had been long used by the Chinese for
their works of cut ivory. With regard
to the cataclysm carrying elephants to
northern regions, Count Hugo has point
ed out that every year English and
American fishermen have brought up
elephant's tusks iu their net. The num
ber of these got annually may be esti
mated without exaggeration, at about a
thousand. .
The ( xsc's Dally Life.
The Emperor of Russia has been lead
ing a very simple life at Ploiesti. He
worked without ceasing, signing hun
dreds of documents daily. Every docu
ment must be read over to hin., tor lie
will give no signature which is merely
mechanical. To the entreaties of las
servants to take things more easily he
has always the same answer: "I am
, neither old enough nor ill enough to re
lieve myself from my obligations." The
czar leached his fifty-ninth year on
the twenty-third of June. H s dinner is
served regularly at twelve o'clock noon,
after which he takes a drive, usually
with'the crown prince.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place, it generally happening that
there is nothing there tne second time to
hit
The population of the globe for the
last two centuries was estimated to be
over one thousand millions.