C(P Lot* and Frtendnhlp Th bird*, whsn winter *h*ds* t tie kjr, Fly o'er the mu *w*y, Where laughing inlet in tunthine He, And rammer breeaet play ; And ihnt the friend* that flatter near, While fortune * *nn it warm. Are atartM if a cloud appear. And fly before the storm. But when from winter'* howling plain* Each other warbler'* pant. The little enow-bird *til! remain*. And chirrup* mid*t the hlaat. Lore, like that bird, when friendship* throng With fortune'* ran depart, Still linger* with it* cheerful eong, And nestle* oa the heart Catching a Tartar. A rat with a greedy appetite, Went Ashing with hi* tail one night; He onoe had *een a for do that— ' And if a fox, why not a rwt 7 For rarely he i* quite a* knowing A* any other beast that'* going.* Cooking hi* eye in fond conceit That he knew fish a* well a* meat He ailent sat upon the hore. And bobbed for half an hour or wore. A last a hungry bite he feit. And Jecroed it roach, or perch, or amelt Eager, but caution* did he wait To let the prey grasp well the bait; Then, like a fDher, (killed and nice. He Jerked ; hut lo ! a* ui a rice Hi* tail stuck fast ; and. strange a* true, The more he pulled the worwe it grew ! This way and that iu vain he tamed ; In vain he jerked, and jum|Wd. and squirmed, Iu vain he yelled with paiu and grief— In vain cried murder. Arc aud thief! In vain ; for lo ! an oyster vast Had oaught hi# tail and held it fast! '■ At leurth the rat perceived the ease. And putting on a rauling face - Stay lug meanwhile hi* tear* and groans. Though {win and terror thrilled bis bones— Addressed the oyster thn# : •My fnend, There'* *otue mistake : my latter eud Wws never made for feast or fete — 1 only put it in for hail, And as you've taken it, I opine That you are caugiit, and so are miae ; I pray, therefore, oyster tender. Just come ashore, and thus surrender.' II The oyster answered not a wink. But in the wave beg a to sink. '• Down, dowu by slow degree* he went To the wild rock* in sheer descent, Dragging the rat, 'tnid cries of slaughter, ' Beneath the dark aud stormy water.' He sank, and o'er him danced Ike bubble* In mockery of all hi* trouble* ; Nothing was left but this. ki story. And the plain truth it sets before you— " The cunning rah who apes the fox. And risks hi* tail among the rocks ; Heedless of dangers dark and awful. In search of pleasures all unlaw ful ls by a stupid oyster caught. And made the prey of him he sought, Ye cunning human rats beware. Unlawful pleasures should you dare To seek along the shores of sin. Lest some huge oyster pull* you in!" Chased by Wolves. Some forty years ago the northern part of the State of New York was rery sparsely settled. In one of the remote oountiea, which for a name's sake we will call Maer county, a stout hearted settler, named t)evena, posted himself beyond the borders of civilization, and hewed for his little family a home in the heart of a forest that extended all the way from Lake Champlaia to LaXe Ontario. His nearest neigh*>or was six miles away, and the nearest town nearly twenty ; but the Deviases were so Uapoy snd contented that the absence of company gave tliem no concern. Mr. Devins' first attack on the stub born forest had been over the brow of the hill.aoine four miles uearer Oweuton, but his house was burned down before be had Ukea Lis familv there from Albany. lie had regretted that he had not 44 pitched his tent" on the slope of Otter creek ; on >w he with re newed energy his second h>nie, in which the closing "in of the winter of 1839 found him. He had sixty acres of nob soil under cultivation at the time of which we are to speak, his right-hand man being his son Allan—a rugged, handsome, intelligent boy of sixteen. The winter of '39 was a terrible one ; snow set in before the end of November, and, even in tlie open country, lay upon the ground until the beginning of April, while in the recesses of the forest it was foon las late as the middle of June. There was great distress among the set tlers outside cf the bounds of civilna tion, to whom the deep snow was an im passable barrier. The Devinsea neither saw nor heard from their nearest neigh bors from the Ist of December till near the beginning of February, when a crust was formed upon the snow sufficiently firm to bear the weight of a man, and a frien lly Cayuga Indian brought them news of how badly their neighbors fared. Mr. Devins was especially touched by the bad case of his friend Will Inman, who lived on the nearest farm. ' Toe poor man lay ill of a fever; Mrs. lo nian was dead and temporarily buried, until ber body could be removed to the cemetery in Oweoton, and all the care of the family devolved upon Esther, his daughter,fourteeu years old. Afterash >rt consultation, the next morning breaking bright and clear though very cold, it was determined to allow Allan to go over the hill to Inmxu's, bearing medicine, tea, and other little necessaries for the fami ly. He was impressively warned to tie gin his return it so early sn hoar th.it he might reach h< cue lefore the short s en l, especially because of the dan ger from wild animals. Tlie severity of the winter had ma le the wolves more venturesome an l dangerous than they had been for many years. Mr. Devi us had lost several sheep and bogs, and deemel it unsafe for any of his family to be caught far from the h nine at night. Allan armed himself with bis light rifle, put s >me biscuits an 1 cold meat in apiuch strapped to his waist, mount ed oue of the strong farm-horses, an 1 set out on his journey. The road through the forest was better than he expected to find it, ind the snow had been drifted off, but it the turns, and in the thickest part of the wood, his horse floundered through drifts more than breast high ; and more than once Allan had to dismount and beat a path ahead, therefore, he did not reach Inman's till two o'clock, and, by the time he had helped Esther about her work, osaistel her young brother to get i. a good supply of wood, and made mgs more comfortable for the invalid . was almost sundown. He stoutly reft. edte wait for supper, declaring that the luncheon still in his pouch would serve, and started ju s the short twilight came on. He jras a brave lad, and with no thonght of peril, went off, kissing his hand gaily to Esiher. it took him an hoar to traverse the first three miles, and then he came to a stretch of comparatively bare gTonnd leading throngh his father's old clearing, and almost to the top of the hill back of Mr. Devins' house. He was just urging old Bob into a trot, when a long, clear howl broke upon his ear ; then another and another answered from east and south. He knew what that meant. It was the cry of the advance guard of a pack of wolves. The howling sounded near, and came swiftly nearer, as though the wolves had found his tracks and scented their prev. Old Bob trembled in every limb, and seemed powerless to move. Allan realized that he could not, before dark, reach home through the drifte ahead, and the ir creasing cold of the advancing night would render a refuge in & tree-top probably as deadly as an encounter with the pack. Presently there came aery, shriller and sharper than before, and Allan, looking back, saw a great, lean, hungry gray wolf burst from the underbrush into the road, followed by dozens more; and in a moment the road behind him was full of wolves, open-mouthed and in keen chase. Their yells now seemed FRED. KURTZ, Ktlitor and Proprietor. VOLUME X. note* of exultation, for the loader of the pack—tlie strongest, fleetest, hungriest one among thorn— was within dozen yard# of Allan, who wasuow riding faster than ever old Bob had gone before or ever would go agaiu. Excitement made the lad's blood boil in his veins, and he determined to show tight. The moon had risen, and tlie sceue was almost a* light as ilay. Now he could count the crowding h'ost of his enemies, aud just as he broke from the forest road iuto the old clearing, he turned iu Ins saddle and fired. The foremost of the pack rolled over and over ; the rest gathered arouud and tore their leader in pieces. By tlie time they resumed the chase, Allen was a hundred yards ahead with hi* rifle loaded. He determined to make a running tight of it to the lull, where he was sure of meeting his father, or would take to a tree and shoot uuttl help came. This had hardly flashed through his brain when, right ahead of him a de- Uohmeut of the {>aok sprang iuto the road and answered with double yells the cries of the rest coming up behind. The horse wheeled suddenly, almost unseat ing Al ! an, and dzshod across the clear ing, toward the wood ; but he hail uot takeu a doien bound# when a wolf sprang upon him. Old Bob reared aud fell, pitching Allan nearly twenty feet ahead, and was covered with wolves lie fore he could regain his footing. That wa# the last of poor old Bob. But Allan ! What of him ? Whcu he recovered from the effects of the shook, he found hims-lf over head and ears m snow. He had uo idea where he w as, but struggled and plunged ill vain endeavor# to extricate himself, until at last he broke into a space that was clear of snow, but dark as Erebus, damp and close. Feeling about him he discovered over his head logs resting slautiugly against the upper edge of a pit, aud theu he kuew that he was in the cellar of the old house hi* father hail built, and which had been burnt*! dowu nine years be fore! The cellar was full of snow, ex cept at the corner roofed over by the fallen log*, aud Allan, bursting through the snow into the empty comer, was a# secure from the wolves as though seated by his father's fireside. 11 was uot near ly as cold in there as outside, and he found a dry spot upon which he lay down to think. He was in no danger of freezing to death, his food would keep him (rum starvation a week at least, and Allan con cluded that, with the first glimpse of dawn, his father would be in search of him, and, following the trucks, find old Bob's bones, and quickly rescue him from his predicament. He reasoned wisely enough, but the elements were against him. Before sunrise a furious storm of wind and auow bail completely obliterated every trace of horse, ndr and wolves. At home, a* the night wore oa, tlie anxiety of the family hal increased. While* they were watching the gathering storm, they heard the long, dismal howl of the wolves coming over the hill. The chill of fear that they should never see the boy agaiu settled down upon all their hearts, until tlie house was as dreary within as the winter waste and gloomy forest were without. Meanwhile the breve youth was sound asleep, dreaming as peacefully as though snnglv resting with his brother in his warm*bed at home. He slumbered on unconscious of the raging storm without, and did not wake till late the next fore noon. It took him several seconds to realize where he was aud how he came there, but gradually he remetnliered his ride for life, the falliug of his horse, his struggle in the snow, aud his breaking into the pruteet<\l space where he lay. The storm lasted all day and far into the succeciliug night. Allan ate slightly, quenched his thirst witn a few drops of water obtained by melting snow in the palm of his hand, aud began casting abont for means to get oat. He soon found that to dig his wav np through the mass of snow that filled the cellar was beyond his powers. If he could have made a succession of foothold#, the task w- mid have been easy; but all his effort* only teuded to • 11 his r treat, without bringing him nearer the air. A# soo as he saw this, he gave himself up to calmly waiting for help from without The second morning ol hi* imprison ment broke clear and cheerful, and Mr. Dsvins set out to search for traces of his boy. He visited the In mans' an 1 learn ed the particulars of Allan's stay and departure, theu mournfully turned his face homeward, his heart" filled with despair. When he emerged from the forest into the clearing, he met the In dian who bad visited him a few days before, and he told the red man of Allan's loss. The Indian stoxl a mo ment in d—op thought, and th"u asked : "N>i horse, no boy back there?" pointing to the road just traversed by Mr. Devins. " No. I have looked carefully, and if there had been a trace left by the recent storm I should have dek-cte l it." " Ugh ! well, me corne over the bill ; nothing that way either; then they here." " Why do yon tliink (to ?" " Alt ! me know wolves. When Allan come to tliia place they alidad; horse turn; wolves caught'em this aide wools; wo look there," and Tayenathouto pointed to the Tory coarse taken by the horse and rider. It BO happened when Allan was thrown from the horse's back that his rifle flew frutn his hand and stuck, muzzle down, in a hollow stump, where, imbedded in the snow, it stbod like a sign to mark the scene of the last struggle of the lost boy. The snow bad whitened all its hither side. When the Indian came abreast of it, he cried : "Told you so! See! Allan's gnn! And here rest of >m," pointing to the little heap over the ruius of the old cabin. Kicking the snow hastily aside, the Indian examined the ground carefully a moment and then said : " No, only horse; Allan farther on." The Indian, with head bent down, walked qnickly forward, threw up his arms, and disappeared. He had stepped over the clean edge of the cellar aud sank exactly as Allan hail. A few desperate plunges sufficed to take the strong Indian through the intervening •now and into the protected oorner where Allan, jnst rousing from his second sleep, sat bolt npright. The Indian's coming disturbed the snow so that a glimmer of light penetrated into the dark space. Allan supposed a wolf had found its way down there, aud hastily drew his large knife, bracing himself for for an encounter. The Indian sputtered, thrashed about to clear himself from the snow, and in so doing rapped his head smartly against the low ceiling of logs. " Wangh ! wangh !" eiclaimed he. Too much low; Indian break 'em head; look out." Allan instantly recognized the voice of the Indian, his comrade on many a fishing and hunting tour. " Tayenathonto !" he cried, "dear old fellow, who would have thought of you finding me!" The Indian quietly replied : "Tayenathonto no find; oome like waterfall; couldn't help his self." A very few minutes sufficed to put both on the surface again, where Allan was rec ived "like one come from the dead," and closely folded in his father's arms. Oh, the joy of that embraoe I The past grief and suffering were for gotten in the bliss of that momsnt. The Indian had to return with the THE CENTRE REPORTER. happy father and aon to their homo, where ho was hailed aa Allan * reaeuor, ami enjoyed to the full a share of the festivities, lu after year* Allan married Esther lumau, and now, by the A reside in wiuter, he tells Li* grandchildren of his escape from the wolves, and the little ouea never tire of petting their faithful old Tay en at lion to. -- l/corye Ihtdlty l.awtvH in St. Xtchola*. Russian Beggar* aud Tramp*. A writer in an Euglioh magazine sava of Russisu beggar* aud tram{>a: In October tlieir preparation* are over, and they atart by ' the fir#t winter-road." On "arriving at tlie spot where they in tend to commence operations, they branch off in different directions, in groups of twos and threes, first ooniiug to an understanding about meeting agaiu in a week or two at the nearest town, to sell whatever they may have ha 1 time to collect. On driving ut> to a village their horses arc left on the high way, and the t>egg*rs trudge from door to dour, askiug for charity iu Christ's name, "for the poor bumt-dowu. Corn, t>arley, cv>arse homespuu linen, money and old clothe* are given to them. There are exja-rt* w ho maim themselves, or dress up in half-burnt fur jackets or smock-frocks, without even a shirt be neath them, and a-ril>e all this U> the effects of "the lire." Many of them, just before entering a village, give the children they have with them a whip laaliiug, in order that real tear* and sobs may mure effectually soften the hearts of the charitable public. Traveling along the highway, the lieggar* see from afar a long train of aleigha—a little business may likely be done. So tin octogenarian "of the party is stretched in a little sledge, a piece of matting thrown over him, ami when the sleighs come alongside, the drivers aud occupants are implored, with tears and moans, to give a little help toward burying " the poor old father " (or grandfather), " who has died on the way." I knew a peasant, Alexis Egoroff by name, who led about hia wife on a chain, and told the sad story of how she hud gone mad. He always hail a crowd of listeners, and the wouiau did her Iwwt to corroborate her huaband's statements. She beat her head against the walls, tried to crawl iuto the stoves, stooped on all-foiira to drink out of cattle-troughs, aud always finished up with a rush at her huslaind to strangle him ! This line of conduct resulted in such bountiful donations, that iu a year or two the aforesaid peasant built himself a fine izba, culti vated a large field of onions, and lived comfortably with his wife, '* whom he kuew to bo s clever woman," he said, " when he married her." The Russian beggar trade demands a spirit of com bination. a dexterity and quick-witted news worthier a better cause. There are Schouvalikoffs, it is said, who buy chil dren from nurses iu foundling hospitals, mutilate them, and go about with them, collecting alms for "the poor, foolish natural." The gaug* all return home before Easter by the " last " winter-road, and remain at home until the ejid of autumn. Only very old men and women, quite unfit f -r field labor, or families who have for some reason or other quite abandoned husbandry, follow the beg ging trade all the Year round. Haw Jay Uould Travel*. Not long ago a New York Tribune repor er waylaid a special train which was transporting Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon out west on their annual t-'Ur of in*iectii >n of the Union I'acifie and its branches. lie found these railway princes in one of the latter-day combina tion ears, which serye for sleeper, draw ing-room and dining-car. Mr. Gould bid with him a sbort-haud # crctarv and a telegraphic operator. Mr. Dillon only his short-hand secretary. Mr. Gould explained to the reporter that every hour* in the twenty-four when a I went from New York he was in communication with friends and brokers of that eity. His telegraph operator had all the necH*ary instruments attached to one of tlie tables in the car, with ground and connecting wires running through one panel of the ir. On arriving at a terminal station, Mr. Gould notified his friend* in New York upon what line of road he would be the next twenty four Honrs. Hhonld they desire to communicate with him the despatch was directed to the care of the train despiitcber of that ro*d, who, upon its rovipt, knew just where Mr. Gould's special was, and dropjied the message down one station iu advance. The operator at that station would sig nal the special and deliver the mess-ige. Upon its receipt tlie special would im mediately pull out, and Mr. Gould would consider and digest the message. If it needed reply, he would dictate to his short-hand assistant, who would translate for the ojierator. When the reply was ready tlie engineer would lie signalled, the train stopped, and in two minutes the main wire would l>e hauled dowu, ent, attached hi the instrument, and the message winging its way to New York. Ttwist the wire together, let it np, and start the train was only the work of another miuufce. Mr. Gould kindly aided that he used Iris private signiture, which insured right of way for his mes sage*, which were always in cipher. Of COUTW Mr. Dillon availed himself of Oouhl's facilities, whenever necessary, for his business. A Perplexed Deacon, When Governor Gerry managed Mas sachusetts, a country deacon happened to catch a fine salmon, and know ng that the g ivernor hail a particular liking for that sort of fish, he determined to pre sent it to him. So the salmon was care fully packed, and the deacon, in the altsence of railroads, started in his wagon for Boston. On the jonrney lie stopped to dine, Hnd telling at the table hi* er rand in regard to the fish, a praetical joker present could not resist the tempta tion of slipping out to the wagon aud changing the salmon for a poor codfish. The nnconscions deacon went on to the governor's house, and after announcing his gift, the two worthies opened the box snd discovered the flavorous codfish. Mortified, the poor deacon started for home with his oodflsh, and stopping for a lunch at bis dining place, the wag secretly removed the codfish snd replaced the salmon. When he reached nome, the deacon monrnfully told the story to an incredulous wife, who had herself packed the salmon ; they opened the box together The deacon stared. " Well, yon are a pretty good salmon when von are in the country," said he ; "bnt when yon are in Boston yon are n miserable codfish." Newspapers of To-day. The newspa{>er of to-day is the marvel of the century, says a New York clergy man. It is a miracle of system. It is a monument of human industry It is a wonder of foresight and insight. It not only stirs onr gratitude—it oomjiels onr respect. We may well take of our huts in the presence of the newspaper, it represents so many praiseworthy quali ties. Bv its instrumentality everybody is next door neighbor to everybody. It makes the whole world akin. The daily report of the doings of the globe in erer -*es human knowledge, broadens onr sympathies, naturalizes us in every country and unifies our race. O for the nay when these white-winged carrier doves shall convey peaoe on earth and good will toward men in their mnltitu -1 linens flights! CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1877. AS INTEKVIKW WITH TWKEB. HvmlnUernrr* *1 HU A*#el*tr# lll* •Itormrl, Halt, Jim Hikr jm |tn|l lection ta at random, i I saw, as the roll call proceeded, tl at IXitlc had the ma jority of delegate*. Said I to a secre tary": ' Have amotion made to diabase with calling the roll !" It was .hme, • All in favor of Mr. Barnard as the nom inee of thia body aav aye. Carried! The meeting is adjourned ! Well, there was a riot and I was driven into one corner. Isaiah Render* had a pistol as long as my arm" drawn and cocked. Siud he : ' I'll pay you for thia " I wa scared but 1 uidn't say ao. • I'm not afraid of a whole ward of you lighting ▼illaina,' said I, and we all got out." "Then you never quarreled with Sweeny?" " Oh, Sweeuy i# a hard, overieanug, revengeful man. He wants hia way and treasures up wrath. tie has ooaaidera ble ability of its kind. We were ao op posite and unlike that we got along very well." " Row did you ever take into your ouitideuce Dick Cmnolly?" " Connolly was before my time; 1 had to take the world a* it was an 1 not make it anew. He waa a jxiwrrful man in hia ward and diatri t. If y'U would walk through there and talk against C muollv it would Ih> at your jxwil. We could not get along without Connolly, ami an nexed him fur the vote he controlled. " \V hich of those meu wus the abler, Gould or Fisk ?" "Oh, Gould; he has not hi* equal in America a* a financier. Jim I t*k wa# a pleasant fellow, full of anecdote. Notli uig discomfited him. He was ue\er ashamed. He always had a fresh story. I liked his company". 1 rememtxjr wheu he wa* lie fore the committee of Congress and ti*ed that express!-u: * Goue where the woodbine twineth.' He explained that to me. He said that when he used to peddle around the country he noticed that the country outhouses always had a a sprig of vine climbing <>ver them. He simply meant by that illustration that the investment had gone up the apout —gone to nothing." " May I ask what would you do if you were out of thia pri n aud free to begin life again ?" " I should go to New Orleans or to the West. " Idleness is my aversion. I do more work in this jail than anybody in it. Look on that window-sill at those piles of bonks—the Daily TraMoHpt ami other documents—pertaining to my examination. I spend hour* ransacking them every day. During the height of my prosperity in this city I ma le every body around me work, and it used to be a saving: 'There comes Mr. Tweed; now we will have to sweat.' My son-in law is in business in New Orleans, and I could make myself useful to him ss traveling agent or in some other way— enough to give ras employment and a living. If I did not go there, I would start life for out West." "Perhaps you mistrust yourself. Would not the thirst for politics in New York resume its place ?" " No, I am too old snd indifferent, and would not even vote in this country agai u." ______ The Chain-tinner*. Billy Dawson, the celebrate! York shire farmer, once appealed to a drunk ard in the following language "Sup pose yourself to be a servant, and your master were to ootno in the morning ami order you to make n strong chain ; on the following morning lie came again, and urged you to get on with it; and ' thus, day by day, yon were orders! by your master to do the same job. Sup pose again, that while you were work ing, a person came in ami a*k<\l if yon knew what it was for; and that yon answered in the negat've, adding that yon did not care ao loug as you got your "wages. But this per> i tells you that he knows it to be a fac , that it is your master's intention to bind you with it j in perpetual bondage ; would you, I ask, ado another link to it?" The man answered, "No; and all the monev in the world would not hire me to do it." Mr. Dawson then told him that the habit* of drunkenness are Satan'* chain, in which he keeps poor sinners in per petual I windage, anil that when they have mhled the last link, he chain* them in hi* dominion* forever. Theao words HO irapre*Hod the mind of the man, that hi* oonacience continued to remind him, " I am making another link for ray chain !" until he relinqui*hed hi* wicked oonrae of life. Abont a quarter to 11 o'clock, r. M., turnkey Pardon.while making his round* past the cells of the old Treme Station, discovered that a piece of twine was tied from the inside of cell 16, lietter known by the police in that precinct as the "haunted cell." He immediately opened the dixir and fonnd a young Italian, named Armand Orse, who hail been looked np for having been found at the corner of Dnmuine and Bampart streets nnder suspicions circumstances, in the act of placing the twine around his neck. The turnkey asked him what he was trying to do ; and he answerod that he wanted to hang himself. He said that from the time he entered the cell he felt strange things creeping over him, and heard some one calling him. He was handcuffed and taken down stairs for safe keeping. Strange to say, that in the past three or four years no less than seventeen persons nave at tempted to destroy themselves in this cell,— Neio Orlran* Picayuno. A Haunted Cell. Nitskes In (he Alleghany Mountain*. lUUlosuakt* are iu great numbers in some parts of this district, write* a our res)Kiudeut who haa Ihh-u sojourning among the Alleghany mountains iu Pennsylvania. Thev have their deu* on the dry points of rooky ridge* facing the south ; but it is remarkable that they are aeldom or never found iu Ulnae moods, iu the same country, which con sist of lieecli uud maples. We killed forty-one huge rattlesnake* on one ridge, bordering Lycoming valley, during one mouth's bUv, iu August. Home of those were from live feet to stx feet two inches long, very thick, and trnlv formidable. Although I waa in tlie ilaily habit of finding these horrid reptiles coiled in my |iath, I was ouly once struck at by one ; and, fortunately, it did qot reach me. I have, however, hail twice oppor tunities of observing the rapid effects produced by the bites of this terrible animal upon men who were attached to the service on which 1 was engaged. Tlie first case was on the hand, which swelled almost instantaneously, extend ing frightfully up the shoufder. We were theu encamped near the summit of the Alleghany ridge, late in theeyeuiug, and many wiles from medical assistance. Iu this emergency, amidst the alarm consequent of such au event, and under such circumstances, the poor man's life was, in all probability, saved by the ooul uess,courage and promptness of my ami able frieud.Mr 11. Hopkins, now himaelf numbered with the dead, who suck*i tlis venom from the wound*. The hand wa* theu scarified with a razor, and a temporary kind of cupping apparatus, wade out of a common earthen jog was applied, ana fortunately with great suc cess. Much blood was extracted, and the man came Iwck to hi* employment in three or four days. The second case was that of an assistant, last year, who was bitten in tlie ankle into au artery, which, happily leadiug to much hemor rhage, prevented the absorption ef the venomous fluid, and enabled the man to resume work in lees than a week. lUt tlcsuakee are sluggish, and easily killed. I have repeatedly eudeavored to verify Mr. Audubou's account of the rattle snakes ascending trees, which has been confirmed. Black *u*k<-a are called " races," from their occasionally chasing men with great ferocity. They move with astonishing awifttieaa ; the eye can scarcely follow their rapid passage, They are constrictor* of great power. The water snake leavea the watt-r to bask in the sun on the road* aud patha He is very fierce, aud spring* mildly and frequently to the attack, but is uot poisonous. I have takeu a large trout (rout tlie stomach of oue I killed on a read. Copper head snakes of the Alle ghany mountain* are more deadly in their lute than the rattlesnake. They are more dreaded than the latter, be cause, unlike it. they give no warning of their vii-inity. They are also sluggish, and easily thin party killed eighteen under large stone, on the banks of the Little Juuiata river,near the base of the Alleghany mountains. What Agriculture Ikies. Au exchange says ; Without agricul ture there is no wealth. Gold aud silver are not wealth—they art* its convenient representative*; commerce produce* uo wealth-il simply exchanges it; maiiu fuct ire and the art* combine it. Agri culture is the prolific mother of wealth— the re#t simply handle it when produced and delivered into their hands. The earth breed# savages. Agricul ture breeds enlightened nations; it breed* boose* and ships, t -mples and seminaries ; it breeds th manufactory ; sculpture, painting and muaie are its offspring. The wheels of the workshops the s uls of commerce, the implement of science, the |hu of genius, the |wncil and chisel of the artist, the eloquent tongue f the orator, the scheming brain of the statesman, the equipage# of wealth, the banqueting* of pleasure -all that render* earth iu its ti lea of life anything but a great sepulchre, move anil have power of being, because the fields yield their fruits to the patient toil of the husbandman. We might maaage to live without merchants, without mariners, without orators,without poets; perhaps we might possibly survive the loss of demagogues —but sure I am we could uot do without plowmen. The state of husbandry in any country i* the beat test of its enlightenment. The thermometer of civilization rises or falls as drives the plow. " You mn*t sen l the plow " exclaimed a man who had traveled all over Christiau mission ary ground, "in heathen lands, a bar barian nation need* but to l>e plowed Up deep, sulieoiled, planted, anil tdie inevit able harvest will be an enlightened nation." An Excellent Reason. R>raiu, the French actor. *M an in corrigible joker, bat one day he was very neatly taken in by s clock maker in the Palais Royal. Enter R union, pretending to be a gentleman from the country, of a very simple type indeed. Rotnien, with strong provincial accent : •• pray, air, can you tell me what are tboee little round "machine* liuug up in your ahop window?" Clock maker " They are called watchea, air." Unhooks one and ahowa it. R>mien—" Ah, watchea! And what are they for. please ?" Clockmakar—" To indicate the time, air." Rjmhm—"To in-di-oato the time I And how, pray ?" Oloclwnaker—"l willahow yon." En tcra into brief but lucid explanation, then concluding: " You must wind up the watch every twenty-four hour*." Rimieu—" Every twenty-four hours ! Morning or evening ?" Clockmaker—" Morning." Romien—" Why, morning ?" Clockmaker, blandly—" Bocanae Mon sieur R unieu, iu Uio evening yon are tipsy I" Exit Itomieu. A Suggestive Fact. It ia atrnnge what an effect the mere wording of an advertisement ha*. The following was inaerted in a Pittsburg pajier : WANTED -A youngm*n coinjK'tenl toUks ehsrgs of a ast of book*. Apply by rotter or in person at No. H burg, Pennsylvania This card called out one hundred and thirteen applicant* the first day. Then this notice waa publiahed in the aame journal : WANTED— A good, experienced farm la borer. None need apply who are afraid of work. Applv in person at No. 8 street. Pittsburg.' Pennsylvania Eight persona responded to this. The foregoing would seem to indicate that people are perhaps not ao anxiona for hard work aa they are for quill-driving aituationß.— Detroit JFVee Dree*. Cur ions Effect* of Tobacco. A jeweler in Harriabnrg, Pa.,givea the following enriooe fact in reference to the use of tobacco : He does not use the weed, neither does one of his workmen. I One of the employes of his store naea tobacco almost to exoeaa. The former two can handle any polished tool in the ahop and lay it aside again, without wiping it off, and no injury will follow, while on the other hand if the employe who indulges in tobaooo forgete to wipe off any of the tools of a fine polish, rust spots will invariably eppesj, n vary short nma. TURKEY IN WAR TIMES. A ricunwiir Keen* al l'aslaseale--The Turk. Hr. ssilni lr*|irr*- as* Meaalals ..Vt.l far IS* M aaaSrS aololiwaa •* ItU Hrisadlrr*. A Constantinople correspondent of the New York Tribune write* as follows : Holiday, shortly after midnight, I was awakened by a strange uoiss which was uot quite a din and yet which dominated all other sounds. This was the combined \ voice of huudmls of baa* drums beaten with might and main in the streets of all Constantinople in honor of the re pulse of the Russian army from Plevna. The myriads of tamps hung on the mina rets by reason of iUmaxau had been al lowed to burn out, but were now re stored to their priatiue brilliance. The , streets, the squares, the coffee-shops, 1 were full of people discussing with the utmost enthusiasm the bulletins just published by tlie war office. Ou every lip was the word : "It is God's judg meut on the proud!" and in fact the Turkish public was a* Hoar being great ly excited a* possible. The night was dark, and as I looked off from my hill upon ffle great city, partly hidden by a white mist which 'filled tlie harbor and covered the valleys, 1 could see none of the deeper shadows, but only the lights ou the unuareU, which seemed to float in mid-air above the sea of mist. Be tween the minarets, lamp were ao hung that thev formed words iu Arabic. Just above the hortaou, on the left, blazed the wor.l# : " Buumllali irraliman irre hini," —the invocation of the name of the Merciful Over the mosque of Noun Osmauiye was "Oh, Gracious One!" High over the dome of the uioeque of Hulejuian tlie Magnificent, von could read in letter* of tremulous light: " Mohomet sent of God " ; and far around to the right was written on the sky. in letters of gold : " Allah Ek ber," ihe old war crv of the armies of the prophet. The wliufe arch of heaven was transformed into the dome of a vast ca thedral, to the minds of the great surg ing crowd of Moslems which filled the streets ; its base was inscribed in letters of fire, with the praises dear to tlie hearts of the faithful And on could not donbt that this catluslral magnificence thrilled the hearts of the joyous multi tude below as they gazed upon the evi dence of the glory of Islam in the le gends written on the sky. The splendid fighting of tlie Turkish soldier* has astonished every one, lie cause it is contrasted with the feeble efforts which they made early in the war. The change is due to a final awakening to which the entire people have come, that the question is one of life and death. This awakening * the work of the refugees who have really l>eeu in contact with the Russians. Their tales and proof of the atrocities committed by the Bulgarian* and Cossacks upon all Mos lem#, have deeply moved the popular heart. The other day I was crossing the Bosphorus in a caique an 1 j*aaed some lighters full of refugee# who looked • < wretched that I asud : " Poor crea ture*. " The Turkish boatman burst out with a vehemence which astonished me. " Yes, they are p,ior creature*, and the Great God* will never bless the Bisaians who have made them poor creature*. May His curse follow Uit-m, and may tliev get from Him their deserts." The Turkish successes are partly due to the advice of some of the beat strate gists in Europe. It is reported that Von Moltke, after giving Uie Ru*Mans a plan of cainpaigu, has with laudable im partiality accorded the Turk# a similar favor, and watchs with peculiar interest the developments which result. The feverish activity of the provincial au thorities in forwarding the new levies has also told in the campaign. The rail way to Adrianople and Philippopolia has carried an average of 2,000 men per day to the front during the whole of August. And. finally, the arms furuiahed by American manufacturer# liave exercised a potent inflneuce in prolonging tbis Turkish deieuse. Their guns have ex celled European ones. The wounded aoldiers now here are about 5,000, distributed in fifteen hospi tals, which are kept in the beat of order. There are only about fifty severe casea in all this number of wounded. The severely wounded have died on the flehi, except" a few who are being cared for at the Philippopolia snd Adrianople hospitals. BamnMundy, of Uie Red Cross Society, of the Water cure at Massachusetts, is here, and ia about to go to the front, to establish a great hospital of hi* own. The amount of foreign aid now being afforded Turkish wounded i* very great The Turkish people contribute lint, baudagee, clothing, and tobacoi, but money is scarce, and where money is uradeu it oomea from abroad. The contempt of the private soldier* for their officers ia often weJl ' anded. I have Seen told that the only rea* >n why Reouf Pasha, who commanded in the battle of Jeni Sag lira, now liTes. is that in that action he kept so far to the rear as to l>e oat of range of the bullets fired at him by hia own men. Turkish soldiers are ns ready to obey officer* whom they can trut as Uiose in een the talk of the ueigborhood* The same dav a partv of hunters from Mil ford. Pa., were hunting in the vicinity for deer. John Hana. a noted txwr and deer hunter, l>eoame separated from hia companions, aud, when passing through the woods near the Dingman turnpike, discovered a monster black bear coming directly toward him. He waited until the animal got within shooting distance and then find a ball at it. but miaaed. The bear, instead of retreating, as is their custom, continued toward Hans, shaking his head at every step. The pluckv hunter never weakened, bnt awaited his nearer approach. When within about twenty-five yards of him the Itear raised itself upon his hind feet, and while in that attitude Hans took aim and fired. The animal gave an up ward spring snd fbll dead. It is believed to have lxeii the same bear that pursued the loat Kittie Wagner. Tlieauimal waa taken to Mtlford. It weighed nearly three hundred pounds. The Iguana. Among the lizard tribe, the iguana may he regarded as a sort of kiug, from it* size, or the appreciation bestowed on it* flesh. It is found in the eastern parts of South America, and the West Indies, and i* easily known by the great pouch at the neck, and by the bristling crest tliat rnus along the back, from bead to tail. The tail, the claws and laxly, are all covered with scales, green in color, shading off above into a slaty blue, and below into a yellow. Though three or four feet long! and thus terribly armed, it is quiet, inoffensive and easily caught. To man it seldom makes any resistance, and as it* food is vegetable, and its flesh white and delicate, it is much hunted for food in Brazil and the West Indies. But the mean* of defence are adapted by nature to the mode of life, and every animal has its weapons. This lizard usee against boasts of prey its mail ed tail as a most effective defenoe, lash ing about with it to the right and left, with such force as to make even the ja guar relax his hold. The Bahama Islands abound in this liaard, which is oaugbt by dogs, trained | to pursua it to the hollow rock*. NUMBER 43. OYSTERS AND STAR HBH. flaw art ft*# itol Taraa limll last#* Oat la 9—4, At the oyster culture it ao important a business bare, aaya tba Now Haven Journal, a faw words about tbo oyster's moat dreaded and deadly foe, ** the atar flah," will be appropriate, and wa iiave gathered from authentic sources (he following tolerably reliable in formation on tba subject, Tba ater dab deatroya and devours tba oyater eagerly. The star fish t* well armed, having lira of those uaeful members, and to make mattera worse for tbo oyater, baa an eye on tba and of each arm. It it mlao for aiabed with hundreds of amall leg* and feat Ita toontli ia in tba cantor of the ludy, and it movoa alowly bnt vary tore, when after prey. It nab propel itaelf over rough surfaces and into all nnoka and crevices, and ia found generally bear rocks, npon which they fatten. If one of ita arma becomes broken in any way, m by getting entangled in a crevice of a rock or having it bitten off by a vora cious fl*h. determined an making havoc of this particular atar, tba deficiency ia aoon remedied, aa another arm grows, which replaces the misting member. Borne apaciaa of the star flab puaaeaa the power at demoralising or breaking itaelf in pieces, and thus multiplying ita kind aa each piece retains ita vitality, and giowa into a perfect tondmm Jpt tba tribe again. Tna atar flab ia a abatable J animal. It generally travels in schools, or mam meetings, whan, doubtless, schemes for raids on the unsuspecting oyater are devised, and nefarious infor mation and ideas interchanged. When he ia hungry he geta outside at his din ner by, aa it were, turning himself inside crab * novel pmcem, not to be raeom mended to the genu* lutmo as a means of appeasing appetite. He turns his ; stomach out of his month and envelops the morsel to be engulfed. The starfish are set down by scientific men aa a mete " walking stomach," being audit a tre mendous gormandizer of aa food. They i are particularly fond of oyater*, and when the presence of a fine bivalve ia discovered, nothingaen exceed it in lively appreciation of the morsel, not erven aa j American at a dam-bake. In our harbor j and immediately adjacent water# our rear culturalist* are not troubled with atar fish seriously as yet, but in Hoc walk and vicinity it is said that they have " become aueh a peat aa to awaken no little concern end apprehension, and our oyster culturists watch with dread their appear ance in plentiful numbers in our water*. Though traveling in schools, single ones are often found, apparently meditative and morose, and bent on forming a new administration of affair*. It ia aaid that a number id them often roll together and j float with the tide, and when in this con dition are often " half aeas over." A school of star flab will settle down on an oyster bed, and then settle right down to businttM. They will completely destroy the trad in a short time. Each iter fish will close upon ita particular I oyster, clasp it in iU numerous arms, and wait foritto open ita month (a solemn close-mouthed, when the star flair terns bis stomach inside out over the oyater, and sacks out the entire living snbwtsnoe. In this way they will deatrov acres of oysters in a very little while," a spectacle which the cnlturist beholds with anything but cheerful emotions. Owing to their ravenous na ture, they are troly the bane of the oyster rulturiat. The star flah will cling to a rock so tenaciously aa to lose hi* small legs, or feet, rather than loosen his hold, wherein he resembles some at the human species devoted to a particular idea. Tbey also eat flah when they can get them, and do not refuse other animal matter, but their destructiveneas prin cipally centers upon the helpless and toothsome oyster*. It will be Been that oyster culture ia attended, like all other business, with hopes and disappoint ments, and ia nut a business that a aine ouriat would devotedly covet. "School's OaU" Render, did yon erer pause and oon em plate that particular and peculiar phase of human nature developed by the existent school boy when released j from studT and discipline—whan " school is out," and he ia on his way home? vrdinarv humanity, when released from the toils of the day, is prone to seek rest and relaxation. The bury scorns all anch effeminate ideas. He ia composed of bat three parte—legs, anna and yell, and the yell is the biggest part of lum. His legs and arms hare I seen kept in irksome compulsory quietude all day, and must now be exer cised. His voice has been seething end swelling in him for hours, and now most have vent. As soon as he is clear of the school house steps he stops and deliberately yells a yell that is ear-splitting, bat which has no more object, meaning or direction than the midnight vociferation of a male, and yet it appears at a fall ran with his arms flying abont like the scintillations of a pin-wheel. He is no respecter of persona and is utterly indif ferent as to whether be runs down a smaller boy, spina an aged citisen three times around or mashes a girl's hat over her eyes in bis headlong career. Nervous ladies hag the aides of the bouses as he rushes by in a drove like a whirlwind ami screams like a steam whistle. " Mercv on na ! If that boy was only mine I'd—" bat jnst then her own boy flies past, falls over a dry goods box, bounces up, kicks at another boy, and is chased across the street and around the corner before she can get the " You Robert !** with which she intends to annihilate him, out of her astonished throat There is but one thing that has the slightest soothing effect on the boy when he is on his way home from school. He can sec his old man further than Prof. Hall can see a haystack with a telescope, and the moment that parent dawns upon his vision he becomes as proper as a model letter writer.aud the ueatly modu lated voice with which he wheedles the aathor of his being oat of five cents on the spot, is a lesson for future ambitious ssviugs banks and passenger railway presidents. The amount of racing, jumping, pull ing, and hauling and howling that a school-boy can concentrate into a transit of two squares is positively astonishing, and the preternatural coolness and quietude with which be takes his red face and panting breath into the kitchen and asks if supper ain't most ready ia a human conundrum that calls for un qualified admiration. Eattton Free j Pre**. J Railroads of Seven Great Powers. The Railway Age prints the follow ing table of the comparative population, railroad mileage and debt of the leading countries of Europe, and remarks that it is not generally appreciated that the United States, with a population Ims than that of Germany, has more miles of railroad than all the seven great powers combined—their total mileage being 76,- 620, while ours is nearly 80,000: Popur Xiks of Rational lotion. Railroad Debt. KUHKII 88.000,000 14,000 #1,840,000,000 Turkey 38,000,000 1,187 1,600,000,000 Germany 42,726,844 17,472 671,846,000 Austria: 36,904,436 10,165 1,532,634.536 Greet 8ritain.31,783,700 16.644 8,096,296,686 France 86,202,931 12,876 5,000,000,000 Italy 96,801.164 4.817 1,961,523,640 The Philosophy ef Lite. to share* tad la Malt, It I* rule or b* ruled ; * In MoHahlp or marriage, It It fool cv It footed : latefteaaAtew, ft to atafc or bo nIoMI i la gemfettag tad trade, It It tiM or to Mated to treaty tad war, ft It boat or bo button t la th* strugglt for Ufa, Item* ef Interest. (letting fat— Buying laid. How many peon tat there in a pint t Onap. A Now York storekeeper taUa only cast-off shoes. What doaa amy om thir*tj*fta*?—A red-herring. The estimated peanut orop for 18774 it 848,000 bushels. When doee a farmer work a mine!#? Whim bo tenia bit bono to gnao. In tbo volatile Black Hilit a final it i>pjkan of a# * " shooting scumble, " Engaging photographer— ** Jus* look a little plnaaod, Miss ! Tbink of hum I" Why it your shadow liko falaofriendt ? Reaeuae it ataya by yon only flaring tanabine, "Tbo bettor tbo doy, tbo better tbo deed," it not true with regard to drawing np a dead on a Sunday. No company it far preferable to bad, baoauoe we are maob mora apt to catch fb* aims of otbora, at iliaaanf* art far more oootaguma titan health. Tbor are fourteen ex-governor* in the United Btates Beaata, and eight in tbo Honor, baatdao severs) ngsnmori of Territories. The sun, aooording to prevailing pro verbs, ia very stupid, for when it goea early to bed it get* op lute, and when, it goea latest to bed it gate an earliest Thirty-five years asp* a lady now re aiding at Hollidayaburg. Pa., bad a gold chats stolen whik attending acbool. lit was returned by mail a tew days ttnee. Edward Everett, Martin Wm Buren, Harrison Gray Otia, Joaiah Quiney, and Edwards Pieirepont, all descendant* of the man whose uami they bear, are student* at Harvard. (b* >rge Btepbenson, the great engineer is to have his memory honored at Ches terfield, England, by the erection of a great hall, which wifl east RpO.OOQ. It ia to be mind for purposes of bibber edu cation. The failing of vanity extends through out all oltitana ; the poor have but little time to beetow on their persona, Mid vet in the selection of their etotbe* we find tbey prater each as am of flaring and gaudy color. The enduring odor of muak ia marvel, out. When Justinian, in 588, rebuilt what ia now the mosque of St, Sophia, the mortar was charged with mask, and to this day the atmosphere of the build ing ia filled with the odor. A boy undertook to torture a wasp by touching a lighted match to it body The wasp applied ita warm aide to the boy's hand, and aa it flew away it gave the boy these wards of wtsdaif, "Never try to beat a man at hie own game." One Harvard student is paying bis way through oollege by turning hia room into a stationery and book store, and another, a graduate from Wealeyau University, ia meeting hia expenses at the law acbool by working in a baroer't shop. To be forgotten aa aucra aa dead ia the melancholy lot of man everywhere, but it is only in tba more populous places of the world that this forgetfalnesa antici pate* the two-fold oblivion at the grave, and that men are considered deed be cause they eeaae to be remembered. He who will do hit work aright will find that hia find lemon ia to know him self, and what is proper far him ; and he who rightly understands himself will never mistake another man's work for bis own, but will love and improve him mlf above all other thing* will refuse superfluous emplovments. and reject all bnprofltabie thoughts and proposi tions. If we subtract from the tw nty-four hoars the time spent in eating, sleeping exercise, and the other indispensable care* of our existence, what# fraction of i.m* it emp kivedi on our iutelieetiial faculties! A gam, there are few who have th# mean* to enable them to study; fewer the talent requisite; and still fewer the inclination, if they have the ability The maps show (ti in Bulgaria some tiling like belt the Tillage names ter minate in ML Tbi is simply the Turk uh word for " viillfa,** wwmg *y nesd; to the Eugi*b ton. Thus wv find several times ifae " new Tillage ** Yenikoi. which esrrreponds to the Eog lish Newton white the" Priest's Tillage," Pspaakoi, comapooda to Preston, and Boltonkoi to Kingston. Next, perhaps, in frequency, come the Turkish prefixes Yeni meaning "new,'* and Etki "old.** Thoa we find doe* together Yeni Zagra and Eaki Zagra. Ifeni Bssar is exactly equivalent to Newmarket and Yeni Hiaaar to Newcastle. VasJs sa# W t <£.!s MM ft NV v* " IMpBBBs We should esteem virtue, though in a foe; and abhor vice, though in a friend. He who has guineas for his subjeeta, ia, unfortunately, toe king of most mm. Moderation is the silken string run ning through the pearl chain of vir tues. Though charity may make your purse lighter uneday, yetit will make it heavier another. A man mav start at impending danger or wince at toe sensation of pain ; and yet he may be a true philosopher and not be afraid of death. A passionate man should be regarded with the same caution as a loaded blunderbuss, which may unexpectedly go off and do us an injury. lb enjoy life, yon should be a little miserable ooceeionafly. Trouble, like revenue, is not very agreeable in itself, but it gives great seat to other things. Everr "* in his more serious mo ments, must confess that ha has done few things in the course of his life be would not wish undone; end experience must have shown him that the things he most feared would have been better than thorn he moat feured tat. The reason why there are so few in stances of heroism in modern times is the total decay of political virtue; ire are broken up into small parties, and as sociate OUT with our families, thus for getting the public, in our regard for private interest. The ancients were taught rather to live for the benefit of the whole community. Trail the Working Power. It may be a very good thing tot a bov to have a great deal of native talent, to he noted among his acquaintances as " a very smart boy—one who is sure to make hia mark ut the world." Bnt it is still a very dangerotts thing. It is a little carious we seldom hear at those remarkable boy* in lifter life. They generally sink into very common people at the very beet; oftener they are spoil ed by injudicious flattery in after life. No' boy, however talented, will ever accomplish much whose working power is not well trained. In whatever line that work may be, he must apply him self to it with an intense purpose- - tireless industry. Sir Robert Peel was not a boy of brilliant talents, and he doubtless owe: his greatness more to his father's early training than anything rise. He wa > early drilled in the art of extempore neons speaking ; and when he went to th - pariah eknrch at Draytoq he was calk upon, on his return, to repeat all L i could rememla-r of the sermon. At first, this was very little, oat by a steady per severance he at last came to repe=* nearly the whole sermon every Sabbath. No doubt those who listened to h. j burning words in the halls of parlic ment, and were astonished at hi - wonderful memory In recalling pom after point used bv hia opponents, ooodu sted this a remarkable gift of nature.