Peace, at J. TIII ansmtv. The king encumbered of his crown. In cot content, can lay it down ; The bird fir faring from her nest, Borne kindle spray may rock to rent. The Urk led oa through upper air, At eve forgets his Journey there ; And Ui eagle's eyes on glories far, Ere long recede from snn and star. I • The leaves which people lofty treee ; The snow —shed foam of th' over seas ; The rain that rings along th* sky,— Together meet aud lowly lie. Thou tcvi. 0 Bonl, striving to soar Enoh flight Iwyond the flight before, Shalt, p*t the vexed years that yearn. To humbler haunts of Peace return. Seribmtr. Between the Maes. Sing the eong of the singer, merrily ring the rhymes. Light is the lay they tell us, light a* its echoed chimes; Sing the song of the ringer, mocking a doubt and feer. Catch the joy of its mawdy, let its daring beauty cheer; Well that the "mellow music may bear no hidden signs Of the broken heart of the poet, written be tween the lines. Watch the port of the player, bravely and deftly done, S*e the difficult height attained, the loud ap plauses won ; Weep with his passionate sorrow, thrill to his passt ou ate bliss. Blending your Joyous laughter with thai happy laugh of his; Well that his marvelous acUng daules, wins, refine* . Who thiuks of the desperate effort, written be tween the hues? See the wori of the painter, in coloring ru mi] rich. Give it it* wvlt-wnn hom*s<\ chooae it the choicest uwhe , Hang it where it mar rvuJir. u an arUt beet oan do Oompautonnhip iu iU beauty, delicate, pa:* and true ! Well that ita nilent loreliueee eoftneea and thought com tune* ; None r> ad the Utter baffling strife, written betwrwn the hues. Watch the path of the prosporoos, auuny and smooth and bright, Health and wealth to give it its fall of sweet ness and of light ; See how the easy future u fanned for the care lees feet. Given each slight desire, flattered each wague conceit. . Well that tne outward surf.ee gladness and peace enshrines; Who knows the tale of the skeleton, written between the lines ? If the singer dies in solitude, his songs sigh on as sweetly; If the statesman has a hearth disgraced, does he face the world less uetely ? So the artist s touch is duo and sore, who heeds the hand that guide* it? Does the player feel a fading Ufe ? his miming, masking hide it. Cypress, and rose, and laurel. Fate's reckless hand entwines; Life reads the printed story—Death writes bt t ween'the lines. —AUthe leor Round. BAKED BEANS. " Baked beans be gxxl enough for any one, Melindy. When your father came cvurtin' me he set a store by Han nah's baked beans, and alters thought if them hadu't been so nice, • might never have tieen Mrs. Tiblis after alland Mrs. Tihbe smiled a broad smile at her little joke, which quite swept front her face the previous look of cessation. Not so with her daughter Melinda, who was paring apples with a very face, as "-he answered gloomily : " That was thirty years ago, ma, and times have ciiaugeX and Mr. Fmrweatli er isn't corning courtin*. But Ido think it's too tad to give him nothing but baked beans wh-'U lie comes here, when vm know buv Mrs. J.'.ica and Mrs. John&ou will lay iheuiaelves oat." Mrs Tibbs cat off a large slice of pork, letting her knife c- me w.th decision upon the hard-wood table. "If he's goiug to preach to us, Me lindy, I don't waut a sermon of soups and fancy cracker. But a god pb.te of baked beans will make the kind o' ser mon for me." • Mr. Fairweather. the youag candidate for the Meritou pulpit, w is to spend tlie appmaching Sablmth at Deacm Tibbs's As Mrs. Tibbs and Melinda were dis cussing his next breakfast, he was scute, l in the cars wi'h his Greek Testament iu his hand, but not evidently in his thoughts. He was thinking of Meriton, and contrasting :t with the home he wus just leaving. The question in his mind was, whether he wis fitted to take charge of a strontr, powerful, but dolt church, Evidently the people needed waking np. Could he KucceMluily do it. Judging by appeuraucea, most de cidedly no! For Mr. Fairweather, though quite tall, was slight, with light hair, grayish-blue eyes aud a oomplex ion to which anysndJen em ition brought a change of color. As you looked at him more closely, you saw the thin lips close firmly together, and the eyes re gar led vou steadily aud squarely—but not forcibly enough for Meriton, would undonbtexiiy bo y< >ur decision, as it was mine when I first met him. Mr. Fairweather had not gone far in his thoughts, when the cars jresr up at the station. He was met, shaken ra -at heartily by the hand, helped info a car . riage, and, before fairly aroused from his reverie, was drawn easily along over a jolting road by a strong, young, bay horse, who curried himself with a sturdy, ringing gait, which suggested any amount of unused power, and, though apparent ly slow enough, passed over a mile in a very short time. The horse was the first thing that really attracted the min ister's attention. It seemed to him very much like the people of M"ritiu, for both horse ami people had c insider able in them, bat both Deeded further bring ing out. So he broke in upon the or dinary commonplaces, which were being exchanged, by saying; "That is a very powerful horse of yours. Deacon Tibbs." "Ye, sir." said the deacon, well pleased. "He is, I might say, pretty powerful for one of his breed. He's voung vet, only foar years, but a pretty average good colt he is." "T sra wanting a good horse," added Mr. Fairweather. " but this one, I sup pose, is not for sale." "Well, sir, he isn't; but to be frank with you, sir, I wouldu't sell him to yon anywav. You haven't the strength to have him at the other end of the lines, for all he seems to go along so easy like." "I can see his easiness comes from his strength," answered Mr. Fair weather, "and I have seen so many horses and people, too, who seem to be going to the limit of their ability that the sight is refreshing to me " " I am glad yon like the colt," re sponded the deacon, donbtfullv. " Bnt don't it show a trifle of familiarity with things of which a minister don't study much ?" Mr. Fairweather glanced up qnickly. "It seems to me, Deacon I'ibbe, that a minister has a right as well as others to enjoy all the lieautiful crestnres with which his good master has filled the world." ••Yes, certainly," replied Deacon Gibbs; " I only spoke of it because our last minister used to ride considerable, rather more than was befitting a minis ter, our Meriton folks thought." 0 Mr. Fairweather had no answer ready to his remark, which had brought him back to his first question. Was he fitted to be a spiritual adviser to the Meriton people ? On the very first subject men tioned, he had differed from one of the deacons—and-that to him an important subject, for he owed his health in no sma.l measure to his saddle exercise. The steady, swinging trot quickened perceptibly as a large, white houae ap peared is eight, until the colt came to a FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME X. stand still in front of Uie wistaria-covered door. Deacon Tiblw sprang out, offend his hand to Mr. FairwesUier, and Uieu, catching sight of a light-blue drea, be coiled oat : "Here, Meliudy, come here and take caie of the parson, while J unhitch Paul. A.y darter, Mr. Fairweather." At the name time that Mr. Fairweather is shaking the small red hstid in histhiu white one, I will introduce Mia* Melinda Tibb* to my reader*. She is a fair specimen of a smart New England girl. Site has uot naturally a large frame, but as she ha* uever Iteen tnuched or stunted, she ha* grown to a ull one. Her face is pluuio without l*eiug fat, her cheek* rosy, aud her eye* bright and full of mischief. She seetus a personification of good nature, a* the vouug minister thought her, though had lie peeped into the kitchen window that morning, as ahe oat by the litUe cherry table pariug apples, he would have kuowu that even her brightness was eclqwed by clou Is. There seemed to me just one quality lackiug iu her, aud tliat nut unimportant—depth. Her rosy lip* were light Iv pressed together, her brown eves roved careleaslv from tiling to thing; ahe roomed from one subject to another, never stoppiug to think on any oue of them. Evidently, if Mi** Meliuda hod any strength of mind or character, ahe, as well as others, had yet to find it out. It was a very quiet evening the yoang minister spent, aud feeling tired and em b hud, bat it's nothing ogeu him if he is not o'er strong." " He isn't strong," broke in Melinda. " I could beat him easy in a goo.l race, and that's just the reason why I say he shouldn't be tna ie-to eat Imbed brans." "Just the reason whv he should, Me linda," rejoined Mrs. Tibbs. " Well, that's kind." soliloquized Mr. Fairweather. "I'm glad to know wliat I'm going to have for breakfast, and as I have heard of baked beans, I'll do my bast to prepare for them." But that proved hard work,for if there was one article of diet he detested more than another, it was baked beans. And the amonnt lie ate of this New England dish was evidently to be the staudanl by which his abilities as a man and a preach er were to be judged. Mr. Fairweather awoke in the morn ing with a weight of annvlv defined trouble upon htm, which for a moment he could not assign to any event past or to come. But when his breakfast, con sisting entirely of baked beans, flashed into his bead— metaphorically speaking —he laughed and said to himself : " The johnny-cake will tie a comfort —that's one gosl thing." As he entered the dining-room, he glanced toward the large black pot in front of Deacon Tililie, but could u >t see anything beyond a generous slice of pork nicely browned. The lieans were evideutly baked by a good cook, a little in >ist to ftiit my Uste, I should judge from Mr. Fairweather's deecripti n, hut not beyond the point to which many good housekeepers aim to bring them. The young minister did his best, bat he found his second piece of johnny cake—for he took a mouthful of this with every mouthful of beans —rapi Ih disappearing, while the geuerons supply of beans ou hi* plate was not per-epuiily diminished. The worst of it wa that Mrs. Tibbs' eyes were from time to time cast scrutiuiziugly on his plate. Twice he helped himself again tr> vinegar and pepper, but after all he felt that, in the eyes of the deacon's w >rthv wife, he hal made a failure. For, wheu he rose from the table, there were some beans left on his plate. It was more than he could ask that H good sermon should atone for his two misfortunes ; of course the Tibbe family would decide that a minister who couldn't eat baked beans, aud knew a good horse when he' snw him, must be a dandy tied jockey, and not at all the min ister for Meritou. How he got through the rest of the day he could not tell. He tried to preach his best, but at night he lay dowu with the feeling that some way or other the whole day hal been a failure. It was a surprise to him when he re- j ceived a unanimous call to the Central church at Meriton. But after he hail thoroughly looked at all sides of the questions, be decided that he might be better fitted for that place than any other. j So be accepted the call, was installed, and, firstly, having no wife to help oc cupy the parsonage; secondly, then being no parsonage, he came to board at my house. After having been in our family a short time, as we ate on the piazza one evening, he said to me, rather abruptly : "Johnson, I wish, if it wouldn't trouble your wife too much, yon would on<* and a while give me baked beans." "No trouble," I answered, "for we always have them every week. Are you fond of them ?" " No," said he, mournfully, I can't eat them. Johnson, bnt I mean to learn how to." An J then the whole story of Ilia breakfast at Deacon Tibba' came out "Please don't think me ao foolish," aaid onr minister, " a to imagine that I must eat juat what my people dictate, anil like all their favorite dishes. I don't feel that way at all, bnt theae baked beans seem an indispensable dish in Meriton honseholds, and Mr* Tibb* is not the only one who would attribute to daintiness what is really due to taste." " And how about the race with Miss Melinda ?" I asked laughing. Mr. Fairweather shook his head. "I'll learn to e.at the beans first, John son, and then who knows what I may be able to do." " Even to driving the eolt?" " Don't sj>enk of the eolt, Johnaon. It makes me feel insulted some way to see that beautiful animal a common farm drudge. And, yet," he added, thought fully, "I don't know bat good, honest work is more honorable than the kind of employment I put my horse to." " Good, honest work might do, but Di-aeou Tibba doesn't know how to treat a horse like that." "That's just the mystery of it, John son, how ever a horse which had been trained by him has come out as good in disposition as that." "That is easily accounted for, as the deacon had but little to do with his early education. But he is rabidly spoiling him. Bome morning he will wake up to lock the stable door after his steed is stolen." Our new minister, I soon discovered by the way he handled hia own fleet lit tle saddle horse, was by no means un skillful in horsemanship. The more intimately I became ac quainted with him, the more qnahties I , discovered in him which others did not seem to dream of. THE CENTRE REPORTER. At tlie end of the tint I year ut into use ; maiiv oocie tiea ww started which were drattued to prove of great good ; and yet so quietlv bad all the work lerii doua, that each particular enterprise wu* attributed to some particular person, mid tlx* minister obtained very little credit for t. To Mr. Fainreather's satisfaction, he had learned so far to partake of Meri lon's favorite dish, that very Sunday morning he ate hi* p sUdul of beau*. To oelebrate the suiiiveraary of hi* coining to Meritou, Deacon Til At* called over IU the afternoon, with I'aul har nessed iuto the carryall. Mr*. Tibli* and Mehlida were on the hack neat. The deaixm lield the n in*, with a brood Minle on hi* genial face, and pointed to the •eat beside him with a warm invitation to the minister to occupy it during a ride into the country. It vim the Unit time he had ridden after Paul since he mine up that Satur day uight from the station. Deacon Tthbo usually drove the old horse Pansy, and alwms seemed a little reluctant to have tlie uimutcr *ee too many of Uie colt'* tine qualities. They had uot drueu far liefore Fairweather *aw there had been a great change in Paul; there wa* the aaiue easiness of gate, but nuu gled with it a alight relnctuuce, an oc caaional quick *tart and toss of the heial, which aeemed to come from uervomuiea*. He felt tiiat in some way his spirit had been stamped down, though hv no mean* unsubdued, and he lira 1 tieen fretted and hia will *o constantly crossed, so teased, that his mumble disposition seemed entirely gone. " 1 can't imagine," said tlie deacou, " what on earth'* the matter with Paul ; he has hardly paid the time I've spent on him, for he's gettiug kind o'cros* and restive, aud's as a* set c ui be." He had scarcely tiuislied the words before Paul reared and came to a dead stop. The deacon chirruped. The hvirsr laid his ear* back close to his head, plauted his feet drmly, and seemed to stiffen into stone. Deacon Tibls *>-iz< d tlie whip and laid it sqti irely and fairly on his bock. For a second he trembled, and then gave one dash forward and broke into a fearful run. For the first time th< deacou realised Paul's wonderful strength. The power which had so long lain untried came into full play. The ground was passed over with a rapidity incredible, even for a runaway. Deacon Ttlib's face grew white ; tlie pi lling an I jerking into which he put his whole strength hod not the slightest effect ou the horse His mouth seemed of the same material as the bit There was one hope—a high ruil way just before them, au.i surely the horse would draw up and become manageable then ! But with a lightness and ease scarcely credible, be carried tbem up the lull. It seemed certain death there. For at the foot of the hill tlie bridge was up for repairs, and the not over-atoiit rope stretched across the road would surely break like thread before his fury. Mr. Fairweather, as they Beared the top of the hill, took the nuns from the Deac-m's fingers, slid *|ioke as quietly as possible to the exerted horse. But his voice and his quiet, steady puli seemed to have no effect ou Paul. He ■ lashed down the hill at s rapid rate. No, not qu te! He w s eertmnty slock ening a little. Agaiu, Mr. Fairweather spoke in tones of authority, but calmly —he pulled harder on therein*. Paul drew up ; liefore he quite reach ed the rope he came to a dead stop. Fairweather sprang from the carriage and went to hi* head. ll* was almost startled at the calnme** lie m-t in the home's eye, bat there rw a look of de liberate anger, which gradually wore away an be caressed him. The carriage did not prove to be broken at all, bnt IVacou Tibia, a* well as hi* wife and da'ighter, decidely re fuse I to ride home, and, a* walking seemed to be out if the queabon for Mrs Tiblw—who known what Mia* Me linda might have done?—it WM deemed l>eist that Fatrweather ahonld ride back on Paul, and drive my liorae and car- I riagc out for the three. He knotted the harness Into stirrups, sprang on his back and turned toward the town. Paul had by no menu* lost his nervous defiance, but this gradually wore away. Fuirweather'a tirm tone* seemed much more, or rather pleasantly less effective than the deac m'a whip. And while I wns helping him to hitch up Bess, he indulgeil in no stinted praise of the animal he had always so highly admired. The accident ended agreeably after all. Mrs. Tiblia refused to take a back seat on the homeward route, for she wanted to be, so she said, where she could jump "in case the critter run."! And so the minia'er and Melinda were seat-mates on the homeward journey. She Lad but little to say, bnt her sweet yonng face gazed from the carriage win do* with a really thoughtful look. Mr. Fairweather watched her with curiosity. "I do believe the girl's thinkin"," he said to himself. " There's something to her after all." Although my acquaintance with onr new minister dated only a year back, we hod leeu thrown so intimately together that I had already found in him my most valued friend It was long after this ride that I begin to see that the interest awakened some time before in Melinda Tiblis was gradua'ly deepening. One nigh' 1 jokingly said to him : •• Oh, by the way, Fairweather, it seems to me it is aliont time for you to settle down in a home of your own." " It will be a long time before then, Jobnaon." " Need it lie?" I answered. " Couldn't yon persuade Miss Melinda —" Fairweather's face flushed. " I don't kuow what you are thiuking about, Johnson. I do feel that Melindi —1 can't express it to you, and I see yon know how it is. The first time I saw her I wishid she could be placed in circum stances to bring out what there was in her—" " Like Paul," I suggested. " If, indeed, she really had any depth of character. Since then she has occa sionally given me Borne glim|>sea which encouraged me to think that a wider sphere and larger knowledge—in short, development in every direction—wonld make of her as noble a woman as ever lived." Fairweather arose ahnibtly and walked to the window, mechanically crossed back and forth from one end of the room to the other for some time, and then threw himself in a chair by my side. " What can I do about it, Johnson ?" " I don't know, Reuben," I answered, " unless you take her in hand as yon have Paul." Fr, after the runaway, he had hired Paul for a year, sent his saddle horse back to his father, and henceforth de voted an hour, sometimea more, every day to his new favorite's education. It was a long time before Paul showed any sign of abandoning his auspicious ways and spunkiness. But gradually he found he could trust his new master ; day by dy-he became more willing to do what was asked of him, till there sprang up a perfect confidence between horse and rider. After this Paui never failed him ; no matter how hard the task Fairweather required of him, there was never the least sign of reluctance. Bnt still it ' was all in vain he offered the deacon a CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1877. high price fur his horse. He would uot sell him. I gave my advice moat honestly, lor 1 believed that he could mold a character like Meliuda * into aomettntig true and noble. But lie was wiser than I, and I am rot sure but Deacon Tibba and hi* wife were wiser than either of us, for Mr*. Johnson ooine home from tlie next iodic*' sewiujf-eirole with a piece of uew*. Melmda Tlbbs was going to spend a rear with a cousin of her father iu New York City, A* I have no meau* of foUowing Me liuil* iu her citv life, there i* but little to write. Iu Mertton, thing* were all tiroajierou* —a new element seemed to iave entered iuto the people, and a new strength put forth. The question was certainly decided, for all agreed that no fitter minister for tlie McriUm church, than Reuben Faurweather, Oould have been found. I could aee he awaited Meliuda'* coin ing with no little interest and no litUe fear. And wheu she eauie, she came very much ehangkl from the girl who left Merit.. In the flint place, my wife said die had gained ~ tyle that wa* very good, but by no means every thing. I could see many way* she wa* toued down, quieted and rendered more pleasing iu society. And, secondly, he had gained a mure itnpoitant thing, in tellectual culture ; her uead aa* full of ideas aud Un ughta, and ou any subject she could converae with ease. And, thirdly, *lie came home accompli oh ed— her natural taste for music had been en eon raged, till she liecame * musician capable of giving much pleasure to others, while her water-color sketches were by no menus devoid at merit And yet FairweaUier waa.lisnppo.uted. There was utill wanting tlio* depth of character, of which all her sweetnea* and accomplishments could not aupjily their place ; wanting, did 1 write? It were better to any, this was still nnre verded ; for a character aa beautiful as rare was hidden uudcr this vivacity, which was still to be brought iuto stroug Light Three veor* from the time my story opened tk< church Wll* of Merit.>n rang ont merrily one Thursday nuirniug. There was to be a weddingi the church. Iu the grxitn v.iu will enailv nxMgnixe Fairweather, for he lx* changed but little; hut urn would have to look manv times before yon liecame quite sure that the bride is really Miss Meliuda Tibtm. You surely have not fqrgotien her smile, and if the'brown eyes have grown full of meaning, and the rounded hps beautiful by a more th mghtful expression, she is still—but not long to be—Melinda Tiblm. As Mr. ami Mr*. FairweaHier leave the church, they drive up iu an old car ryall to Deacon Tibb*'s, where the wed ding-dimer is awaiting. In the nu*t oonspi -uous place on tlie table is a large pot of baked beans, of which both groom and bride partake with evident enjoyment And Mr. FairweatheV, amid consider able laughter, tells the sior i" of how he learned to eat liakcd lawns, while Mrs Tiblw add* most heartilv ; " If you hov changed, Reuben, and I b*lieve you tmv since then. Ton may lie sure 'tis all owiug to the Iwkisl liean* you've ate every week. Fr I tiller* will stick to it that a man who don't eal beans, isn't just the mu for rait hard work." '• Then I am ready for auy tiling now," answered Reuben, pleasantly, "jn lgingby the quantity I nave eaten of Tour Itraas " After dinner was ovev and all the good-byes said, the minister aud his wife stepped iuto the carriage, Dosonti Tibt>s put a note into his hand. It read : I)K VK SON RKCBKX : I found cut some time since tiist you had considerable grit in you. or I shouldn't have trusted Meiindv to yon. You like that colt, Paul, ami if you'd like, you mux have him. I never could do anything with him, and that run may live long and enjoy him, and be hleaso i both you and your wife—is the newt sin cere and earnest wish of your obedient servant- SAMCKL TIBBS. Words of Wisdgm. Ontward manifestations of what wo term feeling, like most of the fpssf things of life, base their valne upon rarit-. Men speak of the fair as things went with them tliere. Sit in your place, and nous can make you rise. The more haste a man makes to un ravel a skein of thread the more he en tangles it. We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly and without hesita tion; for tliere is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. It is the vice of the unlearned to suppose that the knowledge of luniks is of no acoount, and the vice of'scholsrs to think there is no other knowledge worth having. When the idea of pleasure strikes your imagination, make n just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow. Aflectiou, like spring flowers, breaks through the most fro7.ru ground at last; and the heart which socks hut for HH other heart to make it happy will never seek iu vain. The poor are only those who feel i>oor, and poverty consists in feeling jioor. The rich, as we reckon them, and uuioug them the very rich, in a true search would be found very indigent and ragged. The noblest part of a frieud ia an honest luildnesa in the notifying of errors. Ho that tells me of my fault, aiming at mr gtxid, 1 must think him wise and faitliful—wisp in Spyioir that which I see not, faithful in plain iwlmou ishment not tainted with flattery. Sleep North mill Snath. A learned German aavs ; •' In sleep nuv |Mmition except north and couth la disagreeable, tint from east to went al moat intolerable, at leuat in onr hernia phere it ia otherwiae. The cause of thia plienotnenon cau obviously Vie found only in that great magnet which ia formed hy tlie earth with ita atmoaphere —tJiat ia, terrestrial magnetism. TVie terrestrial magnettam exerta ou certain persona, Vioth hearty ami otherwiae, who are aenaitive, a peculiar influence won derful enough to disturb their rest., and in the case of dia -ased persons disturb ing the circulation, the nervous func tions and tho equilibrium of the mental fowers. There are persons whom I uow, the head of whose hed is to the North, and who, in order to wake early, will reverse their usual jMisition in bod, hut without knowing tlie reason why, beyond 'that they conhl alwaya wake earlier,' the aleep being more broken. I have had it related to me that, at a military hospital in Rnssia, there was some siek patients of highly sensitive natures, and who were rapidly recover ing. When necessity compelled them to lie removed to another wing of the building they did not get on so well; in fact, prostration seemed to be setting in; and it was found advisable to get them back to their former wards as quickly as immible, where the heads of the beds were to the north. I have heard of horsea going blind through changing their position from north to aonu to tht of west to east." 1 UK MACKEREL FISHERY. Haw yiarkrrel are CsssM aad Prepare* lar the UsrUri Markers! l alekers aad Tketr Wears. What Uie cod ta abroud, mackerel is in the country for which it ia fished— an universally popular dialt. It i* al ways in season; milted or fresh, mocker.-1 1 occupies the place on the American breakfast-table that cod doea in the tropica. The lUNckerol seaaon begins in March and endure* uutil November, steadily increasing all the rime. The first ear goes lauded are invariably of poor qual ity, olthongh of good aiie ; but as the seaaon advances the fish improve. The quality suitable for pocking come* in about Uie middle of July. The early mackerel are fished for aa far aouth aa Cape Heurv, mnl from thirty to fifty mile* off shore. From May to July they are found along the const from Cape May to Hay Head. Thence they progress steadily northward until from August to Novetiilxtr Uie Canadian fish ery assume* its lmgeat proix>rtiou*. "Mackerel, like cod, ore touted with n mixture of salted elara* ami small fish, ground fine. This bait i* thrown over board, and sinking to the depth at which the fish lie, lure* them to snapping in discriminately at bait and bare hook*. So ravenously do the fiah bite, that a jingle fisherman often fills a barrel in lea* than half all hour. Each fisherman uses two tinea at once. In 1873 the seiue was first brought into use in the mackerel capture, and the line fishery, as a specialty, is now rapidly dviug out. Tlie scinra are vast nets, 175 fathoms long aud '34 fathoms deep in Uie middle, gradually diminishing to half that sixe at the euda. The upper edge is floated by buoys. Along the lower edge a purse line is rove through iron ring*, which also serve hi siuk the net The seine is east from a large barge,the grouud having beeu previously baitevl as for line fishing. Two lioata accompany Uie seiue barge, and as the net is cast they carry Uie purse aud cork lines hi Uie right and left uutil the extreme limit of the long ropes is reached. Then u slight sweep is made, and tlie line* gradually drawn until Uie uet is, iu fishing jmrloiice, " pursed up" wiUi the fish inclose I iu its meshes. Tlie schooner now runs down hi the aoeue of the cast, aud the fiah are .lipjied aboard. The procras of seiaiug in good weather is perfectly essv, but high win.ls and un easy sea* ren.icr it .uiprnohoahle, snd theii the time is eke.l out with line fish ing. S.*inmg is often subject to failure, too : the fish frequenUy diving under the net, or taking (right aud latckiug out liefore they are indoaed. From 300 to 300 tiarrels of fish are as many as can be well tiandled in a single cost, and the fishermen, therefore, rarely attack the largest shoals. Mackerel go iu large sh.sda, bat scat ter sometimes over milra of ocean. In consequence of this tlie mackerel solioon era usually sail iu fleet*, lulling a large area, and pttmecutiug their labors with military precision. Long practice lenJs tlie various vessel* of a flar*tton of mackerel for inar k*t, which take* place after even- ilav '# fishing, in >u aimt' nwtiect# very aimihar to that of the cod, Thev are d reused by splitting them down the tack, taking out the "gibs "or entrails, and letting tiic blood soak out of tliem by itnmeraion in clear aalt water for several lionra. Then thev are taken out,laid singly iu liarrela, ami a hamlful of salt ia sprinkled over each. After settling, some of the pickle tn drained off, and the barrel is filled and headed np. Two hundred and fifty-one thousand barrels of suite 1 mackerel were inspected iu the United HtaUw in 1875, ami Jfi, WW cans of the fish preserved. The CAU odnui fisheries, for tlie aame year, yielded 151,4(10 lmrrels. From flf'een to twenty men constitute the crew of a mackerel schooner. Like those on the cod-fishermen, Uiev are em ployed on what is known as the •' half title lay," They receive n<> stated wages, Itnt draw half the value of the entire catch for thanselves, out of which tliey pay the wage* of the cook, half the bait lull, and the aatne share of the packiug. Iu a good season they realize a profit of 40 per oi nt. The average earnings of a mackerel fisherman are SBOO a season. The other half of the catch goes to the owners of the schooner, who pay their share of the expenses, and a per centage to the captain. A Wizard's Port folio. It is an axiom in tin hi ml philosophy that Uip contents of auy given reoeptacle must be smaller than the receptacle. No juggler ever sp>c 1 to defy this physical law morff amazingly than IloWrt Hotulin. His "fantastic port folio" has never becti surpassed, though its principles are well known now to every montebank. Hotidiu's quickness of hand was so wonderful, his flow of small talk so unceasing, that he could force your attention in any directiou be chose, aud in thia way raske you look at one thing nlthough you had made np your mind that, this time, you would certainly keep your even fixed on another. He came upon his little stage carrying tinder his arm what seemed to be the usual large flat portfolio in which sketches aud engravings are kept. He placed thia portfolio on a sort of camp stool by the footlights, and out of this flat portfolio, barely an inch thick, he took the following objects, cloaing the portfolio together with a slam, to allow its thin dimensions, between the with drawal of each article. To enumerate : first several engravings; second, two beautiful bonneta, one made of black velvet and trimmed with a long white feather, the other pink aatin with a wreath of flowers on it. (In Ilotidin's time ladies' bonnets were worn extremely large, with capes, long strings and voluminous face trimmings which, of course, added to the wonder of the trick.) Thirdly, he took out four live doves; fourthly, three large brass sauce pans, sue full of water, the second of lienns, the third of fire and flames; fifthly, a bird cage, in which canaries were jumping al*>uton perches; sixthly, a boy about six years old ! Ilorseshfbng in Various Countries. In the United Htates, England and France the horseahoer simply takes the home's foot on hia knee to shoe it. Thia depends to some extent on the nature of the breed of horses, which in some coun tries are, on the average, more shy, and most of them could not well he treated in this way. Thus in the Netherlands, and in parte of Germany, the horse ia placet) in a narrow stall, where short chains are attached to the uprights; (hen one of these chains ia placed around the horse's ankle and the foot lifted and tied up to a convenient height for tlie smith to do his work. In Turkey and Hervia the horse's head is held by one man, another holds tlie leg on his arm, ! while the third operates on the foot. In ' Russia the horse is placed in a square cage made of rough wooden planks, and is strapped aronud the belly with wide leather straps attached to cross bars of the frame work; his head is also safely tied, the foot is fixed to a stake in the ground and held by an assistant, while the smith nails on the shoe. I'urltigal and the I'artngnese Tlie pxqde have an Eastern relish for 1 sweets, and excellent preserves are common when everything else, perhaps, ia lot rely ratable. The coffee ia geuer all? gtaal ; the lea, of which the Portu gese are verv fond, i* always gtaal. The clap piug of hands iu lieu of Uie ringing of a lieli i* quite Oriental. It ia by no means uncommon hi meet men of re markable ]>en>nual lirauty who are of unquestionable Moriseii dtsevnt. The isilit<*iiesa of Uie Portuglieae seeint also horroweil in jsirt from Uie Oriental, al though it so often springs apparenUy fr>iii kindliness of nature Uiat I am in clined to cousider it on original trait of the Portuguese character. No |>eoplo I liave met have struck me aa so unaffe<-t --elly ]H ilite so uns l fifthly courteous iu the oriiiuaiy dealings of life, o gracious and hospitable as the Portngiiewe. Tbw |Hillteuras extends from the lowest to Uie highest, and pervades the whole nation. As regards other social traits, it may I*' said Unit the Portuguese lose uothiiig iu comparison with oUifir Latiu iiuv-s ou the aoorj of. modesty and morals. There are certain Haxou notions of propriety which do not enter into liatiu minds, and theremre should not lie expected of them. The Portu guese are warm-hrted, aud then* seems to be considerable domestic unity and affectum among them. Marriage is rather more the result of love than Uie mere matter of business or convenience too common in France and Italy. It is a noteworthy fact that the Portugese women are inferior to the meu in pbyo ieol lirauty. The difference ia more markxl iu the upper Uion the lower classes ; per.iapa the type, dork and seiui-Orieutal, requires the pictureaijne dress of Uie peaaautry to do it the justice which it certainly autalouus tliat aet off the wearer to the beat advantage, and to move and jiosc the ueraou with studied effect, are ap|*reuuy the chief end of being to Uie y.mng coxcomb* of Lisbon aud OjHirto. ' The gold lace sported by every one who can jxiaaibly find an ex cuse* to put on a nuifonu would almost pav the nstioual revenue. However, this litUe foible is aet off by the skill shown iu managing the superb steeds which ofteii grace their raplaude. The Portuguese also moke good sailors—the bent id all Uie Latm mora, *a the writer can testify from persons! oboervatum.— Atlantic Monthly. A Sail Water 1 speut (saya a well-known author) au evening lately with Captain Strout, of the Messenger, aud among other luci ;lente of hi* experience he relate*! the following : " 1 once ha*! a man," he said, " who sailed with me rnauy Toy agea, and who, th< ugh a thorough *• man, and ordinari y quiet and orderly, Tel gave me a great deal of trouble. In iboae day* we tia-*1 more rum than we do now, 'aud tkia man often contrived to get tiiwy, and alun in that coalition he would invariably try Ui drown huuaelf. I had borne with him a long time, when tui I was one day in my cabin, buav with my reckoning, 1 beard an unusual tmstlc on deck, and upon running op to learn the cause, I found that it came from thie fellow's trying to jump overboard, and lua shipmate* trying to prevent him from doing ao. Tiie man waa quite tipav, and 1 thought I would not only suiter him, but give him a leaaoti whieh might make an impression. Aoooni ingly I di|Hitclied one of the bauda* for a deep-sea line. This I secured firmly around the culprit's boily, contriving that the lead weighing about fifty potxmis should dangle under his arm. - Having male all ready, I pitched the fellow overlxvurd, aud let him sink a few fathoms. He waa soon drawn to the surface, aud allowed to spurt out the salt water aud to breathe, aud then I dnnqted him again. As we drew liira up the second time he struggled and shouted for dear life. * For mercy 's sake, don't drown me!' he cried. "To lie sore I will,' mud L • Won't it save yuo from the ain of suicide ? You'd better go to , the next world by my hand* tlian yoor own.' And then I dropped him again, Uiis time letting him go by the run at least five fathoms down. He waa finally taken u deck, completely exhausted, and entirely solier. He sailed with me four years after that, the best hand I had and as for drowning himself, he never threatened or attempted it again. Fossil Foot-Priuta. A onrmpoudtut of the Rochester /hnutrrat writes; It ia not generally known that the glen at Ilelloua, Yates count v, N. Y., contains a remarkable curiosity. In the bed of tin- stream, just above the village of liellona, ia a rock alwut fiftv feet square, uncovered by low water, it is entirely covered with foot-printa, deep in the rock, of men and birds and extinct animals. They are as clearly defined aa the foot-printa of the childrcu who hail played on tlie damp liauk the morning I visited the glen. I found tracks of some animals in this rock which measure nearly thirty inches in length—l mean distinctive tracks, several times repeated, with atich exact ness of outlines aa to identify tlie species to which the nnimal belonged. These rocks are a favorite resort of geologist from all parts of the country. The layer of lime-stone upon tlie surface of which these foot-print* appear ia about two feet in thickness. Home of the finest specimen* have lieen destroyed by re moval of portions of the rock for build ing purposes—a fate which awaits the remainder. I shall endeavor to procure casta of several of those remaining. It is stated by reliable witnesses that many years ago, while workmen were blasting these rock* to obtain building stone, a perfect petrifaction of a human head and face, of an unknown type was found. The workmen and many others crowded around to examine it, ami one of them, impatient at tlie work leing stonped, struck it with his hammer aud destroyed it- A Fatal Fire. At one o'clock in the morning, recent ly, the inhabitants of Bt, Alexander street, Montreal, in the very heart of the city, were awakened by the wild shrieks of a woman. On rushing into the street a young girl named Mary Burke, the daughter of a lioanling-house keej>er was seen standing at a seoond story, giving vent to frantic cries of fire. Considerable delay occurred in sonndiug an alarm, aud it was about fifteen or twenty minutes before the fire brigade arrive. 1. Meantime Miaa Burke hail taken a leap for life, and, falling some twenty feet to the sidewalk below, uns tained serious injuries. On tlie arrival !of the firemen ladders were brought into requisition, and tlie ooenpaut of the house, Thomas Burke, and two of hia sons were rescued. The firemen entered the house at the risk of their lives, the smoke being so dense as to extinguish their torches. The dead body of a boarder named Christian Romouseen, a Dane, was found iu a closet door, which it is supposed he mistook for the exit to the hall. Mason Burke, aged sixteen years, a son of the proprietor of the lionse, was discovered in an almost life less state from the effects of smoke. The other inmates made their escape without difficulty, and tlie fire was ex tinguished in a short time. TERMS: a Year, in Advance. i AM KKDIXM MOUNT ARARAT. A IUM KhlMimi'i Urt>a mm* lluiWM* rttl faaklai IkraHk ItuU aa* mp t rat. aarf Ist CIMi la Ik# Tap af Naaal Ararat A Tblilllaa arrar fliMll l*a* Front the plaiu uf the Arum, where trie AruivuMiu place the loat IVniiae uf man, rtatw ait extinct volcano uf tm tueaaurabla antiquity, ita (teak Iteiit# 17,000 feet high, soaring suddenly from Ute platform, which ta but two or three thousand feet above the aea ; ita anuw lute at the elevation uf 14,000 feet, tree lean, waterleaa, eolemn and Military, una of the aubltmeat object* on tha face uf lite earth. It ia Ararat, the mountain uf the Ark, the ancient aanctuary uf the Armenian faith, the centre uf the once famous kingdom, now the corner-stone uf three great empire*. (>o the tup of ita lower peak, Little Ararat, the e lie should find some trace of an eruptive vent, it was so " delightfully volcanic," but where he only found NUMBER 44. lumpa of minerato and a piece of gjp ■tun villi fine erjratato, he waa constantly gaatng al lite upper ami of th toitenme j road for igtta of craga awl mow field* above. But a aoft mist curtain hung there, where the snow seem to begin, ami who could toll what lav beyond? The aolitude muat, indeed. Lave bean ) awful then, for everything like certainty , and calculation had oanaed. From the tremendous height. Little Ararat, lying ' he did not know how muj thousand of. feet beneath him, looked to the climber like a broken obabafc. And he eoold only imagine the plain, a miaty, dream like expauae below. Only one hour waa before him now ; at ita end he mnat turn beck—if, indeed, hi* strength eoold bold out for that other bom. He drag gled on D]i the crumbling rocks, now to the right, now to the left, m the foot hold looked a little firmer on either side, until suddenly the rook-slope cenae to ! an end, ami he stepped out uo the al moat level snow at the fop at It into the clouds. into the teeth of the strong weal wind, into cold an great that an kaele enveloped Ute lower half uf his face at < ouoe, and did not melt until four boor* afterward. He tightened in his loom, light coat with a Spanish nackaaarf, awl walked straight an over the anow, fol i lowing the hm, seeing only about thirty yards ahead of him in the thick mid. | Time wae flying ; if the invisible sum mit of the mountain at the Ark were in deed far off now, if this geotie rim stretobed on and on, that summit mud remain uneeen by him who had daml ; and did ao great a feat that he might look from ita sacred eminence. He { ! trailed the point at the iae-ax in the soft enow, to mark the backward track, I for there wae no longer any landmark ; , ! all wae doml on every aide. Suddenly lie felt with amaaement that the ground wae falling away to the north, and he I stood dill. A puff at the wed wind ' drove away the miete on the uppodte tide to that by which be had oome, and hia eyea mated on the paradim phun at an abysmal depth below. The solitary traveler stood on the top of Mount Ara rat, with the history of the world spread beneath hie gas**, ami all around him a scene which reduced that history to pig my proportions, and men himself to in finite littleness. Mr. Brvoe has given to the world a wonderful watd-pietaxw of that smarmg awl awful spectacle, at that " landsaape which is now what it wrn before man crept forth on the earth, the mountains which stand about the valleys m they stood wnen the volcanic maaaat thai piled them were long ago extinguished. Hia vision ranged over the vast expanse within whom bounds are the chain of the Oaueamoa, dimly mads oat, bat Kaxbek, Elbrus and the mountains of Dagheatan visible with the line at the Caspian aea upon the horiaou; to the j north the hugh extinct volcano at Ala (lax, whose torse peeks enclose a snow patched crater, the dim plain of Evivan, with the silver river winding through it; westward, the Taurus ranges ; and iKNihweat, the upper (alley of the I A raxes, to be traced as far as Ani, the ancient capital of the Armenian kingdom; the great Russian fortress at Alexandro jkjl, and the hill where Kate stands— jmaoefnl enough when the brave climber j looked out upon this wonderful specta cle. While it waa growing njion him, not indeed in magnificence, but in ootn preheuaibitity, * while the eye waa still umatisfied with gaxing," the mwleur tain dropped, enfolded him, and ahut him up alone with the awful mountain top. "The awe that fell upon me," he ways, "with the sense of utter loneliness, made time pern unnoticed, and I might have hiig< red long in a sort of dream, had not the piercing cold that thrilled through every limb recalled me to a sense of the naka delay might involve." Only four hours Of daylight remain** I, the' thick mist was an added danger, the ioe-ax marks were his only guide, for the compass waa useless cm a volcanic mountain like Ararat, with iron in the rooks. The descent waa made in safety, but bv the time Mr. Bryee came in < sight of the spot, yet far off, where his friends had linltm, " the sun had gut tiehind the the southwestern ridge at the mountains, and hia gigantic shadow had failed acmes the groat A raxes plain lielow, while the red mountains of Me-, dia, for to the southeast, still glowed redder than ever, thro turned swiftly to aspleodid purple in the dying light." At six o'clock tie reached the bivouac and rejoined his friend, who muat have j looked with strange feelings into the eyes which had looked npou such won- t droua sights since sunrise. Three days after, Mr. Brree was at the Armenian monastery of Ktchmiadxin, near the northern'foot of Ararat, and waa pre sented to the Archimandrite who rules the house. "This Englishman," said the Armenian gentleman who was acting us interpreter, "aav* he has ascended to the top at Masai* * (Ararat). The ven erable man smiled sweetly, and replied with gentle deciaivneaa, " That cannot be. No one haa ever been there. It is impossible. Ijumdaa Spectator. A Hnminjr Ship Drifts Twa TTieasaid BH. The British ship Irs Iredale, while in the Honth Pacific, on s rowgr from Ar ilmaasn, cm the Clyde, to Sen Francisco, look lire end TO abandoned on the 15th of October, 187*. News has come to hand that her boll drifted about for nine months, and was discovered at a point 2.850 miles distant from where the dis aster occurred. She was towed into Ta hiti, and an inspection of her hull waa made bv the F.uglish consul and Captain Turpie* master of the London mission - arr vessel John Williams. Captain Tur pie makes the following interesting re jHirt as to her condition and her long voyage without captain or crew : " The whole of the woodwork, including every thing combnatible, had been cousumed, leaving oulv the iron work of what waa once a remarkably strong and substan tial vessel. The foremast has fallen over the |ort side, and has entirely disap peared from the deck upward. The bowsprit, with a portion of the jibboom, still remains, though displaoed from its {Kwition. The main and mizxen lower masts, witli all ironwork attached, re main within th* structure, having fallen in. The bread and water tanks have evidently exploded after generating steam. The a hole frame from 'tween deck beams in sadly distorted and twist ed by the action of the fire. Many of the beams are broken by the weight of deck fittings, etc. The collision bulk head still appears intact. There still remain, I should suppose, about 100 tons of ashes and debris, which are still burning. No wcter is visible in the hold, and the iron pistes of the ship out wardly appear little damaged. The bot tom ia clean—kept so, I imsgiue, by the intense heat. The figure-head is unin jured. From the position where she was abandoned to San Francisoo ia about 2,350 miles. The ship has, therefore, driven that distance between Oct. 16. 1876, and June 9, 1877. The course msderby the burning wreck I suppose to be about W.&. W., couth of the Paumoth groupe; then meeting with tba southeast winds which prevail during April, May and June, ahe lias driven to the northward until taken in tow by the French man-of war. It is a most remarkable thing that a burning ship should have driven over eight months in the Pacific without being reported, and that she should at last be brought into the port which her captain and crew had reached eight months previously." - -Items ef laterest. _ Tbare are eight doetora in the pirorot 11 is no particular credit for a man to fita&M. Wolves and buaxards do that vary thing. f a "Jane, it jb eleven o'clock; toll that man to afiarTTte- door from tha Two hundred atom-winding American watohaa have been seat to India for rail way service. "" *' A. grmod iulfttm&Schi&! cattle fair is to be bekl in Svitartiami at the oloaa of September, 1878. " No, ma'am," said * grocer to an ap jplicant for credit, "I wouldn't ewen trust my own feriiaga." Franklin aaya, "A poor man muat | work to And meat for hia stomach, a rich one to find stomach for meat." Broae boys in Woodford eounty, Ky., triad to ameke out a rabbit Beaalt— ] 1,(160 bushels of barley destroyed by fire. ) The longest railroad bridge in the world mum an natatory of the Taj itor, in Hrotiaad, and la nearly two miles in length. If all Baaaia and all Turkey should , come to engage in the strife, there would be 87,000,000 Raaaiana fighting 48,000,- 000 Turks. Learned proteaenra know aboat 80,000 words ; children of two, from 300 to 706; ordinary people. (.000; book ageota, , 1180,908. Stonewall Jackson held that three , kinds of courage prevail among aoldiers 1 In battle, baaed wapeetrealy on inaenai ' Inlity, pride, doty, o A drunken legislator said that he wae j a aelf-made man. "Tliat fact," said Mr. ; Greeley. "reßevoa the Almighty of a great responsibility. Flour." aaya a Chicago exchange, ♦'tiaadeclimsl one dollar." It require* a good .leal (if motel courage.to decline A dollar in ttieestimea. During the year just closed the United Btetea sold |fifcWM.(M' yards of mxAlou guods abroad, toe turn* more than waa exported the year before. The telephone is being rapidly put into use at Bostee. About one hundred mercantile houses ere already oounectod with every express office in the city. A boy undertook to torture a waap by tombing a lighted match to it body "Ae wasp applied ita warm aide to the boy's hand, and as tt flew away it gave the boy these wards of wisdom, " Never try to beat amas a* hia oum game." | B. M. T. Hauler, at Virginia; &0. Wiuthrop and M. P. Banks, at Massa chusetts; Tbeodorr M. Pomeroy, of Hew j York; Oalnsk* A. Grow, of Penn rtlvania; Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, and James ft. Btsou , of Maine, are tbe living ex-Hpeehers of the House of Rfprin sits Uvea. Tbe aggregate debts of the MIX New Psiftmii Ttite amount to 850.831.119, and the net debts to 138,119,857. Tbe debt at Massachusetts is nearly two thirds at the whole, the annum inter ! est amount at the six States is $2,703,- 568.18, at which Massachusetts pays $1,677,528.90 in gold, and tbe other States combined p;v 1,026,044.96 in oureaoey. All the loans at Maaaarbu setts are at fiva per cent., and all those of tbe other States are at six par cent. WOCUHTOO. Will yon abate to the fiars with ms, Waste? There • a link left of te-day, M.> the tress, lit wtthfrigsMttsof samatena, Forvotleo to flasaoiay. lt3sil*sl ff*t idbUMKnc iifi4 dsaitciiic. The nwr floe ■saiVliiwand bright. Lata* ehaeb the gray ciOt* to tbs highland- And fist to the raise of the aightl " Ttrtte raw* of tbe nigh* I will Uateu," rih* said-"hot year vuies is so flat, I d rstter gay in and wask dates. Than riimb uj. those tdhs to bear that !" At a meeting at tbe exeentive com mittee of the American Society tar the Prevention at Cruelty to Animals, held in New York, the foUowmg report was made by the aapecintoadrot: sinde May Last, 474 cases at cruelty to animal* bad liero prosecuted in New York and Brook lyn, and out of that number four wen (handmed by the New York courts and twentr.throe by the Brocklyu magis trates. Daring the same period, 748 lionea were found working in a tome, sow and suffering onudihou, and wot to their stable* or hospital Cor treatment, 73 disabled horse* ware removed from the streets to ambulances; 541 worthkaw and diseased teases bomanely destroyed, and over 200 complaint* from cituen* were investigated. lad foam a Deft Bite. A Itar-'hcaded girt, barking like a dog, and frothing at the mouth uke a tired end chaaed-down deer, startled Un usually quiet and nucmantic section of Chicago, located at Orchard street, be tween Sophia and Cento* streets, an the north aide tote one Friday afternoon recently. It waa at a pmftocular hour when there wasqaietakKig tbe thorough fare. Suddenly this bare-headed thing, , a girl with a foot that had been rather pi i imaanmiiifl at some time, dashed around the earner—her hair down to her waist, her eyea glaring as if they bad been forced from their aocketa, her mouth snapping and her tongue, swollen uod blackened, protruding, and startled the whole victartv from ft* almost Son day quietude. Tbe poor creature moat ton been blinded, lor she staggered against the paiHag*. struck herself against booses, sad sensed to be endear ■ring to end her existence by forcing herself against eveqthing that came in her pathway. The right waa one to strange and sudden that even the men who happened to be in the vicioitjv ■limit back like scared bares and looked upon the unfortunate and maddened girl from behind their window blind*, unwill ing to stand in her wgy. Thus, unmo lested, the mapping,frothing, maddened creature down the street until ate* waa overtaken by Officer Scankm. He did not dam ptom himself in front of her, but slipped cautiously in tbe rear and quickly seined her by the arm*. Tbe efforts of tbe girl to free herself or pounee upon bar captor became painful. Her harking oontinned. almost startling, and she snapped sa ferociously as ever did an infuriated ear. The officer, stal wart and oourteeous m he waa, waa un nerved, but he kept the face from him and clutched the girt with all the strength he possessed. Tlnw pressed, she was taken to tbe Webster svenno station, quite a walk for an officer with a mad dened human. All along the route the captive kept up her heartrending bark. At the station she continued to rave. One would have thought that so young and frail a thing would by this time have been weakened down from exhaustion, but she gave no eridence of anything of the kind. She was confined for about an hour in the station, during which time effort* were made to discover who she was and whence she came. Hie officer learned that her name was Mary Augusta Klein, and that she waa a Ger man girl. The girl was transferred to St Joseph's hospital soon after her cap ture wing pinionedlikeavictim for the scaffold, when she arrived at the hos pital she was put in a strait-jacket and her head was bandaged. Dr. C. Paul Simon, one of the medical attendants of the hospital, was called in and adminis tered to the poor girl. Bother ravings were so frantic that numerous effort* were made before anything could be given, and when the remedies had been given they seemed to have no effect whatever. A Rest Retort. Scribe, the dramatist, met his match in a nobleman ambitions of gaining a literary reputation by proxy, from whom he reoeived the following curious epistle: " Sir—l have the honor to propose to you to associate yourself with me in the composition of a drama. Tour name will figure by the aide of mine;you alone com posing the play, and I alone de fraying all the expense* of the first rep resentation. You shall have all the profits, fur I work only for glory." Scribe replied. " Sir—l have never been accustomed to harness together in my carriage a horse and an ass; I am, therefore, unable to aeeept your very kind offer." The nobleman closed the correspondence with: "Monsieur Scribe—l reoeived your note of refusal to unit* our literary labors. You are at liberty not to understand jour own in terest, but not to allow yourself te call I me a horse."— Chamber s .Journal.