Pfialat of Harrtoge. Tail tn not, in MtalßgW, " Marriag* rtnpty dream T For tba girl tTdead that'* dng la, And girl* are not what they asses. Ufa • raal! Ufa ta termst t Single biaaaadnaaa a fib! " Man thou art; to nan returns*!." Hm baan spoken of the rib. Ufa ia long and vouth 1* floating. And onr baarU, though light and gar, Still like ptaaaant dream* are boating Wedding march en all the way. In the world * broad (laid of battlo, In tha bieonao of Ufa, Bo not like dumb-driven cattle ; Baa heroine—a wife! 1 Would Nat, If 1 CeaM! I would not dig my peat Up from it* grave of weakness and regret; Up from its hopaa which glimmered bat to •< Ita dreams that could not last Yet I can look berime. And profit by the laaaon sadly learned; As children, plajmg with the flra, ara burned, ' And tempi iu glow no mora. I would not, if 1 could. Lire oar again tia* dark, enoortain Wo— This algpptag backward ia this daily Mi it* Of reaching aftar good. ind yet I can know how week Are ail below, and aa sweet charity Will ehng and glow about each form 1 see, ind thae to mo will speak i ( would not upon out The half heated wounds of other years, long fled; Twure better they ware numbered with the dead; Better than fear or doubt. Tat Bean truly ear. Let tha dead ymt bury its dead. We go So swiftly snwerd to life's sunset glow— hud than, there is no day ! Ufa ia too short to wasSe In vain repining* or in weak regrets; The strongest heart endure# and neeer frets O'er Joy* it may not taste. And ha who can go on 3rareiy asd Brnaiy i* tha allotted sty, laming new Itafglh with eeerydarkened ray, Shall sorely reach the dawn. And aa 1 would not lift Cp from tha green tha shadows of my past. The ckinds that all my sky once overcast Into the night may drift. For there's enough to All Each hour and moment of tha daya toeeuie ; Than wherefore woo tha shadow* to our home The suUey* to our hill? SOBER SECOND THOUGHT. •* I most have it, Charles," said tb handsome little wile of Mr. Whitman. " So don't pot on that sober face. " " Did I pat on a sober fsoe?" asked the husband, with an attempt to amile that waa anything bat a success. Yes, solver as a man on trial fur hia life. Why, it's as long as the moral law. There, dear, dear it up, and look as if TOU had at least one friend in the world. What money lorera you men are!" " How much will it ooat ?" inquired Mr. Whitman. There waa another effort to look cheerful amd acquiescent " About forty dollars," waa answered, with just a little faltering in the lady's voice, lor ahe knew the torn would seund extravagant " Forty dollars! Why, Ada, do you think 1 am made of money?" Mr. Whitman's ooontenance underwent a re markable change of expression. " I declare, Charles,' said his wife, a little impatiently, you look at me as if I we: e an object of fear instead of affec tion. I dooH think this is kind of yon. I've only had three silk dresses since we were married, while Amy Blight has hsd six or seven during the same pent d, and every one of hers cost more than mine. IJmow won think me extrava gant, hm Ijmh von had a wile like aome women I could name. I rather j think you'd find out the difference be fore long." "Them, these, pet, don't talk to me after Ibis fashion ' I*3 bring yon the money at dinner time ; that is, if " " No 'ifs'nor 'bub*,' if you please. The sentence is complete without them. Thank you, dear! I'll "go this after noon and buy the silk. So don't fail to bring the money: I was in at Silkskins yesterday, and aaw one of the sweetest patterns I ever laid my eyes on. Just suits mystoir ami complexion. I shall be inconsolable u it's gone. Tou won't fSFSk? 6 Whitman laid her eoft, white hand on the arm of her h unhand, and smiled with sweet persuasion in hie face. " Oh, no. Tou shall have the mouev," mid Mf. * Whitman, turning from \ua wife, aaefce a little abrubtly, mJ harrying from her presence. In lua irecipititloß, he had forgotten the usual mrting kiss. " That's the way it is slwsysr said tfrs. Whitman.her whole manner ehaug ng, as the sound of the closing street kwrs came jarring upon her ears. "Just ay money to Char lee, and at ouce there • a cloud in the aky." She sat down pouting and half angry. "Forty dollar* for a new dress 1" oentslly ejaculated the husband of vain, sretty, thoughtless Mrs. Whitman, aa he hut the door after him. " I promised 0 settle Thompson's coal bill to-day— hirty-three dollars—bat don't know rhcre the money is to oome from. The oal is burnt up, and more most be or iered. Oh, dear! I'm diaooomged. 'very year I fall behindhand. This rinter I did hope to get a little in ad * anoe, bat if forty-dollar silk dresses re in order, there's an end to that de ootly to be wiahed-for circamstaooe. . >ebt, debt! How I have always shrank rom it; bat steadily, now, it la closing ta Brusuaa arms around me, aod my districted chest labors in respiration. 3h, if I odld bat disentangle myself tow, wfaiU I bave the strength of early mahhood, md the bonds that hold me ire weak. If Ada could aee at I see—if 1 .wold oar make her understand my position rijhtly. Alas ! that in hopeless, Ifear." Aod Mr "Whitman hurried his steps, beeadhe hi heart beat quicker and his thought w unduly excited. Not a tag time after Mr. Whitman left his hose, the'postman delivered a letter to b address. His wife examined the writin on the envelope, which was in a bole masculine hand, and said to hereelf, aehe Ad so: " I wonder who this can tfrom?" Bomethg more than a cariosity moveS b. There intruded on her mini! a vme feeling of disquiet, as if the mistt bore unpleasant hews for her hnsbd. The shrnip showed it to qe a cit letter. A few times, of late, aneh let** had come to his address, and ahead noticed that he had read them hastily, thrust them without re mark intiis pocket, and become silent and aoWaced. Mrs, litmau turned the letter over and ovegain in her hand, in athonght fnl way.d as she did so, the image of her bufilJ, sober-faced and silent as h# had tome for the most of the time, of late.esented himself with nnoanal vividnet Sympathy stole into her heart. " FefUmrlea!" she said, as the feeling sreased; "I'm afraid some thing jsing wrong with him." Pl&citbe letter on the mantel-piece, where knild see it when he came in, Mrs. entered upon some house hold die™ but a strange impreaaion, as of insight, lay upon her heart—a sense impending evil a vague, troublidisturbauee of her usual in ward asatiafaction. If Uhooght of Mrs. Whitman re curred. was natural, to the elegant ■ilk dt of which she was to become the otr on that day, she did not feel t proud satisfaction her vain heart teianced a little while before. Sometg of its beauty had faded. , m tl v • njf* C. FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Rroprietor. VOLUME X. " If I only know what that letter con taiued," olio said, half an hour after it had corn* in, her mind still feeling the preonure which had com* down upon it ao atrsuigwly, aa it aeenusl to her. bhr weut to the mantel piece, took up the letter, and exaiuiueii Uie mpereenp tion. It gave her no light. Steadily it kept growing apOU her that its coutuuta were of a nature to trouble her huabatuL " He'a feeu a little uiyatenoua of lata," ahe said.to herself. Thin idea af fected her very' unpleaoautly. "He t grows wore ail cot and reerrved," ahe added, aa tliought, under a kind of feverish excitement, become active in a new direction. "More indrawn, aa it were, and lews interested in what goa on around him. Hie coldneea ohilla me at timea, and hia irritation hurt* uie." She drew a long, deep aigh. Theu, with an almost startling vivid news, came before her mind, in contract, her tender, loving, cheerful husband of three year* before, ami her quiet, sober-faced hus band of to-day. "Something has gone wrong with him," she aaul aloud, as feeling grew stronger. " What can it he 7" The letter vrss in her liand " Tht* may give me light" And with careful finger* ahe opened the envelope, not breaking the paper, ao that ahe could seal it again if she desired ao to do. Tliere was a bill for sixty dollars, and a communication from the person •ending the lull. He aa* a jeweler. "If this ia not settled atone,"h wrote, " I ah!l pot the acoount in suit. It has been standing for over a year, and I am tired of getting excuses instead of my money." Tlie bill was for a lady's watch, which Mrs. Whitman had almost compelled her husband to purchase. " Not paid for ! Is it possible 7" ex claimed the little woman, in blank as tonishment, while the blood mounted to her forehead. Then ahe sat down to think. Light began to come into her mind. Aa ahe sat tiius thinking, a second letter came in for her husband from the postman. She opened it without hnutation. Another bill and another dnnning letter! " Not paid! Is it possible f" Bbe re peated the eiscntatiou. It was a bill of twenty-five dollars for gaiters and slip pers, which bad been standing for three or four months. " Tins will never do!" said the awak ening wife—"never—no, never 1" Aud ahe thrust the two letters into her pocket in a resolute way. From that hour until , the return of her husband at dinner time, ( Mrs. Whitman did an unusual amount of thinking, fcr - her little braiu. She saw, the moment he entered, that the morning cloud had not [leased from his brow. j " Here ia the money for that new drees," be said, taking a small roll of bills from hi* vest pocket, and handing them to Ada, aa he came in. He did • not kin her, nor amile in the old bright 1 way. Bnt hia Toioe was calm, if not cheerful. A kin and a smile would have been mora precious to the young wile than a hundred silk dresses. She took 1 the money, saying: " Thank yoa, dear! It is kind of you to regard my wishes." Something in Ada's voice and manner caused Mr. Whitman to lift hia eyes, with a look of inquiry, to her face. Bnt ahe turned aside, ao that be oould not read its expression. He waa graver and more silent than usual, and ate with scarcely an appear- : anoe of appetite. "Gome home early, dear," said Mrs. Whitman, aa ahe walked to the door with ' her husband, after dinner. " Are yon impatient to have meadmire your new silk drees f" be replied, wit! a faint effort to amile. • "Yes. It will be something splen- I did," she answered. He turned off from her quickly, and left the house. A few momenta she Uiing. The watch is not de faoed." " Yon hare done a kind act, air," said Mrs. Whitman, with feeling trembling along her voice. " I hope yon will not think unfavorably of my husband. It's no fanlt of his that the bill has not been paid. Good-morning, sir." Mrs. Whitman drew her veil over her face, and went, with light steps and a light heart, from the store. The pleas ure she had experienced on receiving her watch was not to be compared with that now felt in parting with it From the jeweler's she went to the boot maker's and paid the bill of twenty-five dollars; from thence to the milliner's, and settled for her last bonnet "I know you're dying to see my new dress," said Mrs. Whitman, gaiiy, as she drew her arm within that of her hus band, on his appearance that evening. "Come over to oar bedroom, and let me show it Come along! Don't bang back, Charles, as if you were afraid." Charles Whitman went with his wife passively, looking more like a man on his way to receive sentence, than in ex pectation of a pleasant sight His thoughts were bitter. '' Shall my Ada become lost to me ?" be said in his heart—"lost to me in a world of folly, fashion and extrava gance?" "Sit down, Charles." She led him to a large, cushioned chair. Her man ner bad undergone a change. The brightness of her countenance had de parted. She took something, in a har ried way, from a drawer, and catching up a footstool, placed it on the floor near him, and sitting down, leaned upon him, and looked tenderly and lovingly into hi 4 face. Then she handed him the eweler's bill "It is receipted, you see." Her voice flattered a little. "Ada! how is this? What does it mean f* He flushed and grew eager. "I returned tbs watch, tad Mr. THE CENTRE REPORTER B— receipted Uie bill. I would lii* paid for damage, but he aaid it was uninjured, ami asked nothing." I "Oh, Ailat" " Aud this is receipted also; and this;" handing him the other lulls which she hau paid. " Aud now, dear," ahe added i quickly, " how do you like my dress 7 Isn't it beautiful I" We leave the explanations and scene that followed to the reader's imagina tion. If any fair lady, however, who, like Ada, has been drawing too heavily upon her husband's slender income, for ailka and jewela, w at a lose to realise l tlie icrue, let her try Aita's experiment A WHALENHIfS ENt'APF. laSUaa Pirate# Annate! la Mvlar alt halts* Irti aaS •• .HarSer Ik* t aetata aaS (Www—A UaaS.ke.Haa4 I wDrl. A correspondent of the Hau Francisco CArumeiV, writing from Honolulu ui the Sandwich Mauds, has the following ac count of an attack by Indian pirates uu a whaling brig in th Arctic Sea: The William H. Allen sailed from Honolulu on the IRth of April, and made ice on the 18th of May. This waa surface ice, and proved to be a very dangerous enemy. The weather was very foggy, and fur days at a time Bt br ing Sea was as tlark as the darkest uight. By the greateet watchfulness and good management, however, the brig escaped, only to fall into greater penis from the natives, who had resolve*! upon her destruction. The vessel sailed and drift xl about, according to winds and tides, until the sth of July, when the captain found himself about fifteen miles off Gape Frinoe of Wales, a point command ing the eutranoe to the Arctic on the American aide. The officers and crew were in good spirits, aa a large herd of walrus waa in sight. There waa also, in an opposite direction, something else in sight, which, at first, waa not distinctly visible, but upon near approach a large canoe waa seen, apparently followed by others. About eight o'clock in the evening the canoe in the lead reached the br.g, and, without asking portmsaiou of the captain, the Indians sprang on board the vessel. The canoe was very large, ooutaining no less than fifty red- j skins, beaded by a chief who *** just. intoxicated enough to be ugly and dan- j gerotu. This chief waa a very powerful ' man, standing over six feet six inches in height, and was accompanied by two' other chiefs, evidently one grade lower iin rank. The Utter were also tall, pow erful men. Immediately on boarding the Allen the principal chief asked the captain for ram, and the latter answered that he liad no liquor ou board. The chief then attempted to bribe Capt. Gilley by offer ing to trade aorne valuable akina for rum, j and again lietng refused intoxicating drink, the high chief wished to trade hia skins for cartridges. The captain • >ffered the chief what he thought a fair bargain, which the Indian contemptu oualy refused. It must be remembered that at this time, at eight o'clock at { night, it was as light ss effort escaped from the clutches of his antagonist, and, drawing hia revolver, told the chief to leave the vessel. In the meantime, another chief had made an assault upon W. H. Murphy, the first male, but the Utter escaped unhurt The chiefs being ao far worsted, now j apparently determined to take charge of the veasel, run her ashore, and murder the officers and crew. Preparatory to action, the leadiug chief ordered | all the old men, the young boys, • and the three Indian women, evi dently wives of the chief, to get into one of the canoes and go ashore. Aa soon aa Capt. Gilley saw this he knew the Indians meant bloody work. When the Indiana left in the canoe there were about seventy five warriors on board the Allen, while the crew all told numliered only twenty-four men, and of these there were only four white men, the remainder being Sandwich Islander*. At this instant firing waa heard toward the forecastle, and the captain and Mr. Mnrpby saw that a Sandwich Islander l*y muidered on the deck. " It's life or death with ua, Murphy; are you readr for action7" aaid Capt. Gilley. "All ready, sir." answered the mate. Quick as a flash Mttrphv had a Henry rifle in j hia hand, passed to him by the cook, who was at the cabin door. As Murphy turned about he saw an Indian in the act of plunging a knife into the heart of a Kanaka A chief standing near the mate attempted to seize the rifle, but Murphy took aim, and before ths Indian oould murder the Kanaka, ahot him dead. Then followed a rough-and-tum ble fight, in which the chief fell over hoard. Capt. Gilley all thia time had hia bands full. The leading chief again aud again tried to throttle him, but the cap tain eaoaped nnhnrt every time. The chief, thus foiled, stepped back a little, and as he approached, the captain struck him with the butt-end of his revolver, and the towering Indian fell to the deck weltering in gore. Soon afterward the chief waa aeeu to go overboard, but in what manner nolmdy knows. Many of the other Indiana followed him in a mys terious manner. The redskins, now see j ing that they had the worst of the fight, commenced to jump overboard, and those that were too taxy in ao doing were helped to get over in a burry. When all had disappeared the captain took a survey of the deck, and fonnd one Ka naka dead, another dangerously wound ed, and a third with several atabs on hia body. There were no dead Indiana to be aeen. The dead Sandwich Islander ! waa appropriately buried, and the two wounded Kanakas were taken care of. A Great Scientific Problem Sol red. Harlem was much excited last winte over a young oolored woman who de clared that she had snakes in her stomach. To the many reporters and physicians who visited her, she gave garrulous explanations of her sufferings; she felt the stirrings of a reptile within her, and at times heard terrible ram bling and hiasiug sounds. The myster ious tenant was fastidious in its tastes and protested strongly against certain articles of food. Several physicians made an examination of the woman, but nothing oonld be learned save that she was the victim of great internal strife. Constant anxiety at last wore out her health, and she died at her home, No. 433 Oue Hundred and Twentieth street, yesterday morning. At five P. M., Coro ner Woltman and Deputy Coroner Cash man held a post-mortem examination. As the medical men were gronped about the corpse, said Dr. Demarest solemnly: "One of the greatest scientific problems is about to be solved." The moment was big with expectation. The skeptics, however, triumphed. No trace of snake or animal was found in the-stomach. The woman's sufferings had been caused by imagination and indigestion I—New York Tribune. Tbs presidsnt of an Illinois college has been indicted for ssttinpt fire to a watch fsctorv. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1877. THE WESTER* VIUIUNTEM. ll* Ik* Kuril itte CriffiN TSrawliN TMLHL AMIMIU mm 4 DM. inm *■■. A letter iu hWt*t and Strram IIM tli following about tbe Weslarn vigi liuitwi: The violin tea wew made up uf all classes uf oittaeos—merchant*, miin-n ; kiiil professional iut hung the body up, drawing together on the rope as if the soul wss still in the mangled inanimate form, and oonld ap preciate the agony, and fired hundreds of I bullets into the riddled corpse swaying 1 there so dreadfully. Then they cat it down, and setting on fire the rained j cabin, cast the boar on the blaxe with savage glee and load laughter aa they joked abont his fate. Just how many persons the vigilanoe , committee at Virginia City and neigh- I liorbood found it neoesaary to put to death Ido not know. There were scores, and the rest of the villains fled. When Blade was hung the last support j of outlawry gave way, and the reign of terror waa over. The vigilantea slowly disappeared from view, bat never disor- I ganixed, and every year since, even to the present week, has witnessed the as sertion of their determined power in the ; form of a secret warning to bad men whom the law would not or oould not reach, which warnings, if not heeded, ; were followed,by sudden and merciless I administration of justice—justice, not in the technical construction of the statute; nor on the other hand, as a nnme to hide ' malicious vengeance, out in fact, and as a protection to the widely-scattered and weak population, for whom the ngis of government and law affords utterly in adequate shelter from the assassin and thief. A farmer lost a portion of hie crop of potatoes, a thief having dug them and taken them away in the night. He put up a tent in the field, and remarked that the thief would think he was watch ing the crop. But the tent did not prove a good guard, for the next time the thief came he stole the tent. Josh Billings says he knows people who are so fond of argument that they will stop and dispute with a guide board about the distance to the next (OMKHMNb LO.MIEVITY. Tk I'kitrM a (IIM Taa V vara (MS Haa •I Ailalalas III* See -Aa Intrwilw ¥aM*. Oar modern life insurance tables con tain very aoenrute approximation* to the average age attained by civilised man kind, and being founded upon the heal attainable statistical information, emu be relied upon. It would appear that the chance* of the child who reaches the age , of ten year* in fair health for arriving at the "three-aoore-aud-teu," designated by the pealinist aa the reaaouable limit of life, are four out of ten; tliat is to Sr, there are 40,000 men and women ve at seventy years uf age out of evtry 100,000 who reach the age of Uui years. Only one in that 100,000 way expect, however, to rouud out a full century, although ten may live to aee ninety-five and 100 up to about ninety three. One man in every 100 reaches the age of ninety. Ho less than 50,000 attain sixty-five, while more than '15,000 will pass their aereuty-fiftli year. At eighty-three there are but 10,000 left, nine out uf every ten having dropped out at the ranks. Fully 76,000 souk alive at ten years of age will see forty four. The fewest deaths occur between the ages of twenty-five and twenty-eight in claaiva, at which period men and women should be in the vexy prime of their lives. Of the hundred thousand, 750 will die tbe first ytwr; then the an nual number of deaths gradually de clines to 718 between the age* of twenty five and twenty-eight, after which thay again increase until at flfty-oue they reach 1,000 per annum ; at sixty they number over 1,500, at aixtv-aix more than 2,000, and between the ages of seventy-threw and seventy-four they reach their maximum at 2,500 each year. At seventy-five, there being but *20,000 of the original hundred thousand re maining altogether, they commence to decline again. At eighty the number of deaths annually is about 2,000; at eighty-seven it is less than a thousand. For the benefit of those curious in soch matters, the following table may be of interest, the estimate* being baaed upon 100,000 children, of either sex. who have reached the age of ten years ; 90,000 wilt llrs to attain the age of SI *O.OOO will Uvs to attain the g* of 37 I 7o 080 wiM Uva to attain tbe age of SO ss.ono will live to atlai" the age of 8S M 000 will live to attain tb- age of ....... 03 o,x> will Hve to attain tbe age of 70 hI.SOO will live to attain the age of 73 AI.SOO wut Itvw to attain the age of 77 , lo.oeo will live Iu attain the age of ttt 6.000 sill live to el lain the age of. S3 2,UQO will live to attain the age of *4 1,300 will Uve to allots the age 0f....... 90 500 will live to attain the age of 91 3M will live to aUata the age of U 100 will five to attain Iho age of .. 93 23 will fire to atts a the age of IN 10 will Uve to attain the age of M t will live to attain the age of 100 The deaths average live than one par cent, per annum uf the whole number up to the age uf fifty-one, although amounting to upwards of ton per cent, uf the number *arviriug after the age •uf forty-one. Of ooumc, thenceforward the anuual percentage uf death* lucreeeea very rapidly until at ninety-three tl am'ntnU to nearly the satire number of •arvivara. To sum up, modern statistic* would divide the average human life into three portion* of twenty-five years carb, which may b entitled youth, ma turity and ulil age.—'.Wu> Jtarmn Reg- Uter'. Use Bride'* Oat lit. Speaking of the marriage ufa daugh ter at William H. Vender hilt to Mr. Twombley, at Boston, * New Turk paper says that tbe bride's outfit is undoubted ly* the mast elaborate and ouatly one ever given to an American bride. Tbe wedding dross is of white aatin brocade, trimmed with three kinds of lace—round point, point Venice, and ap plique —with pearl trimmings and ursage blossoms. It is in the Prtneeaoc style, with the neck cut low a la Pompadour, and the bueom filled with lace fichu and pearl trimmings. Tbe oorsago is abort, and finished with a belt at the waist. The front of the drees is trimmed witli (eatoooa of lace, supported -by throe fold* of satin drapery, coming to fhe front and caught up with bouquets of orange blossom*. Tiie pattern of the lace is exquisite. Each festoon is a quarter of a yard deep, and bears a beautifully in terwoven design in flower* representing ewes, lilies and basket*overflowing with fioral treasures of all sort*. Each alternate festoon is of point Venice sud point ap i pliqne, and the intermediate onea are of round point and paint Venice. Tbe lace is the finest that theofc/iars of the Paris , nutdutr* oonld furnish, and eclipses surttmig heretofore seen in this country. 'The bottom at the skirt in front is trimmed with sectional shirring* of white satin, filled in between with bouquets of orange bloaaoma. At the aides the trim- 1 ' ming is deep, and grows gradually nar rower toward the front. An elegant court train of white aatin brocade extend* three and a half yards back from tbe body of the dress. The brocade runs into'points at the bottom, with several roars of white satin pelisses laid under the points, making a very stylish effect ' A choice trimming of round point, point applique, and point Venice embellishes the train, which is also adorned with pearl trimmings of great lieauty. The sleeves are entirely of lace, set off with orange bloaaoma. The cost of the wboie dress is known to be greater than Utat of , Nellie Grant's, or of the one worn by Mies Lixxis Tweed at her wedding, and which represented over 85,000, exclusive i of diamonds. Among the other elegant costumes of the trousseau are the following • A sul : pli or-colored silk, composed of sulphur I and white brooade. The waist is cut ala Pompadour in points, with Valenciennea , and pearl trimmings laid under. Other | ' jiortions of tbe trimming are of Valen ciennes lace, with chenille. There are two pairs of sleeves, one of Valenciennes and the other of white chenille net, in i , meshes one-quarter of an inch square, ! each eorner being caught up with a pearl bead. Thia ia a costume of rare | beauty. A magnificent black silk, trimmed with i chenille lace and amber bead*, very noli. A maroon velvet shirred 011 a silk i foundation, trimmed with coke feathers of the same color as the velvet There ia an almost eodleea variety of summer, reception, evening, traveling and morn ing ureases, all of the costliest and most elaborate description, and cut and trim med in the highest style of tbe dress makers' art. . j Monkeys' Tricks at aa Aqnarium. The other day, after the visitors had retired from the New York Aquarium, a sportive monkey known by the name of " Sullivan " was allowed the freedom of building, the when, after duly inspect ing the fishes in the various tanks, he sought a higher field of operations. He ran up one of the pillara and amused himself by hanging head downward. This did not seem to satisfy his desire for fun, aa with a sudden spring he bounded upon a statue of Venus which stood upon a ahelf above the seal tank, when his weight toppled it over, and " Sullivan " and Venus arrived in the seal tank together. Venus, unfortu nately, foil upoi#Ned, one of the trained seals, fracturing his skull and sealing his fate for all time. " Sullivan " was captured and returned to his cage un hurt. I > li f THE ORltilN OF ftTOKM*. TO# Laws ISM I Mtertie She t Waaees mf is# Waa IS sr. In a recant osaay Prof. JEliea Loomia haa traced the genesis of our great storms. They generally, be finds, begin iu the neighborhood of the Rocky moun tains. A few can be traced to the Pa cific ocean, user the northern boundary a Han Fraocuoo on his way to Washington as ambaaaador for hi* country. Hisep ptanuM ia JamiM by a reporter, who any*. Mr. Mantes ia • magnificent specimen of phrwal manhood, straight w an arrow, and about six fort six inches ia hight. A rnaawve bead, surrounded by a whoc! of woolly hair, tdta gracefully upon a pair of Inroad shoulder*. He has a pleasant and smiling face, beam ing with intelligent* and adorned with a ■mall coarse mustache of the darkest hue. He converses daeatly ia Engliah in soft dulcet tone*, and ban a thorough knowledge of the events nf the day. On the vessel, np to the tan* of hia landing on oar shore*, be dang to the native and primitive garb of hia ialaad home, A colorless abut descending to the waist, with a primitive doth attachment, ware ih# onlv articles of dreaa save an extw hrewt-pia or two, with whioh he clothed hia oolkmml form while journeying screws the ocean. TUia garb, however, has been diaoanled for a black broad cloth rent that arte of hia stalwart frame and ia in Ana contract with hia broom countenance. Hia body, from the waist to the knees, ie a gem of the tattooing art. It w completely covered with the distinctive signs and figures common to the chiefs and member* of the royal family in the Navigator islands. He ia a devout Christian, being a convert, ami a Bible la his constant companion. It ia, he save, the nnauimoea wish of the native* ttiat thia oonntry will guarantee some protection to them, so that the iu cm-uaag and profitable trade between Samoa ami Europe may be turned this way. A reporter on the local edition of the Danbnry .Vetcs went to aea the young ady be ia keeping company with Sunday evening. She met him at the door with a oolorleas faoe. _ . •' Oh, Tom!" she cried in an agitated \otoc, "we have bad snob a scare! Me was coming down stairs and she asught , her foot in the carpe* and went the whole length " "Hold on!" shouted the excited vouth, diving nervously into hia peeked few bis notebook, while be whipped out a pencil from Knottier reeeea. "Now go on ! go on, Metiklia ! go on, hat be redm. Far heaven's sake be calm ! Kill h erf "Oiacioaa, no!" " Break her baek ? Omah bar skull t Be calm T For the sake of aaienoe, be calm!" "Why, Tom," gasped the girl, bright ened by his impetuosity, "It waant serious. It wus " "Wasn't seriousr he gasped, in turn. "Do you mean to say she didn't break anything after all that fuss *" "Why, oertainly not. She never hart herself a bit." " Well," ejaculated the young man with an expression at disgust an his face, aa he sadly restored the book and pencil to their places, "that's all a woman knows abont business."— ffvr- H off ton ffawkeye. shart Shrift Iu France. la Franca the uufortunate criminals under sentence of death never know the time fixed for their execution until the moment arrives; indeed, as a prisoner capitally condemned usually appeals as e matter of oourae to the Oonr de Cessa tion against hia sentence, they must often be nnoertain to the last whether the aentenoe will be carried out The order for the execution in only sent to the priaon the evening before it is to take place, and the criminal not informed of it till the fatal moruiiag arrives. At the time of our visit to this priaon. a correspondent writes, there happened to be two unfortunate inmates of the con demned colls. The next evening but one an order came down from the minis try of the interior respiting the one and directum the execution of the other. At daybreak on the following morning the wretched man was roused from sleep and informed that hia appeal bad been rejected, and he must prepare far death, and in eighteen minutes, as we were in formed, from the moment he awoke his head bad telle* W.oath the guillo tine- ' NUMBER 42. THEODORA. Sr. IMb wmthmi4ttlo be, eeeltb, man, but in settling up Ma affair*, after hia death, there waa found to ha a mare pittanee left for hia widow and family. Mm. Lade was a lady of culture ami rrtUtamant, and had sever before had to think of supplying her awn wmnta, much leas to provide for the neeeeeitiea of a IM lily. Poverty la a store laaahar, but it eftao davalops a powar of bringing soma | i h lfYltilg talent, which ahinea forth j in diamond tika brightnaaa, area aa tba uncnt gem oaJy ahowa Its atilandor after it has been subjected te tea lapidary's I Art Bo it waa with Mr*. LiaU. Hha had j spent years upon the continent, and now j in this UOM of naatf ahe drew upon the , store of memory, and depicted in term j but vigorous language some at the j ; tmriona and ofttimea time h tug moidanta , which had attracted her notice in her j travel*. Her efforts were rewarded with ana- < ocas, bat wants ware many, and hat j earning* fell abort at the sum which 1 would have supported them in enaricrt Her aldaat dangbt'-r. Timrtosa, aateited the tinea of oare aa they gradually deep aned on tier mother's feesiwsad, arid awoe up bar toad tha* ahe could and would help her. So, one morning, while Mm. Lisle waa , busily engaged in rapritm a matmacrtpt > upon which .lejM-nded their tiring x --itenaea for the week, Theodora stole to bar ride and said, prefacing hur words with a Mm: " Mamma, can you listen a moment* I bare a plan." " Taa, dear, but tall me quaeklv, for thia article must go to-day without fad.** Theodore k uolt by her mother's aide, and took her band oareariagly. "Mow, mamma, you IOMSIIM 80, Bemeuber, whatever I may do, tha 'bine blood' still runs in my vaiaa. 1 * ** You muat be thinking at aamatiMng vary aertetiM, Theodore, yon prepare tha way ao carefully." "It ia just this, mamma. You re member I hare bean a member of the 'Bntrelfous'society for several winter*, and I prepare to be a useful one now— that is, to myself-—instead at am at those who 'toil not, neilher do they spin.* In plain £agtih„ I want to ap ply for the position of pianist They pay ten shillings an evening, and that *um would be a great help to the Lisle exchequer." Her maimer was playful, but an in tense earoewtaeaa WM evidently under lying it. Her ristegrOlam'e expression showed evident disapproval of the plan. " Theodora," ahe curl aimed, " are you in earnest ? What would Clifford Mare den aav? Yon know he ia erpeeted te arrive home every day." A faint blush state over Theodore's fore a* bar rioter's words, but aha aeid : "It mnat not make me do differently, even if my bari friend should ifimuprovu I fori guilty tu lend andk an idle life. ) and are oar mother wearing heraalf ont in this weary struggle for breed, lean lo it, and I shall, unlem I am positively j forbidden by yon, mamma " " But think of it, Thaodcun, the girls I <4 'ourart' wonld, maytm, onl yen. * Tboodora replied with a dignity which silenced Clam. "M v mother's comfort ia mare pre cious lo me than the km oMb-K*odsljip 2e*r ,§m *** m * Mst ! "Act as you tluuk beet, ay dear, only take tune to Slunk wnD of it before you decide. I know that you >ill al ways endeavor do what ia nght The aaothar's eyes had a wrifful ten darn was in their sniraarira, as they rented apon Theodore a fnca. " Tbanka, mamma," waa the oheerfui unawnr. "1 only tearedte apeak of it laat yon would diaajqirow." it was the avaaingol Has first noriahte. Dr. Arnold'a drawing-room wan fragrant with flowers and briltiant with tight. In a deep alcove stood tha piano, almost oooravued from view by tall Wpical pianta which had been brought foam the aanaorvstorr for that impose. The rooms, were filling rapidly, when the music commanoad tn a soft, weird pre lude, which aoon held the gay throng ia beautiful iatrednction tothe Garmaa.and aoon a group at young people were thr nodi rut ita Mswful mum. Clifford Marelen had arrived in the laat steamer, and had taken Ma fotands by aurproe by appearing among them. Ha excused himself from dancing on the idea of fatigue, and stood watching tha rihknmnff He had taken hia station by tho alcove in a position whore, through the tecum of aMoaaonaing asalea, he could aee the musician seated at the piano, with her beak towards the K'l'vt*. The alight, graceful figure, the proud poise of nor head upon the small, round naek, the abundant hair wound simply alxxit her head, all formed an attractive picture. For some time he had wutabed her while fingers fly over the keys, but be fore ha had esught a glimpse of her fare he was surrounded by a merry circle at I gala, who eommenoed to rally him upon ' hia abstraction. So be did not discover that Theodore waa the young musician who had ao strangely interested Mm. After a while the guests, or rather several of them, adjourned to the music room ; and, when Clifford Mansion en tered, he was still surroundad by a bevy of young Ladies, and, though he listened : to the aoft voire of a lady who waa sing-! ing a plaintiff ballad, and waa enchanted with the briltiant playing of the young pianist, be still faded to wrest himself . from those who surrounded him or even get a glimpse of the features of the fair j uusiciua, whore fare seemed to be turned penustentlv from him aa hur fingers rolled over die keys of the superior-toned , miurument. Later in the evening a group o i young people were assembled in the drawing- ; room to put on their wrap*. They were chattering about the areata at the ere oing. " 1H not Clifford Maredeo improved?" aaid Susan Dinsmore. ** He always was lore, but w* he is perfectly splen lid." ■' I give vou iair warning. Mamie Liv ingstone; 1 shall contest the sapremaoy with yon next time. You had the mo nopoly of him this evening. 4 All's fair in iove,* yon know." Mamie towed her pretty heed, and wid, disdainfully— "You are welcome to him. Such an absent-minded escort never Ml to my lot before." "Where were you at sapper? I missed yon from the dining-room," asked Allie Dnrant. 44 Mr. Marsden brought me an ioe, and I me made believe that that giant acacia was a rural bower, but even that did not make him tbaw, though I did my beet to captivate him." 44 T wonder if he knew who presided st the piano. Did he glance that way ?" 41 No, not he; he stood like a statue, gating into futurity. It's a shame that such a handsome specimen of the 4 genua , homo' should be so stupid." 44 He mart have changed, then. Maybe he was disappointed at not meeting Miss I Lisle. Beport says ha waa bard hit in that direction before he went abroad." "Hard bit?" said Allie Dnrant. 44 Susan, I'm aahamad of yen 1 Of yo taka \m*x f BOMB waa Altie'a ommm and teni lfc* reproof good uaturelly. Making gdeep 3ro to Altte, sto aanvmi t , "There teemed thai purely eknriael probeWy in tha feetolkma society of bie Sigh." f* At this MMrt Theodora appeared at tha door, and her feaoda clustered am mod her. "Toe deer, brave fUrting I* "You naughty tittle gu-l, to keep yourself ao oompietaly oat at aifbt "Am thoea tender fingere completely worn nutr and other atittUar aaebwta toons saluted tha an of the lew stranger* praaaot aa th*y viewed the scene. Theodora M white aa Fatten ■ailHi, and- e euppreuM*! quitter shout liar sen* ritirelipotaMofmenial suffering. She had left her written at the piano, think ing the twriora deserted, M aa aha come forth into the gkw oI light ahe found herself toretoface with bin where ; whispered worda had oeea made her heart'a ewootaet music. o| heat inning to meetherbe i had ateod Uheooe u adraam. TW ' liraa underatood the | me 'to * re nunciation of the part, aed. without glancing at bin again, drew her alight fifttue to its utmost bright, * with m ate of the dignity of her proudest day* •wept by him su.t di appeared np the brand stairway. This waa Itaur mrattng. And it waa for br awaet aaici that Clifford Mantdeu bed thrown off the fatigue eg travel, tirinMug tha* ana ; pteaaitr* 'Of her utile hand would bring lain mat, evan in the mtdat el the fash : irmahtt throng. * Hut• teiSetighi aa air had already th&m A wont ill eroisitiMbi 'r!' ecimi e*ewjwa pareroee* am w*n w " "a ■"— - - :u'ita-r< •!. and a mil of doubt and an* trnat waa woven oat of material* aa im i palpable aa the mart, yet perhaps as an ■ tinning aa tuna tteett. The ■.fA*iTfrH i "g betaueu them la the <44 time had not bean ratified by an HunenMit ao tbev had not eceraapond ad, and Clifford had received hot meagre news from home. SO he an atili to bear of tha Liete'a aavacaaa. Altar thtedjanateons ending to the first evening of Theodora's experiment, her life went on, sbadedby this new ahadow, but made endnmble by a eyeie of faith *r—. . It waa ffoafoy. The aoft rustic of Jieaaaa and the round of aetaring feet bed ceased. The laat note of the organ voSoatary waa trembling apon the air, when n voire of fluurmlous aweetaaaa tank np the strain, •• I know that my Re deemer liveth." With one impale* the congregation rom "k* wtirmrl ansil-bournl, while the voire iraibnl thia wonder After the narvtess wem oner, and the crowd of worshipper* ragged into the open air, there were many mquiriae aa to the identity of tha uewty-engageri^ MMftflHMlb p JOm Que member of the ehnmb bed need to inquire. Be wall knew : voire aa one whom rich tone* bJH charmed Ma heart bom Ma keeping by-gone dam, and aneh note ae it nag l ftSrt. ijjjj till JlltßiOiif'' Sk6SlßflQQMfll3i •waken hope's awaet mumcin Ma eomlaa he reaoivad to make another effort to break through tha Iwiiei that bad • ariaan between Theodora and himtolf Ha had found ont berphtoeof mm tlmtaa, and had called several tomt* with - on* being aMe to gain admittance. Thia aeeexmd ao many tuaeathet he had at laet eoaalnded Theodora did not wish to ana him, end ehnea th method of shearing her imhffsronea. He had triad to baaiah her from Ma thoughts, bat not !D vain. Sinee heart The mere mention of Ma aearn would sand the bleed tiagting through her vetite tumolMonely. She knew j that ahe loved Mm. bet ahe had roe- 1 eeedad in keeping her mother and nater 1 in ignorance of her weakneaa. Our dy ahe waa aeated at; the aatamubfy practicing; bat the manner in which ahe toadied the kH betrayed a mine pro-oronpiad. room enddenfy with a anta for her. ii iwrAi! ,1 mm ■mnii m m tfmmnin ■ll iia r ftn m d W l #* I in former days ahe had often roan <*■ earda attached to baeheu of loawa.Mß Her heart throbbed violently broke the ami and reiki ** TnndkxMu.:—Will yon gam: ■ interview, the! 1 arnjy leant why denied your friendship? If any aiiMH 'l.-r*t*udiiig haa ariaan between na, itMH my dne thatl may mariain It away, on the contrary, yon have hot all inter- 1 eat in one wtmaefnlnm wfll be made or " marrod by hia ptaee in ynnr eetaaia, it ia but jnri to tot me know tike troth at ooea. 1 will call at eleven o'clock to morrow (Tncaday) morning, and if yon do not are me, I hall know the wont, and wiß aparo yon the pain at evar again meeting ' CurronnMaaeoiot." If the vouag lover eenli haveaeen the Maam la viahed apon bin note, be would haw been aparod the long boar* of iloabt that 'intervened between ita tfamendtha time of the appoiatad m- The 'next morning Theodora jp* awaiting her lover. Aa riw \*mM hia approaching footataea the Mniti floisliing sud. paling of her faeeJyi**i She arose aa CUJford One momant bar finger* troubled in Ma cksp aa eve met eyaia along, heaat reveahog gaae—the next ahe waa folded to hia heart. "My own darting Tboodora!" he munmuwd. The " of atienoe, for a few brief, Barred momanfo, eenaaevatod the room ; than mntiwl explanation.!, aweet to the king divided lovers tookpimw. After a tana Clifford drenr Theodora to tho piaim, aaying: "It waa hearing'year voice in that gtoriooa anthem which gave meeoorcge to tnake one mow attempt to eee yon. A voice arid to me aa I thdeaod— * Theo dore fovea yon f It waa my food angel; don't yon think ao, daaroet* 1 * Theodora eaewwred by aeeting heraalf at the piano end aiaging a little Scutch eong—** I will marry my ain love." jm apintodly aa> maiden sLonld who seaa aorrow and mistrust lade away, and joy and faith take their place in her happy kl * A iiviag oa Water Partj-twe May*. Dr. Tanner, of Mmaeepolis Mum, haa lived on water 1 for forty-two day*. He •totes that be wae amriona to prove that human life could be prolonged withont tiwoaeof any mmriahmeot whatever,'and began his fait under the eyea of an seso ciate physician, who examined him fre quently and kept a reoord of all the symptoms. For forty-two day* he re mained without food, taking a walk eveiy davin tha open air and a swallow of water whenever inclination prompted. On the fortieth day he walked on# to Lake Cedar and drank too much raid water, in oonaeqaenoe of which the action of hia heart was weakened ao that not the thintaa* ttaee of pnlaathm eouM be discovered at the wrist. These symp toms aoon disappeared, and on the laat day of Ma fart, although he had lost eighteen pounds in weight, he felt ao strong and well that he waa eonfident that lto could hold out for two weeks longer. Qn returning to hia food he ate sparingly at first, but aoon had to blunt the edge of an enormous appetite. Mighty Fait la the Senate. A Washington apeend Bays: Senator Maxey with mneb warmth watt eleganUv demoting the grievance* of Texas people by rrwnnnn of frequent incursions on their territory by Mexiwsu Oresv r. The big heart and the spectacle waa preeented to the digni fied Senate of David Davis, weighing over three hundred pound*, jamtuea oto a position too small by odda to oontrnn hia' adipose, with hia foot elevated, head down, pantaloons torn, and habeas as a child until righted by hie colleagues. He looked after the noeident very muck like a school-boy who had been the, vic tim of a practical joke at the oi his fellows. Of course. Senators mm t laugh, but the galleries brokaoutto* ttdfrw