Farewell to the Dying Tear.
F*mrall to tha dying year,
Good-by • O daar, daar rear, that aod to
night I
Oood-by ! Oood-by !
Ragratfully I **y my last adieu,
F.r* thou doat di*.
Oh year' what Joya and aorrowi thon ha*
brought
I cannot tail.
I am half aad. half glad whan I look baok,
* To aay farewell.
Ohwaar of Joy and aorrow! thon haat gona
Into the i'ant.
And taken with thee many glad, hright dream
Too fair to lat.
How awift time flic*! the night ia almost o'w
Tiie day is nigh.
0 happy year! O year of lore and Joy!
CVood-by \ Qood-by!
Fulling I
They are falling, slowly falling.
Thick upon the forest side—
Severed from the noble brwnohes
Where they wared in l>eaut>u v>nde
They are falling in the valleys
Where the early violets spring.
And the birds in snnny springtime
First their dulcet music nag.
They ar falhitjt. falling.
Close hesid • our cottage door—
Pale aud faded, like the loved ones
Thai have gone forever more.
* , They are falling, and the nuleuni
Shine in beauty soft arouud ,
Vat Hie faded leaves are failing -
Farting on the greasy mound.
They are falling on the streamlet
Where the silvery waters flow
And upon its placid bosom
Ouward with the waters go
Thev are failing in the churchyard.
Where cur kindred sweetly sleep—
Where the idle winds of summer
Softly o'er the loved ooee weep.
They are falling, ever falling.
When the antiimn breeaes sigh -
When the stars in beanty glisten
Bright upon the midnight sky.
They are falling when the tempest
Moans bke Ocean's hollow roar—
When the tnnr'ess winds and billows
Sadly sigh forevermora.
They are falling, they are falling
Wlnle oar *a. hie tied thoughts still go
To the sunny daya of childhood.
In the dreamy long ago.
And their faded hues remind as
Of the blighted hopes and dreams-
Fading like the falling leaflets
Cast upon the icy streams.
THE SHADOW ON THE WALL
A CASK or CiaCTOSTAXTUX. hTtOWStOL
Captain James Stuart, who had gone
all through the Mexican war, was a niau
of groat great force of character aad of
wnfliucliiug bravery. He had a win
ning address aud the most p'suiu U ur
per I have ever known, hflt his princi
{>i were as fixed as his feelings were
ofty.
ile went to California in 1849 and set
tling in Tuolumne county, then one of
the principal mining v unties of the
State, was elected sheriff, an office in
those days, when they were far removed
from State or Ftwieral aid, carrying
with it all tne diguity and responsibility
which that ancient title implied. In
conversation w.th him he interested one
by relating many reminiscences of scenes
in his early life whilst in that State, one
case particularly, of positive and cir
cumstantial evidence against an innocent
man, which I give yon in almost his
exact words.
James Lyons lived on a farm near
Sonora, and many were the stories of
GroD having disappeared after having
en tkVn near his place for the last
time. A roadway np to the mountains
had hewn made aervws the land of Lyons,
but he was always displeased about it
He cut down trow 1 and let tliem fall over
the road ; he bnilt barricades to prevent
people from passing, although not a
blade of gras* ever grew upon that part
of the farm fun* used. One morning a
well-respected teamster was found near
the Lyons obstruction riddled with bul
leta.
A short time after this Jim Lyons
went lo the mountains to take charge of
a water ditch ; he gave his farm to his
brother, who afterwwnl - sold part of it to
the Morrison brothers, who paid one
thousand dollars down, giving their
notes for the balance, payable in oue
year.
At the expirarion of that time Mike
Lyons came back to collect the notes.
Tne Morrisons seemed very willing to
settle ; they figured up the interest, and
thumbed over the notes, told Lyons
they would have to go to Honors to get
their money to nettle, that they wonld
go down with him in the morning, he
could have his papers with them and
they would figure up a little more on
them aud nettle next day in Honors.
Lnm left bis papers, sad the Morri
sons destroyed them. Lyons called on
tbem for his money, they told him to go
to the deuce.
Stnng by this piece of sharp practice
Lyons harried to Honors and laid the
matter before a lawyer named Wataon.
The lawyer told Lyons he had no case
as there was no evidence at all to son
tain it, but said he, we will bring the
suit anyway. " I want to get a chance at
the Morrisons, and will give them the
bent blackguarding tbey ever got in all
their lives, and before I get through
with them they may wish they hsd paid '
the money to the persons en title-1 to it."
The salt was brought, the trial came
on, and en expected Lyons lost it He
had no evidence to show there was any
amount coming to hira, a r >d the M irri
aons swore point blank that they had
made payment in fu!L
Then rueful mutterings were heard on
all sides as to the danger of the Morri
son brothers. " I wonld not live on that
farm for all the monev in California,"
said one. " Nor I, nor L" repeated
others. Thns it went from lip to month
with shake of head which brought to
mind all the old troubles of the Lyons
place, the mysterious disappearances
and the horrid appearances of all the
unfortunate* connected in anyway with
that fatal locality. I was at the trial,
aud Captain Stewart, and remember
well these fearful prophesies.
It was not l>ng before a terrible
tragedy was enacted in return for the
mocking farce that had been put off on
the Lyons. The trouble predicted by
those who knew the desperate character
of Jim Lyons, was not long delayed.
"But a few days after the lawsuit,"
says Captain Btewart, " I was aroused
by a man saying the Morn sous had all
been murdered and their house burned
down."
1 mounted my horse and went imme
diately to the spot. As I approached, 1
saw a crowd of miners looking about the
ruins by the light of pine knots which
they carried in their hands, I dia
mounted and went close to the smoking
rains. They had fonnd the bodies of |
two of the Morrisons, the third was
missing.
One of the bodies was a mere trunk
without head, arms or legs. I turned it
over and counted twelve buck-shot holes
in the small of the back. The body of
the other Morrison lay ontside of th
fire line where he had dragged himself, j
his right arm shattered from a grin-shot
wound; he was mangled and braised bnt
still alive. I put my lips to his ear and
asked him. who did this ? He said, "It \
<ra Ed. Watson, the lawyer, who had
killed his brother."
I was astounded. I knew Watson had
abased the Morrison's in oourt at the
suit of Lyons, and had poured out on
their heads the bitter invective of a
deeply injured client, bat that be should
follow it up by a murder moet fool, which
should glut its vengeance bv committing
to the wrathful flames tlie bodies of his
victims and their earthly habitation, I
eqpld not conceive.
I knew Watson had no pecuniary in
terest in the suit; I knew he did not
expect a verdict in his favor, but that he
had tried it as much to satisfy these men
that an effort would be made tu right
their wrongs, as anything else and to
prevent, if possible, anything like the
very trouble which had oocurred in the
terrible vengeance on the Morrisons.
FRED. KURTZ, Editor amtProprietor.
VOLUME XL
' Thin wae my firm belief, and when h
told me " Ed. Wataou, the lawyer, did
it," i a* more shocked Mid surprised
than when I heard of the principal oe
cumum, the killing of the Morrteoua
.-aid the burning of their house.
I had twvu afraid something like that
would overtake them and ita realisation
only brought confirmation to my uneaav
apprehensions. The eye for eve. tootu
for tooth, life for life doctrine had teen
practiced there every ihtv, but here
three live* were saoritioevX 1 might ear,
to their owu greed. Here was n talia-
T u HI, not in kiud, but AUDI dreadful ao
cmnulatioua. 1 thongnt of ix>tir*e Jini
Lvoti* liad done it, but a. if to add uew
trouble to that alreedv wrought, the
gasping, dying man aaid, pa .Wataou,
the lawyer, did it." .
Several of the beat known miner*# or
reanieuta oanie oh we U' the man Mid
heard hie declaration. .
1
trwiufroumxnhc lawyer aud made him
go I#V with Mhy to the aoeue of the fire
ain I murder, brought hinxnp where Mor
riaon wan laying *u4aptliug my lips
eloae to the wounded man a ear, asked
him to look up aud are whether thia waa
tiie man ! Morrieou opened Ina eyea for
an inaiaut and theu ehuttiuipthem tightly
aaid. firmhr :
*• Yea, air ; that ia the mau who allot
my brother." Wataou went alinoat wild
at thia ; lie clutched hta long beanl with
both hands, wheeled about ouce or twiw,
and coming cloaer to Mttrriaoii, said :
** My (bid, air, ia there no poaaibdity of
your txung cnatakeu f"
The dying man opened hia eyas and
said, tirnily : " So, air."
I knew if I let Wateon remain there
many minute* longer they would lvnch
him. and very Likely roaat hia body in
the burning ruiua of the building. I
plucked him by the arm to come, and
as we turned the glare of light threw
hia ahadow on the wall. I was trans
fixed with astonishment. I stooped
Watson and pointad with speeclifeaa
anxiety to that ahadow which thrilled
me through and through. He stood mo
tion lees, apparently not comprehending
tnv *j.> m9*h. tara-tknkeß
to be mure than half
alim
The first words I conld utter were as
if I had been tongue-tied for an age. I
raised myself up, and struggled as if I
' was being smothered, and my voice broke
out in a loud call—" Bob Pore aud Sam
Lyons did this"—The shadow on the wall
was the exact picture of " Bob Pore, the
half-breed,'' who worked evil with
j Lyons, and it seemed as if some other
I voice than my owu spoke through me. I
was in a perfect ferment of excitement
There was the wounded man who had re-
i ongnised the lawyer as the murderer—
and there I waa, tin? sheriff of the county,
with the accused in my charge ; and jet
that shadow on the wall compelled the
loud exclamation from my lips, from me,
who should have l>een the last one to ac
cone any one, but should have wkited in
calm dignity the deliberations of the
law; in fact, I was there to see that such
deliberation was had.
i suppose the fear that an innocent
man would be executed, together with
the knowledge oi the bad character of
the half-breed, Bob Fore, and of Lyons,
who hid a real grievance— I suppose
these things heightened my nervous ap
prehensions tbst a great wrong would be
committed if that crowd hung Watson.
These feelings must bsve invested the
shadow on the wall with what then
seemed to be almost a supernatural
apparition. It went through me like an
electrical shock and compelled me in
stantly to cry out, •* It was Bob Pore and
Jim Lyons who did this." I hurried the
accused hack to jail and start*. 1 with a
warraut of arrest for Lyons and Pore. I
found them in the meantime about day
light the following day. I said to Lyons
" I want you as a witness in a case, and
asked him if he had seen Boh Pore late
ly." He said he had not ■ -en him for
several days, but that he wan at the up
per ioe-hotise. The snotr was deep, but
I started up. I came across a ditch
tender, who told me Bob Pore lta-1 just
panned np a little while ago from the
direction of the upper dam, where I had
J just left Jim Lyons, and that he was all
drabbled and wet. '
I pushed on and a little further np I
spied Pore. He began to run when he
aaw me, and I called to him that I wanted
him as a witness on that old case,
referring to the one he was in. This
seemed to quiet him, and he returned
with me. We called back for Jim Lyoun
and brought them both back to jail. In
the meautime the eoroner's jury had
met, the suspicions against Lyons had
been cleared np and the murder and the
. burning fixed on the lawyer. When I
returned with the two prisoners, I
' locked up in our some what inae
cure jail and the coroner oontiuaei\ the
investigation. He bad previonsly given
out warrants to arrest Bob Pore and Jim
Lyons an witnenaes in the cane. The
j trial of the lawyer was the first business
now on hand. Summary punishment
was then the rule, and the law'a delay
but provoked swift retribution. There
wan no patting off until term time.
Bight now, was the word with those
men in that rough life, who still carried
with them the notion of well-reguluted
society, and the love of liberty and
jantice in their hearts. The accused
could not prove an alibi. He bad been
at home sick for several days, and the
law did not allow his wifeto testify. The
wounded man swore directly anJ point
blank that he saw the lawyer shoot his
brother, and a Mexican swore that he
saw the a>-ensed the night nf the murder
pass his door on a white horse with s
doable-barreled gun over his shoulder,
and he oonld not be mistaken. This
seemed to f nish the cane.
During the trial, s German laborer
came to me and said that on the morn
ing after the mnrder, a young man bad
come to his house with a double-barreled
gun on his shoulder; that he said he had
fallen down, struck the trigger on a
stone and discharged both barrels ; that
he worked for Mr. Lyons np at the ioc
house. I went out at once for Mr.
Wallace the young man described, and
in bringing him in I said : " Wallace,
you are a you ig man ; this is a bad bns
tueaa to be mixed np in. There was
mare than one man present at that mur
der. Lawyer Watson never oonld have
done it all himsslf, and that story of
you falling down and striking the
double-barreled gun against the stones,
sounds suspicions. Now do not let any
one put you in a bole in this matter';
life is still before yon, and it may be
bright and successful." Wallace said
nothing in reply except to ssk what the
law officers would do if any one would
tell the whole affair. I told him they
: often let that one go unmolested. Wo
| reached the jail. I pat him in a cell,
j and before leaving, talked again to bim.
As I closed the door to leave bim, he
rapped on it and called me back. " Did
von say " asked he, " that any one bad
blowed the whole matter." "No," I
said, " bnt some one might and your
young life woald be gone." "Well
; Mr. Stewart," said Wallace, "I will tell
yon all about it Jim Lyons, Bob Pore,
and myself did it 1 We went there on
Saturday night I was stationed out
side near the back door to shoot any
one who came out that way, Jim Lvons
shot through the window nod B<>b Pore
pnt the mattress under the stf ire and
set fire to it" I
I rushed out for some eitism to oome
in and hear the same story, affid whilst
they listened to it, I went to thje piote
ouhng attorney, aad lsid the natter be
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
T J f
fore him. " 1 ciuiuot " haul,* prom
ise him impuuity; if he shea to take
tlie chainies with lite peo|and tiie of- j
loM of the law let hdo at." 1 i
hurried Imok and U>ld vug Wallace. |
He aaid lie would take tbhances, and
theu he went into a mite account of i
the movements. He sathat •'about
one hundred yards from > house was
a little cave ; we atop|xdiere several
hours. You will And if ngo there, a
broken lipjasl bottle wlnakcy
in it, a tin IK>X with capmd balls, aud I
some crackers aud chee all wrapjaxl
up tu a *|iottcd liaudkervef-" i
I went there at ouoe a got the verv j
articles he .leserdxvl. (Joy way hack
I stopped at a store ; tlitsspiciona bad ,
already lieeu wide spsl that Jim i
Lyons had done the hinesa. Tli. t <
•bur*-keeper told me he |Tt believe it i
because Jim Lyoua had ipped on Fri- ,
day night at his place aijsuiglit some ,
things to tike with him fhis home in ,
the mouutaitm. He deaped tlie arti
cles, at d said he had wrped theui up
IU a spotted handkerchief.' I opened the
satchel," said Stewart, a. hauded the
articles out " Does 14 look like
them ?" " Those are tbvery things,"
said the storekeeper.
I hurried back to thysmrt house
only to lie astonished at he full oou
feasiou of both Bob Pore si Jim Lyoua
confirming the statement#young Wal
lace and implicating a mat .arned Dun
can.
We had brought the *ousled Morri
son in to the tral aud lad urn at the
hotel. I weut to the ail od taking
Hob Pore with me, I mache*|iim down
to the hoUd to see if tie wo tided Mor
rison would recoguixe him. Before
going up stairs I threwmy sbrt cloak
over his shoulders Mid akiughia long
hair I shoved it up und<r hia ht as this
was the way Wallace sail Porearaa dis
guised the night of the unrder. He re
sisted somewhat at this bnt I uished
it aud walked him up. The Wtiuded
man opened hia eye. aud at ore ex
claimed " God forgive me for hat I
have aaid against Mr. Vataon, ht thia
ia the man. This ia tlie musdeier"
Then uo on the wall leauie
a living rt rntnr . 1 -y.
vulaively—few wo ald be his steps . the"*
grave.
Pore had worn a loose cloak the ight
of the umrdrr. His beard hung lovely
hut hia hair had been tucked undetn*
hat as described by young Wallaoend
a. confessed Iw himself. Water's
shallow on the wall wan the exact %d
striking picture of Ben Pore as he uw
stood before me.
Watson was cleared. Young Wall*}
was released and Bob Pure and Jii
Lvous were executtxl at the eoafibl
where thev again ixmfeaaed their gndt.
Deko's Eventful Life.
A recent nnmber of the Detroit Prn
Prt* tells the following story of a bravt
Newfoundland dog; The propelled
, Maine of the Northern Transit oompanf
, called at tlvia port Friday, bound down
, <m her way from Chicago Pi Ojdeua
: burg, and among the through pa**eu
; gers was Mrs. W. J. Rsilly and Hetty,
her seven-year*ld daughter, who were
' going to "their home in Albany, X. Y.
While the Imat wan moored to the
i Northern Transit company's wharf at the
foot of Third street, the little gir! eu
. gaged in a plays pell with D*ko, a large
Newfoundland dog, who is a fixture at
the wharf, and as well known in the
vicinity as any of the munv boats which
vail there. They were having a glorious
time, when the girl ran along the wharf
Toward the Here of the boat, anil with
her head partly turned to look at the dog,
she run headlong off the wharf into the
water. 1 Vko stoppc I an instant, as
ihmgh shocked, then sprang into the
water near to when* the girl was floating,
supported by her dreaa and cloak, and
about ton feet from the wharf. Taking
>ne of her shoulders in his huge month,
the noble dog supported her uutil a
small I mat pnt out and she was rescued
from her perilous position.
Deko thus added another event to an
drea.lv eventful life, he hoiug a most
remarkable dog. Marvelous stories are
told of hia sagacity. Two veers ago he
was an inmate (a >rt of night watch) in
the Xorthfield (Mian.) bank, and was on
duty the night the notorious Younger
brothers robbed that institution. He
had a fight with Charles Younger at the
time, and to this dav carries a broken
tail caused by a bullet from Younger's
revolver. Since his residence in Detroit
Deko has learned tlu sonnd of varions
propeller whistles, and instantly when a
Northern Transit Ixrnt signals the dog
jnmpe up, and, if in the office, barks
furiously to lie let ont. If the Iwat
arrives lato at night, when the clerks j
have all gone home, Deko starts for the
Case House, where one of the clerks
Imards, and before the boat touches the
wharf, has some one who can talk on
liand to receive the captain. As one of
the captains says, "If Dekooould only
talk, he could run the office at night
withont help." As soon as the boat is
made fast to the wharf, Deko steers for
the door of the cook-room, and will not
leave until he receive* a meal, and after
eat ; ng be stands guard at the gangwav j
until all freight ia removed and the order
given to hanl in. Then he jumps ashore
to wait for the next craft.
Are Yau training!
If yon are gaining a little every day
be content. Are your expenaea leas than :
vonr income, so that, though, it be a
little, you are yet oonstautly accumulat
ing and growing richer every day ? Be
content, for as eonoerns money, yon are
doing well. Are yon gaining knowledge
every day ? Thongh it be little by little,
the aggregate of the accnmnlatinn. |
where do day ia permitted to pass with- ;
out adding something to the stock, will
be surprising to yourself. Bolomon did
not become the wisest man in the world ;
in a minute. Little bjr little—never j
omitting to learn something, even for a '
single day—always reading, always
studying a little between the time of
rising up in the morning and lying down
at night-—this ia the way to accumnlate
a full storehouse of knowledge. Finally, j
are you daily gaining in character * Be '
not disconniged because it be little by
little. The best men fall short of what
they would wish to be. It ia something, .
it is roach if yon keep good resolutions, :
1 letter to-day than you did yesterday, j
better this year than you did last year. 1
Strive to be perfect, bnt do not become
downhearted so long as you are ap
paoaching nearer and nearer to the high
"tamlard at which yon aim. Little by
little, fortunes are" accumulated ; little
by little knowledge is gained; little
by little character and reputation ore
achieved.
A Yonug 01 rl shot Bead.
There was an accidental
under nnusnal circumstances in KUal
delphia recently. Ltwia
, ber, had been paying attentions toTntill
line Streicher, aged fifteen, who livedy
with her aunt But aha had forbflHHF
him the house because he always
with a loaded revolver.
oame again, drunk, J,
a glass-blower, sg<dMMMHfl|fflPwM
out and they sen^Amtpl^Dnnerarri
val again,
bat a stranger at the
hotaw,wWPi it and took it away from
him. Bnssell was seated at a table by
the aide of the girl tryir t to remove the
cartridges, when the pistol went off, the
ball passing through the girl's heart,
and ane fell dead. She was the oldest
of eleven children and ber father lived
in Pittsburg.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1878.
L a lliuhlm! I earn Age.
The Albany (N. Y.) /.'• Journal liiuU
in Hair* history of Eastern Vermont
h)bw account of the laws which were in
fores a hundred years ago:
" Burglary waa panuuMd by branding
with a It ou the forehead, and nailing
one of the offender "a ear* ty a post and
cutting it off, and whipping: for Uie aeo
oud offence there was the like branding
and nailing, ami cutting off of the other
MU-; for the third offence the punishment
was death, the offender being deemed
' incorrigible.' Oonnterfeiting was pun
ished by cutting off the right ear, brand
ing with 0, and perpetual imprisonaient.
Perjury waa punished by a flue of ASO
and imprisonment for si* months, but if
the offender oould not pay the flue, he
waa let off by sitting in the pilhiry two
hours, and hanng both ears nailed and
out off. Willful lying, to public preju
dice or private uijury, or ilcceiviug or
abuaiug the people with false news or
reports, waa punished by flue, sitting in
the stocks and whipping, tlie piuiiahmeut
beiug increased with each repetition of
the offence, eioept that in no case wa
the number of stripes to efeeed the
number ot thirty nine. Theft waa pun
ished by eompelling three fold restitu
tion, by* flue and by a sort of temporary
•Usury, the prosecutor lieiug empowered
to dispose of any offender in service to
any subject of the State for such time ss
he*should be assigned to the prosecutor
by the court. Unreasonable uight walk
ing, that is to say after nine o'clock, was
prohibited, as was also the eouveuiug of
peraou* under the government of jiareiita,
guardians or masters, after that untimely
hour. Tavern haunters were published
hy postiug their names at the door of
every tavern and prohibiting the tavern
keeper from supplying them with any
thing in the way of strong drink. No
clamorous discourse, shouting, hallooing,
screaming, running, ridiug, jumping,
swimming or blowing of horns, was
tolerated on the Lord's day. Listening
outside of a meeting-honae during the
time of public worship was not permit
ted. Secular meeting* of any number of
liersoim in the street or elsewhere on
Saturday or Monday evenings were for-
Men under penalty of a flue or the
••M?. several notable in
stamws of popular i g*l errors prevail
ing in Vermont One mrtion was tliat
if tiie friends of one uyu. prison
earned hia remains beyond the oc'inda
nee of tlie jail yard, they were a*vu_
plices of an escape, tiiil liable to satisfy
the judgment by virtue of which he had
lieen confined. Another notiou waa that
if one should bury the Is sly of an im
prisoned debtor he thereby tiecarae
udminiatrator in his own wrrong, ami
liable to discharge the debtor's obliga
tions. In the case of Judge Chandler,
who died while confined in jail for dent,
liia interment became a aeriouaproblem.
| In this predicament the jailer discovered
' that by stretching the chain be could
include within the jail liberties a small
' portiuuof the adj. >iuiug burying ground.
A grave waa dug, commencing just out
side tlie graveyard fence and just within
| the jail-yard, sloping under the fence,
! until a anffiienl depth and ob'.ionity was
obtained. So Judge Chandler was
' buried after a Christian fashion, and yet,
' no ' escape ' waa suffered."
ffhat Fire Sheep Will Do.
H. 0. Abbott, of Maine tells, in the
,\>ir England Farmrr, what five sheep
srilldo. He says:
Five sheep will enrich one acre of
pld, worn out mowing land in three yean.
Kthat it will produce one and ouu-o*lf
ll* of hay per Tear, for several Veers,
>y a light sprinkle of seed each year,
own in the early spring.
Five sheep will produce msnnre in
r-nter to the value of ten dollars, hy
(iviug them suitable bedding.
Five sheep will get their living
trough the summer on one acre of
| round : the pasturing of aawe would
| 'e three dollars.
Five sheep will raise Are hunbs, worth
tfteen dollars.
: Five sheep will shear twenty-five
pun la of wool, worth six dollars.
Now, let na see how the account
lands:
tr uod tap'ned bv tba she*? run In*
I ou it n# roar tJM"
Vhi of manor* in winter 11.0 ft
Kelamba
Vbot f" 0
Heap getting tbair living oa the land... 3.00
349 03
The above being credited to the sheep,
letus see what it coats to keep five sheep
though the winter :
Fls •bp will eat one and oue-hUf ton*
o hiy, • blob cost*. ft o.oo
litre-t aed tat ... 8 00
Caa of ibeep 10.00
.oft
ledneting this from the first mention
ed lirnres we have a profit of $16.00 on -
flv sheep for one year :
No* m*kr it thraa rear*, end wa have
: a redit of 3147 00
Andiebt of 'J9.oft
Laving, as the thraa ratra' pr Hit.... 341 00
Niw, if the above is correct, we have
a poflt of $38.00, and a grass field
' that will cnt from one to two t ma of
hay br several years, and without the
usiialcoat of plowing and the anplica
l tion <f manure of aome kind, which is
no snail item. It may he found heat in
some instances, to plow the seed ; that
depenla somewhat upon the condition
1 of theaod—but I am now speaking of
. land vith a firm sod, bnt lionnd nut and
run ott, as we terra it. and produoing
I but a imall quantity of hay.
You will see, by my statement, that I
| have nlned the manure from sheep one
third noro in summer tlian in winter. '
From ny own c*perieuce anil ohaerva
j tion, am fully satisfied that sheep
1 are of verv great value on improved i
land, tnd that ther should always be
kept no the plowing land, and ahead of
the amthe.
|M>|l
Necromancer* af Old.
Tlie raising of ghosts waa a favorite
exploit ot the necromancers of old ; the
fame of Torr*iv, thpSpanish magician,
has been imunrtalizftd in Don Quixote.
The demons th,t the celebrated Italian
Mtgt IbyUNfffhto OtUmi, dear-rilm* as j
when he got w:' bin the con- ,
; juror's circle, and which amazement
magnified into several legion*, are now |
believed to have been merely figures
produced by a magic lantern ; and their
atm< rotST" '"r"
the
val* in an an
exalted anacmbly. After superhuman
effbrta to astonish, Zytho opened ln
jaws from ear to ear, and swallowed hia
oompanion until hia teeth touched hia
shoes, which he spat out because he said
they had not been cleaned. The admir
ation of the audienfee waa snooteded by
feeling* of horror, but Zytho calmed
their apprehensions by restoring the
vanquished Onion in hia perfect corpor
al proportions to Hie—a triumph of art
inexpuotble.
THE PERIL* OF THE Mt'KF.
.4 llMrrlvllH at Ikr l.llr Satlu Hrvl-a at
it* I'allvA HWIH— lllrrMIIM rmilra
tars.
The traveler who, approaching the
Atlantic coast by inght at this season of !
the year, sees a continuous line of light*
up and down the shore as far as his
vision can reach, hss little idea in general
of the elaborate amuigcmenta that are
made by tbe government to save his 1
• life, should accident or mismanagement !
put lilt vessel in peril. The men at
tached to the 150 stations of tbe Uutted
States life-saving service are continually
patrolling the beach, and every night
the light of their bright lanterns can lie
seen iu au almistt unbroken line, from
the uppermost point of Maine to the
lowest point of Florida. The harder
tlie storm, the worse tbe night, the more
watchful are they in their vigiia; and it
would lie almost impossible for an un
fortunate vessel to be in distress any
where along tlie coast without leung
speedily seeu. Every one of the stations
is under charge of a rompeteot keeper,
but this is not enough for the purjames of
the government, and each year the sta
tions are all visited and rigidly inspected
by the assistant inspectors of the departs
ment—oompeteut officer* from tlie U uited
States reveuue niarme service. This in
spection is ms<le as early in the winter
as practicable, to get the squads well or- ,
gam zed for the comiug year.
The life-saving station at Point Juditli, j
H. 1., ia a fair sample of tho*g to be
found all along the coast. A two story
frame Uouae. sealed without and within,
small, but stiltatantial. with a tall flag
staff projecting from its naif. On the
ground floor, with a huge door opeuiug
ou the sea front, is the boat-room, the
largest in the house. Back of this i*
tlie living room for the crew, clean, and
well warmed by a huge stove. Up stair*
are three sleeping rooms, each contain
ing several iron cots well supplied with
, plenty of thick blankrta. The crew
o insists of a keeper and six aurfmen.
They are taught that their first duty ia
to save life. When they can rescue
property from destruction, tliey are to
do it, but nothing is to prevent them
from endeavoring, flint, to rescue every
soul in danger. For this purjmse they
I are first instructed in the met lux I of
reviving apparently drowned persona
Every rtatiou ia provided with a case of
restoratives, continuing two bottles of
randy, two of sherry, s bottle of snuff,
t OU*. ' ammouia, and a preparation of
iron to tie used as a afvptic on wounds.
Also a box of prepared iunstord plaster*,
a roll t f adhesive plaster, a bundle 'f
flannel for rnbhiug, sponges, bandage*, 1
and a number of tirobang* tor cleaning
out the mouth and throat.
The equipments of each life-aavuig
station are a large aurf-tamt, a life-car,
hues, and hawser*, a mortar for ihrow
ing a line over the vessel, and many
smaller implements to be used in oje
rating these pnucitial onea. In ordinary
cast's, when a veaael i discovered ashore,
the life-saving men go out Ui her in tbvir
•urf hist and briug her passengers and
crew ashore. But there are many times
when it would be certaiu death to the
men to venture out thiongh tbe surf, no
matter how strong their hwt. Then the
; life-car ia brought into service. Tlie mor
tar ia brought out, a slender but exceed
ingly stroug Italian hemp luie is attached
to it, and the shat ia final ao as to drop
the line, if lawaible, immediately over
Tlie vessel's deck. The first time that
the mortar and ball were ever used iu the
! United Stales Life-aaving ai-rvioi-, the
first shot fell short A second shot waa
i fired, and the hall ju*t cleared the vea
, sel's rail and went through her deck.
The line was caught, aud more than 'JHtI
! live* were saveil. Theerewof the vwael,
after the shot ia A red, draw in the small
! hue ami find a hawser attached to it,
with directions painted on a laautl, in
Koglish ami French, how to make the
hawser fast to the mast, and rig the
Uckie. A smaller line also goes out - 1
with the hawser, by which tlie life-car i* 1
drawn back and forth between the ship
and the shore, saving six lives, at every
trip. The life car ia nearly air-tight,
and ia built in tb form of a small cov
ered boat, *o that should it, by any aooi
deut, break from the hawser, its paeaen
gers would still t>e safe. Sometimes it
! is not necessary to use the life-car, and
then an implement known as the
j " breeches buoy "ia sent out. This ia
something lile a pair of short, wide,
rubber pantaloon*, with a seat or ledge
for tbe occupant to ait on. A cork buoy
amuml the tiand prevents it from sink
ing, and the person* on the vessel can
a>n be drawn aaliore. Each man. njam
going into the surf, whether for business
or practice, ia reqtxirel to wear a large
I but very convenient cork jacket, with
which it ia impoastble for him to siuk.
The tationa are also furnished with sev
eral of the Merriman life-aaving suite,
with which a man can float umm the ;
water for hour* withont being drowned
■ or even chilleil or wet.
Th inside and every-Uy work of a
life-saving station ia a well -arrange. 1
piece of machinery. By day and by
night patrol* are kept walking up ami
down the beach, each, provided with a
Ooaton light and a lantern. Where no
lav* or inlet* prevent, the patrolman .
from one station' meets the patrolman
from the next, so that almo*
communication is maintained between
them. In tlie houae, one man cnii>s
tlie floor, another makes the beds, a
third takes care of the lanterns, and in
the station* where the men do their own
housekeeping, others take turns at cook
ing and hiking. —New lor* Titar*.
The llerae Cheatnnt fhr BhematNm.
Last year we met an American-boni (
fellow citizen with borae obestouts in Ins
I pockets, which he said he carried as a
safeguard against rheumatism. We had
not known of such a reputation before,
ami supposed the idea originate*.! on this ,
, continent. But Bouillon say* that the
oil from nuts ia used with advantage
i against gout and rheumatism, wlneh
Shows the same idea prevalent in France.
We further find that in China the seeds
;of their specie* (jKumltU furbinata) .
'ia used to prevent muscular contraction 1
in severe cases of rheumatism. If all
theae exnerionoca oome from distinct
ohaervAkion*. and each without anv i
knowlixlge of what the other has found.
! it may be that there may be more than
i mere imaginaHon in the chestnut being
i a rheumatic cum Have any of our ~
| readers had any reliable exuerienoe with j
it 3 For we snppoee that the knowledge |
of its powers must he wider than we I!
know.—7V Gardner' Monthly.
Novelties In Paper.
When the uaefnlnes* of compressed J
paper for railwav wheels wae demon- |
strated. two or three years ago, people <
! asked "What next?" The question can <
now be answered. The latest use for
neper appear* to be for chimney-pot*.
They are made in Brealan, and are
light and dnraUU. Before the paper '
1 revently thfifffSyland
Academy of Boie%f's. Theeaotus grows
abundantly in mtKMuof onr Western :
Btatea and Ten4ton3|MaAtt is found <
on arid soil where d
vated. The cucceaa that has beer
with in making paper from tikis plant, ia L
ao marked that the buaineaa will prob |i
ably beattempted on a large aeale.
THIKTV MILLIONS OF HOLD.
Tho IVr.tlk Thai llaa Hr.< lllr*rli-4 fr*a
AlSrr 4iaira, Haalaaa.
In the spring of lHflfi a party of five
minora from Haunook Ustk tbe trail for
the Yellowstone aud Rig Horn country,
which for aome tune had !mnw auppoaol
to tie rich in gold. BUortly sfu-r cross
ing the Madimui ou their way eastward
they eucoiiutcml Indiana, and were
drivel I tuck acroan the spur west of the
Madison into tlie valley of the Blinking
Water. Following dowu this stroaui to
ward tU junction with the Jefferaon,
they camped over uigbt at the mouth of
a narrow gorge coining in from tha cast.
As usual, they prospected its be*l, and
t> their intense gratification found ex
ceedingly rich prospect*. BtimulaUal
by surcees, they pushed explorations j
next morning still further, sud lei. Ti
the day waa over bad satisfied them
selves that the new creek was richer
than any yet found in tha Territory.
This waa Alder Gulch, which proved the
moat productive mountain gorge for Us
length that has probably ever been found
iu any part of the world, and wboee his
tory, if it oould be written, would pre
sent, perhaps, the wildest scene* of dissi
pation and lawlessness that oould be
fomuL
The Fairweather party, thediouverera,
immediately located aud staked out the
richest ground they could find, and
began washing, meeting with unprece
dented success. For a time the dis
covery waa kept a secret, but ultimately
provisions bad to be bought, and the
tnp made to Uamiaek for theae resulted
in tlie publication of the new*. In
stantly there was a tremendous rush to
Alder. The gulch wsa invaded by
tii ou sand* of the wildest and moat un
tamed of the pioneer* of those days.
Prospecting disclosed tlie fact that it
was rich from end to end, from the lase
of old Bsldy at its biwd fsr down into <
tlie valley of the Btinkmg WaS-r. Every
foot of the groufßl wss taken up. aud
much wss claimed twice and three times,
a circnumtauce which instantly neceasi
tsttxi a targe graveyard and a coroner.
With hardly an exception, every claim
in the canon became almost namedistely
highly profitable. In twelve nnmths a
popuistion of lS.tkk) lu>l congregated
there, and five miniature citiea tunl
spmng to life. During the summer of
IMS over six millions dollars in dust, a
yield almost incredible, bad been taken
from the bed of the creek, and in the j
spring of the following year tlie popula
tion had increased through immigration
from all parts of tbe United Htates, loth
East and West, to nearly 20,00u. Many
. hunts yielded to their owner* §UiO,(MM.>.
ami Afvural doiXbled that amount. It
cmu be eaatlv imagined bow wild unat j
have beeu Uie days on that ragged
strwam. where fortunes were ao plentiful,
:uid where verv attractiou which the
senses could cali for waa place! within
roach of the miner* stnldenH wiug to
affluence. The flush time* at IA .le*
were child's play to theae Alder (lulch *
davm.
Of the Ave aettiemenU strung along j
the narrow seventeen miles of the creek,
Virginia, beiug the moot centrally lo
cate. I, wsa the moat prominent, ami is
to-day the onlv one iuhabiteL It ia
pleasantly loos'ed on the cast bank of
the crock, and for a number of year#
was tbe capital of the Territory.
During the f.rar yeaim ancceeding lU
discovery, this ration yielded the enor
mous amount of f155,000,000.
The Fairweather party, who discover
ed the gulch, realized immensely from ,
their claims, and throw away their gold
in all forma of excess and disaijsit on,
n* was customary among the pioneers, j
William Fairweather, the lea<ler of tbe
party, a character in our natiousl las-
Uiry. not unlike Comatock, the h#oorer
.•r of the famous mines in Neva.ls, died,
like the latter in abject poverty with few
friend*, and with scarce shelter over hia
head. In both cases the discoverer wsa
forgotten or lost in the fame of hia dis
covery.
Pasiea for Wealth la t'allfWraia.
We find this in s Ban Fraociso letter :
Men hero only think of making a round
million of dollars. This ia their groat
aspiration. Whenever von ace a knot
of bnaincM men and hear them talk j
ationt money matters, their talk run* in '
hundred* of thousands of dollars and
million*. Home business transaction,
wane scheme they have in view, is g<ng
to prove to them a bonanxa to pour out
all the treasure they want. The women
hen exhibit tbe same passion for Wealth.
They have a terrible longing foe fash
ionable life. They think of case and
luxury, and would make life a complete
holiday. Dreaaea and diamonds, the
opera and theatre, a never^-ending round j
of aueial gayety ami frivolity constitute*
the height of female ambition here, I
waa dmiug witii a si the < Irand
Hotel, and oppoeif afr* sat Jtinng
lalies eugsgixJ in sh
tion. " When I marry,** said I
shall marry s millionaire." I,
too," rejoincl another. " NothingHprt
of a man with plenty of coin t
fool awuv, That's wliat we 'Frisco gfft*
want" I don't wonder at these longing*
for wealth. There ia everything to
prompt them. There ia no city in the
world that can show such an array of
millionaire* in proportion to the popn
latior as San Francisco. There are over
forty men hero whose fortune* exceed
four millions of dollars each. There are
a* many more whose wealth ia from one
to three million* each. None of theae
fortune* were inherited, but were ac
quired by business and speculative
operation*, aud all within a period of
twentv-flve year*. None of the million
aires uere have passed the prime of life, |
aud they are all just a* eager in thoir
pursuit for nche* as those who enjoy no
reputation for opulence. The paaaiou
for great wealth here is unprecedented,
it i* the end and aim of both nexes, and
all they desire to attain.
Borne Rig Words.
A citizen or Baltimore baa been hunt
ing up some big words, and publishes
them in the American toe the benefit of
Ettera-up of spelling matches. Tbe
at word ia said to be the longest word
in tbe English language, often used in
old plays, and plaoed tn the month of
Oostard, the clown in " Love's Labor
Loot," act V. scene 1, " Honorifloabili
tndinitaMbns." The next in " Pilgrims
of the Rhine," by Bulwer, " Amoron
th'logosphoru*." The next from Rab
elais, " Antiperioatametauanaparbeng
edamphie - Ribratiouestoortfecautium."
The next ia the name of an officer now
in Madrid, Don Joan Nepomnooao de
Burionogonatorooagageaxeoecha. The
next ia a town in the Isle of Mall,
" DrimUudhvriokhilliohattan." The
" Jnngefranenximmenlnrsch whMhmch tt
oedluugsge ?enverein."'' Nitrophenylen
ediamine" and " Polyphrasticontinomi
megalondnlation " are two wbieh recent
ly appeared in the London 7Hme* and
Star. "Sankaiihtaohatiirthivratoilyapa
na," " Bwapanqkekwharimabamantraetr
ra," the nanpfit of two paodueticma of
JjjMMAtMr kteimture. " Lopatlobmacho
" aelanbogaleok ran olei p ban. * i r t ma i * > t r i ra
mtalokie h 1 cpik t * nph< >phattopcm *toetl
ktrnlmoptegkeph lok igk lopelen lagortaai- i
raiobaphetaraganopterngoii." This last
word ia the longest in any language. It
may he found in the " Ekkleaiazouaai M
of iMnotophanea, a very excellent eom
jly, and placed in the month of ono of
Pie actors It consists of 169 letter*.
[and inakMpßk'enty- seven syllables, and
some laughter when
TERMS: $2.00 a Year, in iV-dvanoe.
LABOR Nf'HOOLM.
Ttf esSlcri mt IsOsslrtsl KOsrsllM a#
llrNr# IrM SS Kasllsh
A remarkable report lias lately been
published by tho University of Cain
bridge, England, on th subject of
industrial rdncstiou, from which we
wake the following interesting extracts :
Premising that since working men can
not oouie to the university, it is the
uuivi-raity's duly to go to them,
it propuotw to open a course of
ajjet-ifle training, not for the so-called
lilwral profeaaiuna, or for roiddlomen of
any kind, but for the veritable producer*
—iu other words, for the working class.
Biucc tha decay of tha old apprentice
•yt<*u4 very little has been done for tbe
education of labor. It ia plain that the
i-slabliaiiiiMrnts known under the name
1 "f ragged M-houis scarcely belong to the
.>( nduHtrud seminaries. As their
title liiilicstea, theae industrial loatitu
tion* receive the children of poor
parents, or orphans, afford them lodging
aud nourishment, aud employ tbeiu tn
various trade*. Tlie extreme youth of
these children—they graduate, as a rule,
at the age of fifteen—prevents them from
receiving a sulisUuUal technical train
ing. On the other hand oonaiderabte
pragmas hss been mads tn this
direction by certain countries on the
continent, and some examples especially
worthy of fibtUtiou are pointed out in
tin* report.
Industrial schools seem to be quite
numerous in the Oermaii Empire s si
Austria, in Denmark, Sweden. Holland
and Belgium. They aro generally known
aa " apprentices' workshops," but they
combine theoretical with practM sl in
•trurUou, aud preauupuae graduaUoo
from primary school*. In Belgium
pupils are admitted from the age of
twelve, or even earlier, if they can show
i tiie requisite measure of elementary
knowledge.
Iu HoUaud the most important tech
nical academies for producers are those
uf Amsterdam. The school for boy*,
founded in 1861 bv tlie " Society of the
Working Clnaar*,'' waa designed to train
wiirkmen for those t rale* which are or®-
ucsVed with arehitecAuro and ship
building. Tip- course of instruction
lasts throe yars, and includes—beaidea
certain studiea auppleihetiUrT of pri
mary acquirement*—the elements at
metrics, of mechanics and natural hia
torv, the art of drawing, the study of
tout* and materials, carpentry, masonry,
the use of tiie lathe ami tbe forge. The
pupils must be at least thirteen yean of
age, and have received a good elementary
education. They aro required to pay au
annual fee, which due* not exceed, how
ever, thirteen dollar*. Tbero is likewise
a training school for girls in Amsterdam,
wheat- management ha* been attended
1 with good result*, leoaiar it hss avoided
the common iwror of wasting titoe ou
lady-like mini ;il tab meat*.
In Scauduievis and the German em
vqgro, the approntiee school* differ only
in swfindetails of small import ones from
tin*e sniha dencTibod. He merely mote
that they iMnmorernment inatitntiona,
wbt-roa in Prague, and through
out Austria, the %dnstnl academic*
were rroatmi by pnvafie enterprise, al
though they receive a subsidy from the
Bute. Passing to other countries, we
find the idea of technical training for
the working clauses has horue bnt ucagrr
fruit in HVitierland, although the xysTOm
of rndimenUry instruction ia singularly •
efficient.
Not withstanding the many projeega f
brought forward at the epocha of iU
various revolutions, France, ss a nation,
has d<®e almost nothing tn tbe way of
providing a aulsvtitute for the old sys
tem of apprenticeahip, which paaaed
away with the ancient regime. She
seem* to have taken thought for every
thing except skilled labor. Her unri
valled assemblage of art, scientific and
professional schools is supplemented by
|a score uf special institutions, whose
graduate* are qualified to direct every
species uf industrial and agricultural en
terprise, and by a unmber ot buaineaa
college*, framed on tbe mode) ot the
Boole Turgot, whose pupils are fitted for
the several branches of fnragn and
domestic trade. But of schools for work
men Uie state lias none, if we except the
establishment founded by the Sardinian
government and transferred to France
upon the annexation of Bavoy and Nice.
- It ia true that a frw municipalities have
created apprentice school*, but their
number ia extremely limited. Paris has
only one inatitutu® of the kind—the ap
prentice seism! of tiie Boulevard de la
ViJlette, Tht*. however, merits special
attention, because, aorta-ding tii Proteoaur
Stuart, of Cambridge University, it pres
ents the most perfect type ot an indus
trial academy. We may add that at hi#
suggestion sfac-aimile irf it ia abont to be
organized in England.
The single object of this school, first
I opened in 1878, is t produce intelligent
and akilful workmeu. The specific call
ings for which its pupils are trained are
those of workers in iron ami workers in
wood. Boys are admitted la'tween the
ages of thirteen and sixteen, after an ex
amination which has regard to orthogra
phy, arithmetic and the metric system.
Not aulv i* tuition gratuitous, but deserv
ing students receive once a fortnight a
certain compensation for their labor,
varying from forty cents to s dollar. The
penod of apprenticeship is throe years.
During the flrat two years a day'* labor
includes six hours in the workshop and
five iu tiie class, while for the last year
it means eight hour* of practice with
tools and three hours of study.
During the flrat twelve-month the pupil
passes one or two months alternately ia
each of the specialties taught, ao that he
can determine which suits hi* taste, j
while the director* can observe his apti
tude. Only at the beginning of the sec
ond year does the apprentice, with the
advice of his parent* and teachers, decide
upon a given trade, to which thencefor
ward he devotes himself exclusively. The
creation of tii is school would have lieen
airacticable during the second eropue,
under the existing regime it has en
countered many obafaales. Yet its pro
groan has been remarkable. The number
of apprentices, which four year* ago waa
seventeen, ia now nearly two hundred.
IS
Aerial Telegraphy.
Professor Loomia has been making
experiments in aerial telegraphy in the
mountains of West Virginia, his idea i
. being to send a wire np to a certain
height, reaching a particular current of
electricity in the atmosphere. At any
distance sway this same current can be
reached by a similar wire, ami commu
nication can be had immediately. The
profMHor has telegraphed to parties
eleven miles distant by merely sending
up a kite, at each end of the distance, a
certain height, attached to which ia place
of the ordinary string wna s line copper
wire. When both kites, although eleven
miles distant from eaob other, touched
the same current, com niudoatkm waa
had between them both, and messages
were sent from one end to the other by
means of the ordinary Morse instrument
in connection with the instrument in
vented by Professor Loomia. He has a
Bahama now on foot for a aeries of ex
periments from a point on one ot the
highest peaks in the Alps, in Switzer
land, to a similarly aitna&d place in the
Bocky Mountains. If this snooeeda, of
coarse his invention will rank in impor
tance with that of the electric telegraph
Itself. All the money necessary to carry
has already been
NUMBER 1.
NEMHITIVE *l>/TO*.
(MWmifM rt a H*pwtr( lbs Dsbatss
la (ha tallr* Mum InU*.
" Mark " ha* tbft following in the At.
Lnnis OUtb*-/>emoarmt : Wbilft oo the
•ebjeetuf Henatora, I mb tettptod to give
few reouDoctmna of the reporter*' gal
lery daring ftv-ml Reeaiuas when I wee
employed as reporter of dm Hamttonal
debates for the New fork A-onistarf
i'rnfta. If it be true tbnt no men ia a
hero to hie ▼•!*, it i* more true that,
with few exception*, no Senator la I
•Uleunu to nia reportefc The men
who aita in the gallery to make note* for
printing euoo lenrna the large per cent,
of human wrftknea* that ie in the oom
iKmtioa of the great men assembled
below. Before I bed been wry long in
ray position I received a mnnwoi from
Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, then a new-born
Senator. He arantwi feme, end hit
grievance m that I bed cat bint abort
in the report of e big debate. There
had been a warm time on the reoooetruo
tion potter. Ben Wade bed launched
out fearfulr against Andy Johnson, end
Bererdr Johnson, of Merylsod had
eumr to the defaoae. The New York
papere arrived with fall report* of three
two speeches and only a mention of the
other orator*, among whan waa Mr.
Stewart, who had been emt off with a j
paragraph. I waa nattered into the j
presence of the groat man from Nevada. 1
Why didn't yon report my apeeeh?" 1
"aid he. I replied that I had selected I
' the two repraw ntaiive me* of the d*- j
bats— Wade and Jobnaoo—and eot ail i
1 the otharn down. " Bat," aaid I, very j
' mod oat) j. " Yon are nut aa well known
as Mr. Wa.tr or Mr. Johnson ; they I
■ apeak for their parties, and what they i
1 aay is of national significants- : yon only
I speak for yourself." "The deuce yon
I aay !" aaid' Mr. Stewart. " I apeak to
' the Republicans of Nevada, and my
Ech ia a* important aa any body
a The remit of the interview waa
■ that, Mr. Stewart instating that I had
• wronged him, I agreed to send his
. | speech by mail to the New York HurmU..
> In response there came a note saying it
i would ooat $1,350 to print it a# an adver
• tiaement, and that they did apt care
■ about printing it an news. Mr. Stewart
i never bothered me after that. There
1 here constant complaint* to the effect
that I waa always omitting important
debate, which the Senate desired to
have printed, and that T waa always
making room far persona) "spate,"
which the Senate deauwd to suppress.
To remedy that it waa proposed that
' the Senate should furnish it* own Asso
ciated Press report, prepared bv a man
of it* own choice, to be pen! by the
Sonata 1 appealed to Mr. Hndarm,
then managing editor of the HorwM,
and to John Russell Young, than man
aging editor of the Tribune explained
the matter, and tailing them that if they
would ao order I would omit all the per
sonal itina of debate, am! confine reporta
to tbe more digrified point*. Their
reply fully indorsed my aelectioo; the
people, they aaid,-were more intereeted
in the pareonmlitiea than in the point*.
.As to the Senate's proposal to famish
it* own expurgated report, thaw waa
not a paper in New York which would
agree to print it, except at the usual
advertising rate. One day there was a
personal spat between' Feaeenden and
Sumner at the cloae of a long debate. I j
omitted the debate ami put in the
spat. Next dav two of the New York
i ■ vpeia bad a&torials on " plantation
manners in*the Senat* " The position
of Senate reporter for the Xcwjfgrk
papers became very unpleasant fffm
that time forward and I soon after gave
it up.
(hrtoaitta* ff Hafclde.
The latest report of tbe criminal ad
ui. UMtratioQ of Fiknoe contains a very
canons series of statistical relative to tbe
suicides committed in that country in
the year 1874. It appears that taring
that period 5,617 persona killed them
selves, ami Mi at this total is greater than
had ever before been reported. Of theee
unfortunates seventy-tuna per east, were
men and twenty-one per cenft. women.
Of 106 suicides the age* could sot be de
termined, but of the remaining 5,512,
twenty-nine were under sixteen years of
age, 193 between sixteen and twenty
am, 1,447 letw*en twenty-one and forty,
2,214 between forty and sixty, and 1.890
over the last mentioned age. leaving
out those who committed the fatal act
while laboring under mental disorders,
in all 1,622. It ia interesting to compare
the condition of the suiciaea with the
cause which impelled them to maka
way with themselves. How prolific a
source of suicide unbappinese in the
marriage relation is, i* indicated by the
fact that forty-eight per cent, of the tots
were married people, and that out of
5,136 suicides, regarding which authentic
particulars were obtained, 701 killed
themselves because of family troubles.
It will also be noted that the gi eater
number of suicides were people past the
prime of lire, indicating that diaaatisfact
tion with a wasted or unsuccessful ex
istence determined their putting an end
to it. This ia farther substantiated by
the fact that out of the 5,136, 652 are
known to have killed themselves because
of reverses in fortune.
eleven hundred and ninety-eight peo j
pie died to avoid physical suffering, and
489 because of various unclassified trou
bles. The fact that oat of the 815 who
were brought to self-destruetion by dis
sipation, 572 owed their misery to drunk
•>nness, ia in itself a powerful temper
ance lecture. It ia not easy to under
atand why spring and summer were the
seasons in which moat suicides occurred.
The percentages are twenty-three for
winter, nineteen for autumn, thirty-one
for spring, and twenty-seven for sum- ,
mar. This would seem to negative the
statement which has been made that
tnoatcaae* of self-murder occur during
gloomy weather, which aids in depress- i
ug the spirits, for certainly there are
more dark days in winter than in sum
mer and fall. Again, it might be sup
posed that tbe privations incident to
winter would lend an especial impulse j
toward the crime. Aa to the mode of
death chosen, more than seven tenths
preferred either strangulation (2,472) or
drowning (1,514), nhowimfkt, while
the suicides were willing Wkov sway
their lives, they probablyMjmSakfroin
any mode of so doing ffitijycd
mutilation of their bodies. —\S)fa*tWc
American. \
Words of Wisdom. I
Do not be afraid of dinnaißhinffJttttt
own happiness by seeking that of others (
Keep good company and be one of tbe |
number.
I find the great thing in this world i*.
not ao much where we stand, aa in what
direction we are moving—O. W. Holme*.
Rich gifts wax poor when given prove
unkind. ,
Leisure is sweet to those who have
-arned it, but burdensome to thoae who
| get it for nothing.
Riches gained by deceit cheat no man
so much as the gainer.
One day yon will be pleased with a
friend and the next day disappointed in
him. It will be so to tbs end, and you
must make your mind up to it and not
Juarrel, unless for very grave anuses,
our friend, yon have found oat, not
perfect Nor are yon, and you uot
expect to i^etnni^^w^bta^on^giTe.,
un-
SilujMHPta seeing
them'.
Another hog with two hearts bee bmn
killed —tins time in Indians.
JS&frS&titlA*"*" ""
A lfTn*rr%y inn-keeper < flare to ettter*
tain eloping ample*at half pri**-
Tbelssf HL Lou* grand jury advised
the restoration of the whipping
A Maine lady has refused 62,000 fc*
bar tresses, eight feet one inch kmg. .
Roaaie eompUlDe of a scarcity of
doctors. Hha hea plenty of petittiee,
however.
A band in the bird ie worth two in the
hueh, imperially if it happens to be •
brier-bush.
" Bow's your bnetwnd this evening,
Mrs. Qusggs7" "No improvement. .
doctor, ®e way or the other?'
The only surviving male relative of
Washington, bearing hie name, Is a
Washington correspondent.
An man 1 recently walked
sixty-five miles to eee the anus. Be
must have enjoyed the wntk home.
" A fellow of infinite ehset," ie tbe
drummer.— TViwi /Ts it* Mtporirr.
He is also an example of infinite eheek.
An Ohio Granger, on being asked by
the court if h* had en incumbrance on
his farm, replied: "Yes. yonr Honor,
my wife."
When the . lurtrton* farmer mekes
souse out of e nig * ears end ham out cd
hia hind Lags. he i literally making both
ends meet
Tbe first printer seer confined in the
Jefferson rills, Ind.. penitentiary, baa
just been committed for life. Hts nan*
la George Wood*.
Mr. Borgte oowhktal Mr. Waltbcr in
Rtehinood, Ind., and was fined 610
Tbm Mr. Vnttherosmfcified Mr. Bar**,
nut was fined $25.
Lap robes of grisaly bear fam wfll be
worn n sreet iml this winter. The*
will be wom principally, however, oo
the grimly'• own lap.
Miseoon farmer* are shipping cattle
from Colorado to feed with tie abandon:
earn crop of the former State, winch rt
will not pey to drip.
In reeding e hymn to be snag, on*
Hundav afternoon, a New York minister
recently said : "You may omit th
fourth varan; J den't babeve it's true.
It wu rough on a Wtaw to have to
get up in the middle of the night and
bout around for anetbflr blanket Bat
I it wee rougher to find that the blanket
wasn't there.
Woman otasume* thirty-six button*
'on her mngUsnairof kid cloves; whereas
man buttons h* acpender with a shin
; git- nail. And yet folks will ask : " But
| ton, button—who's got the button f
Woreerter Prim.
••Cousin Fred, you're not at all nine,
! now you are married. Why, you haven't
| paid me a compliment for ages. Have
vuu forgotten how to compliment r
i" Mr deer Clem. I've bees married
two years, sod of course I'm awfully out
; of practice."
, A girl ia Shelby, Ky., was provoked
by the bad phyr <rf her partner at cro
quet Hhe struct him on toe bead with
i a mallet, and caused a beam fever, of
which he nearly died. She wee kept in
custody until be recovered, and than
1 mm i iol to*
"Did you steel the complainant'-
coatr mked the magistrate of a seed j
individual who was misigsii! before
i him. " I decline to gratify th* morbid
curiosity of tbe publie by easwering
that quertion," responded the seedy
.d rii e aoornfal gtaaoe at the
I icpuitai *
" Whet ie your ebfaf eoneoletiou m
Met" asked e patter ef a young lady ir
i his Btae clean. The yoong Isdy blnahta
sad hesitated, baton the qasttion being
totSTroT hti imme, bat
I have no objection so tell you where he
bvea,"
AOharieetoo (R C.) paper speaks of
i e mde of form lends m that victnity.oulv
1 two mike from the X ortbeest railroad
•mi Webdio lite, rod of ttttlt rofl.
Six hundred and toitihr-eght acres were
add for $295. eight hundred acres of
ftto, <*e kandrod ssesa for SBB, all heif
cash, end tbdrett m* year.
The will ef Mrs. Oaroltne A. Merrill,
York Lady, who, dying the
..Lier undue inflneoce when tbe will we*
made.
Boston has spvut within the year
$120,000 in
street*, e work that employe eighty-x
men. fifty horses, twenty-six wagons,
Stot?";Daring toe worm weather the
principal thoroughfares am swept regn
, lsriv every morning, and the other
streets twiee a week.
'An Austrian statesman in ooovemng
with an English gentleman, said, rather
rontemptooeahr, or at aay rata with an
air of superiority: " Why is that the
English diplometitts end publicist*
mxmk French so ranch won* then aay
She Continental dipkmudtstsr Tbe
!Englishman replica: "Yon forget
that thev have not enjoyed the advn
tkge of baring their capital occupied by
toe French army."
Bob Ingersoll one* gave an ingenioos
explanation, at a Pai iamn dinner party.
.d the American practice of carrying
weapons A French guest, turning to
Ingeraoll, cxclsimcd : "Will tbe ookmel
explain this matter? Why, Messieurs,
I can travel all over Frame armed with
only a bodkin." The ookmel rose to b*
feet, end replied : "Tbe explanation is
this: A Frenchman's right* are ao few
in number and so instgnttesßt in char
acter that they can be enforced with e
oodkin, or, for that matter, with a tooth
pick ; but in America a mtiaro'a right*
ore so numerous and important that he
needs a whole arsenal to defend them.
Hence tbe meetice of carrying weapon*
in America. '
A Literary Carlesfty.
Great interest attache* to tbe first book
in the English language printo. in this
country usually called " the Bay Psalm
Book," from Massachusetts Bay. A per
fect COOT was shown at the Gaston me
morial exhibition. It ia dated 1640, and
now belongs to the Bodleian library at
Oxford, and is believfd to be the only
eopv in Europe. Here ie* romple of the
rhyme and rhetoric whir* Satisfied our
forefathers:
1. O biassed mas, that In tk' adrtce
rt wiekad dotb net walk:
nor aUnd ia nanar • war, nor ait
in chsm of scornful folk.
X But in the law of lokovsh.
by day and ok* hp sight.
S. And ha h*U bo like atw
planted by wsler-tiwa t
ift> in hia saason vtsida Ida frtut,
and his leafe lie vor witbef*.
4. And *ll he doth "hall prosper well,
tbe wicked are net so :
bat they ara Hke vnlo toe ehaffe,
wtdob wuide drives to and frc.
k A Therafowfthftll not vnrodlv men
rtae to #Uad in tbe doomo,
nor the inura with the Joat
tn their aaaemoue come.
A Per of the righteou* men, the Lord
\ aeknowledgeth thejrayi
bat the way of vngodly man.
shall vtterlv dee*y. Pwalm 1.
A Herrlhle Death.
Mary Collins, of Verona borough, Pa.,
met with a horrible death recently. She
was employed at the paper mill on the
Alleghany Valley railroed, above Hni
ton, ehd while at work iull into a vat
ooßtoming boiling water ami viieipl.
The vat ia about six or eight ftoU
beneath tbe floor en which Mine Oolfti" 5 :.
was at work. A bole eighteen inches %
Kqnere is cut in the floor, directly over
the >!, to give the workmen souses to
it, and the unfortunate girj feli through
the bole. Her body was recovered al
most instantly, but life was extinct.
Deceased waa sixteen yeareof *ge, r~
eided largely in ib'- support of
• a