Two Side* of a Sentiment. When two-yaar-old May-Bloiwom COBMI down in clean white dree* And run* to find "dear Auntie," And claim her #weet cares# Then Auntie take# up Blossom, And her even-they glow and shine, "Oh, pretty Baliy Blossom -if you were <> lv mine r When Blossom. in the pantry, Ruth mounted on a chair, Rae nil'hied at the icing Until half the cake M bare. Then Auntie put* down Rloeeom, And her eyee thew glow and ehine, " Oh. naughty Baby Rloeeom-if you wereonly mine —,'lerihaer'e >x. Poems by Two Little American Girl*. 1 | *ST. .YicVWit* Wil^rtwsc.l Elaine and t\<r* Road the two i. ter* torn, of wliow pcetn* arc here given, arc children of th rteen and ten year* of age. Their home, where the r in'ancy and child hood h*v> been passed, i* on a large and iso lated farm, lying upon the broad slopa# cf the beautiful Berkshire hill# of western Massa chusetts, and i< quaintly called " Sky Farm. 11 re. in a si nple con try lit \ divided lw tw<eu hook* and nature, they began, slim et aa soon as they began to ulk. to exprw** in vers i what they saw and felt, rhyme and rhyuie seem tvg to come by instinct. Ijviug largely out-of-doora. vigorous and healthful in body a* in mind, they d aw pleasure and mstructiou from all about them. One of their chief deligh's is to wander oyer the lovely hill* and mewl >w* adjoining Sky Farm. Peeping into mossy delis, where wild flower* love to hide, hunting the early arhutu*, the queen hare-bell, or the blue geuuaii, they la.ru the eecret* of natine, aed these they pour for h in soag as . mply and as uaturally aa the htrds *tngd The Grumbler. Hi* Yowl A. Hi* e >st **# tixv thick ar.J hi# c*r was too thin. He couldn't W quiet, he hsted s din ; lie hated to write, and he hat-U to read. He nas certainly v ry much lujured ind ed : He must study and work ovvr Uxiks he de tested. His parent* were strict, and he never era* rerted ; He knew he was wretch, d as wretchd could te. There wss ix'one so wretch, dly wretched as he. Hit Maturity. Hi* farm wa# too small and h # taxes too big. He was seiflah aud lasy. and enxn as a pig ; His wife was too ally, hi# children too rude ; And just because he wa* unoorn monly good. He never had money enough or to spare. He had rorhnig at all flt to eat or to wear: He knew he was wretched as wretched could be. There ws* no one so wretchedly wre:ched ss he Hit cUi Aft. He find* he has sorrows more deep than his fear*. He grumbles to think he has grumbled for year* : He grumble* to think he ha* grumbled away His home aud lis fortune, his life's little day. But. alas ! 'tis too late—it is no ue to say That his eyes are too dim, and his hair is too gvy- He know# he is wretched a* wretched can be. There is no one more wretchedly wretched than he. —Dora doodah (ten years old}. June. For stately trees in rich array. For sunlight all the happy day. For blossoms radiant and rare. For skies when daylight closes. For joyous, clear, outpouring sing From birds that all the green wood throng. For all things young, and bright, and fair. We praise tbee. Month of Kesee! For bine, blue skies of summer calm, For fragrant odor# breathing balm. For quiet, cooling shades w here oft The weary head reposes. For brooklets babhlmg thro' the fields Where Earth hr choicest treasure* yield*, For all things tend-r. sweet aud soft. We love thee. Mouth of Rose# 1 —jc.'tiine (rotsifllr years old). Ashes vf Roses. [Grown people often write in eympathy with children, bnt here is a little poem by a child written in v mpathy w th grown folks :} Soft on the sunset sky Bright daylight cloaca. Leaving, when light doth die, Pale hues that miughng lie— Ashes of roses. When love's warm mn is set. Lore's brightness closes ; Eyes with hot tears are wet. In hearts there linger yet Ashes of roses. —Kiaint Goodale (thirteen years old). An Impudent Puppy. Pretty, saucy Kitty went swinging up and down, np and down, her light muslin dress waving and fluttering in the bre.se. " Glorious Rupert, isn't it ?" she cried, calliug t> her pet and companion, a huge, shaggy dog. " Bnt where are jou? Why don't yon answer, sir?" And swmgiftg more slowly, she looked every where around her. Kitty was down at the bottom of the old-fashioned garden at the tisck of her father's farm-house, where a swing had been pnt np for her in a little grove of trees. Suddenly a merry voice cried nut, " Here!" "and a handsome roung man leaped the low fenoe, and advanced towards her, laughing merrily, and doffing hia hat. Kitty was out of the swing and on her feet in"an instant, her eyes flashing, her figure drawn up to its full height. She looked prettier than ever in her indig nation. "I beg vonr pardon,"• said the in truder, bowing haif-mockingly ; "but I was taking a short cut across the field when I heard you call me. "Gall you!" Kitty looked as if she would annihi late him. "Certainly," with the utmost cool ness. "You called 'Rupert,' didn't yon?" "I was calling my dog, air," said Kittv, with infinite hauteur. " Well, I'm Dot exactly a dog," was the laughing answer ; " but I've often been called 'an impudent puppy—al your service; miss." He bowed again, profoundly. " I should think so," snapped Kitty, stamping her little foot. And she mattered to herself, not expecting to be heard: "Impudeace!" The stranger heard the word, never theless. His manner changed. He became as serious and deferential as the most chivalous knight of old in the presence of his mistress. " I beg pardon ; I'm afraid I'm tres passing. But the path through the field was trodden as if one had the right of way there,and I heard you call—well, I made a mistake." Again the mirthful look danced in his eyes, " Good morn ing." He swept the very ground with his hat, as he executed another profound bow, and then turned and, patting his hand on the top of the fence, vaulted over, and the next moment was out of night. Kitty did not swing any more that day, but went back to the house, mnt eriug: "Impudent fellow!"while the < al Rupert, who had started off chasing rabbit, reappeared at this juncture, and accompanied her. Bnt this was not the Rupert she meant, when she said " the impudent fellow." A week passed. Kitty saw no more of the stranger, though she often won dered whom he could be, and if he were staying in the neighborhood. At the end of t'iat time she attended an eve ning | arjy at Squire Stacey's. Almost the firs t person she saw on entering the room was the handsome stranger. "I wish to introduce vou to my nephew," said the squire, leading that p rsonags up to Kitty. " His name, by FRED. KURTZ, Editor mid Vropriotor. VOLUME XI. baptism, te Rupert Mortimer ; but he i# ouch * nicy fellow thnt he in best known among hie frteud# a ' that impu dent puppr.'" The evee of the To ting people met. Young Mr. M.irtiuier'e wore dancing with tun. For the life of her Kitty could not help laughing. So they laughed in concert, and he mud, bowing low, and rejKMtUug the mttue words he had need in the garden : " Yea, ' thnt impudent puppy—at your service, uns*.' " "He is making sport of tnc," said Kitty to herself, and drew herself up haughtily ; aud for the rest of the inter view she waa ixild and reserved, <K>tifin ing herself to monosyllabic replies. Very soon, at the *|qx'ar*iice of one of her many aihuirers, slie excused herself, and went off to dance. " A bit of a Tartar, I'm afraid," solilo qitizeil Rupert Mortimer. " But boa pretty site is. She looks, too, aa though slie hail a nohle character ; aud she cau take her own part, aa I have found to my cost But I'm afraid ahe haa been i poilt by admiration. To get tuto her food graces oue must go ou his very nees to her ; aud, faith ! it ia almost worth while to do it. But no, Rupert Mortimer, my bov, keep vottr self-re speot." Tties, with a laugh, " ' Is thy servant a dog, that he should do thi* thing?"" Yet often that evening Rupert fouml himself, a* if bv some magnetic attrao tion, Jntwu to Kitty'* side. Kitty, tix>, could not help ixxwßtoually glancing admiringly at In* handsome face and graceful figure. Halls, pte-nicw an I croquet partie* followed each other in rapid succession, for the snnitner wa* a gay out\. Kitty and young Mr. Mortimer were t.vgether almost constantly. Somehow, Kitty fell into the habit of expecting Rupert always as her special txxxrt; and he IxHtan to feel that uo one but he had a right to Kitty, aud to be very jealou* when others attempted to pay her atten tions. As yet, however, no word* of love passed between tlieui; for Ru;x>rt, now Uioroughly enamored, feartxl t. ruin all by a too premature svt.wal; es jiecially aa, once or twice, when he had ventured to approach the subject, Kitty had suddenly grown haughty and cold A final pie-nic had planned to chiae the season. It proved a great suc ceea. The day passed merrily on until Inncheon time. Rupert had made up his mind to have a quite ramble with Kitty after this meal, aud if things went well," to speak of hi* love. But he had counted without his host, for when. Inncheon was over, and he hail got rid of his aunt, Mrs. Stacy, who had called him to her *nle to wait on her, lo ' Kitty hail disappeared. Full of jealou fears, and determined to find out wh> wa* his rival, he Beth l< rth through th woods to discover Kitty. He hail not gone far before her favor ite dog came bounding toward him, jumping and harking, and manifesting the greatest delight at seeing him. But when Rupert stooj>ed to pat his name sake, the dog darted ahead; then stopjied and looked wistfully at Rupert, and then rushed on again. " What can he mean ?" said Rupert A sudden fear seized him tlist some thing wa* wrong, and he hurried on, the dog rapidly 1 railing the way. At last, m an opening of the wtxxl*. on a moss-covered rock, he saw Kitty, pale, breathless, and apparently in pain In a moment he was at her side. All hit jealousy wa* gone. Love was upper most now. "Oh! darling," he cried, "what i it? Thank Heaven I have found yon.' "Oh! Mr. Mortimer," she cried, wit' 1 a little sob, " how glad I am to see you I began te think I should have to stay all night alone. I've sprained mv ankh and I can't walk. What shall 1 do ?' And *he burst into tears. Our hero took both the little hands and held them tightly in his own, whil he questioned her anxiously a* to th accident, relating meantime how hecam< to find her. " But how, "exclaimed Kitty, ruefully, when he had done—" how am I ever h get l>ack ? I don't believe I can walk a step." "Of coarse you can't. Who said yon oonld r cried itnpert. " But you'll get back right, ail the same, for I intend to carry you." " Carry me!" Kitty gave a littl. scream, and shrank back, and covered her face with b >th her bauds, for sh felt the hot blood in her cheeks. " Oh, no ; that will never do and she bluu d* red out unthiukingly, " what will peo ple say ?" But Rupert did not stop to reply to this question. Very little cared he what people said. Without a word he put his arms around Kitty, and, I'fting her bodily from her feet, walked off with her as if she had been a feather-weight. At first, Kitty struggled a little ; bnt the strong, manful arms held her closely, and soon she began rather to like it, and to think it all very delightful. "At any rate," she said to herself, " I pin t help it; he is too masterful to resist." With this comforting conclusion, her fair head sank on his shoulder, and for the first time in her short life Kitty knew what it was to lie supremely happy. Rupert carried his lovely burden to his own carriage, which stood apart from the crowd, nnd carefully placed Kitty in it. "There, now," he said, " I shall take you home immediately, and stop for a doctor on the way. Nobo ly can drive you with so littfe pain as I can." he added, seeing she was about to object. " Besides, you must to obey me, so as to get your hand in, for sometime you are going to be my wife, you know." "Your wife?" cried Kitty. She gave a pout and a haw of her head, but she blushed, and not with angtr either. Yes ; blushed to the tips of her dainty ears. "Of course." retorted Rupert, as he stepped softly into the carriage, and took his seat beside her, looking half fondly into her eyes which fell before him. " I have meant it all along. Didn't yon, deareßt?" " Really, yon are the most ' impudent puppy' I ever saw," retorted Kitty, nnrsting into laughter in spite of her self. But, for all that, she did not repulse the kiss with which. l>efore starting, Rupert thought it necessary to fortify himself for the journey. What more i there to tell ? Very little. For Kitty and Rnpert were mar ried early in the antnmn, and were su perlatively happy. "Do" you know," said Rnpert, one day, "that it was by the merest acci dent we ever knew each other f I had come down to my uncle's for a single night only, when I saw yon in the swing, and my whole life was changed. I fell in love at first sight, and resolved to stay and make your acquaintance, even if it took all the summer." " So I owe my fyappiness," answered Kitty, archly, " to my faithful dog—dear old fellow—being off guard that after noon." "And to an 'impendent pnppy ' com ing along," retorted Rupert with a kiss, "]ust in the nick jof time, and taking his place." I We hare more pdwer thap will, and it ia often byway 01 r , > ooneWee thit we fancy tlung|L* lmpoeeible. THE CENTRE REPORTER TIIF WIFE'S AWE-11.. It.member Js.r, l*l !>' *HIe, John " Tie •' llumaa • *••- llea. .1 "sir.war Nrrse. " lhm't strike nio, John." said * prw trutc wife iti tuie* of iijiuttcnihle tender ness ; " remenilxT June, 1859,' anil the upraised arm ami clenched list fell limp ami powerless by the snlc of u strong man, and the wrinkle* and scowl# of auger aofteued, kins 1 * trembled, thefortu swayed, the human triumphed, the fountain of affection wa* reached, and the mauiy cheat heaved with emotion ; eyea, long atnuigora to tears, were moisteued agaiu, and with wild grief, mingled with remorae, *hx>k the stalwart form which bent beneath the blast like a read swaying in a tornado, thvls ! what a scene' 1 Children looked on in idank amazement. There was silence, disturlwxl only by moan* and sobs and prayers. There were remorse, shame ami poverty. There were huuger, cold and uahetlueaa, aud there was, Iwvsidea, peuiteuoe. lletter still, there waa forgivencas, uttervxl iu touea aa sweet aa augel's whispers. A strong man prone on his face, sobbing like the ram and moaning like the night winds. A wife lienditig over him aud in gentle words repeating her forgiveness. Little ones still ataudiug absif, but hesitating ly, approaching their parent*, every look and gesture an iuquirv. 0, the magic of thi>ae wonls, " Remember June, 1859!" What memories they called up 1 The home ; the riowers ; the aged parents ; the altar ; the plighted vows ; the minister ; the wedding ; life's morning ; the bright hopes ; the glowing prospects ; the fneuds of youth; graves of loved ones 1 How thev came rushing through the tuiud of that txsir penitent man -Uxik possession of his brain ; occupied every ehamlier of his memory; overwhelmed his soul sn.l bore him to tlie earth. The rase we recite was one of peculiar misfortune, of sorrow, of wretchedness. The man, a mechanic from New England, out of ,rork—tlays and mouths destitute of the means to provide fod —disappoint- ments following each other iu steady succeaaiou, until at last all i* gone—uo fixxl for two days—-iusane—the cap uts Itieas, strife and tnuidemonium—at last, attacking the mother of his child ren, and ready to deal a blow that might have resulted in death, hut saved bv the wonls : " Remember June, 1859." In the midst of this terri ble sceue a neighbor calls. The agony, the grief, the remorse, the penitence, hail clothed the man iu his right mind ; but he hail a realization of what he hail done, and he at once unburdened hia soul to his neighbor. The wife would have shielded him with her love ; but no, he would confess hia sin, auy where, every where, before man, OIKI, angels. It * the language of sob*, of unutterable oontriti. in. The gentle wife would apologize. " No, Jane, let me tell it all," and he went on. He told of the ■lil home, uestling among tb* far away New Engtand lulls; of church and school ; bow he wooed and won his loving wife; of happy years; of the first sorrow when Bobby died aud they laid him awav among the liaises on the sunny hillside; how others hat! lime to brighten their home ; and how he had struggled and at last fallen, aud then the Hoods of grief were renewed The neighlxir WHS a man with a great heart and generous impulses. He had little house, presided over by a wife, his neer in all things; good and kind, faking in the surround in gn, he said ; "John, come; pickup and go over to my house to-nigut, amlmaylie to-morrow something will tnrn up to your ad vantage." The invitaiioo was aoewpted, -ind in a little while the family was tieneath a hospitable roof. The good wife prepared supper, and the surround ings were so pleasant that woe seemed to be forgotten. The next day, most unexpeotedlv, employment was obtain xL Some advanca of wages wna secured, tnd the desolate home put on a new and brighter aspect. TndianajxAiA Sen tinel. An Old-Time Hanging. Samuel Hnlett, whose deatli at an ad vanced age was reported a few days ago, was one of the passengers in the mail ooaoh between Philadelphia and Head ing in 1830. when the horses were stop oed and tha passenger* plundered by Wilson, Porter and Potete, who*.' arrest and trial, and execution of Porter were •*HU*es of mnrh public feeling at the time. The mail coach was on its way to Keeling, and had reached Turner's lane, a mile or two above the hnilt tip portion >f the city, when the lead horse* were suddenly brought to a stand and a pistol put at the head of the driver and one or •nor of the passengers, to intimidste them and prevent resistance. The money and jewels were surrendered upon de mand, and no violence was used. It was supposed that the bank messenger, William Miller, who held for manv years the situation of bailiff in the United States district oonrt, would be in the coach, bnt he had been unable to reach the White Bwau Hotel in time to take passage that morning. Psrter and Wil son were captured in Philadelphia, but Potete was arrested in Baltimore, and, upon being brought on here, consented to take the witness stand against his confederates. Samuel Hulett was a ma terial witness, and Porter and Wilson were convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The robliery of the mail was then a capital offense, when the lives of passengers or any one was put in jeopardy, as was done. Wilson was saved through the intercession of influ ential friends, but Porter expiated his •rime upon the gallows, having on the .lav of the execution ridden upon his coffin fropi the Arcb street prison to the hanging ground, not far from the East cm penitentiary. Potete, who had onm mitted a crime in Baltimore, was taken back there and served out a term of imprisonment. Wilaon became an ex emplary citigen, and was living when last hear.l of a few years ago—Philadel phia Ijcdyer. Military Margery In Turkey. The following details will seem in credible to those who are not acquainted with the peculiar ways of the Turkish administration. An artillerist had his knee shattered at Histova by the explo sion of a shell, and after his wound had been temporarily dressed he was trans ported from the field of battle to Con stantinople. In spite of his intense sufferings, ha listened with the greatest interest to all the news from the seat of war. On his arrival in Constantinople, amputation was found to l>e necessary, hut before the operation oonld he per formed permission had to be obtained from the ministry of war. This permis sion must always be obtained before an amputation can be performed in a Turkish hospital, and it not infrequently dies belore the civil functionaries have ceased deliberat ing on the demand of the surgeons. | Fortunately for our artillerist his case was pushed through with exceptional rapidity, and the desired permit was given after a delay of only eight or ten days. The brave soldier, who had awaited the pleasure of the administra tion with the most exemplary patience, bore the operation with heroic courage; there is still hope that his life will be saved. Great souls hsvs wills; others onlj feeble wishes, CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., FA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1878. Japanese Firemen. Bav* an English ueriodioal in a iuMtUt i>( Japanese fireuicll unci the methods employed by tbnu in extinguishing Area It *a a lug Are - there Htwl Uil iloultt alsiut it. fu ( ou sUutmople and No- York, fairly big event* of tin* sort m-oalnoually occur. And are made much of, but to ee King Kire 1U all bi* awful power and glory, Japan should lw visited. Although we had been pretty prompt m olteyiug the alarm lell t we found that the tire had already made considerable progreaa, and at Brat, unprotected a* we were by helmets or hooils, we found it difflcult even to look at the raging aeeue |>efore u*. All we could make out wa* a vast expanse of dancing Bnuie, intersected by iet of smoke, snd the black outline* of t>iirued or burning buildiuga. ItV de gree* we became accustomed, and we saw our brigade double up inU> action, place the eugiue in poaitiou, squirt at the dames, which aecmed to have the most undisputed mastery everywhere, and scud forward the hook and ladder men recklro* fellows, who seemed to have the utmost contempt for flames and falling timl>er, and who went into the danger as if they were gotug to a welding. To us, accustomed to the stem, silent, business-like manner of the Loudon Are wen, there was something savoring of burlesque in the efforts of these Yeddo brigades to ivimlait the flames. The general effect wa* that of what is kuowu as a pautoiuiue " rally —every oue howluig, shouting, running to and fro, ami upsetting one another, amnl a shower of Beam*, tiles, and arti cles of ftiruiture, without any apparent order or method. There was a great deal of movement and a groat deal of uproar, and, during the whale perform ance, the flame* seemed to wander just where they pleased, singeing here, blistering there, but, as a rule, com pletely guttiug what they came m con tact with. Meanwhile, our engiue lias! rorne to utter grief. Hut this, to our eves, wa* of very little consequence, as it had served simply to dampeu the jackets of the firemen ; so it was re moved, and all the energies of the bri gade were devoted to the object of pre venting the spread of the Are by the whole demolition of houses. With tins object in view the htsik and ladder men were sent forward into the house* which were more immediately threatened with destruction, while the Wtteriug rams— huge piles of wood with tremendous iron fork* at the ends were run up under the charge of the most stalwart coolies of the brigade. The captain, armed with a huge standard, wa- sitting straddle-legged on the roof of a h<wi*e, and by his movements thie of the bri gade were direct**!. I'ntrl he retreated not a man dared to dream of yielding an inch, and we trembled for the safety of our flue old friend a* we saw lntu ap parently alone in a blase of flsme, or half hidden in the dense volumes of smoke, whii h rose from the bumiug masses on all aides of lntu. And here we ruav remark that although the disci ■ pline of the brigades, their method* of procedure. ami their total unbusiness like air of doing everything were to t>e Ooademned in to to, t<*i high pnuse cannot lie bestowed on the uidividual pluck aud agility of the members. \\ e in Borupe are now farudiar with the ex traordinary feats of Japanese acrobats, but to see this skill and agility put to a practical use one should "assist" at a Yeddo Are. Wheu the won! i* given for the hook and ladder men to go into action, it is a treat to see some so >ro of muscular, active-liml>ed young fellows, not one of whom pause* a moment to look at the danger into which he 1# going headlong, dash into the houses already tottering to their fall, swarm on the roofs, swing from raft*-r to rafter, struggle up almost perpendicular slopes of loose tiles, often with a rope in their mouths, jump over yawning chasms of flame as if they were two-foot ditches, fasten the grapples to the blazing timiters, jump down and signal an '' all right "to a gang of coolies below, who are hanging to the chain or rope. The wall totters backward and forward for a minute, but extra mettle is put into a final pnll, and down comes the whole blazing side of a house, burying half-a dozen firemen, sending up a huge pillar of smoke ami sparks to the sky, and calling forth a tremendous yell from the admiring crowd. Scarcely has it fallen when adozen active fellows are hard at work with their fire hooks. From under one heap of timbers jump out two or three of the book and ladder men, who rub their bruises and lAugh frantically. Out of a cavern of smouldering ashes crawls another, with an arm broken ; while from the innermost reo***ca are pnllei out two or three poor, blackened, mutilated remain* of what were a few rollicking fellows in the prime and strength of manic**!. These last are gently carried off on shutters and to-morrow will be followed to their last resting-place under the cryptomer ias and azaleas on the hillside yonder by a crowd of relations ami comrade*, proud in the midst of their sorrow of the deaths met with in the public cause. Shoe tusking The shoemaker is a relic of antiquity, and lived and hail hia being as early a* the twelfth oentnry. He was accustomed to hawk hia goods, and it is eonjeotured that there was a separate trade for an nexing the soles. The Romans, in class ical times, wore cork soles 111 their shoes, 1 tosecuretheir feet from water, especially in winter, and, as high heels were not ' then introduced, the Roman ladies, who wished to appear taller, put plenty of | oork under them. The streets of Rome , in the time of Domitiaa were bloe.ked np by cobblers' stalls, which he, therefore, caused to be removed. In the middle ages shoes were cleaned by washing with a sponge and oil; soap and grease were the substitutes for blacking. Buckles were worn on the shoes in the fourteenth centnry. In Ireland a human skeleton was found with marks of buckles ou the shoes. In England they became fash ionable many years before the reign of Queen Mary. The laboring classes wore them of copper. O'her persons hod them of silver or copper gilt. Not long after shoes roses came in. Ruckles re vived before tlie revolution in 1789, nn<l finally became extinct before the close of the eighteenth century. Steam Power. According to a statement in the Polytechnic Il> view, the aggregate steam motive power at pretent in use in the world is 8,690,000 horse-power em ployed in stationary engines, and 10,- 000,000 horse power in locomotive en gines, making a total of 19,500,000 horse power. This force is maintained withont the use of animal food, except by the miners who dig the coal and provide the fuel, and the force maintained in the muscles is to that generated by the pro duct lalstr an about one to 1,000. luMj steam-power is equal to the working j i force of 25.000,000 horses, and one horae i consumes three time# aa much food as I one man ; the steam-power, therefore, is equivalent to the saving of food for 76,000,000 hnman beings. Again, three 1 power looms, attended by one man, pro | duce daily seventy-eight pieces of ootton fabric against four pieces produced by one loom worked by one man in 1800, and so the list might be indefinitely ex- , tended of what is accomplished by the use of steam-power and labor-aaving machinery, MAltk TWAIN AND THE MINER, as Ills Mssi lis fixate The Ksiraer dlssri (isrels as Old .Vllssr llaS. The Boston Aitrrrfisrr gives the fol lowing report of the remarks of Mr. Samuel L. Cleweus, at the banquet gtveu in honor of Mr. Johu (L Whittier in that city rixx-ut.lv : Mr. C-tuttuiAN : This is an occasion IxxMiliiuiy meet for the digging up of pleasant remiuiaceuce* coiiceruing liter ary folk ; therefore, 1 will drop lightly into history myself. Htuuiliiig here ou the aliore of the Atlautic aud ixmteinlat iug ix-rtaiu of it* biggest htelary bil- U>ws, 1 am reminded of a thing which happened to me fifteen years ago, wlieu 1 hail just succeeded in stirring ui> a little K'cvadiau literary ocssn-puddle uiynelf, wlnxte apume-tlakes were IM-- ginuing to blow thinly Califoruisward. I atartoj an insptx'tiou tramp through the southern miues of California. 1 was callow and conceited, and 1 resolved to try the virtue of my nom de ftlutitr. I very atxiu had an opportunity. I knocked at a miner's lonely log cabin in the foot lulls of theHierras just at uighs fall. It was snowing st tlie time. A jmltxl, melancholy man of fifty, bare footed, opemxl to me. When be beard HIT HUM </•' plume, de loikixl more de jectel than Ixdore. He let me in— pretty reluctantly, I thought - and after Die customary bacon and lieaus, black ixiffee and a hot whinky, I Uxk a pipe. This sorrowful mail had uot said three words up to this time. Now he spoke up *1 said iu the voice of one who ts secretly suffering : " You're the fourtli —l'm going t* move." "The fourtli what ?" said I. " The fourth literary man that's l>een here in tweuty-four hours—l'm going to move." "You dou't tell me !" said 1 ; " Who were the the othersf" " Mr. L<ngfellow, Mr. Emerson aud Mr. Oliver Wendell Holtuea—dad fetch the lot!" You can easily lielieve I wax surprised. 1 supplicated three hot whisky*did the rrxit—and finally ths nulanclioly miner Ix-gan. He said : " They came here jut at dark venter .lav eveiitiig, and I let them iu, <{ eon rae. Said they were g.'Uig U>| Yo Ysemite. Thev were a rough lot—but that s noth ing, evervlxxly looks rough that travels afoot. Mr. E menxm waa a aeedv little bit of a chap—red-headed. Mr. Holmes waa aa fat a a balUxiu- he weighed ax much aa 300, and had double eluuu* all the war down to hi* xtomvh. Mr. Longfellow was built like a prize-fighter. Hi* bead waa cropped and bristly—like a* if he had a wig made of hair brushes, Hi# uowe lay straight down hi* face, like a finger with the end joint tilted tip. They bait l>eeu drinking—l could *-e that. And what queer talk they tt*ed ! Mr. Holme* tnsjiectnl tin* cabin, then he t>k me by the button-hole, and sa vs he : •• • Through Uw derp caves of thought I har s TOW thsl slug* I till M then m<>r stately mansion*. I) my soul r " Hay* I, ' I ean't afford it Mr. Holms*, snd, moreover, I don't want to. Blamed if I hke*l it pretty well, either, coming from a stranger, that way. However, I urtd to get out my bacon and lieana, wheu Mr. Kinezaon came and looked on awhile, and th n lie takes me aside by the button-hole and says: •' Oiv# me agate* tor m; meat; Mve me caiitharidas to sat; From or and ocean bring me foods, From ail souca and altitudes. " Hay I, ' Mr. Emerson if you'll excuse me, this ain't no hotel.' You ace it sort of ril*l me; I wasn't used to the wars of littery swells. But I went ona-swmnng over niv work, and next conic* Mr. Longfellow and button-boles me, and interrupt# me. Says he: •• • Honor to Modjikeawis Vou shall bear Lt w I'au-Tuk-Kevwis - ' " But I broke in, and says I. ' Begging vour pardon, Mr. Longfellow, if you 11 l>e SO kind as to hold yonryawp for about five minute* and let me get thi* grub ready, yon 11 do me proud ' \V ell, air, after they'd filled up I set out the jug. Mr. Holmes look* at it, and thro fire# up all of a sudden aud veils, " • Flash out a stream of Wood-red wine! For I would drink to other day a. "By George, I was getting kind of worked np. I don't deny it, 1 was get ting kind of worked tip. . I turns to Mr. Holmes, and says I, ' Looky here, my fat friend, I'm a-runntng this shanty, and if the court knows herself, you 11 take whisky straighl, or you'll go dry,' Them's the very words 1 said to him. Now I didn't want to sass such famous littery people, but yon see they kind of forced me. There ain't nothing onrea sonable 'bout me; I don't mind a paaeel of guest* a-treading on my tell throe or four timea but wheu iteonie* to standing on it, it's different, and if the court knows herself, you'll take whisky straight or you'll go drv. Well, between drinks, they'd swell ronml the cabin and strike attitudes and spont. Rays Mr. Long fellow, '• • This I* the fovwt primeval.' Says Mr. Emerson: " • Here nce the embattled farmer. aUrnd j And flrcd the stiot beard round Hie world.' "Says I: •O, blackguard the premise* i as much as yon want to- -it don t east . von a cent.' Well, they went on drink- j ing and prettv soon they got ont n grcasv old deck and went to playing cut throat euchre at ten cent* a corner—M trust. I began to notice some pretty snspieious things. Mr. Emerson dealt, ( looked at his hand, shook his head, | says : " ' I am the doubter and the doubt - ' and calmly bunched the hands, and went to shuffling for a new lay-out. Says he, '• ' Tbev reckon til "ho leave me out; The? know not well the subtle ways 1 keep 1 pass, sod deal attain! " Hang'd if he didn't go ahead and do it, too ! Oh, he was a cool one. Well, in about a minute, things were running prettv tight, hut of ft HUthleii I nee bv Sir Emerson's eve that he judged he had 'era. He had already eorraled two I tricks ami each of the others one. So now he kind of lifts a little in his chair, and says r •• • I lira of globes and aces ! Too long the game ia plated! -and down he fetched a right bower. Mr. Longfellow amilcs as sweet aa pie, and aays : •• 'Thank*, thanks to thee, my worthy friend For the lee eon thou beet taught - and dog my eats, if he didn't down with another right bower I Well, Bir, np jumps Holmes, a-war-whooping, as nsnal, and says: " ' Ood help them if the teapeet ewtnge The pin* again.t the palm' —and I wish I may $o to grmsa if he didn't swoop down with another right bower. Emerson claps his hand on hir ttowie Longfellow clasps his on his * volvcr and I went under a bnnk. There was going to be trouble ; bnt that mon- ( i strons Holmes rose np, wobbling his ' double chins, and says be : • Order, gen tlemen ; the first man that draws. 111 I lay down on him and smother him ?' All quiet on the Potomac, you bet yon 1 "They were pretty how-como-you-ao, now, and they begun to blow. Emerson says. • The bulHest tliiM I ever wrote was " Barbara Frietohie." 1 Says Long- ' fellow, • It doesn't begin with my " Big low Papers."' Says Holmes, 'My " Thanatopeis" lays over em both. They mighty near ended In a fight. Then they wished they had aome more ( company, and Mr. Emoiaon pointed st me aud says : " ' la yoader squalid pesaant all That Una prwud QUI aery .-utild bread " lie was a whetting his Ixiwie ou his Ixxit—so 1 let It pas*. Well, sir, next they took it into their heads that Ihey would like some minor ; so they made tue stand up and sing, 'When Johnny ' Gomes Marching Home ' till I dropped —at thirteen minutes past four this morning. That's what I've haeii through, my frteud. When I woke at seven, they were leaving, thank goodness, *ud Mr. laougfellow had my only boots on, sud his own under his arm. Bays J, ' Hold ou there, Evangeline, what are you going to do with them ?' He says : ' do ing to make tracks with 'em ; because— " * Live# of great men ail remind u* | We can make our lives sublime Ami departing, leave behind us Footprint* on Use sands of Time.' "As I sanl, Mr. Twain, you are the fourth iu tweuty-four hours—and I'm s going to move—l ain't suite. Ito * liter ary atmosphere." I said to the miner : " Why, my dear sir, these were not the gracious singers to whom we and the world pay homage ; these were impoeters." The miner investigated me with * calm eye fig a while, than said he: " Ab, iui|*Miteni were they ?—are you ?' I didn't pursue the subject, sud" since then I haven't traveled on my nom de plume enough to hurt. Such was the remiuiaceuce I was moved to cxmtrihulc, Mr. Chairman. In my enthusiasm I may have exaggerate*! the details s little, but I you will easilv forgive me that fault, since it is the first time I have ever de fleclod from perjxsiidicular fact ou an occasion like tins. Early Morning Sight* in s (By. It i* interesting occasionally to arise early in the morning aud aee the city get up and shake itself into wakefulness Hcarccly a sound ta heard aa you walk out, but pmaeutlv the street-lamp man ixiuiea dodging along on a rapid walk, stopping at every point to turn ont ths gas. He disappear* around the corner, leaving a track of aenii-darkueas beLind him, aud then cornea the paper carrier, with a great, heavy sack dangling at hia side, which he gradually lightens by pulling out the damp sheets,one by one, sticking them under dfxirm, toaatug over transoms, ami throwing through upper windows with an unerring precision uf aitu quite remarkable. He dodges about from one aide of tlie street to t|ie other, aiming for thi* house, missing that, and then darting over again to th* opposite aide to repent the same maiiosuvre. After him comes the grimy laUmug man with a tin dinner-bucket, hastening to hi# work on the other aide of town, hur rying by and paying no heed to the ine briated loafer embracing a lam]>-po*t, I and accosting him with : " C'h-uh-tck ! Myfrenwat nh-ich's your hurry V Then come* a bolati-d milk-cart, rat tling over the nubble-# to tie# with a notae nothing else under heaven can make, turning the corner on oue wheel, and disappearing like an ill-founded hope The noiae die* *way in the distance, and then cornea an oraniba* on it* way to tlie depot, regardless of dream* and vision*. In the all-night saloon two or three ill-looking men. with breath like pesti lence, are standing at the c* sinter with half empty glasses, oondemmnf the conduct of some absent one who had done something scandalous, and " went back on his pard*. who alius treated him white, an' would a' died to do him a good turn." The barkeeper rubs his sleepy eyes, looks uneasily at the clock quit*- frequently, pours himself out something very red, gulps it down with watery eye*, takes a walk to the door, look* impatiently out. slams it with a disappointed liang, returns and says: '• Brandy Bill is at hia old tricks agin." The other* drain their glasses, after many hand-shaking* all round, and when a man with a ahocky head aud a gifl-l*s>k cover staggers In, and swear# he never .lnnks alone "if there's a stranger of white principles in the room," and wants to know " what pizen suit* 'em l>e*t," he at once takes the position of honor, and inhales more foul breath in the shape of friendly protestation than a mule would put up with, without kicking the roof off. At the hotels the scrubbing brigade hAs commenced it* daily Iwttlc with dirt, and the clerk yawns on his stool and twirls his moustache with the air of a task. A little later and the newsbey* are out, with noses rod with eohl, shouting their journals in quaveriug tones, and importuning every straggling paaeer-by with a persistence encountered in no other falling. Then come the street car* with yawning drivers, and now and thou a passenger, who ruha hia eyes, and thinks regretfully of the reoeutly vacated conch. The footfall" on the sidewalk become more frequent and leas reverberating. In the market the scene i lively and animated. The torches flare and splutter in the wind, and at slight distance give to the view a weird, fantastic look, but on closet ap proach the abrupt outlines mellow down and fade sway. The potatoes and cab bages jostle the poetic element out of sight, and the matter-of-fact plodding faces of the venders remind you thai life is sordid and stern. The gray dawn rolls away, and the first straggling sunbeams citase each other over housetops. Shop-boys are busy unbarring and opening np, sweep ing out and gettiug things in trim for the day's battle with profit and loss. Thicker come the passing feet; men and bora, girls and women, hurrying forth to take nn the yoke of toil for bread. Stir and bustle soon take the places of nniet and rest; theatreets are noisy with the roll of vehicle# and the sound of business. The great cjty has thrown off her alumliera, and the cares aud duties of another day are ushered in.—f'iuWn ivnti Ilrcakfa*( Tabic. i On Neutral fJ round. A singular circumstance occurred in the office of n steel company, in Bridge port. Connecticut, • few day* sgo. The Hnthori/ed agent* of the Rn**isn and Turk mil government* respectively met there, each for the pilose of contraet ; ing for l>sjouet* to be usee) by the two belligerent parties among the mountain* of Turkey. With a look of mntual *nr , prise the two gentlemen met each other very affably, and diaenaaed to some ex tent their onmmon business. A single teat satisfied both that they eonld get the good* they wanted, and ordered, the one 300,000, and tho other 000,000 liayo nets, with which to impale their fellow anbjeeta. Tlie steel company, on the occasion, displayed the quintessence of neutrality. An Aged Apple Tree. There is standing in the town of Wethersfleld, Oonn,, an English Bear- I main apple trpe of mammoth dimension*, measuring, one foot from the ground, ten feet and eleven inches in circumfer ence. It yielded fruit, according to tra dition, for nearly a century before the revolution, waa Drought from England by William Tryan, and set out on his farm, which has since been divided into smaller ones. Upon one of these sections, now belonging to a Mrs. Loveland, stands this venerable tree. It is in a good bearing condition, having borns i excellent fruit lsst ye*r> TERMS: a Year, in Advance. HREAT ItEKK RLAIKKR. A Mas sks Ssa Milled Use TbaasssS Pes* TW* lie*lS ml Urvsle*. The Pint of Pittsburg, Pa., saya 5 Oue of the principal deer slayer* in Pennsylvania is Andrew Htiuer, of My erntowu, Lebanon county. For nearly forty years Htiuer has camped init in the Allegheny mountains during the aesaon for killing the deer, and many are the stories lie oau relate of his exciting chase or putient watch in the stillness of the woo-ls, miles swav from human habita tion. In the early times Sutler's uncle settled in the neighborhood of Benning ton Furnace. now on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad, between Altoona and the big tunnel, and it was while visiting the old uncle that Andrew got a fondness for deer hunting, which in hia ulter years has leeu hi*only amusement. For the last tweuty years Stiner's stalk tug ground has been in the head waters of the Big aud Black Muahauon, iu Center and Clearfield counties. His companions have been.for many seasons, three men of that neighborhood, who are familiar with all the spurs and creeks of that mountainous region. Jacob Test, Johu Funk and William Ream have camped out with Btiner every season since 1856. Ream lives at Osceola. Clearfield couutv, and Teat and Funk near Tyo'ie. These men mark the oroftsinge of the deer through the sum mer, hi* retreats and feeding grounds. They put up a e*bin near these places, aud prepare the bunks and cooking ar rangements. Then Htiuer ia sent tor. He cornea with the ammunition,blankets, gum txwta. and such other article* as are essential to a lumberman'* 1 fe, for hi* three friend* are loggers by occupa tion, and the annual hunt ia not the sole occupation of their Uvea. They take out a supply of provisions, and, with wel]-fill*d straw bank* in * dry *hanty, plenty of robe* aud blankets, and a g<*xl stove, they fix themselves nicely. For several vears their cabin has l<een six teen mile* from Phtllipsburg toward the Snow-shoe mountains. Last rear Htiner brought back with him from that locality to Eyerstowu an express car load of venison. Ream has himself killed over on* thousand, and it is said that Jacob Teat aud Fauk are not tar behind him. Last vear an immense even-prong**l buck lotted every attempt to bring him down. It became a regular saving that tbev were going out to kill Greeley, for such they have named this unusually large deer. Htiner and Ream got after him. There s a light sift of snow upon the ground, just enough to trace the blood drops of a wounded buck or doe, and tbev started early to the crossings. These men, from long experience, be come very familiar with the habits ami haunts of the deer, and know the par ticular kinds of weather in which tbev seek the hill tops, or when they g* down into gorge* of the mountain. Fully three .lays bef.ire a heavy snow storm the deer all unit the mountain tops and seek the big laurel swarups lor f**i ami shelter until the storm i* over. After it has passed, if the weather gets colder, they leave the swamps aud take to the high ndgea of the mountain. Their sense of smell aud of hearing is very acute. They must be approached against the wind ; the hunter must face the blast in his travels after deer, or he never will as much as get a sight at one. The deer cannot see any distance, ami on rainy days, when the leaves are wet, yon may often approach within a few yards oi them without being obaerved. Indeed this Stiller party have, on damp days, wheu the leaves are so wet that the ami ml of every footstep would be dead ened, approached within tweuty feet of the largest bock* before they took the alarm, which in tlioae cases were of short duration. For the aim of the trusty rifle was a true as its fire was deadly. The day that Rimer and Ream shot the big seven-pronged buck Greeley theT had started for him early. Late in the afternoon as Htmer was standing watch at the door of the deer crownag*. he aaw Orrolev coming fall tilt towttd him. Htmer and Ream were close to gether on Black Boar Run. and distant about leu miles from their cabin. Hti ner gave him a shot, but the deer in creased its speed, and leaped the creek, which at that place was twenty feet wide, at one bound. Ream bearing the sound of Stiner s rifle, came np. only to be told that he had miased Greeley, bnt upon the examination of the ground it was discovered that Greeley had been wounded, and it ww* determined that Ream, who oonld run all .lay like a lumn.l, should follow up the trail. He had not gone twenty step# when he came across the big buck, which had been pierced through the heart. It was eight years old, and weighed 260 pounds when dressed. These old deer hunters have a great aversion to the big fox bound in chas ing dew. Nearly all the old hunters use the half hound dog. These dogs cannot run a deer more than two hours, and serve as siguals when the deer have boen found. The deer are said to be on the increase ia the mountains of Penn sylvania this year. What a Handle Contained. There were five of them from the Monumental District, and having feasted to their heart's content on the great variety of holiday goods on sale, they came tripping out of the spacious en trance of one of our dry goods stores, when they copied a nicely done up package, apparently dropped by one of the many seekers after holiday goods. A minute more and one of tlicm had seised it and they were hurrying down the street speculating as to ite contents. '• I hope it is a good-aired dress pat tern," says the happy owner, as she hugged it close for fear of its Innng spirited away. "If it was mine I would rather it would be s velvet cloak, oned one of the others, as she enviously eyed the packet " Oh, I wonldn t; I d rather it would be a new hat," was the comment of another; and ao they specu lated until they reached home, when the string was loosed, and their astonished and disappointed eyes rested on s very soiled and dilapidated pair of pants, pmltably just exchanged for a new pair, which the owner had worn off, leaving the old ones for a more unfortunate brother or sister. — Bo*t"n Journal. A Buried Town Brought to Light. An interesting arrhmological discovery has just been made in Italy—that of a buried town, a new Pompmi, unexpect edly found near Manfredonia, at the foot of Mount Gargano. A temple of Diana was first brought to light, and then a portico about twenty metres in length, with oolnmns without capitals, and, finally, a necropolis covering 15,000 sqnre metres (about three and three quarter acres). A large number of in scriptions have been collected, and some of them have been sent to the museum at Naples. The town discovered is the ancient Sipontum of which Strabo, Potybens and Livy speak,and which was bnned by an earthquake. The bouses are twenty feet below the surfaoe of the Boil. The Italian government has taken measures to continue the excavations on a large scale. Every day some fresh object of interest tarns up. The latest is a monument erected in honor of Pompey after his victory over the pirate*] and a large quantity of sotos in gold and copper NUMBER 3. The Htery ef a * Hired Mi" A Wheeling (W. Va.) correspondent of the Detroit /Vm /Vmi tells the follow ing story : One dav last summer s friend of mine called ape me, informing me that her girl wished to see me in regard to taking music lessons Of course, I waa somewhat surprised at the idea of a hired girl wanting to take music lesson. Mr* D——, her employer, seemed to look upon her with the greatest reaped. The children, from baby Lucy up to big Tom placed all confidence in her, and would run to Tillie with their little troubles in preference to ) oft rue, some time*. After seeing Tillie, and making the noccssnry arrangements, it waa her desire to come for her lesson* in the eve ning, when she waa tree from her day's work. Mrs. D had given her the use of the piano for an hour or so in the afternoon. I was struck with her prompt ness and lady-like manners, and could bnt think her ambition waa quite natural. All the autumn and winter she came out untiringly, perhaps her evening wonld paas and she would not come, bnt as sure as the next day came, with it came a neat nuts excusing herself on the ground that "the ironing was ao large," or "Mr. D—— came in ao late for supper," but I always missed the bright, sunny face wheti she failed to oome. How I used to watch those poor red, stiff bands toiling over the keys. " Music and kitchen work do nut agree very well, but 1 love my music so, it makes my task lighter in the kitchen," she would sat cheerfully. Can it be, I would think, that she ia to be looked down on simply because she was (*impelled to slave for somebody? Ah, no, she was doing her doty. It waa the mission God had set out fur her—and her rt-wsrd woo Id come by and by. One evening Tillie handed me a letter saying : " I want yon to read the offer of another situation I have had." I little guessed the contents as I took it from her. To my astonishment and pleasure it was a miuily, noble heart pleading for bar life to be"placed in his keeping. Every word ►poke the true man, nothing sickly or sentimental; just such a letter as I would want to receive under similar circum stance*. and the writer, I knew the name well, and knew him to be a perfect man. I could but say sa I handed back the letter, " I hope you accepted." " Yea," and there was a wealth of happiness in the clear blue eyes, and some team, too. I imagined. " I never knew what it was to live before. Just the thought that there is one person in the world to cm* for me in such happiness." Then she told me bow, after receiving his letter, she wrote to him telling him she was bat a pour girl, it would be better for them out to meet—" he came to me in a few evenings telling me be knew exactly hoa poor 1 waa, he asked me for nothing but my heart and hand —could I refuse ? Blessings ou such girl*. In place of foolishly running the streets, she devoted her spar* momenta to muae and good reading. My Tillie preaideaover a pleas ant little home all her own, and looks up to her handsome lord wondering like the old vomau, "Can it be I?" < aacellag • fhareb** Debt. The Sew York Tribune of a recent issue asys : The Church at the Holt Trinity (the Bee. Dr. Steven H. Tyug, Jr., rector) yesterday pledged $150,000 toward canceling it* hiary debt of $236, 000. Thi* remarkable reaalt waa dne largelv to the earneat and inspiring ap peal* "of Edwanl Kimball, the "church debt raiaer," a* he ia sometime# called, from hi* remarkable auoceaa in relieving church** at crushing bnrden* of debt —and of Dr. Trng, Dr. Charles S. Robinaon, and Roawell C. Smith. It wa* announced from the pulpit yeater dav morning that the del* would be ranted then and there. Check* were pmiel around, and while addreaae* were being delivered, paper* all over the houae were being rapidly o>rercd with significant figure*. The munifi cent gifta of one person after another were received with a quiet satisfaction that apoke volnmea for the ancoeaa of the plan ; and the rapidity with which ehixuL* were tlanded in, and thair amount*, showed an enthoaiaetie devo tion which took no thought of hard time*. It wa* pleaaant to tote the in terest taken in the subscription by the women and girla. and the many little clnh* they (onned, pledging themselves to um* large and amall. were practical proof* of their wed. Before the morning wore away sllO, 000 hail been *n been bed and enthnsiaam wa* at fever heat. The church wa* crowded and the remarkable aucceee of ao abort a season aroused hopes of rais ing the whole amount that day. It waa not thought wine to dismiss the congre gation while in ao satisfactory a mood, no a nice little Innch wa* provided for all. and alt were invited to remain. Messenger* carried explanatory note* to manv home*. Those who sect no word received many call* of inquiry during the afternoon. In fact the courteous usher* were kept very busy, reassuring anxious friends, who came to discover whv the moat regular person* in the world, who had never been away from home before without sending word, hail not returned. When the character of the extra meeting wa* learned, number* came in more rapidly than ever. Oooa aionallv some overwearied lady would leave the church, but her place would soon be filled by a freah arrival. The gentlemen sat qnietly through with tire lee* patience. ' The morning session did , not really end nntil half-past five. Then a short recess was taken until half-past six, the evening session continuing until nearly eleven o'clock. Among the subscrip tions made during the day and evening were seven pledgee of SIO,OOO each ; nine of $5,000 each ; one of SB,OOO ; two of $2,000 ; eight of SI,OOO, and the re mainder in smaller rams. The subscrip tions are to be paid within six months on condition that the whole amount of the debt is subscribed. How Cangrfmaea Live. Hay* " Oath," in a reoent Washing ton lettw to the Cincinnati Enquirrr: Diet, exercise, little company, no pnblic dinner*, home habits, seoretiveneas; theee are the life-buoys of a Congress man. I see some men here, guiltless on every other son re, who are wrecks from dining out merely, Ths high climate of this country would soon kill the moat seasoned English statesmen if fed aa well as at home. There is the bitters of concentrated Angostura or the brandy cocktail before dinner. Hie larded meats are pressed npon the palate by wines which inevitably drift into Jong potations of champagnes, ranging from the lightest Veraenay to the brandy strong green seal. Alter all this, and animated conversation, in whose wisdom the intellect has appeared to touch the gods, the man is put to bed, and sleeps nnder nature's deadest convulsion until morning, when he relies npon the bath to revive the hot akin, and release the brain to public work. Frightful ia the waste of tisane ever going on. The animated mind is the speediest loot; in the time of potation come the familiarity and temptation, the leoee tongue and easy commitment, the snare of women and the social injury. Them are public men in Washington who podr out the wine they never taste, and still it seems that they also are eaoght np with by the consequences. I see sick men here who offered the cup end never drank. Hebe had no brother j ha died haters *he carried the tup. CLTIIATE AMERICA. ~ rsxssiisiKt iwkklt"" A lenfuro nprni lb* Wnr* position of America among the countries of the earth. Alwml recently in Now York Hy the Rev. Joseph Oook. who introduced to hi* ewbencr by William Otillen Bryant, Wo make the following interesting extract* from the lecture : Hir Charles Dilke, the English trarj-1- ev, the leetnror said, says that after bt had mn cultured New England. b looked lw>k and did not seem to himself to haw won America. After hi* tour through the South and the West, be bad the name feeling It waa only when he had sailed ou the Pacific <>nt of eight of the continent that be obtained a eoneep tion of America and the Amerioan char meter. He should haw been more ean tioua. He should haw nailed in ftnag ination above the taken, and aeen what the population can be, and therefore probably will be. He abookl haw aeen how corrupt great cities can become. He ahouhl haw inquired what the ulti mate relation between rich and poor will be When a atUl larger part of New Eng lane ahall haw become a factory and the great Weet a tilled farm. He abould have considered how far political riov can apread ; he ahouhl have breathed the air of the marehee as well ss of the mountain peak. He should have taken oouufcol of One, sa a thousand years (rum now he * tan da at the smith, shak ing bis locks <f sidereal fire above land ana lake. He should have done all this before saying that he bad formed a con ception of America. It ia very trite to say it, and yet it ia an inspired truth, that the Barman eagle*, when their wings were strongest, never dew as tar as from Plymouth Book to the Golden Gate. Open the eompaase* until thev touch on the one side Thebes and on the other side London, and they vili not span the green fields and the steeple.l cities between the Bay of Foody and the Pacific coast Do not not forg. t that California is larger than England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and Texs than Prance. Of course, Ido not forget that bigneaa ia not greatness Bnt big ness is opportunity, and opportunity employed is greatness. De Tneqwville has never been unwise because be said that North America alone would some day sustain 150,000,000 people. Crowd rm'r 40.000,000 of population into Ta* and they would haw more elbow room than the people of Prance. Prom this crowding domes the danger. It is not commonly known that the amount of arable soil in North and South America ia greater than that in Europe, Asia and AJriea put together, and can therefore sustain more lives. This ia no rash conclusion. I sneak from a scien tific basis, and I will show you what that bams ia. Our continent ia narrow, and therefore the winds of ocean water it well. Use mountain chains on the east side of the American oontineot are low; on the east side at the Ohl World they are very high. Prom this it results that the trade winds, laden with the wet new of the sea, an admitted to our laud. The breadth of the Old World and its high eastern ranges cause the rainless in teriors of Asia and Africa. Again, Ame rica is the land of fat plains; the Old World of aoorcheJ plains. Our plains run north and south, ml so admit and receive the rains. The impulse of southern winds is the cease of oar hot summers, the impulse of northern winds of our cold winter, but our mount? u ranges ran north and south, so that tTT> snn, as he approaches and leaves them, shines far into their gorges, and the forests grow up their slopes. America ia high under the equator, the Old World ia low; America is narrow under the equator; the Old World is wide. Hence with us a smaller surface is ex posed to the scorching sun. As the re sult of all this, catting out the moun tains, the scorched and frozen portion* j from each continent, and the remant of S rod native aail (as the scholars say, I o not saaert it on my own authority I i 1 10.000,000 square miles in the Old Work! and 11,000,000 in the New. Tim bursts upon us ia all the light of scien tific truth the fact that America can ana ■ tain a greater population than the Old World, and if she oun, it is nnqueatioti ! able that she some day wilL In this eimrmstanee I hear the echoes of fate, with whose footfalls it is fitting that the centuries should keep step. Some of u* who are not vet very old hare aeen our population increase from 17,000,000 to 40.000,000. You, air, (addressing Mr. Brvanthare seen it increase from 8.000,- 000.000 to 40,000,000. In 1790 the pi ratal point, about which, if it were a solid body, our population would swing, was a little east of Baltimore. Now it i* a little east of Cincinnati. As Professor Walker sbowa. it has changed forty-fire feet since morning. I aak yon to pan*- over this pivotal point, few perhaps our faults chiefly arise from the fact that w have been a frontier people. Around this point have gathered many of tin causes of our national peculiarities. Hupp we that there are a 100,000.000 persons in all 'America in the year 2,000. This is sarelv a moderate estimate, for now there are 84,000,000. Suppose that after the veer 2,000 our increase is one per cent "a vear. or lees than the present increase in England and Germany. It is "id that the imagination is audacious, but the reason is more sa On this basis, what do we find the future of America to be ? Its population in the year 2600 would be 6,460.000.000. The " Ency doped ia Br. tannics ** affirms that North and South America can furnish susten ance for 8,600,000,000. Europe has an see rage population of eighty persons to the square soils. We have an area of 15,000,000 square mike. If we oooclude (and why may we not?) that we shall some day have as large an average, our population will be 1,200,000,000. Shadow Pictures. A house was recentlv mow! from one end of Napa, Oal, to the other, a por tion of the frame being sawn off and left behind for the family to occupy tempo rarily. Acmes the exposed front of this shelf were stretched several sheets, and behind the curtain the family lived, moved and had their domestic being. When the lamp was lighted, and the family tat down to supper, a crowd gathered on the sidewalk and remained there until there was darkness within. It was a most interesting series of shadow pictures. The potatoes as they passed into the months looked on the screen like pumpkins pitchforked into hay mows, and the spoons and forks were eularged 10 w to represent base-ball clubs and ahilleleha. The sons and daughters of toil finished their supper and went to bed, utterly unconscious that they had been illustrating Brob diugnag for the benefit of their neigh bora. Valuable Literary Treasures. The manuscript of Washington's fare well address is in possession of the new Lenox Librarv in New York. Mr. Lenox purchased it 'for £2,003, a very small prion compared with what it would now sell for. This library contains many other verr rare treasures among which is a superb copy of the Mazarin Bible, printed at Menta by Gutenberg, and completed in 1455, the first book printed with movable type, and still, singular to aay, one of the noblest typographical monuments in existence. There are only two. copies on this continent, the other soon to be sold by the executors of the late George Brinluy, of Hartford. The last copies sold at the Perkins sale in London, Jane 6, 1873, brought for the one on vellum, $17,000; that on paper, sl3, MO. He Went PublNti a Dream Book. Some days since a citizen of Crawford street, Detroit, named John Wilmer had a rifle stolen from his house on Bnnday, while the family were absent. There was no cine to the thief, but on a sulise qnent Monday night Mr. Wilmer dreamed that he met the man in Wind sor who took hia gun. He saw the thief so plainly in hia dream that he crossed the river in search of him the following day. Wonderful to relate, he met tin man of his dream on the street, and did not hesitate to collar him. More won derful to relate the man he met prove to be a respectable citizen of the town and indignant at being called a thief, h knocked the draamer down and stepped on him pretty badly. Mr. Wilmer is not fibteeJiafto publiidi dream-book.
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