A ttentle Word la Now l ost, A zsntls word is never toot. Oh, nrr then rffiwe on* , It oheem the heart when tempest teaaed.' And InlU the o*o that bruiM on* , It sosttern *unlnn* er our way, And turn* onr thorns to ro* , It change* wearv night to day. And hope and love disclose*. A gentle word ta never lot-- Thy fallen brother* need it; How eaay and how amall the ooat With peace and comfort apeed it ; Then drive the ahadow from thy cheek, A tmile can well replace it < Our voioa ia mnaie when we apeak With gentle word* to grace it. The Empty Schoolroom. Gray duet npon each window-elll, A broken chair; The taraiahed bell untouched eo long— One leaf of a familiar eoug- Such marks of wear Aa hearts with sad remembrance fill. Tinsl, tired I gaae on theee at laat. Strangely it seems ■ The fresh, young face* are all fled • Some Withe, young heart a among the dead, Numbered. In J rvalue Alone, cvrne viaion* of 'he paet. With eomethmg twnt a eob and aigh I stand to-day Within this empty, dreary room, A* ailent a* the speechless tomb. And out, away Beyond these wall* brown meadow* Ua. 0 room de*erte,l evermore' I love you yet. And sky. that holdeth only gloom. Beyond are akies, of summer bloom Without regret. To shine ujvui the golden shore. Brown meadow*, where the wild wind sweeps Chill. ah! *ochill, lust through the rohwwbhed window-pane see the graveyard in the rain. Still kh' so still Each heart aweary, resting, sleeps. A LEGHORN HAT. Nine o'clock of a cloudless summer morning. The basket phaeton stood at the door in the narrow noisy street be low, but Mr. White had already mine to his office, Annie pleaded headache, aud the children had their allotted tasks with the German governess to accomplish. I must either remain within doors daring the hot hoars of the .lay or go out alone, I decided on the latter course. " I am too old to require any chape ron," I said, with a laugh, and in the mirror. There I beheld a not unpleaaiug image of a little woman attired iu gray, with a silvery veil over her plain face, in the act of fitting on a pair of quite infinite simal gr.iy gloves, I kissed my good Annie and the children, as if honud on a long and perilous voyage, and deputed in the basket phaeton. What a new world was that all about me ! It was the eitv of Leghorn, with its tall houses, rendered dingy by sea damp, and wide white squares, the atmo sphere redolent of tar, the quays throng ed with shipping, the clumsy funnels of Oriental steamships relieved by the lighter tracery of interlacing masts against the sky. I like ships; in their boundleee snggestiveuess they resemble wishes, hopes, ever coming and going on some fresh errand. The phaeton rattled through the main thoroughfare, once Via lirande, and now rebaptized, after the manner of all Ital ian cities, in the name of Victor Eman uel. I noticed with the interest of a stranger groups of bronzed sailors; the untidy Lech -rn woman with trailing gown, and dapping handkerchief tied over her frowzy head: the brilliant uni form of an occasional officer strolling languidly to his cafe. Then the Sea Gate was reached, and beyond s'retched the white road which threads its way beside the Mediterranean to the beautiful suburb of the Ardenza. The sea breeze wafted to me delicious coolness ; the hedges of evergreens and oleanders in masses of rose bloom mingled rich odors ; the stunted trees drooped their feathery foliage laden with gray dust I gazed "out over the sea, which sparkled like a sapphire, with the light houses so bright at night, now pallid in the morning which no longer had need of them, and the sails glistening with an exquisite silvery whiteness on the horizon. I glanced down the white road as it curved along the strand, bordered by its featherv trees and oleanders, its gardens, hotels and villas stretching to the Maremma, and the coast I might never explore. " This is the most heantifnl shore in the world, and the old Romans knew it," I soliloquized ; and just then the phaeton paused. + My destination was the l>ath. Again the charm of novelty delighted me, for it was my first summer with Annie's household. Bathing at Livorno is male a pastime, a recreation, instead of a serious business. I walked ont on a pier which terminated in a round space shielded by a tent from the sun's rays, and thence the smiling old bsth woman, in a flapping straw hat, conducted me down a passage, bordered on either side by li'tle tents with green doors, to my destination. Onoe consigned to the baracra, I was free to remain in the tiny house, with its roof of matting and wails of striped canvas, where the water rippled in of a transparentlv green hue, or to part the curtains and issue forth boldly as a swimmer. I decided to re main seclude! in my crystal bath, as I was alone, like a mermaid in a cave. I was startled by the curtains being separated from without, and the appear ance of a man's head, with long sandv beard. The head advanced with sncii evident intention of a tall body's follow ing that I uttered a faint scream of alarm, when the intruder retreated hastily with a muttered " Beg pardon.' I received the apology with such dig nity as is possible to a very small lady in a flannel bathing suit, hanging to a rope to avoid drowning *in deep water, and with her head done up in an oil-skin cap. "Some stupid Englishman !" I said, pettishly. The hour was too early for many 0001- pants of the large tent, ami when I emerged from my bath I drew a chair near the railing to again gaze oat over the beautiful Mediterranean. An Amer ican man-of-war had entered the port the Erevious day. I endeavored to descry er, with the old pain at my heart. My brother Harry, young, brave, good, des tined to become a great man, as I be lieved, had died of fever on board ship off Callao five years ago, smitten down without power to send me a message, although, thus stricken, I was left alone. Yes, all alone ! I shivered in the bright Italian morning, while my eyes searched wistfully for the man-of-war! Hince then every frigate had become to me Harry's ship, and every officer in uniform assur edly must be my dead brother's friend. Five years of winter and summer in the old house at home, wandering from room to room in a ghostly fashion, with the portraits of father and mother in the shadow of the best parlor, and Harry's dog following me with dumb intelligence to thrust his nose into my hand ; five years of modhiing, of silence, that left me a plain little old maid, my hair turned gray! Then Annie, happy wife and mother, school-mate and friend of many years, had written to me a long letter from her home at Leghorn, where her husband was engaged in business, urg ing me to come abroad. I saw my future dearly enough. In this genial house hold I should be companion, friend, old maid aunt to the children. I sighed. Just then the merchant whose waree were displayed in one oorner of the tent —tortoise-shell, coral, and sienna-wood trinkets—begged me to take a chance in his lottery. I took the box, and turned out the dice on the board, having paid a franc. The merchant oonnted up the numbers, and found the corresponding one in his stock of prizes represented by a set of coral, resembling sticks of red sealing-wax. Somebody approached and "F'TtED. lCditor and l^ropriotor. VOLUME XL watched the drawing. I recognised the long sandy beanl of the intruder of mv bath, but gave a little jump when "l further discovered that he wore the uni form of an American uaval officer. The merchant immediately pounced ou luiu. Almost uncousoiooaly the stranger of the sandy beard appealed to tue in Eu gliali for explanation, as he did not un derstand Italian. The nest momeut he held in his hand a very pretty shell comb for a lady's hair as a prize. •' Madam, do you think this would please—a woman ?" he enquire.! *crutin lung it. •• Undoubtedly," I replied, candy. 1 had taken him under my protection as one of Harry's friends. His face flushed, and aquutxical smile lighted up his keeu eyes. " I mean n lady—home- -in America. You are an American ?" " Yea," 1 said, at my esse; for he was not thinking of me at all. 1 was even hidf teuipted to ask him if he had kuowu my poor Harry. "Thank YOU," he said, with sudden stiffness, and raising his cap, walked awar. Another hour passed swiftly while I gazed out over the sea from the tent; then the lieat of the sun warned me to return. ANi route I retuemlx-red a tri fling commission at the milliuer's. Ku tenng the shop, the first obieot present ed to mv notice was the tall officer with the sandy beard, beset by two clerks, and surrounded by pile* of leghorn hats. The poor man's aspect was most bewtl dered afld helpless in that sea of straw. I executed my ovuumission quietly, and was about to leave, wheu he oewsted me. " Would you have the kindness to give me your advice ?" he said. " I wish to make a present of a Leghorn hat to a ladv in America, and it must be of the best quality." Thus appealed to, I sifted out the finest straw for his inspection. "Leg horn hats are made in the Florence manufactories, you know," I said. He made no response; he was staring at my bauds with a very peculiar expres sion. I blushed slightlv, and hid them in the crown of the Leghorn hat. They were very amall and well shaped; 1 had trouble with my gloves usually, wearing a child's size. Brother Harry used to admire their tiny proportions, and ac cuse me of vanity in uie possession of such extremities. Here was this tall officer in a foreign city actually pausing in the midst of buying a gift for an un known lady—probably his fiancee —to stare at my little hand* in evident aston ishment. I was more vexed than flat tered. What right had he to gaze at me BO fixedly, after having claimed uiv assistance ? What would Annie think of mv adventure ? I recalled him somewhat pnmly to a sense of duty, I suppose, for he pro ceeded to pay for the hat, after I nod warned the shop people not to charge him more than double the usual price. He thanked me in sublued accents, and even hinted that as the ship was to be iu port some weeks, he hojxd any residents would come on board. I relented suffi ciently t* inquire how be proposed send ing the Leghorn hat, and learned that it was to be entrusted to the captain of a brig, bound for New York. •* Perhaps I hail best address the box here," he said, again consulting me with his eyes. "Yes," I assented, gaining firmness and decision of tone from hia very irre solution. The clerk brought him an immense inkstand with a very rusty and gritty pen attached. My "companion dipped the pen into the ink and stirred it thoughtfully, as if it had been soap. " I hope she will like it," said the ex traordinary man, consulting me again, with a most sheepish expression of coun tenance. " Perhaps slie owns ever ao many Leghorn hats already," in sudden alarm. " No, no," I returned, soothingly. I pictured to myself this lady whom he wa* ao anxious to please. How proud she would be of the exquisite Etruscan straw which she would wear to church I How envious would be her neighbors ! " There, will that answer!" he held before me the written address. I gasped as I read: " Miss Helen Westmore, Berrynlle, Vermont" My own name was Helen Westmore, and Berryville had been my home ! The Leghorn hat which I hod selected with ao mnch care was evidently intended for myself. "You can not be Dr. Eaaton, who took care of my poor Harry, and wrote me the letters about him?" I cried, between sobbing and laughter. "I am hia sister." " He told me hia sister had the small est hands in the world," he replied with excitement. After that there were dinners at Annie's, moonlight drives along the shore, entertainment* on the man-of war, with ample leisure for explanations and confidences. The surgeon who had taken care of Harry had been his inti mate friend during long voyages, and had retained the image of the sister at home a'l these years. In retiring on half pay he had been tempted to seek her out Had I not assisted at the purchase of my own hat, he would never have found me when he returned to America. The little woman in gray was not to to the old-maid aunt in Annie's household, after all, but to return to her own country as a happy wife, even if in a sober, sedate fashion. Verily human destinies liang by a straw! A box stands on the high shelf in the old home. It contains an nntrimmed Leghorn hat.— Harper'a Weekly. The Vrap-Book. Every one who take* a newspaper which he in the leastslegree appreciates will often regret to see any one number which contains some interesting and im portant articles thrown aside for waste paper. A good way to preserve these ia by the use of a scrap-book. One wko has never been accustomed thus to pre serve short articles can hardly realize the pleasure it affords to ait down and turn over the pleasant, familiar pages. Here a piece of poetry meets tlio eye, which you would long since have lost had it not been for your scrap-book; there ia a witty anecdote—it does yon good to laugh over it yet, although it may to for the twentieth time; nezt ia a valuable recipe you had almost forgotten, aud which yon found just in time to save much perplexity; there is a sweet little story, the memory of which ha* cheered and encouraged yon when almost ready to depair under the pressure of life's carea. Indeed, you can hardly take up a single paper without reperusing. Then hoard with care the precious gems, and see at the end of the year what a rich treasure you will have accumulated. An Extraordinary Tumor. An inquest ha* been held at Consett, saya an English paper, on a woman named Wake, whose death was caused by a tumor of extraordinary dimensions. It had been growing for four years, but the woman refused to have it removed. She was attended by a " herbalist," who foolishly by giving her medicine en deavored to bnrat it. Dr. Benton was called, and said that the tumor wa* three and a half feet high, and contained forty imperial quarts of semi-solid fluid. Tbe ooroner said that the herbalist had acted with gross ignorance, but he was not criminally reapansibls for the wo man's death. THE CENTRE REPORTER The Russian knout. There is prohahlr no more terrible instrument of ptiuishmeut, or it may perhaps be tu.ire proi>er!y called torture, i than the knout in the hands of a Bus man executioner. To give our readers some idea of its form, the mode of ad ministering it, and its horrible effect*, ae quote the following from a recently published work, entitled "The Kuout and the Huaaiana;" " Conceive, reader, a rohtist man, full of life and health, l'ltis man is condemned to rwetve fifty or a hundred blows of the knout, lie is conducted, half naked, to the place chosen for this kiu.l ot execution. All lliat he has on is a pair of aimple linen drawers round his extremitiea. His hands are bound together, with the . palms laid fiat against oue another, and the cords are breakiug his wrists, but no oue |my* the slightest attention to that. He is laid fiat ujxui hi stomach, ! on a frame incliued diagonally, and at the extremities of which are filed iron riugs; hi* hands are fa*teued to oue end of the frame, au.l his feet to the other; j he is then stretched in such a maimer that he cannot make a single movement, just as an eel's skiu is stretched in order to dry. This act of stretching the vie- ( tim causes his tone* to crack, and dis locate* them—but doe* that matter ? At the distance of five and-twenty jiaces stan.fk another man; it is the •public . executioner. He is dressed iu black velvet trousers, stuffed into his boots, and a colored ahirt buttoning at the side. His sleeves are tucked up, so that iioth" mg may thwart or embarrass him iu his movements. With both hands he grasja. the instrument of punishment—a kuout. This kuout consuls of a tfioug of thick ! leather, cut iu a triangular form, from four to five yard* long, and an inch wide, tapering off at oue eud, andbroou at the other. the small eu 1 of which is fasten- j ed to a little wooden handle, about two ! feet long. The signal is given; no oue ever takes the trouble to road the sen- 4 teuee. The executioner advances a few steps, with his body tout, holding the • knout in both hands, while the long thong drags along the ground totwesu his legs. On coming to about three or four paces from the prisoner, he raises, bv s vigorous movement, the kuout toward- the top of his he.nl, and then mstautly draws it down with rapidity towarvls hi* knees. The thong flies and whistles through the air. and descending on the body of the victim, twine* round it lute a hoop of iron. In spite at hi* i state of teusiou, the poor wretch bounds as if he were submitted to the powerful grasp of galvanism. The executioner ( retraces hi* steps, and repeats the same operation as many times as there are blows to be IU flic ted. Where the thongs envelopes the body with its edges, the flesh and muscles are literally cut into stripes, as if with a razor; but when it falls flat, then the liones crack. The flesh, iu that case, ia not cat, but crush- ; ed and ground, and the blood spurts out iu all directions. The sufferer be comes green and bine, like s body in a state of decomposition. He is removed to the hospital, where every care is taken of him, and is afterward sent to Siberia, where he disappears for ever in the bowels of the earth." . 11 Fire* in America. An English magazine say* : The ex ceeding dryness of the atmosphere in the United State* produces such sn in flammability in buildings, that when a fire breaks out it proceeds with surpris ing velocity. Owing to this circum stance, American* have organised the j most |>erfect system in the world of extin guishing fires, though all their efforts are often in vain. A stranger in New York or Boston would be astonished at the immense uproar caused by an out break of fire. Bella are rung, gong* sounded, and steam-engines rush along the street*, regardless of everything. The unaccustomed stranger is apt to make a run of it when he see* the en gines coming ; the American simply steps to the " sidewalk" or into a " store " for a moment. It is provided by the city government that " the offi- j cers and men, with their teams and ap paratus, shall have the right of way while going to a fire, through any street, lane, or alley," etc.; and most unre- , servedly do the said officers and men make use of this permission. If any old woman's stall is at the corner of a street round which the steamers must go, there is no help for it; over it goes. If a baggy is left standing at a oorner, . the owner must not be surprised if but three wheels are left on it when he re turns. Accidents of this latter kind, however, are rare; people recognize and yield willingly the right of way ; i and the quicker the engines go to a fire, the better pleased everybody is. It is quite a point of rivalry among the Are- | men who shall get the first water on a fire, and it is mentioned always in the report of the engineer. Only Practicing. Two intimate friends met on the street the other day, after a short separation and the following curious conversation ensued: " Ah, how d'ye do, ohl fellow ?" cried the first one, heartily. Second friend (shrugging his shoul ders)—O, tray bang." First friend (looking a little startled* —" Nice day, is it not ?" "Second do.—"Ah we, say bang sure." First do. (doubtfully;—" You are not ill, are yon?" Second do. (with indignation)—" Oh, nong!" First do. !*.• lines uneasy ; thinking his friend is mail, he say*—" Well, good ilav," and moves away. The Second smiles from ear to ear, shrugs his shoulder* and replies : " Ah, bung znre, mong amine." All the day Nurator One feels ex tremely bail about his neighbor's un fortunate condition, and be does not dis cover the truth of the matter till the evening, when, as he is resiling of the Paris Exhibition, he suddenly recollects that his friend is going to France and is studying the language. He was only practicing French in a preliminary sort of way. Number One smiles as he thinks of the fate in store for the unfortunate natives of La Belle Franee. Walt. Wait, husband, before you wonder audibly why your wife don't get along with the household responsibilities " as your mother did." Hhe is doing her best—and no woman can endnre, that best, to be slighted. Remember the long, weary nights she sat up with the little babe that died; remember the love and care she bestowed upon you when you had that long fit of illness. Do you think she is made of east iron I Wait— wait in silence and forliearance, and the light will come back to her eyes--the old light of the old (lays. Wait, wife, before you speak reproaoh fully to your husband when he oomes | home late, and weary and "out of sorts." | He has worked ham for you all day— perhaps far into the night; be has wres | tied, hand in hand, with care and sol ' flshneas, and greed, and all the demons that follow in the train of money mak ing. Let home be another atmosphere entirely. Let him feel that there is no other place in the world where he can find peace, and quiet, and perfect love. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1878. THE SILVER kIMi. Hat* Jamra Pair ttrraaar lis* al iSr WmMMMN 'lra la Ibr WwM. There ia a man alive at this present moment who, if he were so minded, could give his daughter a marriage iir tion of one hundred and fifty million dollars. lie would then have stout fiftv millions left for himself. He lives half way up a mountain snle in Nevada, and his daughter lives with him. Seven Veura ago he was a poor mau; to-dav he is the silver king of America. He lias dug two hundred million dollars' worth of silver out of the hilt he ia living on, and has about two hundred millions more yet to dig. If he lives three years longer he will lie the richest man m the world. His name is James Fair, ami he is the manager, superintendent, duet partner, and I'rilunpul shareholder 111 the consolidated Virginia and California Silver Mines, kuowu to men as the "big tououzas." He has an army of men toiling for him day and night, down in the very depths of the earth, digging, piekiug, blasting and crushing a thousand tons of rock every twenty-four hour*. He works as hard as any man of them. The man who, by his own unaided exertions, can rise to such marvellous wealth in so short a time is worth knowing something about. It is worth while to hear how such a fabulous fortune con be accumu lated. Seven years ago there were two little Irishmen in the eitv of San Franciooo, keeping a dritiking-bar of very modest pretensions, close to oue of the principal busmcMH thoroughfares. Their custom ers were of all kinds, but chiefly com mercial men and clerks. Awoug them was an unusually large proportion of stock and share-dealers, miuiug brokers and the like, and there was no place iu Son Francisi*) where so much mining talk weut ou as in the saloon of Messrs. Flood A O'Brien, which were the names of the two little Irishmen. Keeping their ears wide open, and sifting the moss of gossip that they listeued to every d*y, these two men Picked tip a g.xsl uiauv crumb* of information, Ix-snle getting now *nd then a direct roufldeu tnd tip ; and they turned some of them to such good account iu a few quiet little speculations, that they shortly hail a comfortable sum of money lyiug at their linkers'. Instead of throwing it away headloug in wild extravagant ven tures, which was the joyous custom of the average Colifoniiau in those days, they let it lie where it wis, waiting till they knew of something gtssl t> put it into. They soon heard of something good enough. On Fair's advice they bought shares in a niiue called the Hale and Nmrro**, and were speedily taking out of it fifteen thousand pounds ster ling s month in dividen*cted to find—a large dejswit of silver ore. Thereupon he and Flood and O'Brien together bought up all the ahare* they could lay their hands upou, and obtained complete control of the mine. It was immediately put under Fair s management, and it prosjwred, and the three partner* waxed very rich. Mr. Fair, being an experiencwd and clever practical miner, spent most of Ins time down in the miin\ laying out and directing the work for his men. It was necessary that he should know all there was to be known, and see all there wa* to been, about the property ;.atid he made such constant and thorough ex plorations of it, that he very soon got it by heart. In a little time there was not an inch with which he was not thor oughly acquainted, not a trace of mineral in shaft or tunnel of which he wa* not personally aware. By and by, lear ing ore, whose value he could only cal culate in figures that frightei ed him to took at Week after week he banted for this vein withont succesa, and under difficulties that would have disheartened an ordinary mail ; but he stuck to the search, and ultimately found a clue. He followed it np for ten days, and then struck the Bonanza, a huge sheet of glittering ■tephanite, one hundred feet wide, of unknown length and depth, aud of the estimated value of six hundred millions of dollars—the mightiest for tune that ever dazzled the eyes of man. In a week he and hia partners were the absolute owners of three-fourth* of it, the prospective possessors of four linn dreu and fifty million dollars ! Figures like these stun tbe imagination. Iu the excitement caused by this as tounding discovery it is scarcely more than the hard truth to say that Han Francisco went raving mad. The vein in which the bonanza was found was known to run straight through the con solidated Virginia and California mines, dipping down a* it went, and could not be traced any further. But that fact was nothing to people who were lient on having mining stock; and, vein or no vein, the stock tliey would have. Con sequently they Ixmght into every tniue in the neighborhood, good and bad alike, sending prices up to nnlieard-of limit*, and investing million* in worthies* pro perties that have never yielded a shil ling in dividends, aud never will. When Flood had bought a large quantity of the Ixinanza stock, and had a*siired to himself and his partners the controlling interest in the mines, lie recommended all hia friends to buy a little, and O'Brien did the same. Those who took the ad vice are now drawing their projxirtion ate share* of dividends, amounting to about two million five hundred thousand dollars a mouth. The majoritv of those who bought into other mine* are, in (Cali fornia jiarlance, "busted." What these three inetf and their latestwiartuer, Mac key, are going to do with their money is a curious problem, the solution of which will be watched with great interest in a year or two to come. The money they hold now ia yielding them returns ao enormous tliat their maddest extrava gances could mnke no imprenHioti on the amount. Every year they are earning more, saving more, and investing more. Tliey have organized a ba:ik with a capi tal of ten millions of dollars; they oon trol nearly all the mining interest* of Nevada and California; they have a strong grip of the commercial, financial, and farming interest* all along the Paci fic slope; and by a single word they can at any moment raise a disastrous panic, and plnnge thousands of men into hope less ruin. It will to an interesting thing to wait and watch how this terrible jxiwer for good or evil ta to to wielded. —Home. Journal. A teacher in Rangor, Maine, upbraid ed a little girl because she did not hold up her hand with the rest of the delin quents when, at the close of the day, all those who ' * had lost their plaoes in their classes " were called u]>on to do so. But she, with ready wit, responded: " Please, mum, I didn't lose my place; an' how oould I when I'm at the foot f Fencing In Japan. A famous company of professional fencers wi re jK-rfonuing at Yokohama while 1 was there, and we went to wee them aloug witli several English real* | dents, who had been many years in the country, but hod never witnessed a sim ilar exhibition. '1 i..- * .-Imitators were encased in armor, and were distinguished from each other by the color of their cuirasses. Their appearance wo* her aided by the blast of a couch shell, and all their prococsjiugn were su|ieriuteuded hy a handsome young mau. attired and shaven m the most orthodox style. Wielding his fan like a marshal's truu- I rheou, he set the comhstauts IIJMIII each ' other, Olid separated them with loud ejaculations. At each corner of the arena sat a judge, with all the dignity of a Roman Senator, motionless and silent, until referred to u|>ou s doubtful |>oiut of order. Outs are interchanged so rapidly that it is often hard to say who had dealt tlio successful stroke. The WC*|HIU* are long bauitiou* held in LX>th hands like quarter-staffs,and any sort of blow above the waist is [lerunosihle, but the favorite is a good crock on the top of the helmet. Occasionally the combat ants get too near together for striking, olid the struggle liecoincs literally hand to hand until they are separ ated ; notwithstanding their aavage , yells and fierce blows, they pre eserve the perfect good humor characteristic of their race. Byway of variety there was s fight lietweeu the sword and the " morning star," a sphere fastened by a cord to a spiked handle. Although the latter ap|>earod to be the ' inferior weapon, rts bearer did not come badly off, as he plaved the part of a retiariu* with the I mil and string, and when at close quarters brought In* sharp hook into active operation. 'l'll-u two girls, elaborately attired iu the wide sleeves and trousers of Jajaujesu knights, atteuded by female s|Uires to arm and equip them, took their places ou oppo site sides of the lists, and went through the motions of s fight, one having a halberd and the other a couple of swords. Finallv, another amaxoli had a duel with a male antagonist, and completely overthrew hnn; but this was a mere burlesque, as he evidtgitiy tumbled uvA ou purjxisc, and liehsved like the clown in a jmntoniime, whereas an air of*tern reality pervaded the other mimic battles. It is remarkable that the Japanese are able to derive keen enjoyment from |Kaii, where animals in general may lie said to have a good time. — Thr Ffartniyhtly Review. Turkbh Lore of Water A Turk thinks ho can do nothing so grateful to God and man a* the setting up of s fountain by the roadside or in the street* of the city, where the way farer and his animals may S|ondcut, I have halted lenratli the shade of a wide-spread ing plane tree to slake my thirst at the limpid waters of a marble fountain, and to repose from the noonday heat. There is always some edifying distich from the Koran, that " Water t the gift of G-*l, and blessed is he who distribute* it," or that •' Water is the source of health and life," etc. There is a practical piety in these monuments of eharitv that speaks well for the benevolent disposition of the Mussulman. The Turks are great consumers of water, and tliey are good judges of it* quality and nice in what titer use. The favorite water, that ia sold at a para s gloss in the streets, is from Asia; either from Tchamildja, ou the mountain about Scutari, or from Karakonlak, some ten miles up the Bosphoraa. several miles inward from Brlcos. This is brought to the landing iu barrels, ou horses' backs, put iu barges, and in this way corned to Con stantinople before daylight. Notwith standing the length of the journey, it is n* clear a* crystal. The venders cry it us, " Bows guibi " —a* good a* ice. A pasha will drain two goblets at a swal low. Aa water ia said to Jiave fattening properties, the large draught* they take of it may be tbe cause, in |>rt, of the oocwitv to which both sexes of the Turks tire subject A TnrkNh torend. On a rock opposite Scutari, facing the entrance to tue Bospborna, stands a tower which ia often, withont reason, called " the Tower of Leander. The Tnrka call it " the Tower of the Virgin. " In it, according to a Turkish legend, wa* confined the lovely daughter of Mohammed-Sultan, Mehar-Hehegid by name, of whom it had been predicted by a mysterious gijwy that she would die bv the bite of a serpent Mehar- Hchegid'a reputation for toauty spread nnlil it reached the ears of the Prince of Persia, who came to Constantinople de termined by some means to gain admis sion to the tower. He contrived, by bribing her attendants, to get conveyed to her a bouquet of symbolical flowers expressing to her in a lauguage she P 01 "" feetlv nnderstixKl tbe passion with wh icli she bad inspired him. But, like Glw patra'a basket of fruit, Mehar-Hchogid s hunch of flowers concealed an asp.. Mehar-Schegid was stung. Her ser vant*. remembering the gipsy 8 proph ecy, uttered loud cries of distress, and, throwing open the doors of the tower, rushed out frantically, exclaiming that all was lost. Then the Pnnoe of Persia rushed in, seized Mehar-Hchogid in his arms, and sucked the wound in her shoulder until he had extracted froru it all the venom left there by the asp. The Suitsu, when he heard of the young man's noble and devoted conduct, de clared that he should to his son in law ; and Ae Prince of Persia made Mehar- Hchegid hia wife, and lived very happi ly with her for a great number of years, and had many children. Words of Wisdom. Bettor to upright with poverty, than unprincipled with plenty. A man may have mnch at the world, and yet not to much of a man. Without the virtue of humanity one can neither to honest in poverty uor contented in abundance. No life cAn to pure in its purpose aud stroug in its strife and nil life not to purer and stronger thereby. It was Thorean who said that "We, who have not bad a seed-time of charac ter, cannot expect a harvest of thought. Be always sure of doing good. This will make vour life comfortable, your death happy, aud your account glorious. The darkest day in any man's career ia that .wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it. In each grain of sand there are mar vels ; in every drop of water a world. In the great spectacle called nature every being haa it* marked place and distinct role, aud iu the grand drama called life there presides H law harmo nious an the one which rules the move ment* of the stars. Magnificence of Ancient Rome. The following vri'ld pen-picture is from " The Old Roman World," by John Ford; If anything more were wanted to give us an idea of Roman muguifl nance, we would turn oureyea from pub lic monuments, demoralizing games and grand proeeaaiona; we would forget the statues iu brass and uiarble which out numtiered the living inhabitants, oo numerous that oue hundred thousand have Ix-eii recovered and still embellish Italy, and would desocud into the lower sphere of material life—to thoae things which attest luxury and taate— tooma ineiita, dream s, sumptuoua living and rich furniture. The art of working metals and cutting precious atouea sur passed anything kuowu at the present day. In the decoration of houaea, in social entertainment*, in crockery, the Romans were remarkable. The niuaaica, signet rings, cameos, bracelet*, bronzes, chains, vases, couches, banqueting ta bles, chariots, colored glass, gildim, mirrors, mat tressea, cosmetics, perfumes, hair dye*, ailk robes, {lotteries, all at test great elegance and beauty. The tables of thuga root and Del ion bronze were as exjienruve as the aideliuarda of Spanish walnut, ao much admired in re oeut great exhibitions. Wood and ivory wrere carved as exquisitely as in Japan an 1 China. Mirrors were made of jxd iehed silver. Glass cutters could imi tate the color* of precious stones so well that the Portland vase from the tomb of Alexander Heverus was long considered s geuiue sardonyx. Brass could be hardened so as to cut stone. The pal ace of Nero glittered with gold and jew els. His beds were of silver and his tables of gold. Tiberius gave a million of sesterces for s picture far his bed room. A banquet dish of Drusillua weighted five hundred jxmtids of silver. The cups of Drusus were of gold Tun ics were embroidered with the figures of various animals. Randal* were gar nished with precious stones. Paulina wore jewels, when she paid visit*, val ued at 8800,000. Drinking cups were engraved with scenes from the poet*. Libraries were adorned with bust* and f> reuse* of rare wowds. Hofa* were ln aid with tortoise shell and covered.with gorgeous purple. The Roman grandee* rode in gilded chariots, bathed in mar ble baths, dined from crystal cii{>*, slept on txxls of down, reclined on luxurious couclie*, wore embroidered rol>es and were adorned with precious stones. They ransacked the earth and the seas for rare dishes for their banquets,and or {lamented their houses with carpet* from Babylon, onyx cups from Bythinia, marble* from Numidia, bronzes from Corinth, statues from Alliens—whatever, in short, eras precious or rare or curious iu the moat distant countries. The lux uries of the bath almost exceed belief, and <>n the walla were magnificeut frea cues ami painting, exhibiting an inex haustible productiveness in landscape and mythological scene*. executed, in livelv colors. But these were not all. Tbe most amazing wealth and the loftiest taste went hand in hand. There were " citi zen nobles who owueJ whole provinces; even Fsula could call a whole city her own. Rich senators, in some cases, were proprietors of 200,000 slaves. Their in comes were known to to 95,000 per day when gold aud silver were wortJi four limes u* much as they are uow. \ ampler Bats. South America also has its large bat*, of one of winch everybody haa heard— the vampire.* Much nonsense has been written about it, but there was some foundation for the stories of its sucking the blood of men snd animals until it killed them. In the interior of South America nearly everybody sleeps in a hammock either out-of-doors or with the windows "Pen, and the weather is so warm that little covering is used. The vampire cornea in on silent wings, and finding a toe exposed, gently pricks it witli his sharp Uxitb, and draws tbe blood until be can swallow* no more. The sleeper rarely is awakened, and Joes not know his loss until morning. He may then feel weak from the flow of blood, but we are not aware that a man wa* ever known to die from this cause. Horse* are very greatly troubled by them also. Mr. Charles Wstterton, an euthuaiastic uatnraliat now dead, who Bjient several years in New Guiana, ha* told us much about thia ugly bat, but could never induce one to taste of hia toe, although he would have been very glad to to able to aay that he had been operated npon. For 'eleven months he slept alone in the loft of a deserted wood cntter'a hut in the deep forest. There the vampires came an I went a* they wished. lie *w them come in the moonlight on stealthy wings, and pick the ripe bananas; lay in bis hammock aud watched them bring almost to hia bedside the green wild fruit of the wild guava; floating down the river on other moonlight night* wa* *truck by the fall ing blossoms of the lawarri-nnt tree, which the vampires pulled from the branches to get at the tender seed-ve*el, or the insect* that lurk in the deep corolla. He lay night after mght with his tore foot ex'Kiaed. but could never get them to lance it, although hia iriends and companions were all bled by thia nocturnal surgeon; and except tbst he once caught one fastened to the shou'der of one of hia animals, he came awry no wiser than when be went of how the vampire doe* hia horrid work. The vampire* measure stout twentv six inches across the wings; frequent old houses and liol'ow trees, and repose in clusters, head downwards, from the branches of 'oreat trees. Strength of the Unman Arm. 'Die powerful force of the human arm when propelled by a hale, hearty man, ia almost incredible. The damage it may inflict is simply astounding, and we have recently had a sad but verv Ntrikiug demonstration of this kind. A few jno"ths since, when a man named Freize hit Andrew Weldner, it is said that the latter fell a* suddenly as if he j had toon hit in a vitAl part with an axe. ■ The bridge of the nixie wa* b oken. he ceased to breathe in 'ON* than ten m u nte*. and within a quarter of au hour wa* dead as though a bullet had jiene t rated his heart, 11 to stated that Freize told an officer that the 'orce of the blow wa* so powerful that lie came near fall ing rom the rctonnd, and when be dis covered that the man was dead, be could not realize the fact. We see it stated iu a Virginia paper that one of the cele brated Randolph family, a near kinsman of Thomas Jeflerson, wheu iu his prime, could lift a thousand pound*. Our shows and circuses generally exhibit a man who displays wonderful feat* of strength, but we have rarely or never known an instance where a single blow from the human arm ao inatontaneouslv produced death as that inflicted by Freize ou Weidner. It should prove a sad warning to all possessed of such muscle, to to extremely guarded as to when and how they use Two young farmers desired the exclu sive privilege of dancing with the same girl at Mount Vernon, 111. There was a auarrel, ending in au agreement to *ettle ia question with a fight. The com batants and a few friends went to a barn; but tofore beginning the fight one de manded that, the other to searched, to see if he had any weapon. The search was not thorough, for the searched man drew a knife, on finding that he was being whipped, and inflicted a mortal wound. TERMS: &U.OO a Ye*,, in Advance. ( lathe* Maths. This noma includes several distinct tint similar species of the minute moths belonging to the family 7VigWif, which in their larval state, are very destructive to woolen goc*!*, fur, hair and similar stil HI tan era. Among them may be men lioned the clothes moth < 7Wa t eetian ella), the carpet moth (Tinea ta/eeUel la), the fur tuoth (T. petlionelta ), and the hair moth ( 7Voa crinella). These i 1 means have slender Ixxlte* and lanceo late, freely fringed wings that expand six-tenths or eight-tenth* of an inch. The outrun* and |>alpi are short and thread-like, and there is a thick orange ' e brushed over with turpentine. Cam phor or tobaeco should be placed among all garment*, furs, p'umes, etc., when laid aside for the summer. To secure cloth-lining* of carriages from the at tacks of moths, sponge them on both sides with a solution of corrosive aubli mate of mercury in alcohol, made just strong enough not to leave a white mark on s black feather. Moth* m*v be killed by fumigating the article containing them with tobacco or aulphnr, or bv putting it practioab'e, into on oven heated to about 150 degrees Fahrenheit, Valrana-Wership in Java. An eye witness describe* volcano-wor ship in Java as follows : " The Xlamat, or Slainantan fironutk, that is, the blessing or worshipping the volcano, is a ceremony which the Javanese hold every year. When we reached the place, everything bore an aspect not unlike that "of an English fair. Eatables of all kinds were displsved upon portable stands, and gsvly fir eased groups were parading about. There were old men and women who had come for the laat time to pay their respect* to the ahrine, and they watched with del-ght the gam bola of their grandchildren, at wh >m there seemed to be no end. who were sporting around. Everybody seamed bent on having a good time. Near the shore of the sea were placed a score of mats, ou each of which knelt a vouag priest, having before him a lot at myrrh, aloes and other apices, which ore aold tor offerings. At right augles with this row of mat* was another row, with the same number of priest*, all kneeling in Arab fashion, their bodies partly resting on the calves of their legs. Tbey were older than the others, perhaps the patriarch* of their respective village*. Rehire each at them were amall jackets containing incense, chips of sandal-wood and the like ; and wooden censers, from which arose clouds of aromatic perfume. Behind each priest knelt or squatted an umbrella bearer, sheltering his reverence from the nun. Crowds stood dose by, waiting for the consecration of their offerings, which consisted mainly of fruits, baskets of rice, poultry, cokes, strip* of cloth, amall coina and the like. Service at length began. There were some momenta of prayer, according to a pre*criled ritual. Then the priest* sprinkled consecrated water over the offcringa. After another prayer bv the priests, in which many of the auditors joined, the eldest nrieat ro*e up, followed bv tbe other*, anu shouted -iyo.' Ayo! Ilrotnok.' ' Forward ! Forward ! to Bromok !" whereupon the whole mass of people made a tremendous rush for the volcano, the first one woo gained the ndge counting himself favored by for tune, and certain of future good luck. The msmfoUl votive offerings were then handed to the prieat*. who mumbled a a few indistinct words over them, and pitched them into the crater." The Fries4l y Heat. For several weeks past a goat belong ing to a famdv on Font tb street has been on very intimate terms with a family oo Cherry atreet. He has had the run of the yard, poked his nose into the house, and been verv snccesarnl in dodgiug clubs ami brick-bat*. Yesterday fore noon, when the said goat bad finished eating up * good share of the week a washing, the man of the house woa heard to remark: " I will now go into committee of the whole and fix fist toast so that he will never bother man again !" He ran to the grocery, purchased an old pack of firecrackers, and at the end of ten miuuUw "William" was fixed. He had firecrackers tied to hie legs, tail and neck, and the plot wa* about to thicken. He went off with the first cracker, charging across the street. After cleaning out a grocery he upset a toy, went into a house by a front door anil came out of the back window, reached the street and raahed a dog a half a block, and finally disappeared in the same cloud of smoke with a runaway horse. A policeman was paring Third street with a alow and solemn step when a boy came thundering along and called out: "Turn in a fire-alarm !" " What's up ? What's up ?" inquired tbe officer. "Conflagration down here—big goat all on fire from basement to fourth story —toys rolling him in the mud, but the fiendish flames still creeping heaven wards—turn in sn alarm for two engines snd a h