Tanght bj th Rra*t,
A lorslv lily droopad hr q nasal* hssd.
And looked npon th RT** which at hsr test
A bright green i!air-e potted carpet apread.
And thue shs sjxike, and all the air grew sweet
" JV> yon not wieh. O gra, that yon could !<•
Aa tall, aa fair, aa beantifnl ac I,
That ron might toaoh the gr*e of purity
To ev'ry paaaci •by ?"
"Nay," waa the anawwr; "I'm eoutent nay
friend.
Ix>w aa 1 am, I do not live in rain:
Tsngbt by the grass, the wiae will meekly bend
When teiujH sU blow, no they may riae again
For who with stubborn neart the atorm detiea
I* rudely torn from faith and hope away.
But he who bowa look a up at rainhowed akiet
When cornea a tunny day !"
Rood Night.
Good night!
Now the weary reat by right,
And the huay Angers bending
Over work that aeema unending.
Toil no more till morning Ught
Good night'
Go to reat'
Cloae the eyea with alumber preat ;
In the streets the ailenee growing.
Wake* but to the wateh born blowing,
Night make* only one rtspuwst—
Go to reat'
Slumber (Met
Rleaacd Jn*ni each dreamer greet ,
Re whom lo*w baa kept from aleepmg
In awet drenv- now o'er him creeping
Mar he hia In 'ovtxl nnxt—
Slumber aweel'
Good night '
Slumber till the morning Ugbt,
Slumber till the new to-tuortvw
tVimes and bring* ita own new so,-row.
We are in the Father a sight
Good nig id 1
V'ji TV t.Vrm.xx (if TiaaxAwv Aiwswe
WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
" O what a lowly bunch of pausies !
Is it possible thev are {or me *" 1 ex
claimed to a tiny, brown-eyed ;irl who
• placed a f: -igrunt bouquet of the gold
and purple dev bKauus iu my hatn
inook \u which I "was idly swinging un
der the big maple.
" Aunt v Lee >ent them," Raid tl>e
wee child, " and she hope* the moun
tain air will soon make you well, tuid
she's Tour neigh taw, down under the
hill"
" Who is tit is neighl>orly Auuty Lee*"
I asked the woman with whom 1 board
ed when next she came within hearing
of my voice.
" O, then, she's sent ye some posies,"
replied talkative Mrs. Evans, coming
briskly from the garden and sitting down
on the steps of the little porch so that
she might entertain me while she was
shelling her pease, thns " killui* tew
birds with one stun," as she said. "I
v.u i wonderiu' tew myself not tew
minntee ago how long'twould be afore
she'd find out about ye an* send ye
snthin'. I can't see, for my part, how
she can afford to do as she does."
" Whv, what does she do 1" 1 in
quired. " Ob, she says she aims to
lie neighborly, and if anybody happens
to be sick anywheres around she sends
"em little things to eat an' flowers to
cheer * ecu up. as she says ; and she al
ways has her kuittin' work in her i>ocket
and her ' odd job o' knittin" as she
calls it, grows eout like magic into
gloves and mittens and wristlets an'
stockiD's that she gives away."
"To her friends, peeple fully able to
buy them, I suppose."
"Oh, dear, no. To poor children an'
tew old men an' women that, I spose,
are real needy, an' that set great store
by her warm and handsome presents,
for her yarns are as bright as her flow
ers, an" I've told my man a good many
times that the color went half toward
makic' her little gift so welcome. An'
then she has so much eomp'ny."
"Rich people from the city, whose
visits she returns ?"
"Oh, land sake*. no; poor folks that
are tickled most to death to get an invi
tation to her pleasant little home. Yis,
her home is an amazin' pleasant one,
though her man is only a poor me
chanic. She's always a savin' that she'd
rather dew a little good every day as she
goes along, than tew be a waitin' to dew
some great thing when she gets able,
and then, p'raps, lose her opportunity
and never do n>.<tkjp - I told her one
day last year, says I, 'Miss Lee,' savs I,
'I should rather be a puttin' by a little
sumthin" in the bank for a rainy day,
than to be a givin' away all the time.'
And, says she, -Mrs. Brings,' says she,
•That's yonr way an* it's a good way. I
don't find no fault with it, but all these
little things that I give away would
never git into the bank, an' so, you see,
they'd be io6t, an' I should pass away
without ever dom' anything for my
Master, An' I don't want to go to bed
a night without thinkin' that I have that
day tried tew lighten some fellow mor
tal's bnrden, brought a smile to some
face, or a streak o* sunshine tew some
heart, if it's only a givin' a bunch o'
posies in the right speret.' "
" And these flowers cost her a £ood
deal, first and last, I suppose ?" said I,
caressing my pansies.
1 Oh, 'twould cost me a good deal to
ran sicli a flower garden as she does,
but Miss Lee says she's not strong, so
she gits fresh air, snn-baths and exer
cise in her garden and spends her time
workin' in there instead of risitin".
She returns all her calls by aendin' her
oompl'ments with a bunch o' posies."
" She hires some one to carry them
about. I presume ?"
"Massy, no. There isn't a child in
the village bat what would ran its legs
off for Aunty Lee," and having finished
shelling her mess of pease, my talkative
little hostess trotted about her work
again, saying, as she disappeared
through the door-way, " It's well
enousrh to lie neighborly, of coarse, but
Mis' Lee may see the time whqn she'd
a wished she had a leetle sumthin' eout
at interest"
The Vermont mountain air agreed
with me, my health gradnallvimproving,
and I stayed on and on, we*k after week,
spending a great part of my time, when
the weather did not positively forbhl, in
my hamraocx under the maples. As yet
I tail not once seen my neighbor. Aunty
Lee, but grew to love her on account of
the pretty nosegays that daily fonnd
their way from her hand to mine by one
and another child messenger.
One night, late in August, there was
a heavy thunder shower. The sudden
downfall of rain swelled the little river
tliat skirted onr village to a veritable
mountain torrent. A mill-darn some
miles up the stream had broken away
and the augrv flood came rushing down
sweeping ail lief ore it
"Aunty Lee's husband's shop has
gone," shouted my hostess, Mrs. Ev
ans. as she knocked at my door in the
_arly morning after the storm; "and
that's not the worst ou't, for her garden
is all washed eout and undermined, so
that it'll take a party pile o' monev
tew fix it up again, if ever 'tis fired.
I wonder now ef Mis' Lee don't wish
she hadn't been quite so neighborly,and
so had a little sumthin' oont at interest,"
and it really seemed to lr.e as if the brisk
little woman chuckled to herself as she
patted down the stairs.
In less than half an hour she came
back to my room with as doleful a look- !
ing visage as I ever saw. "Whatever
is agoin' to become o' me and my man,"
cried she; "an' we a gettin' to be old
folk, tew. Our savings were all in the
stock comp'nv npto Minotsville,because
they paid more interest than the bank;
we only tuk it eout o' the bank a little
while ago, and neow their old mill has
gone clean off, an' they'll all go to gin
eral smash and we along wi*h 'em;" and
this lime she went slowly groaning down
the stairs. I could not help pitying the
woman from the bottom of my heart
There was great excitement in the
little village, as a matter of course, but
Aunty Lee was reported to be as "chip
per 'as ever. The nosegay came to me
everyday as usual, not quite so many,
nor so great a variety as formerly, for "a
part of the garden had been washed
away, but enough to give me an increas-
FTSKD. KUHTZ, Kditor and 1 Proprietor.
VOLUME XL
Ed aduuratiou for the sweet old ln.lv who
WHS mi persistent and unwearying ni her
neighborly nets of kindness.
The uext Monday's hxal newsnaper
had this unique notnv at the head of
the village items;
" All who have ever been the reeipi
euta of kindly deeds from • Aunty Lee'
and who would like to reciprocate now
in her day of misfortune are intiteil to
bring their supper to l>ak flawc ou
Thursday afternoon at five o clock, and
talk the matter up over a •neighborly"
cup of tea.
At the time appointed 1 had a car
riage oonte to take my hostess and me,
and UT Kasket of cakes and buns fresh
(mm the bakery, to the beautiful grove.
As we were driven along 1 was sur
prised to s<v so tnanv yieople, lunch
baskets in hand, sj>eei\iug u :he same
direction.
'• Almost evervtxxrv in town is going,"
said M rs. Evans, " high an' low, rich
an' poor."
As I was being assisted to a seat a
gentle, motherly little woman spread a
soft shawl over the lack of the chair
intended for me and quicklv folded an
other shawl for my lame !<*it to rest
UpOU.
"This is Auntv Lee," said Mm.
Evans, and the sweet-faced little womau
and I looked mto each other s faces
witli a little curiosity, perhaps, as well
as sympathy, and shook hands cordially.
" I don't know what all these gvxxl ixx>-
ple are to do with Elijah ami me," she
said with a smile that was a* genial aa a
sunbeam, " but the minister would have
us eoiiie, and he aud his wife drove
around for us."
The minister ascended the platform
just tlieu, and after tenderly yet im
pressively invoking the Divine blesaiug,
he looked down benignly upon the faces
upturned to his and with a touching
iutouatiou of voice asktsl : " Who is my
neighbor*" He then went on to tell how
Auuty Lee had answered that question
in regard to himself.
" When I first became acquainted with
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Lee," he said, "1
was finishing my theological studies
here in the village with Dr. Mills, and
thev hail just married and settled down
in Aieir little house yonder, which they
hail inherited. One day 1 was sent for
to preach on trial in the adjoining town
of I.' - ". 1 >ro'. My only coat was worn
tlireaooare and extensively patched, and
I had no way of proeunug another.
Feeling sorely grieved and dispirited I
started out for a walk, and for the sake
of telling my troubles to some fellow -
creature and with no thought of receiv
ing any aid in the premises, I turned in
to Mrs. Lee's house and read to her the
invitation I had had from Lnxboro* and
frankly told her why I could not go at
present"
" Leave it to the Lord," said the good
woman, and forthwith she proceeded to
take my measure with a piece of tape.
"Go home," she continued, "write
your sermon and come here again Satur
"day morning."
I obeyed. I subsequently found that
the woman had actually taken a piece of
cloth that she had laid by in the house
for a cloak for herself, and tailored as
she was by trade, 1 ad cut and made me
a coat from it. I preached my first
sermon iu it, and shortly received and
accepted my first call."
"Oh, dear," whispered Aunty Lee
from her seat by my side, "he's paid me
for that coat evtry New Year's Day
since, and it wasn't much for me to do,
after all.
Major Hanfonl, the richest man in
town, was the next to take the stand.
The old people smiled and nodded their
heads, but the young '.ks looked at
each other and wondered what he could
be indebted to Auntv Lee for.
"When I was a boy,' the major be
gan, "I was bound oat in H to a
very, very bail master, from whom 1
determined to rnn awav. I availed my
self of an opportunity to escape <>ne
Saturday afternoon, when I wns seut to
the pasture to salt the cattle. I came
straight over the mountain to this place.
I wanted to get out of the State as soon
as possible, so came directly to the
bridge down here at the river, which is,
von all know, the New Hampshire
boundary. Just after I hail stepped
upon Vermont soil I overtook, on the
road, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, young people
then. They had a basket and a spade,
an<l had been digging up wild flowers
to transplant in their garden. Although
an entire stranger, they accosted me
kindly. Noticing that I hail been crying,
Mrs. Lee asked me my trouble. Before
I knew it I hail blurted out the whole
story, and hail been invited by her to
go home with them and stay over Suu
day. I was, of course, only too grateful
to aocept the invitation. After supper
we set out the plants, and then Mr. Lee
took me with him down the hill to the
bank of the 'brook,' as we called it then,
and into his little machine shop. 1 soon
evinced my fondess for tools, and confid
ed to him an inveutiou that had, in a crude
form, long had possession of my brain.
Being a natural mechanic, he saw the
utility of my invention at a glance. The
subject was net mentioned OH the mor
row, which wa a quiet, restful day ot
me. Mrs. Lee loaned me a cleau linen
suit belonging to her husband, and I
went to church with them. The next
day Mr. Lee went over to H and
made terms witli my master, because
Mrs. Lee said she could not allow me to
feel like a 'runaway.' Then Mr. Lee
took me into his employment and gave
me a corner iu his shop where I could,
at oild moments, work at my model.
My invention proved a success and
made my fortune, as von all know. I
am thankful, my friends, that I am able
to-dkv t<> repair the damages done to the
dear little horostead and to rebuild mv
old friend's aliop.'' and Major Sanford snt
down, wiping his eyes with his hand
kerchief, while his delightful audience
applanded vociferously.
"Dear heart," said Aunty Lee to me,
"what was he talking about ? He's paid
us over and over, and he's tried and
tried to make Elijah go into partnership
with him, but he wonldn't, and I would
not let him."
Then followed one minute speeches
by the Bcore. "They kept me three
months when I was sick and homeless,"
said one. "I made their house my home
for weeks when I was out of work,"
said another. Ten homeless working
girls were married in their parlor anil
went out into the world with their bless
ing. There was a great number of
teaching little speeches from those who
had received flowers and delicacies in
illness and warm garments in times of
need.
And so from them all sowed out con
tributions of money, the greater part of
which was safely placed in bank for the
benefit of the Lees when old age and
failing strength should overtake them.
"Dear me," said Mrs. Evans to Aunty
I Lee, "you've been lendin' to the Lord,
i and He pays the best interest, arter all.
I never could understand before; but I
! dew now."
"There are none of us so poor that we
cannot give such as we have. A smile
j or a kind word even will come back to ns
1 in kind," said Aunty Lee. and we all
brushed away the tears that we could
not suppress while those touching
speeihes were being made, and went to
i our homes.
Ths United States sold to France in
1876, $52,900,000 worth of raw cotton
! and other stuffs, and bought in return
: $45,920,000 worth of silks, velvets, dress
1 goods, and ether articles.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
A Virginia Tragedy of the Past,
Among the numerous luoss growru uhl
tomb • stones m the gravevanl of
Williamsburg, Vs., is out which bears
the following uisciiptiou:
Sacred to the memory of
s \ ti a it akMIUIII.L,
Who dnxl at the ago of twenty the,
slain, with her two iufaut daugh
ters, by her owu husband.
She was fair to look npon, pure as snow,
aud beloved bv all who knew her.
Divine Providence aloue knows
why she had to perish so
miserably.
This epitaph, some of the words of
which are hardlv legible any longer, is
the only recordleft t>f one of the most
terrible tragedies that ever t<x>k place in
the Old Dominion.
It was in 1 TIM that Joliu Semphill, a
young man. who sanl he was from Suuta
I'rua, in the West Indies, arrived at
Williamsburg and settled there as a
tobacco planter. He had plenty of
inouey, and was able to purchase about
one thousand acres of the finest soil
within a short distance of the old town.
Heing apparently a gentleman in every
sense of the word, Mr. Hemphill was
admitted to the ls->t society IU his new
home, and a year later he was married
t > Sarah Jouea, a beautiful heiress, the
utxldiug festivities b ivg ovlebruted with
extraordinary pomp and splendor. In
of time two daughters were Imrn
to the young oouple, and i very laxly
predicted a long career of clou '.less hap
piness for them. Alas ! llow terribly
those bright anticipations were to tie
disappointed. It was on Christmas eve,
iu 1801, that a strange- looking man, in
1 a sort of military uniform, apjmared at
the house of Mr. Seuiphill, who was m
Richmond at the time. Mrs, Hemphill
I received the stranger in the parlor.
" Do vou speak French, madam ?" he
said to her iu very broken English.
She replied in the affirmative. t
" Then, madam, please send your two
uurse-girls with the children out of the
room."
She did so, and looke 1 interrogatively
at her visitor. The latter* hesitated a
moment, l'hou he said in a tone of deep
emotion:
" Poor lady, I have terrible tidings
for you."
" Heavens !" she cried, turning very
pale; " my husband —"
" Your husband is uu 'infamous vil
lain."
"Sir !" she exclaimed, iudignantlv.
"He has basely deceived you. He is
an escaped galley slave, a thief and a
murderer !"
She uttered a heart-rending scream.
"Do vou tell me the truth?" she
gasped.
" He is a Spanish thief, and was sunt
to the galleys ot Barcelona for life. He
made his escape from thence, and fled
to Cuba, where lie rob bed and murdered
a richjilauter. lam here to take him to
Cuba, where the scaffold surely awaits
• him."
The affiicted lady had Iveoume strangely
islm.
♦' Sir," she said to the stranger, " be
fore vou arrest him, will you permit me
.to hold a private interview with—
. with—"
" His true name is Juan Ceffrio. if
you will let me remain in an adjoining
room until he returns from Richmond, i
where he has gone, I understand, yon
IUHV see him privately."
"I expect him back every moment"
Half au hour later, Cefirio, alias Hemp
hill made hts appearance. His wife
briefly told him everything. He flew
into a terrible rage. He shot her through
the heart, and rushed out of the room to
the nurserv, where he stabbed his two
little daughters. The next moment the
Cuban officer, who hail runted after
him, grappled with him, and saeoeodml,
after a desperate struggle, in shackling j
him. The news of this horrible tragedy
spread like wildfire through the old
town, and in less than twenty minutes a
large course of people had gathered in
front of Hemphill alias Ceftrio's house.
Vociferous threats to lynch the murder
er were made, and the deputy sheriffs,
who were promptly on hand to arrest
him, had the utmost difficulty in taking
him to jail, where he wns chained to the
floor, having threatened to commit sui- |
i cide.
The villain was hnng on the 17th of
May, IHO3.
Ire Water.
A prominent Western paper has re- j
oontly published a series of articles
pointing out the evil eff.<ct* of ice water
md condemning its use in the strongest '
terms. In one of its articles it says;
A man who in a state of perspiration,
with the sweat oozing from every pore
in his skin, should suddenly strip off
liiaclothing and shut himself up in n
refrigerator would lie set down in public
estimation as a natural fool, who defied
Providence itself to save lum from
death. Such a thing actually happened
in this city a few years ago, and the
man was taken out of his ice box iltad
as a herring and stiff as a pikestaff.
Ice water arrests digestion if it does
not absolutely drive out all animal heat,
p.nd it is not resumed until the water ia
raised to the temperature required to
carry it on.
Habitual ice water drinkers are usual
ly very flabby alsmt the region of the j
stomach. They complain that their food
lies heavv on that patient organ. They
• taste tlielr dinner for hours after it is
tMilted. They cultivate the uaeof stim
ulants to aid digestion. If they are in
telligent they read up on food and what
the physiologist has to say about it—how
long it tidies cabbage and pork ami beef
aud potatoes and other meats and escu
lents to go through the process of as
similation. They roar at new bread and
hot cakes ami fried meat, imagining
these to have been the cause of their
t maladies.
But the ice water goes down all the
same, and finally friends are called in to
take a farewell look at one whom a mys
terious Providence has called to a clime j
where, so far as is known, ice water is
not used. The number of immortal
beings who go hence to return no more
on account of an injudicious use of ice
water can hardly be estimated.
The article proceeils to show that in
numberless rases fine teeth are totally
destroyed by its use. It chills the teeth
and cracks the enamel, then follows
rapid decay and frequent visits to the
office of the dentist.
Kn Imprisoned Owl.
The Lancaster (I'enn.) Examiner
says: The owner of a largo farm, not
far from Lancaster, had an opportunity
a few ilaya ago of witnessing how an
interloper is punished by the martin
species of birds. A pair of martins had
taken possession of a small box, and
were building their nest. One day,
while they were absent, a screech-owl
took possession of the box, uud when
the martins came home at night would
not allow them to enter. The smaller
birds were non-plused for a while, and
in a short time flew away, seemingly
! giving np the fight. But if the owl was
1 of this opinion he was sadlv mistaken,
i for in a short time the little ones re
turned, bringing with them a whole
army of their companions, who immedi
ately set to work and, procuring mud,
plastered the entrance to the box shut.
They then all flew away, fn a few days
i the "box was examined anrl the owl was
found dead.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JUNE t>, 187 H.
THt MVSSKUI: ir wvtmiMi
CrriarmlMi i -lrbrmr Ha or ll un.irnh
Inaltciut* *n Jul* .1 aail I Tfc* •!•*
l Ifcr llulllr mi# l~M rr.
A aurr<w|)><D>li*ut of a Now York paper
write# a# follow# from Hoxinltin, IV■.
The elals>rati>re,parHtu>u in pr*'Kr"s
among the people of lYuunylvania for a
centennial commemoration of the battle
and iua##acre of Wyoming, recall nun of
the uiokt thrilling incident# of the Invo
lution. Tin' name of Wyoming ami it#
ami hintori have obtained a world-wide
fame, ami naturally tli* thousand# who
have been stirred by the recital of it#
woe#, will fool an intormt ui the forth
coming celebration, which will nvnr on
the Sd tuitl 4th of July next, the tirnt
hcillg the ilute of tho battle ami uiu.saa-
Ore. The preparation#for the demoustra
tiou were hopun ott the ninety-niuth
anniversary of the event, when a IIUIUIHT
of the ih -cemlaut# of the pallalit yeomen
who fought ktnl fell met amlorganuud
an mtl ieutial unsocial ion, with sub
committees scattered throughout the
valley to atteml to the iletalln. The
heartuit'NH witu which they entered upon
their work ami the euthu#ia#m With
which the public have aeoomied their
effort#, warrant the UO|H< that t IN uffair
will be worthy of the occasion which it
i# designed to honor.
The invasion f the valley was ioMm
pliahed uu the 3d of July, 1778, when a
uutubar of British soldiers, commanded
by Col. John Butler, mid aticompauied
by 7UO lu liana, led by the cruel half
breed, Brunt, or Gi-eu-gwah-toh, de
scended 11 |H>U the defenceless settlement.
They acre mot by a fow companies of
olit men uml boys, whose extreme age
.uj youth had exempted tlrom from
service iu tlio distant ranks of the lle
publio, and for several hours u throe
battle raged ou tho banks of the Sus
quehanna. But the eon teat waa unequal.
The Indians from their ambush, kept up
a deadly think fire, which sooll thiutlod
the ranks of the yeomen, and, utterly
shattered, they were foreed to fall lan'k,
despite the appeals of their courage >us
hauler, Col. Zebuloti llutler, who cried,
" Don't leave me, my children, ami the
day is ours." The ludiaus, seeing their
foes retreat, fell upon them and slaugh
tered witnout mercy, men, women ami
ehfldreu.
When the Sis Nations espoused tin*
English cause against the Colon if* it
wa* part <>f tho compact that tin- latbcr
should lead them against Wyoming, to
afford tin'in uu opportunity of leing
upon the settlor*, whom the*
regarded a* the usurers of the rd
mail's paradise, a name sometimes given
to the valley; and so, the tlrst skirmish
l*iag over, the Indian* gave full scope
to the spirit of detraction which |s*ises
d them, and, breaking away ft""* 'heir
leaders, they reaped a terrible revenge
upon the gentle people of that Arcadian
ataxia. About three hundred were put
to death with torch, tomahawk and
spear, regardless of age or sex, aud the
most cruel torture* that a tleudish t irit
could devise were employed to make the
last lingering moments of their victim*
full of agony. An awful night followed
that day of carnage. The huts and
homes, "the crop* and orchard*, were set
on tire, and tho devastation of the eu
tire settlement was made complete.
S'-veral were drowned in tlieir efforts to
escape down the ri\er under tlie cover
of night, but a party of a hundred
women and children succeeded iu mak
ing their wav to the mountains, under
the leadership of one old mau. who was
their solo protector, lint though they
tl\l tlie terrors of the massacre, it Wiis
to encounter hardship* equally severe.
Their path l.iy through the (Jn-at
ttwHinp, now kuowu as the " Shades of
I hint h," bv reawn of tho numlier* who
had penslnd there, and the sufferings
they endured from fear and famine aud
sickness are unmatched by anvtluug on
nwnl. One poor woman, whose ISIH*
died at her breast in a vatn effort to ob
tutu nouriahment, earrie i her dead dar
ling twenty milcff ratlier than leave the
precious burden behind to fall a orey to
the wolves, and many other incidents of
love and devotion are related. Only a
few survived the fntigue of tin' inarch
aud the plague which overtook them in
the swamp. The bodies of those who
were massacred in the Wyoming Valley
lay tinburieJ on the plain for months,
until a detachment of soldiers gatherd
them together one night and consigned
them to a large hole in the ground, fear
ful lest a more rcsnoctfnl interment
might excite the enmity of the Indians,
who were still prowling about the neigh
borhood. The result was tliat the exuet
location of the remains was unknown to
the friends of the dead for many years,
ana their discovery at last was a mere
accident. An unassuming obelisk om
meuiorntive of the virtues of the fallen
heroes have been raised over their rest
ing plnce by the patriotic women of
Wyouiiug, atid is visited every summer
by hundreds of persons attract**! to the
scene bv a spirit of reverence or curios
ity.
In order to make the coming Centen
nial a* roahstic a* possible, a number
of hut* are in process of erection along
the river, to look exactly like those
which stoo l there one hundred years
ago, ami the old fort* are being rebuilt.
A tribe of friendly Indiana detailed
their chief a few days ago to wait on
the committee of arrangement* and
offer their services, in full costume, and
their ajqienranee will doubtless aid the
picturesque features of the representa
tion. President Hayw and a number
of men prominent in polities and litera
ture have also signified their intention
of being present. The first day will be
devoted to isles and oration* commemo
rative of the event. The words of a
poem by Miss Htisan E. 1 hckmson have
Men act to innate and will be sung by
one hundred voices, and a similar con
tribution has been made by another
accomplished lady, who retiree behind
the nom 11r plume of "Stella of Lacka
wanna." The programme for the Fourth .
of July consists of a grand pageant, j
participated in by the civic and military
societies of Pennsylvania, to lie followed
in the er?*ii"g by a display of fireworks
nlong .as nver banks a distance of
twenty miles of charming scenery.
A sketch of Wyoming would be incom
plete without mentioning the "Bloody
fjllll— Esther,'' an Indiau fury, who
with ber own band put twenty men to
death. Her viotmis hod been taken
prisoners, and were promised mercy;
i out just at the moment when they hoped
I to be released they were led from the
fort where they hnd been held captive,
and ranged around a rock, upon which
their murderess, with death-maul and
tomahawk, dashed out their brains. It
is known to this day as Queen Esther's
Hock, and the portion which rose above
the surface of the earth has l*en almost
carried away by the relic hunters. The
story of Frances Hlocum.wbo was carried
off from her mother's door, a mere baby,
by the Indians, nud discovered half a
epntury later by her brothers, who
found that she had forgotten her lan
guage, anil was happy and wealthy with
the "children of the forest" is tsi well
known to need reproduction; neverthe
less,owing to the touching circumstances
of the case it occupies considerable
prominence in the tradition of the
massacre. The nephew of Frances
Slocnm ia at present residing in Scran
ton, aud rememliers well having heard
his father describe the meeting with his
sister.
Indians are not at all contagious. They
are very difficult to catch.
The Press,
The following is taken fnuu an ad
dress ou the Press, delivered Iwfnrs the
Psi lipsilou Society, tu Boatoti, by
(Icorgc forming llill, a journalist of
that .'ilv : •
Obedient as the Press may seem to
tie, it is, nevertbs' .. sleeplesaly jeal
ous of lis staudiug u' I influence, lest
they should be underrated or niisup
phot. It ia au unerring measurer of
public men, ami alone knows the little
ueas of great ones. An integer in the
fabrics of society, it has a scorn of l>e
llig thought to represent merely individ
ual interests. The personal organ is
•lead the day it is born. If to-day,
therefore, it ia the udvocnte, to-uiorrow
It is the judge. If It ia the eulogist
now, it was the censor yesterday.
Though it linve three hundred and
sixty five opinions iu the year, it is
nevertheless Consistent always. Not as
yet has it found its ranks among learned
professors, and it is doubtful if it ever
will, for it must need* le practical
rather thou learned. In this country it
is not rnoogniaed as the stepp.ng-stoue
to public preferments, and it js-rhaps
gaius by the dissociation. In England
it is the accepted touchstone of intel
lectual capacity, recruiting Parliament,
the Bar, and the sohoola of authorship.
In France it is the ocknowlcdged finish
ing-scln*l of publicists ami statesmen,
and the rntrrt inU the liest society.
With us, jMihticiaus would fain make a
whetstone of it to shar|>eu and polish
their blades; advertisers find it almost
the whole of tin r intangible capital ;
lawyers and doctors resort to it as birds
do to the hedge* for shelter; the grand
army of grievance liearers marches up
and fiiugs down its knapsacks full of
complaint* at its feet ; the accused run
to it with their ready explanations; the
defamed with their denials and defence*;
the philosophers with their remedies,
the ixw'ta with their fol-de-rol, and the
other sex with their sleepless causes.
The world at large seeks the oovsr of its
sheltering fold. Everybody is eager to
proclaim his existence and something
more through it* effectual agency,
they alone excepted who are in the real
secret and sit silent at the source of its
jvtwer. It is Argus, Bi.arena, Hercules
and Hermes rolled into oue. Day and
night it keej>s its messengers running,
tlying, swimming, delving, hs'kmg and
listening, auil with their faithful assist
ance it manages to turn the world in
sole out. For it Hchliemann uncovers
Homeric Troy to verify the immortal
story; Stanley cuts tlie iark core out of
the lung-forbidden fruit of Africa; gov-
eminent despatch MtMunmeni to thi*
far-off capes to rejnirt the transit of
Veil tis an l correct the dmUiio' f lbs
sun; Hitting liuli haraugne* hi* harle
quin brave* and swings round Ibe cards
of Indian villages; tin* tirrle** iuterview
er pnlls the l>ell at nil front d<*>r* ; ami
tin- local g stip glneahi* capa<>tt ear to
cvurt private keyhole. All this purely
for tlio production and di-vmmatiou
of intelligence, the valuable iml value
less. It supplant* theorator,eompreaaea
wrbuse debate into pregnant statement,
tnakos only straightforward business of
legislation, and turn* eloquence into tin*
raw staple of farts ami figure*. It edits
the telegraph, the mails, the caucus an.l
eonvetition, the Legislature-science,
art ami invention—commerce, law
ami agriculture. It is the free publish
er for them all—makes their announce
ments- a.lju-1* their liffereucea -ami
•ssnres their influence. It boila down
tsxiks; extract* the aoul from treatise*;
culls bouquet* fr >m the gar>leu of the
poets; give* fl< iihilitv ami present use
to learning; sets profe-sor* of tJreek \0
writing on international law; ami, m
geuerai, sifts, assort* ami distribute#
literature. Its remorsehwa appetite for
news—presenting horror ami humors in
parallel column#—will, however, create
n surfeit aome time, and after that is
. ver will yield to the finer auggeationa
of ita palate for thought. Juat now it
i* not greatly given to the nicer moral
shading*, but thug* the pigment on the
cunvaea with a rapid bniah and exhibit*
all thiuga in the wtin# fierce glare of
light. But ita loudness will gradually
lie diaoiphntH] down to a low-keyed ang
geativauew, with steadier aim and more
practised engineering; and it will yet
Ixavime the true living outline of the
national hteratnre.
A (Jueer Kngllh C#lw.
The ancient ceremony of towing tha
pancake, a* it took place tliia year in the
great achool-room at Weatm 1 later, ia
thua deaaribed by an Kughah paper;
After the prayer* at twelve o'clock
the college cook, preeeeile<l by au Ab
b. y I "civile, marched np the achool-room
nrrying the pancake in a frying-pan.
Thia jiancake ia made, not of flonr and
egga, hut of putty, aud well grcaaad to
make it fly from the pan. The cook'a
object ia U> throw thia pancake over au
iron bar, from which formerly hung a
1 curtain, ncpiirating the upper from the
under acliool. On the further aide of
the bar, which ia aomo twenty-five feet
perhaps from the floor, stands an ex
pectant crowd of boys, every one of
whom is eager to seize the pancake a* it
falls, and liear it off entire to the Dean- i
cry. where the reward of s guinea awaits
the foitnuate pos*i**<ir. The msik also, 1
if he does not fail to throw the pancake
over the bar, obtains a gninea. This
year the oook was successful in his first
attempt, and sent the pancake firing
w.-ll over the bar into the middle of the
crowd awaiting it. Then came the hat-
He, or rather, in Westminster parlance,
tie " greeae. " Up and down, back
wards and forwards, surged the crowd
of Isiva, and finally, when Pr. Seott
interfered to disperse the mass, a broken
form remained as evidence of the strug
gle. No one, however, was fortunate
enonghdo obtain the pancake in its en
tirety, but aeveral possessed small por
tions, which were afterward exhibited as
trophies to admiring groups of friends
and no doubt will be kept as reminis
cences of the " pancakegroexe" of 1878
It is now six vmrs since any one suc
ceeded in getting the whole pancake.
There were a few visitors present, who,
with the masters, watched the proceed
ings from a respectful distance. — Ism
dun Week.
Bow a Man Reduced Rl* Size.
Banting, "Undertaker io the queen
and royal family," recently died at the
age of 'eighty-five. He invented a sys
tem of diet which became as famous in
I our age ns that of the Ooimaro was three
centuries ago. In a curious pampulet
i which he wrote, and which had a cosmo
politan circulation some ten years ago.
Mr. Banting related his sufferings from
hi* enormous obeisity in terms a* mov
ing as those of "FalstsflT. For years
be had not tied his shoes, and he was
obliged to walk down stairs Isiekwards,
lest the protuberant weight of his trunk
should pitch him down bead foremost
He adopted a regimen by which he
gradually shrunk himself within such
hounds that he became quite a nimble
pedestrian. The fact that he lived
through thiH process to die at the age of
eighty-five, may be tnkon to show that
alistineuce'frora farinaceous anil saccha
rine food worked as well in his case as
living on an egg a day did in the rase of
i Corunro. But others who have adopted
his system have fared worse. Still his
t work has borne good fruit, if only in
making people think about what they
1 eat and drink in it* relationa to their
vitality as well a* to their appetites; and
I the man cannot be said to have lived in
j vain who enriched his native language
I with a new verb, "to bant."
Jaya, mill wan no much pleaaed with bia
treatment that on bin return to OansiDT
he iuduoed hit brother to go beck with
I'-'. •' • ek—e , hlm U) L|> .. Uy lUtimnludilill *,
Ou their way out, however, by adnoeof
the captain of the *hi|> Hi which tliey
had l*ken panaage, theydecidfcd U) goto
lueveMlbfo Inland. There they were
imiiieii ou the '27 th of Noveintier, 1871.
A quarter of mi hour afterward the
whaler departed, mid they were left
aloue, the ouly luhabitauta of one of
the moat remote spot* on the faoe of
the globe. They remained tliere for
two yearn, or uutil they were taken off
by the Challenger. The atory of their
life on the lonely inland read* like a
chapter from Robuumß Crusoe.
TKIMTAS Isl.lMbv
Thirteen Hundred miles south of Ht.
Helena, and lift.-.-u hundred miles west
of till) o*|W "f Good Hope, aud nonrly
Oil S lino I let Worn the t'a|>ei>f Good l|.|>r
mi.l C|h< II •m, lies Tristan IV Cuiilin,
or Trutiiu D'Aounha, u cluster of three
volcanic islands, the largest of which
glVeB till' lUIU II' to tll gfulip. Tile O til or
two are tin- Inaccessible Island and tli
Nightingale Island. The group received
its name from H Portugese navigator,
who discovered it in l.'MWi. Inaccessible
1H11.11.1 lIOH sts'llt eighteen llllll* HOlltll
west from Tristan, and Nightingale Is
land twenty miles south. The largest
island nt the only one permanently in
habited, an.l in probably the most
isolated ami of all the a bod Mi of
men. It ia nearly eirenlar, ami contains
about forty square uiilea. l)u the north
airle it rises ahrut'tly to an elevation
of about a thousand feet, and from the
Ktimmit of tlie cliffs the land riaea to a
corneal peak 8,1126 feet high. The sur
face consist* of abrupt ridge* covered
with huahea, with deep ruviuea and
ehaama between. The summit ia a
.•rater Ave hundred yards wide, and
filled with water. On the northwest
aide of the ialand ia n narrow plain,aome
bun lred and fifty feet above the level of
the M*a, witli excellent noil, and tu a
high state of cultivation. Here hvea the
fauioua Glass colour.
There had been residents on the
ialand off and on at varioua timea. be
ginning in 1790 when Cspt. l'atten,
fr<uii Philadelphia, nettled there for MIX
motitha. When Napoleon waa confined
at Ht. Helena in 1817, the Itritiah took
]HKUieaiou of the inland, aiiii maintained
a guard there. The next year the guard
was withdrawn, hut a corporal of artil
lery, by the name of Glass, with Ilia wife
ami two soldiers who were induced to
join him were allowed to remain. Hince
that time tlie ialand ha* l>een constantly
inhabited. In 16*23 the little settlement
numbered seventeen jxsrsons, of whom
three were women. Six years later Capt.
Morrell visited tie ialand ia the U. H.
ship Antarctic, and the oniony compris
ed then twenty sevan families, and thev
were able to supply passing ahijai witli
bullock", cuwa, sheep and pig" and fresh
vegetables and milk in any quantity.
In 1836 there waa a population of forty
two on the inland, ami in 1H52 Capt.
Denliam visited the group of lalauda
and Tristan's population then numbered
eighty-five. He described "tlie young
men ami young women aa partaking of
the mulatto caste, wives of the flrat
settler* beiug natives of the ('ape of
Oond Hope and St. Helena, but the
children of the aeoond generation he
would term handsome brunettes, of a
strikingly fine figure." Before Capt.
Denham'a visit the great majority of
the population had been males, bnt as
time went on, and a new generation
sprang up, the young men in the ad
venturous. spirit of life found their
island home quiet, ami they had de
parted, seeking more surnng occupa
tion elsewhere. Accordingly, in 1852,
tlie women were considerably m the
majority.
Glass has lot) g held the title of gov
ernor. He w* Scotchman. and wm
U> have been a man of sound principle,
<>f prcat energy and industry, and to
have acquired tn a remarkable degree
the confidence of the little community.
Their miuiater, Mr. Taylor, wrote au ao
emint of tlie little a*'iety, which wa*
published in iHfiO. He apoke in the
hipheat terra* of the moral character of
hit flock, poinp far aa to say that he
could find no vice to conteud with.
They had no formal guverumeut, and aa
they had no rum, p vernmeut wa* lea*
Deeded. Whatever dispute* th'V hail
were aettled by fisticuffs, vitK by
stander* ptwK'Ot to secure fair play.
Guv. Glass died iu IHM, die year after
Oapt, ltenhara'a visit, and wa* suecMd
ed !>v a sort of tacit consent, by tlreen
a ho ha.l m&rriou one oi Glass* daughter*.
In '*t>7, the l)nke of Edinburgh viaited
Tristan, in the < talatca, and in honor of
his royal highness, the chief settlement
wa* named. Hixteen children hail l>een
born since the departure of Mr. Taylor,
and the colony, instead of dving out, as
Mr. Taylor feared, had Jakcu a new
stait, the population hanup increased
from forty-seven to eighty-srix, which
-ems to lie about the normal figure.
In the island had a population of
sixty, of which thirty-five were children
tinder ten years of ape.
111 hi* "Vovapo of the Challenger."
Sir Wyville Thompson describes a visit
he made to this intereatinp oolonv. It
consisted at that time (October, iH7.'i.)
of eighty four persona, in fifteen fami
lies. the females lieinp aliphtly in the
mnjoritv. He speak* of the yonnp men
as fine-looking and sturdy, somewhat of
the English type, but most of them with
a dash of dark blood, tlreen was still
the governor, and they looked up to him
with reapeet and confidence. They pos
s >as from fiOO to tttlO head of cattle, an
equal numlwr of aheep and pips, ami
poultry in large abnndanoe. From
eight to a doxen American ships visit
them yearly, and from them they obtain
what they want, by the proeeas of bar
ter. They live in cottages of two or
throe rooms, built of a dark brown tufa
econs stone which they blaat from the
rooks above, anil shape with great accur
acy with axe*. Many of the blocks are
upward of a ton in weight, and aa there
is no lime on the ialand, they have to lw>
fitted into each other on the Byclopean
plan. But with all their preoautiona,
the wind* are so violent that sometime*
even these massive dwellings are blown
down. The furniture of the rooms is
scanty, owing to the difficulty of procnr
ing wood, but passing ship* furnish
them warm fabrics enough to supply
liodding, and hi enable the women to
dress in n oomfortalile and seemly style.
Low stone walls partition the land
mini 1 the cottages into small enclosures
which are cultivated as gardens, ami
here all the ordinary European vegeta
bles thrive fairly. The goods of the
colonists are in no sense in common.
Each has liis own property in laud aud
in stock. A new-comer receives a grant
of a certain cxtcut of land, and he gets
some grazing rights, aud the rest of the
settlers help him iu fencing his patch
nnd in working it and preparing it for a
first crop. Then they contribute the
necessary cattle, sheen, potato seed,
etc., to start liira. This assistance is
repaid either in kind, in labor, or in
money. When difficulties occur they
are referred to Green, or are settled by
the general consent The old argument
of the fist is still occasionally resorted
to. Sir W. Thompson suggests, that
" this system is probably another sonrce
of the apparently exceptional morality
of the place; in "HO small n community
where all are so entirely independent,
no misconduct affecting the interests of
other* can be tolerated or easily con
cealed, and as there is no special'
machinery for the detection and punish
ment of offences, the final remedy lies in
the men themselves who ai n most of
them young and stalwart, and well able
to keep nnrnliness in check."
Mr. Thompson tells, in connection
with the history of this colony, the in
teresting story of two Germans, the
brothers Frederiok and Gnstav Stolteu
lioff. After the war of 1870, Gnstav
shipped in nu English ship for Rangoon.
Wlieu seven hundred miles from Tris
tan the ship caught fire and exploded.
Gnstav wa on a boat that reached Tris
tan. He remained there for eighteen
TKRMS: S'-i.OO a Year, in Advance.
l.lterarj Mrs as IMpleaulie Agents.
Alluding to the departure of Mr.
Bayard Taylor in the cajiacity of Minis
ter to Germany, the New York Tribute
recalls the ualiieß of aeveral other gentle
meu who have won distinction in the
literature of the country, and who have
also served it abroad in diplomatic posi
tions. It says; " Joel Iter low, eele
hrated us the author of • Hasty Pud
ding,' snd forgotten as the author of
• The Coluuilnad,' was rather a distin
guished diplomatic character in his day.
He was sent by Madison to France, and
up]ream to have Ikwd considered a char
acter of some importance, for was
summoned, st a critical period, by Napo
leon, to Wilna. Nothing came of the
visit except the des'": **f Barlow, who
was taken fatally sick on his way back
to France. Daxid Humphrevs, a small
Connecticut |**t went to Fruacr , as
s.-<-retary of legation, with Jefferaon in
17H4. He was Minister to Portugal from
1791 to 1797, and then held the aaiue
office in Hoani until lWfi. Franklin, we
supjsrse, may le regarded as a literary
as well as scientific character. His
diplomatic successes are known to all
the world. In modern times, tlie writers
have by no means Ireen overl<s>ked in
the selection of ministers. Mr. Wheatun,
for so many years our Minister at the
Court of Prussia, not only distinguished
himself as the author of works on rntep
uatioual law, and as a writer of l.Kig
raphy, but also as the author of * The
History of the Northmen.' Mr. Imng,
our Minister to Hjiaiu, stands in the
front rank of American letters. Mr.
Bancroft, MiuisU-r to Kogland and to
Prussia, and Mr. Motley, who repre
sented us in Austria and England, w re
authors of the highest repute. Mr.
Bigekiw, our Minister to France, in
lHfiS, is distinguished as a journalist,
and as the compiler of an excellent life
of Franklin. Finally well-known as a
journalist was James fck Pike, who was
our Minister to ths Netherlands from
1861 to 1868. Mr. George H. Boker,
a writer of ability, has represented us
both st the Turkish <ud tie Russian
court*. Gen. James Walaon Webb, so
well knoam in NVw York a* a journalist,
has been the Minister of the United
States both in Austria and Brazil. Mr.
Lowell, tlie j>oet, is now our Minister to
Spam, and great result* are anticipaUsl
from the studies in that interesting
country. Mr. George P. Marsh, emi
ueut as a studious and succeaafnl philol
ogist, has Iteen the UuiWy) Hlates Minis
ter in Turkey and in Italy. Mr. Theo
dore 8. Fay, well remembered as s New
York journalist, as associate editor of
the (M .Virror, and as a uoyeliat, was
our Minister resident in Switzerland
from 1H53 to 1861 ; aud OoL John Hsy.
who lias won distinction t>oth ss a poet
and journalist, wss our ('barged"Affaires
ad interim at Vienna in 1868, aud has
ahiy discharged other diplomatic ap
pointments also. Mr. H<fi*ce Greeley,
it will he remembered, was commission
<*l Minister to Austria in 1867, but de
cline! the appointment. Hereral eminent
literary persons hare held consular posi
tions, but of these we do not propose to
speak more particularly."
Word* of WWB.
Common wnw is nature's gift, but
reason ia an art.
Ijet him that would more tba world,
first mow himself.
The man who assumes to know every
thing generally know* very little about
anything.
To be pomfortable and contented,
spend less than yon can earn, an art
which few have IcarneiL
Knowledge, when the possession of
only a tew, lias always been turned into
iniquitous purpose*.
It is easy to pick holes in other peo
ple's work, but it is far more profitable
to do bet let work yourself.
As land i* improved by sowiug it
with ranons seeds, so is the mind by
eiercising it with different studies.
Everv person has two educations, ona
which he receives from others, snd ons
more important, which be gives himself.
1 know one tliiug—if I stand by the
principles of truth and duty, nothing
can inflict upon me any permanent harm.
When yon are sick it comes eesy to
promise all sorts of reformation, and
when you recover it is just a* easy to
forget them.
We talk of acquiring a habit; we
should rather say being acquired by
it Habit is the janizary newer iu man ;
passion and principle the antagonist
revolutionary powers, for evil and for
good.
When we are young we waste a great
deal of time iu imagining what we will
do when we grow otdur; and when we
are old we waste an eqnal amount of
time in wondering why we waited so
long before we Wgan to do anything.
It is secret known bnt to few, yet of
no small ne in the conduct of life, than
when von fall into conversation with a
man. the first thing yon shonld consider
is whether he has a greater inclination
to hear yon or that you should hear bun.
Honor your engagement*. If yon
promise to meet a man, or do a certain
thing at a certain moment, lie ready at
the appoiutod time. If yon go out on
business, attend promptly to the matter
in hand. and then as promptly go about
yonr own business. Do not stop to tell
stories in business hours. If *>n lisve
s place of business, tie fonnd there when
wanted.
Contempt naturally implies a man's
esteeming himself greater than the per
son whom he contemns. He, therefore,
that slight*, that contemns an sffrout,
is properly superior to it; and he con
quers su iujurv who conquers his resent
ment of it 8 >crates, being kicked by
an ass, did not think it a revenge proper
for Socrates to kick the ass again.
Paper Bottoms ror Iron Ships.
After getting used to paper car
j wheels, wo need not lie surprised to
learn that a new coating for the bottoms
of iron skips consists of brown paper
" attached by a suitable cement It is
the invention of Captain F. Warren of
England, and the snbstanoes he pro
' poses to nso is a preparation of paper
i! mnclie. It is stated that weeds and
liarnacles will not adhere to paper, and
i that the special cement by which the
• paper is secured may be applied cold,
> hartleys under water, ia unaffected by
oouiparativelv high temperature, and
r possesses great tenacity. A plate this
, protected on one side has been immersed
for aix mouths, with the result that i he
. protected side was found oleau, while
- i the unprotected metal was covered with
i ■ rust and shellfish.
NUMBER 23.
A Eight Among Elephants.
The Piedmont Virginia* fives lbs
following psrticulan of a flares Agbt
among the elephants belonging to a
traveling menagerie: A rather *oiUng
arena occurred while Old John Robin•
Hoa'a Circus was traveling en root* to
l/iiiiti Court House. Tb belligerents.
Chief, l'nneeas, Mary end Bismarck,
wire the actors and actresses in the
"little iffleulty." It had been super
cut to Mr. King (their keeper) and sev
eral older attaches of the show that
trouble was brewing, the two factors,
Marvaud Chief (Asiatic) on one side,
and Bismarck and Princess (African) on
the other. The denouement occurred
while cmeaing the Sooth Anna
river, on s bridge; the elephants cross -
ing in the following order: Princess
first, Mary aeoood, Bismarck third, and
Chief bringing up the rear of the aqaad;
the other elephants not being allowed to
ootnn un the bridge at Urn aame time on
account of its apparent weakness, their
weight being twenty ton*. About
midway of the bridge Chief became un
manageable, and despite the efforts of
Mr. King, with hook and spear, made
a fearful onslaught on Bismarck, and
such was its force that be was knocked
heed foremost into the river. As the
water was very deep he unstained no in
jury from the fall, out when he roar to
tii*- surface he emitted from his flexible
trumpet such an unearthly blast test it
was hmrd for in ilea up and down the
river. And then a scene commenced
which is indescribable. The elephants
on the other aide rushed into the river
to the assistance of Bismarck. Chief
ran off the end of the bridge and into
tli*- river, where he renewed tips contest
with redoubled fury. Emperor (an In
dian animal) got to Bismarck about the
ms me time that Chief did, and then a
trunk-U>-trunk ounteat commenced j
whu 1 loggers description. They fought
right on top of Bismarck, who did not
Dumr to the aurfaee for ten or fifteen
second a. At Una junctors Badjak,
Whoodah and Caliph came np, and the
light became general Bismarck grad
ually worked himself up to the shore,
but the banks being muddy, and he be
ing week, he sank in the mud completely
IK>ggd and perfectly helplcar. Just
then Mary, together with Princess, who
had leen pae*i\<- spectators of the trou
ble, sounded their boms and pitched in.
They made short work of it, and aoou |
put the rest to flight. They, then, with
almost human intelligence, turned their
attention to old Bismarck. Mary put her
tusks under his back, and with the as-
Mhtanoc of Princess, succeeded in get
ting him into a sitting posture. Mr.
John F. Robinson, Jr., with all the
mauagera, canraamen, grooms, perform
er* and innairiana, with rope and block
and tackle, came <n the soene at this
time, and after two hours' hard work
succeeded in getting old Bismarck on
dry laud. Chief and Mary were bound
together with chains, and although they
looked daggers at one another they could
not hurt themselves or any of the herd.
In this msneer they were marched into
town. Chief was conquered but not
subdued, and the old Are still flashed
from his eves. Mr. Robinson saw that
more punishment was necessary to make
him perfectly tractable. He ordered him
to be taken "doyrn into s thicket, where,
leing proper!v secured, he was beaten
until he crieif enough, i. e., blew hia
horn like a good fellow. ( He than
walked to his quarter* as meek as the
historical little lamb that followed Mary.
How Howl and Morrfsaey (iuibW.
Speaking of the recent failure of Beu
jimm Wood, pablidMT of the Sow York
firming ,Wi, the New York corres
pondent of the Detroit Fn* Prt*i give*
thie reminiscence:
It is well known that be ooec kept op
intimate relation# with the •*tiger* ami
hal a strong penchant for " bucking
that animal in his lair, and since his
failure sat old gossip going again, some
of his quondam ebtrais have been re
hearsing the f anions bo tit he once had
with John Mornssey, in the latter'a club
Loose in Twenty-fourth street.
Hen was in the habit of dropping into
Morrisaey's place occasionally, and one
night alxjut ten years ago he sauntered
in aa u*ual, and fell afoul of the bank.
Morriaey was there, and many men
about town, all of whom knew Wood a
pluck and hang-on-ativeneaa, and the
iiartr set down for some lively work.
Wood had about $3,001) in his pocket,
and as the betting was heavy be man
aged to get to the bottom in about an
hour. In fact, be was cleaned, oat.
Hut bis blood was up that night, and as
hi# reputation for pluck was at stake
am- ng the bovs, he ilecided that once
for all it should be "make or break."
His readv cash was all gone, bn* he
owned valuable property on Try on Bow,
where the Stoat* Zritung building now
* lands, and he proooaed to hypothecate
the same to Morrissey against whatever
sum, np to its value, lie should loae.
The offer was accepts. ■**
fight began. It lasted all night and np
o nine o'clock next morning, and, when
a truce was finally called, Ben had won
Iwck the 53.H00 he started with, and se
cured ationt $120,000 ahead
With the money that Morrisaey had ad
vanced to him on the hypothecated pro
jiertT, he turned round and gave John
the worst whaling he ever received at
the card table. Not a sign of wincing
was shown on either aide till physical
exhaustion forced a cessation of hostili
ties. Both men were true grit to the
last and neither allowed the least ill
temper from beginning hi end. It was
on Uiat occasiou that Ben performed the
extraordinary feat of smoking ninety
dollars worth of cigars in one night.
Morrisaev had a special brand of cigara
at one dollar each for bis flush patrons,
and Wood, who is a tremendous smoker
(or chewer, rather, for he merely chews
fiiriooslv at a cigar and then flings it
away), managed to spoil ninety of them
while the fight lasted.
Sensations on High Altitudes.
To those in the enjoyment of ordinary
health, says the Rocky Mountain Tour
ist, the seuaatiou exjx'rieuced in crossing
the ascending elevations of the great
plains and in the higher altitude at the
base of and within the mountains, are,
in a notable degree, pleasant. The dry
noes and rarity of the atmosphere, to
gether with its remarkable electrical
effects, combined with numerous other
peculiarities of climate, excite the ner
vous system to a high degree of tension.
The physical functions are aroused and
re-energixed, it may be even after years
of sluggish, inefficient action. New
vigor and tone is imparted, the appetite
is keen, the digestion is capable and
strong, and the sleep sound. The vital
organs, stimulated and compelled from
an established routine of greater or less
inefficiency, it results that all those lurk
ing ailments to which men in the ordin
arv pursuits of oivilired life are too much
subject, at onoe disappear, and whatever,
there is to each individual of capacity to
enjoy is summoned into fullest notion
aud one fairly revels in the intoxioation
of good health. Such are the sensations
accompanying the first entrance into the
rarified electrical air of these elevated
regions, which, with their attending
pleasures and benefits, will forever ren
der the Rocky Mountains a resort of uu
equaled ainrements for those who, not
invalids, yet seek relief from the exhaus
tion and* deterioration of overworked
professional or business life.
ItMM f lBlrrt.
to Mow*—The fmit treea.
A thorn in tha bush is worth • douen
in the hand.
When do one's tooth usurp the func
tions of hi* ton gat* When they nro •
chattering,
i " Etperienoe in a door teacher — old
maiim. Not half m, dear as a pretty
school mam.
When in* mod boll m objootionoWo
man oboan t husband? when It I*
getting on towards one.
The Minneapolis Are boa raised the
question, "Will dost explode?" We
bare known it to blow np.
Ten per cant of the hnabond'a inemne
ta who! it ai legally decided in England
he shall pay for bis wife's dresses.
" Jonny, what makes yon snob a bad
girf f" " Well, mamma. Ood sent yon
tost the beat children be could find, and
f they don't suit you, I can't help it."
" Brilliant and impulsive people,"
■ays an exchange, "have black eyes."
Impulsive people are only too apt to get
black eyes.
It is a pleasant thing to aaa roaas ami
lilies glowing upon a young lady's
cheek, but a bad sign to see a man a
faoe break out in blossom*.
A wit, oc being asked what are the
most common monosyllables in the
language answered: "I don't know; but
the most common money symbols an
I .O. C.
•• What are Russia's terms I" asked a
visitor, referring to the Ban Btefano
treaty. "Two dollars a year, in ad
vance," replied the abstracted editor
Hauikeye. ,
" There are people who live* behind
the bill," is an iid Oarmaa proverb,
which m<mn* that there are other folks
1 in the world beside yourself, although
vou may not see them. ,
While • little girl was playing in a
! graveyard at New Lexington, Ohio, the
other day, she suddenly ran against a
gravestone, which fell over upon bar
inflicting fatal injuries.
At nni, Mills, N. 8., as a six-year
old child was running across the ficor
with s pair of scissors in ite hand it
tripped and fell, and driving the points
of the scMsors into ite heart, died in
stantly.
Laura (with a novel)—'f Oh, if this
tele were only I were the he
roine !" Kate-" What I with ail her
persecutions, bar misery ?" Laura—
* Ah ! but then, dear, remember she
does get a husband after all!"
There is a dog at Hwift Falls. Minn.,
hat keeps bis master s family supplied
with fish. He has been known to take
out as many aa thirty piakarei in a day. '
When be espies a fish he will make a
dive and be sure to bring it out.
A. B. Robeson has probably the larg
est poultry yards in New York. He
keeps 6,000 ducks, 4,000 turkey* and
l.afo bens. Thev consume sixty bush
els of corn, two barrels of potatoes and
other food daily. His fowl bouse oost
#7,000.
He was fully six feet tall, yet be
straightened up and exclaimed: "Talk
ing of short men, look at me!" and no
one could tell what be meant nntil he
turned both pockets wrong aide oat and
gasped, "Who is there in the crowd
that'll lend m# a quarter?"
The Emperor of Austria, on hia visit
to Venice in 1875, conferred a decoration
upon a colonel of the Italian army in
command of the fortreas of Mantua.
The latter, in aoeonlance with the rules
of the service, was compelled to accept
it; but a few weeks ago. having resigned
his commission, be at ones returned the
decoration to the Austrian Government,
saving that be did not wish U bold any
honors from Emperor Francis Joseph,
who in 1852 had caused bis brother to
be shot and had condemned himself to
the same death.
The spirit of •df-tKriSoe is one of the
greet beoutisa of holiness. Ha#bend
yielding to wife, wife to knsbsad;
brother to brother; sister to sister;
friend to friend: in greet things, bat in
small, especially. First sad foremost,
see thst the spirit is with yea st home;
then (MUTT it shrosJ into the world. It
is s spirit that will sweeten happiness
snl brighten troubles; and when the
ral ready to wing its flight to its
etsrnal ht>mC it will here the unspeak
able eonoolotoon of knowing that it baa
lid lived to itself; thsi it has left the
world happier and better in eome de
gree than it found it; that H has been
fsithfnl to its earthly mission.
I>M-kier Vf *he Tower of Leaden.
Few persons ore aware of the stnet
nM with which the Tower of Laodoa is
CTLorded from foee without ood from
treachery within. The ceremony of
shutting it up every night continues to
be M solemn and a* rigidly precaution
ary ae lffhe Frwh invasion were acta
allr afoot. Immediately after " tattoo'
all* strangers are expelled; and, the
gatea am closed, nothing short of each
imperative neceasity aa fire or Hidden
illnea# can procure their being re opened
till the appointed hour the next morning.
The ceremony of locking up is very
ancients curious and atately. A few
nnnatea before the clock strike* the
hour of eleven—on Tneedaya and Fri
dam, twelve—the head warden (veoman
poiter) clothed in a long, red cloak,
bearing in hia hand a huge bunch of
keys. and attended by a brother warden,
carrying a gigantic lantern, appear* in
thf main ID<l <*lW out in >
' loud voice, '• Escort keys f At theae
words the aergvent of the gnard, with
five or cix men. torna ont and follow*
him to the " Spur," or outer gate ; each
sentry challenging aa'they pass the poet.
•• Who goea therer •'Keye.*' The
gatee being carefully locked and barred
| - -the warden wearing aa aoleran aepect
and making aa much noise aa possible—
the procession retnrna. the sentries ex
acting the same explanation, and receiv
ing the same answer as before. Arrived
omw more in lront of the main gnard
house, the sentrv there gives a loud
stamp with his foot, and the following
conversation takes place between him
and the approaching party:
" Who goes there?"
•• Key*."
" Whose keyaf"
" Queen Victoria's keys."
Advance Queen. Victoria's keys, and
all'a well. .
The veoman porter then exclaims,
"Clod klcas Queen Victoria!" The
main guard devoutly respond, •• Amen."
The officer on duty gives the word,
Present arms!"—the firelocks rattle;
the officer ki*es the hilt of his sword;
the escort fall in among their compan
ions; and the yeoman porter marches
majestically across the parade alone to
deposit the' keys in the lieutenant's lodg-
The ceremony over, not only is all
egress and ingress totally precluded, but
even within the walls no one nan stir
without being furnished with the coun
tersign; and anyone who, unhappily
forgetful, ventures from his quarters
unprovided with his talisman, is sure
to be made the prey of the first sentinel
whose post, he crosses.
The Fewer of Suction.
In a Soottiah port, celebrated for its
herring fishing, there lived a character
named DngaldM* , owner of an old
fishing boat called by the loan! wits the
•• Emsie." On one ooosaion the " Em
nie," with a crew of three hands, includ
ing the owner, was fishing in the Kyles
ofßute, and had what fishermen call a
run of bad lnck, by reason erf whioh the
crew had for a considerable, time to sub
mit to short rations One morning,
however, a stroke of luck pat them in
funds, and the owner replenished the
locker, one item being one pound of salt
j butter, which, be it noted, was placed in
a bowl. On going to sea in the evening,
the owner descended to the " den " to
get what he called a " pieof." One of the
hands followed by-and-by on the same
errand, but was surprised to find the
bowl empty. Thinking he had made
some mistake, he inquired of Dugald
. where the butter had been put, to which
Dugald replied, M It's in the bowl," at
the same time moving forward to seek
what he knew oould not be fonnd. On
looking into the empty bowl he ex
claimed, in surprise, "Eh, gudesaks I
' the bowl has sooked it in." We nssd
hardly remark that the hand went on
1 deck "a sadder but a wiser man."
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