llMere I Where AOM tha winter stay? With the lit Ate Ekqumiu, Where the frost end anow-taka grov . Or where the white berg* firat oow ' . Where ctrc Jet nuke heete to api* ul Where the winds end storms h g^in Gathering the crops ell in. Among tt • ice-field* fer * WKJ ? Wh* does the *v mm „ , tT v In distant sunny pieces. A Wb** they pi, to* MM, threed. WLT"' IK' IT* WN * TR "** <. the len ,on grovos give alma, , * or k her deilv cherms. Among UK- rice-del da far away. - Mary A'. m A ,v,oko.es. T t L >t, Lost laj*. PW the nodding float r* * . teeswks) hang fn.nu yonder tree , rtr new til buetty, wear thtir gold " . uwimr crowns of purity. *' * men. oh. men, whet coolly tear* the crndle, as thy grave ; •Mat griefs eiiseem thy coarse of veer* And break the rest • e vainly or are. 3. fain would be the nodding flowers. Which one bright sunnner morn arrays, Tbn in s wintry norm of life Bit down to count the lost, lost days : Aye, happy ere the bursting buds, Aye, happy are ihe bird* of song Tls only men whose diKvmleul D.s.urbs the earth -nh reding tongue He monrus for childhood's ei tU } >▼*. And youth's end manhood '* visions fl-d . While by the ambers of ohl age. He nmmbtrw onlv of he dead. Whence wit that frail men alone Should fill tlie earth with grievous Uy Always a story of regret. And wasted life, the lost, kwt days Pans*, hsten to that sin gmg bird. He trills not for a vr gne spplaosc ; He bat obeys his Ma-nr. God. And sing sin oa.l. oc *i with His laws. I hate the but. r 1 j** of art. Melodious fraud thut flits oiu ears ; The ssrvile sr'oool w'jerr men are taught T. monrd ;n sung protruded tears, - • cold be tho turd who amgw With tisrew throat, his houa.l lays. Nor hosds our kioe-s toe>< rrow's dswu, Nor jet regre w the lost, koet days. THE TABLES TURNED. I am not nre that it redoaods ttoh tc oar credit. f will tell it, ho* * or, an a twj ug." So oar gnest. answered an inquirv made by a young and. u must be eun fcaac d, somewhat CQUivitsd member of the little party gaAberrd together one winter even>ug an-amd our diuiog-table. V" dan? the credit 1" that p?raou re plied. He wa* rather nplilted, for he thought he hail that evening woa dis tinction in the sught of a lovely pair of eye?, then waatu u their sweetness o the drawing-room. The owner of the love 'J <7*® hfl been a widow for rome Kir* ; ahe was rich, eiegwut and clever. ere was a humorous wrinkling about the mouth of onr middle-aged or. est, as heanaweed: " Harg the credit! So I causav now with a light heart. Theu the credit w H * of attore importance to me. However, jam aaa.ll jno*o. Yon have btwrd "he went on, turaiug to the gentleman who headed the table, "thet in the earlv day* of onr settlement we were a wild jOt. Largo fortunes had-town made bv the first settlers . and i; rot abroad at home that gold was to he bail simphr for tbeaaking. Adventr.i*.rspoured in. "The native war brought in adventurers of another kind—men whose lives had been played ou* u: the old country, and ° roT ' ur an . v kind of devil try. Oh 1 • euu assure yon there was at times aur .galar collection in the settle ®vni. . oould tell you one or two tales that Would surprise yon. This, how ever ' —tnrniDg to the person whose re- had provoked his tale— "is not of desperate a character." You must unuerstand that, at the time ■of which I speak—things are much changevi now—we had neither library, nor theater, nor concert-room, and were dnv n, now and then, to queer devices for killing time. Some few of* ns took np with practical jests but, after n time, even these palled. Every one in our community bevnie so wi.ie-awake that the m.*i artinllj-coustructed scheme broke down. If it did succeed, on the other hand, the vengeance tak>n was so dire as to be alarming We were sorely in 'jeed of a patient bntt. It happened that, at this time, a ■young solicitor whom fortune liaming " Aram and acain were the notices ex ponged by indignant householders. Again ami agiti ww they imposingly reproduced. The police were set on the watch ; we> either browbeat or bribed them. People began to think that there v* something mysterious in the busi ness. 0 f oonrse, kept our own GOUWeI, and, at last, one flue morning, • second advertisement appeared. It *a to this effect— " He has oome." In the interval onr friend had heard XWn "I shall arrive by steamship Benares," our solicitor wrote. " I hope you have let the people know." We had wt tte people know to some pnrpoae. It s>*gxa to be rumored abroad that a joke on foot, and the whole eommuuity flocked to the landing-place. To preserve the delusion we had paved the jetty with scarlet cloth, and decorated it with flowers. As soon as the steamer dropped anchor, my friend nd I put off in a small boat to receive and bring to shore our distinguished guest. He was a small, delicate looking man, with a face as refined as that of a woman. I had alight prickings of com punction when I met him. He was so delightfully frank aDd confiding. " I aay," he said to his friend, as we neared the decorated landing-place, "do they expect any swell ?" "They expect you, my dear fellow," was tbe reply. " I let people know, you know." " You must be a jolly hospitable set. Bat what am I to say to them all ?" "No necessity to say anything. Just bow as you pass through. ' "Ob 1 I scarcely like—" •' You must, my dear fellow, you most Not to acknowledge this brilliant reoeption would stamp you at once as a churl" The young fellow's color rose. He was as shy and sensitive as a girl, but rather than appear ungrateful he would hva gone through any ordeal, and presently —oh, dear 1 I can see it now— he waa stepping out on the scarlet cloth bowing' graciously to his right hand and his left. No need far as to wink and nod behind bis back. It waa understood that a butt was being brongbt into the community. The bows were gravely returned ; and like an honorable bodyguard, we formed round the new-comer to escort fcim to .his hotel, the crowd that had gathered to reoeive him fell into pro oeesion behind us. It was the oold season, and we called oc him the next morning to take him for a ride. He was full of hia pleasant reception, and anxious te become per sonally acquainted with those who had ■o interested themselves in him. •'Ob > y-10*51 know them soon enough," Kiy friend said. " Shouldn't wonder if FRED. KUIiTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME XI. yon find when you go buck, thai half the community lias been calling on you." ; And Bare enough, when he returned, there was his table heaped high with visiting cards. His eyes glisten d. " I've heard that people abroad were hospitable," he said, "but, upon my word, this kiud of thing I didn't ex pect." My frieud glanced over the heap of cards. "Ah!" he said, "The most infiuen tial names. They don't often call ou uewouners, 1 suppose you impressed them favurohly vesterdav. Sharp set of fellows, too 1 T'u had better lose u>> tune i* returning their civility." " t will make my return calls this *f'.eruoon," he said, warmly "Can */ou gtve me an >dea of the a.ldresest" , "No ueed. Everybody kuow* every body here. You have only to ask. I wish I cvuld accompany you, but I shall lie busy this siteruoou." "So shall 1," said I. "but we will look iu upon you later. " "On ! and stay to dinner, do " re plied our young frieud, and we readily agreed. To one of us, a* it happened, the of ' fer of a diuuer was uot a thuig to be . 'tahtly treated. We were not surprises! when, at the t proper hottr, we made our appearance, to see the young new comer look weary and depressed. He brighteued when he BHW us. "So kind of yon to come f' he said. And presently—" Either 1 must be , stupid at understanding direction*, or everybody does uot know everybody in ▼ .•or setUeimuik Such a wild-goose ■ chase as I have this afternoon !" " What!" cried my frien i with welh aaanmed surprise. " You didn't find them ?" Ana his voice so clearly com mentekl, " You must IH< a foolish fel low !" that the young man s color rose. "I must have another try," he said. '* Bnt was not tins strange? 1 showed one of the nunc* to a member of your police force. He directed me to the road leading out of the settlement, and I walked ou for about an hour, expect ing of course to reach some house. All at once I found myself at the oeraetry." My friend laughed. "That man was a wag ; not a doubt of it. However, wait a few days till you know the place better." As you may have guessed, more than half tbe cards, drooped by onr orders at the young man's door, bore the names of men either dead or departed. But a long time passed before tie found this ont; he might have never found it out at all, but for—however, I must not au- UCTjr.te. To give in detail the practical joke* we played on our new-comer would te impossible. One I mast tell you, for it vt-rv nearly had a tragic ending. Two or three of us had s'-arted with him on a shooting trip up the river. It hail pleased one of ns, his first friend, to feign a deep melancholy, from which our new-comer sought in vain to rouse him. The yonng fellow spoke to me in private on the subject. "Our iriand," ne said "ought to lie watched. Men in his state of mind have been known to do strange things." I, of course, en eomraged his fear. We were neither of ns then much surprised when, one even ing, the melancholy man, after hastily wringing our hands and mnrmuring that "it oonld be borne no longer," leaped into the river. What followed helped me afterward to understand the seqnel of this story. Without a mo ment's hesitation that brave yonng fel low threw off his coat ami boots, and dived after his friend. He was not a strong swimmer, however, aud that lit tle trick was near being our last. When we fished him np he was half drowned. He rose in our estimation from that moment, though it was not in the nature of tilings that we could give up our di version, and we were still plotting auaiust his peace when hazard called me awy from onr settlement to a In tie piaoe at some distance. I went willing ly, for the honse at which I was to be en'ertained was presided over by a young lady whom it always gave me , great pleasure to meet. Hoe waa the daughter of tbe merehaut I went to see; a bright, clever aud intelligent girl, and to my ta-te peculiarly handsome. It had struck me, moreover—no harm in confessing it n< w; there is an age, you know, when we read volumes in a smile —it had struck me then that the beauti ful E eanor Hartley hai a special kind ness f<* me. But ou this oocanion it "einea to me fhst something was wrong with Miss Eieanor. She su-dained her part in tho conversation only with effort. She was languid and depressed. "This detestable cl mute is telling on her," was my conclusion, and I outdid myself in my efforts to be amusing. At such time*, as we kuow—it, that is to sav, we are not born talkers, like our friends of the Emerald isle—there comes the moment wheu everything is used up. Neither joke, nor pun, nor lively anec dote will visit the distressed brain. Nothing remains but to ehisose lie'ween naked commonplace and doleful silence. To me, one evening at diuuer, such a moment came. Up to that time (for onr host was a silent man) Iliad done all the talking, and Miss Eleanor's eyes had often mo'ely thanked me. I ronld help her now no longer. In the silence that followed on this dreary conception she raised her gentle voice. What a plain tive look there was in her face ! How hard she was trying to be animated; and bowl felt for her! Happy tbongbt! Had I been alone i should have cut a caper. It struck me ail at once that I bad not yet told them about onr new comer and the tricks which we had played upon him. This, if only proper ly managed, would afford of food for lauguter and amusement for days. "Oh ! by the by," I began, "I have not told yon abont the new fellow who arrived at onr place the other day." Certainly Miss Eleanor's eyes were fixed on me with an interest such aa she had not hitherto accorded to any of my stories, and, thns encouraged, I pro ceeded boldly, telling them, only with mncb more gusto, what I have just told you, about the letters and advertise ment*, the dead men's cards aud the false suicide. I was so mnch taken up with my own cleverness that I did not notice the way in which ray story was being received by my hostess. Judge, then, of my astonishment and dismay when, as I ended with an inane little chuckle, she suddenly burst ont: "And you call yourselves men! Do yon know what I call you ? " '' My dear Nellie I " said her father. I was speechless. She fixed her eyes on my face, and the position, I assure yon, was a singularly uncomfortable one. "I call yon oowards,"she went on, "and—and—" evidently she was at a loss for an expressive word. "Miss Hartley," I said, deeply peni tent, "if—" " Pray say no more," she answered coldly. " Papa, I will leave you to your coffee." I did not see her again dnnng my stay, which, as yon may guess, was not prolonged beyond the time absolutely necessary. This abrupt sdJ mysterious interruption of an acquaintanceship that had promised to prove interesting cut me up mvre than I can well express. I rotnrned to my own quarters, where, as I pr sentlv found, event* oi an ex citing ohaiaotor were nnder discussion. Miss Hartley, I was told, had oome to pay s visit to her married sister, who THE CENTRE REPORTER. I lived tu our aettienn nt. As we wore not cheered by the preecuoe of any un married ladiee, tin* wan, of court*., ail occurrence f the first magnitude. lint I further, w largo dmuer was to tie given at our club, to which all the lad*. - iiid our new comer w. re tuvitod. lie had l>ern persuaded that tlie diuuer waa given IU hi* honor, and was to be be guiled into making a speech, from which mil 'h fun vis exjwoted. 1 threw cold water on tin* scheme. 1 wa* afrnid, you see, that Mis* Hartley would ace ill it another malicious trick atiil be further mcetmed *gaiut tue. Hut once s ball of such sort is set rolling, it requires a hand of |>e'uhar force to stop it. Mine •ran not able for the feat, ami mv friends arranged their plan of sctiou without me. After all. 1 think 1 wa* nt sorry that he should make a f.sil of himself publicly before M M Eleanor. It would l>e sure to destroy any sentimental lik ing she might have for him, so I held my jkea.V, and the eventful day came on. Haw nervous I WHS that evening ! I remember 1 was obliged to call in the assistance of oue of my friends to adjust my necktie, ami he was obliging enough to tell me that I lt*>ked as yellow as a guinea A comfortable assurance truly, wncn 1 had wished to look my very best, for 1 had m t seen Mi** Hartley since my unlucky story, and I wanted to make my mace with her. But when, wtth an apology eu my lips, I drew near the sofa where she was sitting, I fouud, to my infinite regret, that no apology was necessary. She was ns friendly iu her manner as ever. She waa exquisitely dressed that eveniug in—well, 1 can't exactly May what—some dead white ma terial, tliat fell IU delicious folds about her stately figure. That girl could al ways dresa herself to perfection. She looked superb. Reyoud a doubt, she was the queen of the party ; certainly we all felt as proud of her ar if each one of us had Iwu her father or brother. She did Uv>t speak to our new comer, and this relieve! me. But at the dinner table I felt a little more uueasy. She and he sat at opposite corners of the table. It seemed to me that she was quietly watching him, from time to time, and at such moments there was in her face a wonderful light of bappiuees and pride. I understood it all presently. The long dinner pass**! dessert was on the table; the usual toasts had been given and responded to. Then my friend rose, and in a few serious words which, as some of us knew, veiled a real irony, prupomd the heaitk of the young est man at the table, our distinguished guest, whose arrival had been so long anticipated and so eagerlv hailed. All >lraiik the toast, and there folio wed an awful pause. Every eye, Eh-anor Hartley's aicog the number, was fixed on our new comer. He rose to his feet, and I ventured to glance at her. All was explained. Oh, wnuian. what a strange being you are ! Soft and yet triumphant was the beautiful face of onr queen. She was binding a little forward ; her eyes glis tened ; yon would have said that ahe was hstcu'ug to some exquisite mel.sly. About him, too, there was a change. I was excited, and, of course, what I suw and heard was colored in mv mood, but I could have declared that the young man's form had expanded, and that an indesorible dignity bad crept into his gestures. He stood upright, his voice was clear and unfaltering ; he did not shrink from, he m'her courted, the mul titude of glauces that were bent on him. As for his speech—air, I have knock-d at Mint pretty much, as you know, and now and then at dinners and elsewhere I have knocked up against distinguished men, but I have never beard a speech to match this one. In siitistsuee it was a review of the time he ha 1 speut in the settlement. To hear him one might have believed that he had seen through our practical jests from the first, and, while e.-m s ng to he their victim, had been quietly amusing himself at our ex pense Its manner, the delicate ironv, the wit, the forcible piquancy, I should be glad indeed t reproduce, but of such an effort Tam itrOHpable. Here waa a turning of the tables! My friend* w re Iwwil.iere-i ; those not in our secret applauded vociferously. I uloue knew who it was had planned th a triumph ; and I wn* not surprised when, a low .lays later, it waa rumored abroad that Eleanor Hartley and our new emer were engaged to be married. Rumor, for en IN*, told a true tale. Before that ivffd season was over I was invited by Eleanor Hartley's father to hia daugh ter's wedding. " And I would wag r," said the gen tlemen who had asked for the story, ' that my ladv kept him in order." " Ou the contrary," replied our guest, "she was a model among wives—de voted, adoring. f believe she thought that man half divine. Well, poor fel low ! he was always delicate, and, after two or three ye.rs of happiness, lie died." " And hia wife ?" " I think yon have met her." " What I She cannot be—" " I s-e that yon have guessed. Thank me for giving yon ir peep into the char acter of Eleanor Walthiugham."—Cos *cil * A/tv/asine. A Cold Winter Foretold. The mnskrat has been heard from just in time to prevent embarrassing mistake*. His stebiteeture is of the lofty, Mansard roof variety, indicating plenty of cold to the square inch dar ing the winter. Now, stock up your wood piles, for this is a sure thing.— Sauk Rapid l'r< *. The mountains are full of yellow jack ets this summer. Tbev sting the horses nnd cattle till the poor animals become furiously desperate, They gather at>out a person in the woods, as would a swarm of moaqnitutly discovered in Plnlaklelphia which ha* exoitetl much interest owing to the fad that he haa a snake iu his eye. The reptile la de scnlkcl as attotit three inches long, as big rouud as a tuu, white in color, ami without the aid of any artificial u.caua can lie plainly seen wriggling and twist, mg ami swimming alaitit within the ball ot the e e, like a fish in an a*|uarium. T'ie horse was ra.'se,l ti>*ar IVChester. N Y. The " snake "in his eye was dis covered twenty-one weeks ago last Hun dav. it was tlieu Ctiul.|erably smaller than it i* now, but there has Iteeu no peiceptible iucrease iu ita site during tile {Hast five we, ks. Mr. 1 11. Flint, of this borough, says that when he lived in Bucks county, some year* ago, his hostler ca!lvl Ins attention to one of bis horses, winch was similar ly troubled. The hostler regard ed it as curious but not iui|Hirtaut, as tlie horse was not unfavorably affected. The snake was very small and white sud could Ire plainly seen swimming >U the lymphatic or liquid portiou of the organ, apparently within the pupil aud (>rhiud the cornea. It did uot atf>ct the ani mal's eyesight, either at that time or afterward, and Mr. Fliut did m>t re gard It aa a matter of auffiv eut momeut to le investigated. The tiorwc retamral hts health, and he neither kuows h*>w the snake came there nor how it disap peared. The m*lie*l authorities are iliriJivl in opinion us to the i-nu#" of these mutw or, rather, wiMrui*. Paraaihw of this kisiil are found in the tissues of many animals, and in the In* they are often o numerous as to render the flesh unfit for food. An instance IB cited of round worm, peculiar to the horse, which WM found in the anterior chamlwr of a horse's ere as far bank as sixteen hun dred and something. Other instances are on record, but they are very rare. How the worm gets there lias never l>een -BtiafaetoritY determined. Judge Francis Uopkinsou read a oaper in tile Philoaupioal society at Philadrl- Ehia on September Jo, 17fid, in which e says : "A report prevail**! last summer that a horse was to le seeu which bad a living serpent lu one of its eye*. This worm was of a clear white color, in aire and appearance lunch like a piece of white bobbin ; it seemed to bt from two ami a half to three niches in length, which, howtwer, ooukl uot l>e exactly aaoertain eJ, ita whole length nerer appearing at one time, but ouly sach a portion there of as could be aeon through the ins, whieh waa greatly dilated. The croatore was in a couataut, lively, vermicular motion, aometiuiea retiring *>• deen in Uie eye as nut to be seen at all, and at other times approaching ao near to the iris as to become plainly and distinctly aeen ; at least ao much of it aa was within the field of the iria. I could not distinguish its head, neither end being perfectly exhibited whilst I viewed it; and, imieed, its motion was so brisk and constant as not to admit of ao nice an examination. " The horse's eye was exceedingly in flamed, swollen and running—l mean the muscles contiguous to the eyeball— and he seemed to be in great fain ; so that it was with difficulty the eye could be kept open for more than a few sec ond* at a time, and I was obliged to watch favorable moments for s distinct view of hi* tormentor. " I I*l a-vs the horse waa quite blind in that eye, for it appeared as if all the huuiors were confounded together, aud that the w rm hail the whole orb to range iu ; winch, however, not of a diatneh r sufficient for the worm to ex tend to its full length, a* far as 1 could discover The hntn< r* of the eye were b< ginning to grow opaque, like a chilled jelly, aud soon afterward b-oatne alto gether opaque, we are informed," Some of the most egperienmd horwe tiien in Norristowu say that while small worm* are occasionally found inside of I tie eyehil they iu-v-r heard of oue )>eiug found in the eve. Toe late Dr. Jouet, of tins borongn, on-e extr*ctel a small re-1 wortn from a horse's eye, bnt it had suddenly entered from the outside. In all case* when-the worm* have remained any time the eves have become very sore.— Sorrittoum llnrald. Marshal Saxe and the Itlarksmitti. Marshal Saxe, the most famous gen eral of tho last oeutury, prior to the appearauee of Frederick the Great, was a man of remarkable bo lily strength, of wldch he wns far prouder than even of hia well-earned fume ft* a commander. To astonish those around him by straightening a horseshoe, or bending a bar of iron, WHS hia greatest delight; and for a time his superiority in this re spect was an unquestioned as hia skill in war. At length, when a brief iiruiiatioe between the French and English armit a enabled the marshal to invite some of the British officers to dine with him, he entertained his guests by untwisting the links of a chain, ami challenging them to do the like. The Eugliab general modestly disclaimed any pretension to rivul his excellency's strength, lint added that there was a Flemish blacksmith iu one of the adjacent villages who might perhaps tie capable of doing so. Saxe, kindling np at the bare thought of any man presuming to !* as strong as bini self, eagerly inquired where this athlete was to be met with, and riding thither next morning with several of his officers, bade the smith bring oot one of his tiest horse-shoes The man obeyed, tint Hale broke it with one wreDcli of his powerful hands, ami treated a second an-! a thinl in like manner. " This is but poor gear of yours, my friend," said lie; "it won't stand wear. However, I suppose it must be paid for." So spenkit g, ho threw him u French crown. The smith took it between bis finger and thumb, aud cracked in two like a wafer. The marshal produced a second and athird, which shared the same fate. " Thia is but poor money of yours, mein herr," said the smith, griumug; "it wron't stand wear. However, 1 suppose the cracked money must pay for the broken horse-shoea." The officers could not re strain their laughter, and Saxe, although aomewhat mortified at having met his match, at last (bowed his appreciation of tbe smith'a performance by enliating him as farrier to the headquarters staff. Charles Lamb vs. a Dog. Charles Lamb's enjoyment of a long ramble, and hia (usually; excellent pow ers of walking, are here deuoted. He was so proud of bis pedestrian feats and indefatigsbility that he onoe told the Cowden Clarkes a story of a dog pos sensed by a pertinacious determination to follow him day by dav when he went forth to wander in the Eu field lanes and fields ; nntil nueudnrably teased by the pertinacity of thia obtrusive animal, he determined to get rid of him by fairly tiring him out f Bo he took him a eir ouit of many miles, including several of the loveliest spots round Enfield, com ing at last to a by-road with an intermi nable vista of np-bill distance, where the dog turned tail, gave the matter np and lay down beneath a hedge panting, exhausted, thoroughly worn out and dead beat, while hia defeater walked freshly home, smiling and triumphant. She W ouhla'l I utlciktaud Itlui. Doming down on the K. and I). M. II K., tho other day, a benevolent old gcnllt-uian, finding the car crowded, am bled up to a woman who vu occupied by a baby, and m return was occupying two seats, one for herself and the infant to sit ou, the other, with the back turn cd, for a bandbox and a few of the inev itable pticcU which a wouisn a!say* carries, tiecause she always buys valises t*HJ Ui boll) wbut hlitf tttilitr* U) travel with, 'r travels with so uiauy wiauts that she can t find valises rUungh to hold thsm. The bcnevoleut old geut amble,! up to this woman, made bis la st Is.w, laid his hand ou the set facitu; her, ami asked it it was occupied. The woman's hsk, as she glanced at the haudboX and parcels, aai.l that it was, hut her voice said " No," and the b. o. g., not Iwuig a*vustouie>l t,j reading looks, slid into the seat and be*nted pleasantly ou the lakiy. Presently silence gr-w mouoti> uou*. and the elderly individual, amid the oiatter of the wheels ami the ratuo ot the pans, spoke up ami said ; " How old IB your baby, mum ?" " I'lißuk you, sir, said the wotuau, with a cold star>, •• I can hold ll un' •elf." The Itenevolent
l,l man. " its ears dotl't pass over its little head. They are not as lrge as your*, you " '' (i rue ions goo,iuese ! madam," said the old getitleniau, wishing he might slide out sud i>e uuobserveal. " I—you misapprehend me; 1 siuiply uske,! the yoting | s tson's age." " Young pwrsou. Person, You. Ob von old brute. Call my baby a jmrson Oh. Where's the Conductor, where'a the brskem..n, send for the engintwr, send for—" "Tlie deuce'" jeaculated the old IUMI, break tug out tu a cold sweat and for the smoking car. And his remark soiiudekt •>■ i jieculiar that s >uiebow ever* - Ixxly amtItaV— AVOAMA (bri*tifution. A Klast>t'nraaee in Central Africa. Mr. Stanley gives the following ac count ot the manufacture of iron frotn ore ou the lianas of the Lualaha river in Central Africa, m his book " Through the Dark Continent At Wane Kirttmbu we found a large native forge ami smithy, where there *ere about a d2eu smiths ounilv at work. The iron ore is very pure. Hero were the brusd-hiadod spears of Hottth cru I'tegga.and the equally broad knives, of all sixes from the small waiat-kuife an inch and a half in length to the heavy itotnau sword-like cleaver. The bel lows for the smelting furnace are four IU nutnlier, double-band ioya were stationed along every mile. Tlie message WHS tied aronnd a whip-stick; the fleetest horses were selected, and the beat riders. As the poat-bov saw the messenger coming he started, got his own homo well going, and as the mes , sanger overtook him he rode alongside, grasped the whip and urged hia own horse to lna highest apeed; at the end of the mile delivering to the next. And so the process was repeated, the entire forty-two miles. The message in the case was carried in about the time it takes tho regular i mail to go on the train between tho two cities. " How quiet and lovely !'' remarked the tourist. " Surely, this might he a spot Ihe poet bad in mind when he said: 'oilenoe reigns.'" GnJde : "Ah! and ye may say that same. And thunders, too, yer honor Ihe liumtnlng Bird The appearunew til the humming bird * iitu-rly unlike that ol auy other living creature. We arc admiitng w>iu tmt haul mi.l beautiful flower, alien there suddenly appears lieforr lie it small, daik object suspended, as it Were, between (our abort, black threads, meeting each other in a cross. For all iustaut II show# in front at the flower; iigt.ui, another instMiit. and, emitting a momentary flash of eiueiahl sod sapphire li|{lit, It la van ishing, lessrniug lu the distance aa it shoot* away to a spook that the rye can not take note of. lnde**t, the little utoui of life com* n and g<*- with the rabidity of a gust or a dragon fly. An •l'lbtii li'lln an lllat the entail siae of the ruby humming bird render* it unpossi follow lU flight with the I'll- for luoro limn fifty ynrd*. A person stand mp m the garden will hear the humming of their wiuga, and tee the little birda themselves willou a few feet of hlui at • >tio moment ; the ue*t they aill fie out ol sight and hearing, (iould trlia u* that die tinv creature lives ui the air, like a gnat or a butterfly. It often mouuta up the towering trees, and then ahia*ia off hk* a little meteor at a right • ogle. At other times it will weutfy bttar. among the fluwera upon the ground. 'flie neit moment it i hol ering over a diminutive weed, and thru tt ta aeen at a distance ul forty yarda, whither it haa vanished with the quick ness of thought. Prof. Wallace ha* de vot**l a considerable period to miuute study of the halitta of tiie humming bird, and haa come to the ooiieluaion that it ta A tropical awift, or awallow, nnsiifle) in a long coarse of many generations from ita original ancestor, but retaining its old characteristics of an essentially insect feeder, ft i* trne that down to the time c>f ltuffon it was believed that the humming bird lived solely ott the nectar if flowers, bnt since then it hss been ascertained beyond 11 |Mwatbility of doubt that it feeds largely, and in some cases wholly, on insects. The birds hsve lieen s*-en in winter picking ■ lea,! flies oat of the webs of spidera. Hnllerfc, in ftfetteo, and Watert* 'ii, iu Newtiainea, saw them oatch small bat ter flea, and found their stomacha filled with insects Those who have watched their fiabtts have ol served them sitting like fly catchers on a twig, datting off and returning. Mr. tioas, one of onr msit accnmpliahiai naturalist*, tells us thst all the hamming birds have, more or less, s habit when in flight ol pausing and quickly taming in the air. " Tliat tlie object of these quick turns," he adds, "is the captnrc of insert* I am stiro, haviug watched one thus engaged pretty cliwa- pi me. I observed it oare ially, and distinctly saw the minute flics which it pursued and caught, aud heard repeatedly the Knapping .if it* beak. My presence scarcely disturbed it, ll at ail.' Moreover, is seems that however loug may In* the bill ot the adult humming bird, the young bird haa * little, short, bruad, triangular bill, like a swift. It is evident, in short, that the swdt is, to use Mr. Wallace's words, a pure acnai insect tinnier, and that its short, broad bill ami wi.ic gape are essential to lis mode of life. The bumming birds, on the other hanJ, si fl 'ral insect hunters. They seek then prey among the gorgeous rnaasew of creepers thst hang from hough to la ugh u the track less infest* of the tropica. Thry ilart in and out between bud at d leaf, between blossom and stalk, as the dragon fly fl.te among the sedge and hub rush. But the Action that they subsist on honey and nectar alone must be tsui isbcd, like other pn rty fables, to the regiuu of myth. The htimanng bird is as ravet>.His a creature in its way as the robin. No doubt * robin in winter, when the ground is hanl with fr.at, will not despise bread crnmbs ; bnt his real delight is in S caterpillar, or a fat rarth worm, or a little plump slug. Simd via the eiiju.nHe, dainty humming lord • a canuveroa* brmg — London Tt hgraph. at ib- I'art* Fxpesii tun. The ditph; of glaw*re in the ex position (rr leu a corr. sj* tident) can only IH- dcacribed as bring alm< >t super b iinau. Hnch a wonderful crystal el hthit has n vef before liern MTD. Tie delicate wort mansh-p and artistic t*t •Down ID their decoration AUD form* hs tieru greatly advanced :n beauty—jf mob • thing were possible—by a ne pin ce--, by which they are ma te to reflect tne oulore of tbe raintmw— this, too, by ••i*reg.rdiug the pr.untile* by which the flat :ic of a pru>m or a precious stone is made to reflect tlione co' irn. In these Bpwtmens tf brilliant glassware showing prismatic color*, thefa is rn a>t< ration of form for the pnrpoae of prouqe-ing that effect Hat there in the maguiti cent t< tuple made entirely out of cut glass. which is realty a thing of lieauty— one npoti which the eye I<>V* ty rent. Tt< height of tbi* interesting |>ecitnen of crystal architecture i* about sixte. n feautifnl beyond description. The prices of them respectively were so* 10, £ 1,'200 and $12,500. Iu the French department were immense plate glasses, over half an inch thick, thirty feet wide and twenty five feet high, so clear that one ta apt to walk through them if not warned. \n Authentic Sea-Serpent Slcry, A correspondent tells the following sea-serpent story in the Boston 7Van ncript: In IH6I I was on the voyage from India to New York, ami in the South Atlantic, the ship beiug t>eoalmed, wo saw a sea-serpent lyiug apparently asleep on the water aomething more than a mile away. Tt was some thirty feet Ion?, with numerous curves or humps rising oat of the water, and its large liend undsniHiie slightly raised. Its motion was only what was cansed by the slight swell. The water was perfectly smooth but for the swell, and we eonld see the whole form and length of the monster with perfect distinctness. If the ship had heeu making any head way we should havebrough home a well defined and authenticated story of the sea-serpent, for all hands saw it Being calm we lowered a boat sod pulled for it, qnite up to it in fact, to find-—a monstrous piece of kelp, two rods or more in length, tapering to the end, t least five inches in diameter at the thickest, and with something, eitlnr haves or roots, which made, at. the dis tance we first saw it, an exoellent heml and mane. We cut a seetiou from tl e beast, which was about five or six inches in diameter as well as I can remember, and more than an inch thick, being hol low like a hamhoo. As I said, at the distance of a mile it was as nice a speci men of the sea-serpent as any man ever saw. TKKMW: &UJ.OO a Year, in iVdvance. TIMELY TO MOW A large number oi oouutcrfeit UuitaJ States tr*d dollars are tu circulaUau m New York. Dr. H'odgett, a nnsaionary in China, estimates the unmtwrof neat ha by famine iu North China at 10 fUU.UIH). The prise for the beet bale of cotton exhibited ut Paris has Iteeu awardetl to Memphis, Tenn. The same bale receiv ed a grand testimonial aa being the beat ever raised tn the w rid. Christopher C dutubus has not al'o get hi < Uen forgoin n. Hsu Frauciaco, Han J s and idtier Psnfia cities recent ly celebrated the dovth atiuiversary of the discovery of America. HaDtanta, the note) Kiowa chief who was sent to the Texas penitentiary about 1871, found ho* continoHJ* nt unenilurable aud. after tailing to cut himself so that he should hhed to death, recently threw himself fiom the thirl-story porch of th>- hospital utki accomolishvd hia pur pose. At Jamaica, L 1., a man sn<>t a quail iu nolatiou of the gntne law. Hia netgh* b>rw threatened to inform the authori ties, but he got the start of them by go ing before a magistrate and himaeif ioklging information againat himaeif. He was fined ten dollars, which he paid. He then drinaiiiied half the fine for giving the iu formation, and five dollara waa re turned to bun. At the Ophir mining shaft in Nevada, two strrauis of water of considerable aise (about such as would flow through an inch pipe) are turned in near the top and allowed to fall to the h •th-ta, a dia tance of over l feet. This shower of falling water uot wily greatly ouola the air, but also fotoea it out into the 1 fit 10 level and adjacent portiona of the mine. Hwmdlcrw have no heart*. Just as men have tieen found in this country mean enough to rob the yellow fever sufferer*, so in England a number of rascals have bceu making money be beg ging for subscriptions for the relief of the women aud children made widows and orphans by the Princess Alice dis aster. It is consoling to know that several of tbem who were canght receiv ed sentences which astonished tbem. Postal carJa give rise to peculiar troubles. A H -cheater lumber dewier mailed a card to a discharged clerk, ac cusing him of swindling, and the clerk ha* obtained a verdict of damage*, based on the publicity of the charge • while passing through the mails. A similar case ta ou trial in Pittsburgh, the plaintiff being a sewing machine agent, to whom ins employer aldrreaed an accusation of improperly retaining i money. An Omaba c'< rgyman pabhah- , e a card complaining thai he frequently receive# *dvrtismeita of wine printed on postal cards, and, aa he ta a total ab stainer from strong drink, the imprra-1 sion might Is# wrongfully created that he ia a buyer of the wine. A Boston landlady sends bills on postal cards to former boarder*, accompanied by ur gent request# for payment. One of the recipient* began a suit against her for ; libel, but withdrew it, but lawyer advis ing him that, as the communication waa a simple recusal to pay a just debt, be had no legal grievance. A Kansas City girl jilted her lover, and be retaliated by < writing her amorous letters on postal cards. She did not invoke the law, but put-* rawhide in her pocket, lay in wait tor her annoyer, and whipped nim. He Had His NaqHdain. An elderly man wearing blue jeans, spectacle* "nd a punted expression, J M-od ou the comer of Fourth and Olive Too-day afternoon for nearly an hour, gaging around abstractedly. Finally be a gentleman who was jassiog and inquired: "&k bere,'' amd the gentleman, ••do you know tbe man well?" •' Jut met him this morning— not in timately acquainted. Ton but he' one of* the niceat fellow* I everaaw." And he trudged away. A'>iit six o'clock in the evening the gentleman happened to ran serosa lm a(iortarlcd friend again and inquired whether or not he had found hia new acquaintance, whereupon tho old fellow iaiM-d h'a glasses alowly and remarked: '• Stranger, I hare my suspicion. J lent thia man twenty-dive dollars this morning, and he promised to meet me on Fourteenth ami Olire at Are o'clock thia afternoon and return the money, but he wasn't there, and the worst of it is, he is a minister of the gospel, at least he told me ao, and bA hau a Bible. Good evidence, hey T" " Well, my friend, yom'll nerer get yonr money, You're been swindled by a shrpe.r." " Think ao? I're had my suspicions. Fact is, however, I don't care ao much about losing the money *e meeting the old woman—ahe'a np "there in a board lflg-bonse," pointing over hia ahonlder with lua thumb. *"1 tell you, abe'a a monaer and will find it out. Then won't there be a mnsa. thongh ? I hare my suspicions."—A*. Ixtui* Rrjmblican. •'The Chance af the Ferk." In no towns in the w< rid, perhaps, except those of China, is the value of little thing* better understood than in Varis, ami particularly in that essential ly Parisian branch of industry which caters for the hungry man. Even in the lowest quarters of Paris people must dine, jnat as they must in the boule vards and the Palais Royal; but the modes of dining are ao different, that thev might l>elong to two different worlds. The expensive dinner has often been described, and in these day* of quick traveling, when Paris is only eight honrs from London, dining there is as familiar as dining in London ; bat few people have ever penetrated into the nooks and corners where customers measure their appetites by centimes, and very freqneutly can only gratify them in on unpleasantly intermittent manner. In these establishments, plates of meat can be had for two sous (a penny), and one of vegetables for a half-penny, while some of the meats combine with the chanoe of getting something good to eat, the thrilling possibility of getting nothing. This is playfully called fhaz ard dr. la fourcKttc (the chance of the fork), and onuits in the plater taking one shot for his money with a two proDged fork into a seething caldron, and bringing np whatever he is able to stick the fork into. An old hand often anoceed* in landing a succulent frag ment of something nuknon, but a qov. ice finds the coveted morsel evades the prong, and leaves him despondent and dinntrlesb. >'UMBER 40. A IhoUit. Tb native dentist* of* tli* Mercs* cbarlutaur, uJ prartioe M <*thi cur rail*. Tbey uiawrt artificial 'roth oi the wt kmr, ohiob are l*Bt in plac* by oopper-eire wrappings or fastening* to the adjacent tortfc, OM ebargs about three root* prr tooth for the operation. Teeth are eitreaUd by a boi* prooret which the Jrntil impost*"*" culli "ounitif up." The metlftl of extract ing i* tbi* : The dmtiet applies "bin powder, represented to bo the anlt a* ireeted fruta Uta ••eat of tba bdrao. D< Kaeliack fwnnd Una wbita p-.wdc-r to b. nothing mora or lor* than arsenic, whir* cause* tba gtim to aloagb, when tL tooth it easily removed by the tgws*d finger*. Bat the Chiasm method 0 c uring tba lootbaob* oaa obit puxxlr. bin) moat, ami longest defied detection Tba operation, it tbcmld have ban stated, are all |*rfonned in a U tuple en is the *|erc is frrmt onder * large un bielia, Ibe idea being tbat rvtogwm* oeramuuy ta in auzne way ciaiueeted wit! hem. Toothache i* cause! by a maggn wbeh geta into tba tooth aoiOf how 01 < tber whila tba patient ia asleep, 01 while be ia laughing immoderately. I' du* be removed alive ur tba patient will go ""<1 He i* therefore plaeed <* • M iit and hi* bead thrown l eek. Tb dentist insert* a long pair of forceps, and a'ter fumbling arnond far a u* aeoueds. product* botwean tba nipp*r a liUle black maggot—tbe <-eue of the whole trouble. Dr. Entlirt witneMed tbi* or *• rati on rejawtedly. bat it wm only after obtaining *arn-ptiooapoe*e • ioa of tbe forerp* that ha discovered tbe trick. He found tbat one arm of fbr iorrepa only wax of iron ; tba ckber war of tiamtino, painted to reeemble tbe other. In the hollow of tbe bamboo were found a number of little black tnaggoU, probably obtained (nan decay d vegetable* or decomposing matter. When necessary to do service, t La opera tor aimply aqneecod tbe tiamboo above and the maggot was ejected from tba small end of tbe instrument to tbe mouth, and then adroitly taken between tbe nippera and bold up trinmphaotly before the gaze of tba Mtonnbad and grateful patient. Dr. Emtlark could never *atu>fy himself on tba point of the patient's relief. Tbe operation* be eit ueenad were diapatcbed with a*fc>ai*hing rapid)tv and the patients bnrrird away, a* tbat part of tbe performance waa es sential to the ruecea* of the operation. •• Porterage" asd " latobafe." An officer detached no spe cial duty, and allowed bo charge lua ex penaes in tfce war office, duly sent there a Cbeotoraiidum of the different noma he liat;retl down hie throat, hut the man who had carried bia luggrgt. Thia brought a enrt reply from Pali Mall direct ngcaptain to enter auch charge*, uoi aa " potter,** but as ••porterage." The gallant < rffieer in question, a little amused and perhaps a 'little a-inoyod at thia rtdicnhma red tapeistn. took tbe warning to Iteert A few weeks later, in makuag up the ac count of bia disbursement*, be had oo oaainn to charge la 6d. for tbe hire of e rah. Mindlul of the mat, he argnrd to himeeit that if "porter" in war oflaee English became trasaauegricd into • porterage," "cab," of ounree, mnat undergo the same development, and be meekly jotted down in hie modret schedule eighteen pence, in what be anppnaed to be tbe orthodox manner. By tbe next poet be received a trvrneu ik.ua fooleoap epistle, rad-guantly desir ing to know why captain bad pie anmed to charge eighteen pence fo* • " cabbage? Ixfftrm ffnrnet. The Rural ag of laserts. The old natnrmbet* beiieied that the hn.ng oi insects was ratmed ao!e!r by the vibration* wf the w isg, but tb>a opinion ru abandoned when Eeae.aar show oil tha' a blow-fl; conGrneeto boas after its wing* are eat off Aeeording to M. J oil see t tie Heliesme, who baa Nm-l invcMigating the subject, meat* which buu emit two sounds, a grave one whea they fly, uud a alrnrp one when they alight." The grave sound alwsy* socom- Fanirs the greal vibrations of Hie wings. It commences an aoan as the wings be gin to move, and if the wing* foe cut off it disappear* entirely. The sharp aoard ia never, ou the contrary, produced dar ing flight; it is only ohsorved apart (rem the great vibrations of the wings when the insect alights, or when it is held so us to hinder iU ainvemi-nt, and in that ease the wiug is MHU to be ani mated by a rapid trembling. It is also produced when (be wings are entirely taken away. This sharp sound is due tin the vibrations of the tborak. The form of the thorax eiiaugee with each move ment of the wing under the influence of the contraction of the thorax mnseles. The muscular ma*e intended lor flight being powrtfnl, this vibratory move ment of the thorns is very int'eusei, aa may be proved by holding a bumble-bee between the tlugorK And aa the vibra tions are repeated two or three hundred times per second, they'give rise to a mnsioal sound, which is the sharp note, iln feet the air wbinh MI rewinds the thorax ia set in vibration by that direct ly, and without the wing taking put in it. Oesdwo d. Dead wood now has a population of about 4,0(10. and the commercial cen ter of the Black Hilla region. It has rude theaters, dance houses, gambling saloons, and uncounted barrooms ; jet a recent visitor savs there is far less ruffianism than might fairly be expected in a new mining place. There are banks, chnrchea, a school-bouse, a news paper, and good hotels. Many lawyers get s good income ont of the extensive litigation over the title to mines. Dead wood ia in an irregular gulch, has al , ready outgrown ita space, and bogins to climb the precipitins aides of the hills by which it ia inclosed. White cot tages, approached bv winding paths and steps, stand hundreds of feet nbove the level of the town. Under Deadvood proper there is another city—the city of the miners. Openings to the tunnels and shafts are reen at various places throughout the upper town. In the tnnnels and shafts the plaoer miner digs out the yellow earth, an aft day to M *** To-morrow be lw*m "• toola At Ant h* mad* u*ught hot to-day. With it* Joy*, tt* WMia—x, ami "*j Th*o to kp 00 geed U*r* wtth th* wurld. 0* proodßM) be' 4 mM a to-toorrew. Th* til* refwmd milk* WTO*. Pot their hand* in thsir po**A* and SoUevlag th* pronil** of Tim* Wooid t moat r*hgic * breath For ttioy Itoond, ** b* leagted and tow on, i Thto umimwtow om waOuag hot death. Item* of fatofwet. Alary girl moat ba told to get up and J oaf . Tba early chestnut -eater catches tba worm In playing a* chary young women don't aind the heaa. One-foarth of tba human rare die 'ore firs yaara of age. When amen •• breaks " a borae, what IOM he do with the pieoesf pnaaume too much butter ; to aay * Mary Wagar-rbr. Venice ia overrun With blind men, al bougb *be ia miatreaa at the aea. The press of Clreat Britain eonaiata of 2,750 newapapara and magazines. Tba first camp-meetisg ia tba Dnitod dtatea was bald in Kentucky in 1709. A Kentucky woman baa married a Mr. C*Uc% Our only hope ia tbat ha will wash. . , Mr. baa married Miss Howe oat n Wisconsin. They wme prenoaaly oetroagbed. Throughout tbe entire world tba aver se oooaotnpMou of eoal is fiOO pounds to each parson. Boxtoo baa 40.000 dwelling*. 115 hotels, 3.000 a'orea, aad 4,500 miaeel .*naoua builaing*. Kcxt spring an English erpedition will start for tbe tboruogb ciptorauon 1 if tba vallay of tba Euphrates Tbeaa iMtm* pejdormera are daapc-r --1 ate peraoea. Tbev am booad to maka a living if they bawe to awing for it. It Mttmated that aonnaiJy in tba c Ited Btatea 7.000 pemwa are killed nd 6.000 are wounded wtth eoal otL A bee can draw twenty tunc* tbe weight of its body; • specie* of beetle can drew forty-two tew ita own weight. In good society we are required to do obhging things to cam another; in gen teel aociety we are only required to aey them. Oa reaaoo why we aoo*mpU*h ao lit tle in this world ia because so much time ia lost hunting up cottar button* of a mottling. So wonder Proctor naked, "la the moon dead!" It tehee no aere of its health. It never gets up till evening, , and then knock* around all night Edison bar taken out ISO patent*, bat only twenty are considered by him to be of much importance. Tbe rest were obtained to give edited security to them. It require* a great deal of badnaa* and • great deal of oantton to make e gnat foctaue, and when you have got it it requires tea times aa much to keep it. The Australian aborigine* are said to have discovered a sew stimulant which it-miJed " pttobenoe." It is smoked, - hewed, and applied aa a piaster behind tbe ear and has a very exhilarating sffeet At a recent sitting of a medical ©on grewe in Puts, Italv, one at tbe doctors present, Pnrim, committed suieide im racdiatelw after the subject *• Suicide " had been elaborately dieen ssed by tbe body. Mala goosip; "He aa liberal to a fault," said Smith, speaking of e well known eitisen of Tixgiaia City. " It tbe only thing to which be as liberal," said Brown. " Axd then the fault must be bia own," remarked Jones. " Why," a ska an eminent professor of linpab-tie science, "do not tbe 'owcr animal* *peuk?" We never gave tbe subject very close thought, but we sup post- it is to avoid being celled or to make addresses of welcome and after dinner speeches. Concentrated fores is what aeecm pitches wonder* A little green apple, aot so big see base ball, will doable a hoy fourteen year* old tap so close and ught that it will take e mustard piaster aa big as a watermelon three hour* to straighten him out. WAST* PBWMI or Soar—Cut the pi&M arte iwil bits, and sorer then with water. Place them upon the range, where they will gradually dissolve mtc ajelly-lihe p*te ; add a little perfume. Wtieu urn oth and ere®, poor into a square aided pan, aadl when eokl cot into The Bosnian papers have lately con tain** porta about a band of robbers stash has appeared ia the district of Paulotok, in southern Russia, and has -pinad terror through all the heighbor ■ng region. It ie said to ba over HOO • rung. The osptain ie iwpocted to be a peasant woman of singular beauty, who was previously counseled with a .rang of forgers of rouble-notes. The Russian government ia ao deairon* of procuring the arrest of this female chie that it has ant a price of £11,250 upon her heed. * The big picture of the Berlin congress, bv Director Werner, painted to the or der of the citv of Berlin, ia nnder way. The artist look separate sketches in wster color of all the members of the congress, and that of Lord Bsaoousfield ia among the best. In the picture he is to be represented standing ad the upper end of the congress table, leaning over the chair of Prince Uoikebakoff, anil laughing in a friendly way with that ,Mmty. Prince Bismarck stand* firmly planted beside them, ami Counts Andraasy and Bolumvaloff are depicted advancing to shake hands. The pic ture promises to be of interest and ex cellence. Pear Celebrated Tree*. A correspondent of the Troy Timr* thus describes four celebrated " big trees" of California; The "Father of the Forest" whose huge form now lies prostrate upon the ground, has a iliameter of thirty- seven j feet, and measures 112 feet m eireuin ferenoe at the base. It must have been 100 feet high when standing. We . climbed np by a ladder on the mighty trunk, and walked from the roots to ward the top for 300 feet, then were oompelled to oome down another ladder because the tree had been broken in two by falling. At the break we found the giant sixteen feet in diameter. Through the trunk of the fallen mon arch, which is hollow, one can ride for ! seventy-five feet on hore-baek. A party of ns walked side by side through the inside of this tree, then wo all crawled through a knot-hole. The " Mother of the Forest," now dead bnt still standing, is 327 feet bigh (More than 100 feet higher than Banker I hill monument.) This is the tallest tree on the continent Some years since the bark was stripped from this tree, for a distance of 116 feet from the ground, and carried to England. Tour correspondent sew it in the Jjondon crystal palace, ia 1867. , \ . One of the treea of thia prove (the Calaveras) is called the " Old Bachelor." He is sixty feet in circn inference, and looks, like some other old bachelors, rather forlorn. Another ia: eet'ed the "Old Maid,"and aba ia fnll wxty feet around the ai*h The Old Bachelor and Old Maid are quite a distance apai t (tbay generally are, jou know,) Tba Buohelor ia still standing; but a few yean ago the Old Maid fall, and I must i tell of it, ahe fell right towarcHbe Old ! Bachelor.