*y Hood-Tor-Nothing. •• What are you (food for, my br*r Utile man Answer that question for me, if yon nan yon, with yonr fit per* ready for fun- Yoa, with yonr ringlet* u bright at the inn. AD the day long, with yoor bny contriving. Into all mischief and rognerr driving Use if yonr wiaa little noddle can tall What TOO art good for. Now ponder it wall." Ovwr the carpet the daar little foot ' oma with a (tatter to rltmb on my teat, Two merry area, full of frolic and plea. Coder their laahea looked np nnto ma. Two little hand" (trailing toft .to my ftci. l>rew me dowu close in a loving embrace Two ittty lipi gave the antwar to true, "Good to love yon. mamma good to love yon.'' RVnRj Hiiirr. New. Kiae! for the day it pawmtg . While yon lie dreaming on. The oU ert have buckled their arrn.tr And f vrth to the Sight are gone , A piece in the ranht await., yon, Each a >an ha* tome part to play; The peat and the future air i.,.thing In the face of the ateru to-day. Riea from yonr dreamt of the future Of gaming tome hard-fought field. Of a terming aw* airy fortreet Or bidding some giant yield . Yoor future hat deed" of glory, Of honor (God grant it may ') Put your arm will never be stronger Or the need to great at to-day. Rite! if the peat detains yon. Her tunhi o and -tortus forget, No chains to unworthy to hold you At thoee of a vain regret; had or bright, the it Ufelet* ever, Oaat her phantom at nit away. Nor look hack , strive to learn the lesion Of a nobler strife to-day. Rite 1 for the day it passing 1 The low sound that you .cereali hoar It the en. m* marching to twittle— Ante! for the foe it here. Stay not to sharpen yoor eeapout. Or the hour will ttrike you at last When from dream* of * .• ni'ug battle You may wake to find it pa*t 1 —.l lie* onto .lav Proctor. Colonel Marshall's Wheatfield. Just one hundred rears ago, on the afternoon of a beautiful summer .lav, there sat, in the rine-ora and Diana Marshall. On the afternoon of which we speak they had come ont upon the porch to enjoy the beautiful scenery and fresh, invigorating air. " How peaceful it all is," Dora ob served, musingly, gazing upon the roll ing meadows and shining river. " Yes," sail Diana. "I cannot realize that aims day, perhaps not so far dis tant all this peace and plentv may fall under the devastating hand of the enemv." " What! " Is there re*llv a possibil ity of that, think you ? " inquired Dora, •• I fear there niav be. Only yester day black Pete toid father that Silas Ambrose, the soont, who has returned wounded, informed him that he firmly believed that it was the intention of the British to send a party of Tories and Indians to ravish oar beautiful valley." " What did father say ? " "Oh, he looked grave, and, I believe, Dora, that his main design in riding down to the Ambroses' to-day, was to question Silas. '' "And isn't that father returning now ?" hastily inquired Dora, turning ber eyes down the road. " Ah, yes ; but why does he ride at such a terrible pace." " Oh, God 1" cried Dora, excitedly. " Bee ! he is pursued by Tories and In dians ? And, oh, look ! One is raising a musket to shoot! Merciful heaven, spare my father!" and Dora clasped her white hands imploringly. It was a moment of awful suspense. Dashing long the road, with his noble bead bare, his gray locks dying, was the old colonel, and, close behind him in swift pursuit, like a pack of hell-bonnds, were the savages, yelling with mnrder ous cries. Racer, the colonel's horse, dashed on as if be knew it was a case of life or death, but, alas ! he couldn't out strip the leaden messenger which now flew from the gun of one of the savages and buried itself in the brave heart of the old colonel, who reeled and fell from his horse jnst as he reached his gate. His noble horse stopped directly, and stood looking at his fallen master with an almost human expression of pity in his great eyes. The foremost of the enemy, a brawny savage, hideously painted, spr ing from his sa Idle with the intention of scalping the luckless colonel. Diana, suspecting his desigD, rushed down the path, cry ing : " Stop, stop J" For a minute he was struck by her beauty and commanding appearance, and then, uttering an " Ugh !" he ap proached his prey; but like a lioness defending her young, Diana gnarded the body of her father. Dora, too, who had now reached the scene, with tears and pathetic gestures strove to ward away the savage. Just then the remainder of the party rode up—two British officers, one about forty, the other twenty-five or thirty twelve tories, and eighteen or twenty Indians. Diana immediately addressed the elder of the two officers. " Sir," she said, " onr father ia dead. May we beg the privilege of having his remains unmolested ?" The officer bowed low, and over hia coari-e face stole an expression of won der and admiration. " Lady," he Baid, " the prayers of the beantifnl onght always to be an swered; bnt yon know the rules of savage warfare. An Indian always con siders himself entitled to the scalp of a fallen foe. Bat on one condition will I prevent his doing thus in this case." "What is the condition?" Diana asked, coldly, for she had taken a sud den dislike to the man. "The condition, lady, is that you will give me one kiss from those red lips of vonrs. Jove! bnt they are the sweetest I have ever seen !" Diana drew herself up proudly, "Sir!" she said, haughtily. "You are no gentlemau 1" " Hey dey ! Do you know that I am Major Gridley; of bis majesty's army. Pray reoollect the uniform I wear !" " I reapeat that you are no gentle man. If you were, you wouldn't insult a girl when her only protector lies dead at her feet. Oh, shame!" " Hold your tongue, you saucy minx!" cried the major, hiß face red with rage. "Here, Arrowhead," turning to the Indian who had shot the colonel, "finish your business." With a grim smile and a grunt of approval. Arrowhead stepped forward, and then Dora interposed. In piteous accents, she addressed the younger of t he two officers. " Oh, sir 1 I beg you, Ist our honored FRED. KURTZ, RMitor ant! Frofiriotor. VOLUME XII. father's remains he nndieturbed, and heaven will surely bless yon 1 Have pity ! Oh, have pity 1" l'Ue officer, whose fa.-e was uotile as well as handsome, soenusl moved by her appeal, and turning to Maior Gridley, he said, in low touee: "My dear air, had yon not t>etter orvler Arrowhead to de sist ? I fear General 0 will blaiue us if we allow this brutality. We must recollect that Colouel Marshall was re spected eveu bv his otieruiea." "Well, well, llarley. my boy, per haps you are right," motioning Arrow head to desist. " Anyhow, that pretty, luaek eyed girl looks as though she'd ntnroer us all. And we haven't time to waste over a see ue. Our meu waut their dinner, and after that we must rifle yoader wheatfleld of its loaded ears. Jove! what rejoicing there'll be when we carry all that grwiu back to camp !" Major Gridley ordered the body of tlie colonel to be carried up to the house, audCaptaiu Harley and one of tlie tones voluuteered to do Uiis, and Dora assist ed them by supporting the head of her father, ou whose gray hair* she dropped many a tear. Major Gridley slighted from his home aud j*ereited in walking twsi.le Diana, who treated bun witli the utmost haughtiness. At last, stnug by her acorn, he saiJ, angrily: " I'll break your high spirit, my young lady 1" and u(HU reaching the bouse he locked her in one of the upper rooms, tell her that when she made up her mind to treat one of his majesty's officers with proper respect he would let her out Otherwise there was a prospect of her traveling to Cana.la as a prisoner. Scarcely bad the key turned upon her before Diana's womanly wits were at work to find some way whereby she might thwart the pompous major. " I baTe it!" she presently exclaimed. " I hear*! him s(>eak about the wheat fleld. If he thinks the British are going to hare the benefit of that he is mis taken. " Going to the window and looking oat, she continued: "I suppose he thought he had me safe up here. Bah ! I have climbed this cherry tree too often ! It reaches way up to the window. The major aud his crew are all in the dining-room on the other side of the house, so they won't see me." With one little lonnd, Diana was out of the window and m the tree. Scram bling down among its branches, she soon reached the ground. Stealing cau tiously sronnd the house, she peeped into the kitchen; no one was there ex cept old Mammy Lncrece, whose face shone with perspiration a* she bent over the Are at ber cooking. " Mammy I" whispered Diana. " Bress us, chile! Is that you?" " Yes, mammy. What are yon doing ?" "Fryin' flapjacks—aud, de Lord pre sarve us ! dis is de sebenth plate of ueui I'se made ! And de meat and bread and wegetables and cider deni pesky Brit ishers has done made away wid would make yer brack eyes stare ! I'se had to do all de cookin myself, for Lizy and Sne and Weens htirrird off whn dey see red coats comiu". I didn't go, fnr I was determined to stand by yon gals. Dat pesky Major Griddle does swear so ! De oder officer am a gen'leman, and he am helpiug yer pore sister watch wi,i de dead colonel. Oh, deary me, that I should live to see my old massa murder ed ! But what can I do for ve, Mi-s Di?" " Nothing, mammy, only give me some lighted brands from your tire. I'll put them in this pan. May I? ' "Bartin. Bat what te yer poin' ter do, chile? Nothin' rash, I hope?"— anxiously. "Don't worry, mammy; I'll do no thing that my poor father would disap prove;" and. taking the pan and glow ing coals, Diana burned away, bent on carrying out ber purpose. " She's mad, she is," quoth Mammy Lncrece, as with a dexterous twist she turned another flapjack. " Fur high spirit Bhe is de colonel's "wn dsrter. Hark ! Dere's dat Major Griddle bol lerin' fur more flapjacks. Gracious ! I wish he'd done choke hisseif wid one I" Meanwhile, with swift sttqw Diana was speeding along. She reached the barn, and paused there long enough to gather an armful of dried hay. Bearing it in her arms, she continued on her nay to the wheatfield. A pleasing sight of plenty was thiß army of golden grain. " What a pity to destroy it!" thought Diana. "Yet better than haye the British enjoy it" She carefully arrange.! the dried hay in little heaps here and there, and ap plied the red coals to them. There had been no rain for several days, and it was not long before the whole wheatfield was in a blaze. Seeing that her task was completed, Diana hastened back to the house and entered her chamber by the way she had left it Major Gridley and his men had been so busy gormandizing that it was some time before they knew of the fire. AH rushed oat to check the flames, but in vain; thedestroying element had already passed over the wheatfield, leaving only a few black, smoldering remains. "Who did this ?" angrily demanded the major, stalking abont in an infuriated manner. "Some of the servants, probably," suggested one of the soldiers. " Where are Colonel Marshall's ser vants?" addressing Mammy Lucrece, who, with terrified eyes, clasped hands, and turban all awry, was standing in the kitchen doorway." " Oh, dey all run when dey seed you oomin'l" she stam mered in reply. "Then yon must have set the wheat afire, yon vixen I" "Oh, Lord bless ye, I didn't I How could I, when I was frying flapjacks all de while ?" "Jove, that's so ! Bnt did you see any one aet fire to it ?" " No, sah I" " Do yon know who did it?" This was a poaer. Mammy Lncreee was very religions, and not to save her akin wonld she tell a lie. She did know who was the incendiary—at least she felt certain that it was Diana. But betray her yonng mistress ( Never 1 And so she stood silent. "Why don't you answer ?" roared the major. "I can't answer, please, sah." "If yon don't answer in five minutes I'll have my Indians tie you to a tree and give yon a good heating 1" said the major, brutally. Yet not even this threat made poor mammy speak. She folded her arms firmly across her breast, and stood in respectful silence. Time passed on. At last Major Grid ley said, shortly: " Time's np. Maybe, wench, you don't think i mean what I say!" and with an oath he ordered two savages to bind Mammy Lnerece to the cherry tree. They had taken bnt one step to ward her when there was a slight noise overhead as of a window-shutter thrown open, and a clear voioe called out : " Major Gridley !" All glanced up, and there, at the second-story window, was the face of Diana. With flashing black eyes she oontinned : " Major Gridley, you will let that old woman free. HL.e did not burn the wheatfield—l did that myself, sir," with a sancy, defiant bow that set all her jetty curls a-flutter. " You !" exclaimed the major, in as tonishment " How could you get out of your room ?" THE CENTRE REPORTER. " Oh, we American girls can climb Duma replied nonchalantly. "Curse you 1 I wonder if von can walk a well," apntteie.l the major. " 1 Iwill give you the privilege of trying, for this very nfieriloou you will start with us, as our prisoner, for Canada I" *'Scarcely !" said Diana, with a gay laugh. " 1 don't believe you will start for Canada to .lay, my dear major. Allow me to ask you to glance bemud you. " Major t'lrulley and his companions hastily glanced around them. They had been to abaorbed in the scene lefore j tliem that they had not noticed a party of American soldiers who had silently stoleu in the gate and aurrouuded them. Silas Ambrose, who had known that Colonel Marshall was pursued ou his homeward journey, had sent to the American camp for aid. A party bad been immediately sent out to the reaone. To say that Major Gridley was sur prised would le to express our meaning very tamely. Hesistance was useless, as hesud his soldiers had left their arms in the house. A surrender was the only alternative, and this the major accepted with manv oaths. At the re jucst of Dors aud Diaua, the young officer. Captain Haricy, who had becu so kiuil to tlicm, was allowed to go free. After the war wat over, he re turned to America to woo and wiu the golden-haired Dora. Diaua became the wife of a general in the Americkfl army, and with her wit and beauty was one of the chief orna ments of the circle by which President and Lady Washington were surrounded. The Malay Sword-Uain-e Whil* on t cruiae among the islands of th* Malay archipelago, our ship put in at Batavia for a week's repair*. Batavia is til* Dutch capital of Java, wholly under the control of Holland ; ami its l>utoh architecture, an J Dutch manner* of living, make on* feel an if every house had been built in far-away Amsterdam, then boxed up, people, furniture, and all, aud sent by ship across the waters. So, to know anything of the natives to whom this great, beautiful island originally belonged, of their habits, dress and amusements, one must visit the Malayan aettlemeuta of the interior ; and a little party of us de termined thus to sp'-inl the week of our ship's stay at Batavia. We had made the aeouaiutanoe of a jietty chieftain, who hau once been iu the service of the rajah of Djokjakarta ; and for a small fee, Selun uitxoduoed our party to the court of his former master. Here, one day, we had *ll op}ortnuity of the •• sword-danee " of the Malays, the most uotcd of all their national dances. Ordinarily, it is per formed by some thirty or forty ten-year old lads, who are trained to their voca tion from a very early age ; but who practice it in public only for a year or so, before they are set aside as no longer sufficiently light and agile for this pe culiar dance. The boys are rigged ont in very fantastic costume, their hate es pecially, which are fancifully adorned with the plumage of many colored bird*, intermingled with brightly gleaming jewels. The only weapons used art wooden swords ; but the youthful gym nasts seem thoroughly in earnest, ami rush upon one another with all the fury of real combatants, their eyes gleaming tiercely, and their dark faces glowing . with excitement. They all brandish their swords with great dexterity, deal ing blows side wise, aud even backward, while they are in the very act of whiz ting and wbtriing round the room in a ' rapid gallopade. Their motions art- not 1 leas graceful than enthusiastic; and though the company is numerous, and the turns and thrusts are *ndden, none seem taken'unawares, nor u there even the slightest apparent confusion. Some times single combats follow the general engagement, each selecting his own op- . ponent ; but the boys are so well mat -h- ; ed in regard to size, and all are so per- ! fectly trained, that really there seems little ail vantage to be gained. The , grand climax of the whole affair is to | force two of their leaders into a ooruer, surround them with a circle of crossed j swords, and hold them prisoners until j one or the other succeeds in gaining ! possession of his opponent's wekpon. The victor then receives ns a prixe a real sword, and is thenceforth honorabl) discharged from fnrther trials of bis skill; while the unfortunate lad who 1 {•ermitted himself to lx> disarmed, has to go through an additional season of probation. The ordinary dress of the lower class i of Malays is very simple; oonsistiug for the most part of a long, loose " sarong," or petticoat, in place of trousers, and a I tigbt-fltting jacket of white or red cot ton ; but the garb of the princess is very j gorgeous. The rajahs wore sarongs of heavv silk, jackets of velvet richly era broidered in gold and tiny seed-pearls, and jeweled girdles that seemed all ablaze with diamonds. Both turbans and sandals were adorned in the same costly fashion ; and as for the creese or serpentine dagger, without which a Malay, whatever his rank, never ap pears, those of the rajah's were marvels of costly workmanship. The display of wealth in the palaces of these native chiefs was far beyond what wo expected to find ; but we learned afterward tliat Malayan "sultans" are pirate chiefs as well ; anil though they don't in person rob or murder on the high seas, they derive enormous revenues trom the piratical hordes that everywhere intost the Malay archipelago.— fit. Nicholas. Six Charlie Rosses in the Field. Although (oar years and a half havo passed since the kidnapping of Charlie KOMI, th> father avers he ha* never given np the search. At the present time be la engaged in looking ap nix different clew*. One of them IB in Aus tralia, and he ia daily expecting a letter detailing the hiatory of the discovery of the boy. There are two more in Eng land, and a fourth in the mdnntain faat neaacn of Walea. That the intcrcat of the pnblic in the eaao ia not abated ia manifeated in the nnmeroaa lettera which Mr. Rosa oontinaea to receive. On an average he geta a letter every (lay from aome peraon who ia certain he haa aeen a chili living nnder anapiciona circnmatancea, or reaembling the por traits of Charlie. In the course of his journeying Mr. Ross says he has found that a majority of these children are the offspring of people who have separated through domestic troubles, and have been placed in some out-of-the-way place by either mother or father in revenge. The boy found in Bradford oonnty. supposed to have been Charlie, was taken from his mother in Vermont. Mr. Ross has almost arrived at the conclusion that his boy is not secreted in the country. He thinks, if he is alive, it is most likely tlmt he is in New York, in some crowded tenement house, where the people are used to seeing children run around without parents. He said that he knew of one case where an Italian had a child living on the filth floor of a tenement that none of the other inmates had ever seen. He has not given up all hope, and says that every case presented to him, hav ing the least sign of probability, will be carefully investigated. Rending (A.) Ea0l. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY FUJI THE FAIR NO tu.fclaa N*lr. Bullet shaped glass buttons are worn with colored dresses. White ami gold is the fashiouable combination this winter. Hows of gilded pearls, like small ccuiha, are worn on bouueta. tllovescoutraaUug with the dreas are worn Willi all the new colors. Tucks and Valenoiennee trimming are used on the beat underclothing. The bands of fur used for trimming this seas.>u are tuvariably narrow. Feathci trimming* are embroidered through the ccutcr iu chain stitch. I'earls are now more fashionable than diamonds, and the price has consequent ly advanced. Small black satin bullous are used on the waist of the nicest dresses by fash iouable makers. The " Chesterfield," a new coat for alre< l wear, is shaped like an ulster but has a jacket-back. i'iaiu rucking set edge to edge with insert ion hctwewu, is a pretty trimming for the seek of a dress. Small diamonds set in silver, and ar ranged iu fan* .fui shapes on bangle rings, are much worn. Angola hoods lookiug almost like awausdowu, and costing little more than plain worsted, are shown for babies. Mixed fabrics should never lie used ss the foundation of a suit, for they twnnot be dyed, and are not worth making over. New comb*, in shell and silver, consist of three pius, which may be arranged in a straight or curved hue or worn sep arately. Belts are very fashionable, and are woru very broad. Some have u| peared in i'aris of white enameled leather, with steel buckles. Black satin cloaks, lined with satin or old gold silk, and bordered with feather trimming, are the handsomest winter wraps. Alwolutelv plain black velvet bonnets, with a wreath of jle pink nates in a row across the top, are iu good taste, and easily made at home. • The Jupuarae HtaarwK#. While the mother is husv at needle and threat), near her may be her daugh ters learning to write or read; perhaps tn sew, embroider, make poetry, play *u musical luatrunitmt*, to dance, sing, make tea in ceremonial style, t;. 1 up preaeuts, arrange curtains of flowers, or to }>erf'>rm one of the muuy duties nd accomplishment* laid down iu the book of "Women's Great Study." Among many others, these comprise lessons in reading, writing, the memorising and composing of j>oetry, the entire tvre momal and procedure of courtship, be trothal, marriage, wifely and motherly duties, the cutting and making of gar ments, care ami ordering of a house hold, complete ladv's toilet, moral duties and precepts, the simples of botany, the birth aod rearing of chil dren, conduct of household sffk'rs, fesli val and religious duties, funerals, and of behavior in uld age. While the great mass of the children go to school to learn to read, write snd count, rnauy are the well-curb to exchange the news with the nur* ry maide, old granules and busy-tongue J women washiug their rice or riusuig their clothes. Then sin- may air her self for an hour or two and then per chauoe go with the bady to the bath house up the street t" indulge in tuore gossip, hot water and ablutions. A visit to the temple either for piety, ex citement or pleasure's sake may finish the moruing, and perhaps allow her to arrive hotne in time to gst up n make shift dinner for her husband. The chil dren. meanwhile, are neglected, showing more attention fT'jm mother ear h than from mother woman. If she be a shrew or a virago, husband had better uot complain, or he will catch something not in the bill of fart-; for a Japanese woman's tongue can distil more than balm or healuig oil, when she so wills. The lazy, shiftless, Untidy, gossiping wife snd careless mother, with her house in disorder, her children neglected, her husitand henj>eckod or tinheljwsl, her time and her means wasted, her hair un combed. her dress always untidily open, her clothes crumpled, slovenly or soiled, her dirty infant slung or held on her back, only half snpporb-d nnder her hands, in slipshod sandal or broken clog, is one typo of the Japanese wo man, The exquisitely neat, tidy, thrifty, diligent wife who orders her househunt in IwMUtv with taste and skill, esrnest ness, patience and irradiating smile, who is a help and cheer to her husband, an affectionate, firm and patient mother, with hair and dress and foot always in order, whoso house and garden and table service, or even nursery and sew ing-room, are always fit for a visitor to see, who rears her children in houor and dignity, whether she be rich or poor, is another type of a Japanese woman. I have seen them both.— William F. Griffl*. Crotchety I'cople America knows something of crotch ety people. It was a crotchety notion of ours when we made up that ten-party in Boston. We are all the result of crotchety notions. There is no walk in life in which we do uot find crotchety people. First, there is your growler, the man who is never satisfied with any thing or anybody. His dinner is done too much or it is done too little. He is miserable himself and makes every one around him miserable. Another class of growlers is the crotchety young fel low who comes home hi dinner and asks his young wife, "How did you oook tliat,, my dear ? " Hhe tells him she did it no and so, and he replies, " All, if yon only knew how my dear mother used to doit." If you build a bouse and call in a friend to look at it, ten to one he will tell you how he could have improv ed it. He would put a door here and A closet there, etc. 80it will lie seen that no two people arrive at the same con clusion. As proof that the work a per son is engaged in luts its effect npon tile mind, the professor refernnl to an actor and author of his acquaintance who wrote a farce entitled " Hypochon driac," and through his labors upon it came to be one himself, and afterward wrote the "Black Crook." Then there is the melancholy man, the nrnti with a very long face, as if he hadn't a friend in the world. Give me the man who can laugh—that man who jiasses through the world like the snu's rays. He didn't mean the man who chuckles, or he who utters the horse laugh, but lie of the joyous, hearty laugh.— From lecture by Profeimor Fvatm in Utica. Ralston, the California hanker, according to a rumor on the Pacifloooaat, is still alive and living in the south o Europe, the drowned body which was found having been the corpse of a man so closely resembling llalstou tli&t every one wae deoeived. as it was planned that they should he. Ml 11'Willi HI It HlltOh*. T tlUn.lrr. ail Ihr s Knnllt" Waal? wril-ltralsl Is TIMIP si I'erll If was at two o'clock 011 tli** morning of the 2(ith of February, IK.VJ, that the tmopship Birkenhead. having ou board a large number of soldiers, with the usual proportion of wotaen ami children, li-'tl souls tu nil, struck on n rock near Puiut Danger, C ijKiof (iiMxt Hope, and tilled. ( Captain Malmoud o in oomiusnd of the VOcsel ; Lu-lllrUSlll-ColoUel Hetou, of thr* Seventy eighth Highland* r*, of the soldiers. t)f course the pin* of the davits had rusted and the larger IkmU ' could not he launched ; lint two cutter* and a gig were got out and manned, and the women and children placed in tiiein. The colonel " tuminoued hi* ofiloers to a consultation and impressed Upon theUl Uie necessity of composure and of pre aerviug discipline among their men to the very last." At Una moment the ship parted, ami the fore part went down, and the word * painted that fur ther effort w* m vain ; let each do the I best he could to secure his individual : safety. A few men jumped overboard, l>ut the reimun*l< r collected on the poop, aoldit-ra and msuhu alike, " steady, quiet and resolute," The captain retained his post, cool and collected, as if there wa a ship under him, and Col onel Heton, witti his drawn sw*>nl in band, stood in the pathway to cat down any oua who might endeavor lo forow i his way toward the boats. Whan the khip reeled and quivered ere going down, Oaptaiu Salmoud shouted, " Let all who can swim now try to save them selves." One man exclaimed, " Make for the boats !" as he threw himself into 1 the wave*, but " the colonel and his officers entreated tlietr men—and not in vain not to attempt an entrance into the l>oata, which writ* already fully load o*l with women ac*l and children.* The officers now shook hand* and took leave of one another, when, on a sudden, the vessel broke again crosswise, nliaft the mainmast, and the poor>, heeling over with a lurch, plunged beneath the water," only twenty minutes from the time she struck. The captain was brained by a falling spar ; the colonel waa drowned, .aid of the hundred* so rudely awakened only IHA lived to tell the story of the Birkenhead; but among them w re all the w.mep and all the children. In the other instance to be recorded the men who died laekod the example of mi peri or* who had loug commanded then), and to obey whom was second nature; but the circumstances wore even more tragic, the agony was infinitely longer, ami the heroic ttminph perhajw even gical.T. The story of the Central America was once fn evt-ry laxly'* mouth, yet to hew many folk of this generation does Hertnlon's name recall Herndon'a daadf The Central America sailed from Ha vana for New York, September 8,1857, with a crew of 101 men, boaidcs 491 passengers, many ot them miner* return ing with their gold or for their families, and many of them women and children. " Many were possessed of large snm* ; and there were bnt few whose wealth did not nnmber hundred*, whiie many reckoned their gold by Uiouaaud* of dollars." When ahe wa* twenty-four hours ont a gait- sprang up that SKIS iucrvajtcd to a hurrirmne ; by the morn ing of the 11th the captain wa* apprehen sive ; soon after the vessel sprang a le*k, and though all hand* were *H to work the inflowing water pnt (ml the tires and the ship fell helpletw into the trough of the sea. Ouce again by bail ing ahe waa treed ao that they couid atari the lire*, but Uie pumpa ncsmc disar ranged and the water gained on tbem terribly. Tbe captain cut away the fore mast ao as to make a drag, hut when it fell it wa* dragged beneath the hull, and pounding the ship'* wounded sides, made the hwk worse. Ry paying out a hawser they extemporized a drag and brought the ship head on, bnt it soon ported and left hex at the mercy of the waves. The water bad gamed till the women and children were driven to take refuge iu the men'* cabin ; there there was sncli a scene a* not even the anna!* of shipwreck cau para del. Gold lay about, minted, in an*, in ingot*, by thousand* and thousand# of dollar*, i 8 >rne meu lioumi it round the.ir bodies with licit* and in handkerchiefs to carry them flown more swiftly when the fatal plunrerame; "other*', unwilling to le weighted tn the struggle by their bur den of dn*a, were aoatteriug it wildly rlniat the oabui flixire. lull ponche* lav untouched UJK'U the sofa*. One of the paaaengera. who afterward eeoapftl, flung about the cabin $20,000 and ba ie who would satisfy his thirst foe gold, bnt it wa* j****l by." Terrible a* the prospect was, the courage exhib ited WHS marvelous, and not even the women abed a tear. OB the afternoon of Saturday they hailed the ling Marine, of Boston, which had suffered cruelly in the atorm. bnt promised to do her best to relieve them. "Until her hopeful appearance," wrote a woman passenger, " not a tear had been shed that I am aware of on board the steamer. Till the moment we first espied the sail which we be lie veil brought ua relief, we had remained passively awaiting the resnlt There seemed to be a perfect calmness, which I conld not have be lieved it possible for ao great a number of person* to exhibit under such fearful circumstance*. Bnt when the Iwig hove in sight there were tears of joy, and the men worked with renewed energy and hope. The women beeought them to work with all their might, and said tbqy would themselves assist in the labor if the men did not do their best. In fact some of them were so eager to help that they even tried to put on men's Hoth i jng in order to go and work at the pnrnp*." It wa* 8.36 when the brig came malar the Central America's stem, and, without any nunaoesaary delay, bo gau removing the womou and children. The task was not easy, for the smaller vessel drifted slowly away, and the boat* took longer and longer at onch trip ; be sides, so heavy was the sea, they conld carry bnt a few at a time, "Tlie men made no attempt to save themselves ! until all the women and children were saved. Again and again the boat re urned ; agaiu and agaiu she made for the brig with her precious freight; yet not a murmur wa* hoard ; no nxolama -1 tion of selfish despair arose 1 At length every woman had lieen seenroly trans ported to the brig ; then eame the turn of the erew and the male passengers. About forty of these reached the Marine beforo the ship went down." Most of the crew and many of the passengers were still toiling at the ineffeotna] , pmup*. aud tli" captain stood liy the wheel, giving ordera firmly and uttering cheerful exhortation*. He had declared that he won Id not quit the ship. "Thank God," he said to a friend, " the women ! anil children are safe ; do yon take the j next boat." He att mini ted to charge I his friend with a farewell message to hia wife, bnt liia emotion overcame him ; after a few momenta ho rooovorod him self, and continued to direct affairs at the I mat returned from the brig. It was just eight o'clock when a great wave Minute tlie Central America and sent her down with some five hundred men. When Mr. George, a survivor, came up from what he thonght an unfathomable depth, there was in the water " a crowd ofnoads." Bat the weaker soon went down, and the waves began to separate the despairing comjiaay. " Many were desirous to isolate themselves as much aa possible, lest they should be dragged down in Bonio desperate struggle for lifr. uthers, afraid of the loneliness, fried to their neighbors Ui keep to gether." Oue by ua they wt-ut down ami only four of their numlter were saved souie hours later, as if by a mira cle. " 1 was forced by the wind," writes the captain of the hark Kllen, "h> sail a little out of my course. Just as I Lad altered it u small bird flew am-sa the ship once yr twice and then darted against my face. I, however, took no notice of this circumstance till precisely the same thing occurred the second time, which caused mate think it some what remarkable. While 1 was thus re flecting nltfiut the incident, the aame mysterious bird, for the third time, made Its appearance ami went through the very same extraordinary maneuvers. Upon tbis I was induced to re-alter lay course into the original oue in wluch had at first been steering. I hail not gone far when I heard strange noises, and on endeavoring to discover from whence they proceeded, 1 found 1 was IU the midst of people who had hewn shipwrecked." liirllliag Incident of a Flood. During I tie heavy flood at Peterson, N. J., an ciiaung incident occurred: Tho hill where the l'assaio falls are situ ated w as thionged with visitors through out the day. Just above the river had stretched across the meadows, cutting off the roa.l, and forming an immense pond. Out of this the water poured into the rocky gorge which forms the approach to the fall, ami such was ita volume that the chasm into which the fall tuiublea, seventy feet in depth, was filled half up with the flood, which roar ed so as to be heard a mile away, aud sent out a spray tliat fell for many yarda around like a heavy rain. At thia point in tlie afternoon an inei • Irut occurred that startled tx-vini ■*- (jnuiuu the thousand spectators there aarcuibhd. A boy ten year* old wait driving axt open wagon along tlie rtaal by the river hide, aboTc the fall a con ei'drrable distance. At point* the road over which he u driving wa sub merged, bnt not to a great depth, and he hod made several ford* suiwasinllT. A man walking along the road hailed lnm and naked for a lift; the boy took him in, and the two drove along to gether. Presently they came to a point where the lamp jm*t along the side of the road were almost half buried in tbe water, but the hoy whipped up bin horae ami drove in. All at once the two in the wagon felt the body of the value lifted no by the water, and they fl oot<*l oft, vlalo the burse oouliriu*i on with the wheel*-. The body of the wagon floated out on the broad pood that ha* l>en mentioned. The wat r w** com paratively amootb, hat at ill the current wa* strong, and the wagon body waa carried with considerable rapidity in the direction of the fall. Throng* of per son* were walking along the aide of the stream, and they ww tbe novel craft borne away, A hundred yard* ahead of where the two were a bridge crosses the river, and just bejund that occur* a slight fall in tbe bed of the stream, and from there on the water rnalna! like an arrow to the fall, ouly a short way dis tant. A* the wagon body drew on faster *nd faster toward the bridge, it* occu pant* could Me tin- spray of tbe fall and hear its roar. Tbe ioy was frightened and tried to jump out, "hut the man held him tight. Tli" scream* of the little fi How cotild lie heard by those on shore. Everybody rush- d to the side of the water; a hundred direction* were called out, but nobody knew what to do. A* the wagon iaaly ittnt nearer to the bridge, woewn screamed and ran away. The bridge was reached, and the pair secwr j now bejoud help, and then help came. A man driving over the bridge saw, as everybody did, the *t range craft sweeping down, and having hi* wit* about him, jumped from hi* wagon, the rein* from hi* home, and directed another driver to do tbe same. The two nairs of rein* were strapped together ami thrown icrer the rail of tbe bridge. The end fell into the water, and a* the wagon body, going now with immense velocity, came near, the man above cried out to the pair he low to catch hold. The reins were held right in the er>or*e of tbe wagon body, ami a* tin* swept try the man, holding (ant to the boy, grabbed at them, and caught them, and the two were drawn safely upon the bridge, while the wagon body dashed over the fall. Female Clerk* at Washington. The first female clerk* in tbe natioual treasury, aya a New York paper, were appointed in 1862 by Secretary Chase, who placet! them in the office of the comptroller of the currency at S6OO a year. They cut and trimmed the United State* note* issued iu sheets, and did their work very well. A* aoon a* they had been appointed there were many other applicants, and their nnmber steadily increas d, many of them # widows and daughters of army and naval officers who lost thoir lives in the civil war. Very few of the young women or widow* marry 'or resign, end oonseqnentlv the hun dreds who are constantly seeking places m Washington have very slender pros jiecte of snoocwe. The moat untiring, obstinate place-seekers at the federal capital are women. Big Grapevines In rallfsrnla. A Han Francisco paper say*: Cali fornia lias, probably, twenty viucs, ("acli of which produce* more than 5,000 pound* of grapes as an average crop. Among these are vine* at Coloma and Itlakes, aud near Montecito aud Stock ton—representing the Hierra Nevada, the eoa*t mountains north of San Fran cisco, tlio San Joaquin valley, the southern coast, the level of tho sea aud an elevation of 2,000 feet aliove it. Tho Stocktou vine, a mile southeast of tho town, in the yard of Mr. Phelps' house, ia a foot in diameter, aud has this y ar prodneod 5.000 pounds (two and a half ton*) according to the Independent. We have hoard nothing lately of the yield of Uie Moutooiko and Colotua big vinoa. We saw the latter in 1867 when young, and then it bore 1,500 bnnohoa of grajies. The Montecito vine grew from n cutting of the old big vine at the name place, act ont iu 1795 and cut down in 1875, whan eighty years old. It had a diameter of fifteen inchea, covered an arbor of 114 feet long by seventy-eight wide, and averaged three tons iu it* an nual yield. The big vine at Blakee sep arates, at the snrface of the ground, into two stems, each six inches iu diame ter. Tlie vine at Coloma is an Isaliella; the other three are of the Mission va riety. TERMS: #12.00 ft Year, in Advance. MITKEN \ EARN OF TRANUF.H. Oar at ISr Vlati IfraistSaSlr ( asra as MrrarS Vila. Jraalr Kallk. ihr OSIa Is tana llateleaa WOaSaraa. HeerrSlsaa liar stftrlai". Miss Jennie Hmith was born in Clark county Ohio, in lHi'i, being one of a family of nine children. Her parruta were Hi moderate circuwstau* as.entirely reputable 111 character, and attendants at au established church. From a child she was seriously inclined and disposed to meditate upon religious themes, which was caused, doubtless, by the number of alarming maladies tu which she was subject. At the age of sixteen alii* had the tvphoid fever, which set tled in ht r back au l resulted in a spinal disease. From this time Miss Hrnith waa a confirmed invalid, poaaihly in pwrl by reason of a great variety of domestic calamities, a broken marriage engage ment, the attempted suicide of her fath er, the loss of property and a number of deaths in rapiu nioeeas.uo lu the do mestic circle. Hhe was under the treat ment of several pnyaictaua, hut grvw rapidly worse, and at last became per fectly helpleas. Lying upon her back in lied, occasional IT h* had what aha calls "sinking spells," in which she was seeming)v lifeless, but was filled willi remarkable visions < learn that ahe waa fasting a* a mean* of grace, Iu 1870 her paroxysm* increased, so that at time* her body was bent nearly double; it ofteu required six person* to keep her in her chair; she suffered slso from tetacna; and the more severe her illness, the more re markably her mind seemed to lie affect ed, and her vision* were brighter and more wonderful. The intervals betwetn her paroxysm* were occupied in some literary work which had ready sale. In 1873 her brain became incapacitated for mental lal KIT. and again for days ami work* ahe was entirely helpless, blind and speechless. Front this condition she again rallied. In 1875 shs under went a new kind of medical treatment. Urr whole physical condition seemed unw to change, and ahe hail new and iUarming symptoms. One day while her fnatid* were gathered around her trying to alleviate ber pain, the terrible twitching of her muscle* ceased, her system relaxed, and ahe breathed easily. Bhe attributed tins resnlt to the prayer* which were nffrml for her at the time. From that hour she gradually recov ered, and is now roaiding in thia city in good health. MiasHmith ha* written a little volume, which she call* "Valley of Baca; a Record of Buffering and Triumph." There is a picture of her in thia hook, a* ahe appeared when she lay in her in valid chair. The introduction was writ ten by her former pastor, Thomas H. Frame, of Dayton, Ohio.—AVc For A Star. Aged People. Persons wliose wish it i* to live to lie old will find a record of intereatmg facta in the appendix to the retnrns of the register general of Scotland for the quarter ended September 30th last. For instant**, it ia mentioned that in the parish of Dunnett, Caithneas-alnre, the average age of seven ont of eight per son* who died wa* eighty-three year*. In Clyne, also in Oaithnees. a " writs I ble oentennarian," a apimater, died at i the age of 100 year*, who during her long life hail never tieen known to suffer from any illnes* whatever. In Cro marty pariah the average age of ten per son* who died wa* over eigbty-ooe. In i H.vvneh parish, Aberdeenshire, two men wh-> had reached the age of ninety-four year* died within a short time of each 1 other. In Eaglesbam parish. Ayrshire, tha death of a man aged ninety-four and a-half wa* registered by hi* nephew aged eighty-four. The ages of nine person* wbo died in Jedbnrg parish averaged over eighty-seven years. At Loehiuaben a lady did who had attain ,si the great age of 106, and who con tinued healthy till within two dava of her death. Iu the island of Ramsay the death was recorded of a man of eighty, who fell down a steep hill and ilislo- I catcd hi* neck. But for this accident aunt her centennariau's death might have to lie recorded. The Cow Tree. No tree aronsed the imagination of Humboldt ao keenly aa the cow tree, which grows upon the slopes of the ! Cordillera* of Venezuela. As the nu tritions jnioe of this tree is allied very cloaely to the rubber tree of Brazil— und, indeeil, niav yet come to supply a rubber to the European markets—the following aoeonnt of its composition, communicated to the French Academy of Sciences by M. Boussit.ganlt, may 1 not be without interest. Tha oow grows | to a height of from fifteen to twenty I meters; it leaves are oblong, alternate, and terminated by points. The creamy juioe ia obtained by cutting into the in - ner bark. It is used by the Datives in stead of oow's milk. NUMBER 2. TIB ELY TOPfC*. ItQMian aalad ia made by (rutting up raw applee and every kind of available vegetable into small alloc* and laving *.iru in a eballow dlah with salt. e little aegar and pepper, and the bent oil. ' The dressing munt thoroughly saturate the mixture for at least twelve boura, end then the rfleet ie eeid to lie found very agreeable. A fanciful genius has suggested to the NrimtifU) At ieriemn thai it i now tuna i to celebrate the oompletioti of the first cubic mile of humanity, and givea • °*l - to ibov that the bodiDn of all mankind, from the first Adam down to the present, if closely peeked without dimmntion at volume, would exactly fill teat apace ; tee aggregate weight of all mankind to date ta estimated at 4,212 milliou tons. A manufactory of paper brioka has tiecn opened some*here tn WisocHUun. , The bricks are said to be exceedingly durable and moisture proof. The? are also larger than the clay article. ia now also used for making barrala. Straw pulp is ran into a mold taada m tha shape of a half barrel, eat vertically. The en da are of paper, but aw protected by wood. The barrels are lighter and two thirds cheaper than those of wood, and flour will not sill out of them while in transit. The staves are threw-eighths of an inch thick. When it becomes known in the neigb horbood of Charles PiazoU's aauaege factory, In Ban Kranmsoo, thai he was buying cat*, the excitement waa it tens*. The story went that the lioy* had cap tured dozens of oats for Una, and that, whenever one waa sold to him. he cut the conclusion was that Pixzoia waa fattening cat* for sausage. He was arrented on a charge of cruelty and fihed $25 ; bnt be proved thai he had bonght only four eat*, and had pot them to catching 1 ats in his factory. William J. Wilson, the colored man who founded tiif Preedman'a bank, haa just died at Washington. Ho vaa a man u( cnerpr ami Mtintj, and well edocat d, ami started a freodraan'a hank in the collar of a building in th contra! part of Washington, to which speedily the colored introoted their savings. Soon be mcred into more pretentious quarU r* and might hare got along nioely had he not listened to frienda who urged him to apply to CongreA for a charter for the i.anV and power to start branch institu tions. Prom the Aral the bank grew, until there were at least 100 branches in the different Southern cities. When the bank went down all of Wilson's pro perty went down with it. Hia daughter, who had led colored fashionable society in Washington, got a situation as teach er, and Wllaon obtained a clerkship in the postoffice. He was fifty-nine at the time of hia death, and an LL. D. of an Ohio college. _____ Butler and Cheese. The production of butter and cheese in the United States aa a specialty ha* a history of only thirty years. It began in the eastern part of New York State, then extend**! wi-stward until it became the leading industry in the Htote. In Pennsylvania the beet 00unties are de voted to dairy farming. The northern part of Ohio makes it a specialty. Iu a large part of Michigan, northern Illi nois, Wisconsin and lows, cheese aud l•* 11 clear off t Whan hair diss ii I urn* gr*T. When .'barber dyes, hair turns black. Thar* am about 5,000,000 plow* in dm throughout the United State*. An old horseman T *P1 >1 * " better than a laah for breaking a colt. Ki~l bart* aa a m*k let+tnlm bhtba M Mdw And tn rock morrow ttu4 a Nae-Vaar'* 4my. The three drgraM of medical ****** incut : Positive ill, c imperative pul, superlative bill. New fork Hute baa 200,000 militia well equipped and thoroughly matroet ed ia nfle practice. An adranood thinker aa?*, " Resolu tion in dreaa ia needed." He ahoold wear a roundabout jket. a uorica 1 raacr. A lilMed her fan and then arid be ••Thla fan, wlati.'e yon ply it. Will waft a kiaa to yon tiywm* ! Htia tloahed and aa>d abe (! try It. Norman Lockyer astonishes the acien tiflc world by declaring that centuries of chemioal study baa been on a false baaia. The biteat ear* for hydrophobia, dia eovered by the Carliele (Ky. > J/eareeper. is a drink of vinegar, " accidentally taken." A friandahip that make* the least noise 1* very often the moat nwetnl ; for which ' reason I should prefer a prudent friend I to a maioua ana. I Which two kit ten of the alphabet ra I like the moat cruel of the Roman m - N and P. Why N and P? 1 Beaauae they are near O. I There isn't much difference between $ man who mm s gbowt and the man 1 who aw a) lowe e bad trjmer, eo far a j their look* am autuwroed. A a Ark soma awnatabtea pistol being ! stolen, he advertogai teat if the tbiaf j would rptum it b* fffM S'*" ' ITO 'l l ® I goatee te, and no cjure'tioD* sake u. Experience at Charleston, B. C., show* that the eonrees of srtesisr swells am affected by tides which m as regular aa the ocean tides, bat precede thorn by about an how. ! Aa idaa of the importance of the po i nip crop in Maine may be obtained from the fact that the farn.er in Ar oostook oodnty realize from $165,000 to 1 170,000 yearly from that crop. A West** paper eeufldeotly assert* t that a htsuuiv bridegroom, an army mtu , ket and an ounce of bird-shot, all work ing harmoniously together, will discour age s serenade quicker than a thunder shower. The Nevada bank, with the largest capita) (ffl0.j0,000> and reserve ($3.- /" 700,0dd) of any bank in the United ( Htaiea, has bnt ahalf dozen stockholders. The direct orb are James Flood, James Q. Fair, John W. Maekey and Lous McLane. Words are nothing to paint a mothers love, a mother's consolations. A 1 why's * suits oudUuxui tbrdivitMt enf*noD of ill earthly aulaooment; a child's love soothes without weakening ; it demands so much that in blear ag it one m bless ed by it nna wares. During 18T7 181 German vessels were wrecked, and with teem perished 476 man belonging to thai* erewa and seven psaaitif — Tlua Wsw of life was, Low - ever, proportionally small, the total number of persons on board of the lost vessels having been over 14,000. as nrrvara. The following ts taken from the ch arch yard of Sterling, and ia tha epitaph of Alexander L kliffin, chief constable of Stirling tkire : ••Our life is but a muter • day . 80m* only breakfast awl away. Other* to dinner stay aod are full fed ; Tbe odwrt maa but rp and goes to bad. Lane Is bis debt test lingers out the day. He that goes aoesret hss tbe kaatio pay. Just about this time of year our ex changes with one afeord unite in trotting out the venerable Joe Milter U vsnoua stages of mutilation abemt s * J who went to market and told the dealer thai v ; | kept boatdera and wanted him fthe market man >4o pick out naif a dazes of the oldest and toughest —• f hen* ] j ducks v be had. Which being done, 1 f ( tnrkeys ! *k® the purchaaer replied with a / she 1 r ... sardonic grin, " HI take the other lot These are ail the versions we know ; oar readers can take their choice. —At. A than# Advertiser. Widow Marie J acetic Bell is still liv ing at Kankakee, lIL She is 109 yearn of age. She was born m 1769, the year of Napoleon's birth, Bbe saw Napoleon aa "The Little Corporal" knew Robes pierre, wa surged in the crowd that witnessed the execution of the Sixteenth Louis, and remembers when Marie An toinette's blood was spilt Old Mother Ball meaa'irve five, inches less in height than she did twenty Tears ago, bnt her r tongue hasc" thrireled iu the least.— AVer J'wl .Vfiri. nrnwaaw rozu. Ob. love)* el aided, farlest of thy sex. To ; at l ntbeoo— Bat veil Have to fiaiab thu vmV For we haven't any room. —Ktmira IteSV. tTtxat could *• do without yuu, Uessed woman t Veil gently aak spun ; H itboat you this world would be a be— Ucave/i. we're broke our pen. (rvwarnda EnlrrpriM. Her frentJe reic*. *0 low sod street ; Seem* from beaten tie eeot— But bold ' confound it. hrre comes Another female book arent Leader. Where it Nerer Rains. In Peru, South America, rain is un known. The coast of Peru is within ' the region of perpetual southeast trade winds, end though the Peruvien shores are on the verge of the great southeast boiler, yet it never reins there. The rearon "is plain. The southeast trade winds in the Atlantic ocean first strike the water on the coast of Africa. Trav eling to the northwest they blow obliquely across the ocean until they reach the ooadt of BrasiL By this ■ time they are laden with vapor, whi-h they continue to bear along across the continent, depositing it aa they go. ai d supplying with it the sources of the , Ri > de la Plata and the southern tribu taries of the Amazon. Finally, they reach the snow-capped Andes ; here is wrung from them the last partiale of moisture that a very low temperature can attract. Reaching the summit of that range, they now tumble down as cool and dry winds on the Pacifio slope beyond. Meeting with no evaporating surface and no temj>eratur> colder than that to which they wvre subjected on the mountain top.", they reach the ocean. Tbna we see how the tope of the Andes become the reservoir from which are supplied the rivers of Chili and Peru. The World a Trlhaaal. A man, said Emerson, passes for what he is worth. Very idle is all curiosity concerning other people's estimate of us ; and all fear of remaining unknown is not less so. If a man know that he oaif do anything, that be can iloit better than any one else, he lias a pledge of the acknowledgment of that fact by all persons. The world is full of judgment j days, and into every assembly that a 1 man enters, in every action he attempts he is gauged and stamped. In every troop of boys that whoop and run in I each yard and equate, a new oomer is as y wall "and, aeeurotely weighed in thai I ' oauraeldtfi few days, and stamped his right number, as if he had under* 1 gone a formal trial of hi strapgth, speed anil temper. A stranger comes froraJ 1 distant school, wiih better dress, wiS trinkets in his pockets, with airs bad pretensions. An older boys sayajlo ( himself: "It's no use ;we shalllpd ' him out to-morrow," -Tp 1 Wmmm W \ 1