A lan with an Appetite.
A I know'* tb* hnngrtMt on*
That F rer MI tb light;
Hi* gormaadianig ■ n*rr done,*
H# *uob an appetite.
Th story brought to mo. yon know
RT little listening bird*.
• WM that a day or two ago
H* firstly ate hi* word*.
Then going homo, he from a *b*!f
A pondoron* volnme took;
And thers alone qnite by himself,
He aoon devoured the book.
HUU pang* of hunger ne'er foraook
Thi* moot Toraoione male
Not only be devoured the book.
Bat (wallowed, too. the tale.
And yet he longed far more to eat.
Tee, ettll he ore red for more,
Fattl to make hie meal complete.
Quick bolted he the door.
The Keifn of Ice.
Roneed from the ohill of a froeen eleep.
The ioe-king epoke with onraee deep.
And bade the bitterest north wind blow
Down from the realm of eternal (now.
Down from the home of the ice and froet.
Where silence reign* and life ts lost.
The north wind came at the king's oommand,
With e[*eed. and hate attd a cruel hand
He farrowed the re** with froaen foam.
And mocked the mariner'* dream of home.
Of wife and child and *weet ureases
Frvm stnfe and -torm In a port of peace.
On (Upper? deck, with stitf'uing sail.
The seamen *aw the gathering gale.
And. freemng. stood by the icy mast.
Palmed and dead in the spell of the blast.
Down from the realm of the frigid sea.
llelenUeee. and cold, aud cruel came be.
To oast hi* curse o'er the land of rest
Where heart* are warm and home* are blest.
The traveler, tracking hi* homeless way.
Begging for luead in the storm that day.
Fell fro*en and dead In the toy air.
As the mocking wind deuied hi# prayer.
The widow shrank with shivartug dread
From hi* icy conch, in her chilly bail,
And her heart stood still in the cold embrace
Of that spectral fiend with the fatal face
Ht- cures was Serve at the homes of the poor;
But the rich in their palaces bolted the door.
And laughed b m ti scorn, a* he hastened
away
To visit the wretched ona* over the wav
Ttie woe* of Ihe wretched were carried hack
Tc the hitter north ou the wind * wild track,
And the ice-ring, touched with the eld desire
Of power anprsuie otw heat and Are
Prophetic spoke in the frigid blast
" The human race must end at last,
Dewptle their pride and their faithless praters.
Their stlnih schemes and worldly carts.
I'll crush I heir hopes with endless death ,
n: chill their hearts, congeal their breath .
I'll frwtae for are this wicksd earth
From central Are to outer girth ,
Their farms shall be but frusen laud ;
Their ships be locked in icy strand
Their cities. Ailed with woe and ice,
Shall lifeless stand in lifeless ice .
The long-complaining wares shall be
Teacwful aud still on the frown sea
The ocean, chawed from shore to shore,
SI;all boast his mighty strength no more
The reign of justice HI renew,
And ban ir h all the sel Ash crew.
Whose sin. and shame, and quick desire
Find food aud life ui heat aud Are. '
At war with life, and scorning praver.
Hi* curse is new in the bitter air.
The ground is clad for the grave to-day.
And, should DO power the ice-king stay.
A wail of woe and wild despair
Would stnke the
Voiceless and cold, the earth would rell.
A lifeless orb, with frciea soul.
OF CO IRSE!
" Gwendolen ! " from Mrs. Olivia
Ulenmoreland's fan'turn.
"Jessie!" from Mr. Gerald Glen
moreltuid's ftadio.
** Yes, tnit'am —yes, sir," from the
pretty little maid coming np the stairs.
She step* a moment when she reaches
the 1 aiming, us ih ugh or usidering which
summons to answer first, and as she
pauses, a handsome young man leans
over the baluster and lev ks down upon
her, and is he looks he tuinki he never
gased upon a prettier picture.
A slight, graceful young girl, with
fenous.dark e* es, delicately-cut features,
clear pale lace, and light wavy brown
hair, showing little specks of gold as the
sunlight falls through the hall window
upon it, parted simply on the low, broad
brow and rippling away behind the
lovely ears until lost in the heavy Gre
cian co.I at the back of the small round
head; in a closely-clinging dress o'
some soft, dark material, with a knot of
garnet ribbon at the throat, and a sister
knot on each lace trimmed pocket of th
dainty white apron.
"Oh! I say, Browneyes," he calls
out, cheerily, as the girl, becoming con
scions of his presence, looks np with a
smile, " will yon pose for me f "
"As soon as I can, Mr. Denys," she
replies, in a voice softer and sweeter,
but as frank and cheery as his own.
"Your father ami mother have both
called me. I must attend to them first."
And as the handsome head is withdrawn,
she enters the room on the right, which
one can see at a glance is the den of a
sculptor; and a sculptor who, if it be
true that "goodorder is the foundation
of all good things," can never hope to
attend any wondrous height in bis pro
fession. Half-finished statuettes and
bust*, dilapidated arms, legs, and toreos
in day, plaster and marble, are standing
and lying about in the greatest eonfu
sion. Over Sbaksjeate's dome-Ike fore
head droops a broad-brimmed hat; from
the throat of a dancing faun stream the
long ends of a silken neck-tie; and a
flower girl offers with her flowers a pair
of crumpled kid glove* and a soiled col
lar. The sculptor himself—an odd-look
ing man with wildish black eyes, and a
massive head covered with a tangled
mass of the darkest curls, a gray thread
gleamiDg h re and there—Attired in a
blonse, ihe back of which alone gives a
hint of its original color, is regarding
with critical gaze a half-modeled bust
on the table before him, which in tnrn
regards him with the blank stare pecu
liar to its kind.
"Ah ! there you are," he says, ap
provingly, as Jewie comes quietly in.
"It is well. I want your nose, my
child. 'Tis just the notje for Elaine.
Couldn't find a better if I searched the
wide world o'er. Stand over there by
Hercules—that'B a dear—and look at
Mephistopheles." And he commences
to sing in a strong if not altogether mu
sical voice the "Gold Song" from
" Faust," as the voice from the oppo
site room calls again, " Gwendolen."
"' Can you spare my nose a little
while, sir?" asks the model, still look
ing steadily at the grinning tempter in
the corner, but with a gleam of mischief
in her bonnie brown eyes. " Mrs.
Glenmoreland is calling."
"Oh ! ah, yes. Gwendolen work
ing away. " How long have you been
Gwendolen?"
" For two weeks past, sir Ever since
Inv mistress began ' The Princess and
toe Dairy Maid.' May I go, Bir?" still,
best of models, with her eyes fixed on
the fiend.
" You may; but come back soon; for
kings may die and emperors lose their
crowns, bnt art is deathless and forever
reigns."
••Yes, sir," assents Jessie, demnrely,
and trips sway.
Mrs. Glenmoreland. sitting before
her desk, on which is piled many sheets
of paper covered with eye-exasperating
chirography, her right hand nervously
waving her pen abont, her left grasping
her flnffv fair hair, to its great derange
ment, allows the wrinkle of perplexed
thought on her brow to melt away as
the pretty girl appears.
'• Gwendolen, my dear," she exclaims,
turning suddenly toward her, and there
by scattering the pile of manuscript in
every direction, " I want your ear. She
has the most oorrect ear " —this to an
elderly lady who is sewing industrious
ly by a small work-table in the center of
the room. " Now my prose is exeellent
and my poetry not bad—so lam told ;
but sometimes my rhymes don't rhyme
exaotly, but that sort of thing is only
allowed to the very greatest of poete,
I'm introducing a battle-song in the lact
•FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Vropriotor.
VOLUME XII.
chanter of my novelette, and I'm in
doubt lvut ' hurrah' and * war
' rah' And ' war.' An> they twins, or
MO taey not, Gwendolen f"
But before Gwendolen, who is on her
knee* picking np the scattered paper*,
cau reply, somebody comes down the
stairs with a rush and bolt* into the
SMictum.
" Mother, I kiss your little tuk-slained
fingers," he says. " Hut all the same I
must have Browueyes; I want her arm.
My grape gatherer is waiting for the
wherewithal to gather the grapes."
"It ia—l mean are they T" asks Mrs.
Glenmoreland, as Jessie puts the manu
script on the desk agaiu, and places a
paperweight upon it. And then she
smiles at her sou, who, after tenderly
ruffling the rnflJed hair still more, kisses
the brow beneath it.
" 1 don't think they are," iuodet!y
answers Jessie.
"Thanks, dear!" Aud the pen is
dipped into the ink again.
" And now, Browueyes, your arm—
your arm !" cries Deuys, striking a
melodramatic attitude.
" I'm afraid you can't have it just yct-
Mr. Denya. I have promised your fa
tiier my nose for au hoar or so," says
Browueyes, dropping a cuuuiug little
oourteev.
"• By Jove ! is the governor at work
again? Ten to one he newer flmahes it.
HI look iu on hitu for a moment or two;
he'll tnru me oat at the end of that
time. Bv-bv mamma."
" I really don't know what we would
do without her," nays Mrs. Glenmore
land, musingly, letting her peu fall and
blotting the sheet before her as the
young people ramsh.
" Meaning Gweudolen, Browneyes,
Jeaaie, or whatever her name is?" in
quires the elderly ladr i who by-the-bye,
is an aunt of the author's, on a visit to
her niece for the first time in fifteen
yearsV
" Known as Jessie to her sponsors in
baptism,' explains Mrs. Glenmoreliunl,
" but Denys has always called her
Browtieyes, and I have a habit of giving
her the name of my heroine for the time
being ; it helps to keep my story in my
thoughts. Dtar, dear, how many names
the little girl has answered to since she
came here four yeara ago ! And she
never objected but to two—' Phantom of
Yellow Hill,' and ' HAg of Murder
Creek.' And I don't much wonder at
her not liking them."
" Neither do I," says the aunt, with a
grim smile. " But yoti have never told
me anything about her. Who is she ? "
" Haven't I ? Weil, as I can't take
np the thread of my poem—that horrid
Denys!—l'll take npttie cat * —lifting a
pretty white and black kitten from ttie
floor—" and narrate for your especial
benefit. You know when Gerald and 1
were first married we were very unprac
tical "
" I should think so," interrupts the
elderly lady, with a decisive nod.
" One a scribbler of sixteen, the other a
sculptor of nineteen."
" But dear mamma, with whom we
lived,"'her nieee goes OD, "made life
easy for us until nine years ago, when
she" died. Then for five years all was
erperimect and confusion. At first we
tried boarding; but the people with
whom we boarded objected to our break
fasting at odd moments between eight
and twelve, and thought it unreasonable
that we should expect little suppers at
midnight. And, besides, they also
complained that Denys—then only
twelve, but already developing the ar
tistic—used their best saucers, plates,
and other things t > mix paints on; anil
when the dear boy borrowed the marble
slab of the parlor table for the same
merit irious purpose, they became so
very violent we were obliged to leave.
Then we tried furnished rooms; made
coffee over the gas in the morning, and
dined at the reetaursnt in the evening.
But we were SOOL obliged to give np
this mode of life; the principal rea'on
being that the bill of fare proved such a
temptation; and to our shame be it said
—having the most uncertain of incomes
—that when our ventures were success
fnl we weakly succumbed to the tempt
er, and ate birds on toast, and broiled
chicken, and omelette-souffle, aud terra
pin, and all sorts of expensive good
things, a* long as our money lasted, and
in consequence were restricted to bread
and cheese ami dried beef in the priva
cy of our apartments for n week or more
after. At last, after having dined snmp
tn.msly one day, with a few invited
guests, off a meilallion and a three-col
umned storv, and then being oblige J to
live for two weeks on one short column,
we concluded to try iioarding onee more,
renting a room at the same time in the
Raphael building, where Gerald could
fling his clay and plaster about to his"
heart's content, and Denys, who would
not go to school, and would paint, might
lie ont of the way of the landlady's china.
Bat, my dear aunt, the oth r fellows
were in that studio from morn till night;
indeed, several of the most imj>eeunionß
spent their nights there, and very little
work was done."
" Then fortunately—that is, not for
tunately, but providentially—no, I don't
mean that either, but I won't waste time
seeking for the proper expression— Ger
ald's old uncle died, and left him this
house. "Let's go to housekeeping,'
said I, and we went. Heaven save the
mark ! 1 never could make change ;
neither could Gerald ; and as for Denys,
he and the arithmetic are and always
have been perfect strangers. The re
suit of this ignorance could not fail to
be au expensive one. Everybody cheat
ed us. The servant girls wore my liest
dresses to wakes and parties, and one of
them had two of her friends ponoealed in
the house for three months, waxing
strong and stout on my provisions, and
when at last they were discovered, de
clared that she never knew they were
there at all at all.
" And we were forever in debt, and
fast losing our senses, when my dress
maker, a dear, good-hearted English
woman, who used to give me advice,
housekeeping advice, in a motherly sort
of way, which I would have taken if I
could have remembered it, died, after a
long illness, leaving a fifteen-year-old
daughter. The child looked up at me
with those wonderful brown eyes when I
asked her, after her mother's fnneral,
' And what will you do, my dear ?' and
said, ' I don't know ma'am ; I have no
relation but a grandfather out West,
and he has just married again, and I
don't think he wants me.' I gave her a
kiss, and told her to come home with
me. And she came, and since then life
has been more than endurable. Bhe
proved to be the cleverest little thing
that ever lived, intimately acquainted
with the arithmetic and heaven's first
law, and baa learned to manage every- j
thing and everybody in the house with
marvelous tact and skill. And the man
ner in which she understands my absent
minded ways and contrary orders is ab
solutely wonderful. Who else, for in
stance, would know that often when I
say ' shoes' I mean ' hat,' andf vice
versa f and who else could translate
' both dark and white meat and the
Chinese, you know, my dear,' into
• chicken salad and rice pudding?' She's
a treasure—rhymes like a bird, poses
like an angel, and "
" Has she no lovers ?" asks the elder
ly lady, looking solemnly over her
spectacles.
•• Lovers! Bless you. no. Never !
the slightest sign of one. Her mother !
was an old maid; that is, she wasn't j
when—l mean the was before she was
I married. Lovers I Good gracious 11
THE CENTRE REPORTER
don t a peak of such a thing. I ahotlld
murder them. And I'm quite sure
Alicia- flic name of my next heroine,"
she explains, iu answer to a questioning
look from her aunt "has never
dreamed - Was that a knock at the
door f If it be Alicia, enter; anybody
else, depart immediately."
The door opens in obodteuoe to this
command, delivered tu a load voice with
much emphaais, and "Alicia" enter*
with downcast eye* aud a black-edged
letter iu her hand.
" I don't want it ! 1 wou't have it I"
almost screams her mtatreaa. " I hate
hlack letters. Take it away."
"It is uot for you, ma'am. It is
miue; aud and " (with faltering voice!
" I fear 1 must leave you.
" Leave me 1" shouted Mrs. Glen
moreland, starting to her feet aud
dropping the cat, aud tu her excitement
she seises the woru garment the elder
ly ladv has been carefully patching anJ
darning for the last hour from that
worthy person's hands aud rends it from
top to bottom. " lieave us ! What can
you—what do vou mean ?"
" My grandfather lias eut for me,
ma'am. ILs wife is dead, aud he says
it is ray duty to erne and live with
him. as 1 have uo other relative m the
world."
"And you are going?" demands Mrs.
Glenmoreland, iu tragic tones.
" 1 do not know how to relmw."
" Gerald ! Deuys !" calls Mrs. Gleu
moreland, loudlv, running serosa tin
r*vm aud flinging the door wide open.
"Come here instantly."
In dies her husband, a lump of day
in his hand, and down rushes Denys,
palette on thumb.
"Mv darling, what's up f" asks Ger
ald.
" By Jove ! mother, how you fright
ened uie ! Thought the house was on
fire," says her son.
" Gwendolen—Jessie ltrowneyes
Alicia—SHE," pointing at the weeping
girl, " is going away, never to return."
" Goiug away I" repeats her husband,
striking his head with his right hand,
and then stalking wildly about the room,
totally unconscious that he has left the
lump of clay among his raven cnrls.
"Browneyes leaving tis forever," re
proachfully cries Denys.
" After I've loved her all these years."
sobs Mrs. Glenmoreland.
" And I've loved her all these years,"
savs Mr. Glenmoreland.
And I've'*— begins Denys,and then
stops with a blush that is reflected in
the girl's sweet face.
" Going to her grandfather—horrid
*ld hunks ! —who never thought of her
before he killed her step-grandmamma,
and who only wants her now to save
the exjwuse of hiring a housekeeper and
u irse, which he is well able to do, the
venerable wretch ! And she thinks it
her dntv to go, because he's her ' only
relative!' And I've always felt as though
I were her mother;" and overcome with
emotion, Mrs. Glenmoreland drop# into
her chair again.
"And I as though I were her lather,"
asserts the sculptor.
" And I as though I were her broth—"
says the painter, and stoj>s in confusion
as before.
Jessie turns from one to the other
with clasped hands and streaming eyes.
" I shall never, never be as happy auy
where as I have been here. I would
have l>een conteut to have served yon all
my life. But how could I recoucile it
to my conscience if. without sufficient
reason, I disregarded the appeal of my
only relative, anil that relative my
mother's father ?"
" Bat be needn't be your ' only rela
tive,'" says Deuys, earnestly, slinging
hi* palette, [mint side down, on hi*
mother's silken lap, aud springing with
one bound to the young girl's side.
" There can be other and nearer rela
tives than grandfathers, Browneyea. I
never kuew how dearly I loved you till
this moment. I cannot bear the thought
of losing you. I want your hand and
heart. Take me for vour husband,
dearest, and then your Jnty will be to
share my fortunes for evermore."
Jtmsie, the innocent child, holds nji
her pretty mouth for his kiss before
them all—the cat is playing with her
grandfather's letter—and a wonderful
smile turns to diamonds her tears.
"The very thing I" proclaims Mr.
Glenmoreland.
"Of course," says his wife. " Why
didn't von think of" it before, you tire
some IX>Y, and save all this bother?
And now go away, all of von. I have an
idea for a storv."
(onoerulng Diphtheria.
In spite of the careful study that has
been given to the disease, diphtheria
must still be classed as an uneiplainable
physical disorder. For a long time it
was supposed to be of modern origin,
but medical historical research has
shown that there is good reason for
thinking that it prevailed with deadly
effect in ludia us long ago as f>oo B. C.,
and that the fatal epidemic,called in the
Talmud " askara," was essentially diph
theritic in its character. But from this
time forward to the seventeenth cen
tury there is no disease described with
which it can be compared. At that time
there were many deaths from this canse;
bnt it appears to have made a complete
leap over the eighteenth centnry, and
not to have be<yi taken into professional
account until aliont twenty vears ago.
Since that time, IRSB, it has been inter
mittent in its severity, when any given
locality is concerned, though it has
never disappeared, when this and other
large oonntries are taken into acoonnt.
What regulates its coming and its going
is, however, an unsolved mystery. Of
the natnre of the disease itself the same
uncertainty exists, some physicians
classing it with the very common dis
order known as cronp, while others, of
seemingly equal authority, maintain
that there is no connection between the
two. Indeed, almost as mneh is learned
by what it does not do as by what it
does. In this way it has been repeated
ly ahown that it is governed by family
or constitutional attractions, since,
when one member of a fnmily lias it,
other members of the household are
much more liable to be attacked by it
than friends or nnrses who nre not de
lated by blood ties, even though the ex
posure in the latter case should be great
er than in the former. In yiew of the
number of cases of sickness from this
cause in this city at the present time,
says a New York paper, it would be well
for all to bear this last-namxl circum
stances in mind, for the frequency with
which two or moro members of a family
die within a short time from this dis
ease is one of its most painful features.
It is, at least, satisfactory to know that
the number who recover is now much
larger than it onoe was, for in ancient
times it was styled an incurable com
plaint, while the present rate of mor
tality from this cause is less than forty
per cent, of those who suffer from it.
The fact of its complete atmence through
long terms of years oertainly indicates its
possible preventability, and in these
days of enlightened medical research it
will be strange if some way is not dis
covered of stamping it out as effectually
as small-pox has been eradicated.
Wishing to pay his friend a compli
ment, a gentleman remarked, " I hear
yon have a very industrious wife."
•' Yes," replied the friend, with ainelan
oholy smile; "she's never idle; she's
always finding something for me to do,"
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY EI, 1870.
A Flag that Refused to bo I p
During the last grand " review of
her troojwi by the queen of England, at
Alderaliott, the big flag refuse,! to go up
the staff, to lite great mortification of
the managers. A similar misadventure
at Nottingham, at a muster of the troops
of the ill fsted Charles L, was thought
to have a sinister omen. Victoria, how
ever, baa uoue of the superstition of 'J-40
year* ago. Colonel T. W. Hlgglusou,
who WHS present, writes to the KWi
Journal this ltvelv account of the scene
at Aldershott
Two soldiers hail long stood ready at
the flagstaff to hoist the great standard;
aud, adieu I tie queen was seen, the sig
nal for it* raising was given. Up it
went, flapping iu the strong wind; but
so clumsily was it done that the tlsg was
wrapped round the staff, aud uot half of
it blew out froelv.
The men twitched and tugged in
vaiu; there was no time to mend the
matter by lowering aud rehoistiug, and
her majesty trotted by, apparently not
noticing tLe mishap, but molding and
* lulling good-naturedly to some of the
ladtee who aat in favored position#.
When alio had gone pant, aud had
turned to drtvc along the line of troops
opposite na, there wu a subdued mar
mur of " Lower the flag and try it
ogam au officer stepped forward and
gave orders, and down it came. Then
it began to go up once more, this time
blowing out clearly, till it had reached
half maM and stopped. There was a
general groan ; again twitching and
pulling were tried iu vain ; the halyard
wo# plainly chocked in the block.
At last a soldier advanced to climb
the flagstaff; sulhlutxl cheers greeted
him; the queen waa now far away, trot
ting down the long line of soldiers ;
there was plenty of time.
Up and up he weut, anil when he
stopped half way up to rest, the cheer
ing grew more outspokeu. But more
thau half way up he never got, and the
cheering dikl into a muffled grown,
wheu the poor fellow with a sheepish
smile slid slowly downward, quite ex
hausted, and the flag wa* still at half
mast, aud the queen was still trotting
on.
Then, after a pause gnd hurried con
sultation, came forward a cavalry-man,
and great was the relief when on strip
ping off his coat he showed the tattooed
arm of a soldier.
" Bless him !" gasjwvl a lady near me.
" There's but just time," growled her
husband.
Up went the liold dragoon, not stop
ping even to tiike off his heavv boots.
No applause met hiai till lie hud passed
the point where his predecessor hail
stopped ; theu all seemed to take breath,
una the murmur of triumph swelled.
Bat tut he went higher he went omin
ously slower, and ten teet from the top,
utterly powerless to climb an molt
farther, he Muck helpless, an object of
dismay to twenty thousand peoplfe.
Stretching out hit t:r\l arm, I tending
and unbending it an if to say, " If you
only knew how I feel," the poor victim
of powerless patriotism ahd slowly down,
and there was the queen in full sight,
and rapidly approaching.
The commander o! her advanced guard
had just reached the flag-staff as the
poor cavalryman slunk back among his
mates. " Pull down tliat flag 1" shouted
he, or somebody. Down it came, and
Jier majesty, the queen of Kngland and
empress of India, renewed her sixteen
thousand picked troops without a flag
over her head.
But so far as she was concerned, this
annoyiug test only brought out her finer
qualities. Her expression was. as all
said, unusually bright and cheerful that
day ; she cast" one light glance at the
enipty flag stafl, and from that moment
aeerard to ignore the whole matter.
The First (oachf*.
Coaches were introduced into Eng
land by Fit* Allen, Earl of Arundel, A.
I>., 1580; lefore which time Queen
Elizabeth, on public occasion*, rode lx>-
lund her chaml>erl*in; and she, in her
old age, according to Wilson, used re
luctantly such an effeminate conveyance.
Tlicy were at tirst drawn by two horse*;
" but," says the same author, " the rest
crept iu by degrees, as men at flrst ven
tured to sea. It was Buckingham, the
favorite, who, about 1619, began to have
a " team " of six horses; which, as an- *
other historian says, "was wondered
at as a novelty, an .1 imputed to him as a
master pride. Before that time ladies
chiefly rode on horseback, either siuglr,
on their palfreys, or double, behind
some person on a pillion. In the year
1672, at which period throughout the
kingdom there were only six stage
roaches constantly running, a pamphlet
was written and published by Mr. John
i Cresset, ot the Charterhouse, urging
their suppression; ami.among the grave
reasons given against their continuance,
the author says: " These stage-roaches
make gentlemen come hi London on
very small occasion, which otherwise
they wonld not do but upon urgent tie
cosiuty; the convenience of this passage
makes their wives often come tip, who,
rather than come snch a long journey
on horseback, would stay at home.
Then, when they come to towu, they
mnst presently lie m the mode, get tine
clothes, go to"plays and treats, and, by
these, get snch a habit of idleness and
love o; pleasure as makes them nneasy
over after."
Rome Sentinel Brevities,
"If yon have nothing to give the
poor but a little sound advice, you hail
better retaiu it," says an exchange.
That's so. A bushel of sound potatoes
would lie better.
The happy Newark father, who is
rooking his son, writes to say : " The
reason I cradle him is because he's just
as good as wheat." He's the family
flower, probably.
The Hackensack RrpuhUcan asks :
" Why don't you pay twenty-flve cents
to some poor fellow and get yonr side
walk cleaned ?" We have; we've paid
thirty cents, and it isn't cleaned yet.
If you want to ascertain if a man is an
editor, just examiue the second joint of
his right thumb. Hackrnark llrjnih-
Iv an. Yon couldn't find out that way.
We don't nse the kind they cot ready
made clothing with,
A notorious hnrglar known as" Piano
Charlie," was arrested the other day in
Toronto. We suppose lie plays on skel
eton keya. He ought to bo made to
suffer the podal-ty of his crimes now.—
Ci nrinnati Sat. Niyht. He probably
lielougs to au organized gang that does
not pay-any regard to the law.
The Gardener's Lesson.
Two gardeners had their early crops
of peas killed by the frost. One of
them was very impatient nnder the loss,
and fretted afxmt it very mnch. The
other went patiently to work at once to
plant a new crop. After a while, the
impatient, fretting man went to his
neighbor. To his surpriae, ho found
another crop of peas growing finely,
i He wondered how this oould be.
" These are what I sowed while yon
{ were fretting," said his neighbor.
" But don't yon ever fret ?" he asked,
"Yes, I do ; bnt I put it off till I have
repaired the mischief that has been
done."
" Why. then you have no need to fret
at all I"
"True," said his friend ; " and that's
the reason I pnt it off."
TIMELY TO I'l UK,
Foreign uiercliants ship eggs to lain
don in cheap coffins, there iioiug uiore
profit IU selling the cotfii.s than IU dis
posing of oth< r wooden packages.
The monument in China to the Awer
tcau, Captain Ward, who Imwiiiit com
mander iu chief of the Chinese army, ia
very costlv, and has on ita top au ever
growing lily, which is watered every
day.
The mayor of Itockford, 111., furnishes
the young men with a pleasant and com
fortable resort, where they cau engage
ill chest, eheckcra and similar amuse
ments, free from temptation and evil
associations.
Ciueiuuati go-cent advertise for sale
in the Hiiuday pupern, under exas|K-rat
ing oartixius, the bills of their delin
quent eustomers, giving the debtor's
name, occupation and residence, and the
amount of the little bill.
Thomas Maascy got out of bed in
Milwaukee on an intensely cold tunnuug
to build a fire, instead of making his
wife do it, and was found an hour after
ward froteu nearly to death in the yard,
where he had gone for wood.
A Wevauwega (Wis.) tlermau pound
ed his wife, cut a young mau who came
to the rescue upon the mar with a sa
iler, whipped a deputy sheriff aud hia
posse wheu they wen t to arrest him.
aud for all of these offenses was fined
by a police justice the sum of $lO.
The Ciuciuuati Timet alleges that
au old man in that city, after running
through a fortune of $65,000 after mar
rying a second wife, carried the monu
ment he had erected to his first wife at
a cost of $1,400 to a marble-yard, and
eiposed it for sale, after the erasure of
the inscription upon it.
One Be inert, a miller of Plaueu-
Dreden, Haxony, has philanthropiaally
presented the town with money for
plautiug cherry trees aloug the streets,
vhe wouey to lie refunded from the sale
of the cherries wheu the tree# begin to
l>ear. Bcincrt was under the impres
sion that there was no small boys in
Plauen-Dredeu.
The new ltenteuaut-goveruor of C-olo
m io not long ago wa* a stonecutter iu
Augusta. Me., and when he went West
he opened a miners' atore in Leadvillc,
Cob Now he is worth $5,1X10,000, own#
two*miues, from which he receive# thou
sand# a day, l* president <>f a bank and
proprietor of a large wholesale store,
and has been postmaster.
A clerk in a Denver (Col.) grocery
stole provisions to send to the workmen
in a nune that he partly owned. He
hal recently married, and tnire an ex
cellent reputation, so the exposure of
hia crime was a stunning blow. He
leggod the officer who made the arrest
to let him stay at home until morning.
The .jflioer oompbixl, staying on guard
in the house. In the mgLt the prisoner
and hi* wife committed suicide with
laudanum.
The savings tanks in the Ended
States generally make a much poorer ex
hibit daring the past year than they
have made usually. Fi>r example, the
filty-nino banks of Maine showtsl a de
crease of 10,683 in tlia number of
depositors, and a aLr.tikagi- of deposits
to the extent of $2,743,565.29, exclusive
of the marking off of $1,035,481.n3 bv
legsl derrees. In Massachusetts, the
tanks showed a reduction of near 80.000
depositors, and of some $2*,000,000 in
deposits.
An instance of the great value of pres
ence of mmd w;i shewn in a church
near Newcastle, England, the other dav.
The curate hail just began his sermon,
when the vicar suddenly ar-ae, inter
rupted him and pronounced the I. ur
diction. The people want ont, wonder
ing what was the exnse of the snddeu
closing of the service. It aoon tran
spire! that the heating flues had set lire
to the orgau loft, and thai the vicar's
prompt and composed act: >u had pre
vented H disastrous pnnic.
The famous Boston " Saturday Club "
has lost by death during the iaet few
years the following meniter* : I'rim
oott, Fallon, Motley, Hawthorne, Agas
si*, Howe, Wn tuner, Andrew, Wyman
ami Quincy. The living members are
K. W. Emerson, H. \Y. Longfellow. O.
\V. Holmes, J. R. Lowell, E. P. Whip
ple, J. H. Dwight, J. O. Whittier, J. T.
Fields, B. Pierce, the two Danas, R. II
Hoar, T. (I. Appleton, C. K. Norton, J.
K. Cabot, H. James, W. D. Howolls,
J. M. Forbes, F. H. Hedge, M. Brim
mer, W. M. Hunt, C. F. Adams, C. W.
Eliot, C. C. Perkins, F. Parkmsn, A*n
Gray, Horace Gray anil A. Agassi*.
A Wisconsin girl put on trousers and
started through the deep snow to walk
ix miles to a village for provisions, the
family larder being pmpty. Hhe soon
liecame tied out, lxsides losing her way,
aud the cold was intense. A big New
foundland dog which accompanied her
was the means of saving her life. She
scooped out a hollow in the snow, lay
down in it, and made the warm dog lie
on her, shifting him about so as to suc
cessively cover the coldest part of her
body. In that way she passed a whole
night, and was not very severely frost
bitten. "With two or three more
dogs," she says, "I would have got
along very comfortably."
A Parrot's Piety.
Captain James Etehborgor vouches
for the following bird story :
About thirty years ago wheu in Hon
duras iu command of the bark Eldor
ado, his wife then aoeompeuying him,
he was presented with a parot, a spright
ly bird aud a fluent disoonrrer in the
Spanish Inngnage. The bird was
brought to this city, where after lieing
domiciled in the honse of the captain s
family it soon aequirod a knowledge of
the English tongue. The next door
neighbor of the captain was a gamllons
woman—an incessant scold —forever
quarreling with some one or something.
Polly lining allowed fnll liberty was
pleased to take an airing on the yard
fenee, and in a short time had learned
to mimio the scolding neighbor to per
fection and became aggressive. Polly
not unfreqiiently rued her impertinence
by being knocked off the fenee with a
broomstick.
This brought forth a torrent of abnse
from her injnred feelings upon the head
of her assailant. Finally the bird s
language became so abusive that the
captain a as obliged to send it away, and
Polly was transferred to a good Chris
tian "family iu the country, where in the
course of time she reformed and became
to some extent a bird of edifying piety.
Borne time ago, while she was snn
ning herself in the garden, a large hawk
swooped down anil liore the distressed
parrot off as a prize. Her recent re
ligious training came to her assistance,
as at the top of ber voice she shrieked,
" Oh, Lord, save me! Oh, Lord, save
me 1"
The hawk lecame so terrified at the
unexpected cry that he dropped his in
tended dinner aud aoared away in the
! distance.
Polly still survives her attempted
, abduction.— Baltimore (M<L) Newt,
The Widower and the Widow.
When Mr. Thomaa Thompoon waa
courting the widow who Ixmanic his
sixth wife, said he, taking a pinch of
an tiff and looking wise, " I will tell you
what 1 expect of you, uiy dear. You are
a war* that 1 have had a good deal of
uiatrimouial experience. 80-huni ! It
make* tuo sad to think of It, and 1 may
truly say that my cup of misery would
be running over at tin* moment if it
were uot for yon. But to business. 1
was about to remark that Jmie, my first,
could make Iwtler coffee than any other
woiuau in the world. I trust you will
adopt her recipe for the preparation of
that beverage."
"Mr first husband frequently re
marked " liegiui the widow.
" And there was Hunan," interrupted
Mr. Tbom|>son, "she was the best
mender that probably ever lived. It
was her delight to flud a button off; aud j
a* for rents iu coats and thing*, I have
seen her ahed tears of joy when she saw
them, she was so desirous of using her
needle for their repair. Ob, what a
woman Husau was !"
" Many is the time," legan the wid
■, "that niv first husband "
" With regard to Anua, who was my
third," aaid Mr. Thompson, "I think '
her forte, above all others, was in the
accomplishment of the cake known as
slapjack. 1 have very pleasant vision#
at this moment of mv angelic Anna as
she appeared in the kitchen of a frosty
morning, enveloped in smoke and the
morning sunshine that stole through
the window, or bearing to my plate a
particularly nice article of slapjack with
the remark, •That * the nicest one yet,
Thomas; eat it while it's hot.' Home
times, I assure you, my dear, these re
collection# are quite over|wiwering."
He applied his handkerchief to hia
eyes, and the widow said, "Oh, yea; I
know how it is myself, air. Many is
the time that 1 see in my lonely hours
my dear first bus"—
•' Th# pride and joy of Julia, my
fourth, and I may sav, too, of Clara, my
fifth," interrupted Mr. Thompson, with
tome apparent occidental violence of
tone, '' lay in the art of making over
their spring bonnets. If you will be
lieva it, mv dear, one bonnet lasted
those two bieosed women through all the
happy years they lived with me—they
would turn them and make them overao
many timtw ! Dear, dear, what a change
ful world— what au unhajipy, changeful
world!"
" f #av to mvself a hundred times a
day, air," said the widow, with a aigh;
" I frequently remarked to my first
hua"—
" Madam," said Mr. Thompson, and
denlv, ami with great earnestness,
" oblige me by never mentioning that
chap again. Are you not aware fhat he
must be out of the question forever
more ? Can you not see that your con
tinual references to him sicken my soul ?
Let na have peace, madam—let me have
peace !"
" Very well, air," said the widow,
meekly. " I beg your pardon, and
promise not to do it again.'
And they were married, and their
lives were as bright and peaceful aa they
could wish.
W bat'# m a Name
The Udluiau house—distinguished for
having been once occupied by Washing
ton— ia a great hostelry just north of the
capitol, on Delaware avenue. It is much
affected by married people with fami
lies. In its grand old corridors and the
staircase* play the most charming beings
of children. Among the group is a boy,
whose dark, piqaant face is # brigfit
and questioning as the one of Munllo's
gypsies. He ia called " Tnraie " and is
the son of Capt. Meigs. The legeud of
hia name ia that many years ago in the
staid old State of Connecticut a great
great grandfather of the little fellow
courted a young girl gnd asked her to be
hi# wife. Her mother was anxious that
her daughter should marry oo exemplary
a man, bat the wayward girl diacarded
him.
The disheartened suitor l>egped her
to think of it, for if be left with her re
fusal he would niver return. Kbe gave
him. no encouragement, ao he lift. He
•was still outside, loth to depart, when
the voting girl. rejHuting, ran to the
door aud opening it suddenly called out:
" lU'turu, Jonathan ! return, Jonathan!"
He did return and they were married.
When their first child was born, wishing
to commemorate *o happy an nuicn,
they named him lb-turn Jonathan Meigs.
The child was afterward appointed judge
of the Territory of Michigan, aud re
signed in 1808. The grandfather of this
beautiful boy is at present clerk of the
district court. — Washington Jjctler.
((linear Salutation.
The salutation* of the Chinese, like
everything else jertaaiing to this queer
people, are peculiar. The salutation
between two Chinamen ol the better
class when they meet consists in each
clasping his own hands, instead of each
1 other's, and bowing very profoundly,
almost to the ground, several times A
queetiou more common thau " How do
you do?" is "Have you eaten rice I"
It is taken for granted that if yon have
iwten rice yon are well. Etiqnette also
requires that in conversation oaeli shall
compliment the other and everything
lelonging to him in the most laudatory
style, and depreciate himself, with all
pcrtaiuing to him, to the lowest point.
The following is no exaggeration, though
uot the precise words:
" What is your honorable name?"
"My insignificant appellation is
Woi g."
" Where ia your magnificent palace I"
" Mv contemptible lint ia on Dupont
street."
" How many are Tour illustrious chil
dren 1"
" My vile, worthless brats are five.'
"How is the health of your distin
guished a|H>uso ?"
"My mean, good-for nothing old wo
man is well."— Oo'dcu Fra.
tjneor Name for a Jtewqiapcr.
Considerable curiosity lisvirg l>ccu
manifested by our friends in regard to
the significance of the name of this
paper, we will inform them that Dona
Ana county having heretofore leen Ke
pnblican by majorities ranging from
three to five hundred and the Democrat
ic party having in the recent election
carried it by a majority of thirtv-fonr, a
revolution which one of the editors of
thia paper contributed toward briuging
about, it was considered appropriate to
adopt that majority for a uame. Her
alds, Democrats, Republicans, Alow,
A tars, (Jateffes, etc., there are without
number, and not one of them possesses
such an individuality us to be intelli
gibly referred to by its simple name
without mentioning its locality. There
is but one Thirty-Four, and whenever
it shall be mentioned there will be no
doubt as to what particular journal is
alluded to. The uame ia brief and
unique, has a local and historical signifi
cance and is jnst odd enough to attract
attention. These are considerations
which are too often ignored in a profes
sion which lives by advertising other
people's business but neglects to adver
tise its own.— Netv Mexico Thirty-Four.
" 1 know 1 tttn R perfect Lear in my
maunere," aaid a young farmer to hiß
KweetUeart. " No,' indeed, you are not,
John; you bare never hngged me yet."
TKRMB: $2.00 a Year, in Advance.
THAT HKA HKKI'KXT t
Tkla Ttw. U I# m*a ki %>rsrl## la,
lalß ml Ik# Ml##, " Jaar Kllaa," la
lalaa# Mail.
A guilcleoa New York reporter waa
told the following ea serpent yarn by
Captain Daniel I)alton, of the good ship
Jaiii Eliaa ;
" Now, put it down juaat a# I tell you,"
the captain aaid. "The June F, I ir.it
Malted front the ftiot of limrruoti atreet,
Brooklyn, on Jan. *l, 1879, loaded with 1
I,'diXl bushels of nult, consigned by J. I'.
k 11. O. Hobinaou to B. E. Merwiu A
Bon, New Haven. Yon will remember
it wan the time when the big New Year 1
atom waa blowing along the coast
When we got aloug aa far in the aoutid
aa Greenwich point, near where Tweeil a
elub houae nnel to be, nailing under
close reef# (I waa on deck,my sin Frank
waa at the helm, and my aon William
war walking along the aide, which left
Joe down in* low doing the cooking j,
William aung out to me and aaya:
" ' l'op, anything sunk here?'
No,'aaya 1; 'but we're in deep
water here, and you wont toneh it if
there ia.' 1
" * By George !' aaya he, ' there'# the
see aerpent.'
" That's just aa it waa aaid. We were
heading east southeast at the time, and
he (the aer]>eut) waa heading went
nouthwert, toward Captain'a laland. We
ha<l approached each other at an angle,
and our bow mnat have passed over bia
tail."
" I>id yon feel any ahoek ?"
"No, 1 don't thmk there wu anv 1
shook. The first I noticed waa when 1
heard William aiug out, ' By George !'
Then 1 saw ten feet of a big anake ont
of water. He mnat have been not leea
than fifty feet away at the time. It waa
about a minute, I judge, that Frank
and William and I had to take observa
tion# of him. We called Joe, but he
couldn't leave his cooking in time to
get a sight. Now. if you'll take down
the description. His bend was just like
that of a snake. It was fiat on top, and
a foot and a half broad. In color
it was black, with greeu spots. The left
eye, which was the only one we could
see, stuck out of its head like a frog's
eye."
" How large waa it?"
" About as big as a deeent-sised sau
cer. As he went along, be kind of
turned his heal and kept his eye on ua.
This was in broad day-hgbt, at two
o'clock in the afternoon. The eye
showed angry, but he never turned on
us or showed fight. I could have put
a bullet through the eve as well as not,
or I could have thrown a harpoon into
hi# body, but I never carry fire-arms,
ard I'm not a whaler, as 1 used to be.
The head was about three feet long.
At least it began to taper down about
that distance from the tip of the nose.
This smaller part continued for about
ten feet, and wss held up entirely out
of water. After that it began to swell
all at once until it was as large as a
barrel. Weoonldaec that about two
third* of thia part was nnder water aa
he kind of rolled in the waves, and one
third waa out of water. We oouldn't ace
any of the rest of him."
" How long to you think the aerpsnt
was ?"
"Well, now, you guess, and ITI
gnesa, and I'll guess that he couldn't
have been less than thirty feet."
The reporter guessed twenty feet
more, judging from the site of the head
and lody. and Capt. Da! ton thought
that the serpent might well be fifty feet
feet long. He had put the length at
the smallest figure he could conscien
tiously.
"In what war did he disappear ?"
was next asked.
" Well, after be bad kept bia eye on
na for about a quarter of a minute, he
dipjied hia head into the water ana went
down (Capt. I>a)ton wriggled hia nand
slowly toward the floor) with a kind of
easy, waving motion."
"And didn't hia tail rise out of water
when hia head went down ?"
" No, because he was a snake."
" Why not, liecanse be was a snake ?"
"Snakes, tou must understand, hare
|no fiua. They hare to more themselves
with their tails, so that if tbeir tails get
out of water they are lost He had to
keep his tail under. If it had beeu a
shark or a porpoise, it would hare
showed its tail for certain. This ia a
demonstration. I're seen lots of sharks
and porpoises and all kinds of sea crea
tures in my traTels all orer the globe,
and I know that thia was a snake. Ami
then there's another thing. Pre rend
in the Run that on Friday. August '24.
1877, a serpant rose up out of the Soon 1
at suit twenty feet, and was bigger round
than a barrel, at this rery spot that is
near Captain's island lighthouse. It
hissed and roared. A few days afterward
Capt. Wicks, the two men at the wheel,
and others on the steamer Bridgeport
felt her hit something on her starlnmrd
quarter. It shook the whole boat.
William Gamble, the deck watchman,
heard something like a lass and a bark,
and then something black rose up as
high as the flsgjiole and went down
again. That was just off of Captain's
island, too ; and last summer, just about
the same place, it was seen again by
somebody else. "
Oapt. Dalton drew a picture of the
animal he bad scon with the reportei'a
pencil. In constructing the eye he first
drew a large round cipher and scoured
it all black with the point of the pencil.
His two stalwart sons, who constitute
his two mates ami the crew, corroborate
every won! of tbeir father'# story.
A Story of Silver Hollars.
A good story ia told of the experience
of one of our banks and mannfactories
resuming specie payment. The slock
of silver dollars in one of the banks was
getting to be pretty large, and a direc
tor proposed that if the bank would put
with them enough gold to make up his
monthly pay-roll, he would pay them
ont. Agreed. A youthful messenger
from the stops stepped lightly into
the liank one day and called for "that
silver," the amount of which was about
S7OO. He was somewhat snrpriaed on
attempting to lift the bag of metal,
which weighed about 400 pounds
avoirdupois. An expressman was re
quired to convey it to the counting
room ; it took n day's work of all the
clerks to count it out ; the unusual
gravity of the procedure was thought
to require the presence of the leading
partners ; the workmen have been dis
tressed for fear of losing the gold pieces,
and finally the story is all around the
shops that the employers made aliout
8200 by the operation 1 It will be the
last time probably that the dollar of the
daddies gets a lift from that office.—
| Springfield Republican.
Coinage of the United States Mint.
The first silver coined in the United
States wss in 1793.
Up to 1877 there had been coined, in
different denominations, as follows:
I>o!lar • 8,045, SSB 00
Half-dollar# 118,869.540 50
Quarter-dollar* 84.774.121 50
Dime# 16,141,786 80
Half-dime# 4,906,946 90
Tliree-oent piece# 1,281,850 20
4208,872,291 40
During 1878, coined:
I (standard dollar* t 8,578,500 00
! Fractional coin 8,889,515 60
1 Total •WA7BAMi~9O
NUMBER 7.
What liliad Men llarr Be®®.
The long liat of Ibe nameaof tbe blind
who bare Itreu eminent in the various
branches of learning from ibe time of
Diodatu", ®h<> lived fifty ream before
tbe Cbriatian era, to the preaeot time,
ia well worth renieniierinK. The fol
lowing are some of tbiwe o whom we
lhixlatas, of Aau Minor, ooiebtatan i
for bia learOißg m pbiloaopby, geomatrj
and music.
Euaebina, alao of Asia, lired from 315
to 840 of the Christian e } became 1
blind at Ore yeara of age; died at
twenty-fire. Aud yet, daring so abort |
a lifetime, Ibu blind man, by bit tbeo
logical writing*, baa come to u, atid
will go down to posterity, aa one of tbe
fathers of ebrutunity.
Henry, tbe minstrel of boot land, au
tbor of "Tbe Poetic Life of Wallace,"
waa born blind in 1361.
Margaret, of Ravenna, born in 1806, ;
blind at three months; celebrated for
her writing* on theology and morals.
Hermann Turrentius, of Bwilsarland,
born in 1646, and author of a history
and (Mjetieal dictionary.
Nicholas Sanderson, of Yor kali ire,
England, born in 1682 ; learned in matli
ematioa, astronomy, and wrote a book
on algebra. ,
Thomas Blaekloek, D. D., of Hoot
land, born in 1751 ; blind at atx months;
celebrated for bia learning in poetry,
divinity and music.
Francis Huber, of Geneva, Hwitier
land, born in 1610; wrote on natural
sciences, bees, ante, and on education.
John Milton, born in 160s. in London;
author of " Paradise Lost."
John Metcaif, bora in 1717, in Eng
land; road surveyor and road contractor.
John Gough, born in 1757, in Eng
land; blind at three years; wrote on
betauy, natural history, etc.
David Macbealb, born in 171*2. in
Scotland; learned in music a< d mathe
matics, and inventor of the airing alpha
bet for tbe blind.
M. Fooault, born in Paris in ITW; t
invented a wnting apparatus for tbe
blind.
M. Knio, of Prussia, born blind; waa ,
director of an institution for the blind,
and wrote on tbe education of tbe
blind.
Alexander Rodenbech, of Belgium,
l>orn in 1786; member of the Belgian \
congress, and wrote several works on
the blind aud tbe deaf mute.
William Henry Churchman, formerly
superintendent of tbe institution for
the blind, st Indianapolis, Ind., and
author of architectural designs aud re
ports for tbe institution.
Prof. Fawcett, member of the British
parliament, and an eminent philosophi
cal writer.
About liegs.
Modern breeders of dogs are not tbe
only people who put a high price on
them. In Guiana, the Tumura Indiana
take great cart with tbfJr dogs, and they
are extensively bought and Sold. A'
price of a good one is equal to that of a
wife. In South Africa, tbe Damaras
will give two oxen for a good dog. Tbe
Fuegians will, when i ami shed, kill their
old women for food rather than their
dogs—"old women no use; dogs catch
■ ■tters." Ho that dogs msy be uaid to
tiring according to what they can fetch.
Climate modifies tbe character of dogs
as well aa of men. The English bull
dog on its arrival in India can pin down j
an elephant by its trunk, but in two or j
three generations will fall off, lose bis
pluck and feroety, the form of his lower
jaws will change, and he will have a
finer muzzle and lighter body.
Dogs have been taught to speak. A
French dog could call in Intelligible
words for tea. coffee, chocolate, etc.; and
the dog of a young peasant Iwy in Has
coy was taught to repeat thirty words.
Two famous Italian aoga, Fideho and
Blanche, were taught to spell 300 words
by means of a printed alphabet on cards,
to do sums in arithmetic, and to play a
game of cards together. Mon signers
Capel, of England, it is said, has a dag
which will salute tbe portrait of the
pope and turn his back rn Bismarck;
while a dog in New England was taught
during the war to howl and gnash bis
teeth at the word rebellion, and jump
ami wag hia tail when the Union was
mentioned.
Dogs have given so many proofs of
their ability to reason and to show signs
of remorse, shame and sensitiveness to
ridicule, that no one longer disputes
their capacity. A dog in Paris, being
frequently sent with a nte by bia mas
ter to get* meat at the butcher a, one day
conceived the idea of obtsining aome on
his own account. He therefore picked
up a piece of paper and carried it to tbe
butcher, and waa apparently so aabamed
st the failure of his ruse that be would
never go near tbe shop sgsin. Another
Paris dog, perceiving that the visitors
at a benevolent soup-bouse merely rang
a bell and hail a dish of food set out for
them, without tbeir being seen, sprang
np, rang the bell with his fore pawa, re
ceived his dish, and set down to devour
it at his leisure. This was such a suc
owa that be repeated it several time#
before he was discovered, as he always
took care to go when no one was there;
after which thev gave him a ticket* and
he went regularly for his dinner with
the other beggars.
A DearrtH Tow®.
The onlv ruined town in the United
States.as far aa weknow,and certainly the
one which possesses the most singular
history ia found ou tbe New Jersey coast,
hidden smong the low wooded bills
which stretch bark from tbe beach.
Stopping at a little station on the Cen
tral New Jersey Railroad, the traveler
finds tbe usual two or three new
yellow wooden buildings; bnt half a
iuile beyond, in tbe midst of thick
woods, lie comes upon s deserted, empty
town. There are rows of solidly-built
blocks of brick dwellings; there are great
fonmleriea, and mills, and churches.
The grass grows knee-deep in the
streets. Some of the buildings have
crumbled into ruin, and are bedded in
moss, bnt the wslla of moat of them are
standing. In the vacant rooms of the
unroofed houses, trees have grown, and
rsnk weeds flaunt gayly, while tbe
American ivy climbs up to the top of
the gigantic* cliimnvys, which used to
belch forth volumes of fire and smoke,
and waves its crimson I tanner in triumph.
Half a dozen laborers' families have
found shelter in the best of the old
buildings, but their presence only seems
to make the solitnde more apparent.
The town is enclosed in a fence, and a
rusty gate creaks on its hinges to admit
the curious visitor.
The story told by tbe superstitious
neighbors, to account for iron works in
a lonely district where there was neither
ore, fnel, a market, or means of trans
portation, is that the works were a mere
shield for the operations of the ootid
pirate, Gibbs, and his gang, who used
them as a place of deposit, oomiog and
going in the boats which brought the
ore up the inlet to the town. They al
lege that on the very day, forty years
ago, when Gibbs was hung, the works
closed, and tbe bnildings have stood un
tined ever since.
Unfortuuately for the truth of tbe
romantic story, tbe town belongs to a
very respectable family, whose estate
has been in litigatiou for many years—
a sufficient clue, probably, to all rnya
tanea,— Fcw.'As' Companion,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Aw ■ jiy bum —MiM Government.
A brakeman—An eitnrragaal if
Lying down—An incipient mustache.
Jack Front la on® of the eoolm* t®Uowa
going.
Mar*, la., is numerously begird
by pnurie wolves.
Home man are lik® brooka, they ar®
alwaya murmuring.
Tram pa are no longer allowed to aoep
in Cinoinnati parka.
"A lent farewell " A ahoemaker
firing np business.
Caleb Cnabing oooldn t abide to bar®
bia room tidied np.
Hatred la keener tban friendabip, but
ieee keen than lore.
Chief Joeeph weara ooal black bait
banged on bia brow.
To nuke yo®r eoat laat—Make your
tronaera and raet Aral.
Obio baa aixteeu militia regiment®
with 8,600. equipped men. •
Tba wiae and prudent conquer diffi
culties by daring to attempt them
Yon bare only to pnt wn atlaa <* a
tore.to hare plenty of warm ma pa.
Every thing will tnrn. when trod np
on, even tbe treadle. It to ma the grind
stone.
A in Illinois baa found away to
mke good lumber out of oompreaaed
straw.
A farmer, who keeps his fences ia
good order, has a good deal of stile
about bim.
When a young lady wants to appear
in a blaze of glory she indulges in a little
torchon lace.
Persons who write anonymous letters
for publication should send tbeir fool
names to tbe publisher®.
The Toronto OtoU calls tbe propose. 1
international park at Niagara falls an
" international play ground."
Buffalo Bill has made 8135,000 cm the
IUM and be baa bought 6,37)0 head ot
cattle in Kansas, where be will live.
A cluck keep* it* Land* befoy it* lace,
probably l>ee*aße it I* ashamed of *L
cowardly manner in which time flies.
The papulation of Australia *t the
last oensus ni 1,742,234. The popula
tion of the ceptul, Melbourne, 210,-
000.
The first pontofßoe in Amanra u
established in New York in 1710, under
the auspices of the colonial govern
ment.
A pupil recently revised an old say
ing found in hi* grammar, a* follows:
"it ia better to give than to reoeiva—a
thrashing."
A gentleman writing from the West,
aavs th* he ia altered so ainoe be left
borne that hi* " oldest credit--r would
not know him."
The young man who wrote and asked
his girl to accept a " bucket" of flower*,
a little pale when abe aaid ahe
wooden ware it
Dr. Abel, the Berlin oarreapondent
of the London Times, CSJB get up off the
iee and rub the back of hi* bead in
seventy different language*.
She asked him if her new dr*"* wasn't
a* sweet as s spring rose, aad toe brat*
—id it was, eTen to the minor sttn.'CAioa
of having s little due upon it
•' Isn't my photograph excellent,
aaid a young wile to bcr husband.
•' Well, "my dear," replied be. "there'*
a little too much repose about the mouth
for it to be natural." *
Bo deb**** i* the machinery for cut
ting out wood for papering wall* that
200 leave* are cut from an inch of white
maple and 125 out of wood with
grain, such a* oak and walnut
The circa* man should be happy.
With him it ia always spring. (If any
pestilential punster prints this with
"summerset" addendum, he•falls at
Bunriae.]— Boston Trmscnpt,
"What ia meant by conscience,"
asked s schoolmaster of his class. "An
inward monitor." "And what do you
understand by monitor?" "An iron
clad," replied the intelligent yonth.
The tradesman at the comer ac
knowledges that to give only 140 eggs ia
a box marked '• 12 do*." i* a gross mis
take, bat holds that to have put in 145
would have been a grocer ace.—A"-*.
Ob, the 8., the beautiful 8.:
How tb* folk* est* Unit* pre—.
" Can too not next let it *}<t**r ''
They Writs to the editor every reex ;
Erao the eeboolgtrU of fourteen or lass.
KM engine! Terse eetx) the brauuful
"-"■SU,.
Imploring to print it.
But the editor * etove u egkwr for to bieae
And avkrana the oomnw of baanuful 8.
CksMjo Trim**.
Wedding oelebrmtxma: Three dav*.
sugar ; sixty Jays, vinegar ; first anni
versary, iron ; fifth, wooden ;tenth, tin;
fifteenth, crystaJ; twentieth, china;
twenty-fifth, silver; thirtieth, ootton ;
thirtT-flfty, linen ; fortieth, woolen;
forty-fifth, silk ; fiftieth, gold ; seventv
fifth, diamond.
The woods which are heavier than
water are Dutch box, Indian cedar,
ebony, lignomvitw, mahogany, heart of
oak,' pomegranate, vine. Lignumvitm
i* one-third heavier, pomegranate rather
mora. On the other hand, oork, having
a specific gravity of .24 and poplar .383,
are the lightest woody product*.
A lady taking tea at a small company,
being very fond of hot rolls, was asked
to have another. " Really, I cannot,'
■be modestly replied; "I don't know
how manv I have eaten already." "I
do," unexpectedly cried a juvenile up
start whose mother had allowed him a
seat at the table; "you've eaten eight;
I've been oonntin"."
It is not what we earn but what we
save that makes u* rich. It is not what
we eat bat .what we digest that makes us
strong. It is not what we read but what
we rtmember that makes us learned. It
is not what we intend but what we do
that makes us useful. It is not a few
faint wishes but a life-long struggle
that make* us valiant.
"Isn't it funny?" he exclaimed, *
be leaned back in'hia seat at the theater,
and wiped away the tears that the
laughter-provoking comedian had pro
duced. "Ye*. I should say so," re
sponded hia fair companion; "it's one
of her sister's old one's made over. " His
jaw dropped into hia lap as he turned
his ga*e upon the young lady in front,
whose prrsrmswi his partner had been
studying. — Rockland Courier.
The fashions in dogs in France vary,
sud it is rather surprising to see how
quickly the demand for any special
! breed is met by a lavish supply. A few
year* ago it was said that the race of
pugs was dying out; but some great
ladies took to cultivating pugs, and lo !
all the markets swarmed with bbtck
nosed little fellows. Yellow, wiry Eng
lish terriers "Are now the rage in Paris;
and Italian gray hounds have become so
scarce that a fancier oould not furnish a
well-matched pair, cream or mouse oolor,
for less than $125.
TlieJAmeriear. Newspaper Directory,
for January, 1873, has made is appewr
anee. The total number of periodical
publications in the United States ia
8,708. against 8,275 one year ago. TLeie
are23more daily and 325 more weekly
newspapers than were reported in the
editiou for January, 1878. The total
increase of all sorts ia 469; the Isrgt st in
any year since 1873. The Cent*nt ill
year, 1876, lias beeu the only oue wi:h
in the period covered by the eleven an
nual issues of the Directory in which
the number of publications bar not in
creased.
Some European Statistic*.
According to Hubner'a " Btitistieal
tables of all theoountries of the earth,"
there are yearly, births, deaths, mar
riages and number of children in ele
mentary schools for every 10,000 inhab
itants, in the following countries :
Children im
EUmentmry
BirtAM. D—ths Marriajr*. U.
The German em
pire 406 292 90 1,500
; Austria-Hungary 402 352 88 890
I Great Britain aud
Ireland. 348 230 77 800
France 267 231 86 990
Italy 360 306 80 708
Russia has the smallest proportionate
number in elementary schools, abont
150 per 10,000 inhabitants, and the
United States of Amerioa the largest,
2,180 lor every 10,000 inhabitants.