Facing the Heights I. Sines the one song thst ws ting is Bnt a sad one' Sines the presence that ws bring is Not a glad one; Must we— you, my heart and 1— Stay to watch the world run hy. While we two sit hack and cry— Wearily? It. What' Is this our strait ? and utily Is all lost? Is hope given np and duly Shrived and crossed? Come, heart' Cannot you and I Yon untrodden country try. Bather than lie down and die- Drearily? in. Seems to me the hills glow greenly Over there. It onr fate ha* served us tneanly. Can't we hear? 1-iSt us trudge it, you and 1. Heart, to where these new lands lie; Let us hid the old good-hye— Cheerily' Heieerd (r/yndiwt, is Appleiont'. Martin Ellen. There's nothin' In the name to strike A foller inore'n common-like' Taint liab'.e to git no praise Nor nothin' like it nowadays; And yit that name o' her'n is jest As party as uie purtiest— And moie'n that. I'm here to y I'll live a-thitikin' that away Aud die tor Marthy Klien' It may he 1 wn predjudust In favor ot it Irotu the lust — 'Cause 1 kin recollect jest how We tuel, and hear her mother now A-oaUin' of her down the road— (Tli aggravatin' little toad') — And 1 kin see her, sort©' half- Way disappointed. turn and laugh And utook her —" Marthy Kllen'" Our people never hed no luss. And yit they never took to us; We neighbored heck and lereds some; Until they see she liked to como To our house—and me and her Was )<*.( together ever'whur And all the time—and when they'd see Thai 1 liked her, and she like.! me. They'd holler " Marthy Kllen' Whoa wa growed up. and they shet dsw n On mq and her a-runnin' roan" fogethc:, and her lather said " He'd never leave her nary red. So help him, el she uismai me." And so on—and her mother she Jos'. agged the gyrl, and said "she Towed She'd rusher see her in her shroud." I wrote to Marthy EUan. Thst is, i kindo' look my pen In hand, and stated whur and when The urdenugned would be that night With two good bosses, saddled right For lively travelin' —m case Her folks ud like to jine the race. She scat the same note back, and writ " 'The rose is red"" right under it— '• Your'n alius—Marthy Ellen." Thai s ail. I reckon—nothin' more To tell tut wlutt you've beerd afore— The same old story —sweeter tho' For all the trouble, don't you know' UiJ-lashiontd name' and yit it's jeet As party as the purtiest! And lucre'n that, I'm here to say } I'll live a thiukia' thataway And die for Marthy Klien. —J. C. I* 'alktr, is A'otowo TYiiuns. IN THE SHAWANGUMS. Mr. Slingerland Valentine sat in his capacious arm-chair, his hands resting on its broad arms, his forehead puckered up into a nest of wrink.es, his eyes star ing with intense, .puzzled thoughtful ne-s out throughth© window of his room inio the beauties ot the park beyond. " I wonder what ever possessed me," he thought—"l do wonder w hat ever possessed me? Here I am, fifty-seven war* old. aud fool enough to imagine I couldn't get along the rest of my dfe as well a- heretofore, and most go and actu ally ask pretty little Effie Herman to marry me —marry me!" As if the idea were appalling. Mr. Valentine arose fram his chair, and be gt n a restless, desperate sort of prome nade around his room. " Not that she isn't the sweetestfiittle creature that ever lifted a pair of blue eyes to a main's face —a dainty, flower like girl, who a anybody would love; but to think —wtiy. what a confounded fool I've been, and I old enough to be her grandfather'." A stern, half-indignant look come to his eyes, and he paused a minute, as if to more fuily appreciate the folly of his position. "Of course it's impossible the child cart's for me; of course it's my money— that has won her and the consent of her mother. Well," and the hale, robust old gentleman drew a long, deep sigh, and plunged resignedly into the depths of his Turkish chair again. " Well, there's no getting out of it now. I'm not the first man thai has made a fool of himself over a pretty face, but at ! fifty-seven. S.ingerland Valentine, you certainly were supposed to know bet ter!" And then he solaced himself with a cigar, while, in another room, in a pretty little cottage not far away. Effie Herman was sitting in the vine wreathed bay-window, making an ex quisite picture of herself among the swaying foliage, and looking very be wluhingly frowning as she flashed a glance from her Hue eves across the room at lit mother sitting stately and elegant in her gothic-back chair. " I never hoped to hear such nonsense from a child of mine. Effie. The idea of j not wanting to marry Mr. Valentine! j Whv, he can give you everything in the world you can think of. To be his wife means a bridal tour to Europe; to be mistress of his magnificent mansion on Fifth avenue; to dispense hospitality at his Long Branch villa; to have com mand of all that is luxurious, elegant, in every sense. And you don't want to marry him!" Effie pouted her red lips. "No, I don't! Mamma, your side of the picture is very tempting, but my side all the time keeps showing me a fit, bald headed, stumpy old man. who wears false teeth, and pads his coat, and tries to look and act as if he were twenty years younger than he is. Mamma, I don't want to marry him at all!" And something very like a sob eame piteously from the girl's lips. "You ought to be ashamed of your self," Mrs. Herman said, severely. "You shall not be allowed to throw away such a chance for the sake of sickly sentiment. You know what a struggle ray life has l>oon. on account of poverty and obscurity, and I resolved, years ago. to save you from a like fate." j Effie opened her blue eyes widely. " Poverty, obscurity, mamma? Why. j I think we have a lovely home, and enough of everything—" "That will do. Effie! You need bring no imaginary arguments to confute my assertions; and, as far as Mr. Valentine j is concerned, your word is pledged, and | the wedding day set for July 25." Then a sudden little resolution shonp in Effie's eyes, and she ceased toying with the swaying spray of strawberry pl "Msmma, I have told yon, as kindly as! know how, that I do not want to marry that old gentleman; but, as you seem to take no notice whatever of mj wishes, I will not marry him!" And the blue eyes flashed, and a scar let stain came on both cheeks. Mrs. Herman laughed lightly. " You foolish child! What weight do vou imagine your words have with me? You will not marry him? Effie, you will, and that settles it!" •• No, mamma, it does not settle it; for the very next time I see Mr. Valen [foe I slmll tell bin. so!" For a second Mrs. Herman grew pa.e with anger; then she looked coldly, sternly at her daughter. "You will not dare to do it against mv positive commands. I will myself see Mr Valentine, and prepare him for any insanity you may dare to perpetrate; and while I am pushing forward the preparations for your marriage, and Mr. Valentine is superintending the refur nishing of his seaside villa for your oc cupancy, your will b<? sent the country to yout Aunt Hepzibah's—a quiet, stupia place where you will speedily come to your senses, and iearn_ to thank me for having saved you from yourself." And, twenty-four hours later, Effie Herman was en route for the mountain farmhouse away up in the Jersey Shaw angums, and Mrs. Herman was coldly congratulating herself. FRED. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME XII. "She shall nijurv hiu' If there is any understanding between [her and Frank Fielding—which I have once or twice imagined—l have effectually put a quietus on tliat. My letter to sister llepty eouutined strict orders that no living soul, male or fe male, was to IK' allowed to sv KtVte, e\ oept members of her own family ; and llepsy was always afraid to offend me - so there's no dangef on that score. And two or ihree week# will work wonders. She wilt la' glad to come hack.andfinish the season at lzmg Branch and Newport as Mr. Valentine's bride, and go to Eu rope in the winter." And then Mrs Herman leaned hack in her chair and indulged in a little cat-nap, composed and calmed by the plaudits ot a good conscience. • •• • •••• Such a place a- the Berrian farm, up in the Shawangutus! Kflle had all her life imagined it the most dreary, d<-*o late, forsaken place in ad the wide world, and her rapture knew no bounds when she found that it was the very idea, of picturesque, romantic, luxuri ous loveliness. and that Auut Hepsy was a genial, jolly soul, brimming over with good nature and good sense; thai Uncle Zcbedee was worthy to be her hosband. and that the girls—Jessie Dunbar and llwen Comfort—were just the very ideals of cousins, and prepared to make a pet and plaything of their beautiful, dainty city cousin, who some how (tin y did'not quite understand) was in a sort of disgrace, on account of a rich suitor she would not accept sub missively. To Effie. the life in the ountry was iut perfect. To gtt away from Mr, Valentine and his attentions was happi ness eueugh; and. still adamantine in her resolution to " n< ver, never " marry him. under any circumstances, she nevertheless contrived to have a very goo* time with Jessie and (twen, uncle and auntie, and— astute Mamma Herman had{quitv for gotten in her inventory ot tilings at the farmhouse; or. if not quite forgotten, had at least placed an innocent estimate upon. However, they became astonishingly good friends, Harry Berrian and Effie. and before a month had passed Effie had confided all her sorrows to hxr hand some sympathetic cousin, who assured her vehemently that it was an outrage that sh* should lx- so deliberately bar gained for; and that, were he to lx- her counselor, and she followed his advice, she would stick to her resolution, and never give her hand where she could not give her heart. And then he looked at her in an eager sort of way, and Effie drooped her eyes, and that was all that there was about it. It seemed as if F'ate itself was work ing in Mrs. Herman's In-half, for Mr. Valentine had not at all taken it amis* when she infonmd liiiu she had sent "Effie dear" up among the mountains for a few weeks' recreation. .*> that she might be bright and fresh-spirited for the wedding. Indeed, in his own heart he felt considerably relieved, and w:ts gayer in his own spirits titan he hail been for many a day. Until, very suddenly, a terrible attack of rheumatism seized him and put him completely at jhe rather doubtful, though well-meant, mercy of his hired servants, and in sheer rage and despair Mr. Valentine telegraphed to hi# sistor in-iaw, away up in Vermont, to come and look after htm. " If only I had been able p> nurs. you, dear Mr. Valentine!" Mrs. Herman cooed, sweetly. "But Madam Grundy would be sure to lx* disagreeable. If only you were married now. just imag ine "how devoted dear Effie and I would Ite! As it is. I do r illy think the Ix-st tning you can do is to send for Mrs. Grey." And Mrs. Grey came a plump, cheery, comely little lady, with soft, shining brown hair, all in waves and ripples, and merry, intelligent eyes, brown ond big,.and a swi-et. vibrant voice, the very sonnd ol which held a comfort and strengthfulntss in its soothing tones. She was a lorn nurse, and a lorn housekeeper, and even in his sick-room Mr. Valentine was conscious of the noise less running of the domestic machinery, while in the many pleasant, confidential talks they had, her good common sense was always apparent. " It's it" wonder Jack worshiped her —poor fellow," he thought. "And you are actually going to be married. Slingerlaad? I was quite sur prised when 1 heard of it; and a (harm ing voung girl I hear she is!" "Well, yes, I believe 1 am thinking about it. Amy. Yes, Miss Herman is a very sweet, pretty little girl!" " I'm sure you thought seriously over it before you decided; it's an important thing to do. Slingc-rland. and specially important when a man comes to vour age and wants a young wife. Ido hope you'll h<- satisfied." Mr. Valentine puckered up his fore head. doubtfully. " Oh. dear me! yes, I hopo so. A man's bound to make a fool of himself once in his life, and it's happened to me later than to most. Oh, yes, I dare say Effie and I'll get on very well." A curious little smile crept to Mrs. Grey's red lips—such ripe-red lips, like luscious damask roses. "You don't talk like the enthusiastic lover I expected to find," she said, brightly, biting tier pretty lip to keep from laughing, for shrewd Mrs. Grey was quite well convinced that her brother-in-iaw wa* repenting his won!. " And I don't feel enthusiastic, either," lie blurted out, his face redd.-n --ing under her surprised, innocent blue eyes. "The fact is. I went bewitched Jessie and Gwen's brother, uncle and auntie's son. Effie's own cousin, whom over a pretty face, and somebody ought to have kicked me from here to Jericho lx>fore I made such a deuced—aas—yre— of myself." Jack's widow drew down the white shade, so that the invalid h©ar would not have the western sunlight too direct in his eyes. "It isn't so bad a* that, I hope, Slingerland. is it? Well, don't let's bother about it any mora just now. B© quiet a little while, while I run down and see what I can find for your sup per." She went away, leaving Mr. Valentine thinking all softs of curious thoughts, very prominent among which was what a good wife poor Jack had. and what a deuced fine-looking woman she was yet, and how amazingly he lik' d to have h'-r around, and what the dickens he would do whom she went away. Up in the Shawang'uias the Ausrust days were royal in their pulsing ardor, and Effie and Cousin Harry ha!d, quite some time before, decided that it was the most delightful summer of their lives, when, into all the sweetness and beauty and content, one day there came a letter to Aunt Hepsy from Mrs. Her man, saying that Mr. Slingerland Valen tine was coming to see his betrothed and that Effie was to treat him accord ingly. And, three hours later, the gentleman himself appeared, to the awe of Jessie and Gwon, and tlie admiration of sim ple-minded auntie, who ushered ltitn, and all his glory of massive gold watch chain and sparkle of diamond studs, into the prim, cool, dark " parlor;" where the chairs—six of them—sat in straight rows, and the carpet was the identical striped one that had been a bridal pres ent —aqd a rare and costly one in tliose days—to Aunt Hepsy and Uncle Zeb. Effie was all aflush as she went in to greet him, and her eyes were shining resolutely as she crossed the floor to shake hands with him. And Ms. Valentine also had an unu sual look in his florid face, and not a little resoluteless in his eyes as he rose to meet her. " I hope you are well, Miss Effie; you are looking, as usual, most charmingly. Sorry I have such a short time to stay, but—but the fact is, I just ran up on a THE CENTRE REPORTER. little matter of business. you iter, and I won't detain you louger than It noM urv." His heart wa thumping very undis ciptinedly, hut when one lakes into con sideration lire "business" that hail brought him. it was scarcely to tie won dered at business which only the mem ory of Jack's plump, buxom widow made him brave enough to transact, after lie was aetuallj face to face with this blue-eyed girl. " He means to site me a leelure, and mamma has told him what 1 said." was K file's thought; "and I'll never, never marry him, and I'll tell him so—now, this minute!" So she looked up at him. very frankly, very honestly, very bewitehitigly. " You have good reason to be vned with me, 1 ktiow. Mr. Valentine, hut what I told mamma to tell you l inust repeat. 1 don't love you, Mr. Valen tine, and—and 1 cannot marry one I do not love. Please don't be angry, will you ?" Angry! Every nerve in his body was daneing a jubilate. Angry, to be thus gracefully, charmingly given the free dom he hail come to crave. lie laughed outright. "Can it he possible? Why. Eflle, 1 came purposely to see if you wouldn't let me off. because, you see. my brother's wid >w is a very fine woman, and —" Then Effie caught his hand impul sively. "t)li, that is ju*t the very thing for you. Mr*. Gray' Y< s—why. you ought to bare thought of that long ago. And I"—and a delicious blush came t her lovely face—" 1 am < ngaged to mv cousin Harry, Mr. Valentine, and oh. 1 do love htm so!" And that was the result of the trip to the Shawangutus. and Mrs. Herman hit her lips in vain at tin' result of her own little bit of generalship. English Professional Beauties. Old-fashioned people marvel much at the homage paid to the professional beauties in society. If one of litem stay* at the house of a lion-hunting old peer -lie is taken in to dinner in precedence ot ladies of far superior rank. Her wishes are law as to the arrangements ami amusements of the whole party, ana every thing is made subservient to her whitrs. Shegenerally has a little court of .atlies and gentlemen in waiting, and. if you invite her to your house, you must ask some of these to meet her or she will l>e bored and sulky. When you have succeeded in persuading a beauty to stay with you. you must of course be prepared to take th# consequences. Her will must l>e yours. You will be lucky it her favorite amusement is simply to pose herself in gracefu. atti tudes and iook beautiful. If less inter esting, the statuesque tieauty is far pre ferable as a guest to the lively beauty. The latter, when in a playful humor, is apt to become overpowering. She ex hibits her lightheadedness hy cramming pieces of ice inside of gentlemen's shirt collars, and by throwing a glassful of champagne at an admirer on the oppo site sideof the table. She hurls peaches, which have cost you a shilling apiece, at the heads ot her friends, scramble* with her neighbor at table and breaks one of your l>est dessert plates. But you mut not mind; this is merely the little fee of the great professional. She pro poses a ride, and astonishes the inhahi- ■ tan Is of your well-conducted and quiet l village hy riding one of your liorses through it at a full gallop, accompanied hy her court, whom she compels to ride at the same pace. She volunteers to drive your phaeton or four-in-hand, and will think it a good joke to drive into somebody or something, and if she smashes your carriage, it is all done in fun. and she expresses herself as so thankful that "nobody was hurt." When you are sitting with your men friends after dinner, you will probably congratulate yourself upon your tempo rary respite Irorn the pleasantries of your pretty guest, hut perhaps you would scarcely feel so satisfied if you were aware that she was at that moment engaged in paying private visits to the rooms of each of your male visitors, making an apple-pie bed for one. pomad ing the sponge of another, sewing up the night-shirt of a third, peppering the pillows of a fourth, and so on. It will probably end in your having to apolo gize f>r her conduct to at least one 1 ysur guests in the morning, and when the pasty is dispersed, you will most likeiyjregistcr a vow that whatever lions or lionesses you may pursue for the fu ture. you will never take home another professional beauty. It were better even to fill your house with prigs and blue stockings. women of mind, and girls who are " intense," tban to become the host of a professional beauty and her court. — London Sntunlay lUvu w. Invention in China. For many centuries tlis Chinese powers of invention are understood to have been at a standstill. They were the origina tors of many of our chief appliances, the mariner's compass, gunpowder, printing, etc., hut all this was before Europe had any intercourse with them. Since the first Ji-suit missionaries went into China and descrilted the habits of the jieople, indeed since Marco Polo was the great Khan's guest, the Chinese mind and na ture have been stagnant. These people can imitate with the most wonderful fa cility. hut it has seemed as if they could not attain to the higher plane of Qrigin aiity. But on the 13th of June last an imperial decree, addressed to Shen-Pao- Chen, Governor-General of Nankin, or dered him to pay to Tung-Yu-Ch'i, an expectant tub-prefect in the province of Anhwui. the sum •( 3.000 taeis, in order to enable him to perfect his invention of a steamboat to be impelled by steam generated without the use of fire, which shall supplant the one using fite. ('hen- Pao-Chen, Li-Hung-Chang and Ting- Jin-Ch'ang are further directed to ex amine the diagram and illustrations of the invention and to give it their most careful consideration. It thus appears that the Chinese have resumed invention, and are likely to have a Kc ley motor amongst them. Lost year this saine Tung is said to have fastened upon Slicn- Pao-Chen, exhibited his motor to him. a combination of cog-wheel, planetary mo tion. and the signs of the zodiac, and wheedled him out of 3.00 ft taels. Slien, after submitting the diagrams to the English, found that Tung's plan was nothing but the old exploited perpetual motion device hy means of a weighted wheel, and refused to do anything more for him. Tung, however, has now pro cured orders which Shcn must obey, though it cost him 3,000 taels more. Tung is certainly a genius of an inventive turn. He would make ajrood confidence man. any how, even if his machine fails to work. Bow-Legs and Knock-Knees. Bow-legs and knock-knees are among the commonest deformities of humanity, and a Manchester (England) physician, Dr. Compton, attribub's the first men tioned distortion to a habit sorn© young sters delight in, of rubbing the sole of one foot against tin* other; some will go to sleep wi.h the soles together. Tltey appear to • njoy the contact only when the feet are naked, tlicy don't attempt to make it win n the feet are socked and slippered. So the remedy is obvious; keep the baby soles covered. Knock knees the doctor ascribes to a different childish habit, that of sleeping on tlie side with one knee tucked under the hol low behind tlie other. He has found that wltere one leg has been bowed in ward more than the other, that patient has always slept on one side, and the uppermost member has been the most deformed. Here the preventative is to pad the inside of the knees so as to keep them apart, and let the limb* grow freely their own way. All of which is commended to mothers who desire the physical uprightness of their progeny.— Popular Science Monthly. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER lfi, 187!>. Halloween. From the earliest times men have been trying to look ahead. The ancient Egyptians had oracles where their jjod* were supposed to answer the questions of men by dreams and other ways, the , ancient Greeks also had tamou* oracles, * which jx-opic came from far-off lauds to consult; the Romans killed certain fow Is or allium Is. and guessed at the future hy the looks of their internal organs; the Hebrews and the Babylonians had their own peculiar ways ot finding out wlinl was to happen. The world Imi not yet outgrown the longing to look ahead. The Hindoo to-day sets a lamp alh at on his sacred liver, and judges of the luture by the length ot tiiu- it burns; tin j Cliinaiutut consult* his " wise men," ! who pretend to understand sign.*; the : ignorant African takes notice ot the , cries of birds and animals; the English ' —not loug ago—tried to learn by hetp ut what they call " witches; " aud spiritu alist* even now Itelieve the predictions of a " medium." No serious attempt to look into the future has been made for a long tiun by intelligent people, aud the old custom.- have bccoun- a frolicsome trying of "charms," especially on one night of the year It i* curious enough that tin night selected is tin- eve of the fislival of AU Saints, which was established in tl scveiith century ny a pope of Rome, in honor of ail the saints who had no par ticular day assigned to them The Ro mans brought this f.-s'.ival to England; there it became All Hallows, and the evening Ix-fore it. Hallow-even or Hal loween, and that was tlie night saend to charms and games. In tin- seventeenth century England gave up the night to feasting and frolicking. Nuts and ap ples were plenty front one end ot the isl- j mul to the other, and " Nut-crack night" was the name given to it. Iu Flugland the revels were for fun, such as iliviug for apples floating in a , tub of water, and of course gelling very wet; or trying to .-natch in the teeth an apple on one end of a stick, which had a lighted candle at the other end, and. be ing hung by a string, could In- spun around very f'a-t, so that the player* of ten seized the candle instead of the fruit; or a playful fortune-telling by naming UUts, roasting them before the fire, and watching their conduct when ln-atcd whether they burned steadily OT bounced away, or burst with a noise, each move ment of the charmed nut bciug of great importance. One nut test was tried by grinding and mixing together a walnut, hazel-nut and nutmeg, making into piils. with butter and sugar, and swallowing them on go in zto bed Wonderful dreams woakl follow (which waa not surprising). In superstitious Scotland the night was given entirely to serious and soun time- frigliltui attempts to po r into the future hy means of charm*. One way of trying fortune wa* to throw a bnli < f blue yarn out ot a window and wind it . into a ball again from the other end. Near tlie last something would hold it bat, vvln-n the winger must ask "Who holds?" The answer would name one who wa* to have importance in the ques tioner's future. Another Scotch custom was " pulling kale stalks." A young person went blindfolded into the garden, pulled up the first kale or i-ahbage -talk he touch ed, and carried it into the house. The whole future was read from that stalk; the size indicated the stature of the fu ture partner in life; the quantity of earth at the roots showed the amount of his or her fortune; the taste of the pitl. told what the t-mjx-r would lx-; and when the stalk was placed over the hx>r. the first name of the r*on entering wa* the fated name. The island ot te-wes. on the coast of Scotland, had sonic curious customs. Young women made a "dumb take," and huk'd.it Ix-fore tin- fire with certain ceremonies and in pcrf-vt silence, exjx-ct ing to sis- wonders; and the people i*o sacrificed to a sea-god called Sltong, throwing a cup of a)" into the s..a, and calling on him to give litem plenty of sea-weed to enrich their ground*. In another Scotch trial a girl would j go into a barn, holding a winnowing : sieve, and stand alone, with both door* open, to see her fate. The fashion of trying charms is now nearly outgrown among English-speak- , fog people. It nrrlTM fo Awtfo a* a pleasant frolic for n social gathering. In our own day, yung people " s >w hemp seed." "eat apples before lite glass." "go down the cellar stairs backward," ; holding a candle and a mirror. They I also " jxp chestnuts," " launch walnut >h'-lls," holding tapers, and try the " three-snliet r" test of the future. In some of our cities th© l*n p s on Hal- j loween collect old tea-kettle*, hoots, ! large .stonra. etc.. and deposit tlo-ni in j clean vestibules, ringing the door-bell and running away. Thus the tliirty-first of October—set apart by a pope as a religious festival— Ixcainc, in sup>*rstitiou< times. "The Witches' Night;" crossed the ocean a a season for frolics, and ends with a street-boy's joke.—"/t* Thome, in St. Xir/tolas. The New York Hospitals. In all ther# are thirty-one hospital* in tlie city or its vicinity Some are of the size and have the apjaranee of palaces. The newe© one* are built of warm red brick, and with their sunny windows, spacious pavilions and galleries, arc memorable object* to tlie city's visitors. There is no kind of physical suffering that may not under ordinary circum stances iind treatment in on- 1 or the other. The outcast without money who is overtaken hy disease, the pile victim of a spina! complaint, tlie incurable 1 consumptive ami the raving creatures stricken with fever, ara provided for with care and liberality; the patient with means may command all the luxtt- ( ries a home could give, and those who are poor have comfort* unattainable in their own dwellings- In nearly all the hospitals the inmates are expected to pay something toward the cost of their suhsistci ee, seven dol- j lars a wei-k being tlie usual charge, and private apartments are provided for 1 those who desire them, at prices rcach ; ing from ten to filtv dollars a week; hut we need not say that the persons who usually seek admission to the hospitals I are those who are impoverished or friendless; who have no wife, sister or mother to nurse them at home. Often when summoned by the police to take an invalid from some tenement, the amhu ; lance surgeon in strenuously resisted hy the patient himself and ills relatives; ; even among the intelligent artisan , classes there is a prejudice against Hos pitals. and it is only out of dire neces- I sify that the clean, commodious ward 1 willt every facility for treatment, is pra- I fyrred alxtve " home," though " home " i may be a tireless and unfurnished attic. While m<st of th© inmates of the ! other hospitals have patrons if not I money, a large proportion of thjse at j Ib'lievue belong to the poorest of the ! poor, who drift through the agonies of j disease and the tedium of unnumbered ! days to unpitied and unremembered deaths, witli no tenderer parting than 1 that of the strange nurse. Some of the 1 patients lie for months without roeoiv i tnj( one friendly call except from tin minister or the women of the Flower Mission. In one of the women's wards we saw a pair of wide open eyes fixed upon us, and saw them in a colorless face, with lipH pursed up a* if to hold hack the low moan that escaped them. This poor wretch had been in tlie hos pital eighteen months, during which not a soul except the officials itad been to see her, and from the day she entered her cn*e lias been considered incurable. "Can she last much longer?" wtt asked the nurse. " Not more than two or three months; she is anxious for death and prays for it.—Good Company. A yacht can stand on a tact without swearing. Some men can't. timely Tories. The preserving of fruit*, vegetable* i etc., i* an iudustry of very large nropor tions in the United Slate*, aud the pro cesses of manufacture have become so perfected there i* but very little mate rial wasted. The skins of the fruit are ©on verbal into jellies; the pi toll stone* are sold to druggist*; the tomato peel ing* and the verv scrapings of the table go to the ratsup makers. The entire pro cess of desiccation occupies about tillee hour*. Diphtheria is prevailing to such an alarming extent in Southeastern Rusaia that the Miuiatcr of tbe Interior, acting on the advice of the Medical Council, ha* ordered summary medical and sanitary measure* to h taken in ali the govern ment* of that region to arrest it* pro gress Din-tor*, surgeons and nurse* are to tie sent wherever it exist*, hospital* are to he established for disinfecting clothes and linen, every dwelling affected hy the epidemic is to In- thoroughly puri fied. and the authorities are clothed with the power I# use every possible means to arrest the progress of the disease. A wick for lamps is now manufactured entirely of glass, hy a firm in llanau, Germany, ft is designed chiefly for use in petroleum and spirit-lamps; aud, with an equal amount of the wick turned up. it gives a much brighter light than col ton wick. In the suirit-laiup, too, it is found to greatly increase the heal of the flame. No spark* are given off hy this incombustible wick, nor does the light flare in draughts to the extent which it docs with a burning wick; leans it makes he lamp safer. The smoking is also reduced, aud it i* stated that ten per cent, of oil is saved hy it* use. Of course the disagreeable task of trimming the lamp is rendered unnecessary. for being of g.ass the wick docs not consume, but wastes away very slightly by fusion. Among the cht-iuicai* of American manufacture which have superseded foreign article# mav lie mentioned tar taric acid, the importation of which last year reached only lt*3 pounds, against OW not long ago. Of citric a id. 27.- ole pounds were imported, against a pre vious annual im;>orlation of 253.00 ft. The lime juice from which the m id is siadc is sttli imported, on account of the -inali growth of .iiue* and iemoos in the United Stale*. If Southern agriculturist* gave attention to these fruits, say* the New York Shd. flew industry, in ex tracting the Jilice, eon Id he developed, lzvsl year but 3.4V2 pounds of liorax were imported, owing to the working of new !orax mines. Formerly from 600,000 to 1,000.000 pound* were annually received. Of cream tartar, none was received in l?C8 from abroad. About *!x ytars ago the receipt* were .000,000 pounds an nually. The cast steel manufactory at Eacn. Germany, ha*existed since lalo. It has Is-en conducted by the present owner. Herr Alfred Krupp. since I".*, and since lata for his account. The nnmlwr of workmen at the close of P77 amounted i to 8.500. 1 here are in these works 1.54* j furnao-s, evenly-seven steam hammer*, the largest of ail weighing fifty tons, eighteen train* of rolls and 1.053 machine ; Ux>l* tine of the Steaiu engines at Es- i sen is l.OiSi horse power When all ex isting facilities are employed the works can prvalues- in twenty-four houil3,?oft rails, which will lay elevm and s-ven eighth miles of line. 3io tierv, 150 loco motives and car axles, I aft car wheels, 1,000 railroad springs. 1.500 grenades, etc. In one month there can Iw produced 304 field gun* and gun* of large caliber. At the various works of Herr Krupp there were alo employed 5.300 workmen in addition to those already enumerated. 1 T".e mines a'.tae-hed to the works embrace four coal mine# and 552 iron ore mine*, including iron mines near Bilbao, in Spain. Four ~irgv steamers ownesl by the work*, eacli of I.7ootons burden, be sides lca*-d steamers, are engaged in the transportation ofSpanisb ore* to Krupp's furnai-es on the Rhine. Anotie-r steamer. ~f i.oon t,ns bunlen. i* leing con- | : tructed. l*rael Putnam's Ursie. A letter to the New York Cbmnumol A lvtrtinir says: Perhaps yc;;r readers would be pleased to read the inscription on the old stone in the graveyard of ; Brooklyn, ft., marking the resting-place of General hnul Putnam, of Kevolu tionary fame. The grave i* overgrown with weeds and the sbine fa*t crum bling to du*t. It will probably lx- news to most of your readers that h.vl Wasli ington died during the war with Great Britain. General Putnam, as senior major-general, would hare been pro moted to the vacant office of command er-in-chief acred be this* To tho memory ol Israel Putnam K*|tiiro Sienior Major (ionrnd in tho Army of rhe United Stales of Amonra Who Was txira at Salem In tho Province ol Mas*acht|*etts tin the Seventh 1 >*v of January 17IS and I)iod on llio Twenty ninth day of may, 1790. I*aoonger 11 thou art a Soldior Drop a tear over tho Dust of a Horo. Who ovor nttonlivo to tho IJres and Happiness of hi* men Darovi t tew I Where anv l>nreil to Follow il a Patriot Ketncml>er the Distinguished and gallant ser vice* Rendered thy Country Hy the Patriot who sleep* heneath thi* marble If thon ait Honeet. generon* and Worthy Iten lor a cheerful trilxite of iteopert To a Man Whose genero*ity wa* ingu'ar Whose Honesty wa* Proverbial '.V ho Raised Himaell to Universal esteem Anil oflfeer ot Eminent Distinction By Personal worth And a UssltiU Life. •Th# r*t of the Miitrnre t hrofcen oft Life lit Lendvlllr. Mr. Ernest Ingerso.l, wlu> has been in , vestigating the " lips and Downs in te'advillc" in the interest til SriOncr, contributes tlie result of his Inlvors to the October number of that magazine. Among the numerous anecdotes which he records is the following (the mine re ferred to in the first being lite Dead Man Claim): If was winter. ScottV had died, and the ImyH, wanting to give him a right smart of a burial, hired a man for twenty dollars to tlig a grave through ten feet of snow and six feet of hard ground. Meanwhi'e, Scotty was stuffed into a | snow bank. Nothing was heard of the i grave-digger for tliree days, ami lite Ixvys, | going out to see what had happened to ; him, found ltitn In a hole which, begun as a grave, uroved to be a sixty-ounce mine. Tlie qwixi sexton refused to yield, and was not hard pushed, for Scotty was forgotten and staid in the snow-bank till the April sun searched him out, the hoys meanwhile sinking prospect-holes in his intended cemetery. One mine had its shaft down 135 feet and lite indications of success were good. Some capitalists proposed to purchase an interest in it, nnd a half of the mine was offered them for $ 10.000, if taken oefore live o'clock. At hall-past four, rich silver ore was struck, and when at half-past five tlie tardy men of money catne leisurely u) and signified their consent to tlie bargain, the manager pointed at the closk and quietly re marked : "The price of a half Interest in this mine now, gentlemen, is sixty thou sand dollars. On u Man'* Bark. A writer in Ml. .NVtu/ai describe# a four day'* journey in a section of the United States of Columbia where traveler* and merchandise are iran ported solely by mean* of the back# of the natives Ihe journeys taken from point to poiut Sometime* occupy several day*, the travelers resting at night in hula generally perched high up on the mountain-sides. TheNf. Suhotas writer snv *: Even women are engaged in this occu pation of transporting travelers arid merchandise to the interior. A mule must have two bote# or bales of equal weight, that one may balance the other: hut when there is some single article of great weight to lie carried, a man takes il These men are very strong and walk off with two hundred pounds, or even more. They are rallied " Peone# " and " Sillatero*," meaning chair-bearer*. The way is wild ami sleep, and thev go wl ere a mule cannot, thus taking shorter routes, and lie who is not accustomed to ride on mules is -afer from danger in a ■ ■hair. Two of our company were ladies, and one of them held u baby. They came from England that they might be with their husbands, who were < ngaged in gold mining aw ay over and beyond these mountain*. When the na tive* nunc to Remolino for us. there was a long consultation held by llu-in as to which should carry a ci rtain one of our party —a man who weighed about two hundred pounds. It fell to the lot of the smalli-st Peon, and how ridiculous il iook'd to the large uiati on the hack of tlits little Indian! Finally, we were ail ent<-d. each in his or her i Irnir, and instructed to jean back and remain very still. The men commenced climb ing the mountain-side, sometime* on ali fours, and occasionally, with their pointed staff- pricking little holes in order to give themselves a surer fooling. Now and then we would come to a piace comparatively level; then I hey would sliullle a "tig on a gentle trot, scarcely raising their feet from the ground. They frequently turned round and went back ward when descending. Then the rider should remain exceeding quiet, for the least move would overbalance the carrier, and a serious accident might otvur. The sensation is veTy jiecu.iar when in this position, for your face is turned outward toward space, and noth ing is seen hut sky, while vou know there i* .a great yawning gulf limwth, into w hi h il id:mgi rou* aud fearful to look. Our *.<xud day wx a trying one, in consequence of a heavy fall of rain hav- j ing made the ground so slippery that our Boons had to proceed with gr-at caution, and even fliett the one who carried our two-hundred-pounder fell, ouiupinghim headlong. The ladies and myself iaugh>sl s' heartily tht we near ly came to grief ourseircs; hut our i large friend grew very nngry. and. in his exritrtnent, made a furious charge on the I'eon, threatening to run him through with his umbrella He sputtered in English while the lVon sputtered in j Spanish, and il was long liefore ali thing- \vvr< -<'.ti<ti into quiet I did su-pect that the mishap was not a!u- j get her a-cidental, for these men have la-en known to nta late on disagreeable rider*. We made little i-eting-p<'ns about <iuh half hour, and in every ravine there was -urv to lw s stream of cool wafer. Here, while partaking of a slight refreshment, we would seat our selves on some ivm k# r a failrn in*' - , and • njoy the fair*-.ike place. I noti-al that wlnn the Peons wanted to drink they invariably put a piece of sugar in the mouth first. I .-o-k'-il them why. "Oh. Senr. it ras kes the water taste Ix-tter. and yon can drink a* much as you like am! not g< l si< k." About four oYWk t* m . we would maiißgr to arrive at some hut, to remain lor the night. 1h *e dwellings ar>- gen erally p'-rched up on the mountain-sides, and It i# a custom for the Peones to go for wafer a* a return lor hospitalities received. Il has to In- brought front the valley or ravine lx-U>w. which is some time* a tcdiou* jourm y. You would call curiou* the wnt< t'-paii# these ntcn brine up the hill. Each lis* one over his shoulder and it looks iikca log of Wixxl; but it i* a s'x tion of the Guadua (a kind of barn 'too) about litre© feet in .en. til. Tills b'-ifig lioilow, with tight partitions twelve or fifteen inches apart, makes a very convenient vessel. A hoi©, th<- size of a dollar, i* punched through one end and another through tlie center parti tion. and, when the bamboo is fillr-i with water, the outer hole is coveted hy a leaf which k© t* it* place by atmos pheric pressure, answering all the pur pose* of a plug. I etler Uarrisr*. long limb*, abort limbs, biond frames, narrow frames, fat Ixslie*. thin bodies, handsome face*, plain faces, old and young, titer* thev go. those faithful let ter ' arri( rs; mid snow and ice. heat and cold, rain and shine, up the Stops, down th© step*, into stores and under stor* *. over field* nnd through .an<-s, with paper*, letters and cards strapped in big* to their bxlte# like so m mv pap poooes; and surely no s-juaw* were ever more industrious tban these g*>d Jobs, as they patiently lalxr in fulfillment of their duty; frequently racking their brains to decipher many of the grotesque superscriptions of their missises ere they return them to headquarters as so many little white waifs with no one to claim them. Hw zealous they are, not losing a moment, hastening from houses as though they believed them infested with tit© plague." Important peraonagt*. too. after a fashion, despite their plain grey uniform, to whom doors an- willingly opened a* they appear distributing alike good and evil, flow they toil and tramp with the virtue of constancy a* a neees •itv. lor once planted on their feet tlire they must remain, pursuing their daily routine with no comfort save that >l a moment's rest upon balustrades a* hur ried steps in answer to their summons reach the door. But courage, dear letter carriers, for though you may never become Roth child* and can only aspire to an affirma tive answer to Augur's prayer of " Give neither poverty nor riches, still your vocation i* honest, your employment honorable, requiring no capital in tlie way offal*' ho.d* U<sustain it.while lx t ter are the small pebbles of annoyances strewn in vour pat It w y than the grant rocks of guilt that so often lie in the mad Of Others. I'AKtUE RaMIHFX. Age for Legal Marriage*. There is considerable deviation in the different European States, in the age at which a legal marriage can be contract ed. In Austria tlie age of discretion is fourteen yeats. in Hungary each re ligious sect make# its own regulations — marriages tx'ing regarded a* ©ntiraly ecclesiastical allaits. Russians can con tract marriages at the age of eighteen in cases of females. The Italian law fixes the age at eighteen and fifteen, respec tively. In 'Turkey there is no general law. The French and Belgian codes allow marriages of voung men at eighteen and girls at fifteen years, but the powers of dispensation in special eases ara reserved, lit (reeee, Spain and Portugal, parties ot fourtet n and twelve years can contract a binding marriage, but in the latter country the consent of the parents is necessary. According to the amended paragraph ot the new civil marriage hill, in Germany, tlie state of wedlock cannot be entered upon under twenty and sixteen years, respectively, though the existing laws of Prussia and Saxony permitted marriages at earlier periods. There is much dissimilarity in the Swiss laws, every canton having a regulation of its own. In some of them the consent ol the parent* is necessary,, up to twenty-five years. The influence of climate upon the temperament and constitution, is allowed in the Southern nations, where maturity is reached at a much earlier period tiu.n among North ern nations. TEHMB: S2.CO a Ymr, in Advance. STORIES OF Jt MILLIONAIRE. Uaulst Itrtw, SulMlltuU, < all!*- Irl rr, SIMS k|MrUtm sail Hsuk(|M. The following anecdote* of the late Daniel Drew, who at one time wn worth lietwecn fifteen and thirty million dul lar*. are taken from various New York papers: For forty years Dauiel Drew was the most grotesque figure in Wall street, lie was in middle life when he gave "the boys" hi* first "pint*" on "sheer*." When a raw country lad h* In can to drive cattle from hi* native viuage to the New York market, and subsequently opened a stock-yard, kept a tavern and made a fortune in the steam boat business. Then tie went into Wall street, made an immense fortune in stock speculations and wound up hy becoming a bankrupt. He was in hi* seventeenth year—the Name age at which Cornelius Vandcrbilt Imrrowed flllKlof lib mother, bought a boat and Ix-gatt to ferry markcitueti from Statt-n Island to the Battery. Daniel Drew did not borrow his small capital, lie rarned it hy enlisting as a substitute in the State militia, which had be.-n • •ailed into service. The regiment was called to Fort Gnnsevoort, on the Hud son river, opposite New York. Alamt three months after liis enlistment hostili ties ceased between the United Slates and Great Britain, and the regiment was mustered out. "1 want my substitute money,mother," j said he, one morning after his return to ' tne farm. "I am going to buy cattle and sell them in New York " " Are you sure you will not lose money j hy it?" Mrs. Drew was a* sagacious j ami cautious n* the mother whom Com modore Yanderbill delighted to honor j all his life amp. " I am suri I shall make money." lie did make money from the start, but he had to work terribly bard for it. j He was in the saddle day and night, purchasing cattle in Putnam and Dutch es* counties and driving lhm to the | city after nightfall. He was an excel lent judge ofcaltle and a shrewd- buyer. When his competitors began to multi- j ply and to cut down his profit* he en- * larged his field of operations hy making Ohio a base of supply, lit needed cap- ' ital and he had no securities to offer for : loans. He went Ui llenry Astor. John Jacob A* tor's brother, the Fulton Market butcher, who had recently re tired from business. "I'll take the j risk." said the capitalist, after the plan s had been unfolded. It •©ritual to be a foolhardy, crack-brained •them/. It took nearly sixty days to drive cattle from Ohio across the Allegheny tnoun- | tain* to New York. Out of a drove of Ntat head 200 or 3uo would frequently be 'o*i t>n the way in the forests and moun tain fatnese. Cattle however, were exceedingly cheap in tlie Ohio valley, and Dn-w's profits were so large that he wa able in a few years to repay the borrowed money, and to extend hi# up-, erations to Kentucky and Illinois. He | is said to have Ix-cn the first man to drive cattle over the Allegheny moun tains. A newspaper correspondent who visi ted hitu soon after lit© bankruptcy pro ceeding# were announced found him ex ceedingly communicative. " I had !*• wonderfully blessed in money making." It# remarked. "I got to Ee a miilion naire afore I know'd it. hardly. I w.v always prdtv lucky till lately, and 1 didn't think I could ever lose very ex tensively. I wa* ambitious to make a great fortune like Vandcrbilt and I tried every v I knew, but got caught at la*t. Besides that, I liked the excite ment of making money and giving it away. I have given a good deaT of money away and am*gia<l of it. So much lias been saved, anyhow." Wall street was a great place for making money and I couldn't give up the huai n< -* when I ought to haveOone so. Now I see very clearly what I ought to have done. I ought to have Jell the street eight or ten year# ago and paid up what I owed. When 1 gave SIOO,OOO to this institution and that I ought to have paid the money. And I ought to have pro vided for my children hy giving litem enough to make 'em rich for life. In stead of tiiat I gave mv notes :uid only paid the interest on 'em. thinking 1 could do better with the principal m>- self. <?ii© of the hardest tilings I've hod to lx*ar ha* been the fact that I oouldn'i continue to pay tlie interest on the notes I gave to the school# and churches. Duting the iat year or two Mr. Draw spent considerable part of hi# tint© in tit© city. Mr. Drew wo*, perhaps, the oldest looking man in Wall street. Hi* eyes never lost their fira. but his face wa# seamed and scraggy. Some of the veteran# say that he used te drive down to hi* office in a one-horse chaise, look ing for all the world like a country min i-ier. He dressed plainly, if not shab bily. His wardrobe is valued in the bankruptcy schedule at SIOO, exclusive of a great sealskin overcoat worth f 150. His dry. sedate manner seldom varied. Stock speculators were "th© boys" and the man who came to him for "pints on some sheer*" was " my son." Romance in Real Life, Some yea~ ago. ane fine summer morn ing. a dozen student# were strolling about the gardens of the University of Upsala, Sweden. Among them w.-ts a poet young man. tlie son of a poor Widow, gifted and hard-working as a Bendirtine monk, and an unusually rich Swedish ct unt. Sud denly the president's daughter appeared, a young girl of exquisite beauty and great modesty and rafinemtnt. And yet a wild idea a'l at once dawned on the brain of the shabby, penniless student. "Count." said he. " Ix fora we leave the garden I'll get a kiss from that adorable young ladv!" "Then you know each other?" "No." "If you make good your assertion." said tlie count. " by the honor of a noble nan I'll give you five hundred pounds." This seemed a fabu lous sum to th© impeeunion* youth and spurred him on to his only half formed purpose, a* he went up to the young lady and saluted her respectfully. " I have often heard my father speak of your exemplary diligence. Master Karl, and am deeply interested in you." said the sweet young girl with modesty. " I wish I were able to do anything for you. Can I?" " Yes, my dear forken" (miss), replied the youug Swede, and, stammering and blushing, while h© strove to subdue th© admiration which his eyes would express, he told what had passed letw©en himself and tits count, at tlie same moment lagging her pardon Villi unmistakable sincerity. After a second's thought, the young lady quietly approached, kissed the student's cheek an I passed into Iter father's house. " Bravo!" said the count, who had wit nessed the scene. "That kiss ha* coat me'a pretty round sum. but I don't be grudge the money This on account." and lie slipped a roll of gold into the student's hand. From that time Karl was the best dressed as well as the most industrious student in the University of ITpsala. Every one supposed he had in herited a little fortune front some rela tive. but lie kept his own counsel, ant* would have been the last one to have be trayed lite maidenly concession he had received, having also pledged the count to secrecy. In the meantime lie became a constant guest at lite president's house. He ardently wtxx-d the president's daughter nnd won Iter love. I'lte father sanction ed the engagement. " I have the fullest faith in vou. Karl." said he. "hutl must confess I should like to l>e satisfied as to tiie source of your sudden fortune." "Your beautiful and honored daughter can inform you, sir." Then the dear girl told the "story. "Karl." sakd the old gentleman, wit It affected indignation, "you were an audacious young ruffian, and as for you. girl—" " Papa,' said the young lady, demurely, " I gave him a kiss, but it was a very little one!" Karl is now a happy husband and a distin guished philologist of Sweden.— A men can Cultivator. NUMBER 41. ARHESIC EATISU. T.rrlM* MWIt mt a r.rsUlt.i llaMt |.,iu>cu.tl> of the Evil. "I>o you see that Udyfaaid a promi ; nent cbemiatof thl* city to a Herald re | |wrier. •" Aa sun- ae lh sun will ri*e | to-morrow, ao surely will that woman •lie prematurely in a few years by a alow ' but certain self-destruction."' The scene wiut on Superior street, and the lady in nU*tioi> was standing on the sidewalk wailing for one of the car*. The afternoon sun shone full upon her, her dr<-* and tout ensemble marked her as wealthy and refined, and her fare was lieautiful. but ahoul tin large, gray eye* there was a weary, troubled expression, and tin* marble face was almost death like in iUi pallor. Tlu- skin waa trans lucent, showing the delicate blue vein# beneath. It was perfectly pun- and clear, but it waa unnatural Accepting an invitation to step into the chemist'* laboratory, the reporter waa soon m ated in a spacious room surrounded by thou sands of Imttlesof all shape, ana sine*, and the conversation turned again on the woman seen in the street. "That lady." sail the chemist. seri ously. "i an arscnic-eati-r. Few have anv ides bow the deadly, damnable habit is spreading. Keen in tbia city it number* it*devotee* by hundred*. 1 had almost *aid by thousand*, and the hus liaud who pride* himself on hi* wife'* beautiful complex 100. Ute father who I > ream-* the pale fun-baa<l of hi* daugbfe-r, and the lover who i proud of. while he | i aniiou* abouL. the transparent oom ! jile*ion of hi* sweetheart, never diraut* for a moment that it i* an unnatural f --! feet produced by the uae of a poison wbirli wilt sooner or later destroy life. I am not telling tbia for a wnsalion; it i a terrible truth, and I could sit down and writeoff a lint of five hundred name* of ladies wh • arc in the habit of using thi* drug regularly. I could startle thi* city by telling it that 'be women of many of it* best families are committing a slow suicide. A praclioni chemist cam tell at a glance a person addicted to tbia vice, and it ha* twen my ruatom for year* past to note down the person* 1 meet who have the mark of Use arsenic habit upon them. If 1 were to show you tliat list you w>u'd Ite astonished." "• How ia tfie drug usually taken?" " Sometime* pure, in minuu dose*, but generallv in the form of Fowler's solution For the first few month*, may be in aomc case* for a year, little or no effect* ensue, hut after that time the beautiful pallor which you have seen i* produced. Alter a few year* the wretched woman begin* to feel her health giving way, and decide* to dis continue its uae. Ala*, it i too late! The face changes to a livid red. every one noticea it. and in despair ahe return* to the same course, and receive# the con gratulations of her friends on her re stored health. After some year*, how ever, the fare gradually change* from Uie clear color of alabaster to a dull, ghastly complexion like chalk; the whole system, saturated wiUi thi* min eral. give* way, and usually death mer cifully end* a life of paralysis. Such has been the history of many of our wive* and daughters, and unless the strong arm of Uie law step* in and puts trinc*nt rule* on tire sale of this poison, it will be the history of the present and rising generation." " Are there any other drugs used for the complexion that have the same ef fects a* arsenic?" ** None which have such awfiti con sequences in their train, lteoauue there are no other poison* which are habitu ally taken intTnally to beautify the coiupit xion : but great damage i* being done by the ue of cosmetic*. Why. *ir, f have aaalyred over sixty of the lead ing cosmetic preparation*, and I did not find one which did not contain either sugar of lead, oxide of sine, or some other preparation of lead. The amount varies from t wo to ten grain* per ounce, but in *ll it is the leading ingredient." " W hat would be the effect of the continued use of >sluetics?" " Briefly this: Sooner or ialer. in proportion to the quantity u*(l and the frequency of ita application, the pan-* of tlie skin lecomf [u-kl with tlx inso luble material of the base, causing poisoning of the minut* nerves and hlood vessel# and paralysis of llie akin, extending in some instant-"* to the neck and arm*. The paralrsis cf the akin ia not dangerous of itself, hut it i# liable to i hr>ng on diseases of the throat and re spiratorv otgan*. and it always baa the < fleet of making the akin yellow and j leather-like. But if the consequences which follow the use of oosmetjcs are ; not ao deadly as those which follow the internal use of arsenic. they are far more widely spr> ad. L aaure you a* a solemn I act. that to tlie best of my belief, and I hare given the subject extended and [ cloae attention, eiehty 'per cent, of the women hi t ween the ages of twenty-five and fiftv use e.annetic.s in a gn*ter or less di-gree, and probably a!v>ut forty per cent between fifteen and twenty five. Praplo fait to realize the immensity of the evil. 1 havewen dozens of eases, and heard of hundred* more on good au thority. of mothers applying these poi- Isonou# preparations to their young chil dren. and even to infants a fen- works old. raining the isanplesion for life. It , is a secret underhand trade in one way, far tlie woman seldom tells her dearest friends that she habitually use# a certain halm or renovator. The manufacturers and dealers who pander to this wretched taste make no secret of their prepara tion. hot advertise it far and wide, and ! it will give some idea of the widespread demand which exists for these poisons when I tell you that during the year 1878 there were manufactured and sold in this country alone over 1.000.000 gal lons of a certain well known patent wash for the face and neck. While on this subject I mut not omit to inrntion a preparation which I will not name, for the removal of freckles. As h cer tainly docs remove freckle*, its sale has enormously increased in the last two years. A few months api 1 analyzed a specimen, and was horrified to find that it contained twenty-threc per cent, of corrosive sublimate. At present it has a large sale and is retailed at a high price." " An- there anv ixwmetics which im prove the skin and are harmless?" '• None except fresh air and pure wa ter. Carbonate of magnesia is quite ex tensively used and is not, perhaps, pos itively injurious; but it make# the skin look tough and old, and in time stops tlie circulation of the blood in the small vessels of the face. Whiting has the same effect. The Iwtter and more ex pensive rouges made from pure cochi neal, or eoehitieai carmine, are not in jurious wh< n used in moderation aud washed off every night, but the cheap kinds all contain aniline, and are very poisonous. Bay ram contains no in gredient which is chemically injurious. But even that is liable, if used too often, to dry up the little oil globules and make the skin dry and harsh." " 1 suppose the use of the poisonous cosmetic# is almost entirely confined to women ?" " Well. not exclusively. I lancy many would be rather astonished if they knew the number of young men who partici pate in thin evil with their sister* anil mothers. And another thing, too. ot whieh you may not be aware, is that there are hundreds of young men. mostly of the upper and upper-middle classes, who wear cornets. The habit is injuri ous to a young woman, but it is a thou sandfold more so to a young man. for physical reasons which f have not time to enter upon. I did not suspect this habit until about a year ago, but since that time I have discovered that its ex istence is by no means nnfrequent."— Cleveland (Ohio) Herald. The Bowling Green (Ky.) Pantagraph says r that a horse Sam. Crosthwaite was riding threw up his head and drove the stem of Mr. Crostliwaite's pipe down his throat, rupturing a blood vessel and nearly killing him. fHnni I said it ia the meadow path— I I say it ot> lb* mountain stairs; TV boat thing* any marts) hath 1 Are thosa which arsr* roottai shares. ! The air w# breathe—the *ky—the breeat- Tha Ught without us and wtl^> IJIa, with it* unlocked ittsumrka Uod'a rich** are tor all Ut win. The graaa la sotler to my tread For met it yield* unnumbered low ; t*Ml to me the wild roe* red, Iteoauae ab* tuakm Ut* whole world tweet ' Into your bear only Imwliaeee Ya waloomad ma, oh, aoiama peaks Aad ma i avary gnoat you btaaa Who referent!* your myetory seeks. j And up the radiant peopled way That opeaa into worlda unknown, It will be Ute'* delight to any, " Heaveu ia not bee ran lor ma alone." Rich through my brethren'a poverty' Much wealth ware hideous! lam bleat Only ia what they there with ma, Ia what I ahare with all the rtwt. Lery /.arrow, flood Compomy. m ... ■ ITEMS OF INTEREST. GrUwold any* tba fa fori to tune with mermaids ia Neptune. A well-meaning man—One .who' eon* templatea digging one. Blue-fishing—When you don't]catch anytliing.— fhxry Autwnfiig. Old twitter*—The egg ahella thrown out of thejooffcr pot.— Syracuse Tunes. The Fat Contributor aay* a fool and hi* money. like the liair of a bald-headed man. La aoon parted. John Brown. Queen Victoria'a favor ite servant. haa laid by 9(16,000 for a pro*[Motive rainy day. Oyer 1.M00.000 gallon* of petroleum •r earth oil. are brought to the turfae every day in the oil region# of Penney.' van is alone. Great Britain haa 5.M6.5W cattle. AM,, i 64. MM I sheep and f,0M1,4M pig*. Since IM> a great failing off is abown in the cumber of sheep and piga. •* Business suits." says an advertise ment. So it does; and the more there is of it the better it uiu. providing it i* profitable.— Rome Sentinel. The caabmere colors have invaded even the polka dotted goods, and some of the new salines have spot* containing half a down bright tint* api<**. We are rather inclined to the opinion thai a haw-ball player isn'tkaif a* much interested in talc king file* aa ia a bald headed man 'Ktawa Bejmbiiam. Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp, and i* buried -in Westminste Aldev But any three-year-..d l-oy can jkk tlie I lent postage stamp ever made.— 3ruwo!d. The Chicago milk inspector has re cently begun the systematic examination of the milk furnished by dealers in the city. Out of twenty-one samples first analyzed every one proved to have been skimmed and watered. At the Fulton i Wis.) fair, recently, a valuable cow died suddenly, and a post mortem < xanimation revealed a hairpin in her heart. This paragraph should be headed: "Distressing (ate of a Milk maid! A Portion of Her Remains Found in the Heart oi a Cow!"— Xorrit to n Herald. J** us gather up Um aißl-wra* Lying all around oar path; LM U* keep the wheal and rases. Casting out tits tlionu an ! rung; Let us Had our awacttwt ooudorl In the blessing* at to-day, With the patient bsi.d reaxonugl AU th* briar* liom our way. In the year !*M two domesticated goats left the neighborhood of Harpet °s Ferrvand ran away to Maryland Heights. Since then tbey havegradually increased until the (lock numbrred about 3f . They are in every respect wild goats, without the least trace of domestic habit*. At night the* shelter undet a projecting cliff which feces Harper's Ferry. They were courting. "What makes file star* so dim to-night?" she said, soft! v. "Your eye*are so much brighter, pressing her little hand. Tbey sre mar ried now: "I wonder how many tele graph poles it would take to reach from here to the Mara," she remarked, musingly. "One, if it waa long saotagn. he growled. " Wby don't you talk common sense?"— RnrkLanA Courser •oaaaosT w*ma. •• .Somebody** waiting tor me," Tbe bouM*"* asilm-erisa, A* lr swug o'er the sounding MS lis casta his an mans syws- Scmebody'* waiting tor mV The truant whootbor wads. A* be deftly doubles op bis hat Indrr bis jar kit tails —CtsciaasM tier. Hix. a man-of-aB-work employed in the British Houseof Commons, quarreled with his family, and in a heat of pas sion exeiaimed "I wish I was in my three plank*." the grim pleasantry in dicating hi# coffin. No sooner had he uttered these word* than he fell to 'he fltxr a corpse, from heart disease. About the same time at Irish gentleman fell dead in a Dublin courtroom in the act of kissing the Gospels while making oath to an affidavit, A certain old gentleman, very rich and very stingy, is in the habit of wear ing his clothing to the last thread. On# of bis friends, meeting him. exclaimed: ' Tliev told me that yon had a new hat. and I'll be hanged if you haven't!" :Oh. res." said the mtscr. looking a trifle ashamed of himself. " you see my wife kept telling that the old oife \ras a fsood deal worn out. Well, yee tcrdav wa my wife's birthday, and I got tit v*"lf a new hat for a birthday present." The golden autumn days, oftimes sung hy the poet, are no* flush upon u*; we roam the fields and woods in search of the rarities of nature's floral offerings, stopping occasionally to in dulge in rhapsodic over the beauteous tints of this leaf or thai flower, and sil ting on a stone fence in the sunlight's welcome warmth calculate with uner ring rertainty just how much we can afford to put up for a fall overcoat, and find ing that we are just §3.75 short of the purchasing power to obtain the one that would look well beside our best girl's new wrap, the prospect w not Elysian. • Wearer. Over half a century ago Marcus Mor ton was made governor of Massachusetts hy only one majority. Had two young men. who intended to vote in the elec tion, not been delayed by an accident in going from Worcester to Boston, they would have changed the result, and Mr. Morton's opponent would have been elected- They had intended to be in Boston in season to vote, hut in their journey the old-fsshioned chaise in which "they were riding gave way, and Uiey were not able to reach Boston till after the polls closed. One cf the two men referred to now resides in Augusta, and has never lost a vote since. The architects of the city of Paris were surprised on taking possession of the palace of the Tuilertes to find it inhabited in every nook and corner. Numerous families were found living in the wing by the river side. Many of tliem eouM not say bv what right they wore there; some dated back their resident* to the lime of the restoration in 1830; and at the time of the fire in 1871 they took refuge in the wing from which they have just now been ejected to make naun for the Municipal Comic#" But the most extraordinary thing was that i i the imperial stables, with their marble troughs and mohogany mangers and racks, were found a numerous company of horses who have for many years been gratuitously stabled there. A Fight With a Graj Eagle. A young man named llull Joy, says a Virginia City (Nev.) paper, shot a large gray eagle a few mornings since on his father's raneh. near Washoe lake. Hav ing risen very early (something unusual for him), he espied what he thought was a big chicken-hawk. He ran into the house, got his gun, and blazing away brought down the bird with a broken wing. Hull's dog ran to re ti ieve the game,|but found he had no easy task, as the bird jumped on his back ana began to retrieve him. The young sportsman ran to his dog's rescue, but found he had put his foot in it. as the eagle (as it really was) buried it* talons in Hull's leg. The yells of dog and mas ter and the fierce screami of the eagle soon brought to the scene of action Hull's father, mother and four of the children, who made a combined attack, and after a severe struggle succeeded in killing the royal birth He measured fir# leaf six inches from tip to tip of wings.
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