LJJLIAR PER * MM '"VARIABLY IN ADVANCE, TOAV^AISTD-A.: jharsban morning, a. 1858^ StlKlrti Ijoetrn. THE SUMMER RAIN. by B. r. SHILLABKR. , farmer'* heart was sad. his toil was rain. If ; s famished crops were crisping in the Held, r , n ot one drop of life-sustaining rain ~ j (lie n;d clouds of summer deign to yield. n p cattle 'neath the trees, with lolling tongue. ",'ure up the search for herbage in despair. •d listless in the shade their heads they hung, ind chtwed their cud with most desponding air. y broo k was dry, or stood, a muddy pool, lYtwse stagnant waters none might dare to drink, r , jj | 4te , jn crystal brightness, pure and cool, ffooed with its song the thirsty to its brink. He burning sun drank up the pearly dew That evening, pitying, on creation shed, i= t o'er the parched earth his hot beams threw - Tie herbage sickened, and the flowers lay dead. ry r ;ver shimmered in his lurid rays. The corn grew dry and withered as it stood. The fainting birds scarce raised their tuneful lays la dim recesses of the ancient wood. Then nun and vegetation prayed for rain-- The withered stalks, like famished hands, were raised ; But day by day was man's petition vain, The clouds arose and vanished as he gazed. tt length the blessed boon, so long withheld, Came like an angel down in man's dismay. Cheering the heart that well nigh had rebelled, And giving joy where grief erewhitc held sway. The thirsty earth drank i:i with greedy tongue The cooling Hood that trickled o'er its breast ; The trees abroad their arms enraptured flung. And grass and ti awer once more upreared their crest. The brooks again resumed their gladsome song. And through the meadows took their ciieerful way ; o- c m .re the com its verdant pennons flung, Once more the birds nude merry on the spray. The farmer's heart grew glad, and. on his knee. His voice attuned with warm devotion's strain, He poured his soul in gratitude to see The blessed coming of the summer rain - Which tails, like God's own spirit, on the dust (if man's fallen nature, dead iu sin and pain, Twith a newer hope and holier trust, It awakens into life and joy again. Stlttttb Calt. Australian Jim Walker. This name was avowedly an alias, bnt Jim always evaded any attempt to discover his real patronymic, which I have no doubt lie bad wilfully buried in oblivion, lest lie should reflect disgrace on his family I know that he never wrote to, nor received letters from, them. He told nie once that he wished his friends to think him dead, and I have reason to believe that on more than one occasion he refused to notice advertisements in colonial papers, call ing on him, by his true name, to communicate with theni. Jim's history—as I denned from him one day, when a trifling act of kindness had open ed his heart—was a sad, but common one. lie was the child of very respectable parents. — The captain of the vessel in which he came "nt offered to take him back on credit; but Jim's pride forbade his acceptance of this kind ly offer; he feared to bo taunted with non success ; " and,".said lie, " I'd have died rath er than suffer that." And, indeed, lie seemed likely enough to die A few occasional shillings were picked up by splitting wood for fuel ; but often he dined with Duke Humphrey, and slept in Na ture's ante-room. At last, a settler recom ! mended him to go up the country, and ply from station to station, in search of employ merit. He was sure of hoard and lodging, Mis ; and at any rate he might as well per i in the bush as on the banks of the Torrens. ■bm followed this advice. " I had no swag, not even a blanket, to carry," said lie ; " for ' haii parted with these long before. When 1 started out of Adelaide, a few pence, a plug -i tobacco, au old clay pipe, a sharp knife, and 'clear conscience, were ail my possessions. I link my name forever ; I determined to for it ; and 1 hart forgotten it—except at lines. The second day I got a berth at Grey's station, under Mount Lofty ; and when he mv nanie, I said Jim Walker, and Jim " alker I've been ever since." The great event in Jim's colonial career oc curred when he was a shepherd on the Glen * 0:i Run, which is situated on the borders of "x Tatiara district. The blacks inhabiting at locality are justly dreaded for their uu tameable ferocity, which civilizing influences ire apparently unable to counteract ; to the present day the Tatiara natives are noted for eir savage onslaughts on defenceless Euro peans. At the time of Jim's adventure these stacks were yet more numerous and deadly !lil they are now, so that the white settlers tardy ventured abroad unarmed. Jim was appointed to one of the out-sta !|° ns ; and as the country consisted principal of large open plains, he had a pretty easy of it. The hot was snugly ensconced in 4 aook of the low rockv hills which formed the "'■them boundary of the Run. On these hills a lew stunted she-oaks and dwarf honey ! ®ckle trees, interspersed with dense scrub, * h afforded no inconsiderable screen from ■ w inds. A single water-hole—the on ' summer vestige of winter torrents —was near * "and, and immediately in front of the hut ■'J the nightly folding ground. Jim g only companion in this lonely spot was the hut-keeper, a quiet Scotch body, ' whose homely conversation Jim was fain ' * content ; save when one of the overseers o over from the head station, or a bullock ' 'r brought down stores, or a chance wan passed. The latter was, however, a very 6 occurrence : lor the locality was much ° Ul °f the usual (rack. One afternoon as Jim and his trusty dog Sandie followed the sheep homeward, he was surprised at not perceiving any signs of Willie. Imagining that the hot weather had overpow ered that usually vigilant personage, Jim call ed loudly for him to " wake up," and help to fold the sheep. Receiving no answer, he hur ried to the hut. At the entrance he beheld a scene which, to quote his own expression, " made all the blood in his body run cold." There was poor Willie, lying on his face, nearly naked and be dabbled in gore. It was some time before Jim could muster courage to approach his old chum. When he did, he found that he was dead, and nearly cold, and a broken spear in his side be trayed that he had been murdered by the na tives. The hut itself had evidently been ri fled ; every particle of food, the store of flour, sugar, and tea, the blankets, knives, and eve ry useful moveable, had been carried off. But what Jiin mostly regretted was, that the pis tol, an old-fashioned pepper-box revolver, was missing. Fortunately, he had taken his gun in the morning to shoot a few birds, if chance offered during the day ; and therewith, all the powder and shot remaining on hand. Still, six extra shots were not to be despised ; ami he felt that the loss of the pistol added to his danger. Now, all the horrors of his own position burst upon him. The head station was fully ten miles distant, and what enemies he might encounter on the road it was impossible to fore tell. However, stay in the hut by himself lie could not ; so he resolved to fold the flock, and then to set off through the bush, to give information of the event, and obtain assistance. In pursuance of this resolution lie went out, and with the aid of the dog succeeded in fold ing the sheep. Hoarse with shouting—for your true bush man can do nothing without making a great uproar—Jim went to the waterhoie to drink, preparatory to starting on his perilous jour ney. He was just rising from the recumbent position necessary to enable him to reach the water, when Sandie gave a loud growl ; and, at the same instant, Jim saw the shadow of a human figure reflected iu the water. Cautious ly gazing around, he beheld several dusky forms moving through the thick undergrowth of the opposite range. His first impulse was to fly ; but aware of the necessity of concealing his alarming discovery, he mastered his emotion, and ordering the dog to follow, walked quiet ly back to the but. Barricading the door as well as circumstan ces would permit, Jim sat down on one of the old stumps which supplied the place of more convenient seats ; and striving to divest his mind of untimely fear, debated within himself the propriety of attempting to elude the wily savages who were in the immediate vicinity. But the more he thought of it, the more im practicable it appeared To run the gauntlet through an unknown number of enemies was almost certain death. On the other hand, to remain quiescent presented only the prospect of prolonging torture, and final destruction. However, there was no help for it at present, and unable to form any decisive plan of escape, Jim did the very best thing he could : he made his little fortress us secure as possible, and awaited the result. The hut was built in the ordinary bash-fash ion, of huge, upright slabs of timber—the low er ends being inserted in the earth, and the upper nailed to strong beams. The instersti ces were filled with the fibrous coating of the stringy-bark-tree, daubed over with clay to ren der it wind-proof. The roof consisted of large sheets of bark, and the only window was an aperture about a foot square. This, Jim fill ed with an old sack, which the natives had probably overlooked. The chimney occupied nearly one side of the hut, and was built of sods, supported on the exterior by a closely slabbed wall to the height of six feet ; the up per portion closing inward on all sides to the top, was composed of rough pa'ings, or slips of bush timber, split to a moderate thickness. The interior formed only one room, about twelve feet long and ten feet wide, which suf ficed its inmates for all purposes. Night speedily closed in. and in darkness and silence sat Jim with the mangled corpse of the lmt-keepcr in one of the sleeping berths wherein lie had laid it, and the dog crouching uneasily at his feet. The poor brute was with difficulty kept from howling aloud, and once or twice lie ran to the door and moaned un easily. He evidently comprehended that dan ger was nigh. How long Jim remained in this state of sus pense he could never be positive. It seemed like half a lifetime, he said. After a weary interval Saudie growled sullenly, and sat erect; his ears thrown back, and his eyes glistening in the darkness like balls of fire. Listening attentively, Jim heard a faint noise as of some one treading on dry twigs. Then Jim knew that the savages were coining. Next moment the latch of the door was cau tiously lifted, and a gentle pressure made against the fastenings. With a beating heart, Jim held the dog, and by gestures forbade him to move or bark. The wonderful instinct ot the animal enabled him to comprehend these mute commands, aud he lay down quietly on the floor. Soon the sack, which Jim had placed in the aperture, was noiselessly withdrawn, and a dark visage appeared in its place. And now Jim could scarcely hold the excited dog, who would fain have sprung at the intruder. But the hole was too small to permit the entrance of his foes, and feeling that every grain of pow der iu bis scantily furnished liask would be required, he even refrained from firing, and on the withdrawal of the intrusive head refilled the aperture with a block of wood. Whilst so eugaged the natives uttered a yell so unearthly that Jim shook with terror ; in deed, he afterwards acknowledged that he was near swooning. Almost simultaneously a rush was made at the crazy old door, which uearly gave way, and it appeared certain that anoth er such shock would burst it in. To lie still, and be worried like a badger, was not in Jim's nature With his sheath-knife he cleared a space between the slabs sufficiently large to PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." admit the muzzle of his gun, and in such a po sition as to command the approaches to the door. By the clear starlight he perceived some teu or twelve naked savages grouped in front. Again yelling hideously, they rushed forward for another assault. As they came on, Jim levelled his piece, and fired both bar rels. In all probability this saved the door, for two of the assailants fell screeching to the ground, and the shock was but slight. Suffi cient damage, however, was inflicted to break the upper hinges, and force the door from its proper position. Sandie, more valorous than prudent, sprang into the breach thus formed, and was thrust down by his master, just in time to escape a shower of spears which the enraged blueks hurled at the opening. The jeopardy from these weapons was now imminent ; but by a vigorous effort, Jim pushed the door into an erect position, and re secured it with poles has tily torn from the rough bunks, or sleeping berths of the hut. Then, reloading his gun, he repaired to his impromptu loophole. He had done mischief to his wild enemies. Their wounded hail been carried into the scrub, and a small party came warily out to recon noitre. Creeping round the side of the hut, they came on agaiu, but this time no yell pre ceded the assault. Before they reached the door, Jim fired in amongst them, and again they retreated howling like wild beasts. After this, all was quiet for nearly an hour, and Jim even beguu to hope that he was rid of his persecutors. To make all sure, how ever, he closed the little aperture more secure ly, shored up the door with every available piece of timber, and placed an old flour bar rel in the fire-place, to give due notice of any attempt at ingress byway of the chimney. Insensibly, sleep overpowered him, und he was drowsily nodding, when the loud and an gry barking of the dog, indicated the upproaeh of some new peril. Starting up, Jim listened with that preteruaturally acute sense of hear ing which nothing but the consciousness of dan ger can possibly induce. The only sound that reached him was the rustling of the leaves,such as would be produced bv the wind sweeping through the trees. Sandie still barked, lie pairing to the loophole Jim gazed out for in formation. Nothing met his gaze in that di rection ; but the rustling wind-like sounds ap proach nearer ami nearer. Feeling uneasy, lie cautiously opened another chink at the rear of the hut, and peered forth. For a few seconds Jim fairly doubted the evidence of his eyesight. It was as when Biruam Wood marched towards Dunsinane. Not a living soul cculd he perceive ; but a line of great bushes were advancing—appa rently of their own accord—to the hut. Jim scraped the hole a little larger ; and, when the strange procession came within range, he discarged his gun at it. Instantly, all the bushes fell prostrate ; and the savages emerged troin their leafy covert. Willi a shout, which blended the scream of pain and rage with the hoarse cry for vengeance, the blacks ran for ward, dragging the bushes after them. In a second the latter were piled against the walls of the hut ; and a transient silence followed, during which the captive was left to speculate 011 the object of this manoeuvre. His doubts, (if he had anv) were soon re solved. A peculiar cracking sound, succeeded by a bioad glare of light, perceptible through the crannies of the frail tenement, informed him that the tenors of fire had been brought to bear against liirn. The natives had been [ into the ranges in search of dry boughs ; and with these, mingled with the inflammable resi nous branches of the gum trees, they now pro posed to burn him out of his shelter. Bitterly lie regretted not having taken advantage of their short absence to effect his escape. It was now too late. For a short space he re mained in a state of stupefication —utterly overwhelmed by the increased horrors of his situation. As I lie flames caught the dry com bustible wall, and bark roof, he deemed him self utterly lost ; and it was only by a violent effort that he, at length, shook off the benum bing influence of the intense terror which had seized upon him. A little reflection convinced him that in one bold effort lay his sole chance of preser vation. Reconuoitering the premises, he ob served that the flames were confined to the rear and roff of the hut. Through the chink in the front wall, he perceived the savages ly ing in wait near the door ; but occupying such a position as to be our of the reach of lire anus. "They thought to smoke me out, as they do wombats," said Jim, " and to spear me as I crawled out of my den ; but I deter mined lo have another trial for it, and if I died to die like a man, in the open air." Seizing a small bar of tough wood, lie in serted it between the blazing slabs at the rear, and found they had already yielded to his ef forts. The dense smoke now filled the lint, and the burning embers from the roof fell around iiiin in showers. Hut regardless of all, save life itself, he stripped off his blue serge frock—an article which serves the bu.shman for shirt, vest, coat, and paletot, all in one— and carefully wrapped it around the lock of the gun. He then, by vigorous effort, de tached two of the slabs from the upper fasten ings, and stealthily drew them within the hut —the slight noise attending this op'ration be ing disguised bv the cracking of the burning timber. Gazing through the surrounding belt of fire and smoke he discovered that none of his enemies were iu view ; all of them—as he had anticipated—being collected on the oppo site sido of the hut. Now was a moment for escape. One danger yet remained to be obvi ated. How to still the furious barking of the dog he knew not ; yet this would at once ac quaint the savages with his escape ; when in stant pursuit and death would inevitably be the result. It was, therefore, absolutely necessa ry to secure Saudie in the hut.. " I could not bear the thoughts of this," Jim used to say. when relating the incident ; " it seemed so cru el to the poor, faithful brute." Still secrecy, and silence were indispensible ; the first great law of Dature —self-preservation—crushed the generous impulses of sentiment ; and the dog was sacrificed to secure his master's safety. Desirous, however, of affording the animal at least a chance of escape, Jim tied him up with a cotton handkerchief only—in hope that his exertions would enable him to free himself be fore the entry of the savages. This done, Jim took up his gun and stepped out through the flames. As he emerged on; of the natives glided arouud the corner ; und surprised by the intended victim's unexpected appearance, stood for a moment irresolute.— Before lie could speak or move, Jiin felled him to the earth with a blow of his fist ; and with out waiting for the result, darted off, under cover of the dense smoke, for the ranges. He had surmounted the first tier, and was crossing the valley beyond, when the outcries of the blacks proclaimed that his flight had been discovered. The hope of yet saving life lent new wings to his feet; and at any rate lie had considerably the start of his pursuers.— Before he had proceeded very far, something came dashing through the scrub behind him, and he turned to confront the expected foe. To his great delight it was the dog. Onward sped the two fugitives, the man and the dog. Ten bush-miles lay between them and safety, and the pursuers were light of foot and fleet of liiub. Jim had not tasted food since mid day, he was fatigued wiith toil and nervous burns on his anus and shoulders. B it hunger, thirst, weariness and pain, were all temporarily obliterated by the necessity of ex treme exertion, and as mile after mile was pass ed without any evidence of pursuit, hope— which never deserts the brave—grew stronger iu the fugitive's heart. Although no indications of the natives were apparent, Jim was to well acquainted with their nature and habits to relax his speed.— Wily as serpents, and as noiseless too, they might be close at hand, yet invisible. On ward, therefore, they Hew ; life was in front, death near behind. How far, or during what time, he continued his flight, Jim could never tell. He believed that he was approaching the head station, yet nowhere could he discern the traces of any human habitations. At length, fatigued and breathless, he was compelled to pause. Had the savages been veiling at his heels, lie could not have proceeded. He sought the shelter of a rocky mound, near at hand, and lay down in its dark shadow, intending to rest for a brief interval only.— But he unwarily sank into a deep sleep. From that dangerous slumber, Jitu Walker would probably never have awoken in this world, but for the faithful guardianship of his dog Sundie. Aroused by the barking of that vigilant companion, lie opened his eyes just us the gtvy light of morning was spreading over the horizon. Above his head the rocks rose perpenidcularly to the lieig.it of about four teen feet. Over the margin appeared a hu man head, which caught his startled gaze as he awoke. Indistinctly lie recognised the pres ence of his pursuers. The savages had track ed him to his hiding place. Springing to his feet he darted forward with renewed velocity ; and as lie did so, a spear whizzed by close to him. Jim felt that he had thrown away another chance of life by halting in the open country. Shelter there was none ; for the track of flight lay now over a treeless plain. Again and again spears glanced by hiiu and looking around he saw that he was pursu ed by three savages, one of whom was consid erably in advance of the other. With set teeth and strained muscles, the hunted man pressed on, desperation and agony in his soul. The savages rapidly gained upon him ; and al though a stern chase is always a long chase, nothing could prevent their closing with him before many minutes. Suddenly he turned and fired at the nearest black. The shot was fatal. With a loud screech, the savage leaped up into the air, and fell to the earth mortally wounded. Almost immediately, thereupon, a faint sound, as of the bleating of sheep, reached the fugitive's ear. He was near assistance. He strove to shout aloud, but his voice failed. A low hill was before him, and iu the valley be yond was t lie home station, could he but reach which nis life was safe. The space between was short, but into that space were crowded unnumbered hopes and fears. The savages were fast Hearing liitn. Once more turning round, lie fired, and iu the excitement of the moment, missed It was his last shot, and now in his speed lay the lust remaining chance of escape. lie scarcely 'ared to hope, yet mechanically continued to fly. A thousand wandering thoughts of happy days, of boyish sports be neath an English sky, fond reminiscences of home, and recollections of a mother's love—a mother too earlv lost—passed with womlcrous rapidity before his mental vision, said he, in the brief agonizing moments of that fearful struggle for life. He reached the hill unharmed, and had ac complished nearly half the ascent,when a spear entered his shoulder, and threw him, stunned and bleeding to the ground. The next mo ment the savages were upon his. tsanuie, faithful to the la with. The best joke lever heard ; but was she really beautiful " The most angelic creature I ever saw," — said Henry—" but you can judge for yourself He lent me the picture, and knowing your taste that way, I brought it for you to look at. Here Henry took it out of his pocket und hand ed it to his uncle at the same time filling his glass. Aunt Hatty got out of her chair to look at the picture. " Well now," said she, " that is a beauty." " You may w. 1 say that, sister," said tho Colonel, " shoot me it I don't wish I had been in Bill's place. Deuce take it ? why did you not get the girl yourself, Henry ? The most beautiful creature I ever laid eyes on ! I would give a thousand dollars for such a neiceV " Would you inquired Heurv, patting the " Yes, that I would replied the Colonel, "and nine thousand more 011 the top of it and tliut makes ten thousand ; shoot me if I would not." " Then I'll introduce you to her to morrow," said Henry. As there was a wedding at the house of the worthy Colonel the ensuing tyCt-k, and as the old gentleman was highly pleased with the beautiful and accomplished bride, it is reason able to suppose that Henry did not forget his promise. THE TROUT SEASON.— Mr. Robert L. Fell recently offered some remarks on the habits of the trout, which are of such interest to tho fancier of this game fish, that we append tlieui in this place, as follows : " The trout is tiie only fish that comes in and goes out of the season with the deer ; he grows rapidly, and dies early after reaching his full growth. The female spawns in October—at a different time from all other fish ; after which both male and female become lean, weak, and unwholesome eating, und if examined closely, will be found covered with a species of clove shaped insects, which appeared to suck their substance from them ; and they continue sick until warm weather, when they rub the insects oil' on the gravel, and immediately grow strong. Tiie female is the be>t for the table. She may be known by her head and deep body. Fish are a ways in season when their heads are so small as to be disproporlioned to the size of their body. The trout is less oily and rich than the salmon ; the female is much brighter and more beautiful than the male ; they swim rapidly, and often leap like saluicn, to a great height, when ascending streams. When I tirat stocked my trout-pond,l placed 1,500 in it, and was accustom-id to feed them with angle worms, rose bugs, crickets, grasshoppers, Ate., which they attacked with great voracity, to the amusement of those looking on. They grow much more rapidly in ponds than in their na tive streams, from the fact they are better fed, and not compelled to exercise. Trout are the only fish known to me that possess a voice, which is perceived by pressing them, when they emit u murmuring sound and tremble ull over." To St'oit. A DAUGHTER.—Bo always telling her how very pretty she is. Instill into her young mind an undue lova for dress. Allow her to read nothing but works of fiction Teach her all the accomplishments, but nou# of the utilities of life. Keep her in the darkest ignorance of tlia mysteries of housekeeping. Initiate her into the principle that it is vul gar to do antliing for herself. To strengthen the latter, let her have a lady's maid. Tench her to think thut she is better than any body else. Make her think she is sick, when she is not and let her lie in bed taking medicine when half an hour's out of door exercise would com pletely cure Iter of her laziness. And lastly, having given her such an educa tion, marry her to a monstaehed gtattcm'in who is a clerk with a salary of $-250 a year. wag wito had been thrown from his boat into the water in the Irondeqnoit Bay. near Rochester, beseeched his rescuers to be " careful" in hauling him in. He was so ear ness in his beseechings that he was asked of what lie what was so anxious to " be careful." " Why," said he " be careful about wetting my shirt collar." BsjyOnrtoiiehe, the French robber, was once requested by a young man to be engaged in his band. " Wlc-re have you served," a-ked Car touche. " Two years with an attorney, and six months with an inspector of the police." " Well," answered th" witty thief. " that whole time shall be reckoned as if you had served in my troop." OQf Dreams may be defined as the visible visions to which wo are awake in our sleep ; the life of death ; the sights seen by the blind; the sounds heard hv the deaf, the lung sage of the dumb the .sensations of the insensible. Wanted -a thin man who has been used to the business of collecting—to crawl through key holes, and liad debtors who aro never at home. Salary nothing the Grat year, to be doubled each year afterwards. £ss*- An nnrisf. was so remarkably clever, that, having exercised his skill on a v-ry deaf lady, who had been hitherto insensible to tli nearest and loudest noises, she had the happi ness the next day of hearing frotu her husband in California. There is nearly as ranch ability reqyitut# to know ho v to make use of gopd advice us to 1 kuow how tu aA for one's self.