The Summer-Land.
0 tend of glory I Bnmtnw land I
Fair land to which 1 go,
1 Me in dreams thy silr*r streams.
Where spirit boatmen row.
And by whoee lakes, in shining ranks,
The'happy angels go.
Anear and yet afar thon art
From me, fair land of light-
Bright land of peace, where sorrows cease,
And drouth can never blight.
Bright land of peace, where sorrows oease,
Where I shall reach a height.
A height so great the winds of fate
My Joy can never blight.
To theo, in dreams, fair land, I go.
In dreams at noon of night.
Where all is still o'er vale and lull.
Enrobed in idlvery light.
Where all ia still o'er vale and hill
My thoughts ia visions fly :
Tea, fly above to thee where lore
And joy can never die.
The Secrets of the Heart.
Guess, what counted pebbles lis
In the rushing rirer;
Guess, upon how many biui
Mar'a flrst sunbeams qmrar ;
Guesa. wbr.t words the mghtengalu
Sings in woods apart
' Twetu easier than divining them,
The secrets of the heart.
Why, at careless wont or phrase,
Eve# may flash or till;
Why a lily or a *ow>
&V*m a sign of ill:
Why, at aome fhmibar name.
Sudden shriuit or start;
Do not try to fathom them.
The aocrwts id" the heart.
Why a merry tuns may bring
Hidden weeping after;
Whv a mournful air may maks
plea tor happy laughter ;
Why one common day may ha
Sadly helil apart,
And another kept a feaat,
By the aetstvt heart.
Why some paths untrodden still
Bv the wandering ft* t;
Why a strange enchantment hangs
Round some woodland neat ;
Whv some book unopened liea ;
Whv siime fkvonte art
Left neglected, owns the sway
Of the secret heart.
All these myriad marvels lie.
Hollowed from the touch ;
Do not press upon their source,
Eager over much.
Girlrrom lover, friend from friend.
Something holts a{art;
Child from parent sacred keeps
The secret* of the heart.
Look on them as holy things.
Turn the gaae away.
Strive not thou to force the clua
1T the of dt^.
Glad, anil frank, ana bold, and proud
Howeoe'er thou art,
Ope day. Thou, too, shah know
The secret* of the heart.
The Flower of Sleep,
Sweet sleep, pale flower, loved flpwur of night,
Thv leaves so pure unfold to me,—
And breathe their opiate fragrance o'er mr now.
That 1 may hide myself in thee.
The tears I weep shall water thee,
And thou shah grow the while more bright,
Until glad dreams do sparkle on iny stem.
The pendant fruit of blessed night.
THE RIVAL LOVERS.
My hither true a Bowery store keeper,
/"' wettv well to be employed two clerks;
tkef lived with as, in the stone building.
Our two young men were named Barnes
Scott and Henry Schoolcraft. Father took
a great deal of pride in them both, because
they had come to him when they were
very young, and he taught tbum all they
knew. •
Last vear henry was yean
old and James was twenty-oife. I was
eighteen and—well, it wonkl be very fool
ish ponsense I setting out to tell this story,
to pretend at being too shy to say that
both the clerks were in love with me.
and be J been for some time before, as I
was almost certain after we began to talk
about it at all.
I liked them both and it has often
puzzled me to know exactly how I did
make np my mind that I preferred James.
It's hard to sav it makes the thing any
more dear that there was a certain some
tl ing I couldn't for my life tell even to
myself, that made me like Jimmy Scott so
much better than I did Henry. I suppose
all young women who love, "talk to them
eclv'ei much the same way; but I couldn't
make up my mind that it made this differ
ence in mv case, that father very much
preferred llenry.
It would be hard to tell which of my
two lovers was most devoted to me—that
is. as far ss attentions go that a young girl
likes to receive. Tbey hadn't much money'
to snend. to be sure, on their small salaries
and if they had, father and Aunt Hetty
had some very strict notions and would'nt
have let it be spent on presents and thea
tre tickets and drives for me, because, as
aunt often said, girls never knew what
might happen, and it was hard to feel
obliged to persons we might come to dis
liking. Little kindnesses that didn't cost
ronch in money they offered me constantly,
and with satisfaction to themselves and
me, for they knew how father felt about
such matters—but I had, truth to say, my
own thoughts about who took most real
' pleasure in my pleasure—whether these
were made good or not you alia 11 see.
One day in the fall of last year—it's not
worth while to tell you how the thing
grew from time to time, bow father and
James, then father and I, had our long
serious talks, and how James and I were
with bis consent engaged, but with a pro
mise not to marry yet awhile. We did not
know indeed when, probably not until
father approYed. James' salary was hardly
large enough, truly, for him to take asrife,
economically brought up as I had been,
them Father might increase it if we be
haved well to him ; we were would
thongh he did not say so yet
To go back to Henry for a little. I had
never liked him as much all this while
we'd known one another as I did after I
discarded him. He was disappointed, and
be showed ;t greatly, but he wished James
and me muib happiness in a very friendly,
honest-seeming way, and we both felt
something sorry for him. That is a very
cold way to express all that was said and
felt on the occasion. Indeed, for some
weeks subsequently my plighted husband
was often found saying that, intimate as be
CDd Henry had always oeen the bear
ing of the latter, had been even mere
brotherly pf late than ever before, which,
he said, argued so manly a spirit that he
felt m his admission of Henry as if he
wonjd go almost any length "to serve
him
A few weeks subr .nently to James'
and my engagement, I said this was going
on. It wasn't more than six, I think, when
I observed that father was looking exceed
ingly troubled one evening. The had been
the case several days, indeed—quite a week
*t least, I think; but the night I apeak of j
it was so apparent as to depress us all in
the family circle, which was felt, though
nobody said anything about it
After supper the two young; men went
oil' as usual to right up books, bills and !
accounts, and to set the store in order for
the coming day. Presently, Aunt Hetty j
took , her bit of sewirfg and went away, i
I supp md to her room, but this was some- j
thing unusal at such an early hour, and I
prepared to follow her, just out of a child
ish curiosity, I suppose.
Father said, " Esther, stop here. I want
to speak to you." And I did stop and take
my seat again. As aunt went away, I saw i
now surely that something was the mat
ter ; I could not tell what.
" Esther," he went on, very solemnly,
and in away that chilled my blood, for
father was very plain of speech always;
"my money goes wrong out of the store
some way, and I needn't say some way
either, for, in spite of all the charity I try
to have for my fellowman, I'm obliged to
beliete that James Scott is the thief!"
I jumped to my feet quicker than I can
tell you, stung by the very thought that
the man I Lad set all my love on could be
accused of robbing my good father, who,
though very strict and something exact
ing, too, never defrauded a man out of a
fraction in his life, and trusted both these
w boys," as he called them, with every cent
he was worth.
That James could be guilty of such
heartless villiany I scouted the very sus-,
picion, and told my father go. I, who had
all my life beea a child, his little girl in
my own tLonifhts as in ins now grew to
be a woman in this sudden impulse of
mingled grief and indignation. I asked
who informed him, and declared, of course
unreasonably, that I would go to his in
formant and tell him to his teeth that he
told a wicked untruth. *
"It cannot be, my ehild," my father
said; "the sums that have been missing
from time to time amount now to near a '
10 *
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. IV.
thousand dollars, and that money 1 WW
with these eyes in June*' possassion in
his private desk in the office."
" And you! How came you in bh pri
vate desk r { answered.
* One who is his friend ami mine showed
it to me only to clear himself, Esther.
They lay equally under suspicion." my
father said. "I pondered long Mto the
best way of approaching the suljeet; then
1 decided to ojen it tin.t to the oldest. I
hardly know whv 1 was sc. stunned by the
circumstances. They both knew the cash
was short; loth knew that I knew it;
neither said anything. What was to ho
done 7"
Lot that night go; it was a horrible
aight to me. I did ut>c talk long with
fkthor. He saw I was iR >< sent me to
boil. 1 did not sleep, fer all iff kind Aunt
Hetty's uneasiness and her far-away re
marks on my ailiueut, tltough I more than
suspected she knew all.
I determined to he at break fast next
day, though my head ached AS though it
would split, ami there was James, iiale as a
ghost. He bad an interview with father,
who had set up in the parlor waitiug far
him after 1 left the night before, though I
didn't know it then, and it hadeud< d with
three words: *• Then, James if it i* all A*
you say. and the time ever 1 cornea, you can
make things clear and fair; com* hack, ami
you shall have mv daughter. She loves
you, and she is like her mother—if she
loves once, *be loves forever.",
llenry Sch.xil craft lookvd aihkfcrraMed
{Mined, reotless. Why should he not, and
y*t lie inioceut, tven If l, iu my passion,
saw fit in some vague way. Mit to he ex
plained. to transfer the offunce at issue
from the ore 1 loved to him 7
1 WAS not, 1 promised my father, to hint
to James that llenry had said augbt con
necting him with the outrage. It waa
through tears of blood As it were,fat bar said,
j that he wrung from him the confessiou
that he also suspected James Scott.
u I can't tell," my father had represent -
. h! him as saying, - if i had had the suae
temptation, en gaped to your daughter ami
too poor to marry her, perhaps fer many a
year, how it would have been with me, so
it does'ut become me to blame him."
Then they agreed between them to semi
toor James awav, and never, never to
Ireathe beyond themselves what had oc
curred, what bad separated him and us.
But James anticipated. He was not
nt away, because he took the stand at
once, as soon as my father opened the sub
jwt to him, that it was unfit he ahould
runain any longer under taint of suspicion.
He had p> means uf proving his innocence.
h< said. He had tnkssd moneys from the
tine the first inroad had been made on the
store capital; he knew it lay between
H?nry and himself, the going of it; he was
fine oif the offence, but since the money
TO found in hk desk, though ho Was not
anare of its presence there until my father
slowed it to him (he had counted and put
it back again), he would leave and go his
my.
After breakfast the merniug following
m' horrible night, James roee from the
taile with a fearful stillness in hie manner,
ani a hollow tone in his voice, and said,
•' list her. I wish to speak to you alone."
Nether ne nor I had partaken of the meal
anything to speak of, and he Seemed to
kmw that I had gone to it only to meet
hin, as he had for the sake of coming in
cortact with me. How dead pale be was,
ant old-looking! Why, he might almost
hate passed for my father.
That was James going to tell me ?
Wrnld he make a confession of hk guilt or
deiy the vile charge out-and-out ? That
refaction of Henry's stuck to npjl must
owi—the temptation of hiving to work
harl for years, it might be. before he could
tak> me a wife, he loving me as he did all
thewbile, and the fear of a possible influ
ents from my father in Henry's behalf; for
Janes knew how that matter stood. Oh!
it vas likely to be the death of me! I
hunedly thought of this first trouble of
min> as passing from room to room.
Tie lonr and short of James 1 story was
thatwhich has already !>een told. It re
fresbd my faith to hear from his own Jips
—* is God lives. Esther, 1 speak truly. I
knot nothing of thl- matter." I promised
to blicve in bis truth, and I did ; and when
we tartcd it was in full faith that God
wouil defend the right, and bring my dar
ling* guiltlessness out clear in the face of
all arusers.
W? mufct hire believed in one another,
you rill say, because we were not to write
or hdd any intercourse. My father said ,
this irst, and I complained of his cruelty !
; at tb time, as 1 did to James, when I told j
kirn if it; but he, generous like himself,
said hat was right. I believe be thought 1
I wa such au inexperienced creature that i
he wiuld give me an opportunity to know
my ovn mind for suia in the matter.
I rondered if Hepry would renew his
suit Dme. Now I began to ponder to my-1
| self vhen James had gone. I hadn't many
week to wonder. lie waa very delicate j
at Art, I must say; but somehow Ferny ;
appered to be under artificial excitement
at tines. I could not tell what, and one
of these times the old story came from him
again and met with just the same result
as bebra. I wondered if he hadn't bred a
lie aad told it" to James' hurt, and if the
act wasn't preying on his mind to make
him rt as strangely as he now acted at
I intervals. I wondered next if my own
brain might not be slightly affected by
the stock I had received; nobody seemed
to noicc his queer wfcys but me; so, per
haps, ae hadn't them after all. So much |
for rn and my wonders.
I jrln't hother tmrh ta ftW( ou| if my
mind iras not visibly w worse. aO think
it wai; my body certaialy was. I grew
very meagre, and weak, and listless.
EveryVody noticed that; everybody in the
Loose that is, and my father really was
good t me and concerned for me.
Now came the end. I waa getting worse
and wtrsc ; was in my room all the time,
and on the bed, lounging for the most.
There was a little surprise prepared for .
me one day. A bird and a flower hasket
were
brought and hung b the windows of
the chamber adjoining Aunt Hetty's, so I
wis moved in there for a change. 1 en
joyed it MXI went to sleep. After night
father came in, took hie seat quietlv beside
me. and kept silent for fear of waking me,
though he laid his hand on mine on the
bedside I was busy a little with my
thoughts, but had not energy nor will to
room opened into Henry School- i
craft's,and the partition door between them
was swung back.
It went on to bed-time. I didn't know
the hour, but there father sat, quiet as a |
mouse, and I liking the quiet. Presently
we heard Henry come up and some one
with him. Father made no motion to shut
the door for fear of waking me, and it made
no great matter either, that we knew. y/|
Jlenry *a* m one of his excitements.
This was apparent to me at once, snd he
rattled away something recklessly to his
companion—a young man I recognized by
bis voice as one who sosr.etimes visited
James and himself. '
Something recklessly,did I say,he talked?
You shall see! "I've got him out of the
way, and the coast is all clear. Lord,
Lord 1 Hanson, it was a master stroke upon
old Groessbeck ; I went to my prayers ex
actly where I knew he'd see and hear me,
and thanked God I was not as other men
—well, that is, I asked him to forgive
Scott —for my taking his employer's money
and putting it in his desk ! How's that
fpr high ? Confound the paltry thousand
or nine bundled 1 aad seventy, I believe it
was; I didn't want that no more than Jim,
but, then, all's fair in love and war, yod
know. I'd like to hat* the girl; good
looking girl and, then, you know,
fair eye to the windward. Old Hunks
icks the bucket and a son-in-law and sue-
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
ceasor is so handv to have in the house!
Scott'* gone to tlie dickens for all anybody
knows, and here am I with a fair Hold Ite
farc tne. He's an honest fellow and I'm a
re-Mwl. but thai make* no difference as long
as one succeed*,aa they call it,in life. You're
my heat friend, Hanson, so 1 give you that
mural, ami illustrate it by a leaf from my
own experience." Those are the very
words he said; I could vouch for them if I
were on my dying bed.
Well, it was a hard case, mav be, that 1
should rejoice in finding out the wicked
ness that was in this man's heart, but it
was better than ntediciue for me, or rauarv
hints, or hanging fiowcr-baaketa either, for
that matter, but- ii almost stunned uy
father. I could hardly suppress a scream
when the confession came, but alt 1 did
was to press his hand and let him know I
heard it.
Not a breath stirred the silence, and
presently when Toung Hanson went away
Henry ciune with an unateady step, pulled
the door to, and fastened it.
Next day it was a conference of father
and Henry." Henry denied nothing, and I
don't think he was bad hearted, either; he
was onk- weak. He had a great desire to
establish himself, and he would have liked
what means father had to assist him to do
it. It was now poor Henry's turn, too, a*
it had been poor James', to go away and
leave the old place. Nobody opposed it;
father would never have suffered him tore
main; and. now that he has gone, we don't
know where, it's no harm telling all about
it. The worst I wish him t hat he may
never offend again in like manner, and that
he may live anil die a* honest as the
man he endeavored to ruin. This is the
amount of what 1 said to him when he hade
me good-by' and Asked my forgiveness. I
was in a good mood to give it to him. for
my heart felt light that day with reading
in itself as it were all day long a personal
that appeared in that morning's paper:
•' If .James Y. Scott, formerly a clerk at
No. Bowery, will communicate with his
.old employer at once, he will hear some
thing to his advantage.''
Before the week was out a letter caiue
from James, in the far, far AVest.
He was employed by a'Canadian house,
and had gone away to do some trading for
them in furs. Ho wouKl call on his
return.
Several weeks passed first, and I was
getting better in mind ami body, getting
to be my same old self again, when one
day the back door of our sitting room open
ed (the room connecting by an entry to the
store), and, before I had time to consider, a
pair of strong arms were holding me tignt
within their grasp, and a good, honest kiss
—yes, a number of thein—were showered
upon my lips. L couldn't speak, as you
i know,and if I had. what should I say ? Aunt
Hetty's astonishment only brought out
!'• Why, James!" but it was of no use, and 1
think the saucy fellow had some notion of
j giving her one in hk bewilderment and if
she hadn't always looked so demure. I
know her hand hadn't had a heartier shake
for many a day than it got then.
James had seen father and everything
was made up. and Aunt went considerately
away to see about dinner; and James toid
me all this and a great deal more. His
obligations to his new employers bound him
. to them for a year, and though, as he said,
it was hard work to forego father's offer oi
a partnership and a residence with us agaim
i and whatever else might come, his word
had £one, and he must be as good. The
I rearts almost gone, too, now, as we said be
j fore; and the end of all k—well, won't you
come and see, at I)r. Deems' * Church ol
the Stranger," on such night'as I shall
notify you in the present week.
The Hospital at Darmstadt.
Fresh from the scenes at Hpeicheren
and Saarbrnek, a walk through the
Darmstadt hospital was almost exhilarat
i ing. There seemed good hope for the
worst of the sufferers, and many of them
had clearly turned the corner, aud were
steadily on their way up-hilL They
I smoked with placid satisfaction, they
i read with absorbed attention, and jour
j uals and novels were especially in de
mand. It is to be regretted we in Eng
i land can do so little to supply that par
ticular want, for it would be hard to
, overestimate the pleasure that might be
conveyed in a box of light literature.
But the pleasant>st sight of all was the
way the saddest faces would brighten up
as the Princess ALICE stopped to say a
few kind words and ask a question or
two—not mere questions of course. In
defatigable in her attendance, she keeps
herself personally informed of each seri
ous case, and from day to day anxiously
watches the progress of her patients.
Indeed, they owe her far more than the
kindness and generosity which is nearly
universal in Germany. Long before this
war broke ont, her care hod organized a
corps of educated nurses ; and when the
sanguinary battles created an exceptional
demand for their services, she liad a cadre
of skilled attendants, which expanded
immediately into an efficient force. The
Alice-Franenverein has l>een rendering
invaluable services ; and it is no wonder
that, in spite of great local liberality, its
funds should be well-nigh drained. The
charitable who desire to make sure that
their contributions will be promptly ex
pended to the best advantage, and im
partially distributed between the wound
ed of the two nations, can scarcely do
bettor than intrust them to the Commit
tee of the Alice-Frauenverein. They
will have tlie satisfaction of knowing
every thing is done under the personal
superintendence of an English woman,
for her Royal Highness has given np
to the work a suite of her own apart
ments in the Palace, aDd lets no day pass
without a long visit to the hospital. —AI
exatuler Innes Shand.
Extraordinary Result of AdTertlidng.
A gentleman residing in Portland in
serted an advertisement in this paper for
a few days,. that he wanted a man
to take care of his horse. The result
was instantaneous. The very first day
he had applications from men enough to
constitute a full regiment of cavalry.
The number went on increasing in go
metric ratio, till onr unfortunate patron
found himself receiving as lr> a num
ber of letters as if he was ma. ager of a
"mammoth lottery," or the |,-oprietor
of a new kind of stttaparilla or " hair re
storer." Letters encumbered all his
tables and desks, and pervaded every
nook and corner of his house The post
ilnan staggered under his unaccustomed
I load, and the Postotlioe Department was
Hl jmL in a fair way to become self- sus
taining. Postmaster General Cresswell
; was in ectiisies, but our friend was in de
.spair, and rushing into the office he im-
I P'ored that tho notice might be discon
thjued. His request was promptly com
plied with, but tnc stream of applications
flows steadily on. He has already had
specimens of the chirography of the
people of all the counties in Maine and
New Hampshire, with scattering letters
from the Dominion of (Janada. New
; York and the West have some represent
| atives, and an insinuating Cuban put in
I lib* claim. Our patron is now awaiting
i with the keenest apprehension the ar
rival of the next European steamer. He
has ao doubt that after the lapse of a
sufficient interval he will hear from
" Greenland's icy mountains " and " In
dia's coral strand "—from
Ispahan, Yokohama, Quito, Abyssinia.
Bankok, Timbuctoo, okowhegan and
Madawaska.— Porlfasnd Prat.
A Western engineer has invented a
hot-water pump to squirt deaf men off
the track.
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. I'.V.. FRIDAY. JANUAIfY 13, IH7I.
The I'plted States Senate.
A Washington onrrospoiKleut figuring
up the prospect* of the baited Stat' 1 *
Senate, says: "'On the 4th of MoroJi
next, the close of the XJ Jt Cougrew*.
the terms of service of 24 Senators will
expire, namely ; Ablxitt of North Caro
lina, .Anthony of Rhode Island, Cnttdl
of New Jersey, Crag in of New Hump
s'lire, Fowler of Tennessee, HuQiiitoii of
Texas, Harris of Louisiana, Howard of
Michigan, How >ll of lowa, Johnson of
Virginia, Morrill of Maine, McDonald
of Arkansas. Mol'reery of Kentucky,
Revels of Mississippi, Robertson of
North Carolina, Ross of Kansas, Sauls
j bury of Delaware, Thayer of Nebraska,
Warner of Alabama, Wiudoui of Minue
! sots, Willey of West Virginia, Wilson of
! MassaelniA'tts, Williams of Oregon, and
Yates of IlliuoiA Of-these, Messrs.
1 Anthony, Orngin, Rtla'rt*<m and Htunil
i tou have been re-eletded, ami the fol:
; Icwing-mimed new men hare been
elected from the States named : A loom
; of Mississippi,Coojmr of Tenuensec.Oold
tliwiate of Alaltaiua, Kellv of Oregon,
, Stevenson of Kon tuck v, Wright of lowa,
and Vance of Nortli ( s ar >liua. Two of
those, Stevenson and Vance, are doubt
ful of admission* on account of tln-ir
record during the war. The States yet
! to elect are Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois,
Kanaas, L>>uiaianA Maine, Michigan.
| Minnesota. New Jersey, Nebraska, Vir
i gtnia and West Virginia There i* also
| a Senator to be elected from Missouri,
I owing to a vacancy occasioned by the
resignation ef Senator Drnke. The
I can>liilatea iu Arkansas are Mcßftn
alil, yie incumbent, and Governor Clay
ton. The oaudidates in Delaware are
yet in donbt. In Illinois there are Lo
jgan. Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Palmer, Lieut.-
Gov. Koeuer, and John MedilL The
j prominent candidates in Kansas are
> Ross, the incumbent. Representative
Clarke, Gov. Carney, and Stephen Col
well, the contest b*' ug uiainlv between
the two first-naiued. In lemisiana. the
contest is between Harris, the incum
bent, Lt Gov. Dunn (colored), ex-Gov.
Malm, and Gov. Warmoth. Iu Maine
tue {irincipal candidates are Morrill, the
iucumbent. rndGov. Chamberlain. In
■ Midnw there are Howar.l, the incum
| bent. Representative and ex-Gov. Blair,
j and ex-Congressman Win. H. Howard.
I In Minnesota the indications point to the
I election of Windom, the incumbent, al-
I though ex-Senator Wilkinson and Mr
j Driaeoll are candidates. In New Jersey
| ex-Senator Frelinghuysen is a strong
candidate. Mr. titteli declima re-elec
tion. and Sixwetary Robeson says he w ill
j not consent to nn. In Nebraska the
. principal candidates are Thayer, Uie in
j enmbent. Gov. Raker, ami Repr's. :iUj
i tive Tlffcs. Iu Virginia the result is in
s doubt, and the candidate are uot vet
i declared, although it is understiKxl that
! Gov. Walker will run. and also Johnsou,
the incumbent. West Virginia is also
iu doubt, the prominent candidate being
(diaries J. Faulkner. The contest iu
Missouri for the vacancy w ill be hotly
contested, tlis struggle heing mainly le
--twreen Gen. Fruuk P. Bhur, and >x-
Congreaauuui John T. Phelps. Tliis
list of candidates is prepared from the
best information to lie gathered at thu>
time.
Crruiatiou of an East Indian Prince.
The Florentine have had another
novelty added to the variety to which
they have lately been treated. A young
East Indian Prince, on his travels, died
at one of the hotel*, and, according to
the customs of his country, it was neces
sary to go through the ceremony of burn
ing his body. It is a good manv hun
dred yearssinoe the Etruscan and 1 toman
ancestors of present Italians gave op the
habit of reducing the body to ashes after
death, and HO it was at first difficult to
get the authority to consent to a function
wi out of date. But by the intervention
of the British Minister, a compatriot of
the deceased, liberty was obtained, and
between 1 and '2 o'clock in the morning
of a mw and windy day of December,
al>ont five bundled persona of both sexes
met iu a remote part of the public prome
nade of the Caaciue, to !*• witnesses of
the strange spectacle. The liody was
wrapped in robes of princely dignity
worn in life, with the pearls and other
ornaments so much loved in the semi
harlmric East The attendants threw
upon the burning mass camphor aud
other gums, going through a variety of
rites preset ilx-d in the system of Budilha
for similnr dism d occasion*. The ashes
were gathered up in due form, and in
closed and sealed, to bo sent to the native
country of the deceased. The Floren
tines came back, half-chilled with cold
and horror, content that their wierd cu
riosity had once more found something
to feed upon ; and the newspaper writers
have exhausted themselves upon their
new theme.
Gold Jewelry.
The most useful sets of jewelry are
those made entirely of gold. Those can
lie worn on all occasions, both for day
and evening. The pale yellow gold
known as Roman and Etruscan, the red
gold with copper alloy, and the picked
gold, a bright yellow with frost-like dec
orations, are used for these sets. The
designs are artistic and beautiful, and
and most varied. Long pendsnta are
the most becoming ear-rings for ronnd
faces ; hoops and bolls for slender faces.
From $35 to 812 ft is the range of prices
for gold sets. A brooch and ear-rings of
hoo]is, with a gold knob in the centre
aud many pendants, is marked 866. The
pierced or perforated gold, of reddish
east, is exceedingly pretty for brunettes.
An elegant set, with quivering pendants
that is impossible to keep still, is mark
ed 390. The design is pure Moorish.
A set of Roman gold, without polish, is
in the Egyptian style : price 897.
Turquoise blue enamel on gold is the
favorite enamel at present. The designs
are similar to those of plain gold sets,
but they are colored jtule bine. They
are exceedingly becoming to blondes,
and cost from 800 to 8125 for brooch and
ear-rings.
Coral and turquoises are much worn
this season. The former in associated
with diamonds, the latter with pearls.
There is not, however, a marked partial
ity for any special stone, as there was a
year or two since for amethysts. J'lain
gold sets ore preferred by ladles who can
not alford variety in jewelry, and these
are becoming to brunettes and blondes
alike, are worn bath by the old and
young, and with costumes of every- color.
—Bazar.
DETUTKNCT linx.—The item* of tlie
Deficiency bill for the current year, us
transmitted to U. 8. Appropriation Com
mits* by Secretary Boutwdl, are as fol
lows : State Department, $3,005 09 ;
Treasury, $584.1118 70 ; Interior, 837*,-
160 ; War, $1,861,894 00 ; Navy, $1,884,
345 50 ; Department of Justine, $20,200;
total, $3,850,803 38.
FOUB HUNI>BEI< VOYIOEH. —Captain E.
G. Lott, commanding the steamship
Russia, has started on his four hundredth
trip across the Atlantic. In
of an event so interesting, a large party
of the worthy oaptain's friends presented
him with a purse of magnificent propor
tions (between $3,000 and $4,000), and
various other tributes of esteem.
THE Apache Imlians are reported as
committing outrages .in Arisona. A
freight train was recently attacked by
them, three persons killed, and a num 1
ber of oattle run " oft."
Society at Washington.
A Washington comipoidt an
itmight into Society tliero, lie
found interns ting : li is ounus to seo
the stack of curd* ou the marble slab iu
the eutraneo hull of tlie house of Mr*.
! Secretary Fish on a bright day iu the
' Height of the aeaaoQ. It i curious when
I seen once or twice, but when this MOUii
tuiu of pusU'LKMRD has IMWSI olaterv*)
mivnv times, it cease* to bo curious and
becomes appwlling. For, O, it means
work t—tedious, and too often thankless
j work. Kvury nurd is a bond, ahoso obli*
got ions rest Ulsm the holder, and the
time for the discharge of which is limited
; bv certain fixed laws of social etiquette.
1 From three to thirty <la.y is the limit
A distiugulshed personage whose Ims
' Land's or father's rank in tlie political
world calls for eiuwial consideration,
expects a call to he roturmxl withiti a
week. The merest idler at the capital,
whose claims upon the time and temper
of a Secretary's wife have no shadow of
! foundation, will lie grossly insulted,
1 should her card not receive a response
within a month. A lady of prominence
:in W&nhingtou aaid, last year, she
, thought, among other charitable aid
societies, should lie one for the " Relief
of the Over work ed Women of the Cain
-1 net." Five hundred calls an* received
each week, while the season it in ita
glorj, by most of these ladies. Tbre
are really but four day* in the week when
they can visit. One day they receive ;
another day Mrs. Oraut receives ; and it
is usual for them to appear at uuoji of her
receptions, either as her aisistauts or as
her visitors. There arc alxmt five hours
in a day during which calls can lie nude.
With the utmost expedition used, it is
acarcely possible to make more than
twenty calls in an afternoon, —or twenty
j Ave, jn'rhaps. if one ha* good luck (!),
Hid no one is at homo, ly four days
oae hundred obligation* might be dis
charged ; hut what becomes of the other
fonr hundred debtor* imjiatient for a nod
of recognition from the power* that be 7
Next week another five hundred come,
it least half of whom have never called
before, and deeper and deeper in debt is
the hospital hostess plunged. She has
i other social duties, too, besides giving
card for card. Dinner* given and dinners
eaten rill up the hours between twilight
and nine o'clock, and from one to three
j evening parties are to be attended before
bedtime. Laat winter tlie Secretary of
State and his wife gave uach week a day
reception, an evening rveeptiou, and DIM
or two dinners, beside* being present at
numerous entertainments given at other
houses. There ia no prevision made by
act of I'ongrsMs or other known legislative
l>ody for forcing such dutiea upon the
wives of the officers of the government,
hat custom decided the matter long ago.
j Tlie wive* of the Secretaries have the
wo.rst of it because they receive more
calls than any other ladies.
Itig Gnus for I'arU.
" An Englishman" writes to the Lon
don Sj>4rMor the following curious
information : "It is within my own
knowledge that guns have, for weeks
| last, l>en lying in |>arks around Paris of
inqpiuparaltly greater range and calibre
than an v yet employed luring the present
war. In the city of Frankfort-ou-the
Maiu. I witnessed last Septemlier the
arrival of a train ladcu with siege pieces :
these gnus were on their way from
Krupp's factory in Essen to the French
capital ; and, as they call him in (jermiuiy
'King Krupp's' workmen had labelled
the trucks with the following announce
ment : 'We' (the guns) • are off to Paris,
and well see to that little affair alone.'
Two cannon lay side by side on the
trucks, the latter being quite new and of
sufficient strength to bear the enormous
weight The guns were each some
twenty feet iu length, with a liore of
twelve inches ; all well rifled, and the
conical shot thrown by them scaled, as an
officer informed me, nlx>ut five hundred
weight English. Such are the pieces
witb which King William propose* to
gain possession of the forts around Paris ;
and when they ore brought into play
resistance will not, in all probability last
much longer than that of the Strasburg
eitadaL"
No guns so formidable as those here
described, have ever yet l>een employed
in actual warfare ; and even the two or
three huge naval guns brought from
Cherbourg to Paris liefore the siege are
no match for them.
A FRENCH RIOT. —The occupation of
Suite by the Prussians caused a riot at
Lyons. Meetings were held, at which
the orators made frantic appeals to the
multitmle. The tocsin was sounded;
the National and Mobile Guards mus
tered, and the Delegations assembled.
A procession of women in mourning
I tossed through the streets. The "Bad
Republicans " gathered in large numbers
before the Hotel de Villeand clamored
for vengeance. Gen. Arnaud, com
mander of the National Guards, refused
them admission to the holL He was as
sailed and his sword broken, and in self
defence he discharged his revolver at his
assailant The mob then overpowered
him, and after a short trial -he was con
demned to death and shot a few minutes
after reoeivinghis sentence. The troops
remained passive during the disorders.
AT Mm: ABIULBIT and imineer offi
cers have arrived from Berlin for the
purpose of directing the armament and
restoration of the forte on the Prussian
system. A governor, commandant,
police superintendent hare been appoint
ed, and nil the arrangements seems to be
designed for a permanency, whereas at
Nancy and other places they are tempo
rary. The explosion in the large outer
fort of Pinppeville on the 21st is attribu
ted to accident. A detatchment of the
Seventh Westpludian Artillery was en
gaged in exploding the large stores of
French ratridges and powder when a
J wirt of the powder suddenly took fire.
The soldiers tried to ascend to the door
of the casemate, but could not open it
quickly enough, and, a portion of the
casemate being blown up, seventy artil
lerymen were killed or severely injured.
A LBOAL PROCEEDING of great interest
to secret societies was )>egun last week
in the Circuit Court of Baltimore. This
is a bill filed by a certain individual lo
--longing to the order of Knights of Py
thias, to enjoin certain others from form
ing a new order of the same kind in the
State of Maryland. This action grows
out of n serious d'Uoulty which had agi
tated the various grand lodges of the
country, numltcring over 125,000 mem
bers, caused originally by the passing of
certain resolutions by the supreme lodge
at its session in March lsat, which as
sunied that a certain rival order, which
was then being established, was hostile,
and l ulling upon all members thereof to
renounce their obligations and return to
the order. This not being complied
with, the above remedy is sought to be
obtained.
A PJUEOOCIOU/B YOUTH at Bridgeport
lately robbed lfis father, aud being in
different to parental authority, was hand
ed over to the law. He was not punished
or sent to the Reformatory, but fined for
the benefit .of the Commonwealth, and,
the fatherVho had beep robbed as com
pelled to pay the fine. The boy will
never venture upon a second offense af
ter having putioe dealt out in this stern
fashion.
What he Knows About Apple*.
Horace Greeley say* that apples
should liavc been and should be, from
last August to next May, an common as
bread or {Nitatooa, aud tfiookt have been
and bo as freely oaten iu every house
hold and every fireside.
How nearly hare we realised this ?
I will not Kae* how many mUlions of
Lutih' ld have rett l under tne trees tliat
bore them, lw>< eats* bv animals to lit
tle or no profit, or turned into eider that
did not sol) for as much as it cost, count
ing the apple* of co value. Living im
medftii.-ly on a railroad that runs into
New York, wherefrom my plane is 35
miles distant, I should be able to do
better with apples thau most grower* ;
and yet I judge that half my apples
were of no use to me. Many of them
sold in this city for fil per Inure I, includ
ing the cask, which had cost me 40 cents;
and when you have added the cost of
transportation, you can guess that I had
no surplus, after |laying men $1.60 per
dav for picking and baireliug them. I
sold all 1 could to vinegar makers at 50
cents IXT bushel fr cider apples—the
cask* licing returned. But tlu-y ouuld
ncrt take all I wished to sell them, there
being so many seller* presvimr to get rid
of their windfalls before they rotted on
their hands that even this market wss
glutted. That it WHS much worse for
a dozen miles from a railroad and a
hundred from the nearest city, none can
doubt I have heard that, in parts of
(xmnecthJut, cider was sold for 50 cents
per barrel to whoever would furnish
casks, and that their size was hardly
considered. Manifestly, this left noth
ing for the apple*.
Nor arc apples singular in this respect
I would like to grow a thonaand bushel*
of English (round) and French or
Hwede Turnips per annum if I could be
sure of getting R1 per barrel for them
delivered at the railroad. If tlie poor
of New York city could buy such turnips
throughout their seaaon by the half-peck
at the rate of $2 per barrel, I belh .c they
would buy ami eat more than they do.
But they are luuully asked 35 rent* per
half peck, which ia at the rat* of $5 per
barrel; and at this rate they hold them
too dear for every-day use. So the tur
nijis are not grown, or the cattle are in
vited to clear thein off before they rot
and become worthless and a nuissnoe.
Quite often, a green youth undertakes
to get rich by fanning near some great
citv. Ho lias heard ami believe* that
cabbagua bring •rotn $5 to 98 and even
$lO per hundred, squashes from $lO to
$35 per hundred, watermellon* from S2O
to SSO, and so on. He has made his
1 calculation* on this basis, and aangninely
expects to make money rapidly. But
bis products, iu the first" place, fall abort
; of his estimates ; they arc not ready for
market as soon as he Apected they
would lie ; and. when at length they aie
\ ready, everv one else seems to have
rushed in ahead of hini. The market
is glutted; no one seem* to want his
" truck " At any figure ; he aell* it for a
song, nud quits farming, disgusts ami
hank nipt. May he, his stuff would have
sold much better next track or the week
after ; but he could not afford to bring
I it to market and take it liack day after
day, on the chance that the demand for
it would improve by-aud-by. I judge
that more young men have on this ac
count turned their backs on fanning,
after a brief trial, than on any other.
They might hare born np against the
shortness of their crops, hoping for bet
| u*r luck next time ; but the necessity of
, Helling them for a price that would not
liave reimbursed their coat, bail they
been ever so luxuriaut, uttedj disheart
en* and alienates them.
A Story of Tom Corn In. "
" I heonl a good thuigof the late (iov
ernor Corwin. It seems that wltile this
gentlemnn was in the Senate he sat at
dinner one afternoon entertaining the
mess wit!) am (Ming stories and witticisms,
such as Corwin only could throw out,
when the servant, a new hand at the
business, announced a visitor in the par
lor desirous of an interview with the
Senator. Corwin paid no attention to
the man at first, but, after a time, irri
tated by the eontilined interruption, said,
i impatiently, •0, tell him to go to
" Corwin coutinned his dinner, and at
the end, suddenly recollecting the via
tor, hurried to the parlor and found no
one there. He rang for the servant, unl
, when the man appeared, said :
"John, did you tell me there was
; some ene here ? 1
" Tea, sah,' responded Johu.
i " Why didn't he wv.lt •"
i " Wall, sah. I took him your message."
" What mi-ssage ?" naked tke aston
ished senator.
"Why. sah, I told him dat you said
he should go to , and he went" Cor
win's indignation at the stupidity of the
, servant wae only equalled by hia anxiety
j leas the person instated should prove to
f be a constituent, or ]>erhap a brother
senator. He heard nothing, however.
, for two weeks, when he was called npou
by an old friend who belonged to the
ministry, looking after the eharitioa did
welfare of other people. The Reverend
gentleman, when he saw Mr. Corwin,
i burst into tears. The political humorist
thinking that some of their nnmerous
relatives had departed this life, hastened
to ask the meaning of the sudden grief.
"Ah, Governor Corwin," responded
the poor man. "I thought never to call
upon you again. The last time I waa
hers you sent word oat to tne to go to—
,to go to— !"
j " illess my soul ! v cried Corwin, " wns
I tliat you ? lam SJ lad. I feared it was
one of my constituents, and mv oanstitu
| euta are such tarnal fools, while you are
j too sensible to mind such an' abeurd
message. Here, let me givo you ten
I dollars fyr the ready relief of agod cler
i gynien.'
Fhmch I'aiSflSKiiß—The eight thon
! sand five hund-d French prisoners at
Ulm, according to an article in the Xorti
1 Oermrm (latriie, are on the whole harm-
I less ami contented. About a quarter of
them are daily employed. } tartly on the j
fortifiewtious, partly by private per* >ns ;
but most of them show Do inclination to
earn money in this way, though in fa
t vorable weather the cooking, cleansing. 1
( Ac., leave hardly any idle. Many show j
. great cleanliness in their persons, aud
take great pains with their hair, espe
cially the Tureos; but they pay less at*
1 tention to the cleanliness and ventilatiou
of their rooms. Through the interven
tion of the English government meas- i
ures have been taken by which they re
oeive their pay from the French govern
ment, and lectures, newspapers, and
other attentions have been provided for
tlmin by benevolent societies.
BEET SIHJAK IS CALIFOBNIA. The
lect-root sugar factory recently estab
lished in Alameda County, California,
works up thirty-five tons of beets per
day. The sugar is of extremely delicate
HHVOK, pure white, and resembles a fine
quality of A 1 granulated, us it comes
from Eastern refineries. It readily sells |
at 13J cents per pound by the 100 bar
rels, and retails at six pounds for one
dollar in our market. The net yield of
sugar is 8 per oent., where, in France,
they get but 7 per cent Two hundred
beef cattle are fed pn the refuse, and
there is no loss of material on any point.
The ground suitable for the beet culture
in California is unlimited.
A baggage-master at Naugatijck was
killed the other day while trying to mash
a Boston man's trunk.
Illats about Consumption.
Whatever render* the blood impure
tend* to originate ooonuinptfon. VI hut
ever in*few the air impure make* the
blood uupurw. It is the air ws breathe
which purifies tlie blm*l. And as. if tlie
water we use to wash our clashing is
dirty, it is impoHdblc to wash tlie elctlies
clean, so if the air we breathe is impure,
it ia iuipuaaible for it to abetract the im
purities from the blood.
What tlien are aotne of the more pro
minent things which rendar the air
imuura * It is the nature of still water
to beoome imjmre. It is the nature of
■til) sir to bocomc impure. Running
water purifies itself. Air in motion,
drafts of air, are self-purifier*. Thus it
is that the air of a dime room becomes
impure inevitably. Thus it is that close
rooms bring consumption to aountlie*
thousands. IL-nre all rooms should be
so constructed as to have a constant
drnft of air pawing through them. The
neglect of it murders myriads. A man
of ordinary use render* a hofpheed of
air unfit for breathing, consumes its
blood-purifving quality, every hour, so
psrfrouy, that if a man ooald re-breathe
a full breath of his own the next instant
after iu expiration, without any inter
mixture witn the outer air, be would be
instantly suffocated. Hence sleeping in
doe* rooms, even though alone, or sit
ting for a short time in a crowded vehicle
or among a large wswcmhly, ia perfectly
corrupting to the blood. Close bedrooms
make tlie graves of multitude*
Among other eauaca of consumption
are iasuffieirnt food or clothing, sleeping
in basements, or sitting habitually in
damp apartments. A dog will beoome
consumptive in a few weeks if con
fined in a damp oellar, especially if it b*
a dark one.
Hence the room which we occupy for
the largest portion of each twuiity-four
hours should be the lightest, dryest,
most airv and cheerful in tne whole build-
ing.
As occasional causes of oonmmntive
disease, there taay be menttcned all
auppreasiona, tlie sudden driving in. of
all crupteons, such as measles, totter, and
the like, the sudden healing up of sores
which have been running for a long time,
without intelligent medical advice, in
carrying off the drains of the system in
onothor direction. Many uvea are
thrown away by ignorant parsons, in
applications to old sores; they are elated
in the highest degree in having " cured
np" an uli*r, which the " regular
doctor*" ha<l failed to do after months
of effort, but they fail to note the aftor
faet, tlurt within a short tune the "cured-,
np sore " has broken out again, or falling
on the kuigs, has laid the victim in the
grave.
No remedy known to mac has such a
powerful and permanent influence in
maintaining or regaining health as the
judicions employment of cheerful exer
cise in the oj>eo air ; and if properlv
attemtel to in a timely manner, it will
cure a large majority oi curable diseases,
and wijl sometuues smxjecd when medi
cines have lost their power.
If you have actual consumption, or
are merely threatened with it; or if, from
some o/ TOUT relatives having died with
it. yon have unpleasant apprehensions
of ita lurking m vour own body ; or
whether from a diseased liver or dis
ordered, stoiuach, or a dyspeptic con
dition df the system, the foundation* oi
the dreadful disease are lieing laid in
your own jierson ; or whether by ex
j>o.*ure. by over bodily exertion or
mental lal*w. or wasting* carea for the
t reseat, or anxieties for the future, or by
uggiag shurp-pointed memories of the
(mat, >*r by intemperate living, in eating
or drinking, or by unwise habits or
praetors in life, you have originated in
your own peraeu" the ordinarr precurstws
of consumption, such AS hacking cough,
pais* in the breast, chilliness, wasting
of fie&h and strength, shortness of Vmwtii
ou exercise—under *l' thee circum
stances a proper attention to air and
exercise are indispensable—aids are
i amcng the jwiuoijwil, essential means of
cure, and are never to be dispensed with;
confinement to the regulated temperature
ai a room, in the altitude, is certain
death, if persevered in ; and if, from any
cause, this air and exercise are not
prnetiealde to you, except to a limited
extent, it is your misfortune ; your not
being *able to employ them does not
make them the less necessary, and they
< hare no substitute*.
TUN CHUCKS*. — The records of the
San Francisco Custom-house show that
1 in three years, from January 1, 1882, to
January i. 18(35, 13,275 Chinese arrived
at thai port, of whom 78 were women.
Of the 12,197 Chinamen. 11,417 were
laborers, 291 mechanics, 168 merchants,
j 1 carpenters, 122 shoemakers, 97 gro
cers, 65 miners, 85 tanners, 13 tailors, 4
travellers, 1 physician. 1 interpreter,
and 374 whose occupation is unknown,
in L 865 there were arrival* at tiiot port
of 3.901; in 1866, 3,151 : in 1867, 3,815 ;
iin 18IW. 14,882; and during the grst
nine months of 1870, 4.586. From Jan
uary 1, 1862, to September 1, 1870, 18,-
908 Chinese left San Francisco for China,
On deducting departures from arrivals
it will be found thai there are not over
21,000 in the country, it being borne in
mind that nearly all 'come by the Pacific
route, and land at Ban Francisco,
I _ , 11 ■;y |f ♦ \ ■
WAGES at ArsTKU.— In BieUitx, a fac
tory town, the average earnings of ine
: ebonies are 82.50 per week —those of lac
] tory workers are leas. The price of but
ter is 30 rente a pound, bread 4 cento a
pound; meat 15 cents a pound. The
weekly wages of a mechanic at BielKte,
"highest— will buy 651 pounds of
bread ; the highest wages of tne Vienna
weaver will buy 75 pounds at the same
C'oe. The agricultural laborer of Eng
d who gets what is considered the
highest wages—l2s, a week—can at the
present time buy 96 pfunda of bread
with his week's wages. The average
condition of the Austrian mechanic is
therefore below the average condition ol
the English agricultural laborer; and
the condition of the latter is generally
taken as the ripe of low pay, misery,
and wretchedness, aud who in his five
sengea will dare to contradict it.
BIUTTNH ten-drinkers have been alarm
ed by a horrible suggestion that the
offended Chineee may attempt to poison
the whole British rare by means of tea.
There seems little danger of such an
event, since thereby the Celestials would
lose their ltest customers, aud they are
us foud of the "almighty dollar ' as
other people. There is, however, little
doubt that sundry article*, not tea leaves,
tire sold under that name. Investiga
tion has brought various adulterations
to light—snoli as rice and pen basks,
leaves of the Chinese willow, decayed
wood, seeds, us well as iron filings,
lampblack, and Prussian blue, which lat
ter is actually poisonous, and is used to
color black tea to make it sell for green.
The Chinese do not want to kill their
customers, but they are willing to de
j ceive them.
IN the United States House of the
Forty-sp?ond Congress there will be one
hundred and thirteen new members and
one hundred apd eleven who are in the
present Congr<%s, so far as the elections'
have been heM. *
A leaned physicist announces that
this globe will support life for 26,0*00,-
000 years.
TEBMS : Two Dolkn a Year, in Advance.
Hone Instinct of AnJtnai*.
The instinct which anabloa the car
rier-pigeon to And bio way i* ate
I m)uu"(-<1 by otbor aninml*. A writer in
the Londou /Aoi/y Jfrv* My*: "A
subject that boo !.?* hnl (- Wp in
terflirt Tor natnmliate i* the power -
oesNcil by bird* and animal* of finding
their way back to a given *pot by a road
j never before travelled by them. Toes*
uppftarn to be no doubt that ProTidemx?
lim b*towd an inotainW open them
! which we, who do not jm" it, aro
! hardly able to comprehend, Bird# of j
istssage find their way by moan* of this
unerring guide to the remotest region*
of the earth, and seem to prefer ]
t ravelling by night, ao the keeper* of j
light-bouaea are well awatw, inasmuch ua (
they frequently fined ■woodetxk# and I
other birao lying dead under the w- <
I dowa, having Iwon killed by flying
agaiitot tho thick jdate-glaaa, attached,
| like moths, by the light
"The same faculty ornate in various '
domestic animals, but ie not oo strongly <
developed ao in birds A home belong- (
ing to a friend of mine was turned out
in some marshm adjourning the Thames. I
The distance in a straight line from his
owner's hauae was lady a few miles, but
he had to be sent a king way round to
CTOM a bridge. In lem than terttity-* >
four hours he made his appearance at ;
the stable-door dripping wot, having
swum the river and taken a straight line
home. During the life of the celebrat
ed sportsman, the late Mir JHehard Hut-;
ton, a draught of young bounds waa sunt j
up to London, by wagon, from the kennel
near Lincoln, and there wit op board a I
vessel to go abroad. While die ship was,
dropping dowa the Thames one of them ,
jumped overboard, and swam ashore
Home weeks after it made ite appearance >
at the kennel half atarved and oovarsd
with bitaa beatown upon it by ft more
fortunate fellow*. * I
" Some yean sine* a dog fox was ran i
to ground. <m Hatofh-ki-htwto, near
Ashford, Kent Whan dug out he was
found to hava tome remarkable white <
spots upon him, therefore the Earl Pit
Thanet had him sent to his seat st West- '
moreland—Applebv Uaetla—a distance
of threu hundred mile*, and turned t
down, A fortnight afterwards the aam j
fox waa killed near Hatoflefat—his native
place, hot very long ago 1 saw a now'
U.sight at afann auction. About six
o'clock in the evening die waa a-at off
home by the purchaser, and was placed
in the yard, a distance of fifteen mile# t
from her former home. At six o'clock
the next morning she waa found back in
her old abed, quietly chewing her cud,
and waiting to be milked as aaaaL
" I once purchased a brood of duck
lings, about a month old, without the
ht>n that hatched them. I took them
home and placed them, as I thought,
safely in a pig pound. In the morni ug
I found they were all gone, and T dis
covered them snugiy huddled toiwtber
at their old quarters, at the other <|pd
of the village, in Hie neat in which
were hatched. A laborer told me he'
had met them in the street, homeward
bound, at 4 o'clock a. m., aa he waa go- j
ing to work. They had not been off toe
premises where they were bred before,"
How He lost his tje.
A correspondent relates the following
story about M. Garubetta: "Hp haa loot
an eye; they say so, at least, and cer
tainly there is something queer about
one of his eyaa; bat, however, this is
the stair. When a boy, Oambetta was
sent by his tether 'so a ouilepe, where be
was to be educated. It would set m little
Gambvtta had a strong dislike for that
particular school, so he requested his
lather to withdraw him from that school;
his father, however, not barkening to
his request, the hoy declared that ii be
were not taken away by * certain day he
would put out one of cis eyas. The te
ther uia not for an instant believe the
led capable of performing the throat, and
did not give the matter a second thought
However, a few days afterwards he re
ceived a letter from* the principal of the
school, informing him that the boy had
put out one of his eyes. The father
went to see his son, bat still retimed to
take him home, upon which young Gam
hetta declared that unless be did take
him home he would put out the other
eye. Upon this the tether thoasht it
advisable to give in. Gambette's ad
mirers cite this as an instance of the
man'* precocious determination and firm
ness of character : other*, however, can
not see in it anything but an evidence
of an undisciplined and unruly spirit,
which has not improved since."
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The Honors of OBce.
The New Orleans Ptcayum4t local
editor relates the following touching
incident: In the Potior Court an old
veteran vagrant was arraigned for sleep
ing in the Square. He had frequently
t>een found hefxre in the same condition,
and mnonstrQom seemed to hate no
effect m inducing him to abandon the
practice. The Court, therefore, deter
mined to deal rigidly with him, and to
this end inquired why be persisted it this
course ?
'Because I have nowhere else to sleep."
" Cent yoa come to the stationf
"I don'tlflceta"
'• Why?"
Ifind too much bad company there.
" Tou mean the prisoners?"
"No air."
••Who them?" u 1
•• The other people who come there.
They insuK me,
"How?"
"They want to make a policeman out
of ue." ;
import* and Exports.
The monthly report of the Bureau of
Statistics of the United States shows
that, of the total amount of {imports for
the nine months ending Sept, 80, 1870,
$355,286,947 consisted of merchandise,
and $18,008,048 of gold and silver. The
dutiable merchandise amounted to 8809,- <
892,305, and free of duty $34,002,884.
Entered for consumption, $218,722,371;
entered for warehouse, $155,172,018.
Of the total amount of exports, specific
values, $2T1,458.458 was in merchandise,
and $50,613,768 in gold and dlvr Of
the total amount of merchandise, $262,-
483,231 was exported from Atlantic
ports, and $8,976,227 from Pacific porta
Of the total amount of foreign exports,
$12,640,044 was merchandise, and $lO,-
503,994 was gold and silver. The total
valuation of foreign commodities re
maining in warehouse on Sept. 30, 1870,
was 851,061,972, against $56,250,290 in
1869. t
California Wheat Crop.
The statement that the whaxt crop of
California in 1871 will fall short of what
it was in 1870, is answered by the San
Francisco Bulletin as follows: "Wr learn
that 300,000 acres of land not heretofore
sown in wheat, is in whrot this year, on
the west bank of the San Joaquin. With
an average crop of twenty sacks to the
acre, which is not an extravagant esti
mate for new lands in that valley, if the
season is moist enongh, the yield of this
virgin soil will be 6,000,069 sacks. At
$2 per sack, the present price, this would
realise $12,000,000 —more than the whole
value of the exported crop of last year.
VIBGIHIA'S oyster mines are wealthier
thfjrt the silver ledges of Nevada. One
Norfolk firm employs 1,500 hands to
" shuck " the'oyaters.
jjr-; *fj % ' '$tSM fatf tSiJPf. "* |
The Way to Wall.
Am I IrAffirWld tidfWl* A teAranf tiath
f WnwdtS
, lb keep tram bstaf suriy.
' Don t ham, sad strtda, and qoum down hasd.
! Upon the rolling pchhkra,
■ But Ugfctlv step ; I that'* tha way
To charm iUr bods of rebols ..
| Don't hurry, and stride, and oouw dowa hard.
| Even on trwWhiearuaa peooie j
But sorry your fset, and treat an air,
I As though you Hvtd la a steeple.
j Tburs are rolling stones in 107
I And rocks wiw ioggad adgaa,
Whito, if w* gsauv touch mar tun .
To flowsrs and tondiag sedge*.
Wit and WMom. ,
Wiscoxact has caught a mow-white
, squirrel , r , >• ,
In Detroit fashionable young men
| wear caring*.
A Chicago saloon bean the modest
name of "1 xmb's Best"
Mrs. E. Tapper Wilkes is a Minnesota
preacher whe gets 92,000 salary.
Western adaptation of the word* of
I the poet: Loath* to* poor Indian.
The last password of the Good Temp
, Ism of lowa wo* " Not for Joseph."
Friday is the most fashionable for tu
oeptom day : ThnraWy is note in favor.
L 11* a nqtic-able fact that people.woh
i ctrnqg* their mind often new get a good
i one.
! " What is a smile V asked a tnan of *
little glrL "The wtrieper of • laugV
said olw. -ff j
Three worked twenty hour*
1 on a county safe in Wisconsin, and just
f got a cunt apiece.
Th'-v recently hud a rat hunt la a Fair-
Held Co., (O.) town. About 810 people
killed, in the hunt, 17,961 rate.
An Alabama Judge, who wea too drank
to sit upo the bench, wa# put in jail by
toe Sheriff for eontenf it of court.
An elderly Indiana pair, agadwespoct
tively 7b and 71, wa.it a divorce on ac
count of accumulated tnooapsHbility.
IV Chinese relieve neurat|i* and
gout by applying oil of peperatoit over
, toe part aJLetod, with a camel's hair |* |
irf" 1
A Hi'ifOKT of tobacco is announced toll
pree j, illnetrated wito fine curia.
Tanchoir sang ' Com# Ye IHaconso-
M * reeetrt wdtling at Lxfayette.
I Indian*.
IT ie mid that the painting of toe akin
of th comer of the eye blue, and shad
ing it off gradually towards the ear,
will give a meet languishing expression
NO. 2.
, to tlio armatmAoec.
TB VIJI of jciety tie carton*. Two
todies who reside near each other is
York, hav exchanged calls and
> wralaikMvi for tiw last MX .rears, and
, yet hare never met personally.
There is mneh food fur reflection in
1 the following questions and answers :
" Who Into a woman when she is down ?"
|• Why, another woman." " Who keep*
Iter down f* Why, another woman."
"Howean 1 expand my chest?" an
• ertortsonate man naked of'a physician,
i" By carrying a good largo heart in it."
reposl the doctor."
!TV German* hare no set funeral aer
ftee. It ia left to the ability and diacre
i ttou of the ofikaatiug clergyman to im
j pro viae one suitable to each case.
On an average about one man in every
1 four was ittoreorlas* under the mfineneo
•>f liquor in New York on Christmas
night, if w# may believe a ty paper.
An <xx>nomicalldy says that, in these
hard tune*, it would be well to remem
ber that a good silk ought to be like a
worm when trodden a pun—it will turn.
A young gentleman in New York the
ether day shocked society on! of its pro
priety by daring to get married fit church
in a iigbt overcoat What are wo com
ing to?
A correspondent in Paris writes :
' '' People are continually exchanging re
eipea for delicious dishes, in which eggs,
butter, salt, and meat, ars replaced by
water."
A Portland paper assert* thai a man
recently walked into the cfifoe of the
LMXX * 'Admc te, in that pleasant little
Maine city, and inquired if Mr. Zion
jwetoin.
It *> "ettmatod that Pari*, at the be
ginning of the siege, contained mom
than 20,000,000 rata! This number is
rapidly decreasing by tluir general nes
aa food.
i A t'laasiMgar on tiie Pacific Railroad
put bis five hundred dollars in his boot
for safety, and now he is inquiring
1 mound if the porter who blacka boots on
i the (Tsui is honest
A Western paper, which one day re
cently noticed the opening of a new
! whiskey afore, the next day apologised
j for the brevity of Ha local coltuuu, be- *
cause "the reporter was ill" He had
assisted at the opening.
An editor is bothering hi* head over
the folkwing problem : If 4 dogs with
, 10 legs can catch SO rabbits with 27, in
14 minutes, how many legs most the
same rabbits have to get away from 8
dogs, with 32 legs, in 17 minutes and a
half—allowing 3t days in the year.
The inhabitant* of Florence, Italy,
! have been surprised by Hie appearance
of an American circus company, and
their astonishment culminated when they
' saw one of its members drive twenty
six horses through the streets, turning
abrupt angle* into ancient, narrow pas
sages with apparent ease.
A ladv who was acting a* gratuitous
amanuensis in writing a letter for a lady
friend last week, had Hie impudence to
throw the letter in the fire whan nearly
I finished, for the simple reason that the
I lady for whom she us writing modestly
requested her to close the letter by say
-1 ing, "Pleaee excuse bed spelling and
writing.
J A real smart man wanted to see how
they made wood pavement in Williams
port, IV, ao when the workmen were
! not looking he dipped up a little of the
j ohkside of idar in which the blocks were
. dipped, and put it into his mouth. The
' doctors have taken his measure for an
| artificial month, and he has lost all in
terest in wood pavements.
During a- marriage ceremony in a
church in Indianapolis, one evening last
weds, the gi>s suddenly went out, lead
ing all the interested persons standing in
dismal darkness. Candles were proenr
xed, mid the ceremony was completed
despite the whispered croaking* of a few
spectators, who predicted ail sort* of
direful evils to follow the bad omen.
A man stopped at a hotel at Pike'*
Pftak, and on settling hi* bill the land
lord charged him 87 a day for five days,
" Didn't you make a mistake ?" said tha
guest "No," said the landlord. "You
did,*' retorted the wiry-looking fellow;
"you thought you got all the money I
had, but you are mistaken. I have a
whole purse full in another pocket"
A man living near Sioux City is enti
tled to the championship for absence of
mind. A few days since, he rode into
town, attended to his business, and
walked home. Next morning he went out
to feed hi* horses, found they were not
In the stable, and started for the city
post haste for the marshal to detect and
arrest the thief. The marshal took him
to a livery stable and showed him a team
that had been t#kn up at midnight the
night before, and he identified them aa
THE PRUSSIA* ABUT.— According to
a London despatch the total effective
force of the Genu an armies now in
France is set down in round numbers at
600,000, half of which is now before
Paris. In addition to this number 100,-
000 men are reported on the sfok list.
It is estimated that 300,000 Germans
have been killed or disabled since the
beginning of the war. Garrison duty in
Prussia is to be entrusted to volunteers
who, by reason of being under or ow
age, or' of having served their terms, r
not liable to military service.
THE FISHERIES. --A special dr
from Ottawa to the Montreal
B&vs : " I Understand that higl
factory dispatches have been
from Enghmd relative to' tb
assumed by the Canadian C
in reference to the fishery c
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