Panels*.
0 porp'' hearts that drank the wine
Of roral ttni<ct>. where the sea
Lmtm „ olden sands—the favored dims
Of Dover and vine—how tenderly
1 press your velvet lip* to mine ;
I hail'tbe message that you brought;
Breathe o'er my eoul the myotic sign
Of Love'a nnepokcti thought.
How many grand processions awept
Above you down the Weatern slope?
How many dewy twilights kept
Watch o'er hiia budding hope ?
And did the whispering breezes wait
To soft careen him. as they aped.
Spice laden from tho Golden Gate,
To haunt your fairy bed ?
Dear Panaiea rich in royal dye*
(And aweet from lying near hia lipa),
Pair mirrors of hia azure rree,
What can vour worth eclipse?
Silent and cold to him repeat
My hps' unuttered mystery—
The aecret you have found so sweet.
Wis' la Earth 1
What ia earth, sexton ?
A place to dig graves.
What in earth, rich man ?
A place to work alavw.
What is earth. |rrsybeard ?
A place to prow old.
What i earth, miser ?
A place to dig gold.
What ia earth, school-boy ?
A place for my play.
What ia earth, maiden ?
A place to be gay.
What ia earth, seamstress '
A place where I weep.
What is earth, sluggard ?
A good place to sleep.
What ia earth, soldier ?
A place for a battle.
What ia earth, herdsman *
A place to raise cattle.
What ia earth, widow ?
A place of true sorrow.
What ia earth, tradesman ?
FU toll you to-morrow.
What ia earth, sick man ?
"Tia nothing to me.
What is earth, sailor ?
My home ia the sea.
What is earth, statesman '
s. A place to win lame.
What is earth, author ?
Til write there my name.
What is earth, monarch?
For my realm it ia given.
What U earth. Christian ?
The passage to Heaven.
Kilty.
Kneeling by the stream. I saw
Kate, the' farmer's daughter.
Drinking in her rosy palm
Dipping up the water.
She had thrown her hat aside.
Bare were arm and shoulder.
Each unconscious charm displayed
Made mv love the holder.
So I slowly, tenderly.
Went aiid knelt beside her.
Drank with her from out the stream.
Blushing Kitty Ryder.
Ami I said. " The poet tells us
Life is like a' river ;
Shall wc not its waters sweet
. Always drink together
Manv years have passed us by.
Like the flowing water ;
But I drink life's stream to-day
With Kate, the farmer's daughter.
CATCHING A TARTAR.
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, sur
ntimed, on account of hia warlike pro
pensities, by his admirers. the " Lion of
the North," and by his detractors, with
equal justice, perhaps, the " Madman of
tli? North," accidentally encountered, at
tho Chateau Gortz, a voting cnviture
from the Luiks of the Volgar—a niece of
Baron Gortx. So powerful was the im
pression she at onoe made upon the
nitherto impregnable heart of the hero,
ao completely tras he speU-bound in her
charms, that he seemed to lose all recol
lection of other matters, even of the dis
astrous battle of Pultowrn.
The name of this enchantress was the
Princess Ikla—for she was a Princess,
her mother, the baron's sister, having
married the Hetman of the Tartars.
Being left an orphan at an early age, she
had taken tip her residence with Baron
Gortz at Stralsund.
The baron was a bit of historian—or
thought ha was—and was then engaged
in writing the history of the king, who
called upon him often to revise and cor
rect the work. Besides, the baron was
one of the crown councillors, and was
often entrusted with important business
of the state.
Charles the Twelfth had the desire
which seems inherent in the breast of
greatness —he wished to be loTed for him
self alone, without any regard to his state
and grandeur. Consequently he hail him
self presented to Ikla under the simple
title of Count D'Olfen. and in that name
he paid his court to the erratic princess ;
for her Tartar blood made her disregard
many of the conventionalities ef life,
though her uncle often declared that she
had the blood of the Gortzes lull in her
veins, and was no more a Tartar than he
was—and there was not much of the Kal
muck about him.
Baron Gortz was highly delightcd'at
the prospect of becoming the uncle of
the king; but that delight was tempered
by wholesome dread of his prospective
nephew-in-law. For, stripping off the
dazzling veil of his military glory, he
must acknowledge that the "Lion of the
North" was an unmitigated tyrant, and
ruled his subjects in a very arbitrary
manner.
Baron De Gortz had proof of this one
day, when he received a letter from the
king. It contained these words :
"Baron Gortz, information has reached
me that the Captain of Hnbans, Gustnvus
Re in old. who was condemned to death
for neglect of orders at the battle of Pul
towa, bat who escaped before the execu
tion of his sentence, has been seen in
Stralsund. Write instantly to the govern
or ;tell him I hold him r> ■qmnsihle for
the apprehension of this traitor. Within
five minutes of his being taken and
identified, let htm be shot. And the
person in whose house he shall be found
shall be fort with shot CHARLES. "
The letter troubled the good old baron
sorely, for his niece had made him pro
mise to intercede for this identical yonng
officer. He broke into a cold perspira
tion when he reflected that if he did so
the probability was that he should get
himself shot for his pains. He wished
fondly in his heart that the king an i
Ikla were married, because then he
shonld be his uncle, and he could never
think of shooting one of the royal
family.
He" wrote the order to the governor,
and sent it by a servant, who informed
him than an officer of the police wished
to speak to him. Wondering at this, he
hurried to the hall below. On hia return
he found Ikla, a svlphic, dark-haired,
dark-eyed gipsy of a woman, gazing list
lessly from the large bay window into
the street below. She noticed that he
was in a state of perturbation.
" What is the matter ?" she asked.
" I want to put you on your guard," he
exclaimed breathlessly. " The police
have sent to say they have reason to be
lieve that a young man is concealed some
where in my chateau."
"I know," answered Ikla, coolly. "I
concealed him."
"You!" exclaimed the astonished
baron, " Who is he ?"
" Gustavos Keinold."
The baron uttered a dismal groan.
" Ikla, you have murdered me !" he
cried, and sank feebly into a chair.
" Not so bad as that, I hope," she re
plied smilingly.
'' I tell you that whoever harbors the
traitor is to be shot!"' exclaimed the
frightened baron, irately.
"You know well that Gustavns is no
traitor."
"What signifies that? If the king
orders it, he must be shot—and so must
I!" And the baron groaned again.
" What made yon take so fatal an inte
rest in this wretched young man ?"
•' His misfortunes, replied Ikla. ' "He
is innocent; I know it, and my dear
mother, your sister knew it also. Forced
by a cruel and unjust sentence to fly his
country, he found refuge and safety in
ours."
/"Then why the deuse did he leave
it?"
"Tofollow rne when you sent for me.
Finding the pursuit so hot, I thought the
beet asylum for him was your chateau."
At this moment a servant entered the
room, and announced Count D'Olfen."
The baron's visage brightened with a
hopeful idea.
" There is but one chance for us all !"
he exclaimed; "marry the count, and
then—" He checked himself abruptly.
"If it depends on that, our chance is
small," ahe returned, roguishly; "but
listen to me—obey me, and all will yet
be well. I intend to play a desperate
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. IV.
game ; but, if I win, I shall sa\o a life of
far more value than mv own."
She held a rapid conference with the
baron ; and though he listened to her t
first with astonishment ami alarm, she
finally won him over to her purpose, and
he promised to assist her, though it was
witn fear and trembling. But he had
pretty well made up his mind by this
time that he should le shot auy way. and
he thought it did not make much differ
ence for what.
He withdrew, and Charles the Twelfth,
ns Count D'Olfen, entered the room. He
wore the uniform of his favorite regi
ment ; a light blue coat trimmed with
gold, and the corners of the skirts turned
Kick ; high boots of black leather, to
which a formidable pair of spurs was
attached ; a three-cornered black hat;
a black stock ; buff gauntlets, and a heavy
sword. He looked more like a warrior
equipped for the field, thiu a lover seek
ing his lady's bower.
He fe.lt iike a timid school-boy iu the
tirosence of this exquisite beauty, who
iad stormed the outworks of his heart,
and penetrated to the very citadel.
Would any one lielieve that he waa
Charles the Twelfth ?
In her turn, Ikla also had her reflec
tion*.
"He seeks a Tartar," she thought ;
" he shall find one."
" What, Count," she exclaimed, "iu
regimentals ? How devoted yon must tx>
to the king !"
" Well, I am," he exclaimed ; " but I
came here, as well as I can recollect, to
tell you how devoted I am to you—only
I ,onfcss myself awkward in these mat
ters. I never eared for a woman until I
saw you."
" Why, Count, you must be the very
counterpart of the king." cried Ikla,
coquettuhly. "They say lie hates
women."
"He does no such tiling," replied
Charles, quickly.
" How do you know ?" she asked,
archly.
"1 think 1 know him."
" You might as well say you think you
know yourself."
" How ?" he said, supicioualy.
"Which no man does."
"O, I know TOU, at all events. I
know what a takiug. striking, bewitch
ing little creature you are. Above all I
know how I love vou. lam a plain,
blunt soldier, and like to know the worst
that can happen to me. Do you love
me ?"
" Is that the worst that can happen to
you ?" she asked detuurly.
"Ikla. I generally get the best of it at
blows ; but I own you beat me on words.
I shall simply return to the charge. Do
you love me ?"
"I must have proof of your love liefore
I answer that"
"What proof?"
"Would you grant any little whim of
mine ?"
"Certainly I would."
"Don't make auy rash promises."
"I swear it-"
Ikla laughed gleefully, went into an
adjoining room, aud brought forward an
antique costume, such as hail t>een worn
by all the dames of forty years ago.
" I have the greatest desire to see how
yon won id look dressed as my grand- j
mother," she cried.
The king was appalled.
"Death and the dev—"he began.
"O, fie ! no swearing in a lady's pre
sence !** she said, checking him. "But
I am glad I have discovered what your
love amount* to."
He expostulated with her, and ended,
aa common mortals do, in submitting to
a woman's will.
She then dressed him in the heavy
brocade dress, and then tied the high,
starched cap under his chin.
"Faugh !'- he cried, in disgust, "this
dress makes me smeU likes a musk
rat."
"Yon don't like perfumes, then ?"
"No—ves; one gunpowder! I'm
like Charles the Twelfth, and there's no
perfume for me but gunpowder."
"O, I wish I were his wife !" exclaim
ed Ikla, fervenHv.
He regarded her in pleased surprise.
" What ! are you in love with the
king ?"
"O.dear; no. Only one might lie
inclined to sacrifice one's self for the
good of one's country."
Charles smiled grimly.
"You are vastly condescending," he
replied. " .And pray, what else would
you do for the good of your country ?"
" I would soften his character. I
would tame this lion ; and he should
soon lie a* much beloved as he is already
admired and feared."
"And how is this tube accomplished?"
inquired Charles.
"Sit down and let me tell you. There,
now, yon must fancy yourself Charles
the Twelfth."
" Well, I do," he answered, with a
significant smile.
"Consider me the queen," she con
tinued, and drew her chair beside him.
" Go on," he cried, lather pleased with
the conceit.
"I should devote my life to obtaining
and securing his entire confidence."
"We will suppose yon have it."
"Then I shonld use it to make him
•übinit, on all fitting occasions, to my
sovereign will. I would teach him the
true value of his noblest prerogative."
"Which is—"
"Mercy."
"Come, come, Charles the Twelfth is
severe, I know, but he is just."
"Not always. Witness the case of
Captain Reinold."
Charles started, and glanced at her
suspiciously.
" What ao you know of that culprit ?"
he criad.
" His sentence is nnjnst," she answer
ed, firmly, " and therefore a fit object for
the interference of the queen. Now, if
I were queen, I would approach the
king, as I do you, with this paper in my
hand." She walked up to him with dig
nity. " I would say to him, Sire, your
honor and vour glory both require that
you shoulil put your name to this—
sign."
He took the paporfrom bar in surprise,
and looked at it.
" A pardon for Captain Reinold," he
exclaimed, and his brow darkened an
grily. "Indeed, then, my dear little
friend, if I were Charle* the Twelfth,
this would be my answer."
He tore up the paper.
Nothing disconcerted, she immediately
drew another paper from her pocket.
" Then, she said, and knelt at his feet,
pleadingly, as she spoke, " King of
Sweden, your eyes are blinded, not by
justice, but by anger. When Captain
Reinold was entrusted with that order
ho found the battle of Pultowa irretriev
ably lost; if he had delivered it he would
only have caused a massacre cf the
Swedish prisoners by the remorseless
Russians. For this reason alone he did not
deliver it, and thus incurred your maj
esty's displeasure."
"I desire to know the reason of the
extraordinary interest you take in this
young man ? he asked.
"You shall know, Count," she an
swered, " when you have promised to
obtain his pardon from the king."
" I will make no such promise," cried
Charles, sternly.
A timid knocking at the door disturb
ed them. Ikla would have opened it,
! but Charles, aware of the ridiculous
manner in which he was dressed, re
strained he*\ Then the voice of the
baron was heard, in very tremelous ac-
I cents, declaring that the royal coonoil
CENTRE HALL REPORTER
was assembled, and awaited the preaeuco
of the couut
Charles, in Jiainay. begged Ikla to re
move the dies*. for he found it iinp<>H
sible to do ao ; but she only laughed at
his predicament
"Wretched girl 1" he exclaimed,
angrily, "you have forced me to declare
i rnvaelf. lam the king."
But she only laughed the louder.
" Sire." she answered, with mocking
courtesy, •• 1 have known it from the
first. Sign the pardon, therefore, or I
will at onoe admit the council. "
The king was obliged to acknowledge
himself fairly vanquished. He signed
the pardon, and Ikla freed him from the
obnoxious garments. Then she admitted
her uucle, and informed the kiug Unit he
was all the council Uiere was assembled,
and reassured the poor boron, who looked
half frightened to death for the share he
had taken in Ute little plot
" Baron de Gortz," said Charles, "for
certain reasons I have pardoned Captain
Remold. Let this pardon be sent to
) him at once."
Ikla took the pardon.
" There is no occasion to send it, sire,"
.she sail, archly. "lean deliver it my
self. Gustavos is concealed iu this
chateau."
"Gustavos again!" cried the king,
sharply. "Is this man your lover ?"
"He is ; and would have been my
husband."
"Then you have deceived me every
way."
" No, sire ; you have deceived your
self. Had I been ambitious, I might
have sealed your ruiu ; as it is, I have
saved Sweden from a queen who would
uot have been worthy oilier, and restored
to her asking who is."
He was determined she should not
beat him every way.
" Ikla." he exclaimed, " 1 will restore
Keinnhl to favor, and make him a colo
nel ; and, as I still have any doubts about
him, you must marry him. No doubt
you will teach him "to obey orders in
future ; and may he uot find—"
" What ?"
" That he has caught a Tartar !"
Copulation of Utah.
The census returns from Utah are
completely counted, and show the popu
lation of the Territory to be 86,786.
J Great Salt Lake County contuina 18,337
inhabitants. Piute County ia returned
as having no jx pulation, its inhabitants
having been driven out by the Indians.
Utah County has a population of 12.243.
Salt Lake City, in Great Salt Lake Coun
ty, has a population of 17,282. Those
bom in the United States munlx-ring
10.214, and in other countries 7.0G8.
This, at first glance, seems to contradict
the ixipular belief that the followers of
Urigham Yonng have been recruited
chiefly in foreign countries; but when
I the table* showing nativity of parents,
' the relative number* of the sexes, and
the number of children are prepared,
this seeming contradiction may le ex
plained. The census report, when com
plete, will show in addition to the dis
tinction Ix'tween native and foreign born,
the number of citizens bom from jw
reuta of foreign nativity—a distinction
of great value, but not hitherto noted.
The population of M uitaua is 29,595.
Thia number may be slightly increased
by whites living on Indian reservations.
What the West Is Doing.
A bill has been introduced in the nii
nois Legislature to establish a reasonable
rate of charges for the transportation of
passengers on railroads. It provides
that all railroad corporations doing bui
nexs in that State shall be limited after
the first of July to the following ratea for
the conveyance of passengers : No great
er sum than three cents per mile, nor
more than half that rate per mile for any
person under twelve years old. Any
person violating this provision shall lie
liable in five times the excessive amount
collected, to lie recovered with cost* and
.reasonable attorneys' fees ; and any offi
cer or agent guilty of collecting such ex
cessive charge shall lie guilty of a mis
demeanor. and liable to punishment by
fine or imprisonment Any violation of
the act by any corporation shall be deem
ed n forfeiture of its franchise, and may
be proceeded against by Hie State's At
torney in any court upon notion in the
nature of quo tf<vrattlo.
DIAMONDS. —A correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes a* follows respect
ing the South African Diamond mine*:
" A party of five started, reached tlie
fields, commenced operations ami mined
for two months with very indifferent suc
cess, finding but a lew small stones
They at length determined to dissolve,
but my friend determined to try just one
day more. His determination ws* treat
ed to a beautiful gem, for which he was
offered twenty-two thousand pounds
sterling, or alxiut one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars. That the yields at tlie
diamond fields are valuable and abun
dant is now established lieyond a doubt,
and it simply requires this fact to become
well circulated to make the Cape Colony
a second Australia or California The
town of Pniil contains eleven thousand
inhabitants. Last year I was shooting
wild lieasta and buffalo upon the very
spot."
THE GERMAN CAPITRE of Le Man* is
a serious blow to the French. They
claim to have made the Prussians pay
very dearly for their victory, but a vic
tory it unquestionably is, and one which
it willbe exceedingly difficult to retrieve.
Le M ans boa a special importance as a
railroad centre, forming, as it does, a
Eiint at which four lines meet, one
ading into Brittany, the other conduct
ing to northward to Bouen on the one
side and Cherbourg on the other, the
third toward Paris, and the fourth to tlie
Loire and the South of France. The
stretching of the German line in thia
direction effectually cuts off the Com to
de Keratry's Breton levies, as well a* the
Army of the from an advance to
wards Paris, and helps to demonstrate
the utter hopelessness of the gallant re
sistance of the capital.
THE COAL STRIKE throws aliont 100,-
000 men out of employment, distributed
a* follows : In tha employ of the " Big
Companies," 35,000; in the Wyoming
Valley, 5,000; in Hie Lehigh Valley,
15,000; and in the Schuylkill Valley,
45,000. A large number of railroad em
ploye* will doubUeas be thrown out of
employment, and the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railway, which
transported 700 car-loads of coal every
day, will probably discharge 25 con
dnctera, 20 engineers, and 100 brakemen.
The Centra] Railroad ordinarily trans
ports 2,000 car-loads a day, and will be
compelled to discharge 100 conductors
and engineers and 300 brakemen.
A BERLIN periodical says that not ICHS
than 904 architect* and* engineers are
serving in the German armies.
A new hotel at Youngstown, Ohio, has
been named in honor of the late gover
nor, the Tod House. Ita uame causes a
rush of patronage at tha very outset of
its career.
Complaint is made that at the woman's
suffrage meetings in the West the girls
get together in corners and chirp among
themselves, paying no attention to the
regular proceedings.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27. 1871.
Tin San Darning.) Resolution.
The following is the text of the reso
lution for the Commission to Han Do
mingo, adopted by Congress :
HeiiJptnl by Ik* Scrtofe ami I lout* qf
Reprvmriiiuti res tjf l'i I'rtilel S'ai i/
.Iwrriot, m Gwyrwi That
the President of the United States be
authorised to appoint three Coutmis
sioners, and also a Secret try to Hie latter,
who is to be versed in the English and
Spuuish languages, to proceed tt> the
island of Sun Domingo, and such other
places, if anv, as such Commissioner*
may deem necessary, atul there inquire
into ami ascertain and report the politi
oxl state and condition of the Republic
i>f Sun Domingo, the probable numl>cr
of iuhabitauts, and the desire and du
jvisitions of the jx'ople of the said Re
public to Ixvome annexed, and to form
a part of the people of the United States;
the physical, mental, and moral con
dition of said people, and their general
condition as to material wealth and in
dustrial capacity; the resources of the
country—its mineral and agricultural
! pnxlucts, the product of its waters and
forests, and the general diameter of the
soil and the extent anil proportion there
'if camble of cultivation; the climate
and health of the oOUtitry ; its bays
harbors and rivers; its meterologtcal
character and existence aud frequence
of remarkable meterological pheuo
meuu ; Hie debt of the Government ;
its obligations, whether funded, and av
eertaiuod and admitted ; or unadjusted
and under discussion ; treaties and en
gagement* with other powers ; the ex
tent of bouudarv and territory, what
projxirtion is covered by foreign claim
ants, or by grant*, or concession, and
generally what concessions and frati
ehLse* have been granted with the
names of the respective gmnteera ; the
terms and conditions ou which the Do
minican Government may desire to
annex to aud become a part of the
United States a* ouo of the territories
thereof, and such other information
with respect to said Government or it*
territories as, to the said Commission#**
shall be desirable or important with re
feruce to the future incorporation of
said Dominican Republic into the United
State* as one of its territories.
SEC. 2. Ami b U /wrUier rrtxtleetL
That said Commissioners shall, as sis m
a* conveniently may lx\ report to tlie
President of tlie United Stab's, who
shall lay tlieir rejxirt before Congress.
S\ 3. Ami be it further reW reel.
That said Oommiiwioners shall serve
without conqx-usation, except the pay
ment of their expenses and the cam
iM'iisatiou of the Secretary, which shall
lie determined by the Secretary of
State, with tlie approval of tlie Pmi
dent.
ProruM. That nothing in this reso
lution contained shall Ixs held, uuder
stixxl or construed as' committing
Congress to the policy of annexing the
territory of said Republic of Dominica.
Interesting Immigration Sitlstlr*.
The arrivals nt Hie port of Boston by
water during the year 1870 (say* the
TrttrvUer ), were 33,739, against a total
of 34,789 in 1869, showing a failing off
of only 1.045, notwithstanding a foreign
war. Tlie quarter ending on the 31st
December gave 2,769 males, 2,643 fe
males, a total of 5,412. The correspond
ing quarter ol 1869 gave 3,944 males,
3,653 females, a total of 7.591, allowing
a decrease of 2,185 in 1879. The nation
alities of this large number comprise
over 40 countries and pfor.-s, of which
Ireland heads the list with a total of 11.-
366—6,142 males, 5.521 females. Eng
land comes next with 7,842 : total, males
3,671 —female*, 3.181. Nova Scotia
seut 5.25G, divided as follows, males, 2,-
881-female*, 2,369. Germany, not
withstanding the war, semis 2,890, of
which 1,837 ore male*, 993 female*.
Scotland furnishes 444 mole* and 879
f< male*, a total of 823; and France
send* only 156, of which number 105
aie males, and 51 females.
The largest number of occupations
among tlie males i*. la! Mirer*, 7,978,
mechanics 2,793, manner* 1,068 mer
chants 660, and clergymen 78 ( most of
whom belong to the United States),
while the balance represent over 40
different avocations. Of their ages the
largest number are from 20 to 25 year*
old, viz ; males 4,796 female* 3,485, a
total of 8,281. Under 5 years of age
we have 2,559, very nearly divided in
ax, 1,274 males, 1,285 females. Over
49 years of age 2,501 male*, and 1,734
females, a total of 4,215. Among the
f ?nmle* there were 39 dress-makers, 14
teachers, 15 milliners, and 11 tuiiorenae*.
The balance are classed an m-amstress,
spinster*, and not stated. It has been
stated that the German immigration
had falling off almost entirely. The
figures for 1869 show that 3,754 Ger
mans came to the Stale, an increase of
only 624 over that of this year. Hod
the Germans element kept up it* ratio,
the loss of the year would have been
only 121. They came in 882 different
vessel* tliat brought from one passen
ger to over 800 each.
The War and Finance iu Germany.
Tho following interesting extract!
from a letter addressed by a well-known
banker in Germany :
" There seems to be no end yet to Uiis
Prussian-French war, although the Ger
mans begin to get tired ; but when it is
over I think there will be a very large
emigration of Germans to America.
"In Europe money is very abundant
now, because business in general is at an
entire stand-still, and moneyed men do
not want to invest their money ; but
when the wnr is over there will lie such a
demand for money that the rate of <lis
count will go considerable higher.
France, Germany. Italv, Turkey, Rus
sia, and even Hpain, all want money;
and if Prussia, while victorious, had to
give a five per cent loan at 92J, what
will others have to do ?
" The chance for America to sell a four
per cent, loan at par, if ever there were
any (which I doubt), are over. Should,
however, the war with France last four
or five months yet, 1 think revolution
will come in Eurojie ; in such a ease the
capital of Europe will all fly to America,
and there will be a chance to issue s loan
nt a low rate of interest. When such a
time does come, and I tell yon confident
ly I am afraid it will come, then will lie
yonr country's financial opportunity."
A FEW weeks since. Orange Judd A
Co. offered prizes to the amount of
8157 for the liest specimens of patching
woolen garment*, and darning stockings
—the articles, after the award of tlie
prize, to be presented to the Five Point
Missions and similar institutions. As
the result, 451 lndiea contributed 943
garment*, patched and darned, for com
petition, and about 350 others for dis
tribution. They come from 28 different
States, and included many curious speci
mens, such as a pair of stockings with
100 holes darned ; and coats so neatly
patched that a guide-thread is needed to
point out the repaired spot*.
WAITING. —One of our young acquain
tances, not long since, was endeavoring
to enjoy an evening in the company of a
young lady, fair and entertaining, upon
whom he called, but found a serious ob
stacle in the person of her stern nnd not
very cordial lather, who at length ven
tured to very plainly intimate that tlie
hour for retiring had arrived. " I think
you are correct, my dear Sir," returned
the unabashed yonng man. "We have
been waiting to have you go to bed for
over an hour."
The Apportionment (Question.
The U. S. House Committee on the
Census are preparing an Apportionment
bill, fixing the number of members of
the House of the XLHTD Congress at
i 75. The Committee claim that jurisdic
tion over this subject projxwly la-longs
to tlieui and uot to the Judiciary Com
mittee, which ho* the Name matter under
eoiisidemtton, and will soon act upm a
bill prepared by Judge Mercur which
proposes to fix the total representation
at 280. The following table which has
lieen arrangixl (or the Census Committee
allows the population of the several
States, according to the figures of Gen.
Walker, Superintendent of the Census,
the present number of members each has
iu the House, and the number each would
have if the membership, of the House
should remain at the present number,
241, or should l>e increased to 250, 275,
or .'IOO. To understand this table it must
lie borne in mind that under the present
law the number of Representatives anv
1 State is entitled to is ascertained tui fol
lows : The total imputation of the
tinted States is divided by the number
of members of which the House ia to
consist, and Uiiagitea the basis of repre
sentation. The population of the State
divided by Uiis unmber gives the number
of Representatives atich State is to elect.
Where there is a remainder exceeding
one-half of the devisor, an additional
tnemlx-r is allowed.
-ridrnmi uowtninui. —
.... ia,
. im ...... . MI M xi -imm
A! IMIIII W? ,400 S S T I S
Arttnm* iMt.WK) S S 1 i t
,Vif..rni* BM.SSO S 1 4
mwMtlest.... ssr.'oo s 4
IM(Vr 114 01*1 1 I 1 I 1
Florid* tas.uw 1 1 1 1 S
Ofrireu 1.m.0m 77001
1111 no SB M'l.lloo U IS IT is 1"
Indian* l&O.twO U 11 11 11 IS
iw Mtn.oM e 7 s io
K*DM* . 01.000 1 1 1 # S
Kruui.'kjr I.rJS.tMO * * 10
UMitaiao* TSO.OUU S s ( S s
M*t* o.V*> S 4 X S
xtaryUu.l TTO.aw 5 4 5 4 0
Mau*. hixwli* .. 1.4*.7.500 IU • 10 II 11
M><-tUa*a.... . . .1.154 000 4 7 ' x 4 1 •
WTNAR.OU 415.000 1 1 I 1 S
Uu.t*tp|M *54 000 1 5 4 4
M -*> un 1.7U0000 11 11 II IS
Krbraaka I*lo*n 1 1 1 1 1
Nw**a*. 4i.<ws i i i t I
V Haqspthirr 115 300 3 1 1 1 I
N. wJr.-r *M.*M Still
Sew y art 4.370 31 31 34
*<.rth rutthua 1.155.0A) 77 S • •
Ohio 3,475 OUO l JT IS 1* 31
Orwguu SO 750 1 1 1 1 1
Ivutiitlvxm* .. 34 M u 34 3N
Uh..n Uta id.... 117 (M 0 3 1113
ft-iuth Carolina. 715.000 4 5 5 5 6
T'UM—r* l.mouo S S S S 10
Trtu MW.OOO 4 5 5 S 4
Vermont MO.OOO 11113
Vlr*mi* 1,110.000 S 0 S 10
W-ai Virginia.. . 4V) 000 3 3 3 3 4
Wu.Maln 1,055.000 4 1 t S S
Total 34 114.040
The following table shows the popula
tion of the United Htate* at eaeli decade,
and the uumln-r fixed upon a* the basis
of representation in the Apportionment
laws passed after each census ;
Tal Bunil Tu<al pop- Baauol
Yaar. utatton R.m'l Yiar Rpr's
I7|W.. SJfO BIT S3 000 | I*3o . .11.5* 104 47 TOO
1-mO . .5.141,*44 15,000 I 1040 17 OXS 741 70.050
1H10....T 115.TV1 HO.-M 0 | 1*5a... 13.057.14) VS43O
1J0 9 005.1 M 40CM01 IS4O. .31.140.047 135*35
The last apportionment gave an addi
tional uumtx-r each to Ohio, Kentucky,
Hlinois, Minnesota, Vermont, and Rhode
l-lsnd. All the laws making the appor
tionment* took effect from and after the
3d of March, in the third year from the
lieginuing of tweh decode. I'rior to the
ammrtionmcnt made by the act of June
2.>, 1842, it wit* optional with Hie State*
whether they should elect thrir members
at large, or divide the Htate* into Con
gress district*, and the ptmsage of the
law which made the districting obliga
tory WAS strongly resisted by the Honth,
which clung to the idea that it wo* the
State aud not the people which wa* rep
resented in the House.
Morning Reception at the White House.
Tlie first of the morning receptions at
the White House wa* thronged with
handsomely droaaod lodioa and distin
guished gentleman throughout the hour*
to which it was limited, from 2:30 until
5 P.M. The President and Mrs. Grant
were afwiMid by Mr*. Fish, Mrs. Judge
Dent, Mrs. Coles (of New York), and
Mr*. Porter. Mrs. Grant wore a rieli
pearl-colored *ilk, with bouquet* embro
idered upon it. Mrs. Fish, n pearl-color
ed silk, trimmed with white Duchesne
lace. Her jewels were dinmonds. Mr*.
Dent, over n Bismarck sillp wore a blacky
lac shawl draped. Mrs. Cole*, over pink
silk, wore white muslin and Valenciennes
I are. Mrs. Porter, wife of General
Porter, wore a handsome blue silk.
Mrs. Creswell. Miss MeJntyre, Mr. Ilolie
son. Sir Edward and Lady Thornton,
Mr and Madame de Cataenzy, Mr*,
lllaine. Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Fish's daugh
ter, Mr*. Fremont and daughter. Misses
Schenck, Mr, and Miss Bout well, Misses
Sherman, Commissary-General Eaton
and wife, M. Garcia, and the First
Secretary of the Argentine Legation,
and hosts of others were present. The
entire first floor of the House was thrown
open and the gas lighted everywhere.
(Hher Tuesday receptions were lield as
usual and were well attended.
A PHYSioiAK in Savannah relates a re
markable case of the influence of imagin
ation upon the human body. He was
called to see a lady who wax afflicted
with a cold, and, of course, a cough and
sore throat. He wrote a prescription
and gave it to the la ly with the following
instructions : " Madam, pnt thia in a
tumbler full of water, and take a table
spoon f til every two hours." Tlie. next
day he called to see her, when she in
formed him tliat a tableapoonful of the
medicine had made her so sick that she
hail reduced the doo to a tenspoonful,
but that she was much better. He paid
her a third visit, when she informed him
that she was still im}iroving, but that the
medicine was so powerful that a tea
spoonful produced vomiting, and ahe
had been compelled to stop taking it.
The doctor said, " I suppose it is nearly
all gone." The lady said the tumbler
was on the manUe and he could see how
much wa* left The Doctor says, "I
looked at the tumble*, and I declare if
I didn't find that she bad put the
paper on which mv prescription was
written in the tumbler, and had been
taking nothing but water."
IN MAINE an effort has been made to
induce Scandinavian immigration, and
a colony of fifty Swedes, who arrived last
July, liav lieoii sett'.ed t'pon a township
set apart for them, and called New
Sweden. Tlie site was entirely oovered
by an unbroken forest, without a settlor
upon it; but th# colonists have gone to
work with a will in clearing it U(i, and
roads have lieen laid out connecting it
with other towns. Additions to the
colony have been mode since the first
settlers arrived, and others are expected
in the spring. As these people came too
late to secure a harvest the past year, it
is proposed to extend State nid to them
through the winter, for it is expected
that this pioneer colony will prove the
forerunner of a valuable immigration,
which will develop the resources of a
vast tract that is now a wilderness.
THE engineer of a train on the Boston
and Albany road, having run down a
market wagon, stopped the train as soon
as possible to learn the result of the
accident. Upon dismounting and look
ing on the platform connected with the
cowcatcher, he found a respectable look
ing man, well muffled up, with a
bag of oats and a tub of butter by his
side, sitting very composedly, appar
ently on his way to market! He was
not hurt in the least, though his team
was made into kindling wood.
Burn* and Highland Mary.
The moat beautiful episode in his life
wa* his attachment to Highland Mary
the pure-tniuded maiden who pledged
her troth to bun in hi* gloomiest hour;
who died so early, and left hiui lon>-ly in
the world to clutch at worthle** enjoy
incuts, to struggle onward against pover
ty, neglect, insult and self-upbraidings,
till at thirty-seven years of age he oasm-d
away. Formerly it was tieliered that hia
|>arting interview with Mary Campbell
was au early event, even as he himself
declared it to have lx-e.ii. He wislied to
mystify inquiritw aud preserve the secret
of Uutt holv affection.
I<es* ready might his " Bonnv Jean "
have forgiven the intense worship jiaid
by his soul to the innocent Highland
Mary, immeasurably her superior, than
the transient wandering* of his fancy to
ward unworthy rivals. Ho the man Wire
the secret in his own heart, striviug
bravely against evils that were partly hia
own bringing ; only at rare intervals be
gave vent to the aqonr of memory, such !
as in*) it red his bet.uti/ul line* "To Mary
in Heaven." We envy no one who can
read unmoved the narrative of the an
niversary when " My Mary from my side
was torn." We reinuinber the carefully
guarded manner by which the poet, usu
ally inireeerved in speech, eluded quss
tiona of curiositv regarding that event
Robin, Robin, tiie earthly punistiuieut of
tby fault was manfully fx true ; but it {
would have been better for thee had that
gentle Highland girl, with her pious
courage, her meek bat unswerving faith,
tieeu tne nartuor ulb died to tliee. iusteail
of the early wronged woman who had no
jxiwer or will to lift thee to a holier life.
We now know the date of his engage
ment with Mary—l7B<L The disastrous
intrigue with Jeau Armour hod wrecked
his character uud ix-ace of tuiud. His
offer of reparation tiad been insultingly
refused by the father of Joan. The girl
herself, either from mem-nary fours,
wenkuew of hsit, or from williugnoss to
accept another suitor, had agreed to the
contemptuous rejection of Burns.
Wrecked in reputation, abandoned by
friends, despairing of luiust-lf or of *uy
advancement iu his nati e land, he de
termined to emigrate, an 1 attempt iu the
West Indie* to gain indejvendeuee. In
a few months the pogtih-ntia] climate
might have robtxxl as of the truest poet
Hootbuid ever bore. At this hour cam*!
the wild excitement that produced fruit
iu lum of those marvellous liaoclianaliau
songs—" Willie brewed a ptx-k o' Maut,"
and " The Whistle." It was a dangerous
time, the peril of a noble soul iu the
dorkiieNs. In despair, he rememben*d
the inn<Knce and affix-tion of * young
girl, Morv Campbell—the Highland
Mary to whose uame hia own ia insepar
ably joined.
.411 voices were loud against him, pru
dence forebode her union with this out
tawed man, liut the girl dared to trust
the love in her own heart, and looked to
her Heavenly Father for protection. She
knew that Burns had sinned, and how
he had repented. She knew he was free
to be her husband—made free even by
the scorn of that Jean whom he had in
jured. She knew how little prospect of
fortune he had, but ahe believed in liis
affection. She rowed to be true to him,
nd called h<<aven to wrivness that vow.
They exchanged bibles and parted, look
ing to a spx4y reunion ; but death came
between, and they never on earth met I
again. In Dumfries the oalies of the
peat poet rest There is hollowed dust
in Greenock, also, that no lover of Burns
can fail to reverence paring pilgrimage
to the tomb of Highland Mary.
Blood j Rattle in Bolhi*.
There was a severe fight at Potoai,
Bolivia, between the troojia commanded
by General Melgmrejo and those who
occupied the city at General R>-ndon's
order*. Tlie struggle was a verv bloody
one, and commenced at 2 o'clock in tha
afternoon, lasting till 8 o'clock*t night.
The result was that, notwithstanding
the fierce courajfe displayed by the de
fenders of Potoai, General Melgmrejo
obtained a splendid victory and took
T>oase*Kion of the place that very evening.
Several important losses were sustained
by loth sides, Iwit those of the city de
fenders were over 200 men killed.
General Rendon escaped wounded,
together with Colonel Guagama nnd
other officers. On the other side. Col
onel Morale* was at IJI Paz. organizing
more troops to oppose General Mel
garejo, and it ia said aome 1,500 men
form now the armv that Morales com
mand*. General Perez was to leave La
Paz on oralxuitthe ninth of December, 1
commanding aome 700 troops, to attack :
General Mdgarojo and to protect the
revolutionary movement of Coeha
bamba.
FI LL or FM. —An elephant employed
by Hie Government of India in hauling
teak log* for the Forest Department, in
tbp AnnaraallaY forest, lately brought
alxuit a suspension of ojieration* for
above a fortnight. He l>egiui by knock
ing down his keeper, but luckily did not
kill him. He then made for the hut* of
the keepers, whose wive* nnd families
were driven into the jungle. He dis
played his skill in pulling down the lints,
smaßhing up the carta and implements,
and destroying a ouantity of provisions
stored up for his brother elephant*.
After keeping the settlement in alarm
for some fifteen days, lie was shot in one
of the legs, and then caught and chained.
THE English plough lias failed iu
India. Tlie rich black soils, instead of
Ixvoming pulverized on exposure to the
fierce rays of the tropical sun, are hard
ened into a crust as haul as dried
asphaltum. The farmer has therefore
to await the advent of the monsooiz to
bring the necessary moisture to make it
fit for ploughing. Here a new danger
arises fmm the opposite cause, the fields
being now too aoft for liis cattle to movo
upon. Even after the surface have lieen
dried by tlie sun's rays, or drained by
fissures', the soil is so*tenacious that the
heavy metal plough gets clogged in it.
The * antediluvian implement of the
natives, like that of China, made out of
wood, is found to lie the only feasable
one.
THE CATTLE DISEASE IN NEW ENGLAND.
—The animal rejxirt of the Commission
on Cattle Disease was presented in the
Legislature, nnd ordered to lie printed.
Tho Commissioners advocate prompt
and strong measures to prevent the
spread of contagion, and suggest that
the State authorities shonld cause the
infected soil in Brighton, ami other
cattle marts, to lie dug up and removed,
with other precautions relative to the
driving and herding of cattle. The
cattle plague excitement cause* some
attention in New-Hampshire. Cases are
reported at Seabrook, 16 miles from
Portsmouth.
HELL GATE.— General Newton, engi
mer in charge of the work of removing
the obstructions at Hell Gate, East
River, asked for 8450,000 to complete
it, and his estimate has been indorsed by
the Chief of Engineers. Indications arc
that the House Committee on Commerce
will agree to report in favor of on appro
-Briation of 8300,000 for this purpose in
le bill for the improvement of riven
and harbors.
RED OLOCTI wishes the President to
send provisions to Fort Laramie for his
tribe, who are reported to be starving.
The Crows stole sixty horses from them
last week, he reports.
The Unlreraal Yankee.
The Han Francisco BuUMin aaya:
" After an American has been canonized
in China for leading the imperial armies
to victory against the rebels, and after
other Americana have entered the service
of Egypt and mode the armless effective,
it is uot strange that still another of our
fellow-cituu-us is preserving the peace
of I'cru,
Harry Meigs, this last adventurer, use*
the arts of peace, however, aud by his
extensive railroad undertakings, does
more to keep the country quiet than any
otlu-r man iu it, by giving employment to
the lower classes. That, with good wa
ges and prompt pay, makes them little
inclined for fighting* for no pay and find
themselves.
A private letter from Caliao say* that
he has a great number of noted revolu
tionist* under pay, without any employ
ment except drawing their salaries, by
which means he keeps th* country ouiet;
any other condition would be the death
blow to his undertakings. At this time
he is building a road from this place to
cross the Andes, at a cost of sixty mil- :
lions. Fur two years he has maintained
jieace ; and although that is the average
duration of that blessing in Peru, ao that
murmuring* of a revolution begin to lie
beard, it is to be ho)ted that he will suo
coed in completing his project*, which
will accomplish much iu jierpetuating
the tranquility in which alone the ooun
try can prosper.
'Of the man undertaking these great i
things, a correapoudent writes : " This j
Harry Meigs, you will remember, wa
one of the most enterprising resident* of
t'oliforuia. He built blocks of houses,
ships and railroads, until, cmbarraaaed
by some unexpected losses, he suddenly t
took his departure. The places that'
knew him once knew him no more, to i
their sorrow. As suddenly he loomed
up in Houth America, the mighty pro- 1
prietor of stupendous enterprise*, and
what was beat of all, he sent heavy remit- j
tuncos to California, discharging every
obligation with interest, and often an ad
vance. Thia proved him an honorable
as well as a great man, and the adroit
ness with which be ha* secured the inter
ruptiou of hostilities in and about Callao
gives him much credit for generalship."
n hat Becomes of a Dead
The &4ea/iflc American reoenUy con
tained an article on the uses to which
dead horses o*u be applied, ia the c lurae
of which it ia remarked that the animal
must be a remarkably good one if he ia
worth as much when alive as Jie ia to the
retorts and kettles of the chemist As
soon as the horse ia dead, his blood ia
imughtby the manufacturers of albumen,
and by sugar refiners and burners of
Ismpback. Not a drop is allowed to go
to waste.
The mane and tail are wanted for hair
cloth, selves, bow-strings and brushes.
The skin ia converted into leather for
■•art lis nuns, for lioota and shoes, and
stroug collars. The hoofs are used for
combs, horn-work, glue, and in old times
were the chief source of hearte-hom now
obtained from the ga*-house. The flesh
is boiled down in the rendering vat, and
much oil and fat is obtained from it
Some of the choice bit* may find their
way into cheap restaurant*, and plav
the part of beefsteak, or help to enrich
the h**ty plate* of aotip of these estab
lishments. The flesh left after all has
been extracted from it tint ia of any ser
vice. ia somet mw burned, to be used as
manure, or is worked up into nitrogenous
comixiunds such as the cyanides, to be
uaetl by tlie photographer iu taking our
pictures. Tne stomach and intestines
make valuable strings and cords for musi
cal instrument*, and out of tlie bones ao
many useful articles are manufactured
tliat it is almost impossible to make out
a complete list of them. Among them
Mre buttons, toys, tweezers, knife handle*,
rulers, cup*, dominoes, halls ; and the
residue from all these things is burnt !
into bone-black to lie used by the engar
refiner, who put* in a second claim on
the dead home ; and some part of the
lx>tie-black is burnt white to be used by
the sssayer in testing gold; and when
the omayer and refiner have finished with
it, it is converted into super phosphate j
to serve as a valuable manure on our'
land. The teeth are used as a substitute
for ivory; and the iron shoes, if not
nailed over the door, to insure good for-!
tune to the household, are worked up in
to excellent wrought metal. Home por- j
tiou of the bone-black ia converted into i
phosphorus for the manufacture of j
matches, and lately a valuable breed pre- j
paration ia made of the phosphate, and
medicines are prepared for the cure of
consumptive*.
The Suburbs of Jerusalem.
We leave the city, says a writer ia All
the Year Round, by the Damascus gate,
which is cloae to oiir hotel, and skirting
its wall*, traverse the road overhanging
the Vallev of Hiunom, and so. past the
modern English burial ground and the
Potter's Field, we are soon on the main
road to Hebron. The son gains power
every minute, and the lizards and chame
leons are darting rapidly in and out of
the stones cxixised to ita rays. On the
bank rising from the opposite side of
Hiunom stand* a row of neat modern
dwellings, which would not look out of
K* ec in the neighborhood of Butteraea.
ev are the new almshouse erected by
Sir Moses Monteflore for indigent Jews,
iuid are all occupied. But, as was our
invariable experience in Jerusalem and
ita vicinity, the real and apocryphal
traditions crowd upon na ao quickly, that
we have difficulty in mastering the ex
ternal* of each. On that lonely and
blighted tree, seen high up to toe left
vondor. Judas Iscariot ia said to harp
hanged himself. It ia rloee to the ruins
of the house of Calaphas, the high prieat,
and on the naked crown of the Hill cf
Evil Counsel, which rises ahruptly on
the north aide of the ravine before ne.
The Potter's Field constat* of a broad
natural terrace half-way up this ravine.
Hinnotn below it and the house of
Calaphas above. The photograph* aud
pictures of thia spot make it gloomier
than it appear* iu realitv, by reason of
their almost invariably bringing ita harsh
rooks and ancient burial places into
prominent relief. By these means that
accursed and blight*d look is given it
which accords ao well wiUi its shocking
traditions, but which is as we decided,
misleading. The Potter'a Field ia more
fertile than the rest of the ground near.
The olive flourishes on it, and the view
over the valley and towards Zion is com
prehensive and picturesque.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE State Temper
ance Convention, which met at Concord,
adopted resolutions approving the action
of the late Republican Convention in re
gard to prohibition, and adjourned with
out nominating a State ticket Some of
the delegates seceded from the regular
Convention when it was found no nomi
nation would be made, and nominated
the Rev. M. S. Gumming*, of Lee county,
for Governor. They also Appointed a
State Committee.
An unfortunate New Haven youth was
recently so convinced that he had swal
lowed his two artificial teeth, plate and
all, that he suffered horrors in imagina
tion and a severe pain in his stomach
He afterwards found the teeth in his vest
pocket.
RICHMOND, Va., boasts that of 1,600 of
her citizens who died in 1870, only one
died of goat and fonr of intemperonoe.
TEBMB : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance.
Pest ef Enrepeea Travel.
It may be useful to some of your
reader* contemplating a visit to Europe
to know the price* of traveling and other
expenses. I will take the trip, com
mencing at New York, on the highest
vessel, nay 8130 in gold. In Ireland and
Scotland the hotel expenses will IMS ABOUT
12. SO a day for eachperson. From Cork
! via the Lake fit Killaruey to Dublin
costs 810 ; ditto to Giant's Causeway via
Belfast, 810; 83 to Glasgow, 83.50 to
Loch Lomond, 81.50 to Edinburgh, 82
to Btiriing, 8160 to Melroae. These are
merely samples to show the relative
expense of traveling oertrin distances.
The actual railroad fare to thoroughly
ransack Scotland would not exceed 875.
A ten-hour*' travel in an express train
from Edinburgh or Glasgow to London
cost* 817.50. In London it is deeidaly
1 >ettor that a family should take apart
ment* rather than go to a hoteL The
keeper of the lotting* hires these fur
nished rooms at prices varying according
to location as wall a* the time of the
year. During the fashionable season,
i from February to the flret of Angus*, the
prices are fully fifty per cent. higher.
But to take my own case: For 815 a
week, commencing the last of August, J
had a nice parlor and three lied-roams.
In the season the same would have been
?25. For all the necessary supplies of
provisions, which I ordered myself, for
cooking, fuel, lights, groceries, attend
ant*, ete.. my total weekly bills amounted
"u, 850. This does not or coarse, include
carriages, wine, theatre*, ete., which
amount always in proportion to the teste
'of the individual I had everything that
I wanted and lived as well as at borne,
and better and nun satisfactorily than I
■ould have done at the hotels, which
would have charged me doable, if not
three times, the amount This wns for
I a Ismilv of four adults and two children.
A family can live well in London at the
rate off 2 each per day, handsomely for
83 each, and Incuriously §4 caah person
per day. In many of the country towns
the prices are of course even lower.
Everv article of clothing is below our
standard of prices. Ladies silk*, far
superior to anvthing even seen in lemis
vilto, sell at 82 a yard, and magnificent
silk velvets at 84. Dressmakers in Ixm
don charge 85 for making a dross, and
in the bmt shop* of Paris Bl°- Trim
i mings that would cost 8100 in the United
Vitates can be easily bought here for 820.
v On the Cootine nt it rusts you leas, as
a rule than in England. The railroad
fare from London to Pari# is out of view
under the present circumstances. In
Belgium ana Germany, aa a general rule,
82 her hand will cover the daily hotel
expenses. Only half the amount of bag
gage is allawed in comparison with
England, end the extra baggage i heavily
taxed and promptly eaiterted. The
allowance is fifty-six pounds each. In
i Switzerland nothing. In peaee tunes
there is a psMe rites* express, which
carries luggage everywhere at far leas
than our institutions do and at alxmt the
regular freight rates ruling between
1 Louisville and New York. Three heavy
trunks for instance, aay five hundred
pounds, cost 82.25 for a distance of one
hundred and sixty miles. So no old
traveler will think of carrying his trunks
around with him, but ship* them from
place to place. In Switzerland the cost
of living is cheap, and the hotels will
average about 81. (W a day. From Lon
don, via Brussels, Cologne. CoMenta,
Mayence, Fraacfurt, Heidelberg, Oarls
ruhe, Base! and Lausanne, to Oeneva.
the railroad fare per bead is about 835.
The railroad fare to ransack Germany in
every direction would not exceed 8150
each, and not over 875 for the whole of
Switzerland. From my experience in
Europe I would say that it requires
sixteen months to make a proper and
satisfactory trip. .And for a party of
four adults it would cost about H0.0.'0
for the necessary traveling expenses,
with every comfort. — French Correspond
ence Louisville Oovrirr-JovrnaL
A School Kxamimtion.
The Superintendent of public schools
in Brooklyn, visited a school and exam
ined about fifty misses in history, with
the following result:
Superintendent —What was the last
engagement of the American Revolu
tion ?
First Pupil—The siege of York town.
Superintendent—What was the result
of thst siege ?
Second Pupil—The surrender of Corn
wallis.
Superintendent—What did he surren
der 7
Third Pupil—The town and fortifica
tions, together with Gloucester, the gar
rison of both places, and the fleet.
Superintendent—What! How could
a general surrender a fleet ? Next!
What did Cornwallis surrender ?
Fourth Pupil—The British troop# and
the fleet—
Superintendent—A Commodore eoui
manoa a fleet; a General command* an
arm*. Cornwallis waa a General. He
had nothing whatever to do with the
fleet Next ! What did Cornwall*# sur
render at York town ?
Fifth Pupil—The troop* under hia
command and the fleet—
Haven't I just said that he couldn't
surrender a fleet ? Next! What did
Cornwallis surrender ?
Sixth Pupil (timidly)—He eurrendered
aeTen thousand British soldier* and the
fleet—
Superintendent (excitedly)—-t op 1
Haven't you heard me *ay he couldn't
surrender a fleet ? Next. What did
Cornwallis auxrender f
Seventh Pupil (taking a text book and
reading)—On the 29th of October, 1781,
Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown and
Gloucester, with more than aeTen thous
and soldiers, to Waahington. His ship
ping and seamen he surrendered to De
urease. *
The Superintendent abruptly closed
the examination.
A VILXLAOK Porrumo* W ONE HOT H*.
—Gotham Court, which comprises the
immense pile known as 36 and 38 Cherry
street, is one of the institutions of New
York. With the exception of some of
onr penal establishments, it is the most
populous dwelling in the State. It has
as many as 200 families, consisting of
1,218 people, packed into it at one time.
When it is remembered that there is
many a flourishing Tillage that does not
contain 1,200 inhabitants, nor even half
that number, the reader may get some
notion of what Gotham Court is when in
the full cram of all its plethoric horrors.
But whatever idea a reader may get of
the density of this gigantic tenement
i house, he can get no adequate notion of
' its actual condition except by the appli
cation thereto of his own organs of
sight and smell.
A VEBT oßtnttuii mistake is being made
in calling the oountry Uncle Sam is look
ing after "Dominica." The correct
term is San Domingo and the name of
the nation the Dominican republic. The
island of Dominica is one of the Leeward
group, 22 miles north of Martinique, and
fully 500 miles east of Son Domingo, and
belongs to the English. There is anoth
er Dominica in the South Pacific, be
longing to the Marquesas group.
Koto William has ordered the pur
chase of the lands in France where the
German soldiers are buried.
Bob, did you go to the gold mines ?"
" what did you dig r " I
dug home as soon as possible."
TWjr are thai be not owi.
Nor alter >v refiwfttaeV po*,
Whnre oonvrrer csira. wW* wnb devwrt,
Forever rret, the afuMU doirar.
And there am <Ut# when dreys a 4I-
An A d W .LW^toTrUnr
W* Uwl alwaya It ahati last.
Timet who* the tnml'kw of lb* heart
Am hashed m winds ww boshed I bit day—
And bvulclinn bop#® Vt'jrin $@ stiurt)*
like three green heagiarow* cm <m way.
■ ] When AH within nd nil around,
1 dk# ktttl cm that iWOcA htfid#eafJ*
And nutwrr* N bAti4 WIMI ikmml# to iwMtidt
Tlii heart itHnri thit her tonoh attend.
Fart* aid FMWIM, .
The bast way to secure a legacy to
go nt it with a wilL
At Bait Lake the Methodists ham a
ehurch of 100 member*.
Where ahoold you feel for the poor t
, In your pocket, to be ear*.
Sweetening one'i ooffee i* generally
the first stirring eveot of the day.
• i The sting of * be* <wrriw owaviotion .
i, with it It make* a man a bee-leaver at
■. once.
• Cincinnati is greatly edified by the
Mexhibtlon of two bog* weighing 2,800,
1 Jointty.
A deer wae captet ed alive on the Mima
iaaippi, the other day, by getting wedged
1 between the ioe.
A jodieioo* silence ii alway* better than
I the truth spoken without charity.—
| Francis ds Salve.
ij It la proofof an economical dtspoeition
if a young lady indulges in tight lacing
to prevent waist-fullnes*. •
The oft disappointed Mlllcrites of New
England have set another day for " going
up —the 11th >f February.
There are mary article* in everyday
; life that ahoold be made to take high
rank, but batter is not one of these.
A 8t Joeeph wife shot her husband, A
the other night, for deceiving her. He
promised to buy her a muff and didn't
A New Bedford lady advertised to n
oeive aeholea* far instruction in cook
ing. with speaisJ attention to bnwd
making.
Wisconsin bee 172 Congregational
churches and 181 minister*, of whom 24
are installed pastors, 1(12 acting pastor*,
and 55 without charge.
More than half of the pastors of Bap
tist churches in England have held their
position for five yean and upwards, and
nearly a third for ten yean and up
ward*.
Upward * of 23,<KK) heads of Cimilia* of
different castes in the Northwestern Pro
vince of India have signed an agreement
to reduce their expenditure on marriage
ceremonies.
Josh Billing* observes: "Hefcreta are
kußsed poor property easy how : if yu
circulate them yu be them, and if you
keep THEM TOO lose the interest on the
investment. '
A wild luttn in Connecticut killed
nineteen sheep, whipped a dozen dogs:
and kept at bay several men, with a ball
in its no* and one broken leg. I: weighed
twenty pound*.
A young man in St. Louis went into *
toy store, picked npa Union torpedo and
tut it, thinking in a gun drop. He was
surprised to see one or two of his teeth
and a section of his gum drop on the
floor.
If yon watch the eon venation of other*
and yourself alao, you will find the
habit* of interesting the words "you
know " into nearly every remark made.
It is s foolish practice, and ought to be
broken np.
A Kansas paper tell* of "an Assistant
Quarter-master of the United States
Army, whose economical habit* enabled
him to lay by lor a nuny day over 8150.-
000, in the short space of five jean, on
s salary of 8125 per month."
A lodv writes to the Jackson (Ohio)
.Stoa<far/.- "I. sir, can always tell Son
day, or Sabbath, from any other day in
the week, by the number of men and
boy*, old and young, with guns and
revolvers making for the wood* and
people's farm.
"Never," say* a henpecked man,
i " marry a woman worth more then thou
art. When I married my wife I was
worth fifty cants, and she wae worth
•uxtv-two cents; and when aay difference
ha* occurred between us sbe throws up
the odd shilling."
Advice ef an Old Lady.
Now, John, listen to me, for I am
older than TOO, or I eooldnt be your
mother. Never do TOU marry a young
woman, John, before"you have contrived
to happen at the bouse where die lives
at leak dour or five times before break
fast You should know how late she lies
in bed in the morning. You should take
notice whether her complexion is the
same in the morning as it is in the eve
ning, or whether the wash and towed
have robbed her of her evening bloom.
Yon should take care to surprise her, ao
that TOU can see her in her morning
drereC and observe bow her hair looks
when she is not expecting you. If possi
ble yen should be where you could hear
the morning conversation between her
and her mother. If she is ill-natured
and snappish to her mother, so sbe will
be to you. depend on it. But if yon
find bar up and dressed neatly in the
morning, with the same countenance,
the same smiles, the same neatly combed
hair, the same ready and pleasant an
swers to her (mother, which character
ised her deport ment in the evening, and
particularly if she is lending a hand to
get the breakfast ready in good season
she is a prize. John, and the sooner you
secure her to yourself the better.
AJUL FOB LOT*.—A Chicago paper aay*
Ellen Grady, a rather pretty and very
intelligent girl, a domestic in Mr. Soott s
family, committed suicide, and the cor
oner held mi inquest She had been
waited upon by Mr. Henry Rigden, a
voting man well known bene, lor a couple
of years, until lately, when he ceased hie
attentions to her. She met him on the
street, and he refused to recognise her.
She at once went to a drug-store, pro
cured two grains of strychnine, and pro
ceeded home. She went to Mr. Soott at
a late hour, got some ink, a pen and pa
-sr, and eat down in the kitchen. At
i o'clock Mr. Scott wae aroused by her
screams. He arose and ran to her apart
ment, supposing that burglars had en
tered the house. On asking her what
wae the matter, rihe answered : "I am
dying! send for mother." Mr. Scott
summoned a physician at| once. but she
died, in violent spasms, in a few mo
mi nts. Sbe left a letter declaring that
Itigden had promised to marry her Nov.
l/but had put it off until Spring, and
finally had begun to visit other girls;
hence her suicide. Her poor old parents
took the body to La Salle, for interment.
Tannine Alligator Hide-.
An exchange says there is a tannery
jin Boxburv, Mass., for the tanning of
alligator, hides, which, when property
tanned, make an exceeding tough and
elastic quality of leather, said to be al
most impervious to water. The first
attempt made to utilize the bides of the
reptile by making them into leather for
boots, dates back about fifteen years,
and was undertaken by two French
brother*, in New Orleans, who, however,
did not make a good article, and failed
■ during the war, when the establishment
j wae transferred to Rbxbury. Green
hides of the alligator are purchased at
New Orleans and along the coast of
! Florida, all of which find their way to
the Roxbury tannery, where theyunder-
I go a long and expensive tanning process,
requiring eight months for its comple
tion, during which they are handled
regularly every week. The skins of the
young animals, only, are available, as,
after maturity, the hides become horny
and valueless. I
THX Ruloff murder trial is ended, by a
denial of the motion for a stay of pro
ceedings, and the sentence of the court
5j Judge Hogebocm, which waa that
uloft be hanged on the 3d day of March,
in the Oourt-House yard of Bingham- gy|
ton. The accused made no speech to the
court, but heard his sentence in sqllen
silence.
THE Ohio Democrats Lave decided to
hold their State Convention at Columbus,
I on the first of June.
NO. 4.