The lerry Laugh.
I lore to hear a merry laugh,
Out ringing wiM and fire,
At float* the music of the mode
Arrow the sunny eea.
The merry laugh goea hand in hand
With happmew and mirth ;
And at its mlvery-toned omimand
Joy nestles round each hearth.
The merry laugh bespeaks a heart
With noble feeling* warm ;
One that will law voir do it* part
In aunahine or in alorm.
The music of a marry laugh
Set* aged heart* aglow ;
The smiles gleam o'er the wrinkled htow
like annaet on the anow.
Then let the merry laugh ring out
Upon the t>almy air,
Ami lot it* gladnew put to rvut
The bold intruder—Care.
Hidden.
Down nadernoath the water.
lu the ocean'* purple gloom.
Resplendent gems are lying
lu their eternal ttymh,
far up !m*o the et avu-eloo-ls.
And < he sun's bright hurniug eye.
A Hand is over wearing
A time-long myatory.
Within my heart', still chamber.
Wh re ontytbid aaa are.
In tender incense rising
My love goe* up to thee.
Bit wave# and cloud* be! wean tt,
fbrever surge and roll,
And hide (rum thee, batovad,
The secret of my soul.
Mioxo.vrrrr.
An Emblem.
I waited for a single dower to blow.
While all about me flower* were running
wild;
OoJd-heartid tmgemw. sunnily that smiled,
And <taiMe like ftesh-uhen flake* of siiow,
And rarest violet* sweet, whole eohuuiw
Net. tied in siiady graH by the brooks.
Tba. sang, tor hoe of tbm and their sweet
looks.
Dehetous mehdie*.
Now are thcT psrieUcd, all the fragile throng.
That held'thaur eweeinea* up to me ia vain.
Only this single Ixowom doth remain,
For ti.we uutoidmg 1 have waited long.
Thinking. " How rare a hloom thrwe petals
cU*p!"
And lo! a sickly. dwsrted, and seen lbs*
IfctiDUE,
M.vk.ug ut love amt it* close nounahment,
And wiUKxiag .a my grasp.
O dream! O hope 1 O promise of long ysar* :
Art thou a dower thai 1 have nurtured *o,
Mtwing the everv-dav sweet jay. that grow
By oomci >u paihaays, moiiuued wuh my
tttJCt.
Watched through the dreary and aleepke*
Aixl about thy slander rootleta cast
My lift- like wan r. but to And at last
A bitterness and blight ?
February.
Noon—and the north-west sweeps the empty
read.
Tne ram-waahed fields from hedge to bodge
are hare:
Bent-tut the leafless lias* aotue hind's abode
Lu is Msiail and void, and no smoke meets
the air
From its poor hearth. One Suneh reuk doth
dare v
The gale, and beats above the unseen corn.
Then turns ami whirling down the wind is
burn*.
Shall it not hap tha* out some dawn of May
Thou shall awake, and, thinking of days
dead.
See nothing clear but this same dreary day.
Of all tax- davs that have passed o'er thine
head *
Shalt then not wonder, looking from thy bed.
Through green leaves on the windless east
a-fltv.
That this day, too, thine heart doth ill desire ?
Shalt thou not wonder that It lureth yet,
The useleM hope, the useless craving pain ?
That made thv face, that lonely noontide, wet
With ni re than beating >f the chilly rain *
Shah thou not hope for joy new bum again,
Since m> grief ever horn can ever die
Through changeless change of seasons passing
by* _____
HOW I CALLED HER MINE.
flowever much I may have admire*! his
daughter, even tram short acquaintance. I
did not like Mr. Edelston. Mill it Iwcame
niji duty to a>k his consent that the two
girts might go to a picnic. We knew his
prejudice*, but it was thought I, if any
body could, might overcome them. \V e
all took pity on his daughters, whom he
seemed to harass by his strick rule and in
valid's exactions, and we did what we
could to enliven their stay at Ileleshore.
I had been particularly attentive to Agnes,
tbe eldest. With my request in my
mouth and amid doubts I invaded Mr.
Ede!-.ton's sanctum. lie pushed aside
some blue-lined books, and gave roe readier
audience than I anticipated.
"So yon ' want to speak' to me, hey 7"
be said ; *• that's a phrase I can generally
interpret."
" \our daughter bas referred me to you,
to "
" Ah, I thought so," be exclaimed (for
he never allowed me to get out more than
six or seven words at a time.) " You have
come to ask my *
u Consent."
" Consent," he repeated, overwhelming,
as usual, my attempt to take up the talking
by raising bis voice —" to your marrying
Agnes." (I started.) " You sresurprised
at my anticipating you. but we city men
are not entirely devoid of sagacity," he
continued in his pompously complacent
tone. " I hope you have refrained from
extracting a definite promise from my
daughter until "
" Indeed, Mr. Eddston, I assure you I
have never once thought of—"
" Doing so. Quite right; quite right.
This is not the first application of the
kind which ! have received. Aeries bar*
personal attractions, and she will have
comijarative wealth ; hence suitors for her
hand have not been wanting "
u But, Mr. Ed "
" D allow me to proceed." he said so
snappishly, that I gave up ail idea of ex
planation. " Those suitors I have consid
ered ineligible, and have thought fit to re
ect. Now I look at you," (I sat with
idi tically parted lips, the picture of be
wilderment.) "you are very young—too
young to marry" You hate "no profession;
you do not seem to possess much business
energy." (It was rather hard to be re
fused something one never asked for. and
to be disparaged into the bargain.) "On
the other hand, your demeanor is unpre
tentious and unobjectionable. Your esti
mable aunt, whose opinion I value, gives
you a high character for steadiness. You
do not seem to 'have imbibed that expen
sive taste for bloodshed which unfortun
ately characterises your ancle. I under
stand that you are the owner of a small
landed property; and i must confess thst
I have been most agreeably impressed in
your favor by remarking the intelligent
view you take of the great political ques
tion of the day."
"Br Jove!" thought I, in utmost per
plexity, *• he's going to approve of me
and, to my extreme bewilderment, he
eventually did. Now, there was a pretty
condition of things! I hurriedly reviewed
my cxtraordiuary position, in a state of
excited mental coufision resembling that
of a volunteer colonel who has got his rear
rank in front, with his adjutant way on
leave.
Agnes Edelston f liked, excessively,
more so almost than any girl I have ever
talked to, but she was one of the sweet,
sisterlike girls to whom flirtation or " spoon
ing" seems foreign, and I had never ven
tured, or even thought of venturing, cn
anything cif the kind. She wag too frank
and unaffected to "assist" at such con
tent ptable amusements. One could not
imagine that her round thoughful eyes
would ever learn or try to "give a side
glance and look down," or her tender
curved lips simper at a compliment. But
she was sensitive and lovable; and while
His liOngwindedness, her father, prosily
discussed the question of our marriage, I
thought how delightful it would lie to call
her wife.
The idea pleased m? as much as if I my
self bad originated it. One seriously-look
ing difficulty presented itself: W hat would
Miss Edelston say to the arrangement ?
When my self-constituted father-in-law
paustd for want of polysyllables, 1 had
sufficiently mastered Hie situation to be
able to express due gratitude for bis good
opinion of me, and the honor he was be
stowing, but I told him that I had not
ventured to test his daughter's inclinations
on the subject.
•' You see," he explained, after some
further ass ciation, " this arrangement as
to my daughter's future has relieved my
mind. Hitherto, I have opposed her going
much into society, since my wife died,
having noticed that she attracts admira
tion, and fearing that some ineligible (fel
low might engage her affections, if oppor
unity.warepreseuted. • Picnics, and above
FRED. KURTZ, Editor mid Proprietor,
VOL. IV.
all. water-part ica, do give opportunities for
i —that sort of thing. Young scoundrel
i upsets Agnes into water, pick* her out
1 again, and expect* to be allow cd to keep
her for hi* trouble, t>h. 1 know," he con
tinued, tceiug me untie. " Dou't think I
read nothing but these;" and he patted
the sec*uutt-la*-Ks, to which 1 theu uf
fcivd hitn to return.
t>n reaching the drawing-room. I found
Agnes alone there; Edith had gone to the
town.
"She gave up all hope of reaching Birds
home," said Agnes of her sister, "as you
ware so long away—Why, you've suc
ceeded !* she added, with a uuick glance at
my elated lace. " Papa w ill let u go!
(Oh, I'm o glad! Edith longed for it.
How did you persuade him to trust us
with vou h
'• liitf you trust youreelf with uie P
said 1, forgetting B rds-home.
•* Th>it I will," she replied heartily—
"anywhere. I'm sure vou will take care
of as."
"Miss Kdelston," I said a tone lower,
and in a different key was going to have
the late treaty ratified*—" Mis* Edelstou,
let me take care of you always."
Another quick glance at my too easily
(teruftusl c Miutenaaee, and Agues knew
what 1 was asking.
"0 dear, dear ?' she muttered, her face
aud voice saddening—the 44 dear" was but
au exclamation, and did not apply to me
I began to be el quent. She stopped
me, not like her father, but prettily, ner
vously.
■* I like—l like you so much," she said,
almost as it seemed, mouruiug over uie;
" vtwl then "
"Then love me," 1 exclaimed, becoming
very earner-1 indeed. u I love vou " And.
by Jove! I did love her too, and felt
uuite --rateful to Mr. Edelatun feir putting
toe idea of doing so into ray head.
" And 1 thought you were not like the
others." continued the sweet girl patheti
cally. her eyes glistening, her voice trem
ulous. " I must say No; 1 must, indeed ;
and if I did not, papa would. He always
doesthis sadly.
Then ray triumphant announcement:
But he approve*—he wishes It. Now.
what do you say V
What V Agnes questioned quickly,
ami then alnvwt solemnly—" Did—papa—
*av—he—wished it f
| Yes."
" What—shnU—l—do V The same ex
pression crossed her face that I had seen
there often before.
I spoke of myself, my prospects, the
conditio;*.* imposed on me. I pleaded—
pleaded a* I never can or have an oppor
tunity of doing at th Bar. She sat silent,
her countenance hidden in her small white
hands. After a peroratiou spoiled, Ire
member, by my losing the nominative case,
1 ended simply, but, as I thought, effec
tively: "Mi*s Kdelston, may 1 call you
mine
A long jKiuse; then ahe looked up, her
face brighter—merry-bright, almost, it
seemed. " Fo may," she said. The
blue eyes, though shining through "a sea
of melting pearl which some call tears,"
-milt*! at me. and 1 was very glad. How
many thousand times have 1 said: "I'm
very glad;" yet in my life (no gloomr one
that was the only occasion ou which I
could safely made such a statement, and
have verified the same by an affidavit pro
perly sworn. " But, Mr. Ijmdore," was
added to " You may"—" but, Mr. ljxudore,
please don't let this make any difference
lietvveen us : we've been such friends, you
know."
" Difference ! Agnes, dear Agnes!" I
fervently began, advancing from the corner
of the mantelpiece, wliere, in mv nervous
i.css, I bad been playing quite a marriage
poal upon some girandoles—" my dear
Agnes "
1 Oh, don't—that is just what I meant
i —pray, don't—call me—those names !"
she implored anxiously. " Please, don't
change. 1 '
I was utterly puzzled. This was all
contrary to the experience I bad gathered
from romances studied in many vacations.
Fiction doe* in is haul one dreadfully Sure
ly I should " fold her in my arm*.' I said
to myself—" I have seen it done in score* of
volume.-." But Agnes did not seem in fhe
east to con.prebend the necessity of being
enfolded.
" Now, about tbc pic-nic," she suddenly
said, resuming the frank, friendly manner
which was to her iike a sweet-brier bor
der to a rose tree—an ornament, but yet a
protection.
So I obediently talked of the pic-nic,
avoiding all itadrtstt of tone; and sb
seemed quite grateful. To please her (it
was such pleasure to see her looked pleas
ed.) I can-fully called her " Miss EdeUton"
not Apnea) when I rose to leave, whereat
-he was evidently delighted, and shook
liands heartilv, just as some college elium
,of mine might have done, at parting. I
ran off to Insect Lodge with my new s,
"Aunt, what do you think I have
-lone 7"
" Something foolish, no doubt, dear
nephew," replied aunt confidentially.
" I've proposed to Agnes Edelston."
'■ Of course! My poor boy, why didn't
you come to tne first ? I could have told
you she would have refused you."
" Then you would have told a—"
'• What /" screamed aunt joyously, drag
ging me into tbe failing daylight, to in
spect my legible physiogoniv. h Well, I
am surprised!" was her commentary- on
what she read there.
'• Thanks," I grow led out. " You might
congratulate we, at all events."
Then she did **onirratulate me, good soul,
very heartily. Still. I could discern that
her uppermost feeling was that of wonder
ment, so I asked why she should lie sur
prised.
" Because I fancied that Agnes was too
affable and sisterly in her manner towards
you for her to be m love. But. I suppose
Aunt Mary's getting stupid in her old age,
or girls are more deeply cunning than they
were in ber time. What does the father
say F'
I informed her.
The pic-nie was a jolly one, and every
thing went merrily. On the approach "of
| Christmas-tide I went home to Notting
hamshire ; the correspondence between
, Agnes and myself waned a little, and 1 be
gan to long for my uncle's return to IICICH
| shore, that I might again quarter my
! self upon him, and be near her. But the
old colonel could not tear himself away
from the vicinity of the clubs, aud I was
driven to the expedient of writing a letter
to Apnea' father, " Ashing " for sn invita
' tion to stay with him. 1 was duly invi
ted. Mr. Edelston wrote, moreover, that
.he " rather wanted to speak to inc." I
did not quite like the anticipation of being
1 " spoken to," and set ofF for Helshore with
a dim foreboding that my father-in-law-in -
future had confiscated one of my letters to
1 bis daughter, and was going to blow me up
about its martial tone, for Mr. E. always
disliked the military. He was very civil,
(for him,) but there was a certain reserve
and embarrassment in his greeting. A vis
itor was there, too, when I entered, a very
pale invalid, who might have been good
looking bad he not been looking so ill. The
young fellow seemed rather worse than the
old one; and 1 therefore came to the un
charitable conclusion that the sick father
cultivated his acquaintance for the purpose
of gloating over his weaker condition. It
was evident, however, after a little gener
al conversation, I could see that Mr. Edel
ston was leading up to my anticipated
rating, altogether regardless of the pres
ence of a third person.
"You would learn from my note," he
| began, " that I had something to say to
you. I regret it should be of an unpleas
ant nature—l fear—hum, I must, that is—
confess that a—a—a—" Odd! TWs usu
| affluent rebuker was stammering and
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
hesitating in a remarkable way. After an
iutprot i*rd coughing-fit ami a preliuimar)
tidgcftiiig round the room, he commenced
again. "One cannot, of wunc, owtuok,
that in a—a—" Ami thru he had an-
other singula.'l) bad attack of wordless
iii-o. At this point the visitor, with an
ctl'ort. ruse from hi* chair. I thought that
he vva* abtntt to relieve the euilanawuciit
of the would-be spexker by taking hi* de
parture, hut, on the contrary, he made a
stride, half a hop and half a hobble, up to
hint, and laving his hand familiarly on his
shoulder, exclaimed in a genial good tone.
M My dear, good sir, you're incoherent to
day ; suppose you evacuate tue citadel, and
hare uu to do the talking, as 1 know
what vou want to say." Then, much to
iu) astonishment, I saw the awe-iuspiring
Mr Kdelston quietly pushed unresisting
out of his own room "Am Ito be lec
tured by tie put) f" I sulkily a-ked my
self, as 1 sat down in obetiienee to a wave of
the cool lei low's emaciate! hat d. " The
old gentleman's rather disconcerted," he
said, resuming his own chair opposite me:
"the fact is, theiv has been something
worse than a misunderstanding; and as
vou are the sufferer, and 1 am unconscious
ly the cause of it, the |win of explaining
ought to fall upon me.'' He spoke in an
irresistibly pleasant fashion, and 1 '• could
not choose hut hear." " You are 1 believe,
under the impression that Mi Kdelston i
engaged to you f
Under the un press iou ! Jove! that
was too much. " I • engaged to Mm
Edilston." 1 hotly iu'Trupted, "and
should like to know what light you—"
" Ah! I nuwt Iwgin at the beginning, I
sex," he ssid ; "but don't bo angry yet
voucan throw itK* out of the window when
IV finished my storv, you know. Shall
I M*rr with myself ? Well. 1 m now sup
pwed to command a company of the tti
root—if there's a whole company of the
poor fellows left. Sue time ago, when
only a sub., 1 had the sense to fall in love
with Miss KdeUton; a great many other
men were equally wise, llut she was weak
enough to rare about tne; the other men
had not my luck; nevertheless, several of
thorn propose*! to her. I did not. for her
father discountenanced me altogether 1
was hopelessly ineligible, being poor and a
soldier ; be hated poverty and military men.
One week I called upon her rather too often,
anil on the last ocxasiou found that a
parental edict had been issued by which 1
\r. s banished. However. Aguea considered
herself engaged to me. I knew she did,
ami tny only bar was that she might be
forced into some marriage by her father, of
whom she is rather too afraid. Then tin
regiment was sent to the Crimea*, on the
breaking out of the war. It was much cut
up at the Alma, and, by great luck. **> was
I,for a well-meant twelve-pounder t>ok off
one set of toes, while a good-tutured oppo
nent sliced my left arm; and when I was
down among tbe grapes, an expiring Ru—
sian spent his last moment* in thoughtfullv
plodding me with his bayonet. Then I
had a tine fever for a few months, and
they sent my remains home. Well, in the
meanwhile. Ague* Ab ! here she •." he
exclaimed, as that culprit timidity re-en
tered the room. "Come here, and excuse
yourself," he said to her, " for 1 don't know
"what ran be said to you. I'm sure- you
double dealing darling !" wa* addexl in a
murmur, as she stole up to him, ami, pre
tending to arrange the head cushion <>f hi*
armchair, took up a position behind it.
"Shall you be very, very angry F'she
asked me from her fortification. "Captain
Firmin saya I have done wrong—and he
thinks I have."
•• 1 do," said the invalid in a serious tone,
that made Agues' sound aobbingly as she
liegan in her most nervous manner. "Must
1 tell you how it was I Please promise to
forgive me. 1 was in such despair— for
people kept going to papa al>out me, al
though I'm sure ! always tried to be rude
to them. I knew be would decide upon
somebody some day. But 1 was so fright
ened when you pro— posed to roe, ami Mid
i*pa wished me to mar—marry vhi, Mr.
-andorv,—that is. I mean 1 lilted you
extremely, you are so"—numerous eulogis
tic adjectives here uttered in most winsome
way. *• But you know ] had solemnly
Cnuised mvself—l mean, had prum.sed
wrence Firmin—l mean had promised
him to Mfie//," the girl was in a pitiful
.state of confusion, but I was not going to
case her explanation for her— guessing the
black worst that was reaching me. " and
then I fancied you didn't care for me r try
particularly ; and I thought that if I pre
tended to lie engaged to you, nobody else
could marry me until—that Is—l "could
wait until—something might torn" ("I'p,"
I suggested, with gloomy resignation to my
now certain fate,) " no; turn papa's hart
to I-aw—Law" (" H'ar, you must mean,"l
bitterly muttered,) "l-awrence. Well,
pap* wiui so ill after you left us, and I had
to read the Time* to him. Gradually 1
gave hun bits ot Russell's letters ; he grew
to like them. The story of the Alma
Suite stirred his feelings, and did him good,
ust as he got better. Law—Captain Fir
min returned from the east, and, by happy
chance, came down here, for his family live
in this county. He was the first of the
wounded that arrived at llelenborc; so all
the town met him at the station, and, had
arches and addresses, and cheered him as
he was carried out of the train. Papa was
quite as enthusiastic as the crowd, and
went up to welcome him ; and asked him to
come to us, and, of course, likes him im
mensely. now he knows him well, lie i*
gaining strength fast, and stan Is well at
headquarters, and is to be a major directly.
So ice explained the whole matter to impa;
and it's all right." Agnes in her exultant
finale had utterly forgotten ray claims.
" But you promised to uiarrv mr," 1
expostulated feebly."
"Never!" she answered with a covert
smile. '• Vou onlv asked if you might 'call
tne your*' and I said that you might—
because, of course, I could not prevent your
calling me whatever you liked."
With this miserable quibble was I dis
carded! Yet, would any one believe it!
I am of such a mean-spirited nature, ami
have so littl? self-resjiect, that I go con
stantly to dine with Lieutenant-Colonel
and Mr*. Firmin, and have even hacotnc
surety for the good behavior of a certain
infant belonging to them.
A Terrible Mistake.
In Lee County, lowa, a man named
Rafcr had a large and ferocious dog,
which some yotin/j nam of the neighbor
liood determined to kilL He accordingly
entered the premise* and shot the dog,
which was chained close to the door <>f
the house. Mr. Refer, hearing the re
port of the pistol, so near at hand,
naturally concluded that burglars were
about the building, nnd that the pistol
had gone off accidentally, as one of them
was making his entrance. He arose,
seized an axe, and quietly began to
examine about the premises'in the dark.
Pretty soon he found himself near some
body, and struck the intruder with all
his force. A terrible scream followed,
and he discovered that he luul struck the
axe in the face and shoulder of his wife,
whom he had left in bed, but who hail
got up fo look out of the window to see
if she could catch any glimpse of the
burglars. The probabilities are tliat the
injury will prove fatal.
THE compositors' eases in the mission
priuting house iu China have each over
six thousand compartments for the re
ception of the numerous letters of Iho
Chinese alphabet. The cases are built
in the form of an amphitheatre, and the
compositor stands in the middle. Every
letter he seta, he selects from the six
thousand.
Gov. Geary has signed the bill in
corporating a Steamship Company be-
WWlfa Philadelphia and Liverpool.
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1871.
Son ml the Alarm.
The Han Francisco BuUttin of Juiiu
arv ikl any* : '• a dashing
young man, recently r•anient here,
tla wvupial a high incul pusiliiHi for
one of his years, and apparently enjoyed
the ouufidi'Uc.' of a large circle of m'-
t(uaiulunce. He wtw not iu uity aouse
n aif. Hia lioutc, abotiuduig iu politic
womanly iutlucnce, intelligence and re
finement, could hardly 1> otherwise
than pleasant. Of relalivea and friemU
he hail a snflieietiey. The youug uiati
held the position o{ sajesiniut lit u whole
sale stationery house, and received rtaa
ouahle compensation for hia sei-vice.
Hi* expo IMP* were not, neei*ari!y,
greater than those of his eott>|muiona.
He had no person other than himself to
support. His earnings, under ordinary
circumstance*, should have uilli**l to
(mv hia exiienssw ; even more, a moder
ate latuk account might have IKH-II OJH U
esl. The salesman had long laa-u in the
stationery firm, and was esteemed and
reapet-ted hy the jwritten.. His character
for honesty ami industry was above sus
picion. But the serpent of Han Francts
eo, fashion, won him over to her side;
he entered the ranks aud became one of
fashiou's legion. The jNtrtieiihur station
to which he was assigned has not tnuis
piivd. Whether he dis|aM-d of money
;it the gaming table, in tba haunts of
falleu woineu, or at the SUH-U uiaik't,
we are iu>t prrfsaresl to stat If he did
di*|>ose funds in either of the modes
deacribad, he simply followesl the ex
ample act by uiejtof wealth ami infltieuee
:iu the couuuunity. If he sjwnt hi*
earnings tijam fast teams, ami daahed
along the Cliff road House Habliath after
Sabbath, his cat** is not without preced
ent. We do not know that the young
man indulged in any of the Stylish
pastime*' enumerated above, though
damagiug rumom are afloat; and al
lowing that fqiorts are true, precedents
are not admissible excuse for criminal
action. Hut it is true that the young
man has diwijipeari-d. The hanuts
which knew him once know hiiu no
more. He has betrayed the confidence
of friends and employers to the tune of
several thousand* dollar*. There arc uo
mitigating circumstances in the ease.
He has deceived jtartics for whom he
claitm-dto have the greatest friendship.
The jMH-ulations at his plmv of businea*.
I constitute a mere moiety of the whole
amount supposed to have t*s-n un .-t<sl
iu fashionable amusement* Hi* friends
find themselves out of pocket iu sum*
ranging from 850 to &ToU. No crimi
nal action trill be brought against the
unfortunate fellow. The victimized
jartieis have hojH-.s that he will yet come
buck, and in MWl>< manner explain hi*
conduct.
It is high time the alarm was sounded
in this community. The city t* drifting
toward* a vortex of crime ; and jsuiie*
who should aid iu shaping her course
proieily are away from their station*.
Curtail the fashionable vice*, and confi
dence transactions, of the nature allud
ed to in this article, w til decrease."
The Approach t Jerusalem.
The approach to Jerusalem from tlx*
East in not very impn-aive ; for the
mountain* shut out the view of the city
until almost at it* very gate*; an! the
emotion* la-fitting the first view of the
Holy City are somewhat deadened bv
neoxatiotu of fatigue, and a desire to find
a resting-place within it* wall-. The
Russian monastery i* tin- most prominent
object in the view from the eastern ride
of the city. There are five gat*-* leading
into Jerusalem, of which the mori ini
jio rial it are the Damascus gate on the
north, ami tlmt of Jaffa nil the cad. En
tering by either of these, you find the
-treets very narrow and stouv, crowded
with camel* and mules, and quit*-1* rri
fring to the uninitiated. Here are con
gregated all the different nationalitii-w of
the world ; and crowd* of pilgrim*. Rus
sian*, Austrian*. Turks, POMS, Armen
ians, Ac., constantly coming and going,
make this city of cight.en thousand in
habitants seem much larger. Jerusalem
is built on four hills, the most famous
ones being Mt. Muriah and ML Zion, on
which the greater jxirt of the city stand*.
These two bids are separated from each
other by a valley culbri the Tyropa-an,
formerly quite deep, but now tilled up
with rfrtrtr.
The ancient Jernaalem i* supposed to
lie buried thirty or forty feet beneath
the present eity. Interesting excavation*
have been begun ; but the Pasha dare
not favor tliera, and often ntojs tin
work. A walk around the wall* of the
eity give* a very good idea of its position.
The wall* only date back to tin- sixteenth
century, and are quite perfect, but very
in egufarly built, und of different heights.
The Valley of Jehosophat lies between
the Mount of Olives and Jerusalem on
the east. This is the Jewish burring
ground, ifi which it is the anient desire
of every Jew to be interred. Among the
mo*t striking tombs an- those of Alt*v
lom, Ht. Jame*. and Zachana*. In this
valley also is the Garden of Gcthscmanc.
One is somewhat shocked to find tliut
the Greeks and Latin* quarrel over this
sacred simt. ami have ench a different
location for it. The Litin garden is very
( small, ami enclosed by a green and white
I |taliug, v-ry ofteiisive, to aay the least,
to one's idea* of good taste. Inside are
showu several venerable olive-tree* ; ami
against one of these Christ ia said to have
leaned in his agony, while his disciples
slept The walks are bordered with
flower-beds, to supply strangers and pil
grims with mementoes. The view of
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olive* is
acknowledged to 1H- one of the finest ;
and it is only iu looking down upon the
city from this point, that it* size and ex
tent are fully realized.— Oldand jVeir,
THE ANNUAL HEI-OKT of tlm New York
Post office for IH7O shows some curious
facts. The whole number of letters sent
to foreign countries was 6,164,435, u|>on
which the postage amounted to 550W,543-
O<W. The preponderance of these over
the number received is striking. Of the
latter there wen- only 5,715,714 ; postage,
$522,788,006. In both lists Gnat Brit
ain, of c urse, comes first. Then the
North German Union, then Switzerland,
then France and Belgium. Allowing a
quarter of an ounce to each letter, about
ninety-three tons of foreign mail matter
have been received ami distributed at
the New York office. The increase du
ring the yenr iu foreign mail luis been
nearly seventy-five percent. The most
marked increase is the Italian mail, by
reason of arrangements imuln with the
British Post office, whereby the letters
for India, China ami Japan are sent di
rect to Brindisi. The growth of the
business is surprising and gratifying; but
it is not so gratifying to reflect that the
profits from its transection all go to
the marine of rival power.
Mn. GREKLBT having suggested that
charging a borrowing neighbor with the
full price of a borrowed tool might have
a tendency to bring it baok sooner than
is now common, Mr. Meohan, in For
ney's Press, expresses his surprise that
Mr. Greeley should not have known that
borrowing people like nothing lx-tter
thau to have things "charged." Ho
thinks it might do to have small cash
deposits at the time of borrowing, but
thinks that if the charging plan were
adopted, there would lie fewer chances
for crediting on the other side.
THE Grind Chapter of Freemasons,
in session at Albany N. Y., elected B.
G. Williams, of New York, Grand High
Priest, together with a full stn|i' of
officers.
The Sew l ulled Slates Loan.
The Secretary of the Treaannr giiea
UotiiHi that books will lie opemsf ou the
tllh day of March in thia country and in
Kurojie for sulaicriptiouN to the nutiotial
loan under the act approved July 14,
IM7O, eutitlcsl, •• An act to authorize the
refunding of the national debt," alld
under tin* act in amendment thereof,
approved Junuary 'JO, 1871. The plaoca
at which ut<acriiitioiiK may TU* made and
the mutitvi of the autliorizesl agent* of
the government will IMI announced here
after. The pru|K>*ed loan eoiuiiria
three elaaaca of botula, uamrlv : r'imt,
bonds to the amount of 85OU,W*,0U0,
payable in com, at the pleasure of the
l'iiit<Hl htat-s, ufU*r ten year* from the
date of their issue, aud Inuring intercut,
INiyabh- quarterly iu coin, at th- rate of
5 jM-r cent. (H-r aiiiitiiu. Hecotid, bonds
to the amount of 8900.000.000, jiayablc
in ooiu, at the pleasure of the United
State* after tiften yearn from the date
of their issue, and bearing interest pay
able quarterly iu coin, at the rate of 4
jM-r cent, jn-r anuuin. Third, bonds to
the amount of 87U>,UOO,UOO, jiayalile in
ts'iu, at the pleasure of the United State#
after thirty years from the date of their
issue, aud bearing interest, payable iu
coin, at the rete of four per omit. ja*r
annum. Sulscril>-r to the loan will
liave preference in llie fallowing order,
namely : first, subscriber* for equal
amounts uf each class of Iwinda , sccotnl,
SUlMlCl titers for equal amount* of liouds
l>eanug interest at Uie rate of 4j jwr
cent., and of bonds bearing lub resl ul
the rate of 5 jwr ceut ; third, nubacrilier*
for five per ivnt. U<mb When a sub
scription is mailt-, the subscriber w ill be
required to deposit two per cent, of tin#
amount Uiercof, to la- accounted for by
the Government when the l>ou<hi are de
livercd, and jiavmciit may be uunle
either in coin yr tu Umds o( Uie I'mUil
Stat**, lutown a* five-twenty Ismds, at
their jar value. The coin received in
iwymeut will be applied to the rederno
tion of five-twenty lunula The IMIIIUS
will lw registeivil or issued wiUi coujams,
as may be desired by the sulisrribera.
Registered Imnds will lie issne.l of the
dciiomiuattou* of 850, SIOO. 85u081,0u0,
85,000, and 810,000. aud coupon bonds
of each driiomiuntion except the lat
two. The interest will lie pavable in thfc
United State*, at the office of the Tress
ur-r. or any .YsnaUmt-Tnnsurer or des
ignated dejaMutory of the Government.
The tmud* of Uie several classes afote-
Kaid and Uie interest thereon are exempt
from Uie {sirment of all taxes or d ies of
the United States as w ell as from taxation
in any fo*m by or under Stats-, mmiictpal,
or local authority. After maturity the
bonds last issued will be first redeemed
by chutes and nutuliera, and may tie
designatsal by the Seeretaiy of the
Trea*urv.
Mr*, teenersl balne*.
lien* i a ph-asaiit sketch of the cele
brated Mr*. Mvm (i.unre, wnltcii fnun
New Orleaio to a Western jmjwr ;
Since we iwinc to New Orleans, on
into the (lorlor orne evening I saw
u group of ladies and gentlemen, an the
midst of which was a u.JI woman with
*lmrp-eut featunwi. holding the attention
of those alsMit her in ajmgtitiy and am
mated oouterMtiott. Sh wu a n-mark
aide woman. " Who is that little woman
talking there f" " Don't yon knw her ?
That i* Mrs. G sines." She was talking
a)-out her Celebrated claim, one *mg of
which, involving property in this city to
the amount of eGU,QOO,(IUU, had been de
oided against her. She said. "1 have
been called npon to-day hy unmeruua
fnenda who demre to express their *ym-
Iwthy ; hut, dear me, I don't want any
sympathy." And then abe broke out in
a clear, ringing laugh : " Why, I have
liecn lighting for thirty-four years tor
my lights; almnt a hundred lawyrts
have been employed against me; of
these, seven have committed suicide, and
several others drank themselves to deatli.
My Heavenly Father lias *par<-d me. and
kept me in good health, and here 1 am,
at 64, as joyful as when in my 'teens."
And then she broke out again into that
iudcM-ril>ah!e laugh, hearty ami joyful.
Then abe went into a discussion of
courts, commissioners, reports of com
mittees of Congress, Ac., Ac. She epi
tomised the whole ease with an eloquent
vivacity, a terseness and comimetuews of
argument that would win renown for
any lawyer in tlie laud. She confesses
to td years of age, though *be does nit
look above 45 ; says she expects to live
to l>e 120. She goes about the street
much on foot, walking with a quick,
clastic step ; dresses in good taste ; evi
dently enjoying life as she finds it. and
from long association rendered happy
by the year* of litigation that would have
proved the death of most any other wo
man in America. i
The hind Conductor.
It is a pleasure to MV something to the
credit of an individual who In-long* to
that mucli-abuaed class of our coinuuin
itv, horse-ear conductor*, whom }>coplc
like to believe dishonest On the morn
ing of the Fourth, a little gill riding to
Boston tendered to a conductor, for fare,
a dingv-looking scrip, of the denomina
tion of twenty-five emits. He took it,
looks*] st it, said. " Counterfeit!" and
returned it to her.
Evidently judging hy her
that it was all she had, he added, " Nev
er mind ; let it go till next time."
But the girl was mortified by Uie cir
cunistanee, and, her eves brimming with
tear*, she turned her face away. A ladv
standing near remarked, *' ller Fourth
of July ia sisiihsL"
The conductor heard her, and, hesita
ting hut a moment, said to the girl,
"I/et's see that money again."
She handed it to aim, and then he
took from his pocket the brightest, new
est twenty-five cent scrip he could find,
and gave it to her in exchange. When
he saw her countenance expressing the
thanks she could not utter, we have no
doubt that he felt amply rewarded, and
we will wager quite nn amount that his
wearisome lalxirs that day were very
much lightened by bis little act of kind
ness.
THE HILL NOW lieforc Congress giving
to every soldier and sailor who served in
the army or nnvy during the late rebel
lion, and who was honorably discharged,
IfiO acres of land, provided he shall ac
tually settle on the same, does not meet
with* the npproviil of the soldiers in the
Eastern States. At a recent meeting of
the Association of War Veterans of the
Fourteenth New York Uegiment resolu
tions were adopted declaring that the
proviso requiring actual settlement upon
the land will make the act of no value to
a majority of the soldier* and sailors of
the Eastern ami .Middle States, inasmuch
as they have not the means to pay the
cost of transportation to points so dis
tant, much less to erect a shanty and
provide themselves with agricultural im
plimcnts und stock. They therefore re
quest the Representatives in Congress to
offer an amendment to the bill giving
title to the land without actual settle
ment thereon, and the right to dispose
of the same for a money consideration.
They invite all associations of soldiers
and sailors throughout the country to
unite with them m this petition. The
Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Association
has unanimously endorsed the resolu
tion.
THE Chicago Times, in.cbrouielmg the
fact that a man .there married to get out
of jail, remarks that "some chaps have
a queer idea of liberty."
A lllg Jewel Rubber}.
It really would swm as though London
* jewellers are ve.y foolish jieople from
the ways in which thieves often get Uie
better of Uicui: A cane iu |MUUC wriu#
j our laitiduu corrosjamdent, -curred a
few tlavs ago. A w<-U-drcaw-d man t-n
--terad the t-s(ablisliuu-ut of Meaars. laui
•loii A Hvdcr, who have a n-markaldy
pretty shop in Bond street, where the
| great jewellers mostly do and
slated that he hud lately eoiue into a
gootl deal of inouoy, ami RKmestod that
jg ods, which he selected to the amount
j of B:io,O00, might he sent to a house he
named iu a very res|*e-labla stm-t, for
his wife to select front. Aeeonlingly a
clerk waa sent with the artieh#, and on
reaching the house W as nsketl to wit down
at a table, "Mr. Tyrrell," who hail or
dered the goods, and tile lady being at
the other side.
The jeweller pulled out of hi* bag
valuables to Uc amount of some 810,(1(16,
and pal ttiein on the table for the cus
tomers to examine, hut left his bag with
the rest under the table witti lit* foot
upon it. DttnenUy the lady now, hut
Uie jeweller took no notice of her move
ments until he found a handkerchief
stuffed with chloroform applied to hia
face. He was then placed in an almost
unconscious state on a sofa, with his
arm* ties! Whiml and threatened with
death if he moved. At length he got hi*
hands free, otitaiued a policeman, and
with him searched the hoose only to find
it perfectly disserted.
At eight o'clock in Uie evening the
servant returned, who stated that ahe
hail been engaged Un* previous evening,
and had on the day of the robbery been
sent off Ui a distant part of Ixiudon with
a note addressed to a lady, whom sh<-
had in vam apeiit hour* in endeavoring
lo find. It aulwequenUy transpired that
' " Mr. Tyrrell" lnal preriinulv viaiUsl
another eminent jeweller ami ordered
goods to a large amount In this a*c.
however, what would appear to most
jwojile a* an ordinary diacretion. had
tjceu diaplayed, ami tw> men. one strong
aud stalwart, aceoiupanieit the valuable*
Cousetpu-ntlv Mr. Tyrrell a}jpeared and
statiil that Mrs Terrtll waa not at home.
In their haste to get away the sharfiers
forgot the liag with the greater portion
of the jewelry which the jeweller hail
placed under the table. The robbery ia
the neatest thing in thefts which lias oc
curred in Loudon for aorne tune.
lierrwrs af the Texas Frwwtier.
We know uoUiing iu the rectml* of In
dian lwrhorU* (aav* the Galveston Vr
i/ioa) aitn-e the aetth-ment of America,
exees-vling some of recent occurrence on
Uie Texas fnuiticr. Hie following are
some further detail* of the recent inuaaa
ere of a family in Wise county :
Iu the night the Indians entered the
bouse Mrs Paachal sprang from the
laxl where they were all deeping, fell on
her knee# and commenced praying,
"Good liulians. snare me my children. '
They abut her in the mouth, and killed
her "with knivea, shooting the bed full
of arrows, the children twisting and
writhing in their Mood, taking some of
them ami dashing their brains ont against
Uie wall, window, and door facings;
killed wiUi their kniv< aud elulia, as
thought, all the children. They then
shot three arrows deep into the breast of
Mrs. Kcenan, dragged her on the door
abutter they liad cat down, cat arotfnd
the cslge of her hair, and tore vtt her
atvalp ' She was cognizant of all that
passed, aud lay in Uiat state with the
deml and d,<ing all scattered around ber.
One of the children had it* bowel*
cut out and ita arm wilh the ahoulder
aeveml front the laxly, with a knife, and
the 'xxly dashed ont into the yard. One
of Uie women slipjxx! an infant between
the tails, aud another nnsdl one was so
e;rehil a* to lie very qui.-t next to tlw
infant. There were the only two that
ereaped unhurt. One of the little lairs,
aliotit eight years >IL after lading severe
ly wounded, jumped out of the window
iu the midst of the tumult aud hid, and
after Uie Indians left he carried water
. from a lake, about two hundml yard*
distant, and gave to the wounded all
uiglit,
Mr*. Keeaut tried to pull the arrows
from her breast, and twisted on- off. She
could not move her baby, anil kejit her
place on the dour slintter all night with
out covering. Hlie live! twelve day*.
The suffering ahe endured cannot be ex
prr#sed. Tlie child that carried the wa
ter could be trailed Uie next day by thi
blood, was found holding a little infant
near the emlier* next morning, and w
crying, saying the Indians had killed
mil tuid little Willie. The same evening
the little girl who was nureiug died.
Ravage* by Wild Beasts In India.
The Government of Bengal litu sent to
the Government of India • report f the
war in the province n gainst ud animala
and snakes ; and the Mwlrw QinwrnilHUt
liaa a like rejmrt on alligators—a ruau
; eating one i* now at large, to the great
terror of the people, in one district,
winch ha* lost by alligators a man. thir
teen head of cattle, and fourteen buffa
loes during the par. The Government
Ea ten rupees, nearly one jvound Eng
. for every alligator alaive eight toot
and a half long killed on the coast of
Malabar. The Bengal Government has
much greater trouble, lu the Burdwan
dial riot above thirty thousand rupeea
were paid in a abort time for the destruc
tion of poisonous *uaks, though only
two annus (3d.) were paid for each. In
Behar the wolves are the princi)uil jwat,
and the Government haa to tight against
a jiopular lielief that any village where a
wolf s blood is apilt will have ill-luck.
Not only, therefore, do the people not
enrol themselves ou the aide of the
Oovcruinout against the wolves, but they
actually take tlo< side of the wolves
against the Government, and this in
apite of a dreadful loss of litiuian life
from wolfish depredations- At Chung
Hhuknr severs] bonis of wild elephants
have been devastating the country for
two rears, while authorities have been
differing as to whose business it is to at
tack them. Some action, however, is at
last to lie taken. And so with tigers,
which have lieen allowed to multiply
upon the people, till it is now very diffi
cult to cheek them.
IN ADDITION to the annexation to the i
Dominion of British Columbia and Van
couver's Island, now determined upon,
there are whispers of a scheme by which
tlie British West India Islands are to le
also brought within the Confederation.
For some timo past the people of those
islands have been agitating for a union
among themselves, and the idea has de-
Telopcd into the larger one of the union !
with Canada. So far very little lias I wen
slid about the matter in Canada, or In
Uio West Indies either, but the idea has i
been set afloat; and to those who are i
accustomed to study tho signs of the '
times, it will not be a matter of much j
surprise if, before many months have
elapsed, Uie British West India Islands
will be seeking for admission into the j
Canadian Confederation.
Dr. Galentine, who WHS recently con
victed, in Cleveland. Ohio, of man
daughter, for killing Dr. Jones, for the
alleged seduction of G (dentine's wife,
was senteuoed to imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for ten years, the full pen
alty of thut crime.
Several Chicago "clergymen have organ
ized a raid on dancing as a " carnival
joy."
" Broke."
The t iuctuuoti Enqmbxr tell* tiu* wo
doubt too O'uuuou tale :
" Much has bot> Mid HI id written cil
that terrible jHwuiofj, which. when tMv
it him coiled itiw-lf ul KM it the h-r< of
uuiii. uwiv misery tiuui ail oth.-r
I'viJu .<.mbm.il. ahu b ouoe tukrti < in
at Idom taken off, aud which ttrw leaves
tb- aoul uutil it has blacken**! it and
warni it uutil the luoth of but* would
find it*, if strengthened ui the Jiangs of
nturvatioii, should it attorn lit to bait#*,
a*Mi it. This byway of a starter.
MIV i a aad and plaintive alorjr, which
*f have from the- tip* of a prufea
aioual gambler:
"A tow uu.ritmK" ago. our informant, j
who turn gonad upon tin- dark side of lift*,
uutil a rttiubow, set iu iwautv tu the *ky,
would have DO wore merit' in Ida eye*
tiuui tin- toed box of a Couestoga wagon.
If ft hi* gambling bouaf and w-nt home.
Tb® auow wua jowly eddying down, nil
iug tlif uneven strc-t, and *j man ling a
a hit# mantle of charity over tin- naked
lictairuuttoa of tin- town. A tow MJUOIW*
from hi* rwtalilinhweiit, and in the neigh -
Inriiuuii of another ' gilded pahwv,* ua-,
ered to the mraagea of King Faro, he
aaw a well-known frequenter of faro
hank*, stainling under a flicker)njr gam
lamp. He held in bia hand a printed
, ' fall,' attt-h aa am fail men are <ut to t
caird the order of a faro deal, and the
wr.-tched luim was acanuing it with a de
votion of a > hurt hmiUi at hu rosary. He
had lieen engaged in that occupation fair
aotue time, for the ano.r bad drifted tbiuit
lua feet, and waa fan obbteruting bia
boot*. He waa studying the laat play in
the fade light of the lamp, and, ohivef
mg with cold and chill with the dead cur
rent* of excitement within bun. he mut
tered in anguish to himself " One hour
ago I could bare xlfjrt in the beat la-d in
the Burnett House —now no one know*
where I'll deep J Wbv didn't I play to
break even uu the laat deal ? bead
Imib-, dead broke."
" bead broke, your Mgjusty. lhaul
broke, my member* of Council and
Hoard of Aldcrwt-n. Dead broke, right
reverends ami wrong reverend* of every
order. Dead broke, man bom with
heavenly (-ompaatioti in your hearta
And breaking dwd thua around us every
day."
A Herman
A eorresjMindent of tiie /faiff MM Ma
itttr Miva: Paris lia* lawn vert much
BA ton taiied to learn that one ui it* pet
heroes, Sergtwot Huff, was in reality a
Bavarian lieutenant who w*jdavuig the
part of a py For a long time Hon waa
the object of universal admiration. Gen
eral Troebu conferred the Legion of
Honor upa Kim for having shun over
thirty lVuwdaioc tieneral hehuuUgwre
buu 'an official bulletin, and he wwe in
ten icwed by journalist*. Huff gv Mrally
used to go out alone at (tight, and bring
hack helmet* and mud. tc in proof <5
the amount of burines* be had per
formed. In looking ladi at some note*,
I find tliat when that wily gvutlemaa
went out with a jauty he geuen% ad
vanced alone, and the Prua-iaa post H
soon hoard t-amperutg oft. On tin- 'id
of December Huff, .much to the grief of
his comrade*. disappeared, and the Gov
ernment was greatiy blamed for having
allowed Mich a valuable man to go into
action like a common mortal
In wsttr quarter* it waa considered
that Hoffahotild have replaced Troebu.
When it was supposed that he had fallen,
a suhscnptioß was rawed fur his dixcon
aolated " widow," which was carried to
that holy with the greatest nwjwrt by
four ofllcer* (reminding one of Monsieur
Mai brook'* funeral*. To the aatoaiab
menf of th* military deputation, the first
exclamation of the" Issreavvd one on see
ing men in uniform enter her apartment
was. " I didn't know lie wwa a IVussiaa
till the other day." Tableau! Paris
can't help laughing at having lieen out
witted, shrugs its shoulders, aud says,
" Bommes-nou# betes*" According to
the Frsne-tircira Hoff ha* siwee liven
caught ami executed. I must say that I
hope Hoff will live long enough to writ#
his adventures and revisit his discoaso
luted Delilah.
AKABHOW EMCAFS. —Mr. Walter Lyou
who was on the ill-fated Hudson Km-r
train, (ought hia Wrth No. 10 in a Buf
falo sleeping cor. By accident anotlier
gentleman got this berth. and he got
No. BID the next car behind. He wa*
si woke at the time of the collision, and
was thrown forward in hi* berth. He
saw the people rushing from the cur. He
thought they were foolish, aa he believed
the car hail only gone off the track
mid as it was fearfully cold, he deter
mined not to stir until they got on
again. The next thing he aaw was the
.♦heck string of the ear on fire and drop
ping to the floor in cinder*. He then
3 used they had run the ear off the
into a wood oa tire. Even then
|he did not stir until some one shouted :
S rt Quick, the c* is on fire ? " At the
same time thick voluntas of black amalu
rushed through the far end of the car
from him. lie jimijied up in his *hirt
I and jwuitoloons. vented a coat and one
| shoe, nnd ruslie| from the car. <hi hi*
' wsv he managed to pick up another shoe
and drvnoed himself on the track out
*idc. His other clothes aud luggage
were destroyed. Not a moment, he says
could have elajised between the Colliion
and the bursting out of the flamw. The
gentleman who occupied the lvrth he
had liought, and for which he hs<l dtown
the poller a ticket which he callli hi*
denth warrant, wa* burned to death.
It Ids Without Money.
Many a man is rich without mouev.
Thousands of men with nothing in the
jKicket, and thousand* with not even
jsicket, are rich. A man born with a
good, sound constitution, n g>od stom
ach. a good heart, end giKsl limbs, and
a pretty good hood-piece, it rich. Good
Hones nre bettor than gold i tough tuaa
oios than silver, ami nerve* that
fire and carry euergy to every function,
arc Ix ttcr than houses or land*.
It is In-ttcr than lan did estate to havy
had the right kind of father aud mother.
Gixsl breeds and ivsd breeds exist
among men sa really s among herds and
horses. Education may do much to
chock evil tcudcncim. or to develop good
IIUID ; but it ia a great thing to iuhorit
the right jiroportiou of faculties to start
with.
The man is rich who lias a good dispo
sition—who is naturally kind, patient,
cheerful, hojieful; nnd who lias a flavor
of wit and fun in his disposition. Tho
hardest tliiug to get nloug with in this
life, is a man's own self. A cross, sol
fish fellow, a desjxiuduig and complain
ing fellow—a timid, care burdened man
—these are all born deformed on the in
side. Their feet may not limp, but their
thoughts do.
WHILE ONE OF THE closing scenes of the
opera of "The Hugueroui" was being
enacted at the Boston Theatre the other
night, and while the mournful trio in
which Valentin, Rooul and Marcel take
port was being sung, a cat appeared and
ran across the front of the stage. J'his
so frightened a lady in one cxf the private
boxes that she dropped her opera glass
out upon the back of one of the mam*
ben of the orchestra, who was hi turn
equally astonished and confused, but
happily not injured. The unlooked for
incident turned the scene on the stage
to anything except what Meyerbeer in
tended, and the audience laughed hearti
ly, the wounded and dying Marcel join
ing in the demonstration. Poor Grimal
kin disappeared somewhere in the or
chestra.
it v i tt | vii'l .tee ##•' I tl I--#
TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
YA Q
u o.
' Aw artlr le ill /SrriteerV
• tt <*ihnr telegrams and Httmn Fori
f twria br to American tegnai temc*. '
'ffruta to|*w.uf l*roi*m* T B. Matuy.
[ commands to creation of to. ftwtero
' i aumiKgroditeremc for obtaining weather
Ifoftpllll* WMI despatching utomi nRi
'' toga, a* making a tew * in Americas
ft* Admiral Fifawy'a eyrtem
which we have prerkwfey ffton ■ **
. oouiit uf—has Man far a— bare In
.opemtiou through Out British iww
idbutda, tl- advantages at which am in*
dixputsbk*. Fruf, MauCf M9EP IB* United
KUIM was to jirat of tl in growl nationa
ti, had to wsv fa toti—to
I irI oliarerewMß from alt parts f to
i-attlk. A jwurtial wrafeMß of trinamiiting
-along nnr lakaa t-lesaeofol otromotiou*
: tow ton practised fur soma (ISM, but tin
Ikiitab (tovmiaeiit was (be first to M7
it out .Yi4**tzuiUcnUy, nod tins fern* baa
fully torn** out all that waa exported.
Fraiiee Holland, Austria, Wwed**, and
ItaJv all exchange atom ovnina wMh
j th# (Vntral British oflk* in Loudon. and
thr pimuag of these titegmiaa to* ton
, to wan* oi • (labium many re—fa, bto
1 in ruadanada. and otor eXpow-d places,
to provide agaato. risk ** ertafctfah
went of signal atatfona in tbi* ecmntty,
ufn ontr along to fake djUHHa and out
wbtetiSb-on to .ttkutte nod- hdlfl. tint
through the interior. wonM be of in
valuabh- service to fareae** Mid to*
hoi* pi-aple aa, wall a* aaiha* A*
the u*to to*trtwtii, Aerkn *torni|
corns (turn daHaut <> rftefe lit* euntro
- iirut, Uie U*t trav.-Uug telegram would
give warning some bore* ahead lb lung
lure* of r*itrnad the **MI aarvrie wonkl
U way valuable, nqiMhlh dating ttte
Winter arhou mada are iiahir totoanow*
ftafyini Maury gives
1 ' a ten* to careful < ting of iiirteorotegfe
• a) signs waa of the first ini}*<rtaiic* and
' greatly Influenced important eahnta Tie
aagadawM wind of Oahtnto 'in obteiw
-1 iitK the occwra# of tho trtoe witida and the
' giwat if|ui i rial mi nail nf th IHniritir
! ; waft- of udiiiite aernoa, M ula<tisi)t
iMvupytora acttan the then qahttotrn At*
1 laotic n**, and the eagM-ity of>Vlu in
foreaetdng a gale"., and ptepnrmg hia AN*
'' t*tr it, prrtir mueh awttred hia atotofy
um the erijipied fleet of the wefcnttuawte
; Villeneaaa. ♦■*•*- •
A The . fneda figinahad to IVdor
Maun- a til he <d ttitidWeinlMa Harriet in
.taming ont the Amertoan fliiaud Ber
•etr*,* He abowa by atathftea the wfeiiity
! of the stem wariiinga. the trachatiaat
pa?n stomaa hare tahan along
onr nontoitnt, with dinpninaof (he Ann
iifi lMta of the tinlf and Caribbean feto
and (h**ir jelotity, juvring that the toori
furjoua cvdoon yunau an intrined and
ttetom t'rtrlL Hfieh in tn
indnaMe In I*l fntrif our Mgual aeateni.
to itHitoattng the heatjawt .*:# for aw*
uUtlMluug rtriidM. rtua i fori Mating
the weathew to* e*d ti< < Britota
niauj ohijai i|d hundryd* fltipthtohh*
Uvea wiuuidly. Tto etoMWlahwi. Nt at Uu-
Signal Sarrioe in the tftihd fifcalea wffl
be <*qnall> beueAtfltl
1 . r- : ' it— ' ■ ■*
The Taribh inßj.
Wliik the reeonfctnietioa of (he Tnr
hWi navy eup ti. *-! the attention at the
tScrreramewt, thearmr waanot negjtotol
In IwflEl atop were taken foraugmeoring
tto atrengtk Hunri Ami Panlia. Man
toe of War, a man of mint atoll , and
energy, finsiMued a aebema tor a new on
gauuatiuu of. ti*< army, which waa
t adopted. The tofee it at j.n*. utdhaded
ihU>—#eg, the active anav ; arato4 the
iwerw; and (hirtf, the ** eedemary anar. **
After four yean' active service in the
active army mkhn* may return to their
hotoea and* <Kenntiana. and niw likewise
true to many ; hut they awe Ixwad to
iuto thrir ragtnMßtoala nwinaeta'aaoiiori
; to aetve, if required, far two year* laagat
By this arrangement the number of tto
artin* army, which in tune at peace ie
' : tiß fixed* at a itnugth of ISO.OOfI, can
he rkiaed 1 mined lately, on any eroergeney
arising, at once to aiO.OOn. At me -
• I pi ration of the sixth year tto soldier* of
tto active faree new to the reserve, and
hare to aerw three yean in the first re
serve <laa. and three years in the second
revere* cton. The two dasaee aiv of
ficered, and tto BoWtors, thonghlreeto
; marry and attend to ttoir own barinem.
are called out to drill tor one month
every yean for which ttoy reowvw pay.
| This reserve is calcobted at 34U uat
-1 taliona. or 192.000 men. ready to take
" Uw told in a.fortnight's time. I'pon
i the completion of mx. years' aerrioe in
the reserve, a aoltlier is attached for eight
warn longer to the "sedentary" annv.
iaf i laawe to he called Mt in cam only
J of war. Tto sedentary forae is calco
lated to supply JtOO.IW men. who to
gether with tto 1111,000 men of tto active
' amy, and the 19A000 of the pt*ervw
form a grand total pi available
1 men for war.
.The new regulations have ant, hose
ever, been long enough in ion* to pro
ride the full complement at (lie premeat
moment. In fact it ia ealewlated that
tto maximum which could be culled out
tii immediate service wouhl t exiwl
.100,000 to wliich might to added ah
auxiliary force ofbCCOw from Egypt,end
stout 2ft,000 of irregular cavaliy. wliich
might to employed in an enemy's country
witli some miccenx
The Bin gh am ten Asvlnm.
We have received the just published
annual report for ,1870 of the superin
tendent and physician of the New York
! State Inebriate 'Asylum at Bmghamton,
l%e statistics in tto aecretnxy's report
give the following facta:
wwotoßiuatM* of ynwUaWMMa ta WVS ...... *tt
tviwlr auaatar ut |aUwU OMohsflwl la 151U....J0S
nmiit asntbvrsf a*aa K
Dr. Dodge has treated, since kfay 1,
IS7U, IH9 patients, and has discharged
118. of whom in tto cams of 70 there are
grairi hopes of a pmrmanent leloenmtiou,
while 27 were disflhnwpd nmmprov.nl
The principle established and made the
toxis t'Tgdl treatuumt at the asylum ia
that inebriety or alcoholism ia a disease, \
to be cured, if at all, by simply removing
the cause of the disease. Hence total •
alwtinence from all intoxicating drink*
ia tto primary requisite—for the writ,
good living, annnmafiite eiriehl and
other hygienic aeoessoriea are tiia main
means of restoring the patient to full'
vigor of body and that strength of mind
which shall enable him to recover and
retain hia loat or weakened will and self
control.
This ia the entire system of treatment,
and in this the patient must be a volun
tary assistant, or in other words hia own
physician. Otherwise the treatment or
the superintendent can do nothing for
him, and his stay at the aeylnm ia a
useless expenditure of time ami money.
The daw of patients who submit them
selves to the treatment may be estima
ted from the report of the occupations
pursued by those who were at the asylum
fast year. Of 220 young and middle
aged* men there were 12 bookkeepers, i •
brokers, 1 clergyman, 5 civil engineer*,
4 druggists, 5 journalists, 5 insurance
agents, 17 lawyers, 86 merchants, 8 man
ufaoturers. 1 mnwe-teaoher, 1 professor
of law, 1 printer, 4 physicians, 3 teach
ers, 23 had no occupations, and the rest
were farmers, hotel keepers, mechanics,
etc. ,
' .The navigable portion at the Missouri
; Rivef flftiduhts in all Co3,lsojnuJe9.
(The channel varfel fib* BUtJfcFjbrds..
except at low water, when it as from 600'"
to 700 feet The river and tributaries
drain 518,000 square miles.
! the 4asirt|aai|lwVir|fa aaxan retUru 1
' A vsii#l itnili vwnmM a
! b.iS .| -1. :l , i. j-tfti-'ii mMi d tlriiMi 'l,ll mii.a lmn# ■-n
Some tail a# kreas wrniatds aa (toy play
A aitl tto nwlw tir tore tetwslh Bte mm i
Aad Stiiftw atoqto, as Ihto aSaal away,
*•%& tuwMt tvtial tw j'-rgiairi'-ritim
wHF rwS'SMS IFflkwlaal'iS - *" *wV^Hi
ewllll f IrvHk its guy SIMW,
; BM waator n to sign to Mfaar Istok .
Each tMsuraai' imiptjr ptoMI torn to Are
Ato.ktotoa.#itM>inf (toWc to sawti,
Ttiaa fiwa to shows f Thi* sssg re hstafid,
* ... ... a.4 , EWkawv e-MMtofk. itligi trtSWf Issssas tßHril
to tt mtmmi mum at Itototf.
Thus break tto howiw tolto ••***
f3t to tor* ware <4 torth Uat atoMy neara }
toaehilar s aatoww preptocr rite.
And mm*, mm tiadly, wahb sway cwftere.
Faffs and fwiri, , '
The eelebxnfad Jbtngiflg 4b#er at Fi|^
Italy, thrMtena to fall entirely.
<aot diaaatroua afaat lite year ISfKf"*"
riuiad.*lplna ha* 3,fflM H|rmteiv w#b
an aggt . gau. of 2,906,770 fSmA
' The lowan* have fevrttted'a macbfha
that turns out 100,600' tantehaw-n sto
rite, ir 4 i." la M
Tight boots araao " o.fartahb, ba
muacthfy make a man fovget all hia
other inwriea.*'
"B the best HMB's lMths WW Written
M Us forshand, it would make hia pail
his hat O'Vte his eyas." ,
It ia ascertained thai liwwl angar ia
111 I. „.,l ■flflii in I*ijk.c- -nrimwin 1 "mnfiiaglit- Atoßitetoafit Mfc _ui iMH: 11.
illiv*ci www uiiP i |inpwi*itew i,w, iaii4"
Itiwiff to square inch.
A Chicago widow who has buxiad two
huataukda, inaista that to law of fba
laud entitles bar to a third
The riiilM HfatmhaA jmr pnmteifwd
tiitiiiwijp rnUJion : cj-pj
I BAtiasiM #TtVli tf to X* t'M'l' fj-'llWai
lllimDM MHHP te—■ ateriT JTI*F
TkBM 'WWi VMPUitf AKfliHl' at
Buighainptoo, N*w Mark, a turkay that
tunie.l the acataa at fifty poanla
The reenbined ..-apitsl of the Both*-
hfl lit ImuWa. aw lin rH,,.- {„ f '■■—- 13^^,.
f 'lllJflri WUtg- 1* |a fitxJ visit ™ 111 J.jCli!4*lflS JrltoaW'y
Ftsahfa(t* .and - YtomA, ia KNMMO.to
■.* * t of If. *os .m lyighmd, th.? snore
digit tin! aitttaie Itttsn rettpatMjf firir
j>o|tol> re
tz qlj viei.w ss aaad in drina aa
a biTtili Mtw-titciic;, not 'Miy ta neumlgsa,
but afaoln gbut, with remarkable g.ud
I hah*, of or mvre. will be, lost
thi* year for want of faborww to gather
to crop.
The annual creiatfnipfirwi of angar in
i to L'nitedtltates exeaiada W.teW' tima,
, sir J .<*,ooo,potteda, with a oMMtatt
■ nihil
; toA*- *• ia mm-tn § ac —a-iPiM- •
- X WkcoitoU paper states titat •'be
tuw E-'uncy had to bete of to atgu
matri before a dclwtmg Metetir, be waa
riabbsd eh wen times wißia jaciuufe.*'
] An Dlinoia man and Ida wife have
iejriratcd, atttsswusir * that she shall haws
( debt* expept borrowed money .and liquor
| Dnrbij? to year l70 i " ! liri haf 'been
toid aa 478f witiai st ies ' rellwav in
- a.Uh to as to whidb i8 priitef have . jhc*a#
tod maSc ready Br Ifefe, in
lilmtto IPwte ■ f* *- stal
toPWcRt |a A toh*- ikMAllqi We J>.£|i A Hl* A. Id "* •mm.
j.AmitMbon, t|iit site atrack hf bwsband
with a atick at aafi that this aid
raaett.ti in aqtoriMaa. to - • aritiv a
• * „,.| M i 11 irwn wni ia *n Miftok ajLuass m 111JhdHMiSrilhJi. '
lltiff ▼ pi WW W fTllK—7 MI-lftoM W
j i To nudtea Made hoy'a riwwa hate—
tt ton n make a auit of totoa fe
I Mm, fiuMi the' coat fieri, and. %so do-
rwm J. twnniw uaa ?! 'ft
tfl.jff %<m Win itlßXlr BBP wWlllPrriil —m** W
w to wtiy way to tUtig aan be duna.
I n ' IRM " tAimv ' JP&HMP "JHRHfeRBB •
" About a yvarugo to 8C Gharian Street
Railrrwd Cwnpmf tori a mute by dewep
(itwdc and <dd age KIM* that WHterii m
to pa Iwttebairi gorog to to fttoaah'"
r The fiapufaiirsß. at OtAirodo has faltem
of very materially IHKU Ofto *
to atovafico of to miners 'to other
Mtatea. " 14 waa reported to he<te,o in
1061 : butarooidiikgu to recent oeswua,
fMNs
Miss Deborah wmsmatfrW to a Mr.
fey. A locad editor gave to following
-hawiMiai. aManlrriM>/.
An.. _j a _ a.m !&#*—*■
Wafcri a vFliarit ri Wri Milwt.
, I TiBFTIft nil fey.
j " of<sW itr to * *
Toah Billing* an. "1 atra*n a
man's pbfltwh.v to writ Mni to faff
when he gets haat" U mol*erMUe al
that when * man aprewhi in to alpfe
at a croadng he UiUßjorilriyarirt*
ly in to aurth whatdi hi* mitoqi excite*
urn-tig *bc .eipcat-MWii
Stevens who hong * himself m to
Tbmha of New York, wav erhlently
guarded *n W rivtemeate. - He cosn
mauecda briar to has refaferes ttw :
"Before another morning damn I toll
hate gone on toct Jaurney from witfein*
no travaler retmoa t ttaf ire 'how my
¥\.
The four cities which haw grown
most rapidly during the pari decade are
fhteago, which has' btereared its jtfrim
fatton 174 per cent: Jriy Otj. ™ per
cent : San Franctoo, 168 per cent : and
CTevefand. 118 per cent St Irim*
rank* fifth in rate af inereaae, Wariang
kw aixth ami Detroit aewntb.
"A frieud of nunc," said Erekine,
was suffering from a oontihual reke
ftilnean, and various methods were brfad
to tiring tieep. At lari hia phyakians
resorted to an cxp.*.licut which muxmd
ed ad tHirably.* Thev dresaed him like a
watchman ami riood him in a wntry-box,
lite wan asleep ia ten minutes"
. Dating to mage of Paria a carrier
immi ui thai cite with to
I taktehea, which when printed, fiued four
j eofatmns of to' newspapers and with flf- y*
I teen thousand mr-map-- few private in
| dividual* ! 811 ?h n feat aeriri toout
incredible; but microacopic photography
! put 'all to information within Ml ex
ceeding amail compaas
. A camwpandreit writes tot to Can
gregational church in hia town has juat
put in a naw fcnmce, and thrown out
their comfortable Imt unfenhkmato
etoves Now the clergyman pn-a<-hea in
Ills ..wrcoftt, and some of his hearers
liawrite themselves with buffalo robes to
keep themstivea warm during service.
A ton dongfegatiou and much grmnh
Rngisthe result, ;
i * A Swiss colour wirt established la
Grundy county, Tenn., in 1868. Mow,
after a little more ton two yeare, to
cpiony is in • most lmppy ami prosper
oh* condition—compo-cd of over 100
fhxuihea, making a population of more
than 9t souls, and rapidly inereesing
They are greduaffy surrounding them
selvas with evidenees of thrift and com.
foriihiteittilifeii |j'al4:<mfe Wattrittfad
diiftTtete,, , . Is |ftq: **a
. A Memphis father, who bad twin sons,
alxiut eiglit or ton years, and disposed to
piity truant, sent them to school in
shackles, locked closely like criminals
on their way to juil As soon as neigh
borinp prirons of the school liwroed this
feet, tW immediately sent for their
children and took thai away, and in ail
probability had not the father of
to two boys, gone to the school and re
moved the shackles, to school would
won have broken up.
THE jjL-mm sensation at Ellsworth,
Kansas, is the arrival of to advance
guard of- a large colony of old aoldiere,
organized .in Chicago. This 'advance
guard oonsiste of about top Tamflfes, in
dfaffing' Mr. Albrech; FtittmSrs the
colony, which ia composed of übout
three' hundred families. Already over
tewakmndred cMmt-.have hoan. pWwd
valuM a distance mnging from twenty
to forty mjleft from EllawCrtbi ib to
Solofhoh * The balance of to
colonygare expected to arrive in about a
month.
. Jsm