The llHUrt Fsaeral Hymn. Ren, noldisr. rent, Tbr ttfl* at war sre o>r ; Rwrt. soMfcr, real, Thowtt need thy award no mora , Hants, anldier, rest, Thou htt the victor's crown ; Boat. soldier, mat. In h-wor fay Inaa down. Rest, soldier, reL Thy drear night-wsttli ia oar; Raat. soldier. rest, And wake to strife r mora; Raat, soldier, raat, Wean on though comrades weep ; Raat, soldier. mat. That aoiamn ailanca keep. Reek soldier, raat. While oannon booni around . Raat soldier, rest. Till tha laat trumpet aound ; Boat, soldier. raat, O, amy thy waking be from lawt to sweetest raat, -A fSt her's gift to thor i IWtey'e Martina Owlj • Baby's Urate. " Only a baby's grave! * Rome ftvnt or two. at the most. Of sfer-dsuuefl sod ; yet 1 think that thai , K***wh*t that lAtlo wet " Only a baby's grave 1 " To children even s<> small That (hey sit there ami sing—eo small a thing ♦ Seems w sns-ly a grave at all. •' Only s Vshr's gVave V Rtrsng*' how we moan and fret Fsr a little fkee that was here a apace . Oh. more Strang*', * >iUl we forgotl " Only bah.vV grew H bid-we messe.ro grief. Few tears w* re shed vn our hahy deads I know how they fell an this. " Only a Uahy's grave 1" WIU the litUe life Sv much Too small a gem for His diadem Whose kinolam is mede of aweh : •" Only a baby's grass !" Yet ofteu e come and sit Rv the hille st*iue, and thank God to own We are maur to Him far it. There's something so pure in the beautiful snow. , v*r . r a ] That comes on its o-.m af Hgfa, Ami mantled the vitiate and pLiws (w-Mnr In their robes of stsuless white : That I love to gaze through the misty air. Where the scov-tlake. are at play. Awd offer silent, fervent prayer That my heart wvre as pur* as they ; That essw wish pud h*mht aught he Tbe emhwia .if a*fa puißj. There's aomething so calm in the falling aaow, like the stepping of hairy feet, O'er the mystical mountains of kmg ago, Through every sly retreat. On the huah of my spirit. I -com to haar That musical song of eld, , Ami the land of the bleak seem* very near, With its jasper and its gold, Rnt instead of the songs winch angels sing, i Comes the dismal note* of the stem storm king. There's soiuetliiug so sad in the sifting snow. As it heats ou the poor man's door. Where the Bickering Are is burning low. And summer comes no more ; But the taunting vniee of the winter wind Oamee in at the broken pane. And clouds of snow like fiends of woe Cozne up the narrow lane. Oh Ood, the hearts of tha lonely cheer. For the snow falls fast and bread ia dear. | There's something so rnde m the pelting snow, As it drifts ihroach the biting dr. ] And scattrea its broad flakes to kr.d fro In the face of tha old and fair; And then with a careless dance it dies , 1 Ohr the graves of the dear ones in the rale, ' 1 And puts out the violet's tender eves With its frigid tooch and dismal wad ; 0 Ughtfy rest on the new-made sod Where we gave oar dear ones back to God. OM.Y OS THE BOX. u Any one rot a light V " Hera. D.r boy. I have. The best matches in the world. Safest thing you can " •* What, those things ! Won't let them near me! Pd have the patentees Irani t with fagots of 'em Why I paid for a box of them, and Jessie paid, too, how much do you suppose ? And out of a shop, mind you!" u 1 can't tcll I'm sure; some fancy price." " Only fiftv thousand pounds. 11l tell you bow. \vait, 1 can't give up my smoke, even to gratify so just a vendetta. So for once 111 use the ill-omened thipg. 1 go member the last time 1 used, or tribt to 11 use them —but you shall bear." You remember at the time when I and Jeawe were going on together, old Foxber ty the millionaire—mj he enjoyed the cred it of being called,j"though without any : claim to the title, a# it' proved, for he had , but seventy thousand pounds, and a mil- | fionaiie, even by courtesy, ought to show , at least two or three hundred thousand, i However, be took all the airs, and enjoyed all the respect, of one, ami so far as he • was concerned it came to the same thing. ] He really showed szmut interest in our coeing and ironing: quite twyond what might be expected from a tsonev-grubber. i such as he bad been all his life. The liking began on bis side, through my presenting ■ him with a pound of the very choicest Tur kish, which had been sent me as a present. * ] There was his weak place. He smoked— , smoked day and nigbt, not like a chimney which often has its tires banked up. but i like a mountain on fire. ' •* Give me mv pipe." be would say, tkk- i ing a rather selfish view of the cosmogony. 44 and I don't care if the world turns up- j aide-down." j A rather weak logician once retorted on htm: " But, my dear Mr. Foxberry, ir the world turns upside-down, you and your < pipe must turn upside-down wifh it." , But Mr. Foxberry had him in a moment. •'I say, rir," he roared, "if you had taken | the trouble to attend—l stipulate for the quiet enjoyment of my pipe. You like . splitting hairs, sir, I see." I could see that this old gentleman took | • kindly interest in my love for Jessie. Between huge clouds of smoke he grunted j out his approbation. " 1 like you." he said, "Bob, and that's a great deal Not ao well as my pipe, of j coarse; but more than my money. 1 like . you better than the greedy crew who are i boating me for it. and who will find them- ( •rives disappointed." Every one, of course, good-naturedly ' said that / was hunting htm, which was , far from the truth, though I qwp I had ' the of it, and liked listening to his sto- , ries, his grim remarks, and. I own, the smoking of some rare old cigars that he bad j got from a sea captain. I visited him often when it suited me, took little trouble about | him, and at laat got a hint from a friendly , solicitor's clerk that my name figured in '• large caps," and in large figures, too, in his testament. The next time old Fox berry was smoking hard, he said to me: "Why don't yon name a day? Behold, man klive. Pluck up and don't stand shil ly-shallying. You won't lose bar it in the and," be said, significantly. "I tell you what," be said, "I've got a new box of ci gars over. We'll make a little party for a drive to Thfee-W>ss Abbey. Get ber to' meet you there. Settle it all off-hand, try the new rigare, and have done with It." I was enchanted. Tim. indeed, looked like business. I wrote off a hasty note to Jessie and ber aunt, telling them how much depended on their coming, and im- 1 ploring fliem to attend. I wrote also to a jeweler for a couple fit ,little, lockets, as I wanted to make a tender offering. I wa very happy and excited. Mr. Foxberry grew more and more benignant. "There are pipes," tfh said, "that I knock about any way, and throw down after I have smoked thenu Than; are others 1 take care of, and rattdky carefully. You are a good fellow, Bob. Will be a capital smoker one of these days, and I'll take care of you. * 1 1 I thanked him cordially. Well, the morning came, and the carriage was actually at the door. Just then the post came in with two letters and a little registered card-board box. One was from ■ Jessie, saying that she was delighted to come. TW other was from the jeweler, saving that he sent me two lockets, but i that he wanted one back at -once " for a ■ bridesmaid's order." The lockets were very pretty, and I admired them greatly. It was hard to choose between tb#m. I was in difficulty when Mr. Foxberry deci- j ded me to roaring out from below that he was ready, that the cigars were in, and ' that we were losing the fine day. I had 1 thus to make a hasty choice. So I chose , one that Isepuied the most elegant, rolled it up in silver-paper, and packed it up in * i neat card-board box. But how was I to send back the other locket 1 A capital idea! There was a match-box on the chimney-piece, which I emptied, packed away the locket in it, and sealed the box in white notepaper, tying it round with tape. I "You," I said to a handful of the match- , efj "must not set the* house-on Bre. and will beef use In my wast-coat pocket.": And tJpre I deposited tbt-m;^*w^*j FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Pniprintor. VOL. IV. My revered friend, a little out nt humor, : was still calling for me. I came down I with many apologue, ami away we drove. Before (ee lm*f got a quarter oiT a mile, lie | called nut— 1 "Hallo! jnst like me! For 1 gotten my fri-cvl-vx. Drive liack tt once." ' "Stojv air." ! said, smiling. "I have thought ol' that," ami pulled out a match from mv pocket, He would have hugged me for this forethought. He said it show ed such a true -mokinr Instinct. It cartainlv di*l. •'Ju-t fancy." he said. holtKng up hi cigar: i- l should have let this out, and where should 1 have l**-en then I We don't paa a village or even a cottage on the read to Tkrae-mwa AM*y; ami there's nut a ! house within miles of it. t>r else," he ad ilc*l, refieclivwlv, "I must have gone on Muokhig the whole day and the whole ct dinner 1 tell you solemnly, 1 think I should die iff h*t alter-dinner suvoke " f was a little facet km* oil this, making i naarranry plan* a* t kow th aacre.l Are might have been kept hi, or propagated; making the coachman keep it alive during dinner, and the man-**rvaut during the coachman's dinner, ami I relieving both '■But onlv think of the risk," he *aid ; "supp*we the cigar g t clmke*!, or the fel low cut drunk. *nd.let jt go out. iVlut oroaW become of me then? I declare,*' he mid, with ferocity. "I'd have tlie Mow broke an*l dismissed I'd work hetTen ami earth to punish him " "Quite right." I said, laughing "But I am happy to save the poor devil from such a fate." "You would not," he said, sternly, •Where ray pipe Moanceraed. I'd let noth ing stand in tbe way. I really believe it ta be the elixir of lift*; and any one that interfere* with that supply of vital energy 1 look on as interfering with my life. And I would deal with him accordingly."' The cigars were certainly very go**?, and. after smoking two, he said, ''Now. my boy, for a bit of aelf-denial. Not one more till after lunch, or dinner, a* we may call it; and then how we shall relish it! That's the real time f**r exyoyment." We were uow at Three cross Abbey, a little old ruin, in the middle of a sort of waste or <\mmon, with hardly a tree or a house near, it was a favorite spot for a pic-uic. as the ruin was picturesque, and moss-grown, and shady, sheltering us all from tbe sun. .fessie and her aunt were there waiting to meet us ; Jessie looking ' lovelv, as, indeed, old Foxberry as good as told her during lunch, "When you're both installed in a Hue house, she'll look all the better for such a frame. Some one," he added, with mean ing, "will take care of you both." Binner was over, and he called to his man to bring him his cigar-case out of the carriage. "I never was in a better huuior for a ci gar. and for a good cigar." he said. "After that little repast, too. 1 shall enjoy it the more. Here is a good corpulent one for you, and another for me. I always say. give me my smoke, and the worid may turn upside down. Ay. and even- human being in it, too," he added. We laughed at the jest. Such a little tribute was only due to him after the , en erous declaration about us. "(•rive me a light," he said, sticking the 1 cigar into a hole in the extreme corner of hi* mouth, a position which fanatical *mo ken* are fond of. I drew out my 1 >undle of matches with triumph. "1 have half a boxful in my pocket." I said. "It never does to be with out them." And I rubbed one on my boot-heel. It missed fire. I tried anoth er. It missed also. I tried a third, it mined a.'ain. "What are vtm about V he said, testily. "'You are veft awkward; I thought any fool could strike a match " "My boat ia damp." I arid nervously ."I'll try the wall here." I did so, and failed with three more in succession. He now lost all patience. "You are a more stupid fellow than I took vnu for. .Here give 'em to me." He tried himself, but iu vain ; they all (ailed ouc after the other. I frit my heart sinking. "The damp must have got at them." 1 faltered, trving again. "I bate delays, he said iu a pa.—>iou. "it spoils rov smoke. Are you a noodle 7" "Why." cried Jcssiu, nho had been look ing at one of thcmrloraly. "tiiej are safety matches! They light only upon the box." o|d Foxberry flung his cigar over the waft In n fury He gave me one look and walked awav to the carriage. I rusher! in artiea moving through the bustling street*, the peaceful little face asleep under the open kv, decked with the fading roses and withering blies. In all well-to-do families the house of death is deserted immediately after the funeral. The stricken one* retire to some other liahitation. and there pas* eight days in strict ami inviolable seclusion. Oil the ninth day the great masses for the repose of the soul of the depart*'.! are said in the parish church, and all the friends of the family are expected to be present. These maeaei are tlie most iui j-ortaut and expensive incident of the funeral. They cost from two hundred to one thousaud dollars, according to the strength aud fervor of the orisons em ployed. They are rep>-at as well prayed for as those of jthere, and who knows but that they may lie in deadly need of pray ers ! To shorten their fiery penance by one hour, who would not fast for a week? Ou these anniversaries a black-bordered advertisement appears in the uewnjwtiers, headed by the sign of tlie cross and the Uequiemtt in Poet, announcing tliat on this day twelve months Don Puis no do Talpassetl from earth garnished with the holy recrements, that all tlie masse* this dav celebrated in such and such churches will be applied to'the benefit of his spirits repose, and that all Christian friends are hereby requested to commend hi- soul this day unto (iod. These unite*! efforts at state! times are regarded as very efti cacious. A luxury of grief, in those who ran afford it, consist® in shutting up a house where a death has taken place and never suffering it to be opened again. I onoe saw a beautiful house ami wide garden thus abandoned in one of the most fash ionable stn-ets of Madrid I UXinired about it and found it was formerly the residence of the Duke of . His wife had died there many years before, and since that day not a door nor a window was opened. The garden gates were ml uud rough with rust. Grass grew tall and rank in the gravelled walks. A thick lush undergrowth had overrun the flower-beds and the law ns. The blind* were rotting over the darkened window*. Luxuriant vines clambered over all the mossy doors. The stucco was peeling from the walls in great unwholesome blotches. Wild birds sang all day in the safe solitude. There wan something im pressive in this spot of mould and silence, lving there ao green and inplarahle in the very heart of a great and noisy city. 'The duke lived in Paris, leading the rattling life of a man of the world. He never would sell or let that Madrid house. Perhaps in his heart also, that Ion the table not only every day, but at every meal, until fruits and vegetables come around again. " But the expense !" some will exclaim. It is not so expensive as meat, and far more healthful as well as palatable. Try it, and save vour doctor's, bills. THE FISHEBY Qnamow.—A dispatch state#that in the case of the fishing schoo ner White Fawn, the Admiralty Court de cided that the purchase of bait, nets, or supplies of any kind in British waters cannot be construed into an intention to fish in those waters. Friendly vessels have a perfect right to enter British ports, to pass and repass within the three-mile limit on their way to their own fishing grounds, and, for any lawful purpose. To condemn a veasel for preparing to fish, the Judge said was wrong; it must be shown that she was taken in the act of putting out her lines, nets, Ac. He therefore refuses the motion in her case. THE billiard match between Dion and Deery, in San Franci*eo. was wou by the latter. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1871, A llcller Market System. At one of the evening di*ou**ii>nt wt Utica, hist fall, thin aubjret was haiidlevl for an hour or uioro ; wild uutoug tbe suggest ion* wa* a recommendation that a committee W uppouit*'- may make on the mid dle-man. we wish at the outsit to *li cnniinat ahwrply between these two. One is noce—ary, the other i* not; one ia im|H>rtmit ; the other is an ii*aj***ti ueuce. The fair and honorable prtHluce merchant is a* uaeful to the farmer as the*le|Ht tliat shelter* liis wagon load, the freight line that tak*w it t*> tide-water, or the bottom in which it is wafted over sea*. Of i-isfzc there must be cheese merchants, and wheat dealers, ami wool hotistw, and three tnnlera mu>t have their margin* and win their gain*, for they have disaster* to survive ami l*>sae to pay. For the houorable, high-miuded men who conduct the gr**.t vxi liange* of the world, we hnve no feeling but that of admiration, and no words that are not words of approval. Our eritiei-m fall* mainly on a class of men that live by their wits, that iui|x*lc distribution rath er than aid it, who work for aelflsh end*, ami generally by unfair mean*. vv HO IS THK MUUH-tl-MAN ? In general, he i a person who act* be tween a turuier and a coasouar, and like tlio monkey dividing cheese between the cats, his policy is to bite from one and gnaw a little from the other, till he gel* uiorv cheese than either of the cat*. There arc those who say Unit rniddle meu art* a great benefit to the farmer, and llie uiore of theui there ire the let ter prices the producer wdl receive. Let ua examine that propositi n a little, and see if it will hold water. There are per haps a million of men who own land and produce from it more than they con sume at home, and who look to Sew York as their liest market, tirwnt that 500 men are wwtW in New York to de liver that surplus to the consumer#, and who must receive their |>y from u mod erate commission fur handling. Now double the number, and let 1,000 men push each other, aud jostle, and tuck, and lie, and swear tut iher do. ill order that each may hare a handling iu a part of that surplus. To the farmer this eagerness may aeciu like an active de mand, and lie may beliefs that it indi cate pood prices, ami that the 1,000 jostling luiddle-uieu liave by their enter prise and thrift made his market Is not the truth juat here : that the extra 500, who are not really nettled to handle this surplus must live, and that lix-ing must come from the consumer and the fanner; sometimes more front one, often mainly from the other, and in the end the work er in the city and the worker in the coun try hove that 500 to support, and often to" support all their extravagance ; to pax their losses, to foot the bills for driukand tolmcco, sometimes to give them a greedy profit and enable them to retire from the wharves aud give place to others as eager and as unscrupulous. Why cannot the fanner do his own marketing, and thus save w hat goes to the middle man ? As btisiut-** is nrrnngid at present in the metropolis, this would be impracticable, and we give aome reasons : I.—Two of the great railroad* that bring supplies into New York, the canal and it* continuation the Hudson, run for nearly '2OO mile* through country that give* but little surplus. There is •amc strong productive land on the Hud son, but the local imputation, largely non-producing, consume the bulk of it. On the Erie, one reaches Ilinghumpton. and on the Central Schenectady, before coming into a country that yield* a large *urplu*. Probably the County of Or auge, in the matter of milk anil butter, should le mentioned as an exception. Thus the farmer* of Central and Western New York are divided by half a dnv's ear travel and a fare of at least 84, ami often 8* each way. from the people to whom he would sell Ilia grain, veal, cheeae, apples, butter, honey, poultry, egg*, feather*, beau*, and potatoes. He can not afford to spend from 810 to 820 in going to market with a lot of produce which may lie worth all told not oyer B*2oo. Tliis is the difficulty unmlier one, and it is uusurmountahle. I—New York haa regulated and estab li-hol customs, all in the interest of the city aud its middle-men, and adverse to the farmer. For instance, suppose a far mer in Green Comity lnvs njinc new milch cow to sell, he reads in his news oaiMT ( i that prime milk cows are bringiug from 870 to S9O. and some as high as SIOO and $l2O. HP out* her on the boat and goes down with her soon after; as lie jmsses Spuyton Dnyvil, a person steps aboard and come* up with the air of n man of bu*in-5.4, and praises the cow, ami says, " I want that animal for my family' use. She is gentle?" "O, yes." "How old ia her calf?" "Four weeks." " All right I will go right up to the house, and send my man down to the l>out for her." " How much did you say ?" " One hun dred dollars'." "AU light; a good cow is worth 8100 in any family." The fanner is elated ; ho has sold his cow W fore the ts>at has her lines out, at the high est priee his fancy painted. He waits an hour—no man. Another hour—nothing from the nice gentleman that wanted a family cow. Soon the mate tells him the eow must leave the loat. He takes her out on the wharf and stands there tid afternoon, holding her, tired, and worried, and betted, and hungry—lioth man and lieast—till at last another man comes up and asks if that cow is sold. The farmer tells his story ; man asks him to deserits- the gentleman who wns such an early purchaser. " Oh, he is a dead beat! You will never see him again. 1*1! tell you what I will do. I w ill give you 875 for tliat eow. If you don't sell her benight, it will cost you $lO or sls to hold her another day ; 875 is all yon can make on her above ex|a-ns es, if yon should sell for a §UXi to morrow." Poor worried fanner. Both jaws of the trap take him at the nukle, nnd these two men work together just as even and venomous as the boys of any steeltrap, that ever stripja-d oflf the log of a woodchuck. This is only one instance in a thou sand, and it is part of n great system for discouraging and overreaching farmers. 11EMKDT m'OOEHTEI). He who discusses a wrong should urge Something by war of righting it. Your committee do not suppose that any one enactment will eflcctually cure the mis chief. The farmer, octinq alone, can do much toward a better state of things ; the formers ading in contti, can accom plish much iu that direction ; and a little good leyisUUion, if duly executed, will greatly aid private endeavor. WHAT THK SINGLE FAHMF.It CAN tlO. Let him forward his produpe in packa ges that are perfectly honest, putting big apples in the middle of the barrel as well as at the ends; keeping straw, and weeds, and corn stalks from the middle, as well as from hoops of his hay bales. It always is a brass shilling that a man makes by his tricks in packing. If he has a good name on the wharves, such deoeption kills it, and he will work twice* as hard and wait twice as long to regain an enviable repute a* it requires ta win it at the outset. Let him lie wise also iu classifying his load*, tuid render, if lutosible, only one grade at one shipment, \ir iutitauee, mppose a farmer living on the cool clays of Niagara ur Wayne County, semis to New York ten barrels of soft fall ftpplf*, and iu the me lot miiks No. 1 spitaaabergH. On reaching the wharl, the merchant see* the soft apples must lie sol,l at ouee. Perhaps he trades right away with a pie maker at 81.25 a barrel. Thin little lot of spitxen- Wrg* he knows will keep till March ; but lie is dealing in fall *|i|4>'*- The buyer* of hard apples are ma in market; he offers them to tne pie matt for 81.50, aud he take* them. The farmer could have got 02.50 or 81 for those apple* if he haUtan system ahonld be destroyed hv the farmer, and provided against. Classi fy at home. Send No. 1 butter in good ivitupauy ; fat chickens with tat chicken*, and big red apple* only with such as are big. and red. and hard. Let the single former, unless hi* means are very limited, go ta New York a* ofteu a* once a rear, and make acquain tances among the couuuiwkm merchants, and le*ru the waya of the metropolis. He mar hit upon soma worthy eiusen who will offer to giro hhu 60 rente the year round for 10 poumla a week of sweet, yellow, firm grained butter; who will take hi* honey, hi lard, his jellies, his currant sriue. Iris maple srrup, his fresh laid eggs and hi* plump chiukeu*. at the aame good figure* W JlSTcost OBTEW ACTIOS MAT AOToOTUMI. The farmer's life is often praiaad be cause it is so independent; and when that. inde|>r!)drnce amounts ta isolation, aud a refusal ta eo-mwrate with hi* ueigh- K>rs, hia independence ia somewhat like the lihertv of Hilly Bowlegs and Spotted Tail; a harltarous freedom that strips him of half hi* comfort, hia |Moanl-ir> gains. There are huutlreds of town* in which the pntflm for four or six months is from butter. r!ach dairy makea after tlieir own faaliion ; the roll* are kept un der cloth iu a eon! )suitry till about 5D iKMIt! ds are aaved ; it is thee rauunrd into an oak or ht-mhwk keg. set into the front end of the sleigh, taken ta s depot, and shlpieonnda would give 850 a* the gain from the concerted action in the sale of one article. Farmer* claim are organization* through which much of a purely bnsjnnw rliararter can lx accompliahevL Before the dtocuatuon of Ute evening is taken up, appoint a committee and vote hhs a -mall snm for hi* expen wa; his tithe in winter he can afford to give for ft mutual leiiefit. Send him to New York with in struction* to learn bow the farm era com prising the dab can obtain the best pri ces for their egg*, poultry, butter and dried fruit. Rend the beat Ituuneas in an you have, and let him act for nil, with the same sagacity and wisdom that he displays in Ute management of hia own affairs. I will not believe that such qttalitiaa are not to be found The greed of the metrnooh* is creeping out ward 1 know, and shooting it* view* into the redder veins of rural manhood ; but there are great arteries in the b wlv poli tic that as yet, thank Ood, are pumping only parr blood ; supplying Train* that are "clear to see right, and heart* Uiat are warm in the love of virtue and honor. It i* not impowihle ta seed to this as sembly men who are quite superior to a per eentage, or a bonus, or a job Hurh men will see that no claas deserve# Uie fostering care of lvw-givers so much a* the onler that is fundamental and indis pensable ta all Uie rwd ; Uie aider with out whom the engineer inustl>ox hi* the odolite, the merchant look np hi* ware hoose. the lawyer burn his yed tajte. and the editor ehew btfih ends of hi* quill. When Uie farming interest is duly repre sented in our Assembly, when working producers outnumWr talking men. and ambitious men, and lobbyists, and the hunter* for soft places, von will have laws regulating business on city wharves by which wheat rower* and itaker* will be brought face ta face. The city house keeper will see the verv hands that do her churning, that handle the curd* for her table, and rook the delicacies which aha reservp* for the end of her banouet Much legislators will draw the wind from the craft of our middle-men, and they will liecome like Otlielo when hi* oc cupation was gone. Necessity will force them to eat honest trade, or to go huti gry.— Report of lAc Nttr York Skit* Agri cultural (SmmitlM, now firtt pultliihccf. Diwirusz.—Dr. Russell, in a recent letter from Versailles, narrate* the fol lowing incident: One of ths great mill tary chiefs was going to hi* quarters Uie other cveuing inside the princely pr ciuta, when he wo* brought up by th point of a bayonet, and a demand for Uie password. T'lie general had forgotten it. " I am General von he exploinetl; " 1 have forgotten the pas*." The sentry wa* a man of few words, but they were cmphatir. In Polish-German, he merely observed, " I will shoot you 1" and look ed ao \ery like it, that the general desisted from verbal controversy, and waited till a soldier from the post hail returned with an officer to identify liia excellency and give orders for his release. In Alh ghanv, Ps. Mayor CaUow waa called on lately to sit iu judgmentupon a Mrs. Bittner, who had attempted to commit suicide ; a fine of thirty dollars and oust was assessed for the infraction of "the statue in such cases made and provided." This romiuils us of the law abiding Frenchman who climWd to the top of a monument in Paria and was just alxmt to throw himself off, when a person who tros up there taking a look around, beggid pardon and said : "Don't you know that the legislature has declared it s capital offence to oommit suicide ?" "Oh, haa it ?" was the reply, "then I'll not do it," and forthwith he descended. AT the Illinois. Valley Coal Mine Company shaft, three mi lee from Lasalle, a miner named Knowles stepped into the cage to descend to his work. The engi neer instead of lowering the cage, raised it, and Knowles, apprehending danger from contact with the pulley, jumped for the landing from which he had started, but instead of alighting on it, he struck his head against a post and was dashed backward into the shaft, and fell a dis tance of 530 feet. The bones of one of his legs were forced, hp into Ms body. Of course he was killed. Hearing braperlne* In N, A horticulturist In Htuttgerdt ha* f the plant, although this uuit , be applied with care, ainoe an t f.ee**; wit] uo more harm than good Iu t>nft instance a grape shoot treated iu this way produced nine large Imnebea of flne grapes, although ench e nutatwr would I*9 rather more than could oouvcuieatiy < be supported by the plant. The Contract Ml*m net ft FaUnr*. < A Oomnritftee of tha 111 mora Jhegula- 1 tare ha* juat visited the Htftte Mwt at, Juliet, and it ia reported they became bewildered at the erident luoarneaa and j want of judgment aith which the buii neas of uie institution haa been conduct ed. It was ascertained from the bowk* that aomeof the departments were ran on contract with onlsidn part***, an I that Q*ne were not : that aonie of tW. Tranche* were remmjcratire, and other's had been maintained at a ruin on* j expense to the Ktate from their oorn-, m*ncement In the matter of the sale of good*. it waa found that in some in- 1 stance* jsvrtie* wholly irresponsible. end others of a doubtfnl "character, had been allowed to purchase to the amount of t 81.Vi.000, and that the priaon waa a-1 cumberetl with debt to the amount of . nearly 8333,(J00 fur material, machinery, - aul atack, a huge portion of which waa . on hand, but on which not more than tialf the price at which it was inven toried could be realized. Of this in- j del 'tedneas the moat waa orerdue. The whole of the stock, machinery, j fixtures, and appliance* were valued at 8596,000. This waa thought by the. committee to lie the roal value- It ap- , poan-d to be tie opinion of the com mittee that the eyatern of running' manufacturing deiuutmentain the prison 1 by the State was a failure, and that the! sooner it could be dnaed out and the workshipe of the institution nm upon" | the contract raton, by which the labor , of a certain number of eonvicta ia kwaed to an ontaide party, who will furnish the material and the neoeaaa rr irapiemai t, { the sooner the prison would hern a poai* lion to sustain itself Sow we have the San Francisco Cos*-' mercia! Ilmskl testifying that beet sugar will lie a failure on* the Pacific Coast, i It estimates that 3,000 tana of licet* will i yield only 800,000 pounds (five per cent 1 of saleable sugar, at twelve cents w jmund. worth •afi.OUO; and B,iM) jtounda (three par aent) of dark salt Hugar. for refining purpose*. worth, at six cent* a pound, tIO.MJtL This maku* the total value of the product of 3,000 tans of beet*. 846,800. The expenses of reducing this quantity of beets in d ( factory working fifty hands a Jay, be ( estimates ta be 570,0(00 j so that the loss in the operation would be 129.800. 'l*hftt this kind of sugar should be profitably made in Germany and not in tMtfornia. ia owing perhaps ta the lew* saccharine matter that the California beet* contain compared with thnar grown in Europe, and the high coat of labor and machin ery in California. Why we Le*e our Teetlu In civilized society a complete sad perfectly sound set of natural teeth is a curiosity. If teeth continue to deterior ate as fast during the next flftv years ft* thev have daring the jv*st, tne people wilf then aearrwdy have any teeth t all except such as the* dentist furnishes them ta order. This deeay and kwe of teeth is confined tauten, ami mostly ta the divil i*ed meet of men. Where ia there an animal on the face of the globe, except some domcstio anunal kept by, man in the moat unhealthful condition*, that loses its teeth by decay ? The Indian, the negro, and the less civilized natiou* and race* generally have good teeth. Wlint is the cause of thi* premature loe* of our teeth ? I>y*peptic stomach*, ml eratna brend, tobacco, drugs, uui lewnli neaa, etc., have much to answer fori* cam*-* rf decaying teetli, bnt the cause which I leire ta call i*rticular attention to. and whieli is of more importance than any other, though generally overlooked, is that the teeth are not made of suitable material*. Teeth are very largely com posed of mineral substances, as phosphate of lime, carbonate of lime, silez, eta, and in order that they may lie sound and perfect, food must be oaten which eon tains these mineral substance*. A* well cxjied ta make a perfect steam boiler of sheet lead as to make jx-rfivt teeth of snch fotid as fine-flour bread, fat msut, sugar, starchy preparations, eta, which do not contain the elements needed. It people will only substitute unbolted wheat meal or graham flour in plaee of the superfine flour now so generally used, their health and strength will not only be greatly improved, but their teeth, and ropectaßy their ehildrftu's teeth will be harder, stronger, and much loss subject to decay.—Kxxhmfit. —• -■ - ' , I'kmalf. Masons. A discussion in t Boston paper concerning the existence of female FwuiasiMia bungs out a state ment from a correspondent, who saya he ia " well acquainted with two ladies who have received eight degrees, and who are the ' shining lights' of a flourishing lodge in Vermont. The circumstances of their admission are very interesting, and closely related to certain weU-known adventures in our late war, when these two heroines followed, for over s year, the fortunes of one of the Vermont regi ments. I was ]uvoeut myself at the initiation of one of these ladies, who went through the ordeal in a manner worthy of the title she has earned. It was the same as that undergone by men, except in a few particulars .of dress, which was slightly altered in respect to her sex." At a mkxtixo ol the fiali and salt deal en of New England at Boston, it was stated that the annual value of our ooeon fisheries is #50,000,000 ; that forty mil lions bushels of salt arc used in the Uni ted States every year, or. about one bush el to every inhabitant; and that the av eftigc rate of duty now on salt is 224 per omit, ad valorem, making the averse cost per bqphel r to thl consumer Wty cents. TSBUS: T*n Dolltra • VMr, in Adnnoe. Nob Doming". ' WHAT Kufiutfoimni WITH m COM -1 UMdM HJri BTO HAT The Aon fYotnhitfo Comrnlwuon hi (tow 'at work. FVrim the tejraHs M the party,, we luafc* tha follow iug HzMiwatipg ex ; taatfa:! j 1 . tt . i wam uomijimo tm- - 1 i HmHu Do®jingo Otty fa not lung but a 1 i lain. | ba\fti Usui here nop two day* I aud have < arched v inly for a ujrw houaa, ; a fireh brick, a liefifly-ijufaried atone, | 'or A lately sawed w'afttlirtja* Apjiar ! entjy tffare fa no*, in tlie whole erfjr, a atruoUue that fa tiot two handred yaara 1 I old. All tha h 'Ua \>mr gnc jnuof of ' , (treat age t rutubhqg aUmca. ixawnfe 11 slung to dwoay, iy and otfar 'iuo* , c-lunanu to the w*u, tuowt i.uil mold and , discoloration n*n where. E"try t atrrei 'is but a oopy of it* fellow *. It* bouses , are like pri-oii*, with thick wwlfa, massive doors, snd barred windows. VMR TWUt'KU a. > i'reaidaut Baex in In* mt--i view with i Me. Wade ssid : t 'aUnd, i UuU whusn ap * < ranch fa sag! in tha L'luUsl Btata. wad i j m> littfa here, fa leally not at the bred of j discontented IVmtinicuus ; but he fa with s force of Hsyiisua, a few other fareign ' ere, and a ri-ty smell number of iw-rra | related In or cxmiMrted with hltimtdf. ,Hafa of lutfa imiMWtamiDL The Carre fa ' : Hav has ;Hp ofareo are M*ytu*a U* 1 I decs not fri; but aj Uuytiau tivucral fa iu pQjmmtf Tha Haytwu Gowrumcut, by hi* am, ia mak : lng aa Vigorous a d(dfldiih aapqs- j sib' , just at this particular time, tn ar tier to affect the pw -pie of tha Uatfa) i tttaiM. wul prev. nl tn* Urtglibhring the mfairwn IG-poUic Iroai brreti waited with I* (bfaV ptfaf* , " lifer* >J.' fa fart I %4Ht4 114 Wt \t- \ 01. in MM it ' j Boiuama fa a p**r bfaK ifarij |ilac 4 enough, lot all ifa aud pictiy , caqm *j]Kxraaniv. h u* buiit inn nsu dutn hsp-haanrd ..rt uf way along half a mile pf cnrxlng idiore at me foftt of a, ridge of xroodW MB*, and what wtlh its rumbling hmre and grouaqnc bnfa I think it fa one of the tnust alranrd plaere I ever saw. Tlnfafi Mt t reht at ■ uufai boiUluga, oil Udd, .j wr the u**Ntf' part ol fa light fratg. w v rk of •uanUiqga breraght trim the fkratei-. and J with baciiW* split in half ! .and pnwsefl flirt br tulfng *<*# |k> ' thn> while wet. The rude pkakiftg made in this primitive manner it fcmi four to six inches wide una half m ounr terof an liotk, ia Minos* j unknown. bfct moot of the lUUf on- sdute- , ' wsabcnL TV' Tudfig i* ofWr alcavcw 1-tmad together with v.ne*. The floerfbg, I ' when there m any, fcfcirb in not afca, consist* of or hart; ■ or boughs, or the mm* love* Uha* art' i used far thnbafa. None of the luwscs - i or. pcrhaj* I *iu>uid sav cahjn*—have , .more than ono *orr ; lev W>< more than' one, or. .perhaps, IwA room*. Poor* and windows We hixWfc- which * the majf nty ctf the people hvee leaned to do without; hut there arM or three ' houarw in the vilkgw rooftri with *brair* and unpphmi with uUnuuh fnslern gu- , . venkuos* aa pLajak flouts. pattitJuu*. and iduum and window*. < Li the centra of i the V-ttlwnent' fi|" the rtaza. dr square, without which Ho Spanish-built hernia thought to be crwuplHe and here ia a Lilwrtv Tree, of the royal palm spacwa, • planted by tha willapvi fit. Vat pan , W a- ' h *d ' . -* i t • nunu aosdmuiMiMKa. -t 1 There ia no tavern, or hotel or other place 0# acooumodstkOQ for Mraimcrm j and *o fWr a* I have boeti aid/ to leant 1 there aye not more than two or thr*e bedstead* on the . whole 1 Vmnvrta. . Thooe w isvhawe no hammock* steep on 1 rude larnlsw frame* or on imprutnaod pallet* *d lohreatod hock. Uiaa cup ooa huttira of hie that alnuyt . ereorbudy Wiw a niuh>. 4 Of the W ! hooaee In the place, mora than half. e 'la mm* war devoted."td* trade., How 10 shop-kee]>ef* run he mafntwfne* iu **} village of SO booM is sprobfc-as hi I 11 political economy that I shah go* at* t (.tempi to acdve, bul it ia. so. All that I ifbavc seen sell liquor, otxd besides tin* I' at*lie of cximiperee one aajl t>ny common i ! dUieoei. grocerieA tobaeco vegetable*, ■ and fruh. * 9i , 1 * -•> •" 1 thb annexation wramrttNr. •* 1 Li, On the anbjurt of annecntvii the p*u , ' pie of Harnhua u* anthivi—tlc and an- Mtmnoux ; but their: ouuikiu of coane should not be aesuwed to be that L mei-.rdvmf the Matidefw' Jt Ik thfr on - fr salvation of this tiortioo f whiah yon rnav take tfu-< of 4jy loguc for a somine; 1 ' " Well. Vnofc, Me yAu in favor of f! what they ml! nunc ration V " Tea, W, Thi r * >\* house, eating bananas und ilriiifiug ,oo f! coanut milk, and. Khiokiuy ilirty pipes, i 1 . The calaboose eonaists of line roomi m --> i ply ventilated, tlioWh it hay neither door 1 nor windows. TKbte is neither dark cell k nor gallows; Ait fiawana has fine act .) ol mahogany stocks, whereof ons of ' tha oorrasi>uidente in our party will ' i long uneervw * pleasant racoUaction. Like I>r. tig* imjuisitivo pi r, tleuian wanted to nee " how the thiK ' worked," and the guards were delimited ■I to show him. He silt' down on ■ the >! ground mm! carefully placed hte unities > in the holes; the "npper bur ww let down ; and then aU the yonng gentle man's coiapaniona aat on it, uie.au ' ..peakuble axnuseuiant of the speetatiprs, ' until the prisoner had found out a great ' deal more about stocks than he had amy desire to Icnow. 11 TBX PEOPLE. Where the earth yields ao freely of her store, and the artificial wants of civilised > life ere unknofrn,.it would b unreashn -1 able to look for a fray fcdustrious-popu ' lation ; but I must say that the people XO. 9. vf banian* im proas im m bain# an tin- j cow muni v lay art of vagabonds. They ! arc irresistibly fiood-bamored, and e*rj' l.aHly iuU Uign-ui beyond' their station They have .opacity for faaprovrtuetit and more general information than one would naturally expect. Bat when propertv u insecure and frail in i **r* in w*oe, ud avun patttakwtw, not an aLrarfMo neeaatltj. what in the an® of * fork T The leiwa or* mow indurtri ' qua thau th man, and what little labor there u performed is nearly all don# br them, I mode a little journey inland, wwtminy, in MO)oajr with hue of my lellow-travstsn (nook of oa in /tutted ue ;a bull, nacoarfto# to tba euatotn of the country h and everywhere wr we struck by the iuvt-r*ion of Lho next*. Near the top qf a loo# hill we met a man and Woman r.-tan.iuu from town. They hod evidently' Men Id 'barter their produce foraome family eeeeaeriea, and tba wife ! waa staggering under th load of two beesy bagw the JmalMu4 walked #ai|y ahead onrotj *hah™i Wc met •envoi women lAnUti# bulla to mod from ! fbe town, ao.feluMren Csrrviug burdens, j } Bat not a man doing anything. The (bird* of erewttifo lounge about Ihe shops sunk orwagm. and look t rtrangera ; hot duriu# constantly ahww—l hnva oaaa ; way a man to go*. exee f 4 * ortogfat > Uudy uetpoe* kejit buoy on the Meth- , •ruirxenmnajro rauoeaM. jl rite report* of tlx* valor and variety MB** ** • mahogany tr **> to thi* j-rt of Uu ilad 1 It front 1 foot Kf 6 feet in diameter ; §#- . num . im. 4 tort inches . arfto-wood. d ty f f wood, fi to 3D incbe* fia bur aa.l hove learned. titter aev no oaw-nulla- -though the water power is abundant—and wumj ld*d su use at oB h made of any of the mill 'Utream* The dtmate> and noil omea to Be admirably suited to the aagsrraaur, bat the processes of extracting the juice aoe . ■ f I tbfne of therti Lid achudly am * ed at fhe , appointed hour for eotftig it The lutftv man at cfceru to rood "Parodter Loot?" wad afterwnrda mw heonl to boavt that be got through it at > a sitting. • ■ j The hopeful man twice gave a rah, driver a aoverwuni tor a hffli,ug. *ud j twice rherisbedthe dehudonthatit would , be wtnthed to hftn. [, i ' *' k I Tbemanof fxrtitaAe waa torave euouah to opn hia float door himself, when he 1 nt the tax patlierer. tha goa man. and ; the rale colkctor knock at it The cautious man never mwut a lade i ' ! awtor from home without taking hia um-. hrrlla with mm. and putting* corkscrew, ipoa and ink. and a billwtamp in hi* , jiocket. * h Tha gluttonous mau, by bribery, went; beforehand to the rapper room and de . vourwd the hver-wingis of all the fowl* ! ■ tlianlaved there. ; The recUeaa man was InJd enough to take his wrto down Jtegeat street, and tU D her that he had a teu-pound note j about him. ! . The phdest man waa tcm|)tod to re- j | turn thanks far the bhdeamaida, and, to avoid his chaffing friends, was caught . [next day at Oravwend in the act of eini ' gratioa.-^Piisok. r * Wcnut-r—Woth is not only the normal ' i condition of 'httman existence, but it is I I the Isw of happiness ; for although there I are abodes and strains of happiness that l | coma to ua by stnroiy, pt, taking won eornprvhcnmtrly. and human ;!ufc at large, mtui is happy in thepropor- I" tloo in which he is aceoniplishiug by the development of his own powers. It is What s man do®* more than what he is •eceivtug, that makes him homy. It is ■ tha evolution of mind fotwea, in coanec [i tion with the body, addressed to worthy , objects, and attaining them. It is the seu of power in believing; it is the " -senae of bfe in activity ; it ig the sense " of Odd in man in the lowbr sphere, creating, or preparing to create—it is " this that is the secret of happhiels. The U idea of most men is that happiness is . eostaey ; but ecstaoy is paroxysmal and [ m; whok'sonm. That happiness which is . the moat wholesome and best for us is of a low' measure; and this happiness is nowhere else so well obtained as where ' a man has rightly adjusted labor ; and that day by day. Nor can I conceive) ( how any main, unlets he fa laid aoide by [ an ordinaaaa of Providence toom direct . labor, con be happy, with the poaaeauon ; of *ll his power, with self-respect, with a sense of his dignity as a spiritual being, and with a sense of bis responsibility as a worker together with God, if he be not i aa industrious man and on acoomplisher, or if he seeks happiness in leisure— Rev H W. Breaker. The salaries of the Judges of the Su- Kme Court of the United States, are at iU> be increased- The Chief Justice ia to mcafve fIO.IOO, ud tba Isaocista i justices llaooo. A 's - us W* might hsv- hwJ If Jfljifj S : ISsS Z' ||Hij| iftili i luii'f" lijli'f*#' Xdffi f| *jr wf'<-nf i|lnjij| k nrar By an* avert br* tiMogti titotadmp If baud ta Land toroogh ito myalartraagate- Of wemsJhVwd," w# bad tout lookal. 'gnd Had Krthh Waa dawn, what now ia uomicty iw' sad W Wabcteforgrt- If all of tUa had addfd ita> maartrtMMMNtew, To every bow. woald Hto added wmwtomm. love t . Could ! know sooner whether M were woU ot ill With timet aw wieii toaid 1 aam #4y t#i I More #W ' Ah! tso.lt thus I tit *nd tern sad pomhr. Losing STjapteue jwmani whits I wwadm, About tbTdsy* ia whidi yoa pw* *d No teaotXl, sad did itolteww tba o*m Or right of me. a iful all lost IhtoflS am la the sagd'a totptog. Nopsa. torua^jtt rty TUa yssas of b#**w> wffl a# aarthh iwo pw hw>rth^hssiNSwmto4l^^ —— Ports and ranrtas. The oapital to bagta Ufa with—A aopi tal wife. Nearly avarybody i* down on slippery *; •- 4 * /" One poultry fonder to ("wliforoia bos 10,000 l*cn. A good way to expand f*m dtest— eaity a heart It. The wild geese arc raid to be begin iu their flight nardtw^d. Why w provident* % vagabonds J Because th'•! * u The amount of ice that will he cut in the vicxuity of Boston wiß not be much bra limn JH,IJOO Urn* the kuvort mop by tor tor many yraro. Infantile maohrom—Why ia a baby like a abrof of whmtf Beroime ti m fiwf cnlH and then thftelietf tepi flfli ally bswmm* the flower of the family. Thirteen thousand nine hand** atd tcrty-two tort' t Mfl| cumtilcted throiifli the taotrth o# 'lie Horoae, and Uflfl fart mart to be dog through- 1 if | the Hon. Mr- Johnson, in the,,%orte of thr- State of Mimiraipid, hsa introduo edwtt art to punish with imprisonment auyane arbouaas protone hngaage on the Sabbath. y Some nsnghty to Fsuatbn. the other 'toy. omanatel an "Id g thic bar**, hitched to on awning part, with a atolea card sign, which .rood: "Oato wanted: Inquire within." The cowmmptiflo of irrifldal flowers •vf all kind* in tiw United State* aasonnu tomtnething over worth an utuJly. They have been made Airily to Frame, but should be made in §• coun try. , A termagnnt whose L- md ftnolly l .-at her, ran house to haw father to eow : Lin. and the old man with grori indig nation said: Ml you* hutitond that if ever brots my daughter tfrin, 111 bust hi* wife I" A Halt County (lfo.) paper advertia- f II 111 MM * Id A 4Mtehkeri*ll teacher with ptenty of stuack, at the •Pride erf the Prairie" achoolhan*, "loen tod in the Lower Iffawuari river bottom, in fihia county." >' Smnrthiug for the .novalttm and fUy wxighta. four hero kills youctoarptoe by a poiwinad portage fcUnqk, which he wvnda her to a note rvqu.rttog *,*- ewer, and gete the endccoe ir guilt into his handa again by return mail • 4 I toy. boy. ia there anything to short •round new f* inqateed a spoebnnau of abovbemet •* Weß,** ropited jc hoy, "nothing juat about hem, but. our achoobnauter is juat ear tha kill cutting hiteb rods ; you might walk upend pap lute over. * ... A canoaoondeut of a Berlin paper .write* that the inhabitants of the country and the email towns to France arc la dnatrious, frugal virtuous, and in com fartoble cirottmstaneea. but look pubfie urfrit, being content if they eon gat along tir.KMkwtod. ' A prominent drr good* tHriWhent of Boston is said to We marked half an an hour on the toltowiu* grosxrttiau. ami toiled to pro an enuwur: "If Lug mm build a atone wall in nine how long wiQ it take five man tobufld "a irv a nilii six davs LULS W*U IB BI oay* r When ft k siry on Mouuf Washington. tbev obtain Che larw f the vfnA'lif |6> itur only a rod or *fw>mitoioor. *ia to ]w the ictrtnuwart fully. *®d fftm in* or lie down, a*o pmaww spun I tor single bobm! against the terxibb" galas which prewii there. J A oner in • Oasuwbticßt bmtht oiUfr aUfrtd t bdtar gad 4- mM a ham; standing ut Jb * stall The animal j>psnmt3& refet*l desperately, Iwt m found neSt Stsraflk rearlv death it* bowels protruding ivW the wound cause* bj the taw* of, the COW. ' * •£&*■ *• * A DahUh edtar. who lut* str*y?l *s far eastward aa Sew Yorit. writes in rap tures to hi* paper ef tWpeople 4 U# remote wUon. Hew: "flowddHif ent the folk, do not I Row gwen they look ! What an air of primitive At i oeuce there ia atafft them . How Jdaarifil 1 they seem to be! Thee neeer-heanJ ef DaMf The Worcester Err**** Cfttsrife tbns s dispose* of " Mary's tohl V •*" * " Marr had * BtHe tanh" > 4 WVr be*r4 tt or sad o'er. -as 4 Uatfl tbte Kttia lanVa become ' # A perfect Utile txwv! • So I neowAe then? stall be dug, A grave both deep endwise. • , In which taat laaib and all He tardaj Be buried Me by aide. A faw days ago in Sew Or loan a. a* a bor, eighteen yuw old. was wading along Melpomene rttwt, in that eiw, which was deeply flooded at die time, he suddenly felt an acute pain in one of lis feet, and. raising it to we surfaoe. saw a cooget eel follow, and fait it bite him again. He soon grew wry sink, an.Was earned to hia home and attained promptly hy a physician, but died the next 'lay. * ' . A new kind of army tayoneH" lAifcg made at Springfield, "Maw. Tbr y*e shaped almost exactly Hke a sharfp pointed trowel, and the dimenapms about the same, or much like the ajfoar heads of the South Sen Island aranpta. Their design ia not ao much for - as an efficient instrument on ;i skirjnjsh I line, and being furnished with finger pieoes where they are Joined to the jrrtna they can be used either to lop bougw* or dig holes for picket defence. Marvis Johnson,# noted stokrbujfer of Illinois, recently bought up alls the hogs in the vicinity of Loanftm, toptn cago. He went off shortly after* osten sibly to sell his sheep in Albany, ajftd never came hack, He bad, probkble $15,000 in cash with him, and owes fully $90,000. He writes*trom San Franeiffio, OaL, that he was robbed in the street ears in Chicago, and would never come until ha bad money enougirto, pay his 'debts. | ; A coßßir)Si)r>T of the Wor .-ester sevs of the late Ethan Alfen; the pistol manufacturer: "By his tpvsnttyc : siiTl, his resolute persevemhoe, and his unwearied industry, Me. A. acquired? a handsome property. He owes ah, under God, to himself. He one# aald U ng> : Some persons envy me what they con sider my prosperity. But they "isld not be willing to pay for it what I b£*e ' paid. I commenced baaneas with a %>* ' ital of 812. I often went buagiw W sSfee ! the price of a meal. I dressed as #r tasw** * I W •