A L#Tf Song.
A bird sang low from 1U swxrmg nt;
"The world is Mr to see I
Bin* hctren above,
Aivhing raj homo,
And the *<-* I lor*
Snowy with foam.
Brown wotli ami taming rt. Id* of grain,
Wbwprrinff tirwnrbo* ami telling rwin ;
Bon.lnij blnssoßM- quenched in dew ;
Odors of imradlse—music, too!
Ah' yes. >■*, thi- world i teir to see 1
But thiwe Bisks not the tor In my brrast,
Tbo'teiflhevhe.
For to* sweetest thing in tiiia world alrav*
Tonic! tame!
I* thi - that I hw *ome on* to lor*.
And some no* that loves m,
liovws me,"
O! Blwlie wa Might in hi* arraying nest;
We study from Hay to day i
"To lo**." "To beloved." W* forget thereat,
And earn- hut this away.
With I 'tore on our lip* and "kir*" in our hearts,
We joarnoy this lite all through.
And placing our aorrow* and troubles apart,
"Lorn" enter* with ua on the new.
The (aqaette.
"Ton'ra . V'ver at drawing, I own,"
Said my beautiful oouatn. limit*,
A w rnt by th* window alone,
"Bat my, ran yon paint a .Coquet U- f
"ShcV painted already," quoth 1,
"Nay, nay 1* aid the laughing Lttetn-,
"Now, now of your joking, but try.
And paint me a thorough Coquette."
"Well, cousin," at once I began.
In the ear of the eager limit*.
'Til paint y. u, a* well aa I can.
That wuu<irtul thing, a i\squ*tt*.
"She wears a meed heautifhl tece,
("Of course."" aaid the pretty Lisetts,)
And fan" l (Mewat in grace.
<>r elm ahe were n>4 a Coquette.
"And then. h* i* daintily mail*.
(A amii* from the dainty 1 jeette.)
By people exjsrtw in the trade
Of timing a proper Coquette.
"She * toe winningest way* with the beaux,''
( Oo on," said the winning Limit*,)
'IW there isn't a man of them knowa
The mind af the Aik Coquette I
"Bhe know* how to weep ami to sigh.
(A High from the tender Liaette.)
Bui her mw wug te all in me eye.
Not that of the cunuiag Coquette 1
"In short, aheVi a creature of art —"
("el, hwkMid the frowning Lieett.'
"With merely the ghost fa heart
Enough tor a thorough Coquette 1
"And yei I rould vafahr pro**-"
("fire donl thu angry Limit*)—
"The lady la always in K>te
In love with hermit—the Ooqurtt* !
"There do not be angry—yon know.
My dear ltUle cousin Lmr'tte,
You told me a moment ago
To paint you a thorough Coquette !*
TO* roI'LTON'S JOKE.
A sociable dub of sereuty or eighty
eboice spirits, culling itself "The Serious
Fhmtif." and having for its president or
chairman Mr. Tom Pool ton, Barrister-at-
Law in theory, and Nothing-atAlI in fact,
held its weeklv meetings for some years in
three or four Urge rooms in a dull, gaunt
bouse m Sob" square. The primary object
of this association WAS the promotion of
good-ftdiowship by the conciliatory medium
of wholesome spirits and got*) tobacco. It
presented a vt-w-ndary, or rather incidental,
feature in the share of, a Provident Han
Fund, aul, according to the by-lawu of
this, tnnd, all member* of the dub who had
proved their general solvency by twelve
regular monthly payments of one aover- ,
eign, were entitled to one loan of twentv
four pounds, to be repaid within six months
of toe date of burrowing. This fund was
pa ejected by Mr. Tom Poult on, who proved
by su tie lie* that, taking the general pop
ulation of Great Britain and Irelaud, inclu- 1
ding 1 women and children, and excluding i
all tuetnbers of the House ot Peers and all <
registered paupers, only one person in four i
lived beyond his annua! income; br, in oth- |
er work, only one person in lour had oc- j
c.ision to borrow money to meet his yearly
expenditure. Assuming that those stati* |
tks were applicable to so tuanv members
of the Serious Family as elected to become
subscribers to the projected Provident j
Loan Fond, it followed that for every four
annua! subscription* of twelve pounds, only
one annual loan of twenty-tour pounds
would be applied for, leaving a clear an- i
nua! balance of twenty-four other pounds
in the funds favor. But Mr. Tom Poulton
did not close his eves to the possibility'
that statistics which held good when ap
plied to thirty-fiTe million people, includ
ing women and children, might stand in
need of some modification before they be
came applicable to an exceptional gathering
of seventy or eighty young and uiiddle
aged persons, among whom were no women
and no children. He very fairly admitted
the exceptional character of the club, in
the course of his speech on the motion
that the fund should be instituted, but he
contended that if as many as one in three,
instead of one in four, were to apply at the
year's end few the loan of twenty-four
jsxinds, the result would show a clear bal
ance of titty per cent, in favor of the pro
jected fund. He went ou to show that if
an application from one in three resulted
in a profit of fifty per rent., an application
from una in one and a half would result in
a profit of twgpty-five per rent.; or, carry
ing the principle still nirtber, an applica
tion from one in three-quarters would re
sult in a profit of twelve and a half per
cent.; from which an easy calculation
would show that if every member of the
Loan Fund who had subscribed twelve
pounds were to insist on lion-owing twen
ty-four. the clear annual profit in favor of
the clnb would lie fifteen and five-eighths i
Ser ceat., and Mr. Tom Poulton would un
ertiike, hi writing, to be responsible for
the accuracy of his calculation. It wa
immediately proposed that this fund he j
forthwith instituted, and the proposition
was carried by acclamation. Mr. Tom
Poulton was immediately elected chair- "
man, treasurer, secretary, and trustee of
the fund, and the whole club became sub
scribers to it.
Now this was one of Mr. Tom PoultonV
practical jokes. Mr. Tom Poulton bad,
among other valuable gifts, a keen sense
of humor—so keen, indeed, that it was in
no degree blunted if the joke turned
against himself. Most of Mr. Tom Poul
tou"- practical jokes turned against him-;
selt, and the particular joke that Mr. Tom
Poulton perpetrated in connection with
th* Seriotw Family Provident I/ran Fund,
proved especially disastrous to Mr. Tom
Poulton. and. in the lmg run, especially
beneficial to hi* intended victims, the sub
scribers to the fund.
As tiie year drew towards its close, and
as all the twelve-pound to the
fund intimated their intention of applying
for loans of twenty-four pounds apiece,
(leaving a clear annual balance of fifteen
aud five eighths per rent, in favor of the
fond, according to Tom Poultou's own
showing.) Tom began to cast about for an
other joke that should hare the effect of
eclipsing, by the richree* of its humor,
the humor of the fund joke, and of obliter
ating, by the force of its agreeable dtuoue
went, all recollection of the disappointment |
that would lie occasioned by the dbuMtmetti
of the lund joke.
One morning Mr. Torn Poulton caller) ,
upon Mr. Richard Harris, the secretary of j
the Serious Family. Mr. Harris was the ,
chosen abettorof Mr. Poulton's little jokes
He also acted the part of Traitor-in-Ordi- ,
nary to that gentleman, and brought all (
his ingenuity to bear upon the best means ,
of causing Mr. Poulton's jokes to recoil |
upon himself. But Mr. Poulton's keen ,
sense of burner reconciled hhn to all mis- j
fortunes that proceeded from it, and he and |
Mr. Harris were on the best of terms.
'•Harris," said Tom Poulton, "I've ar- ,
ranged another sell for the Family, and I'
want your help." ,
"It is yours," said Harris. "Details?" j
"You are aware that all the Family will ]
be down on me, in six weeks' time, for
their twenty-four pound loans ? Well, ,
before tbev fall due I'm going to die." 11
"Don't do that," said Harris. ,
"Yes, my mind's made up. Listen. Tve 1
found an old man of my name—Tom Poul-'
ton ; I advertised for him. He is wretch- ,
edly poor, and he lives all by himself in ,
Clump Cottages, Uavmtock Hill."
"Well V j
"Well, he can't live three weeks, and (
I've taken lodgings in his house." ',
"Still I don't see " •,
"You're very duli. He can't live three t
weeks—that is to say, in three weeks he'll ]
die and he'll be buried. The Family must
hear of it through you, they will all come |
to the funeral, and I'll tarn up among .
them."
"But if you die, and don't repay them ]
their money they have subscribed to the <
fund, I don't think they Kill come to the
funeral." i
"Yes, I've arranged about that. I'll 1
my Will. leaving everything I have
ißra equally divided among them. The
be opened by you immediately '
demise. T'll appoint you execu-
FRKI). KURTZ, Editor ami Rrujirtetor
VOL. IV.
ttir and I'll leave you I'll leave vou*
hundred pound* for your trouble."
"Thank you- thank IOU heartilv "
"Spend it judiciously, Richard—when
you get It."
• •••SB
*• Oa lb* ItU Nomuber. l J i'lutu|< PoU***#.
HmiSiv! Utll, Thorns* Knqutr*. S Ut*
laoei- TusajJ*. Harri*t*ist-L "
The Seriou* Family were verv angry at
Tom Poulton's deatii. He had |sxketel
nearly a thousand pound- if their money,
and owt of this sum they had counted on
borrowing two thousand at Christmas.
But by their chairman ami treasurer's de
mise, not only wa* there no prnqavt of
effecting tbe contemplated loan, fait it le
--caiuc a very sere. HlS questioii whether they
wmild ever sec any of the paid-up capital
acaui. It was votol abominable .HI Tom
Pmtlton'a |art to die at *uoh a crista, ami
nobody exjHxsstsl any intention of going
to hisfuiH'r*!. However, Mr. Pick Harris
cotn|4ctely justified Tom Poulton's dTing
by producing his will at the next meeting ;
the will left everything that Torn Poulton
possessed to the society, to fa divided
equally among its memfa-rs, and as Tom
Poulton bad three or four hundred a year
from house jmqierty, every one expressed
an intention of going to bis funeral.
The tuneral was plain, not to say mea
gre. in its appointments; but no doubt
Dick Harris, as executor, did not feel jus
tified in [Hitting the Serious Family to any
unnecessary expense. It was votrsl
th.Highttul iu Dick Harris, and never did
any body of men I'eel ui. re thoroughly
cuorinecsi of the vanity of fum-ral psuup
than did the members of the Serious Fam
ily as they stood round poor Tom Poul
ton's grave.
Rut fatweeu the demise and burial of
the Tom Poulton who actually <b</ die,
Mr. Dick Harris had made an important
discoverv.
The Tom Poulton who did die turned
out to fa an extraoidtnary wealthy old
■uiser. His mattress was stuffed with
bank notes, aud so was his easy chair, am)
under the hoard* of his room was gold to
the amount ot eight or nine thousand
pounds. Moreover, he appeared to have
died intestate ; at all events, the only will
that was found was the w ill made in favor
of the Serious Family hv tbe Tom Poulton
who did not die. In the absence of any
other testamentary document applying to
the property of the Tom Poulton who d d
die. Mr. Dick Harris had no alternative
but to apply to it ths testamentary docu
ment drawn up and signed by the Tom
Poulton who Hid not die. I will not at
tempt to describe how the grief of the Se
riou* Family for the loss of Tom Poulton
was tempered byy he rapture with which
they learnt that hi* estate was worth alto
gether some thirty or forty thousand
pounds.
The day of Tom Poulton's funeral wa* a
bitterly cold one. A drizzling November
mist shrouded one-half of the lum-ral party
from the other half, and all were drenched
to the skin. There had Iteen much moral
izing among the mourner* on tbe good qual
ities of poor Tom Poulton, on the eccentric
taste that induced him to hoard away o
much good money, and on the irreparable
—almost irreparable— low that bis death
would cause to the Family. A* they
stood round poor Tom Poulton's grave,
discoursing in saddened whisper* to this
effect, they wet* naturally rather suqwiscd
to find poor Tom Poulton standing among
them, bis eyes red with weeping and his
general appearance carefully contrived to
convey the idea that his grief at hi* own
death was unlioumled. Tt was natural
enough that he should be sorry for his own
death; the only unaccountable foature in
the matter was his being ptcsent as a live
mourner at bis own funeral. This consid
eration appealed powerfully to Mr. Peter (
Hodgson, the member of the Serious Fam
ily who first became conscious of Mr. Tom |
Poulton's presence among them.
At first, Mr. Peter Hodgson, was not at
all surprised. Mr. Tom Poulton was so
thoroughly identified with all gatherings
of the Serious Family, particularly with
all funerals of deceased members, I for it
was a point of honor with the Family to
muster in full strength on such occasions.)
that Mr. Peter Hodgson accepted his pres
ence almost a* a matter of course. His at
tention, however, was directed to the ano
malv by Tom Poulton's first remark.
"Whose funeral is this?" said Tom.
Peter turned dead white.
"Why it's—it's your*, Torn," said Pe
ter.
"Mine "
"Yea. Tom—yonre."
"This is scarcely a (dace or time ior a
joke, sir," said Tom, sternly.
"Joke V said Peter, "it's no joke 1 Didn't
you die last week ?"
"I I Nonsense!"
"Well, anyway we're burying you, Tom
Poulton 1"
"Why do you call me Tom Poulton F"
"Aren't you Torn Poulton V
"Certainly not—l don't even know the
name—l happened to be passing through
the cemetery, and seeing a large crowd >f
mourneis, I joined theut from motives of
mere curiosity."
"Then, sir." aaid Peter Hodgson, "I nev
er saw such a wonderful likeness of the
very man we are burying in the whole
course of my life !"
Tom glided mysteriously away from Pe
ter Hodgson, and made his way into the
throng of mourners.
'•Tom!" said another, "why, we are
burring you P
"Mr name, sir, 1* not Tom, aud I have
never been buried in my lite."
" Tom Poulton " " Tout Poulton !" !
"Tom Poulton's alive and preaent P passed
from mouth to mouth, a* the astounded
Serious Family gazed in horror on bis fa- ;
miliar, but by no means vulgar, feature*.
"Gentlemen," said Tom Poulton, "I
must again a*aure you that you are de
ceived by an accidental resemblance ; 1 am I
not Tom Poulton, and I never hesrd of
him."
And with a slight bow he walked away.
The principal topic of conversation that
night, at tbe meeting of the Serious Fam- j
ily, was the miracnlou* appearance of
somebody very like Tom Poulton, at Tom
Poulton's funeral. It was held that it
couldn't possibly have been Tom Poulton,
because Tom Poulton was dead and buried,
and Tom Poultou's will had been opened,
by which be left thirty or forty thousand
pounds iu ready money to tW Serious
Family. This was held "by implication on-;
ly, as it never entered anybody's head to
suggest that the mysterious stranger could
possibly have been Tom Poulton
The "club had resolved itself into a com
mittee to consider the best means of invest
ing or otherwise disposing of the handsome
legacy which Tom Poulton bad left them.
It was decided, aa a first step, that, as a
mark of respect to poor Tom Poulton's
fund scheme, every member should fa; per
mitted to borrow twenty-four pounds from j
Tom's estate.
The question then arose whether it
would fa* belter to apply the balance to
allowing every memfar a reasonable quan
tity of spirits and tobacco for IWe, without
any payment whatever, or to divide it
equally among the surviving membere—a
course" of procedure that would give every
memfar. after allowing for probate and ex
ecutorial expenses, nearly one hundred
pounds each.
As this interesting question was being
put to the meeting by Mr. Richard Harris,
Mr. Tom Poulton walked in.
Ever) - body looked very uncomfortable.
Mr. Peter Hodgson, however, quickly re
covered himself.
"Sir," said he, "this is a private club
room, and strangers are not admitted un
less they are introduced by members."
"Ha! ha 1" said Tom, "bravo, Peter!"
" Sir," said another, 44 we don't know
who you are, but we mut request you to
withdraw."
CENTRE HALL REPORTER
' Allow lU* to introduce myself," said
loin, with much mock gravity. •'! am
Mr. Tom Poulton, whose funeral you at
teiuled this morning." And ho took *
chair aud filled a pi|H-.
"If vott imagine, tr, that because you
(war a certain ill*taut resemblance to our
jioor friend Tom Poulton, you are justified
m horrifying hi* friend* with a highly
imlereut practical joke " l>egaii Peter
Uodrs >u.
"A distant resemblance 1"
'• A very distant and shadowy reem
biauce, ir. Nothing more, I afeure \ou."
'• Don't lie a fool. Peter," said Tom;
" we've had enough of this, liauu't we
Dick r
" We have, *ir," *aid Dick ; " I um*t m
*ist on your withdrawing immediately."
" Come, come, said Turn, rather chop
falleu; "it was only my joke. 1 person
ated a poor old chap ho hap|iened to liear
my name, iu order to sell you all. Dick
Hodgson and 1 arranged it together; didn't
we, Dick P'
"Sir," Haid Dick, " I haveu't the pleasure
of your acquaintance. Vou will lw gooil
enough to withdraw, or we shall l>e under
the necessity of eX(>elUug you by force."
Ami a* the luembrre of the club arose in
a body with the evident intention of
carrying Dick ibslgson'* threat into etlect,
Mr. Tom Poulton withdrew with avert
blank expression of countenance.
In order to teat the feeling of the clnb
on the subject, it was immediately i-repos
ed by Mr. Dick Hani* ami seconded by
Mr. Peter Htslgson that Mr. Tom Poulton
was dmd and buried. The motion was
carried by acclamation.
It was then proposed by Mr. Peter
Hodgson and seconded by Mr Dick Harri-,
that if, hv any miracle, Mr. Tom Poulton
came to life again, the whole of the legacy
should be refunded to him. if possible,
without driving htm into Chancery for its
recovery. This motion was also carried by
acclamation.
Finally it was prop.*ed by Mr. Dick
Harris and securities! by Mr. Peter Hodgson,
that the person who had just repreeented
himself to be Tom PiHtlton restored to
life wa mit in the least like Tout Ptmltoo.
aud that he hail no claim, and never by
any j>—Utility could have any claim, to
the legacy in question. This motion was
also carried by acclamation. *
The question was considered settled by
all but Tom Poulton himself.
Torn Poulton Uwieged the o!ut> doors
day after day, but to no effect. The hall
porter—they had starter! a hall porter ami
many other conveniences aincr Tom Poul
tou's death—had received strict injunctions
trot to athuit any person calling hitu*elf
Tom Poulton. lie treated Tom kindly
enough, believing him to be a harmless
monomaniac, but no consideration could
induce him to admit T>an within the club
threshold.
Tom next tried the perish surge*n who
gave the certificate of the dead Tom Potll
tou'a death. But all the aurgeon could
prove wa* that the Tom Poulton who died
tva* not at all like the Tom Poulton who
stood la-fore him. On the whole, this
materially strengthened the club's car*;
particularly as the description given by
the surgeon of the dead Tom Poolton'a
personal appearance correspomled exactly
with every member's rerellection of the
unfortunate cbainnan of th* Serious Fam
ily. It was finally voted that, on the
surgeou's evidence, poor Tom Poulton was
more dead than ever.
Ik) what he might, Tom Poulton could
not prove himself to be alive. Nobody
would hear of it for a moment. He a|v
pealed (at somj pecuniary k*) to his
tradesmen for identification. They identi
fied him without hesitation as the Tom
Poulton who owed them monev, but they
furnished no clue that would serve to
identify him with the Tom Poulton who
had lieen chairman of the Serious Family.
He never rested. He prejared petitioner
but no our would present them. He com
menced actions, but he br.>ke down, at the
declaration for want of money. lie called
day after day at the club but tbe hall
porter was adamant. He addressed letter
after letter to every member of the club,
and enclosed stamped envelopes for reply,
bat they tore up the envelopes, and applied
the stamps to other uses.
At first, these appeals amused the club
immensely, but after six or eight months
persecution, the Family fa-grnn to get tired
of it. The soi-diaaH/ Tom Poulton was
voted a bore, and at length it was solemnly
jwonosed that negotiations should lie opened
with him with the view of arriving at
seme compromise. Mr. Tom Poulton was
formally invited into the club-iuoro, but
he wa informed that for th* purpose* of
that meeting his r.auie was Major-Geuera)
Arthur Fitzpatrick. Tom was reduced to
that condition of sclf-abnegatiou that he
really had no objection to this arrangement.
Ft was then and there arrntiged with
Major-General Arthur Fitzpatrick that so
long as Torn Poulton continued to lie dead,
an annual salary of one hundred pounds
should be paid quarterly, to the Major-
General by tbe Committee of the Serious
Family. The Major-Genera! accepted thi
proposition with alacrity, and he wa
forthwith elected an honorary life memlicr
of the Serious Family, r ice Tom Poulton
deceased.
And Major-General Fitzpatrick accepted
bis election, and eventually liecame chair
man of the club. And poor Torn Poulton
lies dead and buried at a salary of a huts
dred a year jay able quarterly in advance
On one occasion, indeed, when tbe Major-
General's quarterly instalment was some
three week* in arrears poor Tom Poulton
showed strong symptoms of revivification,
but his disturbed spirit -was eventually
appeased by an additional advance of five
pounds on account of the Major-General's
next quarter's salary.
WOKTH or IMURORAVRS. —Every immi
grant to this country from Euro])* in
worth SBOO ou an average, according to
Mr. Edward Young, chief of the so
called Bureau of (Statistics at Washing
ton. This is a little lower than the esti
mate hitherto usually made, aome author
ities placing the figures at 81,000, aud
some at hl,l'2T>. Mr. Y'oting'a computa
tion is based npnn the assumption that
the wages of laliorers and unskilled per
ilous throughont the country averages
£4OO a year, and that each man repre
sents u family of four persons. The cost
of maintaining this family is s'24o. leav
ing 8161), or S4O for each member, as
the amount of its net annual earnino*.
Atfivejsr cent, this sum rcpnweuto u
capita! of ulxmt 8800, the amount aliove
mentioned. The money brought by the
immigrants is but 868 |>er head, nearly
all of which has to lie paid out for trav
eling exjjenses to the interior.
SHE TOLD HEU LOVE.—"A T4e
graphiat" sends an exchaugc the follow
ing : "N >t long ago a respectable lady
handed in ut the office a dispatch for
transmit-ion to her absent partner. The
message was found to contain twenty
two word*. The clerk observed that by
omitting two words the charge would be
reduced ninepence, aud respectfully
suggetil tha' • Dear Husband,' witfi
which the dispatch was prefaced, might
be struck out. After some considerable
hesitation the fatly acquiesced, remark
ing, with real feminine penetration *
' Strike your pen through them ; he will
see at once that I have had the words
written down."
THE BARE Roman, Capt. Williams, lost
six of her men by the capsizing of one
of her boats in the surf at Desolation
Islaiid, and the bark Peru, Capt. Glass,
lost her second mate and four of her
men by the capsizing of one her boat* in
i South George s Bay.
CENTRE MALI.. CENTRE CO.. PA., FRIDAY, MAY 5. 1871.
kllliag Whale* by t anneii.
" A frveut writer in Lend ,wl Hoter re
count* fat* visit to the establishment of
Herr Foyeti, in th* Vwraugfr Fiord,
i( u here, from a small island, the fishery ia
r prosecuted by uicalia of two small -teaiu-
I era of at>unt seventy ton* each. The
' Hjavial apparatus employed consist* of a
r harpoon, inch sting iu its head half a
lanital of guu|Hiad< r, aud with jointed or
hinged barb* coiitnuuug some |M-rciiasiou
_ i powder between tlieui. When the whale
~ is a itliiu gun-shot, thin luitjasin, attached
. to the end of a loug cord Colled a rolled
a drum, i* fin d into the aniiu-d from a
J cannon nfaut the size of a four-pounder.
As the fluke* is-uetrate the aid* of the
whale they are ti tlttruUy brought to
gether or prv*s-d down toward the shaft,
and iu no doing Iguito the }H-lcUnalO!i
r JlOwdt-r, which at I * lire to the gutl|siwder
k causing an xplosiou in the fash of th*
t animal that usually produces a mortal
wound. Th* whale, of coiir-e, starts off
i under the Htiiuulus of th* (min, and the
I rojs- it carried out for a time, fa-iug on
coiled from the drum precisely like a
fishiug-liiie from the rend of a fishing rvsl,
the stminer tollowiug after so as to pre
' vent iiiiv iitidue strain. It nreieaaary. a
second divharge taken ]>hu'.', which al
• most invariably ]<roduvs death.
1 The steamer then tows the animal I tack
to the stutiou, where the blubfar ia taken
' oil* in a loug strip by means of a properly
constructed ap|taratua, alter which the
' ficsh is removed in a aomewhat similar
4 manner, and dually th* bones are #e|)ar
-4 atsl and hauled out. It is the intent ion
of the proprietor to prepare a fertilizer
r by dryiug the tl**h and reducing it to
• jwtwder, and a brisk trade haa already
' sprung uj in Germany in thin article.
The faqi'-s are likewise to fa- ground and
' utilized iu various ways; ao that the
• entire animal—blubber, flesh, and fames
—will fa- put to economical purposes.
The carcase* of over thirty whaleti were
' hea]Hsl up ou the island at the time of
j the visit referred to, forming sml hill
lof very considerable magnitude, visible
at a great distance. The proprietor
• stated that the factory would not answer
its expectation* unless fiftv whalca could
' fa- taken evs-rv Summer. It was thought,
' however, that there would be cuUi|iaru
: lively little difficulty in securing this
number; and in fact, a* we h-uru from
later advices, over *ix 4 y in all were cap
j tuml during th* season.
I The Armj of Yeraallles.
Through the kimlueas of a friend who
i is on tin- general staff of the army, 1 have
f fa-enable within the hist few hours to
visit all the camps around Versailles, and
i have pretty w ll nacerfruutsl the exact j
i atrength, js-siti.-n aud future plan* of the
i fon-ea which def-ud thi* historical town
aud the National As-etublv of France,
i j There are, then, at. Vermuth-a, Viroflay.
and Satory, eight divisions of iufaiitry,
! each division nttmfa-riug. on au average.
I 9,<at) men, but fa-ing nbie, as corps and
' rrs-ruita arrive, of faing iucreastsl to
16,0ut) men, without iucreaning the OKM
of the staff. Ik-jiiilei these there are
three division* of cavalry, each division
fa-ing aliont '2, Ufa) strong, but capahle of
fa-ing increased in the same manner a*
i the infantry, to 4.Ufa' each. Of artillery
there are- ton batteries, each conaisting
of ton field-pis--s, and four faUtoric* of
mitrwilleusm. To fel. aa it were, this
army with uu-n, four depots have fawn
organized at ('harlcviih-M-zierev, Douai.
Bosancon, and B-nu-. All the returned
prisoner* from Germany are being
dim-ted to the** different depots, where
they will fa-elm 1. ajuicd, and forruisl into
regiment*—officer* aud soldier* who
have served together fa-ing kept together
as much a- jsvsasbh-. (in going round
the cam | I was agreeably surj-ris<sl to
find how much the disci|ilinc of tin- aruiy
haw increased, and wluit a visible im
provement there i* iu th* upptwriMw of
the men. The officer-sat all the outpo*ta
are very much annoyed at au or-far that
ha* been issued, by which they are
direHetl not to attack our parties of the
National Guards of I'iiris thev may fall
in with—M. Thiers'* policy fa-ing evi
dently to draw out the insurgents from
I'aris, and get thein to attack Venaillew.
! The ojiinion of the officer* ia, that their
men would fight well and loyally in the
field, but that there are scvend corps
with wliich it would be madness to enter j
Paris.
A VKMY <t\i< rvKST occurnsl fafr-ly on
j the prairie, near Council Bluffs. Two
; little girla, out- aged 9. th<- other 11 y-ars.
r had gone t<> visit a friend, and start.si
out to return home iu the evening, Tlieir
way lay across the prairie, but no fear*
of their safety were felt, aa they were
Serfeetly acquainted with the track,
ust after they started, however, a terri
t blc storm urowe ami tlie tw o girls became
so liewildert-d thut they lost tlu-ir way.
They wandered faqielessly and for a time.
' until ut last tlie youngest succumbed to
the i-old and fatigue, and, unable to pro
ceed. laid down and shortly died. Her
sister, benumbed anil wild with grief and ;
terror, staid by the body for some time, '
and then, in nn almost dying condition,
eud-avonsl to find the track aguiu. She
roamed about in this way until the moru- j
ing sun showed h-r that she was nor
home. Sin- reached the house and ws*i
harelv able to toll what had liappctusl,
and then sank exhausted U]a)n the flovr.
A party w us ins'sntlv dispatched in search
of the fasly of her dead sister, which was
found at n coinpunitively short distance.
It is since re]N>rted that the cldi-at girl has
died from the effects of the terrible
night. .
SPOTH.—M. Jaiissen's astronomical in- 1
vestigations in India, have resulUsl in
the discovery by him of a hydrogen at-,
mowphere around the sun, and also in
> the existence of s connection between
the solar spot* aud the solar protuber
ances ; auu he considers the liydrogeii
atmosphere to be one of the two ele
ments of the future sou. The interest
ing discovery is also announced of a
m- ans by which the red prominences
which form so remarkable u feature of
sofar eclipse* may fa; seen at any time. ,
Tin- method consist* of intercepting by |
means of colorvnl KIUMM-S all tin- com
ponent* of solar light, excepting those
of which the proiiiiueuocs are coni)MMcd.
The chromosphere, as the siirrouiiding '
1 stratum of hydrogen is called, fa-ing of
I j the same nqnposidon. will also ta* r
' representod) will enable astronomers
easily to observe the disturbances which
I I are know n to occur in the prominences,
' and also their connections with the tqiots
and other solar phenomena.
THERE IS AT BERLIN a "Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals."
During tlie last days of February u very ■
stormy debate was held bv the im-infa-ra,
, part of whom wished to dispatch <fap
. utation to oversee tlie killing of all die I
, abled horses which liazl beet) suffering ;
from pam and starvation on the various
, battle-fields. Tlie motion wus at length
, overruled by tlie presentation of the fuct
, that such a coorwe would endanger tin
liven of the members; and that this
would be against the rules of the Soci
| cty, one of which is to value human life
always above any number of animal
. lives.
I A Craiova FOUNTAIN. —New Orleans j
• is to have a fountain which will present
some very original features. In the
lower reservoir, which is about the j
t height of a man's waist from the ground, j
i two life-size swans moved by clock-work 1
i which runs forty-eight hours, will ap-1
pear to swim around, and a miniature
• Hteamahip, which is so arranged as to :
i fire a gun every hour, will also rail i
round tlie basin,
Flown In a Coal Mine.
I have lieen inside a coal atiue, as
l.uwell says :
" iRiWi! SUIIHIK ill)* Isngled r>>l* of Ihiligs
That coil sUtul Ut* oonlrsl lirv."
I carefully examined the plac. s which
bluff old ojienitoni and nub ant men bad
assured me were '* perfectly safe, airy,
and wholesome, not a bit of danger, sir. ■,
1 hut's all itouscn**. Why you couldn't
get the men to work anywhere else, 4c.,
Ac." AU I've got to say is, let thoae who
like to work iu a mine, stick to it. 1 re
sign all mv shore of this underground
rlyaiuiu, and would thaukfully drive an
usili cart, or grind a hand-organ in pre-;
(ereuce to corning e\eti the magitificeiit
wages which wre are assured these miner*
receive. L-l uie try and give your read
ers a siiu|4e dencriptioii of what a coal
mine is like. The one we entered was
at Tripp's Sl<>|M-. It is eutored by a slope
on the side of the hill, aud, like aU three
in this region, penetrates for miles under ,
ground, so tliut tlie City of Scrantou is i
completely bonevcomfa-d, uud aome day
may suddenly tumble iu and fa- swallow- .
ed up in these New World catacomb*.
Taking a small lamp, whose dating dame
scorched mv fingers every few minutes.
I entered the luiue, in company with a
guide and a friend. The *lO|M* dos.x*N<L-d
gradually, aud was afaiut five feet aud a
half square, hewn out of the solid rock.
At first we could not walk without stoop
ing. owing to the beams placed overhead
to brae* the roof; but soon we could
stand erect. A(t< r a hundred yards the
slope turned to tbe left, and wa lust all
daylight and had nothing hut our lamps
to guide us. A car-track ran aJoug the
lawsage. filling it all ui> except a narrow
*jHict> at each side, where a man could
jiass. The curs are driven hv mu'.Ms, who
uever leave the mines, yet k--ep fat and
lively in -pile of their subterranean
homes. When the mines arc fully worked
our guide said the tliu from tha tolling
cars, driven by shouting boys, was fear- .
fill, while there was great danger of fa-ing
jammed among tln-m, or agaiust the
walls. W* soon cam* to a cliamla-r at
on* side where was a doukev engine at
work pumping out water. 'This ha* to
IM- don* unceasingly, and is an expensive
job. From this point branch roads led
away iu all directions, faun* of them for
three mile*, deep into th* mountain.
Taluug one of them we tuoeeeded some
distance, until we were afamt an eighth
of a mile umleiground. The fl.s.r waa
pretty even, but i-on-nil with fragments
of coid aud stone and }MJUIS of water, into j
which we floundered, while the roof and
walls were clammy with moisture, which
ruhfa d off on <Hir hats and clothe#. l£i
mindful of these auu<>yauc*, we pushed
ou .passing every Uttle while light w.sideu
doors, which we learned wen; to help
secure a supply of fresh air. We had I
no difiiciilty in breaUting, but our guide j
said he could lake us to place* where the
air was foul enough. In some mine# it
is common for men to fall down insen
sible. but this one wras well ventilated,
and lesidcs, we kept near the eiitrauee,
in the fa-st port*. The uassage-wavs we
went through were lined with stont log*
of hemlock placed upright about four
feet apart, and supporting cross piecea
as a protsvtion to the roof, faqweeu
each of these guarda, however, was a
lrr space. "Is there no danger of the
roof at thrw- |H>iuts giving wwv ?" 11
asked our guide. " Oh, yes. The other
day a piece weighing several tons fell
down, and suiaslied a coal-oar aU t>
atoms. Here is a piece tliat ia just a*
like.as u<g to com* down in the same,
war."
Thin was not very comforting to visit
ors, but we still kept <>u until, at last,
we entered a chamlicr afamt fifteen fret
spiare. whose roof was supiH>rtx! in
the centre by n angle pillar of coal A
car-track ran across the floor to Uie
further end, and stopjasl in fmnt of a
j urged wall of gUstemug mineral at the
fst of which fay pilca of coal aud tools
left bv the miner on going home.
" ill is is where the coal is token out.
That is th#'breast'at which two men
work. Thev use drills from Are to seven
feet long, and drive blast* sideways into
the face. When th* coal is taken out it
is loaded into cars and they an- run along
this track to the 1 >wer end of the slope
by mulca, where the engine on the lull,
hoists them up."
" How many blasts can a man make iu
a .lay f"
"Five or aix.*'
" How far does he go away when they
are fired ?"
"Oh. a coupb- of hundred fret or s,-.
It makes a big noise. I can tell yon."
" How do Volt get the smoke out
"That's a hard matter. I've known
men to work here for hours after a blast
w hen neither couldn't see his mate or
tlu cur he was loading, but each had to
work by feeling. You oottld scarcely
nee even a light at a short distance, and
when you go homo your eyes w ill be so
blinded that you can't stand the day
light for a loug time."
"But what is to prevent the roof full
ing in during or after a blast t"
" Nothing. There is u shell next to
tbe coal, which usually cornea dowu at
the time of the blast, but other pieces
often follow at other times, L>-> you see
that lump there ? That Iws fallen since
the man who was st work here went home
It might, jitat as likely, have fallen while
he wnfl here ; and, if so, where would he
be now ? The temperature in the mine*
is afamt the same winter and summer ;
but it often gets very hot from tlie powder
and steam."
These statements were confirmed by
other miners afterwards, and some of
them gave a very vivid picture of their
daily life. Said one : "I go to work at
7. and stav mostly till 3 or 4, hut often
till 6 and 7, when there is extra work to
do, sueli as laying the track, or putting
up brace*, for which we don't get no pay.
We wear nothing but panta. boots, aud
a flannel shirt; HU<l mostly they are wet
through with sweat, ami tin- boots full of
water. Often we have to work up to our
knees, or even our wiu*t.s. in winter ; but
what is worse fa to have it drip down
from tbe r;Hif right ou your track and
inak" yon feel like a drowuod rat. Often
we have to work for week* without a dry
stitch on us, and this soon brings ou the
anunp*. Then for accidents,they happan
every day. There are places in Tripp's
min i where the roof has fallen in. so as
to leave a room twenty feet high, and
this will aliow if there is auj danger.
Thev any it is easy to loom mining, hut
that's a lie; a man may work a second
very well, trartieuhu ly if tin- other fa his
friend and wants t > keep him ; but let
liirn Vie alone, and have to look out for
hia roof and other tMngs, and you'll #♦
how soon his head will Ira broken. It
ought to take over a year to lcuru min
ing well."
After picking up some sjracimens of
shale finely marked with the impress of
plants which existed in preadainita times,
we turned our steps aunoceward. A* we
]MH*ed another wooden door, our guide
punned, and said :
"I worked at Avondale. and this is
the kind of door the men inside barri
caded to keep out the tire. Thev filled
up the chinks with their hats aud clothes,
last it was no use."
A feeling of awe stole over us as we
stood and looked at this weak defence
against the ravaging flames. Suppose
the miners who had seen us enter the
mine, and who bore a spite against our
guide, should take it into their heads to
imprison us inside. There woa more
than one rough among them who might
do snrh a thing. Horrid thought, and
without delay, we ascended the slope to
its entrance and viewed the sky and in-
haled th* por* air once more with grate
ful feelings. Better a year of sunlight
than a century of such subterranean
occupation, with a fortune as jmi-mtuiL
I* it |Mt*sihU- thut auy fate ran call grop
ing afamt like a mole uudergroumt
pleasure F la*l those who have never
seen such a plac* try exploring a floodsl
cellar with a smsll lump, and they will
have a fair ouuoeption of being inside a
coal mine.
A C'herakee Legend.
A corn |Rud*ut writes from Georgia ;
Every mountain, valley, and cascade of
Northern Georgia has an Indian tradi
tion coimeeted with its history. The
(lierokee* nsanl to relate one which they
said occurred at Toecsai F'alla many veara
fa-fore the a hit* man catae tot their coun
try. Thev were waging a fierce war with
a powcriid tribe who lived ou the low
lands to the southward. During a lianl
fought I Hit tie, it SO hapjx-ued tliut the
I t'herekees made captive a dozen of their
foea, whom they brought home to their
country securely bound. Their inten
tion was to sacrifice the prisoner* ; but
as they w ishod the c*remony to be im
posing ou account of the hune of the
captives, it wa* resolved to |>u#tpour the
sacrifice till the time of the full moon.
Iu the meantime th l4 Cherokee brave*
went forth again to Imttle, while the j.ria
oners now fa mud more atrnnglv than
ever, were left in a wigwam near To*is*,
in charge of an old wotuan noted fur
her savage patriotism.
hour* days passed, and as the unfor
tunate enemies lay lu the Ridge of the
old woman, she dealt out to them a
scanty supply of food and watoi. They
lossnight ln-r toreb a.se them, and offered
her the moat valuable hriba* ; but she
tield her tongue, and remained faithful
to her trust. it was now a morning of
a jdeosuut day, wb.-u an ludiau fa>v
called at the door of tlio uld wouiau s
lodge, and told her that he had seen a
party of their enemies on the other side
of the mountain a few hours iirevious,
and it was jirohaUe fliey were coining
to the rescue of their fellows, lihs heard
the intelligence ia aileue*. Ke-entoring
th-. lodge, another appeal for freedom
aas mode, aud the prisoners w ere
phrased to arc a smile ufaying upon the
countenance of their keeper. She tol l
them she had relented, and promiwd
that she would let them wwpe, fait it
uuut be u(M)n certain cunditioaa. They I
were first to give into her bauds what
few ]M rsoliol eflects th-v had left; UiUst
depart at dead of night, and Uial they (
might uot find their wax-back, mn4 c<u-
PM-ut (o go blindfolded, for two nule#
through a thick wood into an rqe-n cotui- 1
trv. where site would relewse tfa-tn.
The priauiwrs gladly consented, and as
the hour of midnight approached it was
acewn]wined by a faravv thunder storm.
Th night ami th* ismtempfatosl deed
wer* admirably suited. Sim tied leatli
eru baud* over the eves of the captives,
andjhuving severed the thongs that fas
tened their feet, led thezn forth wih
hand* stiU botmd liehind their lscks.
They were fastened to each other by
tough withes. and w ere in this wav led
toward- therr promised fmslotu. Intri
cate, viiuling, U-di<>us. was the way ; but
not a murmur was heard or t vurJ,M
spoken.
Nw the strange i>roee.*sion rrachM a
level spot of ground, and tlie priwsaera
fa-gau to step more freely. Now they
hare reach ou the prvcipic* of Toocoa—
and. as the wotnau walkstotfa; very -<lgc,
she makes * saddeu turn, and the Mind
captives ait launched inl> the abyss fa
low A howl of savage trinmfrh echoes
through the air from the old woman
fiend. and with the reran* of the dying
in Iter ears and the lightning in her path,
she retrace# her stoq to the lodge to
sock repoao, and on the morrow to pro
claim her cruel dotal.
ft hipping Hsrse- Dangerous.
i would caution thoee who I mm or o
horse*, against exciting the ill-will ot the
animal. Many think they arc doing
finely, and ro proud of lhir ueev-*in
hone-training by tDNWi of severe whip
-1 ping, or otherwise miming and ariuwla
ting tlw namkma, ami then, fmrn oe.
aity. crwiiUiK the U through which the
r-Mtion-<' U prompted. No mistake can
lie greater tluui tin*, and there is nothing
that ao fully exhibit* the nUiity, judg
ment and skill of the real horseman, aa
the can* and tact displayed in whining,
insbwd of rep> fling the action of the
mind. Although it inay be oceessary to
u-e the whip sometimes, it should al
nav lie applied judiciously, aud great
care ahould be taken not to rouse the
the pa—ions, or excite the will to olisti
naev.
w legitimate and proper u*<* of a
whip i* calculated to operate upou the
| sense of tanr almost entirely. The af
fection* and hotter nature innat h' ap
pealrd to in training a horse, aa well aa
in training a child. A reproof may be
intemied for the good of the child. out,
if only the imssiciiA an* excited, tluj ii
fect is depraving and injurious. This
is a vital prhiejple. and can lie disre
garded in the management of <u-ndtm*,
courageous horses, only at the imminent
risk of H|Kiiling them. I liave known
many h-'rsee of naturally g<Ktd oliaras
ter t<> la* spoiled by whipping omv ; and
one horse Uut was made vicious by lie
ing struck ouee with aw hip, while stand
iug in his stall.
Sensitive horses slionld never la* left,
after they have been exerted by thewrhip
or other iiieaus, until <*ahned down bv
nibbing or patting the ln*l or neck, and
giving apples, sugar, or soiu<-tliiug that
the animal is fond of, Beiaember, the
whip must la* used with great care, or it
is liable to do great mischief, and may
cause irreparable injury.
THKT mi. A STOET of a railroad em
ployee who had souie trouble with 11
hotel-keeper in reganl to his boanl bill
Although he was exceedingly angry he
nursed his wrath until one evening when
the har-nxnn una crowded with guest
the nndieuce he hud been waiting for—
and then took his tnru a* story tiller us
follows : I dresunt the other night, that
1 died, and went to the place where they
wen* separating tin* sheep from the goats,
I tried to alip in with the sheep, Wt it
was of no urn-. They stud 1 hudn't tweu
accustomed to very select society iu the
place where I came front, so they hu-th d
me iu with the goats, and put ns in a
dreadful hot place. I wandered around
hen* and there, looking for n coo! spot,
where 1 could rest, for I waa pretty tired;
At length I came to an immense iron
chair winch seemed to la* cold. I sat
down ghidlv enough, but a liost of little
imp*, with framing torches in their haiuls
jitmjied ont from under it, nnd one of
them -hunted "(let out of tliat or the
very old father of ceil himself will be
after vail Me has been reuniting that
seat for a long time, and we are just
heating it up for old Captain Blank of
the house at 8.. Vermont P*
TUB Memphis -D/ipe// tells of a little
flaxen-haired married women who has
been attending ono of the public schools
in that city for a couple of months.
Whenever the weather is fine her little
negro servant goes out to meet her with
1 iiiby aliout three o'clock in the afternoon.
It w curious as interesting to observe
the little flaxen-haired mother exchange
her books for the bundle of shawl, with
n face peeping ont of it, at the street
corner. _
A dairyman in .England has been fined
forty shillings for not pntting enough
milk in his water.
tdilrr to llaaffhtrr*.
The fallowing it the advice given to
ii>ui(litn in the otdru tunu by their
' ututbrii.
Iter mother tell* tier that if the widbo*
to Immxju* i wife ah* must go to chun-h
regularly slid uiilat not let the rkiii U/p
i her, fin she ie sun* to luuk the fairest on
that il*y in which to ru U>nL In
church aha la to Jira.v, ami not to talk,
neither laughing at, nor scorniu j any
j one. Hh<' i to la- litoraJ, ami give to
the poor, whom it U itearanary that the
care fur. Mhc i not to dreptae any
oilers of mam **•-, hut to couault her
friends about tlcm ail. Hhe is to avoid
•tupuwona places in company with her
. lover. When out ihe ia tort to walk too
ton, nor to brandish about her head or
wriggh- Iter ahwuidera in any way, If
town aite ia nut to gad about from one
bouac to another, not to a wear, nor to
K< t drunk on far r pin money. 'Bo get
drunk once in a dav <Hd net appear to
matter ao much ; but abe tell* her that
if aha grta drunk often abe will be dto
graced, and cannot poarihly ha thrifty.
So, if she ttnda heraetf it company % ham
good ale ia gutng. aim ia to drink moth*-
ately of it She ia not to frequent public
! shows; but ahe ia to stay at home, and
'she will aoon get rich. U any wan
•peak* to tier, she ia only to greet him,
' and then let him pan* on, bccaoae he
might tempt her to wrong. She ia nut
to take prevent*. bet-am* they have
Keen the ruui of many women true an
( MteeL When she ia uiarried, ahe is to
honor her husband atom- nil earthly
things, ahe may " aiake" his wnrth ami
'be hi* darling. She is to be of glad na
ture, fair of speech, and nuhl of mood ;
true in word uinl deed, and good in con-
MMNM : nod she ia to keep free from
j sin. shame, and ciliany <<* any kind.
She in to be well-mannervd, and mrt be
have a "gigßi" or rump. She ia not 1
to lie too hard or too easy with h<#
household ; but she must ace that they j
do what is iieoeaaaiy ; and this abv ior is i
to lie particularly attended to if In*
j haaband ia away from home. When put
to a push she is to work herself, and tor
example will liave a good effect upon the
servant*. Hb- hto wok after bcr house
hold |>eraf>naliy, and if any fault arises,
she ia to sh<vk it uamedistoiy; te see
that w torn a thing has been onus that
it ha* been dole- lighter; to keep th
keys in her own puaeeaMwu, and to bo
ware whom the trusts; the servants
must be jwid on their regular wages
days, and. il poMfhlc, she is to he gener-"
oua to them. She is not to be wfCiHl of
her neighbor's " ricb attire,** but she ia
i to thank Hod for what she hctwfeif poswas '
1 ea. On work days ahe ia to work hard ; i
on holy ilays to praise Hod She is to
love bur neighbors, do as she would be.
done by, and. if wealthy, to be hospitebied
and kind. The agying, •• liked a wren f
i<x>>nLig to hia von, ia to be apphed
to her huslwud; ao she must dress an-.
i-ording to Ids income. If her children J
j are rein-Dion*, she i to take a " smart
riahh- to (hem and beat them in a row f
till they err mercy and are conscious'
of lix-tr guilt " Instead of giving her
< Itngbtera money to spend an their
birthdnva in uatiasa presents, ahe is to i
Ifgiu to collect goods for thtar marriage, j
If the dslighter does everything that
die. the good wother. toll* her, Hat hue
•hand won't repeal marrjiug her. The,
I•* flood Wife" end* her sweet and aim
|4e counsel—some of which counsel
motlx rs even nowaday* might give their
laughter* without disadvantage*—by,
invoking the blwmngs of the parUiiuelts
on her street girl. "May Christ and
his blessed mother, ail the aageit and
■rchangels blasa her. end give her grace
. to wend her sav to the bKwi of heaven,
where aitteth Cfod Almighty. Amen."
Rente V eertesfea,
Row many >J as. hcethna and sisters.
make home the rug-bom of iM4iujnoi
and caprire*, and wretched mood* of ev-1
wy kind, while We carefully hide them
from the stranger ! When the guest or-.
rives we slide a chair over the rent in the
■ -arpet, and slide tidy over the worm j
eilge of the aofa-citahion. and lay a pert
' lily-bound book over the ink-stein upon
! the parlortabh'-cloth : and o at hia com- 1
I in* the. dying hair is smoothed, and the ,
suheu look is gilded with a smile, and the ,
*>ur tone is suddenly wonderfully sweet
Shriveled old Autumn bloom* in a mo
ment into twt Spring. And how hi a
youth to know that thia house, where
■-very-thing secma to smile, is not always l
as warm and sunny as he find* it ? Yet,
this young woman, ao neatly dressed, ao
quietly mannered, ae fascinating to the j
young man. may be the m<wt inefficient |
.of human bring*. HhU he can never j
know it until it is too late. Re cannot
, put it to the proof. He takes Ihc divinity
uiHtn trust. All that he knows ia that >
she is a wvtn>ui. and that he low* And
wh-the* be thinks that honsekaM iu
telligi-ncc and thrift nd enl!cs courtesy |
I come by iistiuv, like Dogberry's reading;
or vmtitrg. or whether he assumes that,'
lutving a uautimr, his poories* primv-a has j
b.vn oarefnliv taught all the duties of a f
queen, or whetb-v.as tin-most probable. •
1 he know* only that he loves, the dntv of
the jwrcut is "still the tamo. • * • J
Hut for the ordeal of tlx- household j
who can come too well prepared ? And j
what jsireul, whst humau U mg who lias i
learned by emsriencc, but would gladly |
equip every cliiM with the moat jverft-et j
.qoiiunent"? No, I>oriudn Jans, to whom :
tlie youth, crusty at home, will j-iescntly j
cotno sweetly Miuiliag, it is not the flow
ing hair, and the graceful dress, ami
•doom upon the cheek, mad th soft
luster of the rye, that will make home
happy. No. nor is it hi* horses and ;
plate! and the luxury and ease he prom- '
tare. Aud you, iVar Sir. aud Madam,
who permit that boot to sit surly at the |
table, and ti growl in munosyUalilre at
home, you who suffer that fair-far*-d girl >
to grow up uttoriy unequal to the duties,
to which she Will i* relkxl. you are re
a)KMisibU'.
The Franeodierman Debt.
Considcmblo iutcreat lias lawn maul-1
tasted as to how tle French War debt to
(icl tuauv ia to be paid. The oojophoated |
state of affairs in ud around Paris, .
which is France, ha* added no little to
this interest. We obaerre tlint the latest |
propose*! snbttion of the problem comes j
f rom the C 'omnrnnists, and is in substance j
US follows To make the monied inter- >
rets of France pav the del 4. The pro
perty of thesis wealthy imm. it iaaaaortod
uiiumiii.s to <in Lund re. I aud vixte- mil
liards of mouey, a tax oti which of three
or four per cent, would at once place
Prance in a position to wipe out the
1 obnoxious debt with little inconvenience
to Iternelf. While there is little prospect
that *ueh a " plan" can be saev-cmfully
carried out, still tho propoaitiou, made
IW apparent sincerity, cannot ftul to have
a m-rious eib-ct, ainl will still larger in
crease die gnlf whieh divides labor find
capital in France Capital which sup
port* labor, must be protected, or the
effect upon the poorer classes dependent
upon their labor, must be serious. Just
now Frwuoe needs the utmost aid of her
capitalists. Every dollar of money must
be brought into use to recover ground
( lost daring the war, and this will assured
ly not be the case if capitalist* are thus
threatened. Poor France sadh- needs a
strong arm and a powerful head now.
An ludiann paper notices the death of
an old subscriber, and touchingly adds :
! "We are sorry to hear of the drath of
any of our subscribers who are prompt
about paying P "
TJCKMH ; T*o Dollar* a Year, in Ad ranee
' The KagUsfc fiparrwws.
i Kvil reports of what tire sparrow* are ■
t! doing in fbe country are nmde. It is a]
fact to UuKsit, vet nev.wtbch-as it is a'
fact that three htth English hints are
> very good ritiMaa. but behave very bad
i j v M s# they take it into their heads
'ito go into the wuuutnr. It will soon be
1 seen that it was an ill advised measure to
bring them her.- at all, for although
they, destroy the Urvsc of insects sud
keep catehpulars from eovering ns In the
' sit tamer, yet whan they go cmt into the
1 fields they descend upon tha wheat and
the youug rye, as dwwipated youth fall
'' upon toe old rym, hut with more dis
-1 taimr effects UJJOU ti. original owner*
thereof! • ftrtoine oountztasa reward is
' paid for the dead body of • sparrow,
and for all sparrow egg* that may he
found and destroyed, *> that they fairly
come under the hsnd of vermin. But I
' the damage tibus ia not alone to tha;
- gatsi there ia hardly a more <|mnvl
--1 l sun an<! tymuniml bird than this.' He.
'' fight-, with the rot Ha aid! urercomal bun
hv numbers: he harries and drives away
. the beautiful Baltimore oriole, the moat
1 welcome and lovely of otu summer
visitors, whose orange and veruUlion
hues on a hackgronud of bhw-k, and
whose plaintive, mellow note are the de-
Ugbt of the world; who cotnre ah the
j way front Mexico to us, only to find lit
tle gray thieves in poas'islon of the old :
hsunto, determined not to share with
him. but, on the contrary, bent wa bis
destruction. Aa matter of fact the adult
sparrow uarea very htlta for larvw and
and very much tor grain; gives the
former to hia young while be himcif
Uvea as much as possible on the latter.
Bo it is easy to see how dangerous a J
denizen of the country he ia Aa for
. beauty, except that *hwh comes from j
. quick* motion, he has none of it, although
'he is picturesque and iiiquant The
writer of this )>aragraph happened to be ,
in the country a few days ago and saw
a handsome cock robin standing on to.
'ground surrounded by gairon who
watched every movement he made, und
i everv once in a while would dart at hint
astray throw* his prg-top, stab him
wito their beaks, flv after htm when he
flew, pestering sad making Hft a bnr
dea to him. When the orioles cgme last
summer looking for their houses—for
some had learoyd to oecnjjry bwure—
thev had to perch on trees and look
longingly at their homes, on the top of
sack of which stood • big sparrow on
guard, as pert and ready to fight as a |
gain to The tarmei* are comjdainina j
already, and we think it would be well
' to import a tew lively sperrow-hawks to
decimate the little gray thieves and mur
derer*. —A. V. Puper.
ArradlaaKlapUcity •
A story cf the tardy line of the abo
riginal inholMtants of the Isthmus at
Ttaricu comes to us byway of Panama, j
A delegation of three gentle savage*
having visiting that city on a matter of
business, they were instantly interviewed
ibv a ciureu—*o Infectious is a bad habit;
—and the local papers spread their story
before the world. The aboriginal mind
appear* to have opened un-tar the appii
' cation of skillful crore-qucrtiuuing. uke i
* a flower under the son of Spring, and
with a pardonable pride the gentle peo-1
pl boasted of their freedom from the
corruptions of ctvibaati<. They were
asked what they did with their thtevos
and murdenwa, but the question aansed
them to open their dove-like eyre in
' mild asUiuivhmeut they declared that
in their happy village* nobody stole from
or murdered onotner ; snd to to them
the punishment of death, forced laltae,
and i*wteitu*rie* were unknown. Ore
| mi**Miliary nas visited there people, but
they asked. For what t He conld do no
good. Thev believed in Ood. What
j more toukl W desired ? Their religion
being thu* simple snd pure, they needed
nStaftnching. The langnage they speak
ts rtescrihed as singularly reft snd bean
; tifttl Thev toll not neither do they
, itn ; for the narth yields spontaneous
dutuara, sad the untutored mind of the
j dwtHter upon the banks of the running
stream* requires no other drink than the
purest water. It is pleasant to know
that this guileless race is within the
rench of the curious traveler—but if dv
' ill ration should chance to encroach upon
' them, its native simplicity might vanish.
A Mad Yataaan.
While returning by a new route to our
camp, dull, thundering sounds, which
tfencral Wsunburn hkened to frequent
discharges ola distant mortar, broke up
on our ears. We followed tlicir direction,
land found than to proceed from a mud
i volcano, which occupied the dope of a 1
wm&UuiD. embowered In a grove of tHac*. 1
Dense volumes of steam shot into we air 1
i with each report, through a crater thirty i
feet iu diameter. The reports, though
, irregular, occurred as often ss every five 1
foootids, and could bo distinctly ncard j
: half a mile. Each alternate report shook j
i tie- ground a distance of two hundred 1
' vanls or more, Mid the massive jet* of
; vapor which aceotnpanied them, burst {
forth like the smoke af burning gunpow- •
iter. It was impossible to stand on the,;
• ilg of that wdc cd the crater opposite ,]
tte- wind, and one of our party, Mr. ]
Hedges, was rewarded for hei temerity ~
jin venturing too near the run, "by Wing j
I thrown lv the force of the volume of 1
. steam violently down the outer side of ]
! the crater. By hasty views, afforded by ,
occartonel gwsts of wiad, we could see I,
at a depth of sixty feet the regureitatiag
' contents.— Fnm UtrHmtr's/oi Afoy.
BituiiM Dnnottso.—Our Bavarian :.
friends drink as much foamy beer as any |:
;of ttie oM Nureiutesr* bnrgouiasterv
The following story wul show how the
breweries thrive in Munich :
" Friend Gart," aaya (me tat Teuton, { 1
| " cau yon drink one hundred glasses of |
i bear in one day ? I will wager you can j'
not. "
Curl answered, " Jfo, I guess uot;" 1
; but the next day he accepted the bet and '
quaffed off one limulivd mugs of cool, de
j lickuix lav-r
" Well, I declare !" cries his tat friend ;; 1
"most wonderful I But tell me, Carl i 1
whv did vtHt not take my bet yesterday f" ;
"bh ! I wanted to try first, and see if 1 .
could do it"
A jt.vs of wealth, named Cotheal, re- !
oently died at Wurtaboro, Bnllivan conn
! Tv, N. Y., where he owned a valuable
j load mine. In his will he left 860,000
to lie applied to further touting a mooted
question among mineralogists as to
whether the moat valuable ore is at the
, out-crop at a mine or in the bowels of a j j
mountain. Mr. Cotheal held the latter |
view, and had expended thousands of
dollars in tunneling the mountain in .
which his mine existed. He died before -
the miners struck the ore roek. His .
legacy is iu the hands of trustees, and
the work ia proceeding according to the )
! wish of the testator.
SUE* TO ORB TBRVO.—Every young
' man, after he has choaen his vocation,
1 should stick to it Don't leave it be- j
cause hard blows are to be struck or | 1
disagreeable work performed. Those j
who have worked their way up to wealth j'
and usefulness do not belong to the 1
, shiftless and unstable class, hut may be <
reckoned among snch as took off their j'
coats, rolled up their sleeves, conquered 1
their prejudices against labor, and man- 1
tolly bore the heat and burden of the <
Dtbljn, Ireland, has sent a fall earge 1
of seed to France as a donation. i ]
1; UtOa Lady.
fl*r frM to while, lad si warn! i
IU, *)•* with toon? ton are (mad :
* w*h M Mas M
I fcwli talry skein to sassX *w4*st,
| Are- nul* to hM hie tiay ftwl
Ht wwka ore wtod, to tight •ad tot#,
j And softly rtoap reck an* tog a*i
Bar hair Mwstk a strttaf of war*.
: fcftJSS&J
j HercuriaHk#:
With many a Wwh and jsaay a ■%,
torn* # prW. tkc
' white.
Daintily dramad
wSVISkMy.
Fact# and faneta*.
Badly braten—carpet*. just now.
Eg are two doUais a dozen in Pi
cot. Arizona. c
A cod lirer oil ad. say* ; " Pattenta
*ko liave ouw lakes It en take no
other.
Modesty in a woman ia tike the eolor
on bio-cheek, decidedly bamming, U mm
put on.
A sermon jo four votda am the vanity
of earthly powwsaiona Hhrooda hare no
pocket*.
A Maosadbuaette man he* eonianeoeed
swallowing fcimmtt Be In not U*
teeth down.
A vootn meanfacttwer in Heine tuna
Us null with ten hands. all of them Ms
own children.
A nfrl, with both her legs taken a§
dm* to her body, aweepa a sterol Croat
ia* in London.
I* thete word in the Enfliah laagtiam
; Unit aontaiaa all the vowel# t 1W w,
. || nij MIIJI ili || ilil y
j At the marriage of the Prwoea* Loutoe
tW hundred pounds of wrdrimg-cai..
{were distributed.
Titer* are about 5.330,000 aomanttti
canto of the Itomau Catholic Church in
the United Stale*.
There were M.H* arroato by the
police of Chicago daring the ywaroeodio*
on the lnt intent
There are arid to be 01,000 clergymen
in the United Btatea, tLeir avenge pay
being about #7OO a year,
j' The difference between the ecbool-boy
and clerk-bov ia, that one atorta the
aiind and otlier minds the wore.
Five hundred young n have applied
for the poeitioa of conductor on the
Boston Bane and Gardner railroad.
Mr*. Jones. of lowa, want# a divoraa
baeanae bar husband loafa around home
tpaee barren a wowing machine for baa
aapport
In Nev Orleans the other day, a judge
fined a woman §5 for being wtoxiested,
and then gave the money to her nina T
year-old daughter.
The Emproae of Oenuany aaid the
other dav to an Austrian journalist, that
she bad never aleptmora then fourhoun
a day since the breaking out of the war
with France.
California paper* tell a delightful little
story about a youth who rwmtlr won
911,000 in a lottery and afcmgMwa?
banted np hi# moat intonate friend and
divided lua new gained wealth with him.
The Xenia fOhiui JbnUiokl aaya that
some twenty Indtsa presented thimaalvca
at the Teflow Spring poB, and demanded
of the Judge# of Beabruo that their
Uißoto be received. The Judges de
clined.
Over fifteen hundred clergymen of the
church of England have stoned a formal
protest against the admwsaon to the
communion-table te Wretaniaater Abbey
of a Unitarisn divine who is one of the
oonuntasHm to revise the translation of
the Bible.
An exchange thinks those postal card#
which have the letter all written out in
iss^cssatcKjsr
i mafla, as every paswise dark wflthawe
to wait until he rend* the tatters before
distributing them.
A Xewwrk barber atartnd out the other
eft-Ding to "go to the lodge." Hiawiia
entered a airouoerade ball at ten o'clock,
took him by tin ana, ami leading him
sway from hi* young lady partner in ooa
tome, with the gentle remark, " This
the way yon go to the lodge, • it f
While Jndge Tnretay, of Atabaota,
was eating supper in a southern hotel
lately, a Mr Marshall entered and snap
ped a pistol in hit tare, saying: "1
will show yon what, lioneatf is. The
Judge wrencbed the pistol out of hta
hands, and went on with his supper.
N<* bring abta to ascertain which party
-houM be congratulated on the result of
, the Connecticut ritactmn, the citiaena of
a New Hampshire town, both Democrats
and Bepsbfotas, clubbed together the
Other night to fire a salute and hold s
grand supper and ball on general priact-
Here is the moat Jog-gonad aHartiremte
simple of amatory poetry that ww hare
ever wen:
When old Onto rite ia UsUyV teste. ,
Oh I teal 1 wwh that I were toil
Wbra hre tavy taurera pat his hcwL
Oh! tout I vtah turn aw tastosi I
W'hrti arms hU aeek touwtoae.
OB: SOUL I WTOBW* MUK WMIWWI
I Wh.n SaUv kiwv Carta's mm.
Oh! Sat I wish teat 1 wwr* thaael
A duelist in Washington onre mada
three prepositions when challenged : the
first being to sit on a barrel of nun-
Cder together; the seormd. to hold
da sad jump from the top of the
Capitol; and the third scarcely lens un
iious, to shoot at each other within tan
pace* with three musket balk! Tha
latter ww adopted, and one of the partiaa
| feU at the first fire.
The fighting during the first two days
resulted in advantages to the Commune.
Their troops occupy Aanierea, TStJ,
j Motdineoiwux, Vitlejnif, and Hantet
brnyerea. a piHioo of Chatillon, ana
\ctiilly. Thev have erected new barri
cades before Port Maillot. The Verwil
: lea army ia posted on this side of Chetay
le-Boe, at Cherilly, and L*hay. Ott.
' MacMahon. it is reported, will now re
main on the defensive until his army is
j greatly is snjnrned
A Prrtionxro Ou— i. former
Prinrinal of the High Hchool ia Mari
ilioro, Mass,, and for two years a prac
ticing lawyer in that town, driven to in
sanity ny slanderous stories respecting
lumrelf," made an attempt a week ago to
oommit suicide. He first emptied the
six barrels of a revolver into ius breast;
: then dehberately loaded and fired another
shot jnst under the ribs in the left side.
Finding all these ineffectual, he next
fired into his right ear, then behind the
ear. and lastly just over the ear. At this
I point he became insensible, and he was
almost immediately found by hia family.
| AH the ten bullets are now m his body.
Three of them are supposed to be im
: bedded in the brain, while the other sev
en are supposed to be somewhere in the
' region of the heart, and at last accounts
he was still alive.
IT is remarkable how speedihr a silly
paragraph will run the rounds of the
press. Borne three weeks ago a Troy r
{taper said that an over-sensitive young
man in that city had left hia boarding
house because a rat hud gnawed off his
ear. The story bore its absurdity on its
face, but still* very many of the towns
in the Union have taken to themselves
the over-sensitive young man, and he has
now reached Terre Haute, Ind. How
much farther he will go on his travels
remains for the ingenuity of newspaper
men. *
A DEATH SUIT.—In a New York court
an u udertaker sues to recover the amount
of a bill for an expensive funeral ordered
by toe deceased, who had determined
upon a magnificent funeral. The whole
cost of the affare rtn( j the amount sued
for was £1,395.01. Among the items
was one four-horse hearse, at $, and
eight coaches at £6.50, each eaaeh
driven and followed by a drive* who
wore black kid gloves bought at whole
sale for $3 per pair. The eourt found
for tbe plaintiff, and the estate was eom
i polled to pay the bill
"*! ~ "2a' 'v' iv * .'saH
NO. 18.