1B * Wn VBjard. In the dewy depUißpf the graveyard, I He in the UnJ| prae*. And watch, in thwuwauf aiure. The whit* etnuiAAlila peea. The binl* in the djnilWfcbranches Sing gajly ovsrtfsJG' Gray somes like seatiiK-i iwretre* • Are guarding the siSntdaed The early towers sleep abided In the cool green noonday gloom; The broken tight fat' shuddmi . On the cold white lace of Wis tisnh. Without, the world Hi wtuUug 5k., lu the todtiite low ocOwl, Rt the sunlight falls and feheapfj^ When it tall* on the churchyard led. g. d. m jfc,* ' '■ On me the joyous capture Ot a heart"* first lore ie shed. Ral H falls on my hwart as coldly As snnligbt ou" thwiead. The Han*# f Heath, #: atonal John Hay. la his " thculleu ftaya," Veils the Wotv of sis 14#nuke. who ahv.t up hU sUU-ly nuuaWS when his J-*g wit- wsscarried out of it, and left It to fall hjt.s deesy in the wriJat of snrrenuditig lifr. 1 Not * hand WUffe-1 the IstcUct Since ahr w<t nut oJ th- d.wr; • Nt> tonatepe >hs!t ■#** tl threefaold . fiutce *pe can rotaattt *• soot*. Then- i* mat ipa 5.-to sullita<c. Ami mould sml hi; ni. n the watts; And silence fointJm 'hehawkers, Aad darkm-ee wstts ia the halt* : Wail* as aU things hw W#*i waiting, Since site went, thst dsy f Spring. BoTOe m her palls) splendor. Th .tWellth the l\mrU vt the King, With lili on Uro end Uwotu, With robes of silken sheen. j Awl 1. r w.v.i.Vrfct Rosen heaaty, TK, hßc# and stlkbonresn. Bed mesa she left behind her. Rut they died king, ksug. ago ; Taws the odorous gn.wt of snloasom That seemed through the dusk to gkw, Thegsraseaw she left caoek the shadi'we With hints of womanly grace. And her image swim* in the mirror That was so need to her face. The birds make insolent IUUSI • Where the sunshine not* outank, And. (i* KimUare merry and wanton, WUii tb* aamnwr'* pomp and pride. But into this desolate mansn-u. Where lore hse closed the door, Nv etraahine nor eammer shall eater, Htnce she can come in no mere. 2 wirrr LGTB DID. • Button! button! who's got the but ton r These word* Ml in hurried accent* ol vexation from the cherry-ripe lips of Mm Luiv Mare, aud fere "accompanied by a fairy aralaachv o( fivacioatuig scream*. Sho was just about to step aboard the car* when she discovered her hvss. "Oh dear 1 It was on when I started. What ran have become of it 7 1 can never match ft ijv this world !" And jbf cast A Wok of consternation at the vacant juacc on her sacque, where there should have been a targe agate but ton. "Why doa't you look around for it F* she demand oil of ber handsome cousin, fherald Wentworth* who was to see her l#-ly starred on her journey. tie elevated his eyebrows at her impe rious tone, and scanned the ground at their "What are ywy.looking at, Tom Shelly 1 Tou'd better "go back to yivur greasy ma , chiiiwekop, unless you can find uy button!" .Ti ustJUully lifhal his hat. bowed low to conceal a sbade of pain that passed across hie fact*, hod walked away, lie bad come to take a last look at the despotic little lieaiiKy lefrte she pa.*sd from hit vision. - *pmay fiVreeer. 'She was the ineanuitioii to hnn of all -that was bright, winning, sprorhtlv. and lovable: aud after she wt gone he would muse and dream about her. when she, perhaps, would bestow only an occasional, transient thought on him as an aluuuamong her home reminisce use*. Just then th* darning whistle sounded, and Misa Ware fas compelled, sorely against ber will, to submit to her loss, and proceed on her joiniiey. She waved -he*, handkerchief, Gerald Wentworth waved his bat, and then the latier Tom Shelly. "SinOra high-towd little piece. Shelly," 1 rekol Oljri! Miss Ware. She mto h} gone lor a lagf time, I believe*r "All winter.^T Tom ' ale looked at bis rusty 1 clothes, and them with the ele gant suit ot bis companion. "SheS pretty proud, isn't ahe 7" "Proud as Lucifer's vgster—if he had shtttghed WuUwwrtli. "Though I.' doa'tfMiuw At tn af that. I ibinkAA , *- , 'l deal of h'-t my*rit " ••Yen SHEA BIT ooaain. vou know." VKi iMy heantdw." "And ahe know* it too.*' Ton waa riieiit. Oe did not (eel capable ! of maintaining his careies* tone; so he looked straight ahead, and planted his beeb 1 on the pavement with vigor as he stepped 1 "They say you're the best man in Dim- 1 ning's niadiinc-abop, Shelly. How's that 7" i H'mme the Uiaeaiii. -uop aud its grcas*- and dirt F* exclaimed Shellv "1 wish I'd 1 chosen some more genteel ta*.nesg." I "Well, it isn't as neat as it might be, to I* sure. But still, when you get up to the top, it's all right. Look at Dunning—bow I, he stands in the community, lie began by kindling the Arte, you know." , Here the two turned off in different di rections. Their brief con vet nation passed from Wentworth'* uicd immediately ; but < | Tom retnetnbered it, dwelling and lingering on each word, and turning it over and over in his mind. There was no torture so de lightful to him a*> to bear Lucy M are talked about, and to meditate oo whatever concerned her in near or remote degree. He watebed by stealth her smiles, and was angry with all the world because be could not resist tb# infatuation. For be ought. to have dismissed her from bis thoughts with contempt after she refused one night to go to a concert with him because he did not dress well enougti. He was wuumled and cut* but the circumstance did not bring common -cam: to his bead. lie sulked, aud toiled, and hoped with a miser able, doubting hope, and pocketed his fif teen dollars a week, and was still an abject •lave. Mis# Ware was going to New York to spend the winter wtth a wealthy aunt, and now he had her last words to think ot—a command to go back to bis greasy machine shop! When be left the shop that night it was to walk home with How step# and a thoughtful free. Ruminations in which there were gleams of sense, energy, and purpose ran through his head. He found supper waiting, and sat down opposite his mother with an absent, preoc cupied look. "Are you tired, Tom ?' ' No, not particularly." "I thought you looked so." "Dunning iktrat at the bottom, didn't be, mother? And why cau't I work up to where he stand* now f Yes, Went worth waa right. PI! do it!" "Do what, Tom V* "Oh, nothing—only I'm not going to stand at the lathe ail my life—l can tell you that.* "Why, what's the matter, T#m ? Aren't you doing very well Sow P "N j. u'm nothing but a greasy, be grimed laborer. But I'll make my mark yet, /r give up the gho*t." "Mercy ! don't talk so. 1 thought you were very well satisfied." "Satisfied !* contemptuously. "It is wrong to murmur against one's lot. We ought to be thankful—" "Don't mention the ward 'thankful' to me! Pardon me, mother, I don't mean to speak unkindly; but—well, there's going to be a change ; that's all." "You don't mean that you are going to leave Mr. Dunning ?" "No, no." "What was it about Mr. Wentworth V "Oh, I met him to-day"—Tom blushed —"and he reminded me of how Dunning began as a chore-boy, and of the way be staads now. And 1 thought, why can't one do it as well as another 7 Why can't I do it?" Tom looked at his mother in a defiant, argumentative way. "I'm sore I don't know," she replied, slightly nonplussed. "But you shouldn't deceive youmlf by building air-castles." •Til take care of that. But Fife jot an idea that I mean to work out. It may amount to nothing." FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor, VOL. IV. "Wh.t i* it. Tow /" ''l can't tell YOU DOW. \ou know that brain* >omotmu* make won- money than hand*. II 1 could only in*rut roinetliiug." Mr*. Slulh shook lur head doabllully, "Inveiiturv arc generally bail -hnuued orea j euro*." "Not by a deal! You ought to lie a*hatned to *isudor them. Think of what they have done for the world." Tom left the table with his tueal but half flnished. and thiew him*e!f down uu the couch. Putting his hand in hi* |mcki-t it catue iu contact with something that sent a crimson flood to bis face. He rose fca>tilv aud went up tu his room. He lit a lamp, aud smiled in exultatiou a* he laid a -mall object ou the table. It was Mix* ; l.ucy Ware's mlssiug button. Yes, Torn had seen It when it dropped, picked it up, ami reaolved to keep it as a remembrancer of the tautaliting airvu who had so be witched hiui. Some time, perhaps, he wvwld return it. lie chuckled as he thought ul ber diacouttiturr, aud her bli**- lul ignorance of who was the }K)essor of ' tb# lost trinket. Then the toolish fellow gaxed at it long and earnmtlv, finally plac ing it in an inside pocket of bis vest. He went to a shelf on which w a ranged a choice collection of actontiflc works, took one down, and eomiueuced reading. But his thoughts refusing to concentrate thriu selves on the subject of the Isavk. he tinaliv flung it aside and went down stairs. He astouished bis mother for the r**t of the evening by being unusually gay and vira cious. He |ierpetrated fearful jokes, and IK. th laughed until the team ran dowii their cheeks, thus insuiuig a good night's : rest. But a change was ratuiug The next day Tcuu bought pencil*, compasses, and drafting pw{ier. and in the evening shut: himself up iu his room. This was repeated tile next evening, and the next, and at the end of a week his mother learned to look no mote for the pleasant hours tbev had j been wont to spend together after tea. Tom grew pale, and his face assumed a thoughtful, resolute look. And soon he drew half of bis two hundred dollars from the bank and fitted up a little workshop iu a back chamber. Here the sound of filing and hammering was heard late into the hours of almost every evening. Tom was working out hh idea, whatever it was ; and it was plainly no child's play with him, but a game in which be had utaked | hh all—a battle for life or death. His j earnest face told this, always soberly med itative now, and scarcely ever relaxing into a smile. His mother noticed this; Mr. Dunning noticed it: his friends noticed it; but be discharged all bb daily duties with rigid fidelity, and gave short answers to expressions of concern. And thus the win ter passed. One August day Mr. Dunning said : "Shelly, vou are entitled to a vacation, and you look as though you needed it. Go! ofl for a couple of week*. Your pay shall go ou the same." "I don't want it now, Sir. I'm all right." "Ah, but I'm afraid you are not all j right. You are pale and thin." "I would prefer to work cm for the pres ent," persisted Tom. "I may want a vaca tion before long. I'll ask for it when 1 ilo." "All right. Don't be afraid to mention it. Only don't wait till the busy season " ; For the next three weeks Tom atuck later than ever to his little workshop even ings, and often toiled there nntil the wee' *uull hours were tolled out by the lonely, solemn town clock. At the end of that time he went to Mr. Dunning with bright, almost happy-look ing eyes. Yet he had a jaded, exhausted air. ' Now, Sir, I w ant my vacation." "M*hew!" said Mr. Dunning. "We've just got in some big orders, you know." "I can't help it. Sir. 1 must have a! week." "You ma*//" "I'm sorry, Sir; but rather than uot have it, I'd throw up my place." "Why, what's the row, Shelly ? Any thing going wrong P' "No, Sir. I hope you will pardon my perabtenee. but can I go for a week 1" "Well, yc#.'' said Mr. Dunning, reflect ively, "I suppose so. You ought to haTe taken it in the summer, though. But since ym ask for only a week, yon shall have it." That night Tom packed something very carefully in a small box, bade his mother good-bye, and started for Wasbingtoo. | "Upon nty word, Shelly, 1 did not know there was so much in you!" Tom Shelly and Mr. Dunning were clos eted together iu the latter's private office, with some papers spread out before them, and a small brass model of a machine standing on the desk. "Wcfi, Sir, since you approve of it, and think it likely to answer iu purpose, sup pose we talk "business." "Bu-ineesT" "Yes. You have capital, and I have the E stent. There's money in tbe machine, ut it will take money to bring it out." "Veiy true." "Well, your capital invested in these works is one hundred thousand dollars. I'll put in my invenlioo at fifty thousand, and own one-third of the establishment." "11a! 1 should think you might!" "Or, if you like, I will travel two months, and w# bow the thing ia likely to take before we make any agreement." "DonH you think you've got your ideas up rather high on the matter T' "Perhaps I have," an*wered Tom, cool ly ; "but I don't propone to go begging, and let others grow rich out of what I ought to bare." "Such thing* are all experiments—great risks." "I know, Sir; but you aee what it is, and the need it supplies, and it is for you to say whether you will run the risk of taking bold of it." Mr. Dunning paused and reflected. "I will look tbe matter over," he said at length, "and you may come here to-mor row evening." This was aa satisfactory as Tom could have expected, and so be withdrew. When be went home he asked h'w moth er (to whom he had confided naught of bis plans) bow she would like to live in Judge Graham's bouse on Main Street. "The Judge is going to Europe, and wants to sell." "What is thst to us, Tom ? We can't buy his house." •'Well, we msy be able tosomc time." "Some timo! What away you have of looking ahead, Tom!" "It's better to look ahead than behind, I think." Tout went up stair*, threw himself track in a chair, ana took Lucy Ware's button out. He fingered the memento over and over, gazed on it, anil finally pre wed it to hi< lips stealthily, as if he (eared some one might be looking. Then he wondered what Mr. Dunning* decision would be, and revolved in his mind all the contingen cies of success or failure. He slept but little that night, for his whole future hung on the interview of twenty-four hour* hence. ##•••*• New-Year's night! A silver wedding ! Mr. Dunning'* mansion was thrown open and thronged with his friends. It was no stately affair. The childreu were there as well as tbe old folks, and tbe house was aglow with merriment and good cheer. There were beautiful presents, smiling congratulations, and shaking of hand*; bright-eyed girls, with dazzling dreeses and shining white shoulders; dignified matron* in stately silks and diamonds, benignant lathers in glowy broadcloths and sober kick; elegant young men in swallow-tails and white vests: screaming children, with CENTRE HALL REPORTER, > wild, delighted countenances ; and tin- buzz i ami nut lr ami din ami clatter of a crowd that had dismissed dull care for the nonce, ami was bent ou making a night of it Torn Shelly was there, ai d *o \vs* Lucy Ware. The former nu surrounded by friomU ami DeW acquaintances eager to congratulate bttu on a recent important event—namely, hw ttlmMw a partner with Mr. Duantug "Dminim; A Shelly hat a very respect ablc sound," aaid one. "Accept wy congratulation* ou your Iguod fortune." aaid ttwtkrr. ••Well, Tow, your luck ha* OMU* at last." "You dawm Your luck- every bit of it," were the wont* of an old Irieud. Tow received all tbia with due graic and uiodralv. A few Tt-utured to sound hitu, to tret his intelligence, but were speedily aatwtied ou that w. He was a thoughtful reader, and possessed a little *(ock of book* that many ut tho*e around 1 hitu would hate done well to substitute for the unwholesome sweet meat* with which they were wout to legale their wind*. lu the meantime Tow i soliloquising mentally. He is crowing native, awl louga to speak to Lucy Ware. But he wondcra how she will rtceive him--whether his good fortune will wake him more attractive to ber. And if it doe*, and if certaiu hope, he was cherished aie fulfilled, will it ; be ht that wins her, or something else ? Will it be a cash match or a hire match f t>r won't it be any match at alt, and is *uob siwculation idle ? These were per plexing question-, ami TotU found himself unable to consider them with that coolness of judgment he had resolved with hi mac If to bring to bear on the matter. At last Tow approached her, and as he ; drew near felt a choking thrill. She wa just a* beautiful as ever, and gave him a glance out of her liquid black eytm that rippled up trow under the long lashes like a tiood of sunlight. But in spite of the wild earner into which hh blood was tired, he bade her good evening, touched her glove palm, aud uttered some commonplace remark with Terr praiseworthy nonchalance. J list then a set was forming to dance and one couple was wanting. Of course Tom asked Miss Ware for the honor, etc., and the two inarched on the llor. •'You will allow me to express my pleas ure at rour new advancement, will you not V site asked, in a tone iu which there was just a shade of tremulous me*. •*oh, certainly, if you take enough inter est in me to feel any pleasure at it." •'Why. of course 1 do. 1 always feel interested in those deserving of SUOCVHS." Her tone was charmingly frank now. "Oh. that'* it, i it r aaid Tom. a little disappointed. The sparkle in Mi** Ware's eyes dilated a little. "Well, 1 got it by bard work," he said. "1 went back to my greasy machine-shop that time, as you bid me." "What do you mean?" "Have you forgotten about it I It wa win n you went to New York to visit your aunt. You lost y our button at the depot, you know, and told me to go tack to my greasy machine-shop if I couldn't find it." Mb* Ware blushed acwriet. ,4 Oh, do not speak of that. It was very rude in me. I suppose you had forgotten it. I was only in fun." "But I wan't." Tom'a tone was rather stern, ami Lucy looked up quickly. "L made a vow then." '•Oh dear ! I hope 1 wasn't the means of your making a vow." ••Do you 7 And suppose you were— what then f Is there anything so very alarming about making vows F* "I don't know. Tbev're so very seldom ktpt." "Ah, but this out is partially fulfilled already, and will be entirely suit time. That is, only one thing can prevent it." Mis Lucy did not ask what that one thing was, but grew reserved, and during the rest of the quadrille did not look into Tom's face with her previous unembar rassed freedom. The conversation had been carried ou disjotntedly during the pauses in the dancing. When the last fig ure was finished Miss Ware said : "Oh dear, lam so tired of dancing! Let us walk in the other room, and see what the children are doing." Her hand still rested on Tom'* arm, and they made their way into anot her apart - ment, where a merry throng of boys ami girl* were partaking of the pleasure* of that old and exciting game, "Button ! button! who's got the button 7" "That's a good old game," said I-ucy, glancing at the children. , "Button! button! who's got the but ton ?" came in ringing tone* from one of the players. "I've got it P 1 exclaimed Tom. "No, Sir; I've got it myself!" shouted a merry, blue-eyed girl, betrayed into letting out her secret. A little scene of confusion followed, and then the game went on. Lucy Ware had looked up at Tom in surprise. "What made you say tuat F' she asked. "Because it is true." he answered, look ing at her with a mischievous twitch of the eye. Mi*s Lucy looked puzzled. "Do you want to see it V "Yea," she answered, with a doubttu 1 look. fie reached io his pocket and held tome thing out in bis hand. "Why," *he exclaimed, in amazement, "that's mine! Where did you get it ? It's the one i lost." "I know it." She blushed vividly, and was utterly mystified. "Please explain," she said. "Oh, there's not much to explain. I j picked it up when you lost it that time." "And why did you not give it to me 7" 1 "I preferred to keep it. 1 took it to my greasy machine-shop." ' Please don't. Tom laughed, and grew immediately serious again. He had to screw hs cour age up to the sticking point to utter the next words. "I kept it because 1 loved you!" he whispered. "Oh " And Miss Lucy hid her face in her hands, while her heart beat violently. "And I haven't got over it yet!" he said, boldly.. This was a very auilacious remark, and Tom had to take breath after it. Miss Ware also breathed audibly. But she did not spurn him with indignation—no, Air from it. Tom Anally aaid, in a voice a trifle unsteady : "I made a vow that morning, part of which was to work my way out of that greasy machine-shop. I've done that. The next part was to keep the button until its owner cared enough for it to—repay—to— that is, to give herself to me as a condition of its restoration." Miss Ware looked into his face with swimroiug eyes, yet out of the depths ot wbieli still welled up a fountain of irre pressible roguery. "But my sacone has gone out of fashion now, and the button will be of no use to me," she said. Tom looked at ber earnestly. "And, besides, I think you ought to be willing to give more than a button for what you ask." Tom flushed a little at this, but suddenly seized her band and exclaimed with energy: "1 can give the whole love of an undi vided heart—a life-long devotion—a love as unchanging and unstirring as the sun that shines ! Will do that 7" "I don't know but it will," came in a faint murmur. And so the old, old game was played, and who shall say that bearta did not win J The opium trade in India will net 840,000,000 next year. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO.. I'A.. FRIDAY, JUNE 'J. 1871. T IUUKTI of Yellow IVtrr. ' l( U hardly piiaHililf, MttVM a torn*- ' (Hindeut, thut Egypt in oi>r darkest days f plague mill famine, i-uuU liuve piv ' aciited u wore il<-|'|orul>l<- picture of uf- I fering mill il< solution than (hut which iu t to 1h- wcu to-day in the frwMiililrD city of ltut*uuu Aynw, in Houtii America. Until recently, the IM-nuiifu) capital of tin- Argentine Republic, nituat.il on the ltio *!• In I'hltrt, hau bccU llotill for the aalulurity of it* climate. Thoii|(h during the <iuiunit-r season, mvaaioual oaae* of , yellow fever would invar among the I jnniTiiit nild luont nhjet't fhevnw, the mal ady randy uiude its appearance among the I tetter clauaee, who were more inn*- j full if their diet and avoided rponani to the hurtling ray* of the mid day uu. Nor did the diawM- at any time ever be -4 innue epidemic. Iu the latter part of I February bi*t, the yellow fe\er suddenly appenretl iu |!ui-Ui Ayrex, wua confined ( to the low est ho vela on the river-frvut, r mid though for nearly a mouth the deallia exceeded the usual mortality very largely. very little attention a a* jaiid by ' the authori'tiea to the virulence of the | disease, About the middle of March, i though the disease luul uot yet coin , menoed ita direful work in the upjx-r ( ■ |rt of the city, ita fearful ravage* utnoug , the lower orders, the majority of whom i are Italian emigrant*, ut laat aroused the > fears of the people generally, aud pub lic meetings were held ill every jairt of the pestileutiid city, to devise plans and i j raise the mean* by charitable eontribu t tioua to siiivor the m -dy and stay the C progress of the epidemic. I'an ie-strick en. tlnwe who conld fire fl.-d with the utuioat pnvipitatiou. The exodus wan indeed general ; rich and poor hastily decani|ied ; in fact, every UH.IV that could manage to leave tlie infected preeiucta departed horridly, leaving the once • livi-1 v and lovely capital almost deserted. All tin* villas and tow na within fifty miles of Buenos Ay re# became the refuge of ita terror-stricken in ha nit ants, who suf fered untold mysteries and discomfort* in consequence of the utter impossibility of the country people to make adequate provision for Mu-ni all. Iu the little towus of Belgrano, Moron, Lujuu. Flo res, and Han Isidro, all iu the vicinity of Biienoa Ayrca, the spectacle was a pitia ble one indeed. Crowded within the narrow rouflues of the most aqitaiid and filtliy hovel*, and huddled iu mas os uu der open sheila, were seen delicate and refim-d women, with their ehildien, en during almost incredible sttfii-riug by ac tual hunger and exposure to the drrueh ing rains of the wet -.-arton. in order to em-ape, if |aMtiihh*, the fatal routagion which surrounded their luxurious home* in the city. With a population of considerably over two hundred thousand. But no* Aires, by the 4th of April hat had Usui decimated bv dea'li of nearly thirty thousand of ita inhabitants, while fully one hundred thousand had taken flight to the country towns leaving seam* sixty thousand in the city, one half nearly of whom were invalids and convalescents, unable to assist in t-ariug for their nick fellow-citizen*. Most of the public buildings in the city, including nearly : all tlie churches, llntUm>, und ciub- ■ houuM, were converted into public him- J pitaK The gran l Cathedral, the richly i endowed Temple, the U-uutifnl Tentro j Colon, ou the phza de h Victoria : the Teatro Victoria, oil the C'ulle Victoria ; the Teatrn Argentino, on the Calle Can gallo. and the Foreigu Clulehooae. on the Calle Hon Mantio, hail all Usui for weeks overcrowded with tlie juundio-d --loukiug victim* of the peatileooe, some, it is true, slowly recovering, with just tin- lain* semblance of v. hat they once were, but fnauy, very many, dying rap idly. surrounded with all the loathsome ness of the black vomit in its most hide > ous form. A bunt IJrhlilir K4s It nci-ms to be proved that copJieT point* on lightning-rods art more liable to fusion by lightning than those of iron, although ropjx-r is u much lietter con ductor of electricity. In H discussion of this subject before the Belgium Academy of Science, it was stated that in fourteen cam-s of jmrtial or total fusion of the points, seven were >f copjver. three of iron, and four of platinum. The round iron rod has the advantages Viva the square. It should increase in diameter downwards, and should consist of six-feet length*, each welded together. If the ' ground-string of the conductor is to le led overground, it ought to be eleven- ! sixteenth* of an inch diameter, and if underground, three-fourths of uu inch ; in either case to be made of l.ar-iron aud not of wire-cable. The i-opper cone to j be eleven-.--iiteeutils of an inch iu diame ter, screwed, and one and an eighth inch long—tlie iron-rod adjoining to lie screw- j ed similarly—but one to have a left and the other a right handed thread, joined by a corresponding screwed socket, the end* of the rod* abutting against each other ; *ll the other joints to lie made in the some way. Ihe horizontal string of tlie conductor is to lie joined to the ver tical by hand-soldering—a ring welded I from the former to the latter; the ground- j string terminating in a cast-iron pijx tilled with charcoal, ami with n hermeti cally. closed cover, screwed at the part where the conductor paasi-s through—the end of the conductor being screwed into a metallic dice. What It Costs England to Hold India. In presenting the military budget for India, Major ClenenU Norman suit! that 1 for the coming year 1871-2 the estimated | military expenditure iu India ia £12,- i 410,000, nml the receipts £HOf,O<X) ; "leav ing a net estimated expenditure of £ll,- flOfi.OOO—a amaller expenditure than that ] iof the last year, and, therefore, the amalleat since the mutiny, although a new charge of £OO,OOO i* inserted for the : cost in India of overland tnunqxirtx. The expenditure iu Kngland is estimated at £3,574,000, and the receipts at £14,- 000, making a total net military exiiendi ttire in India and Eugland of £15,165,-; 1000, being £231.000 less than the revised j ; estimate for 1870-71. The force main-, : taincd during the year 1870-71 hud Ix-en i —0,545 British officer*, 60,425 British nnn-commisKioned ofticers aud soldiers, 122,122 native soldiers, 14,187 Govern ment horses, with 424 Held gnus, and 1 the estimated foree of 1871-72 ia 6,436 olfieera, 60,445 British soldiers, 121,081 i native soldiers, 13,253 Government horaea, with 304 field guns, excluding 1 16 mortars of heavy field laitterie*. pArMtaisM.—lu England, pnnpcri.su; has become frightful. Its magnitude is now readily appreciated, from the fact thut ita relief ia a mutter of law aud is ■ brought under a single bureau of the | j government. Under existing poor laws . the English Government dishuiscs up wards of $40,000,000. This covers,' however, all the expense of work-lumsea, j which combine orphan aud foundling ! asylums, hospital* aud gjins-housrs. But betides the inmates of these insti- i tutions there is an immense class of per- I sons receiving temporary relief, and i culled the out-door poor. The propor tion of out-door poor to in-door jxior is . j 7 to 2, and there is one pauper to every ; 1 twenty inhabitants in Englmd and W ales. In London, a few years since, the ratio of private to public relief -van about ' forty cents on the dollar, und the con tributions and poor rates of the capital averaged something over four dollars to each inhabitant. It is estimated that during the Franco Prussian war 150 pounds of lead were fired nwav in bullets to even man killed. Haw Farmers are Swindled. We publish herewith a ntutenieiil which we find iu the Hi-ury Co. (lowa /'rem. Wedo it in order that fanuci • who are tucliued to lie credulous con cerning the b'utclilcnt of |a!ut right vender*, tin peddlm, aeed i<riler taker* and ail of that ilk, may take warning, I'liU is only one instance among wore* thut have conic hi our knowledge,when a deliberate swindle Wo* perpetrated. But the farmer doe* not always find it out until it is too late to provide a rem edy, llere ia the article : Lost week, two uieu with a leu in ewlle.l at the ivnidvuce of Aaiou H. Thomas, in Sew Lomlou Towu*hip, in this i-ountv. and exhibited a new seil'c frame, and wire cloth for fatiuiiig-milN. Thev gave their names a* ('. \V. Htctcns, and J. P. Preston, Steven* claimitig to be the Imti ntee and iniuiufactuier of the new improvement, but from the uuiiopn larily of punui right vender*, did not Icopoee to hell rights,but the article itself. Ie desired Mr. Thomas to act as his agent to sell the seivea for him, aud offering to pay him thirty-three aud a {third jx-r c*ut. coniuiiaaion on all talea. lie hod with him two huudred aud fifty framea and seives in his wagon ; which he uro|voned to leave with Mr. Thomas, and be could order from his manufac tory froui time to time as sales accrued to warmnt. Mr. Tliomaa agrw-ing to the terms, Stevens produced a contract setting forth the agreement in duplicate, which they lioth signed, Stevens signing first and Mr. Thouiaa last, well down to the Ikottom of the pa|H-r, under the di rection of Stevena. Another paper was also signed by both parties and witnessed by PrestOO, iu aulwvtauce that Stevens was to take tsu-k all unaohl frain<*s and acivcs at the end of one year then re maining on hand unsold by Mr. Thomas, the latter to pav for all sold leas his com mission. No the arrangement was com pleted. After the gentlemen were gone, Mr Thomas examined his papers and found no contract among them, but another instead, folded and indorsed, giving the amount of these notes which purported he had signed. This induced liim to re flect that lie had signed the duplicate contract vurv low down ou the sheet, and that he Lad placed his signature on different piece* of }> per from that signed by the other party, which proved to be the caae. Having thus had his auapi aions aronsi-tl, he immediately came to this city, where lie lmrued that Stevens and his (ariuer bad left fur Fairfield. He thereupon procured a warrant for the arrest of Steven*, and iu company with officer lie vans, took the train for Fair field. and there found Ntev.-ns just about to leave on the train on the Southwcat eru Road. On Wing ntreated be first denied liaving Mr. Thomas's notes, but when he found he could not bluff Mr. Thomas nor the officer, but must come back to Mi. Pleasant, lie owned up aud produced three complete negotiable iute.*, a <H'py of one of which we give Itelaw : " NRW IXISDOS, Henrv County, I lowa, March 27, 1871. \ Four mouths after date I promise to MY to C. W. Stevens or bearer. Owe Arnif/fW (Wfl srresry-gre with 111- tere*t at the rate of IU jx-r cout. until paid. Value received. (Signed A AIMS N, THOU VS." Tlie other note* were in the same form, one for &150 three month* after date, the oilier for S2OO fire months after date. , Upon his giving np the#.- notes and de stroying the contracts, Wth copies of which he hud iu bis possession, be went on his way to play the same game on some other more ewsily gulled vie. ima. These nnmerotu trick* and swindling games ought to put fanners and other citizeit* ou their guanl. utid to do no busi ness of tlie kind with truveliug mounte bank*. without thoroughly examining all ptqx-ra pres*>nt<d to them for their signature*. We are determined to ex jxxa- the rascals every time we bear of their swindling acta. Bedding Toilet*. The materials nsed for nuking up handsome bridal costumes are white replied silk, white satin and the lighter qualities of white groa grain. White Irish {xipliu, jx-arl atld fawn-colored <uid gray silk* are also to be used for the same purpose. Dresses made of white satin are ele gantly tritutued with duchemA or point lace ffounees—either one or two.as the fan cv may dictate—although two are con sidered more stylish just at nroacnt. The nverskirts are generally made with apron fronts and looped at the sides and liack with appropriaU- flowers. The cor sage may be high or low—and sleeves short or duohe**e-xha|>ed. A great deal of latitude is allowed in hridcamaid*' drcnAca White French tulle and colored silk* trimmed with il lusion prevail. For those that desire something a little different from what we have here, we quote from a foreign magazine a description of the dresaes of six bridesmaids, whose costumes were pronounced unusually stylish. We are told that they wore long-trained skirts of the richest "blue gros grain, trimmed nround the bottom with a plaited flounce of flue white .Swiss muslin, headed with lace ; the pnniers and tabliera were also trimmed with fluting* of white .Swiss and lace ; the bodiea had a similar trim ming put on in the shape of a square. Icng tulle veila, blue-silk sbx-king*. shoes and rosettes, completed a costume both novel and pretty. A point lucu veil, which is of .course i always faaliionable, is worn when there ( ia a itenire for it, if the purae ia long! enough to gratify the desire. Point lace shawls are frequently and easily draped by an experienced modiste to form the veil. The tulle veil, which is within reach of all, is generally worn, though we occasionally see maline lace used for that purpose. Tulle sold for the bridal veil is four dullars a vard, nml about four yards are required. A handsome veil is about three and a half yards wide., The bridal wreath, which is composed of orange buds and jasmine, is laid across the braid or PoniiNMlour roll, aud the ends are left to trail over the back hair. Either one or two chatelaine braids, with a cluster of light, soft curls, and ahort frizzled curls drooping over the forehead with the roll or braid, mokes the favorite ooifl'ure. A HINUI'LAK lucnuorr. —A rather curi ous incident is related of a vessel in the Baltic Hea. Tlie bark I'rvriilrnct, from Hartlepool, lately sprang ulcuk, and all hands were forced to work at the piunjia until tliev were utterly exhausted. Their hope of saving tlie vessel or even their own lives had almost gone, when the leak suddenly stopped. After the jxirt was rea-hed and the cargo discharged, a search was made, und it was found tliat a knot in one of the planks had been forced out, but tlie hole wus tightly plugged up by the* body of a fish which had made ita way into the hole and could not escape. NOT so I'ULUUNT. —A good story ia told in the Hartford (JourrnU of a young couple who wanted to hear Dickens read. They could hardly afford it, but screwed up their extravagance to the necessary pitch. As they had concluded to invest, they bethought themselves of a poorer family near by who were suffering from lack of work." Bo they gave up Dickens and paid the price of two tickets to tbeir impoverished neighbors. The poor cou ple took the money, bought tickets with it, and attended the reading. The Trad# In Marking*. No branch of niaiiufacturiiiu coinmue** * large a proportion of the Mtfoubitr value iu the cost of Ultwr u# hosiery. A stocking that ia joblied at 81 a Jozeu, liv# per cent off. is saddled with forty #ight cent* in labor alone. A manu facturer very seldom realuow ton orul* ou a dozen a* a margin for profit, wtiil# the grout bulk of hosiery sold, say* the liostnu HutlthH, not#* as profit to tbe factory from three fourth* of a cent to j two c*"lit per dozen. The different proeetuam through which ! a stocking jumae* aro, *piiiuing th# yarn, winding yarn, knitting, cutting aud raveling, footing, sowing aud baud-sew ing, rough mending, trimming, bleach ! iug and dyeing, imarding, wetting, tun-hed mending, locking, mating, fold ing. pressing, -tamping, Inixtßg and , cashing. New KugUlid is the great centre of the trade, almoMt oil the plain goods lin ing made hero. Philadelphia leads Ui world in her tasty style* aud irameuae production of children'a and men's fancy adored stocking*, producing over 82.- Vfo,ootl worth annually of these goods. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont supply about all the Slndo-r stocking* sold. New Hampshire produce* over three-fifth* of the whole amount. Dnr i iug a late visit to the above Mate, by one of the Hullnit,'t p/oyrt, he OOOBt- : .*1 twenty-eight factories iu full oper- : ation, ruuuing about UK) *et of card* | for preparing the wool for yarn, and ulUmately producing 4.5H0 dozen pairs ]<er day. Tliere eetaldishmenta give employment to about 1,4/10 hands in Uie mill*, aud also to over 13.0/4) women outside, knitting on the hweis and tow, ; in -toady employment, and also a large uuiutier in aoditiou to their household duties, earning 81 a dozeu for this work. Tbe estimated aggregate monthly nay roll of all the** lactone* ia risittg ifid,- j : UUO, and in villages and their radit of fifteen tulles, almost the entire fmsl ]*>pulation were at work in the employ of stocking mill*. Hosiery mills in alrnisg every jiart of the Union are in prosperous operation. ! There have lieen noticed in detail, ex isting iu Maasacbuaette, within the past eighteen month*, seventeen hosiery mills, producing each from AVI to AVJC dozen ilailv. Five of the largest of throe ; mills produce an aggregate of R.RO) tlezen in Utc following proportion : *2,- j iou. 1,0011. 1.1*4). 700. 400 dozens, giv ing employ ment to 1,000 baud*. A tiknatl) He#nr. lu the Avenue Fiy, aaya a eorespon dent, I came upon a (tarrirode of the Ver raillaia facing a t'ommuuist barricade altoiit 500 ysxd* off. The offlier in com mand said he had not received inti mation of an Armistice, and that he, therefore, bad a right to continue firing. Notwithstanding he allowed us to pasa into the ueare*t ambulance. There we found a |ric*t, who 1*1 u* into a neigh iHinng house, among tin- ruiiu of which lay severul dea.l National CitnmK The I*slice hod exidt utly lieeu there many J day*. anJ were in a state of decomposi tion. Moat had received ludh-t wound* | through the head, apparently in ihe set of firing through loop holed wall* at the liarticwdes and houses close by. The house in which they lav had toeu iLun ugevl. and wa* almost tirokea in pieces by shell* and riddled by bullet#. The upper portion had fallen in. and the aide wall hat! given way. There were neople in the cellars above whose heads the fighting had been going on. They liud been kept from starvation by occasional donation* of food, given sometime* by > the Versailles troop*, sometime# by the • Uommunirts, a* each aide had noarexsiou of the hou*e. The cellar* were d*rk. done I and damp. In one Uy the body of a j woman, d*al from the effect* of impri-, Honineut, no diN-tor having been proenr aide for her. The Versailles troops had heeu searching the cellars for wine, and seizing what thev found. They seemed greatly w anting in rom}asiou aud *vtn- j Bdhy for their dead enemies. In the ue "peUoner, where the xaremst fight-' iug had be-n going on. not a tree waa left w hole. Most were torn to bit* by the mitraill uea. Hetwi-en the two barrack* lav the de**>mpcMed boilv of an ourruir, w iiiclt neitlier side luid been aide to remove. The barricade* were abont 5tW vanla apart, each strongly protected by mitrailleuses. There wrere soldier* in houses between, but they had bewii living in ceilara, aud could only change quarter* by crawling along on the ground under a-hower of bullets and initraillense. The hostile outposts were within 40 yards of each other, firing through ioopboaled walkt. The troop# remained near tlieir napNtin Itarricadea. The Verwaillais had received tirdera not to hold any com munication with the Natioual Uttanls. and finuly repelled all ailvance*. There *e'mcd greet bitterness on both sides. Aw FXOIJHH HOBBOR,—The wife of a laboring mui, living in Tinlwutle, Ches hire, a few mile* from Manchester, Eug land, murdered two of herchildreu, and then committed suicide by banging her self. The husband returned from work unexpectedly aoon after lie left Iris home in tbe morning, when he found thehouwe locked up. and procuring a ladder, he ein at the window. Here he found son. a lad aged seven, lying iu a pool of blood, with hi* bend nearly severed from his bodv. and with hia head down ward* in u pill of water; in another room, was the infant. In the cellar the un happy mother herself was found bauging to a benm. quite dead. It is evident that ahe first murdered the boy, by cutting his throat, whilst asleep in tied, with a razor which she hail procured from tbe room I>elow ; hud fetched a pail of water upstairs, and thrust th# hats* head first into it, for the garment* of the child liore mark* of the mother's bhiody finger*. The IKIT must have been attacked while i asleep, or he would have proved a formid able antagonist for his mother. AIU KJXO LIKATICU.—The treatment of lunutics. criminals, pauper* and otlu-r unfortunate clasmw i* one of th# great question* upon which our numerous re formers exercise their minds anil tongues. Williaiu Cooper, an officer of a lunntic asylum in England, placed a helpless creature iu a bath aud turned on the hot water instead of the cold, thereby ambl ing the patient ao that he died. Th# case was investigated and <Von#r com mitted for manslaughter, a result of his interesting experiment which lie did not calculate upou, having no idea that the inmates of the asylum had any rights that woutd IK- protected by the laws. Ho is likely to IH> enlightened on this sub ject, and his experience will be recorded, no doubt, as settling one point in the projier treatment of lunatic*. A Cohtt.y Th*k.—A fanner cut down a tree which stood so near th# boundary line of his fann that it was doubted whether it belonged to him or to his neighbor. The neighbor, however, claimed the tree, and prosecuted for dam age* the man who cut it. The case was sent from court to court. Time was wasted, temper soured, and friendship lost; but the case wa* finally gained by the prosecution. The last we heard of the transaction was that th# man who gained the cause went to the lawyer's of fice to execute a deed of his whole farm, which be had bean compelled to sail to pay his costs! Then, houseless and homeless, he thrust his hands into bis pockets und triumphantly exclaimed. " I've beat him !" Herman Advertisements. ■ Imagine a ucwopajier. "nail quarto, oi from eight to forty-eight pages, ousting Ave shillings and four pern* per year, and d(-voted exclusively to advertise (units every page full of novelty, and often productive of laughter! Within reasonable limits, it i* scarcely {KMwibie to convev au idea of its diversified con tent*. The first pages are devoted to of ficial, police, law, and sanitary notices, notices of ooiitrncta, bankruptcies, etc, ; these are followed by trade advertise tle-uU, Uuchuig silks, fishl, groceries, wines, coffins, wet worses, snd informa tion as to how, when nml shere the thouaaiid and one wonts of this life, ami death may be stqqdi.il. 1H then* ww shall say nothing, but pnxwed at once to the social control-. Wlist Would our reserved island ladies say to finding their birthday* openly recorded under the most transparent initials, with their agea, the street snd house nuutlier duly added, in some such sort of way as thin T "Hearty congratulations t<> the dear, tall, black, stout (irrtcben B , on j her to-day's cradle feast at No. 18 in the Hauptgssss. '• from -me who k<ws W welt, Hal Ida nam wtatt ML' Or tlius : "To tlia *der, *tout, pretty blonde, Auua K , in With, hi.. No. 78, right hearty congratulation* bvim a silent admirer. At time* our attention is called to a -wain who has forgotten the birthday of her whom his soul loves, and who hon estly confesses it by heading in capital letters, " Better late than never.** Al ter thus introducing his salutation, his effusion jingles on : " Your Urth'lsy'* pod, ss I do see j Jtmnday krinuniny O 4rar tn! Wl,t can 1 say, lot 101 l ess plain 111 try net to forget agsia. Happy couples proclaim their ap !>nsn-lung nuptials thus ; " With the lov ing consent of their parents, W- - U and H T . herewith announce their HtfltxithaL " In tlte following notice there ts some thing truly Homeric : " Have s care. A fat cow will lie liewu to piece in mv yard ou Tuesday, at 11 am., i-liarp, aud the fit-nli will be sold at 3d- alb." A Unit our next extract there i a grim liltxxl-iliiratinuaa that would have don* credit to the court of King Theodora ; it reminds one of the Boutin tragedy under patroiuure, and mast surely ema nate from one whom urgent private af fairs have recalled from the scene of war ere his appetite for horrors oas satiated: " T *1 recommend* himself fir private slaughtering. Term* moderate." Here are some miscellaneous morsels : " To be sold cheap, a tobwahly modern .lira- coat, in very good preservation." " Eleven young liens snd a cock, good layers, to be sold " I* this the ran. aria? •• Chamber sportsman M——. rcsidns at No. 7 L—— wtreet. The above rec ommends himiw-lf as a modiuru for the' •I'-struction <rf all species of vermin." Wo will coudude with two nnticua il lustrative of the National characteris tic*. music and econonur : •• The Hinging Horietv meet to-night | at the Muckt.-rbohlc." Tb- nam# is not inviting, but the locality is historical. And : " A gentleman wishes to hire a > fur cloak for s few week*."— Cktmbert' ( /wrsirf. IlilClktif ISird. A Culeutta orrvspondent in. ntious au anecdote of that singular bird, the adjutant or gigantic crane, which may be a novelty to some of our reader*, lie aays that liia attention ma* colled one . morning by an unuxual turmoil in the I " compound," or ont-door jwemiis# of ? the house in whieh be lived. Looking out of the window, he saw an adjutant, evidently unable to remount on his wings, standing helplessly amid a com pany of about two hundred crows, whose loud vociferation* seemed to ex- 1 prexa anything but delight at the com pany of their gigantic fellow lpad. , The adjutant, from his tuelulnees as a ; scavenger of all-work, is a gentleman very much humored about Indian home >t- ,d* t and this one iu |*rti<*ul*r. a* wan bis wont, had txx-u lingering outaide for any uncousideml trifles which the I -erranta might think fit to throw out. A few crows, however, getting wind of: the affair, with the sognrions notion that they might be able to pick up a few chance aer*|> on their owu account,*ere aoon on the scene of action. Hunger has' no oompnnctiooa ; and at Uat, more ven turesome than tlie nwt, approaching more closely than actual prudence dicta ted, one ventured to di*put<- the poavm *ion of a bone with the adjutsut. The queatiou was not King in abeyance ; for,, iu a few momenta, the adjutant—leaving . the bone for snbaaquant di*cisaiotj— ; *eiril the crow hip and thigh and swab lowed him at one gulp. This awnomry act seems to have aroused the indighfl tinn of the other crows, who by their cries aoon brought together nuuiliem tf others from all quarters ; aud for a good two honra tbey never ceased-—aome from the ground, and other* from a neigb -1 Hiring wall—to badger their vuraciou* foe. acohling biiu to the top of their lungs, and hrataliziog him by approach- 1 ing htm a* doss as tbey dared, rtMl ing a claw or wiag to almost within hi* , ivsch, snd suddenly withdrawing it as he attempted to seize them. And this unequal ooateat continued for two of, three nioruings. The adjutant is one of the moot voracious and carnivetons Mrda ! known; ami the enormous mwntky i which it can demur may be judged by ( its HI sc. From tip to tip of its wings, when itctclial out, it measure* about j fourteen or fifteen feet, aud it ia flw feet high when standing enact. Mcll fonudra stories of it* voraetty, however, are bv no mean* uncommon. With the adjutant all is fish that come* to hi* net. Everything i* swallowed w hide. In the stomach ol one, a land-tortoise ten inch es long, and a large male black eat have been found entire. A *biu of Ixif broken asunder, serves the adiutunt for but two niorael*; and a leg of inuttou of xix or eight pound* weight, if lie ran purloin it—for lie is a great thief -is no more than a mouthful. Fortunately, the courage of the adjutant doe* not equal liis greediness ; for a child eight or ten years old can scare it with a com mon switch. DOWN ns THK WATER. —A Mii*ippi diver, whoso busineas it is to rummage among the wreck* at the bottom of that perilous stream, relates twine disagree able experiences. His work has to be done in total darkneaa. The sunlight cannot penetrate tlie turbid water, and no artificial light can lie need. The diver has to feel about with bare hand*, which are in constant danger of contact with uupleaaant things. " Divers," he nays, "always HIIUU a oorpwe, knowing that the touch is deadly poison to them with their hands softened by the water." He conifdainß bitteriy of away the large fish and turtles have of running foul of hi* legs, keeping them bruised and sore by their familiaritie*. AN UNKNOWN MRKDEREB.— WiIIiam Dennis was murdered in the town of Nils N. Y., by soma unknown person, being shot down in his own house. He had ju.st returned home and found that his wife had retired. She inquired as to what had kept him so late, and he re plied that he hod been to see a neigh bor's sidk horse. Just then, while he was undressing, A bullet crashed through the window and struck Mr. Dennis un der the eye, when he dropped dead. The affair is a complete mystery. TKItMK : Two Dollar* a Year, in Ad ranee. 1 ' "T i 1.11.'.l NO. 22. Hiiak** at Tfcrtr Meals. rf j A arftor in lb* Hngttsh JfnturtMtt* K A'uHhttoak, who law rawglfy f tin- leading of the in the Jst>- >. logical Ourden* it> London, mm thai i the* ere M oin a week, thatlgii >um u of Uu'tu. and itt particular the pytbtan, e Jo not take their food no often, hut will ~! eat enough at * meal to hart for weeks. t end avon for month*. , ■*•?c~ j The coaatrkrtiag MrpeuU. as we I UW# ■, term them, ore hot in Urge catto, fh* entrance to which to either tor * ghtie , > dour t* the fiust. * hidb a|M*e t) a olid- J tug up, or by eiioiUr mt *1 the baek, in the WOddr a partlfiou. Tbfi ) I ctonbriaw ewln* *e to mmm of th r OMM* gueenji.*, and t mind are so Item* - he# that little ptncxutiou i* needed, r TV veaoffiafis oerpent. here no open. r tog but a am*U and oo lbu Md of the owe, about two Of thrv* tochoa sqtuw*. ,! Through Uito their food i Introduced; , and all neeeiMsry opfwattott* fur the t uieaniiiMeo an I onh-r of the interior are , ie-rforin J with a rod of stunt wire, to , the evident disgust of the oArupagt*. who, if uew-muaeM, strike at it wifltor onaljr with their fang*. Tb first to lie fed were the yellow snake* and tffftr | species in the name eaae. He keeper, r having anoamnouinaafy alitor d the hUuhet, bcuetoh which moat of fhc oe i • cupanta of the ct.m}aruaet wejre had. died togeths*. aa w*u*L quickly intra i durd weto-r the ghe>*> door shoot a |; down MMUTowa ami our or two Ominca- Cg The former immediately ntired |Htbe darkest annua, aemathg. how . j ever, to b quite nneowwruvd w to the ; , prveenee of the snake*, a in some eaae* thew tood ou the bodto* of the to Sr. i which fortbe watt j*rt rauntaal go uauk**. The Guiu-,a-pi wet* more reetkn*, moving Jowly about £* ff in 1 wwrrli of food. They seemed to he per-j toned by the wmtoii to the p*|Tuw , and presently one of the reptile*, waiting • Mi opportunity, seised!* Guinea-pig by 1 the neek. and. f< ririugit nearer, threw I two or three folds round it, kiUugf it in a few The other snakes rapidly dhqatUhad the spamwsa to the kum way artom , wind; hat. they were apparently in no hurry, as there waa a unrnber of the birds lu one comer for now than an hour, which had wot ben touched dur ing that uuir. It amy be wdl to r*ta*rk that there ia nothing revolting in the spectacle of mjieut taking km feod. Is* victim suffers neither the mental nor bodily torture ordinarOv Mipjwwd. When oetrcd, it b killed Without delay, especially if it atmggtaa bo awaape; nod before it* seizure it u never count-ion* of daugt-r. Not only to this welt known' 1 to those in charge of the motor**, but ww can verify it from actual and careful obacrratiou. A rabbit will approach a' ■uakc out of mere curiosity, and. alley smifltog at its head, and ton being) touched by iU tongue, will start to an other part of the ••ack>ure, and nvotfru its ooraposure, returning sgato to the i eoarae of to* exploration* to the asnw snake without the least uncasincex. ex cept what art** from a want of cabbage ' leave* and the indipenttoHitv of the I gravel flooriag. Gutoea-pigwahow even lea* concern, and are not o easily atari led by any moving object. The snakes which had aeiced the mgmt i rows, etc., waited till their prey was uuite dead before uncoiling, and began •Jowly to prepare for swallowing ft. The. python, which occupy an adfoininK case, ju.i are the advents in the (KtUeciion, were next supplied with two or three dnHca. pytoon to stantiv scizel our, ltd threw une told j round it. He then rvmaincd perfectly motionkas, appearing to lie aatitocd with having secured its* bird, aad did not at once kill if. The duck did not aectn at htwt much concerned at -uch uuusnal treatment, but soon bttaune iwßtiews on which the python tightened i the toU. and ia about a uunute had quite destroyed it Having waited -fw some minutes, an if to make care that life waa extinct, he slow ly unwoand his Poll from the body, and touched it with his murr.lv, moving it sbout till he had i found the bead. The idea of lbncatuu . with saliva, now quite explod* l c\ vlentiy ' arose from this liabit of feeling over the l<odr with the month. Having taking the head into In* mouth, be began to •wallow the caroasa. Um iawa siirtching to an immense extent to aBoW ofw lis man When he found any tllMcuity, 4b< need the part ef his body which lay ncarnst to it to push it gently, and. con sidering the a|>p*rent tnfllcnlty. vrae net long in completing his meal Tht sup eof food is never tainted, and we lie 's that it is not uncommon for a python to devour mix or eight ducks and i rabbits on one dev. Of rem* a fuii, mesi token a long petod to .ligcto, as the oaae with * The cohtbnrt* naiuw might with propriety be toonrd larftoa lisenla, aa, . , with the excepbwn of the want Of lin.ic, thev are in moat respect* similar to 1 structure to the wsnrioiM. A fine, livwb j vp.vim.ut of the Brnpdßslrcnake pw* fed, with half a doten frog*, which he pur sued With great ii{v-cd round the * t UM\ and, drtvingttova'ooc by one into i a eomar. seised and swallowed them to spile of their ttragg"*. The keeper having put two young i I Gniues-pigs into the case containing the . ratfleoaakoH. one of the snakes toMantly struck at that nearest to hltn. Thef action ofa venotaowa wrpeat in wound- j ■ ing an cannot rfnctfy lie oalIel a bite,, as though the fangs undoubtedly repiweent teeth, the jaws are not closed ( ' upon the object struck, which ia simply i punctured, the snake to moat casra re- j tiring immediately. Tlie Gnitma-pig almost immediately showed Agna of j gkhlineea, hot its body did not appear . II swell; it nccw to be thrown into, violent i-ouvulsionH. and to shout ! minute fell helplessly ou its aide. MD' Ino otfanr aign oi life than oooastoMd 1 , spaamodie motion of the jaws. A larger animal would not have been so soon kill-! <d ; luit aa the analeea. being confined, i have not often ocoaaton to use their vunnm. it ia probably more powerful than when they are in s wihl state. There are s large nurabar uf puff-adders in one ca.o; aud a Guinea-pig lieiug in ! troduoed began sniffing shout as usual; 1 but though he ww touching one of the i reptiles, it waa not disponed to strike, wheu suddenly another puff-adder darted at fidl length "from an opposite corner, and, striking the creators, remained with its fangs apparently buried it its fiesh, ismtrury, we believe, to the usual habit of the reptile. Ifis intention was perhaps to prevent my one of the others from devon ring iL There arc sj>ecimeu of the two specie i of (vibrna, the Indian antt BgypHan; perhaps the most intorwsting of all fer |>ents ; but, ou account of their excitable nature, it has been found necessary to hide thein partially from wfew by flUing the lower half of the case-front with round-glass, so that it is not easy to ob serve them. The appearance of the cobra when about to give the fatal stroke :is graceful, and yet terrible to aee. The, i inflated hood, the waving motion of the l head, and the peculiar expression of Hie ! eye, combine to impress the observer oi j its consciousnetM of the deadly power which it possesses, and with which it threatens any living creature that daces approach it. A ©hasp Disi-lat.— The German Peace proceesioa to Philadelphia oc cupied three boom in passing Third an# Cheataut streets, and there were fullv 20,- 000 men to line, mostly to vehicles or on horse-back. \ win cwt •m.ooaooo. I Jfirttoe to bum enow—the pawabrokera is not the 'pmpw plmee to take lha ■l. • i pF| Vermont cow furaiahed three hun dtwd and fifty pounds of butter hart yaar, " Ixwiile* milk. 8 It to not jfenewJijr known that CWhsßo was a member <f TO- lau . He waa a tawny geooral of Venice. The trerjge weight of the human heart t* gj ontu i* tin work to a day ia a .hjusl U> rttotog \U ton* onef.** high What to the dtHwenee between your father and your doctor* One whaeks and lowa you, and the other wnoctoou* you. ~ a _ It said diat the out-door ooutume of - women tiff* year to the prtottiswt and ',] mewt aeuMlito that has been worn to V tweoty years. d The fashiouabto ©olr used for trim* f mlug lymueta this aetMon ore black and t ye&ow; tor round bat*, pink and light e gpsy owfishhM, J fyutoo a naiiito rof Parisian merchants u refuse to the Ato. which they . wed l< German firm* prevtou* to"' the breaking - MB <M WIIH#. ' ' - [lt Ato life a kigfihfe# jtpbndhfcHlj ac ' cttsod a rvwptetable lady of theft. Her m .husband *•! him for slander, and seised * hi* store under attachment. ictosasaestssrsie . grave ef Mtophan A. Doagim unhea a xpocial meBKBt of 1(2,200 ww paid on 4 fjlht % A French cbemtot seaert* that if tea 7 Virtgroumttike toffee Wfoae hoi water ;; to |K)rwd Upon it, it will vield nearly - double amount ot its uthflaraHmg q¥ a'Ufawte to the * jlaiaailmff 'rtoe of of Mexican Con - T irriiwuißMi i' |Hi 1 |k# f tint ' 'who keep the mtoub* 'alto imp the r money. '' , Sportoowa sMVrv o* that, to order to ' •mabe aboiee ef a poiqiy from a number ■ ( of others,, ki* btoAty to kuve the dwioe to the mother hsiapL In carrying thaw * $ M*L< a.sl. A .M .a. „ JL... iltow, : ; .*l, l<Mr TWmrm *•' 't hKVT IwHIPt %%M* isFlbl wSHiffJ KsMJ 1 • -if. T Mtoke* upi will be thebk ii A —wfy ■• Hrfrtdmsauawtoto* of tha ihigh nfjtoa of ''duck*." He wys hto ," wife recently paid for thru* of Hwm—a ' duck a bonnet, * dank of a dmw m Tlirr i'ii|catly dotosllffßewn in the I tob g festwe* "mam. Ms till# OtiUfl" of ; for Scffi&t' sheep regarded unfit for tmail i- 4 to ,"i. i The Piwthuid/Va# aniwunoad recent- JU that "apublic breaklato of minfeton and tiiemle r* i f ton- Svsugeßeal dtamhe* II wfti b* ltM tti mooing,'* els. That . I SRMsld tot good news for Centhal is >. landets. T H ha- been sacertoined that ont of 1 fifteen hundred ihnna agga, in the •rdtoarir oonre of natorr, oafy ooe prudmwe f mature salmon If su the ' egg* kid were to prodcc*- sslimi, the ocean in half a centmry vroold bt a mov 1. tog mam <d aaimou. The jgyle of wedding prawmta at Fari [ faaalt, Minncsoto, may be raferwd from Ae fmi tlmtnk a tmnrto,-•■■• m< *t the oto '{ day, list bride was pnneDtod with one doom orange*, one dosn lemon*, fife pound* *nf fia, five poond* of aa sorted eandins, aad sis can* of freak oys um. , Fasten a nail or key to a airing d aomiend it to vour thumb and finger, and the tiad wifl onrtUatc like a pendu lum. Let ome one place bis open hand lmdcr the nail, and it vrfll change to to circular motion. Then let n third person place his hand npoo your shoal t 4tt, and the nail becomes io a moment •atatoonary. SettOac to the West. ' A discharged imldier Who has settled in Km wfitoi* to a Wsntom paper . some details of his mnm, which will bo of intemrt to those of limited meona who wish to engage in fanning where the land is cfcaap. He located s home*tokd of MK) acme ia Dickinmm , countv, within fourteen mflee of the ' Railroad— m good land, to" say*, m am be found. Hie bmmtead cos* Mm f 18.- & : he haa to live cm it five years, and at the expiration of that period, if he can prove he has not been absent from mom than m* months at one time, be can get a patrnt for it from the Govwin ii; • m, and it to then hto to dispose of as ihe thinks peeper. The only advantage thesuldier has oyertbe citixne in this matter is, that ho coil take under the Romntead law lfifi ecwo of kind within twenty mike of a tailwmd to which land Ktonta have burn made, while the cttixen * can take (inly W acre*. But outride of .! railroad MrtUta tbew is no each diatinc ttoo. Water to tonndthme by diggng. at aa average depth of forty feel Tim ber to to*re? and lumber expensive. Hon** aw high, but Indian pone* <** .he boagh* id from 8*) to #> each. The v are good for heriKng <* foe com mon light serricn I*l cattle can be i baogto. one year old. to 85 to to ; two veers old. llOto #l2; three years old. iIS to m. They are generally very poof when they arrive in the State, but tprriiftgswo ia plenty, end they soon improve in condition ; purchaser* often double their money on then, in e single vwr. Badmed lands ate wiling there from W to ST per acre. ' RiHWxwnt'b FasoiiT Laomm—A fan u-taoal story to tohi<d the cvjat-of-arma iof the Ifcusarck family, which oonwrie 'ofeclomWf cutw& fry nettle leave*. The chtonirie mm* that one of 4 aha maidene of thto fruniljr, a beauty called Gertrude, being courted by many admirttri selected owe of her first, cou iitbs. Howovoc, ihvw caaw a rough baron from the German ocean, accom panied by a hundred horsemen, to ask ' for hat band. When it was refused, he (took the castle by atom, killed Gur , trade's father, and finally embraced the 4 maiden. remarking: "Yon golden clover of my heart, you are no nettle and ido not sting j" whereto the rorighUv i maiden, observing; "lam a nettle when ! I wish, aud can sting, and no do nettles lever eHagr the ona who would break a clover leaf of the Bismarck's," quietly j smote the adventurous lover under the i fifth rib with a dagger, injuring him so that he died. _ J " What Worn line- Gbcndt Sax V— ! This well-known phrase was taken ori ' gin ally from Toin Morton * clerer comedy i■ Hpeinl the Plough." The play opens with a view of a farmhouse, where Far mer Aahfleld to discovered at a table, enjoying his ale and pipe, and holding the following colloquy with hto wife, Dame Ash field : Ashfit Id—Well,dame, welcome whoam. What news doe* thee bring from market ? Dame—What new*. hu*lnd ? What I always told you that Former Grundy s wheat " brought five shillings a-quarter more than out* did. Aohfield —All the better vor he. Dame- And I assure yon, Dame Grtmdy's butter wm quite the creek of the market Aohfield—Be quiet, wodvc ? Always ding, dinging Dame Grundy into my ear*. — What ihII Mr s. Gnmdjf *ayf Tux Pkixtiko Iktebest or Bosrox.— The eensus returns show some interest ing facts about the printing interests of Boston. It seems that the toted capital invested in the business—excluding newspaper and book publishers, is about a millnm Si'll,soo} the number of hands employed to 073, annual amount of wages, $331,000, total Value of pro ducts #1,437,0fi0. Ward four contains a majority oi printing offices, which repre sent 8520.000 capital, and a product of $1,130,000. An analysis of these figure* shows that the number of hands to a little more th&u ooe to each 81,000 of capita]; that each hand contributes XI,MO to the annual product, and that the avenge wage* paid per hand t* ' Scarf rings are again being worn by gentlemen. ... . . J
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