Cradle Snug. L-t yonr drowsy pinion* sweep Round bin roinr brow. Softly dew* hi* tiny eye*, For hi* little bed j Churnt hi* dumber* *h*re he l|e*, tp| Tt|*hwrlii4. - rTIT Wake hi* dreamy vision* bleat; Show him ftury bower*; Rook him in the'arm* <4 rc. like the be on Dortr*; Jiortlc l Q ahum h f<* i { Mow y**. And Ihe gay nel* romped Wu "our ouria, 1 kissed the tittle girl'* isp*. and alas t l have roused a woman * wrath. The bl -iu\. hair fc-ll in a shower of gold FYom the promt. provoking head. And the beauty thai flashed from the splendid rgws. Ami played round the tender moutli. Rushed orer my soul like a aru i*wl wind That hh*w* from the fragrant south. And where, after all. w the harm done ? 1 believe we tret* made to be gay, * I And all of wonth not given to love I* vainly minnndt rvl away. And strewn tnroueb life's low lbor.\ like gold in the desert sstidw, Are hoe's *wift kiaM ami sigh* and vow* And the clasp of clinging hands. And when you are old and lonely, lu Memory s magic duuc h "" lN And when you iuti*e at evening At Uie sound of some vanished name. The ghost of m\ kis set shall touch your Hp* And kindle your heart to dame. THE TRIP OF THE "MART ANX." Captain John Jones owned aud sailed the Mary Ann. Captain Jones hail com menced life with nothing but a strong frame, a atout heart, and immense determi nation ; but these had home fruit, and now. alter many years of hard labor, he h#d his other the fiatst loat on the line of the canal. Few, hire , sensible man. he bad married a sensible woman, and as a mark of his appreciation of her sterling qualities be had named his chief possession after bee. And, beside* wife and boat, he had as bright and pretty a daughter a* ever gladdened the heart of a parent. It was vacation now, and Dolly had (vue borne on a viiit. and was going to the city with aar parrots to get a supply of uew drew and hats and ribbons; for Doily liked to look pretty and be in the fashion, and the old captain was so proud of her that, saving and economical as he was on his own account, he never dreamed of limiting her, -or grumbled at any expense that she incurred. The only other persons attached to the Mary Ann were the boy who drove and Joe—tba latter a vouth. who, like h'w mas ter, the captain, had risen in life from the ven humblest beginnings. ' rfalf a fovea years before a liarefooted little fellow, in a torn straw hat and an immense pair af old Uow*ers that almost -wallowed him up, tbev were so large and he so little, had applied to the captain for work, and, after a good deal of cross-ques tioning, had boon taken on trial a- the driver of the Miry Ann's mules. This was Joe: aud Jot had driven so well, and shown himself so quick and bright, and godd-natunsi withal, that at the, end of the season, instead of turning him to * shift for himse%. as in customary m such cases, the captain took him home to his own bouse, and.sent him to school during the winter with. Dolly. The next summer Joe jiroved himself still more useful, and in the win tew. again wont to school with tbtl captain 1 * daugirtr r. iibe bad been longest m attendance. and WM the most advanced, aa-i often bent her brown curl over Joe's book or slate to help hhn out of some knotty problem in arithmetic or gnrmaar; and in return he earned her natcbJof book* for her, helped bar on with her overshoes, K! orer the snow-drifts, and was a devoted fittfeeav alter hi a hun dred other ways. 80 it went on until Dally was promoted from the public school tq. the ''.Young ladies' Seminary/' and better forth Joe had to do hia ciphering alone, and Dully had grows such a little beauty that she had many besHt-s Joe to carry ner books for ber. Dolly's going with tbcio. was a great treat to Joe. And as soon ns it was de cided upon he set to work and tore down the old sailcloth that had been good enough tratil then, and out of his little savings bought and pat up a gay bright-colored awning over all the after-part of the boat, and re-arranged the cabin, and trimmed and festooned it with evergreens and pow ers, and in a down other wars 00 beautified and adorned the Maty Ann that she looked mov like a bridal bark than a sober craft laden with freight lor the .Albany market. Her little after-cabin was a wonderful example of Die amount of com tort and con verience that can be crowded into the smallest space. It had two tiny state res :ns opening into IT, and was surrounded with innumerable drawers and closets and was in all respects as neat and bright and dainty as po-ribfe. AH Joe's labor was expetided here, for Dolly was to occupy it along with her father and mother, although the front cabin, where fie slept, was as rude and cheerless as the other was coxy and home-like. "Oh, how nice! I should never have known the old boat,'* exclaimed that young lady, when she came aboard. "Why, papa, H -em# to me you have grown very gay of ' late.'* Tv '•lt ain't me—it's Joe," replied the cap tain. "He's bin to work ever sinqe he knew you was comin'. I told him (it was all waste and foolishness; but Joe thinks there ain't any thing quite pood enough for you, Dolly." Dially blushed and tuuscd lire pretty head, as much as to say that although the sentiment was correct enough, she didn't know what right he had to think about her at all. Still, she couldn't help feeling flattered and pleased by this attention : and when Joe came in to speak to her abe put her little white hand in his big brown one, and thanked him for what he had done in such a charming way that the foolish fellow, who had spent all Iris spare time for a week and a large share of bis summer earnings upon it, felt a hundred times repaid. All the way to the city Dolly was per fectly betwitching, and, notwithstanding all his efforts, Joe kept getting deeper and deeper in love. But although she was so gracious, be was so modest that be. did not „ dare to.breathe a word pf his passion. .Poor fellow ! his happiness-was not destined to be of long duration. At Albany, where the boat was detained a week, taking off and on freight, they were joined by Mr Augustus Stubbing, commonly called Gus Stub)*, one of Dolly's most devoted ad mirers, and who happened to be In the city then, as he always happened to w not far from where Dolly was staying. Old Stubbins was the richest man in the til lage | he had made a fortune in paper bag* duriug the war, and young Stobbe, who was busy spending it, was most concerted ; but as he had plenty of money, was toler ably good-looking, and talked and dressed loud, and had the reputation of being rather a dangerous fellow, all the girls were flat tered by his attentions, and Dolly was especially envied when he joined the list of her suitors. Heretofore the reception his advances had met at her bands had not been very flattering to bis pride, But on this occasion she seemed better pleased. He came every day, took her walking and driving, escorted her on her sbopptpg ex cursion*, and so monopolised her aofliety that Joe got scarcely a chance to see or speak to her. Poor fellow! he watched all this with tierce, eager eyes and a F heart inflamed with passion; for although he did not consider himself worthy of Dolly CENTRE HALL REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor VOL. IV. scarcely had a hope of ever winning her lore, he could not help being devoured hv jealousy, which Stabls itewtwd hy twing verv insolent toward hitn, never noticing him except to treat him a* an interior. One owning he *t lounging on the Unit as usual, smoking ami talking to Holly, when his cigar wont out. Joe was busy at some distance, but he called to him, "Joe. my good Icllow, run and get tue a match." Joe looked up with Hashing eyes, but did not speak or nunc. Holly saw the look, and apprehending trouble, she said, "I w ill bring voua light,' and Van into the cabin; while doe enrage*! that Oollv should wait upon him, turned away, boiling over with anger and hitter ue. Hut Stublw, who wa*a imliy whrrr ever he dared t*i be, was not content. "Didn't you hoar me P* he eootinued ; •'1 asked you to gel me a match." "Yes, 1* heard,'* said Joe, sullenly ; "but I ilon't wait on such puppies as you." "What do you say, you miserable beg gar P suid Stubrs., springing to hfk feet, and rushing toward hi in with clinched lists. "Be carefbl," said Joe, between hi* set teeth; "if you lav a tinger on me, I'll pitch lou overboard !*' And a* Jjtubhs raised his hand be seited hint hv the throat, and vvoubl have earned the threat into instant execution, so infuriate*! was he, had not Dolly at that moment sprung between thctn. ' Stop!" she cried, imperatively, looking at Joe. "Have von no reaped tor me, that ynu quarrel with my friend.- right before my eyea 7 I'm ashamed of you P Poor Joe! He was naturally the best natured fellow in the world, but the con tinued insults of hi* rival, combined with his jwknsy, had aroused the sleeping tiger that exists in erery human bosom; and vet, liffbrv the rebuking voice of the woman be loved, it croached at her fret, ahashed. "Come," she continued, taking Mr. Stubhs's arm, "let us go; you ntusn't uiind him." Dolly was indignant at Joe, for she didnt understand the many pnjT.vations he had received; but she was still more indignant at Stubbs, and she informed that young gentleman as she inarched him otl that if be ever apoke in that way to Mr. Joseph again, he could consider himself dismissed on the spot. But Joe did not know this; hy thought she aided against him, and was cruel ami unjust; and when, the next morning, feeling rather ashamed of his temper, and with the tiger in hia bosom become a very lamb, he went up to her to apologize, and she, thinking him not yet sufficiently punished, turned away without speakiug, he in turn became indig nant; ami mil day long he brooded orer his wrongs arid unhappiness ami hopeless love, until he became almost wild, and de termined to end it by going awar. He was a mere underling there; Stubbs had called hi*n a beggar, and it was plain that Dolly despised biin. He would go off to the n est, and become rich and indepen dent, and perhaps them ahe would feel sorry for treating hhn so, With this determina tion he went to the captain, and gave him notice that he should leave at the end of the ptesent trip. The captain was aston ished, and otfrrvd to increase his wages if be would stay ; but Joe told him he didn't care for the money; he had made up his mind to go, and nothing could turn him liom it. That night the captain, (Jus, and Dolly, all went to the theatre together, while Joe was left to take care of the boat. The play was one of love and adventure, full of hair-breadth escapes and thrilling incidents. Dolly had never been to a real theatre before, and she was entirely carried away by the brilliant scene. "Oh," she cried, with a sigh of intense relief, as the enrtam fell upon the happy fuile, "Ita so glad St all came out right. I was so afraid she was going to marry that other man—the bad one. llow happy a girl must be with snch * good ami brave lover!" "I'm r.ot so sure about the 'good,'" said Mr. Stubbs, who rather prided himself ob being a tritle wicked; "but as far as being 'brave,' I don't think you have any reason to complain about your lovers, Dolly. I know one, at least, who would go through more dangers than the fellow in the play for you." 'Do vou ?" said Dolly. "Who can it be —Jack Smith P "Jack Smith, indeed!" said Stubbs con temptuously. "I mean, of course, your humble servant," and he nourished his cane fiercely around hia head. "Oh," said Dollv, "you!" "Ye*. One can't be a hero with nothing to fight; but ju*t let me have an opportu nity, and you will see !" the opportunity for distinguishing him self in the cause of his lady-love which Mr. StulJjs so ardently desires! came sooner than be expected. It was nearly midnight, and the street* were deserted; but, un mindful of the hour, they walker! leisurely along, until the captain, impatient at the slowness of tbeir pace, left them and went on, and when they turned into the narrow ami dimly lighted* street that led down to the dork he was out of sight. As they plunged into the darkness and gloom out of the light of Broadway, Dolly shuddered and clung to lier companion's arm. "Don't be afraid." he said, to re-assure ber; "am I not here to protect you P' Strange to say, this fart did not seem to allay her fears* She only answered, "Let us hum- and catch papa." In the mean time that ancient mariner, unused to such late hours on shore, was hurrying home to hi* vessel, when a partv of rough* sprang suddenly out fr*n a dark alley-way, and throwing a shawl over his head, dragged him to the ground. Me was taken all unawares, and was down l>efore be knew it; hut nc struggled hard, and shouted lustily for aid. •H)b, they are killing papa P' cried Dolly. "Quick 1 Let us run and help htm." "No; don't go there," said Stubbe, seiz ing her arm. "You'll get hurt. Come with me; we can get to tha Iwat by going down the next street;" and he dragged her back "Let go of me, Sir!" she cried, passion ately. ''lf you are afraid to go and help my father, I am not H 1 and she tore herself free, and ran toward the apot where the captain wan at ill struggling in the bands of his assailants. Stubbe looked after her n moment, ball inclined to fellow; but the thought of the daggers and slung-ehots he might have to encounter was too much for liia chivalry; tor, bally and braggart an He was. he was an arrant coward at heart. So, muttering to himself ''She's too plucky for me! the beet thing I can do is to get a policeman," he ran off in the opposite di rection. Dolly ran quickly toward her father, and, without stopping a moment to think, she threw her arms around one of the vil lains that was bending over him ; and so strong and athletic was she, and so unex pected the attack, that she hurled biui to the ground like a log. He sprang to his feet and gazed in astonishment at her. ''A gal, as I'm a sinner!" he exclaimed. "And a devilish pretty one, too! Come, my beauty, since hugging is your game, you shall have plenty of it!" and he seized her around the waSst. Poor Dolly! she had expended all her strength in her first effort, and now was almost powerless iu this ruf fian's arms. Her temporary courage and strength were gone, and though she strug gled still, it was hi a weak and womanly way, with big tsars in her eyes, and ber heart throbbing as though it would break. It was without much difficulty, therefore, that the fellow wrenched off her brooch and bracelets, and relieved her of ber watch and chain; but when, having secured this booty, be attempted to kiss hey, she shrieked so loud tnat Joe, who had been walking restlessly up and down the boat all the evening, heard, and, with the food intuition of love, at once recognized the . and sound. "Hood Heaven* J" he eric*!, "it'a Holly and seising a boat-hook, he darted with the speed of an arrow toward the sound As he reached the scene he *nw tbeeaptaiu stretched out on the ground, with one ruffian holding him dowu and another ri fling hi*pockets, while a third wa dragging jswir Holly, now entirely helpless, Into *u alley-way. Joe needed but lhi sight to infuriate hint, lie sprang on the villain, ami with one blow stretched him senseless at his feet. Thau, with the lerocity of a young tigvr, that has taste*! hlood, he turned u|*n the captain's assailant*, and iu less tune than it takes to tell it the whole seane was changed. The ca|tain wa* tin and aw ear ing like the jolly oM tar that he was, and shaking his list at every oath iu the fboe of the two rascal* who lay with broken heads at hi* feet; while Dolly, trembling and (anting like a wounded bird, had j thrown herself into Joe's anus, ami was sobbing a* if her heart would break. Iu a few minutes a |oliceinan, who prob ably had been lurkiug around the corner until all was over, came up and secured the thieves, and behind him came Mr. Stable*, who, giving up to Holly, with re- j freshing coolness, hoped she was not hurt; and taking hold of her arui, he said, "I will relieve you now, Joe. You bad better look after.th* captain." Rut Holly looked up indignantly, and exclaimed, "Don't touch me"! Don't come near air! Don't speak to me! 1 never want to see* you again;" and clinging tightly to Joe, she whispered, "Don't leave me, Joe; you are so brave and good, and be is such a coward! Take nie home your self, please;" and she hid her tmrning fate on his shoulder. How Joe's heart thrilled then. It was the proudest moment of hi* life. Pretty, proud, scornful Holly, lying sobbing in lit* ann*, and clinging helplessly to him for assistance, while her nch and inolent lover wa* sent off in scorn and derision. As he i supported her tenderly back to the boat he c*aild hardly believe it was real, and yet he was happier than any prince. But the ' course ol trua love never yet did run smooth. When be met Dnllv the next morning her face flushed rosy red, and, instead of the reception he hojwd for, *bc hastily turned away, and hr scarcely aw her agniu the whole day. So all his bright hopes sank to aero again. When ever they ! met she seemed constrained and ill at ease, and oftentimes wa* quite rod to him. Poor fellow! he did not undent and the mysteries of a young girl's heart. He thought she wa< displeased with him for having been *o bold with her that night when she wa* frighten**!, and that she wa* mourning for the rich lover she had lost. So convinced was he of this that be became more dejected ami unhappy than ever, and fully confirmed in hri determination to go West. One night he was leaning against the rail of the boat feeling sail and gloomy. They would be at the village in the morning, ami then Dolly would leave them, and be probably would never see her again. All the liright hopes and ri-ions that, almost unacknowledged to himself, he had cher ished so long, must be given up. As the thought of toiling on day after day without ever seeing that dear, bright face, or any hope of winning her love, surged in upon hig heart, involuntarily a deen sigh escaped from his bosom, and he bowed his face into bis hands. He was aroused by the touch of a little soft hand on his shoulder, and a sweet voice, thrilling him through and thiough, said: "Dear Joe, what is the matter ? You are going away, ami yet you are unhappy. Tell me what it is, won't you ? What has displeased you T" "Nothing," said Joe. "There must be something," continued Dolly, "or you wouldn't leave us and go off among strangers who don't know you or care lor you." "Do vou care whether 1 go or not 7" he aked, looking up eagerly. "Of course I care," she answered, blush ing. "Haraib we grow nup together. ami didn't you save me from those robber* 7" "Oh* is that all T he said, disappointed. "Why, what would you have P she asked, gaxing up iuto his face with an inno cent expression. That dear. Imght bee was so near; ber voice was so soft and i sweet; ber eyes so trader: her warm, fragrant breath was on his cheek ; and Je —wa< it any wonder ?—Joe forgot himself. "I would have you!" he cried, passion ately. "Dolly, 1 love you better than life —better than any thing else in the world. I know that I am not worthy—that you do not care for me. And Xet I could not bear to see you lie long to any one else. And so I am going away where I shall never sec you again." There was a moment's pi use, and then, with her sweet voice all in a tremble, Dolly asked: "I* that the only reason for your going?" •"Yea P* be umrmd, sadly. "fgn't it cnotigh 7" "No," she replied, hiding her blushing lace in her hand*; 'for Dolly want* you to stav and—and love her." The great gush of happiness that flowed in upon Joe's guileles* heart with those worua we will not attempt to deacrilte. Suffice it to say that he staid. When the front came, and the Mary Ann was laid up for the winter, there wan a joyous wedding at the Tillage church ; and amidst music and flowers, and the merry chime of hells, Joe and Dolly were made one; and as he proudly bore his blushing bride away, followed by the good wishes of all the town, and a perfect shower of old "hoes. he thought himself the luckiest, happiest fellow in all the laud, and, strange to say, although the honey-moon has long l>een over, he still continues in the same l**lief. The Latest Swindle. For about a week pa*t a few rough looking haqers from New York have been operating in the country, an ex change inform* ua, swindling the farm era by what is known aa the cloth dodge. They went aronnd by twos, and played their game in the following manner : One of the two would go to a house and offer for aale a idee® of cloth at a very low price. If he sold the cloth there, hia j>al would reach the house soon after he left it, and ask the inmates whether a man had sold them any cloth. When the cloth wn shown to the second comer lie would instantly claim it, Haying that it had been stolen from him, and the purchasers, to avoid 1 icing implicated in any trouble, would of courae surrender the cloth, oud lose what they had paid for it. It is aaid that these shaqx-rs made Newburg, N. Y., their headquar ters, but carefully refrained from prac tising their little game there. Fohe< - officer Andrews has been watching them, not liking their looks, but not being able "to bring unytbing directly against them until now. But they left towu for New York the other night, leaving, it i said, some unpaid bills behind them. If exchanges will refer to the "dark ways " of this gang of New York gentlemen, who live by their wits at other people's expense, farmers in other sections may lie put on their guard against the swin dlers. A Cm or THE DEAD. —A despatch from Boissy says that the Germans who have been searching for the Archbishop of Paris and the priests held as hostages of the communists, state that they can not be found, and it is supposed they have been shot. It is calculated that there are upwards of 60,000 dead bodies in the houses and cellars of Paris, many of them those of women and children. The women, it is said, have been per fectly furious daring the recent fight ing. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. l'A., FRIDAY, JUNE HI. 1871. The Circassian Women a* Mate*. Circassian slavery i* n very old aocial institution ill Ciroaaain. Vottug girl* were tlicre taught at u tender age by their parents to look forward to it n their destination, Many went to Con *tnutiuo|di' willingly. dngxbsl with the lutlluiut )in>N)iert hekl out to them of marrying a wenlllty Turk ; and *> gen eral wa* the consent of jiarrtits u> this eon*igtimeut of tlieir tender children t*i degratlathm ami infamy, (but the slave dealer who came unnuig the t'ircaaaiaua to pittvhoac their offspring wiui ttsttaUy ItMiktsl ujHiu as a bouefoetor ttne.- inComthuithtople, the j*vr cn-a lurea lrak forward with certainty to be- the wife of the Hultan, or at leant of some verv high and wealthy dig nitary. Hut an infinitesimal proportion of thein ever taw th* 4 face of the Sultan ; largs' nuuilier* were sold to Kgv'pt, Ta ni*. Morocco, and ev-n IVrma, while malty fell into l*td ami brutal hamls. Kveu the palace of StamlHitll fell very fur short of fulfilling the aiitici|Mstnui of the few who euteml it. One day, during the reign of the lata* Sultan Abdul liedtid, an aged CirmuMlnn ]HsiKmt prosentei! himself at the gate of the palace inhabited by the Sultana (a ('maOiMUl, seootid wife of Abdul. The Iteaaant annouuctsl himself a* the fatlier of tlie Sultana, ami expressed a great de sire t* see her ouce more Iwfoie he iliel. He was refumsl adinittanc*-, and the daughter's reply was, " I will not and can iu >t look upon the face of the man who hesitated UOt to sell me into *lav rrv." YUr> (vtM)UTWT( iIh 1 C'irauaian t'au catstu M completed by the KUMUU* iu UM4, null wiiee thlit perns! it in estimat ed that Ciruaaataua have ami graUd iat>the Turkish province*. When the emigration took place, • dtcrw *iu> issued by the Turkish Government, by fame of which nil these Circassians were declared to powiam the privilege* of free boru sulijecU Bat the kvr tmrtio got** ou, only the more jieiteeabl.v and with l.*t* noim*, the t 'ire die of con sumption. The most active dealers in the Cireaa sian slave market of Constantinople are women, many of them, too, of CSrcaaaian birth. Of these the wife of the late Puad Pasha was one uf the most aucoeae ful and notorious. A oomiuon, and gen erally a well-paying symeulatiou among them, is to buy a Circassian female child of twelve years of age at aland 91,000 v American.. Unoli it the Turkish lan* guage and a few feminine accomplish ments. and sell it when sixteen years of age for S-\iMh Banter of DJI Bites. We saw it dated lately that a lady in Newark, N. J., was dying of a cancer on the Hp, occasioned by the lute of a |*-t dog she wan playing with two yearn ago. We often wonder that certain ladies who are ao fond of wasting upon lap-dog*, poodles, terriers and so on, the affection they should bcriow upon humanity, do uot mote frequently bei*nme the victims of hydrophobia, eancer, ami other terri ble disorder*. l)g* will naturally snap and bite even in play, and their bite, however playful, 1* always dangerous. The bite of a dog even when he is not enraged, but simply anitwl, often con tains an amount of venom that 110 one would stiapeet, and when it doe* not produce serious effects the instance may be M* down as on exception, not the rub*. Kvperietice has fully iloun > net rated j that n//<* in the dog is not confined to midsummer, tut may occur in cold weather. His bib*, therefore, is alwaya ulamiing. and if not ralcnlnb-d to ter minate 111 one terrible affliction, is quite likely to *nj>erindneo another. Possibly in hie wild state, the dog, like many ser pents. had a virus given hun for his pro tection. which hestowed upon his bite a fntalitv the larger animals had instinct enough to avoid. Tltat virus mav have disapjieared in a majority of the dogs of the present day, or become innocuous. In other dogs ii may retain mure or loss of it* primitive character. If ao, in th* variuiu* moditi.*ut mns to which time luis subjected it, that virus may sometime* be of nreshieing a cancer, and at other timet what we now call hydropho bia. Of course thcte arc sjsvculatioua merely, but even a* uich they i**int to one tiling, vit.. the necessity of being careful when we amuse ourselves ty teas ing these useful animals. We like a dog, but we do not desire to see him hurry child of out* to a premature grave, ami of oourse nolsxly else desire* u. Aseati > cer in. in some respect*, fully aa malig nant a disorder 11* *<#Aim, let the intelli gent reflect and beware.—Errh iniff. INHUMANITY.— A horrible instance of inhumanity ha* just IXTII exposed in the East Riding of Xorkahire, England. The case hnd I icon remanded aiul evidence of theuiont revolting and systematic cruelty on the part of a mother towards her step-daughter was given. The accused ia Ann Hogg, wife of n railway giutrd. ! The child is twelve years of age, and thp 1 evidence show* that the prisoner had ill-used hcT in many ways ; hnd lieaten her with a knothnl stick, starved her, struck her front-bitten feet with a ham mer. burnt her with a wanning pan ■ (containing hot cinders) nearly every night, when linked ; had Rppliod a liglit : ed candle to her person : had put a hot ! jioker up her clothes to her body ; had : cut her Lead to the boue with a liannncr; hid thrown hot and cold water upon her when naked ; had locked her up ill an 5 onthonse during the frost for an hour when naked : had lifted her by the hair of the head, kept her insufficiently elad, and expressed n desire to kill her. When her father was at home she was . always well treated. Dr. Young, of Mal i ton, said he found the ohild covered with wonnds, braises, scars from burn*, jjmd cut* on the head; her hair was ! clotted with blood and her body weakly and emaciated. Haw IT WAS DTSOOVWU®.— An alleged discovery of a cure for oaucer from a specific derived from a plant which grows in Ecuador is exciting much interest in medical circles. A curious story is told of the manner in which the anti-cancer virtues of this plant were flrat discovered. For a long time previous to the discov ery the plant had been regarded as s poison. Acting upon this belief, an Ec uador wife who desired to rid herself of her husband gave him a decoction of this plant in his drink. The fellow was already dying slowly of a eanccr in his stomach,' but her eagerness oould not wait for the ordinary sequel iu such coses. She applied the noxious distillation to his drink, and waited to see him full at her feet. Bnt instead of that, the happy husband survived. The subtile essence benefited his cancer, and the follow fi nally recovered from his disease to make known tue bleating to the world. A laboring mun in Toledo, the other day, voluntarily confessed to the owners of a store that bis wife had stolen a valu able dress pattern from the establish ment As she refused to give it up, be desired them to obtain a search wftrrant and take it out of his house. Thmlfunl Drought In Ihr We*l. It would #e-m HM if section* of tl* Western country were doomed to take turn* ill MilffiiiiK fnHii drought* Iwl hmmib portion* of the Smlli wi*ue*n uo return current of cold to precipitate it in the form of rain. The hosted prairies and plains seem to rejiel the clouds ; and the atmosphere must cool down to the proper temperature to unload their treas ures. Cola north wiuds for a few day* would la* a blessing to most section* of the grain districts, and the coming June may lie a marked one in that respect.— Chi-ynjo Paper. Fashion* In Crime. Faahious in crime oa well as in tins* accm to come round periodically. For a time homicide appears to lie the pre rail ing style ; tliia is frequently followed by a season of suicide ; then arson is the rage ; then street-robbery, and *> on through the dismal catalogue, which is repeated again and again with a striking regard for sequence. The quiet but not altogether satisfactory fashion of altoot ing air-guns at people, lias turned up re cently in New York. It was a very pop ular pastime iu that city several years since, as the writer well remembers, hav ing Wo an inoffeusive and reluctant target on two occajcions for some anony mous admirer. Tlie writer haen street. There is s peculi arity about the air-gun a-wasain, -he is never influenced by any of thoae feelings of revenge, animosity or oovctoosness which give the spur to other murderer*, rt ia mere sportiveneas. The tomjitatinn to safely ami noiselaaaly wing a fellow creature at a distance si-em* too much for him. It is the gun. There is a cer tain smooth fascination in its silent working that corrupt* the {NMnoasor. We can imagine a mild, harmless man inher iting one of theme guna, fooling with it day after day, and Anally minting, nn coiiscioualy, an irrepresoibln longing to try it oo someliody. It apimai* to he such an an in cent thing, a fat walking stick, nothing more. A puff of air— and a brother citisen lias a bit of lead throngh hi* luug*. Tis a* ••**▼ aa lying --easier; it ias easy a* pressing a spring The heaviest penalties should he inflicted on peojde found with air-gun* in their pteaesninn. Au ft KHM AN. —From Watertown, Wi*., s coneajxmdent write* to the Cincinnati FottVreuwithat, with the exception of a place here and there, the whole of Mouth eastern Wisconsin ia now almost entirely German, and that in the other !tortious of the Mtnte the native American element is regularlv and rapidly retreating. He savs that the esjsviiillv German distri*t* are already too much overpeopled for agricultural operatiou* in the American method, and a strong tide of emigration has already set in for Minnesota, Ne braska, and lowa. The younger or.ns of farmers are furnished by their parents with money to found home* in those States, and the small farms arc 1* -tight no by the extensive landholders. Mean while iin migration from Germany con tinues and contribute* to keep uj the ( price of land. A SiworaAß Srrr.—A novel suit w* tried rocontlv at Bainbridge, N. Y., the iw 1 eing that of F.vans againat Curti* Cooper, of Uuildford, on a contract made fifteen year* ago. by which Cooper liound himself to give Miss Evans an ewe lamb and it* increase until she was 21 veara of age, in consideration of a gold watch key. The suit was brought in order to recover the sheep or their equivalent The evidence showed that the increase was to be in ewe lamt*. and that the natural increase of • flock of sheep is to double every year. According to this estimate, Miss Music would have at the end of fifteen years 18,064 ewe hunli*. which, at four dollar* j>er head, would amount to §64,5*26. The Justice heard the evidence, and like a wise man reserved hi* decision. THE STORY OF A RAT. —The Mouth Norwalk Sentinel tells a romantic story of a young lady, who some time ago was employed i* a hnt trimmer in n man ufa<-torv of that city. One day, Wing more than usually disgusted with her tedious and prosaic occupation, on the impulse of tfie moment she wrote her name and address njsin the liuing of a hat she had just flushed, and patiently awaited the result. The hnt, with hun dred* of others, was sent off to the "trade," nnd finally jmrohased by a yotmg New Yorker, who chanced to dis cover the name upon the lining. Being of a romantic turn of mind he wrote to the yoiuig lady, an iutimaoy followed, nnd the result was tin- marriage of the two last week. A NOVKL ROAD TO FORTUNE. —A Na tiek correspondent of the Providence /Viw tells of a firm comjiosed of a father and two sons, who, a very few years ago, were quite jwtor. They iiegan in a very small way, the manufacture of balls and bat* for Iw* l IMAII clubs. They made a good article, and their business increas ed gradually, until now they own Bn im mense building for their hiiniiions, to gether with Home of the handsomest dwelling* in the town, and their fortunes are put down by hundreds of thounaiids of dollars. It w statdl that they nmnu fiicture more bdis and bat* now tlmn all the other manufacturers in the country combined. Eooo.—ln 1K67 the poultry stock of Fronts" was valued at 988,125,000, and the annual product at $28,400,000. The average product of each hen is estimated at sixty eggs, a very low uveroge where hens are well provided for. The French export into England eggs to the value of 115,000,000 per annum. In 1866 the eggs exported from France were valued at •42,834,000 francs. The egg bill of the St Nicholas, in New York, is over 8100 a day the year round. One dealer in eggs in Knox County, Ohio, sends to New York City, over eight thousand bar rels of eggs a year. The four highest mountain.-; in the State of Vermont rank as follows in feet above the level of the "sea : Mansfield, 4,279 ; Camel's Hump. 4,188 ; Jav Peak, 3,675; Ascutney, 3,320. The Tea Plant. The tea plant is grown from seed ksiit iu sand during Winter, The tirst gath ering of leaves is iu the mieoud or thud year, ami the duration of the plant six to teu yearw, renewals taking plme often er w here the fluent tea* are made. The tirst gathering, annually conaists of young leaf Imds. just tiegiuiling to UU* fold, ami ia called pekoe, frotu the white, silky down covering it. Hoin-houg ismall and scarce) i* gathered somewhat Inter, when have* are a little mure matured, and is the finest of the strong black teas; congou conaists of leaves larger, coarser and more fully grown still, and hohea consist* of the largest, coarsest, and most fully-grown leaves ; twankav is the l*ihea of green teas, and form* tlie bulk of our importations of green liywou; flourishing Kpring, from its being gath ered in the early |*art of the season, come* next ; gunpowder, the more care fully-prepared hyson, with small, granu lar "leave#; young hyson, the delicate young leaf the finest tea* being thus composed of the small, tender leaves. One of tlie deceptions practiced is to cut the large leaves into small ones, and so msnipulate them with black lead and other ingredient* sa to nuke them pass for young tender leaviw. Hoented caper, black guniMiwder, and orange pekoe are often made in this way to present a peculiarly glossy appearance, and none of the finer varieties are ever found in England, is is said, unadulterated. Care ful buyers, however, are not deceived by these or sny other devices, as they test the teas by actual "drawing" a* house wives do, and dozen* of little cup used for the purpose may he seen in their places of business before sales takes place, and they only buy those ten* that the test prove* satisfactory, or if they bur others it will be at correspondingly low prior*. The importer sella to the middleman, the middlrman to the jobber, the jobla-r to the wholesale dealer. Hometiinea, however, the jobber* and w holt-sale dealers are also the importers, but ofteuer one jobber sells to another, so that from five to eight partita have their commission* off the tea before it comes to the consumer where not more than two or three are really needed. Hindas Penalties far losing (a*te. It is well known that the Hindoo* who have caste to lose, lose it when they cross the -black water" and visit foreign lauds. Put the forfeiture is usually compounded in a pecuniary way, as per sons who have brought native scrvaots from India are aware. It appears, how ever, from an account given by the R**t Go/fnr of Bombay, that more person si penalties are involved in some cases, even to a vicarious extent. Thus Kur soudss MIMIUMV da*, having returned from a visit to England to the bosom of hi* a fleet innate caste, the Nagur Ban in. brought the whole of them into trouble. They dined with liirn; and dining with a man who ha* visited England is looked npon a* a heinous offence by the other Bauia caste, of Bombay and else where, so much so indeed that the offen der* wen- viaited with a sentence of ex communication. To obtaiu raaduiiasion into the community of castes s terrible expiation was necessary, and this came off on the ?th of last month at a place called Wolkmhway. The scene wa* rich in the elements of comedy. First, the men sulwnitb-d to' the sharing of their moustache*, the young men and small boy* who hnd no I moustache* subjecting the hnir of their head* to the same proc*-s*. After thi*— j to the number of two hundred or ao~- j they all I*athcd in a tank ; and this ; eerenmney over, each member swallowed • pilla "made of the five product* of the , cow," which were supposed to complete the work of purification. They hare thus lieeti restored to their caste priri-1 lege* and the ml vantages la-longing j thereto in Bombay ; but it seem* likely that they will lie called upon to repeat the |MUIUHV before enjoying similar im punity in other place*. t'orxTWT I-IFF.—It may be wry do lightfn! to liave a secluded pictureaoue residence on ati island, but aoch a life ha* it* drawbacks. A gentleman who had a romantic abode on the bdand of Jeraey, not long since, took the liberty to go to England and left hi* house in the band* of servant* during bis ab sence. When he returned he found that high life had lieen going on below •taint, ami that the expense came chiefly to him. The piano had lieen removed 'to the kitchen and a number of young men had been invited in, including two of Her Majesty's soldiers ; and dancing, drinking, smoking and other carnal de light* had reitrued nightly among the pot* and kettle*. Wine, porter and spirit* had disappeared wondorfnlly ; the store of provision* had lieeu greatly re duced and drawer* had been robbed of money and valuable*. A day of reckon ing came, however, for the short-sight reveler* when the owner of*the house returned, and with the aid of the officer* of the law he mieceeded in recovering hia domain and suppressing the insur rection. If one enjoy* the delight* of a life iu Jersey, he must expect to take it* risk*, of course including the chance of an uprising in his own kitchen. Rnrwona rs RCIUUNO. —It cannot lie denied that even inanimate object*, such a* our dwelling*, furniture, liuidncajiea, gardens, nnd other mich surrounding*, have a parallel effect on lis. Hence the wisdom of using all the means which architectural art places at our disjioaal. Error* in this respect often proceed from thoughtlessness, if not for want of refined taste. An instance may suffice to show how uinch such matters should lie attended to in the choice of a site and other conditions. A retired manu facturer erected a mansion at a cost ex ceeding two hundred thousand dollars, nnd hnd never jiaid any hoeoe and spiders f I. A standing antidote for ]K)ison by dew. poison oak. ivy, to., is to take a handful of quicklime, dis solve in water, let it stand in writer half su hour, then paint the poisoner! parts with it. Three or four applications will never fail to cure the most aggravated eases. 11. Poison from hees, hornets, spider bites. Ac., is instantly arrested by the application of equal parts of com mon salt and bicarbonate of aoda. well rubbed in on the place bitten or stung. A GOOD NURSE.—A good nurse never aggravates lier patient by a whisper in the sick-room; but then she is never loud. Though ouiet, she never walks on tiptoe; her shoes never creak, nor does her dress rustle. She never seems to be stealt? <°ly watching the sick one. She never shuns the door, of ooorvc, but then she never shuts it with painful slowness. She is prompt, but never in a hurry. She i&invaluable. One of the most famous London phy sicians has written in favor of good living in the treatment of nervous disorders. The Wrong* of Sewing Women. There are several organized agendas in New York designed for the protection of "sewiug girl*" from the injustice they luive no nfh-u exjierieneed ill their deal ing* with heartle* employer*. Mv the employment of legal counsel, and still mure frequently by showing their roadi- IHVI ami ability to defend thoae who 1 suffer, thene asMouiattoas have acouiu uhshed much iu this humour object 'The pulpit, too, Noim-ttrnea i* heard from in tin* humane work. Recently one of our most eminent divines (Bev. Dr. Tal imulgt-j said : I toll yon if (tod rises up to redraaa woman's wrongs, many of onr large es tablishment* will be swallowed up auidkar tti JUS a Huulh Anicriosn earthquake rm took down a city, (tod will ratob the*r j oppressors lietweeu the two mUltome* of lits wrath, anil grind them to jwwder. Why is it that a female prinrijwl gefis only eight hnndml and twenty-tore dol lars for doing work for widen a mala] principal get* sixteen hundred aud fifty ? I hear, from all this land, the wail of womanhood Man has nothing to an-, ■wer but flatten ra. He sayw *h is an augoL Hlw ia not knows she is not She is a human being, who gcto 1 hungry when she has no food, and cold when she ha* no fire. (Hve her no move flatteries : give her justice. There are thirty-five thousand staring girl* in New York aud Brooklyn. Arras*, the darkness of this night 1 hear thair j death-groan. It is not such a cry as oomra from those who are suddenly hurled out of life, but a slow, grinding, horrible wasting away. (Hther them before you and look into their facta, )dndt*ed(, ghastly, hanger dnuk I L -ok at their fingers, needle pricked and blood **fftand at the corner of a street in Xew York at lialf-paat five or six o'clock In the morning, sa the women go to their work. Many of them have had no btuak fast except the crob* that were left over from the night before, or s crust thev chew on their way through the street. Here they come, the working girls of New York and Brooklyn. These engaged in bead-work, theae in flower making. in millinery, enameling, eipr makiug, book-binding, labeling, feather picking, print-coloring, paper box-mak ing, bot most overworked of all. ami least Clnb find aaw the light in a honae cloar to Bcrtaoodwy square. It already number* ahoy# 1.2U1 mem bers. It* rule* are similar to those of it* West-end prnWeawt*. It hat a secretary, a treasurer, a manager, trus tees, and a committee, Candidate* are elected or rejected by a rote of thi* lat ter body. The ready Mihaeriptiun of the ineiubera in four shilling*. The ol>- | ject of the club, a* atated in it* |>rinted rnkw, in "to afford it* memlwra the : meann of social intercourse, mental and moral improvement*, and rational re creation." No letting. gamlding, ilnmkenneaa. or offensi re language are .Bowed, All member* infringing thia rale are liable to expulsion. On week day* the clnh cloaea at one :A. M., on Son wow deafantng—the hotiip ibirprwl, th wiado* imttk*d, ; every woman waa .hnekiug, and child , ran www aobbtog; NstemaiOusrAs were running wildly about, crying. "To arm* ! to arm* looked around to htd whirh wall waa fifing to UD Bret Fill ing ft remain firm on it* foundation. I went to the window to Bod the alas* filled with a teanftod arawd, tort nobwly oookl discover the antw of tho dona tion,until a man cried, "Ite took there • An extraordinary tight ptocnH itself. A bail six er seven now* aa huge a* the Federal Capitol fljeted in mid-air. It MM amdke. but an black and demw thai the raya o# the vetting auto wewdiatinot ly visible aa penrila of tght protruding •ia a WIT aide Iwyood it, liho the solar spectrum earn in a dock wtrth when boama iietiatrate soowi abutter'* rtwvtet. The huge bail floated motion!**, and showed no *ig* of merging into nlr. Presently volume* of thSnner ,em<>ke< ranted fitfully upwards, and now and then forked toagaasof flame ma from their bottom toUmiT'lflhi "The Botel de* Jnankdm ha* Iwan blttto •" ■* .tho tp-it*rid cry. Ihwb uKrxl* it an inundation of Lutijui living* f eonrtanUj gathering flood*, * which choked even tne broad outer boulevard* Window* had hart * their gtew. and dianer-tablea had br nwertaraail aad their wastes sliaflsiad But't waa not tha lambdas ; rt was the Hd oartridg* manufactory M#* Champ de ■art which badaxyhded. When the catastrophe occurred the tercets were full of returning bom* 1 to dinner. They thought a battery of mitraillomiaa waatdantod t the terest corner and wap throwing volley* down it. Every per son Ml flat oa the ground. Aa one drew , near the Champ de Mai* the tight baf fled description. Arm*, teg*,. band*, liuad*. some of them still quiruing with vestige* of life, were to be found every ten pare* one made down the ■tenet. There wn* not a whole window any where to be aesa. CllllhlHf '■ ball* and .artridge paper* were lOrewn around ia evwry direction. I picked up a ehaaae pot ball melted and flattened to the length of four inches. Three hundred varaa from the scene of eipWoa the f naked trunk of a wewian wtu. found; head and lijaba bad toen toot oC The number of victim* ha* not been yet aa -1 ceruined. Three hundred i* the kjwaat estimate mads. File handned women I were employed in the manufactoiy ! w two huudnvl leave work at 430 p.m. each day. It i* beKered the building i contained three hundred woman when the explosion took place. These all perished, snd thev w ere toot the otdy ito iim. A model' lodging-house called the Cite Napoleon ha* been damaged so innrhthat its fall is expected lamrtv. 1 A great maar of its tenanti wm kilted. All the wounded soldisr* ia the Ambu lance of Hue de la t'aivenato were kflled. A woman steading at a window had me arm i>ull<*d out id iU socket and che died instantiy from the nervous shock and terror. One woman leaped from ' her window snd was killed. In the same • house an infant was rent to pteec* in its cradle Avenue de la Boardnanage has acaunocty a boose mending. How* tour stories high ape a mass of rubbish, tor fwoe turn- after the txpbaaon the n< igli- Iforhood wit lasaed maddiming *• Panic-stricken horses galloped wildly in ' everv tbirction { women, rome with deadhsliea in their inm. tan to and fro shrieking l.ysterioaUy; chUdroa scroam ed for their panmta: fianteoaUy . threw enwytbing oat of the wnwtow f A toast at a public dinner —"Woman- - without her, man is a brute," was print*? \ " Woman without her man, is a brut* wMbmrth, And sMif to rtxit wrmM fslrtt am, And, •*4i*,fwVgs IM tetoflrtpfti wertb. "SttittWS . | A Aild^ Mo&r*ipga. T TVmirk fmip. >• pi. plant festival* are aU th. rage Uk Muting ladies, want carrying out. A fee*** umb 4a is jai for letting a Itoikhbor's mnli toltow Wm. A Harrteburg UJv gave Iter lmby a . playful torn and broke fla nmk. There are mid to 'be KB ieoond Ad vent mintetore in Hew Engtend The antewhignon pledge ha* been ' signed by B0, ladlei in Oecmany. In Borne there are eight Amerir n ; tedtea who a scuWors by prtMe**w)i. Eimire rata don't know ntudk They ■tod dbee peg* 'Had atowtt>a away for ohe-hdf Of iftb depositor* of the Boston saving* banks are girts and lira. Parolee Ha-knllhaabcen appoint ed Bute librarian by the Tenneaaec toabentiaa Kf Kll ■. The girl* of Groton, COWL, htm> organised a boat chsb, and already make *°°r t mi.(,.rtuiM. m nam o yet their bean* to go ahop jdng with ttrem tow Aw^Th^bjV No' s'a. * utm^ TV nomLdmufbttrd among Iter Ssouw aad Tern ton** , - A rail w*w mmjmay ia Pare haa been dMd MMIO for the lusghgetoc. friend, your horse ia a hills mJSf. i "lfo. ' Whjl makes bim atop, then f "Gh he* jgfmid that will aay whoa, and be shan't hoar it. There are ,(>W.OOO rotten .apindlre now in operatfon in the United Statoa, of which, over k.0M.000 on cloth* for printing, and produce over 1 450,000,000 yard* per annum. To change the pitch of the Boston If tunc HaH organ mhy no maaaa a ligi> teak. Workmen have been engaged ' upon the inrtrumeot three months, and | their labors are not •* crenphtton ytt- Mr. Kettle, of Ilßnoia. had a aifc, hat a few Mtite ago W aotttod a girt named Fish, and married her wittexit the fonuslitj of t divrwee . That m gbt be cißcd a pwttT KetUe of 'ipiih ' ' i The editor of a reUgvoas papir, which had a four weeks' preaazwms * ,inChiwgo. mgsthat oty y.a good^pUce 'mixed. ' It has been officially determined by an I'ofßcre of lh Oowniaaary IVmrtn - i.t {a* WeAington. tiiat ponndtoave. of - * ' ] bread can be made from barrel of (jfiewr. The twl waa mada at the anay " t Madame de fltaei who remarked of a conceited oaauainttona i ' Wbcn- I ever Lace hun.TfcM toe pto-mre tii at 1 receive from looking at a ted 1 couple—he and Wa seU-love lire ao hap - gentleman, examining a mining claim. *** reted. Gripped, and t j cowered with tar and wool. ? :j^Ca h rfb.. p tSStr.Ss I ' dmnagec potting in the picture aa an il dene*. , i A Boston paper reyi>: "Ahorse ran * .way yesterday, and ■idocte ram ' enroner ran, and a reptr wn atoa f j The home fell, the rider wee anhnrt, the 1 doctor had no case, the CWK ® er ; the reporter lied this paragraph, and that I j ww all that came of the renaway. A poor emanated Irishman, having called in a physician, in a foriore hoj H ' r ! the latter spread a large mustard plaster ' and pot it on the poor feßow's lean ehee), ' Pat, when he with tearful eye* looked ' down on it, said : "Doethur, it rinkea ; me it's a dale of mustard for to little ®Me." * STEAM Boilkus. —Sir William Fair *. bairn's latest invention, briefly dea '' ctribed, conmste of an improvement in 1 steam lioflere, in which be oombines to * i gather three oyiindrioel shells of boiler " plate. He arranges them parallel the one 1 to the other, and horizontally, or nearly ; so. Two of the cylinders, which are set 1 side by aide, • each traversed from J end to end by an internal tube, in which \ toe the furnace*, tod these cylinders, Pj twoh eourautocoto with the third cylin * tier, which, is placed over tod between them, by three or other number of pipes, * of sufficient aire to aßow the steam ' generated iu the lower eyhndew to ea •" cape freely into the upper, and also to r allow the water freely to cirouUte. I hi* ? nrraagement is at once inexpensive and L * free from complication, and answers well the object in view. if i e Ah Ixdiah MAHSACEE.—A letter from if Jackaoaboro, Te*as, aays: On the 18th if of May a band of about 100 Indians at- i o tacked Warner's train twenty miles from - there, and killed seven men belonging to the train and wounded owe. Gen. Sher man, who was at Fort Richardson at the ' time, o:' v, TeJ fonr companies of cavalry >f I in pursuit, with the instructions to drive d the Indians into Fort SiO, saying if b® * found thev were Fort Sill Indiana he " 1 would stop Indian trade in Hit quarter. )f ! r A A Khowiho Mcul— The Scraoton (Pa.) ReptbHcan states that it knows"of b | a mole mat haa baea brought up ui th* le coal mines, that uuderstonds wbat it is n 1 expected to do so well that when pulling M- i a loaded car up a slope, tod flmbng that 41! ite strength rt not holding tot, t wiH catoh bold of a sill with its teeth, and - thus keep the car in position until the ?d driver succeeds ia blockading the e. wheel NO. 24.