Faith. A KvraUow In the Spring Oatne to our gran err, and 'neath the save* Emaved to make her ne#t, and there did brmg Wet earth and leaves. Dav after day she toiled With patient artYout, ere her work * crown M, Some aed miehap the tiny fabric spoiled. And dashed it to the ground. She found Uie ruin wrought; Yet not cast down, forth faotu uer plaoe ahe (lew And with her mate fresh earth and grasses brought, And built her neet anew. Backbone. When you ere a ft'llow mortal Without fixed and fearless views. Hanging on the akirta of others. Walking in their r**t-off shoe", Bowing low to wealth or favor. With anjix-t, uncovered head, Ready to retract or waver, Witling to be drove or led ; Walk yourself with firmer bearing, Throw your moral shoulders back. Show vour #j4ne ha* nerve and marrow . Just the things which lus must lack. A stronger word Waa never heard In acme aud tone Than this, borWxow. When you see a theologian Hugging close some ugly creed, rearing to reject or question Dogma# which hi* priest may read, Holding back all noble feeling. Choking down each manly new. Caring more for forms and symbols Than to know the Good and Trite ; Walk yourself with firmer bearing, Throw your moral shoulders lck, Show your spine has nerve ami marrow- Just tih- things which his must lack. A stronger word Wa# never heard In sense ami tone Than this, backbone. .. % When you see a aniittoan Crawling through contracted holes, Begging for some fat poaition, In the ring, or at the poll#. With no sterling manhood in him, Nothing staple, broad or sound. Destitute of pluck or ballast. Doable-aided all aronnd ; Walk yourself with firmer bearing. Throw your moral ahonhlera back. Show your spine has nerve and marrow— Just the thing# which hi* must lack. A atrougcr word Waa never heard Iu sense and tone, Thsn thus backbone. A modest song and plainly told— The text is worth s mine of gold ; For many men moat sadly lack A noble suffueae in the back. SI LEX T BILL. I had been for nearly a year roaming over the West. Iu tbe course of my wao lierings I oatne upon an emigrant traui which was just starting out from "the States," and joined it. Tbe novelty soon wore off and I found the day* fatiguing, the night* and sleep only being desirable. I had been conscious for dav* of a fever in my veins, but had scorned to complain, and taking a sort of sarage delight in seeking to do an extra amount of toil. It wa* my turn to prepare supper for our mess, but ouce ready I went on as far as I could crawl from the noise of tbe camp and the odor of the cooking. The last I remember of that day wa* my drop ping down by the side of some shrubs. Two weeks afterward I opened my ejus upon a di lerent team from the one I started with, and the driver wa* the largest, j roost uncouth looking roan 1 ever saw. I was on a straw bed, made up on one side of the wagou, and in answer to my call, tbe strange man bent over me. I asked all the questions I had strength for, and then waited for the answer*. He told me in the fewest jwssible words that I was missed from the train, and be sent lack to look for me. That I had '-been dead beat for two weeks, and had better keep still and go to sleep if I could." I obeyed, because 1 could not help it. 1 received my food and medicine trout the hands of my strange-looking friend, but it seemed impossible to get any information front him. My recovery was rapid. and as soon as I made my appearance in the camp I was warmly greeted by our company and treat- j ed to many an extra dish by rfae kind- j hearted people. I learned that I had not been missed until nearly noon of the day that I was I left, and then tney had halted, and''Silent Bill" had volunteered to look me up, had found me, and had taken upon himself the whole care during my sickness. I could find oat very littk about the man who had thus brought me back to life. He had joined the company, like myself, at the last minute, had given only the one name, to whieh the boys added another, until he was called all OTer the camp "Silent Bill." ilis team was good, and he was well sup plied with provisions, which be Landed oat generally to any ore who had need. With my returning strength, 1 felt a strong interest in every things and would gladly have been companionable and use ml, bat he never called on me to do any thing, unless some one needed help, then he would leave the care to me for a time. He was always ready to walk that others might ride;"fatigue seemed unknown to him. Foremost when danger threatened was his gaunt form, and it was always his rifle which brought in the earliest game. It came about that he held the gratitude of almost every one rn the train, bat load thanks seemed to offend him greatly. 1 never saw him hesitate but once ; then some children, two little girls, had been running along with their mother, and she asked bim to lift them up into his wagon and give tbem a ride, as their own team was Car behind- He went up to one of, them, laid his band upon the arm of one, started back, rubbed his hands together and finally called to me. "Put them in, will you 7" said he. I lifted tbem up and gave each a kiss as I seated tbem upon the straw. He was still looking at his hands. "What's the matter?" I asked, "both of tbem together wouldn't b as heavy as the man you bore on to camp that day, only a few weeks past." He said nothing, but held his hands open before me. They were brown and hard. "Are tbey dirty V I asked. "Yes," said he emphatically, and shook them out at arm's lengt b. Then be started up his team and did not speak agaiu for hoars. All hearts became lighter as we ascended the Sierras and began to think of finding an abiding place. When it came to leave-taking "Bill" was missing, the others started on with their teams, ami I staid by bis until sundown. Any number of pood bvs and kindly mes sages were left with me for him. And one woman gave mc a little package saying: "He was so kind to Willie when he was sick, and his hand made that precious little Kve on the mountains." I thought, to >w the full value of the gift, Bill should have received it, as I did, wet with the mother's teats. When he came back, we were alone upon the hillside. He asked, "Why didn't you go on with the others 7" And I answered, "Because I did not choose to leave you alone, after all you have done for me. I shall go with you, if you will let me, it does not make much difference to me where." He looked at me keenly. "Yon had better not," said he, slowly; "you will wish you hadn't some day." We had started a fire, and I could see his face by the light of tbe blaze. I felt drawn to him, not from any sym pathy of feeling, but because I was con vinced there would come a time when I could in a measure repay bim for his kind ness to me. I reached out my hand, "Well stick together a while, old fellow." He wouldn't take it, but said ; "The kettle boils, we might about as well eat our grub as to waste time a talking." I gave him the messages, which were received in silence, and when I handed the package be only said, "Lay it down." We made ready for an early start in the morning, then I rolled up in my blanket, and with my feet to the fire lay down to sleep. When I waked up the" blaze had died down, but I could see Bill at a dis tance, bending over what proved to be a hole in the ground. After a while he broke oil' some green bought, threw them in, and then hastily threw in tbe earth. He came and sat down by the fire. I watched him for an hour or so, but he never moved, and when I woke in the morning, he had not changed his position. FRED. KURTZ, Editor nl Proprietor VOL. IV. We started of!', but 1 made a excuse to return, and hurriedly opened the ground where I had wn him workijig iu the uight. t do not know what I exjtectad to sec,but 1 certainly was surprised w hen 1 found undyr Hie covering of earth and green, the little package, which had tearfully been intmated to tnv care. I broke the string ami found a small ropv of "Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress." "I will keep it," 1 said, "and when he need* me most he will uced thi# too." When we reached the first miner*' camp, j Bill waked up and was eager enough uutil he had scanned the face of every man. That day he looked weary, and it wa* the first time he laid dowu w hen 1 did for the night. In the morning he sold hi* team, all but two horses ; those he jacked with blankets and provisions, and we struck off down the canon, stopping wherever any one was at work, and going out of our way if we heard 1 of a solitary miner. After a while he left off telling rue to j leave aim, ami I think the comjaui.mship made him feel more human. Once he stopped a week when 1 seemed tired out, 1 hut wa restless and uneasy ami declared "another day would kill him." "Tell me," aaid I, one day, "why you will not rest; this life is wearing upon you; you cannot endure half the fatigue you could upon the Plains, l-et's take uj> a claim aud settle down, or if you will on—let me help you; couldn't 1?" ••No," he answered, •'and I believe you ■ are holdiug me back. 1 have felt it ever j sine* 1 first looked UJIOU your fee* when 1 found you half dead by those bu*hes that day. 1 wish 1 had left you to die." He sprang up and confronted me, "I will j have no more of this, 1 shall go on alone, and don't you dare get between me aud my work or I'll " "ilts eyes fell before mine. "lo you think 1 am afraid of yon ? you, who wouldn't harm even an insect. Haven't I seen you go out of your way, rather than tread" the life out of a crawling worm ? Shall all those months of unselfish care for others go for nothing, and your hasty words make me leave you." Besides," said I, "I have a work as well a* voiv" He looked inquiringly at roe. "Shall I tell you what it He sat dowu by the fire which he had lighted. '•Keep still," said he, "for ouc month more, and then you may have your say."' In the morning when we started out, the air was heavy with smoke. When we reached San Francisco, after a day or two, we found there bad been an extensive tire. Bill was unwearied in helping build tents for the homeless;, and hi* money went fieely to feed the starving hundreds, who were likely to find only a grave in the land which bad promised them so much. I felt that I had never known half of his geuuine goodness of heart until those 'lays, ami 1 left off watching him as 1 had done. We were stopping at one of the places dignified by the name "Hotel," and in those "early times" considered in the way of accommodations, quite worth the fabulous prices which were demanded for them. But one jiarlor was the bar room, and our "room" a bunk, one of a doarn or so in tbe same apartment. We, had been staying there jjerhajv- three weeks, when "one night I wa* awakened from a sound sleep by the Tall of some heavy body. I listened, but there was no repetition," then I groped ray way to Bill's bunk. He was not there, though I had seen him "turn in" when I did. I took my hat and nanacd out through the bar-room into the darkness and night. Drunken men of all nationsand tribes were to be met on the muddy sidewalks, their horrid oath* and obscene jests, muttered or shouted in half broken language, re minded me of a terrible description 1 lis tened to when a child, of the abode of the luat. The gleaming light* from the drinking saloons and gambling hells only added an other touch to the picture. 1 hurried on, peering into every place where was light or sound, and I kept up the search until the first rosy tint* in the East told qf tbe coming day. When I came round to our hotel, I found I had been scut for three times, and was to remain there until the messenger came again. I waited two hours, and then saw the bar tender pointing me out to a Span iard. He beckoned to me, and I followed him without a word. We went through lanes and bypaths, until I lost all idea of locality. Finally we came to a cabin, when he motioned me to come round by the side, then he pointed to me to look through a slight aperture. Two men lay on the floor, which was covered with blood. 1 saw at a srlancc that one waa Bill, ami the other bore the same faee 1 had often seen in my dream*. I thought at first that they were both dead, but a low groan came from Bill, and I rushed to the door. I knelt down by him and spoke. "I did not do it," said he, "but I meant to " I a*ked him no question, only if he was able to be moved. "Yes, but never mind." We made a litter of a door, snd by tke help of some men the Spaniard brought, wc carried him to our boarding-place. I summoned a physician, who pronounced the wound dangerous but not necessarily mortal. I watched over him, and saved him in spite of his own desire. He chose to die, but by my care he came slowly back and took up his burden again. One day as I sat by his bed, I took from my pocket the little book I had found buried under the green bough*. 1 read two or three chapters aloud, then pat it up without a word. He became interested, and 1 read on from day to day, as be could bear it, until the book was finished. Then he asked, "Where did you get it ?" "I dug it from the ground," said I lacon ically. He held out his hand for it, and so it passed into his keeping. When he became strong enough we took walks together, which gradually increased in length until we would spend whole days down by the bay. I knew he would tell me hi* story when he could bring himself to it. He was two weeks going over it, sometimes giving me a single picture, and at another time un rolling whole years like a panorama before me. His first remembrance bad been of t hovel where rum had left nothing but ruin. He never heard a kind word, or had a kiss lelt upon his childish face, but he hated the meanness and filth which surrounded him and ran away to sea, when only four teen years of age. When he came back, grown- to manhood, his old home had been swept away by the tide of improvements, and his relations were all gone, save one fair-headed sister, who might have been his idol, but she vanished out of his life without, a word of farewell, and for years he never heard of her or the man who had lured her away. The year that I met him, he bad been through the West: he couldn't tell what fbr, except that he had made money and wanted to spend it. Vice and luxury were strangers to him, so his wants were few and simple. He came to a cabin, one night, and a* it was late, asked to be allowed to stay; the man consented, and bade the woman pro vide some supper for the traveler. Hie host went out, and his voice oould be heard at some distance from the front of the bouse. The womin eyed him closely from a window, then motioning to Bill, led him to a slide window at the rear of the cabin, whispered to him that 'twaa only a mile to the next house, slipped a piece of paper into bis band, and bade bun run for i his life. CENTRE HALL REPORTER. He aaid he could not tell how it hap pened, but for the lir*i ami only time he ran from danger. He aroused the peo|de, and w a# given a platx- on t he floor to sleep. Saying nothing about hi* advruture, he managed to read by the light of the coal* the patter which the woman had given hint, imagine hi* aururwo when he found that he had seen hislong lwt *iter, and that she had nought to save hi* life by get ting hiin away from her huabaud, who mistrusted that he had money, and would not hesitate te murder huu in order to obtain it. She *aid *he had witnessed dreadful things, but Iwgged him not to try to meet her, a* hi* life would tie im periled. The next morning he determined to return aud have an interview with her, and if possible pcrauade her to accompauy him. The house wa* closed, board* nailed up before the window*, and uo sign of life uj*w the {itemises. He looked for hi* horse ; that, of courwe, was gone, and he wa* about leaving, when he heard moan*. Agaiu be listened, and traced the sound to the window out ol which he had escaped the j>reviou* night. 11c wrenched oft the board# and soon found the sister he sought, but she was iu a dying condition. She had been terribly beaten by the brutal husband; UJKID her h#d oouie the full bruut of his diaa]i|iotiit ment wkeu he discovered hi# victim had left. She told of terrible sufferiug# and crime, but death hastily closed tier recital, and JMJOT Bill held a lifelew# form in his arm*. He called in the ouly neighbors, within several miles, the jieojile where lie stayed over night. Together they buried the bruised and mangled body,and over the grave the brother vowed to revenge the lite which had been sacrificed for him. He heard of "hi# man" crossing the plains, ami so had followed, nursing all the time the deejiest hatred ia his heart, never doubting that he aliould find him, and theu the end was plain. lie held up his hands. " I have seen hi# blood UJKIU them all the way," -aid he. "That night," he continued, " I could not sleeji, and something whisjicred that he was not far from me. So I went out aud continued my search. I heard bis voice on the street. 1 should have known it anywhere. I followed him to hi* oabiu and entered close behind him. I had something to say to him, and you kuow 1 couldn't shoot him down without giving him a chance; 'twant in me to do that. - But he turned ujarn me quicker than thought aud gave me tins shot through my shoulder. My right arm dropped pu wet less, but 1 sprang upon him, and as wo closed he gave me a stab iu my side, his own justol, pointed toward himself, went oft", cither by accident or design, 1 shall never know which, and we fell to gether on the floor. "That Spaniard came in,attracted by the tiriug. 1 bad heljad his family to food and shelter, so 1 easily jtrevailed UJKIII hiui to go for you, not because 1 thought you could do anything for me, Init I did not want you to sjwnd your time hunting me up. " The wretch died; although 1 didn't kill him, 1 meant to, *c> I am a murderer to you. My work on earth is done, and you had better leave now. lam afraid I shall get to care for you if you stay, and that would be foolish, aa there hasn't lieeu any love in my life. I shan't trouble !-ou with any more talk. I guess 1 have ost my right now to the title the boys gave me." As soon as he was able, we went hack into the country and pitched our - tent among the grand old trees. 1 hen-came day* when the hushed stillness brought thoughts ol rest, JK-SCC and almost believ ing. Fnder the branches where tbe stray sun beam* touched u* with light and healing, 1 told the story of Him whose blood can wash the deepest suin from human heart* and hand*, and into nature'* temple came the great, invisible, loving presence which stands human as ever, though unseen—in our very midst, and whose coming into any life will lilt it from its mire, and defile roeut into the lost Paradise which lies about us everywhere. As I dwelt UJKID the wondrou* love and compassion, be asked earnestly, " Why has my life been so dark and loveless 7" Ah, how many aching heart# have asked that, as thirir look hack over dwarfrd and thwarted live#. But there came a time when his ques tioning# ceaed, and he changed his life long burden for a cross. And for year#, "Silent Bill" was known all through the mines and cainjw as "The Big Elder." The use of pressed coal-dust, compact ed into solid cakes convenient for stow age and handling, has become quite gi i>- eral on board the naval vessel* of differ ent European countries, and tlioir value appears to l unquestionable. It is churned that in the carriage of the little bricks there is a lon* of only one per cent., instead of six to ton JHW ceut, a* in the ca*e of lump coal, and when stored aitoard they are found after two years exposure to bo scarcely at all injured. It is claimed for thetn also that they are free—or compiiratively free-from ash, and can be made from the refuse of al most every kind of coal, and in such a ratio as to produce the best effect in getting up and maintaining steam. These bricks, which are exceedingly com pact,are produced by hydraulic pressure, and require but a small fper outage of extraneous, gummy, or resinous mutter to make them atone-like and thoroughly durable. The liest approved process of manufacture—the one that is as*crted to give the best result#—is briefly descrilted as follows ; the machine ha* sixteen cyl inders disposed a* the radii of a circle, in which the coal slack, after being heated to the requisite degree by a cur rent of steam and mingled—by ineaas of ingeniously adapted apparatus—with pitch, is preaaetl by pistons and formed into cylindrical or hexagonal blocks of uniform length. A FAMILY or SirrrßßKH*. —We flml in a Milwaukee |mp#r the story of a young man who, seven years ago, was taken prisoner by the Black Feet Indiana, *t the St. Cloud massacre, the savages kill ing hia father's family except himself and one of hia sisters, with almost un paralleled barbarity. The Indians took the boy and his sister away, and with a tomahawk cut off his left arm, while with a knife thew nearly severed the girl's ears. The children were separated, and they have never met since. The hoy remained under dose surveillanse for seven years, and ha* just managed to escape. He is represented to be an honest, simple Frenchman, bearing u|on his body the marks of his terrible tor tures. He wept when he described the barbarous murder of his father, mother, and two sisters. FIBH.— Four years ago a new kind of fish, specimens of which Prof. Agassi/ called a variety of ale wives, appeared in Seneca Lake, N. York. This year they they have been attacked by a singular mortality. Thousands have perished from some unexplained cause, and their dead bodies line the shores in such num bers as to threaten a pestilence. THE sugar crop of Louisiana of 1871 is estimated at 104,881 hogsheads, weigh ing 168,871,592 pounds, against 17,090 in 1869-70, an increase of 57J91 hogs head, or over sixty-six per cent. Pressed Coal Oust. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., I\\., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1871. Wur and Cannibalism. The Honolulu (itiirUr publishes the following account of recent dilfleultiea in Ovalau : " The great topic of con versatiou here, and one which, to my uiiud. is of jianuuonut importance, is Qic prevent warlike oajs-ct of the natives not, a* yet, toward the a lute jxipula lion, but among thcmiudvs*. At the 11 pear to have luul some difference*, and had fought, the jiarticu lara of which were mode known to the ; King by a Chief named Cornelius. I'jxui obtaining thi* information, Tlutk i ouiltau scut over to the Lcvoni uieu, re -1 questing theiu to desist from fighting. The reply wa* that they would kill the individual who had iu formed him of their doing*, and who they oon found j out to be Cornelia*. I should state that up to thi* time, the people of all the tribes on Ovalau liad proteased Christi anity, and Cornelius yu- aid to la* a most exemplary and pious man, well I known to tlie missionaries a* n native teacher. Nevertheless, upon Cornelius making his |>jH-arunce among them, he WHS instantly dubbed, hi* laxly uititilat jed and then interred. Two day* after : liis iuterment the body was exhumed, iu | accordance with auohl, native custom, and a "man-oWeu " wo* constructed ami heated with red-hot atouea Into tin* the body of jioor Cornelius wo* thrust and baked like a pig. And then a liar tiarian feast wa* held by these beastly cannibals, who devoured every jxirtion of the retuaina, jiickiug tlie bone* clean, and prewerviug theui a* trojdiie*. But this only whetUxl their aj>petit> for human flesh, and they next made another onslaught on their neighbor*- at the North end of the island, and have killed, I understand, about thirty, all of whom it is believed have been eaten. Maafu, who resides at Lotua, and i* a Chief of great renown, ;th- preseut owner of the vacht Xrrj/b,) having some autijmthy to Thokomliaii, take* the wjiirit, it ia said, of the Levoni cannibals, ami ha* sup lilied tlictu with powder, bull and mus ;cts. Mcanwhih* Thakombau, with tlir chivalry which i* characteristic of tluwe powerful Fiji Chiefs, seut to the Levoni to tell them to put up their war-fencee, and build their fort*, as it was hia iuU-u tiou. no soon us be got hi* annv together, to come over to them and fight them. Hi* Majesty is now making vast prejar;i tiona for the assault. Almost every day from remote iiart# of his dominions, war cauoe* full of fighting mm are arriving at I jovtika, and taking uj> their residence* at the native village*; and there must be now Mime thousand* of tlu-m congre gated here. Fighting,indecd.ha* actually commenced. The Ls-voni are- said to lie enaeonoed in an imtiregiiable fortifica tion, upon a rock. Vet it i* also aaid they believe they will be vanquished by Thakombau, who, uo doubt, will over come them, and put to death all the ring-leaders, making prisoner* of tlie rest, who, it i* aiiticifMtted, will IM* sold to the planters. It must be remarked that these Fiji Iwlllgereut* are fullv armed with uiusket* (miuiy breech-loati crs of the newest jiuttcru) and rwrolvafa In-side* their clnl*. and ajx-ara, aud are most excellent shot*. But they are not drilled, and their warefure is purely of the guerilla kind. The Wedding of Giant*. A few days ago, tin- cable announced the prospective marriage in England of the Kentucky giant, ( upturn llatos, and the Nova Scotia giantess, Miss Anna Swan. This Bates Rwau wedding, which came ofl a few darn ago. was, we are told, the tallest one of the season. Bates is eight f>et long when lying down, and just alsiut eight feet high when standing up! leaving or stauding, he weighs 4aossi>>n of a cotton mill, and as soon as possible rent s cotton plantation. Profits ol 'Miartlcn Sanee." A letter from Hampton, Va.. save : Early vegetables are produced in this county in very large quantities. The erop of jiea* readily commanded, in Northern markets, from five to seven dollars per barrel. It was pleasant to notice on our streets, the quick, eln*tie stop of the farmers, a* they returned every morning from the post-office with cheeks in their pocket*, just from Balti more, Philadelphia, or New York, con vincing them that tlieir ]eas had been sold for six aud seven dollars per laurel. If elastic stops and smiling counte nances were s*eii during the receipt* from the " pea crop," one can scarcely describe the looks of l>th farmer* and merchant*, when every day hundreds of .Imrrols of potatoes were shipped to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, com manding Bft, Bi, and $8 per barrel. The agent of the " Baltimore Dine" inform ed your correspondent that 4lw. his head off. Can his Limdress be said to ba morally respon sible for his set ? IN BAVARIA.— The Munich Neueite Nachrichten reports a fact hitherto un precedented in Bavaria. Formerly the King, all the Court, tire Ministers, and other great. functionaries of State, fol lowed the procession Corpus Christi; now the King has informed the Episco pal body that he should not only be per sonally absent from the procession, but that he should not even ba represented therein. Government employes were left at entire liberty in the matter. Tint is regarded by the opponents of Infal libility as a demonstration in their favor. The Find Hallway*. The first railway, properly #> called. suK uimle some iwo hundred years ago, sod consisted of a rude line of wooden tir iron rail*, laid down to esse the draught UJKIU homes drawing ooul wagoiiM from the collieries in the north of Kughuid. Two hundred years ago, Lord Keeper North, on eminent British lawyer, who wrote hia own life, stated that coal* from the mines near Neweasfile uism-Tyne were conveyed t* the banks of the liver "by laying rail* of timber exactly straight and parallel; and bulky tart* were mode, with four rollera, fitting those rails, whereby lig carriage wa* made so easy that one liorse could draw four or five chaldrons of coal." As each choldrou contains twenty-frve and a half hundreds, or alaint oue loug ton aud a quarter, the total burthen would be 11,424 pound*, if four choldrou* were conveyed. We see on our street loose ti ger cars what an immense weight two mtiles can convey, with apparent ease, over the iron rail*. When once there was a rail**ay, the invention of locomotives to work it was inevitable. The first of tlie wooden rail* wa* laid down in tlie year 167*1. by ' a Mr Beaumont, who had collieries iu i the north-east of England. They re mained unimproved for a long time, I until a roiuiued tipper surface of iron was fastened UJKIU them, and the wagon , wheel* were mode of cast iron, hollowed in the form of a metal pnllev, that tln-y ! might fit the rounded surface of the rail. Thi* immensely increased the facility and lessened tlie draught. The first regular iron railroad wa* laid down 1 at the Coalbroodaie Iron Works, in the i middle of England. For a time, after I thi*, there wa* a east-iroq rail, with flange* caet on the tire of the wheel and on the rail. Oue Mr. Outrun intro duced *tiue projie instead of tiinlier, for Hiipjiortiug the ends and joinings of the nuls- just as at jireeenL Generally adopted, tlie term " Outraui roads" came to distinguish them, which was abridged j into trtnurtxuh. It was found that on good traiuroado, one horwe could do the work of forty on the common road. Not until 1820 was the novelty of wrought-iron rails intro duced. Hteel rails, now general, an- of cuuijiaratively recent adoption. Oue siiggcKtion, liv tlie father of Miss Maria Kdgcworth. the Iriidi novelist, was that the wagons could IK* imjiellcd along the tnuuway*. like *hip liefore the wind, by sail# instead of horaea. It wa* tried, aid did not succeed. Iu 1759 James Watt thoMtfk! of ajiplying the imwerof the tcam engine t! moving wh*'l-car ' riages on trauiroods, but did nothing in it. Ten years later, a London linen j draper took out a jiatout for moving wheel carriage* by steam. In 1762. a Frenchman, named CogDOt, exhibited to Marahal de Kaxe a real steam carriage, ( which, however, like the man with the *team leg, exercised *nch cuornioiui force tliat, ouce in motion, kuock< public muaenms of Paris. In 1814, George Stejihcusou's first sb-am locomotives ran UJKIU a tramway, and drew eight carriages, .of tliirty ton*' j weight, at a Njx-ed of four mile* an hour. He built tlie London and Manchester ltoilroad. wxteeu years fot-r, and lived U> see railway locomotion at the rate of i froai fifty to sixty miles |>er hour - tlie former Wing the ordinary exjirens spiw-d iaui the British nulwars. It is not about him, or about English rail way nun, that I ! deadre to write, but alnnit railroads in America, and there liave s cfoiut on our attention, iuanmueh a* Oliver Evans an | American, invented, in 1772, a sb-am engine to travel on common roods, and. Jin 1787, obtained from tlie State ol ! Mary laud the exclusive tight to make i and run bani carriages. It mitv lie new to many reader# that the first land carriage jirojx-llcd by steam in America wa* constructed in Philadel phia, in 1803 '4, by Mr. Evan*. It may j also be news to tiic general jmblic that' the first locomotive railway in any coun try constructed especially and exclusively for tbe use of locomotives, wa* mode to connect Charleston. S. C., with tin Savannuh Ilivcr. Hix miles of this road were ojK-n and worked in 1829—twelve months before tlie completion of Stejihcn son's LiverjKKil and Manchester Rail road. Chinese Swindler# at Home. SMlan-bearers push their way through the crowd, hawkers scream their wares, respectable pedeetrain* edge their way a* they liest can, and shoals of vermin covered lieggors, in filthy rags, that are an outrage on decency—for the bridge outside the Chinamen is the chief lieg gara' quarter of Pekin—importune all alike, and even kneel in front of advanc ing cart* and horses. They know full well that handsome sains will be readily paid a* "hush-money," by any one unfortunate enough to ride or dnvcover them, and so inflict n wound; for native law enact* that, if any one be killed by a cart, no matter whose fault it may lie, the carter shall lie beheaded, the none destroyed, ami the cart bhrned. Pro liortiunnte jienaltie* are inflicted for in juries thus caused, and the beggar* naturally take advantage of n law which has, of course, rendered furious driving an unknown offence In Pekin. When foreigners first took np their residence in the eitv, they were much distressed at the numerous accident* which befell them in riding over Is-ggani and similar characters. True, a dollar generallv sufllcied to heal the wounds thus caused; but so many dollars had to l>e paid that the tax became serious. Mentioning the matter incidentally ltefore one of the "teachers," he gave them a piece of sensible advice. " Don't give anything to the next man you ride over," said he, "and you'll have very few more acci dent*." Sure enough, the next man knocked down, apparently helpless and blind, recovered both the sight ami the nse of bis limits, when informed, in the choicest Chinese tin* speaker eotild muster, that his little game was "played out" From that day forward, very few accident* ever occurred in the lteggars' quarter. The native carters, however, are less sueesful in resisting this curi ous mode of swindling. AOBRTLTTHAI. STATISTIC*.—HOW little is really known in this country in re spect to agricultural economy is illus trated iu the statistics concerning fence*. It is said that the improved lands in South Carolina are worth $20,000,000, while the fences that inclose them have actually cost 816,0(10,000. The fences in New York have cost $144,000,000; those of Ohio, 8115,000,000 ; and Icoord ing to an estimate made hy Nicholas Biddle thirty years ago, the fences of Pennsylvania had then eost 8100,000,000. The fences of the whole Union are esti mated nt 81,300,000,000. The time may come—in the nc*t eebtury, it is suggest ed—when outside of towns and cities a fence will almost be a curiosity. Hedgas will take their place, and thereby accom plish an immense saving of money, while lending s rare and exquisite Ixsanty to the rural landscape, which it can never have under the present system. HISTORICAL COINCIDENCES.— The ratifi cation of the Treaty of Washington, which was signed by the United States and British Commissioners, on the Bth of May last, were exchanged at London on the 17 ult., the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The treaty was proclaimed on the anuiversary of Ameri can Independence. Dutch Marriages. The proverbial slip 'twist cup and lip is not unknown in Holland asolaswkerc; nevertheless, till* system of making formal engaged tails certainly doea tend to prevent a rupture upou alight ground*; for it is * matter of na small embarrassment to call tqiau tha same joople a second time aud cersuiouioaslv introduce sweetheart number two ! It in held to be jort of a lover's dutiaa to accutnpany hi* mistress to parties and holla, and also his right and pleasure to take her to theatres and ooncarta nn otvoisi uuiied by a ckajterou ; but he is seldom asked to joy a visit iu tlia same house with her for more than a day. Lorain always choose the house and buy the furniture together during the court ship. When the time cornea they two go together alone to the town-hall for the '"aautockemag" or betrothal This is merely s pablis notice of the inten tion to marry, and is given in writing. The notice i* then put into s kind of box, protected by brass wire, and placed tor some time in a COUSJMCOOU* part of the ludl. Ban* are also published in church. A runaway match ia held to be thoroughly disgraceful, ia accomplish ed with difficulty, and seldom attempted. Frieuil* now, in place of wedding-card*, receive by post a lithographed document announcing the aanteekening. On the first Sunday afternoon subsequent to this tbe braid and liruidgom, who are thus called in the interval betweeu the aanteekening and the wedding-day, bold a grand reception in tbe drawing-room of the father of the braid. A sofa, sometime* gaylv decorated with flower# and evergreens, being oecupied by the two; the brahFs relations range them selves at In# right hand, the hruidgom'* at her*. The braid wear* her wedding dress, veil, aud orange wreath on this occasion, and tbe company generally are in gala costume. Visitor# then, when announced, march up between the two opjMMite lines of relations, and make pretty speeches to the hajqiy pair, and, ■after having intrusted themselves for a sbert time to the care of the braid*- meiajea, who dreaaed for the occasion, show the present*, placed ujxui a table at the other end oi the room, aud offer hippocra* and sweeta sailed " bruids- Miikera," and oake, make a rapid de farture, and are succeeded by other*, he wedding commonly take* place on th Thursday week aftor reeeptiou Sun day, and durwg the interval ball* and partus are given in houor of the young couple. (An the appointed day of the wcdding-jortv braid and hruidgom, go ing alone in the firat carriage, make first for the town-hall. The burgomaster marries them, make* a Utile speech, and receives their signature* : to all tin* then* most be four witnesses. Then to church in the name order. The party having aaaembled in a sort of erstry, the hruidgom give* hi* right arm to the braid, aud lead* the way to the chancel ( reserved nowaday* for marriage* only 1 or to the bodv of tlie church in front of the*pulpit. Here the pair seat them selves upon a central sofa, and relation* range themselves a* at the aanteekening reception. The ceremony i* simple, the coujile being already married. After a hymn ha* been miugtbey merely have to acknowledge the foet of marriage in answer to the clergyman, and having advanced to two kneeling-chair* ready placed a few steps in front, receive a blessing from him and a short exhorta tion. No ring i* ti*od, but one ia some time* worn subsequently. Tbe new busliami then give* hi* left arm to hia wife and lead* the way home again. The wedding breakfast ta a email affair, attended by very near relatioua only, and the happy ' pair slip off without odictix a* soon a* jtoaaiWe. The wed ding dress is never worn again in ita origm.il state. The Three Flags. The Pari* Ftyoro jtuhliahet the follow ing letter, the authenticity ot which it guarantees, left by a hoxrt/tm* at the Huo Haiute-Ajqxvlline for his portress, tbe said boxrt/mii having left Pari* on the very day of t lie affair of the cannon# at the finite Montinartre. Jfy ftwr Hadamr It upon!. —On mature consideration, I bad rather, having ex plained them to yon, leave your instruc tion* in writing as to your annduot in any event which may take place during my absence. In the first place, you will yourself keep the key of the cellar which contains wine anil wood, and that of my apartments. In a dining-room yon will find three roll* upon the tabla. uumbercd 1. 2, and 3. If the mob come and make a barricade in the Kne Saiiitc- AppolUne, near the house, yon will in stantly go up to my rooms, open th roll No. 1. and take cut the red flag aontain ed therein, you will fasten it to the stiok which I have myself tied to the balcony : there are hooks in the stuff, yvra will only have to fasten them on. If the moi> threaten* my apartments you tell them that I am well-known for a friend of the people, and that I offer them brandy to drink my health and wood to make a flro at night in the barricade. If the Itarricadc ia taken by the French, you will hastily take swsy the red flag, and instantly replace it by the flag No. 2, which is tri-color ; you will offer wine to the soldiers, and give them wood il they bivouac ill the quarter. If the Prussians meddle in the matter, yon will hide Nos. 1 and 2, and hook on No. 8, which is a Prussian flag. You will have champagne and wood. I think 1 need say no more, and I salute you.—Signed, L. D. THR FIOHT IN CORRA. —Some naval offi cers formerly cmi King in the East, were conversing about Admiral Uolonaiaes, shawls, puffs, ruffles, flounces, flutings. frilling*, over-sleeves, under-sleeves, cravats, col lars, cuffs, hata, bonnets, chignons, Ao., Ac., which inevitably find their way to a woman's wardrobe, even when she seeks emancipation from this burdensome toggery, snd economy in clothes,lis frigr itful to contemplate." NEW YORK DENTAL SOCIETY.— At the session of the N. Y. State Dental Sodiety the folowing named officers were elected : President, Dr. W. B. Hurd of Brooklyn; Vice-President, Dr. S. H. MeCall of Binghamptou ; Secretary, Dr. Charlea Barnes of Syracuse ; Treasurer, Dr. A. C. Hawea of New York. Paablen Sates. ('lom-liake* ore CM retfU at tha oa-*hore just at present. The latest ntyfo at forge weddings is nut to display the presents. Costume* for ouuntry wear are nut ao long aa thuae for the street Very pretty bracelet* are wide Ixuttfo of silver, neatly chaaed and enamelled. The light-eofored tortomr-obeli ia pre ferable for ear-ring* and lavndmux tor the hair. A new style of shoe lis* iuot made its up)s-r*ucc, and i* called the "Croquet buskin." A new style of hat for gentlemen ia a half high beaver, with a wide brown ribbon baniL A lady who gave a party recently had engraved in the corner of the invitation* the word* " small and early." A new material for breakfast costumes fo called batiste aud reaemblea linen, being only a little thicker. Ladies wear bine and gray vail* tied around their neek a* a protection from the null, beside* Wing very becoming Plain belt* are worn with dresses, with the addition of several loop* of narrow ribbon at the hack of the waist. Very hantfoonie act* of iewdry are of " clirysopraae" in a dull gold setting, the stone* lieing a light green with white back. A forge seal ring on the little finger of a lady's hand is considered quite tumm# it fa'uL Gentlemen wear their* on the third finger usually. Bonnets for naxt Fall aud Winter are to have a wide box-plaited curtain or cape at the back, which will compfoudy hide the back hair. A young married woman in tbe coun try say* she wishes be could have a magic "mirror, to are how bar huabaud, amuses bimaeif in her absence. Many young women drive to Central Park in small basket wagonfafwilli a little tiger on the back seat, and a large um brella fastened to the seat of the car riage. At a dinner-party, recently, all the vegetables were served in China diobe*. made each to resemble a tower snrroond ed by green loaves. The effect wa* very pretty. White linen parasols, lined with dark purple or green linen, are used by ladies at tlie sea-ahare in preferenor to the jieogre or silk sue*, which are ao expen sive and so easily spoiled. The Art of Boiling Potatoes. Boiling potatoes fo apparently one of tha moat simple operations of elementary cookerv. let at a recent meeting in London a gentleman had the aotxrage to aay that not one girl in aaveutet n, of a certain jmish he knew, could lmil a potato. Othera state that ao great ia the OMngard of English house wives just now foe all household matters that this " indifference ia one of the most out ward and vigibfo sign* ot the detorio-' ration of the English nation." These statements are a little stoop, lt never their** every one reeogntoes the com parative domestic incompetency of the average British woman. No one recog nise* it mora thoroughly than Mia* Emily Faith full, who has recently estab lished an iostitnte specially designed to meet this evil This is her new " Train ing Institute in Domestic Economy." Iu object ia to remove the ignorance of women in all that relate* to household management and domestic economy. It is intended for high end low—to make r\ mtatreeme M well es good servant*, this institute lecture* on cooking, food, housekeeping, the fowa ot health, Ac., can be attended equally es well M lectures on music end simitar aeoomjdieh mcuta. The higher breaches es sell es the lower will be precticmllv taught, end through ita kit*hens* mistress or e eer vmnt can graduate. The institute ia to be established in tha west end of London; to it there will be attached a reading room and restaurant, which will in a measure make it self-eupporting. Miaa Faithful! will start this institute aa anon as tlie necoeesary capital—£l,ooo—is eubeenhed. Of this stun nearly one half hss already leen collected. To every one tbe question will occur. "Can not some American Miss Faith full do the same for us ?" The Flh C nltnre. The Riehmnad Ernqtirrr has the fol lowing with regard to ftsli-culture ia Virginia : " I)r. Wall, of Frederick, one of the Virginia Fish Commissioner*, ia his last reiiort to Governor Walker, says that he 4>a* examined a number of spring* in the Valley, and finds that thev are not colder than 54 degrees, which ia warmer than the point at which Mr. Seth G recti say* troot can be propa gated. Then* are many inquiries made for the black lions, and. with the aid of expert fishermen, the Doctor succeeded in catching a number early in June, bnt the weather proved to* warm for the pre servation and transportation, and ths experiment had then to be relinqmabed. He will renew It when ue weather gets colder, and the prospect* are that this beantifnl and delicious fish will be intro duced hi to the waters of that section of the State. They have been alreaility of constructing.' fish-ways.' so that shad and herring may find their way to the upper waters of that river, where they have not yet been," VERY San.—We lately saw a sad case in the person of a man at the Asylum street railroad depot, who has inst been para lysed, and was carried in the arms of four men fnmi the Springfield train to a train for Plainvillc. on his way to his home in New Hartford. This unfortunate man. Mr. D. E. Hawley, was a liaggage mas ter in the Springfield depot In getting out a heavy trunk from the Imggagc oar of a newly arrived train, he was thrown down by the concussion of the hackwanl ooming engine, hitting the train ; and in falling with bis trunk, the trunk hit another heavy trunk, and this fell on his bark, paralysing his body and legs. On his wav here, to his home in New Hart ford, he learned of the sudden death of his wife. The poor woman dropped on bearing by telegraph of her husband's misfortune, and diea immediately. The unfortunate and now doubly afflicted man was takeu to his desolate home, where in a few days after his arrival he witnessed the death of his child. Hartford Paper. A FALL,— The whole semi-circle of seats on one side of a circus fell, which* were densely packed with spectators, in Youngstown, Ohio, on Saturday after feooa. First a slight jar was felt, theu a swaying to the right, aud the next in stant the whole mass of over 1,000 per sons were lying on the ground in a con fused heap. Several persona received slight bruises, but none were seriously hurt. A pert of the seats were put np again show went on. THERE has not been a murder reported in New York city for months, so a city paper says, that had not connected with it in some way the Tikme of a woman, TKRMS : Two Dollarn a Yer, in Advance. Personal (Jusalp of Karat* Greeley. Mr. McDeraott of the Jersey City Hmild, in bio personal gouain of Now York cditora,spooksof Horace (ircdov of tbe Tribune Mr. Me D. aayas—Mr. (Iraabr, curly in life went to work for Mr. Want, setting type on tbe Polyglot Testament. Mr. West didn't like his apponmaor, sod told the foreman of tbe oflan, "for Heaven's sake discharge that stupid looking fellow." But Horace sot s good poof, and was retained He was the butt of the printers in tbe offio*. They called him "Hie Ghost" The Sinter'* devil used to ploy trick*on him. at they oO borrowed his money so soon Mho earned it Of euurse he never woo paid bock. What did snob a sleepy look ing fellow wont with money anyhow," was the borrower'* argument On Uta 10th of April, 1841, appeared Uie Ant number of the Tribmmt, Mr. Gregory loaned Grwl'y and McElrath 11.01*' to start it. It jirlnted 6,000 and sold 000 Mr. Omli-v mti lie bed, Lard work to giw the IMIUM away. , He expended the ftf>t week 0591 The receipt* were 902. He created a aetwa tion, and he was at wee dabbed " the ■ philosopher." Beach of the S* a tried to injure him by forcing uewaboya to atop ; railing the 7Wiaae. Gruel*? exposed the < trick m but paper, and the people ruahed to hia iirri'ii ■]—■. and filled kit column* full of advertisement*. The find issue i at the TYibmme, Greeley made op the paper and stayed in the office till mom* "HL The compositors were always playing tricka upon Mr. Greeley. They were playing penny-ante one afternoon in the composing room. There wan a bole in the floor directly over Greeley's bead. One printer aaid to another that be would bet him a drink, he eowld drop but to liaceo juice through the bole without touching the wood The bet was aecept | ed. The stream of tobacco juice fell on Greeley's bald bead. He felt of it and looked'at his finger* Terrible swearing waa heard coming up stairs. The print | era grabbed, their coppers and hid. They watched Greeley. He bad both flats clinched. He was shoring bis arms in and out. striking imaginary blown " I can lick the man who spat on my head." be abouted aa he searched around the oflke to And the offender He didn't i And him. He took a piece of paper from i the floor, are his head an angry rub. nd walked down stain, coring fear folly. When the beating pipes took the place of stoves in the 7Hkwae offioe, Greeley entered one cold morning. He pberd bis exchanges beanie him on a chair, took off bis boots, warmed bis Angers, and then placed hia feat to bake a little on the hearing pipes. After remaining in this cosy position half an hoax, some body entered his room, with the remark, "Mr. Greeley, we are all freezing. . I think there is something wrong with the pipes. There hasn't bean any steam on to-day." Greeley glanced at his feet, pulled on his boots, am' never uttered a word. TV preservation of if* at this aeaaou in, both m ft matter of mveiifßOf and nxmomT. • consideration of special im )KirUti< <. and it ia satisfactorily proved that no refrigerator or ice-box will pro ven! or even retard the melting of the ice which does not combine the following condition*. First, it moat hare double sides. bottom, and lid, with the apace l wtwet the two casings filled with aome non-enndacting anbatanc# capable of be ing aloeejj packed, in order to prevent the action' rtud air enter* it will bring it* own temperature with it There ahoold *bo be a drainage-pipe at the bottom to cany off, instantaneously, even drop of water formed by the melting of the ioe, and this pipe should either be fitted with a " trap or curved in such a manner as to prevent air from coming in where the water goes out. I* i* even more india- j penaabie to carry off every drop of water than it i* to exclude the air—a view not generally entertained by corummer* of the article, but which, according to ex periment)* made, neem* to be fully dem onstrated. Thus, on exposing a piece of ioe weighing, agy, twenty-five pounds to the air at a terAperaturv of seventy-five degree*, hut so placed that it is perfectly drained, it will be found to have aoarre ly dißapjxwred at the end of twenty-four hour*. Wrap the name piece of ice in three or four thickness** of blanket or flannel, and place it in a small tub expos ed to the same temperature, and. ae the water filters through the blanket, the ioa will stand in its own water, aud will be all dissolved in five or ni hours. \1 rap the same pieee of ice carefully in a blank et, and flare it on a grating, or on four crossed stick*, so that no water can ac cumulate underneath, and at the end of throe or even four day* it will not have entirely melted. The people of Kilquiggaa, County Wieklow. Ire In tid. deal iu a nummary way with suicidea, perhaps with the object of preventing them from repeatong their crime. A tailor named Bryne hanged himself there a couple of weeks ago and, the coroner's jury having re turned a verdict of temporary insanity, his remains were interred in tne church ■ yard under the coroner's warrant. A night or two afterwards the body wis ex lmmed by unknown persons, conveyed into the County of Car low and there buried in a Held." On the next morning it waa found on a cross-road near Coot kenno with a hand-barrow, which wras probably need in carrying it. The mag istrates,' seeing that the people would not let the corpse rout in peace, proceed ed to Bhilklagh Workhouse (ominous name for poor Bryne) and conferred with the guardians aa to the advisability and legality of bringing the remains within the precincts of the workhouse, but were met by a delegation of the female inmates who declared their determination to resist such a disposition of the corpse. The magistrates, fearing further to arouse the already exeited feelings of the pauners, buried the suicide's body in a field ad joining the place where it had been found with the hand-barrow. AIT INCIDENT.— There was a little amusement in the office of the Probate Jndge of Cincinnati a day or two ago. An exceedingly corpulent gentleman called, and persperingly asked for a marriage license. Tne accomodating Clerk of course seised the blank with avidity, put down the date, inserted the applicant's Dame, and then asked the impatient lover the mune of the prospec tive bride. This was a poser. The interrogated stared blankly at his ques tioner, stuck his hands in his pockets, and Anally acknowledged that he did not know; The Clerk told him that the name was essential to the legality of the license, and the uuhappy man departed, saying he would find out and call again. Lion's stables in Albany, N. Y., were destroyed by fire, and seven out of twenty-three heraes were burned to death. The body of a man, supposed to be that of Fonda Grosebeck, an old man who lounged about the premises, was found among the ruins, burned to a crisp. MIL YALLANDIGHAM is said to have left an estate worth-HO,OOO. NO. 28. Frmervatiea ef lew. Suicide* la Ireland. I ill" J m# m t !,*- -' • ' lift Tf JWtHlwWe •wallow Brum Iwytswi ibssesG^ lay, What la Chat Uwa Mfeet an, (twallow from btytuHl the oat Haply tbon fur ton who west 9KmthM sad fteg.4 his mats Deaf lament to toy lament, WMowsrt. ksciy, rtesolsts. Rran then lament with as •wallow friso bsyood ttw seal a amggsgL. ssEErqai..-. Could f toot Hut I amstptae la tUs dunswm doss sa tbs scnas of pam. Midst tbs wtatry fowls and smews, Think I hear t|y notes again Itelss that sosca to grisw air me, •wallow from bsysam the am! Planted h* roc* ihs grand. Thorn shall find a atom m Oprtng; • There aa evening gather* round, •wallow, coins and rest thy wing ; < 'ifoJklTt A ietf pfiMMMI If mil, •wallow from bqwadtaa seal HA's>a* trifle* Arysef. Facia and Fanetea. Mere matter of form—Fitting a dress. An old miser starred to death in an Albany bam with 986. AO in his pocket An Illiaoisgeotieaan has taken agoid medal for raising 1,000 varieties of apples. There arc 3M crilaipate institutions in the United Bute*, eighteen being m New England. r The Lutherans ta da* United BUte* ' nnmlvr 2,900 ministers, 2,537 ehurciws, sad nearly 1)00,000 oummumosuta. A down-east editor aaya that rinse the recent rain the farmers -aw smiling i like ntjw shingles on a patched roof ' The Indiana Htate Medical Aasoeiatton, at a recent meeting, expelled one of Ha members baeaaae be aiwitW his pro ■ fuss ion. • A boy in I .in raster. Fa, u Hiding down s pole, csnghtagrid ring he had on his finger in a spike and the whole due. nail and all, came off the finger in tact. A strong mind la mow eaetly impress ad than * weak one ; you shall not as readily convince a fool tfcatya eras philosopher, aa a philosopher that you itca tori. In Ac vestry of the Notre Ds me, at who waa shot in 1848, with the bullet stall fixed in it, ! There is now in the Htate of Massa chusetts one mile of nubwad to every Ave ei*s of im. A similar ratio for the whole conntaT w.mM gri* •••- i gate of mow that 960,000 mice of liaa A Bain bridge aeeenader who mourn fully warbled " I'm lonely rintighl, kv t without tw bad liia kmehnem alhfvi atedby s number of dogs, who mads t . lively enough for him lor the balance of the night. , It aa a contort to be criririaed. Few things phnee the write? betew. Censors is better than indifltwan. When, a man find* Bud a woman will not km him, the next beat thing to get her to quarrel with him. The IT til IT- City (Miesmuij Jhmrmal mrm that about 500,000 head of cattle WW be received in the western Nfe* , this season from Tcxaa. Already 287,00 tead have been received bj the Kansas Pacific Railroad. An If*""* artist was recently fined 94 j for sprinkling Hootvb wff > Ae mous tache of a sleeping lawyer. Itis nud the force expended by that lawyer m morn ing would have sufficed to have run a windmill for a week. The Indian substitute for tobacco is the bark of red willow. It is scraped fine and dried. When smoked Hp-- dnrea no aickneas or headscha, and the Indians of Wisconsin who nae it tarn from tobacco with disgust , A vrjung man in Ohio bung his vaat, the pocket of which contained sixty dollars is greenbacks, near a brash heap, which he afterwards set flic to. He was * next Any enquiring whfttxr tk* gofere ment would malm good hi* loss. A gentimuß on getting a soda, wns • retiring Ire m the afore without the twual ' lirile ocsremonv whioh follows that oper srioo. "Ree.4lect, air," mid the p.bte proprietor. • if you loee your yon didn't pull it out here. A local paper asserts that tfac dop of Calhoun, ( w., have tmeome so habituat ed to baring tinware attached to their tUs that vhiMtmr one of them sees a tin kettle lying in the road be hacks up to it and waits for somebody to tie it on. A correspondent of the Bangor writes that a home and a cow bad a pitched batfle Sunday in.flehl. The cow booked the home, making -a wound four inches in length : the home kicked the cow in the bend, instantly killing I hat. The Janeavißs Bemrder says tbat mis l chievous boys ttending the schools flu their pockets with locusts, and, at a given signal, each boy taps on bm pocket, causing the locust* to give forth theur [deafening, doleful cty, m if forty ehfl drat Itaa been whipped. A Louisiana paper, in apologizing for ! the editor being drunk, says there are iso manr rattle snake* them that be has !to keep " tight* 1 to keep horn bring i poisoned from their Wtit. He don t be j Beve that tincture of iodine will cure a bite, no matter what the doctors say. The following speech is attributed to a member of the Legislarim)of VMOS;rim nia : " I known wimain. Mr. Speaker ; I ssv it with no disrespect; I know urn; I have bad a heap to do with'um. Thev'm a useful ohms, and—and yet with die beet of 'urn you may have trouble. A faithful rid dog who had ran with a Louisville Are company for ycam, and always made its part of uisduty to keep people from standing on the hoee at fires, fell a victim the other day to misplaced confidence in a policeman and a piece of , poisoned liver. The engine company turned out and gave the rid fellow a big funeral; bat they did not enjoy it half ao much as they would if the funeral had been the policeman's. A* ILLINOIS FARM. —Twenty years ago. a farm eight miles square in Livingston * county, Illinois, was entered by its pres ent owner at 51.25 per acre. It is now sub-divided into thirty-two farms of 1.200 acres each, every farm being ran by separate sets of hands, th 4 whole under the direction of the owner, M. L. Sullivant. There are 15,000 aores under the plough ; 250 miles of hedge fence, i berioea other fence* ; 150 miles of ditch ; for draining. One hundred men and four hundred work horses and mules are . employed on the farm, besides two book- toax blacksmiths, and eight carpenters. An accurate account is 1 kept with each sub-farm, and with each man, home and mule, the animals being all named or numbered, end charged with the amount paid for them and their food, and credited with their tabor The entire farm, with improvements and per sonal property on it, is now valued at about $2,000,000. BETTING IN ENGLAND. —In England a peculiar question in relation to trie pay ment of racing debts has been decided by the Master of the Bolls. Lord Charles Kerr had made a claim against the estate of the late Marquis atHast ings to recovgr £B6O which his lordship alleged he had paid on bete made by direction of the Marquis. The legality of the claim was objected to by the res iduary legatee*, the Master of the Bolls allowed the claim, saying if a man made a bet which be was liable to pay in a court of honor, if not in a court of equity, and asked another to pay that bet on bis bfhalf, the latter would not be involved in the illegality of th* original contract, but would be entitled to recover from the person at whose it- < quest he had paid the mouey.