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 <ack of thi* idaud, and ouly a few mile*
; from tlie beach, ia a jMiwcrful tribe
known a* the Levoui. On the North end
of the inland reside another trilx-, lxth
la-iug tributary to Tliakouilatu. These
two triliea a|>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 4<X)
pounds! If we remcmlier correctly,
Hates is a production of Boone county,
Ky. At all event*, u few years ago he
paid occasional visits to Cincinnati, and
the oration he received from the news
boy* on snch occasions would have made
anybody hut a stout man quail. The
bride oi Bates is a few inchc* taller than
her huslwud. and slioiit the same weight.
It is not stated when* the bride procured
her wedding trouw-iu, but is estimated
there were about six sores of it. It is
not stated, eitlier, what business Mr.
Bates propose* to follow, hut if he does
not keen a dry-good* store, he ought to
establish one cotton mill, at least, to
manufacture wardrolnn, iMvause if the
two dress in the latest fashions, and use
goods in proportion to bulk or sixe, they
will have to charter or buy a mill, and
keep it in operation all the time. Then,
in the course of events, there may le
some little giant* and giantesses also to
lie clothed. Therefore the best thing
for the masculine to do is to get |*>aossi>>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 4<X) barrels,
day after day, wen* shipped from Old
Point by this line alone. I hear of far
mer* who realized from 88" to 8120 from
half acre* ! or 8100 to $240 per acre.
This may seem fnlmlons, bnt it is true.
VERY ANOHY. —The other day we heard
of a school-teacher who killed herself for
love of a boy of 13, and now comes an
account of an cldprly man in Mississippi
who blew out his brains liocausc his
laundress left his shirt buttoned at the
collar, and sent it to him in that outrage
ous condition. P<xr old Mr. Hopkins,
tottering on the verge of 90 years, got
his head into the body of the shirt, and
his arms into the sleeves, and thus strug
led for awhile against, fate and buttons,
le liecatnc frightfully enraged, cursed
and foamed at the mouth, and at lust,
when the linen gave way, rushed for his
Kn, seated himself at the edge of his
il, placed the stock of the weapon so
that he oould pull its trigger with his
toe, brought the muzzle to his chin,
Kulled, And l>lw. 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<<d down
walls and IIOIIM-K. It H still jireaervrel in
one o( tli.> 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 U<dgpr'* at
tack on the Coreana, and exprcsmnl no
surprise as to the disparity of losses,
though exceedingly gratified with the re
sult as vindicating the honor of the flag
and causing the American name to be re
sjiected. The Coreana, an' regarded as a
brave and warlike people; but their
primitive modes of fighting avail little
sgninst improved weapons. An officer
descrilxxl a tattle in which hundreds of
wounded Asiatics were destroyed by
their own weapons in a recent war. fight
ing with giugall*—a specie* of old-fash
ioned musket fired from the hip— a aort
yf cat-tail burning with a slow fire, is
used to touch them off, and returned to
the Wit ready for another shot fttt
when the wounded soldier falls, the light
cotton clothing is soon in flames, wreath
ing the vanquished man in a funeral pyre.
In consequence the battle-field presented
s shocking array of disfigured corpses.
Hereafter the Coreans win prohahly be
more careful about firing on tlic Ameri
can flag, or at least to offer a suitable ex
planation.
A WOMAN'S Orirrr.--Says the Wommn't
Join-Hal: " The amount of over-skirts,
under skirts, jinnicr*. sashes, saeqnes,
basques, paletots, ]>olonaiaes, 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 alrea<ly in
troduced into Pennsylvania and Mart
land, and thrive beyond the anticipations
of fish fancier*. 'Dr. Wall proposes,
with Professor Baird. of the Smithsonian
Institution. Washington, to explore the
falls of the Potomac above Georgetown,
with a view of investigating the fcasf >ility
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' <rf the external temperature ;
and, second, the in oar lid or cower ahoold
be practical!* if not hermetically air
tight, in furtherance of the came remit.
It extt>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<l lew,
Where th* saa ma twvsr aktoft
twallow from bsyond the ssa 1
*j£xescsm,-.
lu IIIUIIIIIII in sdsati ari
other strcstas skab hear thy y,
- fffiSkflri shsU aaswsr IhM.
NwiOer torn beyond the ass I
Then shall 1 wbsa daylight iows,
Waking b> 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.