Those Eje* that were so Bright. Thns. orea thai ware ao bright, love, Have ito a dimmer shine ; But what they've loat in light, lore, Waa what they gaw to mine. And sUll Ihrse orba reflect, lore, The beams of former hours ; Tliat ripened *ll my Joy*, my k>vo. And tinted ail my flowers. These locks were brown to see, lore, That now are turned to gray i But the years were spent with me, lore, That atole their hue away. Thy locks no longer share, wee, The golden glow of noon. But IN. seen Qe world look flair, my lore. When silvered by the moon. That brow was fair to tee. Wire, That look* so shaded now ; But for me it bore the care, k>r.\ That spoilt a bonny brow. And though no longer there, lore. , The gloss it had of yore, Still memory looks and doles, my lore, Where hope admired before. The Dree* a N Prayer, In the regular evening meeting That the ehnr -h holds, every week, One night a listening angel est To hear them pray ami apeak. It pusaled the eonl of the angel Why some to that gathering earne. But mck and sinful hrorta he saw. With grief and guilt aflame. They were sileut. but said to the angst, "Gur lives have need of Ritn!" While doubt, with dull. ngs*. throbbing pain, Surred through their spirits dun. You eoukl eee 'twas the regular ineetiug, And the regular seats were Ailed. Ad all knew who sould pray and talk. Though any one might that willed. From his place in (ton*, naar the pulpit. In his hmg awmtwwf *y. When the Book was read, and Ihe bymu was tuny. The Deacon arose to pray. First cuius the Song preamble If Peter had opened so. He bad been, ere the Lord hi* prayer had beard. Full fifty fathom below. Then a volume of informal in i . Poured forth, as if to the Lord. Concerning His ways and attribute*. - And the things by Him abhorred. Bnt not in the liat of the latter Was mentioned the mocking breath Of the hypocrite prayer that not prayer. Ami the make-believe life in death. Then he prayed for the church ; and the pastor; And thai "souls aught be his hire"— Whatever hta stipend otherwise And the Sunday-school; and the choir ; And the swarming hordes of India ; Ami the perishing, vile Chinese : And the millions who how to the Pope of Rome ; And the pagan churches of Greece ; And the outcast remnants of Jndah. Of whose guilt he had much to tell— Hi prayed, or hs told the Lord be pray ret, For every thing out of Hell. Now. if all of that burden had really Been weighing upon his soul, Tsould have sunk hint through to the China aide, .And raised a hill over the hole. • ••*•*• Twas the regttlar evening meeting, And the regular prayers were made. But the li-teiiing angel told the Lord That only the silent prayed. Ol'T OF WORK. "If yoa please, air, John Yates wants to see TOO " "John Ystes," I aki to myself. "John Yates! What can he want 1 I thought he was at work for Cocmls k Plank." "Show him into the library, Jane; I'll be there directly." "Well," sir, said John, a* I came in, "I'm out of wo k, that's what it is, and the missis and two of the little 'uns down with Dnenzi, or fever. or something of that sort; and truth is, sir, I ain't got a penny, let lone a shilling, to bless myself with. I can bear it myself, sir; it ain't for that as I'm come; but they ain't had a bit nor a drop this blessed morning." "flow long htTe Too been out of work V I asked. "About a month,sir; leastways, a month come Saturday." "A month!" I exclaimed. I was going to say, "Surely you oueht not to be so bad off as this, only "a month out of work." -What wages hare you been earning P "Wei!, sir. in a reg'lar way, it's five and twenty shillings a week : but I'll tell you all, sir. aa you say. I made a good deal over-time in the Summer, and maybe, then, it was thirty, more or less." "About that, take one week with an other?" "Yes, sir." • Haven't TOU laid up anything against a rainy day, John ; anything in the savings bank, now, or building society 7" John winced and said, almost surlily, "1 shouldn't h' come to you if I hid, sir." Then, as if he felt he badnt been quite po lite, tie added; "P'raps I ought to have done, but a growing family ia very expen sire, sir." • "It is," I replied. "I know that myself; still, it's for their sakes after all that we save. Suppose now. John, that you had ten or even twenty pounds in the "Well, sir. I only wish I had; bnt how's the likes o* me to lay by? What with rent being so high and meat and bread and everything else, and clothes and firing, a man's wages is gone afore he knows what he's about." He was beginning to talk more freely now, and I tried to encourage hi* doing so. "I know it is so, John," I said. 'The time* have been hard for most of tw. I know it'a been tight work for me, anyhow, this last year. But there will be bad timet as well a* good times, and we must make hay when the sun shines. Come, now, times haven't alwav* been so bad. have they 7" "Well, no, sir, Fve no call to *ay thev have, I've had regular work, thank (<xi, lor a good many years; and been able to pay my way, mostly, somehow or ether, but there wasn't so many in the family then." "But I suppose you had something laid by, or how could you have lived this last month 7" I knew pretty well bow it was, and how be had never laid anything by; bot, for his own sake, 1 wanted him to tell me. "Well, sir, there, the truth must out Most of the thing* is gone up, sir, and there ain't no more to go. I'm ashamed on it, sir, and it'* hard to me to *ay it, but there's the truth." Thirty shillings a week—a month out of work—no bread in the house—and every thing of value pawned ! We both aat si lent for a time. Then I got up, and, tell ing htm to wait, went out of the room and sent a basket to bit house. When I came back—there was no mistake about it —John had been crying, but be tried not to let me see it, and talinz rav pocket book diary off the library table, I pretend ed to be looking at the almanac. I was really trying to think how I Could best put j John in the way of helping himself. I knew pretty well how it wa* with him, \ and a good many others like him. Honest, hard-working, good fellows, but neither thinking nor caring about the future, so long as they can meet the demands of the day, and whose money is always burning holes in tbeir pockets. Bat I wanted to bring this tact home to him. "John," I said, patting my hand on his arm, "1 want to say a word or two to you very plainly. May Idoso 7" "Certainly, sir. if you please." "Well, then, I want you to tell me how yon have spent your money. I don't ask from mere curiosity, but in order to help you. Yen are free to tell or not toll; but you come to me to help you in your diffi culties, and I want to do so in the most effectual way." "Well, I don't know as I've spent it different from others," be replied. "Thirty shillings a week ain't mnch for seven of as, come to pay rent and schooling out." "Is the rent all paid 7" I asked. "He hesitated, and then said, "Xo, sir; and that's one thin£ as troubles me, for the collector ssys if it ain't paid soon, out ' we goes." "Hoir mnch is there owing T" •It's two months a'uiost," he answered, hanging down his bead. "A month's rent was due when yon were thrown out of work," I said. "Do you owe anything else 7" "Well, there's where it i*. sir. We might ha' gone on for a bit longer, bat last week they at the shop told my missus that they couldn't go on no longer unless she paid something." "Is that much 7" "Well, sir, it's a goodisb bit, I most al low." "This is a serious matter, John. When a trader uses other people's money co spec ulate with, loses it and pays ninepsnce in the pound, you woriringmen aee very free with your comments; and when a noble- FRED. KURTZ, Editor tuid Proprietor VOL. IV. roan outrun, the con*table you take hitn to piece* pretty sharpie, don't you 1" 'i <-au't deny It, wr. N ' '•Well, what is wrong with a hundred thousand pound* is wrong with a few pound*. I*mi Aim not her* Ao'ur', J< K*. n He started and looked really angry, aud hi* lace flu-hed indignantly. "Stav," I said, "and hear we. If, instead ot l two mouths' rent for a small tenement, vou owed it for a mansion in B Igrat ia; and if, instead of a bill at the shop. you owed thousand* for the maintenance of an ex prn*ite establishment and for luxuries, and bad no means of paying. because you had already spent all your income, would that be honest P "1 ean't say as it would, sir.** "Well, it's clear as day that you luvc been lit tog beyond your income, somehow or other, or else where a the money gone to * Aud so you are not only in difficulty because you are out of work, but because you are in debt too. It's clear it hasu't been sending your children to school has ruined you. There are only three of them old enough to go, and sixpence a week for them can't make a man poor that earns thirty shillings a week. How much do you spend in beer. John P "I'm not a dnuking man, sir, a- you knows, though 1 aiu't a teetotaler. A man must have something to work upon; hast ways, I must." "I won't dispute that point with you now," I replied, for 1 knew that to do so would be to lose the hold 1 had, by at tempting too much. "But MM, how much, alxnit f He looked ashamed now, and said. "Well, for the matter of that, 1 might do with less, I don't doubt." "Two pints a day, perhaje ?" "Yes, that is when I'm in work." "Three sometimes, aud an extra one, or , a glass of gin and water on Saturday night, perhaps 7" I said. "Well, I won't dene it." "Six or seven shilling* a week then, when you're in work P "You like a spree now and then, don't you, John 7 Aud now and then a trip ou a Sunday down to Greenwich or Rich mond ? Or to Brighton and back for three shillings ?" •'A man must get out a bit sometimes," i he replied, doggedly ; "and the missis aud children, too." i j "Right," I replied; "by all means. But a man shouldn't drive a carriage and pair when he can only afford a donkev-cart. t Now. come, how much do you spend when vou go out for one of these tri| on a Sun day r t helped him to make the calculatiou, and it came to this, that it couldn't well be less than four or live shillings, at tbe cheapest; and, of course, to Brighton and back a good deal more. He confessed to having once spent a pound in thi* way. John's eye* began to be opened. "And you go pretty often, in the Sum mer time, don't you T' "Well, wc do go pretty often, sir, and I don't say it's right at all times ; but there, all the while there's money in the pocket, sir, it will go." "Now, John," I said, "1 am not going to send you away with good advice—'jaw' vou'd call it, perhaps—and nothing else. I have a small fund at my disposal for de serving cases." (1 thought he looked a lit tle coufused at the word deserving;, "and I shall give you something out of it for present necessity. Make the best use of it yon can, and I'll see yon again soon. I've ent something down to your house | for the children ; and my wife will call and see yarn's sooa. Good-bye, John." I went to his bouse a day or two after ; this, and found bint at borne, sitting des pondingly by tbe grate, in which was a mere handful of fire, though it was a cold, raw day. The mom was almost bare of I furniture, and had a poverty-stricken look. "Well, John," I said, "how is it ? Any work in prospect ?" "No, sir. nothing; and the governors, leastways the foreman, told me this morn ing it warn't likely there would le, not for some time to come. Thingr, he said, was as bad as they could be; so many of these franks and companies had gone to smash." "Do you know why John 7" I asked. "Well, not to say exactly, sir." ' liaising money on false pretense* and spending it before they bad got it," I said. 'They have been going too fast, John; steam full on. and not caring whether the fire was clear or no; and now they've run into another train, and there'* an awful sma*h ; and one train come* after another and makes it worse, and they can't do any thing to prevent it." "It's a great shame, sir, as so many should suffer, though." "You love your children, John," I said. He looked at me and tried to speak, but could not. It was no use hi* trying to hide it; and at last be lairly sobbed. "Now, John." I said, we must try and rub through these bad time* a* fast we can, and f'll do what 1 can to help you. But how i* it to be for the future 7 With thirty shilling* a week, you ought to lay by, ought you not 7" "It seems a* 1 ought," be replied. "Well. now make up your mind to begin a* soon a* ever you get afloat again. Ot course, you must first of all pay what you owe. I have *ccn the agent who collect* your rent, and he will take the back-rent in instalment* of two shillings a week. A pint of beer a day will about pay that. The shop will do the same, and it may be paid from the same fund. "Will you undertake to do that a* soon as you get into work again 7" "Indeed I will, sir, and thank you heart ily. You've behaved most kind tome, sir, and I shall never foiget it." "1 don't wish you to do so, John ; but I wi*h you to remember it for your own sake, and turn over a new leaf when you once get a fair start. Come to my house to-morrow, and there will lie a paper for you to sign if you approve of it. Twelve month* pawed *way, and the dreary Winter came round again, when I bad another visit from John Yate*. Of course I had often seen him during the vear. for we were better friend* than ever, lie wa* nearly another month out of reg ular work, and was often very hard up, and be ami bis wife talked a good deal over "what the parson said," a* he told me. At first flbe wa* ratbef high and mighty about it, and thought it was interfering iu their affair*, for she had been upper housemaid before she was married, and was inclined to be "genteel." But John'* good sense prevailed, lie reasoned the matter out for himself, and soon came to see that go ing on a* they were, tbey were fast going to the parish, or worse. The pinch of pov erty, too, which *he had never felt belore, wa* a forcible argument with her; and they both ot them made up tbeir minds to work bard and save carefully, (especially a* there wa* another little moutb to lie led by this time;, and try and get straight, and have a little put by for a rainy day. He found his beer an expensive luxury, and a temptation, too, so he gave it up, and get* on just as well, if not better, without it. And he made np his mind that to go on Sunday excursions, and come home late and tired, and half stupid with bad beer snd gin, was not recreation, and that he might get rest and recreation in better ways. All these things I found out or observed in the course of the year. The children, too, came to school regularly, clean and tidy. Now John wanted to see me again. So he came into the library (it was on a Saturday evening), in bis working-drese— but looking clean and trim, and certainly not smelling of either beer or stale tobac co, u-r many do at that season—and with his honest face radiant with a smile, which was almost a broad grin. "I thought yon'd excuse me, sir, bat I CENTRE HALL REPORTER. wanted to show you souo-thing," heard, and so saviug, handed we his *avtug*-bauk book. "Five pounds thirteen shillings and six pence!" I exclaimed. "Well done!' 1 knew all the debt* had been |<aul beside*. "It shall be ten more next year, plea*e : lod," be rejoined proudly. Tlien, holding out his hand as the tear* stood in hi* eye*, he aid, " God bles* you, sir!"' .fkd I re plied with all my heart, and you, too, •• John!" and I ibiukwy own eyas were a little dimmed. John went on well. He had to eudure. of course, u good deal of chatting tioiu his >ho|mial(e>, but he took it for the most p .rt very quietly, as was hi- w„y : aud week by week hi* account at tile Savings Bank --the Potloflce Savings Bank it was—grew larger. He was lairlv working hi* way up to a latter poaition, and might at no distant licit si hate looked to be a foreman, win u suddtnly, unexpectedly, as great blows do come upon s , be anil many other* were struck to t' <• ground by an event which was deemed important in uigh to have a newspaper paragraph to itself. "II e rraf*! to hear that the Urge build ing contractor*, Messrs. ('ooibaand I'Uuk, have ai lat succumbed to a pressure which has already fallen so heavilv ou many -mailer house*. They stopped payment only yesterday afternoon, and the pr-nripal i works in ——— street are now closed. More than 400 uirn are thus at onc thrown out of work, to add to the already great di-tress of the district, and to the daily increasing number demanding parish relief. The liabilities ol the tirui are, we hear, ml lews then £150,000; nruUblf tuore." John's ini|iroved character and position in the work.* could be no protect ion agaiu>t uch an event as this; and iu the stagna tion of trade which was then prevail iug, in consequence of the collapse of so many seemingly prosperous *j>eculations, there wis little chance for even the boit men to , find employment. John was therefore | again "Out it work." We were very good friends now, ami mi wheu I heard ol the sad a flair, 1 made up uiy mind to go at once and nee him. He stood up to greet uie a* I entered his house, and tield out his hand "Trouble again, air," he said, "as I -appose you've heard. But anvhow vou are wcKome. Bring a chair, ftc*e. Vlease ait down a bit, air. We've been talking as I'd better go aud see you." "Awl I'm first, you sec." I replied, as cheerfully as possible, for it was a sad affair. Hut I knew it would not help to be grievous oTer it. "I am very sorry, in deed, Yate*," I aaid. "What is to lie done!" "Ah ! there it i*, sir," replied be. "I'm -ure I'd sweep the streets, or break stones, or anything, sooner than be out of work for long. But where's the work to be found ' It breaks a man's heart a'must to be— He waa obliged to stop here and make believe to put toe fire to right*—" to be slaving bard to get on and put by a bit, and then to be Hung like this." I put my hand on his shoulder, aud said. "You remember coming to me—how long was it ?—a year ago and tuore —when you were out of woi k lefure 7" "I do, sir," he said with emphasis. "It was one of the best dav work aa ever 1 did." "I am glad to hear if," I answered. "Now 1 want you to fulfill the premise of that time. You have done well, nobly, hitherto. Never despair!" "That's what I say s," struck in bis wife, who had keen busy about some household matters before, but uow came and look her scat by his side with the !>abj on her lap. "It'll never do to go back, and we mu-t hope for better times; 'hope, aud hope ever,' 1 Bays." I gave her a look and a nod of encourage ment, and then turning again to John 1 said: "John there was once One who knew a working man's lot, and his tnals and temptations, too. He knows yours, and i willing to help yc u. Don't forget Him." John Ixiwed hi* head, buWinade no reply. "And then," 1 went on, "Just think how differently you stand now to what too did then. Why how much have you in the luuik John ? you had nothing then." •'Well," he said, recovering himself. "it insy be * matter of MOM twenty or five ami twenty pound*, hut I had put that by for thi* here boy, to apprentice him ami he put hi* hand affectionately on the head of a bright-looking boy who *tood br hm. 1 liked to aee' thatl I like a man who can sacrifice and save for hi* children, "tlod bless him," I thought. "Ilia lioy shall not Kiilfer from this disaster." I **t silent for a while, and then said— '•John, you mut draw on the bunk, there'* no doubt about that, but don't be down-hearted. Believe me your friend, and wait till I aee you again. Your boy wiil be willing to wait, and help hi* father and mother I know," I must cut my atory abort, or I shall weary my reader*. John's hoard, I was sorry for it, dwindled away while that long and weary time of "Out of work" continued, and I could see by hi* worn look and anxious cve, how great a trial he ww suffering. But he hore it nobly. He *aw it was inevitable, and braced himself up to it. One morning he came to me and asked me to look at an advertisement he had just seen in one of the local papers: "Wanted a good experienced hand a* foreman. Apply at the Aibion Work*." "I think, air, I might perhaps do for that post, if I may lie so bold a* to a*k your good word." I laughed back. "My good word. Your good character, John, is a deal better than that. I know the proprietor of the Albion Works, and will write at once. I only hope you may be successful." He ten* successful. He got hi* boy on also without any difficulty. Hi* employer was pleased with hi* skill and integrity, and 1 only hope that no disaster tnav occur to throw him again "Oni of Bunt." A Brief History of Long Branch. Long Branch take* its name fro in a brook, a brunch of the Shrewsbury river. In the year 1793 the place wa* inhabited by Indians, and wo* styhnl Land's End. About that time fonr nipn, named respectively Parker, Hlocum, War dell and Hewlett came from Rhode Island and established a settlement there. A considerable portion of the land which they obtained continued in the possession of the Hlocnms until thirty year* ago, and some of the land war rant* ere still in existence. A few vmrs later other hardy aettlorn from neightior ing province* bought land in Long Branch at twentv shillings an acre, built dwellings and occupied themselves with fanning and fishing. It now em braces a population of fonr thousand five hundred. The Liberty Pole is the name given to the village, from a flag staff erected there dunng the war of 1812, while the coast portion, upon which the cottage* und hotels are located, is known us the Whore, fronting the ocean. Land pur chased at the edge of the village by Mr. Wauuel Laird, in 1863, for 82.50 au acre, was sold for $4,000 in 1870, soon after the Burlington Pathway was opened. The first hotel erected at Long Branch was the Ocean House. There are now accommodations for twenty thousand people. Three years ago Blythe Beaoli, south of the present West End Hotel, comprised only farming lands. To-dav it is laid out as a park, with new roads from seventy to one hundred feet wide, and beautiful sites for cottages. Of these there are now two hundred. A new style of wedding card is pure white with wide gilt edge. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1871. I'lrtur* fa Cklanr (it). To give a correct iJv* of a Chine** oily *ny a eorreatKMuleut, i* next to an mi jMixtihility. Aftei punning through two Kates, over twj bridge*, along several tigxng pu.-e.vgev ami then penetrating a luiivrinth nf *lrc't*, all idea of the jxitnt# ot the compam ia lost, ami MI it continuea until you get out again, which without a guiile would I*- uluiout a hop lew tush. Si* feet 1 think would eteeed the width of itoiue of the utreet*, which are o thronged that one feel* aa though thread ing a bazaar. The roof* of the house* (project until they almost uieet overhead. The natives live nioatly in the ujtper *tory. the lower oue being naed for mer chandise or n* a workshop. Chinamen are very dextrous in various triules, ex celling in carvings, filagree work. and other handicraft. The shoji sign* are a* numerotiH aa with us. and generally hung perjM'udicnLtrly. with the edge to tin street, are j tainted on lsth sides, and reud from top downward* as ia usual with Chinoae writing. The colors are a* varied aa ours, though-gilt charucters ou i a hluck grouud aeem to lx the favorite. The joaa houses or temples are particu larly interesting to strangers. The interiors are very showy iu gilding and embroidery. In some of theiu may be set-11 idola from teu inches to aa many feet iu height, moat of them of the > hummi form—not divine, but rather of J the opjHite character. The word pet* ia a corruption of the I'ortugueae dma ; but I think Mime of their images person ify Satan—ao I understood uiy Chinewe guide to say. The Chinese have three forms of religion —Confucianism. Budd hism, and Taonisui—all of which orig inated several hundred yearn la-fore the Chrintiau era. There are ten or twelve Christia i churches and chapels here now four of which are American and four English, the others Kouiau Catholic. Two of the Protestant churches arc in ; the old city. Bishop Williams, of the American Episcopal mission, is stationed here, and toe Rev. Robert Nelson, of , Virginia who came out in IHSI. Their latxir and that of others baa la-en Moss ed, for there ia now a native officiating in one of the chajxd* in the Chinese city and another at a village ucar by, while the number of native communicant* ia M The Women of Pari*. Home of the incidents in the women light* in Paris were thrilling in the ex treme. A medical student ottered ! one who was greatly exhausted aornr bread and wine. She declined tlieui, saving : " For the short time left me I shall not 'need them." Immediately after the commanding officer of the Versailles troop* was heard addressing j the women : " Yon are brave ; yon have killed two of my men." The wo- i men burst into a tierce laughter and ex ! claimed ; " May the curse of tlu; Al mighty rwst upon my soul for not kP.liug more. I hail two sous killed at Imj and two at Neuilly. My husband dieil at this lairricadc. Now do with tue wliat you will." Tlien there n the word '• fire," and the woman fell dead. Of the men it ia said, n lieutenant I colonel of the Comtuuue, who was a Pole by the name of Potnkcuaki. said he had but one privilege to ask of his exe cutioners when h< found that all prison ers were shot. He usked to die in his ! uniform. Meliu, oue of the members of the Commune, was tied to a post to be shot, and his last words were : "We have lost the game this time, bat oar • ; children will lx-gin it again some day | and then mooted." A very common ; lust cry was, especially of tine looking young women, Shoot, shoot st once." Some who were about to be convovrd off, as it wua pretended, for examination, took their stand and exclaimed. "No,, v e perish here. Save us the fatigue of that journey." Romantic Ile-uit of a Stare. A lieautiful aud wealthy young lady, at a social jiarty, took offence at what she supposed to he the iuiix<rtiueut gaze of , 1 a gentleman present, who was a stranger to her. bnt a friend of the lady of the lionse. The young lady demanded hi* expulsion as a condition of her remain ing. Explanations ensued. The gentle man was not looking at her, " though lieautiful enough to attract and fasten the attention of any one." Ho was look ing st a fine and costly chain that en circled the fair one's n<ck—iiiat such a one as he had purchased for hi* sister— in one of the liuks of which (having a secret o]M-ningi he had put his photo graph. But, some months since, and before he had an opportunity to present it to his sister, it was stolen from him. , I'pon examining the lady's chain he touched a spring (to the little beauty ' unknown), and 10. and behold ! there was his photograph ! 1 leave you to judge of the confusion , of the fair one. She inmiediatelv offered to return the piece of jewelry, which was politely declined, for the time, and it is said bv knowing ones that she ha* con cluded to accept of the young man's hand and heart, in onlcr that, M ing tin jxmaesnor of the one she may lie permit ted to retain the other. It is but justice to remark that the young lady bought the chain of a travelling peddler, who hail stopjied at her father s house, for alxmt one-half of it* original cost.— Ohio paper. MAN DOMlNOO. —lnformation reaches Washington that in consequence of thei Senate not ratifying the treaty for the puroliase of the Bay of Humana, and rnakiug no appropriation to jwy the money instalment of 3150,(XIO due this vonr, private individuals in New York have advanced this amount of money to Mr. Fuliens, to imy over to Presideut Baez, in order that the Unitivl .States may still retain the control of the liny anl fly the American flag there. The tuonoy is sdvauccd, it is stated, in the oonfldetil expectation that the United States will, ere long, annex the whole island of Han Domingo, and that persons who Hulmi-rilxxl toward the 9150,003 will be reimbursed by tlic Government. BOTH ANDHMOKK. —A French physician has investigated the effect of smoking on j thirty-eight boys, between the ages of nine ami fifteen, addicted to tlie habit. Twenty-seven prusenhnl distinct aymp- > buns of nicotine poison. Iu twenty-two there were serious disorders of the cir- j eolat ion, indigestion, dnines* of intellect, ! and a marked np]M'titc for strong drinks ; 1 in three there was heart affection ; in eight decided deterioration of blood ; in 1 twelve there was frequent epis-tnxi* ; ten had disturbed sleep, and four hail ulcera-1 tion of the mucous membrane of the j month. A Mixr.u POPULATION. —In the Fourth Ward of New York, in one block, are 69 old and rickety buildings occupied by 418 families, of which 2 nre Welsh, 7 Por tuguese, 19 English, 10 American, 12 French, 39 colored, 186 Italians, 189 Pol ish, 218 German, aud 818 Irish. In one block of buildings owned or controlled by the same parties, are over 3,000. Several tenements contain over 1,000. These are huddled together in filthy, dark, un ventilated rooms, for which they pay extortionate prices and suffer untold miseries in body andunind. Tax bay erop near Portsmouth, N. H., is fast being harvested. The esti mated yield will be from one-third to one-half less than last year. A Bog that Pta)* Euchre. 1 One evening, a listless party wen- sit " ting in the maiu cabin of the Providence > steamer Metis. A disagreeable north- I wester made it uupiraMul to remain on * dock. A middle-aged, keeu-eyeil, windy haired man was the moat restless iudivtd -1 uul in the enhiu. He ap|x-ared to he 1 somewhat wuuoyod by the walking back • j wards and forward* of a dark-haired, 1 fine-looking young man. whose every tep ' wus followed and movements watched l>y - a large sized Spanish jsssße that slight ' |y litu|H-il with his left fore leg. The siuidy-haired man finally *oooted the r mau with the dog : " I soy, atrouger, it's Very dull here ; ' can't we got up a game of euchre t" " I don't care much about playing, I sir : but my dog here plays a tolerably i fair game. Perhaps he'll try a hand with t yon " " No jokes, if you please ; I am an old I euchre player, ami very fond of the game. I 1 once pUv .l three mghla in sunwaaioo ' with Gen. Hilly er, aud tieat hiiu two to 1 Ids oue," said the sandy-haired man rath er sternly. " I am not joking air ; 1 tell you hon ' catlv that mv dog can play a g*id game I of euchre. I'll wartu liitn up a little and '! show yon w hat he can do lief ore you play ' ! with hiu." By tliis time the convcraaUou had at tracted the atteulioii of the other pan 1 M-ngera, ami they lutd gathered around the dog aud men. *' Now, gentlemen, pl.-ae to steji back. ' MI a* to form a good-i*>d ring, and well ' show you some sjx-ciui. ua of canine sagacity tliat tuny axtoaiah yuu," sawl the i j ow iter of the dog. Aa aoott aa the riug had lx-u math- the ' dog man alumted : "Come, Sjxirt, give u* a walk around ' on your ear. Sport nniuetliai. lv raised liitnaclf on his tor* legs aud walked around the cir-1 cle with his head chaw bt the carpet, his i hune Kg giving him the appearance of j j sliding on Ida ear. The mail next tixik a ten-cent stamp, rolled it up into a little newiqtaper Iwll made a doren other balls of the same *ixe ami appearance, mixed them op and threw them on the carjx t. " Now, Sport, pick ont the one with the stamp in it" Sjxirt immediately walked round the |mix-r wad", looked .d theui eagerly, ami pull out the one with tlie stamp. Sport's master now pulled a pack of, cants alxmt the aire of ordinary playing , carda from hia pocket. Each card had a black letter printed ou it. The .-anls were placed around iu a circle, with the letter uppermost. " Sjxirt. tell tlie Lo In* and gentlemen where you came from this evening." j Sjsirt walk* 1 round the carda until he came to the letter P ; thi* he took in his moulli aud laid one side, and tin n took ( tlie letter R and pl*ce<l h. side it, and ao on until he had spelled Providenr. "Sport, 01.l fellow, where are you Ixiund for ?" Sjsirt spelled out New York in the name manner. The letter carda were uow taken up aud a pack of playing cards laid in tbeu place. "Well, Sport, what do you war to play ' ing a game of etiehre with this gentle man t" in.i aired his master. Sport didn't appsir to lie very eager, i bnt hung his bewa a little, u* if tired. " Oh, then- ia plenty of time; you j never retire until nine, you know. Just , , look at my watch." K|xirt jumped to his m oter's kueea and lcked at the watch which wu* held lief ore his eye*. "Now Sport, tell it* the right tune to a minute." Sport walked round tlie cwnl* again . . and took a niuc-sjsd iu hia mouth, , which he laid on one side of the ring. Then he picked up a and laid it a short distance from the nine*pot. He followed this up by jdacing a tray and I ten-spot by the side of the seven. Tlie man then showed his wateh te the spec tators. It wan'.t-d just twenty miuutcs to t , nine. "Before you commence the game, ( Sixirt, I want to see whether your head j Is clear. Supposing yon werejrilaying a game of old sledge with Bos* Tweed for ! n charter of railroad against a million dollars, aud the game stood MX to six. and it was your denl. what card would yon like to turn np ?" Sjxirt walked around the ring and turnsl np the jack of sjiad. a. " Right, old Sport, your head ia level," ' said his master, patting the dog fondly. ! Then turning to Gen. Hillyer'a friend, ' lie said : " Iu nbyiug with S|xirt it will be uec- , oasaiy for vou to deal hi* cwrdn face np. Thi* will give yon an advauMgc. In or-. der to make the game even ileal Sport ! ten card*. As soon as the trump is made 1 he will jnek out five and throw the rent 1 aside. When Sport passes he will turn < one of his cards over. When he oixh-iw yon up lie will nod his head." Gen. Hillyer'a friend agreed b the ar- j rungement, hnflh*l the carilx, deaß' Sixirt ten canl* and five to himself, turn-' 1 ing nn the nine of diamond*. SjKirt' jiiiksetl, and Gen. Hillyer'* friend took it up. Snort then sehcbxl the qucea of diamonds, ten of diamonds, eight of diamonds, and wee and king of hearts. Sjxirt led with the ace; Gen. Hillyer'a, fnend followed suit and lost the trick. Sport then laid down the queen ; Gen. ] Hillyer'* friend took it with the left how-' er. The right Ixiwer wa* then slung at! i Sjxirt; he laid the eight-spoton it. Tak- 1 ing the trick. Gen. Hillyer'a friund laid jdowu the uine-sjxit. Sport taking it with the ten. The. dog thou shoved the j king of heart* at Hillyer'* friend, who 'had to hand over the queen of club* with the exclamation : "Euchred,** mire AS f*te,hy a ixxxlle!" ' Two more liand* were tlien played, j Sjxirt winning the gome. " Now," said the owner of the dog,;, I " lie down and rest. Sport; you have j ( done nobly." The dog lay down with ontatretched and stiffened Icgi-. a* if he were dead. > Hi* muster pulled flrs 1 . one leg and then another, then pushed and shoved him : ' nlxmt, but be gave no aigus of lifa. Mad- < 1 denly he sung out. i " Siiort, you noxwl, vou have Mmu, j gambling ; liere comes tue police !" !' Sjxirt was off like n shot for the fn- ( 1 waid end of the cabin. A man who witnessed th*e wonderful • ! trick* could deb-ct no signala bet ween 1 ' , the dog and hi* muster. Sport ammiuwd 1 |to do everything from the working of 1 hi* own brain*. Flu* master's umnw is < R. M. D<xld. He stated that he wm* a I drug clerk iu WUliftflialnirg, and had i sjx-nt three year* in educating Eport. '. i Sport ia seven year* of age.— N. V. sw [j KXTKIUMU low S SITICMON I'TBUCLIMIS. —The Hooretary of the Interior decides in the matter of the application of the Probate Judge of Jufferaon County, Montana, to enter certain lands as the town site of Hpringville; that towns with lens population than WO can enter the public lands under the act of March 3, 1867, thus reversing the ruling of the lute Commission or of the Grand Land Oilioe, in this and similar casea. The Secretory concurs in the opiuion of As sistant Attorney-General Smith Unit although the act of March 2,1867, makes a limitation for more than 100 aud less than 300 inhabitants being 820 acres, yet a leas number than 100 may enter the area actually occupied and unprov ed as a town site, not exceeding the low est prescribed limitation as to quantity. At allfumta Bag. . 1 A corr*-*]xiiident jmaking of Ut* hogw N iu CVliformu,droves of which slxmnd on tlie rwiiehea. my* ? One day f bad been , gathering flower* in a field a mil** or two . j from tlie house, when, on emerging trout a valley, 1 saw quite near ma, coming . along tb* rofiil white I wu standing. 40 or 50 bug*, driven by two men on horse back f was in the direct road, and the \ < men up.m seeing me turned the hog* f j aside. Htill emitinning my walk leisure ly, 1 watehed I hem nnbl tliey were well , ji'mNt me, Suddanly three or four bog* , took it into their hwds to turn hack and retrace their atepa. One of the men started after them arid auiniaedad ta turning back all excel* one, that utarb-d in the risul dMh towarils in The j man, still on hia horse, placed bitusclf ( I between mw and the- hog and tried in vain to make it tarn and Join the other I hugs 1 wab-hed with mlnr—l the *p uarantly unequal ixmiost, the man and , florae Wing of the one 1 tarty anil tlie hog , of the other. But the hog proved iter If master of tlie situation. Although th*> hone uiiderwbxxl the methuda of warfare as well a* the nun, they wetv both uu , j able to overcome the hug, which fought I a* valiantly as any royal tiger ever did. I had an yd considered iaywdf an alto > gcthi-r uuintertnted spectator of the fight StnlAeuly, the man turtted to ma aud said, "It mav liite you." J needed no second adinonhi' u, but fled from this ignoble porker. M 1 won hi have dons fnwn a furious gritxly hear, had 1 mot <*l* iu the forest. 1 kicked around (or a place ot i • fug.-, a<4 wishing b> deporal on mdiaiiicJ flight FortunateD. then- was near at hain] an aquedud in which water Was taken *cro*9 a raviue I found a M-am arm** ft, on which I elevated myself, and there for one mortal hour, i ia'a betMlxag mui, aat perched, while the .onUwt- ooutmwod 'lhr vwlor of th bog j was rewarded with victory, a* it ought to havr bcn. He stayed where he won, the man keeping him at lwj wbQe I bent a retreat. It T* thi* kind of hog that fiml* favor here. The smooth uwtnous, ari* t-x-ratic t'heot.v White lis* too little self rdisnoe, energy, and pluck, to find oat the suap-root ruul other concealed earn i lent* uccewoaty to sustain lift- and to 'fatten A Business PrwsHlaa. A and B enter into Imrinew ; A invasb flO.OOO, It #ls,ni*V Thev remain in partnership a boat ten yean without tak . ing wn in* on lory, and not knowing whclh. r they (guned or Its* atqr mooey —which I admit is * cartdea* way of , doing basjoam, but always having j enough cash on hand to pay their hill* u they were presented, they were aot anth>n- about anything elae. At the end of that time, A find* be has drawn ont at , different time* aniua amounting to all to ' , 9U.UIU. B. ia the same manner, has drawn out fil<i,oou. And on taking aa i account of stock they find their present ( worth, afh-r deducting all del its, to be i JSS.fIOO, Wiat is ewrh one'* present, worth y " Answer -As A put in two-fifth* ot (he capital and B put in threadUßm. and the 335.0011 of went cußvortod- iat<' <l3,uuu, ilu.(k<", 35,001\ in U ffiiuw. the diviai.in bocoaar oanfr. Two flflh* of I 3<U,tQ are t25,<50b for A* *hare, oat of which be ha* had ftT.OOO, leaving Id* ! whaie worth -filS.flOH. Three-flfth* of i 9*4.<ktf> are for B'* share, oat of - w hioL he has dins a aifkOuu. leaviag Au i share worth fZkiIAJ. I A Caiyaaa Frmauuu A Chiuanmu who was nmrd*n-d in San Ftancisoo ra .s-atly wa* given a grand fuuoral, aotne fifty carnages of Ccleatinl sympathizer* paradiiij; in a Jong unxxwaxoa, beaJed bra (hseordanl hand of Chinewe miui- j cian*. The murdered nmu had been • laid out hi a new suit of clothe*, with a < quantity of feather* placed arnaad baa liewtL la hi* hamk WVM placed a dirk-1 knife, sad other weatxin*, with which, he ia expected to pilch into hi* murder er* when they arrive in another world— if he can find them. From the slioew the sole* were removed, the npprn being left. Thi* w-ae looe eo that he might ' step aoftly and revereatly into the pnw enoe ot hia Josa As usual, a quantity of Chinese provision-* wure put into the coffin, and kit at the grave. Chineaa wine—rice spirit —wa* duo left id the grave ; hut id** ' those profaue lteU<wa . j ruffian* of the Goltbwi City always follow < these pnx-eaubma, and mthWshr gobMc .iU they can find e*t*Me aud tlriakable , ! a* *ooo a* the Iwchn o." the living CVlr-' uul* ace turuod. I GovaaxiXo WIVBB. luting lute again bci-u telling hi* diMaphu what lie knows about wives, aud if he-ia not' as well jHxdod on <ln*t riibjact a* any other man t America lie ha* Ixwn ter -1 riblv ttniligned. Thi* i* a sample of hi* talk": •' I way to von who want to gov urn vow w tees, r< iheni an exniaple motin-: uaß.v that ia good. Let theai say,, | ' There is lay huobatnl, does ha d<i any-, .thing Unit lie ought not do? No, he j (loca not. He pray*, lie i* faithful, ' iiumble, meek, full of kinduce* and of gtsid word* and work* ; I see nothing wrong in him.' If a man purnne thi*' straightforward, amnly, G .d-iike coarse ' bewail fiud woman in her place by his , ssla following turn. When we find snj I alder of laraci do this w And plenty of J women who will go along with him." i .. u j wit o j '"T Worui Ww HAS -IO the Court ofi Claim* in Lexington. Ky., a few dap-*j, ago, th<> presiding Judge was nnuoyed t by an Irritable old gentleman, who , would insist in *l***khig disrcspeetfnlly , of the action tif the <Vmrt. Ttw Judge fined the old gentleman eleven times iu , sttcciwaion, for contempt, and threatened ' to eommit him to jail, without doing ! i any good : and fliiaUv, iu order to main-1 tain the diguity of the Court, told him ■' that if he was only a young man, the i; Coaii would whip hitu in so short * time thaf it would make hi* head swim. TBK LABOK Cmß#. -The only three J , cities on the globe positively known to j \ contain over l,0t*),Ull) inliaiiitauta are, London, l'woo, aud New York yinclud- ( ing Brooklyn), the reported population j of Yoddo, TVkin, and other heathen iwn- , bra having teH<n nrovevl to lie wildly exaggerated. Benin. Ht Peterahnrg, Napli-*. and Vienna do not diflbr very widely In popnluthm, though the Prna- j sian i-ajvital is growing more rapidly | than any of the other ciUos, and ia jiroh- , ably the Urg.t by 40.UU0 to M.tiUO, j —— ii- i l lua TKXAS CATTU TBAOK.— Hie Abilene (Kane m) Chrvnide gives the | billowing us the most accurate figure# ot the TVXBH cattle tiado this season. 1 There are now near the line of the Kansas PWeilte Rwibroad lfift.ooo head ; j mated Rod River station hi be driven on that line, 100,000; for Atchison, Topeka i. and Santa Fe lUilrood, 50,1)00; for ] Missouri River, Foxt Scott and Gulf Railroad, 75,000 ; foi the Union Paciflo. 80,000; to he wiutcared in Kansas audi Colorado, 50,000 ; total. 500,000. Tbu , i* lower than- tall pmvioiu estimates, | thongh larger than any previous year. ■ I TBBX AUK Nau>Al'—There are ninety nine societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in full working order iu various couutrio#. Engtand ba* beeu working in the eauee for the past rixty! i years, end has founded twenty-seven . aonfotirs. Amariaa baa been working only five years, and twenty-three State* 1 have organized similar association* Hoaar-Xad* Ire*. Given a " Plve-winute Frrenter " and a -hilling's worth of ire, and other mate rial coat* almost nothing With leotnoa at nlaepenee a dozen, (tteily omagra four- U*u for quarter of a dot tar, currants and naberrtaa reddening in the garden, •nd aUawberrtm at every voruet, a mould of toe ousts Ism thou a pudding or a pie, and invqivtM iraa bead and trouble ia preparation. A lit of carpet and a mal let, a few tuUiiih-*' pouuduig and stir ring—your frewxer U ready -your mix ' tur# pottrad in and covered "over • yog come and go )evine it to itself, with uow and then a twirl of the darfter—tialf an bone and it ia ready. The gboat of last winter baa entered your kitchen and done bis apiritiug dettly. Thu tarurttoa of material ate many. They sound tbe gamut uf the aeaaous ' There is an ire for every mouth in the year, aud a ilozt-u fur those in which toe ta most palatable and welcome ■H, for matnnre,—all the winter long, lemon and orange ire* ran he had, made •amply at the pure of tbe finita, eold i water, and augur. A little sweetmeat, or the kft-over ayruuof a aaaof peacbaa. uuty he addod to eulianre and vary the flavor, and the aliiSy-beaten white of an egg m*k>- the tvtmpoiuhon lighter and more delicate. Later, ptiireppk) ire contra on ; then alrawbeny, raahwrry, cherry -made precisely ia* the name way. Currant juice well-awretem-d and fruseu without water forma a ruby eone daligltllul to look and teate. Frown peaches aimed into oraarn ami well sweet , coad, are not to be dertdad. la fact, there ia nv fruit or miagkug of fruita which will not Itlrnd banuonioualy under the magic influeure of the freezer. Tbe moat unlikely thing* torn oat the moat 1 toothaome. We diattnctly rernemlxir oare rating a mixture of wonderful gwadaaau, which proved an invratigntion u be aarapownded of milk, flour, a little melted butter, a very littie cream, augar, ahsmd pcarhen and the juire of ateved pear* 1 After, that, who *haS heat tale f One word mora. Pound your ira very fine, and add plenty of rurk aalt. packing it oloae vritli a stick or twoom handle There precaution* takes, the freemng Iteeonwa a very raay affair Prmm " /Jure osf im Sts/ifmrr^t Afogeasae for TMeklU Iteration of a (liM. Out* of the most tearful e*acs w Wild ob pipn ia this. <* t little boy, a mere child, who travelled 1,400 mike, taking care of the dead body of his mother ail the way. AD vxpremman. 14x10 reaching K of fice one cold morning is January, ob served on the id-waik a long, heavy box. which hit practiced eye at one# identified aa containing a corpse. Upon the end of the box, shivering with cold, eat • half-clad bov about seven or d tht i ream of age. Addressing him kindly, 1 he aud : "My led. dost ait them , you will I free*r. Come ui and til by the fire," Bursting ink) tear*, the little fellow , rrjli*l; . ''No, I can't cv'iw Mv mother is in this box, and I promised her I would not lean' her mini we got home. * Deeply tlMw) with the touching de vote'a of thia brava little boy, be finally | succeeded ia eaortnaiag him of the an : Urv safety of bia precious charge, and , taking bun to a restaurant, gave biu al warm breakfast, and then learned the! particular* of his story. Hia father died but a year previously, , in a remote village in Minnesota, leaving | hia mother in poor health and nearly j 1 destitute She died but a few days lie- j fore the lioy'a aad journey, charging the t little hero with the aad duty of ooavev , tag her remains to ber frauds ia a dis-' , last State, aud furuuhed bun with {all ; j ahe had) a Mm of money barely suffi j dent to carry them both We their desti nation. The little fellow had actually ridden] ' night and day in a freight car with his J melancholy trust, never'for a moment' losing mgtit of it. A fight With-a Rattlesnake. A Minnesota paper aaya: "Laat week Sunday, aa a Norwegian girl, living some fonr mih-s from this place, waa walking akmg the road, ahe passed di rectly in front of and very cioaa to a huge rattlesnake that was just coining out of the grass into the road. . Thia uneonrtroua action seemed to ionic hia , suakeahip very wroth, and he immeJi- j ately aiunded the battle HUUTU by rattling 1 ' hia gong. The girl well knew that sound., and turned to ssce.rtain the exact looa lion of her uglv foe, which ahe soon j did. ami. instead of running, screaming, l l or fainting looked about for something with which to defend herself. She could ; find nothing, nor bad she a long time to t look, for the snake. with eyas glistening | 1 and rattle* m motion, mouth aide open, ] and hia tongue darting back and forth. ; waa cioae upon her. But sLu? was pluck j to the lmck-l>one, aud did not propose ' to surrender the field without a fight— ( in fact, a retreat waa now out or the question, for the snake wtw within arm'a j reach of her -wo keeping lier eye steadily j on the snake's head, die commenced j the fight with her foot, moving it back and forth, up aud down iu every din*- j Uon. the snake following the motions' with hia head to get a chance to bite, 1 This performance lasted perliapa but a | minute - hours fo her—when, by a quick movement, sba got the advantage, and down came the foot aud heavy shoe upon the snake'a head, where die hold | htm untH be wan dead. Mbe then found j a stone and pounded otf the rattles to . keep as a trophy. There were ainoteeu ' rallies, and she aaya it is the largest rat- j tlesuaka aha ever saw." Liojrriuxa ("oxnrrroma -Lightning conductors, aaya the jrowiffir dwervroa,; frequently have not so good a 0011 nec-, tion with the earth aa they should have. A lightning conductor having its earth extremity partially insulated, soon bo comes charged if a atom cloud passes over it, and then a lateral discharge takes place ; hence the acoidents which have tmjueatiy taken place in building* supposed to be adequately protected, Sand and gravel, brickwork and atone, •ro bad conductors of electricity, and if the rod has such a base, and th* sur rounding earth b* likewise dry, it is prae (ullv insulated. The difficulty of gel hag what telegraph operators call a good earth, ia one that should weigh with those putting up lightning conductors, limy should not rest satisfied that all is secure unless they can reach a run ning stream of water, or els* sink a con siderable surface of copper plate until permanently damp earth is reached. BACK AGAIH.— And now CORNER back ; to ns in the English journals the absurd story of the killing of an old roan in 1 California, who possessed the secret of ' netting the river on fire, and who had ! threatened, unless an iuameuae sum of i money was paid to him. to bum np all I the oceans and rivers on the planet It will be recollected that the old man waa thrown off a oar on the Pacific Railroad, so the story ran, in the interests of the tinman race, and dashed seventeen hun dred feet to the bottom of a precipice. The matter is treated half seriously by the London journalists, who have failed, however, to learn the beet part of the I story, whtfeh wee the remark of a miser, who sever nsed water himself, that it was a pity to kill the old mas, sinee to born np all the water is the world would not be each a bad thing after all. TERMS : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. A Chine** DistkM. The ( 'hi HAM bars mur custom* M etiiitf tr> their nation, which st-ike the 44 outside barbarian " as Ixeiiig tr*ng< Mid unnatural Their religion* tradi tion* am and mo strongly fcwtarwl by superstition as to give liUh eoaoongewttl to loiaaioaa ry laborers. > The moat striking of tW miperstition* , are thus* pertaiiuug to the UwpoMUou of their dying and (Lad relative*. Vary 1 . the had MM of Ouness men , and women are found in ontanaated -uihling* in the Chines* quarter of this I'ltjr, and thoao unacquainted with their superstitious are prone to aet the doner- ; ! tiun of dying friends down aa acta of wlbhnwt Tina however, ia not to. aa the Chinese behave that if twraoas die m a house that they lived in before i death, their spirits will haunt the placet' aver after, and give unpleasant evidence of their pretence to all who remain. In order to prevent the manifestation* of! | the reathw* spirit, as soon aa the doctor j gives it aa his opinion that the patient will die, be ia taken to another place and \ left alone to die. Yesterday umm of* (hit kind was reported to the Coroner. A young Chinawoman who bad bean given up by the attending phyatatitu, waa earned to an untenanted bouse in Olis Place. off Pacific, above Dupont. They then dressed her in her beat cloth ing. spmul a new matting upon the, flour, and laid her on it. liirr brought in pre* i r*. meat, trait, nandfe*. hound rim. Ha.. lighted suae punks and re- < tired, leaving her alone to await the coin ing of the Co una on destroyer. Ihiring the day she died, and was found last night Coroner Letteraan removed the body, and ft ia now at the morgue await- ] lug th<- further action of the relatives, j who will probably leave her to be dis posed of by the city, ae ia generaliv their practice in such cases Many Chi-' namen—those of the wealthy classes— do not desert their dead friends, and for j the furtherance of this desire there are ! several hospitals fitted up in order that those about to die may be removed time until they have paid the debt of nature, I after which they are tuned with all the ceremonies of the disciples of Coofu cioua— &m fwriiu pajer. Tkl Mteam Pittih. by steam is carried co tot gnat extent in England. A out respond ent says —The engine nned is a traction , engine, thai ia, move* itaelf like a loco motive. When ploughing or hamming ia to be (lone, steam is stated, the eu- I sine rQs oat of the hero and proceeds leisure!? to the field, dragging after it a train oi wagons containing the ploughs, rupM, Ac. The working force consists of three men and three hoy*. The en gine takes an its station on the road, at one and erf the field. The plough, with its four shares, is run on to the land, be side the engine, and facing a war from it at right angles. The wire rope is carried to the opposite aide of the end pass ed through a block, on a movable anchor, basing disc wheels that cmt into t the ground at the headland. The rop | is connected with the plough and with ' the dram under the engine. The engi- J near mounts hie locomotive. The man l at the anchor stands ready to move it ae > the plough cuts its wide path through the soil. The assistants take their (daces aIMMr the ropes with iron frames, over skicn it runs to prevent friction, and the ploughman mounts his strange ma chine. This ia a pair of wheels, having two huge iron arms, each containing four ploughs, each act facing the other. The ploughman the foreman of the gang) warea a white flag to start The engine 1 ; >ui!s lustily. The ropes tighten and ! groan. One arm containing four ploughs j sinks into the ground while the other, ' slightly elevated in the air, goes back ward in front The dust flies, and with tremendous force the soil u ploughed up and turned completely over to a depth of sin inches, end at n speed of an acre an bout. Ae the plough goes tearing through the land, the bojra remove the " porters over which the rope run# and replace them aa the plough passes. A wave of the Aag and tne engine slows down. Another signal and it stops with the plough at the opposite side of the : field. The ploughman changes hia seat, : the anchor is moved slightly and the en gine starts forward a few feet. The flag waves, the rope tightens, and tha plough ' starts on its return journey, making four ; new farrows. ImMaif T KilfN. Few people have toy idee through ' what a number cf hands their pocket i knives have passed in the process of manufacture. A bar of ateel destined to furnish % number of blades is heoied to ; rednt. A length is eat off, and the forger speedilv " moulds" this—that ia, shapes it roughlykinto the form of a pock -j Untie. Another hasting m then required to fit the end for being fashion ed into the tang, and yet another before it can undergo the further operation of " smithing, ** tbe last stage of which is the stamping of the mark of the thumb ■ail to facilitate opening. The tang is then ground (and thai blade marked with the name of the firm. Tbe alight bulge on the reverse side mused by this operation ia removed by fire or the grindstone. The blade is then hard uned by besting it to redness and then j plunging it into water up to the tang. The tempting proceaa follows next, the bluish yellow tint being considered as indicating that the proper degree of heat at which to inunerac the blade once more iu cold water has been attained. After this the bladee are dandified in the warehouse,: nd undergo sundry grinding operations to fit them for being batted. Twelve distinct prooeasee have by thia tuna been gone through, and many more are necessary before the knife is com pletely finished, although the number of nanda which it has nor to pan through depends in a great measure on the finish to be given to the handle, accord ing to the quality of the blades with which itix fitted, and the price which the com pleted article ia intended to realize.— Cdjn'swinj and Mining Jamrwii. Un Relating to .Newspaper*. We Lave been askod to give the. law, M it new stands, relating to newspapers and subscribers: 1. Subscriber* who do not give ex press notice to the oontrary are consid ered wishing to continue their subscrip tion, St. If snbecri hers do not order the dis continuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they have paid their bill, mid ordered them discontinued. I. If subscribers move to other plaoes without informing the publishers, and the papers are sent to the former direction, tb.y are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that re ; fusing to take periodicals from the offioe, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facit evidence of inten tional fraud. 6. Any person who receives a news paper and makes use of it, whether he Las ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. In the course of a year the pin facto ries in the United States, eight m num ber, produce 6,720,000,000 pins. I ' The Ship. Aadasst sheaths! , Hhs starts -she move* -she ssnas to ftvl The thrill hf Uh slang hsr best. And, spurn Ibe with her font ths ground, With on svahluß, bound, Hb tMps into the •amah eras 1 And let ftisn the toembM crowd Thm f OMM s stent, pwkmgsd snd loud, Thsl to Uw <** U mf— j " Take hsr, 0 brM#*r'*<"• Old .sad gray, l Taks le-r to thy pro*.' *lng anas. With all hsr youth aS alt her charms T Row heaattfal shs is 1 Hoe tab Mm Uw within those arms that press H rr term With assay s soft caress Ofcteaderecse sad atchful eses i Mi forth late the soa, U ship! ; Are not the eigne of doubt or ftr. Ml forth into the see of life.. ' 0 gentle, loving, trust** wile, 1 And safe from ail advwatty i (fpen the henom of that** I Thy muting* snd thy goings be^^ Prevail o'er angry wave snd gnat; Aad is ths wre, k of nohk hvss Htmsthisg faanmrtsl still survtws! •. II JJ Hill. . •" H1 ' ' Facto and Piadnd Nevada ia vegetating in minerals of alt ; kinds. Mobile esparto more oranges than Messina. St Louis bus forty-eight school-bouses, valued at §1,730,000, I A Toledo genius start* baulky horses by blowing in their aura. Boston sells 40,000 bean-poles a year i to suburban agriculturist*. An Illinois man preaches Sundays and drives stage week days. In Heligoland all foreigners am called • ••ski!," which in their dialeet means dirt. i ha New Orleans recently, a woman citoefcod herself to death with s pair of raapanderw • The Empress Eugenie ia ia treaty for I the sale of her diamonds, whim are vkued at £330,000 | If you are afraid you should scream j when your totdh ia being pulled, you ! should bold your Jaw. A Philadelphia judge baa decided that a pro ovation hm no right to interrupt, the ordinary travel on the streets. An exploring party in Wichita county Texas, found an amow head of pure gold od very fin# specimens of copper. A man, commsutiag upon the nuns of Pompeii aadd that it waa a very imposing city, but very much out of repair. A patriotic Indians youth took his father's cow to the pound, snd teaKsad fifteen cents fog Fourth of July expenses. Bismarck had to kiss sixty handsome voting holies at a recent reception, and did H without the aswistaaoe of a clerk. A peritajnmtory speaker lately re marked that isnuccuoe is like an urn hrrlk, when octee we have loot it we may never ace it again. A aaro-aatic young lady saya she never was so much tn love with a man that two rainy days together in n country bouse woiud nut effectually cure her. The exema of women in Oreat Britain, as revested by the resent erases, is ex citing much attention The dispropor tion between the aeses ia 913,133. An exchange, wanting to eompdneut a " Live Stock Journal,'" an it is edit- * cd by a man whose head ia chock full of live stock. Doubtful compliment. A heartless old bachelor erhootmss tar flogged a little girl eight years old, liecaose she said her sister wouldn't have him because be had such aa ugly none. NO. 29. Ingenious and thrifty Chicago gamine make money by imitating the warble of die cat under the windows of nervous people, and aeOing the boots and boot jacks that are thrown at them. A mother-in-law in Lanringbarg, If. Y.. is trying to rid her eye# of a quantity of red pepper, which in some strange way or other came through the keyhole of W daughter-in-law*# room The government of Japan has sent several hundred young meo to thia coun try to be educated, and in a few years tbev will carry back with them all thai ! our oollegea can pre in the way of I scholastic culture. I A little boy, after watching the burn ing of the acbocrfbonse until the novelty of the thing had ceased, started down street, saying : "GoBr! Ta glad the old thing's bunted: didn't have my jogfrv lesson nohow P* A Virginia paper is puzzled to know whether whiskey should be spelled with ana Spelled any wwy it ia a bad spell for most people, sod it would not be bad to drop all the letters #nd ao gat rid of the wwd, in hope the thi ig itself would follow. 4 It is raid that when Brigham Young was asked the other day which sou he had at Went Point, the conundrum so Maggrrwil him. that be was obliged to re far to the family record to solve it. "Bo they miaa me at home?" is not mnch sung in that family. Yariin, who was Minister of Finance of the Commune, was one of those who died with the greatest courage. But, as • a singular phenomenon, it is related that his hair, which hid been raven black, turned white in the interval be tween his arrest and execution. A man was urged to take out a policy 1 for the benefit of his wife to the amount of five thousand dollars. Ha aaked his wife's opinion, when she replied with ; charming frankness. " Why, my dear, yon will, of course, act according to j your own judgment; bat, in ease of ; voor decease, it woukl make me n mora desirable widow." The IBimoi* Imby*wind, edited by Mr. Steele, says: "A printer last week proposed to go into partnership with na. His name is Doohtue. The firm name would sound very bad, either way you Pit it—' Steal A Doohttle/ or 'Do Little Steel* We cant join. One of us would soon lie in the poorhouse and the other in the penitentiary." A herd of two hundred and fifty bufia loea was recently driven into the Missouri river, near the Wlietstone Indian Agency. A few reached the left bank in safety, n few others were killed in the river, and the remainder of the herd perished in the rapid, treacherous river, which at the time was swollen by the flood, and their bodies floated with the currant. An Mi kdkkrk ELutosd by a MOB.—A dispatch from Watreka, Iro quois County. IH., says that a mob of citizens from that town and the sur : rounding country, to the number of nearly 1,000 including men, women and children, proceeded to the jail in that )ilace. and took therefrom Martin Men, charged with the murder of his son. a lad of 10 years. Merawas taken to a con venient place near at baud, where, after giving him 20 minutes to pray, a rope was placed around his neck, thrown over s limb of a tree, and hundred.-! of ready hands hauled him up, and held hiui there until he was dead. The leader of the mob and his abettors claim that Mera, oould only have been convicted of manslaughter, and for that reason tbey were justified in putting the mur | derer beyond the reach of mercy. NOT a Pramr PLANHINO —A boy near Omvha the other day struck upon a rattlesnake near his father's house, and as he was temporarily in charge of his little sister, he gave her the reptile to play with. Presently the snake, tired of the child's fondling, began to hiss vic iously and rattle. The boy discovering then its venomous nature, snatched it from his sister and attempted to fling it away. The snake fastened about his wrist and threatened to bite. The boy alarmed his father who was not far off, and by caution the latter succeeded in enticing the reptile so that it left the boy. When killed, the rattietoiske was found to be fall grown, over two feet long, and with six rattles. WHAT IT WIXJ. Da—There is A sharp rivalry just now in Alabama among differ ent guano dealers. One of them, by way of showing the superiority of his guano over any other, says that a far mer recently put a sample of it into hw pocket, in which there flappsned to be a carpet tack, and started home, on florae back. Before reaching hia house his stesd broke down, and the fanner was ti loss to discover the cause until he found that the carpet tack had grown to be a long bar of railway iron.
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