Thott Ejw lilt were as Bright.
Those (TM tiki wet* * bright, loTtf '
Have now * dimmer shine;
Bnt whtt they've loet in Kght, love,
Wu what they gave to mine.
And etill thoae orbs reflect, love,
The beam* of former hour* ;
That ripened *ll my toy", my love,
And tinted all my flower*.
Theee locks were brown to see, love,
That tK>e are twrned to gray ;
Bnt the v enrs were spent with me, love.
That stole their hne away.
Thy locks no longer share, love.
The golden glow of noon.
Bnt Pre seen the world look fair, my love.
When silvered by the moon.
That brow was fair to see, love.
Thai look* eo shaded now ;
But for me it bore the care, K>v.\
That spoilt a bonny brow.
And though no longer there, love, .
The gloss it hsd of yore,
Stilt memory looks and dotes, my love.
Where hope admired before.
Tie Dmrsi'i Prayer.
In the regular evening meeting
That the char-h holds, every week,
One night a listening angel sat
To hear them pray and apeak.
It minded the sonl of the angvl
Why some to that gathering name.
But sick and sinful hearts he saw.
With grief and guilt aflame.
Thee were silent, but said to the angel.
••Our liTea have need of Him!"
While doubt, with dull, vague, throbbing pain,
Stirred through their spirits dun.
Von could see T the regular uieetiug,
And the regular seats were filled.
And si) kues who would pray and talk.
Though any <ue might that willed.
Prom his place in front, near the pulpit.
In his kwg-aecmitomed way.
When the Book was read, and the hytuu was
sung.
The Deacon arose to pray.
First c*h*p th*lung pmaUr
If IYM-r kill opmftl KV
Ur bad been, ere the Lord hi* prayer bad
kwd.
Full Any fathom below.
Then a volume of informal t i
frond forth, ** if to the Luoi.
Conecrvuaj; His way* and attribute*. •
And the thins* bv Hint abhorred.
Bnt not in the hat of the latter
Waa mentioned the mocking breath
Of the hypocrite prayer that ia not prayer.
And the make-believe life in death.
Then be prared for the ehntvh : and the paator;
And that " eonW might be hia hire"—
Whatever bia etipend otherwise—
Atsd the Snnday-eehool; and the choir ;
And the swarming hordea of India ;
Ami the perishing, rile Clutw* ;
And the millions who ho* to the Pope of Home ;
knJ the pagan churches of Greece ;
And the outcast remnants of Jttdah.
Of whoee guilt he had ninch to tell—
He prayed, or he told the Lord he prayei.
For everything oat of Hell.
Soar, if all of that burden had really
Been neighing upon his soul,
TwuM bare sunk lum through to the China
ride.
And raised a hill over the hole.
T*a* the regular evening meeting.
And the regular prayers were ma le.
Bat the listening angel told the Lord
That only the silent prayed.
OIT OF WORK.
•'lf TOO please, air, John Yates mutts to
see TOO "
"John Yates," I said to myself, "John
Yates! What can he want? I thought
be was at work for Coombs <£ Plank."
"Show him into the library, Jane; I'll
be there directly."
"Well," air. 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 ia down
with Hurnxi, or feTer, or something ol
that .sort; and truth is, sir, I ain't got s
penny, let tones 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."
"How long hare yon been oat of work ?'
I asked.
"About a month,sir: leastways, a month
come Saturday."
"A month !" I exclaimed. I was going
to say, ''Sorely you ought not to be so bad
off as this, only a month oat of work."
"What wages hare you been earning T
"Wei!, sir. in s reg'iar way, it's fire sind
twenty shillings a week : but I'll tell vou
all, sir. as you say. I made a good deal
over-time in the Summer, and maybe,
then, it was thirty, mote or less."
"About that, take one week with an
other r*
"Yes, sir."
"Haven't you laid up anything against a
rainy day, John ; anything in the savings
ban k. now, or building society V
Joim winced and said, almost surlily, "1
shouldn't h' come to you if I hsd, sir."
Then, as if be felt he hadn't been quite po
lite, lie added: "P'raps 1 ought to have
door, bnt a growing family is very expen
sive. sir." •
"It is," I replied. "I know that myself;
still, it's for their sakes after all that we
we. Suppose now, John, that you had
ten or even twenty pounds in the
"Well, sir. I only wish I had; bnt bow's
the likes o' me to lay by? What with
rent being so high and meat and bread and
everything rise, and clothes and firing, a
msn's wages is gone afore he knows what
he's about."
He was beginning to talk more freely
now, and I tried to encourage his doing so.
"I know it is so, John," I said. "The
times have been hard for most of ns. 1
know it's been tight work for me. anyhow,
this last jesr. But there will be bad
times as well as good time s , and we must
make hay when the sun shines. C'otne, :
now, times haven't always been so bad,
hive they 7"
"Well, no. sir, I've no call to My thev
hava, I've bad regular work, thank bod,
lor a good many years : and been able to
pay my way, mostly, somehow or other,
but there wasn't so many in the ftraiiy
tben."
"But I suppose you had something laid
by, or how could you have lived this last
month P*
I knew pretty well bow it was, and bow
he had never laid anything by; but, for
his own sake, I wanted him to tell me.
"Well, sir, there, the truth must out!;
Most of the things is gone up, sir, ami
there ain't no more to go. I'm ashamed
on it, sir. and it's hard to me to say it,
but there's the truth."
Thirty shillings a week—a month out of
work—no bread in the house—and every- j
thing of value pawned ! We both sat si
lent for a time. Then I got up, and, tell- ;
ing him to wait, went out of the room
and sent a basket to his house. When 1
came back—there was no mistake about it
—John had been crying, but be tried not
to let me see it, and taking mv pocket
book diary off the library table, f pretend
ed to be looking at the almanac. I was
really trying to think how I could best put
John in the war of helping himself. I
knew pretty well how it was with him, j
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 demand" of tbe
day, and whose money is si ways burning
holes in their pockets. But I wanted to
bring this fact home to bira.
"John," I said, putting my hand on his
arm, "I 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
you have spent your money. I don't ask
from mere curiosity, but in order to help
you. You are free to tell or not tel!; but
jou 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," he replied. "Thirty
shillings a week ain't mnch for seven of us,
come to pay rent and schooling out."
"Is the rent all paid 7" I asked.
"He hesitated, and then said, "No, sir;
and that's one thing as troubles me, for
the collector says if it ain't paid soon, oat
' we goes."
"How much is there owing V
"It's two months a'most," he answered,
hanging down his head.
"A month's rent was due when you were
thrown out of work," I said. "Do you
owe anything else V
"Well, there's where it is, sir. We
might ha' gone on for a bit longer, but last
week tbey at tbe shop told my missus that
thev couldn't go on no longer unless she
paid something."
"Is that much ?"
"Well, sir, it's a goodish bit, I must al
low."
"This is a serious mitter, John. When
a trader uses other people's money co spec
ulate with, loses it and pays ninepmce in
the pound, you woriringmcn are very free
with your comments; and when a noble
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor
VOL. IV.
man outruns the constable you take iiitn
to pieces piettv sbarjilv, don't you V
'•I can't deny it, air.'"
'•Well, what is wrung with a hundred
thousand pounds is wrong with a few
pounds, ion bar* not bernko>i(r', J IAs."
lie started and looked really angry, and
hi* lac* flushed indignantly. "Stav," I
said, "and hear uie. If, instead of two
months' rent for a small tenement, von
owed it for a mansion in 11 Igravia; an.i if,
instead of a bill at the shop, you owed
thousands for the maintenance of an ex
jwnsive establishment and for luxuries,
and had no means of paying. Uvause vou
ha<l already spent all your income, would
that be honest f
'•I can't say as it would, air."
"Well, it's clear as day that you luve
been living beyond your income, somehow
or other, or else where'* the money gone
to < And so you are not only tn difficulty
because you are out of w.irk, but because
you are in debt too. It's clear it hasn't
Iven sending vour children to school has
ruined you. Ihete are only three of them
old enough to gu. and sixpence a week tor
them can't make a man poor that earns
thirty shillings a week. How much do
you spend in beer, John f*
"I'm not a drtuktng man, sir, a- you
knows, though I aiu't a teetotaler. A
man must have something to work upon;
leastways, I must."
"I won t dispute that point with you
now," I replied, for 1 knew that to do MI
would be to lose the hold I had, by at
tempting too much. "But come, how
much, about f"
Ue looked ashamed now, and said,
•'Well, for the matter of that, I might do
with leas, I don't doubt."
"Two pints a day, perhaps ?"
"Tea, that is when I'm in work."
' Three sometimes, and an extra one. or
a glass of gin and water on Saturday uigbt.
perhaps T* I said.
"Well, I won't denv it."
"Six or seven shillings a week theu,
when you're in work 7"
"You like a spree now and then, don't
you, John 1 And now and then a trip on
a Sunday down to Greenwich or Rich
mond ? Or to Brighton and back fur three
shillings ?"
•'A man must get out a bit sometimes,"
he replied, doggedly ; "and the tuiasia and
children, too."
"Right," I replied; "by all means. But
a man shouldn't drive a carriage and pair
when he can only afford a donkev-cart.
Now. come, how much do you speud when
vou go out for one of these trip* on a Sun
day r
1 helped him to make the calculation,
and it came to this, that it couldn't well
be leas than four or live shillings, at the
cheapest; and, of course, to Brighton and
back a good deal more. He con tossed to
having once spent a pound in this way.
John's eyes began to be opened.
"And you go pretty often, in the Sum
mer time, don't you 7"
"Well, wc do go pretty often, sir, sud 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, "I am not going to
send you sway with good advice—'jaw'
you'd" call it, perhaps—and nothing else.
1 have a small fund at my disposal for de
serving cases." (I thought he looked a lit
tle confused at the word deserving), •'and
I shall give you something out of it for
present necessity Make the best use of
it you can, and I'll tee you again soon.
I've sent something down to your house
for the ehildren ; and my wife will call and
see yarn's sooa. Good-bye, John."
i went to bis bouse a day or two after
this, and found bim at borne, sitting des
pondingly bv the grate, in which was a
mere Landfill of fire, though it was a cold,
raw day. Tbe room was almost bare of
furniture, and had a poverty-stricken look.
"Well, John," I said, "how is it ? Any
work in prospect ?"
"No, sir. nothing; ami the governors,
leastways the foreman, told me this morn
ing it warn't likely there would be, not
for some time to come. Thingr, he said,
was as bad as tbey could be; so many of
these tanks and companies had gone to
smash."
"Do vou know why John 7" I asked.
"Well, not to say exactly, sir."
"liaising money on false pretenses and
spending it before tbey had 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's au awful
smash ; and one train comes after another
and makes it worse, and they can't do any
thing to prevent it."
"It's a great shame, sir, a- so many
should suffer, though."
"You love your children, John," 1 said.
He looked at roe and tried to speak, but
could not. It was no use his trying to
bide it; and at last be fairly sobbed.
"Now, John," I said, we must try ami
rub through these bad times as best we
can. and I'll do what 1 can to help you.
But how is it to be for the future 7 With
thirty shillings a week, you ought to lay
by, ought you not 7"
"It seems as 1 ought," be replied.
"Well, now make up your mind to begin
as soon as ever you get afloat again. Ot
course, you must first of all pay what you
owe. I hare seen the agent who collect*
your rent, and he will take the bark-rent
in instalments 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 as soon
as you get into work again 7"
"Indeed 1 will, sir, and thank you heart
ily. You're behaved most kind tome, sir,
and I shall never forget it."
"1 don't wish you to do so, John ; but
I wish you to remember it lor your own
sake, and turn over a new leaf when you
once gtt a Stir start. Come to my bouse
to-morrow, and there will lie a paper for
you to sign if you approve of it.
Twelve months passed away, and the
dreary Winter came round again, when I
had another visit from John Yates. Of
course I had often seen him during the
year, for we were better friends than ever,
lie waa Dhsrly another month out of reg
ular work, and waa often very ban! up,
and he and bis wife talked a good deal over
"what the parson said," as he told me. At
first she was ratbef high and mighty about
it, and thought it was interfering iu their
affairs, for she had been upper housemaid
before she waa married, and was inclined
to be "genteel." But John's goisl sense
prevailed. He reasoned the matter out
for himself, and soon came to see that wr
ing on as tbey were, they were fast going
to the parish, or worse. The pinch of pov
erty, too, which she had never felt belore,
was a forcible argument with her; and
tbey both of them made up their minds to
work bard and save carefully, (especially as
there was another little mouth to lie led
by thia time), and try and get straight,
and hare a httJe put by for a rainy day.
He found his beer an expensive luxury,
and a temptation, too, so he gave it up,
and gets on just as well, if not better,
without it. And he made up his mind
that to go on Jtinday excursions, and come
home late and tired, and half stupid with
bad beer and 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 oourse 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-dress—
but looking clean and trim, and certainly
not Knelling of either beer or stale tobac
co, a many do at that season—and with
his honest face radiant with a smile, which
was almost a broad grin.
"I thought you'd excuse me, sir, but I
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wanted to show you something," he az'd.
and so saying, handed mo hia aavtugs-bank
book.
"Five pounds thirteen ahilltiig* and nx- j
pence!" I exclaimed. "Well dou*!' I
know all the debts had been paid beside*.
"It shall be ten more next year, please
God," he rejoined proudly. Thou, holding
out hi* hand a* the leant tood iu la* eye*,
he said, " God bless you, air!" .Ynl I re
plied with all rnr heart, awl you, too,
"John!" and I think my own evua wer* a
little dimmed.
John went ou well. He had to eudure.
of course, J good deal of chatting tiotu his
shopmuto, but he took it for the most p .rt
very quietly, as was hi* wjy: and week by
wcrk hi* account at the Saving* Bauk the
Piatoffice Saving* Bank it was—grew
larger. lie was twirly working his way up
' to a better poaitiou, and night at no distant
pe-ksl have looked to be a foreman, when
suddenly, unexpectedly, a* great blows do
come upon t ,he ant) many others were
struck totVe ground by an event which
wa* deemed iuipoitaiit uiougti to have a
newspaper paragraph to itself.
"We regret to hear that the Urge build
ing contractors, Messrs Combaand Flank,
have at last succumbed to a pressure which
has already fallen so heavily ou many
smaller house*. They atopned payment
only yesterday afternoon, and the pr'neipal
i works in —— street are now closed.
More thau 4U> men are thus at once thrown
out of woyk, to add to the already great
distress of the district, and to tile daily
increasing number demanding parish relict
The liabilities ol the tirm are, we bear, not
lews then £150,000; probably more."
John's improved character and position
in the worksciHtld be no protection against
such an went as this; and iu the stagua
tiou of trade which was then prevailing, in
consequence of the collapse of so many
seemingly prosperous speculations, there
was little chance for even the beat men to
llnd employment. John wa* therefore
again "Out ol work." We were very good
Iriends now, and so when I heard of the
>ad affair. I made up my mind to gu at
once and .see him.
He stood up to greet me as 1 entered
lib house, and neld out bis hand "Trouble
j again, sir," be said, "as 1 suppose rou've
heard. But anvhow vou are well one.
Bring a chair, iWse. Vlease sit down a
bit, sir. We've been talking as I'd better
go and see you."
"And I'm first, you see," I replied, as
cheerfully as possible, lor it was a sad
affair. &ut I knew it would not help to
lie grievous over it. "I am very sorry, in
deed. Yates," I said. "What b to be
done!"
"Ah ! there it is, sir," replied he. "I'm
sure I'd sweep the streets, or break atones,
or anything, sooner than be outof work for
loog. But where'* the work to be found f
It breaks a man's heart a'most to be— He
was obliged to stop here aud make believe
to put the fir* to rights—"to be slaving
hard to fret on end put by a bit, and then
to be Hung like thb."
I put my hand on hb shoulder, aud said.
"You remember coming to me—how long
, was it ?—a year ago aud more—when you
were out of work Iwforv 7"
"I do, sir," he said with emphasis. "It
was one of the best dav's work as ever 1
I did."
"I am glad to bear it," ! answered.
'Now i want you to fulfill the pr>.tui*e of
that time. You hare done well, nobly,
hitherto. Never despair!"
"That's what I *\struck iu fcU wife,
who had been busy about some household
matters be'orv, but now came and took bi r
seat by bis side with the baby on her lap.
''it'll never do to go hack, and we must
hope for better times; 'hope, and hope
ever,' I says."
I gave her a look and a nod of encourage
ment, and then turning again to John I
said:
"John there was once One who knew a
working man's lot. and his trials and
temptations, too. He knows yours, and i
willing to help yen. Don't turret Him."
John bowed bis bead, but&made no
reply.
"And then," I went on, "just think
how differently you stand now to what too
did then. W&y how much bare you in
the bank John } you had nothing then."
"Well," he said, recovering himself, "it
may I* a matter of some twenty or five
and twenty pounds, but 1 had put that by
for this here boy, to apprentice him:" and
he put bis band affectionately on the bead
of a bright-looking boy who stood by btn.
1 liked to sec' that. 1 like a man who
can sacrifice and save for bh children.
"<>od blew him." I thought. "His hoy
shall not suffer from this disaster." I sat
silent for a while, and then said
"John, you mut draw on the bank,
there'* no doubt about that, but don't be
down-hearted. Believe me your friend,
and wait till I sec you again. Your hoy
will be willing to wait, and help his
father and mother I know."
I must cut my story short, or I shall
weary my reader*. John's hoard I was
sorry for It, dwindled away whiie that
long and weary time of "Out of work"
continued, and I could see by tiis worn
look and anxious eyes, how great a trial be
was suffering. But lie bore it noblv. He
saw it was inevitable, and braced himself
up to it.
One morning he came to me aud asked
me to look at an advertisement he bad just
seen in one of the local papers: "Wanted
a good exjierienced hand as foreman.
Apply at the Albion Works." "I think,
sir, I might perhaps do for that post, if I
mar be so bold as to ask 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 lie successful."
He mm successful. He got his boy on
also without any difficulty. His employer
was pleased with his skill and integrity,
and 1 only hope that no disaster may occur
to throw him again " Out of Work *
———a -
A Brief History of Long Branch.
Long Branch takes its uume from a
brook, a branch of the Bhrcwabury
river. In the year 1793 the place was
inhabited by Indians, and was styled
Land's End. About that time four men,
named respectively Parker, Hlocum, Wor
ded and Hewlett came frotn Rhode
Island and established u settlement
there. A considerable portion of the land
which they obtained continued in the
poaseasion of the Blocums until thirty
years ago, and some of the Isnd war
rants are still in existence. A few veara
later other hardy settlers from neighbor
ing provinces bought laud in Long
Branch at twenty shillings au acre,
built dwellings antl oecupiea themselves
with farming and fishing. It now em
braces a population of four thousand
five hundred.
The Liberty Pole is the usme given to
the Tillage, from a flag xtafl erected
there during the war of 1812, while the
coast portion, upon which the cottages
and hotels are located, is known as the
Mhore, fronting the ocean. Land pur
chased at the edge of the village by Mr.
Samuel Laird, in 1863, for 82.50 an acre,
was sold for 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 Beach,
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 beautinil sites for cottages. Of
these there ore now two hundred.
A new style of wedding card is pure
white with wide gilt edge.
CENTRE IIALL. CENTRE CO., FA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1871.
I'lclure of a Chinese City.
To give a correct idea of a Chinese city
say# a eorreapoudeut, is next to all iui
possibility, \ftei passing through two
gaps, over two bridges, along several
zigzag pti** igev, and then penetrating a
labvrinth of streets, all idea of the |Hiinto
ot the coni|aiae is lost, ami MI it continues
until you get out agaiu, whieh without a
guide would la- almost a bojulaa t*k
Six feet 1 think would exceed the width
of some of the streets, whieh are so
througed that one fel# as though thread
ing a bazaar. The ruofa of the houses
project until they almost meet overhead.
The natives live mostly u the upper
story, the lower one being used for mer
chandise or as a workshop. Chinamen
are very dexiroua in variou# tradea, ex
celling in earviugw. fihigree work, and
other handicraft. The shop signa are as
numerous as with us, ami generally hung
perpendicularly, with the edge to the
street, are )iaiuted on IHIUI sides, ami
read frtiui top downwards as is usual
with Chinoae writing. The colors are as
rsriivl as ours, though gilt characters ou
a black ground seem to lie the favorite.
The joaa houses or temples are particu
larly interesting to stronger*. The
interiors are very showy iu gilding and
embroidery. In some of them may he
seen idol* from ten inches to as many
feet iu height, moat of them of the
huwuu form—not divine, but rather of
the opposite character. The worvl joa
is a csimiptiou of the Portuguese dtos ;
but I think some of their images ja-rwon
ify Satan—so I understood my Chinese
guide to say. The Chinese have three
forms of religion—Confucianism, Budd
hism. and Taoniaui —all of which orig
inated several hundred years lieforv the
Christian era. There are ten or twelve
Christian ehnrehea ami cha|>el here now
four of which are American and four
English, the other# Roman Catholic.
Two of the Protestant churches are in
the old city. Bishop \YiUtatus, of the
American Episcopal mission, is tattooed
here, and tne Rev. Robert Nelson, of
Virginia who came out in IHSI. Their
latior and that of others baa lieeu bleas
t-d, for there is now a native officiating
in one of the chapel* iu the Chinese city
aud another at a village near by, while
the number of native oommuuioaut* u
150
The Women of Paris.
.Some of the incident* in the women
tight# iu Pari* weie thrilling in the ex
treme. A tnedicxd student ofleml
one who was greatly exhausted some
bread and wine. She declined theiu,
saving : " For the short time left me I
shall not 'need them." Immediately
after the commanding officer of Uie
Versailles troop* wa* heanl addressing
the women: "Yon are brave; yon
have killed two of my men." The wo
men burst into a fierce laughter aud ex
claimed : " May the ennw of tig Al
mighty rest upon my aotil for not killing
more. 1 had two son* killed at I**y and
two at Nenilly. My hnsbaml died at
this barricade. Now do with me what
you will." Then there wa# the word
" fire." and the woman fell dead.
t)f the men it is said. a lieutenant
colonel of the Commune, who wan a
Pole by the name of Potokcuski, said he
had but one privilege to aak of his exe
cutioners when he found that all prison
er* were shot. He asked to die in his
uniform. Meliu, one of the meraWrw
of the Commune, was tied to a post to ;
tie shot, and hia hist words were : "We
have lost the game tin- time, but our •
children will begin it ugnin some day
and then succeed." A very common
last cry was, especially of fine looking
young women, "** Shoot, shoot st once."
Some who were about to be conveyed
oft. as it was pretended, for (XMUBmoil,
took their stand and exclaimed. " No, <
ve perish here. Save a* the fatigue of
that journey."
Romantic Ke-uit of a Mare.
A Iteaiitiful aud wealthy young lady,
at a social p.trty, took offence at what she
suppoaetl to be the nujiertiurnl gaxc of
s gentleman present, who was a stranger
to her, but a friend of the lady of the
house. The young lsdy demanded hi*
expulsion a* a condition of her remain
ing. Explanation* ensued. The gentle
man was not looking at her. "though
licautiful enough to attract ami fasten
the attention of auy one." Ha was look
ing at a fine antl costly chain that en
circled the fair one's tus k—iust such a
one a* he had purchased for hi* sister—
in one of the link* of which (having a
secret u|M-ningi he liatl put his photo
graph. But, some month* since, ami
before ho had an opportunity to present
it to hissister.it WHS stolen from hint.
Upon examining the lady's chain ho
touched a spring (to the little beauty
unknown), and 10, snd behold ! there was
his photograph !
I leave you to judge of the confusion
of the fair one. She immediately offered
to return the piece of jewelry, wliich was
poLtely declined, for the time, ami it i*
said bv knowing ones that she has con
cluded to accept of the votiug man's
hand and heart, in order that, living the
|MMtHcwwir 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
hod stopped at her father's house, for
aliout one-half of its original co*t .— Ohio
pujtrr.
SAN DOMIKOO —lnformation reachca
Washington that in consequence of the
Senate not ratifying the treaty for the
purchase of the Buy of Humana, aud
making no npproprnitioii to pay the
money instalment of 8150,000 due this
year, private individuals in New York
iiave advanced this nmount of money to
Mr. Falien*. to pay over to President
Baez, in order that the United States
may still retain the control of the bay
and fly tlic American flag there. The
monoy i* advanced, it is stated, in the
oonfliient expeetatiou that the United
States will, era long, annex the whole
island of Han Domingo, and that jiersou*
who subscribed toward the 8150,003 will
lie reimbursed by the Government.
BOYS AND HMOKC. —A French physician
has investigated the effivt of smoking on
thirty-eight boys, Wtween the ages of
nine and fifteen, addicted to the habit.
Twenty-seven presented distinct symp
toms of nieotine poison. In twenty-two
there were serious disotdera of the cir
culation, indigestion, dulnosa of intellect,
and n marked np|K*tite for strong drinks ;
in three there was heart affection ; in
eight divided deterioration of Mood ; in
twelve there was frequent epis-taxis ; ten
had disturbed sleep, and four hail ulcera
tiou of Ihe mucous uiemhrnne of the
month.
A MIXKO POPTTUATIOS. —Iu the Fourth
Ward of New York, in one block, are 1)9
old and rickety building* occupied by 118
fumilics, of which 2 are Welsh, 7 Por
tuguese, 19 English, 10 American, 12
French, 39 colored, 186 Italians, 189 Pol
ish, 218 German, and 848 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 flitbv, dork, un
ventilated room*, for which they pay
extortionate prices and suffer untold
miseries in body and'iniud.
THE hay erop near Portsmouth, N.
H., is last being harvested. The esti
mated yield will he from one-third to
one-half lees than last year.
K IKIK that I'UjH Etwhre.
One arming, A listless |iitv w>r- *it
ting IU tie main cabin of tbcFruvidsiioe
steamer Metis. A disagreeable mirth
vMur mid* it unpleasant to remain on
deck. A middle-aged, keeu-eyed, windy
haired IIIMU was the moat rmtless iudivKl*
mil iu (lit* ctiiitii. He to be
*oui<-whal UIDO;*I LIJR tlw walking back
wards and forward* of a dark-Inured,
flue-h* iking Toung man. whose every tep
m iwi followed uinl monwunib nlfbol by
* large sired Sputiidi poodle that slight
ly limped with hi* left fore leg- The
windy-haired uuu tinuily seooatad the
iu wit with the dog :
'• I say, stranger, it's vny dull hero ii
can't we get u|i a game of euohr* t"
" I dou't care much alaiut playing,
dr : but uiV dog here pluys a tolerablv
! fair gumc. Perhaps he'll try a hand with
Villi."
"No jokes, if you plea** ; 1 HU iu old
l Uvhre player, and very fi nnl of the game.
I i nit* played three sight* in suncoasioti
with tli-u. ilillver, and Wat huu two to
Ida one," said the munly-haired man rath
er sternly.
" 1 am uot joking air ; I tell you hon
estly that uiv dog can play a good gain*
of euchre. I'll warm him un a little and
allow you what he rau do lie fore you play
with hini."
Hv thia lime the Conversation had at*
tracted the atteiiUou of the other |a-
M-ngeia. and they liml gathered around
the dog and men.
" Now. gentlemen, nh-aae lo atep lack,
MI aa ti form a good-atX' d ring, and we'll
idiow you iuur afM-etuieiia of oauine
xagncity tlial may astonish you," mud the;
owner of the dog.
Aa soon aa tlie riug had l*ni made the
dog man shouted :
••Come, S|K>rt, give io a walk arouud
on your ear."
Sport iinmedlately rained himself on
i bin fore leg* and walked arouud th eir* ■
• ole villi hi* head chaw* to the carpet, hi*
uuue leg giving him the appearance of,
did in g on liia car.
The man next took a ten-cent *Ump,
rolled it up iuto a little newsjwpcr I mil
made a tloren other ball* of the aauir
iite and appearance, mixed them op and
threw them on the carpet.
" Now, Bport, pick ut the one with
tb stamp iu it."
Sport tmmeiliately walked round the
jMiin r wads, looked at them eagerly, and
pull out the one with the stamp.
SiKirt'a waster now pulled a park of
cards about the aire of ordinary playing ,
• aula from hia pocket. Latch caul had a
' black letter pnutxl on it. The curd*
wi re placed aumtul iu a rirrle, with the
letter uppermost.
" Sjwirt. tell tlie ladiea and gentlemen
where you cwme from thia evening." t
Sport walks 1 round tin- cards until he
came to tlie letter I' ; thia he took in hia
mouth and laid one aide, ami then took (
the letter R and placed beside it, and ao
on until he liad apelled pMrideoc?.
"Sport, old fellow, where are you
IMIUDU for ?"
SjM.rt apelled out New York in the same
manner.
The letter card* were now taken up J
and a pack of playing card* laid in their
place.
"Well. Sport, what do you aay to play
ing a game of euchre with thia gentle-'
man ?" inquired hia master.
Sport didn't spiiear to le very eager. !
hut hung hi* beau s little, oa if tired.
"Oh, there i* plenty of time; you,
never U'tire until nine, you know. Just
( l(K>k at my wateh."
S|virt pimped to hi* muster'* kueea
and looked st the watch which van held '
IM* fore his eyes.
"Now Sport, tell ua tlie right time to a
minute."
Sport walked round the card* again j
aud Uiok R oim--R|x>t in hi* mouth,,
whirl: he laid ott one side of tlie ring.
Then he picked up R aeven-epot and laid
it R abort diatMKW from the mnc-opot
He followed tlti* tip by placing !tray end :
trunpot by the side <f the erven. Tle
man then showed bin witrh t the sptxv |
tutors. It wanted jut twenty miunte* U j
nine.
•" Before you commence the g&aie,
Sport. I want to see wliotftcf your head j
is clear. Supplying you were playing a
game of old sledge with Boas Tweed for |
a charter of railroad against a million j
dollars, snd the game stood six to si*,
and it was your deal, what card would
yon like to turn up ?"
Sport walked around the ring andj
turned tip the jack of sjtadt-a.
Kight, old Sport, your head is level." 1
said hi* master, patting Ih* dog fondly. '
Then turning to (hit. Htllyer'a frieud, t
he said :
" Iu playing with .Sjxirt it will be ueo-,
easary for "vott to tleal hi* card* fare up.
Tliia will give you an advantage. In or- (
der to make the game even deul Sport
ten card*. A* soon a* the trump i* made
he will jnck ont live antl throw the real'
aside. When Sport passes he will turn I
one of his cards over. When he oixlera
yon up he will nod his head."
(ten. Hillyer's frieud agreed to the at- j
rangement, shuffled the cards, dt all
Sjwrt ten cards and Ave to himself, turn
ing up the nine of diamonds. Sport l
psu-ted. antl Hen. Hillyer's friend took i*
up. Snort then selected the queen id'
diamonds, ten of diamonds, eight of
diamonds, antl ace and king of heart*. j
Sport let! witli the ace; (ten. Hillyer's,
friend followed suit and lost the trick.
Sport then laid down the queen ; (Jen. j
Hillyer's friend took it with the left bow-'
er. The right liower was then slung ut}
Sjsirt; he laid the eight-*]** on it Tak- 1
ing the trick. Gen. Hillyer's friend laid
dow u the nine-spot Sport taking it
with the ten. The. dog then shoved the {
king of hearts at Hillyer's frieud, who
hud to fciiutl over the queen of clttlis j
with the exclamation :
'•Euchred,as sure as fate.by a poodle!" 1
Two more hands were then played. 1
Sport w inning the game.
•' Now," said th owuet of the dog, j
" lie down ami rest. Sport; you have j
done nobly."
The dog lay tlowu with ontatretclied j
and stiffened logs, as if he were deatl. j
His muster palled firs', one leg and then
another, then pushed and shoved him '
shout, lmt he gave no signs of Ufa. Hud- '
denly he sung out
"Hiiort, you rascal, you have beau,
gambling ; liero txtmes the police !" !
Snort was off like a shot for the for-,
ward end of the eahin.
A man who witnessed these wonderful
tricks eouhl detect no siguala between 1
the dog aud his muster. Sport appeared
to do everything from the working of
itin own lu-aius. Hia master'* name iu i
R. M. Dodd. He stated that he waa a j
drug clerk iu Williamsburg, and had j
spent three years in educating F.porl ,
Sport is seven"years of age.—JlT. y. S>IH. 1
JKNTKKJ.VO I'OWN HITKM <>K I'muiLasns 1
The HTet*ry of tlw Interior decides I
in the matter of the application of the:
Probate Judge of JirfferHon County, ,
Montana, to enter certain lands as the
town site of Hpriugville ; that towns ,
with lees popnlation than KM) can enter
the public hinds under the act of March '■
2, 1867, thus reversing the ruling of the '
late Commission or of tho Grand Land 1
Oihoe, in this and similar cases. The!
Secretary coucun in the opiuion of Ae
siatant Attorney-General Smith that
although the act of March 2, 1807, makes ;
a limitation for more thau 100 and less
than 200 iuhabitanta being 820 acres, 1
yet a leaa number than 100 may enter
the area actually occupied and unprov- j
ei as a town site, not exceeding the low
est prescribed limitation as to quantity. 1
At altromls Hag.
A txirri-apondent a] leaking of the hog*
iu California,droves of which n Inland on
lite ranches, my* • tine day I had been
gathering flowers in s fleld a mile or two
from the Luuse, when, on emerging from
a vallev, 1 saw quite near ma, coming
along lb* rufcl wltere I was standing. 40
or 50 liog*. driven by two men on borae
, liack. f was in the direct Mad, and the
men npon wet tig me turned the hogs
aside. Still continuing my walk leisure
ly, I watched I hem until they were well
past me. Huddanly three or ftatr hog*
took tt into their insula to turn hack and
retrace their steps Clue of the tuen
started alter Utriu and surosedad in
turning hack all excel* one, that started
in the nan I directly towards we The
man, atill on his horse, placed himself
between ma and tlw bog and tried in
vain to make it Inrw and join the other
hugs. 1 watched with interna* Ihr aj>
uarautiy uneuuul contest, the man sod
nurse Wing of the one party and the hog
of the other. Rut the hog proved itself
master of tlie situation Although Use
home understood the methods of warfare
aa Well an the man, they were both un
able to overcome tks hug, which fought
aa valiantly aa any royal tiger ever dal.
1 luel aa yet oonai<lnrwl myself an alto
gether unintrrratod spectator of the
fight. Suddruly, the man turned tu ine
and said, "It mav bite you." I needed
no second admonition, but fled from this
ignoble jorker, sa 1 would have done
(nun a furious gnarly bear, had 1 met
one iu the funwt. 1 looked around fur a
| ffyt of I < fuge, D t wi-hiag io d'-pnud on
unlimited flight. ForlunaU-ly, Uvrn- was
near at hand an aqudu<*t in which
water vw taken across a ravine. I found
a beam acnes ft, on which 1 duvM
mywelf, and then* for one mortal hour,
i in a brotliug nun. sat perched, while the
CUUUWI-OOH tinned 1 he valor of the hog i
was iv warilod with vn'kiiy, aa it ought to
i have h. wi. lie *tayed where he was, the
man keepiug him at Wy while I l**t a
retreat It Ts this kind of hog drat And*
favor here. The smooth nnebnous, aria
t'lerwtic ("hewtr White lias too little rlf
reliance, energy, and pluck, to And out
the snap- root aud Other concealed eecu
i leuts Pi'orafiy to sustain lrfv and to
1 fatten T ' ; T |
A lIsdMM FropewiUan.
A and B enter into hitsfneva ; A itivwU
AIO.OOO. It #15.000 Thev remain in
purtacrahip about ten years without tak
i tag an tnvontory. and not knowing
whether they Iguncd or had any money
which I inlmit is a car view way of ;
doing buainuas; but always lutviug j
enough cash on hand to pay their l*Us
aa they wve prevented, they were not '
anvh •* about unytliing else. At the end
of that time. A Anda be has drawn ont at
different tunes sums amounting in all to
, #I3,UW. B. to the same manner, has
drawn out *li.owt. And on taking an
si-count of slock they find their present
worth, after deducting sn debts, to he
#35.000. Wlist is each cue's present
worth?" k
Answer -As A put in twwdfths of the .
•apitai and B put in threwAfthn, and the
525.00W of eafntal were ouiivarWl into
<l3, uuu, iltidWO, i3s.goi\ in all
. th® division become* ***. Two fifllis of
#84,1*10 are #2s,fV<) for II share, out of
' which ne has had #13,000, leaving Ids
sliatc worth *#l2.of*. Three-flfths of i
9M.0U0 are U* B* share, out of
whiah he has draw n #I6,OUU, h* * tag ki*
•hare worth #ZI,*UU.
A Ctuvaaa Prtnoui-.—A Chinaman
who oa mnnlcrt d in San Fiaucisoo re
cently was given a grand funeral, aotne
fift v" carriages uf Celeettal sympathizer*
parading in a long uroecasiou. headed
(iv a iHaCOrdant band of Chinese muaf
cfsns. The murdered man had leeo
laid out in a new suit of clothes, with a
quantity of feather* placed around hia
head, la his hands a< no plac-d a dirk
kmfu. and other weat>oi.s with which
he ia api-tel to pitch into hia murder
ers when they arrive in another world
if be can flnJ them. From the ahoea
the soles were removed, the upper* being
left. This was done eo that he might
step softlv and reverently into the pres
ence of hia Jose. Aa usual, a quantity
of Chinese provisions were put into the
coffin, and left at the grave. Chinese
wine—rice spirit—us* alao left at the
grave ; bttt sins ' those profane Meli.ua
ruffian* of tin- (toldnu City iilwny* follow
these puttl'MlOtll. and ruttilesdr gobble
all they can find eatable ami drinkable
as soon as the baekw ui the h> U*g Orlre-
Uiila av tuniod.
UfMUixiKo Wivkn. -Brigliaia kuutig
baa again be< u telling his dieeiphw wbnt
lie knows about wives, aud if ho-ia not
a* well [smU'd on that suhjoct a* any
other man fh America tie ha* beeu ter
ribfv inuUgned. This i* a srnnple of kin
talk": "I war to von who want Vo gOTorn
your wives, at thcni au example contin
ually that is good. Let them aay,
• Then- ia my hushandi does he do any
tliutg Unit tic ought not do f No, he
docs not. He pray*, he is faithful,
humble, meek, full of kiuduros and of
good word* and works ; I see notliiug
wrong in him.' If a man pursue this
straightforward, manly, Oral-like course
he will fiud woman in kerphuw by his
ski* following him. When we find an
elder of Israel do thia w* find plenty of
women who will go along with mm."
Wornu Wuie Hpi.—ln the Court of
Claim* lit Lexington, Ky., a few
ago, the prcsidiug Judge was annoyed
by an Irritable old gentleman, who
w'oiild insist in apealdug disrespectfully
of the itctiou of the Court. The Jt%c
fined the old gentleman eleven times in
KticccsMon, for contempt, ami threatened
to commit him to jail, without doing
anv good : and finally, in tinier to main
tain the dignity of the Court, told hltn
that if be waa only a young man, tire
Court would whip him in so short a
time thaf It wtmM make hia head swriui.
TEK Lilto* Cmi. -The only three
i eitisw < the globe positively known U>
contain ovwr L,iXK),l*X> tnliahitauts arc
i London, IVno. aud kie* York {includ
ing Brooklyn), the r,j>orU4 population
of l'oddo, lYkin, and other heathen con
tons having been proved to be wildly
! exaggerated. Berlin, Ht Petersbnrg.
: Naplen, and Vienna do not differ vary
I widely in population, though the Prus
sian capita] in growing more rapidly
tli an Uitjr of the other cities, and 1 prob
j ably the Urgent by 40,000 tu M.OOt),
TH* TEXAS CATTA* TUADE.— 11*
'Abilene (Kanewj Chrvnick gives the,
I following as the most accurate figures
lOf the 're*jiN cattle trade tbto reason.
I There ore now near the line of the
Kansas rtirifie Railroad 125,006 head ;
passed Rod River station to be drives on
that lino, 100,001); fr Atchison, Topeka
And Santo Ft Railroad, 50,000; for
i Missouri River, Foit Scott and Cnlf
Railroad, 75,000 ; foi the Union Pacific.
1 90,000; to he wintered hi Kansas and
) Colorado, 60,000: total. 600,000. Tbu
ia lower than toll previous eati mates,
i though larger than any previomt year.
♦ Q.i . ' ii i- I i J •
TKM AUK Ntu>*i>.—There are ninety
nine societies for the Prevention of
; Cruelty to Animals ia fall working order
! in various countries Et.gfhnd has been
! working in tha can* h for the pa&t sixty
ymrr, and has founded twenty-seven
societies. Amertaa baa been working
only five years, and twenty-three State*
have organized similar associations
Home-Hade lee*.
Given a " Five-minute Fraewr " and
a .hilling's worth of ice. and other mate
rial coate almost nothing With lemons
at tilnepencr a dotm. Weil* orange* four
teen for a quarter of a dollar, currants
and nmberriea reddening in the garden,
and sUawUernna at every comet, a mould
of loe cost* Wa tbuil s pudding or a pfe,
and involves Wa beat ami trouble in
iir*|i*r*Uiin. A bit of carpet and a bud
let, a few iniuutea' pouuoiug and Mil
ring—yoar freeier is ready —your mix
tura potired in and covered over: yon
come and go leaving it to itself, with now
and then a twirl of tin dasher—half an
boo* and it ia ready. The ghost o,' last
winter baa entered your kitchen and
j dune hia apmijng delUy.
Tim varivtii* of material are many.
Tbt-y sound the gamut of the season*.
There is tu ipe lor every matli in the
£mr, aud a di >xcu fur those in which ioe
i most pi la table and welcome.
As, for inabuiee,—all the winter lung.
Union and orange if** >s be had, made
simply of Use pure of the fruits, eold
water, and sugar. A tittle sweetmeat,
ur the left-over syrupoi s use of peaches,
may be added to enhance and Vaiy the
flavor, and the auflly-biwtea white of an
Cgg makes the compos,Uoti lighter and
mo:e delicate. Later, pineapple lee
cornea cm ; th-n strawberry, ntsberry, j
ebony —made precisely in the same
way. t'anwnt price well -sweetened and
frozen without water forms a ruby com
delightful to look and taste Kruxen
peaches ahead into oraam aial well sweet
ened, ara nof to he derided. In fact,
there is no fruit or mingling u( fruits
which and not I4*ud harmoniously under
the magic influence of the frverer, The
most unlikely thing* turn out the moat
toothsome. *We distinctly remetnlier
once eating * mixture of wonderful
gaodneea, which proved an invwatigatton
to be aampimmled of milk, Boar, m little
uieltcd hotter, a very lit tie cream, sugar,
ahead pea* be*, and the juice of atewed
pears 1 Affix that, who thaS hesitate T
One word more. Found your iea
verr fine, and add plentv of ruck salt,
packing it cloae with a etirk or broom
handle These precaution* taken, the
fleeting become* a my easy affair
yVai " Abase mf jbtiity," i Seihntr'i
IfafMiM fur
fteeklug Iterates ef a Child.
On* of tli* most tearful esses eewr
told ob piper ii tbta, <* • little boy, a
mere child, who travelled 1,400 aula*,
taking eare of the dead b*Jy of hie
mother all the way.
An MfNrewaaaa. upon rtaehuig hie of
fice on* cold mom u,*; is January, ob
served on the aide-walk a long, heavy
bos. which hi* practiced eye at once
identified a containing a corpse Upon
the end of the l*>x. ehivering with cold,
eat a half-clad hov about eeTen or *4 iht
were of age. A j.lresaiog him kindly,
be aaad:
"My lad. do n't Mt them; you will
raese. Come in and ait by the fire."
Bunding into taara, the little fellow
replied:
"No, I can't ivme. MT mother ia ta
' tins box, and I promised her I would
not leave her until we got home.**
Deeplr affected with the tonrhiug de
votfcm of thie brave htUe hoy. he finally
auoaeeded is coonnomg him of the an-
Ure aafety of hia precoma charge, and
taking hun to a restaurant, gave him a--
warm brweklast, and then learned the
particular* of hu story.
Hia father died but a year previously,
in a remote village in Minnesota, leaving
hia mother In poor health and Matty
destitute Hbe died but a few daye tie
fore the hov'a ned journey, charging the
little hero with the sad duty of eon rev
tag her remauis to her fnoada ia a dis
tant State, and faroiehed bun with (all
she had) a sum of money lwrely suffl
cieut to cany them both UF their desti
uatioo.
The little fellow had actually ridden
1 night and day in a freight car with hie
melancholy tVnet. never'for a moment
lowing eight of it.
A right with.a BntUeaaake.
A Minnesota paper aaya: "Lest
week Sunday, ma Norwegian girl, living
some fenr "mile* from this place, waa
walking akmg the road, she peeaed di
rectlv in front of and very doae to a
huge rattlesnake that wan just coming
oat of the grave into the road. . This
uiMoarto-uuit action seemed to make his
I saakroUip very wroth, and be immedi
ately SHUUIIHI the battle alarm by rattling
his gong The girl well knew that sound.
,iud turned to ascertain the exact looa
tioa of her ugtr foe, which abe soon
did. and. instead of running, screaming,
or feinting looked about for something
with which to defend herself Hbe could
find nothing, nor had ahe a long time to
look, for the awake. with eyes glistening
I and rattle* ui motion, mouth aide open.
I and hia tongue darting back and forth,
wss close upou her. But she una* pluck
to the Imck-lione, aud did not propone
1 to surrender the field without a fight—
in fact, a retreat was now out of the
question, for the snake was within arrn'a
reach of her—so keeping her eye steadily
on the snake's head, she commenced
the fight with her foot, moving at baek
and forth, up aud down iu every direc
tum. the snake following the motions
with hi* head to get a chance to bite.
This performance lasted perhaps but a
minute- honrs to her—when, by a quick
movement, nb got the advantage. and
down came the foot aud heavy ahua
upon the snake's head, where she held
hint until be wee dead. Hbe then found
s stone and pounded ott the rattles to
keep as a trophy. There were nineteen
rattles, sud she says it is the largest rat-
Uesuaka aha ever saw."
LIOHIKUSU Cosinc-rona, -LogbUiimg
conductor*, aays the Scum i(ir dmerwuws,
frequently have not ao good a oonnno
tion with the earth as they should have.
A lightning conductor having its earth
extremity partially insulated, soon bo
cornea charged if a atom Hood naanna
over it. and then a lateral discharge
lakes place ; hence the accidents which
have tmjuentlv taken plane in building"
supposed to ba adequately protected,
Sand and gwl. brickwork and atone,
are bad conductors of electricity, and if
' the rod haa auch a base, and tha sur
rounding earth be likewise dry, it ia prse
'ealiv In MI la ted. The difßcnlty of get
ting what telegraph operator" call a good
earth, if one that should weigh with
i those patting up lightning conductors.
| They should not rest aatiatied that ail
ia secure unleoa they can reach a run
ning stream of water, or Haa sink a con
, siderable surface of oopper plate until
permanently damp earth is reached.
BACK AOAl*.— And now comes back
to ns in the English journals the absurd
story of the killing of an old man in
1 California, who possessed the secret of
! setting Uie river on fire, and who had
' threatened, unices an immense sum of
, money was paid te him, to bum np all
i the oceans and riven on the planet It
, will be reoollected that the old man was
thrown off a oar on the Pacific Railroad,
' so the story ran, in the interests of the
human 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 beat part af the
i story, wbfab wae the remark of a miner,
who never need water himself, that it
was a pity to kill the old man, sines to
burn np all the water in the world would
not be snoh a bad thing after all.
TKRMB : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
A Chinese Deathbed.
The Chinese have many customs pe
culiar to their nation, which st'ike the
j " outride barbarian aa bring strange
'and unnatural. Their religion* tradi
tion* an deep-rooted and so strongly
fostered by superstition aa to give little
eueonragi-inent to wisatottary laborers.
I The most atriking of these superstitions
j are those pertaiuing to Ute oigxritiua
|of their dying and CUud relatives. Very
oftou the dead bodies of Chinees tn<*n
and women are found in untenanted
buildings ia the Chinese quarter of this
rity. and those unacquainted with thrir
impcrstitiofM art prone to set the daaar-
Uun of dying friends down aa acta of
selfishne a. Tbia, however, ia not ao. aa
the Chiaeae believe that if uuiuons die
in a house that thev lived in before
desth, their spinu will bsunt the pieces 1
sver after, sad give unpleasant evidence
of their prweeoc* to all who remain. Ia
order to prevent the nuunfrriatjoua of j
the reatleas spirit, a* soon as the doctor
gives it aa hia opinion that the patient
| will die, he is taken to another place and 1
left alone to die. Yesterday s ease of |
tbia kind ww reported to the Coroner.
A young Chinawoman who had been
given np by tbe attending physks <a,
was earned to an untenanted house in
Elba Place, off Pacific, above Dupont.
They then dn mod her in her heat (noth
ing, spread a new matting upon th* ;
floor, and laid her on it Iwt brought.
in prsaervoa, meat, butt, oandfca, baUad
rice, etc.. lighted some punk* wad re
tired, leaving her alone to await the com
ing of the common destroyer. During
th* day die died, and was found last,
night Coroner Lettermau removed the
body, and it is now at tec morgue await- >
rng tin* further aetiuu of the relatives, ,
who w ill probably leave her to be dis
posed of by the rity, as i* generally
thrir practice in such eases. Many Chi j
usmsn—those of the wealthy daaece— *
do not desert thrir dead friends, and for !
the furtherance of this drain* there are
several hospitals fitted up ia order that
those about to die may be removed there
until they have paid the debt of aatara, j
altar which they are buried with all th*
ceremonies of the diaripkm of Coufu
aooa.—Bam Fra*tuno pujmr.
Ploughing by steam ia carried on to a
great extent in England. A correspcmd
; sat says —The engine ward ia a traction
, engine, that ia, novo itself like a loco
motive. When ploughing or harrowing
| is to be done, ricam is started, the en
' cine rolls out of the barn and proceeds
leisurely to the field, dragging after it a
i train of wagons containing the ploughs,
j ropes, Ac. Th# working force consuls
jof three men and three boys. The en
gine takes up its station on tha road, at
! one sod of the field. The plough, with
j its four shares, ia run on to the land, be
j ride the engine, and faring away from it
:at right angles. The wire rope u carried
i to the opposite ride of the Arid and peaa
| <*d through a block, oa a movable
< anchor, baring disc wheals that eat into
1 tha ground at the headland. The rop
'is connected with the plough end with
the drum under the engine. The engi-
I near mounts hie locomotive. The man
i at the anchor stands reedy to move it as
it he plough cute its wide path through
the aoiL Tbe aarietante take thrir places
along the ropes with iron frames, over
which it runs to prevent friction, and
: the ploughman mounts hia strange ma
, chine. Tbi# ia a pair of wheels, baring
i two huge iron anna, each containing
| four ploughs, each set facing tbe other.
I Tbe ploughman the foreman of the gang!
| waves a white flag to start. The engine
puffs lustily. The ropes tighten aod
, groan. One arm eootainiag four ploughs
rinks into th* ground while the other,
! slightly derated in tbe sir, goes back
ward in front. Tbe dust flies, and with
tremendous force the soil is ploughed up
sad turned completely over to s depth of
six inches, and at a speed of an sore an
bout. Ao the plough goes tearing
.
i " porters " over which the rope runs and
replace than aa tbe plough peases.
A wave of the Aag and the engine slows ;
down Another signal and it stops with
the plough at the opposite ride of the
field. The ploughman changes his eeet,
the anchor is moved slightly and tbe en
gine starts forward s few feet. The flag
waves, the rope tightens, and the plough !
starts on its return journey, making four j
new furrow*
MasaUctarr ef Kaires.
Few people bavr ut idea through
what I number c( hand* their pocket
knives have painted in the process of
manufacture. A bar of ited destined to
(arnuh a number of blades heated to
redness. A length ie eat off, and the
forger medily " mould*" this— that to,
shapes it roughlydnto the form of a pock
ahJumks Uada Another hasting ie then
required to fit the end for being fashion
ed into the tang, and jet another before
it ran undergo the further operation of
"amithing," the last stage of which
the stamping of the mark of the thumb
nail to facilitate opening. The tang is
then ground {ana thn blade marked
*ith the name of the firm. The dight
bulge on the reverse ride caused by
this operation is removed by fire or
the grindstone. The blade is then hard
.axed by heating it to redness and then
plunging it into valer up to the tang.
The tempering process follows next, the
bluish yellow tint being considered as
indicating that the proper degree of beat
at which to immerse the blade once
more in cold water baa been attained.
After this the blades are classified in the
warehouse,! nd undergo sundry grinding
operation* to fit them for being hsfted.
Twelve distinct prooessea have by this
time bee* gone through, and many more
are necessary before the knife is com
plete!} finished, although the number of
nauds' which it has now to pass through
deiends in a great measure on ths
finish to be given to the handle, accord
ing to the quality of the blades with which
it is fitted, and the price which the com
pleted article is intended to realise.—
Engineering and Mining Journal.
Laws Relating te Newspaper*.
We haw been aakod to give the law, as
it new stands, relating to newspapers snd
subscribers:
1. Subscribers who do not give ex
press notice to the oontrary are conaid
. rod wishing to continue their subscrip
tion.
2. If subscribers do not order the die
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,
and ordered tbem discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other
plaoes without informing the publishers,
and the papers are sent to the former
direction, they are held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that re
fusing to take periodicals from the office,
or removing and leaving them uncalled
for, is prima facie evidence of inten
tional fraud.
6. Any parson who receives a news
paper and makes use of it, whether he
use ordered it or not, is bold in law to
be a subscriber.
In the course of a year the pin facte -
ries in the United States, eight hi oum
ber, produce 6,720,000,000 pipe.
NO. 29.
The Steam Fleugk.
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Tbattp.
Ankara! aba #Ur
Hh* - %h# m >f rtfin to IWt
Th* thrill Hf lif, .Ion? her test,
Agd, iparnina with Vk*t ft** th* gronna.
With no* nalUn*, jayum bank,
Kite top* into th* <***'* srnM 1
And lot frmn the MMMMhiwl twtd
Tbtie raw • •bait, prisngii and feed.
That to the ocean menMKl to say—
"Tak* iter. O bryegmm, eld Ml gray.
How be*U/nl whe Ml How fair
Hhe Hot within Hhmm iron thai pram
Her form with ay * raft www
(If.u udernew and watchful coral
Mail forth into the wo, Oshin! *
Throe** "tad aod wow. riht oowon# atewi
The moistened eya. the tramMlfg Hp. * "
Jra not the sign* of doubt or few.
(toil forth into the we of IMb,
0 tenth, Wo*, trustor wife.
And sat* from oil mfeoMtjr : * j
t'pon the bosom of thot ara
Th* eomtoaw and th* goiufft ho I
por irenlkiw*. omt lore sod trnet
Prasad o or an or* wow <.<! -*;
Aod to the wrack erf noble !i*ra
HuowtMaa immortal sUB serrtvm!
j j Feds aak Fsncte•{
i Nevada ia vegetating in mutumls of aB
kinds.
' Mobile export* more oranges than
' Messina.
Hi Louis ha* forty-eight aebool-houaaa,
1 ' valued at §1,780,-
!| A Toledo fooim starts fcM&y homo
by blowing in their ears.
Boston sella bean-polos a year
, to Hulmrban agriculturist*.
• Aa Zlliboia man preaches Sundays
and drivea stage week daya.
In Heligoland all foreigners are erikd
1 j "skit," which in their dialed meant
dirt.
j 2n Xasr Orleona recently. a woman
chocked herself te death with a pair of
suspenders
Tbs Empress Eugenie i in treaty for
Ike flflb- Of her diamond*, which aw
risnoil at £120,000.
! If you aw afraid yon should ocraam
when your tooth la being pulled, you
should bold your jaw.
A Philadelphia judge baa derided that
j a prooreainn baa no right to interrupt
the ordinary travel on the streets.
An exploring party in Wichita eounty
Texas, found an bead of puw gold
and very fine qxcnmsof copper.
• A man, comment big ttpan the ruino of
Pompeii, mid that :< wsa a very imposing
city, but very tu u-1 out of repair
A patriotic In liana youth took his
father's cow to tlw pouiMl, and realised
1 fifteen rents foe Fourth of July expense*.
. Bismarck had to kirn sixty handsome
, voting ladies at a recent reception, and
did it without the aeeiotanew of a dark.
A parliamentary speaker lately re
-5 marked that tanowsnct is like an urn* |
j hwlta, when once wo have lost it ww
may never see it again.
A aeccariic young lady says die never
was so much tu love with a man that two
rainy days together in a country house
would not effectually euro her.
The excess of women in Great Britain,
aa revealed by the recent census, ia ex
citing much attention. The dispropor
tion between the sexes is 913,162.
An exchange, wanting to compliment
i a M Live Stock Journal." eeve it ia edit- "
ed by a man whose bead is chock full of .
live stock. Doubtful compliment.
A beeitiess old bachelor schoolman
ter flogged a little girl eight yean old,
because die said her aster wouldn't have
him becaaae he had such as ugly aoae.
Ingenious and thrifty Chicago gamins
make money by imitating the warble of
the oat under the window* of nervous
people, and selling the boots and boot
jacks that are thrown at them.
A mother-in-law in Laaringhuxg, N.
Y.. ia trying to rid her eyes of a quantity
of red pepper, which in some strange
war or other came through the keyhole
of W daughter-in-law's room.
The government of Japan has sent
several hundred young men to this coun
try to be educated, and in a tew yean
thev will carry back with them all 'that ,
j our colleges can give in the way of
i acbnlsatie culture.
A little boy. after watching the burn
ing of the acboolhoura until the novelty
of the thing had ceased, started dwwn
street, savin*; "GoBy! Ta glad the
old thing's burned; didn't have my
jogfry lesson nohow f*
A Virginia paper ia puzzled to know
I whether whiskey should be spelled with
aa e. Spelled any way ft is a bad spall
for inowt people, and it would not be
bad to drop all the letters and so get rid
of the word, in hope the tldjg itself
would follow .
It ia said that when Brigbam Young
was asked the other day which sou he
had at West Point, the conundrum so
staggered him. that be wsa obliged to re
fer to the family record to solve it
I "Do they miss me st borne V is not
much sung ia that family.
Yariin, who was Minister of Finance
of the Commune, was one of those who
ilied with the greatest courage. But as -
s singular phenomenon, it ia related
that fits hair, which had been raven
black, turned white in the interval be
■ tween hia imst and execution.
A man was urged to take out a policy
I for the benefit of hia wife to the amount
of five thousand dollars. Hs asked his
wife's opinion, when she replied with
; charming frankness. " Why, my dear,
you will, of course, art according to
your own judgment; bat, in case of
! voor decease, it would make me a mow
desirable widow,"
The MimoU edited by
Mr. Steele, says : " A printer last week
pro]*>*ed to go into partnership with us.
His name is l>.xlittl The fim name
would sound verv bad, either way you
Pt it--' Steal k Dootittle,' or • DoLittle
Stool.' We oaat Join. One of us
would soon be in the poorhouse and the
other in the penitentiary."
A herd of two hundred and fifty boffa
loea was mently driven into the Misaoori
river, near the Whetstone Indian Agency.
A few reached the left bank in aefety, a
few others were killed in the river, ami
the remainder of the herd perished in
the mind, treacherous river, which at
the time was swollen by the flood, and
their '.todies floated with the current.
A* *"■"> MDHDSKXX ELUTOKD BT A
MOB.— A dispatch from Wataeka, Iro-
Snoiii County. RL. says that s mob of
itisons from that town and the sur
rounding country, to the number of
nearly 1,000 including men, women tad
children, proceeded to the jail in thai
place, and took therefrom Martin Mere,
charged with the murder of bin ton, a
lad of 10 year*. Merawaa taken to a con
venient place near at hand, where, after
giving him 20 minutes to pray, a rope
was placed around hia neck, thrown
over a limb of a tree, and hundreds of
ready hands hauled him up, and held
him there until he was dead. The leader
of the mob and his abettors claim that
Mera, oould only have been convicted
l of manslaughter, and for that reason
they were justified in putting the mur
j derer beyond the reach of mercy.
NOT a PBJOTY PLAYTKIKQ. —A boy
near Om ilia tha other day struck upon a
rattlesnake near his father's house, and
as he was temporarily in charge of bit
little aiater, he gave her the reptile to
play with. Presently the snake, tired ot
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 oft
and by caution the latter succeeded in
enticing the reptile so that it left the bey.
When killed, the rattlesnake was found
to be full grown, over two feet long, and
with tax rattle*.
WHAT ET WHJU Do.—There ia a sharp
rivalry jostnowin 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
-1 tner recently put a sample of it into nis
pocket, in which there happened, to be
a carpet tack, and started homed, horse
back. Before reaching his house his
stead broks down, and the farmer; was
si loss to discover the cause until h*
1 found that the carpet tack bad grown
'to be a long bar of railway mm.