Shall 1 Wtß Her If I Woa Hr I
Shall 1 wfn her if I won hr?
Will sho listen *• I toll ?
Ixito wax never <loeper, truer,
Where the angel* footsteps fell;
And hi nu sent, while reading
Ths faithful, eartieet )>ravrr.
Will ahe liaten to my plead! tg.
And her heart give reeling tli re f
With the hour* fnreVr beguiling.
With that tweet thee tarte.l on me.
And those aree with Jovo't light Mniling,
What a hirer 1 ahonld lie !
All my path with brightness teeming
From nhiet to fair above,
All my lib' were happy dreaming
Could 1 ahart her jxTfoet love.
Khali I win her if I woo her ?
Will that haart e'er beat Kir me 1
Khali I win her if I woe htr?
OM what may the answer be?
Faint heart, tie eaid with aighing
Ne'er won the la<H fair;
On rav loye then relying,
- I will the quMtlna dan>.
AH Angel Now.
" Wliere is the little brother
My father ahow**) to me ?
O, toll roe, darting metier.
Where cwi the baby lv-?
I've hnntel for him everywhere.
But, oh, there it no baby there."
" We have no baby any moro,"
Answered the sentb mother s
" For TVtth laet night oame to the door,
And look tl* Uttie twodn r.
"And did yon let the baby go -
The baby that we *sl laved t> ?
1 should have tliongnt you'd heki htm ti.ht,
And eaid, ' <v a-wrwAera rise, 10-iog?.?.'"
" Ah ! ebdd I the little brother
Was wanted up above ;
And holier, e'en than mother"*,
la the All-Father'* love.
An angel now—my baby dear-
Why should 1 ask to keep him here?"
MiiNummer.
It it midanmmor. the aweet midsummer -
lAhjt Paffodil sd.a*>m 1 what'* that to thee ?
Thou haat no pari in iia golden clow—
Thy time f blooming *a* King ago ;
Thou ha*t no Share in it* aiiver dew
It will not wake thee to hfo anew.
What sadder fate ean the Autumn bring
Than Summer doe# to a flower of Spring f
It ia midsummer, my Ufb't midsummer
My torrowing Heart: what"* that to thee ?
lu* joy* are things that I ean not share
Ti not (lit me that it* day* are fair ;
For Love for me wa* an April dower.
Whore beauty went with the paaaiut; hour.
What aadder fate can the Autumn bruig
Thau Summer does to a flower of Spring ?
EDWIN GILPIN'S SACRIFICE.
Stephen Abbott held hi* little daughter
by the hand ; the childendearoeed to stifle
her aaioth red * -he, while the grunt tears
rolled down her faro, rhe crave ha 1 just
closed over her mother, and Amy Abbott
telt an unmistakable woe in her heatt.
" Hush. Am}* P said ber fhther, a* be
handed her into the carriage. There was
a harshness in hit toue though he meant it
not unkindly, but Stephcu Ab'xitt was a i
man wrbo never indulged publicly in exhi
bitions of grief.
Stephen Abbott's farm would now miss
on* who did much to aid him in keeping
a thrifty watch over the expenses necessary
in carrying on the business. It was a few
days after the funeral that he spoke to his
daughter thus :
" Amy, I roust now depend upon you ;
the fann will fed the loss of your mother
in more ways than one; bat you are a sen
sible girL and therefore can aid me very
much in keeping matters in order."
Now, Amy Abbott was but thirteen
years of age, and the responsibility she was
expected to assume was Tery considerable
to one of such tender rears.
Ere Amy Abbott had entered her eigh
teenth year, she had several applications
for her hand and heart, but each suitor in
turn wxs referred to bee fatkei, who care
fully considering the labits and qualities
of the a-pirants, very ungraciously dis
missed tbeni all as in no manner suitable
f.w a husband to bis daughter. Any beard ,
the fiat go forth against several she regard
ed with great preference, but she resigned
herself to ber fate with a patient humility,
nor sought to interpose one word in her!
own behalf.
About this time there appeared in the
village a young gentleman d remarkably
fine personal appearance. He was. more
over a correspondent for an influential
newspaper. Now, if there was one profes
sion above another that Stephen Abbott
beartilv detested, it waa that of journalism.
It was his abomination. As soon, therefore,
as be discovered that George Weir had
made his daughter's acquaintance, he set
his face sternly against the attentions he
was pating her. Some of Weir's friends
took the trouble to inform Stephen Abbott
that voting Weir*s character was unexcep
tionable, and his talents bespoke him a
promising career. But Farmer Abbott was
not to be appeased in away like that, and
bis prejudices oaee having taken root, it
was verr hard to eradicate them from an
obstinate mind like his. lie denied the
young man admission to his house, and
otherwise treated him so rudely, that the
poor follow, who was deeply in love with
Amy, wrote her a farewell "letter expressed
in the most touching language, and then
packed his trunk and departed.
The field now seamed pretty well free
of " popinjays," as Stephen Abbott termed
them, and his mind began to feel some
repose.
OnMhy be cauie riding home, apparently
in excellent spirits. He had been to the
post office and had received a letter from
an old friend ; in fret the writer bad been
one ol his youthful sweethearts, who hav
ing married, had settled in an adjacent
county. Stephen Abbott had not seen her
for years, and so when she mote that her
husband and herself mould be glad if be
would receive their son for a few weeks as
a guest, Fanner Abbott felt a thrill, like
that he knew in olden times, dart through
him heart.
. The young man was 23 years of age, and
had licen suffering from a slight illness,
which rendered a change of air desirable.
Moreover, be was an enthusiastic farmer,
and would be sole heir to bis father's tor
tune. These things Fanner Abbott learned
from the letter which Mary Galpin had
written bim.
Amy listened to her father with a man
ner which betrayed no anxiety to meet
the object of his encomiums. To be sure,
she thought it unusual for him to appear so
delighted over one he had as yet never
seen, but the poor girl did not know the
motive which prompted her father to ap
plaud one whose mother be had loved in
other days.
In due season. Edwin Galpin arrived at
Stephen Abbott's dwelling. He was re
ceived by Stephen Abbott with a welcome
so warm that it mast have been gratifying
to him. He was a grave and dignified
young man, a great reader, and a profound
talker on agricultural subjects. Perhaps
it may have piqued Amy's vanity, that be
devoted so much time and attention to her
father, and so little to herself. But after
awhile he commenced to seek her society,
and she became reconciled enough to treat
him as a favorite guest of her father's
house. Weeks flew by and Edwin Galpin
announced bis intention of returning to his
home, but Stephen Abbott would not lis
ten to any such proposal, and the conse
quence was that GaJpin was induced to
lengthen his visit.
In many little ingenious ways bo con
tinued to throw Edwin and Amy together,
and the fruit of his scheme soon began to
manifest itself. Galpin began to find him
self desiring the presence of Amy more
frequently than bad been his wont, and so
matters drifted on until he at last openly
declared his attachment for the daughter
of Stephen Abbott. If at first she hesi
tated at placing her hand and heart in his
keeping, it was only natural. Up to this
moment she had not learned to love him,
hut she could not deny that she respected
him and regarded his talents. The rest
might follow, and she surely was building
on a good foundation.
Edward Galpin never seemed so well
contented as when in Amy's society. He
read to her and walked with her, beguiling
many an hour that would have bung
tediously on her hands, for her father had
provided her the assistance of a house
keeper which gave her more relaxation
from the duties hitherto imposed upon her.
When Edwin Galpin disclosed his feel
ings to Stephen Abbott, he had small
reason to complain of the way he was
received. The farmer was scarcely able to
restrain the joy he felt at the happy termi
nation of his wishes; and whn the father
and mother of Edwin wrote, testifying
their approval, Stephen's delight was com
plete.
FRID. KURTZ, Editor ami Proprietor.
VOL. IV.
A round fortune had I wen amassed by
Farmer Abbott, and as the Oalpiua acre
well provided with the worlds good*,
Stephen rejoiced in the knowledge thai hi#
dtughter would lie projierly settled in life.
Edwin Lalpiu at last lelt for hi* home,
to return again in a month. True to In*
promise, he came back to Amv ami to love.
It would be difficult to describe the exact
state ol Amv Abbott's feeling*. She could
not deny that the felt a great respect for
Edwin tialpm's learning, and she aluvet at
timis fancied she loved him. Perhaps the
remembrance of the handsome voung jour
nalist still lingered in her muni, for of til
Amy's lovers this wis the one who made
the most lasting impression on her heart.
But timt mittens if not obliterates the
recollect iou of tluwe halcyon days of our
youth, and Auir Abbott after awhile con
fessed to herself that Edwin Lalpiu was
worthy of her heart's best affection.
There was a reunion of the Lalpiu and
Abbott families. Mr. and Mrs. Lalpiu
came to visit Stephen and his daughter
Amy. It was the first time Mary Lalptn
had seen her lorrner lover since her mar
riage, and as a consequence tbeii conversa
tion, during the early portion or her visit
chiefly related to olden limes. It was
arranged between them that they should
jointly set the young folks up in business.
Stephen therefore purchased a fine farm,
situated between bis own place and the
village, while Mr. Lalpiu furnished the
house and supplied the stock and farming
implements, besides* giving Kdn iu the con
trol of a large sum in batik.
The wedding took place early ill the
Spring, and the young couple immediately
moved to tbeirown home. Edwin Lalpiu *
energy and judgment soon made his fann
the wonder aud admiration ol all who saw
it. He wa* a rerv happy man, rejoicing
in the best cultivated place and hantlaomc-t
wife iu the neighborhood. He al*o had
become so popular that be wa* elected
to fill several pueitious of responsibility in
the county. Thus far matters went along
very prosperously with Edwiu Lalpiu aud
wife.
Tbev bad been married about a year
when business called Edwin from home for
several week*. It was ahortly after hia
return that he one day remarked to hi*
wife: " 1 forgot to tell you, Amy, that 1
met one of your old friend* while away,
ami gave him an invitation to visit us dur
ing the coming Summer."
" One of my old friends P inquired Amy.
'* Ye*, one of vours as well as mine. We
were school fellows. Now, can you guess
his name 7"
•* Indeed I can't," replied his wife: "Who
was it, pray tell me ?"
" George Weir," responded hcrhus!>and,
with a laugh at her confusion, for she
turned very red.
" I had ceased to remember him at all,"
she replied; u indeed he hail quite passed
from my memory,"
"Never mind. Amy," returned her hus
band, patting her cheek, "you need not be
ahamed to acknowledge George Weir as
one of your suitors, for be has risen to be a
Tery important man, and wields a groat
deal of influence, lie told roe all about
the time* he knew you. He is a good fel
low and is appreciated well br all who
know him."
That dar Amy Gilpin pondered more
deeply upon the past than she bad done
since she became a wife. She called to
mind the hours that George Weir ami
herself had passed together, and wondered
if he really had forgotten them. Poor
Amy, she was treading upon dangerous
ground, but it was pleasant, nevertheless
to call up these old fancies, and invest
them with some of the glories of the past.
George Weir was still single. She would
rather haTe heard that be was married,
not that she doubted any latent weakness
that might still linger in her mind ; but
then it would be safer, for il the matrimo
nial bond is not always a barrier, it at
least serves as a vail, and that is a protec
tion, albeit a poor one in time of tempta
tion.
As the davs and weeks iwssed away.
Amy grew familiar with the expected
visit, and her heart no longer fluttered
when she thought of it. So, when George
Weir did really appear at the farm, Amy
was able to meet him with less embarrass
ment than she would have experienced at
an earlier date.
He was somewhat changed ; he had
grown stouter, snd contact with the world
bad brushed off something of youthful
exuberance; but in all else he was the
same. He still preserved the same fervid
glow of enthusiasm, the same hopeful and
sanguine temperament, and the old look of
the eyes was still there. Perhaps Amy
Galpin recognized the last more surely
than the rest, when be gazed fixedly into
her face.
I once heard of a student who so care
fully studied the face of the heavens that
be was able to give a correct reply regard
ing the state of the weather without ris
ing from bb pillow, no matter what hour he
was awakened. It may have Been that
a knowledge akin to this enabled Edwin
Galpin to determine the gradual <fecay,
hour by hour, of the affection she had so
recently pledged to himself. He could
trace its waning as surely as he could mark
the furrow his plowshare bad upturned.
He was of a proud and sensitive nature,
and never could bring bimselt to confess to
his wife that therd was a shadow on his
heart Had he done so there might have
been fewer regrets in after days. But he
permitted things to take their own course,
and patiently waited for Amy to give him
the opportunity to have an explanation,
which of course the never did.
She no longer met him with the glad
smile she used to wear, and she was not
near so ready to kiss his hot brow when
he came in weary from the field, as she
formerly had been wont to do. He noted
all tkis, and more too, and knew that
sooner or later some hearts would feel
enough of sorrow.
Weir was the constant companion of
Amy. and she seemed to be as much infatu
ated with him as of old. There will doubt
less be many who will feel a disdain for
the want of resolution and indeis-ndenee of
character betrayed by Edwin Gilpin ; but,
be it remembered, ne loved bis wife so
well that he could never induce himself to
believe that she would persist in a course
so calculated to bring trouble to tbem
both, when she calmly reflected on the
risk she was incurring.
But matters c*>uld not move on this way
always. Rumors at last reached the ears
of Stephen Abbott which caused him to
seek an interview with his son-in-law. It
was late in the afternoon when Edwin
visited Abbott's farm. Tbs two sat and
talked the matter over until late, and
Stephen Abbott came to the conclusion to
accompany Galpin home and speak with
bis daughter the next morning. It was
dark when they started to walk for Galpin's
house, snd ere they reached it a lurid light
lit up the heavens and the Joud cry of
" fire" was heard from the people of the
village.
Running as fast as possible they discov
ered Galpin's house in flames. The lower
floor was a sheet of lire, and a cry of horror
arose as Amy appeared in one of the upper
windows and stretched forth her bands in
supplication. No one dare venture into
that furnace, and there were no ladders at
hand.
'•Save my child—save her!" screamed
Stephen Abbott; but no one seemed will
ing te take the risk.
" Will no one save her ?" he cried,
wringing his bands.
There was a stern look on the face of
Edwin Qalpin as he approached the spot
where George Weir was standing with
the crowd, pale as a ghost. He laid his
hand heavily on his shoulder, and placing
his lips on a level with his ear, be hissed
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
Lrwuhurg
through his clenched teeth. " Now t your
titue, save her, for you love her."
There was a deep mcamug tu hit word*,
and a terrible earnest ir* in his manner.
•' I cannot, I dare not," pleaded Weir,
a* he shrunk from tialpm's gate.
"Save hcr---you love her"—boat** ly
reitterated tialpin, tigbteuiug hia gnp on
Weir'* shoulder.
" I'm afraid—l dare not," exclaimed the
terrified man.
Flinging him out of his path, a* he east
upon him a look of ineffable disdain and
loathing, tialpin sprang into the burning
I building. No one ever expected to see
hiui return. But he reappeared neverthe
less beariug in bis strong arms the form of
' hia wife securely wrapped in a blanket
, living her at her father's feel, Le reeled
anil fell forward to the earth. It was the
last time bis eyet ever beheld earth's glad
nes*. Never again might he look upon
field or grain. Stone blind from hence
forth uiut walk Edwin Lalpiu. and a
child could lead him. He wa feat fully
burned, and for the sake of one whom the
tlanie had not even scorched.
It is pleasing to record the sequel.
Whatever may have been the feelings of
Amy Lalpiu previous to the event just
recorded one thing it true ; never did
woman more sincerely repent for the tudil
frrencc she had manifested toward her
husband, and never was there a more de
voted wife than she proved to be. For
hours she would sit with her arms around
Edwin's neck and her cheek pressed to hi*
own, and dearer to her heart was the poor
sightless man, who had lost *o much to
shield and save her, than all else in the
world beside.
A Cbeckfrrd Life.
A RLiladelphi* paper gives soma de-
of the early fife of Mr*. Wharton,
i now under arrest in Baltimore for the
murder of her huslauid. It says Mr*. \V.,
then Ellen O. Nugent, wan bom iu that
oity 45 years ago. Her father, Oeorge
Nugent, was a most prominent and suc
cessful merchant of the day, doing a
large importing business of tine goods,
silks, etc. In character he was strictly
upright and honorable, living as it were
bv a set rule of firmness and justice to
all Of all Mr. Nugent's children his
daughter Nellie was the idoL He lav
iahed every attention upon her that
money could command. By the univer
sal voice of thoae who knew her she was
certainly a most lovelr girl. A Unit
twenty years of age, of slender and grace
ful, yet queenly bearing, with magnifi
cent jet black hair of unusual length,
dark eyes, and fair complexion. It
about this time that sheWgan to develop
a passion that has ever since been inor
dinate with her, and that was the desire
to dress magnificently. Her father
spared no cxttense to gratify her lightest
whim, and gave her money enough to
clothe a dutches*. Her father allowed
her to carry the purse of a dntchesa, and
consequently the reader can judge of
his surprise when outaide bills that had
been contracted by his daughter to the
amount of thousands of dollars were sent
iu to him for settlement, and all this
heavy running into debt had taken place
in a comjairatively short time, and with
out the slightest premonitory intelli
gence. It was found that this money
had been expended for lacea, silks',
jewelry, etc., etc.. which were lavished
with un imperial hand as presents upon
her young friends. The dvbts were
paid by her father.
Miss Nellie was the brilliant center
a large circle of people of the bent cU*
in that vicinity. So that when, shortly
after, all received an invitation to the
marriage of that young lady, it created
some little stir of excitement. At length ;
all the invited guests assembled at the j
Nugent mansion to witness the marriage
of the beauty. Great preparations hail !
been made for the event The honr at
which the nuptial knot was to have been
tied stnick with a dismal clang, and yet
no bridegroom. Mesaenegera were sent
in haste, and on their return thev an
nounced that Mr. Williamson had not
contracted the marriage, and knew noth
ing about it Subsequent investiga
tion showed conclusively that the mar
riage had not the slightest foundation,
so far as any intention of Mr. William
son was concerned, and people began to
intimate that something was wrong in
her head. Mr. Nugent after careful
pondering of the matter, was resolved
to have Nellie removed to an asylum
for the insane. It wanted but a day or
two of the execution of the asylum pro-'
ject when one morning it was found
tiiat the bird had flown in the night
from the nest. In a very little while the
father received intelligence that his
daughter had eloped with young Lient.
Harry W. Wharton, had proceeded with
him to Philadelphia, and had Iwen there
married. The runaway couple had not
been long from home until they received
assurances of forgiveness, and returned.
Notwithstanding the growing suspicion
that she poisoned her hustwnd and son,
it is the universal testimony that never
was there a more loving wife. She was
most passionately devoted to him, and
followed him everywhere.
Signs of the Kn Klux.
In a Ijouisville court somebody has
been giving the "signs" of the Kn
Klux. First he tells how to recognize a
brother at a distance. We raise the
hat with the right hand, pnli the brim
down over the right eye. The answ in
the same with the right hand. Both
then draw their left hands cross their
mouths, as if washing, and strike
their breasts with their right. The
grips are made by grasping hands in the
usual manner, with the thumb pressing
slightly lietween the other's thumb and
forefinger.saying. 'I am all right; how are
you?' He answers, 'I am all right.'
I reply, 'How may I know yon are all
right ? He answers, 'By word or letter.'
I ask, • Which do you prefer ?' He mav
call for either. If he asks for a letter I
fell him, ' Spell.' He aavs, '8 ;' I say,
'L ;' he says, 'A ;' I aav, •P ;' be
says, U;' I say 'P he says, spelling
out, 'Hlap up,' which is the text word of
the order. I get into a difficulty and am
overpowered, and desire to kno'w if my
brother is present. I lock arms across
my breast as if cold, saying I wish I
knew if any of fit. Mary's children were
•bout. If any brother is about he will
come to my iiid. If my opponent be a
member of the order he will immediatelv
desist. When traveling at night, on
meeting a person and desiring to know
if he is a brother, I say 'halt F ami give
a loud slap with my hand on my thigh.
He answers with two slaps.
MAD DOGS. —Says an English writer,
a mad dog will not go out of his way to
bite you. It pursues a straight course,
snapping at every living object which it
meets. A friend of mine once passed on
r. lonely country road, within a couple of
feet of a dog which struck him as having
something strange in his aspect and
movements; fifty yards further on he
encountered two men with guns, who
asked him if he had seen a dog, and on
being informed that he had, told him to
thank God for his escape, for that very
brute was raving mad, and had bitten
two or three men and children and at
least a dozen animals that morning. My
informant almost fainted with the shock
which this intelligence communicated,
and was greatly relieved to hear the re
port of a gun directly afterwards, telling
that the career of the mad dog had
ended.
CENTRE 11ALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, AI'LUHT 11, 1871.
Poison In the Sjtlrm.
Iu coses of |H>isoitiug by venomous
snakes, convulsions follow. With a*>me
| these are marked, while with other*
death is porcedeil by a mora letliargie
! ip|-arnt*i ; hut in every ease the
syuiptoiiis all iH>iut to eihau*tioii uud
J paralysis of the nerve centres, every
| function failing rapidly, and vitality
| xoou becoming extinct. A complete loss
lof oouaciouiuies* is generally preocded
|by local jxiralysts. giet depression,
1 famine**, exhaustion, intusea, vomiting,
! hemorrhage, relaxation aud involuntary
evacuatioua, uor uufrc*pieutly of a aan
! guiueou* or mueo-sanguincous character
! Little ia shown by a post-mortem exaui
; mation Wyoml the murks of the fangs
I and of tlie wouuda immediately around
I them ; although in i*'rtiuti rosea deeoin
) jKMiition* of the tissues appear. The
i lungs are uot congested, nor is the heart
j overhauled. The viscera apjwar natural,
I and death docs not seem to lie depcud
ent upon tlie disturUinoe of any one
liartictuar function. A remarkable dit
ereuce it seen iu tlie .-ffivt upon the
blood by the bile of different apaeiea.
Tuus, in the case of tlie lower unitnals,
the blood cvMgulates firmly on beiug re
moved from the body when death fol-
I lows from }>oiaoiiing hv the colubrine
i snakes, while in case* of di-at)i hy tiie
(Kiisou of the vijier it remains jwriua
j neutiy fluid. No explanation ts given of
I this peculiarity. F'rom cxj>erments I>r.
F'ayrer aseertaiuixl thai the puiaoti acta
with more vigor or wami-blooded ani
mals, birds being enp>x'ially aeumtivo—a
fowl sometimes lteing knowu to die iu a
I few seconds. The power of resistance
! generally appears to lie in .proportion to
: the size of the animal, although cat*
1 seem to resist tlie ltidueuce of poison
almost us long as dogs of three or four
times their weight. Cold-blooded ani
mals he fouud to succumb to the potaou ,
more slowly, though flsh, nou-venouious
s-rpents, and uollusca all die. He, how
ever, agrees with the obtmrvatiou of Dr.
Mitchell and others, thut uoiaououa scr
]H-uts are uot uffcct<*l by their own litc ;
that is, that a cobra nuiv bite itnelf or
another cobra with no evil result, hut
that the hsn ]H>isonou serpents arc
somewhat affis-t**! by the more poison
ous kinds, although slowly. Strange as
it may appear, the bodies of animal*
that are poisoned by snakes may lie eat
en hr wan and annual* with impunity.
Of tins the experimenter luul frequent
proof. He found, howevur, that tlie
bloud of an animal that died fioui snake
poison is itself poisonous, and that if in
jected into another animal it destroys
life. Although venomous snakes arc
not affected, or but alightlv, by snake
poison, they rtvulilv aucctimb to strych
nine or carbolic acid, the latter nilataiK*'
appearing to destroy then, very rapidly,
and to be an object of pe-ial aversion.
The usual remedies in the aay at an
tidotes, Dr. Fayrer consider* of very
little account, a beiug either powerha*
or quite inert. A ligature, excision, or
cautery, if applied in time, ap|>e*r* to
be the only rational retucdv that eon be
of any avail in a really ixiwonotia rase,
stimulant* ore not unfrequently judi
ciouitly recommended ; but a* antidotes,
iu the ordinary Sense of the t rm, they
have no special value.
A Commercial Agrncj CAM*.
The case of Mrllicr against Shepherd,
manager of Hr.ilntr.H-t'* (Vmnnrtal
Agency, was before the Circuit Court of
St Lotiia. the htiring Wing on the mo
tion of the deft-udant to di-atolvs the in
junction granted a few dart ago, eujoyn
iug the circulation of the July nnmtx-r
of Bradatrvri't (')WM'itn/ /o-porte, on
the ground of the false and injurious
rating of the plaintiff. Several wi tootles
testified to the solvency of Mr. MeUier,
liia business qualifications, iutegntv. Ac.,
also that he is doing a large ami pros
perous business, Mr. Kiug, formerly
an employe of flie Agency, tc-stifli-d to
the mode of transacting the business of
the Agency. He mid that most of the
rc|H)rt were manufactured in his office.
From the time Mr. Shepherd took
cliarge, the reports were baned ou tin
old report*. The city report* were all
copied into the letter-book, and then
forwarded to New York. A IKM>k called
the "black hook" WM kept, in which
all unfavorable report* were copied.
Every one in the often had acocas to this
book. He testified that some Agencies
were partial to subscntwr*. and that a
gold-headed cane would often raise a
man's'rating. Tlte plaiutiff bod liocu re
duced from the rating of "C- 0. I). D.,"
a very high rating, to "E. P.," which
meant that he was doing business with
a capital of less than 9cX)O. Subscrip
tion to the agency generally meant n
increase of credit. The witness further
stated tluit he had manufactured hun
dreds of report* himself.
The Sea of Hal I lee.
What the traveler will see when he
Oatches hi* first eager glirujmi of the
limpid sheet of water will lie a small
oval-shaped lake, thirteen miles long and
six broad. It is ovideiitly of volcauic
origin, and the earth-quake* which have
rent the walls of Tiberias, as well as the
hot springs at several places in the vicin
ity of the lake, show that volcauic agen
cies are still at work. All along the east
ern side runs a green plain, which, ex
cept at one spot (the probable aceue of
the destruction of the swine after the
healing of the Oadnrcne demoniac) is
every where alxiut a nusrtcr to half a
mile in width. Beyond this rises, to the
height of alxiut 2,000 feet, an em up
nient of desolate-looking hills, scored by
various ravint*. and having a plateau at
the top. As there are neither trees nor
villages to be seen oil that side, and no
signs of cultivation, the view in that li
roction has a certain monotony, hut, this
is atoned for by the air of mystery de
rived from it* very desolation, and from
the fact that even in our Lord's time it
WB* so unfrequented that He had hut to
visit it when lie required the refreshment
of solitude. It was of this lovely shore
that we are reminded in the lines of the
bountiful hymn—
"' Com# to ■ desert place apart,
And rrat a little while,'
Ho apaku the Lord when mind and heart
Were faint and sick through toll."
It wa* somewhere among these feature
less hills— prolwbly toward the the north
eastern corner of the luke—that he fed
the 5,000 who had flocked after him tin
foot ; it wns somewhere about those grey
ravine* that lie spent the night in prayer.
And how many times must His eye have
rested with pleu*ure on the dimpling
surface of the inland sea ! a sight de
lightful in any region of the world, Imt
doubly refreshful and delicious in thin
sultry land.
THIS ENOUGH.—A piece of "iron
paper," a thousand of which were re
quired to make a layer an inch thick
was sent from this country to tho In
ternational Exhibition at London in
1851. Bnt English workmanship has
now attained a far more remarkable re
sult, in the production of a sheet of iron
so'thin that it requires four thousund
eight hundred such to form an inch in
thickness. It is the thinnest-sheet iron
ever rolled, and measures ten inches in
length, by five and a half in width. It
weighs only twenty grains.
The London Court Journol says that
dark hair, so long neglected and despised,
is again in the ascendant. The blonde is
gradually resuming her place side by
sida, not above, tha brunette.
A IHsaffreratile Little Beast.
Iu an English Magazine for Juljr it
Mr. Ixcikey s account of the " Tas
matiinii Devil." This is a little beast
about the size of n large Imll-dog, but
marsupial, still found in the wilda of Van
j Dtemeu't Laud. It diffeni in temjier
radically from every known Inwutt, and
is thus dcscrilsd :
"Hia natural pruiansities arc those ol
the gluttonous or sluggish kind, ami b<
will he quiet enough when gorged will,
flesh tn<i left to undisturbed repose, but
the slightest provocation, the meres*
l and most uuiiiteutiouul observation, wOl
j turn him at once into a veritable fiend
' e then liecoiura iuahiutly the very tvpe
•if scnsidinia furv, attacking all lxforr
! him. dead or living, and flying with
•x|uul fierceneas at a mastifl or a hare
door. Nor u there, while life is left to
hint, either truce or quarter ; as long a*
•I shr*l of dt*>h remains to tear, or a laet
tune to scatter, he fights on, regard]***
of the numbers thai surround him, or of
hi# own sufaiiding strength, until at
length his jaws auap faintly, and his life
goes gradually out with* an infernal
suarL Though taken yunug, aud
brought up in captivity, hit nature un
dergoes uot tlie slightest modification.
He lives to the last tlie same surly life,
iOiil usually dies in aornc mad atruggk
with the Iwrw of his cage. After yeais
of exjierience he rcjieats Uc some acts
of profitless and exhausted frenzy.
Without apparent motive he rushes at
tlie wall, IkcaUug the air like a rabid
luuatie, uttering long growls that seem
to choke him, till they break out aud
dentlv into a piercing bark. He allows
not the smallest attachment to hia guard
ians or kccjiera, whom he menaces and
swears at from the moueut they ap
proach him till they pass completely ont
of sight When tired out or overfed he
U counts stupid aud oieetiv, rolls bimsell
up in a corner, and falls into a haden
.*himL-r from which it ia not always easy
to rouse him. Nothing csn he oheajK-r
thsu to feed him. He will tie satisfied
for davs together with huge iKiuea,
wluch kt cracks up like biscuit, and
usually swallows eutirvlv."
No animal can fight him, and he hoc
n-js-aUtlly been known to lxsat off a
w hole troop of dogs, and hia iusaue fury
gives him on ineitiuguiahable courage.
Mr. le-akey attacktsl one with fire dogs,
who would have been defeated, hut that
one of them worw au amnsl collar
A Ru**ian ft team Bath at Oadsksi.
Upon the urcNiiioD of bathing, aft.-r
having stripped untl entered tin- steam
ing- room, we always look the precaution
of wetting our ltad witb cold water be
fore the heated water wan Uirowu into
tin* oven to gnu-rat# u*am ; thia pre
vent* n headache, wbicb is very apt to
Miiwd tlx* operation. Water was Uien
thrown into the heated oven, and in an
iaatiutt the aPeuaphere of the room waft
sliwat scalding, |>*rtieilariv at the p
--|x-r platform, where fur a while the beat
wan sliding, aiul we could with difficulty
twrathe. fbts sensation waa followed
by a very heavy jw-rspi ration, that roomed
t<i flow jn streams from every pore, duffi
tug which we lay upon the platform. and
our attendants tektng bunches of awitrb
es switched us front head to feet, produc
ing a tingling but not unpleasant feeling
Wbt-u this operation waa finished. the
atinidauU took large baainaof sad*. and
with bundle* of tow, scrubbed us un
mercifully. with utter disregard of our
feelings, fairly rasping the skin off.
After thin we were stationed upon the
floor and soused witli a basin of bat
water, and then a large dish of snow
water was produced and dashed upon us,
the lumps of wet mow lodging upon
our bends and shoulders ; this apparently
disagreeable feature wn* by far the most
pleasant part of the process. (>nr sys
tems hal ln-come ao tboroughhr heated
that instead of feeling disagreeably eold.
it only cooled the skin and checked the
I >enq>t ration. Wa would then retire to
the anteroom and make a vigorous nar
of coarae towels ; after which, bundling
tip in our furs to avoid catciting cold,
we wonld adjourn to our quartern, where
the Cossack usually lunl an abundance
of hot coflce and ten. Half a don ti
cups were nothing after one of Uieae
ball is. This operation usually loaves a
feeling of drowsiness, which suggest* a
•' nap " and of all times, that is the time
par cjrUmct to enjoy one.
A B<>j Suffocated in a Cistern.
A few daysstnoe some of the employe*
in a brewery at West Dubuque, were
directed by one of the proprietors to
pump and clean out a cistern situated
under the first floor of the building.
They went to work and pumped out all
the Water with the exception of a small
quantity that lay in pools at the bottom.
A boy, aged fifteen years, step-brother
of one i f the proprietors, who was learn
ing the business of browing, volunteered
to go down and drain out tlia reumiuitig
water. His offer was accepted, and he
was let down. No aooner bail lie reach
ed the bottom than he fell and remained
perfectly quiet Notwithstanding that
the cistern waa Imt six feet d*ep the
foul air was dense and overcame hitn.
A rope was immediately tied around
one of the laborers and he was seat down
to rescue the loy. He too, was over
come by the foul air. and was hauled up.
He remained insensible for teri minute*
afterward. The IKIV'S laxly was finally
brought to the floor by means of grap
pling books. The face was black and
blue, and it was evident that the child
had died a minute or two after going
down. The mother of the child lives
near Eagle Point, and this blow has
been particularly severe upon her.
CLASH BEADS.— Beads nre sometime*
manufactured over tho blowpipe. The
glass, which has previously been drawn
out in A tube, is, when mifficicnUy heated,
blown into a bulhof the sis* required for
tho head. At the Venice bead immu
faotorie* gins* tubes of various color*
are cut Into small, uniform pieces. The
hitter are thrown into a mixture of
wood-n*he* and fins sand, and art* stirred
a I-out until their cavities are filled.
They are thenco transferred to a iron
pan, heated by a moderate fire, and
agitated until they assume a smooth,
rounded from. Taken out, and the
bores cleared, they form beads.
"STAT nr ALL MEANS. "—A Cincinnati
dentist, who had beoomo nervous by
frequent burglaries in liis vicinity, won
somewhat startled recently by having a
man come daily at the same hour each
eveniog, and sit on his doorstep. He
finally suggested that, if it would be all
the name to him, he would la? pleased to
have him divide his attentions, and sit On
some neighbor's doorstep fas a while. '
" But it wouldn't be the same," shout
ed the visitor in return " nor anything
like it. You are a dentist, and 1 have
an infernal aching tooth that I haven't
the courage to have pulled. Y oomo here
every afternoon tryiug to -make np my
mind to have it out, and on soon as I
come in sight of your house it stops
aching, and on long as I sit on yonr door
step, where the confounded thing
knows it can get pulled if it gives
trouble, I have some rest. Now, if you
waut me to go to another dentist, I will."
|"Oh, no," was the reply "under
those circumstaances, stay by all means,
my friend."
AT Pittsbnrg, Pa., S. M. Loveridge
was shot in his office, by Morris K. Hen
ry, of Utica, Michigan.
Hew It Evade the In-ome Tat.
A tnan already saw wood loft Sotting
ham, in England, and went to Birming
ham, leaving £5 of income tax Unpaid.
I He was followed to Hitmitigham and re
|iict* dto pay up hia arreara. He dis
regarded the notiera served upon him
What ia more, he stuck them up in hia
■ffi.-e, and anuotated them satirically.
\t last he wa* informed iu red lettcra
that if he did not pay, he would ha "pro
neded ngninat " Being a man of nerve,
he took no notice of the throat. Then,
in Lie course of a mouth or two, he
received a huge, foolscap hotter—written,
not lithograph**! from Somerset House,
aaluug the grounds on which he dot-lined
to pay. He replied, after a week or two,
that the reason he had uot paid the
money, waa that he hadn't it. Two or
three month* afterward he was told that
waa not a reason of which " Her Haja
tv'a ( unißimaUMira could take cugni
uutcc."
He failed to see Una, and. •' Her
Majesty's Commissioner*" apartt Nome
ten months in arguing the point—still
in writing. At last " Her Majesty's t'om
miasioiiora" t>eeame peremptory. They
wrote, through their aecretarv, that they
" declined to argue the question further ;
the money must be paid." The defaulter
replied tliat he " was kind," aud that he
thould, therefore, " decline to hold any
furth< r <-< •rrenpondeuce with the depart
ment." Well, the matter went on for
five years, and during that time the pec
cant person never paid a farthing of
mooßfl tax- Hia one answer to all ap
plications waa that be waa in correspon
dence with the department. At last a
warrant was itaned and entrusted to the
sheriff of the district for execution.
lbe defaulter beiug in lodgings, the
tlisrifTa officer concluded It would be of
no use to distrain, no he took the default
er's body. This waa iUegvd. An officer
has no right to take the iiody of an in
come-tax defaulter until he has distrained
and finds the proceeds of the dietraiut
sufficient to meet the demands. The
result was that the defaulter commenced
an action for Lilac imprisonment against
the officer, and did not withdraw it till
the sheriff had paid the amount due on
account of the tax and rosta, as well as a
small douceur, which sufficed to pay the
expenses incurred bv the defaulter in
giving a dinner to a few frienda to cele
brate the event-
A Lraaoa From • Broken Horseshoe.
A farmer went to town one day ac
companied by hia aon, little Thomas.
"nee," Mud be to him on the way,
"tbeiw ia a broken humeaboe on the
rami; pick it up aud put it in your
pocket."
" Oh! no, father," replied Thomas,
"it isn't worth while to stoop andjpich
it up."
His father, answering nothing, picked
it up and put it in his own pocket. He
sold it to the blacksmith of the next vil
for three farthings, and bought
cherries with the money.
After this they continued their jour
ney. The sun was burning hot Neith
er* house nor tree uor spring was any
where to be teen. Thomas suffered
with thirst, and hod great difficulty in
keeping op with his tether.
The tetter then aa if by accident, let
(all a cherry. Thomas picked it np
with as much eagerness as if it had been
gold, and put it into his mouth. A few
|>acca further tin the father let fall anoth
er cherry, which Thomas seised with the
same haste. Thia game continued until
all the cbetrieo had been picked up.
When the bet had been eaten, the fath
er turned to his sou smiling, and aaid to
biin;
" You see now that if yon hail been
willing to stoop once to pick np the
horse-nixie, yon would not lis re been
obliged to do it a hundred times for the
oherrioa."
To a Young (iirh *
You think you love the man who ia
coming this Sunday night to visit you !
And he acta as if he loveayou ! Suppose
he " declares himself," and asks you to
lieeomc his wife. Are you prepared to
say to him, " I love yon and will trust
y<Mi through life with my happiness, and
the lives and wmal of rmr chibtrcu I"
He is jolly, gay and handsome. and all
the darts of Cupid are twinkling and
sparkling in his eyea; but will those
eyna always find expression from the*
love of s true soul ? To-night be say*
many pleasant things and draws pretty
picture* for the future. Does he go to
morrow to a work which gives promise
to ths fulfillment of your desire in life ?
Do hia ambitions and achievements
satisfy you ? Does his every-day life
shine with the noble endeavor of a trust
worthy man ? If you think and desires
companion in your thinking—cue who
can uuloek the "deejiest depths of your
mind, to what strata of humanity does
he belong in tbe scale of excellence and
morality ? Is he doing all he can to
build future usefulness and happiness in
which yon can share and feel idcsaed f
These are questions which the experience
of after years make many women weep
in the bitterness of aonl that they were
not thought of before they answered
*' Yes."
Ptaylnr at War.
During the present summer a sham
war on an extensive scale is to take plsee
in RaMh for the purpose of giving the
staff officer* of the army, who have tx-en
most exclusively occupied in office work,
an opportunity of making themselves
practically acquainted with the details of
military operations. The first of thaw
movement* will represent an attack on
Ht IVtersbnig. The attacking army
will march toward the capital from Ihins
burg in the direction of Pleskov, and be
supported by a detachment from Riga.
The defendej* will operate on Ostrov and
be supported from Dorset The latter
will tils" hike measures for retaining pos
session of the Raltic provinces, and lay
down a lins of fortifications at Revel and
Weaenburg. Kaoh of the armies will con
sist of about four divisions of infantry
ttnd eight or ten regiments of cavalry, to
gether with supports of artillery and Cos
sacks. The staff of both sides are to
send into the War Department detailed
reports of their ojieratjona, and to ren
der a strict account of the expenditures
of stores and provisions. TojiogTaphical
sketches of all the pound passed over
are to be made with great care, and in
all respect* tho movement* of the troops
and the proceedings of the officers will
tie a precise imitation of the miuutiie of
actual service.
IU HINKHS-LIKR HKNB.—OId Stark*, an I
i honest German, had a farm about three
. miles from the village of Naples, on the
j Illinois River, and like most of his coun
' trymen who sett le this country, was great
j on garden truck, butter, eggs, etc., which
!he carried regularly to the town to sell
or barter for family supplies. One day
he came in as usual, una Peter Critsor,
the storekeeper, thinking to get a joke
on the old man, said :
" Well, Htarks, got some more eggs ? "
" Y-a-h, I have a few."
"I paid you a bit for the last," said
Critaer, " but we have had a oonvontion
of the storekeepers, and they have re
solved to give only ten cents in future."
" Y-a-h. Yell, mine hens they have a
meetin'," replied Starks "an' dey re
solves wot aey won't wear demselves
out layin' eggs for less us feefteen
shents!"
And the old man stalked off, leaving
Pete to stand the laugh of the crowd.
In I. - 1 **il I ' , 4 |
TERMS: Two Dollar* a Tear, in Advanoe.
The tamp Grant Affair.
The following is an extracfl from Uu>
official report of the maaascre at Camp
(irant, Arizona, by Lieut. 1L E. Whit
man. just received here hy the Board of
Indian Comuiiaaiourw. It is dated
Camp (Lant, May 17. and sddrcMaed to
Col. J. 0. (J. lew,|.Tuckaon. Lieuten
ant Whitman, after deacribiag the set
tle incut of the Indiana near the Camp,
and praising thetu for their peaceable
nee* and good behavior, proceeds m
follows :
On the morning of April Ml, I waa at
breakfast at 7;HO, when a diapaiob waa
brought to m from Cant. Blum, oum
maadiug Camp Lowell, udontiing ma
j that a large party had left Tucson on the
: 2Hth, with the avowed purpoae of lulling
all the Indian* at this post I immedi
ately sent the two intemretera, mounted
to tlie Indian camp with orders to tell
the chief tlie exact state of things, and
for them to bring their entire party in
side the post. As i bad no uavairy,'and
but fifty infantry, nearly all recruits, and
no other officer, I could not leave the
poat to go in their defaooe. My meaa-n
--gvra returned in about an hour with the
intelligence that he could find no living
Indiana. Their camp was burning, and
the ground wras strewn with the rnutila
i t*l bodies of their vsomcn and chQdmi.
j I immediately mounted s party of about
twenty soldiers and citizens' and sent
them with the post surgeon, with a wag
on to bring in the wounded, if any oould
be found. The party returned lsfe in
the evening, having found no wounded,
and without having been able to com
municate with any of the survivors.
Early tlie next morning I took a similar
party with spades and shovel*, and went
out and buned the dead in and around
the cam p. 1 had offered the interpre
ter* or any ons who oould do ao the
amount of 91U0 to go to the mountains
and communicate with them and con
vince Uicm that no officer or soldier of
the government of the United .State*
had been concerned in the vile transac
tion. and failing in this, I thought the
set of earing for their dead would be an
evidence to them of our sympathy, st
leant, and the conjecture proved correct,
for while at the work many of then
came to the spot aud indulged in their
expressions of grief, too wild and terri
ble to be described. That evening they
oame in from all directions, singly, and
in small parties, so changed in forty
eight hour* as to be hardly recognizable,
during which time they* had neither
eaten nor slept
Many of the men whose families had
all been killed, when I spoke to them
and expressed aytupathv lor them, were
obliged to turn away. UnaUe to speak
and too proud to show their gnet The
women, whose children had Kx-n killed
or stolen, were convulsed with grief, and
looked to me appealingly, at though I
waa their last h<ipe on earth. Children
who two tltvt before had been full of
fun sad frolic, kept at a distance, r
--pr*using a wondering horror. I dfct all I
could. 1 fed them and talked with them
and listened patiently to their accounts.
1 sent bom-s into the mountains to bring
in two Irolly wounded women, erne shot,
through the left lung and one with an
arm shattered ; these were attended to,
and are doing well and will very likely
recover.
Their camp was surrounded and at
tacked at day-break. So aoddee and
unexpected waait that no one was awake
to give the alarm, and I found quite a
number of men and women shot while
ssteep tieside their bundles of hay they
had collected te bring in on that morn
ing. The wounded, who were unable to
get away, had their brains beaten out
with clubs or stones, while some were
shot fnll of arrows after they bad been
mortally wounded by gunshot TV
bodies were all stripped. Of the whole
number buried one was an old man and
one a well grown boy. All the mat wen
women and children. Of the whole
numlm killed and missing, about one
hundred and twenty-five, eight only
were men. It has leen aaid that the
men were not there. Thev were all then*.
1 On the 2Hlh we counted 138 men, a small
number being stert'.—all of whom have
since been in. I have spent a good deal
of time with them aino# the affair, and
have been astonished at their continued
unshaken teith in me, and their perfect
ly clear understanding of their misfor
tune.
Hew Method of Iron-Making.
Mr. George Fowler, an English min
ing engineer, propose* the following
modification of the ordinary method of
smelting iron ores. As the process is
commonly carried on, air ia driven in
near the base of the furnace, and the
oxygen thns introduced unites with the
carbon of the fuel, forming carbonic
acid. As thia rise* through the incan
driven! mans it loses s portion of its
oxygen, and thus beootnea mrbonic
oxide, a gas which in its further upward
journey takes oxygen froui the oie and
again becomes carbonic acid, tin nee es
caping from the top of the furnace.
Carbonic oxide is therefore the true
reducing agent in the process. By the
prop<<s'-d method this gas is generated
outside the furnace, by tha passage c* a
limited amount of air over ignited fuel.
Tbtui heated, it is forced into the furnace
near the ton. whence it descend* through
the mass of iron ore, which it deoxidises
as the two come in contact. That pro
tion of the carbonic, oxide, if any, which
remains unaltered, is burned when it en
counters the blast from the tuyeres, aud
the heat thereby generated suffices to
fuse the metal and slag, which then fall
into the hearth in a molten state.
SIXORHAB Spa STSOKK.—The Holley
Standard relates a singular case of sun
stroke which occurred in that town-
While Daniel a Walte was riding his
mowing machine on his place between
that village aud the. Rulgc. a load of
furniture jiassed slong the road, on
which was a man holding a large muror.
The sun's ray* glancing on the mirror
were refloot'Hl so that tuey struok Mr.
Watte, who fell senseless from his
machine on the outside. He afterward*
compared the effect to that of a blow
|x>werfal enough to knock him from his
m%k The lin.w were paasod around his'
bis neck, end the team stopped when he
fell. After a time be came to himself
and climbed partiallv upon the machine
and the team starteu and carried him to
the rood, where he again fell off and re
laspod into a state of insensibility. He
was discovered in that condition shortly
after and conveyed to his home. His
life wan for some time despaired of, but
he is now slowly recovering.
HARD Luii. -Says on editor: "I
went to a drug store early one morning
for a dose of morphine for a sick friend.
The night clerk objected to giving it to
me without a prescription, evidently
baring I might destroy myself. 'Pshaw,'
said I, 'do I look like a man who would
kill myself ?' Gazing at m<> steadily for
half a moment, he replied: I don't know.
Seems to me, if I looked like yon, I
should be greatly tempted to kill my
self. '"
NEW YORK VIADUCT RAILROAD.— It is
the plan for the Viaduct Railway to run
through the yards in the rear of houses
and stores, so as to avoid the heavier
cost pf buying and destroying the build
ings themselves. The road will be built
on brick arches, supported by heavy lat
eral iron columns of elegant design,
themselves supported on inverted arches
i of solid masonry built into the ground.
NO. 31.
Mrlaattfir JMre.
To l lf (TAT* IXLATIM or Htl.V*B
+nu*<M, Ac—Thie prooaas it •uuetinra
lewplovwd to tho .luck., Ac., of pMa,
kou it wli executed has a wy good
effd (are fully draw goar ptUan
tj*m the work, and then engrave or eat
away t!i< different liana with sharp
goiigaa, chisels, Ac., aoaa to appear clean
md even, taking onre to eat them deep
and lather under, like a dove
rail, to secure the oompoaition after
ward. to be pot in tbe channels. Tbe
compoaitian to resemble siivey may be
i made a* foUowaTake any quantity of
tbe parent and heat grained tin, malt it
in a ladle or othwooaremeet receptacle;
' tdd to it, while In fusion, tbe purest
quicksilver, utirring it to make it h>-
rurporate ; when you bare added enough.
|it will remain in a stiff paste; If too aoft,
add more tin, and if not auflkneotly fluid,
dd quicksilver ; grind thia composite**
on a marble alab, or in a mortar, with a
tittle eite, and fill op tbe cutting, or
grooves in your work, aa you would with
a pieoe of putty ; let it iwm.in aone
boon to dry, when yoa may polish it off
with the palm of your hand, it will
appear a* if your work was inlaid with
•river. Instead of tin yoa may make a
pasta of silver leaf and uuickaUrer, and
proceed ae above directed ; yoo may aJao
for tbe sake of variety in yottr work, bold
it a* a moderate distance from tbe fir*
which will give your strings a good
gioau
L**vnau*o is the application of trans
parent or colored varnishes to motels, to
prevent their becoming terniabed, or to
rive them a more agreeable oolor Their
bona is properly lor ; but other varnishes
mod* bj hoiuUoo* of other rarina, ud
colored yellow, aloo obtain the name of
lacquer. KtrieUy speak tog lacquer is a
solution of lae in alcohol. to which is
sdded any coloring matter that may be
required to produce the desired tint;
but the red pea that have bees published
in various scientific journals contain
apparently a grant many useless articles.
the following is a simple compound :
Take 8 as. of stunts of wine,sod lon. of
anna tie, sell bruised ; mix these in a
bottle by themselves ; then take I on. of
gamboge, and mix in tike manner with
the same quantity of spirits. Take eeed
tec varnish, what quantity yon please,
and color it to your mind with the above
mixtures. If it be too yellow, add a
tittle from the annetto bottle; if it be
too red, add a tittle from the gamboge
bofete ; if the color be too deep, add a
little spirits of wise. In this manner
you mav color braaa of any desired tint:
the articles to be lacquered taay be
gently heeled over a charcoal fire, and
then be either dipped into the lacquer or
the hequer may be evenly spread over
them with a thin brush—Jar Cabinet
Maker.
CAST max THAT HAS vas scmrr er
spoiled by overheating can be partially
restored by heating it over and quench
ing in water four or five times, each of
leas extent than the first overheating and
decreasing; hammering the ated till
nearly ootd. to give the greatest conden
sation before hardening. Home prefer
the ated thus recovered for cutting-tools,
the treatment really produces a remark
able change, M a fragment at the same
bar in the spoiled state will be extremely
coarse, and another of the restoration as
extremely fine.
Watering-place bedel J.
A Long Branch oorreepondent gossips
as follows : As a specimen of the class of
mothers and daughters who make up
fashionable society at watering pteces
tet me illustrate "by the following tittle
episode I listened to last Bunday in the
parlor of the Waat Cud : j
Miss . alighting from her carriage,
came daubing into the parlor like a
though tires romp. Her mother, an aged
lady, whuae husband became wealthy by
a fortunate turn of events in the late re
hellion, was engaged in reading one oL
the latest novels. Her daughter's voice
drew her attention from the book, and
she said, in a drawling tone, "Well,
Sallv, my love," taking off her spectacle*.
" now give your poor mother, who we
too sick to go to church, a" sketch of the
sermon. Where was the text f"
" Oh, don't go bothering me about
the text," responded the lightheaded
Sally aa she threw herself into a chair.
"Id nt know where it was ; I've for
gotten ; but, would you ketieve it, moth
er 1 V" P wore that horrid bon
net of hem. Ido think son# people are
most ridiculous. I couldn't keep my eye
off of it all the time. Miss T had a
magnificent tare shawl on that must
have oast over two hundred dollars. For
my part, I can't aee bow such a girl aa
she is ran get such dresses honastiy.
Mrs. 8 looked like a perfect fright.
Why will she drees so unbecoming and
extravagantly ! What a teste some peo
ple exhibit! I saw Mrs. M— go daah
ing bv me aa if she had no respect for
Sunday. Indeed, mother. I donH think
she has. although the make* great pre
tensions to be a good Christian. She
ought to be ashamed of herself."
"Stop, stop, child; you must not
talk that way about people," said the
venerable mother. " Sally, if you have
forgotten all about the sermon, you have
not the audience."
"That hateful Mr. J was there
looking at me all the time so I could not
hear a word of the sermon. Mr. B
spoke to me as I came out of ohurqh, end
he una to fdeasant I could have "
"There, there," chimed in the old
lady abruptly ; " don't bo foolish. I
don't aee that going to church helps to
improve you much. Go right up to your
room and put your things away, ' and the
old lady put her spectacles on her noee
and resumed her reading. Such is water
ing place society.
Haw Shell ara Made.
A correspondent who has visited the
Boval Arsenal at Woolwich, England,
says :* Behind three or four immense
heaps dt shot afid abeH is the shall foun
dry, the interior of which at anoe brings
to the mind of the-visitor a subterranean
scene in s pantomime before the trans
formation. Amid the roaring, crackling
furnaces, which, when open, seem almost
4 to shrivel trp the eyre of those unaccus
tp took upon thorn, dusky figures flit to
and fro. stoking, hammering, or wneel
ing masses of dull blue-looking metal,
whioh seems 000 l enough, but throws
out, as it pauses, a fierce heat, which
makes one involuntarily shrink and drew
back.
Toward the oentre of the circle a row
of man stand, eaoh stirring up a mould
of white hot metal, which throws a weird
lurid tight upon the workers' face and
hsud", making the whole place look as if
some great incantation scene was going
on within it. This is the liquid metal
now being worked free from air-bubbles,
and which, poured into a mould, will,
half aa hour hence, form the rough, con
ical shot and shell so rapidly being
wheeled away on all sides of us to 000 l
in the open air.
When 0001, the shells are taken to the
fimahing-room, to have their studs fixed,
and have all the final touches put to them
before they are wheeled out to the gigan
tic piles am-ady standing in the oentre of
the arsenal, waiting till they are sent
away to be filled at the laboratory, and
shipped off either for home er foreign
service. -
THE last aooounta from Fort Fetter
tflan, represent Bed Cloud and his party
as making ready for the war-path.
The Ship,
I km)sssl sheath*!
rtb.mart.-ttM utovM-ttM bmcm to thai
Th thrill of lib .bwur Ur k°sl,
fib. '.j Into the ocean, mm:
A sssl la ' fbi- LuiL 11*. gi —■ r_ .a ... a
urn i sg'seavs v-ww* mrtWw*?x*j frlvlt 1 tJTwTw*!.
Ttess rase a stent, prolonged sad lead.
That to tba news nl to my -
" Tabs bar. 0 briduffUMß, aid ami gray,
T.k. her to thy protecting stum.
With all her voeih and sifter charm, r
Haw Uaeufo! tbe la I How (air
fib. Um within ih-w anna (bat pres.
Her form with many a tuft cares.
Of taadere*a sad wstebta! wre I
fiafl forth into th* ma, O tttinl
Through wind sad wave, right onward stosr I
Th moisteaaii cya, the trvmWißic hp,
Are net the nana of doubt or fear.
HTIH In HI MH MM PHI m Mil
' Ogsatia, kniun, trusting wiis,
And aaf. from all wJv.rwiy
U two Um bosom of (bat am
'fiy oosuatc. and thy gotags hal
F<* xnilnM aed lev. ami tru.t
Prevttl o*ar angry wave and gnat;
And in Um wreck of aotfe Kvte
•eawthlag immortal aUil se reives!
(Mag te Milk the few*.
I Delate# and but la wis blossom
Ijj tit** fiiTidfrv font below
And tha aupte-teiw down w the urohard
1 Are drileef started anew.
i
> And lb. refctaa. tbey stag in Um Usee,
And swing ia Um purple bough.,
, While dainty, .wast little MoUs*
le going to Hill Um www.
TVipfwag aloes se Hgfctiy,
Ont to Um rimer tot,
Thovw an the patent breutim.
Bh—om>, sad flea, and Spot.
linger, she long at her miHriag.
Wstnb m the mbad lift if |t
la ttMnSfwmrt, fttl wow
Ftoodieg tb. world wtUi light.
Parts and Psnrtea.
Ths hone disease )ms broken oat in
Louisville, Ky.
8t Louis testnstam correct tbnir mute#
with pickaies
Prairie chicken, will be aaaree this
year owing te tbe frequent reins.
A atv bah bonnet in California oosts
more than a mala.
A man whom we enn put up with—A
good hotel keeper.
Nine-tenth# of all the school teacher,
in Massachusetts are women.
Mr. Dwdd. of lows, is the "d*d" of
nineteen children—eight pain sad thres
Ths first ingredient in oanveraation is
truth, tbe nest good sense, tbe third
pood humor and the fourth wit.
At Atlanta. Georgia, the municipal
authorities propose to legislate against
cows loafing on tbe sidewalk.
A Mtsaaouri panther, hunted down by
a breve party, proved to be a large yellow
dog which hi J got lest.
An apothecary lately sent in • hill to n
widow lady, wbsrh ran thus : "To cur- .
ing your husband until he died
lightning knocked tbe trowel oat of n
plasterer's hand at Nevada, during a io!
cent storm, without injuring tbe man.
An lowa man ate five donm boded
eggs and drenk % quart of beer on a
wagre tbe other day. The result wu a
widow and aeverei orphans.
A young man ttepped into abooMiop
and wid he wanted "A young mans
companion " "Well, *r," said the book
seller, " there's my only daughter."
A cruatv old bachelor say* that "love
is a wretched burnt**. consisting of a
tittle sighing, a little crying, a tittle
'dving,' and a deal of lying "
The word for the hour—be cleansed.
Scatter disinfectants, remove every cause
of dteaa* be careful of your personal
habits. And you will be happy.
" My dear Madam," observed the wo
lite Dr. Johnson, "prey consider what
your flattery is worth before you choke
me with it."
Ilaiafiehl. Vh, boasts an eight year
old damsel who harness#* and drives a
pair of spirited hones that nobody das
can approach
When the priests in Borne wish to give
Ci Meaning, they mj: " Bkws you
present, and all the absent ones
WVEWEE LOW* M
TOO WRF.
"Salt" is the subject of aacbool
boy's latest composition: "The salt if a
spire which spoil* the potatoes, if you
forget to put tt on."
The Boston ftea counts up twenty
seven candidate for the next governor
ship thus far, to say nothing of thoas
who are quietly " indulging a hope."
Twelve thousand acres of tend were
•old near Winchester. Team, a few days
ago. at ten cents per acre. It is all
mountain and heavily timbered.
An Indiana widow so worked upon a
young man's fears by threatening to
tunny him that he turned over all his
property to her said ran away.
A mntrimoß i all v- i nclineJi eotemporsrjr
sava that* giri with thr** thousand-dol
lars a tw, or more, is always an objeot
ol interest, because she has ao much
principal.
A city evening journal certifies to tha
existence of a young lady who took oat
fifty-seven hairpin*- from her coiffure,
and yet ber hoir did not come down.
It it announced in Eairfand thai the
Qtfeo'i aecond ton, the Duke of Edin
burgh. it to be married to a daughter of
the King of Denmark, • sinter of tho
Prinoaas of Wales.
A remarkable family lives in Dallas
County, Ark. Tho father is 108 years
old. the mother 106, and the two are the
parents of twenty-nine children—fifteen
boy* and fourteen girls.
A gentleman at the Bound Lake camp
meeting said he had been married twen
ty-five years, and had Defer given his
wife a cross-word, Alas ! never to know
the joys of "making up."
A photograph of the lace purchased
by Kate Uha se, wife of Senator Spragne,
is'retained in thdshop at Paris, it being
the finest lace ever made, suid coating
818,000 for six yards.
Commercial instinct—Dogald ; "Did
ye hear that Sawney McNab was taken
up for stealin' a coo V Donald : " Hoot,
toot, the stipid bodie ? Could he no
borht H an' no paid fort f
" BUI," said Bob, " why is that tree
called the wearing willow t" "Cause
one of the sneaking, plaguey things grew
near the sohoolhoase and supplied the
master with switches."
A Methodist conference in lowa has
resolved " that the movement now being
made to enfranchise woman is both wise
and just, the genius of our government,
the rights of woman, snd the good of
society, alike requiring it."
On the 2fid of April, 1773, James Biv
ingtoa, s royalist, began the publication
of a newspaper in New York, entitled
"The New York Ganger; or, The Con
necticut, New Jersey, Hudson's River,
and Quebec Weekly Advertiser."
A crusty old bachelor sends us the fol
lowing conundrum—What is the differ
ence between a honeyoomb and a honey
moon ? A honeycomb consists of a num
ber of small " cells." and a honeymoon
consists of one great "sell."
According to one of the resolutions
lately adopted at a woman's rights meet
ing, " one of the most detestable sights
ever seen is a parcel erf old bachelors
lounging around smoking, and talking
of the horrors of married life."
Th Aomocltcbai. Rkpokt. The
forthcoming monthly report of the Agri
cultural Bureau will show a falling off of
ten per oent. in the tobaoco crop. The
wool crop will fall five per oent below
the average. The apple crop shows a
falling off of twenty-five per cent The
peach erop will ran ten per eent above
an average. Potatoes, both sweet and
Irish, fifteen per oent above. The hay
and olover crop show a falling off <rf
twenty-five to thirty per eent
Th* Cnors.—From the reports of the
Department of Agriculture, it appears
that the crop of potatoes will be a full
average crop, and no rot ia yet reported.
There win be a short hay crop, owing
the drouth this season, and the had ef
fect on meadows of the extreme hot
weather of last year- A short crop of
Etles is indicated in the States where
y are largely grown.