Honsehald Word*.
0 beautiful househol 1 word",,
That mora ry treasure* vet 1
0 beautiful saying* learned by heart.
That one eaii Dover forget 1
" Mother" the tendcreet word
That ever otir language fotuied ;
A bleeeed word that baa many a Una
The failing spirit warmed!
" Father," a nohle name.
That atirreth the children's heart#
VTith lowa and pride, and to older one#
Courage and '.rength impart*.
•• Brother" and " alater" dear,
•' Hnahand predoua " wife"—
Household wonla that will go with U*
Even through earthly life.
O beautiful honaehold wni*i* I
Too many to number o'er,
But not too many to cheer our heart#
nil we ranch the better ahore.
Baby IWr,
Where did you come from, baby dear t
Out of the 'everywhere into here.
Where did von get vonr eye# ao hlne ?
Out tin' iky a# I came through.
What make* the light In them apatkle and ajunf
Home of the a'.arry apikce left in.
Where did you get that little tear)
I found it waiting when I got here.
What make# your forehead ao amoot li and high?
A e ft hand atioked it a I went by.
What make# vour cheek like a warm white roar)
I saw tome thing better than any one know*.
Whence that three-cornered amile of bliaa?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where did yon get tin# poarty car ?
Ood apoke.'and it came out here.
Where did you get tboec arm# and baud*?
Lore made'itself into hooka and hand*.
Feet, whence did you come, von darling tiung*?
From the aamc box a# the eVrube' wtug*.
How did they all come lost to be you ?
Ood thought of me, ana #o 1 grew.
But how did you ciime to ua, you dear?
Ood thought about you, and so I am here.
?ot*l lVorda /or Ike Fiiwag.
PEARLS AM) BLACKBERRIES.
*No mid Dr. Darling, slowly—" no!
1 can't believe the evidence of my own
senses!" And s* he enunciated the wonts
with impressive distinctness he Kvoked aob
einnly at Harry Clifford
He" might have found s worse looking
individual to fix his regsnb upon than this
young M. D., who had taken hw first les
>ons in lames, muscles, ami human anato
my, with the therapcutKS belonging there
to", in the little office across the ball, ami
w as just {we)wring to hang ui a shingle of
his own; for Harry Clifford was tall ami
shapely, with red-brown hair and a huge
auburn mustache, and merry eyes that
laughed like springs of water' in "the sun
shine.
Dr. Darting took off his spectacles, folded
them, and deliberately placed them in their
ease, still with-vut taking his erw from his
neophyte. Harry Clifford smiled ; but he
looked a little embarrassed, notwithstand-
ing
"She would haTc you in a minute, if
you were to propose," pursued Dr. Darling,
dropping great red-hot splashes of sealing
wax over a sheet of blotting paper, and
stamping them with his monogram seal in
an aimless sort of way.
" Yes; but I tell you. Sir. I don't want
to propose," said Harry, staring at the in
terwrined D. J. D. 1 # as if they were the
most interesting things in tbe world.
"You don't want a pretty girl for a
wife V'
u Not that pretty girt in particular, doc
tor."
" Nor fifty thousand dollar* 7" added the
doctor, pronouncing the three momentous
words in a manner that made them sound
very weighty indeed.
" I would not object to the fifty thousand
dolln.s in itself, Sir : but. a* a mere appen
dage to Miss Bradbury—"
" I believe tbe boy is crazy," ejaculated
Dr. Darting. "Well, well, as the Scotch
proverb has it, 'a wilfu' man maun hae
hts way,' and I shall interfere no farther.
Bv-the-wav, Harrv—"
"Yes Sir?"
"You are going to the city this after
noon 7"
"Thst is my present intention. Sir."
•' Stop at Dejaerre's will you, and leave
Mrs. Darling's pearl brooch to be mended.
I ought to have done it a week.ago; but a
man can't think of every thing."
u Certainly, doctor f and Harry Clifford
deposited the pearl brooch—an old-fash
ioned ornament of massive gold, act with
tiny seed-pearls—in his waistcoat pocket.
•• Rather a careless way to carry .jewelry,
voting manP* said Dr. Darling, elevating
Lis cvebrows.
" Oh, I never lose any thing I" asserted
Harry, in an off-hand sort of way.
The morning son was casting bri/ht.
flickering threads of gold across the kitchen
floor; the morning glories and Maderia
vines, trained across the casement, stirred
softly in the raid-July air; and Ursula
Percy. Mrs. Dunning 9 * orphan neice, was
busy " doing up" blackberries.
Fresh as a rose, with haxel eyes, softened
tc intense blackness at times by the shadow
of tbeir long lashes, and smiling scarlet
hps, she stood there—her calico dress con
cealed by the house-wifely apron of white
diminity that was tied round her waist,
and her black curia tucked rctnorsely back
of her ears—-looking demurely into the
bubbling depths of the preserving-kettle,
like a beautiful parody on one of the witches
in 44 Macbeth ;" while on the whitely
scoured pine table beyond a glittering tin
vessel was upbeaped with the beautiful jet
black fruit, each separate heny (lashing
like the eve cf an Oriental belle.
" Ursula !"
Tbe pretty young girt started, very near
ly dropping her skimmer into the preserv
ing-kettle.
•' llow you startled me, Harry !"
Harry advanced into the kitchen, with
an admiring look at the bright face, flushed
with a little blush and a good deal of store
beat.
" You are always at work, Ursula."
" I have got to work, Harry, to earn mv
own living," Ursula Ferry answered, with
s slight uplifting of her exquisite black
brows: "I am not an heiress, like Miss
Bradbury."
" Confound Miss Bradbury!" exclaimed
our hero. I hear nothing hut Miss Brad
bury the whole time."
" She is a very sweet young lady, Harry,"
said Ursula, in mildly reproving accents'.
u I dare say; but—what a lot of black
berries you have here, to be sure, Ursula 7"
" Forty quarts," said Ursula, demurely.
" Aunt Darling always enjoys them so
much in tbe winter.'
Harry put a honey-sweet globule of fruit
into his mouth.
" Blackberries are a beautiful fruit, Ur
sula."
" veryand Miss Percy skimmed dili
gently away at tbe bubbling caldron.
" Especially when you arc doing them
up," added the young sd. D., with rather a
clumsy effort at compliment.
Ursula did not answer. Harry walked
up to the range and took both her hands
in his.
" Harry, don't I The berries will burn."
" Let 'era burn, then ; who cares ?"
" But what do you want ?" she asked,
struggling impotently to escape, and laugh
ing in spite of the grave look she lain
would have assumed.
" To see your eyes, Ursula."
She lilted tbe soft hazel orbs to her face;
then withdrew them with sudden sin new.
" Do you know what answer I read in
those eyes, dearest /" he whispered, after
a moment or two of silence, broken only
by the hissing and simmering of the boiling
blackberries.
'•Ko."
•' I read ytt P
" Oh, Harry, I dare not. Uncle and aunt
are so determined you shall marry Miss
Bradbury."
" And I am so determined not to marry
her. Is a man to be given away as if he
were a house and lot, or a bundle of old
clothes, I should like to know ? Ursula—"
"Harry, they are burning! lam sure
ol it. 1 can smell them. Oh, do let go
my hands 1" K
Harry Clifford deftly seized up the big
iron spoon, and stirred the boiling depths
vigorously.
" It's all your imagination, Ursula!"
•'No, it's not ; and if they are the least
bit scorched they will spoiled for Aunt
Darling."
" But, Ursula—"
The creaking sound of an opening door
beyond suddenly dissolved the tile-a-tite.
Ursula almost pushed Harry Clifford out
of the kitchen.
" You'll be on the piazza to-night when
they have all gone to tbe concert ?" he
persisted in asking through the crack in
the door.
" Yes, yes, any thing—every thing; onlv
go 1"
FRKL). KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. IV.
And Harrv went, beginning to realiac
that love-making and preserving do not
assimilate.
" Your pearl brooch. my dear 7 Ith. I
remember now. I gave it to Harry more
than a week ago to have mended. I dare
say it's doue by this tiuic 1" and l)r. l)arl
ing turned expectantly to our hero.
■' I—Put verv sorry.** U-gan Harry ;
"but the brooch disappeared iu the most
uuaeountablc manner worn tny vest pocket.
I know I put it there—''
" Yes," dryly interrupted the elder gen
tleman, " 1 remember seeing you put it
there, and you v*urvd me at the time that
vou never lust any thing. So the brooeli
ta gone, eh f
• 4 Yes, Sir, it is goue. But Mrs. Datliug
may rmt assured," Harry added, with a
j glance toward that lady, *' that I will re
'.placv it at the very earliest opjsirtunity."
"Oh. it is of uo consequence at all 1"
taid Mrs. Darling, with a oountcnauoe that
said plainly. It is of the very greatest
consequence '. " Perhaps we shall tind it
aomewbere about the house."
But the davs slipped by one by one, and
the doom of the pearl brooch retuaiucd
involved in the deepest mystery. Harrv
Clifford bought another one and presented
it to Mrs. Darling, with a little compli
mentary speech. Mrs. Darling laughed,
and pinned it into the fold* of the t'-read
lace barb she wore at her throat.
" But it's so strange what can have be
come of the other said Mrs. Darling.
It was in the golden month of September
that the old doctor and Mrs. Darling made
up their mind* to invite Muss Bradbury to
tea.
" We'll have j<ound-cake sad pieserved
blaekberrie*," said Mrs. Darling, who al
ways lookisl at the material aide of things.
•' And if Harry dou't come to term* now,
he never will," addtsl her husband, who
didn't.
" Get out the best china and the chased
silver tea-service, Ursula," said Mrs. Darl
ing.
'• And wear your pink French calico,
child ; it'a tbe nnwt becoming dress you
have," said her uncle, with a loving glance
at the bright little brunette.
And Ursula Percy obeyed both of their
mandates.
Miss Bradbury came—a handsome, *howy
young ladv, with a smooth "society"man
ner that made Ursula feel herself very
countrified and common indeed.
'• Delicious preserves these!" said Miss
Bradbury.
"They are of Ursula's making," said
Mrs. Darling. And Harrv- Clifford passed
his plate for a second supply.
"I remember the day they were brewed,
or baked, or whatever it is you call it,"
said be, with an arch glance at Ursula.
Suddenly old Dr. Darling grew purple
in the face, and began to cough violently.
Every one started up,
" He's swallowed the spoon!" cried Miss
Bradbury.
" Oh, oh!" he's got the apoplexy !"
screamed Mrs. Darting, hysterically.
" Uncle! dearest uncle!" piped up pxr
little Ursula, vaguely catching at a glass
id wafer.
But Dr. Darling recovered without any
more disastrous symptoms.
•'lt isn't the spoon, and I don't come of
an apoplectic family," said be. " But upon
my word, this is about the biggest black
berry I ever came perilously near swallow
ing!" And he held out his wife's pearl
brooch, boiled up in the blackberries !
There was a momentary silence around
the table; and then it was broken by
Mis. Darling—one of those blessed old
ladies who uever see an inch beyond their
own spectacled noses.
" My goodness gracious !" said Mrs. Darl
ing ; '* bow could it ever hare come into
the preserved blackberries t I—don't—
see—''
''But I do!" said Dr. Darling, looking
provokingly knowing. " Yes; I see a good
many things now that I didn't sec before."
And Harry, glancing arms* the table at
Ursula, was somewhat consoled to pcrfrive
that her cheek was a shade more scarlet, if
that were possible than his own.
He followed the old doctor into bis office
when the evening meal was concluded
Ursula did not know how she ever would
have lived through it, were it not for Mrs.
Darling's delightful obtusenew, and Sophy
Bradbury's surface-charm of manner—and
plunged boldly into the matter.
"Doctor—" he began, valiantly; but
the old gentleman interrupted bun.
u There's no need of any explanation,
my boy,*' he said. " 1 know now why you
didn't want to marry Miss Bradbury.
And 1 don't say that 1 blame you much ;
only 1 came very near choking to death
with Ursula'! blackberry jam !"
And Doctor Darling laughed again until,
had his spouse been present, she would
surely have thought a second attack of
spopiexv among the inevitables.
'• Little Ursula !" he added. " Who
would have thought of it 7 Well, you
shall have my blessing."
The pearls were all discolored, ami the
gold of the old fashioned brooch tarnished
with the alchemy of cooking; but Ursula
keeps that old ornament yet, more tender
ly treasured than all the modern knick
knacks with which her young husband
loads her toilet-table. And every year,
when she preserves blackberries, Dr. Darl
ing comes to tea, and makes ponderous
witticisms, and pretends to s'*arch in the
crystal preservc-dtsb for a "boiled brooch !"
But then jolly old gentlemen will have
their jokes.
A CHIXE.SE LETTER. —The following is
the letter from the Corean authorities,
declining to hold intercourse with Ad
miral Rodgers : "lu the year 18(58 a
man of your natioD, whose name was
Sebiger, came here and communicated,
and then went away. Why cannot jou
do the same ? In 18(56 a people named
the French came here, ami we refer yon
to them as to what happened. This peo
ple has lived for 4,oth) years in the en
joyment of its own civilization, and w ; c
want no other. We trouble no other na
tion. Why do you trouble ns ? Our
country is in the extreme East, and
yours in the extreme West! For whnt
purpose do you come BO many thousand
miles across'the sea ? Is it to enquire
about the Bhip destroyed—Gen. Sher
man ? Her men committed piracy and
murder and were punished with death.
Do you want our land ? That cannot be.
Do you want intercourse with us ? That
cannot be neither."
A BIT OF THE GROTESQUE. —Grotesque
scenes are constantly occurring in Paris
before special tribunals appointed to de
cide between landlord and tenant
" What is your trade ?" said a justice of
the peace to a tenant in the Seventeenth
Arrondissement, who pleader! inability
to pay his rent "Perfumer," was the
answer ; " and a bail trade it is." "Bad
trade, indeed 1" exclaimed the landlord :
" his pieces of soap cost him two sous,
and be sells them for fifteen. He is well
able to pay." "That's false," roared
the tenant ; " the trade is bad ; and
whoever thought of washing under the
Commune ?" The judges only remit rent
in cases where it can be shown that the
tenant was.a heavy loser through cessa
tion of business.
A HUGE TENNEL.— The Paris papers
state that the committee of engineers
appointed to report upon the construc
tion of a tunnel across the channel be
tween England and France have accepted
the plan of M. Thome de Gamond, and
that the works will soon be commenced,
one side at Dieppe, and on the other at
Newhaven. • Tae cost of the work is
estimated at 845,000,000, and six years
will be required lor its completion.
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
The Expre** Uuslne**.
Notwithstanding the express business
has grown to such importance tu lliia
country, it hud it* day of small thing*,
James \V. Hide, in the .tmero r (MM
Fetlotr, give* n# history of this ls-giti
niug iu u man in-r ao interesting tluit we
copy at some length. Mr. Hale *av* :
in 1 Sd7, Mr. William F. Harudett called
Upon me at the new* nHim. and stated
that he had IHVII a couduetor on the
lkttdou ami Provtdeitoe railroad, ami that
the duties had lieau so arduous that hi*
health wa* tuueh imjiaimL lie wantisl
to obtain employment in tome other
business. and desired my advioe a* to
what ho had better do.
I Isdhought me of the daily inquiries,
"doyou kuow auybodv going to lUvston
to-<lay ?" and reuieuleruig well the utoo
little perquisites of the old-tiiue stage
drivers, and also iu view of the exjierieuoe
which Mr. Hanoleu had lisa nulroad
conductor, 1 answered him at ouce: "Ye*,
I'U tell you what to do ; travel between
New York and Boston, ami dun r imh
fur other fults." Now, this would le
rather a loug title by wliich to designate
one's business, aud 1 therefore recom
mended Uiat the new cut rprise should
be culled "The Express," which would
suggest the idea of speed, promptitude,
dia patch.
Mr. Harudeu hesitated awhile, as lie
was doubtful if it would pay, but at List
concluded to try the experiment. He
bought a carpet Isig, which would hold
lianUy half a bushel, and a slate was
hung" up in my uews ryorn, " waiting
orders." My suliscrilx-rs gave him his
first business, and circulated his scheme
among their friends, llut the get-your
wdrk-done-for-nothing theory prevailed
to a great extent, and all the jmrvels re
ceived for several weeks were none too
mauy to lie carried in tlic small oarjiet
bag. He made three trips each week U>
and from Boston, and at the end of a
couple of mouths was inclined to aban
dou the experiment, as his exjiense*
exceeded his receipts.
At that time the writer was the busi
ness agent of an op|Hisitiou steamlsiat
running to Providence, and was author
ized bv the captain to puss Harden at
much leas than the regular rate of pass
age. This saviug of exjiense save 1 tlie
express, as busiuess Is-gun to iucreas',
and as some eustomeis objected to kiep
their packages over for a day, he was
advised to employ some oue to travel on
the alternate days. A young man uamcd
Brigham, who was then out of employ
ment, volunteered for this duty, with no
other compensation than his Isianl. The
daily express induced new business, aud
the carpet bag wus multiplied by two,
and three ; theu a large truck was sub
stituted, ami soon a larger oue.
It then In-came necessary for Harnden
to remain in lioaton, and Brigham, hav
ing become a partner, ts>k a desk in
New York, employing Pullm and Damon
as their first hired messengers. Subse
quently, Haruden's brother Adolphus
w as a messenger, until he was lost on the
Leximjlou, which was burned an Long
Island Sound.
The business had now become so vast
that it was necessary to liave a crate on
board each steamer. This was a small
hand car about live or six feet square,
and was looked upon as a real wonder,
as it showed what a great thing the
express business was. In a few months
nierefore, when it had become on estal>-
lisbed fact—the greatest obstacles having
been surmounted, and the public gradu
ally admitting its utility—then, as in
letter-carrying, other euterprisiug per
sons started in the same liue of buain< SH,
but chietly on short mutes leading out
of Boston.
At about this time, too, Mr. George
Pomeroy, of Albany, called ti|>on me to
advise with liim as to the feasibility of
running an Albany express, by the river
I nuts. I knew but little of the wants of
that section of the couutrv, but ahowcd
him the difficulties he wouid have to en
counter by the opposition of stettnilnuit
captains and clerks, who wen* doing the
same kind of business, and with whose
E'rquisites he would materially interfere.
ut he was plucky—started his machine,
and was successful, first us Pomeroy A
Co., then Pomeroy, WclLs Jt Co., with
some other chauges, until, fiuully, it grew
into the present American Express Co.
One of the small Boston expresses had
previously been purchased by Mr. Alviu
Adams, of Boston, but the sphere was
too limited for his ambition. He there
fore started an opposition to Ilamden,
between New York and Boston, but go
ing over the new route of the Norwich
and Worcester railroad, which was then
in operation. It was first called Adams'
Express; then Adams A Co's, and now
as a corporation is known us the Adams
Express Co. Harndcti died in 1*44 or
'45, and an annuity was secured to his
widow, for the continued use of the
name, but she never had any business
control of the concern.'
AXOTHKB PEKIUHS A-p.ANTIi VoYAOE.
—(.'apt. John Meiks who, in 1*67, cross
ed the Atlantic on a life raft, is prepar
ing for another voyage to Europe on a
smaller raft of similar construction.
The raft is composed of inflated India
rubber tubes which, wlieu not filled with
air, fold up iu a comparatively small
comjntss. but when inflated will earry all
the persons that can crowd on it. The
raft on which Copt Meiks performed his
last voyage was 25 feet long by 18 feet
wide. He then had two men with him.
A canvas tent was ereetod on the raft,
aud the three crossed the Atlaatic, arriv
ing safely in England in forty days.
Capt. Meiks is now having another lite
raft made 15 feet long and 15 feet wide,
on which he intends going to Europe,
accompanied only by a boy. He will be
ready to start about the last of August
from New York, and will take with him
sixty days' provisions. He intends tak
ing the direct steamer's track, ami is
confident of success.
LOOK OCT. —The Han Francisco Bnlle
ti cautions people in the Atlantic Stat**
against being swindled l>y irresponsible
companies who advertise in the Eastern
Cities extensive tracts of land in Califor
nia for sale without owning a foot of them.
The Bulletin says that every few months
many victims visit that office with deeds
duly made out in Boston, conveying
lands on the Sacramento river, wV.ich
are not worth the pa|>er on which they
are written. People in the East who buy
land or other property in California
which they have not seen should Is* sure
to have thorough guarantees of the re
sponsibility of the parties with whom
they negotiate.
A MIXED CAME. —A curious case is re
ported from a Michigan town. A
stranger, who drank a glass of liquor in
a saloon, offered a 8100 note in payment.
The seller, unable to break it, went to a
neighbor's for change. The latter took
the bill, gave liim 810 and said the 800
would just settle the account he had
against him. The liquor-seller protested,
the creditor was immovable. Finally,
the former weut out and tried to borrow
the 890 iu order to pay the customer his
change and the latter, meantime, worried
by the delay and suspicious as to its
cause sent an officer to arrest him for
embezzlement.
Marriage. —A man who passes through
life without mafrying is like a fair man
sion left by the builder unfinished. The
half that is completed runs to decay
from neglect, or becomes at least but a
sorry tenement, wanting the addition of
that which makes the whole useful, 1
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1871.
Front Forge to Fahlnu.
There is credited bin Canadian pajier,
called the St. Mary's IVVrtr, a pleasant
and romantic little ms-ial reminiscence
which, while prompted by a line in the
last edition of the " I'eoruge and Baron
etage " of Euglaud, refers to one of the
humblest stations in American life.
AiUoUgst the travelers brought bv a
stage-coach to the tavern of the village
of Stratford, in Canada, many years ago,
was a young man of rather tumuli coun
tenance but not nudigniticd I tearing,
who, attracted by the pleasant scenery of
the place, and its oportuniiies for fishing
and hunting, lingered on at tin- inn many
weeks In-v oud his apparent first inten
tion. Known as Mr. Stirling, and be
lieved to be from England, he was for
some time credited only wi'lt the whim
of a free and easy young tourist enjoying
an interval of rural indolence U-tweeii
city sight-seeing* ; but ut last the true
iwoaoii of his delay was discovered. Im
mediately across the road from the tavern
SUKSI the cosv cottage aud sparkling
forge of the village blacksmith, named
Folsoui, whose only daughter was a girl
of extraordinary beuntv and the belle of
the place. From siu-udiug certain idle
hours iu the smithy the v wig stranger
had contracted quite au intimacy with
the smith, and thus, by ilegtvu-s, formed
an acquaintance with the family ; and a
fortuight's incidental association with the
U-autiful daughter was what had caused
the w.-eks of his stay in Stratford to
lengthen unnoticed into mouths. In
short,this English youth uuun hi* travel*
fell iu love tu a depth ilee|*-r than all
dirtatious with the blacksmith's chill,
aud was manly enough to confess us
much to her and to her fatln-r. The lat
ter he frankly told that hi* feelings iu the
matter had become much stronger aud
more serious than he hail iu tended they
should Is*; that his station in life wus
much above black smithing; but that, be
ing iu love beyond power of recantation,
he wished to marry the voting lady, and,
in due time, raise her to Lis owu position.
To the girl herself he not only offered ar
dent suit, but confided iu strict confi
dence his ]H>*itiou and cx|M-ctatious.
Trusting his honest face and manner,
the worthy blacksmith favored hi* pre
tensions ; trusting bis love and honor,
the humble lie lie of the village returned
his honorable passion ; and, as a conse
quence, there followed a wed,bug of
which the elderly spinsters u nd sages of
St stford could not predict too much
evil. After a few happy weeks of mar
ried life, Stirling informed his wife that
he must visit New Orleans, and took
leave of her with a promise to write or
return very soon. Then, of course, the
•• I-told you-aoa" of the vilLige were sure
that he would never coiuo back again,
nnd chorused hints aud fears innumera
ble to that effect; but, to their discomfit
ure, the Englishman reapjieared iu Strut
ford even earlier than he had promised,
and his calumniators acknowledged their
defeat by an abashed silence. Only a
few days from thence, however, after
receiving a formidable bundle of Idler*
issuing foreign poet-marks, the young
husband declared th. t he must return
iniinediatelv to England, and nlone.
WithouFa thought i f d-strust or a single
question the wife bade him go ; and from
the hour of his going until after two
vears hail elapsed ahe never saa nor
Dean! from hiiu again. This time the so
cial critics of the village were sun- of the
verification of all their predictions, and
oulv the wife herself believed that it was
not a final desertion. In the two year*
of absence and silence on one juirt, and
trustful waiting 011 the other, a son was
Ixirn to Mrs. Stirling an 1 hel|x'd her to
bear the more l-t. Mitly the trial of the
father's alatence ; but, at the end of the
period named, word came across the At
lantic from that father himself, briefly
asking the wife and mother to go at once
to New York, from whence to embark, a*
directed for a new home iu England.
Coining hither wilh her hatx-, she found
that the ship named hud apartments
splendidly furnished for her uv, and two
servants to obey her every wish during
the voyage. Cnquestioninglv still, but
full of happy H IJM-S, she sailed for old
England ; to lie there received by her
delighted husband in his true rhoruetcr
of heir to s name and estate second to
none in the English iiamnetage. and to
enter a luxurious home uud<;r the title
of Lady Stirling. By her beauty, virtue*,
aud simple groci-s doing honor to the
'• station unto which she was not Ixirn."
the village blacksmith's daughter passed
many happy veers liefore following her
hualstnd.Hir Samuel Stirling to the grave.
After his father's death, the son succeed
ed to the tittle and estate ; and the men
tion of him in the lost " lVeragc and
liamnetage," as the issue of the former
" Mis* Folaom, of Stratford, North
America," is what inciti* the Canadian
jiaper to tell the alxive romantic story of
nis parents' courtship and marriage.
Iced Water,
During the hot season the excessive
use of iced water is one of the m ist pro
lific sources of disease and sudden death.
In very hot weather, when water is ren
dered extremely cold by the uae of ice in
the cooler, no person should drink it in
that comlition. but should pour in, or
draw from the hydrant, as mueli water of
the ordinary tenqierature as will modify
the iced water to about an October tem
perature. Then he may drink without
damage. Nothing is worm l for the teeth
than extremely cold water : and many a
man has acquired dyspepsia by its bad
effect upon the stomach. Not a few have
suffered from congestions which wore
dangerous or deathly. We remember a
boy, smart, black-eyed, and handsome,
who was connected with our office. He
was just old enough to be wise above
that which is written, Being one day re
monstrated with for drinking two or
three glasses of water as cold as ice could
make it, he replied tartly, "Water is
never too cold for me; I never feel the
slightest injury from its use." The
weather was extremely hot, and if ever
cold water couhl be used at any time,
that, of all others, when the system was
overheated, waa not the time to use it so
copiously. The next tiny be was not in
the office, and the following day he did
not come. The third tiny about noon he
made his appearance, uutl looked as if
he had had chills and fever for three
months. He drank no more iced water
that summer, and probably got a lesson
which will lost him his lifetime. It is a
wonder it'did not kill him. A word to the
wise is sufficient.— Phrenological Journal.
A SERIOCS JOKE.—The other day an
exceasively humorous Canadian came
upon a small snake in the woods, and,
carefully entrapping it, waited until
night, and placed it between the sheets
of an old gentleman's lied. The victim
retired as usual, and had barely covered
himself when the reptile began to crawl
over him. Paralyzed with horror, he
lay still until the snake hiul leit liim,
and then, half dead with terror, fled
from the bed and around the house, lie
wus told that the affair was intended as
a joke, and the author was designated.
That idiotic scamp took counsel of
discretion, fled the town, and has not
ventured to return, though his absence
costs him a flue position and his home.
Pray Simply.—God loves to have us
pray with earnest simplicity. Better in
God's sight are the broken and heartfelt
utterances of a child than the high flown
utterances of those who think themselves
wonderful in prayer.
I'rlde, Turn Outs and I'uvrrtjr.
Muii wants but little here In-low, and
woman wants a great deal more, 1 aiu
sorry to aav, write* a watering place
Correspondent. I confess it, my sex are
unri-asoiiable and hard to please. 1 sjieak
of them gein-rallv. '1 ucre are exceptions
—you occasionally meet one who is uot
ambitious of living alsive her husband's
means. You see more of them at Sum
mer resorts than at any other place.
These people w ill talk, uo mutter where
they are—thev will exhibit their teui|>ei'
and bad breeding, uo mutter where you
meet them. Try to dam Niagura with a
a lady's fau, lint never try to stop her
tougue. I say it, who shouldn't say it,
it can't W done. I have a case iu jxtiut.
Ju*t befoie the arrivals from New York
the other afternoon Mr. and Mrs
were seated on the piazza as Mm. F,
——, from the Continental, drove by in
her i-arriage aud livery.
"Charles," said his wife, gazing wist
fully at Mr. F 's establishment,
"Why i'l we have a carriage us well
as other folk* *"
The hustiaiid moved nncanly iu liis
chair and responded. " Mimply, my dear,
Isvaiisi* we want to live within our
mean*."
" ltother alxuit means !" rejuiuded
the luiughty aud thoiightles* wife. "We
ought to live as well as other people,"
she coutinued.
"Mo we do, my dear, and will iu the
long run." mildly added the good-natured
Charles.
" I am sure we ought to live in aa good
style as the M——a, the F s, the M
——a, the Ps, the C a, and a
dozen more I might mention. We ought
uot to appear mean."
"Mean !" he exclaime*!, showing much
temjier—" We want—we want," he unit
to red, " there is no satisfying woman's
wants, do what you may," and he
abruptly arose from his chair and took
the direction of Chauiberlaiu'* Cottage.
How tuativ hu*bauds are iu a similar
dih-uiuia t Row many house# and hus
hand* are rendered uncomfortable by
the constant dissatisfaction of a wife
with present provisions? How many
bright prosjieoto for busincM have ended
iu liankniptcy and niiu in order to satis
fy this secret hankering after fashionabh
riiirrwuririi ? Could the real cause of
mniiy a failure l>* made knowi: it wtiuld
L* found Ui result from the ambition of
wotueu tolivealxive their means.
"My wife made my fortune," said
Mr. D , a gentleman of great poe
Heasions, the other evening, "by her
thrift, prudence, and cheerfulness when
I was just begiuuing.'*
"And mine, pour soul! she is d<-ad,"
sai<h Mr. K— —. a widower; "lost my
fortune by useless extravagance and nv
piumg when I was doing well."
What a world doea this open to the
influence of our sex over the future pros
perity (if their families. Let the wife
know her influence and try to use it
wisely.
A Startling Idea en finance.
Alxiut the tiegiuniug of the present
century, the old bank of Altmny siucv
defunct,! then presided over by thirteen
distinguished representative* of Father
land. ironed it* firet circulating note*.
Immediately after their receipt from the
printer, au application for a loan of a
few thousand dollar* was made to the
bank by a drover, well known iu Allmny
for bis ability and financial mm mines*
The hxui wan passed by the Ixmrd, and
the cashier ordered to jmy the rnoncv,
who, like a faithful officer, revolved in
hia mind aa to what kind of money be
would pay—whether it slumld their own
currency or gold, 'l he first item puzxled
him ;it was new. The director* were
immediate!** reconvened, and the subject
was laid before them. Chair* were
drawn to the great fireplace, thirteen
rlsy pqx a wen* lighted, and discumron
ensued npon the proposition to pay out
the new currency. No satisfactory con
clusion was likely to lie arrived at, until
the following sjieecli wm* made by one of
the number :
Gentlemen of the board : These bills
of ours, received to-day, liave cost this
bank a large sum of money. The en
graver. the printer, the |m|xT-ni!iker nnd
incidentals, all have to lx paid. The
thought of these expenses, so justly in
curred does not stagger roe in the least;
for the bill* are very fine, and an imm
inent to the Hank. Hut. gentlemen,
when it is proposed to send throe new
bills into the far West, there to be traded
off for cattle—torn, soiled, and |xrhais
utterly destroyed—l. for one, solemnly
protest. I venture, this moment, genth'-
luen, to a*sert the opinion, that should
von be sa unwise a* to allow these new
hills to be sent North and West, broad
cast beyond Lansiugburgh, S. hencctady
and owsv the other aide of Utics (as I
understand this man propose# to take
some of them), you will never see them
again, so long a* the Itank of Albany has
an existence or a name.
The motion was lost, and the gold was
duly paid.— Not. ShimUtrtL
The First Newspaper.
An ingenious physician of Paris —
Iteiiandot by name—more than two hun
dred years ago, hit upon a good idea for
41 cutting out" hia more learned breth
ren, which he was not long in putting
into execution, to his own no small ad
vantage. and the great chagrin of hia
brother professionals. His plan was an
extremely simple our, for he obtained
his popularity by the very innocent ex
jNslient of collecting information, and
then circulating news sheets among his
patients, for their etqwcial delectation
and amusement. But inasmuch as the
seasons were not always sickly, and !*
found he had plenty of time on hi*
liand*. lie was encouraged by his success
to devote his attention more exclusively
to the business of journalism, by pro
viding the public at large with news;
and accordingly, in 1631, he succeeded
in obtaining for himaolf and family sole
ly the privilege of publishing a news
paper called the GatetUt </>• France.
Such, at least, is the account of the ori
gin of newspapers given by De Saint
Foix.
IMPORTANT TO TANNKKM. —A chemist
says that tannic acid ia the anhydrtnn
alcohol of fCitllic acid, and that the least
purified tannic acid in in fact the brat,
it may not uppcar to lie of much value
to tanners to know that they get a
peculiar variety of alcohol out of oak
und hemlock bark, but all such know
ledge ia likely to be turned to good ac
count in the long ran. Tanners know
that the exposure of the extract of liark
to the action of air destroys it for bin
ning purposes. Chemists say of this
charge that gallic acid is produced,
which no longer haa the property of
coagulating albumen and of rendering
gelatine insoluble in water. If we know
the true chemical nature of tannic acid
we may devise some method of prevent
ing this change into gallic acid, and thus
be enabled to make extracts of barks in
the forests that will bear transportation
and preservation any length of time.
SARCASTIC. —TBO Rochester "Demo
crat " is slightly sarcastic ftn a railroad
line in that vicinity. It says, that a gen
tleman took the train a few days since,
on what is termed "the huckleberry
road," running between Avon knd Mount
Morris. After the train started from
Avon he discovered that ho had left a
valuable dog behind, but on arriving at
Mount Morris the lost dog was found
sitting at the station awaiting the arrival
1 oinis master.
The Transit of Venn*.
The .Vi/tm/oy Heritor {English) asva
that extraordinary interest is alreaay
felt in British seientifle circles in regard
to the transit of Venus in 1H74, and tliat
arrangements for makiiig the proper ob
servations are eveu uow iu progress.
The problem whi h lias to lie solved is
the sun'* distance from the earth. About
the middle of the last century the amount
of tin* ilistam-e wu* m-I down by the ac
t*pb-l authorities at K2,0U0,0W) miles
The first transit of Venus, in I7fiß,
brought this up to UA,173,(XJ0 miles—s
uiimlM*r so near the oue obtained iu the
next transit, that of 17H, that till quite
recently some foul play was suspected
in the observations made in the last
named year to render the results similar.
But the transits of Yetiu* are now so
longer depended upon with the impor
tance and excluaiveness formerly attach
ing to them in the determination of this
great aud magnificent problem. Astron
omical instruments arc uow so greatly
improved that the liaae line method can
be applied to Mars, aud, Is sidi* other
misuis, even the velocity of light has
lawn brought to Isar on the problem
Singularly enough, too, the result of all
litis modern work, and of the more in
direct methods, lias beeu to show that
the amouut of the distance derived from
the observation of transits in tbe last
century requires to be reduced by some
thing fees than four niilliou miles. Tbe
error, however, thus made by astion
<inier* iu the sun's angular diameter
granting it to lie an error—is, after all,
no greater than the breadth of a human
luiir, viewed at a distance of 125 feet.
Take a Big Trunk.
My Uin> to all vur nwlrn, mt< a
oorrojxiudent, ia, if they go to a Water
ing-place, to go villi a liig trunk. The
proprietor* sud lull-buyi art' more con
aetviitliug to the owner of one than to
the owner of a black hag. The htatl
waiter anil the servant* at the table know
that the owner of a large traveling com
panion projKv to stay Home time, while
the ownerw of small bag* ore mere bird*
of passage, and are treated accordingly.
We have a very great influx of small
I iag* everv Saturday afternoon. On® of
tkeae satchel* are no more noted than an
umbrella or a walking-stick in a man's
hand, and yet. when rightly viewed, it
is, to my thinking, an object of no ordi
nary interest- The owner of it ia one
in teu thousand. It aiguifhw that he ha*
no incumbering alliance, no wife, no
mother, no sister, no grandmother. He
is the jx-rfect tyjx- of independence,
and can snap hi* lingers in the face of
every |x>rior and Itaggage man in the
country. While other passenger* are
looking after their luggage, he walks in
to the cars and selects the beat seat.
When he arrives at his journey's end, by
steamer, be ia the first man to jump
ashore.* No man with a little canvas bag
in bis lisiul has bis last shirt on hia tack.
Neither is it possible his lieard will suf
fer from slovenly overgrowth. When
he retires to re*t the presumption is that
it will lie in the midst of comfortable
and oosy night-gear. A gentleman with
a canvas bag may tie said to contemplate
a couple of shirts alms-nee from home.
When our se* can learn to travel with a
satchel, what a comfort they will have,
but you may as well hxk "out for the
millenium.
A Whaler** Cenrt*hip
He had been * whiter twentv yew*.
Ukl when he gave op tin* and wttliJ
upon hia earnings, all hi friends said
they hoped Jonathan Week* wonld mar
ry * une nire woman and enjoy the com
fort* of a happy home. lie himxelf
*ymnl to think it wul<l IM> a nice thing
to do, and he made an effort in that di
rectioa. Hut they waid tliat the reaaon
why he did not win the heart and band
of widow: nnrritt wa* tliia: It aeema
that Mr. Week* used to go round there
courting in the evening*, while the
Widow oat patching the tn>u*er* of her
*ou, and waiting for manifestation* of
Week*' love, did Week* wonld ait over
on the settee, getting sleepier and quiet
er every minute. And every now and
then be would nod in the bunt of dreams,
and get to wandering off and imagining
himself away on a winding voyage,wake
up all bewildered, and would seine hia
ciuie and jab it into the widow before he
could collect hi* aciiues sufficiently to re
alize that it wa* not a harpoon and she a
whale. They do soy that Mrs. Burritt
indulged these eccentricities for a time
w itli the tlrm conviction that she would
reconstruct that whaler when she mar
ried him. But this was never to be;
for one evening Mr. Wcektf oat dozing on
that settee with a kind of dim dreamy
conseiousncsa of things, in which the
room and settee wc.ro confused and mix
ed with the raging main and the whaling
Ixiat. The widow had a cold in her
head, and she wasjnst in the act of nuk
ing a vigorous use of her handkerchief,
when the dream of Weeks reached a cri
sis, and lie yelled out, " There she
blows ! " And he heaved his harpoon
at her with such force that he broke her
comb into vulgar fractions and knocked
her off her eliair. Love's voting dream
was entirely dissipated, and Mr. Weeks
went home with two handsful of hair
missing. Ho M single yet, because, he
says, women have no sympathy and for
bearance.
The Fair ©r the American Institute.
The nmmal exhibition of the Ameri
can Institute, to be held at the Rink in
New York in September and October
ucxt, promises to lie of more than usual
attractiveness. Tin 1 managers have made
arrangements to exhibit the machinery
in motion, that visitors may be enabled
to understand the various processes of
manufacture. A large amount of money
hits been appropriated for premiums to
the successful competitors in floral,
agricultural and horticultural products.
The exhibitors of successful specimens
will lie presented with a certificate in
addition to the premium. Specimens
for competition are to lie entered on the
11th, 12th, or lKtli pf September, before
noon, ami inch scries must lie kept iu
perfect condition for four days. \\ e un
derstand that specimens of any frnit or
(lowers exhibited may bo renewed, and
the fresh specimens will lie entitled to an
award. The highest money nwarel* for
flowers are twenty dollars ; five dollars
for the best floral design, and twenty
dollars for the best cose containing
plant*. A premium of fifty dollars will
lie given for the lx-st collection of pears,
and forty dollars for the liest collection
of tipples. There' will also be minor
awards for the best specimens of grapes
and vegetables.
THE HI'MAN HTSTEM. —The muscles of
the human jaw exert a force of 861
iMiumls. The cpiuntity of pure water
which blood contain* in its natural state
is very great; amounts to almost seven
eightfis. Kiel estimates the surface of
the lungs at 150 square feet, and the
blood is one-fifth the weight of the body.
A man is taller in the morning than at
night to the extent of half an inch or
more, owing to the relaxation of the car
tilages. There is irou enough in the
blood of forty-two men to make a plow
share. The human brain is the twenty
cightli part of the body, but in the horse
the brain is not more than the four
hundredth.
IN Effingham County Ga., Mrs. Ash,
the wife of John H. Ash, killed her three
little children and afterward committed
suicide by administering a sufficient
quantity of strychnine to produoe almost
iutantaueous death.
A Urea! California Ore hard.
A few day* ago it was our pleasure to
, visit the orchard of John Brigg*, located
shout two miles south of Yuba City,
; in Mutter county. The proprietor own#
ttkl acre*, mostly bottom land on the
west I tank of the" Feather river. The
soil is a rich, sandy loom, aud composed
of the yearly deuaaita of the river many
years ago. No belter or richer land u
to be fouud in the Btate, add the or
chard we shall briefly notice promises to
be the pride of the Bnggs Brothers,
who have a Mute reputation as or
ihsrdisU and fruit-grower*. Before
reaching the orcliard jm>per we rode
through a field of ISO acres of castor
I leans, growing in the most luxurious
manner—which field, by the by, is to
give place to a new orchard next year,
the fruit tree* for the saine at present
growing in the uurwery by the side of
tbe field of castor beaus, and containing
25, 1KK) one-year-old budded peach trees,
16,(100 plum trees, (i.HOO Eastern walnuts,
25,000 California walnuts, 2,000 pp)e
trees, 500 Italian chestnut treea, etc.
l'aasing along through this forest of
young tri*i-, we arrived at the present
peach on liard, consisting of 60U trees,
two years oltL and some of them bear
ing this season 150 pounds of peaches.
These trees have made a ri-markshle
growth owing to the rich ground unon
which they are planted, and in another
year will "make a tremeudoos yield of
fruit. Passing the peach orchard we
n-ached the a|>ricota, 2,'J00 in number,
which are also two yean old, and have
Uirne a loir crop "the preoaul season,
litis orchard preseuted a aad sight iu
one renp -ct. The Late heavy storm had
|iro*trated uiauv of the trees entire,
while in others the lituba hod been torn
off as if a tremendous tornado had swept
over the place. However, the tree* were
healthy and stout, notwithstanding the
mutilation* here and there. We rods
next into the cherry on-hard, containing
three thousand of the moat thrifty young
trees ercr seen on any ground. The
different varieties, fifteen in number,
gave this orchard s variety of anted,
and broke up the usual mouotony of the
steeple-like formed cherry orchard.
These cherry trees were all imported
from Rochester, N. Y., stwmt three
years ago. Off to the aoutb of this
wonderful wilderness are two thousand
five hundred apple treea, mostly winter
varieties. On returning from the or
cliard by the wagon rood we had entered
we visited Hriggs Brothers' steam power
castor oil mill. Here we found a mag
uificent hydraulic prison with eighty
pounds pressure, and possessing n ra
pacity of comprtraing three hundred
gallons of oil per day. The mill also
coutaincd twenty tons of castor beans,
and two thousand fire hundred gallons
of oil, nicely Ivottled and rased and ready
for market— Cuttfarmia y*tp*r.
( ray Prwaperts.
The condition of the cotton, corn and
wheat efojw for July, as ascertained at
the Detriment of Agriculture, has al
ready lxs'u publi vhed in advance of the
printed report:
PiMaitm —lt appears from the latter,
which has just been published, that the
indication- are that tlie crop of potatoes
will be a full average. It has had to
contend with the drouth and the late
frosts in many of the States devoted to
its culture, with grasshoppers in wwnc of
the Eastern State*. and the Colorado bug
in nearly all of the Western Statea ; but
to offset these unfavorable conditions,
the season as a whole hat been favoralile.
There is an increase in the aggregate
acreage. The rot is not reported, sod
the farmer*, knowing the perils to which
the crop was exposed. have shown un
usual diligence in caring for it
Grot*. <kc. —The season has been un
favorable for grass, owing mainly to the
prevalence of drouth. The drouth of
(s*t season has also had an unfavorable
effect on meadows aud 1 mature*. There
will be a short bay crop. Iu Maine,
where hay ia a leading staple, the yield
will not exceed two-thirds of au average
crop. In the New England and Middle
Statea the conditions o' clover, timothy
and jia*tnrrs is reixvrted below the aver
age. In most of the Southern and West
ern State*. id in Oregon, the {mrtnres
are sliove the average, and tlie condition
of timothv and clover where grown is 1
equal) v good. In California clover and
timothy have liad a fine growth, wliile
pastures arr in relatively low condition.
1 n wtious where jm-tun and meadow*
have imrtially failed it is not yet too late
to supplement them w itli corn as a soil- 1
ing crop.
Aj-jJrt —frosts in April and May fol
lowing the remarkable early opening of
spring, greatly lessened the prospect of
s gixxl crop of apples. A short crop ia
indicated in all the Statea where they
are roost largely grown, probably three
fourths of an average.
I'oKhrs have eecaiwd with less damage,
and in the State* where special attention
is given to the culture the yield will be i
unusually large.
The report makes no mention of sugar
and tobacco.
The Prisons of Siberia.
A glance into one of the prima cages
of Hiln ria disclose* a very curious pic
ture. Most prisoners wear the convict j
garb, which is as ugly here as in other
countries ; a kind of cloak with sleevoa,
of a dirtv drwb color, disfigured, by the
letters S i B (Siberia) on the back; them 1
letters being inlaid in yellow cloth. A
shapeless cap of the same material as
the cloak completes the costume, which
seems to answer it* purpose vsrv well,
for the cloth is thicV snd firm. Even
under that uniform garb many national
types mav be distinguished ; from the
stolid, flat-faced Finnish tril*es, some of
them almost like tin l Esquimaux, the
sharp features of the Jew, and the beau- j
tiful face and form of the Cireaanian
mountaineer. The wearing of the
prison garb wems not to lie obligatory
even with the greatest criminals, and
many of them wear entirely or in part
their own clothing; the Circassian, the
national cloak writh ita rows of cases for
cartridges sewn ou the breast-doth, and
the shaggy fur cap; the Tartar, the
i ]Niinted felt hat over the skull-cap which
covers hia shaven head, and the long
castan ; the Russian peasant, his greasy
great-o<>at of sheepskin. Most prison
ers have good, woll-ehadcd boots, which
guard their ankles against the friction of
uic chain ; others wear the national foot
clothing of linden-bast over the linen
rags they tie round their feet and legs.
The only* chains worn are fetters attached
to the two ankles, and lifted up in the
middle by means of a strap fastened up
to the loint (I believe by n girdle.) These
chains are not very heavv, and the pris
oners walk freely enougti with them ;
yet the cliuking of the irons makes one
shudder. Such chains are worn only
by those who are sentenced to hard la
lior, while those who are sentenced mere
ly to Siberia wear 110 chains whatever.
A fashion writer calls attention to the
peculiar manner some yonng ladies have
just now of carrying the hands. The
arms are held as close to the body as
possible, bending them until the back"
and forepart nearly touch ; the wrists
remain elevated, and the hands assume
a listless, drooping position which we
can only liken to toe kangaroo.
In unravelling the Savannah Custom
House it appeared from the vouchers
that one employee performed 730 hours'
labor in the month of September last.
He must hove had a 44 steady sit."
TKKMB : Tiro Dollar. • Yau, iu Advance.
Tte Pitton' lik.
One of tit* moot reiaerkable *• well u
ebenril rioU New York IUM ever Men
wee that known M the " Doctor*' Mob,"
which occurred in 1788. In the reer of
the Sew York Hospital, which ni •
omtly obliterated from Broadway, stood
i a buudiag is which tha medum) student*
connected with the hospital USMI to dis
sect " subjects." Although tha public
lutew that tha bodies were obtained for
tins purpose from 11 Potter's Field " audi
tha negro bin ring-ground, yet it eras
shrewdly suspeotoa that they did not
confine themaetvaa to tbaae sources, and
that in the dead of night, with dark lan
tern, pick, book, and mattock, they dug
up corpses from privala cemeteriaa. OB
the l tth of April, a atodont of facetious
and cheerful turn of mind looked from
the window of the diaaacting-room and
twhrld a number of children playing in
a vacant lot below. He attracted their
attention, and then warad before their
horror-atnckea ayaa a ghastly arm, put
taken from a subject cm the table. There
waa a ladder leading from tha ground to
this window, and up this went a little
boy, to whom the cheerful student again
showed the arm, bidding liirn to look
well at H for it waa his mother's- Now
tha boy's mother bad died but a abort
time before, and filled with horror, he
ran off to a neighboring house, at which
his father and other laborers ware at
work, and to them related the faarfui:
sight he had seen, and what he bed been
told. The father immediately went to
hia wife's grave, and thought from Ha
appearance that it had been disturbed.
He hastened back, told his brother
workmen of the supposed sacrilege, and
they all struck work, and with their tools
in their hands ran down Worth atreet to ;
the hospital and attempted to effect an
entrance. Boon a vast crowd collected,
the building was broken into, gutted,
and s large amount of valuable property
destroyed. The mob found tha ghastly
remains of half-dissected people in the
dissecting-room, and took them away to
give them a decent banal. Having be
gun in idiocy, tha mob went to incou
cetvahla imbecility, and on the next day
assembled and with cries of "Down
with the doctors !" they determined to
kill every member of the odious proles
sum whom they could find, and in such
imminent peril were the poor men, that
by tha advice of the city authorities
they took refuge in the l ark Jail (now
the' Hall of Records). The mob heard
of this, and with wild cries and brand
ishing clubs and other ugly weapons they
assaulted the jail, fully determined to
wreak their vengeance to the utmost.
, They did not effort aa entrance, and the
authorities sent a dozen men to defend
and protect tha Jail, but hardly had they
reached it before they were disarmed.
It may be readily imagined that the
citv was now in an' uproar. The Mayor
ceded together some of the moat influ
ential citizens, armed them, and pro
ceeded to the scene of action. With
him were Alexander Hamilton, Baron
Steuben, and Chief-Justice Jay, the lat
ter of whom addressed the mob, but
while speaking was felled to the earth
with a brickbat. The riot act waa read
and the crowd hidden to dispone, but
Mich was not its intention. Stones flew
about and cluha were brandished. Pre
sently Baron Steuben, while engaged in
the very act of begging the Mayor not
to order the arisen* to fire, waa
doubled up bv a brick which hit him in
the belly. Tbeu he withdrew all objec
tion, the mob waa fired on, five rioters
fed dead and eight wounded, and then
the rest turned tail and fled.
Virirttn la Drew, 4c.
A beautiful quality of English cloth of
uavT blue is mggMtcd for tntHiag
suits for autumn terrier, u well w few am
voragwa. It drapes as gracefully aa
cashmere. and ia intended to be won
over a aerai -demoralised akirt or black
silk. '
It ia pleaaant to know that traveling
va f.tmiUe ia onoe more considered
• stylish," aa well as sensible. The con
tnfiigal impulse of fashionable society
does not need any cultivating. Now if
there could be a return of the custom
of carnage traveling, one might indeed
snuff the tuill< uiutn.
A death-blow aeenta already aimed at
the chatelaine. This baa teemed likely
to follow, since ladies began shorten
ing the braids and leaving off long curia
A French twist, surrounded by a eosl of
braids, ia the moat recent suggeation.
That is a slander from a pen masculine,
quite likelv, which aaya the pretty
Normandy caps ate "like penwipers,
with a fringe. Whatever they are, they
are the prettiest little combinations of
lace and ribbon that were ever worn by
young matrons.
The only walking-boots laoed on the
inside that have gained favor, were those
made on the Creole last, and which fact
was verv rtpprriting to whoever could
wear them. NWotner shoe requires Bo
wel!-formed a foot to make a good ap
pearance.
The modern young woman continues to
" get her hack up" iu the moat extraor
dinary manner. The bustle is seen even
larger titan ever, and this oamel-iah up
rising is seen on every lady who " knows
what a what"
It is predicted that among the novd
tiea of sdorninga in the fall we shall
have souvenirs from Htrasboug, in the
shape of bits of stained gtaae windows,
and pieces of bomba and grenades polish
ed and duly labeled.
It ia rumored that home-weddings
will be altogether the most fashionable,
in the coming society season, and that
the old-fashioned custom of presenting
every guest with a little box of estke,
will be revived. Time was when the
printer was mod generously remember
ed.
Garden parties are among the most
agreeable festivities iu the country this
summer, and quite rival the English
kettledrum in genial simplicity; but
croquet is threatened, as an amusement
nor are the croquets tents as popular aa
tbcv were expected to be.
Word is brought from the seashore
and the various idling places, that young
gentlemen are sketching, carving, ana
occupying themselves, variously, with
pretty work for leisure hours, and that
the ladies were never more interestingly
busy, with netting, crocheting, and the
thousand other daintinesses that are
natural to the handa of women, to say
nothing of the new furor* that has
sprung up tar collecting mosses, and
building ferneries. The gentlemen are
f indebted to their lady friends for some
of the prettiest carriage robes to be
seen. These lap-oovers are of twilled
> linen, beautifully braided in contrasting
1 colors, and marked with a simple initial,
! instead of the obsolete monogram.
DIDN'T COM* TO WOBK. —We ktely
heard of the case of a newly-appointed
Treasury clerk, who after idling away
the first dav at his desk, was asked by
his chief if ne intended to wor£. "Work!
the denoe ! " exclaimed the ind gnant
youth, " didn't I work hard enough to
get in here ? " He found, howeve
I that he musteither work or " walk. '
KILLED in BATTL*.— The Drtadtntr
Journal publishes an official statement
of the losses of the Saxon army, vis:
115 offioera and 1,987 men killed, 202
officers and 4,180 men wounded. The
Saxon contingent took active part in 102
battles and encounters; the artillery
fired 15,521 rounds; the infantry used
6,000,000 of cartridges.
Waiting.
WW* the maaor hmi priea ia tangtod th#
WMlf
By UM door to th FDTMN* walL
Ton bad* ia* torao*fi-4wr aa hour a* f<m
ihmitit '
Bat m psrted Ibr one* aad aB.
hZSu< UM faljr 4,
Aaym crossed UM grass with tha gold on Jr
Aad UM catekate leaped np whar* they tap*
" 08, lh mitooM month* # •alttiif la rata,
Iter attaints lay yoath toss* wm,
E**C *INU..IR ny mm Utnnwrb UM daitasm,
tear atrctcliioit my arm* o'er thaaaal
Vm UM AM of UM* seltiy MM mm ■
Ha* bornd dowa ao de*i to ? baart,
. Tlwafb yaaiß and UM aotoma bfto catomaM,
ni tear.
I am mite* now com toot to part.
for mm wtma UM Jtoty BOOB* a** OOSAE,
fwf'aSdiSJ"towwH wadrnwd,my
Under UM paacb tro* wafl.
j WIMB UM paadnaat* to arwr,
I TW telly, lb* chill, aad UM pain,
1 A akadow. to shadowless aoonttde,
i' Perbapa I may walk bar* agate.
Pads aad Fancies.
! The three W•* conquerors of the
j world are Fashion. Low and Dmth.
! Let your expenses bo wh as to• laam
a little balance in yonr pocket. Boady
! money Is s friend to need.
Heart* may 'be attracted by eaeiuaed
i qaaliti**; bat the affection* act only to
be fixed by tboae thai are real.
If thou wonldat lire long, Kre well
for tolly and wtckedneaa aborton life.
Qntot bonne weddings will be the cor
< red thing this toll and winter. A send
, ble fashion at last
The gentle spring and the mellow au
tumn go for nothing with the soldiers;
i only fire them good March weather.
What an unlucky suitor did—He
j wooed and she wouldn't He cooed aad
■he couldn't
! The majority of wnaaen at aearide re
sort* spend eerea boom oat of the twen
ty-foor at their toOda.
Aa old gentleman being asked what
jbe wanted for dinner, replied: u An ap
petite. good eompeny, something to est.
and a dean napkin."
A Wtooonmn man anpbed for a dirone
on the ground that hi* wile had become
weak, aad •* couldn't work on the farm
a- she need to."
Benefit war friends that thr may •
lor* yon *UI! more dearly ; benefit your
enemies that they may become year
friends.
Bmilea aad Frowns—lt ia alwaya to
roar power to make aa enemy by settles ;
what a folly, then, to make aa enemy by
frown*.
Education ia incompatible with self
indulgence. aad the impale* of malty to
i too often mirk*ken tor the unpohe of
nature.
Difficulty excite* the mind to the dig
aity which sustains and finally conquer*
mMfoctone, and the oideal refines while
ft chastens.
Troe Friends.—'Value the friendship
of him who stands by yon to tie storm ;
•warms of insect* will surround yon in
the sunshine.
Fde and neomfity.—We cannot eon
qner tote and necessity ; yst wa can yield
to them to sneh aaasnner aa to be great
er then if w would.
Keep Away from Bad Habits—Ko per
son erer got atnng by hornets who kept
away from where they were. It is just
, i so with bad habits.
Boring Lows—What to tike lore of a
restless, roring man t A ragrant stream
that dtaDiea with each flower on its hank,
then passes on and leases them afl to
WHITE.
Perron* who lire in perpetaal suspicion
lire the Hl* of a sentinel newer reh*r.-3.
i whose business it to to look oat for sad
, expect aa eaemr, which to aa eril not
rerjr far short of perishing by him.
A young lady died in Ndnfflc, Tenn.,
recently, leaving a pet moektog-Urd.
While Use bird was singing a few days
before she died, the lady said. " Huh,
birdie, yon annoy me." Prom that time
the bird has not uttered a single note.
NO. 32.
The phenomenon known as a " milky
ara," is confined afioiir to the trot**,
and almost entire)* to the East Indies.
It occurs at night, the am appearing a
vast surface of snow, rather than milk,
and being partially luminous. It is very
rarely teen, but its occurrence n well
authenticated.
A voting hopeful's mother readied for
him "with her slipper, the other evening,
far booking the jelly; and, after the
dusting she was surprised to bear him
laugh over it. and demanded the cause
of It " I was thinking how I had foaled
you ; it was Carrie who hookfcd the jelly."
"How many children have you ?**
asked a gentleman of one of his labor
ers. looking around in surprise upon the
familv "Better than a doaen "I
f entv "make out eleven." said the gentle
man. "Faith, an' isn't that better than
a doceu, when om has to feed 'em 1"
exclaimed the honest fellow.
At all times in this wintry life die
presence of those we love is Kk# a gleam
of sunshine through the cloud*, lighting
up one particular spot amid the ahiid
uws, and giving warmth and luatee and
loveliness to all beneath the ray. The
punting gleam seems still brighter than
the fall sunshine.
Content converts everything near it to
the highest perfection it ia capable of.
It irradiates every metal, and enriches
lend with the properties of gold; it
heightens gold into flame, flame into
light, and light into glory ; a single ray
at it dissipates pain and melancholy from
the person on whom it folia. In abort,
its presence naturally changes every
{dace into a kind of heaven.
Little Evils.—lt seems to be akw of
our nature, intended perhaps far our
preservation, that little evils, coming
borne to ourselves, should affect us more
than great evils, at a distance, happening
to others ; but they must tie evils which
we cannot prevent, and over which we
have no control; for perhaps there ia no
mill who would lose his little finger to
save China.
Agricultural and Industrial Exhibitions.
The following Exhibitions and Fairs
have been anouneed :
American Institute Fair,opens Sept 7,
at New York.
Cincinnati Industrial Exhibition, com
mences Sept 6. H. McCallum, Secre
tarv.
6corgis State Agricultural Society,
commences at Macon, Oct 23 Dav. W.
Lewis, Secretary.
National Swine Expoeition, commenc
es at Chicago Sept 19. Chan Snead,
Joliet IU-, Secretary.
American Pomologies! Society, at Rich
mond, Ya., Sept 6. H. K. EUyaon,
Secretary.
Mississippi State Agricultural Socie- i
tv'a Fair, si Jackson on Oct 23. J. L.
Power, Secretary. .
Illinois State Agricultural.at Du Quoin
on Sept 25. A. M. Garland, Secretary,
st*\x>uis Agricultural and Mechanic
al, Oct 10. a O. Kalb, Secretary.
State Fairs are announced as follows :
Central Kentucky, at Danville, Aug.
1& - . „
New England, at Lowell, Sept 5.
Kaunas Agricultural, at Topeka, Sept
lowa, at Cedar Rapids, Sept 11.
Central Pennsylvania, at Altoona,
Sept 12.
Northern Ohio, Cleveland, Sept 12.
California, Sacramento, Sept 18.
Colorado, Denver, Sept 19.
Central Ohio, Mechaniosburg, Sept
19.
New Jersey, Waverly Station, Sept 19.
Central lowa, Dee Moines, Sept 19.
"Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Sept 25.
Indianapolis Agricultural and Mechan
ical, Indianapolis, Sept 25.
Minnesota, St Paul, Sept 26.
* Nebraska BrownviUe, Sept 26.
New York, Albany, Oct 2.
Central Michigan, Lansing. Oct 3,
Arkansas, Little Rock, Oct. 3.
Alabama. Montgomery, Oct 16-
Cotton States, August*, Ga., Oct. 3L
Louisiana. New Orleans, NOT, 18