GtdineMe't Lemon. Godinett*. the aly jtmn* beauty, r®d to W her grawdam state That tt wMb C*rtrt*m doty Never to retaliate. • Though," she'd say, * the world should spite thee. Be of meekness not bereft: If one on the right cheek smite thee, tr*hrfitwty turn to him the left,' In such wise the nions koson She d impress on Godlnetto. And the beantv promised never to (target. UodifeOMo ran home one morning* HaM-cheek'd her grandam tought, Sayinp " I racall'd your warning, And hare acted as you taught. Jaquot kiasM me by the gateway, But I ne'er avenged the theft. As i was the v#ht eheoh straightway t onto kua tom'd the left." Twas well .tone : no man could atop her In thia proper Sort of d<Hxt. And hhe fonmi her gvasnlam'a counsel well succeed. Life and Time. life is go cheap and rat so dear We en*# it, but W worn it too. And plod onr found from year to year With tittle or lo hope or <fo; Each day l<rtra fretful WM and coil. And sorrows corhe and joy* depart. And we grew old with weary tail. Or Sta ftotn bsffossuv* id heart. - What oral tor* which * what matter* how ? Time hcedeth not our fitful mood*, But stamp* it* aignet on our brow In ty life or solitudes; And we crow old; yet acaraafy foal * Th# tact-Mat wltulbig ot tfra wheel. Nor heed fit. fraoca that deoJig v We arutV'l iw wtirt pots *e were; Tbe Worm hs* \rotu ua to it- *n : " Do this," it *ays, and we oLwy; There i* no freedom in onr praiae And Utile courage KB to prfo • At moment* with a Wn ldew pain We gaiqt and erv for youlh again. And wonder where the jov baa gone. Which we were wont to teed iqvm: When love with Life waited hand in bate!. When 1 was a boundleea Wis* to dare The mighlv peak* that guard the laud Where wisdom dwelt* serenely fair,— Dear Heaven! how strong and rich we vrere,- FVir toy hived* s'ri ncth. and hope give# power. And kimwk-tge is tbe voung man'* dower. And vouthftil dream* are fair domains. And happy thought# are golden gain* The dreams are gone, the rapture past, Each year moves cahn'v like the last. The sea tbat foamed with deafiling roar Creeps Jarcard-like st.uic the shore, — We tread the footstep* f ear sirea With petty aims aod'<au drefaea, Ami idly set our folic pari like puppet* rashionetl for a show ; Tv-eh ua, O Lord! how great Thoa art. That we our greatram, too, may know. THE M 4Tf HLIGHTFR OF ADRIAN. Tbe sun bad not yet attained its meridian height above the bare and rugged moun tains of Zacatecaa, when a man in the garb of a Mexican miner descended slotvlv down a narrow and tortuous path which wound along the side of a steep declivity. Presently wide covered basket became risible in thia direction, with a snail hand grasping It on one side. Then a preNtv face, with r pair of sparkling black eyes, and two amall ruddy lips, parted in a smile of pleasure and surprise,came into view. Then followed the erect and shapely figure to which the pretty fiace belonged, gayly at tired. as became a miner's wife. * EoAoraWso—in good time. Marga rita." sa'd tbe miner, showing his white teeth. 44 !am here before yon." * Yes. in pod truth." replied tbe yountr woman, laughing; "and I wa* afraid alt the time that T might be too early, and tbe tortillas and frijoles would get cold. But now they will be a dinner fit for a gov ernor." * How is it that yon are so early to-dav, Mmrnulito V asked the female, who watch ed him with an affectionate smile, while he was tbn satisfactorily engaged. 44 Because, mv little heart," replied the young man. " there is to be another Ma-t to-day; and the admiaittrador wishes to LTC it fired while tbe men are at dinner." The mtle in-tautly disappeared from Marrarit t's face. u SantxMaria shexciaitned. 44 another blast! Oh, Manuel, how long do vou mean to continue in thji dreadful duty V' " I cam find § better, mv life," re plied tbe miner gayly. " Would vou have me go back t<> mv all employment of bar rricro—of simple miner—at six dollars a week, when here a&jftjm/for, as the sole and trusted I am earning aix fobn T Wf , 44 Alas*" returned Margarita, 44 0f what us# will tbe money lie, if it happen to you as to Pedro Bravo, only three months ago? Ah. f think I see the mangled body, as it was carried by our cottage, with poor Inc sita erring over it. And then, there is Juan Vakfrtstr-ue-blind now for fivw years. And oil) Anton, a cripple from Ins youth. Of what advantage was their hffbVages to tbeta?? "Name, sweetheart," replied Manuel. L-enure what thev won by boldness and skill thev tost bv"carelessness. If a man wiff peiufofffr firintr matches when his brain is m uddied with in7&irdKnU,he must expect to suffer for it. However, I shall not be a peqarfor fltrars". In good time, if it please .San frumm, 1 shall be captain <rf a mine. And who know- but tbat one f these days I nuty be sa vfvUnUlrxidar— tn overseer - and a vfcSmw, as well as others 1" "To lie sure." replied Msnrarita, eager- Iv. "Wbv not you as well as Miguel Gomes—Don Miguel, forsooth, as Le must be called now 1 And yet I remember him when he was only a poor bntco* —a common mine banter, and always in debt to mv lather for a/fvardirntt and tobacco. Yet because he happened, to light oa a good vein, and sold it to the English company for ten thousand dollars, and was made overreer, he thinks himself now a great gentleman, and tbat everybody must give wav to him." **Poor Don Miguel!" said tbe miaer laughinv. " You are too hard upon our adminiitrader, Margarita. First, you refuse bis liand and heart, not to speak of hi* dol lars; and then you abuse Lira behind his back." However, I think bis time is up. Tbe English director, Don Jayme, came this morning from Mexico and seem* very much dmsatisfied with tbe working of the mine. 11 is whispered among the men tbat the overseer is certain to lose his place." " Ah, that is good news, indeed !" said Margarita, clapping ber hand*. The young couple separated with many affectionate injunctions on the put of the wife, to which the miner laughingljr pro mised a punctnsl attention. In the gr**t shed surrounding tbe pit, Manuel found tbe English director, Don Jayme, the overseer, Miguel Gomes, and several clerks, miners; porters, and male drivers. Don Jayme seemed to tie in a bad humor, and tbe overseer looked black and sullen. " Eiikombtuita —in good time, my man," said the director. 44 We are all ready for you; and now let every one here be atten tive to his duties. There has been too much carelessness heretofore, particularly in the blasting. Many complaint* have been made among tbe townspeople and proprietors of tbe accidents which occur here. You, I am told, are a very quick witted workman," be continued, address ing Manuel. "It ia well that we have some on Whom we can rely." Gomez listened to this significant speech without venturing reply, but his swarthy faoe grew livid, and his eyes flashed with a baleful fire. Two horses, especially trained to tbe duty, were now attached to the machine by which tbe buckets were raised and lowered in the shaft. Manuel then placed upon his head • conical bat, having a socket on the top, which held a lighted candle. He took in one band a small rope, of which tt 5 other end was held by the overseer, and by shaking which the matchlighter was to give the signal when he was ready to ascend. On the promptitude with which fats ascent took place depended, of course, his safety from the effects of the explosion. Manuel now stepped into the Ducket, • which was slowly lowered down the shaft a distance of about a hundered yards. Two drivers, held the horses' heads, and waited in anxious silence for the signal from Gomes. All was still as death in the gofer o. •'Let go !* shouted the overseer. The drivers loosened the heads of the horses, and the well-trained animals dashed off at once. In a minute the bucket rose to view—empty! "Bsv-.:! Down with it! For life! for life! exclaimed the directqr, stamping with impatience. The men hastened to obey hb orders, but before the bucket had descended a dozen yards the roar of the explosion smote upon their ears, and a cloud of emoke and dost was driven violently up the shaft. When it cleared away the faces of all present were seen to be pale with norror. FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. IV. •' You villian f* cried the director to j Gom.'x; 44 what is the meaning of this P* " I'pon my lite -as t am a Christian — the rope shook in my hands," replied Gome*, w hose teeth chattered, and wh.oe whole frame seemed to tremlde with nerv ous agitation, while his eye* carefully avoided those ot the director. The latter did not waste auother word upon hitu, hut, arising a shovel, he ipntii:. into the bucket, along with two of Re miners, and was quickly lowered dowu tlie shaft. Hero thev set a Unit removing, a rapidly aud oareftilly as possible, the pile of earth and stones with which the explo sion had tilled the hotton of the shaft, t ol doubting that they should tiud the mangled remains ol the poor luatchlighter ! beneath them. M hile thev are thus engaged in a fruit- Icss search, let us follow the actual course ol Manuel's proceeding*. He had just lighted tbe matches, and was on the point of stepping into the bucket, when it was suddenly drawn up. A c-uivictiou of the .nversrcr's perfidy instantly flashed upon 1 Mm, and with it a sense of the horror of his position. But Manuel was, a> the di rector had said, a quick-witted fellow. He j knew that the workmen employed in the shaft had, a few days before, come upon a small side-cut. or passage harely large enough to admit tbe body of a man, and that, on tracing it to its termination, it was found to lead to an immense chamber in tbe old mine of San Adrian. This fam ous mine, as is well knowu, was worked shortly after the conquest of Mexico, ami, having yielded immense wealth to it* ptw |irietors, was abandoned, about the eud of the sixteenth century, on account of the difficulty experienced iu it* drainage. Tbe workmen who had explored the jaissage had reported that the chamber was nearly 'full of water, aud was so large tbat the light of their candle* did not penetrate to the further extremity. The recollection of this discovery now occurred to Manuel's mind, and seemed to offer him a chance of escape. Looking eagerly around, he ob servgd tbe opening about three feet above bis head; and gaining it by a desperate sptfßg, he drew himself up by the hands, and plunged into the passage. Urged by tbe drvad of the coining explosion, he rushed eagerly onward, and just as the roar iff the blast filled bis ears be fell head long forward into a sheet of water, which spread about three feet below the extrem ity of the passage. He sank beneath the surface, and when he tose, confused and breathless, it was to find himself filiating j in utter darkness, without the slightest idea of the point by which he had entered and with hardly a chance of discovering tbe opening, which lay so high above the water. A more horrible situation can hardly be conceived. Still, even in tuts extremity, hope did not desert him. Alter -ome reflection, he fixed upon the direc tion in which he judged the passage to lie, and swaoi carefully toward* it. lie was soon convinced, by the space passed over, that he was mistaken iu his judgment; but considering it better to keep on until he t lound the wall than to waste ha strength in swimming about at random, he pro ceeded steadily forward for a distance, as he judged, of nearly two hundred yards. At length he encountered the wall which roee perj>endicul#rly tar above his head, as he found bv the splash of the water which he threw against it. Coasting along ft. xnd occasionally touching it with one hand, he advanced for about a hundred yards further, by which time his limbe were becoming stiff and benumbed in tbe ice-cold water, and his heart had almost jailed him. But he was not destined to 1 perish thus. He suddenly came upon a passage, the opening of which was a little lower than the surface of the water. It was evident from this fact, a* well as from , the sire of tbe passage, that it could not be that by which he bad entered. How ever, it offered hhn at least a respite Irom death, and he promptly availed himself of it. After sitting motionless for a time ! to recover from the exhaustion of his recent efforts, he rose and proceeded to explore the passage. It proved to be a sort of vaulted chamber, of about his own height, and just wide enough for him to touch its sides with his outstretched hands. A soul cheering idea suddenly flashed upon his mind. There wa* a tradition of an ancient soraAoß, or adit, which bad been driven at vast expense through tbe mountain, to clfrct the drainage of the old mine of San Adrian. When tbe mine was abandoned, the adit, of course, was no longer attended to; its external opening became closed up, and, in the space of more than two hundred yean which bad panted, its precise locality —indeed, everything but the mere fact of its existence —was forgotten. Manuel well remembered to have one day heard Don Jayme say to a Mexican gentleman, who accompanied him on a former visit to tbe mine, that be should consider the dis covery of the old so abon an inestimable service, as it would, probably, save the cozujsiuy an immense expense for drainage in their new works. The further the miner &drance<l the more inuml be Itecauie of the truth of bfei supposition. The adit was—as from its situation it must necessarily be—of great length; and Manuel walked, as be supposed, nearly five hundred yards before reaching the extremity. Tbe water all the way j was just up to bis ankles, and he thought be could perceive at times that it had a j slight current in the direction in which he was going. The passage was closed, as be had anticipated, by a solid mass of earth and stones, which he at once set about removing. Making good use of his long knife, he worked indefatigably for more than an hour. At last best nick the roots j of a tree, a circumstance which assured him that he was approaching the surfhee. The conviction gave him renewed strength. He cut with bis knife, and dug with his torn and bleeding bands, until at length a lucky push loosened a large stone which was enclosed between two of the roots of | tbe tree. It fell forward,and tbe bright ray* of heaven poured hi upon his dazzled and enchanted vision, lie felt a thrill of delight, stiob as one entombed before bis time might experience whim tbe doors of bia sepulchre flew outward, and gave him back once more to warmth and light. With a little additional labor be enlarged the aperture, until he was able to force himself through it. But what was bis astonishment, when at length he stood under tbe open sky, to find that he was in the exact spot in which he had taken his noontide meal only a few Hours be fore! A moment's consideration cleared up tbe mystery. The fountain was no natural spring, but simply tbe place of exit for the waters which accummulated in the mine, and percolated through the mass of rocks, earth, and vegetation that ciosed the entrance of the adit. So exact, however, waa ita resemblance to an ordinary moun tain spring, that this was, no doubt, the main cause of the locality of the old toco bon having fallen into oblivion ; since uo bodv, of course, dreamed of looking for it in the vicinity of a fountain. It was clear to tbe young miner that he bad made a discovery of great importance to tbe com pany. With this thought in his mind, and eager to inform bis friends of his wonder ful escape he set out at once up the moun tain. Don Jayme, after laboring for nearly an hour in his useless search, and being ex cessively puzzled by the complete disap pearance ot the body, which he could in no plausible way account for, had left the task for further examination to the miners, and ascended the shaft in great perplexity. Presently a new cause of distress and anxiety came to disturb him. The news ! of the dreadful accident, as it was oon i sidered, had spread to tbe village ot San Adrian, and reached at last poor Marga j rita. Hurrying in a frenzy of agonized excitement up the mountain, she suddenly CENTRE HALL REPORTER presented herself tefurv the dim-tor, as ho ua* walking up aud down the gofoni, with his hands behind him. in the true Kuglitb style of moody meditation. " Where I* nty husband— my Manuel ?' 1 *he exclaimed, in a peremptory tone. '1 eft me, sentsr, for charity, where is my hu tNintl l n " Head! dead!" she exclaimed, as the director as sileut, " and how did he die I Who killed him t It never was his own fault. No. Manuel was not a druukard. My Mauuel was not reckless. If he died, it was not by hU own hand. Show me the murderer " •• My poor child," replied the director, " there is no murderer. There wa* care lessness, but no crime. 44 Never tell ne that, Don Jayme."' "Mv Manuel was no sot, no madman, to throw away his life like Pedro ltravo. If he is dead, I accuse Miguel dome* ol his murder. There stands the villaiu—look in his face and judge. It was only a voar ago, a little w bile before Mauuel and 1 wete marricl. that he ottered the orjattor IVdraza the poet of captaiu of the gallery if ho would come IK'hiiul Manuel and push htm oil the Itiuconada. Answer me, Juan IVdraza, before the great God who sees aud hoan us, t* it not true V* Juan Pedraxa, a miserable looking man. with a face hncgard from the t fleets of habitual intoxication, hung down his head, and made no reply. A gloomy silence ensued, which was at leugth broken by Don Jay inc. who said: 44 Gomes, this aflair begins to look seri ous for you. lam uot your judge, but it is my duty to see that the matter uuder goes strict investigation. Perri -and you Francisco—l give the accused into your charge. See that he does not escape, and briug him before tbe alcade to morrow morning, when all now present will attend tue examination." The nervous anxiety which had beende pictixi on the countenance ol the oversew ever since the explosion now suddenly gave wsv to an expression of ferocious de termination. 44 Stand off!" he exclaimed, drawing his knile, "back, for your lives' 1 am inno cents of Manuel's death ; but I will not stay to have my li<e sworn away by here tic Jew*, spiteful women, and drunken vil lains. Out of the way, IVrei! Follow me at your pet 11!" With these words he dxrtrd out of the yaUm and tkd down the mouutaiu at a pace which defied pursuit. At this moment, Manuel, whose strength had been nearly exhausted by hi* labors in the mine, was painfully ascending the dif ficult pntb. He had nearly reached the llincunlula. and bad paused for an instant to take breath, when a man suddenly turned the corner at full speed. It was Miguel Gomez. He held in one hand a drawn knife, and looked backward over hi* shoulder, as if expecting to be pursued. But when, on tnruing his head, he In-held directly before him the figure of bis victim, standing motionless, wi'h pallid fare and bloody ttands, and eves steadily fixed upon him, he recoiled witli a cry of horror aud affright. Whether it was a mere accident from the dizziness of the sudden shock, or whether it was an access of suicidal frenzy, can never be known; but the unbapny wretch disappeared from tLe sight of tlie horror stricken Wholder, one last scream of despair ascending a t'e criminal shot downward to bia frightful and inevitable doom. Manuel overcome hv a sickening weak ness, leaned against the sleep side of the mountain, and wiped away the cold perspi ration which gathered on his brow ; then, summoning all bis strength, he hurried forward and managed to reach the galmx. His entrance, as may le suptwscd, was tbe cause of great agitation. Most of those present recoiled and crossed themselves in terror, though not so excessively as that of the miserable Gomez. One person, how ever, -prang forward with a laugh of hys teric delight, and exclaimed: 44 Ah, Manuelito, jrou are alive! 1 knew it was all a joke upon your poor little wife!" And with these words tbe over joyed Margarita fell upon her husband's neck, and fainted away in his arms. I need only add to the foregoing narra tive that Don Minuet Campos, the present resident manager of the new mine of San Adnsn, will receive with great hospitality, at his home in Zacatecas, any English trav eler who may pass through that citv, and will, if desired, relsfb all the particulars of the remarkable accident to which be was mainly indebted for bis rise in the world. Dona Margarita, his sen* lady like wife, will confirm the account by her own testi mony, and by the additional token of a long haired, black-eyed urchin, some five or six years old, bearing the identical name of Adriano, in commemoration of the eveut which happened shortly before hi* birth; so tbat tlie essential truth of the story may be considered as established beyond the possibility of a doubt A select sqund of us went from ail in land village to the Ohio river on a fish ing excursion. No sooner had we pitched cur tent and rigged onr tackle than we were honored with a visit from Jake Hcnthorn. Jake is a man of too inde pendent a spirit to be tyrannized over by despotic fashion or arbitrary convention alities. Accordingly ho goes barefoot twelve months in the year; and inconse quence of the exjuuided valley which his 44 footsy-tootsies" moke in the mud (frrquenUv in the vicinity of hen-roosta) he is bestkuown as 44 BmcfooteftJuko." However, it is not with Juke's 44 bug mashers" that we have to do, but with the 44 elastic receptivity " of his maw. One morning Bill Lynch and I were run ning the fishing business, while Bill Head prepared breakfast. Jake's in stincts prompted him to 44 shnssay" around the fire, and feast his nostrils on the odor of a ten pound perch which was then baking. In due time Lynch and I returned to camp for breakfast, and found Head coming i.i with an arm ful of wood. " Well, how about grub ?" wan our greeting. " Ob, all right; I'll net it out for you in a minute, boya. But just come this way, aud see the nicest baked perch you 'ever laid eyes on." We went and we looked; but saw only a rick of bones, from which evenr fibre of meat had been picked ! Jake hud been there ljefore us. I don't distinctly remember whether we swore or not. lit don't seem to me as if we did. Anyhow, we ate breakfast without fish. During the afternoon, while ,we were all lounging on the bank, Jake yawned and drawled out: " I'd like to have as many fish as f could eat, jist onst. I hain't had a mess since Tom Whitten ketclied the big fish." "Jake," said I, in a tone meant to be scornfully sarcastic, " I thought you had a pretty fair mesa this morning. You ate at least fifteeu pounds." "Oh yes," replied Jake, '• I ate that; but what I mean is a reel reg'lar mets." • WATER IN THE DESERT.— Water has been found in the Mojave desert. A hersmau observed a place where the vege tation indicated unusual moisture in the ground, and digging a few feet through a hard crust, he came to a stratum of damp earth, which soon became soft enough to admit of probing with a rake huudle, which, on being withdrawn was followed by a stream of water that drove him from the pit. The water rose to the surface and has continued flowing ever since. The first flow was as red as blood, | says the account; but the water soon became remarkably pure and cool. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 1, 1871. A Mess of Fish. A lining Wlfe'a Experience. 1 wa* hurrying around the house this moruiiig, doing tip my extra Saturday work a* quickly u*> possible, that I might sit down with Henry, who was kept home liy the violent storm ; when sud denly I heard Henry call me from tlv ' sitting-room. 1 found him looking as I had never seen him la-fore, au I Aunt Mimrva rather ufco*Ae/. Henry drew me down on the lounge by hi* side, mid putting his arm around me, said, 44 Now Aunt Minerva, please rejteat what you have just said to me." She tried to speak, hut the words refused to couie. She was mieh a picture of confusion that I fell really sorry for her. At length, finding that she e mid not or would not apewk Henry turned to me. aud *aid, j 4 ' Anuie, Aunt Minerva ha* been tolling uie that you are so extravagant iu your cooking, and some other ways, that you will soon exliaust my mean*. Aud thi* is not the first time thut she has complained of you in this underhanded wuy. I have never replied, thinking, tint she would perceive from my mntiuer that 1 would uot attend to such talk ; but the last time it occurred, I resolved tliat the uext time I would call you in directly." And ; then, timiiug to Aunt Minerva, he went on : 44 Whatever fault you have to fiud with Annie hereafter must be done in her presence.' She and I are loth young, and make no profe-stiona of jw-rfcction. We are faulty, and or-' together striving against our defect*. But I have roufi deuce in Annie's judguicut, uud do not think she w ill go far astray in house keeping matters. She may feel that I have the most entire trust in Per in every respect, ami that 1 will never allow any one to even attempt to prejudice me agaiust her " At thi* stage of our first domestic storm. Auut Minerva summon ed courage to say : 44 Well, I must say you are making a great fuss übont a little matter of advice.' Henry replied, "It ' is uot a littli- muttor of advice ; the *ail •h-st cose I ever knew of estrangement ln-twceli husband olid wile was brought about by just such interference as yours. I knew of it when quite a boy, and the circumstances made a very deep impres sion upon my mind. The lmslund and | w ! ife were good people, and truly attach* ; ed to each other ; but the husluind lnul a sister of whom he was very fond, and he, ' ut length gave h-ed to her jealous whia- , perings in tegurd to hi* wife. For many | years they were unhappy. A time of reconciliation and better understanding came, aud the wife had some years of comparative rest ami happiness before her dt-ath, dimmed to u great extent, however, by the recollection of the an-, deserved misery which she had endured : for so many years. Annie cannot, of course, expect to spend a life free from trials, but, Govt helping me, she shall uever suffer from want of confidence and love in me." Thi* scene ha* drawn Henry and myself very near to each other ; aud it lias made me very sorrv for poor, discontented, short-sightod Aunt Minerva. — llendd of IbxilA. A Ver) I nromfortablr Place. According to t letter dated at the Camp of the Sixth United .States Cav alry. near Fort Hays, the Kansas town called flays City is "an unattractive spot. The writer says; Hays City is a place inhabited bv thiexea, murderers, adventurers and ad venturesses. Why thev named the place Hays City 1 cannot imagine, utiles* it was on account of it being so near Fort llavs (only half a mile), evidently • for the purpose of giving it character abroad, for ut home they seemed to lie living in the Scriptural injunction, " Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-mor row ye die," for they do eat, and they do drink, and if it can lie called being merry (not mnrry, for they don't do that for a man to crawl out of bed very late in the morning ith a flushed face and ev* blood-shot ami protruding from tfjeir sockets, I any that if tbat can be called Wing merry, they ore very merry. A casual observer passing through the town, seeiug a sign, over nearly every door, woula think there wa* a variety of business carried on at the place, but if he should stop and read a few of tlie signs lie would fiud that they were near ly all engaged in the same line of busi ness, or " entertainment," —that's it. en tertainment ; that's what they call it. There's a peculiarity aliout the sign* that loads a jterson to think that ladies and gentlemen do not live together, for it is written on some,"This rs Jake'* house," " Joe's house," Ac., while on others arc " Ladies' Parlors," " Ladies' D-part ! ment," Ac. And to take a glimpse in | side of one of these yon would think thnt you had at ln*t found the real place, where it is every fellow fur himself, and | the devil take the hindmost, for the w alls glitter with guns, pistol* and knives, : where frequently a pair devil dies to ' day instead of to-morrow. Bats In Confinement. Bats dislike captivity so much that they die under it. Five were turned into a roughly-made rage, in which they were fed with flies, for which their ap petite was something wonderful—in their eagerness, they would snap and bite at one another like so many ravenous ears. Cooked meat they could not appreciate, but raw beef was more to their taste ; a circumstance nffording their proprietor great relief, since, by attaching a piece of beef to the inside of their box, he was saved the trouble of catching flies for them, and was able to wntch them cater for themselves. The meat proved a source of attraction to divers blue bottle flies, to the intense gratification of the captives, who displayed great quickness in disposing of these visitors. No sooner did an unwitting bine-bottle come within range than he was struck dowu by a pair of bat's wings, the for tunate bat falling instantaneously with all its membranes expanded, cowering over its victim, and securing him by thrusting its head under. When the head came forth again, the membranes immediately closed, and the poor fly was immediately swallowed, wings and all—an operation affording several min utes' enjoyment to the jierfonner. seemed pretty comfortable in their prison, getting qaitc lively of an eve ning, and regaling the ears of their own er with a harsh masic of their own more curious than pleasing. But in nineteen days every one of them WHS dead—nor did a second party prove longer-lived. How TO Do rr.—A correspondent writes to inquire "what is the best treatment to prevent the development of hydrophobia in dogs ?" Don't know about the l>at, but if you will give your dog water enough, it is pretty certaiu he cau't have the disease. The safest way to insure him an abundance of this indispensable fluid is to anchor him in about seven feet of water, so that his head will be from eighteen to twenty five inches below the surface. In that way he can drink as much aa he wants. Any surpus ho may cliance to swallow will do more good than harm. UOLT. —The Lucknow Times tells a story of an elephant which lately drowned a man because he leaped down in front of him while he was making his ablutions in a river in India. Being provoked by this impertinent interruption of his toilet, the gigantic brute seized the man and held him under water till he was drowned. Is there any difference between a hen stealing and cock robbin' ? A Child Mangled by Dog*. Iu (lie taut onl of Krueat lileiitch, Iff dog*, aoine grown and soutn half-grown, have IKK-U hnrliort d for <*mie time |'<it Fed ii|*ui the offal, which i* plentiful mid foul ill Ml eh a place, these animal* had become th-roer than their breed— t-roM between the jowt-rfiil Newfound land and the brutal 14 bull"— would have mode litem, red-mouthed, gaiuit, and horrible, it ia a a under (hat *iu-h a puck could have exi.led iu the luiilal of a civ ilized community no long a* thev dpi aid not have been sootier heard. Willie Hh-rsch, a bright acveil-year-old sou of the well-to-do owner of tW tauyard, and cruuiualiy can-lean master of the houuda, left hu grundtother'* and started home ward, intending to coll lor his father en route. II entered the lanyard unmind ful or unaware that the employees had left it to the care of ita night guardian*, 13 dog-harpies. He had uearly reached the center of the place, and hud called for his father, when long, keen fang* were thrust into luut from behind, aud he wa* drugged by a large dog literally into the loft of one of the shed*, other dogs coming to the assistance of their fellow. At the taste of id.Hxl the fleree ueas of the huge mongrels caught fire. The boy wo* drugged again down the step*, and rolled in the filth of the vard until all semblance of humanity bail left him. Black, bleeding, and dying, lie still clung with his face downward to the earth with the energy of despair It waaut thia moment tfiat the neighbor liecotue aware of what WON transpiring. A bold tmui sprang over the fence to the rescue, but wo* immediately driven out %the uow maddened autl terrible dogs, ey went in with pitch-forko, aud people driving on the avenue * topped ana went to the rescue with kuives and pistol*. It was a brief and bloody work. The dogs were shun to the last puppy, but not before a strong man bod carried w hat < wa* left of Willie to bia grandfather *. Here he was received by his grand mother, who washed him to thi likeuete> of a bov. The flesh had been drawn from his scalp ; there were great, uglv gashc* in hi* forehead, cheeks, and lips. Great piece* of skin aud flesh hung from the back of ki* head. Ghastly holes, their edge* lacerated with tooth-mark*, were under his arms; legs and other tender part* of his body bore wound* beyond description. And yet he lived, j No vital j-art had been reached. He could eveu tell brokenly how the attack 1 hod begun. Duped by Uypalea. An old gentleman in Polk county, Missouri, of con aiders ble wealth, was some time since made the dnpe of mis placed confidence iu the following man ner as related by tlie Bolivar JVc* I'rm* ; " A Wild of Gyjovie# appeared iu the neighborhood, retnaiuiug several weeks. A woman lielonging to tlie jiartv made the acquaintance ot the old gentleman, and communicated to him the startling intelligence that a Urge amount of treas ure was concealevl on his place, and tlmt by obeying her instructions be could secure it. This he agreed to do. She then informed him that he umst dei>ot all his money iu a certain place. After Uie ht)ie of a few days the whcrea!outs of the treasure would be revealed to him. He accordingly depututod the sam of threg thousxud two hundred dollars in a hiding-place known only to himself and the Gypsy. When several tlsys had jotssed, she again appeared unto him, stating that her incantations would not work, and assigning a* a reason that he failed to deposit all of hi* inonev in the hiding-place, as stipulated. He then added seventy seven dollars more to the amount, but "still the spell wluoli was to lay hare the hidden wealth prov-d un sueceasful. He then agreed to let the Gypsy take the package of money into her keeping in order to facilitate her conjurations. She kept it several days, then returned with the entire amount, and they counted it over together. The Oyp*v thou iuformcd him he must, to complete the chann. sivrete the package once more, for a period of ten days ; that he mast uot, in the meantime, look at or go near it This was afuentcd to, and the package once more carefully sealed up and committed to his care. When ten IUVB had expired he proceed**! to go to the place of deposit, found the pack age at lie had pUccd it, hut upon open ing it was amnzed to discover that it contained nothing but scraps of old newsjiapcnt. He sought the Gypsy wo man at tier usual haunts, but the entire party had " folded their tents, like the Arabs, and silently stolen away." How THUT MAKE UP.— Somewhere near Louisville there live* a husband who was a soldier. Both man stul wife have fiery tempers which break out about once a month in a war of word*. Thou, failing to reduce his wife to subjection in the unequal strife, the soldier shoul ders his tent, takes a frying-pan and provisions, goes to the wood* aud camps out Not ninny days pass before loneli ness compels the woman to go in search of her lorn, who, although he mav have tx-en in the doleful dumps ta-fore lie saw her coming, whistles and sings at her approach, and pretends that the green wood is the place for him, ami in it he could live for ever. Then the wife hursts into Unirs and preys him to return. He remains obdurate for a while, but finally succumbs; the two then rush into each other's arms, then disentangle themselves and rush hack home again, he liearing the tent and she the frymg pon. _ ___ WOMEN IN CALIFORNIA. —The Labor Exchange of Han Francisco has been compelled, l>v erroneous report* circu lated in the Ka*t, to make a statement of ita powers and intentions, from which we quote these sentence* : " California wants 5,000 girls to do general house work— girla who will work in country towns. Thousands of Chinamen arc doing the work of women in hotels and private- houaea, simply beoauae white help cannot be procured. The women ana girls who apply to the L*lx>r Ex cliange for work refuse to accept situa tions in the interior of the country. The romantic notions about marriages will not hold water. Occasionally bach elors are captured, but these instances are becoming rare. California is not a wilderness. In some of the mining camps men prislomiuate, but to quote an apropos expression, while "there arc as good fish m the sea as ever swam, they don't bite as well as they uaod to." THE PERSIAN FAMlNE.— Accounts re ceived in Bombay, from the agent of the society for assisting the sufferers by the famine in Persia, fully confirm the reports previously received. Thousands of people have already diod of starvation, and in places where every other vestige of food has been consumed men have been driven to eat their own offspring. Such scenes of misery have never been witnessed elsewhere in modern times, and to add to the accumulated horrors, this year's crop is exceedingly scanty, being insufficient for the supply. SCN STROKE.— According to a late writer, sun-stroke is due to the action of light upon the brain exerted through the eye, and not, as generally believed, to an elevation of temperature ; and it is asserted that, if the eye be properly shaded from the glare of the sun, any unusual precaution in the way of pro tecting the head and back of the neck may be'dispensed with, Cual Miner* In Earupe, The German ooai miner, whether he bulging to I'ruaaia pry per, Hatuiiy or Austria preserves the iloiitiiiutiva traits of the German race. Lea* impulsive and more phlegmatic even than the Anglo- Huxoti miner, he luut faithfully carried into coal mining the habit* anil disci pline of the metallic iniuea, which iu G- rnmuv, dab' Ifi'iu many yeuturiw,iiud have Irffru wvwyaiifw trirved with a religious and jealous care. The earUeat uuncn- of CanUol l ump# eojwf from the*.' mines, where they are rt-fffmentad in the strict and figurative sense of the tenn, und form u Hitinet cUaa of tbe imputation. They constitute something more than n mare gntld or conjuration, and or-- a sort of cost*, with peculiar costume, dress, and manner*, as well as free-moaonry. tradition, and even super stitions. Certain and particular forma ore handed down from one guauratiou to auother, and when on the road or in the country you are saluted with gbuck in/, (meaning happy going out, good journey to the mine and hack again, Sou may be aure that you are addressed v miners. ' The Italian coal miner, eapeetallj the the migrabirv miner of the Tuonan Ma remain, (a .listriet once flourishing and populous, hut now at certain seasons of the voar * prey to frm-r and miasm*,} is snother type full of character. Old Nioooliui. tna mine agent, goes to hire them beforehand, and has to pay them their "earnest money." The exodus begins soon after the middle of October; some going on foot, while others ride, seeking places in the stage coaches. The opening ojieretion* are impeded at the outset by the last rains of autumn, the dilapidations which have happened dur ing the stoppage of the works are made good ; timbering has broken, the goaf has given way, the water haa mvls nn tuuroua devastations at tbe surface as well as underground ; but all is promptly act on foot and tbe works reopened and carried on with vigor. The coal raised is sent to Leghorn, for the use of the local factories and the steamboat*. It lias also l**--n taken to Home, and the Vatican is lighted with gas mode from this ouaL Pierre L'hoto, the hold man of Epi nac, most not be forgotten; he waa at the aiege of Constantino, and helped (o take the city under I-amoriaerr. and brings into lua service aQ the steadiness of the soldier, and he doubtleas beoarna a collier that lie still might burn p"*> der. If the Euginaor goas to viait a workmg-place, be says to his men, "come, my lads, fall in : here is Mon sieur the Kngiuoer going by." He is very near patting them in line si present arms ; the pick raised in his right hand, tbe left resting on tbe handle nf the shovel. One clay the miners at Hi# bot tom of the workings threatened to strike, a dispute having ai i*en about the jinoea l paid for work. " Wait for me here, my ] lads," mid Pierre L'hoto, " while I go l and speak with the Engineer." On his < return he aavo, "listen, my lads, to 1 Monsieur the Engineer's answer:. Pierre- L'hoto, go and tell your men the day shift begiu* at aix o clock in the morning, with an hoar's rest at noon for dinner, and ends at foar iu the after noon. There, my lids, that's what Mon sieur toM me. He is our chief ; I obey him ; you obey me ; come, my lads, to work !*' There wsa no more talk after that aliotit striking.— From Underground j L\fr, by Jules Sttnumt*. Accumulation. To lxx-ome fonder of accumulation than of expenditure, is the first *tep towards wealth. An agriculturist will re ceive a few grains of au improved pecie* of corn, which he will not eat, but will plant them and replant the product from rear to year, (ill bia few grain* beootae hundred* of bushels. Money la iucreaa sble by analogous prooeasiw, and ancceas is witliin the power of every man who shall attain to ordinary longevity. If a man at the age of twvmty years can save a shilling every working day, and an nually invest the aggregate at compound legal seven |>cr cent interest, he will, at the age of seventy, pause** SI j. W>o. Many men who resort to life insurance can save several times a shil ling daily, and thus accumulate several times the above sum long Inffore the age of seventy. Nearly all largo fortunes sre tlie result of "such accumulation*. Hence the men who amass great fortunes are usually those ouly who live long. To be in haste to tamo ma rich by a few great operations is a direct road to eventual poverty. We cannot, however, command long" life, but we can approxi mate thereto by commencing early the [iroeea* of accumulation—an elongation •y extending backward living as effica cious as an elongation forward. Every hundred expended, by a man at the sge ol twenty yeara, is on expenditure of what, at Intercut,would by oomjxmnding it annually, Invome 515,000, should he live to the "age of seventy. This lesson is tsnght practically by saving hank*, and well counteract* the fatal notions of the young, that old age is the period of ae l uinulatiou, and youth tbe period far ex- IK'jiditnre. The rhltowqiher's Stone. The eccentric but brilliant John Ran dolph ones- rose suddenly up in his seat in the House of Representatives, and screamed out, at the top of his shrill voice: "Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! 1 have discoverd the philosopher sab ma It is—Pay as yon go :' John Randolph dropped many rich gems from his mouth, hut never a richer one than that " Pay as you go," and von need not dodge sheriffs and constables. " Pay as you go," and you can walk the streets with au erect back and niauly front, olid have no fear of those you meet. You won't have to cross the street to avoid a dun, or look intently in a shop window, in order not to see a creditor. "Pay as you go," and yon can snap your fingers at the world, and when you laugh, it will lie a hearty, honest one, and not like the Liugii of the poor debtor, who looks around as though ha was in doubt whether the laugh was not the nropertjf of his creditors, and not included in arti cles " exem j 'ted from at taehtnen t " '' Pay as you go, and you will meet smiling faces at home—happy, cherry-cheeked, smiling children--* contented wife—a cheerful hearth-stone. John Randolph was right. It is the philosopher's stone. THS CARAT.— The carat is nominal weight, that expresses the fineness of gohX or the proportion of pure gold In n inaas of mchd ; thus u given weight or quality of gold is divided into 24 ports or carats, and gold of 22 carats fine con sists of 22 ports of pure gold and 2 part* of silver, copper, or Others metal. The carat weight is usually considered to be the 24tli parts, of the pound troy, or 240 grains troy, bnt it is not necessary to give it any fixed or absolute weight, as it is only used to determine the propor tions of pure metal and alloy. The weight of 4 grains used by jewelers for weighing diamonds and precious stones is called diamond weight, and is equal to 1 1-6 grains troy ; 8 diamond grains being only equal to 4 grains troy, since the ounce troy contains 150 diamond carats. The term carat derives its najpe from a bean, the frnit of an Abyssinian tree called kvara. This bean, from the time of its being gathered, varies very little in weight, and seems to have been, from a very remote period, used as a weight for gold in Africa. In India also the bean is used as a weight for gems and pearls. The Persian Famine. The Hominitf ik>nUt of the 4th ult con tained ■ lung Inter, listed May Hi but, 1 Mr. Mooockjee Limj* Attaria, agi-nt of tk Managing Committee of the maiMy for ameliorating the omdiUon of poor Zumaatriami in Persia, in which be mves i a dreadful neoout of the •tiffi-nog* of the population from want of food. Among the statement* be mike* *re the f ill -w --iug ; In Ispahan public shops are opum-d for adling cameTa. ana's, dug'*, and M*' Aiah, ami yet frun 70 to SO panua* die daily. pMfir fotlnai dliar Ihnr dtU dren. The Ariuetiisn population only | lire free from privation, tiny being sup (Miited by tluflr wealthy brethren in Oal •utta and Batavia. InlKaaaaa and Km*-, cities where oorn formerly abounded, people have been caught " cutting down children for good." In Kboraaaaa la,-, (KJO men had been swept off tiiroagh hunger and din-aae, and thoa* who ur 1 viv-d did not haaitate *' to nae r.iV<- up corpses tor food." In Yezd 12 Zor*aa < trim* were dying dally for want of food ret but one benevnleut Parse* gentleman Mr Nuaaerwanjce Maneckjoe Petit, had, up to the date of the letter, aaut MM ru in** in IHGtI, and 1,700 rupeas on the lOth of January, 107(1 through the manag ing committee, aud again 200 rapes* by ; telegraph on the 14th of March, W7l. So oth*r contribution, the Parse* agent 1 adds, had been received, and corn dwtri j button among the Zoroustxjam at Jead had l***n taken from thuu by the Me ; It will be recollected that similar accounts of the sufferings of the Persian |>}>iilation had reached England by telegraph front Teheran, and that they were stated to be gross exaggera- j • ttona in a letter from the Per nan Minis ter in England. Kir R Mardotudd Stephenson, to put an end to doubt on the subject, lias sent a telegram to Mr Allison, ourCltaage, d* Affaire* atTeheran. . to ask U the aocowrta publiahed are true, and, if the wopulatioe are atill suffering. I what would be the quirW means of affording relief. Mr. Allison's Wjdy, which so fir conftrm the statement of the Persian Minister, is as follow*: j "Teheran, July 31. The (amine if ovw, l wit prornuotis are very dear." The Hsaar-tly. The eggs of the house-fly are laid in decaying vogntahln matter, such as dead leaves, and twpeoiaily in the manure of j stablaa; about wventv or eighty bring the usual number. Three soon hatch, slid the larva grows rapidly, feeding upon the substance found near it. After j s short time the outer akin hardens, and become* brown aud tough, forming a case shaped like a little barrel divided j into rings. The transformation of the larva is quickly made, and the animal is anon ready to emerge as a perfect insect. The common blow-fly is another spe * i-ies of this order, which lays its eggs in decaying flesh, and which sometime* 1 baton before leaving the body of the parent, and in any event vary soon be comes developed into the larva. Those form the well-known maggot*, which are the annoyance of housekeepers in hot 1 weather. A fly very similar to the house-fly in j general appearance, bnt with the wings j diverging more widely when in a state! of real, is provided with a very powerful! I lancet, by means of which blond may be drawu iu an instant after settling upon the bodv of an animal. It is a curious fact that this specie*, like the mosquito, in alighting upon an upright surface, uniformly recta with its bead upward, the true 'house-fly occupying a nreewwly opposite direction, or with the head downward, lira* affording a ready meana of distinguishing them. Tho house-fly, both an grub and perfect insect, furnishes food to a great variety of other animals ; but the destruction of the adult is largely due to the growth of a parasitic fungus which attacks it, and, , developing rapidly iu ita interior, soon exhausts its vitality.— Uarptr't Magatitte. rommuipaw Cattle Yard*. The stock yards, with the extensive building tor storing and selling she*p and hogs, are situated upon that part of New York Bay known as Com munipaw. The Srw Jeraev Railroad has a track running directly into the yards. There are about eighlv'vard* tor the holding and sale of cattle. ' These yard* will hold 10,000 cattle, a three-story building. I.oooxloo feet is calculated to accommodate 20,000 sheep and 12,000 hogs. A connecting abattoir, is 375 feet long, with three wings in the rear, making the width 125 feet, wsid building being two stones in bight The upper story has four benches for slaughtering hogs and when nil are in operation, about 400 hogs can lie killed and dressed per hour, and 6,- 000 of them can be snsnendi-d, at one ' time, when slaughtered. The lower story ia used for slaughtering cattle, WW of which can be killed per day. At present, 1,000 head are killed per week, with an average of shout 9,600 nogs. Everything ' connected with slaughtering is conducted with economy, the blood ami offal Wing for fertilizing material, while the fat in \ tried on! npon the premises. Aa one of the officers remarked at a time when the (km-raent was striving to find out every thing upon which it oonld lay a tax, 1 41 We save everything of the hog, from the snont to the" tail—everything tmt the 1 anneal, and wonld save that tint for tin 1 stamp we should have to put Upon it. .. , Styles of Handwriting. The names on the registers of the ftar i aioga hotels, says the Sarahm/iaiu are I quite a studv. By careful attention it '"will be noticed ttiaton an average, Par sons hailing from various section* of the eonntrv differ in the style of penmanship. J New forkcre are the best penmea; Fhiladelphians effect the back-dope a goad deal; Boatonians write a Declaration iif Independence hand, not very legil4a ; Southerners don't awing so earekvw a 1 quill gi nerallv as tlieir northern brethren; ChicagoanH apparently try to see how gracefully and unintelligibly they can |M*n their autographs; while ttneinua tians ami weatom men generally write a I ' good deal as they build cities, in a hurry ; Albanians and "Trojans are amonu the I poorest writers, but they excel the Wcel Trojan, whoee style is barely above " his mark" ; those from the smaller towns take more pnins and separate their letters according to rule, and than spoil their work by a flourish or an insane capital, like a mile post in their name ; Culians and Spaniards write a delicate hand, similar to a lady's, but not clear always to the common Yankee paroeptton. Cana dians and Europeans adhere to the bid fashioned strlc, and take it for grauted lliat everybody should know how to make "Brown" out of 'Smith." -< > '■ ■■ ■ ■ "v • < A GRAVE Arma.—A manufacturer of tombstones lately received a call from a oountryman who wanted a atone to plaoe over the grave of ha mother. After look ing wound for some time, and making sundry remarks about the taste of his deceased mother, he finally pitched up on one which the stone-cutter had pre pared fer another pesson. " I like this one," said he. " But," said the manu facturer, " that belongs to another man, and has Mrs. Perry's name cut oa it; it wouldn't do for your mother." 44 Oil, yes, it would," said the countryman; 44 she oouldn't read ! And, beeide%" he continued, as he observed the wonder ment of the stone-cutter, " Perry was always a favorite name of here? guy ' how !" TKJiMS : Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance. few York Jfewtocy*. Generally ragged, often ahoelea* or hatieaa, or Wit, unclean in person u| language, tin- newsboy* of New York ; are a claw by toemrelves. Kueiinc <*!■*, and among no otbar fauuuin bemgs, 'in them so tnueh energy, indrpendimoe, ! t-ffronOrv, cunning, ajiiftlewuew, and eoutcntednaaa with the lot fortnn* send* town. 0t at four o'clock la the loom*. itsg to crowd the folding-room* of to* morning Ri wMwper*, titer o*n 1M TWY ! from then until Late at night, and heard . my where •boating their warm to the general car. Each aate they make yield# 1 only a cent or the fraction Of a cent I profit, and U can be readily seen (bat t they tonal make many mdm, in vol ring hours at time and a tombl* strain on youthful muactea for them to gain even a acauty xubmatenoe. if a HOT M& one hundred paper*per day, be iaooint- m>• Utaa an average boances, but hi* profit* only amount to fifty oenbi; m that three dollar* per week is wore than the general reward of an occupation that ounaomea fourteen bouta par day and require* a daily capital almost equal to the weekly proiiu. Oat of these aoapty ewnuag*. gut at such a great coat,.the newsboy can, if be will, tar* cleanly had comfortably. Although aa a dam im provident in the butt degree, buadadi of newsboy* take the Wueflt* of the I iractioal pinko tbrophy of the Children's 4*| fciock-tv, which has edahliahad the Newsboy*' Lodging Uottae at No. 49 Park Pine, where a hoy earn obtain a dean bed and wheleaome meals at a ooat of ail cent* each. Lm than half hi* petty profit*, therefore, laflw for his aiutcnaoee and shelter, leaving him twenty-aii cent* per day to paaeide far hie do thing and other a■■ at—ana*. go man thrift has never bad a move extreme example than that out of audi gain* aa] those a fund of $2.433 90 baa accumula ted in the savings bank attached to the institution, from deposits made by Lib* boys of their surplus pennies. But cheering as this fact is, when other bmrk are considered,,the improvidence of the mass of and tor vast total at*fitm b * boy* remain uncontradicted. During the last year different boys were inmatrn fat differing periods of the lodging-house, ami of this number B,lls. were orphans, and $.981 were halter phana. Of the w hole number 33 pr cent, were received gratuitooaly, because they were destitute; and we ate thus brought taw to face with the appalling fedt that during 1970 1,600 boys wider the age of fourteen years, sought In wain in the streets of Hew York for the sub sistence that coat* ouly twenty-four emit* a day. That this is a muury that ia forced upon and not sought by it* vic tim*. ia shown by the fact that daring the war 713 only of thorn admitted to! the lodging-house were found to be tru- j ants who bad fled from comfortable homes from an uncontrollable spirit of adventure. All other* were actually. homeless, nor did they ooirstttwte the to tal infantile privation of the year. A II ] those admitted to the lodging-house do f not aril newspapers, nor do an who sack it* comfort*, Then are hundreds,many , of wbom are girls, who are suffering the] martyrdom of profligate parentage. Taken altogether, the newsboys are sub-1 jected to greet privation* and terrible j temptation*. Among them are many who, surviving the one and proving an-' potior to the other, are to emerge from this shrouded infancy into an honorable < manhood. But among them are many other* who are to escape all evil in a| pauper grave before childhood is passed,, or failing in this beatitude are ,k> become confirmed vagrants and thieves. **■ ranch** Social Reforms. PtmcA thinks that quite as necessary as the Ballot BUI, ia a Social Reform, Bill, with a view to the correction of, certain " corrupt practices" which can hardly be prevented by the using of the i ballot-box. Of these practice# it may snfikw if we particularize the following: ( The practice of taking up the time, 1 which is the mouev, of an editor, byi sending half legible and wholly worth-1 loss correspondence. The practice of stewinx people in the drawing-room, when hall of them had far rather be smoking in the garden. The practice at some theatres of clapp ing on a premium for seats paid for be forehand. the rule of trade being rather to take off * discount. The practice of hotel keepers of sell ing sixth-rate wine and charging flrrt rate prices for it The practice of inviting some two hundred peraeus to what you are pleased lo call in moekerv - abundance,* in a, small* stifling, rtuffy room that will barely h"i>t tifty. The practice of cheating, sspecwHy poor people, by selling shop sweepings , for tew, and chicory for coffee. The practice by encores, of *windhng j a good singer out of many more song* than have been bargained for. Tbeiuwotiee at tn™W two dinner psr tie running, and making the stale of the fitst do for the second. The practice of some drapers of bidly ing timid ladies into buying" bargain*" which they haw no use foi. The practice with hotel waiter* or fishing tor stray shillings w divera lame excuses, when tbey are well aware that | tboir attendance has once been charged for. .. The practice on pianos in a seaside 1 lodging-bowse, where the wall* ace scarcely thicker than a sixpence. J The practice, after charging ynu nx shillings for your stall, of leaving yon to p*v another shilling to be shown to it, , The practice of giving a aotie intricate to guesta who, yon can see, have not the aUghteet ear for music. The practice of making solemn speech es after dinner, when anything like thinking interferes with the digestion. Hew Siberia** Bat, Wo have heard of the enormous ap petites of the natives of Siberia, writes a correspondent W© now had ocular demonstration of it. One of our Tun gusiuiki had been sent back on an errand. The other two sat down to their supper. First they made awgy with a gallon of hot ten. Thon they prepared a four- Jnart pailfiil of boilea n*h and soup. ust as this was dispatched their com rade returned, and the same pail was twice filled with bailed beef, all of whieh was devoured by the three, the bones being craeked for the marrow. They then rinsed oat the pail, and cooked it full of "crnpa," a kind of mush, which went the way of the fish and leef. Then they fell upon " ukale," or dried salmon, devouring even the skin, after broiling it over the fire. Then they built their own camp fire, and began to oook another moaL Wo did not keep any account of the dishes, but the last thing we heard after retiring was the cracking of beef bones to get at the marrow. Swqrtx told us that a few months before ( a nanjber of horses had been sent to 4jau under charge of hall a dozen Cos sacks. One of the horses broke ite leg, and had to be killed. At evening the six Cossacks sat down to the caroara, and in the morning there was nothing left of it hut the hide and bones. Evan the head and entrails had "been eaten. Schoenberger swears that be fan drink one hundred and fifty glaaaea of lager at a sitting. As each glass ia a pint nearly, and each pint weighs a pound, the ques tmen arises, when the fellow goes home to his fran, which is Schoenberger and which is beer ? NO. 34. ————————— ' 'XV AMM lb# MMka* <B her towk 'lt • Her malL White hand rvpora*: I am t skrahcri, for I Met: Ttot wflfUrl*b, with HUMS rn ilMk, I I j I , tV IWfIMR! , i J, it Farts an! Faarte*. Crewel—Wowted work. A crack corps The twglu* "On the rise—A beker'a stock. Capital aport—Mooey-hunting Flat falsehood—Lying on joar bsek. Advice to dootora —Live and let live. A "dip in the briny"—Picklsd Pork. Tne Wight of the season—Fabronheit. Bomr thing th chalk down-The price 01 "'ll The King of Bnrmali ha* proclaimed internal five trade. There is a county in lowa whieh does not contain a sin {le tree. Dresden takes the lead erf German dtkm as a resort of Americana A Hon thorn lady ha* boon poisoned by chewing preen sewing silk. CflmttlinMs w nest to and It is soap that hr nest toenrity. i 4 H its dtaagraenble flavor by maceration with coffee. Of the 33 ttooteh oonntrics, 14 have a ni alter popuhrfloo 'ln ffTl 'than they had girt committed sndda by taking atryehnine beoanac her mother boxl bar ears. Why era rook* toe moet revolutionary birds? Because they aw always chat- WapSk - mirrors sst in. ft M hung en their neck laces instead of locket*. High Judicial authority has decided ttiat th.- coolly trade ia virtually toe alav# trade, and the weasel* engaged in it art piralea in 'the <y of the law. To flatter a oemm .adroitly, one nras know three thing*-what they are, what they think toey are, and what they want other people to think they am The U.OOO heathen Chinese in San Francisco don't make miteh noise in the world, bt fhey own f74,<WO in rati estate and BLUBfit* in personal prop- To be called a " flirt" i* the bett jw taction foramen and the iwwt danger one nwpototoMi for n wantan, an in either mm nothing eeriona u expected from them. j A trunk factory out West was lately fv-mvlflff tit ■'inhiun. The old sign, it umsnorted was ntoißad bt the new f*oj>neU>r, whp ecooomioafiy cianged *' llfo eetimatod that within the post hmidrad dawn not lew* than ens million The beat way to get help in this world srasffisi prove fhit ywn ran do without folka, and toey will beg to give yen a lift it M 1 my, 9mm, that'* a toodung bad ha* of your*. Why do you wear such a hideous tWmrr "Beeanae my dear t MUk Mi* donee Ihi isrss sße will not f# ru out of toe house with me till Iget a .better one." The bank of Montreal is about to in creese its eapitai to 12.000 <', wh.cn i wiU make it the third largest in the , world, toe bank of England and Franc* !jug ahead. Me other bank in America baa a capital of over $10,000,000. A California arena* has invented whet be call* the Snrake boot-puller, which consists of a leather belt, baring two hooka ftttaebodto it Be pbe. to# belt over his right abonlder, *djnato the hooka in his bootstrap**, and thai learn 1 >ackward, and the tightest boot ia eon qnered. Eh Boris, of LonisviiK Ind.. who had bran a paralytic for two yams, wa* (livorc4-<l fr<<m his second wile while on his"death-bed. firing. feet si* hours altar the divorce was ordered. The suit was brought by parties ia the inter est of the sons of his flirt wife, to obtain some of the money whieh would.naturally (all to the aeeond wife, and the deceased was wholly ignorant of the proceeding. Chine* Laborer*. The Louisiana B*"fnr Bad at a recent who during toe last eight month* has ! had twentv-rix Chinamen at work for hhu on h ragar plantation ; he infinite ilv and for every reason prefers them to i negroes. Ia Jtovember and December Inst they planted fwty srpente of cane for him, and although at flirt they were awkward workmen yet in a short time tbey unproved so greatly as to be better even than hit old hands, who, with three exceptions, became die ousted and ran away at the end of the i rear. Aa pkmghmeu the Chinese are admirable, and take good ear* of their beasts, never heating or abusing them. ■They ere intelligent and honest; every one of them can rend ttd wpte in h own language, and SO, when ,P*J-deT comes, if any of them becomes uidebfod more than hi* wage* amount to be mere lv rends up his book to have it posted, ud all is right This planter pays them 813 for twenty-six days work, retaining $3 until the end erf the contract; their rations, fmeen pounds of pork and fifty pounds of nee far thirty day*. The la borer* are orderly, cheerful, and cleanly ; all of the twenty-five in two houses, twenty feet wide by forty long, and all their cooking and eating is dime m an . udioiring house. If the experience of 1 ot&rpUntera .hall be eimialr to that of this correspondent the negro's oeeupsi lion in the South will soon be gone. Btrnxo * Town. —Oiney, DL, is a very thriving little city of 6,000 inhabitants. Among the legal "gentlemen, a Mr. Wil son shine* quite prominently, at least since his recent speculation*. This per son discovered a white since, that by some accident the quarter section on which now stands the new 865,000 school boost, and many of the most valuable bnstnem blocks and residences of the city, had never been entered at the gen eral land office. To preempt the ordi nary way would require thirty days' no tice, which didn't meet Wilson's notions. He got hold of a lot of scrip issued by Congress in the remote part to some one who had been unlucky enough to lose his warrant#. This acrip wa* good far any land that bad been surveyed whether subject to entry or not. Thus armed. Wilson had no difficulty in getting out* his patent, awl now owns the town. The Olnerite* have gone to law with torn But he smiles softly at their rage. Now a* Tro.—The Chicago Repub term thus contrasts the Indian of Coop er's novels and the Indian of to-day: • The Indian of a bygone day used to stand on a bluff, with folded arms, and gaze sadly upon the iron boss as it snort ed through his hunting grounds. Now he swears at the baggage-man because be doesn't check his carpet-bag in a hur ry, uhakes hands with the conductor, borrow* a chaw from the brakeman, and, reclining upon two seats, masticates pea nut* and looks at the picture papers, aa the express bears him 'to toe portal of the west wind, of the northwest wind, Keewaydin.'" A* Eecxrx.—Before a Scotch Provost, not long since, a young boy waa charged with breaking into gardens and stealing 'fruit therefrom. The charge was fully , substantiated, and the magistrate, ad -1 dressing the Juvenile offender, raid, in his gravest manner : "If you had a garden and pilfering boys were to break into it and steal your" property, in what way would you like to have them punished r* "Aweel, air," replied the' cute urchir, " I toiwk I would let them awa' for the first offence!" The little fellow got off. A swit.t. steamer on Chautauqua Lake, white taking in wood rt Whit ney's Landing, was wrecked by the bursting of her boiler, four persons b*- ing killed, and fourteen wounded.
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