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."
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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.
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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.