Waiting.
A lisUmk holiday: th# ewarntn* *pr*y
Boat* upward to the kv,
And not a llxinn dy*
Relieve# the UMoaa day.
1 ait and pant with aU thia •nmmer toil
That takes from m* my #trangth,
An unavailing length
Of year* without on# apoil.
And nothing her* 1 gMxiarad, nothing won:
Nothing had come to ma -
Nothing that I can ■**—
la all the work begun.
go pass the languid anmmera one by ona.
Ami one by one the day*—
A life of June* and Maya- -
With all I would undone.
What the Baby U Thinking About.
" What t* the hahy thtekfag about ?"
Why, eurtly, of topic* there eeldiun ia dearth.
To move the half animate jelly with doubt,
With (tissual. or with rage, from the hour of
ita birth
Till Ita want*, with articulate voice, it exprrawea.
While ehaflng with impotent acal, to explain
The muddle raa e bv our fatuitous gw#<*.
Ita thoughts doubtV## run in the following
rein:
Here ounce that great atujad who thiuka he
muet toea me.
And hollow hia paternal twaddle at niu ,
I declare. 1 believe it delights him to croaa me!
Whv ,vui*t the great nineom fer once Vet me be ?
Dpi go, in hia pawa, till my Wood ehitla with
terror.
And down again, nhuddertng wifUy I eweepl
Will he artvr have done ? 1 -#i-A ? Put me
down air or
You'll soon hear a yell that will make your flesh
creep!
•' Why! Pivnt poppy's deary want mora ndy
dide I"
No! I do.i'rThe man thinks I am ln.li* rubber
Enveloped in oak-tanned rhinoceros hide.
Instead of a sensitive atom of hlnbber !
Y-a-h! Now, with hi# nose, he is guing to :
mnsalr me ?
Ya-o-oh! How I'tu rasped with hi* whisker'#
coarse hair*!
Why don't the groat bear put hu anas in a
mnaxlet He—
Phew ! He—Ys-e-e!—ha# been smoking cigar*!
Yew, " Turn to ita mosaerl know what *Ae"lf
do with mo; *
Though never intending a trick that ia scurry,
Shell aqueexe me. and kiss, and belbre ahe l*
through with me
A hatf-dosen timea I'll be turned topay-turvy!
Just what 1 expected! Now dowu goes my
head!
How long mug I be with heel* kicking the air*
My eveball* arc bursting t I'm more than half
dead I
Tm black in the free, from the rush of blood
there 1
" There now, titty up!" I should think it high
time!
Of conrae! Now Tve got to be churned on her
knee!
She weer will learn not to stir up the chyme 1
I'm iek! If you don't atop lil puke? Yon
bear me?
" Why 1 It's sick in it* poor little tummtc !"
"You bet?
'Twas uuoing. Now what isthat horrible
Parajorveby all that is nasty! You bet!
I wxwtt take it! Goo-foogfe-aotr.' Now that's
rough!
Goodness, gracious! What now! There'*
pin my back pricking !
•- The colic!" No! Hang it! It'* clear through
th* !
Dimt-cr AT< f You would " Ki," with a pin
in you sticking!
Diohuaa take Mr*. window ! That won't pull
a pin!
Jkrwoicri,.' Why don't they find it? The
nanniee
They think a live pincushion likes to be nursed!
IV-e-e.' You're squeezing my back now, just
where that pin ia!
So. They've found it *1 last, where they
should have looked firal!
I hat* pantomime, but I cant get a word m ;
1 wonder now why I ao helpless was made.
That six months of hie ia already a burden ?
Wall, "let tu have peace," for 1m just about
pfavad,
B/ the way, that reminds mo—Aw my dinnei
tbne;
Of saaree 'twill be only the usual trash ;
But IYu hungry, so here goes, in pantomime—
Her, muss 1 II you please, I will " wrestle my
hash I"
A YACHTSMAN'S ROMANCE.
The London season was over, ami a con
siderable number of it* late celebrities
were collected in various pleasant spots
closely contiguous to tbe waters of the
Solent Blighted beings had repaired to
('owe*, and shattered hearts to Ryde.
Gentlemen who were, in popular parlance,
about " done up," were enjoying themselves
with an hilarity, that might have betokened
the aenlth of worldly prosperity and com
mercial success, in different crafts belong
ing to the pleasure fleet which covers the
English Channel with animation during
tbe xpnoths of July, August, and Septem
ber. Of all social phenomena there is none
probably more curious than that thus
stated by a distinguished novelist: " How
is it that imo whom in their palmy days
I hare seen haggard, careworn, and deject
ed by tbe simpla fact that they are utterly
and irretrievably ruined, suddenly become
tbe most light-hearted and jolliest of man
kind J" The explanation probably is re
action—reaction from the suspense of
anxiety to tbe certainty of despair. Or
possibly the philanthropists who propose
to themselves tbe extinction of impecunos
ity at a modest profit of eighty per cent,
might consider that the true rauou dilre
wa* to be found in the fact that these
volatile human wrecks are blest with ex-
Ktion# in tbe background, and usually
a reversionary interest more or less
available.
The scene is Ryde Pier, and the boar
about 7:30 P. M." A pretty spot, and by
no means an unfavorable boor for visiting
it. Like Melrose," Ryde Pier and the view
which it represents may be visited with
signal propriety by the pale moonlight or
in the pale twilight. The eternal promen
ade on the pierhead, the perpetual accom
paniment of brilliant music and intermin
able scandal, the careless tide of demon
strative flirtation—these things are pleasant
enough per *, but tbey have, no aoubt, a
tendency to become monotonous. It is a
very different thing, Ryde Pier after din
ner. You can secure society without
crowd and company without effort. You
may meditate sofas, or nl>n c*m told you
may frti. And the prospect is not with
out its charm. There in the Solent is the
Mpadronrot dainty craft, their sails furled,
•till and motionless at anchor, the lamp
fixed to their mastheads reflecting itself
with a quivering motion in the tide below j
and the whole effect being that of a ma
rine illumination. A little further on, and
vou can see the lme of light on the main
land and distinctly trace the terrace* of
Sonthsea and Portsmouth. If you turn
round yon wM see foil in your face the
little town of Ryde alive with gas, and the
windows of the Victoria Yacht Club all
aglow. Then, probably, to enhance the
sentiment of the moment, the strains of
music steal upon you; and were it not
that you are seasonably reminded of con
tingent rheumatic pains, von might be
tempted to lapse into poetic reverie.
Mr. Jim Law lease, to address him at
once by bis familiar title, was scarcely a
gentleman of a poetic temperament, yet
from the prolonged intentnem of bis gaze
upon the waters, as he lounged across the
railings of the pier, and the fact that he
had suffered his cigtr to become extin
guished in his hand, he might, for all one
could have told to the contrary, been
meditating a sonnet to his mistress'eye
brow, or be speculating deeply on the
philosophy of the unconditioned. Of that
little yacht yonder—the one nearest the
shore, with its tiny light twinkling from
amid its riggingf-the Sea Fan was her
name—Mr. Jim Lawlcsse was temporary
proprietor. Jim's friends were in tntf
nabit of saying that, having made the land
too hot for him, he had taken to the
waters; and there may have been reasons
which rendered St. James' street a slightly
too public place for our hero. So Mr.
Lawlesse had accepted an invitation from
an old college friend to go on a yachting
trip in the Sea Fan. But the Sea Fan's
owner had been called away, and Mr. Law
lease was the man in possession pro tern.
A boat containing a gentleman and two
ladies pulled to the pier, and Mr. Lawleese's
attention was aroused. The party bad
come from the Petrel, about a mile out,
and consisted of the proprietor of the Pe
trel, Sir Hedworth Dare, and his two
daughters, who stood to each other in the
relation of step-sisters, as Sir Hedworth
had married twice, Edith and Kate. When
Mr. Lawlesse went up to the two as they
landed, it was pretty obvious that Sir
Hedworth Dare would have been quite as
well pleased had that gentleman not chosen
to present himself; for the baronet regard
ed Mr. Lawlesse as a detrimental, and had
a wholesome and ]iarental horror of the
class.
" Ah! Lawlesse ; thought it was Moon
ington," said Sir Hedworth; "aaid he
would be here to meet us."
The Hon. Sam Moonington was sldsst
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor
VOL. IV.
son of the heir of Moonshine, and desper
ately smitten with Miss Kate Dare. Sir
Hedworth—aoaaid Hyde society—wa# lent
upou the match. The Hon. Sam wa* cer
tainly a catch—ao said the ladies; Moon
ington wa* au ass—so (somewhat abruptly)
said tbe gentlemen in general, and Mr.
Lawlease iu particular.
Jim, however, was uot to be taken aV>ao
by this very tepid welcome, aud walked
down the pier with Sir Hedworth aud hi*
two daughters.
u Are vou going to tbe ball to-night.
Mr. Lawlease aked Kate Dare. It
ba|ipcned to be within a few hour* of tbe
commencement of tbe Yacht Club ball.
Of course Mr. I .awl esse was going; and
ao was Mr. Moonington. That gentleman
bad just joined them; and ao they all were.
'• And so we aliall all meet again presently."
And Jim Lawlease sauntered oil alter hav
ing !ade the ladies an <s rvroir—iu decid
edly better spirits than when be bad first
■ict S.r Hedworth and the Mioses Dare.
u 1 dooH think I should mind backing
my luck against that of the Honorable
Sam's," said Jim lawlease, as he proceeded
to drew. Mi*# Kate Dare had promised
Mr. Lawlease the first wait*.
••••••
The dance given by the Royal \ ioloria
Yacht Club was unusually ami brilliantly
successful that year; so said everybody ;
and the ball is certainly ooe which, if for
no other reasons than those of a spectacular
nature, is well worth seeing. The elegant
levices which ©onveit a balcony into aeor
ndur, the profusion of banners, the trophies
of yachtsmen, the decidedly nautical fea
ture* iu the dresses of the ladies—all these
add a charm which is exclusively their
own to tbe afiair.
Mr. Jame* Lawlcsse entered the room
almost at the same time as the Dare [*rty.
Cu the arm of Sir Hedworth rested his
eldest daughter, on that of the Hon. Sant
Miss Kate Dare. The baronet's tone wa*
more chilled than ever when he caught
sight of our hero approaching in the dis
tance.
Amid an indescribable chatter strongly
flavored with marine jargon the first quad
rille was danced. Mr. Mooniugton's part
ner was Miss Kate Dare, his rii-a-ru the
gentleman whom we have lor form's sake
christened the hero of this slight narrative.
But the first quadrilie, as even last quad
rilles are sometime or other, was over at
last, and within a few minute* of its ter
mination Mr. Lawlesse claimed the younger
i of Sir Uedworth's two daughters as nis
1 partner in the first waltx; and Mr. Moon
ington surrendered the lady who without
doubt was the object of his affections and
ambitions, certainly not with the best
grace in tbe world". Miss Dare, however,
was close by, and disengaged. Would
Miss Dare give him, the Honorable Sam,
the pleasure of that waltx ? Most happy ;
ard the pair whirled off. The elder of Sir
Uedworth's two daughters was far from
displeased at the conlrttempt, and she de
termined to make the most of it. She did
not sec why the heir to the Moonshine
peerage should be calmly appropriated lor
and by her younger half-sister. For her
part, she could never quite understand
what there particularly wa# to rharui peo
ple in Kate. Besides", Kate had her time
before her; she had only finished her first
season, and Edith Dare'* first season wa#
an affair of the more or less long past. If
Kate did not choose to know her opportu
nity such a charge of ignorance should not
lie brought against Miss Dare, in plain
truth this young lady was as little p!easef
with her fiitber as w'ith her sister in tbe
' present matter. It would be no such had
thing, she thought, if tbe event should
prove that the calculations of the former
were at fault; as for Kate, the child was
far too ignorant to calculate at all.
The fair partner of Mr. Moonington put
forth all ber pleasures—and they were
not inconsiderable—to captivate and please.
She suggested a walk in the corridor—it
was so hot in the ball-room. Curiously
enough, also the keen eyes of Edith Dare
had noticed a movement of ber sister.
" I think," Mid the young lady, in a low
tone, "we will it here, just behind tha
pillar. The air blows in so cool, and we
have Mich a pretty view of the sen."
Almost immediately on the other aide of
the pillar were Miss Kate Iare and Mr.
Lnrkw.
'• Ah ! Mr. Mooninzton, there, I declare,
are my Bister and Mr. Lawlesse. How
very sentimental !*' And Edith looked
up in the face of the Honorable Bam, who,
iudging from hia expression, was not par
ticularly pleased. He looked in the direc
tion indicated, and then turned again to
his partner.
I'ndcr the shadow of the pillar Edith
advanced with her carallcr a little nearer
her mater.
44 Romance, did vou say, Mr. lawless? ?
I don't think there 1 * mucli romance in the
present century, least of all at Rydc. If
you want romance 1 think it would be
necessary to search for it on far wilder
waters than thoee of the Solent."
44 1 suppose." returned Mr. I.awlese,
who had eriaently been reading' Ixiou
in Heaven,' u that romance is to be ro
mantic."
44 And who is romantic nowadays V
The pair were standing close together,
and Mr. Moonington and his partner could
distinctly see Mr. Lawleese's hand laid
upon Kate Dare's.
•• I think, Mr. Moonington, we will go
inside. It is getting rather chHly here—
romantic perhaps, rheumatic certainly,"
said Mtsa Dare, in accents sufficiently au
dible to arouse the attention of her sister
and Mr. Lawlesse.
44 Hadn't a notion,"remarked Jim, turn
ing round with something of confusion,
44 that anybody was so near."
The Hon. Mr. Moonington did not ask
Miw Kate Dare to dance again that even
lu her dreams that night, when the hall
was over and the dancers dispersed, Miss
Dare saw herself the Countess of Moon
iugton; and if any thoughts visited her
sister's slumbers, I am disposed to fancy
that they were principally relative to Jim
Lawlesse.
A beautiful morning:, two or three day*
after the club ball: Ryde wa* thinning
graduallr ; but among the visitor* who
remained were Sir Hedworth Dare, biatwo
daughter*, the Hon. Sam. Moonington, and
Jim Law I case, the latter of whom still
waited the return of hi* friend, the pro
prietor of the 11 Sea-Fan.''
Sir Hedworth Dare was going to take a
morning'* sail in hi* yacht the " Petrel."
Hi* two daughter* were coming, and they
were to be accompanied by Mr. Mooning
ton. The Baronet had noticed something
of the event* of the ball-night, and Mr.
James Lawlessc wa* discreetly omitted
from the party.
Kate Dare was passionately fond of the
sea, and was herself an excellent oar. She
hau told Jim as much the other night.
She could not imagine, sho said, any life
more perfect then the yachtman's; and it
must be allowed that the existence is not
without its attractiona. If you study in
dependence, you realize it in a degree pos
sible under no other circumstances. Vou
go from place to place according to your
own sweet will. The instant that a senti
ment of boredom commences to creep over
you your anchor is weighed and the scene
u changed. Hotels mar charge prohibitory
prices, lodging-house keepers may drive
their inmates to distraction; what care
you ? All that hotels, and all that lodg
ing* could supply you hare close at hand
ready to your beck and call.
Sir Hedworth's party were on board the
•' Petrel," and the yacht was just about to
slip her moorings.
"Where's Kate, Edith?" inquired the
baronet, not seeing h : s youngest daughter
on deck.
" Oh, down In thy cabin, papa—l sup
pose."
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
Three last two word* werv added in a
somewhat lower tone, and.as ahe aaid them
Edith rather hluabed. She aat dowu, how
ever, presently, next to Mr. Muouingtoa,
and wa mam making the rttuuing a' a
speed not lew# than that of the good yacht
" Petrel."
"Tell Kite to eomc up,"said Sir lied
worth, alter he had leisure to think wt
other thing* thau certaiu matter* of purely
nautical importance ;and Edith Ullii called
lor her aiater dowu the companion-ladder
Receiving no answer, ahc descended iulo
the cabin.
" Papa," ahe aaid, ou returning," I don't
aee Kate at all. I Minpuaa at the la#t
minute she marie up uer iniud not to
come."
This wa* not exactly the truth. Edith
Date had detemiiueJ (bun the fir*t that
Kate ahotthl not beamongat the party, aud
to this end ahe had managed to divert her
attention to something elae at the moment
they were leaving the house. Sir Hed
worth was not satisfied with the explaua
tiou, and kuit hia brow. His younger
daughter was his iavorite, and, uot being
blind to the character of the elder, he did,
iu plain truth, suspect something of the
ruse thst had been executed ; but he said
nothing, and the u Petrel" went on.
Sotue person else had selected the present
1 morning as a favorable one for a sail, and
that was Jim Lawlease. lie had taken'i(o
companion, aud was talking abstractedly
to the master of the " Sea-Fan." The
isolation telescope was sus|wnded from
his neck, and something impelled him to
look through it in the direction of what
seemed a black speck. He examined it
again.
•• lxwks uncommonly like a boat; and so
far as 1 can make out, whoever, is inside
her is in distress, for it appear* to me,"
said Jim. "as il they were making signs."
The master of the'" Sea Fan" was of the
same opinion, and the pair decided that
they would "stand about" and try to get
at the objert.
"By Jove!" cried Jim, as they drew a
little nearer, " it's a woman, 1 declare !"
And a woman it certainly was—evident
ly exhausted with the severity of her
efforts to make headway against waves.
Ther were within two or three hundred
yard* of the boat; and Jim ordered tbe
yacht's {Hunace to be let down, and said he
would himself run up this female Columbus.
"Miss Dare!" cried Jim, as the pinnace
touched tbe boat,"is that you? What
on earth brought you here —three mile*
from the shore 7"
"Oh ! Mr. Lawlease, I am so glad to see
vou, or some one. I wa# about getting ex
hausted, and thought—"
But Kate Dare was unable to aay more,
tor ahe fell back in a dead faint.
Jim Lawleas#< transferred himself into
her beat, and rowed to tbe yacht; and
when Kate Dare next became sensible she
found herself lying in the ladies' cabin of
the "Sea Fan," with Mr. Lawless by her
aide.
" How very kind!" were her first words j
and " How very fortunate!"
" It was certainly fortunate that I should
have seen vou; but there is no kndness,
said Jim, " Don't #peak till you have quite
recovered."
The recovery was not long delayed ; and
Kate Dare commenced to tell Jim Law
lease exactly what bad occurred.
" You know," she said, " that we—that
is, papa, and Edith, and Mr. Moonington,
were to have gone out for a sail in the
' Petrel' this morning. Well, I wa* dress
ing, and thought I had plenty of time,
' when on looking out of tbe window I saw
the yacht starting. I was determined not
to be robbed of tax cruise, ao I hurried
and went down to toe water, and got into
j the little boat. You see. they were close
to me. The ' Petrel' didn't seetn to be
' more than a hundred yard* ahead, and I
thought that I could easily attract their
notice. Besides, 1 hail imagined, naturally,
that they would discover I was left behind;
and 1 thought, most likely, they would
I Hit back for roe. However, I couldn't
manage it; and 1 rowed on ami on; ami
when I looked back, the shore was ever so
far behind, and I didn't know what to do;
ami I only hoped some person would pick
me up—and at last you did; and lam
really more obliged than I can aay."
Jim blurted out some disclaimer, in
reply, which doe* not materially afl'ect the
' course of this narrative.
It wan decided that the best plan would
lie to Steer for home immediately, anil to
land as near Sea View as possible—where
Sir Hedworth Hare's bouse was situated.
" People talk so absurdly in Ryde,"
added .\li3s Kate Hare, as an argument to
clench the plan.
When the shore was reached, there was
scarcely a person visible; two persons,
however, had noticed the disembarkation
from the " Sea Kan"—one was Edith Dare,
and another, Mr. Moonington.
•• If that doe* not convince him nothing
else will," thought Mis* Dare.
Miss Dare's wish was accomplished, awl
More the house was reached the heir of
the earldom of Moonington had declared
himself.
"Where on earth is Kate!" said Sir
Hedworth, as he met Mr. Moonington and
his newly-gained / nnett.
u We have just seen her, papa, landing
from Mr. Lawleese's yacht," was the sis
terly reply
"The devil you have!" replied the
baronet, totto rore.
" Ah! here tbey come, I declare," added
Miss Dare. 44 Hope you've had a pleasant
sail. Kate f
" Kate," aaid Sir Hedworth, as that
young lady was bursting out into all man
ner of ejarulatory explanations, 14 1 want
to apeak to vou at oncc. I an surprised,"
continued the baronet, when the library
was reached, 44 that you sbould bsve acted
as you liaTe done—that you should have
given mc the slip in the dishonest manner
you did, simply to do a most improper
thing—go out in the yacht of a young man
to whom you know I exceedingly object.
As tor his conduct, it is simply disgraceful.
I don't understand it, upon my soul I—"
41 Oh, papa ! what do you mean 7" burst
in Kate. "Mr. Lawlc*se has saved rov
life." And Kate narrated to her father ail
that bad occurred. The bsronct's face
changed more than once in the course of
his daughter's story.
44 Go up and dress for dinner, Kate. I
will go up and thank Mr. Lawlesse."
Sir Hedworth met the gentleman stand
ing on the steps of the porch.
44 No thanks whatever are due, Sir Hed
worth," replied Jim. 44 1 am only sincerely
grateful that I saw your daughter when I
did."
44 Don't go, Lawless*" continued the
owner of the Petrel. "Come and stay
dinner." And so saying, Sir Hedworth
turned aside to speak to his elder daughter
whom he saw coming.
44 Edith," he said, 44 1 should like to know
what you meant by telling me that Kate
was in the cabin this morning 7"
" Really, papa, I knew nothing to the
contrary. lSn zlad she was in more agree
able society. Ilut Mr. Moonington is in
the library, and I know is anxious to see
you. He is calling you—pray go!"
Later on that evening there ws*another
interview—this time between Sir Hed
worth and Mr. Jim Lawleaae. It was
entirely satisfactory. Kate had spoken to
her father in the interval on the subject of
her lover. Jim had made, and would
make, no declaration without Sir Hed
worth's consent. That consent was given.
M Lawleaae. you have not only saved my
daughter's life, you have acted, as I have
heard from her, in a manner infinitely
creditable to yourself'
l> Kate," ssid Jim to hia affianced bride,
before they parted that night. " don't you
think 1 waa right, and that there may be
romance even close to Ryde, and on the
waters of the Solent, after all ?"
CENTRE HALL, CENT
How a Matt Eloped with 111* Own Wife.
Late iu Julv last tbe good ueopl© iu
the town of Lvuu, Oaklau.t Count v.
Mich., were tuue)i excited by au appli
cation for divorce ou tbe |nrt of the
wife of Kaiuucl 11. Dolpli, a Detroit
drover, ou the ground of adultery. The
ife was the daughter of a wealthy far
mer of their county. Dolph, who bail
licen enjoined from removing uuyUiiug
from a farm that was the projierty of
his wife, attempted to take |MMwea#ion of
the place, ejected the family living upon
it, aud wa# arrested for riot. Iu the
uieuutime the family he had ejected re
instated themselves, aud when he re
turned he found them well guarded by
armed meu. Dolpli was tlieu arrested
aud gave Imi I. Subsequently Dolpli
and liis father v inited the farm aud
fouud people cutting tbe crojia. and for
interfering with them lie and hi* father
were arrested for assault aud lmtterv.
Other suits were brought by the wife,
aud elder aud youugvr Dolpli, aud by
various |iarties, and legal gentlemen
were retained ou oue side or Uie other
to take part in the eontrovcrxie#. Tbe
suit at law embraced injunctions, replev
ins, tresjMAs, and pretty much every
thing else -known to the. civil and crimi
nal calendar, and the litigations Li 1 fair
to exteud thrhugh several" months, and
perhap* years. Dolph is well known,
and has many iutlueutial and wealthy
friends, and the same may be said of his
wife ; and these friends, it appears, were
strenuous in their effort* to keep them
separated. Mr*. Dolph remained
secluded at thcTettideuee of some of her
friends, sud a policeman was employed
to watch Dolph, fears I wing entertained
that he might attempt to alaluct her.
Thus matters |mxsm*l along for several
weeks, and a few days since an arrange
ment was effected by which Mr*. IKilpb
was to pay her husband $3,U00, and all
the suits, except that for the divorce,
were to lie discontinued. The pajiera
were drawn up and signed, and the
jiarties separated, -Mrs. Dolph avowing
it as her determination never to live
with him again. Dolph. however, in
sisted that he loved his wife, and a
friend volunteered to effect a reconcilia
tion betweeu them. It is not neoviaary
to state in detail all that occurred, but,
lb make a long story short, we may
simply announce that the j>hin worked
like a charm. Mrs. Dolnh consented to
elope with her husband, and Dolph to
elope with his wife. She returned to
the place where she was stopping, pock
ed her trunks, to be ready to move at a
given time, and Dolph prepared himself
for a journey too. Tbe f.iend referred
to took a carriage and obtained Mrs.
Dolph, subsequently drove after Dolph.
The carriage was driven rapidly to
Ham train ek, where it remained until
evening, and from thence tbe reconciled
couple took passage on s train that car
ried them many mile* away. Telegram#
have lieen sent in every direction. Init
no traced hare been discovered of Mr.
and Mrs. Dolph. They are out of reach
of Detroit and Pontiac lawyers, who
have pocketed feca to the amount of
about $4,000, and they have sworn to
forget and forgive, and hereafter live
happily.
Animal Teaching.
We ba*e all witnessed iu our time,
nay ft Land tiH<i ll'.ifrr, the satonifthiiig
performance* of certain uiiiiualn. bird*,
and fishes which were trained for the
purpose of exhibition ; hut the majority
of Uicee though they s-rvd to proye
the portability of a bight r training and
a more useful one, yet in themselves
they exhibited a lamentable amount of
wnate labor and a aste power.
Long year* before tlie American
Rarey's name wai beanl a a " horse
tamer, " a secret existed, as a family
heirloom, among a aect of the O'Siil
livaus in tlie south of Ireland. Thia
family waa known aa "The Whisper
ers," and they pomemed the iiowrr of
rendering aa quiet as a lamb the moat
stubborn and unmanageable home that
erer existed. Whether they tlid any
thing more to the horse than breathe
mto his nostrils, we know not ; but by
doing thia aud by kind soothing, and
other ways known to themselves, they
effected their purpose aud retained their
fame. Puttiug tlie question of drugs,
or stimulants, or other fascinating
uieans aside, anil coining to the jxiint of
pure and unadulterated domestication
aud teaching, perhajis there was no one
jierson in modern times achieved so
tnueh success in animal teaching as H.
liiasctt. This man was an humble shoe
maker. He was horn iu Scotland, in
1721, but he afterward rcmored to Lon
don, where he inatried a woman who
brought him some property; then turn
! Ed broker, he accumulated money until
the year 1750, when his attention was turn
ed to the training and teaching of ani
mals. birds, ami fishes. He was led to
this new study on reading an account of
a remarkable horse-show at a fair at St.
Germain*. Bisactt bought a horse aud
dog, and succeeded beyond his exjiecta
tious in teaching them to perform vari
ous feats. He next purchasde two mon
keys, which he taught to dance and
tumble on a rope, ami one would hold a
candle in one paw and turn the barrel
organ with the other, while his romi>aii
ion danced. He next taught three eats
to do many wonderful things, to sit be
fore mnsie-liooks ; and to squall notes
pitched to different keys, lie advertis
ed a " Cat's Opera" in the Hnvmarket,
and successfully carried out his pro
gramme, the cats accurately fulfilling
all their parts. He pocketed some
thousands by these performances. He
next taught a leveret, and then several
sjiecies of birds, to spell the name of
any person in company, and to distin
guish the hour of the day or night. Hix
turkey-cocks were next rendered amen
able to a country dance, and, after six
months' teaching, he trained a turtle to
fetch and carry like a dog. aud, having
chalked the floor and blackened its
claws, he made it trace out the name of
any given person in tlie company.
BEYORD PER CERT.—General Craft, one
of our prominent lawyers, was hailed
while passing Freeman's jewelry store
by the proprietor with : " General, come
in hero a moment; we have something
for you to solve. If a man brings his
watch to lie fixed, and it cost me ten
cents to do it, and I keep it a week, and
charge him six dollars, what per cent,
do I make ? We have lieen figuring,
and make it nine hundred per tout, and
have only got np to one dollar. How
much do you say it would ho at six dol
lars r
" Well," replied tlie general, " I do
not wonder at your perplexity ; for it is
well known, and tno celebrated Rabbit
calculating machine has demonstrated,
that at oertain points iu progressive
numbers the law governing them changes
In this cose the law would change, and
long before it would reach the six dollars
it would run ont of jier cent, and into
what is known as larceny."
MAGDALEN* BAT— The San Francisoo
papers are severe on the Magdalena Bxy
scheme, and one of them, the Alia Cali
fornia*, chronicling the arrival at Cape
de Lucas of the last of the colonists in
a very dilapidated condition, says : "In
the meantime the telegraph informs us
that the company is seeking to entice
the Trench Communists to that lively
j country. Tha French Government was
I infinitely more merciful—only proposed
to send them to New Caledonia."
IE CO., PA., FRID
Steam oa ( anal*.
The following, written for the Maticli
Chunk (W (hitriu, will lie read with in
tercut :
Within the |iat half century various
plans for the sulwrituriou of steam for
animal jiower on the canals have been
proposed and tried, but so far, none
with entire success. The idea of high
Sliced seems so naturally couuerted with
tue use of steam, that no doubt tbe fail
ure of these plans is cluefiy owing to the
effort to olitaiu that qiwxl without suffi
ciently taking iuto consideration the
enormous increase of power required to
doao. To give an illustration of this,
it ia stated by the Htate Engineer of New
York that while two ntulca or horses
may le able to tow a given Inmt at u
qsvj of two miles per hour, it would
require sixteen to tow it four mile* |>er
hour thus gainiug only double sj**<kl
by an application of eight rimes the
jiower.
Hitherlo the ex|ieriment* have becu
confined to various kinds of propellers
aud paddles, with the necessary ma
chinery carried upon the boat itself.
The objection* have lieeu the losa of
carrying capacity, caused by the room
occupied by the inaehiuery, and Uie
washing of the lrnnks caused by Uie
motion of the propeller or [Middles in
the water. The hitter has lieeu succeoa
fully overcome, but the former remains
in full force, aud requires the applica
tion of the motive power either ou Uie
banks or in the canal itself, by means of
chain* or nqiea on Uie bottom.
The recent offer of #IOO,OOO by the
Legudature of New York for the beat
application of steam, has greatly stimu
lated the inventive genius of the country,
and brought numerous proposal# from all
quarters. Mr. C. J. Harvey, engineer
of the Elevated Railway of New York,
proposes to stretch a cable upon potte
aud use small carriages thereon, con
nected by an endless rope ; the tow-lines
of the boats to be attached to these car
riages sa required. Mr. John Bay, of
New Orleans, offers a similar plan, dis
pensing with the carriages, ami moving
the cable itself. The builders of tbe va
rious traction or rosd engines offer them
aa stilisritutes for the mules.
The advocates of the narrow-gauge
railroads aav pnt down a truck and uae
our small locomotives ; sud lastly, we
have from Franoe the sing!©-rail tram
way of Monsieur Lsrmanjst, ssid to be
si ready a success there. This novel ides
was first proposed by M. Lannaujat,
who constructed a railway near Paris in
18<S8, which had been in successful oper
ation up to the war with Prussia last
summer.
Similar roads have been since satisfac
torily tried in India aud Portugal, and
lately M. Larmonjat tin* tried the ex-
Serimeut of towing boats on the Canal
e Botirgoyne, with such success, tliat
he aaya he ia authorized to apply it Ut
other canals of France at once. Hi*
plan consists of a single iron rail, spiked
to a woodeu cross-tie in the usual man
ner ; lmt in the centre of the tie, with
three-inch oak plank, one foot wide on
each side, spiked parallel to the centre
rail. The locomotive used ia similar in
eonstrnrtion to those in general use, ex
cept in the arrangement of the wheels ;
each engine lias four wheels, two
of which, having double flanges,
and placed oue leforr the other, rest
upon the iron rail, sud are designed as
guide-wheels, the weight of the locomo
tive rosting principnllv upon the driving
wheels. These are placed between the
first two. sud *t right angles to the rails;
one resting on each plank. Bv a simple
and ingenious arrangement of a screw
in front, the engineer nan increase or di
minish the weight upon the drivers at
pleasure. The increase of traction
power gained by working driving-wheel#
with broad rail* in the usual war. w es
timated at throe hundred and nftv per
cent., or in other words, the single-nul
engine would haul three aud a half rimes
as much aa the ordinary two-rail engines
now in use, the weight of each lieing
the same.
The freight and passenger ears have a
similar arrangement of wheels, two on
the iron rail and two on the plnuk* ; hut
in them tlie weight is borne principally
ti|H.n the itt>n rail, to diminish friction ;
those on the plank lieiug used to preserve
the equilibrium only. A track of this des
cription Iteing laid on the tow-path, the
hosts sre attached to the locomotive by
tow lines, the engine taking the place of
the tunics, and towing from four to six
IxMtts. according to aise. The sixxxl
would only lie increased about one-third,
hut the Ixwts would he towed steadily at
that, night and dav. thus making a con
siderable saving of time —nearly 100 per
cent —and materially reducing the cost.
When navigation closes in srinter the
track and locomotives Iteing ready on
hand, by simply adding a sufficient num
ber of cars vour canal would lie virtually
open the whole year, instead of only two
thirds, as at present, aud yon would still
have the opportunity to repair and im
prove the canal when the water is out. as
usual.
Ages of Oysters.
An oysterman can tell the age* of his
flock to a nicety. They are in perfection
when from five to seven years old. The
age of an oyster is not to be found ont
by looking into its mouth; it Wars its
vears upon its l*ck. Everyliody who
has handled an oyster shell must hnve
oliservcd that it seemed as if it was
composed of successive layers or plates
overlapping each other. These are
technically termed *• shoots," and each
of them mark a year's growth, so thnt
bv counting them we can determine at a
glance the year when the creature came
into the world. Up to the epoch of its
maturity tlie shoots are regular and
successive, hut after that time they lie
come irregular, and are piled one over
the other, so tliat tlie shell becomes
more and more thickened and bulky.
Judgiug from the greatness to which
some oystershells have attained, tlii
molluak is capable, if left to its natural
changes and unmolested, of attaining a
patriarchal longevity.
Among fossil oysters, sjieeimens are
found occasionally of enormous thick
ness; and the amount of time that has
E*ed lietween the depositions of the
and rock in which such ail example
j occurs, and that which overlies it, might
lie calculated from careful observation of
the shnpe and number of the layers of
caloare-ius matter oompoaing an xtinct
oyaterahell. In some ancient formations
stratum above stratum of extinguished
oysters may he seen, each bed consisting
of full grown and aged individuals.
Happy hrooda these pre-Adamite con
gregations must have been, horn in
an epoch when epicures were as yet un
thought of, and when there were no
workers in iron to fabricate oyster
knives. Geology aud all Its wonders
make known to us scarcely one more
mysterious or inexplicable than the crea
tion of oydter long before oyster-eaters
and tlie formation of oyster-liankH—ages
before dredgers. What a lamentable
heap of good nourishment must have
been wasted during the primeval ejiochs.
RENDERING WAULS WATEB-TIOHT. —It
is proposed by Mr. F. Ran some, of Lon
don, to render stone and brick walls
water-proof by ooating them to satu
ration with a solution of silicate of soda,
which is superficially decomposed by the
further application of chloride of eal
cum. The surfaoe thus obtained con
sists of sileoia of lime, whiob is perfect
ly soluble, while it does not alter the ap
pearance of the wall.
AY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1871.
la the Woods.
Is there rcsdltr anything more gh.n>>us
than a day iu tue wood*, whether it lie
iti solitary musings or in the skillfully
planned picnic? Moat of its have our
recollection* of gloriotia picuie* iu the
wood*. Old fogies will tell oa that it U
better to go and have a look at tb woods
and then come home to a satisfactory
dinner round the mahogauy. But that
ia not our opinion, rnr young friends, ia
it? We know what it bto get into aim#
sequestered glade, wm* clearing of Na
ture's ow uiu the forest, atul then, be
yond any pathway or reach of outer
aouuil, to hold high revel, spreading our
whiUt cloth on the miawtr carjiet and
(tailing tbe long-necked fmttles in the
kltwu We know wlntt it is to pitch an
actual tent in the wilderueaa, aud to
gather faggots for our woodland fire,
and to raise the woodlaud shout that
shall bring all comrades together before
the homeward start. These woods are
ever lieantiful, whether ia the delicate
full flush of the green of spring, or in
the high noon of settled summer, or in
the magnificent variety of tints in the
autumn; even in the "chill October" of
Mr. Milium' picture; and Longfellow
seems to give a distinct preference even
to winter itself. Or perhaps you will
eejiecially enjoy woods in long solitary
rambles. You cannot at the same time,
except in ati audience fit aud few, have
much I aith of nature and of society.
You seem to need a special kind of train
ing and education to enjoy the natural
beauties of the woods. Aud there is
something provocative, in the stillness
and solitude, to quiet thought. Yon
seem to have escaped into another world.
You have left behind you shadows and
mocking voices for the reality of peace.
To tue a wood ia always a region of a
kind of happy enchantment. I linger
there till the latent moment I can spare
myself, even when I have had to go on
to my next rearing place in utter gloom,
so intense that I could not see my hand
liefure me, but satisfied that I am in a
weli-woni path, and feeling my way with
a stick. Perhaps you are startled sud
denly rousing the "whirring pheasant, or
yon" may feel uncomfortable at the
thought of meeting some poacher*. I
know a man who, in a lonely wood in
the middle counties, came upon a croaa
liearing an inscription that some help
less traveler had been murdered there.
Perhaps he quickened hia step until he
name oat of those dubious paths. But
there is a witchery about the woods; nor
can I look lawk upon any days that have
so thoroughly s holiday character as Ukmc
which I have speut solitary or social in
the woods.
Hariri7 and Fashion.
At a Staten Inland voiding there ara
to be ten bridesmaids bnt no grooma
man.
A norelty iu wall decorations ia lesth
r ua|M>r, *hi"l> haa the effect of freaco
and ia very beautiful.
Very few ladiea at Saratoga seem to be
willing or courageoua enough to appear
in the name toilette twice.
AU the ladiea in Paris now drraa in
deep mourning, and the gaiety ia own
fined entirely to the foreign run tor*.
The t'hintwe crepe dresses hare found
unusual favor this season at the *• short)
aa they do not alirink or wrinkle with
the dampness.
Amauiain no danger aa loug aa he
talka love, but when nc write* it. he ia
impaling himaelf on his own pot-hooka
moat effectually.
Overakirts are now worn ao very long
that the underskirts are uaoally made of
an inferior quality of ailk, with flounces
the aaine aa the overakirt.
A lady at Long Branch appeared at
one of the " hops " in a dress of yellow
satin trimmed with flounces of black
litre, on which ware faateued /ire Braril
ian buga.
A cynnal. man aaya the reason women
are ao fond of writing letters ia Uiat they
rejoice in the opportunity of aaying all
they wish without the powribility of an
interruption.
Bronre l>oots hare entirely gone out
of fashion, as the least dampunss turns
tbein a light purple color, and the
]>oliiib uaed to renoriUe them staiua all
goods with an ineffaceable stain.
What la aa Army !
If w might piece out a picture with
incomplete likeneases, we might indicate
MI army aa it actually exists in real ser
vice, as a huge nondescript monster
sprawled over uie earth ; books of cav
alry moving to and fro, doing the office
of in ; its long, thin limbs toiling over
the country in the shape of wagon-trains;
tlie black fangs of the batteries visible
here and there in ths moving mass ; its
/safer* now drawn in. represented in out
posts aud picket lines, a sort of exagga
rated insect-life ; every thin fibre of the
creature, from the attenuated line of the
outpost or vidette, many miles away,
to the general, who carries in his head
the whole wonderful plan, instinct with
life and doing its offices.
So met lines there is hsttle. The mons
ter (hen has its vomit of Mood; hut
when it has coiled again its slow, wound
ed lengths, it is obscure and incumpre
henmlile as liefore.
The motions are inexplicable to tlie
common oliserver. Imagine such a mons
ter groping its way through a wooded
and intricate country, such as furnished
most of the liattle-fields ef our late war.
It is never visible as a whole. It is half
burrowed in the ground, half concealed
in the forest. There is a strange hum
in the air; hut here is an army of tens
of thousands of men ; and if it has shed
its tents in the summer time, there are
moments wbeu the vast multitude has
disappeared, as it were, into the very
bowels of the earth.
We see a line of soldiers on the fringe
of the forest, some gashes of red earth,
sums bodies of men, perhaps, traversing
the brown plain, a line of horsemen pac
ing steadily across a fish!! This ia all.
or WATBBT VA-
roß.—Professor Forel, of Lausanne, af
ter long-continued observation, has de
termined tlie quantity of water passing
into the Hhone ltclow the Lake of Gene
va. and finds thit to furnish that amount
it would require an atmospheric precip
itation in tlie liasiu of uearly 45 inches.
Tho actual precipitation, however,
amounts to lmt 27 j inches ; and the qnes
tion arises, therefore, whenee comes the
surplus water ? Professor Dufonr finds
its origin in the direct condensation of
the atmospheric vapor on the ice, the
cold rocks and the snow-fields of the
Alps. The following experiment mav
serve to elucidate the principle involved:
A vessel containing a cooling mixture of
672 grams weight, on being exposed for
an hour in the calm, open air, inereaeed
5 grams in weight from the vapor con
densed on its exterior. Direct meas
urements st suitable points would bs in
teresting for the purpose of ascertaining
approximately what Quantity ef water
is thns actually carried to the river.
Now AND THEN.—A writer in the Boa
ton Trantcript tails how ens morning
she remonstrated with her colored ser
vant, far abusing his wife, upbraiding
him after this manner : "Jack, what a
pretty little smart wife you have. If I
were you, I would try to make myself
more agreeable to her, and—and—l
wouldn't strike her." The only answer
from Jaek waa: " Why! I'eeaoae mar
ried Leu; I isn't eeurting her."
Tkr Adieu of Ike Engaged.
Tbe following, from s Cape May let
ter by (Jourge Alfred Townaend, to the
Chicago 7Vto*aa, ia worth reading :
Nothing ia au pretty aa to see the en
gaged folks part on Monday morning,
the fowler to go back to buaineaa for a
whole week, the euanara*! to stay at the
Cape counting tin- days of his absence.
To see ibis aceue you tuna! get up at 6
of the elock, for it i# tbe early train that
the young uian of huaiuem in tut take.
The young man in his duster, a little
dragged out, slips dowu with his valbs,
and, at the foot of the ataira, spyiug the
inexorable omnibus, halts a minute to
let the bird catch up to bim. Abo a lit- 1
tie worn with rarfy rising and late last
evening, the bird bops dowu stair* in Iter
yellow morning plumage, and formally
shakes the young man by the baud ; anil
as be recedes, sud turn# once at tbe
threshold to look bark with that glance
which is the respectful yearning of all
that be knows or hopes fur, it meets, al
ready fixed, the bird's farewell, poured
out of her eyes like a note of melody.
That look btbe living solace of tbe week,
tbe one ration on which love mnat march
for six (bya. rill Saturday brings sooth
er rendexvoua. It b the letter
thau oath or affirmation, that neither b
to be forgotten by the other, although
the true parting, aa we all know, took
place not here, lmt above stair*—per
napa in the room of tbe old bird, who
graciously aaaented, aud lived beck thirty
years in the sound of ber daughter's
Tbe three fond periods of life are the
first councilmaneas of lore rqfurned, the
Hummer last before marriage, when all
the course is smooth, and, next, the
early months of the first baby, when tbe
mau feels a little queer and the woman
Is perfectly self-possess# d again.
The woman engaged ouoe fully and
distinctly in love, is the highest type of
human fidelity. Bee this one, abandoned
to a week of Uie longest ennui possible
to ber nature, the absence of ber affianc
ed ; a man Would, perhaps, balance it by
tba violence of bia pleasures, and smoth
er expectation in gnrety ; like a vratal
who knows not tbe day nor the hour
when ber master cometh, tbe engaged
woman baoomea, for his sake, the sub
ject of ber own exalted respect. Her
liody and soul, ber walk and conversa
tion, are purer to ber eye.', because they
have been promised away. She draws
around herself the circle of the solemn
'■hurrh, and all society (alls beyond the
line ; but one man aan cross it. The
beach, the ball, the promenade, the bath,
etherealixed and no longer partaken in
I romp and volatility, find ber still higher
above reproach each Saturday succes
sively, rill at last, whan the aeaaon ends,
and with it the last campaign of her
beauty, alia abdicates, like Zeuobia,
without an accusation, a secret, or a
lament A woman in love know* when
her mind ia made up ; a man thinks be
does.
Chinese Shoemaker* la Xaaaarkanrtta.
A visit to the Chinese shoemakers in
Nortfi Adams, Massachusetts, ia thus de
scribed by a correspondent of the Spring
field RepuUicam :
Tbe Chineat are in a room by tbem
selve# working pegging machine*, aole
tng, Ac., must of the other work being
done bv girl*, and they labor with rapid
ity and intelligence, for what I can owe,
a# well aa the best journeymen, though
you may call them apprentice*. Few,
very few are able to converse ia EugL-1..
or even to understand tbe simplest
words. I tried it on two or throe, and
thay, with a look of blank astonishment,
reduced a few tea-chests to articulation,
which delighted me, I assure you. They
are mostly young men ; some are fair
looking . while other# look uglier than
sin, and would make innocent idols, not
lieing in tbe liken**# of anything : but
too will obaerve wherever yon go that
Leanty •is nothing, and it is "ot with
these fellow#.
There are seventy-five Chinese em
ployed in one establishment: they enjoy
good health, not more than one on an
average bring sick at one time. They
are gradually getting into the way of
eating in the American style, but do not
yet get over their custom of eating aoup
with a fork. I learned one thing I do
not remvmlter to have aeen in print. Unit
they are strictly temperate except on the
Ist of January) when they have a grand
drunk. Lost January they were given
four days for a spree of this kind, and
they went through it, I am told, with
magnificent system and success. I omit
ted to inquire what their favorite bever
age is ; hut somrltody should Ami it out;
for after getting drunk, and keeping so
four days, they come out refreshed and
invigorated. There is no joke about
Ibis ; for the proprietor said that on the
day following their enormous " bum "
in 'January they did a larger day's work
thsn before or since on a single day.
Now here is something for the reform
ers—possibly for the scientists. Alco
holic stimulant to the civilised American
system is depressive when emploved to
excess; but to the "heathen Chinee"
it has an opposite effect- seems to suit
him to s T, and gives him new life.
•• Why." said our informant at the fac
tory, "it was perfectly surprising how the
fellows worked after it; when we had
other help the men were off drinking,
and it took a week to get them back to
rights again." It is evident we have
something to learn from the Chinese,
while setting ourselves up as superiors
and teachers.
THE KOH-I-NOOH.— The following stoiy
in told concerning the Koh-i-noor oap
tamt in India : " The Koh-i-noor was
captured in this cheap war: In 1H49
that well known diamond became part
of the spoil of the Anglo-Indian MTBT,
on the conaueat and annexation of the
Pnniab, sn<l being then estimated at
g1,25J,000. there w as great joy over auch
a prise. Without consulting the army.
Lord Oongh and Sir Charles Napier, in
command, andacionaly presented the
great diamond to Queen Victoria in the
name of the combatauta. It was not the
general's right to rob the army by be
stowing the greatest of ita annuls of war
upon the Queen, nor ought she to have
accepted it without seeing that the sol
diers had been paid for it. Prom that
time the Indian army have noQecrived a
shilling for their capture of the Koh-i
--noor, and Victoria has retained the gem
aa her own personal property, instead
of placing it among the crown jewA
belonging to the British nation.',
NEWSPAFEB BORROWERS. —This wretch
ed class of small parasites is again hit off
by one of our exchangee, as follows :
" ()f a]] things contemptible, a man who
will read a paper at Ins neighbor's ex
pense is the moat contemptible ; espe
cially if that man esteems it his duty to
lower papers collectively, and editors
generally. They always meet the carrier
first, snatch the paper, and after greedily
devouring every morsel of news it eon
tains, throw it aside, saying, with a con
temptuous curl of the lip : * What trash ;
it is really fit for nothing bat waste
paper.' And yet day after day they
seem so anxious to gain possession of
the paper, and aeem as disappointed at
ita non-arrival as the good payirg sub
scriber, who ever weloomes it as a pleas
ant visitor. 81range world, this."
A slight coolness rose between Julia
and Augustus at dinner tha other day at
Nawport. The attentive waiter separat
ed tham with a pyramid ef ioe cream.
TEKMB : Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
Stoma and th* Htgaal ftorrk* Iwtti.
The iuitneitaearaaof th# Uuitod Htotoa,
with its interminable lines of I ul•graph,
provides a field lor metocrologioal ob
wnrttioiu that la wonderful to eontrm
plate Aa we hare already wM a sturm
>|)prtarbiiii| the Atlantic eoaat is an
nounced two days in advance of ita
reaching a givaa point One signal ,pb
•rrver gather* up the first thrastning dis
turbances of the element* aa they fret at
the boar of the Uookj Mountains, and
trace* then along, fur the atom make*
slow time compared with the electric
telegraph until the folly developed atom
roaches the New England coast
Or, a cheery but nnnaual wind ia felt
in the Mexican Onlf, at Key West, or
tialveaton; the barometer fall* suddenly ;
the indications tn that a series of die
tiirbanee* are taking place somewhere in
the atmosphere. Pnawlly the stonu,
gathering ita foroes in our semi-tropics!
regions, oommeneas ita journey toward
the North It ia traoed along, gather
ing intensity in its progress, until the
telegraph reports it at New Orleans. The
wind and the rain follow, and daah over
the "Crescent City." The steamers
start from their wirings, and the deep,
muddy river is lathed into funr, and
seems molten copper under the glare of
the oontinnoua lightning; the sugar
cane and cotton-fields are desolated;
when suddenly the storm, now fairly
launched, turns into the great highway
of the Mississippi Valley, ruabsa along
twelve hundred miles, until it ranches
Kt Louis, deluging that city in rain,
and poasibly wracking some of ita mora
delicate steam craft; then, aa if bent on
mora mischief, it will strike off toward
Chicago and the great lakes, moving
Weatwardly. Northwardly, then Fast
wirdly, until striking the Atlantic off the
coast of Newfoundland, the discontented
and rain-scattering child of the tropica
is finally lost in the intense odd of the
Northern latitudes.
And the history of the four days' pro
gress of thin storm —day* consumed by
its journey through the heart of the
continent—ia not only given, but the ar
rival of the storm at every importAnt
place is anticipated, aad ita eondort
along the route w kept with unfaltering
proration and the moat scientific care.
Twenty-five miles an hour is shown by
signal service operations, to be the aver
age velocity of a storm; when it baa
twiee thai velocity it becomes a tornado.
Now, a storm proper, starting from the
foot of the Rocky Mountains, and trav
eling toward the' Atlantic eoaat, even if
severe in it* demonstration, is beaten all
the way by the railway train, which av
erages* more rapidity in ita movements
iKn the ordinary storm ; while the tele
graphic message, no matter how much
headway storm and railway ears hav#
■nxU. passes both, and arrivea at its des
tination without any real perception of
consumed time.
The wind in the upper currents,
as marked by the Mount Washington
observations of last winter, is often
rushing past at the rate of one hundred
mil an boor. When it was at this
great velocity, at Portland, sixty miles
away, the weuther was perfectly calm
and dear.
On the sth of March. 1871, Masrat
Washington observation, the wind was
blowing fifty mile*; at Portland, two
uules. Balloons sometime* reach so al
titude where the wind ia blowing a hun
dred miles an hoar. These winds in the
high air are almost exclusively from a
Soother! t direction —m*uy from the
equator toward the pole*. But this rule
is not imperative, for the surface of th#
earth, by ita heat and cold, affects the
direction of the high winds. Phenome
nal winds are cyclones, one of the never
art of which known in history, a few
rears ago swept ovar some portions at
English India.
Tbe Tbrtt of the brand Duke Alexia.
A despatch to the Russian Legation at
Washington announces the sailing from
Craostadt, Russia, of the fleet with tha
Grand Duke Alexia and anile. The
squadron consists of five Teasels of war
and tenders. The Grand Duke, with
his personal "toff, occupy luxurious quar
ter* on the steam frigate Hwetana. The
fleet will make the passage under sail,
and may tie expected at Sandy Hook by
tbe first of October. Tbe arrangeuieuU
for the reception of the distinguished
visitor* are as yet in a very incomplete
condition. It is expected however, that
the imperial fleet will be received by Bear
Admiral Gordon, in command of a squad
ron made up of vessels on the home sta
tion, to be ordered here for the purpose.
The Grand Duke will be presented upon
his arrival to the representative of the
Preaidaut of the United States, aud in
turn to the State and municipal autbori
tkw. Tbe arrangements for the sulme
quent reception and entertainment of the
Grand Duke and suite, we understand,
will be somewhat as follow* : The Recep
tion Committee will afterward lie pre
sented to the Grand Duke, and will then
lie conducted by the young gentleman
to hi* magnificent steamer. Escorted by
two or threa flrst-daas steam frigates, and
1 rawing a miniature navy of government
and private vaehts and steam vessels, tha
combined fleets will move np through
the Narrows, the Russian visitors receiv
ing in the united mlvoa from the forts
and the American shipping their first
grand welcome. The leading features
of the festivities may be summed up thus:
Reception in the bay ; reoeptiou by the
■ First division National Guard at the Bat
tery. and escort to the Brevoort House,
where elegant apartments have been pre
pared for th* visitor* ; a visit to the
Nary Yard and public institutions of the
; eitv and harbor ; a drive and breakfast
at Jerome Park ; excursion upthe Hud
son River and visit to West Point; pa
rade of the Fire Department; grand re
ception ball and banquet at the Academy
of Music, on which occasion Page's great
picture of Farragut Inched to the shrouds
of the Hartford will be given in charge
of the distinguished guest as a gift to his
father, the Emperor.
KILLED HIS MOTHXB.—A young man
of nineteen shot hi* mot her, in Brooklyn,
in an attempt, as it appear*, to defend
himself from an assault by a third
iiarty. The history of the case shows
how recklessly personal violcnoe is re
sorted to in these day*. The young
man was accused by his assailant of slan
dering him, and threatened with a flog
ging. Thus threatened, he applied to a
Friend for advice and aid. The first was
given in the shape of an admonition to
shoot his assailant if he were struck,
and the second in the shape of loaded
revolver. Tha offended man came, with
a companion, to the home of his alleged
slanderer, and endeavored to beat him.
The mother attempted to separate them,
and the son fired, killing his mother.
THE KILLING or A Wl rs BY Incms.—
The examination of Dr. Carl Groesso of
Louisville, Ky., on the charge of caus
ing the death of his wife by ill-treatment,
is progressing. A witness testified to
the cruel treatment, and also that the
Dr. expressed a desire to get rid of his
wife during her confinement; that ha
kept her in a close room, the doors and
windows of which were shut, and neg
lected to provide her with the absolute
necessaries of life, aad did all in hi*
power to prevent the neighbor* from
contributing to her relief. The terti
mony at the chemist who analyvod the
stomach of theddeefsad has net vat bran
received.
Aa Order tar a Plctara.
Woods and i iradrids • Httls brown—
Thi- (total* in'ist or* to nw-brtghl—
-Ist a5 Va tto golden, tr -swMdht
Of clot*! whsti ths Bom * sua is dews.
And siwsv* sad s>wsy , etght sad man,
W-wds upon woods, and tol-ts of sera
Igtag aatwssn them. not units sera,
And not ia th* full, thick. l*fr town.
When th* wind ma hardly find brcsthtogtoom
radvr their laswl* c(U* nor,
rating shorter the short grew* anas,
' And s of sums* sad sasafraa.
With trfaetdrtis twitteHag sll sraaad—
(Ah. good painter, yoa csatptent Htol)
ft&LsaJ Ito te.w* "torn I was tors.
! Low sisi little, and blscfc sad old.
With ehtldrso assay so H can hold,
All at th* wtadows, opoa wide
!i*ds and shoulder* <*•£ oateide.
And fair yonngftwrs sit
Prhs| yon BUT harr .. some day,
I ftuw-o crowding the self-name way
(MoT a wilding; wayside bosh.
T Isirn nWr Wbaa vwa hsvs dans
WHh woods and inwndsK" and grsamg hards.
A lady, th* lovsiisnt svwr the asa
Ixx,ki tows spoo, yon nae psiat tor am,
Oh, tf 1 only eonld mak* yon as*
tim clear Mm *ysa. the tend* smile.
Thssovorwiga sweetness, th* gyutls tmw-,
TV woman* seal, sad ths awfi hf'
Thai arc beaming aa ms al ths •ht''.
I asadteitimmk thsa* todtob wcrds;
Yet oas word teUsyoa ad ! would ssy
flhe is my mother; yoa will sgras
That ail th* rest rosy to thrownsway
AUeiOny.
- . Fads and Fancies.
The church to ailanead o mm . All
Banna.
Th# moat unpopular of all wntoh
word* Tick.
A shillingdcotial moat baa man of
lew wxtraction.
A bandy tuna For tuna." It ia not
common metre.
The biggest "guns" am often the
greatest " boras."
Stog*-drivers look npno a rainy day
Mm paealtariy (am weather.
Chew yonr meat, aaehww grassy gra
vies. Doot chew your tobacco.
In Truro, MM., there ars 105 widows
whose husbands ware lost at sea.
The man who became a Hquer ealler
goes a long way toward a basement
Home teetotalers would evnn prefer a
watery grave to preservation is
On aa English railroad, a certain tenia
is rax lIM milwt in four boors and a quar
ter.
NO. 3*5.
Aw*ptaM baa been invented,
mIM "TV Breath of a Chti—i Wo-
MB."
Ia Michigan there an 178 Congrega
tiond churches, with a membership of
11,984.
ID time the mulberry tree become*
iiilkgo*D—aadasOk gov* becomes a
womaa
A child at Albany awallowad a nag.
and the mother became ao frightened
that she died ia afaw minutes.
Last year the Baptist Board of Mis
sion* received f'2OA,(ViB into lis treasury.
Thia year they propoaa to reimst lea*
Tbe yoang lady who was caught smok
iag by her mother, excused beraelf by
aayiag it made bar email aatboagb there
was a man about.
Good bousefceepsru are patting ap all
tbe {rait they can, and little boya aad
girls are willing to try sad put down aa
much fruit aa their mothere.
* Young ladies are now' adviaed not to
put too much oil an the hair, for tha
reaaon that it ia apt to epoO, not only
the lappel of the ooat, bnt alao tha rtat
The yoongaaan at the watering plaom
hare discard til white vesta. Urn young
ladies nae ao much ofl on their hair that
a vest Is only good for ana erening aa
tbe pi area
In colore, black will retain tbe aapre
inacy for the street, although tbe dark
but rich doth colon which were ao
much worn last season, and the neutral
tints, will alao prevail
Baron de Rotharhild owns 144 hoanaa
ia Paris worth 85,780,000 in gold ; nod
the Count de Madre owaa 100. Nans of
these building* had ao modi aa a window
pane broken during tbe siege.
A gentleman arid to an old lady who
had brought ap a family of children
near the rivwr. "1 should think you
would bee in constant fear that some of
them would get drowned." "O, no,"
responded the old lady, " we only lost
three or four in that way."
Tbe Burlington Free Prm ascertains
that there is much alarm in this City
concerning the cholera. It ia misia
farmed. We rinl afraid of cholera.
We are only afraid that the a&ccre of
the Btaien Island Ferry Company will
never be punished.—-V. f. Paper.
A fanner cured a batty bona in the
town of Eden, Fond da Lac county.
Wisconsin. He hitched n fair at cattle
toa log-chain around tha home's neck,
and prevailed on '(■ to laan n law tons
weight on the yoke. The hone didn't
start, but his bead name out by the roots.
Tbe hide, a set of shoes, and a lunofa for
the crown are all that ia left of tha Indo
cile steed. ___________
timet Brigandage.
The gentlemen of tbe rord in Greece. "
iiotwith-Undiug the eiTorta of th
authorities, appear to carry on their
raids upon the purees and persons of
travelers and others, with aa much dili
gence aa ever. The lateat nq*rted out
rage was upon a poor shepherd
whom they held for a ransom As hi
parents were only aMe to send the reb
oots a portion of the heavy erection,
thev rmral ia retura but a portion of
the son. the brigands retaining the boy's
uoee and ears. The warns erf tire phef
of the band engaged in this affair ia
Takoa, who, though pursued by the
Greek soldiers, succeeded in escaping
and at last accounts, was enjoying the
mountaiif breeeee of Thrssaly. Another
brigand chief, named Ccama Ooureme
no*. notorious for his nmmbcrkws crimen
had the misfortune to be captured lately.
At his trial all tbe charges against him
were dearly eatahtuhed. aad those un
acquainted with the social condition of
that classical land, would suppose that
quick punishment followed; oat not so.
The enlightened jury acquitted tha cul
prit on the grOuad that his crimes
against Greece, had been asptated by
his having killed three Turks in Crete.
The Hellenic authorities, however, not
the same patriotic view of tiie
sacrifice on the national altar of a trio of
the traditional enemies of Greece, de
clined to liberate the modern Spartan
hero, having other charges to try him
upon, and he has probably ere this, been
made a brad shorter, unless poonlar in
clination to look upon the killing of
three Mussulman aa a full atonement
for the moat atrocious crimes be toe
strong for the Government to withstand.
Any of our tourists who are tired of
the ordinary routes and sigh for pernan
cy in their wanderings, might take a
turn among the mountains of Hellas
To those with plenty of spare eash, and
to whom the choice of losing noee and
ears would be no discouragement, tha
expedition might prove more than ordi
narily intonating.
A PBOVTTABLX FAKH. —Mr. Mechi, of
Tiptree Hall farm, England, states, as
on example of what poor land can be
made to accomplish by draining, deep
and clean cultivation, and plenty of
manure, that he paid in 1841, 23 pounds
sterling, or 115 dollars, per acre, for bis
farm which is a very low price and sig
nificant of its poor quality. The land
has been heavily cropped since it came
into his possession, and in 1867 yielded
a heavy crop of clover; in 1868, forty
bnahels par acre of white wheat, which
sold for 115 dollar*! per acre without the
straw; in 1869, 35 bushels wheat ; in
1870, 39 tons mangels, or 975 bushels
per acre, and the land now bean a very
promising crop of red wheat. Mr.
Mechi is an advocate of high fanning ;
his rotation is a nine-year one, and con
sists of clover, wheat, mangels, wheat,
beans, wheat, winter tares, and Kohl
rabi, or cabbage (two crops that year),
flninhing with oats seeded to clover. All
the straw and the green crops are at
coarse fed en the farm aa well as tha
oats and beans. In such a practice as
this the land is yielding crops contin
ually.
It is evident that the mast worthy
efforts often fail, while the wont ftce
eeed. This fact alone aught to thaw
the folly of baaing an estimate of charac
ter on t superficial reckoning of results. .