'• IXrllM."
*' Darling!" H spoke it with * tone that
drowned, . ....
Deeps the word toe, breathed between
Hps, . . .
Other than when the qniok dieerUaWe slips
From month to mouth of gtrl-frtenda who have
found
Each ot&er deer. "Deriinji"—the word wee
bound,
About my chikl-neek by my father's arms.
Graved on my face by brothers, end bed
charms
Shaded aa infinitely ta the see's one sound.
Teal ell within one compass! -But this word,
Whereof I ley the aweetneea to my tongue.
And mimic the intonation as it stirred
My heir, is mellower then a deep son# sung
In the deep night by mellowest-throated bird.
And not the old word,bnt one forever young!
Rainbows ef Held.
" If you oen get to the foot of a rainbow be
fore It fades away you will find a bushel of
gold."— legend of Ki try lor*.
When I was a child I was solemnly told.
When the rainbow appeared in the skv.
That under it foot was a bushel of gold
That any could get would they try ;
So 1 ran here the splendor came down to the
ground,
Rat it fleeted as feat aa I ran.
And with all of my search it was nothing I
found:
Yet I'm doing the same as a man.
Thor-> the rainbow of lore, when affections are
young.
The brightest, we think, of the lot;
W fidlow, to find it a thing of the tongue.
Or a foolish abstraction of thought.
Then l 'a the rainbow of fame, with its amaranth
crown ;
We chase it in emulous strife :
We reach where it* foot so enticing came down.
And find—we hare wasted a lite.
Hone's rainbows are ever abroad in the air,
Alluriug us fools to pursue ;
We follow ami follow, stvd .hud nothing there
Save a sprinkle of glittering dew.
Earth'* rainbow* of promise, so fair to the sight,
'.re but Actions, st best, of the mind :
Their gleams give at moat uiwubstantial delight
Ther fade and leave nothing behmd.
Then what of the rainbow that gleams beyond
death
The promise hereafter! Who is there can tell
If. after the parting of body and bresth.
He is sure under fk.it rainbow all will be well I
Can be certain it is the last bow to allure.
The one that stoops down on the bushel of
gold-
The gold to at last atoll pouaessf Who is sure f
Alas! "lisa secret we can not unfold.
H " ! ~ 9! ***
IN A FOWBER MAGAZINE.
We had not been ten davs at aea before
ruo mind misgave me, and t began to dread
an unfortunate termination to our Towage,
for matters bad gone wrong from the Ten
beginning. There bad been trouble with
the crow, who seemed to have an idea that
perennial drunkenness was the proper state
of men's existence; and who, as long as a
sixpence lasted, obstinately refused to go
ou board, in many cases having to be hauled
from the wharf over the side like so much
suspended animation. Then when we had
been warped oot into the river, and were
lyirg awaiting the Captain, we found that
be had been taken suddenly and violently
ill, so that a week's delay followed, ending
in a fresh appointment, and the coming of a
new Captain—a man of a quiet, genial as
pect, whose presence seemed to augur a ter
mination of our troubles, and he was wel
comed accordingly.
For a merchantman outward bound is by
no mean- the paradise existing in the minds
of anient school-boys, bitten with a longing
for a life at sea. Twenty-fours hours of the
life on board and its discomforts effectually
sickened me; bufotben I had chosen my
vessel for reasons of economy, knowing that j
every five-pound note would be. perhaps, of
priceless value in my new home; so I made
up my mind not to be discontented, but
to bear all that fell to my lot. 1 had taken
my passage to Buenos Ay res. with the full
intuition of roughing it for some years to
come, and therefore I argued that it would
be cowardlv to turn tail at the first trouble
that fall to my share. But reallv it was
trying work, in spite of the strongest
determination. The sailors were soon in
that pleasant state of despondent misery
which succeeds a long debauch, and, as if
giving the unfortunate passengers the
credit of being the cause of their sufferings,
lost no opportunity of visiting the said
sufferings upon their heads. I said upon
their beads, but the feet as frequently
suffered, buckets of water being dashed
upon them—of course accidentally—if we
ventured on deck during holy-stoning times.'
We came to grief, too, over ropes, over the
stowing of cargo, and in a variety of wtj*
during those flnt days—our sea going
friends looking upon us as an inferior race j
of beings, whom, as lubbers, it was their
duty to afflict. But by dint of good
temper, this was all pretty well got over,
in time for the rough "weather we en
countered down Channel, and right away
across the Bay of BtscaT ; sufficiently toil
to confine us all. sick and well, below
hatches for many a dreary day of pitching
and tossing, with the ship's timbers groan
ing and creaking to a degree that seemed
to threaten falling to pieces.
Picture to yourselves, you who have not
been on ship board, a yloomy, low-ceiled
prison, with stout beams crossing every
here and there, the light stealing teeblv
through the little windows, the air you
breathe hot, foul, and stifling, the batch
above you battened down, so that, save at
special times, there is no communication
with the deck; and nearly every fellow
passenger either bemoaning his hard fate,
or else groaning as be lies in the helples*
misery of tea-sickness. I think that if ah
the miseries of a rough voyage could be
foreseen, those who take trips to far-ofl
lands would be grastly reduced in num
bers.
A coople of days' respite came at last in
the shape of fine weather: and in tbe reac
tion produced by the bright sunshine, and
free brisk air we breathed on deck, tbe
troubles of the past were forgotten. Tbe
Captain still seemed all that was pleasant;
but there was a flushed and heavy look in
his countenance that I did not like, and
before long I bad another opinion upon tbe
subject; for, in conversation, I found that
tbe second mate had been at the same school
as myself; and together we went o.er tbe
old da'ys and compared notes, as I walked
the deck with him far into bis watch.
Tbe weather turned foul once more, but
this time, through tbe mate, I contrived to
stay on deck, when, to my surprise, I found
that the greater part of the duty was
shifted on to tbe chief mate, the Captain
seldom sbowiDg on deck.
44 No, I don't think it's from cowardice,"
said my friend to me, as we walked the
deck that night, when the gale had some
what moderated. "Of course this is in
confidence."
I nodded.
"Well,'' he continued, "I don't know
what to make of bim; sometimes I think
he's mad, and sometimes that he is given
to drinking. How be got appointed to this
ship, I can't tell. Mr. Ray don't say any
thing, but be is one of those men who
think all the more; and of coune he'll be
particularly careful, lest tbe Captain should
think that, as first mate, be is jealous be
cause the command was not placed in his
hands."
No more was then said; but before
many days had passed, wc found that tbe
man who bad been intrusted with a fine
vessel, a valuable cargo, and, more than
all, tbe lives of passengers and crew, was
one of those unfortunate beings who, not
content with tbe enjoyment of the good
things of this life, are in the habit of hav
ing intemperate outbreaks, when tbe im
pulse to drink, commencing, perhaps, with
the stimulants taken in some time of peril,
grows perfectly uncontrollable, and culmi
nates at length in one of those horrible fits
of mania known as delirium tremens.
It was enough to make any landsman
nervous as to our fate, should the heavy
weather continue; but there was still tbe
satisfaction of knowing that the two mates
were thorough seamen, who would, no
doubt, take upon themselves the manage
ment of the snip, should there be any real
danger. These feelings did not trouble me
long, for, the weather again brightening,
hope rose, and day alter day glided pleas
antiy by. We saw but little of the Cap
tain, and only learned that he wa confined
by indisposition to his cot, tbe cause of this
indisposition being only known to a few;
bat I could see that the first mate, Mr.
Ray, looked more anxious than usual; and
taking the opportunity of being on deck
one nigbt, I had a long talk with my friend,
to learn that tbe Captain only recovered
from one fit to seek the means for bringing
on another.
" Pity we did not leave bim behind alto
gether," I said at last.
44 I've thought so a dozen times," said
FIIED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor,
YOL. IV.
j mv friend, u for this sailing with a madman
j ou Uianii does not suit :nr book '
The days glided slowly" by with varying
weather. The hot latitude* were reached.
There was a little home-play as we crossed
the line; then a shark was caught, and at
; limes a dolphin or bonito; and at last,
panting with the heat, we lay beneath the
almost vertical sun, without a breath ot
j wind to fill the sails as they hung troui tbe
' yards, the vessel gently rolling in the swell
a* the sea heaved ami 101 l without so much
jas s npple visible. Rough coverings were
rigged up; lint in spite of all that could be
done to mitigate it, the heat was uubcar
able, beating down upon our heads, and
'■ reflected from tbe sea, which shoue like a
j vast mirror of polished metal, Gaping
, SCSUK, with the tar oozing forth, rails and
I stanchions so hex ted that a hand could
I not be borne upon them, and the'tween
j decks stilling as an oveu.it w as no wonder
. that we were constantly longing for tbe
comparative cool of the uight; hut even
theu there was not time for the tempera
lute to grow much lower before the sun
once more rose, each day appereutly hotter
than tbe last.
We were seated one evening, watching
the last glow of the setting sun, when
Anderson, the second mate, made the re
mark that he thought a change was com
ing ; and then our attention was taken up
by Mr. Ray passing close by us, and de
scending as if to the Captain's cabin.
•' How has he been to-day F' I said, as
I Mr. Ray disappeared.
" Worse than ever," was the reply. 44 If
I were Ry, I'd make a prisoner of him,
and take sole command. He'd be quite
justified in so doing."
Further conversation was cut short by
tbe reappearance of the mate, who
j beckoned hastily to mv companion.
I " Something wrong,'- he exclaimed, as he
leaped to his feet; and quite a-* quickly I
followed him to the hatchway.
" Good heavens, Anderson !" exclaimed
Mr. Ray," what's to be done I He's raving
mad."
" Have you no medicines 7" I said.
w Medicines ? Yes; but how are we to
ideal with a man in his state! Just
lUteu."
In effect, as he ceased speaking, there
' came from below the sound of breaking
chairs, smashing glass, and a noise as of
I some one leaping from side to side of the
i cabin, followed by a tremendous tottering
' at tbe door.
"I've locked him in," said Ray, "for
: he's not fit to come on deck. But get help,
and we must secure bim, and strap him
into his cot.'*
A short consultation was held; and then
it was decided to call one of the old seamen
a sturdy, quiet man, and to do all as quiet
ly as possible, so as not to alarm the rest
of the passengers and crew.
Anderson fetched tbe old sailor, who
came rolling upturning the lump of to toe-,
co in his mouth; and from his remark it
was evident that he had been enlightened ,
upon tbe business in hand.
4 * Ah," he growled, " what a thing it is
as any one wili go on wasting precipos
liquors, and turning blessings into pisoo !
I kno wed this would be the end of it."
" Don't preach, man," said Rav, angrily,
" but come along. Now, look here," be
whispered, as we descended: " as soon as 1
open the door, all step quietly in together.
He'll dash at us the same as he did at me
a while ago; but he can only tackle one
man at once, so that while he is engaged,
the others must secure him."
We had hardly nerved ourselves for our
task, and the mate was holding up his;
hand as a signal as be unlocked the door,
when wc were staggered by the sharp re
port of a pistol, simultaneous with which
there was a dull thud close to my ear; and
I started back with the knowledge that a
bullet had just passed through the cabin
door and whistled by my bead. Then came
a loud, harsh laugh, followed by a couple
more pistol-shots, both of which passed
through the panel of the door.
I need hardly say that we beat a retreat
directly; and as we stood once more on
deck, the first mate wiped the perspiration
from his forehead, and looked from one t >
the other, as much as to say, What shall
we do?
It wa, indeed a trying position ; and for
a few moments no one spoke. Then Mr.
Ray seemed to recover himself, and spoke
out firmly and quietly : "We should only
be casting away our lives if we were to go
in now. The only plan I can suggest is to
watch him through tbe skylight, and go in
when he is asleep."
•' I don't think he can do any mischief in '
the meantime," I said; "but we mustseizc
him soon."
*• Mischief!" said the old sailor dryly, i
•' Well, I dunno; but what if he keeps on ,
popping off that revolver thing f We
shall be having a bullet in among tbe
powder, and a blow-up."
" Powder!" I said.
44 Yes; in toe magazine."
- Is there powder on board ?" I said,
with a strange tremor in my voice, as 1
turned to Anderson.
" Yes, a heavy lot of it," he said huskily;
and as be spoke, his eyes glanced involun
tarily in the direction of the boats.
Another shot made us all start; and now
psssengers and crew began to collect, eager
ly a?king what was wrong—questions,
though, which, in dread of a rush at toe
boats, wc fore bo re to answer.
The peril, though, was indeed great, for
in one small cabin, especially strengthened
for its reception, a large quantity of powder
was stored; and if one bullet happened to
pass through, the chances wen- that the
beat evolved in its passage would explode
it all, and in a moment the whole vessel
would be blown to atoms.
There were two course* open to us ; to
se-ze tbe boats at once, and push off, or to i
make a bold and manly effort to subdue
tbe madman, in whose hands our lives |
seemed to hang.
The same feeling must have pervaded all
our breasts as we stood looking at one an
other, and then I saw tbe old sailor wet the
palms of bis hands and rub them gently
together.
" We must run in on him. Master Ray,"
he sa'd,"
'• Could we not shoot liinrdown through
tbe skylight?" said tbe chief mate; and
then, as if blushing at bis own proposition,
be added hastily: 44 No, no ; that would be
like murder. We must dash in on him at
all risks. But what's that ? Look out;
he's coming on deck."
As be spoke, we heard the cabin door
unlocked; then tbe rattling of keys and the
crashing of a door, when Ray cautiously
peered down the batch ; and as he kneeled
there gazing down, 1 could see a tremor
running through his whole frame, and when
at last he turned to as, his voice was so
husky as to be almost inaudible, when he
whispered: 41 He's got into the powder
room !"
I shall never forget his countenance as
he gazed up at us, fixed—rigid to a degree.
For a few moments, horror, and dread of
impending death seemed to have robbed
him of all power. Then he sprang up, the
man once more."
u Quick 1" he exclaimed, "for your lives!"
Then leading the way, he dashed down
the cabin stairs, we following him, but only
to find our progress arrested by the closed
dooi. which resisted all our efforts.
• Listen!" whispered Ray; and then he
continued: 44 Good heavens, if he were to
fire now!"
The next moment there was a sound
which seemed to make every nerve in my
body tbrtll, and I frankly own that had my
limbs obeyed my will, I should have rushed
on deck, seized a poop or grating and leaped
over tbe side, for plainly enough to be
heard catnc a sharp crackling noise, and it
wanted not the mate's word to enlighten
us as he hissed ont 44 Lurifers!"
44 Here, quick, for God's sake!" exclaim-
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
*I AixknoOv 4 * Iook htft; we ar* foiviug
j the wrong way st the door."
He dragged at it, but iu Jrain, for a few
minute*, till, running oil deck, the old
sailor returned in an instant with s cample
.if marliue-apike*. which we were inserting
just as we ouee more hoard the crackle of
a match.
"Quick I it's for dear life!" cried Hay,
I and the door crashed, gave way and flew
open, to reveal to u§. stamliug. perfectly
i unmoved bv our forcible entry, the Captain,
holding a lighted splint to "an iron bound
i chest, which was already blackened and
charred at tbe edge.
For a lew moments we ould none of us
stir. It seemed as if at the slightest
motion on our part, the chest—which 1
afterward learned was tilled with cartridges
for the suppli of one of the petty armies
engage.! in tW Paraguayan war—would
explode, followed by the other chests and
kegs piled around. Then came the Cap
■ tain's low chuckling laugh, and we heard
him say : " This will drive you out, then,
J strong as you are."
Then, with a gesture of impatience, he
threw down the burnt-out splint, took a
fresh match from the box he held, and was
about to strike it, when, with a crv that
did not sound human, Anderson Raped
j upon him. and with one tremendous blow
struck lum down, trampling on him the
■ next moment as he applied his tuoist lips
jto the charred and smoking edge of the
chests.
The Captain was not stunned though ;
and directly after a fearful struggle took
place amid "these kegs, my pait being con
fined to the securing ot the match-box,
which I tore from his hand, trembling as
1 did so lest it should, explode. Then
came tke loud pantiug breathing ot the j
wretched man. as. held down by four strung
men. he bowed his body up again and again
with a lower that was almost superhuman
But the danger was now paused ; and
without losing a moment, we dragged bim
out iuto his own cabin. Water was abun
dantly applied to tbe charred side of the 1
box; and Mr. Kay's first act was to make j
the carpenter screw up the door in away
that restored confidence as every screw wa
driven in. I say his first act; for hh
second was to sit down on the deck and
cover his face with his hands, and remain
in that position for tally half an hour.
Constant watching, binding, and the use
of patent drugs placed tbe Captain out of I
the reach of means to place us again in peril
But though a breeze sprung up the next
day, and our ship prosper
ously finished her voyage, I never lay
down to sleep the rest of the time without
a ah udder, and never once dropped off
without waking with a start from a horri
ble dream of seeing the Captain, match-box
in band, applying a light to the edge of,
the cartridge-chest.— Ciamfxrt' Journal.
The Earthquake of 18*0.
CoL Charles Whittlesey of Cleveland,
Ohio, read a paper before tbe American
Institute of Science, on the earthquake
which occurred in the United States iu
the forenoou of October 20, 1870. It;
wan felt from near tbe mouth of the St.
Lawrence to Cincinnati, along a line of
axis about 1,000 miles, and covering n
breadth of about 300 miles. Iu greatest
severity was on the 81 Lawrence, be
low Montreal, and its progress was in a
siouth-westerly direction. At Quebec,
chimneys were thrown down ; a church
at Kamarouaki had subsequently to l
rebuilt. The duration of the movement ]
at Albany and at Cleveland was about a
minute ; at aK other places less than a
minute. Taking the telegraphic reports
and rejecting some that were certainly
inaenrate, it appears that in Bangor.Me..
Boston, Albany, an.l Cleveland, when 1
tbe errors of observation cannot exceed
half a minute, the differences of actual
time of the occurrence did not exceed 21
seconds. In Cleveland and Montreal it
was simultaneous. Observations on other
earthquakes rarely indicate a motion
that exceeds a mile in two seconds for
tho progress of the earthquake wave.
The Lisbon earthquake traveled at the
rate of 20 miles a minute. The velocity
of the earthquake under consideration
was from 10 miles a second to 960 miles
a minute. Such rapidity precludes thu
notion of the transmission of an earth
quake wave. CoL Whittlesey descrilied
his own experience of the sensation as
that of a alow motion like that of a pen
dulum. with no perceptible jar. He con
sidered that the force which brought
about such simultaneous r>-suits must be
deep-seated, and acting not as a wave,
but by latteral compression, as from an
explosion far beiow. He described the
similarity of tbe sensations of those who
felt the effects at a distance from a great
nitro-glycerine explosion, not long after
ward, hear Cleveland, with those that
were perceived in earthquakes. Prof.
Andrews described an earthquake at
Columbus, Ohio. Tbe movement was
such that he supposed he was dizzy. He
considered the gentle character of move
ment to indicate a force not produced bv
a concussion or a jar beneath the surface.
But it might bo that tbe drift formation
of that locality acted as a blanket upon
the jar. It was the opinion of another
speaker that tbe simultaneons character
of earthquake waves—that is, the fact
that at widely separated intervals ou the ,
surface the shock was simultaneous, in
dicated a force from far beneath the sur
face, and probably from a molten mass
within.
Odd Fellowship.
The Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. of New
York at their late session, transacted
the following business : It waa decided
to be improper and inconsistent for a
District Deputy Grand Master to hold
the office of Noble Grand during his
official term. Tho Noble Grand of a
subordinate lodge can give the P. W.
of the Rebekah degree where there is a
regular chartered lodge of that degree;
if a member of the Order commits suicide,
bis family by such act is not deprived
of benefits ; a motion to adjourn a lodge
meeting to auothcr day before going
through the regular order of business is
illegal, but if without day it is right; a
lodge must close, not adjourn ; a mem
ber more than 13 weeks in arrears for
dues is not entitled to receive tho P.
W.; a lodge ia not compelled to reinstate
a suspended member ; withdrawal cards
of applicants for a new lodge need
not be presented to the District Grand
Committee for their approval ; tho
charge-liooks cannot lie taken from the
lodge-room. Subordinate lodge* have
a right to appropriate their funds for pic
nics or excursions. Grand Lodge cards
shall be furnished to members of de
funct lodges, suspended for non-pay
ment of dues, at 81 each. Lodges arc
empowered to return money paid for de
grees, when tho degrees are not received,
jirovided that the certificate be returned.
Charters were ordered to 89 lodges in
stituted under dispensation in New York
State.
UNLUCKY. —August is said to lie an
unlucky month to be born in, as we are
told that the man born in the month of
August will be courageous and ambitious,
but too apt to cheat. He will have sev
eral maladies and two wives. The woman
born in this month will be amiable and
twice married, and her second husband
will give her good eause to regret her
first.
SPOTS ON MAHOGANY.— Stains and spots
may be taken out of mahogany with a
little aquafortis or oxalic acid and water,
rubbing the part by means of oork, till
tha color is restored, observing after
wards to wash the wood well with water,
and to dry and polish aa usual.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1871.
IVrIL of the l'lulou ( auxin.
Mr George Partridge contribute* (he
following iu an artiole descriptive of hi*
j visit to the California Geyser* ;
44 Wo now commence to descend the
mountain down the Piutou Canyon to
the Geyser*, a descent of nineteen hun
dred feet in u few utile*. The road goes
down iu a regular grade around the ribs
iof the mountain. Cotnmt-iu iug near the
summit, you av the depth* of the can
yon several hundred feel below you ;
and what is peculiar nliout the road is it
ia cut arouud the aides of these sleep
j ribs of tho mountain, sometimes
through hard gravel, sometime* through
i conglomerate rock, leaviug nearly per
pendicular cliff* on the one side, while
there is a very great descent ou the other
to the abyss below. And this is not so
only on the outer rib* which vuu ride
round, but also in tho inner circle be
tween the rib*. W hat gives a further j
interest to thesecue is the fact that the
road itself iu very many place* is so nar
row that a person sitting ou the uiqier
side of the wagon can discover nothing
on the other but the abvss below. Hee
' ing uo ground on that side for the wheel
to run on, and with uuthiug to prevent
; your going to the depths below out the
skill and carefulness of the driver—with
this condition of thing* your surprise
aud fears are awakened very soou after
starting down the declivity by finding
; that, iustcad of the horse* walking or
going upon a slow trot, they are started
off upon a brisk trot, and sometime* run
; into a gallop, and you go whisking
arouud these winters and short turns at
. lull speed, having nothing but the brake 1
to govern your carriage, and, if not aj>-
pli.nl at tbe exact moment, all is lost;
all at the risk of the lives of the |>o*aen
gers. horses and driver and you hold ou j
to your carriage with all your might, ;
exjieetiug every moment to lie thrown
overboard. To exixwitulnte with the j
driver is of no use, for they know their
own business better than you ; they have
never turned over yet, and they dou't
expect to do it now. And you feel that
you have taken your life it: your baud,
and you are ready to crv out ' Lord save
us!' They stxfl push on, whirling
around these lieiuK a* though the rood
was straight and of the utmost width,
wheu to our expectation, but not to the j
driver's, iu turning round one of the
tuner circle*, at full sjH-t-tl, our carriage ;
upset, throwing us all out on the ground
and roclm, endangering the lives of us
all.
"Fortunately, no one was killed, but all
received some bruise* and hurts ; one'
lady, confined to the IKHI for nearly a
week, struck on her side. I looked up
on it as a miracle that we were not all
killed. To show the narrowness of the
road where it was done, tbe carriage
had to be pulled up into the road, as it
was righted, to prevent its being thrown
overboard. It is said this was the first '
accident that ever liap|>tuK<d on this
road, which was built but three years
ago. If so, I can onlv say it is a mir
acle of Divine Providence which has j
prevented it"
The Feminine Toilet.
The other day. says a recent writer, I
heard of an incident which shows that
even men of society do not understand
all the mysteries of the feminine toilet j
A gentleman, who devote* a large jrt
of his time to the society of ladies, and
who believe* himself a cOMoissrur iu all
that pcrtaiua to them, was much annoyed
by observing that a fair friend of his, fav
orably known for her style of elegant
dressing, would insist when the weather
would allow it ujKin wearing an old
shawl devoid of any claims to beauty or
good taste.
The gallant endured this for a long
while. He walked up Broadway and
Fifth Avenue, and rode iu the jark with
his friend, and often looked at the odious
shawl in away that he thought would
convince her of its unfitness for so ele
gant a woman as herself.
She did not take the hint,however, but
continued to display it on every possible
occasion. He lost jsitience at last, and
said to her one day :
" May I be permitted to inquire why
you wiu wear that miserable shawl all the
time ? It ruins your dress. You look no
exquisitely otherwise that I can not com
prehend why you will deform yourself
with such a faded rag as that. It has
nothing in the world to recommend it ;
and I believe if yon were to throw it off
in the street nobody would pick it up." !
The bright eyes opened with surprise,
and a strange expression fell across the
pretty face.
"lon are jesting, are you not ?" the
lady asked. "You do not really dislike
my shawl, do yon ?"
" I never was more serious in my life.
I thoroughly detent this thing which you
call a shawl."
" Well, then, I'll inform you that this
is a camel's ltair sliawl ; and, though I
think it in very bad taste to sjieak of
prices, it cost 83,000, and in one of the
finest ever brought to this country."
The young man was astounded ; but
his taste was correct.
Fight between a Cat and a Snake.
A few days ago a gentleman who ia en
gaged in farming in Tennessee waa walk
ing through his field, near where hi*
hands were plow ing, when he discovered
a cat at some distance coming toward
him. Proaently the cat turned aside,
and squatting verv low, appeared to
creep stealthily along, aa though in
search of game. He quickened liis steps
to see if he could discover what was up.
He soon discovered a snake about n foot
and u half or two feet long, and as the
cat approached, the snake coiled and pa
himself in a striking position. The cat
instantly walked directly up to the snake
and held out one foot near his snnnk
ship's liend, as if daring liim to strike.
Master snake, being full of spunk, was
not the chap to bike a dare ; consequent
ly he responded with his full strength,
but when his head should have been in
direct contact with tho cat's paw, the
paw, like the Irishman's flea, wa'n't
tliar; and before the head could lie
withdrawn, it received n heavy blow from
the cat's foot, und the paw was again
presented, with similar results. About
four rounds of this sort occurred, when
the snake seemed to retncmlier " he who
light* and runs away may live to fight
another day," and with this understand
ing uncoiled and started to quit the field.
"How vain are all our earthly hopes"
—his snakeahip had no sootier com
menced his retreat than pussy pounced
u I MID him and bit him entirely through
the body in three or four places, each of
which, our observer thinks, wns a fatal
bite. After this the cat ajqicarcd to be
satisfied, and quietly withdrew.
DANGEROUS. —Apropos of the recent
steamboat disasters a'reporter of a morn
ing paper asserts that cine of the largest
hotels in New York City, rests iu blissful
composure over a rotten boiler which, at
any moment, is liable to send it* 600
guests to the hospital, at least If
people can't feel safe in a hotel wherein
the world should tliey go ? Is it corn
ing to that point where, after leaving the
dangers of a ateamlioat and railroad, the
weary traveler is liable to lie sent to sky
ward by an old boiler in the hotel base
ment ?
Striped snakes eat potato bugs, whieh
in turnpoisona the snakes, and the peo
file in van Buren connty, lowa, speak of
his arrangement as a mutual Wneflt
society.
All for a Farthing.
Man v years ago say* Dr. Mat-Kenzie,
, w hen t was u schoolboy, a singular trial
took place iu Dubliu, about a Queen An
ne's farthing. There was, at a popular
. j restaurant in that city, a sharp laid, nam
ed George Home, Scottish by birth and
, training, who was intrusted with the (HI,
i and had u high reputation for honesty,
lie had well pied that position for sumo
years, tud was attaint twenty-one at the
; period 1 aiu alluding to. Oue day, Ms he
was guing out, lie took change for a tall
i penny bank-token out of the till, aud tho
11 particular stiver coin which lie put in
i was one with a special mark upon it,
■ which he hail long curried in his pocket
* u " luck-penny." He waa unaware at
i the time that lie was parting with this
particular coin. Among the chaage
w Inch he took were two farthings—one of |
thcui hud lawn iu the drawer for some
time, and being a handsome, old-fashion '
ed coin, had been shown to two or three
customers, who admired it, but had BO !
1 idea of its value. While Home was out j
he got a glass of beer and, in paying for
it, pulled out the particular ooin iu que*- ,
tiou. A gentlemen who was present,
picked it up off the counter and said ;
Your fortune's mode. That is a Queen \
Anue's farthing. I should not wonder i
if 'tis worth a thousand pounds."
Home hurried back to his place of |
business, and in an excited manner, j
mentioned what he had heard. Hi* em- j
ployer claimed the ooin. Home refused j
to give it up. The master said he hail
stolen it Home produced a fellow clerk ]
to prove that he had taken it, iu change, '
1 out of the till, and showed the identic*! i
ooiu Home's " luck-penny,"—which !
had been put in the drawer. The rums- ■
ter suit fur a policeman, charged Hume ,
witli theft, ami hod him taken before a
; magistrate. As they were taking him to '
the police office he dipped his hand into !
his jiocket, and thenc*- removed the far
thing, chucked it into a heap iff mad j
pU id up on the aid* of the street. He i
w as searched by order of the magistrate,
aud though the coin wo* not found, was
; committed to Newgate en a charge of |
robbery. Incredible at it may appear, '
Home wn* trie! in the Recorder's Court, I
Green Street, Dublin, convicted and sen- j
teiioed to twelve months' imprisonment, i
Tills matter got iuto the newspaper*, j
of course, aud caused no small excite- ;
uiciiL A humane attorney, was struck
with the injustice of the proceeding, and i
called upon Mr. Daniel O'CouueU, then '
in largo practice as counaell<ir-t-law,
who examined the record* of the court,
ami finding evidence of the illegality of I
the whole proceeding* against Home, ;
placed the case before the Irish Govern
ment, sml declining to accept a free par- ,
dou for Home (who had done nothing
j wrong), succeeded in having the whole |
j proceeding* qua-shed,the Recorder rrpri-'
' uisuded and Home liberated, hi* pn*e- 1
eating employer paying him a consider-'
able sum to forego In w proceedings fori
damages. There also was a liberal gule j
*criprion in Dubliu ; and, with the j
money thus obtained, George I tome took |
a lease of extensive premises, which had .
' been oocupi"d as an arcade, and opened '
a restaurant, called the A read-' Hotel, '
which, in a short time, became famou- 1
for good cheer, low price, great clcxnli- (
uetst, and civil wail era. In alxiut ten
rears ha realized a fortune, with which
Jh® returned to Scotland. His former |
I employer, whose busitie** was ruined by
Home's competition, finally became his '
cashier, and waa faithful and trust- ■
worthy.
This story has an ending. At Home's, ;
where I have often dined, I saw the
Queen Anne's fkrthing which made his (
fortune. Soon after he had opened the
Arcade Hotel, the identical coin again
came into his hand, among other money j
taken over the counter. He waa aide to j
identify it bv a certain nick or cut upon i
the edge. It waa supposed that, on the t
removal of the mud-mound into which .
Homo had flung it when he resolved,
that his master should never have it,
again, the farthing had been found, and
hod again got into circulation. At the 1
Bank of Ireland, it* value, ton coin-col
lector, was estimated at 525. But Home
j never parted with it. He had it mount- j
j ed in n ailver frame with glasses over it, j
so that it could be seen, and not touched, ,
and waa fond of exhibiting it The ,
coin in fact waa one of the great at true !
tioiiaof the arcade. So, after all, a Oueeil ,
Anne'a farthing did make a poor fellow's j
I fortune.
Japanese Firework*.
A eorreapoudent who witnessed an ex
hibition of fireworka in JUINUI says :
The day firework* U-at auytliing of the <
kind I over beard of. Gut of a wooden j
mortar bound with iron it sent high in
the air what looks like a marble hi size. I
AN it goo* up it bursta, and out of it
come parachutes of bright lines, ami j
hanging from them firecrackers that arc
continually going ofL Balloons of va
rious sizes, some of them quite large,
and of courae inflated ; ojion umbrellas ;
ribbons yards and at least eighteen
inches wide, floating and twisting them
selves in, the air ; men riding on fishes,
muszmo*, jinrikiskas, all made of paper,
reminding mo of the bon-bons at jiartios
for the German cotillion, only these out
here far surpass those at home. Some
times these bouils burst in the air, and
streamers of smoke with a dense body
from whieh they radiate, resembling
huge many-legged spiders, shoot out,
and sometimes it is counties* serpcuta
twisting and turning, übuut three huu
dred feet in the air—the smoke Wing of
several colors. All this should be svn
t ibe appreciated. The night fireworks
ilso were beautiful. Around the race
track, on bamboo poles, hod been hung
some kind of firework, and when the
time enrae to sot it off, suddenly a light
flashed with inconceivable Timidity from
one end, and in an instant all was burn
ing, presenting the nspeet of an immense
waterfall of liquid Are, the effect of which
waa really grand. Another favorite jiieoe
was this : A few Roman candles went off,
and a wheel or two, when all at once was
seen a graceful tree, its branches all of
tire waving in the air ; this piece was
exceedingly pretty aud graceful. There
were many others, but these struck nie
particularly.
A NEW I'NKMY.—A new and mysterious
enemy of sheep, more fatal even than
the murderous dogs, has made ita ap
pearance and dreadfully ravaged the
flocks of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The
animals ticing found dead, no marks of
violence are to lie observed, save a small
hole behind the ear, from whieh the
blood hsa been sucked. This has let! to
the conclusion that the destroyer is a
kind of bat, or, more properly speak
ing, a vampire—a creature which even
men may fear, since it may not have an
exclusive taste for the vital fluid of the
muttons. This, the cureulio and potato
bug, renders our present assortment of
noxious vermin very complete.
POTATOES VS. C'AIIHOTS NM MILCH
COWS.— -It. A. Hunt, Euclid, G., has
lieen feisling a milch cow jiotatoca and
carrots with diy hay and water, with the
following results : While 36 quarts of
carrots were fed daily, 32 pounds of milk
were received in return ; and while tbe
same quantity of carrots and potatoes,
equal-parts, were fed, 36 pounds of
milk were given ; aud when potatoes
alone were given, 40 pounds .of milk
were received.
It is said that square toed shoes are
coming in fashion again, and that
Indies' shoes are to be mule with what
is known as box-toes.
Hew He Escaped.
A Communist leader now in England,
f tell* the story of his escape aa follows:
There had been a general surrender,
I and I had two officer* und five ur six
iima left. The greater part uf them
, having dMWtad up Wednesday night,
aud tig' next morning thtij kept slipping
i ..fl ou<* by one, until I had the fire or
•dx men f qieak of around m. They
were all brave fellow*, and said they
would stay by me to the tart. Tbe tart
imrricude liet'weim the Louvre and the
Tour Hi Jacques had Ixwtn already
ilmudvU' d, the last throe or four cou
rier* I had scut for reinforcements had
not returned, and I was about to give
the order to retire, when a few Bed Leg*
appeared in the Hue d* Klvoll between
| UK and the Hotel da Villa, and we knew
|we were surrounded. 1 g*r<- the order
to the uu-u to save theuMclves, and dash
<al iuto a lemur ou the other aide of the
street, followed by one of tuy officer*,
and I found uivaelf in the arms of an
old friend. While we were diaeuianag
wnnie means of escape the soldier* broke
into the bouse, and my friend pushed us
; into a deep, dark closet up neat the roof,
. where wu awaited their M ruing, deter
mined to sell our lives as dandy ** lion
! siblc. They sesrehed the house tuur
' <mgh!y, saying that they had meeu us
i enter, and ooramenced flinging open the
! door* of every closet in the house, even
the closet in which we were hidden, but
i they did not see us. It wns well for
xenie of them, for we lind each of iw two
| revolvers ready cocked, and we had dr
, terwined never to IKS taken alive. They
' left the bouse without discovering us,
and we stayed in our hiding place alt
! night. The next morning my friend
! furnished me with dUresis clothes, and I
sallied out in broad daylight, a cigar in
; ui.v mouth and • o*u<* in lay baud, and
made my way leisurely among the ofli
, cent aud soldier*, looking ou curiously
|at the burning building*, as if T knew
1 nothing more about it than a simple
spectator, and I paaaed unmolested. I
soou found a friend near tbe Halms,
: who took me iu and gave me shelter for
two day*, and who found another place
; of refuge for rue when he thought I waa
in danger at U-iug discovered. From
this da von I lived in a moat terrible
• tate of anxiety and fear, and I wished a
hundred times'that I had been killed on
tbe barrifsule. During the six weeks
i I ra hiding I changed my quarters <1
leas titan twenty times. I waa nearly
ttlways among friends who kept a sharp
lookout, and whenever they saw any one
-how the slightest enriosuy about the
house or its inmate*. I w warned, and
in an hour waa in another place of re
fuge. H<> mcrimes it was aft BeUcville,
sometime* at Montmatro, sometimes in
ttie fauborg Aotoina, sometime* in a
house where soldicia aud offlceis were
quartered. Often and often I was awak
< ned at twelve o'clock at night by a Up
on my door, and would hear a whisper
through the kevhole to fly to a certain
place, and getting np aud going to the
place indicated 1 would find some one
awaiting me. porhsp* that I never re-
I mcmbered seeing before, who, without a
word, would take me to his room and
KIIOW me a new hiding place. 1 ulna r
'•hanged my quartern In the earlier part
of the eveuing, jttst te-tween daylight
and dark, for I found tlw dim, uncer
tain twilight favored these changes
more than any other tune. I always
strolled h-issui*V to a ash stand, with a
cig*r in my mouth, jdaying the part of a
Ixitilevard "idler ta perfection. Tle kind
of life f was leading became in the end
unsnpportable. The constant apprehen
sion of arrest, the continual listening to
every footfalL with eara sharpened a hun
dred time* by danger; the starting at
the slightest unusual noise, with nerves
taxed ami excited almost Iwyond endur
ance by tlie continual strain npon them ;
the awakening in the night with a aud
den start, feeling sure of having heard
tho tramp of armed rueo outside,which,
in truth, waa often the esse ■ it waa ter
rible. Ouly tini*e who have vxpexmMPd |
it, have lived such a life, can couoervq
of the suffering one can endure in thui
way. The last place I was in was a very
large house on a fatahionable bonievotu.
in which there were a great many offi
cers. I stayed there nearly a work, as I
: found it tstrUcuinrlyoaie, no one dream
ing of KCHirbuig a house occupied by
officer*. It waa here that I saw my wile
i for the first time after sending h r away
from the accne of conflict to find a place
of safety for herself. We hhd two little
rooms iii an attie. from whence we hail
a splendid view of the city and a part of
the eountry. 1 alipped in quietly in the
evening, following n Utile cigar girl em
ployed in one of tiie cigar stores on the
boulevard. The rooms belonged to her
and her sister, and, although I had never
known them before, I found as ready a
welcome and IUI cordial a reception aa if
we luul been old friends. While here I
sent a note to Nsdnr. asking him it he
could n>t help mo to get ont of the
country. I received an answer from him
immediately, inviting me to take up my
quarters at liia bouse, as it would be safe
enough, they having searched his house
thoroughly a few day* before in the
s.*reh for'C'oromuntsta I accepted his
invitation, and for a few days found my
self in comparative security. Nadsr im
mediately set aliout devising means for
my escape, which proved to be as simple
as efficient. He went to one of the
inost influential members of the Assem
bly, who, although a staunch legitimist,
is a particular friend, of his, told him
lie had me in hia boiue. and that he
wanted a passport for tue to go to Bel
gium. His friend refused at first, and
tried to induce him to turn me adrift
But he expressed his determination to
protect me at all hazards, eveu at the
risk of detection, arrest. And ruin
Finallv tho member acceded, and not
only obtained the passport for me. but
accompanied us across the Belgian fron
tier. His breast was covered with deco
rations, among them the Orand Oroas of
the Legion of Honor, and of course he
had no difficulty in getting us through.
But wlmn we got fairly across tbe fron
tier and found ourselves on Belgian soil,
wc all three set np such A cheer, snd in-
I'lulgud in such extrnonliiinry inanifesta
'tions of delight, shotting, laughing,
singing and clapping our hands, that a
man who happened to be in the same
compartment with ns turned pale, think
ing, no doubt, he had fallen in with a
parcel of escaped lunatic*.
THE MONET IN THE GOLDEN BI LK.
A short time after the wreck of the,
steamship Golden Ittile, the safe be
longing to the Ifoitcd State*! Treasury
was found and forwarded to Washington,
where it was examined by the Depart
ment mnchinest, who report**! that it
did not bear marks or evidence of having
been force! ojien by the use of instru
ments ; but would have been, and
probably was, broken open by being
violently thrown from side to siae of ttie
hold of the vessel, and among the rocks
after tho vessel broke up. No part of
the money contained in the s tfe wns
ever recovered, and notwithstanding the
unremitting efforts of the department,
through detectives and otherwise, for
more than three years, nothing has been
discovered casting suspicion on the
officers or crew pf trie vessel, nor on thoae
employed on the wrecking vessel. It is
now over six years sinoe the Golden
Rule was wrecked ; the notes contained
iu the safe ate past due three or more
years, and no trace has been found of
their existence. They amounted to
over 81,000,000,
TERMS ; Two Dollar* a Year, in Advance.
The Burst Ing ef Hteam-Bolters.
Tin terrible accident on the Ltatesu
? Island terry boat, by which a hundred
liya were lurt, and a hundred prisons
i crippled or injured, still continue* to ah
i ton) the attention of the whole comma
nitv, who demand greater safety in steam
-1 buiWrs, or In tlw management of them.
r From the contradictory views express
f ed by person* who we eomndered **-
y perta, it ia apparent that eoaiportively
i "rite is In re drt v known about the eauatw
„jof 1 toiler explosions, 'the opinion pr*-
r vail* generally that the tu*t essential
. thing to safety ia, that the boiler should
I be very strong.
6 1 A different and novel doetriue on this
B subject wmt recently advtuioed in our
t hearing by * practical engineer. Itecx
r : preyed, with great confidence, that
r ; there ia only otic caure ever, for the ex
. j plosion ut a boiler .and that is, letting the
, water get too low. He say* you cannot
explode a tadk-r in away to cause any
\ considerable tov of life by any other
J means.
,' But the wo*t curious point in his
( j theory ia, that the stronger the boiler.
> if the water is allowed to get low enough
' i to explode it, the more dMasftrous will be
.! the consequence*
He contend* that if cold water is let
, suddenly Into a heated IKMW. an explo
,, sion is inevitable, no matter how strung
~ the boiler may Iw ; and Uw greater the ;
I i fores employed to ruuAne the steam, the ;
. i more terrible will be the explosion.
, ■ Familiar facte seem to sustain this |
. doctrine. If yon fire powder in a gun !
, without any wad over the powder, it ex- i
pi ode* with very little force and scarcely i
j! any noise ; whereas, if you put a tight
I * wad over the powder, ram it oown hard,,
[ then pnt shot and another sad over that,
! the powder explodes with great force,
I j and a loud noise. Moreover, it often ,
, | causes the gun to rerofi, and sometimes \
, j bursts the gun barrd Hportamen are
, j very careful about too tight wadding, or
, - too*heavy eiiaeges of shot, which confine
[ • the powder too strongly, as he powder.
whew ignited, must toco whatever ooti
. | flues it aasunder,
~ And yet how iu principle, are the
, tight wadding an J heavy charge* of shot
(different from the strong steam-boiler ?
Another thing : men engaged in blast
ing rock know thai tha aaeoeas of their
' operation* depends, in a great degree,
, ujjon tho thoroughness and strength of
I! the tamping.
Driu a round hole in a rock, and fill
, it np with gttnpowder; apply a match to
. the powder ; von produce a flash aud a
little sm tr. and thus Is aIL The rock
i remains unmoved and unbroken.
But place a few pounds of powder in
' the iKittom of the hole, tamp it down
| hard with broken stone and other attb
, stances very difficult to remove, then
, light the j>owd*-r. and yon have a load
. I explosion, sending the small stones high
, np in tbe air, and frequently breaking in
.' pieces tons of the rock into which the
~ hole has been drilled.
These v iew* are thrown ont aa worthy
. the consideration of tnen of science.
. i One conclusion we are obliged to come
, ! to, and that is of great practical im-
I' portence : Whether steam-boilers are
,' strong or wrak. they are very dangerous
i, unless closely watched, and faithfully
t and wisely attended to.
, 1 ■ ■ .I HI f
i ] The Brtir or Ijunmermeer.
' In legend—cue which war born of snd
1 ' truth, and has passed into Italian opera
1 - three ik no maiden mure famou* than
, the Bride of Lammermoor. In mrlaa
' choly proas, the lady was the Honorable
• Janet Ikiryiapk, daughter of the first
| Lord Stair." Kb* and young Lord Ruth
erford had plighted their troth, had
broken a silver coin between them, and
had invoked malediction on whichever
of the two abonld be false to the com
pact. The parents of Lady Janet insist
ed on her marry ing Dunbar of Baldoon.
The mother, "Lady Stair, waa moet
crnel in forcing her daughter to tlii*
match. Janet, broken-hearted and i
! hfdplroa, had an interview with her lover, j
afrd aoblM-d oat a text from Numbers xxx. j
! 2, $, 4, &. a* an excuse for her obedience
to her mother's commands. The lover* ■
, parted in sorrow ; Rutherford in anger. ■
He had not in him the spirit of young!
Lochinvar. nor Janet the writ to run'
' away with him herself. The poor thing
waa," in fact, scared. She ws* carried to
, church to be w.-d. in a semi-crazed and
more than half-dead state. At night a
, i hurricane of ahrieks came from the bri-
I dnT chamber, where tha bridegroom was
r found on the ground, profusely bleeding j
, from n stab, aud the bride sat near him
in her uight-goar. bidding them " Take
np yonr bonny nridegroom !" She died
. insane in Iras than three weeks Dunbar
. of Baldoon recovered, but be was never
knurn to open bis lips on tbe causes i
| which lend to the oatostroph#. Baldoon
r 1 evidently took things an they came ;
, i after km death. Home thirteen year*
, later, in 1862, Audrew .-aimpeon wrote an
i efogy iqxm him,in which the romantic ad
.] venwrer Vpo! tnaiThqfl 4 with another
, man's love was dweribed aa a re*}ect
, a Lie country gentleman who had intro
, i J need many improvements into agricul
ture ! Lord Rutherford, ihe lover, died
childless, in 1685. As Dnubar would
never suffer the catastrophe to be allnd
. Ed to, good-natured people invented a
, story that Rutherford himself was in the
, j chamber before Baldoon reached it, and
had stabbed him as noon aa he entered it
There ia uo ihalor or the slightest grain
! of substance for Iki* part of a sufficient
ly calamitous history.— Some Nooftuco
mett.
FEENCH FUNCTION AKIE*. —The number
of Government functionaries which
Tonscretins, in common with most oth
er French towns, possessed, were innu
merable, unimaginable, ensconced every
where ; roosting ou every perch ; lodged
in every conceivable nook ; very rata in
number, cobemveueaa, and rodent appe
tite. Perhaps I may as well give a list
, of them : A prefect, a soereUry
generai, and three councillors of prefect
ure ; a president of the tribunal, four
assistant judges, a stipendiary justice ot
the pence, two eforka of court," and a pub
lic prosecutor: a receiver general of
taxes snd two stil-reoeivera ; a veriflon
tor of weight and measure*, a chief of
! tbe custom house, aud two lieutenants ;
a high-keeper of the woods and forests,
(there were none to keep,) and two sub
k>epers; a commissary of police and a
deputy commissary; a captain ot pnt dor
nurt'e' and his lieutenant; a rector of
academy, a postmaster, a keeper of the
archives, (which consisted of one deal
twv* fnlf of Wipe*",*) fllidtwo sub-keepers;
a chief engineer, nu inspector of roods
aud bridges, and four insist ant engi
neers ; a bishop, two vicars-goneral, one
dran, one arch-deacon, six| canons, two
reetor*. and eleven curates ; tailing np
on which gallant procession waa an army
of fivo hundred and thirty-seven clerks,
poet-men, woo<l-r.ingers, eustom-hoiwe
officers, tax-gathers, menthtrmet, bradles,
vergers, policemen, inspectors of quart
pota and flrlots, tipstaff conrt nsliera,
Erison jailors, prison governors, and po
oe spies, all of whom, without excep
tion were remunerated ont of the public
purse.— Corn ft ill Maya an*.
INTLCXNCE OF Osre ACT.— One pound
ot gold may be drawn into a dire that
would extend around the globe. So one
good deed may be felt through all time,
and cast ita influence into eternity.
Though done in the first flush of youth,
it may guild the last of a long life, and
form tne brightest and moat glorious
spot in it.
NO. 36.
Algeria la Africa.
Algeria, .nrrotioded by the Mediter
ranean, Tunis, Moro oo nod the Derort
at Sahara, is about 500 mil** from east
to west and 200 nub*, from north to
south. JWilcs tlfte Kabyles, believed to
be the original inhabitant., the country
i peopled with Arabs, Turks, Jews, Ne
groes and the Ftvnch The Kebytoe are
MI industrious race and iiursnr the usual
avocation, of civilised society. Tlw-
Ami si load a nomadic Ufc. Of alLihe
inhabitant*, except the #-gr<k<^'th<*
Moor, are the lewd respected, though
they aanuwr a luxurious mode of living.
These three races—the KsbyU-s, the
, Arabs and the Moors—arc called the
j " indigenes," and number two rndßori
j four hundred thousand, of whom the
Kabyles number six hundred thousand,
i The M UMsuiiiians alone number 2,030,-
(100, without counting the tribes of the
Desert. The Arabs number 1,391,812,
uml these are divided into uxbe,
and theeo tribes are divided into 10,€w
| among therantive*
During the wan of Napoleon the Al
gerine desperadoes, oaring to the fleet*
! in the Mediterranean, ware compelled to
desist from their customary depredations j
upon commerce. But whan peace waa
■ restored the piratical ineunuons were
! rooommeucod. In 1795 the United
States refused to pay tribute to the Dey.
{ln 1615 C'onunodor* Decatur sailed, into J
the Bay of Algiers and compelled the
Dey to release the American
! and give a pledge of never .gam exert- i
! tog tribute. In 1616 the Kagiiab re
duced Algiers to aahca Tlw Dey con
tinued to act .lionet with impunity, un
til one fine day the Dey W,ped the
, French Consul' fare and apone diww j
-pectfully of King Charles X The
sljj p: scone, which kal to tbf
, i ouquiist of Algiers is thus smnsingiy i
described Ivy Mr Samuel H. Cex. in his
•• Search for Winter Sunbeama~ "]
" Huasetn the kst Dey ef Algiers, j
' received the French Coßenl, who cams
iin full uniform to remouatiute agaiurt ;
the non-payment of a - del* to the
French proteges. The old Dey lost hie
semper and Mapped the Consul in the i
, face with his fan. It was ** all Dey " i
with him then. Tlie Consifl retired
' without aay <n "good Dey," and if I,
may be permitted, the wroepacta of that
1 Dey were not afterwards brilliant In
Cart, tbey were clouded. The French
• went after him and got him."
! This insult to the repassestativa of
France iroultod in a French expedition
against Algiers. In 1690 France landed !
36,000 men from twenty-five slaps in the j
bay at Sidi Ferrach aad fought the bat
tle of Stavneli on June 19. About forty '
' thousand Arabs were driven from the
field with the bayonet, mid the victory
of the French waa crowned by the
conquest of Fort l'Emperwar ana the
Casbuh, which oom mund* Aimer* city. <
On July 4, the same year, toe French
achieved the capitulation of the besieged 1
i city, the Dey and his troops lxsng furted
to 'abandon the city. In 1831 the role-!
bra ted chieftain Abdel Kader, placed 1
himself st the head of the Alg-nn*-
He sustained defeat after defeat; but he ;
harrusaed a powerful enemy perpetually, i
i At length, Abdel Kader somag further
resistance uaeW, aurrendortd to the
French, on condition that be should be
seat to or 8L Jean d'Aere. The
I'hicftain arrived in Pari, on the 29th of
January, 1 618; but Louia Philippe
broke ma pledge, and Abdel Kader was
not released until Napoleon 111. ascend-'
,d the throne. The struggle in Algesia '
' has been continued since at intervals >
with undiminished fury. The colonising
; family of the French is not very great
at the best, but in Algeria tbey have
bad almost insurmountable difficulties to
contend with. The noumdic haloia, in
-tincU and traditions of the Arabs an
| opposed to European civilisation. The
| Algerinos are impatient of foreign dom- .
1 1nation, and from the utter want of sym-j
jwihy between the people and their
rtilers have sprung all the sanguinary
wars that have cost France so much blood ;
and treasure.
The Hair aad Eyebrows.
There seem, to be two ways of diem-'
ing the hair at' our famous watering
places, so a comwpondeut inform* ua;
an* called the ckuwse style, with the 1
natural hair closely braided in a coil on j
the back of the hoad. and a drooping
curl ou each side of the face ; and the
other with drooping braids behind, and !
with the hair cut short in front and fris- j
red with stunning effect- We noticed j
that angular maidens who did not travel'
i"ou their pretty" affected the former
stele, and the young women who thought
highly of themselves, and hoped to do
vxseutkm with their wavy tresero, affected
the latter. There is a peculiar kwki
uliout the eyebrows among name of the
reigning belles which we i-ould not un
decstenci. We have since been told that i
iit i* produced by false eyebrows which
: hrisbe fiercely when some undesirable j
suitor projHwea, but wbieb display a
wonderfully peaceful aspect when th*s
groat question comee foom a lover with j
a large surplus at the I anker*. Diamond :
i studs in the ears of fair faphionists is!
i one of the latest dictates; lieueeforth j
| long pendente are to be tabooed, and;
pretty ears can retain their fair propor
tions' with single or cluster diamond
studs shining from the orifices. Gentle
men would do well to guard their pos
sessions while this buhion laata.
ABSEMCXL (T EN A WESTS. —A few day*
ago a little girl had a bunch of artificial
grapes given to her. After amusing
| herself with the toy she gave it to aplay
mate of her own age, who presently
picked a grape off the bunch and sucked
it. The next day ahe was a oorpae. An
eminent physician, who analysed the
fatal plaything, deponed ttiat ten of the
grapes yielded three grains of araenite
of copper—a deadly poison—and that
each vine-leaf on the bunch contained
enough to kill a child. Another child's
cupboard, in which its toys wero kept,
was lined with green paper. The poor
i little thing sickened and oiad. obviously
from the effects of poison mysteriously
imbibed. Dr. Letheby analyzed the
paper-hanging of the cupboard, awl
found that a piece of it onhr six inches
anaro contained nearly thirteen grain*
the deadly compound—enough to kill j
two grown-up person* \-~ Lumhn In
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THE OHION.— Some one wrote to the
English Mechanic lately, desiring to
know what was the cause of the anti-mag
netic property of the onion ; and in re
ponse to hir request, a correspondent
relate* than King Charles the Second
once propounded as * problem to the
Royal Society the question, why a live
fish might be put into a vessel full of
water without causing it to flow over,
while a dead one produced the opposite
effect. After a long debate, in which
strenuous efforts at au explanation were
made, a member suggested tW. possibly
it would be well fiwt to show tnat ttie
monarch's assertion of fact was true,
and it was then ascertained to be with
ont foundation. The asserted anti-mag
nectic property of the vegetable men
tioned seems to be of a like character,
as the strongest obtainable onion did
not in the lesst affect a very delicate
magnet
A large piece of ooal fell on a Virginia
miner the other day, and crashing him
t* the ground, forced the stem ef hi*
pipe through the roof of his mouth and
cut ef the top of bis head.
1* rented o'r tM Mawd tent,—
■ And in Uor rarnp MM hurt kboda ;
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And ttov iU tewrt pathway tied*.
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Tby atcMd It with unfailing i>y, •
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Hut alfitrt ditto* Thy • MMh-
Thy MMMr still thy tettfStepSMilMa
Thy iijrbt is em mt pathway ••*
, Tbv cmnvltm 'ortewrtotaprrosod,
ySwfpEtfjiSjm wvim Nil;
Thy mSUSS & <*' Zri£L<,
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Parti aal FaaeieA
Tbs toot cup of a frolic i* generally the
hiccup •
ftfdnem(♦* put an more airs then
they cut play.
The potato blight is doing great dam
age in Irofauul.
A homed rooster H> the latest pro
duction of North Carotin*.
i A forme wan JhadmtgmiL by a Racine
Judge bemiw the forged ante bad no
stomp.
A m-. J unspoken i< • word ia tba
jumidmil i a mtirS HHMiI sword .ia
uAfcMMtfi ft :>om |0
Hun-baths art ait i jfeotnaf remedy fw
wwj differ* tf tabes daring a smart
two hours' wall.
couple. tence January, 1883.
One who wkbes tba worid to know
what be know* about farming, am tba
beat way to raise strawberries u with a
'*"w;iat if 6td &&bme* between an en
trance to a baro and stealer ia a print
! lug-otto* T One ia a burn door and th
other is a 4*ro bore.
A new atyle of neckkm ia of a heavy
cable chain of French gilt or gold to
which at* attached small aachon with
topa of blue enamel.
If amal] girl* are waifs, are huge girla
waiter* ? "Ortainly," aaya sweet tex
teen ; " to leato tba boys haws tba habit
!of applying them to tbair Bps in aaaling
r&dr vovm*
Mr. A. T. Htewsrt. in anawer to a
i friend who aafeftl her why aha dressed
>*?;• ?_£.
: no. One of the fdwbpi of Ming
rich yon em.
' Haioou Browses, ia Bttib territory for
the aala at ale and -bear, are ISO per
Wh. jQoogliropaefrfotthe *
'lienor to be drank 1 oil the premises,
■♦ wf nianth. .
p A Cfwraapondant of the Hartford
s Comrm tf who baa been aaibng ateog tba
Massachusetts coast, wonders why Olou
ieeater ia apeUad tba way it ia, and if that
1 ia right, why akoaMa t lobster be spelled
•f lolitxieUi *'
Among tba lamp-lighter* in Milwau
kee, Win. is a Utile gwi, ten yean old,
who maktw bar rounda In all lands of
weather, and mna up ladder like n
naiiiml, while her (Metfy mother
watehea for her nafety below.
The Great Joiner: The lawyer ;ha
enn replace a tenant, empand a ;wy.
bosa witneM, IKHW the oourt, chiam us
client, soger the gain*, floor a witaaaa,
cut hit board, nail the ease, hammer the
deak, file hiabOL and gouge the whole
commnnitr.
An, inaaqe Wjaoouain woman threw
vhne of her eh'!Jr-u into n forty-foot
w4l. and wna aboto to cast the rest of
'the famflr after them when Am waa
dieeorered and the act pnrrentod. The
| three www all taken out ahre, and only
i one waa aerkwwly hurt
A little boT in YorkviUe, Canada,
cmne to hi* <Wfa a few day.
iiaoto aingular cinmiaatamm He waa
i one of a party of children who were
playing together, and kiatod one of the
fiule Thii. ao enraged aaothw
little girl that, in a fit of what may be
called wetowy, he atraek him witb a
aHek. fcflirtm* an injury from which ha
died ia a law hmonu
■ in i.um-ua—
CagtUh gynenyma.
i The copiooanctocd the Engiiab tongue,
iaa well aa the diflh-uity of aaauiriiig the
ttbibrt to nee it. immcnto rocnbnlary
correctly, ia well exhibited in the follow
in* array at irnonytnou. ward.; which,
if not new, is "rot a capital liberation of
the nice distinerion* which characterise
eo man* at oar vocable*. It ia no won
der thai we Hip oeeemonaUy, even the
warieet of ua.
A bttle fciri waa looking at the picture
! of a number of *hip% when she exclaim
ed, "Sea. what a flock of skips r We
corrected her by saying that a flock of
ships is called a fleet, nd that a fleet of
sheep ia called a flock.
And her* we may add for the benefit
of the foreigner who ia raarfermg the
' intricacies of our language in reject to
noon, of multitude, that a flock of girls
u called'a berv, that a bevy of wolroa la
called a pack, .ltd A perk of thieroa ia
called a gang, and a gang of angria ia
called a boat, and a boat of poqxMMa w
called a ahoal. and a shoal erf battsloea is
j called a henl. and a heed of children ia
; called a troop, and a troop of partridge*
I ia called a cover, and a covey of beaataea
* is called a galaxy, sad a galaxy of ruffian.
i called ahocda, soda honk' of rabbiah
ia called a heap, aad a heap of oxen ia
called a drove, and . drove of black
guards ia called a mob, and a mob of
whales ia called a school, and a school of
worshipper* ia called a congregation, and
a congregation of engineers called a
corps, and a corps of robbem called a
hand, and a band of kwtista is called a
-warm, and a swarm of pefnde is called a
crowd, and a crowd of pMrihdolksie eaD
iad the elite, and the elite of the city's
thieves and rascal* arts called the roughs,
and the raboellaneoas crowd of the city
folks is called the community, or the
Kblie, according aa they are spoken of
Um religious community or the
secular public. — A uteriaam MlmaHomal
Moult ly.
Hew a Teasel was bared.
The City of Houston, which sailed
from New York for Galv&ton, Texas,
would baro gone down with all on board,
in the late gale had it not M happened
that some naval officers ana U. 8. sailor,
were on board as passenger*. Seeing
that the ship we* unmanageable and that
the Captain was incompetent to navigate
her, and had become cohfoswl, Lieut
Schelky and Lieut Commander Stroud
took command, and summoning up their
sailors, barely saved the vesaol from the
breakers. A terrible talo is told. For
twenty-four hours the wind blew a hurri
cane. * All sail wo* carried away. The
tiller-rope broke and rebroke ; the fire
room wa* filled with water and the flree
put out. The cabin was full of water,
the boilers broke loose from their fast
eniugti, the saloon was carried away,
and the ship a wreck. The gallant naval
officer, took command when the ship
was in this condition, and the captain
had given np, and by rigging np the
donkey pump, splitting up furniture
and using two barrels of pork, a fire was
kindled under it and to® ahip pump
ped out. A false rodder wan rigged
when the ship was rolling so that no
on© eould stand on her deck*. The
boilers were straightened np and a fire
kindled under them and the engine
backed until they got deer of the ooast
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.—A Kentucky
man who attempted to cross a high rail
road bridge at Bbeperd*ville, in that
State, on the 24th ult., stumbled and fell
between the ties, but, fortunately, man
agvd to grasp a tie with his hands and
there hung dangling, with 100 feet of
sheer fall beneath him. He was utterly
unable to regain the top of the bridge,
and he hung on with a death grasp until
hi* cries brought assistance. Lifted from
liia perilous position he w led off the
bridge, and sat down for a few minutes,
apparently overcome by the danger
through which he had passed. Then he
got np, as he said to go home, walked a
few steps, and fell to the ground dead.
Physicians, who carefully examined bis
boly, say that there was no braise or
wound sufficient to disable him, much
lee* cause death, and are of opinion that
his death was caused by fright