All! Year* Mate Wlfrrf by, Mather. All 1 ymrs hare loftetv.l by, mother, A wearv, weary while, Since taut I * thy gentle fioo, With iU awwet, patient Mini* i Since taut I Ml thy fingi r* light Paw* fondlv through my Hair, A at thv knee I knelt at mirht To nay m\ childish prayer. Into the world Ire (tone, mother. • The old home left I* hind-- New tiea of friendahip and of loro About my heart hare twined ; Tet in ita heleat races*. All dry and joyl*a atill, There lirea one well of tenderneaa No earthly lore can ve through their words reflected. Them's a mellow navor sbcmt each line, Like the odor of ros*4eav*a dritd ami lime ruatetl; like the rich Uvquet of acme chose* dd srine. Which ripens and glow* all monhl-enrruste.l. The tome of patch,* and powd red tremca, Of •hroidertsl coat* and hiocaii.sl dnwse*. Speak to na out of these letter* of mine. And tell how of old they loved and irusleJ. •Sweetheart." he calla her- the flue old word Ring* tender and true in iu Sav u simpli city— H tells the old Uk>: how his heart is storred, Yet wavers anil faints at its own felicity ; How he feared to apeak ami w* nearly undone. How he spoke at last and th. fear was gone ; And now he is tender and new absurd, Aa lover* will be who write not for publicity. And how did it nd There is nothing to •how. The beginning onlv is here presented. Hid the h>ve grow oil and the lover* go On their separate way* 1 car was bliss pre vented, Aa it somenme ia, by a cruel father! Or, one proving falv. did this love end rather In wailing and passionate weeping f Ah, no, Let n* hope that they married and never re- CHASED BY WOLVES. It was a race for life. Following hard upon the fleet skater were a troop of wolves as fleet. Charles Vance heard their breath ing, the short impatient sniffs, the regular fatter ot sharp feet upon the ice like a dick. The scene lay in Canada. The moon tailed through drifting clouds now partially obscured, then bursting forth in a flood of silvery light. At one side was the dense pine forest, broken by clumps of leaf less oak or hickory, ami winding in and out as It followed the course of the river; on the other, the wide, snow-covered plain. A mile yet before a boose would be reached, and in that lime— Brave as he was, Mr. Vance shuddered. At twenty-eight there was so much of life before h ui. lie had reached a point where fortune began to smile upon him ; ami for the past six months his leisure hours had been bright with glowingair-castles, which all had Rose Ardley for their day-dream. For her sake it was that he had undertaken this perilous journey. Faster! fa-ter! This turn showed him the fierce gleaming eyes that repeated themselves until there seemed to be hun dreds. Rays of lurid light flashed out; foi ling scarlet tongues, that thirsted for a draught of blood, and a dainty morsel of flesh. A mis-styi, a half-hidden hillock*of ice to trip the unwary traveler, a moment lost, and he would be in the power of these ravenous animals. No wonder his pulses quivered, or that he shrank from so horrible a (ate. More than once he had gone up and down the river for pleasure. More than once there had been a gay party; girls in their prAty skating costumes ; "but sweet est of all was Rose, her go'd.-n curls blown about by the wind, her cheeks brilliant, her purple eyes dilating with enjoyment. Bright .and coquettish was she* fond of teasing him until his patience was almost exhausted ; but a sweet, loving girl iu the midst of it. At midsummer she was fo be bis wife. He had extorted that promise from ber, though be would fain have taken ber long before. Ami yet, only the other morning they had fallen into a trifling dis pute about this very visit. She wanted bim to go up for this Thursday evening; he did not see bis way clear to do it coovcu ientlv. "Thursday b pay-day," be had said, al luding to his works and workmen. "I nev er can get away on Thursday nights until dark. My horse has fallen lame, too. Rose I cannot ride him alter to-day." "You once thought skating up the river a mere pastime," replied Miss Ardley; and her tone was a trifle sharp and haughty. "In the day-time, and with company. That makes a difference." "Ob, very well; if you care co little to come, there's no more to be said." And she turned away with an air of superb in difference. "Rose, it is not that, f can come up Friday, and stay until Monday." "But Thursday night is Eleanor's birth night. I thought of the pleasure to htr, to have you among her guests. Don't put yourself out, however." Charles Vance was not a man likely to be canonized for either meekness or pa tience ; and she was purposely trying bim. He felt vexed. "11l come if I can," concluded Mr. Vance shortly. His tone was cold, and bis eyes wandered over the waste of snow. "Very well." she gailv said. "I shall expect you, mind. Good-bye." And she kissed to him the tips of her dainty fintrerv He strode down the path, unhitched his horse with a jerk, and went riding over the road, never once glancing back. PeiTeree Rose Ardley was privately peeping after him, rather enjoying than not the semi- quarrel. "I'll not go; she shall not get me there on Thursday evening," be answered to himself in bis annoyance. But ere Thurs day evening came his resolve was broken, after the manner of lovers, and he meant to go. "I must skate up," he sai 1, "The night's clear and frosty." "Hope there'll be JK wolves abroad. Mas ter Vance," said the brawny Englishman, Hugh, one of his workmen and warm ad mirers. "Stainsly* shot one over by the bridge, the other morning. You'd belter take a pistol." "I'll trust to luck and my good skates," answered Mr. Vance, laughingly, rather ridiculing the notion of "wolves." He started. The night, as he had ob served, was clear and frosty; very bright and cold. Half his journey had been ac complished, when he heard" a shrill, sharp , cry echoing from the woods. Then anoth er, as if in answer, and one at a distance. For a moment his blood curdled in his veins. What were these cries ? Ah what —what but the wolves 1 Nearer came the cry; and nearer: as if the dreadful animals scented their victim. He glided over the ice like lightning, bis . strides quickened by the first cl'ck be heard from his pursuers. At first, as rap idly as possible, in & straight line; for not a second was to be lost. Every nerve and limb was strained to its utmost tension. A mile, perhaps ; and if he had to double— A horrible flash of despair almost paralysed him. That was certain death. Why had be been so heedless as to disregard rage Hugh's warning 1 But he had never seen a wolf during his sojourn in these Canadian wilds. Faster, faster! Turns that frightfully lengthened his journey, but gave him a mo ment's respite, for bis pursuers were by this means thrown off their track, and were some time in recovering their speed. The moon shone out brightly. Every tree seemed outlined against the sky with pain ful distinctness; here a gnarled old oak, that bad been riven with some fierce bolt; there a clump of gleaming evergreens, that mocked him in their security. And now the river widened. Hardly a week before, he and Rose Ardley had enjoyed >a gay frolic of skating on this very spot. Was she still vexed with him ? Oh, if she oould but know 1 * In imagination their red tongues seemed to touch him. One of them seemed to hurt . himself in some way, for there came a sharp howl of pain. The pursuit was stopped for an instant, and then they came on the fast er. Charles Vance's limbe were weak, his pulses throbbing from exhaustion, his very FREIX KURTZ, Editor uud Proprietor. VOL. IV. brain reeled. The fiery eyes seemed to acereb hint with their lurid piste, and now lie could hear the rapid, expectant breath. So mar safety. and yet—A dispairing cry broke from hi* lip*. Hose, How! Fare well to Iter, to happiness, to all. Ruse Ardler, the centre of a gay group of cotitiiM and friends, via* this selfsame evening doing her utmost to lie attractive. She was fascinating at all times and sea sous; but when she use I a little effort, could make herself doubly *O. She had forgiven Ohario. Vancc a doru-ii time* nittee that hast angry tnortiing. He would be sure to come early, she complacently told heisell, and be duly penitent. After all, Charles Vance was a btaye, noble fellow, She thought she would not llirt one bit that night with anybody else. The guest* all arrived. All "but Mr. Vance. Hose wondered. Had he been teally vexed, and was he staying awav to punish Iter 1 Well, let him stay. S\t should not tuope or wear the willow. Lovelorn girls were always absurd. So" Rose Arvlley waa the gayest of the gay. They bad a quadrille; sotue of the elder one*"sat down to cauls. l)r. Caltran, a deeply scientific man and great mesmer ist, and three or tour other*, went tuto a discussion on that wttoiderful subject—clair voyance. The doctor had been relating certain remarkable incidents, when it was proposed that a test should be giveu then. Who would become a subject I No one appeared inclined at firet, but Miss Caltran finally acquiesced, and L*>k her seat in a chair in a sruall room they adjourned to. The doctor had succeeded in sending her to sleep, when ltosc looked in. Her atteution was immediately ar rested, and she watched the experiment with much eagerness. "Would any one like to put any ques tions?" asked Dr. Caltran. There ensued a silence. Eleanor Ardlv broke it. "Rase will. Rose is always ready for anything." And Miss Rose acquiesced at once. "I don't know what to ask, or what 1 would most like to hear," the said, with a gay kugh. "Ask about Charley. Ask what keeps him away. You can tease him well, when you know that. 11 "But—is there really any truth in it, Dr. Caltran ?" and Rose's deep eyes were luminous with some feeling akin to curios ity. "It ts true that the medium can in many cases seem to enter a person's mind, ami; answer in a remarkable fashion," was the reply. "Many failures are recorded, ami mistakes made, but 1 think they are due to our imperfect knowledge of the science, j Suppose you try, Miss Rose; no one can suspect you of collusion." Ijuite a circle began to gather round, i Mw Caltran appeared to be tn a tranquil i slumber: her lips were just parted, sug gesting her white, even teeth, which were very handsome. "Well," said Rose, daringly. "Place your hand in here," directed the doctor. "Now think intently of the sub ject in which you wish her to feel inter ested. and then ask your question." A thousand thought* filled Rose Ardley's brain in an instant, but that of Charles Vance was the most prominent. What should she say ? for delicacy seemed to hold her back on this subject. "Make haste," s. ' Eleanor. "What is Charley Vance Has he gone to sleep and forgotten to come here ? Or has he gone visiting elsewhere 7" Rose colored. U I think 1 will not ask rupted her. "Play fair now, Rose. No backing out." "Are yon afraid T" It was her cousin Kate who asked this, and the sarcastic tone would have roused Rose to any effort. lu a strange flutter of nerve and brain she began. "Don't get excited," said Dr. Caltran, smiling cheeringly. Rose's mood was too uncertain at first to sway Miss Caltran, {at least, so the doctor said ;) she moved uneasily, and vainly es sayed to speak. He approached to tran quility ber. It was some time before any coherent answers could be obtained, and then Rose was wrought up to a strange pitch. Some sudden presentiment con cerning her lover filled her mind with ap prehension. As if translating the young girl's emotion. Miss Cgltran began slowly— "Your friend is in great danger—great danger. He is flying as if for his life, first this way and then that way," making a tortuous motion with her hand. "He is on the river—the ice—and something fol lows him fast Hark, do you bear a sharp cry l Rose turned deathly white in spite of her strongest efforts. "Is he coming here 7" she asked, scarcely knowing what she said. "Ob, heavens! they are gaining on him fast, lie goes like the wind, but they arc too fleet" As Miss Caltran said this—and it must be remarked th-.t ber words throughout were labored and slow—she sighed deeply and evinced great agitation. Her breath was long and painful. "Now they are up with him—now ! Oh. save bim ! save him ! Hark to their cries ! "Oh, by Heaven, what fools we are!" suddenly exclaimed George Ardley, a light breaking on him. "I see it all. Vance has skated up on the river and been fol lowed by a pack of wolves! One was killed a day or two ago, and several have been seen prowling round. Run for your lives, friends. Get something and come to his assistance." Rose stood spell-bound. For a moment the room swam round; stare appeared to ! fill every space. George tbrast on his cap and coat, and slung bis rifle over his shoulder. Two or three followed suit, and the rooms were in a whirl of confusicn. "Let me go too," Rose almost shrieked. "Jlv child, there may be some mistake," said l)r. Caltran, soothingly, alarmed at the consequences of his sister's vision. "Do pray be calm." "No. there is no mistake," she answered, hysterically. "I told him to skate up - his horse was lame—l dared bim to come. Oh, merciful heavens, forgive me I" She was in a perfect agony of despair. The horrible vision her cousin George's words conjured up made a more vivid one in her brain. Her face, that had been so brilliant a short time before, was now the picture of anguish. She could not help thinking that if any evil had befallen him it was clearly ber fault. How many times she bad tormented bim almost beyond en durance ; been cool, capricious, laughed at his tenderness and bis love. Arraigning ber heart lor judgment, she found it bad been bitterly cruel to him, to the one man for whom she would give her life, If occa sion required. In the confusion and crowd she passed quietly up stairs, got her shawl and htod, and stole out unseen. Along she sped like a shadowy wraith, and was on the river as soon as tne men with their rifles. Hark! what was that? A sickening, despairing cry—a wail of mortal agony. Rose recognized it for hit voice—for they were close upon him now. Yes, the cry came from Charles Vance. With that one despairing buret he gave up hope and turned upon his horrible pursu ers. In the moonlight bis eyes glared back to those fierce balls, and there was a deathly pause. The suddenness amazed the unreasoning brutes, but the foremost crouched to spring. A ball went whizzing by, so closely that Mr. Vance felt the hot air upon bis cbeek. Then a yell ensued, ending in a howl of maddening pain. Another report, anoth er - footsteps, voices; yet he did not stir. "Ob, Charles! Charles !" and the next ! instant Rose lay senseless at his feet. CENTRE HALL REPORTER At first he could not think, could not a|ieak; the uftcr surprise und aenae of de liverance overw helmed hitn. He knelt down on the ice, trembling in every limb, and the mat came thronging around. The discomfited enemy were retiring with sav age cries, leaving two of their number dead behind them. "What is it all V beg*" Mr. Vauce. "I I cannot imagine " "Ho not trv," interrupted George Ard lev. "It is the strangest thing that ever happened. Can YOU W alk home ? I'll set to Ruse." And be picked her up as though she had been a baby. They went home slowly ; Mr. Vance's strength was all but exhausted. Angry muttering* followed them from afar ; but there a* no rval danger now. Ron®, reri ring to coiiscioustiov, ytrtiggled away from her cousin's protection. "Let me walk—l am quit® well now." she said, with a touch ol her old imperious nees. And she got to Mr. A ance's side. "Oh, Charles! I have been so selfish and cruel! W ill you ever forgive me f" Charlc*' ar**rcr was to take her arm within hut and press it to Ins side. She broke down with a sob. "Hush, tuy darling! God ha* interposed to sate me. But still Ido not understand bow or why you should all hate eotue." "Oh, Charles, it is the strangest tale. You will hardly believe it—you, who have laughed at "Don't spoil the atorr, Rose," said George Ardley from behind. "We'll have it all out when we get home." Was Dr. Caltran surprised when he heard of the strange escape and saw the rescued man f lie made no aigti. Miss Caltran, the clairroyante, was herself then, save for an intense, dull headache. "They bad gained on me so fast, that it seems as it I could not have held out a minute longer," said Mr. Vance to the doc tor. "Beside the short distance on the river, there was the dark walk up to the bouse, and my courage was utterly giving wav." fto*e buret into tears. "Charles, as long as I live 1 will never be capricious again,'' the whispered; "no, not even when lam your ijife; 1 will try to be a blessing to vou instead of a trouble." And he kissed the sweet lips for their fond confession So it all ended well. But the wonder ful escape of Charles Vance from the peril of the wolves is talked of in Canada to this day. A New • Motion" lu Court, Some years since, one of the trial terms of the Niagara County Court (New Yorki was attended bv a yeoman from one of the towns, to whom I will give the name of Mat-Peelings. Mac was a farmer of some wealth and a very little knowledge, which latter acquisition was to him a dangerous thing. His ambition had been gratified by a seat in the popular branch of the State Legislature, where he had voted "aye" and "no" through the winter, besides picking up an idea or two; one at least, as the sequel will show. The term of court referred to was attended by the ex-legislator in the capacity of juryman ; and just as the gas was being lighted in the eourt-room one eveuiug, Mac was drawn upon a jury for the trial of a new cause. Our hero was wearied and huagry, and perhajw sick of the proeanem of " sleepy counsel pleading" ; and after the twelve were duly drawn and accepted, and when phuntifl's counsel was about to open the case, MaePeeliugs antioijmted him and astonnded court, bar, juty, and specta tor*, by rising to his feet and remarking in a loud voice : •' May it please the court, I move thaj this court do now adjourn until to-mor row morning." Tne court elevated its apoctaeles in amnzement at such an interruption, and in forme* I the bold juror that courts were not accustomed to entertain such requests from any person, as they always adjourn ed on their own motion. " Well," responded MacPeelinga, with the promptness of jierfect assurance in his position, "the court can't deny that a mulion to adjourn is always in order !" The court smiled, bit its lips, and told Mac to resume his seat; the causa pro ceeded ; and I fear that poor MaePeel ing* wonders to this day what authority the judge had for his unparlianu-utary proceeding. * PUZZLED. —A good story has gone the round of the German papers respecting the meeting of the Emperor of Germany and the King of Bavaria. The King, on arriving at Regensburg, was inform ed, in answer to a telegraphic inquiry, that the Emperor was traveling in the nniform of a Bavarian colonel; and. consequently, between Regensburg and Schwandorf, equipped himself in the uniform of his Prussian hussar regiment. The Emperor, meanwhile, hud inquired at Regensburg whether the King was traveling in uniform or iu private clothes, and being informed that he was in the last-named, the Emperor likewise changed his dress. The astonishment of the two sovereigns, when each found that he hail been misled, was at first somewhat arkward ; but the amusement caused by the prompt unraveling of the mystery was proportionate. INSANITY. —It appears that insanity is ' greatly on the increase in England. In thejrear 1859 the population was 19,086,- 7oCof which number 36,762 were luna tics or idiots. In the present year the population is 22,704,108. of whom 56,756 are lunatics or idiots. This is a fearfully large number—66,ooo persons make a •great army. Of this 56,755, there were 6,110 private patients. In the year 1870 alone there was an incieaseof 2.042 in the number of the insane. The number of cures iu even the best hospitals bears a sadly small proportion to the number of cases ; and it is more than hinted that the whole system of herding insane per sons together in large numbers is cruel and wrong, and that the insane, in the majority of cases, can be far better treated by retaining them in their own families under proper supervision. DRILLING WHEAT. —In drilling in fall wheat some advantage may be gained by the direction in which the drills are run. The prevailing winds in winter are, from northerly direction. If the drills are arranged to run similarly, when the ground is frozen and the winds are vio lent much earth is blown from abont.the roots, and they liecome sometimes dan gerously exposed. If the drills run in an easterly direction, the winds will blow across them, and all loose'earth, dust, and floating matters, and, most important of all, the snow, will be drifted against the rows of wheat plant# on the side where they need protection. The roots will thus gain covering which is useful not only during the cold weather hut also during the growing season.— Hearth and Home. IN CLOSE QCABTEBS. —A Washington paper says " the ladies' club for the re formation of fallen women of that city, are in possession of facts of the most startling character concerning men of prominence in business and pretensions to piety. It has been suggested that this knowledge might be usea to quicken the benevolence of such individuals. "If such a thing were"done," the paper ap prehends "that these gentlemen would get verjr little sympathy, and the act would meet pretty general condonation, if not positive approval." AUTUMN FASHIONS.— Large eheeks ore in demand for autumn toilettes. A check for $5,000, presented to Miss Bunnymags by her father? has been much admired. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBEIt 13, 1871. The Wonderful Conjuror. About the beginning of the present century, if we may believe the story, n specie* of Cogliostro, or rather a supe rtor kind of Wixard of the North, made hi* uppcurnm-c ut St. IVterahurg, and nstouixhed the natives by hi* marvellous performances. His name was I'irnetti, and hi* fame is yet m the memory of th'tac who witnessed hut unrivalled talents. The C* ir Alexander, having heard Piruetti much spoken of, was desirous of seeing hiut ; uu I one day it was an noitneed to the coujuror tliat he would have the houor of giving a reprtwenta tiou of hta magical |H>wera at court, the hour fixed for him to make his ajtjpear auce Ix-iug seven o'clock. A brilliant and numerous assembly of ladies and courtier*, presided over by Uia Czar, had met. but tlie conjuror was absent. Surprised and displeased, the Czar pull ed out his watch, which indicated five minutes }aist seven. Pirueiti had uot only failed in being in waiting, but he had caused the court to wait, and Alex ander was uot uiore patient than Louii XIV. A quarter of an hour paused, lndf an hour, and no Piruetti ! Messenger* who had been sent in search of hiui re turned unsuccessful. The anger of the Czar, with difficulty restrained, display - ed itself iti threatening exclamations. At length, after the lapse of ail hour, the door of the aaloou opened, and the gentleman, of tin ehaiulx-r auuounoed Piruetti, who presented himself with a calm front, and the serenity of one who hail done nothing to reproach himself with. The Czar, however, was greatly displeased; but Pituetli assumed an air of astonishment, and rcplitil with the greati*st coolness, " Did uot your Majesty command my prceeuce at seven o'clK-k precisely ?" " Just so !" exclaimed the Czar, at the height of exasp< rati uu. "Well, theu," said Pimctti, "let your Majesty deign to look at vour watch, and you will perceive that t am exact, and tliat it is put seven o'clock.*' The Czar, pulling out his watch violently, in order to confound what he considered a piece of downright inso lence, was completely amazed. The watch marked seven o'chx-k. In turn all the courtier* drew out their watches, which were found, as usual, exactly regu lated by that of their sovereign. Seven o'clock*! indicated with a common ac cord all the watches and clocks of the palace. The art of the magician was at once manifested in this strange retro gression iu the march of time. To anger succeeded astonishment and admiration. Perceiving that the Czar smiled, Piruetti addressed him : " Your Majesty will pardon me. It w as by the performance of thin trick that I was desirous of making my fint ap pearance before you. - But I know how precious truth it nt court ; it is at least necessary that your watch should tell it to you, sire." If you consult it now, TOU will find that it marks the real time. * The Czar again drew forth his watch —it pointed to a few miuntes past eight ; the same eflection had taken place in all the watches of those present, and in the clock* of the palace. This exploit was followed by others equally amusing aud surprising. At the close of the performances the Czar after having com plimented Pimetti, brought Iwok to his remembrance that in the course of the evening's amusements he had declared that such was the |ower of his art that he could penetrate everywhere. "Yea, sire, cverv where !" replied the conjuror, with modest assurance. " Wliat!" exclaimed the Czar, "could you penetrate even into this pelaee, were I to order all the doors to be closed aud guarded f " Into this palace, sire, or even into the apartment of your Majesty, quite as easily as I should enter into my own house," said Pimetti. "Well, then," said the Czar, "at mid-day to-morrow I shall have ready in my closet the price of this evening's amusement*—one thousand rubles. Come ami get them, lint I forewarn yon that the doors shall le closed aud carefully guarded." " To-morrow at mid-day I shall have the honor of presenting myself before vour Majesty," replied Pimetti, who bowed and withdrew. • Tlie gentlemen of the household fol lowed the conjuror to make sure that he quitted the pala e ; thev accompanied him to his lodgings, anif a nnmltrr of police surrounded the dwelling from the moment be entered it. The palace was instantly closed, with positive orders not to suffer, under any pr text what ever, any one to enter," were he prince or valet, until the Czar himself should command the doom to be opened. These order* were strictly enforced, confiden tial (icraons having watched their exe cution. The exterior openings t the palace were guarded by the soldiery. All the approaches to the imj>erial apart ment* were protected by high digni taries, whom a simple professor of the art of legerdemain possessed no means of bribing. In short, for greater secu rity, all the keys hnd licen carried into the imperial cabinet. A few monienoi previous to the hour affixed for Pirnetti'a interview with the Czar, the chamber lain on service brought to his Majesty a despatch which a messenger hail hand ed nim through an opening in the door. It was a report from the Minister of Po lice that Piruetti had not left home. " Aha ! He ha* found out the under taking is impracticable, and he ha* abandoned it, observed the Czar, with a smile. Twelve o'clock Bounded. While the last stroke yet re verlx> rated, the door which communicated from the bedroom of the Czar to the cabinet opened, and Pirnetti appeared. The Czar drew back a couple of paces, his brow darkened, and, after a momentary silence, be said : " Are you aware thnt you may become a very dangerous individual ?" "Yes, sire," he replied ; "but I am only an humble conjuror, with no nin bition save that of amusing your Ma jesty." "Here," said the Czar "are the thousand rubles for last night, and a thousand for this day's visit." Pirnetti, in offering his thanks, was interrupted by the Czar, who, with a thoughtful air, inquired of him, "Do you count on yet remaining some time In St. Petersburg ?" " Sire," he replied, " I intend setting off this week, unless your Majesty orders a prolongation of my sojourn." "No 1 hastly observed the Czar, "it is net my intention to detain yoti ; and, moreover," continued he, with a smile, "I should vainly endeavor to keep you against your will. You know how to leave St. Petersburg aa eaaily aa you have found your way into this palace." " I could do so, sire," said Pirnetti ; "but far from wishing to quite St. Petersburg stealthily or mysteriously, I am desirous of quitting it in the most public manner possible, by giving to the inhabitants of your capital a striking example of my magical powers." Pirnetti could not leave like an ordi nary mortal; it was necessary that he should crown his success in the Russian capital by something surpassing his pre vious efforts ; therefore, on the evening E receding the day fixed for his departure, e announced that he should leave St. Petersburg the following day, at 10 o'clock in the morning, and that he should quit by all the city gates ni the same moment! Public curiosity was excited to the highest degree by this an- noancement. Ht. Petersburg ut that time hud flftoeu gab-*, which were en compassed by multitudes eager UJ wit ness thia marvellous departure. The spectator* at tln-sc various gatiw all declared that at 10 o'olook pnsci*ely Piruetti, whom they all perfectly recog nixed, jMHse.l through, "lie walked at a alow puce ami with head erect, m order to Iw bettor ieeu," they waul ; "and he hade ua adieu iu a clear and auditde voice." These uuauimoua tasti mouiea were confirmed ly the written declaration of the officer* placed at every gate to inapeet the passport* of travellers. The inscription of llruelti's paaHporto waa iuacribed ill the Aftoeu register*. Where ia the wizard, wheth er coming from the North or South, who could in these degenerated day a (lerfurm ao aatouiahing an exploit f A Lecture Course. Thia ia a aeoaon, aa.va the New York Ih ilr-jM-mlfnt, when the Ijceuuia through out tlie country are arraugiug their couroca of lectures for the winter; snd a few word* of practical suggestion with respect to the Iteat methoda of mating iug tliem may IH- of use to those whose experience in the buaineaa haa been lim ited. 1. The courses should be short. Half a-doxeii hvturea are aa much aa any small community can well aflord. 2. Variety should be sought in making up the course. It is not well to have lecturers who will all ajieak on one theme, or oue claas of themes. The lectures should neither he all scientific nor all literary ; neither all " solid " nor all humorous ; instruct ion should he com bined with amusement, and the plat form should be broad enough to give both aides of social subjects a fair repre sentation. 3. Padding mutt be avoided. It in a oonunun mistake to rugate two or Umv lecturers from abroad, and thru fill up the course with " home talent." Doubt leaa the clergyman and the editor and lawrer of the village who kindly consent to lielp tlie enterprise, mar in many cases deliver lectures quite as good a* some of the professional lecturer* ; but I their townsmen will not pay much for ( hearing them. 4. The lectures should follow each other at abort intervals. A course of six lectures that is spread over tlireo or four tuoutha is likelv to fail. Heoaon tickets are not readily sold for ao long a period in advance, and all the advantage that comes from keeping the thing hot is lost. When it is possible, the lectures had better take place early in the sin ter. The best managers" in Sew Eng laud usually iutcud to finish their course before the holiday*. o. The price of season tickets should IK* minced to the lowest paying figure. If there are six lecture*, and there U a poaaihle audience of Ave hundred per sons, Uie season tickets should not be placed higher than a dollar and a half. It is vastly better to sell four hundred tickets at one dollar and a half than to sell two hundred tickets at three dollars. Managers sometimes imagine that a small sale of seaauu tickets leaves room for a larger sale of aiugla tickets ; but the fact is that the sale of single tickets will be in a direct instead of an invert** ratio to the sale of season ticket*. If you have only sold two hundred season tickets you will not sell half aa mauy single tickets as if TOU had for r hundred regular attendants upon your course. If it is known that a large audience ia sure to be present, everybody wants to gu. It it ia expected that the audience will be small, everybody will stay at home. For this reason it ia good policy to put the price of course tickets as low as ponaiblc, in order that a large numWr may IK* sold. It is also wise to Ax the price of single tickets at a high Agure, so as to compel the purchase of course ticket*. If a single lecture ia to coat fifty cent*, and the whole course of six cau IM* had for a dollar and a half, it will be seen that it is the part of econo my to secure the course tickets at the Wginning. & Before the course begins the lec turers should all be engaged, the dates fixed and printed on the season tickets, and the names of the lecturers, and sea son tickets enough sold to pay the fees of the lecturers. A Weapon of Death. The torjxvloe* which have reeeutly l>o-n devised for use in the Boapbonia ikwm some new and peculiar features. They are of two kinds—offensive and defensive. The tatter consist* of a strung wronght-iron tank capable of containing about four hundred pounds of powder and lvingat the bottom of the water ; from a fuse in Uie interior pro ceeds an electric cable containing a double wire aDd communication with a voliaic battery on shore. The tank is also provided" with an index which floats within five or six feet of the snrface of the water, and which, on being touched by the ltottom of a ship, immediately conveys a signal to the shore, whence an electric spark would be scut through the powder in the tank, the explosion either sinking or disablinu the ship atx>ve it. The offensive torj>edo, for attacking under cover of a dark night enemies ships lying at anchor, eonsist* of a hol low iron pear-sharped vessel containing n heavy charge of jniwder and provided with several percussion fuses. This kind of torpedo, is fixed to the end of a lwom some thirty feet long, which is at tached to the head of a small steam launch. To the boom, which hinges on the head of the vessel, is attached a chain which runs in board over a pulley, and which can lie shortened or lengthened at pleasure, raising or lowering the tor pedo in the water. The upper portion of the torpedo-ease is provided with five percussion fuses, one of which is cer tain to strike a ship's bottom when pro pelled against it. A GOOD WOMAN. —A good woman never grows old. Years may go over her head, but if benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart, she is as cheerful as when the soring of life first opened to her view. When we look upon a good woman, we never think of her aP—shc looks as charming as when the rose of youth first bloomed upon her cheek. That rose has not faded vet; it will never fade. In her neighborhood she ia the friend and benefactor, in the church the devout worshipper and exemplary Christian. Who does not love and re- Mieot the woman who has passed her days in sets of kindness and mercy—who has been the friend of man and Ood— whoso whole life has been a scene of kindness and love, a devotion of love and religion'? We repeat, such a wo man cannot grow old. She will nlways lie fresh and buoyant in spirits, and ac tive in humble* deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the young lady desires to retain the bloom and beauty of youth, led her not yield to the sway of fashion and folly ; let her love truth and virtue; and to the close of life she will retaiu those feelings which new make life ap pear a garden of sweets ever fresh and ever new. The ceremony of tying the knot is very much simplified in the Hoosier State, us the following scene will show: • What is your name, sir ?" "Matty." '" What is your name, miss ?" " Pollv." "Matty, do you love Polly?" "No mistake." " Polly, do you love Matty ?" " Well, I reckon. Well, then, "I pronounce you man and All tb days of your life.'" The W alls ®f /.Inn. Mt. Moriah ha* been found to be -. sharp crag or ridge, with so little |wc* ttjion the top as aeureely to afford room for a temple of small dimemtiona On all side® it fell off rapidly and very steeply, except from north weet to aoutli oast, tin- direction In which the ridge ran. The area on the summit was en larged by walls built along the declivi ties, the outside walls deep dowu the valleys, from 100 to ISO feet Mow the urea on which the temple building stood. One humlml feet again below this lay the original bed uf the brook Kedrou. The foundation* of the temple, there fore, were 2U) feet above the deep defiles arouud. This area, originally built by Solomon and enlarged by Herod, atiU t-xista, run utug on the aoutb along the valley of Hiuuotn 1,000 feet, along the Kedron 1,500 feeL This iuclosure was origiually covered with splendid edifices. First were the |mrtieoe or i-overed walks, built along the outer walls, and overlooking the Kcdron aud Hiuuom. They were mag uiticcut structures, resembling the nave ami aisles uf (iuthic cathedrals. The middle walk, or nave, was forty-five feet broad, and the two aisles thirty feet. The aisles acre fifty feet high, and-the nave, rising like a clear story between the two, was more than 100 feet high. Add now terrace walls to the height of the porti coes, and we have a solid and continuous wall of masonry of 250 feet high. Put tln-se were only the outer build ing* of the temple area. The porticoes opened inwardly upon a court |Mtvd with marble and opeu to the sky. Btops led up to a second court Beyond this, again, through beautiful gateways, was s third, and rtsiug above them al] was a fourth, in which stood the temple proper, ascending story above story, and said to have been 100 or 150 feet high. These I.omental measurement* have lieeu verified. If one looked upon Mount Moriah from the Mount of Olives oppo site. coming round the brow of Olivet ou the way from Bethany, aa our Lord did when beholding the city, it must liave been a sight which, for architectural Ix-auty aud grandeur, perha|w, has never I>ecu equaled, certainly not surpassed. It was an artificial mountain from the deep ravines below, wall, column, roof, pinnacle, culminating in tlie temple with in and above all, an i probably measur ing from 500 and 600 fret. The palace of Ho lorn on, too, added to the imprrasi venom of the sight, It is settled by recent discoveries that thia pile of buildings was on the southeast corner of tlie area, joining on the House of the Lord above, and extended below to the King's gardens, where the two valleys met and "the waters of Siloak go softly." All these building*, porticoes,columns, pinnacle*. altar and temple have periah *L " Not one atone remains upon an other which baa not been thrown down." The area alone remains, and the massive substructures that for 3,1*10 years have Iwen sleeping in their courses. The pre servation has been due to the ruin. Buildings ao vast have been toppled down the slope* f the Moriali that the original defile* and valley* have been almost obliterated. What had been re garded as thtf original surface, has been lonnd to be dtbru from seventv to ninetv feet. With pickax and shovel British explor ers have Ix-en down to the original foun dations. Fallen columns have been met with, and avoided, or away blasted through them. The cinders of burnt Jerusalem have leeu cut through, and turned up to the light—rich molds de { wanted by the treasures of Jewish pride "he seal of Haggai. IU ancient Hebrew characters, was picked up out of the sift ing* of this de|M*it, The first courses of stones, deposited by Phivnician builders, have been reached, lying in the living rock. At the southwest corner of the area, debris has accumulated to a depth of not less than 125 feet—the accumulation of ages, made up of the ruins of successive Jerusalem* ; and here tome of the moat interesting discoveries have lieen made. Here is the famous Arch of Itobiuaon, shown now to l* an arch, as be conjec tured. by the discovery of the pier 14100 which the first span rested. It ia Uu re mains of a bridge which crowd the valley on arches, and connected Mount Mortali with the mountain opposite— the modern Zion. It is the akcwWk or abutmeut that alopea to receive the end of the arch. Three courses remain. The stones are 5 or 6 feet thick, and 20 to 25 feet lung. The valley here is 350 feet wide, and this must have been the length of the bridge connecting the Temple with the Hoyal Palace on tlie other aide. At a depth of 30 feet a worn lavement was found, worn by feet that {matted over ft in onr Lord's time. Lying on this pave ment were the voussoirs, or wedge-like stones, la-longing to the arch. Breaking through tbia pavement, and through 24 feet of drbri* beneath, thev found n still more ancient roadway, and resting upon this, the key-stones of a still more an cient bridge. The Burning of Moscow. An old French soldier now in this .country having been interviewed, tells this story of Moscow, of which he was an eye witness : The army of Bonaparte entered that rity on the l*4thof Septem ber, 1812. The weather was there, at that season, colder than a New England mid-winter, and the soldiers suffered bitterly, many of them havingabsolnUdv fro ten. Won with long marches and hard fighting, they had looked hope fully forward to a period of rest within the walls of Moscow. But they had hardly possessed themselves of the city when it was found to be in flames. At first the French supposed that intoxicat ed men in their own rnuks were respon sible for this disaster; but soon fiend ish-looking monsters, covered with rue*, and furious women were seen among the burningbnildings, some with torches in their hands trying to iucrease the conflagration. Many a hand severed from the arm hv a French saber fell to the ground still grasping the flaming torch. These frantic victims had been released from prison walls on purpose to do this des perato work. Thousands and thousands of wounded Russians were in the hos pitals, whose fate was too horrible to contemplate. Nor was the foundling hospital spared. A great portion of the town was of wood, and contained large quantities of brandy, oil, and other combustible material. AH the pumps had been destroyed by the cunning Russians, and the exertions of the French were almost useless. Every where there wns a suffocating odor of sulphur and bitumen. For more than two days the fire raged remorselessly, enveloping cot and palace, and devour ing all the splendid pomp which nobility had gathered around it. The coldest and fiercest of winds were blowing, and the soldiers were burned by showers of falling coals and cinders, from which there was no escape. Jewels and coins were gathered by the handful; and grimy men wrapped them selves in rich cashmere shawls, and the softest and costliest of Siberian furs, which the Russians, in their hurried de parture had left behind. Solid silver plates were resoned, from whieh the hun gry men ate " half broiled and bloody steaks of horse-flesh, or else a species of black dough." A Wtnlera (W. A murder trial of extraordinary inte rest was dosed a short time sine,- hi the HMWU couuty Circuit Court at Mt. Ster ling. The fact* are of Ibrilhug interest. Two years ud a half ago two men started from' Texas in a wagon, Ul-lcd iu large letters. "P. Kimball, Dallas, Tetaa." They traveled through Arkansas and Missouri, and crossed the Misatasippi river at IfauuiM. Almost immediately afterward Kimball was missing, but his traveling companion continued ou in I*ike couuly, offering to, and Anally selling the u-mit and wagon, and on reaching Pittofield, Pike county, registered his uame as Win. 11. Htout. . 1 he body of the man Kirahali was shortly afterward found in a slough iu Pike county, evidently having been tnimlered. Nothing more was heard of tlie sap jMiw-d murderer after leaving the hotel at PittsAeld for over two year*. In the mean time the counties uf Pike and Menard, where the murdered man had relations residing, each offered $51)0 re ward fortheaiprehrmuim of the murder er. Finally, some six months ago detec tives got track of Wiu. H. Stout, a tele graph operator of 11 mud Island, Nebra*; ka, who answered the description of Kimball's companion. They got n requisition, went to XebraaluC arrested him and brought him to PitUtteld, from where the cute was taken by change of venue to liniwm county. On Uie truil, the City "Marshal or llama lad ideutiAed the prisoner as Kimball's companion whim passing through that city. Three other* recoguized him as tlie one who crossed the river at that point with Kimball, while others t>-stifled that he is the same man who continued on witli and sold tlie horses with thg wagon. On tlie other hand, it was in evidence that the prisoner ;Stouti handled the despatches in reference to himself as the smqweted murderer of Kimball, and was thus advist-d .just when he might expert to be arrested, and yet made no effort to i-AcajH*; that while confined in the Pitts field jail, the pritotws confined with him broke out and escaped, but he re fused to go, and went himself to the jailor and informed him of the escape of his fellow-prisoners; and that when naked why he did not escape also, replied that he was " innocent, and would stay and fight it out oa that line if.it took all summer." Four entirely trust worthy ami respon sible men—one of them a member of the State Constitutional Convention— came all the way from Grand Island, Nebraska, a distance of seven hundred mile*, at their own expense, to testify in behalf of Stout, whom tbey believed was an innuoent man, and did testify that for three mouths before the murder of Kim- Itall, and for six months thereafter, the prisoner was not and could uot have been abaent from Grand Island three days at any one time. The depositions of four other residents of Grand Island ware read in testimony, to tlie same effect, and with the additions proof that the prisoner's name was cm the register in the Grand Island Hotel, and that he was in I**4 there the very night it is supposed Kiuilmll was mur dered. Yet, strange to ray. a Brown county jury concludes that all this evi dence'in the behalf of the prisoner is not sufficient grounds upon which to base a ** reasonable doubt' of his guilt, and therefore return a verdict of guilty, and send him to the penitentiary for 20 years. Hew Tkey Escaped. In the war of 1812 aa enterprising, dashing American officer, with a small boat-crew on one of the upper lakes, made what uow-a-day* we would e*H a raid upon a British post on the shore of the lake, and seizing some dozen Eng Hah aoldiers aa prisoners and a boat-load of spoil*, made with all poadble speed for trie American post some thirty miles distant. A British boat's crew was quickly started In hot pursuit. With the first morning light the pursuer* were descried fast gaining on the pursued. Every ex ertion at escape was made, but soon a musket-shot sending a sprav of water near the American boat, tola that an at tempt to escape by main strength at the oars was useteMi. "and safety could onhr be secured by some witty device. Sud denly, as a second spray of water was sent "up bv a {mating shot, the voice of the captain of the American boat was heard. " Throw overboard a ml-coat," and a moment after over into the lake went one of the British prisoners. The Yankees now plied all oars, while soon the partners were busily engaged in res cuing the struggling red-coat from the srater, by which time the Yankees were clear of' musket-range. Bending with redoubled vigor to their oars, the British were again in eager pursuit, and once more did the muskct-ahota fall about the stem and sides of the pursued. "Throw overboard another red-coat," cries! the American raider, and another British soldier splashed into the water to delay by his rescue the pursue!*. This'simple operation was so nucreas fully repeated that tlie raiders at last en tered under the protection of the guna of the American post with half their prisoners and all their spoil THE WAT TO SUCCEED. —Fortune, suc cess, fame, position, are never gained but by piously, determinedly, brave!v striking, growing, living in a thing till it is fairly accomplished. In short, you must carry a thing through if you want !to see anybody or anything. So matter if it does coat you the pleasure, the socie ty. the thousand people gratifications of life. No matter for these. Stick to the thing and carry it through. Relieve you were made for the matter, sod that no one else can do it Put forth your whole energies. Be awake, electrify yourself, and go forth to the task. Only ouoe learn to carry a tiling through in all its com plcten< ss and proportion, and you will become a hero. You will think better of yourself ; others will think better of you. The world in its very heart admires the stern, determined doer. It sees in him its best sight, it* brightest object, its richest treasure. Drive right along, then, in wliatever you undertake. Con sider you reel f amply sufficient for the deed. You'll be successful. NEWSPAPEE DECISIONS.—I. Any per son who takes a paper regularly from the post-office—whether directed to his name or another's or whether be has subscribed or not—is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all ar rearages,or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether the paper is taken from the office or not 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals frim the post-office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie evi dence of intentional fraud. WHEAT IN ENGLAND. —Mr. James San derson's report is not hopeful as to wheat He estimates the wheat yield at 22 bushels per acre, or 8 bushels less than the average, b bushels less than last year, 2 bushels less than in 1869, 14 bushels lees than the great crop of 1868, and about the same as 1867. He states the actual yield in 1868 as 182,000,000 bushels ; ic 1869, 96,000,000 bushels; in 1870, 104,000,000 bushels; and bis estimate for this year, assuming that the area of wheat will be equal to that of last year, is 74,000,000 bushels. THUMB : Two Dollan s Ycr, in Advance. A Wondrous Tali". Sixteen team ago a yoong Frenchman named Guinnard, Uft home and friend* !to seek hia fortius#. He possessed, it MWBit good blood and soma ancestral aores, but no money. Wh-u oouaidar jog in what direction to ttira hb foot topa, he resolved to do aometking thai other peopto did not do; aa M. Ouin riard determined to retrieve hia fortunes in the wild Pampas of Booth America. 11* February, 1856, oor uhenturer bad viai ted many of the southern oowa trie* of the continent, had roamed | through the Argentine Confederation, • the further ragiona of Iluenoa Ayrea, > lwider, ana, returning as soon as possible, sold their newly acquired projiortj to the New York agent for 946,000 in greenbacks. It wa* rumored in Austin that the amount of purchase money paid to the enterpris ing locators was only a portion of that which wu charged to the company ; but as the sellers were very well satisfied with their bargain, they were not dis posed to be inquisitive.' There is now a large mill at Silver Peak which would be sold cheap to a cash customer. POWER OF WATER.— The numerous water-falls which are found in the courses of rivers in America, Europe, Asia, and all countries of the globe, afford striking instances of the degrad ing and leveling action of water on the continents. The moat remarkable fall in America is Niagara. At . its bsae there is an argillaceous bed of rock which is constantly being worn away by the incessant attacks ef the water, and the calcareous rocks above, deprived of support, part, and finally fall with a crash, as of distant thunder, into tha abyss below. POTATOES. —The potatoes for Mount Washington next winter are put in store and at onee allowed to r reese. If not permitted to thaw before cooking, and never washed, they can be baked so as to be as good ss ever. They cannot be boiled, nor can they be washed before Making. Servants in livery are said to be fast increasing in New England. The Prayer*. itii'tll tfl rtln ma maa Ham rawwmts , n tnM ' i™iM me* w *ses igtrav te, In a im light ami mta, &bn '"tret aUpe ta* no tt , „ K* with a wtottass * H, 'Jam A hsudrsd sktupH* wwrs frsWaf, Ih sear®" Kb sea sad Mis skfat, Each rw a winif vw praytag, Hut tn*r • wind wmiM nil#. j Ths nraywe ross tp t# Mssvsu, ~ f la ltnettsh, Awwa, Omsk. , Each of tbs hundred sbppsra j la Ma own tongue did speak. gteb of ths hundred sMppara, both to tlis sshu to stay, Wanted the wind to watoe, To Mow Mm on Ms way. M lash in Ma own dirsetbn Would bare MeffoodaMp Wow*. And s hnwtrediwlnds w#rs wanted J If each was to get his own. Each on the desk waa pacta* "With dterataoted mtod. And when ths wind would • wot, All thought the Lord unkind. PWcr bob! Had ha granted their wishes, Had were tb*sod to seel , Th* handred winds weald km fcttr.d i .oem To ths bottom of the ana. ™™"l Fact* sad Panel*. It U no uncommon thing foe hot words to produce a coolness. A Straw ride is said to be a *uro cure for the worst Mod of dyspepsia. How to make a hot-bed—Go to sleep with a lighted cigar in yam mouth. Call fore to Metfchdtet Obuwhea number , with 108 pwudhera and 5,811 *nm- I I Many young men area® improvident ! they cannot keep nay thing but Sate 1 boors. I Wisconsin giris hire out to gather | apples, and climb the trees* well aa a man, and much more gracefully. A toper sneered at a young man for 1 wearing spectacle*, when the biter aatd, ! •* It b better to us* gi)MB mm tbenora m I do. than under the no* as you do T* An enterprising market-woman baa been doing a thriving lewdness in We son in telling roll-Mitter. the Interior of which, to within halfnaa itwda of the surface, ia filled with axle-grease. For wedding invitattoua thb mmtm many seam to prefer a large note snack with" the Invitation inscribed on It hi ■eript, and only two cards, one whit tan name of the groom and the other tltat o< the bride. The average income of each of tha 1,500 bar-room* to Rt Loab ia lift par dav. which implies that at bawl 12,500 rcridenb of that prosperous town can afford to take a drink evety bucar ha*ween sunrise and snnaet. Strip me of the robe of pride, elotho me with humility," were the worda rang Ira a LottitviOe choir aa a bdy, whoaa dreaa waa white satin and point be*, with a long train earned by a page, passed up the aide. Younger Brother—" What's tha mat ter Marc. Are yon unhappy beeaum thaa* fallow* yoT were flirt, tog with at croquet, mrtjpreed to you ?" Mary—" IV dh did, Yean. And —I said yea to the wrong one f * An old gentleman of 7ft wanted to ho married to a young girl of IT. One day a friend surprised him tenderly embrac ing hi# intended "I dont wonder at rnnr netonibment,'* aoid the young bdy, •• yon don't often find young heada on old •houldera." Brussels, to proportion to lis popob ttoo. mobs more cigar* than any • ther eitv to Europe, wtoch may not be geocrallv believed, but which rtrtrtly true. Six excellent ehpra of Belgma am! Hit vans tobeooo mixed can be liought for ten cents to mtoar, and first cbsa brands of Cohan leaf ran be par* chased for three and tour aoua apmee. A gentleman waa describing to Dow las Jerrold the story of his eowrtahip snd marriage—how Ma wife had been brought up to a convent and waa on the point of faking *b# **! presence buret upm ber enraptured sight and she accepted him aa Mr hus band. Jerrold listened to the end of the story, ami then quietly remarked. •* She simply thought you better than Htm." SHBBBBBBmHB* Year Eye en Tare-Yen. Burdett Coutta. tbe Engtieh hetreni b a wellknaoaro and moat welcome cus tomer stall the fashionable shops to London, but aheis npt so famftbr a ha bitue of the shops to Paris. During a visit to this latter dtv. not very toog § since,she learned the death of a distant re i latin*, and she went to pordmae mouxn iwg to the shop, the Trob Qaartwrw, a : i*nre drv goods eebbbtomeut some thing like "to compare great things with email," our own Btownrt'a. She asked for nuHtratng diww goods, and was shown by one of the attentive -hoprncn to the proper apartmrart | "Flansesbot* thb bdy mouzmngatofßi, I he said, ** two-ten. Miss Coutta made b#r eeleHtion, and then asked for mourning eoHara; the clerk who had waited cm her aeeom jianied her to the proper counter. " Please tdiow thb ladv lacmrning col lara—two-ien," said he, and left her. Prom thb department she went to look for mourning pocket handkerchief*, en ,-ortod bv the clerk, who passed her cra to hb succmeor srlth the request. " ehow thb lady pocket handkeitMefa—two ito|| •• * As she had still other articWe to buy, she was escorted from counter to coun ter, department to department, and evervwhere these cabal*tk vofit two-ten," were repeated by one clerit *o another. Struck bv the peculiarity of thb re frain, she asked th* proprietor as aho left the establishment, "Pray, what doe* two-ten mean? I noticed each clerk said it to the other to your shop." " Oh, itb nothing," raid he ; * mere ly a password that they are to the habit f BUUILM Ooutts was not sattafled with thb explnnation. Her woman's eurioai tv was piqued, and die resolved to wn ravel the riddle. So in the evens,g when the porter, a young boy, brought home her purehaaM, after paying her bill, she anifl, "My 1-oy, would you like to earn five franc* Y' Of course be had no objeetkHis to do so, and onto wanted to know to what wav he could do it. " Tell me," said the bdy, " what does ' two-ten' mean. I will give yon five francs." "Why don't you know, ma'amf" said be* evidently amased at her igno rance; "It means to keep your two eyes on her ton flngera." * The mystery was solved at last. AH the Merits of the Trob Quartier had token the richest woman to Great Brit- - am for a shop-lifter. She tells the story with great gusto, and one of her friends to whom aha had retoted it to Paris repeated it to me Grxpownaa vs. YXOETATIOH. —Tbe ef fort of battles on vegetation has been shown in the late campaign to a remark able degree. Wherever a great bqttle has been fought, many plants have com pletely died, and the reat hare grown up in an unhealthy stole, ns if they had been poisoned. This phenomenon ia supposed to be due to the suffusion of sulphur in the sir, and over the surface of the soil. Thb sulphur of the gun powder b supposed to combine with the oxygen of the air. and thaa to form sul phurous acid, which the newspapers de- 4 dare to be " a deadly poison on organ isms of any kind," although a couple of years ago, it was being universally ap plied by our doctors to our relaxed throatr, and other diseased parte, and for a season was regarded as a universal panacea.— Once a Wedc. LONDON ICE TRADE. —The ice trade of Loudon is in the hands of some baif dosen merchants, and tbe article b kept in what are termed wells or shade*. One of these when filled contains 5,000 tons of rough toe. Aa shot in by the i*- gettera it b broken up and well packed together and levelled with shovels, form ing in tame a compact'mass, so solid tost /- it has to be hewn with axes when re quired for the market. The shrinking ,|L of thb dense block from toe wall on all sides is only six inches. The Knigbte Templar of St Joseph, Mo., torn and hold their reviews on • 'Mi NO. 40.