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 <lll.
Thv self-forpetfnl care, mother;
Thy counsel, ever near;
Thv aymnatiiy with every joy,
HIT grief tor eveiw tear;
Tlty loving glsoce, thy tender tone.
Thy warmkiss on my brow-.
(hone from my life, forever gone 1
I know their value now.
How Hid U End !
T* a packet of letter*, tiiat-fkdeil and worn.
Which have lain in a dnsty corner negated ;
Undated, for lovor* laugh time to acorn,
Bat signs of their age are soon detected.
For tlieir spelling ia bad and their grammar is
weak.
And quaint are the phraaea In which they
•peak ;
Thev were written behwe von or I waa born.
And we see an eld h>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, >
l<ut failed to hit UJKJU hia niche. Wan- j
dering disconsolately about the sources,
of the Bio Qiuvieoe, he resolved to
penetrate into the wild* of the far South.
Winter tteing fa*t approaching, and the j
country likely to tie moat impraetiaahte i
and dangerous, the felicity of M. Gain- j
uard' choice of a home ia not obvious.
He waa, however, romantic, and he fell
in with an Italian, one Pedritto, who
waa no loaa so. The two aeetoed to have
; fraternised at once, inflamed by the com
mon object of doing something other
people did not do, and doing it in the
moat fatuous and aimless manner. A
casual plunge into the heart of Patago
nia at midwinter, without proviaiona or
means of shelter, appeared to them well
adapted to the development of their
idea. "We were not ignorant," naively
writes M. Guinnard, "of the niunber
loaa difficulties ai.d dangers by vhieb
we might be assailed ; but, having de
termined to brave all, we only took the
precaution to purchase a sun-dial and
a compass, and to make out a plan of
our intended route, on which each
j day's journey was laid down ; this done, i
we started "with that confidence with
which resolution and hope inspire youth.
W lib this unique equipment the trav
el#! a duly set forth, and come to the
grief they thus invited with rare celeri
ty. On their second day out they were
ifoluged with rain and scarified by sharp
| winds—a condition of things that was
kept up for four days. During Una time
; the* slept at uiglit on the wet earth,
1 with no canopy aavc the weeping clouds.
"Not a creature oculd they hunt, not a
fire could they light." On the fifth day
the sun appeared and the pair dried
their clothes and shot aomc " rabbit-like
animals," and eat up what was left of a
scanty supply of bread. Thus fortified
j they pushed on to meet strange and ter
rible adventures. Once they rested for
the night in a cave, where they lit a
fire, roasted game, mid got ready to
sleep. Fairtv coiled up for the purpose,
j -• a swelling nver poured in upon them."
Their retreat waa part of a bed of a
liver that, ruling from distant rains, and
approaching bv subterranean channel*,
ihas inhospitably burst in won them.
This danger waa escaped, but other*
soon came in its train. No food could
!e found, and the adventurers were
threatened with starvation. In their
delirium they "atethe earth." washing
i it down with draughts of "salt-impreg
nated water from the pool*." This diet
*retns to have agreed with Guinnard,
: lmt not with Pedritto, who tolled upon
the ground uttering the most heart
rending erica. Boon the two began to
reproach each other for the journqy
they had taken, and had at last come to
bio r*. The grotesquely horrible could
hardly have a more vivid exemplification
than that of these two lonely men, far
away in the wilderness, mad with hun
ger and thirst, flying at each other like
wild beaata. After this, they found some
roots, and when literally at death's door,
the two managed to kill a puma, whoae
blood they drank raw, and on which j
they aiMosted for some time. A tragic 1
denouement of this drama waa at band, j
The pair were surprised while bunting
by a host of Patagunbns, and a fright
ful scene ensued. Seeing that the aav
-1 ages were bent on mischief. Guinnard J
and his companion battled to the bat. j
Poor Pedritto fell, stoned and pierced |
to death, Guinnard fell, too, after shoot- j
ing several of hia fees, but be was only j
stunned. On recovering consciousness j
be found himself the prisoner of barfaa- ;
rians in the wilds of Pntagooia. Thai*
he remained for three years.
The tribe into whose hands the luck
lass Guinnard fell was that of the Poyn- j
ches, who wander on the hanks of the 1
ltin Negro, between Pacbecbo Island and I
the foot of thef ordiUeras. The account
of them by their prisoner is eitraordi j
nary. How he managed to live through
what he rebtes passes compraliension. j
He was kicked and mangled, fed on raw:
horseflesh, made to lire and sleep with 1
half-famished dogs, and otherwise mal- j
treated. Yet be survived to produce a i
bock.
Gold Mine Speculation*.
Eastern men who bare rushed Mindly
into mining operation® on the Pacific
slope, without knowing anything of the
buainen*. have sometime® suffered BeTere
ly through the incompetence or dis
honesty of the agenta whom they have
intrusted with the management of their
affairs. One company paid 990,000 fen:
a mine in Nevada, located in a bowlder
of eight or ten ton® weight, resting far
from ita original bed, ond built an exten
sive mill to reduce their ores. Finding
that this mine gave out very suddenly,
the company determined to get even on
the country, and so bought another mine
far the very reaaonable sum of ¥3,000.
This proved to be a small slide from e
mine belonging to other parties, and
yielded just five tons of ore, after which
it gave out the company having expended,
9300.000 in developing the two mines.
The /fate Hirer Ktrtitk, published at
Austin, gives an account of the sale of a
mine in 1866, which very likely was one
of those mentioned above. An agent
from New York arrived in Austin, very
anxious to secure a mine at Silver Peak.
Some of the sharp fellows about town
procured a light wagon and a pair of
horses, made a bee-line for Silver Peak,
located a claim according to law W
posting a notice on the ix>wider, 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.