Under the Moon.Under the moon two lorer* walked -

The silver moan, the round full moon -

Under it*beam* they softly talkedOf south and love Mid JntiO.

And tl>er plighted their vow* in the silverylitfiL

for their heart*, like the mow, were full thatnight.

fader the moon they walked again?The netting moon, the waxing moon

And eoaroely a word waa aaid by Uie twain :Ob. moon, you eel too noon

And love in one of the hearth. like the rimOf the waning moon, grew faint and dim.

Under the ekiea a maiden stoodThe cold utght-ekiea. the moonloee akiee -

Bhe heart the owl in the lonely wivvt.And elie heard her own deep sigh*.

'Heart and ekiea devoid of lirht,Ood," alio cried. "w hat a dreary night !**

Under the ekiee lea narrow mo*,n dTlie watchful akice. the starry ekiee

And the ray* of Uia moor _ ao full and round.Shine down whore maiden he*.And they Uuieo. the fl.-kie |uvr *IMMalk* with sc j^?. r aud wooes anew.

For the sake of Peace.Rob sod 1 were playmate* once.

Together used to laugh Mid err;A youth an.l maiden are wc now?

Oh dear, tlie vrar* so swiftly fly*Ueed to play st kircwv. toe.

k'heu ww were children gay Mid free 1And now, the rogus, he qtut* in*).*!*

That he should stillair lover to.

Ireally CMI'I make np my mindTe quarrel with the foolish hoy,

>\jr mayhe. if he weut away.My l;fe would taso onediatf iu joy

And if the question 1 should tryTo *?SHP with hsm, why. you see.

Iu argument, e when a child.Hub always got the bast of inc.

So now what would won really do?Hob haw a word of *ll I aay;

Ami after all. my heart incline*To let lam bar* toe own dear way.

Oh. how pens**,! sic:. iw!What can a timid mask* do ?

I think, just fm ake of pesos,1 d Ivtl-'r jlaid ihs point d.ui t you ?

A YOUNG HERO." Ay, ay, sir; they 're smart seamen

enough, no doubt, them Dalmatians,and reason good, too, seein' they manhalf the Austrian nary ; bnt they ain'tgot the seaaoein' of an Englishman, put1 hew yer will."

1 was standing ou the upper dock ofthe Austrian Lloyd steamer, looking lastupon pyramidal Jaffa, as it rises up interrace after terrace of stern grav mason-ry against thelustrvm* evening sky, withtlie faain-tipped breaker* at its feet.Beside uie. with hia elbow on the hand-rail, and hia short pipe between histeeth, louugoa the stalwart chief-en-gineer, a# thorough an Englishman as ifhe had not spent two-thirds of his lifeabroad, and delighted to get hold of a

listener who (as he phrases it) " hasbeen about a bit. "

" No; they ain't got an Englodiman'sseasonal'," he continues, pursuing hiscriticism of the Dalmatian seamen; "andwhat's more, they aint got an English-man's phtek neither, not when it corneato a root scrapo."

"Can no ore hut an Englishman haveany pluck, then ?" ask I, laughing.

"Well, Iwon't just go for to say that;o' course a man as is a man 'all have plnckiu him all the world over. Fve seen aFreociier buckle a shark to save hismessmate; aud I've seed a Hooshanatatul to his gun arter every man in thebattery, ban-in* himself, hod been Mow-ed all to smash. But. if yer come tothat, the pluckiest feller as ever F seedwarn't a man at all!"

" What WAS he, then ??a woman ?"*' No, nor that neither; though, mark

ye, I don't go for to say as how womenain't got pluck enough too?some of'em, at least. .Vy old 'ooman, now,saved me once from a lubber of a P>r-tigee as was just a-goin* to stick a knifeinto me, when she cracked his nut witha limdspike. (Ton can hear her spinthe yarn yourself, ifyou likes to pay nsa visit when we get to Constantinople.)Bat this nn as I'm a-talkin' on WAS alittle lad not ranch bigger*n Tom Thumb,only with a sperrit of his own aa ud' ha'

. blowodnpa man-o'-war a'most. Wouldyer like to hear about it f"

I eagerly assent; and the narrator,knocking the ashes out of his pipe, foldshis brawny arms upon the top of therail, and commences as follows:

'Bout three years ago, afore I gotthis berth as Tin in now, I was second-engineer aboard a Liverpool steamerbound for New York. There'd been a 1lot of extra cargo sent down jost at thelast minute, and we'd had no end of ajob stowin' it away, and that ran as lateo' startiu'; so that altogether, as youmay think, the cap'n warn't altogetherin the sweetest temper in the world, northe mate neither; as for the chief-en-gineer. he was an easy-guin' sort *o chap,as notion' on earth could pat out. Buton the mornin' of the third day ont fromLiverpool, he com down to me in aprecious htirry, lookin' as if tomethinhad wit him out pretty considerably.

" "Tom,' says be, 'what d'ye think?Blest if we ain't found a stowaway.*(That's the name, yon know, sir, as we ;give to chaps as hide themselves aboardoutward-bound vessels, and gets carriedont unbeknown to everybody.)

"'The dickens yon have!' savs L'Who is he, and where did yerfind nim ?'

" ' Well, we found him stowed away <among the casks lor'ard ; and ten to onewe'd never ha' twigged him at all, if the?kipper's dog hadn't sniffed him ont

"And began barkin'. Siteh a little miteas he is, too ? I could a'most put himin my baccy-pounch, poor little lieggar !'but he looks to be a good plucked nnfor all that.'

" Ididn't wait to hear no more, butup on deck like a sky-rocket; and thereI did see a sight, and no mistake.Every man-Jack of the crew, and whatfew passengers we had aboard, was allin a ring on the fo'o'stle, and in themiddle stood the furst-mate, lookin' asblack as thunder. Bight in front ofhim, lookin' a reg'lar mite among allthem big fellows, was a little bit of alad not ten years old?ragged aa a scare-crow, but with bright curly hair, anda bonnie little face o' his own, if he 'hadn't been so woful thin ami pale.But, bless your soul! to see the waythat little chap held his head up, andlooked about him, you'd ha' thoughtthe whole ship belonged to him. Themate was a great, hnlkin' black-t>earddfeller, with a look that 'ad ha' frighten-a horse, and a Toice fit to make onejump through a key-hole: bat the young jnn warn't a bit afeared?he stood straight

and looked him full in the face withem bright clear eyes o' hisn, for all

the world as if he was Prince Halfredhimself. Folks did say arterwsrds(lowering his voice to a whisper,) ashow he oomed o' belter blood nor whathe ought; and, for my part, I'm raythero' that way o' thinkiu myself; for Inever yet seen a common street Harab(as they calls 'em now; carry it off likehim. You might ha' heerd a pin dropas the mate spoke.

"4 Well young whelp,' says he in his

grimmest voice, 'what's brought you

"'ltwas my step-father as done it,'Bays the boy in a weak little voioe, butas steady as could be. ' Father's dead, jand mother's married again, and mynew father says as how he won't haveno brats about eatin' up his wages;'and he stowed me away when nobodywarn't lookin', and guv me some grubto keep me goin' for a day or two till I

Jot to sea. He says I'm to go to Auntane at Halifax; and here's her ad-

dress.'" And with that, he slips his hand

into the breast of his shirt, and ontwith a scrap o' paper, awful dirty andcrumpled up, but with the address onit right enough.

_

" IFeall believed every word on't, evenwithout the paper; for his look, andhis voioe, and the* way he spoke, wasenough to show that there warn't a \u25a0ha' porth o' lyin' in his whole ak'in. Butthe mate didn'tseem to swaller the yarnat all; he only shrugged his shoulderswith a kind o' grin, as much as to say:lam too old a bird to be caught with

that kind of chaff"; and then he says tohim :

' Look here, my lad, that's all ivery fine, but it won't do here?some of jthese men o' mine are in the secret, andI mean to have it out of 'em. Nov,you just pint out the man as stowed youaway and fed you, this very minute ; ifyou don't, it'll be the worse for you!' j

FIUvD. lcrirrz. KditorniulT'ropriotor.

VOL. VI. CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, APItIL 1873.

" The boy looked up iu ltia bright,fearless w ay, (it did my heart good tolook at htm, the brave little chap!) and

. mute qmiely ; Vl've told you thetruth ; 1 ain't gut no more to aay.'

" The mate aays nothin', but l<xk*at him for a uriuute a ifhe'd aee cleanthrough him ; ami then lie faced roundto the men, look in' Mocker than ever.

' Reeve a ro|e to the yard!" he tonga outloud enough to rs'*o the dead; '

smart,: HOW!'

" The men all looked at each other,as much as to SAT: ' What on earth's a- J

i coming now ?' Hul aluiard shin, o'course, when you're told to do a thing,you're got to do it ; so the ro(e wrusrove in a jiffy.

" 'Now, my lad,' said tlie mate, iu aLard, tufutirt kind o' voice, that madeevetv wort! seem like flttin' a stone intoa wall. * yon see that 'ere rope ? Well, fI'llgne yon ten minutes to toilless' (hetook out los watch aud held it in hi*haud;) 'ami if TOU don't tell the truthafore the time's up, I'll hang you lik adog!"

"The crew all stared at one auoilieras if they couldn't lielieve their ear* (Ididn't believe mine, I can tell ye, i andthen a low growl went up among 'em,like a wild beast a-wakin* out of a nap.

" 'Silence there !' shouted the mate,in a voice like the roar of a uor'-eaater.'Stand bv to run for'ard!' and with his

j own hands he put tlie nooa* rouud theboy's neck. The little feller never

: tliuched a bit; but there wore someantoug the sailors tbig strong chaps as

? (Mold ha' felled a ox) as shook likeleaves iu the wind. As for me, I lie-thought myself o' 1/1,7 little curly-hairedlad at home, and how it 'ud be if anyone was to go for to hang Aim,- and atthe very thought on't I tingled all over,and my lingers clinched themselves asif they werea-gripiu' somebody's throat.Iclutched hold o' a handspike, and heldit behind my back, all ready.

" 'Tom,' whispenx! the thief engineerto me, *d' ye think he really means todo it ?'

"'I don't know,' says I through myteeth ; 'but if he does, Ac shall go first, fif 1 swings for it !'

" 'Ihave been iu many an uglv scrapein my time; but I never felt 'arf as bailas I did then. Every minute seemed aslong as a dozen ; an I the tick o' tliemate's watch reg'lar pricked my earslike a pin. The men were verv quiet,but there was a precious ugly look onsonic o" their faces; and I noticed thatthree or four on 'em kep' edgin' for'ardto where the mate was standin', in away that meant mischief. As for me.I'd made up my mind that if he did gofor to hang tlie poor little chap, I'd killhim on the spot, and take my chance.

"'Eight minutes,' says the mate, hisgreat deep voice breakin' in upon thesilence like the toil o' a funeral bell.'lfyon've got anything to confess, mylad," you'd best out with it, for yourtime's nearly up.'

" ? I've told yon tlie truth,' answers, the boT, very pale, but as firm as ever.: ' Mav I say my prayers, please ?'

"The mate nodded ; aud down goesthe poor little chap on his knees Iwiththat infernal rope about his neck all thetime), and puta up his poor little handsto pray. I couldn't make out what hesaid (fact, my head was iu siteh a whirlthat I'd hardly ha' knowed my ownname), bnt I'll be bound God heard it,every word. Then he nps on his feetagain, and puts his hands behind him,

, and says to the mate, quite quietly, 'l'mready !'

"And then, sir, the mate's hard grimface broke up all to once, like I've seed

. the ice in the Baltic. He snatched tipthe hoy in his arms, and kissed him,and bust out a-cryin like a child ; and Ithink there warn't one of us as didn't

jdo the same. I know I did, for one."' God bless you, my boy !' says he, 1

smoothin' the child's hair with his greathard hand. * You're a true English-)man, every inch of you ; you wouldn'ttell a lie to save your life ! Well, if sobe as yer father's cast ye off, I'll lie yerfather from this day forth ; and if Iever forget you, then may God forgetme !*

" And he kep' his wonl, too. Whenwe got to Halifax, he found out the lit-tle un's aunt, and giv' her a lump o'money to make him comfortable; andnow he goes to see the youngster everyvoyage, as reg'lar as can be ; and to see

' the pair on 'em together?the little chap 1so fond o* him, and not bearin' him a

bit o' grudge ; it's 'liout as pretty a! sight as ever I seed. And now, sir,

axm' ver periling, it's time for me to begoin'below, ao I'll just wish yer good-nigh!."

lleitn Ward tteecker uu Hospltalß).

Moat of US, having arrived at year* of? hotlin-keeping or discretion, hate visit-

ing atul dread visitors. Yet we are nottherefore misanthropists. Mather, welove our kind, and our favorite rendiug is doubtless biography, table-talk,and tlie personal columns in the news-

[ apor*. But visiters and visiting com-monly imply a temporary sequestrationof old garments, and, of the amplewardrolie of these investitures winchfjry msu botlij none fitso eogifoftahly

' and "are so sorrowrfully banished as oldhabits. If, therefore, Wednesday'scorned lieef and esblwge must lie sup-pressed, and not fit for company; ifThursday's beef steak and outoua, amiFriday's humble Unit-ball must betranslated into uufaimliar birds and

1 heat*. which Bridget lily eok amiqueerly serves ; if the dear house-moth-er must move on restless leg* fromdawu till dark lost some imperceptiblepin should drop (ym til# householdmachinery ; if all things must lie a littletiuer than their wont aud their capacity,it is not strange that the ordinaryhouseholder shrinks from the porturba-tions, which, as host, he undergoes inhis own lieuse, or, a a guest, intro-duces to another.

Pity 'tis, however, that we are notmore social, because, ia 4he long run,men aud women are s more ink-restingami amors valuable study than books,and no subtle disdpvery of science norprogress of invention baa yet found inthe world anvthing l>etter than humanaffection, ifach of us is the poorer byevery lofty friendship that he neglectsto take from opportunity. Women, es-pecially, whose cares are pettier and farmore absorbing than men's, ueed theillumination of fresh ideas, witty talk,and friendly propinquity. Yet it ischiefly they who hinder this pleasure,and in wliose hands it rests to makevisiting the most brilliant and enticingof occupations. First, however, thewhole theory of hospitality need* revis-

ion. It was verv well for the HebrewI gentlemen to kill the fatted calf in honorof their guest. It involved little troubleand no expense, and if one had an ap-petite for warm veal nothing could bemore agreeable to all concerned?ex-cept the calf. But we follow tlie pre-cedent by spending half our substanceat tlie butcher's stall for the festive jointand half the remaining moietv in cook-ing and serving it, trembling meanwhilelest the stranger that is within our gatestie not satisfied with our bonutv. Thanthis painful feasting better to leave thefatted calf afield and to diue ou a crack-er and careless cheerfulness.

The whole trouble is that {he hostessarranges her household not as it shallbest forward the business of life, butas it shall make tlie most effective spec-tacle. She orders affairs not as sheprefers, bfit as she fancies that herguest expects. It is a specious mis-application of the gsldeu rnle. AfterApicins and Calba, it is really quite im-

{ possible to be distinguished as privatecaterers. After Crass us and LucuUus,no table-service can be remarkable.After Paulina, makirg her im-ruingcalls in $"200,000 worth of jewels, therichest toilet seems to fall a little shortof its high possibilities. And afterHeliogabalns, there is certainly veryfeeble incentive to the pursuit of dis-tinction in furniture Wo might wi*e-

lv, therefore, abandon the striving afterthese goods, strvugttMUied in that re-

' nnuciatiou by the recollection that theonlv people who were pre-eminent intheir possession sacrificed everythingelse to get them. After all, freedomand self-culture are the costliest objectsever offered to the acquisition of man,and if he takes them he must be con-tent to forego much else.

We confess that we have more thanonce fancied that wo saw the soul ofgood in that thing evil? the modemservant. We have never found faultwith her iustabilitv. Master and mis-tress spend their Java ami nights iu theeffort to "better thorn selves,' to getmore money for the same work, or moredistinguished societv for the same servi-tude. Bridget and Dinah are of thesame blood, as we rememlier ou Hun-.lays and forget through the week, and,afar off, they follow us. But this veryfugacity and thriftlessness and want ofductility are possible the limit that

1 heaven seta to our dmbonest lumtekeep-' ing. We would like to have it #wpposedthat we were born to the purple andshould not be in the least discomposedon being bidden to dine at Chntsworth,having tlie elegance, though not theTAstness, of Chatswortli under our ownroof. And in comes blundering candidBridget, with a wrecked ambition in theshape of an omcUrt tnujfie, and unwit-tingly reveals to the visitor that wenever bad one before. It is our deephope, as it is our conviction, that these

1 rough-shod ministers of truth andi simplicity will never cease to pingne ns

with tho pictorial xhibitiou of ouri small sins against those divinities until

j every household in the land is willingto lead s life no more showy than it caneasily afford, and to attempt no difficult

i and unfamiliar pretenses to impressvisitors. 80 shall we gain profit bylosing of our prayers.

The air is full of rumors of publicand private corruption and disgracefulgetting and keeping of gold. We must

| purify our legislation, it is said. Wemust winnow our civil service. Wc

' must insist on virtue in high places.But reform must begin far back?at thefiresides. By example boys andgirls must learn that nmflPv is not thesupreme good of life. They must growtip in homes so simply and finely order-ed, that not furniture and not viands,but the quality of master and mistress,draws many noble guests thereto, con-tact with whom is the children's besteducation. " Tlie ornament of a homeis the friends who frequent it." Andas wo learn simplicity, we shall havelove and leisure for tlie highest friend-ships. It is this home life, and onlythis, cheap, possible to all, the source

jof robust manhood wd sincere culture,that will keen the republic sweet, With-out it, though we pue up our millions,and double our territory, and open our

; gates to all nations, we shall bring up,at last, whither we seenvto be tending,in a general almshouse for souls.?

| Christian t'uion.

THK BAD BOT.?Wood tells a story ofi Hoskrns, the Winchester college boy,

j who, having neglected to write his verseexercise, glanced for a minute or twoover the shoulder of a more diligent

! school-fellow, and, upon the mastercalling him up, said lie had hist hispaper, but if no might he allowed hewould repeat without book tho twenty

j verses he had written, which he waspermitted to do. The other boy wascalled next, anil showed the verseswhich Hoskyns had just repeated, and,being taken for the thief, was aorelywhipped.

lirlUcr M Ist Own Oetccthe. Oue lluudrt'd Years Old. A Neat dwindle.

OUI Jncub Brilsr kept tho village*hr*> iu Huok*port. Wo *ythe vilhigostore, bocsiise it was the largest, ami,iu fact, tlie only store of any conse-quence in Uie place. Like all eouulry*tore-kec|icr, Jwob kept for sale dryand moist goods of every description,and lsth village slid suburban g-issipemade his place their centre ami tilting-ground. To this tlie trader lid uot ob-ject, hecanaa he was himself of s aoiualturu, ami because these liaugers-ouwere all cusUnucrs. Oooasiouslly Jaoobuii*.sed cerluiu article* from his shelvesand counters which lie knew had notIx-en *old, and he could onlv imngitiethat thev had been stolen. This thingcontinued for more thsn n year, andlintaer, with all Ins careful Matching,was unable to drUot the thief. Therewere several whom he deemed capableof the deed, but he could uot fix thecrime upon either of them.

At length, one Monday morning, Ja-cob Pritzer entered his store ; and uponremoving the heavy wooden shutter*from the front windows lie discoveredthat the large glass-top show-case, nearthe main entrance, had been robbed of

nearly all its content*. At least threehundred dollars' worth of fancy goodshad been stolen?a large siuouitl for thecountry store keeper to lose Jacobhad looked up hi* store ou .Saturdaynight, and hail uot visited it since untilnow, nor had the keys been out of hiskeeping. For a brief space he wasthunder-struck ?then, fur another bncf|>aco, lie collected hit llu>Ught*, andreflected. His course of actiou was re-solved upon. Ill*first decided uiove-

meut was to lock the d<>>r by which hehad entered, ami draw the curtain* overthe windows. Next he replenished the

show-case from a fresh sbn-k which hechanced to have 011 haud, making itlook so nearly a* it looked ou Saturdayevening that uot even his clerk was

likely to detect any change. Thus thematter, so far A* he and his store were

euueerned, was locked in his own breast,

and so he meant to keep it. Having as-certained that the thief hod gniaed en-trance by a rear cellar window, andhaving so covered the truck* of thegmlty one that his clerk would not ob-serve them, he opened his store, and

prepared for luainew*. Half an hourlater the clerk came, and detected noth-ing out of the way. (This clerk, we

mav remark, was Jacob's own ton).

One hundred years eoua*tlulo but auepisode uf the o>>aulries of the elderhemisphere - a page of theirohruaiclfa.That period iu the younger hemisphereCover* the whole of lliecouutry's career.When we have said that the Henutiiieis not yet one hundred years old, we

have said tlie most wonderful thingabout the Ketmbiie. Hueh a marvel-ous example of rapid growth all historyfull* to parallel. The progress from a

community of cukmies, numbering onlythree millions of to s Union ofState* with a jK/pulatnui of nearly fortymillions, has been accomplished in leesthan ten decades. There are men nowlivingwho were born before the Repub-lic ; Within whose life term the wilder-iiesa has changed, like a apeotaculartransformation scene, into a series ofgreat cities, thriving towns and culti-vated section*, abounding 111 all theproofs and fruits of a vital civilization,rivaling in wealth and achievement themost venerable at Euroj>cau countries,and surpassing them in substantialpro*j>erity. And so the infant of na-

tion* stands in their front rank. Hurelysuch swift development is the phenom-enon of the agw*.

When the Republic celebrates itscentennial, as it will in a little morethan three years, there will be rnoughto comine 1110rate. From a nationalpoint of view we shall look bark upon a

narrow interval of tiiu ?; but measuredby what has lecu done the interval is

overflowing with fact and suggestion.The Republic iu its youug manhoodhas had the full advantage of the mod-em atimnlns to successful effort. Thetedious processes of the last centuryhave given place U> new methods thatimply creative genius iu the materialarts. The sons of the Republic crossthe eontiueut, front 'eeau to ocean, in

the time wmiumcl by tlie Father* ofthe Republic in passing between theAtlantic cities. Tlie swiftness of travelis a tvpe of the improvements of thelater time. Within the short lifeof theRepublic steam communication, instan-taneous telegraphic correaja/udence,and all contemporary material agencies

have liecume accomplished facts. Norhs* the progress been only material.Education ha* been wade nearly uni-versal, and the masse* of the peoplehave grown intellectually and morallystronger.

There is certainly enough L> celebrateon tlie coming One Huudredth Fourthof July. The qucstiou is, how shall wecelebrate? Thus far tlie celebrationha* ouly taken shape in the proposedNational Exposition st l'hllsdelphis. Ifthis enterprise shall not fall into thehands of mere speentators, if it shall bea general, genuine, and popular under-taking, it ought to be a grand success,

it will show our own citizens ami all theworld, in a tangible and impressiveform, what the Republic is, what it ha*done, aud what it oau do. It ia a jodthing, so far as it goes.

But there is a pervading and instinct-ive feeling that it doe* not go farenough. The people will hardly be sat-isfied that the rotehrwuon shall beginaud end in I'hdndelpliia. The Centen-nial Fourth of July ought to be a pres-ent and vital force throughout thelength and breadth uf tlie land. F.veryState, every city, every town, every vil-lage, every remote settlement shouldprepare such a universal commemora-tion as the world hitherto has ueverknown, and thus emphaaize the aifnufl-rant announcement that the Republic is

one hundred years old.

Tho f dlowiug, from the PhiladelphiaPrrst, is interesting to all dealeiw iu

jewelry " Tho other day, st abouttwelve'M., a carnage, elegant enough

iu all ita appointments to be a private?' turnout,'" urove up to tlie dooY of one

uf the large*! establishments on Chest-uul street,not far from Tw-lfili,ainl fromit descwUilrd s geuUeuuui, st least to allappcor.uuv, attired in the most fash-

ionable mauut-r. Sauntering iuaidowith ail eaay grace, he rroueeteil U> sec

some jewels, statiug that lie desired tomake a large purchase, lie earned inhis hand a handsome ease, or bag,which he deposited on the glass beforethe clerk who stepped forward to waitupon hm. lie was wry particular 111

hi* choice, but at last selected shout$2,000 worth of jewelry of various kiud#and style*. A* the clerk wa* about t*

put tho numerous little boxes into onelarge receptacle the stranger said, 'Waita moment; we can do better, and opeo-uig hia case, which still remained outhe counter, he took from it and hand-ed to the elerk a neat box with a k#y,sufficiently large to hold all his pur-chases, Into this the clerk put thejewelry and handed it back to the cus-tomer, who locked it, leaving the kay inthe lock, and replaced it in tha bag,dosing the Utter. Then putting hiagloved hand into hi* breast pockety hecscbunted, in great surprise, " Well,bow forgetful I am 1 I have left mybook and money at the boteL I mustgo back and get it Very careless ofme, very. You will, of eourse, want tokeep this. It wouldn't do to trust -anentire stranger with such valuables,"and, ojteniug the bag, he again took outthe little box and handed it to the elerk." It's very annoying, but I will driveright to tha Continental, aud be bark iua 14-w moments." With a few common-place returnk the elegant gentlemanreturn-*! to his carnage, and waa seento drive sway in the direction of tlieContinental, taking with him the nice

aud innocent little boy he had brought.They waited at tha store for bitn s long

time to come back. In fact he haan'lco tar back yet. At last s light dawnedupon the terrified clerk, and he reachedfor the beautiful little twx with thebeautiful little key. " Oh, iu all right,of course," he Koped in spite of hissuspicions. " Something has detainedthe gentleman, but I may m well makesure." He is sure now. The t/eautifullittle box with the beautiful little keycontained old worthies# iron padlock A

No news of the thief. Every readerwill see at once how the swindle was

accomplished. The man hod two be**-tiful little boxes with two lwantifullittle keys in that innocent little b*g.and of course gave the right one ( thatis for buu ) to the clerk when he kit.

The day paused?customers came andwent as usual? the goaaiini chatted overtheir beer and cheese, while old Jacobwas attentive and affable, never betray-ing by wonl or sign that anything hadhap]>ened amiss. Iu the evening I'eterHswka come 111. This I'eler liswks waa

s farmer, owuiug quite a place near theoutskirts of tho village, who had of late

been load iug a life rather aimless andthriftless. It had lcen Peter's customto spend a good part of the day in thestore, but on thia. Monday he had notput in an appearance until after tea ;

and even when be did come he foiled totalk with his usual volubility, but re-

mained for the most port silout. watch-ing what others had to ay.

At length the hour grew late, andouoby one the gossips dn>pj>ed away untilIVter was left alone with Jacob and hisson. The solitary cur tomcr arose fnunhis chair, and after a little nervoua hes-itation he approached the storekeeperwith,?

" All, Jacob, that was quite a lossvon met wit. Have ye any idee who didit ?"

" Who did what ?" asked Jacob, drop-ping the piece of cloth which he wasfolding, ami looking up.

" Who roblxsl yer show-case lostnight ?"

"Yea," answered Jacob, with sternpromptness ?" 1 know exactly who didit?"

"Eh, who?"" }"o did it I""Me !" gosjM>l Peter, ouiveringly."Aye? 7m did if. I rsojc you did

it; and thus far the secret is entirelybetween von and me. Y'oti are the onlyother living man t>eaides myself whoknows that 1 have been robbed at all !*'

And thou Jacob went on to explain tohis customer how ho bad managed todetect tlie theif. Peter liawks was

fnrcod to own np ; and iu consi<!erationof liis returning the good* l**t stolen,and |>aying for those stolen on previousoecasjons, aud also premising to *ti a!no more, he wwa let off. But he didnot remain muob longer in Bnekspori.Having settled with Jacob Britr.er, hemade all haste to sell his fartu and re-move to parts where the story of hisshortcomings was not known.

C'rnrlty of India**.Referring to his perwonal experience

of nuda. General L. U. Brewu. a reve-nue officer in Texas, aaya: ** In Julyiaat a baud of Indiana came upon myranch near the Ncucea. Two of myherdsmen t Mexican* t were in bathingwhen they discovered the approach ofthe Indiana One ran hardly ten feetMora he was captured ; the other nut

naked and barefoot over tha pricklypears and tinTH*, and gave tha alarm tothe ranch The people at tlieranch es-caped, but the poor nuked Mexican waa

caught by the savagca aud killed. Hia?ompanii'n lay trembling, hidden in tliebrush, w here lie could see and hear allthat was going on, but did not dare tomore." The eve-witness of the horri-ble bitsineoa aaya thev flr*t tied tliehands of the poor man behind his liack,then listened awhile to lua pleadingsfor life. Finally they apparently vield-ed to his uileoiis requests and told himto run. A*be did ao a Kiekapoo aqnswsent an arrow through his body. Helived but a short time. Within an hour,iii tlie same ueghl>orluxxl, five otherMexican shepherds were slain by thoseIndians, This raid afforded them veiy-little l*x>tv.

On the 2d of Xovemlwr last anotherraid waa made, in which they carried offDomingo, OIK- of the General'a Mexicanshepherds, and Juauite Trevino, thewife of another shepherd, also a Mexi--n This time they had the ranch sur-rounded Iwfore their presence was dis-covered. The head shepherd. Sever-iano, waa outside of the line, and, rMuig

tip, discovered them. He shouted thealarm and fled, closely pursued. Thehusband nf .1 Manila saved himself byhiding. By this nud the robber* cap-tured considerable property at the Gen-eral's ranch, tin a previous expeditiontb#y captured 90 horses at a neighbor-ing ranch. Tho prisoners have neverWen heartl from. The General's ranchsuperintendent mustered his men, pur-sued this party, and came in sight ofthem but could uot engage them.

The Future Price of Wool.

Tho New York AbosomM says :

"There is one thing certain thai in themidst of all this fiuctuation snd uncer-tainty wool is very scarce, and prices

are not only very* firm, bnt buoyant.Indeed, strnnge as it may appear, pri-ces are nearly a* high now aw a yearago, when we take into account thehigh rate of interest and gold, withnothing to warrant such a filature butthe sh4>rt supply available and the largodemand for consumption."

YVaIU-r Brown A Sons, in their circu-lar, sav: "It is, however, quite no-tieeahfe that a firm feeling pervades thewhole trade, with the general opinionthat early in the new rear higher fig-

urea will be obtained, resulting proba-bly from the fart that stocks of domes-tic wools in eastern market* arc verylight, aud such wools as still remain inthe west are mostly held by farmersand second hands at extreme rates, withno indications <>f yielding before thenear approach of the new dip; alsothat fvw, if any, orders have goneabroad for foreign wools, owing to theunrcmuncrative character of last sea-son's operations."

Henry P. Hughes $ Son, of London,in their circular of l>eoembir sth. 1H72,say: "If the present activity in thewoolen district should continue to thecommencement of the find saloa for thecoming year wo may reasonably expectthat stocks of colonial wool in tlie handsof both ilcalor* and manufacturer* willW considerably smaller than lias beenwitnessed for ninny years past. Wc an-

ticipate good prices throughout thocoming rear."

Broadcloth an Enemy of Health. Webster's Great Argument.Professor Hamilton, in an able ad-

dress on hygiene to the graduates ofthe Buffalo medical college, denouncesbroadcloth as an enemv to exercise, andtherefore to health. Re says ;

111 the spring of Mr. Websterwas much concerned in the discussionthen going on in the House of llepre-sentuthos, at Washington, on the tariff.One morning he r<sc very early?earliereven than waa hia custom?to preparehimself to sjicak upon it. From long1/efure daylight till the hour when theHouse met, he was busy with his brief.

When he was far advanced in speak-ing, a m>te was brought t< him fromthe Stipreme Court, informing hiin thatthe great case of "Gibbons vs. < )gden "

would be called for argument the nextmorning. He was astonished at the in-telligence, for ho had supposed thatafter tho tariff question should havebeen disposed of, he still would haveten days to prepare himself for Uie for-midable conflict, in which tho constitu-tionality of the laws of New York,grnnting a steamboat monopoly of itstide waters, was to be decided.

"American gentlemen have adopted,I AS a national costtune, broadcloth?athin, tight-fitting black suit of broad-cloth. To foreigners we seem always

to be in mourning ; we travel in blacVThe priest, tho lawyer, the d<ctor, theliterarv man, the mechanic and even theday-laborer, choose always the sameblack broadcloth?a style that never

> ought to have been adopted out of thedrawing-room or the pulpit, l>eenusc itis a feeble and expensive fabric, becauseit is at the North no protection againstthe cold, nor is it any more suitable atthe South. It is too thin to be warmin winter, aud too black to be cool insummerbut especially do we objectU> it because the wearer is always soil-

i ing it by exposure. Young gentlemenwill not play ball, pitch qnoita, orwrestle or tumble, or any other similarthing, least their broadcloth should beoffended. They will not go ont intothe storm because the broadcloth willlose its lustre if rain falU npon it; theywill not run, because they have no con-fidence in the strength of their broad-cloth ; thev do not dare mount a homeor leap a fence, because broadcloth, aaeverybody knows, is so faithless. Hothese men and these older men,these merchants, mechanics and all,learn to wnlk, talk and think soberlyand carefully ; they seldom venture eveuto laugh to the full extent of theirsides."

_

One Drop of Evil." I don't see why you won't let me

play with Will Hunt," pouted WalterKirk. " I know he does not alwaysmind his mother, and smokes cigars,and ouce in awhile swears, just a little.Bnt Ihave been brought tip better thanthat. He won't hurt me. I shouldthink you would trust me. I might do

I him some good.""Walter," said hia mother, "take

f this glass of pure, dear water, and put: just one drop of ink into it."

" Oh, mother, who would have thoughtI one drop would blacken a whole glass

1 ao?"

English Life.Tlie life of the English aristocracy ia

different from what our people suppose.Iu the latter part of April they go intoLondon for the "season," which lastsuntil August or September. This timeof four or five months is spent in givingand attending dinners, parties, balls,and receptions, at which appear all thegranil people of tlie realm, and distin-guished literary and scientifio men arealways pre* ut* This ia what might becalled a useless, if not a wicked life.But with September there ia a change.A few mar then go to the Continent,but the great majority return to tliecountry to remain for seven or eightmonths. Here really are their homes,rural, charming, and surrounded byevery comfort. The pleasant autumnweather is enjoyed in forest and field,in orchard and in flower garden?thereare beautiful drives to village, shire-town, and conntrv-seata, and there are

honored guests In every house. Thecare of the estate, the "welfare of thetenant* and de|*ndent friends, and theganenU interests of tlie section and thecounty oocnpy much of the time, whilestrength and' health are acquired andmaintained in frequent huntiug axonr-aiou*. Thus it is to l>e seen that tholife and the dearest ties of the bestfamilies in England are connected withrural aflhirs and a proprietorship of tliesoil. The American idea is tliat thehighest and beat life ia to l>e found inthe city, r at, least iu a suburb, andthat life iu the genuine country sur-rounded liy country sights ami sound*is dull and to be despised. Perhapswe shall learn better some day, anilcome to the ronelnslou that true gen-tility and broad culture and tha hearti-est enjoyment are to lie found remotefrom crowded thorough fares. Wo canunderstand from the English life howao munv families have perpetuated them-selves bir hundreds of years, thongh itis certainly true that much was due tothe law of primogeniture by whiali realestate descended to tho oldest win.

Physician* In Sweden.

One morning, says a letter writer, Iwent to call on a Swixliah acquaintanceand found her doctor with her. He waa

merely paying a complimentary visit,as his services were uot required. Ilearned that an arrangement is madewith tha medical man ; a small sum of£5 or £fl a vcar contents him, nud forthat ho attends tho whole family, liow-r ver often they may happen to ne ill.The difficulty seems to bo to get hold<f him quickly en-High in an urgentcaso ; fer if he ban gone on his roundslie finishes every visit l>cfore he goes totho now patient. A laily with whoserelatives I wan slightly acquainted hada husband who had always very delicatehealth, and upon one occasion, whenthey were staying with her, he wasseized with a" sharn attack connectedwith a heart complaint. They urgedher to send at onoe for tho doctor, hutsho only usad some simple rr medio#,lecaiise she said he had juat dismissedher usual medical attendant and hadmade no fresh arrangement with any-body else, so that sho could aot askany one to pome to her assistance. Apoor lady while I was there lost a childfr<an wrati-r on fclw hmin, and she sat byit for hours iu the moat terrible anxiety,waiting tho doctor's time for coming.

To accustomed to commandprompt advice in illness, HtocklwiJm,or, indeed, Sweden, would not seeia tobo a desirable plaeo to lo attacked in.

He brought hi# speech cn tho tariffto n conclusion as speedily AS lis could,and hurried home to make jucliprepara-tion for the great argument an theshortest notice would permit. Ha hadthen taken no food ninoe bis morning'sbreakfast; bnt instead of dining hetook a moderate dose of medicine andwent to bed and to sleep. At 10 r. M.lie awoke and called for a bowl of ten,and without any other refreshmentwent immediately to work. To use hisown phrase, " tho tapes had not leenoff the papers for more than a year."He worked all night ; and he haa toldins more than once he thought he neveron any oeeasion had so completely thefree use of all hia faculties, He hardlyfelt he had Itodily organs, so entirelyhad hia fastings and mcdioiue donetheir work. At 9 A. M., after elevenhours of continual effort, his brief wascompleted.

He sent for the barber and shaved:took a very slight breakfast of tea anilcrackers ; he looked over the papers tosea if they were all in order, and tiedthem up; he rend the morning journalsto amuse and change his thought*, andthen ho went into the court, ami madethat grand argument, which, as JudgeWayne said, nnont twenty years after-ward, "released every creek and river,every lake and harbor in our countryfrom interference of monopolies.*' iWhatever he may have thought of hispowers of tho preceding night, thecourt and the bar acknowledged thoirfull force that day. And yet, at thoend of five hours, when he ceasedspeaking, he could hardly be said tohave taken what would have amountedto half tire tofreshment of a commonmeal for alioye two and thirty hours,and, out of the thirtjMux hours imme-diately prooedinghe had for thirty-onobeen in a state of very high intellectualexcitement and activity.? fJeorgr Tick-nor.

1 Afflictions clarify the aoul.

To PRKVKNT LOCX-PKEINO. ?One ofthe mont ingenious contrivances for pre-venting loek-pieking is that invented in1889, which causes the lock to o]>en atthe timn to which the clock-work is setAs, however, when once closed, theselocks will not open, no matter how press-ing the emergency, till the hour set,arid as s mistake in sotting them is easymade, and results In opening at unex-pected and dangerous times, this devieeenn not be extensively applied. Theonly plan which acorns to afford securityngainst funking is to make the keyholeso small that so improper instrumentcan be introduced; and since the inven-tion of nitro glycerine and dynamite,the safety of even this may 1> ques-tioned, since they can blow the lock topieces. Locks ami bars cannot preserveearthly riches, and in this fact lies agreat lesson for the general reader.

"Yes, it has changed the color of thewhole glass, has it not ? It is a shameto do that. Just put a of clearwater into it, and reatore its purity."

"Why, mother, you are laughing atme ! One drop, nor a dozen, nor fifty,won't do that. '

RELIGIOUS. ?The Baptist Year Bookfor 1873 gives the statistics of the Bap-tist Church as follows : In the UnitedStates there are 853 associations, 19,-720 chniwhes, 11,892 ordained ministersand 1,585,232 members. The Sunday-school statistics show 9,412 schools,623,742 scholars. The aggregate oon-trilmtions reported are #4,926,527.04.There are 46 periodicals, of which 2 areGerman, 1 Welsh and 1 French. Thereare 9 theological seminaries, 34 col-legesand universities, ands7 academies,with over five hundred instructors and9,000 students.

IMMIGRATION.?The Bureau of Sta-tistics reports that the number of immi-grants wno arrived in the United Statesduring the quarter ending on tho 30thof September last, was 1*20,783 ?ofwhom only 12,067 were skilled work-man. Of the total number, 20,274 wereunder 15 years ofagels and under 40

Kirs, 72,491; 10 and upward, 19,015.oo figures show that the great ma-

jority of the immigrants are children oryoung men and women?future citizens,"who are not too old to learn, nor inca-pable of doing Hie work that is waitingfor them.

" No my son ; and therefore, I can-not allow one drop of Will Hunt's evilnature to mingle with yeur careful train-ing, many drops of which will make no

impression on him."

In St. Louis two ©oops of chickenswill pay a commission merchant morecommission than a car-load of corn.

THE CENTRE REPORTER,

hit Terrible Bflft*Ktaatla* au a Uk< Sparlor lit I.Uud

WllkMl VIM*.

A short time ago four Hhebandowan

Slid explorers, named Thomas Wateon,<4.rge Fiaber, Edward Binder and

Harry Zecb, started from a point ou theCanadian ahure, M-luw Thunder Hay, (ocross the lake to Isle Royal, The icewas snpj/osed to h three or four feet inthickueas, snd Uiey felt perfectly safein undertaking the journey. Unfor-tunately they made little or no proviaionfor the trip," each supposing that theother had a t/kmtiful supply of breadaud pork in his pack.

They leisurely walked alons on theircourse until near night-fell, whea it wnaproposed they shonld sup. On openingtheir sacks and spreading their blanketson the ioe, it was discovered that botthree of them had aay food whatever,and there three had but about fourpounds of bread and a pound and a halfuf boiled beef between them. However,they divided ap their stock and made atolerable meal, expecting to reach theirdestination next morning.

What wits left of their repast, consist-ing ofa slier- ef meat half en iueh thickaud about the sire of a man's hand aud,two amall loaves, was gathered np, andthe four walked 00 their journey, thenight being clear and the weather calm.Toward morning, however, one of them,George Fisher, gave out, and they eon-eltided to take a rest. Ho they lay down,and after converting awhile fell aaleep.When they awoke the sun was shiningbrightlv, but there waa considerablewind blowing and the air waa piercinglycold.

Pisher continuing t evince signs ofillness the party resolved to retracetheir steps, bnt on waiktng northwardfor some twenty mile*, U> their utteraMt<mtshment and dismay they discov-ered that the ice cake on which theywere waa surrounded by open water onall aides ; in fact, that "they were on anisland of ice amne ten miles in ciretun-ferenee, as nearly as they could judge.Fears for their safety how took pos-session of them, and in their agony theycried aloud for relief. Bot no one heardtheir voice.

Night was fast approaching and withit came a swifter and colder wind thanthat which had been blowing all day.Penned in as it were, and beyond thepoaaibility of human aid, their mentalsufferings were terrible, far they behelddeath staring them in the face; but,"added to there, came the pinching an-guish ef hunger.

Fisher, who had once been "castaway

"

on the ocean, and who appearedto be suffering from a raging fever, waa

the only one at this stage of their exist-ence who appeared to realize the neces-sity of husbanding to the last whatlitUe they had in the way of eatables.He suggested that, aa there were fonrofthem in a bad scrape, it would be rightand proper that the bread and meat onone hand should be divided into fourequal parts, and that each man shouldsubdivide hi* allowance into six por-tions which, if they used but ooe per-tiou a day, would sustain life for uaailya week.

Hi* argument told on hia companion*in distress and they acquiesced. Thebread and meat wa* therefore cut upinto four parts and then each separatedhia share into six moitie*. By mutualconsent they resolved not to est any-thing until next morning ; aud sorrow-fullv they spread their blankets on thacold ice and laid down. Worn oat withcold, hunger and fatigue, they soon fellinto* sound slumber, from which theywere aroused about day-light by thethuudrr-like sound caused by the crack-ing of the ice.

About It o'clock A m., this being thethird day they were out, they ate tbesr" breakfast " "in silence, tha meal con-sisting of about a mouthful of breadand a piece of beef about the sixc of aten rent piece aud a* thin as a wafer.

Their feelings, as they gazed at eachother, can better be imagined than de-scribed. They observed, on a close in-spection, that "the maaa of ice on whichthey were was being moved northwest-wardly, and their hope* revived. Itwas likewise getting colder, and theyItegan to feel assured the open apacebetween them and the main body of theice would eoou freeze over.

But these hopes were of short dura-tion, for, during the approach of night,the wind veered around and biew theirisland westward. They were strong-hearted men, though, and Fisher, whohad become re*ted and whose fever hadleft him. cheered them on and rousedthem up. Indeed, hia courage was as-tonishing under tha circumstance* andstood in bold contrast with the otherswho, without him, would have laiddown and died from sheer liopeleaanea*.

That day and the two following werespent in vain lamentations at the hard-ness of their fate and wishes to be 00

shore, but no ahorc was within sightand the sun went down and darknessname upon them.

On tiie morning of the sixth dar,Fisher, who may be said to be the onlyone among them who had ever beforeItecn in real danger, suddenly threw his

cap into the air. and astonished thembv yelling out "Land ho!" aa he point-ed to the north wan 1. They all lookedwith strained eyes, and. sure enough,there it was aln/ut eight or ten milesoff.

They immediately started for it onthe double-quick, and in about three orfour hours stepped aahore at a pointabout six miles below a small streamemptying into the lake some ten milesoast of Pigeon river. Onae safe on land,the saved men liecame cheerful, andmade their war down the lake to a butoccupied by a half-breed trapper namedWalla, who kindly furnish*! them withcoffee and food.

Tim JI'RT OtTtmox rx ENOLAXH. ?The Attorney-Oenctal of England hasbrought forward in the House of Com-mons the jury bill of feat session, butbe proposes several important amend-ments. It it proposed to reduce thenumber composing s jury to seven, inall except murder trials ; and no longerto require a unanimous verdict. An-other part of the plan is to draw jurorsfrom the class from which common ju-ries are taken, and also from the specialjuries class, and to have & specifiednumber of each in every iniy, at differ-ent rates of pay. It is safe to say thatthis plan will network well; and indeedthe whole subject is looked on with somuch disfavor, although the secondreading has already committed theHouse of Commons to the principle oftho bill, the prospect of its getting anyfurther is very slight.

LAXOCAOB AMONG ANIMALS.?M. Hou-isesn maintains that not only does eachgroup ef animals possess a languagewhich is understood by other membersof tho name group, but that they canlearn to understand the language ofother groups. His dog, for mstanoe,perfectly understood his poultry. Cocksand hens have one danger signal forthe approach of s bird of prey, anotherfrar that of a terrestrial animal, or for aman. When the latter was sounded,the dogs would rush out and bark,while to the former they paid no atten-tion wlmtever. He therefore oonclndesthat fowls have the power of expressing\u25a0lightly different bnt closely allied ideas,and dogs can learn to understand thesedifferences.

Term#: S'J.OO a Year, in .Advance

NO. 14.

A Kothsfhfld Nsfrtsg*. ""

I internum yon some time nffo, write*, ? London correspondent. that a tMft-riage had been arranged OelteteM MiteRothschild, the daughter of HlrjftJttwwy4* Ifcitheehild, and the lion. Elite

| Yorko, lb* younger #on of Win KmJ ofUifdmelu, and Etuwry fcu tii# Duke ofEdinburgh. Tbe M;, wbo is twenty-

, tun* year* old, although willing tomarry * Christian, *n not willing to< hange her faith for a husband, rad Hw*i arranged that thrra aboa 14 b* Anda civil marriage and (baa another ut |bparub ebarcb of WnapoU, of, which arelative of the bridegroom m the rector.Bat some of the extreme ritualist* of.the RaUldiahxncttt took it Into theirhead# to spoil tlua arrangement, and

1 ther entered a caveat in the regwtff ofEly against tbe perforaanea of tbceremony. This atop compelled theluahob to interdict nil the surrogateefrom uwiM a Uomum for the wedding.Ho the civil marriagv waa all, a# waasupposed, which could be performed,and thla event took pine* at Aw offire*!.the registrar for tit* distriel In whichthe parties Itva, namely, Mount street,(Hoseerer aqnare. The bn4*st>"m waa

accompanied by hi* younger Ivptliir.lbs Hon. Alexander York©, and by LordBovatou. With th* bride vm herfather and mother, Hir A. andRothschild, Lady Berringtmi, L*dvAdnan*. Mrn MonU-fiere, and UrT O.Ooldamhl. All the abovs named signedtb* register. The wedded pair startedfor VVimjie, in OuabridgMhire, theseat of tbe Hurdwicke family, wfc#iithe ceremony. according to the aecwioe

of the F.ngli*b Churob, waa to havebeen performed- Somairiageaeremonyaccording to th# Jewish rite took plaeoat the bow* of the bride.

At the laet moment a surprise awaitedthe happy couple, for a tekgraci wee

received atating that the eavent hadlieen withdrawn and that Hie arretedmarriage could take place. On arrivumat Wimptle, therefore. th* bride andbridegroom and party proceeded from"1

tbe ball to tbe cbureb along a carpetedarcade, overhang with evergreen* andllower*. Tbe church waa nimplj buttastefully decorated, and the eervieewaa condncted by the Horn, and Rev.drouth am York*, un.de of the bride-groom, aeaieted bv th* Rev. EdwardLiddetL rector at Wtapolr. Therewere no bridesmaids, bat the bride-groom, the Hon Eliot CorwiatiUn York©,waa attended by Lord Charts* Bvaford, and the company preaent ir ndedthe Earl and Countees of Hardwicke,

Rothschild and Mm OonataneeICadnchiid. Baron Rothaehihi. ImdyElisabeth .Adair. Horn Captain York*,R. S., and Mr*. York*, etc.

Cattteg and Slaaklag.

Tbe following oaec of brutal endcowardly aaaanlt ia given in a New 1 ore.paper. Three men entered a aaloon andSdlcd for drink*. They were -erred.

' A aecond round waa deaifcaded and re-

-1 ceivrd, and wnen drank the leader an-nounced to Cba aalo.m.k-. per. Sv-hmftt,that they did not propose to ptyfortfc.Hchmitt then iilifiHfrom Wluud thebar and aeixed one of them by the

collar, whereupon befelled to the floor by the nngteudar,

' who dealt him a aulieroimllow (rem' behind with a beer bottle, taying openbis aeelp and rendering hire ineemeiMe

I lor a few eeoonda. While <m th. <Wi the radian* began lucking hun aboutthe bred and body, and would doubtleaahaTe made abort work of him had not

hi*faithful wife hurried to hie aesietef1 ance. But her coming **?

for beraelf; for no vooner did abete-

tompt to puah the aooundroto awawfreretbe pmetratc form of her hue band thanone of them whipped out * large. mur "

derowa lookingahreto knife and plannedit into her back, just below the toft

ahoulder-blade. Again and again didthe fiend ply the deadly Meb-bing tbe poor women inthe toft breaet,and in the right ana near lb* elbow.She felL apparently hfeleea, to thedoor, and then the three butcher* agmn

turned their undivided attention to hert husbeud, who bad by this time regained.xmaciouancaaand *t.gg*d toluafeetOne of them Uid hold of hi lefr earwith hit teeth, nor relimpiiahed km todditill a portion of Hud member *££

I ered from it* owner'* head. Auotnw

bit him on the hand and nearly tore to

finger off. while the third contented1 himself with pounding him en the hred

, with beer glaeae# and bottJea. A neigh-

bor coming in waa aaeaaltod and eart-

ooaly cut and pouodod. and the rufflansin escaping aerionaly atabbed an inoi-

| fensive men on the sidewalk, and then

J disappeared.

A Brave Holiler.# I

Among tbe many unrecorded acts of

trof factiHMn (ittrifif? ***** ***? ,

find tbe followiag whir* ereae flPf-Vihrnee* ha* chronicled in th* Edgefield, S.C.. Adt'eriitmr: .

1 hinug a campaign in Tenneaaee,

while a portion of the army wa# under afearful fire of shell* from the enemy, atCampbell s station, a private, within afew feet of Hie colonel of hi* wwimeni,had both of hia leg* torn off The regi-

ment waa not fighting but waiting or-der*. The wounded man waa lifted acouple of yards in the rear to die. An-

other private now marched down the

line under a hail of missile*, and said

to the commanding officer, "Colonel,

mar I have a few moaaeaU of prayerwith that dving man?" \u25a0 The colo-nel said, "Are you a clergyman ?" The

' private answered, "I am. " ''Then,sai l the colonel, "do *a you desire.

And the man ofGod knelt ami prayedwith and for the dying man five or teaminute*, without moving or awaying hisbody, seemingly totally unconscious of

a storm of shot and shell, which, the

colonel telle us, be never eaw surpassedin fury. In a few days the praying pi-rate was announced in field orders aa

chaplain ef the regiment?"promotedfor gallantrv and piety on the field."The regiment was the Hampton Legion.The private soldier waa the Rev. Vf. M. \u25a0

Thomas, now pastor of the Methodistcbnrche* of oar circuit,

9 * 0 . i- t(I'Uh Orementos.

Brigham Young is now commencingto reaur.e something tangible from bmatrimonial investment#. Th# anwi- 'veraaries of these marriages are com-mencing to occur with astonishing fre-quency. First there is a silver wedding,then n wooden wedding, and a tin wed-ding, and then another silver wedding,and, adjoining, a glass wedding, amithen a tin weddiag again, and nextnight atill another silver wedding,and then a linen wedding, followed bya wooden wedding, which is snooebdedby a glass wedding, and so on throughthe chapter. The effect on the Mor-mons?the rank and file of the faithful?can well be imagined, but the brashin a ten-acre lot of marrowfat peascouldn't paint it. The treasury is de-pleted. The temple itself ia warmedwith three mortgage*, and even theRevelation bids fair to ascend the remit.Itis no uncommon thing to vee S healthyMormon skimming toward headquarterswith a silver pitcher under one ananta coal-scuttle under tbe other, with apleasingaseihtolent of glass and a,

ware concealed t*3gto*t Mnf fW*(tovrtmment has cbntiiwtodtto wlllffirdk'!its troops.\u25a0? fkttitufty -Vrih*. in* Um

? \u25a0 "H 'l\u25a0- , gw " ' titw IAmadous has formally proclaimediia

| resumption of Italian citizenship,lidw % f 1 -

Chicago it still trhetberless beer would imprest# its on

A new wrap is to b# lawwabd thisspring. It i of. (MtohtolvA'ape. andcalled tbe Ohwddah. -

Tl# iwtollectbf Uw En^swriftCtariidtofeusM to I J turn wing r ?t*h*draws dallg aMrsr to frfou?

It k not adti.bto to go not of doorswithout anything on yon? MML'to iatosociety withool anything hi It-

Men Wk aboui the idle whh bt thewind is always hu*y, snd lk# oheer-ful farmer, whwtloa at its wor*.

The season ftrfkeephtg ifiartrebegins' with -tbe firsed Sha psat. anil Arete Pto about the firsl, week iTehraery,

One firm In Icdianepotto to said tofihip one tboiuauid barrels of egg* Kaaterery week. . ,

The frost has penetrated the gnmnddeeper this winti r than it has for thirty

*?\u25a0 If. *4: - mitA Wiaeooein woman lately pa*

in Ui# "tovc when she went out yiwting,and when She fttmu home eh# kindled afire and burnt it ap.

Tka Maaaerhnrilti Lrmsletwre hasgiven thp petitioner* for expunging the

relation* cewmring ??# Hnmnerlesve to wilhdvaw them.

Why to a man who wakes additionsto a fstoe ratuor kka on# who has con-fidrereJ&i all that iatold hfm ' Because

' be re-nee en all that he'> It to aaid that' wore dmmpagn*drank to the Cnitod Bt*to* than inFrance, because much tmm Is madeIn tbe former 9mm to the latter coon-.

'Ofiß Ml - MHteit to.:Ml*witMillLTr has aunonsced her

intention of suing Sptoin Oareu. for150,(100 franca teethe wrinjful execu-tiouei her hoahtod during the Com- ?

Wi ai' \u25a0 . ?; L ,A Montreal man, in a fit of dranken

tog# at hfa Wife, weto to the aemeteryand mutilated > really monument aha

had pUoad over the remain* ofher firet

J "'trga:rl bands of brigaads haveappeared to the Fortofues* Indian col-

arid are murderingthe ii'i#l(itants and pinndMiig their

IF. if fW

J| O be W®lYtrenguit. to apeak littletodird wtohted tofitot are abao-

totolv nacnaaij If grandeur of mind

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ftoffiebodv *oU ? dealer to human

\u25a0 hair to Cleveland, 0,, soma hair thathad bees cut fnu* toe head of a small-pox patient, aiif! the dealer took thedfeeaae red died.

We are on a perilous margin when webegto to look peerively at our futureaefree, and eee our own figure* led withHull euoaent Into insipid misdoing and

i abahhy aehiawiwteot,

A retired aetnaa* has been teachingelocution to Hie children In CanonCHtoi Srti-I toe old people declare that alltoeyouag folk*ae beeyoilliluJ ekeeye"and "the nobl* juk.rt

,Ttoey have a judge in Kanaa* who

fibed a lawvwr tor aatrtog ie trenailThe

Josh BiHmg* asrwc? 4*Th kaat findimteuaimret laid down cm tin amp; it

* r t tr umpaM aad go Itbhud."t A Nevada paper sags thai the alkaliwhich abound* in the Fl*r is ruinoustobretoand Iron machinery ia GoldHIA. ft is neeeaaary to replace atop-ereka,.Titonhtt tewto tow tones ajear.' ?*

A Mr. Saredera, of Cambridgr.charged one Ibriid Nwholl*. ef Lowell,tolholiltteHfegtoteift>a( toping an-of iMM- Mm tarn naif said hiihafn

1 to p*y tinOO) ibrfaishaatyiudg-nmt,ref" w -I is ...

The Carlist force* am mfitmated atfrom KMMO to 13,000. Their tactics are

of Toonev. bat toe pi \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0if are alreadyweary oi the war. ) .

beemae T*jEeiS&j*last veer in thdt phreial Seatch town,

i rein fell on ue fewer than |KI day* out

L of 361, the total depth being 36.15 inch-c*. the largret rainfall on terord even in

i that ndny <M*triet. wh> \u25a0; fipater-Oasun hatoag -heard the fa-

' mow XlH.ma* Fuller rejat eume yerere'l3a scolding wife, was so delighted

with them redo aak a repp. There ie

i ire toLfreid Fuller, "as

you have got the original.A Maesachnaetta pnblisbce a

ato-v that a wemng hmtem man in Do-( *>-. H.,

courts to pay $30,000 to an old achool-k mafhfcrsß Scridrebd iajmw done him

in * boyish itestling atragglr fourteeny**r*ago ? e:

According to the Atn< ncan Mannfac-tnrv?. it is claimefiihil cche can be

shipped from Pittsburgh b> Sheffield,England, at a profit oL one dollar perton Even Hie shgg.a<m shows a re-

;r There af# experts oh all manner of

: .subjects in three dsys of Btigation. A' woman tertified at Norwich, tbe otherday, ina turkey mm red declared that\u25a0barknaw thnne turkeys "bpfbeirwalk.their coma tea atooea, *ad topir manner ofroosting. " She waa a shrewd observer

of the ways of poultry.; A eilir. si of Dayton, a, who is visit-

ing Eastern cities, writes home to the/oifrndt, from Philadelphia "There

is just about as mueb difference be-tween New Yrek and this piece, as thereis UeSweew Daytom and *Jkme farm-bouse. In fact, I think toe term-bousewould kava toe bent of if

There have been IST arrests for mur-der ia San Iranciaoo during the pasttwenty-two years, sixty-Seven of themin the "past four years. There havebeen, iifthe name time, onjy eleven ex-ecufitms?eix dnring tbi peat four years.Fully a score of, murdere have been

committed for which no arrests havebeen made. s

Some one wrote an anonymous letterto Judge Poland, lute week, charginghim with i'going easy" on certain Con-ores&men. because they were Masons.Considering that he is aUmt the onlyold-ftehiouod, hard shelt; anti-Mwonleft over ia Conggesa, the Judge thinksthis decidedly funny.

' Dr. T. seat by mail a bottle of homeo-pathic pellets *to a patient/ with theusual direction to the postmaster, "Ifuot taken return in ten days," printedon the corner of tjie envelope. He wasnot* liulc surprised to receive on theeleventh day, the half - empty bottle,

> with npte (root the patient, sayingthat he hail returned them as requested,although they had: done hfm a greatdeal of good, and ha should have beenglad to We taken them a little longer.

Mr, Rotes G. Christian, of NorthFenton, report* that a wyoden pail con-taining about four inches of water wa*

left'standing, dnring one of tbe recentcold nights, in his kitchen, snd it wasfoufcd in the morning that tog water badfrteen in *very peculiar manner, aniteetohaving formed.id toe eentre andriaen taperingly to an even height withtoe to* °f the P*il, being about half anlifehin diameter at the top, and aboutthree mches in diameter at the bottom.

h; Alois Peters, of Fhiladrlbhia, com-mitted suicide by cnttAif his throat.Hi* wife teas at church atethe time.WlMflishe returned she found the doorlooked, and upon ad entrance being ef-fected a

loeWcif an a<loptod bey, wNb, by legalotians, was taken twna baarand givenin charge of his mother.