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BBBWSTBRB, N. T.

(ON THEHAHLEM K. HO

0. H. MILLER, Eiilor ui rroprletor.

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BEEWSTERS, N. Y.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872. NO. 2.

Tlie SMaaril Joli Oice? I« wpll itocltcil with all thf noccFwry T3-pc

C»r<li>, rnpor, Irlf, Ac, for rsrctiliiiR wlni ncatnecfi and diApntch all ordrrRfur

CARDS, CIRCULARS, BILL-HEADS, BAFX INVrXATIONS,

Or*f«i*» 0 / Dancing^ *tc., <C<*.

Orden by • n i l will Ktoeivt Prompt Attention

O F F I C K :

IN THE TOWN HALL, BRBWSTEKS, >'. 1*.

0 , H . BCiller, P r o p r i e t o r .

niiry Jle In llic Morning. Jlnry mo in llir- mnminB, Tiiot'icT—

0'l(>t rao liiix-c llifl Tight Of ottf! hriclit flnv on my grave, mother,

T/u vonTonvo iiio nloiio with Niglit. Alf>i>()ii] tlir iilchi of Iho KIMVA, mntlior,

"I'ix ft fi"tit,'lit of Ic) ril''.o fear— An-l \nn will iw I'cro '^mir, moilipr,

And nlfirs will \y niituing herft: Ho Itnry TIIO in i!io niomiiiR, mollnT,

And let tiic have tlio liglit or »nf> h.iglil day on my grnvc, motlier.

Krr- Vm nlono \v th tlic nigbl. Yon t«n nr the Bavior'n fevp, tiiotlirr,

I fet'l it ifl in mv licart— But. oh ! from (his hcaiilirul world, uiolJior,

•TiH hard for thf young t-o par t ; Tiir cvfn to part nhon lure, motlR-r,

Tlio ponl in fniii to Ptny: Tor tliR cravo ie deep mid dark, motlH-r.

And Ilonvni wcins fnr aivay, Thdi bnry nic in tiru morning, mollier.

And lit nif Iinv.' tin; liplit Oronf Iiriftlit dnv on my grave, motlmr,

£rfl I'm nlona with Mm night.

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Rrokcn Ploircrs. 'Twnw TonrH ngo ; on'' enmmrr rvo,

Wliifp wnlliing nut with .Tnn", To Inlif n lovcr'fl fnnivc'll leave,

llown in 1Iii> nhndy Innc, I, r (•l»• B, pnmluil ii tiny (lower—

I did nnt mind It then ; It wnH n licpdli'Rs not or power,

A common tiling willi mon. \VP pnrli'd ; lliom waro wordR unkind ;

Her ryoH wen- fllleil witli IcnrM, And I wnn proud mid ronf;1i nnd blind ;

nnt .nbt (be afler-yenrn! Two vdici'P. like my tllindow, IiRtmt

My wnv nt tvery nlfp— Tbe (•igli'in-i of the mnrdrrcd plant,

Tbe wiiil of bc-r wbo wept.

I crnHlu-d n ilowi r, I killed n beart: And now. wbere'cr I p",

1 find nivfilin tbing npiirf, Witb "li( rilnfje of woe."

AVbenc'er n litllo Ibiwer I moct, II boiidB its lirnd awnv,

HlirinkK from my pnerileKiows feci, And cronciiofl'to llic elnv ;

And Iben it noniidH n litllo moan— I binrd ilin llic Iruic

j.TliaL drendfn) ni^bt «o lonif ngmit f Wbt-n I wn** tticrn witb .Tnnc.

DnI now 1 ntvircnmb n Itnwer, Nor plm-lt one fi-om ltd ntnllf, '

And III! nro pafo in ilold or bower, (N'bercver I may wall;.

Ab ! CnwerR forf^Ive, hut lieaHs do not j ITmnnn fnbmnan nil ni'<' wc :

I dnn'1 Iieliiyr .Tanc bad n tlKuiffbt Mint wnH not all of lovi? for mn:

And yet I oniKlied lier liho tlii> plant, Witb poivard donbtn nbnnt lier tnitb

And t-inoe. my only prnvrr IB, grnnl ForgivcneHH fordio tins of youtb !

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TIIR IIIVEII 'S PAKTNER.-

l wttf n (livpr na n yonnj; ni.in. I tnny finy 1 was horji « (liver, for my Intlicr WRK tmc before ine. Von inny hiivo iie.nrtl n( hint—jTlll -Ilurst WHS his name; he was IiiX'tt.y well known in Jiiii tinif, Hudalmo-'t tlie Hrst ttiai ever went down in tl:e (IIVSK without 0 hell. Even wlifii I ntflrled nt i t tlierc Were not ninny in t h e buMnefs. Fntlier be;rnii to train nic for it early, and ccnHequenlly, fi-om linhit and experience, 1 pot to he considereJ n fii-rit-rate lipnd, and (rot my tiliare of employment.

When qnih' yoirnp I was injiutd a t my work, and nfferniy leg hepiin to get hotter a fever Ret in, and I WAR taken to a fnini-er'ii house. The farmer's daughter, Polly, was uiy ninse. By-nnd-hy 1 got a bit -lieller, and W!i« aide io eicep nbout llie hou-^e with a f-iiek, or sit outside in the Ku». 'J'he (Jiniici' Wit''' ruustly o\it looking a f f e r h h crops and bin cattle, except at meal-t imes; ao Polly ami I saw a frood deal-«I--oHrantjitcr, and very natui-uilj' fell in love. . - ^

One aUerur^u the farmer come home imexiMWeffTj', Polly and 1, never dn-nm-ing oi ^uch a chance, weie on the ijettle by the lire—1 with my arm iXiund her waift,

. and BIIC with hei' lieiid on my ^llOld^h'r. ll WOH a very pretty nicture, {lerhajis, hfit I can tell you it didnM. Miil his tflHte, any­how.

Well , there was a pret ty i-ow, I can an-BHi-c yon. The old man wtudd Imvcetruck Die but for Polly. l ie oidcR-il loe out of

. - f l ie hoUKe at onee, an an ini;;nitehil ropue ' upd vaRahond. Then I'ully Iried her [low­

ers fif |ii.'i-riunsi'»n, f'n' he wouldn't lialeii to a wold Iron) me. At iirst he wouldn't

•gi*-e much head l u h e r j but by depreemdic got him to sit dowu und hear what I had

J o »iy. I I twiisn ' t very much beyond tha t I I-ived

]*oIiy. I could only say I ItojK'd I should (:rt work, Hii'I Kiive money, and lliat fort oil bin; . Ile)uu.:ibecl at tbe idea; *' What wjnld we Jive im if wu niarrjej / " Polly jumped uji an<l wdd i-Iie coul'I and wouid work at needle-work, tu r-he'd ro into ser-

I i i ce—anytb ing! and lliin KIJC bmvl nut cryiiiK, and wc:!t info hytdeiies.. 'J'hat *touehed the old man ii bit, and Homeliow (tr another, alter a Ion;; time, he eonuented t ^ ^ive men twelvemonth's grace. I f l

^coold cume buck at the end ol it witb a urojitect of earnin;; a lair living, I niiF:ht nave Polly. ItuI hlie deelnred that I

, fahouid'nt he lit to woik f(>rr<onie monlhti ye t , and that tiie twelvoiucuitli shfuld bis gin from wheji J w.is well lyiij strong. .So hci-father wiid, " il '« autumn now: I'M give him a twelventoiilh liom t 'hr t - tmas!"

In thubprin;; IhhijtjieN on board a trader bound for ^VllIe.•4 (or eop|rt'r ori'. AVe had (me [viitbeii^er on board, a fiiend of llie eaptain'«. 'I'iiey were •*harc-hoblers in tjcvcral mines, uii'l ha<l done businccfl to-jieilicr foryeard. The jm-.'-eriger—hit< name •wa*i 'I'urtoii—was veiyi ich, but ver> #])cc-idativc. The eantain n-ed olleii t(» mU.-him lor Kucb gambling raHhnes», u^ he call­ed it .

'• You'll **ink all your money bouio oi thet^ days «s deep a- the doubloons in the t||jp*i over there ," said he to Turlon one day as we wvix- failing along tlie Coniish

raKt. " What .'•hijH ?—where ?" said the other. • 'Do you M'c Ibo^e hjeHkcitj yonile.",''

. Kuid the captain, "ubou t l i a l f a mile to the f windward uf Uie t>uutiiern )»uint of th>it tc-w,

r«;kv little inland I That'h called tialU-on • Uecf, and it i^^ isaid that a lleet ol Spauiish

^ tr-en'*ui'e-t>liiift wej-etiuuk tbere, lojiievent their falling into!he liandN of ourmeu-oi-war tbat wa-i after ihem."

' • J ias any of iho money ever Ueen ^Jjinid 7*' asked Tmton.

" Ver', a lew ] jeetn now and then. There wa« a couipany fclwted once—by aome sucb blM'cuJalive madcajii ai> you—but somehow or another i t all came to noth­ing.

* '£g«d! I Jou't sec why it shouldn't be done uowadayfi, \ n i h all oui modem div-

*iDg invention-." " O h , if you're for diving," naid thecap-

. ' jun, * 'be l t ' s your m a n ; ' ' and he tujood .y mc. I hadoomc alt to relieve the man a t the wheel. J waa a bit of a lavoj'ite wit ' i the captain lor bleadiuesti and soUiic-t y , uu'l be had a^ikod toe que#tjous, and ] hfid told Lim who and what J wae.

*' Aiv you a diver, iny luau ?" said Turtou.

k ' -J believe you—John Jiurat la one of tho boht and moi-t (vkilllul divi-is we have," bgid the captain, whc>thcn culled for au-uthvr hand to lake the wheel in my place.

When ibc voyage wut> ended, a t the re-(jue^t of JMJ', Tiulon, 1 aeut in wind J ut>ti-luatod a'i ue>;et<.<taiy ior the attximpt of ae-cui'iog the ti-easurc. 1 ]iroiwM;d to begin iu *!• ocouomicaJ a nianuer i» poMible, and with a amall alafl'. A couple uf divert would be 6Uilieitul to examine the leol, luid boe what ti-utli tii(v« vaKiu the ivpurl, iuid if it pixned true, to culeulate what Hxuouot of mouey could bi* got out uf the vuiiMila. I t wouJd then be easy to ^eud Uf umuy additional haudt^ ai> ueccMmJ-y. ' I iwjy dJM.uuj.d one <U-a.H'baek iu the

ulCtir. J t ttinied out tba t my pai tuerwae B diver uf the name of IJh-ggs—a quarrel-fcuiue, iU-couditioiiod Mlow. with not the beat ofcbui-aeterp. I felt it luy duty lo ivll Hi: Turto'j t h i u uiuuh, bu t iw attd it couldn't be htJpud, for JUe^g^b patjxm wah one oi the lal[:,i•• t and uiokt iuHuentiol

^;-hai*-holdei>-. ui.cJ i h u t h e wautt?d Blegga

^ MuX'ijUod u- liiL- pukkt i iwdi v d M*'S9f P vxiuMbad it i>ut 191 I^^r-iytvaV ttvtiiDd

enenO', and the respect the other adven­turers (elt forhitn.

Illeggs knew th i s : for, tlio first time we met, he s i id iiomctblng nlnnit ray luck in having friends a t cimrt t o goMme ftbore the hcnda ofbctt4.'rnicn. " W e l l , " he con-tinueil, gmffly,- ' ifa no dds. We rfml! FCC soon who dooa b t s t for the company^ skipper or man.

In due time the iMnnd wa« i-cachcd and onr work began. We r.-^ploi-ed the ocean l)ed carefully. I meant to examine tho htilk liint, but in a weak moment nllon-od mysell to ba dissnaded by B lep^ , who urged tha t ns what he wanted wa<: to learn a** quickly as poBsible if there wft« gold, we had bet ter (Xamine the phiiw wliich the cen had broken np lor ns. and so pave oiir-celvcR (he trouble olbrcaUng up the hnlk.

The work was exhnnsting and fntlgning, and I fonnd to my chagrin tha t Ulcpgs pnrpa'!.«c(l me in otrcngth and endurance. My illncw had shaken my constitution, and I snlfcred very HOven-Iy from pain in tlie leg that had ' lwen fractured; but I made np nivniind t o presevere and do tny bcpt.

So far onr nearcli had been mi-enccosisful. A t last I observed something tha t made me suspect tliat Blepps wax playing mo trlckn. Happening to make my' dwicent after him somewhflt more rapidly IhnnuRunl, 1 found him emerging from tbe hulk, l i e assured me alterwardR tbat tie had only pone thci-o for mun><elR, of which ho was very fond, and which wei-e very fine on the milk.

A day or two afterward—Bleggs having meantime obtained leave to "ponRhoro,"a8 we called viniting the main-land—I obser­ved tha t a man was constantly hanging about the reef fishing in an open boat. It was n o t n very pood lishing ground, and i t was some dlftance from tho shore for an open lioat. But 1 noticed tha t this slrnn-per nhvayR remained flt IILH moorings till after dark, l i e wasnot vorycommunicative —indeed, be growied at onr nianoouvre?, faying tha t we drove the fish away. At tho same time I dipcoverod lie was not a native, for he did not speak the local dia­lect, but what, for want of bet ter defini­tion. 1 niiiy call it London-Engliah.

My suspicions were arouse*! ntla.st,whcn turning ivnnd suddenly one day while_we were jireparing to descend, I saw Blepgs Htpiialing to the solitniy (iNhennan. I said nothing but dctcrniined to investigate without delay.

.'Ml that night I lav awake thinking over (his matter. I rose in the i roni ing with a matured plan. When BIui^s and 1 had finibhed our midday meal, which was ofwkeil upon the biiat, I ordei-od him to take oil bis diving-drcss.and go to tho main­land and get some paper, under the pre­tense tha t 1 had nono in store, and mu-^t write ray report to Mr. Tut ton tha t night. BlepcH (lid not secra to like the idea, hut be was obliged to go. 1 sent one of the crew with him in one o! our small pun t s ; and as soon as 1 saw Iiiin disappear behind the i!<land f jum|)ed overboard to prosecute my sfarcb.

And 1 made my way to the hidk and entered it. A veiy short survey sufficed to KIIOW ine that its Iiold had iteen visited, and tha t the contents of its Ixddhad bt'cn recently disturbed. Making ray way down, i was speedily engaped in clearing the hand and «*eeil, beneatli which 1 Fwm came upon sonn' large wooden cases, so rotted and decjiycd tlmt a very few bluwa ol my ax shivered the lid ol one, and re-veiJell tho contents. »

'ffn!T5*~Rff TfiasSChv-^ftref,'" W>"jTff^4*i being so oxidized and, as it were, fused to-gctbcr by t h e action of t.alt-water, I could see were gold and filver coins. Tbe sight at fitst murprisul ami delighted uie ; and tlteu came n thought of rage at the treach­ery of I'deggs, wiio bad, i t is clear, con­cealed the tieasure from»ne, and wns evl-dentlv heljiing liimBctf to the contents of |lie ciicrit—foinebow, though how 1 knew not.

1 began lo search the hold narrowly for some trace ol tbe manner in which he re­moved the coin. In a remote eoiiicr I came on a bundle of raw hide, iind several coils of thin but strong line. Beside these lay a knile which I identilied as his. and thcivfore took pissession of as a bit of evidence againt him. Then 1 axcended to the deck again, and looked about Lim. I could see a jilace where tlie bulwniks had evidently been cut away i|inte late­ly, and beyond it in the sand, which had drifted up'almost level with the deck, 1 could see a trail as if heavy Ijndies had been dragged along. 1 folhnvi-d it, ami was guided to a nook iu the upright wall of a iiK-k, whetvin I found i n'o large )'ack-ag(«, eoiniistingof law hide, and evidently full of coins. A I'ne was atfached to them. I followed it with ray eye ati it went up— up toward tbe surface of the u a t t r as hir as 1 conid ^ec. 1 was just about to pull it, in Older to discover whether it wa* at-tacbed to some fibbing buoy, when I made out tliroiigb the gi-een ha/e of heaving wat^T a dark object, which I immediately gnetised was tbe boat of the uncommunica­tive lishenimii.

Well might that moro«H )>ei'Honage c u t lino after line into the Kea il t l i i swas the burt of catching be made ! I saw at ouoc 'why he staid out until after dark. I t was to haul in his prize onobscr^-ed. I deler-niiued besliould have his lalior loi' nothing this once, at a i ^ ' l a l c . I would tie his liiictitoania'^iiofioek^.audlct him pull that uitl I should want some cord for thin pijr-

tMJse, and reineiubcrirg ti.e coil iu the luld ol tho vobsel, 1 went back to aeuk

it. While 1 WUR gioping ray wayiu the hold

1 felt a sudden jeik at my signal line, which, as you are awaix-, i^ attached romid u divei'a wai^t. 1 fuppobed it inutit have caught on Hjrae projection on the wreck. The next luiuute I found it must have broken, lor it hung looise.

As 1 put my hand licbind me to the knot of the figual Uue to make suru tha t it was the case, J experienwd a violent push from behind, which flung rae down on ray fuce. before i could recover myself, or even wonder what was aiuiiui, J felt ray hands cuugbt iu a tlip-nooee, drawn Ibrcible to-gcti'er behind, and bound fa^t by the wr'kitB.

By this lime 1 had guest^cd who was my assailant. BIcggij had managed somehow to return very much sooner than he should have done, and bad come dowu and sur-priocd me.

As soon a^ he had finished tying ray hands he turned mo over on my t^ck, and putting his foot nn my cheat, stood looking at luc for a miuute o r t w o . Even a t that moment it struck me hoivstrange we raust louk—one raan looking a t tho other with triumph and hatied, the other gazing at him with aluira and anxiety, but the cuuu-tcnance of each hidden from t h e other by the strange expn-*sionles8 diving-hel-raeu.

He iiiised tue to ray fnet, when a violent stToggle ensued. But he waa my raat>ter; 1 waei powerh*« with ray hands bound so i he lorted me back against an upright aup-jKfi'l, and lusbud me t o i l .

] felt iu seubriia iiiliof, for ] knew that , although he had cut ray hiogle ro|*e, my slaying down long after he ascended would aluiiu the raen in our boat, and soioc muauii would have been taken to free rae. There weix; one or two raeu araung the crew v u o oouJd dive a little, and tluxe werw two s p u e dieibM ou the inland, in OKM; of accideuta.

But J hud miscalculated ray cneuiy's raalioc. You may have ubsurvud in a o v ­er's helmet two l i t t le bras* dislts, (>erfor-atud like a jumg of » wiLUuing pot. OJK-of thi-6e is oonsUratly ill use allowing the supeiHuoub or vitiutud aw lo oscaj*. The Miuuud is in use iu oaoe the other be clog­ged ot- damaged. Boib are lurangod ao tjiat on being turned hall round the^' are clQ»od,iaid shut in the air, wbereup:>u the flUver MacuuDB w tuoyiiut that hf) rums at (4K« U/ (he BUi^Of.

Bloggs came up to me, made n mocking bow as if to take farewell, and then closed I>oth the escape valves of my helmet. All the horror of my Mtnation llasbcd on rae' He intended to mni-dcr me. Wi th every 'stroke of the air pnmp tronld come a great pres.MiPc of nir, which by its imtrnsiTig weight would kill me after the most aw­ful tortures.

Before I bad recovered from tho shock Blcgps had disappeared, and already the strokes of t h e air-pumps seemed to beat on my brain like sledge-haramem. 1 writhed and twisted and tore a t my fast­enings with the strength of a desperate and the f\iry of a mnd man. The aitony l>ecame intense. All of n sudden I f e l t ! held some hard substance in my hand. I t was the knife T had picked up. ! had in^tinctly gripi»ed it hard, even in my strug­gle witii Bleggs. But it was closed. .Still the prci^nro increased; T felt as ifmy hand would burs t ; ray eyeballs Bceroed filled with fire; my breath wns choked ; my brain began to swim.

Noa-o r never thought I . After some vain ntruggling 1 managed to hold the knife against the timber with the back of one hand, and ^vith the other open its binde. Directly it was open and thnist into my diving-di-css, which,with the pres­sure of the air was distended like a bal­loon. M'itli tho Imbbling sound tha t de­noted the escn|)o of tho air through the hole tlms made came an immediate sense of relief. The hops of escape from such imminent jwril gave me new courage and fresh stren<ith, and 1 speedily released myself fn»m my bonds, and wns saved, ' • Tbe hole 1 made wns in tbe leg of my

trowflors. 1 took some of tho cord ihat bad bound inc, and after tying it as light as T rould round my leg above the hole, was able lo lum on my regular escape valve and bi-eatho with comparative free­dom.

In a few momonts I had gained tlio deck, a.id, closing the valve was rapidly homo to tho surface. I came up just tindar the qn.irter, nnd as I laid my hand on the rope ladder to climb up tlie side, 1 heard Blcgg's voice:

" Governor's n long limo downi. Some­thing queer there ; wouldn' t le t me stay down—signaled mo lo go up at once. Fonnd the swag, p'i'aps, and wants it for liimself! I wonder wlien he means com­ing up 7"

• 'Now! ' ' sa id 1, climbing up, nnd show­ing myself over tho bulwarks. Blegga fell back as if he had been sliot.

"•Seizo him, and bind him hand and foot I" said 1 to the men, wlio obeyed me wit h some wonder,and very readily. I^uck-ily he was toosuiprised toi-esist. WhenI told tho story of his vtlbany the crew were tor throwing liira overboard then and thcR', bu t this I positively forbade.

A t tUis moment looking in the direction ol our flsber friend, I saw hini preparing to slip his cable nnd make for shoic. I immedialely ordered three of the crew' into t!ie boat and give chase. They caught him aft«r n smart rnre.

To innke a long story short, we traced the atolon trearnrc to this inan*s hu t on the fipiio.' ilc side of (he island to ours, and he and Bleggs were taken before the near­est magistrate, and the whole case laid befot'o him.

Tben 1 learned tho manner of Blegg's rapid return. Appiireutly guessing my suspiciitng, ho .had goue to the inland in­stead of g(^ngto the main-land-had broken into tbe stores, and found the pnper. This he h h i j r ^ . t o the n>—'wrbo was with him,

'wyiirgln ' l i te*?*!

o n DIsiMtrlios.

Some idea of oil men, their manner of cx]n-PHsion, their nrabit>ons, tlieir lihos and their dislikes, mny Iso Imd from nn article in t h e Pelrohum Mo»t?iIv, for .Tnnnary, fram which wo make th is ex­t r a c t :

One evening in November, 1871,while occupying my ncciiRtomed c o m e t in the Telegraph office nt Titnsville, I jot ted down upon m y paper cnflk nnd sliirt bosom ft few of Ihe nicssagoa tha t were

f i'.ig and coming over the wirc<», which give below an n Rsmplo of tho " i n n e r

Hfo " with which nn opcmtor is fnmiliar owiHing real nnmoR nnd dates :

" Shall I let a thousand go nt 20 ? S is tho bnyer , nnd may want more . "

" What is Brown's well doing nt Par ­ker 's ? Run n p t h e yield ns she will benr, and I will bny in Bennio 's s p o t "

" D e a r Theodore, come homo quick— twins, marhe t lmst«d, and mttiros tumbl ing—bring homo n codQali for brenkfast ."

Brown'H well doing 1,100 barrels n day by actual measurement , with tools, snnd pumi> nnd n pair of hnl l WIIGPIH in tlic hole. I s gopd for 2,000 an soon ns sho iflclcrtuod o u t . "

" Tho production repor ts for tho next monfh will shoyv nu inerensc of fl,000 bnrrels an hour ; you can l>et on that , for the reporters nro ' fixed.' The Er ie ring hns got one, tho • benra ' tho other, while old ' Reality ' is owned by bo th , and will pul l off e i ther t u g ns oiroum-stnnecR may warrant "

" G e t me n slice of old Gibson 's farm boforo lio hears of t ha t s t r ike noar h im ; fix tip tho lense BO tha t tho new royalty will b e p n i d a t tho end df the year, I will b e in E n r n p c t h e n . "

" Y o n must atriko a thousBiid-bnrrel well nt Brady's Bend. I nra • sho r t e r ' than pio crus t nnd Imrc got to .cover.this week or never.

•'Be suro nnd s t r ike the well so fnr away Uiat i t can ' t bo found for % day or two . "

"Sol! the oil t o responsible par t ies on­ly. Tako uo orders on FittsbiirgU nt nny price. Spot cash, cask siwt only in t h a t direcHon."

" Twins 1 tlie thunder yon say ! nnd hero I have two dry holes at Fi thole and toola stuck a t Eas t Sandy. Good-bye. Address mo in Europe . I can ' t s tand prosper i ty ."

"Can ' t you inercnso the yield of tbe Pi tbole welt again ? Another stort and grease will wookcu so I can pay ray board nlicnd."

" I nm coming homo if I can borrow a dollar. Onr well is d rye r t han a pow­der house. Take George ou t of college, cntpff Susie's music leHsona, nnd sell y o u r wedding jewelry. T h e French cook and chnmbcrmaid will hAve to go too . "

**Ev.reka! I have fifcnick I t l One hundred Imrrels, and ineroasiug 1 Open a freah can of peaches nnd lot the chil­dren have but tor on their bread. Will b e home Saturday with y o u r diamonds. Wha t is t h e size of Mrs . LolUiiop's pin ? I will pay over tha t in size if I don ' t aeeumulute a cent. Jonkin ' s well, is ua dry as it bone. Cu t his family nccjuaint-auee a t onco ."

l egends or the Tcllowslone.

Even in tlio middle mt summer tho enow is so deep in thoso mounta ins tha t BucccMivG government exploring part ies wore baffled iu their nttompt-s to enter them, nnd all private expeditions have been driven off b y the Indians. I t is said t h a t t h e Crows fear, an Ihe vales a re Ro green, t ha t if the whi te nmn once knows of their beauty, the i r hnnt ing-g m n n d s will be mined . Tliese vales nro the resort of numbcrleRs herds of buffalo and wild game, and here , tho t rappers tell us, is the " mother ro(pon" of tlio gold, where tlim Ind ians told F a t h e r de Smet i t wns found on t h e stir-faee. Here nro bu rn ing plains, no testt-fles Br idger , a t the head of the YoUow-stone, and large lakes, nnd trailing flprings like the geysers of I re land. H c r c h e s n w his Two Ocean river, which, after flowing for some distance, separates in to two Inrge streams—ouo traveling to the Atlantic, t h e o ther to t h e Pacific I n one of these vnlea is a large tract of snge-bruRli, every leaf and b ra« ;h p e r ­fect, nnd here and thei-o are mbbi ts , sago-hens, and even Indians , nil tu rned to solid ptone. HI faros i t Mith whoso­ever penetra tes these mysfcrios, for tho genius of the place at onco adds h im to t h e g roup of statuoi-y. &Iore wonderfnl still—and onr trai)pcr told i t with Rroat awe—those bushes l>enr rnro fruit— tnoti-sands of rubies, sapphires, diamonds, emeralds, large as walnut*. " I toll you, s i r , " said one verncions narra tor to Cap­tain Reynolds, " i t is tmo , for I entlier-ed a q u a r t myself, and wwit Uioni dowu to the eoun t iy . " A par ty of whites wore onco hotly imrsned by Indians , and could only travel by night , when they 1 were aided by tho bri l i iaut l ight shot from a hngc diamond in a neigiiboring mountain, b y which they traveled i>n for throo consecutive nightfl. Here once an old tra]>por was lost on bia road ffom For t Lai-amio to Taos, and wander ing for many days ; and in dr inking from a stream found pieces of yellow metal large as hazel nu t s , which he carried to Taos and found to bo gold. H e sppnt many years seeking t h o placo agniu, b u t in vniu. These, and many other legends and trndit ions of theseI'cgions, tlio t rap­per guve u s as t m t h s fnrailiar in the mounta in»as household words, whicli i t would bo impious to doubt .

so'uf course there was no need to go on Rhoro.

The inagibtrnte di'icbr.rged Blegg's ac-corapliee. The treasure-ships were not our proporty, and the man was not in our employ, so ihat there wwi no case against him.

But with Bleggs it was quite atiother allair, caid the.iustiee-, t bough it was un­necessary to go into tbat part of the ques­tion, as ho sb'jutd commit him for trial on the ehargp,of atltni[iling murder.

As be said this ray overijcnt feelings gave way, and turning round giddily as if in Kearcb of supjiorl, I fell all in a heap on the floor.

From that lime there was a long blank until 1 came to myself, and found 1 was lying fii a bed, attended by a nurnc, who seemed very glad to Jliid 1 was sensible— us well she ini^ibt, {loor woman, fori had been raging with brain-fever. But 1 was lorbidden to tjilk, and, indeed, scarcely cored to do so, 1 wa^ so weak.

J ly recovery was very; very slow. At la«l, when 1 was strong enough, they told me that 1 hud Leeii laid up forn long time, during wliich niy enemy had been kept iu prison, uiilil pmwing ueary of coiifine-nieiit he hadeoiirt'ssed all lo Mr. Turtim, and beingalluwed to plead guilty, had he<.'n transporled.

I asked what lime of t h e year it was, for 1 faw thi'oiigh my bedroom window (hat the binucbes of tbe trees were bai'e. I was told it was October.

Then caiiie back t'Jine tbe bi t ter thought that (heyear wa^ nearly runou t , and 1 was us badly off as at the cominenceineut of it . 1 saw I had hist all chance of win­ning PoIIv. Nny, ray long silence might have led uer lo think >ie faithless.

The worry and disappoint raent brought on a ix'ta|ise, and lor another month I lay a t death's dooi', and was aiiolhei three weeks ere I could muster strength to rise from ray bed.

Then 1 wiolo to Mr. Turtou to aak bira for the wages that wcrv due at the time of ray illues«, and to tbank hini for Lis kindness in i)roviding nie, as I learned he had dune, wit h nui'siiig and niHical attend­ance.

l uaeoup lco f days I I'cceivcd a le t ter from Lira inclosing me a check lor a thou­sand |K>unds, with the thanks of tbe com­pany for ray fidelity and vigilance in their intvrest^. They had raised an imraeuse quantity of truasute.

1 need baldly say how grateful 1 was, or how soon 1 gained lioaltli and strength then. J raade my way up to l«wu as soon as i could, and went stiaight tit Polly.

I t was the day before Christmas-day, aiid she was jiutting uplhe holly. 1 saw her through the window; so I slipj>od in quietly by the back dour, audcicpt upaud caught her in my ajius. I t was a foolish trick, for she ja^t gave me one look, and theu fainted dead L>IU

But no hanu cume of i t , and—Well, Sir, Ibe thou-sand {xjunds satistiod the farmer, and we were marr ie l . And o better wife a man couldu'l have.

Sscrinco of a White Dog.

I u accordance with a cus tom wliicb has prevailed among tho Onondaga In-

I diauB from a period so reinoto tba t i t is l l o a t i n n dim myth , thj3-r-Mbe->£aqcnt]y £iWlfc*'**^ (Jir-rotenifi sicrifiro

Whi te Dog. T h e cemmony always takes place dur ing the old moon nearest to t h e mon th of Febn ia ry . I t Hcems to have on iiKtrouomical as well ns u religitms mean­ing, and one witnesKing the ci'nraicmieH almost faiicit>s tha t ho detects a trace of the Egypt ian worship of Annbis. The principal m^lor wiis Cuptnin Geoi'ge, who wua the only jierwou present r i rnyed in full Indian eofitume. T b e dog sup­posed to have tho wns of the whole na­t ion cast upon h im. waa perfectly white, and was strangled to doatli iu older to prevent the effusion of blood, which would render tlie sacTiflco no t accepta­ble to Ha-wah-ue-n, who i» i h e creator of the world, the holder of tho heavens, tho maker of men and iminmts and the controller of dest iny. T b e day preced­ing th is sacrifice is speut in prupamtion for the great event in the history uf tbe nation, nnd on tho great day the whidc nation is expiH^tt'd t o meet at the council-house. Early in the morning largo fires lire built , guua dischaiiged and various devices emidoyed for w a k i n g u dis turb­ance with ns ranch snecesHas is achieved b y the pule fiu-es ini the l-'onith of Ju ly . About noon the whito dog was strangled, uud become the subject of a long addrt^u from Ci^itain George, which, being in Onoudiigu, was not well appreciated by tJio whifos wbo were pro«ent,«8 i t might luive bef>u. After the whole tribe had marched around tl.i? lifelesw dog thre*? times, the priest of the ueeasion fouod the east imd solemnly devott-d tlie body to tho flames. While tbe dog waa b u m -i u g a solemn vhaut was kc j i tup b y C a p t . George.—Si/ruauie Joiirmil.

Saved by a Horse .

Some yonrs since a par ty nf Burvcyors Iind jus t finished their day's work in t h e nor thwestern p a i i of Il l inois, when n violent snow s tomi carao on. Thoy stnrtK'd for the i r camp, which was in a grove of about eighty acres in a large prairie, near twenty miles from any o the r tiraber. Tho wind was blowing very hard, and the snow drifted so ns to near­ly bl ind them. When they though t they hod nooily reached Ihoir oomp, they all a t onco came upon Irucka in t h e snow. Those tliey looked at with care, and found to their dismay, tha t thoy wero t)icir own tracks. I t was now plain they worn lost on t b e great prair ie, and t h a t if they bad to pass t h e n ight there , tho ebance wns tlmt no t one of tlicm wonld be olive iu t h e morning. Whilo thoy were sbiveriiig with fear and tho cold, the chief man of their party caught s ight of one of the i r old horsSV^^ n Cray pony known n-s " Old J a c k . "

gray pony T h e n tho chief said : If any mnii cou show us to our camp, out of th is b i n d i n g

' e osit do it. I iiiek to wi ^_

horse ns soon threw his head and tnil proud of tho t rus t x'ut on him. Then lie snuffed the breeze, and guVe a loud snort , which seemetl to say : " Coine along, boys, follow m e ; I 'll lead yon o u t of t h i s acnipo." H o tbon tnruMl iu a new direction a n d ' t r o t t e d along, bu t not so fust tha t the men could i>ot follow him. T h e y had not gone moF& Uian a mile when they saw t h e cheerful bhizeof thoir (iiraii-flros, iiud they a gave u loud huzza at the sight, uud for old Jock.

WoflUh of fliA Ijttte Ct>l. FlRk.

The will of the late Col. Tisk, Jr . , ac­cording to n New York-paper, has not yet been ndniittoil to probate, or ovon pVe-Bontcd fo the surrogate for that puqiose ; a u d i t is donbtl'ul whether or not it will be permitted Vo go trilo Iho surrogate's office for some time yet lo come. Col. r i sk seemed to have n vast idea of his woallb, and perhaps bad he li%*ed that idea miglit hovo been made a certainty. But when bo died the expanded bubble to some extent collapsed, nnd tho real valoe of certain speculations, which t o n great extent depended upon Ins own personal exertions, became hotter known. Con­sequently, when ho niade certain be­quests, the assets hnd first to bo obtained boforo the funds could bo fonnd with which to pay tliein. These eonld only ho obtained after all the eolonel's legitlm.ile debts had been paid, and not until then.

It is understood tbat bo made one be­quest of $;100,000 aud that lio bequeathed an annuity of ^2,000 per year to each nf two persons. Before the bequest of $100,000 conld he given, not only bad Col. Fisk'a debts to he paid, but tlio widoiv Is entitled to hor dower of one-third of the property. Of lliis dower no will in this country can deprive her. I t is hors by rights. I t is now believed tha t after this dower is paid and all Icgitlinato claims settled, there will bo bnrdly enongb left 16 settle tlils one bei|ucst of JlOO.OOO to say nothing of tbo other di­rect hcqiics-t mentioneii in the will.

If this should prove to be the c.nse, tbere will be uo residue loft from which todraw tbolnro annnitiosof 32,ii00 each, as tbo direct bequests will have to ho settled first. Had the annuities been s|lecitied to he taken from the rectipts of a certain piece of property, tlmt proporty conld not liavo been disposed of to iia>' any other bequest; but it is said tha t iho will merely beiiueaths tbo simple $2,000 per year, without stnting from what d -r ^ t source i t is to ho derived. CoB.te-qiicntlv; if al lof Udoitel Fisk's property is to be sold to furnish the dower of Mrr. I'isk, and to pay tho debts and direct be­quests, there will be nolbing left to fnr-Isli a revcnne of $4,000 per year

Tho real iuromo from tlic (Jrand Opera House can only bo produced by its siic-cessoa, and should tbe porforinnuces not bo remunerative, tbere can be no incotne. I t is said that the Eritf Railroad Company have prior claims on tho bnildiiig; con-soq^m^tly tliis nroperty could not bo sold to pay any of Iho bequests. The value of shares in certain spocnltions can only bo detorminod by tho success of tbo opera­tions, or what tbe scrip may realize on tho marke t ; nnd should tho speculation fail iu cotisequenoo of the death of Col. Kisk, tho shares will not bo worth the paper upon which they arc written. I t was doubtless under the improssiou that every­thing would go on aft^r his deatli in the same manner as if ho still lived that in­duced Col. Fisk to he so liberal in Ids be-<|uest« as ho is reported l<i have been; iind it is said that this nnfoitunate self-deception has led to tho tronhlo and de­lay in prcsontiiig tbe will t o thesuh 'ogate for probate. • •

Hinnething nhout I'lissy Cat.

—ATrriterni O/fuiM/'cr'a. «/orfma/nol)oiig ago gave a hnppy explanation of the myalciious term "ca t e rwau l ing , " Sup­pose, ho says, yon very much desired to visit ft friendi a feiunlc friend, a lovely creature to whom y<m were paying your

-'drosses ; only an immense wall—which JJOILJJIIIUL down—infenenod

rivlnres of Cft1lf«rAl«.

x^rrERR rnoM A TOt;Ko MAN OV T H E PA­

CIFIC—rajKRESTINO FRATTTKBD OP TOR

WKST—BUGS TREES, KTC.

BAN FBAROWICO, CAIITPORNIA.

Shor t ly aft*^r m y arrival iu this coun­t ry , I , in t h i n k i n g how I conld best si>eud my evenings, formed the idea of making n collection of photographs , all, o r nearly nil, of California scenery. A t first I p u t t hem in a common blank book In tending to collect views from every jslaco I visited while away from h o m o ; bu t finding BO many photographs already taken aud not having room in m y book, I purchased twenty largo sheets of bristol board nnd by cu t t i ng Uicm smaller, made fonr good sized pages, which I carefully t r immed and oommonccd work on. j

I wns then rooming with ft young gent leman b y the name of Corbet t , fur whom I shnll always havo the highest iTgard and tlio most friendly fcoling. is a s you may see, one of ou r t r io , H e caught tlic idea of making a book from*] me, a n d wo always <lividod onr photos . as nearly as tiossible, and spent our eve­nings a t work on our pictures . I had i t hnndsomely bouud , al though n o t exactly as I directed, b u t atUl i t will do. I th ink it took mo nil of a yciur nnd a half to col­lect, a r range , aud pu t t hem on t h e card boai-d, ready for binding. Aft*r, they were finished I was offered ouo hundred dolhu-B in coin for tho collection, b u t re­fused. The materials alono cost w c seven­ty-five. I never wish to paa*t with i t except to you, for t h e r tmombraucc i connected with i t are all veiy pleasant. And such tha t a s ight of the book brings bock to my mind, vividly,mauy plensimt evenings spent iu workuig for my mother ' s pleas­ure ; for I an^ sure Uiat it will bo a fil«asuro to have California iu all i ts louuty, b rought right iuto your parlor as

au ornament .

I felt lonosome, o r hnd rathet a long^ iug for somo aimilar work in the evo-nings, and as soon as I had your book finished, I then though t of m y sister's request of years ago, to send her any curious flower or forn that I fonnd in Culifuruio, so after, uuzzliug my brain awhile, I b i t upon the uio.-'S plan, aud here I offer her through yon, about one hundred diflerent specimens of sea moss, arranged in diflerent stylps, kuowing tha t sho wtmld appreciato such a gift. You must both exeusfl any faults you may Itnd, ruincmbering they were done by on amateur . I will t r y and give you a few ideas of tbe photos. , as you* may not uuderytnud my short descriptioiiB writ ten uudoinicath ein^h. California i% in many rtwpoets, u land of s t range sights and wonderful produelions. I n tho gigant ic givtwth of l ier forest trees, the height of her cataracts, t b e depth of her mountain

. gurgea and 4h» lat,*,T <w*d imjMtuittg uUar-iietf-r of her ])r<'eTpii;cs, she s tands olone, uurivnlled by any o the r eonnt iy in tbo known world. Not oven in the inter t rop­ical elimatos do the forest fj-oes nttaiu such magnificent diracnsiona as here, nor i s there t o be lound iu any pa r t of

_^_^ tbo Alps, the Andes, or other niountnin ,eeu von ^nnTtWlMnovITrh-wbjt^ "l'''*"'* p i r H o n s o f the earth

uictly t h o oiwe with fhese 8uclinirryTW*rtai i5Taidl4iimiiun;l^^ and lowering eliffri ns iiboiind tlirougln"

lU

'TuE Lii^uoii Qi'iuuoi. ' .—According to Chicago jiu|>er8, uuniorous hborp^i's in hiw uud wliiKkey mv alroady ueUvely en­gaged iu llliuoia iu iuveut iug expedients for gittding the iwovisions of liie now li-c«uiBe law of tlmt Blttte. Au euterj^riaiug pr in t ing Urm is siud to b e driving u brisk t rade iu tho uubliuuliuii uud hule of a b lank lieiiuit by "Uieb t h e wife uutborj-

I zos t h e husband to dr ink l iquor a s often us bo ciiuoses, herself rel inquishing ull tiio cluiras uJ-it'iug thei'efroiu under the

erovisiou of tbe act. I t is rejjoiiod tha t Li-go uumbei-s of those poi'rails have

botu sold to marriod topers, who expot't, when tlie t ime oome«, to coax or coiuj>el the i r wivos in to eiguiiig t l iem.

THE inutbei', tt-ifo und two duuffhtors of t)r. N. Kiumb, Uviug in the huburba of Louisville, Ky. , wore poisoned at bup-i3uj^ by eutiug suiue fruit p u t u p io jars. I'hey lay ut the point of doutb tor soiue h^urs , b o t tthe o n e ; - ] ^ e «lUist« QS p h ^ v -

luU'rcsUug Stat is t ics ,

T h e ourreut u iunber of t b e Ootha Al­manac eontuiuB some interest ing poat4il statistics showing the number of fetters passing through the ]>ost-oOieeti of the principal ^xiunU'ieu of tbo world. I t would u]>pear tha t tho aggrogato is not far from tlirce tboimund niilliou let ters yearly. T h e p i i vate correspondence! of the difleiuut countries for last year was as follows : Great Britiun, 8(IH.(K)0,t>00 let-t^^rs; Uni ted States, 51^1,000,000; France, 35i,O0U,000 ; Kortb Geiiuun StHtos,248,-UOO.OOO ; Austria, 09,000,000 ; Italy, 79,-000,000 ; Spain, 72,000,000; Switzerland, 45,00'f,00y; Kupsia, 21,000,000. To these figures mus t be added some 3(K>,-lX)0,0(iO ofticial letU-rs which are counted aeiiotaU'ly ', mukiug in rumid nHuibui-s the total above given. Still more iu te j -esting, however, are the results of a cal-cnlataou showing the relutiou between tlie n u m b e r of loiters sent , and tbe pop­ulation of the different ooiiutrios. In Great Brit iau the number of letters mailed was 25 per head of popiUutiou; in Switzerhuid, 18 ; iu tho U. S., 15 ; iu tlie Nor th German States, 6 . 3 ; iu Austria, 1.9 ; iu Spain, 4 ; F iuuoefS .S ; iu Italy, 3 . 1 ; i n Russia, 8. I t u i l l b e uiatier of sur^nise t o many tlmt in the little kingdom of Switzerluud the pro-pui i iou of let ters t o x*<Jpulutiou is so lurge, while iu Fruuoe it is so biuoll; but tjjo figures ultovu given may be uecepted as indieatiug witb uousiderable ocouracry t h e dooreo uf butiuefts activity uud Uit pojjulur iutelbgoucc, uud cduoutiou oj the difieieut countr ies abroad.

T H E SPIDCU UANCE.—Araong the extra­ordinary elfccts t ha t havo been ascribed to music, no ouo hns been oftener as­serted tlmn it« euro of the poisou of tbe Tai-nutnla spider. Iu the u o r t h c m pai'tfl of I ta ly, soraetirae^ j>eraons are bit teu by a Caryo spider culled Tai-ontulu. At certain i)eriods of the year the person who has boon ouoo bi t ten feels a puiu about t h o wounded |>art, which i s nocom-paiiied with gloomy feelings, etc- If sprightly music if played, (and a certain jig, culled Turuutuhi, is gem I'ally played), tbe putient gota up and begins to dance, witli trregulur gcsLui'cs; the quickness of the movement generally increases to a certjun degre<!, and t h e ditueo Eomctimes CiratiiluoH fur hours , without iuteiinissiuu. . \ t hist tho pat ient , futlguod and exliaus-tod throws liimself dowu ou the floor, or on a bed, e t a^ to rce ru i i st]'ciigtb,aud t h e fit is over for the t ime. T h e reraarka1>U' part is t ha t this exertion of iluiicing can­no t be proilnctMl witl iout uiush-. T b e true fucts are, t lmt the spider is in real­ity nut ]>oisnnuus, nor is it doubted tbat it bus any sbiiro in tho illuess. The di^ ' order, jirobiibly a nei vous or hyati ' iical affection, may ariso from other cuust'S, o^pocially iu u cliraute like tha t of I taly. Tlmt dance und exertion may b r ing ro-lief, is very probable . B u t wo doub t whether music i« iudispcnsibly needed. The struuge gcstiu'i>s uud odd funeios which tbo jtatients are suiiposed t o bu^e are in all probabil i ty dictated by preju­dices, love of singulari ty, or tho d e a r e to create as touishmcut in t h o miuds of spectators, who urQ always uumeruus on such occasioiu. ' '

betw Well, t h a t is exactly poor, nialigucd pussies. "Crano <iv«'r tho wanr" (feline for wall, just as i t is Scotch forworse), " t h e wanr , lhnwiiHr," cries tbo inti)riBon('d puss. " Why don ' t you come over the wiiiir ? " " S p i k e s , spikes, spikoK," cries Tom, expluining t h e na tu re of tho obstruct ion, wlierejis we cull i t " swea r ing . "

Thoophile Gautier , in his account ofhis " P r i v a t e Minngeri i ' ," tolls us ihnt one fine day n friend, set t ing ou t on hi.s t iav-els, loft bis par ro t in his charge dur ing his absenco. The poor bi rd sut diseoii-solute on the t o p of h i s s tand, while tlie author ' s cut stiu'eil at th<! str.^nge sight,

t inned green for noTon or rfght reilW after it hnd boon str ipped of i t s ba rk , which was oighteen inohee thick. Next you will see a few views on the Central Pacific Railroad. Along t h e l ine of t ha t portion of the work lending over the Sierra Nevada mountains, are nnraerous localities present ing what rofty jas t ly be pronounced prodigies of cnr;inoering skill and manual Inlmr for miles. As we npproneli (he summit of this rango, we encounter n cont inued succession of im­mense tunnels bored through the solid grani te , deep excavntionn cu t t ing across the points of project ing ridges, h igh embankments and lofty viadrctn, the lat ter constructod of massive t imbers , thrown over the rnvinos tha t at short in-, tervals deeply furrow Uie s ides of the mounta in . If tho cxhibi t ious of na tu re are majestic in these Alpine regions, the works of man a re nt least herculean. The more prominent spotfl along t b e l ine such as I conld easily procure I havo placed iu the book. Many more would make i t t i resome. Some of t h e lakes and rivers a long the lino arc beautiful, and the transparency of tlie watew is at tested b y tbo faithfulness wi th which they re­flect sniTonndiug objectn,a8 dhown in tho pteturcs,

Agrlcnl tural .

T h e following information is extrurtcd from t h o J a n u a r y n u m b e r of the monthly repor t of tho Depar tment of Agrienltnre of the United Slates.

A convention of delegates represent ing tho in teres ts of S ta te agricultural and horticultural societies, boards of agricul­ture, uud agricnltui-al colleges of the Uni ted States will meet nt tho Ci ty of Washington on Thursday, the 15fh of Fobraary next^ to confer upon subjects of mutua l interest , nnd to take such action us shall b e deemed expedient for llio promotion of agricultural educjition, and to secure a more iutimnto connection between t h e de^iortment and tho RcvernJ insti tutions mentioucd. The meet ing will take placo in one of tbo rooms of the dex>artment building, a t ten o'clock in the morning. TIio call for th is con­vention was issued by the (Jommissioner of Agiicnltnrc, after full interchange of views with tbe officers of agricultural colleges and with other promineut ngrl-culturista. The Depar tment is now re­ceiving, principally for distr ibution in the South, in liberal jwrt ions for experi­mental piuT>ose8, improved varieties of field and sugar corn, field and garden peas and beans . It4dian rye grass, b ro-raffs, sehroeder nnd lucerne, mangold wurzle, and sugar beet, aud cabbage and oniou seeds. I t will also receive dur ing th is month fresh seeds of tho ramie and ju te plants, tbo la t ter of which cannot bo grown sncccssfnlly uor th of Tonnes-see. Oats and barley of approved varie­ties have been ordered from Scotland and Germany, aud will bo dis t r ibuted in arable t ime for spr iug sowing. A choice variety of while spr ing wht^at grown in Oregon from seed imported from Aus­tralia has jnst been distr ibuted t o t h e Northwostera States and Terr i tor ies . The de])artmeut has jus t dielr ibuled a (piautity of Cooley's early white field corn to a selected list of farmers in dif­ferent States, who will make n trial of it in their respective localities and repor t the results of their exj>erimeuts a t the close of t h e 3*001'. T h i s c o m is a new variety, originated by J l r . C. C. Cooley, of Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, and introduced to the pnblie in the fall of 1870. I t is said to b e remarkable for its early maturi ty . Mr. Cooley states tbat hc ' idunted it tho past season ou t b e iTi]i!)i' M^v and i t waa ripe and ground

out tlio Sierra Ncvutla, und the foot h u f s tha t skirt i ts western hano; here are wiiterfiills six tiinos as h igh us Niagara, uud pcmiuidieuliir walls of rook fur ovcrto]iping anyth ing ever yet discover­ed iu the famed Cordilleras of South America or lyfexiuo ; no other soil bns ever giown such Irees ns stand iu the groves of Tulni-e and Calaveras. Nor docs auy other laud contain uuylhiiig like the s tupendous domes, tho fearful precipices and awful ebusinsthut exist in and artituid t h e valley of "Yosemi to , " The first lent eoiisists of some of luy

iiud trioil fo f a the r up'aj l llie sf ntys and | f 'i ' 'nd'i. with ^a ^centre ^pjece cd led the wiiifs of natural history which she might havo piekeel up on the roof, or in the yard and the garden. Tlin writer fol­lowed her fhongbts in her large greeu eyes, and reiul then- eleiuiy t h e woi'ds : II ninst be u green chickenl

Therc^npon Pussy j t imped down from bis MTitiug-table, and assumed, in a dark corner, the s i r of a panther in the jungle b ' iug in wait for 0 dulicuto d e e r ; cronehing fiat down, the bead low, tliu back stretched o u t a t full hmgtb , t h e el­bows out, aud the eye fixed iuimovably on tjie bii-d. Tho poo'r jiarrot hud fol­lowed ull h e r fiLovraiontii \vith uwvuus anxiety ; he iTiiwHl his foiitborf<, shurp-eni^d bis bill, stretched (uit h is cluws, uud evidi'iitly jircpari'd ftir war.

T h e cat b y st i l l , 'but t h e writer i-ead again in her e y e s : No doubt , though green, the chicken miii>t bu good to eoit! Suddenly her ba«k was aix^bed l ike a bow tha t is drawn, and, witb one superb bouud, she wus ou tbo perch. TJie par­rot, seeing tlie great danger, lifte'd u p his shurp, eager voicf, and screamed ou t : —Have you Drcukfasted. Jack 'f

The voice frightened Possy out of h t r wits. All h e r ideas were overthrown ; her eyes wiid, dear ly : Th i s is uot u ch icken; this is u geuilcmuu! Witb ouo anxious gluuci; ut her muster, shuli 'uped down i u .sheer terror, and bid under the bed, from wbouue uo t reat und uo pai-css could I m n g h e r o u t for the day.

CovELTV.—The ticor»tar>- of Wftr of the Uuitod Statos, iq approving aeour t -mar -tial seutence, says: " By oroer of Captain Seramch, he (Matthews) was solztsd uud crsinmed into a box three feet long, eigh-iMbix iucbes wide, und eighteen inehce deep. Planks cut for t b e i-urpose were then t>lac^d over the top of tlie box, and force was used tu crubh do>trn the prutru-diug bead und kuees. Tbo plonks werout length, by main t'vn:^, brought dowu to bear ui>ou the sidus and tsuds of the box. Nails were driven iuto Lhii plunks, and th« Uviug man was boxed up under C'upluiu beuiuiea' itupervisigu. By this ofliuer's order, be was thus kept for five days.

.. -- - l>i.uVJg these otte huudM*d wid t w ^ t y ciaus filially I'oused tlie victims f loni their 1 hours the miseruble raau was never allow-s t u ^ - . 'ltiei;eace&uuM> tK^w^ <iOw fey 1W to lb«v« Iuu wOuu Wiiii a r^ut>d their leoovfM^'. | e r u j t y that would not le t him die aiiS ea.

e~, • r- j ottpt) his t,gfu«)Ut, b« w»s rtigulurly ftt^

N O T A H A R D D R I K K B B IH CONOBESS. —Senator Wilson gave a tunpei 'uuce lec­ture a t Boston the o ther day, which Ui worthy of note. H e said, among other tbiii(;s, t ha t du r ing t h e lust seveuteen yeai's bo hud found tliut the members wbo used alcohol wero in ia i iub ly the first to be proslruiod by protracted work. " I n uiy <'Xperieuce," lie said, " w h i l e cUairmau of the Committee ou Milibiry AflUIrs, I always found tha t t b e men to be relied ou were t h e men v h o d n m k not a t a l l . " Mr- Wilson though t tha t tbere were fewer dr inking men iu Congress uow than when be first went t« it. " Foriuei^ ly tbe uight sessions were dreaded ou uo-couut of tbe debauchery t o which they guve ribe. Now about one quar ter ol t h e Souutors are pledged tempuruuce lobu, uud tbere is uot what uiuy be euUed a bui'd d r inker iu t h e Beuute a t all. T h e fucts ure about the some in t h e House of Represeutatives. Ouoo the depiulmeutii were full of drunkeu lucu ; uow ibey are tbe exceptions." Coming from a source to bo relied upon, those are i u t e r e i ^ f uud cheering fucts.—N. Y. Pu^cr.

Vir^iiiia Oiiy, Kevada, doeou't gamble uway it«*i«o]iey ut keu9, vor yjet ^t the uuti-fieiigUian shiugUtur (if t h e i u j i u u ^ dove. I t offei'o iusiead a ysi^^ of S ^ ^ to b^ wujtj£t»d f01'.

through u hole six inches s q u v e . "

Hfum. «ow6 hy)M ^$^ to fr70 eh in K,t>w York. All thftt airive bel} retidily

A UAtiOKic QuiaBTiOK.—The New Jer* sey Grand Lodge of Fieeuiasous has de-eiaed u quest ion which created a good deal of in teres t iu MosuacihubtittB, owing to tho similarity of action iu oeu'toiu lodges there iu adui i t tmg colored men to the Mobouic privileges. I t upi>earB that the Gruud Muatt^r of New J e n * y re-

[ voked the char ter of the Alpha Lodge of Ncwui'k booausc of iia odmisuiou of u ne­gro to lueraberhhip, and tbe Graud Lodge spent a whole day iu dibcussiuc the quen-tduu of reiustatjuK the L O J K C . Able apet'ohc* wexe looae, princi^ully Jfi op-poBtnon to ih.e oourse of ihto G M U J H U S -tor, aud on rcucLiug u vot£ the Lodg^ WW oxdeced u aaumul of i^s Driiilt%e«— 112 to 103.

OasEiLAi' Cabral, buviug or^uuii!«da new proviuouul govej-uuieat w tiauto PuiniUKO, is lepoKed to have defeated t i e loliowwfe of ^ - £ ogM' Neyba,

ROWING on SAILTSO.—Wliich is tho more eujoyublu, rowiu^ or auiliu^ ? If yuubu i l bcrurc tho wind, thure i s t h e glorious vigor of t h e breeze that fills your su i l s ; you got ull of it you havo room for, und a shi]i of tbe liuc could do uo more ; indeed, yt^ur very m^uruess to the wflior iucreuses the excit(>meut, siuco tbe wuter BWnisaiid boils np, a s i t uuitos i n y o u r wake, aud seems t o clutch o% er tbe low s t e m of your sail-bout, a s if to raenuco t h e hund tha t tfuides tlie lu'lui. Or if you bt'ut to windward, i t is as if your boat eliiubcd u l iquid hill , b u t did i t vriUi bouudiug and diiueiug, b'ke u child : there is the phwh oX the l ighter ripi>les uguiust t h e bww, und t h e t h u d of tbe buuvier waves, wiiilc the uiuuo blue wuter is uow tTttusfei-iuod to u cool je t of whit« foam over vour fooe, luid now to a doi'k whirI]raoi in your It^-. 8ualing gives a sense of prouiiH o o u -uiuud, nhiQu by u kiugle w^ ieu i cu t of the t i l ler you cfieot su great u cbuuge of direction or ti-iiusloi-iij motion iu to i c ^ t ; Ij^eie iSf tbtuxjfore, a cei'tuiu uiugie iu i t ; bu t , uu the otlim* Laud* there in a more direct a p ^ ^ to your physical poweiTi in rowing ; you do uo t evtide or cajole the cleuieuts by a xaiuuiug deviei^ of keol }iud euuvub—yOH meet theiu mau-fushiou und subdue t h f u . 'riie motion of tlie uaxs is like the s t ruug motion of u b ^ d ' s viui^s ; to sail a boat is t o ride upon an eagle, b u t to row is to bo uu eagle. I prefer rowing—at least till 1 can afford ouotliei* saii-Jxiai.—T. W. Uiggiitaon, iu the AUauUv MoHtUi^.

trio. I placed these in because I wished them to go with the book as reminders iu the fulnrc, for I am foolish enough to imagine I shall visit my home soin* t ime and sen tliis book. After the first i>age, you will find viewriof the Ci lyof 'Fr isco , Eml9raced in this gi-oup are not only numerous, bu t eonsMerubly divewifie'd views, consisting of :i great variety, of localities iu and around the metropolis , such us the leading jmblic buildings, s treet sceues and places of j)ublio resort, islands in tho bay and mills about the city, harbor fortifieaticfus, eeineteries, parks, gardens, A'c. Then there are mis-eielhineotis views. Inehulcd in this list, aiv a variety of objei-t«i, sueues aud looal-it ies of geui^iiU interest, such as Mount "Diab l e , " u double peaked cone, s i tuated about MO inibia from San Franciaco, frora the more elevated port ions of whid l i t is p ta iu ly ins igh t . I i i s •),HHlfmjthigh,wu.s formerly a volcano, aud is now one of the rao-st promineut laud marks in the state, lumber aud iiuartz mills, with scenes iu t h e great Mendocino lumber regions, whence ui'e shipped annually C(),tlOO,000 feet of sawed lumber, valued ut $10,000,000, aud vlu-i-ea siHgle tree often tu rns out from 20 to 30,000 feet of lumber—plunks over 7 feet wido and W feet long, b ' i u g f i e q u e u t l y manufactured here ; u n u m b e r of tbe more exjuspicn-ous mounittiuv, b(«iutif ul lakes, valleys, und other attractive sxiotfl ; g ioups of al>orijj;iues, well illnstniUng tbe i r cos­tumes, u a n u e r s and mode of life, and funeral a|>i)eurane«; immigrant ti-ains,und other sights and scenes, charueteristic of life in Culiforuia. You will also fiud u few BW'Ues aud views aluug the wugou roads leading over the '*S io r ra , " as some of these thorougbfarej* wore before tlie building of the nulroud. Tbe theat ies of a heavy freight uud passenger truflic, they gave rise to many of those uocues uud iu-cideute peculiar t o mountain travel iu

t'lLlifiirnin. N««t. <wiiiu'« Itikfl '* Tiibf)f>."

into menn^rTtT?^SSUl-aL<"ic^"'t. t h e fime of its growth having been A fui'mer iu Wisconsin is reported to have raised a crop and had it g round into ineal in t h i r ^ e u weeks from the day ol plant ing. Another in Minnesota raised fifty bushels from one p in t and s half of seed. Coolev claims tiiat this aora is cqi a in productiveness to auy variety iu cnltivntion,

FlKb*s Firs t Mistake.

f'ol. J a m e s Fisk used to often tell about his firit mistake iu life.

Said t b e Colonel, ">\nien I wns a litth-boy o u t h e Vermont farm, my father took me u p to the stable ouo day , whore A row of cows stood in the stable.

Said he , " James , tho stable Miudow is pret ty h igh for u boy, b u t do you think you conld take this shovel aud clean out tbe stable ?"

" I don ' t k n o w ' P o p , ' said James . " I never have done i t . "

" Well, my boy, if you will do i t this morn ing , I 'll give you this b r igh t silver do l la i , " sold his father-, pa t t i ng h i m on his head, wliilo be held (be silver dollar before his eyes ."

" G ( H K 1 , " said Jamcj*, " I ' l l t ry , "—aud away be went to work. H e tugged and pulled und UfU^d aud puflbd, aud, finally it wus done, nnd tbe father guve b i m the br igh t silver dollar saying—

" T h n C s right, J a m e s ; you did it splendidly, and uow 1 find you do it so nicely, I shall have you do i t crierymorn-i,vj all WiH'^-1"

Vood HIglil, Hy Hwcel. 0 sweff I my love, tbe hour Is late, Tho moon goes down In silver state. As hero alone I w»tch and wait; Thonffb fnr from t!:cp, my lip« rcpont. In whispers low, "Goo;? night, my(m-c*?(."

Somewhere beneath thnsfi crpclons sWcs Mv bonny Inro a dreamlnn lips. With slnmbcr brooding in^ber eyes"; Of) seok her, happy wliidflb fren. And kiss her folded hands far me.

While life is dear and Invoia best. And TorniR ni»>ons drop adown the wcet, Mj* loan br>firt tnniini; lo its r^'st Rencfttli tbn stars, shall wbispor cloar, "Good night, iny awccti" though none may

hear. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Facts iHid Fanclp<i. T h e great plains of Tcxns coutftin ona

hundred and fifty-two million acres.

A poor man in Summer County, Knn . , hna only 01,000 head of cattle in tho world.

E v e r y wooden leg which supplies the place of a l imb lost in batUo, is said to bo a s tump speech ngainnt war.

On a ga te |>o8t ou t Wes t is a s ign, " Take womin : No traos nor life insurnns, no r soin masheens wanted h e r e . "

Most of the t roubles nnd vexnfions of th is life consist in t h e iinticipntiou of calamities which ni-o never realizoil.

A Pennsylvania ladies' man says be i« never satisfied tha t b is lady friends unders tand a kiss , unless b e has i t from Uieir own mouths .

A curious rumor comes from London tha t t h e German Government is wpposcd to an international combination to sup­press the Interuat ional ,

The re are JI94 cheese factories iu " ew York, which convert the milk of 2riy,000 cows, The total number of factoricji iu the United States is 1,201.

A celebrated clergyman in Now York recently said, t ha t he had found mora good in bad people, and more bud in good l>eoplc, tbon h e ever expected.

T h e worid uses 230,000,000 pounds of tea each year, and 718,000,(K)0 pounds of coffee. China furnishes nonrly nil tho toa, and Brazil over one half of the cof­fee.

The best author i t ies iu ngincultnrni matters eatimato the coming wheat crop of California a t twelve niillious of sacks, worth, at the lowest est imate, 1821,000,000 on t h e g round .

A certain oity was about to bo dc^ttoy-ed. Tlie women were allowed t<i leave, and were to ld t h a t t hey might carry away on their backs whatever they most prized. Each woman took a man.

B y t h e gradual nccumubition of sand, nn island three railcs long 1ms beeu form­ed at t h e mouth of Mobile harbor, there­by deepening tJio regular chnnncl nnd vastly improving t h e nx>proaoh to t h e city. ^

A little girl was told to spell ferment and give \\k menning, wi th a senfenco in which i t was nscd. The followiug wus literally her answer : " Ferment , n verb, signifying to work. I like to fc imcnt iu the garden. • " I am glad this job is d o n e , " said Ed­ward Port<>r, as ho fastened tho last shingle on a roof a t Newburyport . A second afterwards bo fell to iitu irozeti ground, a distnncc of tliiriy feel, smash­ing h i s head to n jelly.

I n Lafayette, Ind . , a vouug man gave a Woman his note for ^ 0 0 as a balm for wounded honor, and afterward marr ied her for the imrpose of gettingposscssioii of the note. He then destroyed the doc­ument aud left for iinrts luikiiown.

A man in Danbury discovered t h a t

owder fried with Inrd wns good for jJa^^ H e tr ied it. Tbe stove cover is

iu the^eWJ1ti?>torv now, thoutrli i iu-stall tbe rest of _ Ho was deceived m bis lurd, he sn.y^.

A young lady w h o hud been chosen Eugrossiug Clerk in the Minnesofn Sen­ate resigned because sho thought some of the votes hud been given grudgingly. We a rc glad to be informed, however ' tha t tho lady in question was iuiiucdinto' ly reelected by a hear ty majority.

T h e moneyed value of the cop])er and iron product of L a k e Superior for 1871 is about »]2,000,000. The total product of t h e iron mines of L a k e Super ior for tho past year will reach neariy 1,000,000 net tons of ore, whilu the make uf cliar-coul pig-iron will bo over 40,000 tons.

A gentleman in search of a man to do some work met on his way a highly re­spectable ludy, uot ns young as slm onco was, and atiked her, " C a u you tell mu where I cau find a man ?" " No. I can uot , " she replied, " f o r i have been look­ing these twenty years for one myself."

Dur ing t h e j»ust twelve months , tho lifeboats of tbe English Nulioual Lifeboat Inst i tut ion rescued (i58 lives, in addit ion to 31 vessels suvod from destruction. Dur ing the sumc period tbe Lifeboat Ins t i tu t ion grun1e<t rewards for saving 230 lives by fishing and other boats, making u grand total of KS8 UVCK saved last year muiuly th rough its in s t rnmeut ' ftlity.

t^s. PbilacUiJphiaus are eoustrueiuig u goi?^»ouH staiuMl-glnas window to pe i -potuwte t h e luemorv uf Beujuuiu F i»uk-liu. This is \fj be placed iu the CuUwge at PbiludtJpbMi, Bi whii.;lj r m a U i u \»V tJUe fouuder- ^ ' h » cost is aoEwyed h\

I T is not t rue t h a t t l ie scutence of Ml. lit;U-i Kbehiuoi hai i t i f iw ooiBJuuted

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Calif oruiu. Nex teoraes lake " T a h o e , or " B i g l e r , " as it is ut^w called, (but I tb iuk " Tuiioe," t h e pri^ttiest of t h e two). I t is cradled iu tlje Sierra at an elevation of 0,000 feet. I have sent you only a few flue views of th is magnifiwut piece of watoi- and | i ie eountry adjnocut. The j^biove funus oue of the uiust beuntiful panoruiuas of uatuiul oueueiy iu the woi'ld. Th i s luke is tw<-utv-oue milos long, teu uud uhuUwideuud overfifLieu hundred feet dee]). The wuU-r, which is p i u e uud full of fish, is so tiousjiuieut t h a t t h e smuliost object cau b e seeu at » dept | i of I^ull^' foet beneutli the surfaue. !('l)ed you will find views of t h e big ti-ees idtuated about seveuty-five luile^ from Stockton aud sevcu buudred fl^et above the sea. Tb*' gfove eoulaius uiuely-two trotis, ten o l w h l c h are thir ty feet or more iu diwmot*^'!, eighty-I wo vwyiug from fiftefcu to th i r ty feet. Ju height they range from oue buudred uud fifty to tdiJ't« buudred and t^reuty-seveaJ M«L ; tbo tops of many of the big ones hav­ing l>eeu broken oif by t b e wiud aud suow. T h e origiuul height of some have boeu ut leiist four hiuidiod lUid fifty aud their diameter forty feet, I 'heir ace is bupiJOsed to vary from oue thoiisaud two buudi'ud to twenty'-<flvu buuAred yeais . Sv-verul years since, oue of those tjeea meu^uriu^ viActy t»'u fo»t iy eifuuijtfer-eu(% aud three uuudred fevt in height , was felled by boj iug into i t ou all sides with Icaig augers. You \vill fiud the pio

DuTC'u NEATNESS.—Extmaining'several of the stables in a Holland \Mlage, says a writer, I found them us faultlcs^y neut OS tbe buniau habi tat ions. In these tbe cows ure kept , out of whose uiilk admir­able bu t te r uud the E d a m cheese ure luude. Dur ing tbe suramer t h e cuttle graze in Ihe fields, b u t dur ing t h e cold weather they reraain in the atublcs. Frora oue end to the other runs a gut ter , ubove which and over each stall I obst^T-ved u hook fusteued to t h e ceiling. 1 suspeeU^ th<! objt^t of this , aud iuqu i rv coutirmiul my coujecture, tha t the Look wus used to t ie u p t h e tails of t h e cutllo to pruvcut thoir draggling iu the dirt and soiling their cleanly coats. Neither the jH-usuutry of uuy o ther oouutry of Europe uoi- the j>oor i>eople of Auiericu live iu tlie midst of uny such neutuess us the Dutch cuttle.

I euti 'red some of the dairies, a n d suw but ter and eheiuM-* iu different stages of preparation. Tbut in j>reHs soukiug iu wat^'i-, uud undergoing t h e sulUug ])ro-cess, tt'us alike equally d e a u . Tho mak­ers lu'e so sq ueuuiiah they seldom touuh but ter o r cheese witb buie bauds , lest manual (^titeel impart to it a sliudow of sully

GKNKUOCS —A vluity m u u i n g about as folhjws is uow going the rouuds of th*? ])ress: A Boston man jjruposed to uiarry u widow u short t ime aiuoe, aud as jirool of the sLucerity of h i s iuteution gave he i a de('d of one-half his projierty, which was iu real estute located uear Bangor, Blc Tbe deed was duly ret^orded. It wus boou found t h a t the luuu already had u wife, b a t he iusistud uu the spuriuiu. betrothed keepiug tbo jiroiieity, ond foilbwitb appointed on ageut to still i t for her benefit, which tliat agent ha s reci-ut-ly done. Tbe property deeded to the lady uus worth about wveuty-five thou-saud dol lars ."

A We«teru ]japer speaks of tbe houso-eleauiug soaeou as tha t when woman has her owu way a t the buuse, while the ' 'old m ^ u " takes his *uleuiu rejiaat fruiu t b s to^ of tlie flour bairr l^ and in sleeping eujqj's the fniedum uf the iuU-rvul be­tween his bedruum uud t b e fr<nit itaxve. I t is a seaarju of lueditatiuo, wbite«Mih, aud ealtti> uiiiu|MU>aiuuttd prufauil^'-

Bx direction of the Ozur of Buta i s a tu ie oi tbe tituinp wbicJi still reiuaius, h»%iiig ttApy be ru o o v ^ v d luid 4isud for a ' deer*,* has beeo issued luakiug compul dauiyng flour. Such was the >iiaUty of j so r r tbe use of the Rubtdaa hmguage ii W^Ucf iMi;»«t4judiiigtliutit«bouj^«{>ii-1 tbeptUDtu-ytebookof Foload.' '

TRUE POUTENICSS.—A IKHU-Arab goiag th rough t b e desert , met wi tb as])arkl iug spring. Accustomed to brucklsb wuU'j', a d raugh t from this sweet well iu tbo wilderness seemed, to his simple mind, a present to offer to the caliph. So h e filled his lealheru brittle, und, ufl^^r a weary Iramp, laid bis humble gift uf his sovereign's fet^. Tho monurcb, witli the maguonimity tha t luuy p u t many a Christiau to blush, called for u eiiii, und tilling it, drunk fi'cely; uud, with usmile, thauked the Arab uud presented bira with a reward. Tbe cxjurtitrs pressed eugej-ly around for u d raugh t of the wonderful water, which wus regurded us worthy such a priucely uekuowledgraent. To tJieir suriiriso the euliidi foi-budo them to touch a drojj . Theu, after tho siraple-hearUsd giver left tlie royul pres-euco, with a new sj^riiig of joy weiliug up iu his heui-t. the munaieh explained tbe motive for bis inobibi t ion. " D u r i n g this last journey, tbe wuter in this b 'a tb-e n i buttle bud bocume iiu)jurc uud diti-tuateful; bu t it wus un ofleriug uf ^^»:, uud, as suuh, 1 uecepted i t w itli pleasure. I feured, however, that if 1 ulluwed uuuther to taste it, he would not con­ceal h is disgust. Therefore i t was tha t I forbade you to pui-take, lest the ht^irt' of the poor luou should be wuuudud."

Ou> T H U S AKI> PUESKKT T I U E U . — O u e hundred aud tweuty of the desceudauts of Fraukl iu still ore ulive, aud oil owing, as the greut-grandhou said, ou VVodnes-duv u igbt . toDeborab Keiul. Wheu we th ink of Fraukl iu lui oue out uf 17 chil­d ren , by till' same paiuut«, and r e i a d u -ber t h e fuct tha t frora 12 tu JO cbildieu by tiie sumo father uud mutber were cnui-mou euough iu t h e olden time, and tha t mothem, almust withuut exception, uui'-sed tbeir owu childreu, the ouutrust with throe or four childreu uow iu uud uf tlie family i s s t r ik ing cuuugb to uwakeu t ui-prioe.

Du> N O T L I K E I T . — D u r i n g the recent illness of H . K. H. t h e Fr iueo of Wales, u well-kuowu Luudou pbysiciuii oidered Ilia se rvuu t to go evei-y u igbt to the gato a t Morlberuugu House uud w a i t unt i l t b e luiduigbt bulTeliu wus j)w<tod. On uue ucicasiou tbe Muvaut lubt his tem}jer at having to wait iu the cold, uud said be wiohea t h e Pr iuoe wuadeod. 'J'he words w«ire butueely uu t of b is muutb before he WM set upon by tbe uiob, uud wus vt maJtj^euLea that ou hiu r e t i uu to bis luas-tei-'k* house h ? had souroely p sUtcli of (dottilogleA iHf>ait faf* h'cdi.

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