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a:>r .;v - ISP .X' ate •: -^~, -VT-V.• • V- '• THE* BlSAPXSUb. . ,* ."" ' ~; ' k^Miv daitybwflM? • , " * " away; jr &9sS «* 11 „ way: . . ^ .* fall bowing down, ,• * itteir feet, 3 A; work »s tiiwirs f>*rfbn# tost homage meet. S® jaa^tess of fatigue they g^_ §6 true, so steadily, xp _. TM ainUng traveler on thrlTOi o'er the gate to fee ; "With marvel of the soon-falien The ibuagiag gossips, ten: But the reapers labor for us all; |; •tl» need they should work veil | •r:g '• - . m ti&s r' . < V fere the great site that burn* above Shall crimson in the west, And the children*' poppy no.^gaj* fait, And they lie d<$ra to rest. Each golden spear that upward points : Shall fail up™1 the field, And the farmer drain a sparkling gla«%-~-- Rejoicing o'er the yield. •; ..ipaiiii™ Ply, bonny men, your a "cklpa bright, < » And give the people bread! * i>- At every conquering stride you take, , , ^ On want and woe j oa tread. Drop, heavy ears, and Rive the strength You gathered from this plain. That man may rise refreshed and firm. And do great things again. ? , God bless the hands, all hard and br$*a, %- That guide the cleaving plow, j That cast abroad the shining Med, i i *«*»< A«>4 hnM th ' wealthy mow: They rear the breatl our childrep eat Tin by .their toil w iive: \, Hurrahl/give them the k>»d«t chee*: Thatsffcateful beam c*« give! THIS WIFE'S EETESGE.?*'.'t rSMv^f m- -IfeN-1 fi. '**$To strawberries ? What in the 'worM r»v /, iithe reason you didn't order some?" exclaimed Edward Lester, as lie entered his pleasant home in the suburbs of Bos- _ ton. "You know, Maria, I am very "-rrt?r^ fend of them, and you are determined I to punish me in some way if you can." " Punish you, Edward ? What do you talk so for ? returned the wife, a sweet little woman, full of beauty and grace. .^»V% " You know I like them very much," • added the petulant husband . "But they taste too strongly of tb« ,v money. " "Come, come, Maria, no more of ;'H Poor Richard's saws, I am heartily sick of them." " You would not have me pay sixty cents a box for strawberries, would you? "Why not?" £ "It is too muca." " No, it isn't." "You cannot afford it." v " Yes, I can. Isn't mt|w $1,000 a year!" ' : ' f "I do not think strawberries at sixty cents a box, are very profitable," replied 'the pretty wife, with a pleasant smile. ^ Edward Lester did not deserve such a *\ beautiful, sweet tempered wife as Maria. But, in spite of his petulant manner, r-'V'^fhe was really an excellent fellow, and loved the pretty little woman with all his soul, though it is true he had a sing- i- ; ular way of showing it. He deserved a f thrashing for his hasty words, yet AS he gprrf^tsveatuaiiy ieameu uetter it IS BOt worth . while to dwell too long upon to® dark ide of his character. v ^ The first year after his marriage he l . ^ ^^had boarded, but desiring to have the ^ ^comiorts of home in all their purity, the "young couple had decided to go tohouse- " • - "keeping. r, ^ Edward would have hired a large "'n' Ixouse at a rent of 1400a year, if his wife ! ;"U$had not persisted that such a dwelling f ; W'would wear her life out. He then left -the matter entirely to her. and she found little cottage seven miles from the , •" city, at a rent of $150. The husband f / Hiked it very well, arid Maria furnished' ffiv, fit in a very plain but neat style. V*-,- They were at home now, and for a time * <*he novelty of the tiling kept Edward in excellent humor. But he was a reckless ^ .fellow, and had no idea whatever of the 5 /"'lvalue of money. He always spent his i * Jsalary, and sometimes a little more. 4' * Edward was out of humor because he s ^ „ jhad no strawberries, and when he sat • * idown to the table the tea was too weak, £K,,..tX\;the bread tasted of saleratus, and the ,V;butter was strong. He snarled and - M fowled, first at Maria, and then at . " Bridget, till the wife was almost dis- * eouraged. But she did not yield to the ; impulse of the moment and get out of 1 temper. She kept smiling, however cut- *! ting and severe came the criticisms of her husband. After tea he was a little modified, for there ^seemed to be nothing mere to of running in debt, stared him in the foee. "Maria, we are living too fast, lam afraid," he observed in a melancholy tone. " I am afraid yon are, for yesterday you brought home a pair of chickens, for which you paid twenty cents a pound," replied Marxa with lier usual smile. 'J/t' grumble at, and even condescended to •* • smile. *'Edward, I want fifty dollars to-mor- t&'tft ' row," said Maria. I*?*'.'a. This was rather a remarkable request 4 -sjv for the careful little woman to make, for she was very prudent in regard to her ^ private expenses. r ^ "Certainly, Maria," replied Edward. "Iam." . -.mm ue handed ati?fioped she would di-e^a iierself a great deal bet­ ter than before, for he could afford it. , " I am going to spend as much money as I can," «aid she. "That is right, Maria, do," added the reckless husband. And Edward soon had reason to repent thin advice, for Maria now seemed to spend all her spare •f time in asking for money. He was too reckless, too magnanimous to deny her " " suggest that she was exceeding the bounds of reason. She was merciless in her drafts upon him, and to supply her demands, for he had not the courage to refuse her modest requests, he was obliged to curtail his own private expenses. On several oc­ casions he had been obliged to borrow money to m«*t her requisitions upon his purse and being an honest man he had to cut off many luxuries in order to pay these loans. r J jWhat had got into Maria? She was extravagant, and yet she did not seem to dress much better, or his house to be supplied with many additional luxuries Bui he was too prond to eom plain. He did hint, but she would not take a hint A year passed by and there was no im- provment in the reckless woman. Fortu­ nately for him his salary was raised to $2,000, •iut it was scarcely done before Maria demanded a fifty dollar bill. "You spenti more money than you usedt" ^nd, Maria," he suggested. " ̂ hat is the use for me to pinch my- self. if you spend all yon get?" smiled Maria, so sweetly he could not say an­ other word. " I want to have the good W the money while it is going, as well as you.;' • Jidw id had some doubts as to the consequence, but what puzzled him most wlffl to know what became of the money. * A1 " , KKI the danger t'"' ^ ' m h&- tie things. We must have something to eat, and while my salary is two thousand dollars a year, I mean to live well." "Great trees from little acorns grow," she added. " Let us stop the bung-hole first," con­ tinued Edward, desperately. "Would you believe, my dear, that I have given vou six hundred dollars a year for the last two years ?" J " What is six hundred dollars a year for a lady ? You were reading, the other day, that a great many ladies in New York spend two thousand dollars a year for dress alone. You certainly cannot complain of six hundred." "Oh, no, no means. I do not mean to complain," replied Edward. "I knew you didn't. Whatever I spend goes for a good cause." "I suppose so; but I don't care any­ thing about it, only that I am getting a little short. There is Dr. Smith's bill of sixtv dollars. I don't see how I can pay itr'. ; "Let it rest, then. He will never ask you for it." " But I don't like that way of doing things. I don't like to get in debt. I will go and see liim." And he did go and see him. The doc­ tor was a rich man, Mid offered tp take Edward's note, payable any time he pleased, which offer the latter eagerly accepted, promising to take it up in six months. No change for the better appeared in the affairs of the young couple. Maria kept asking for money, and she was so pretty, so sweet-tempered, and so gen­ tle, that Edward could never refuse. If he demurred, she coaxed it out of him. At the end of six months, the doctor's note *as due, and Edward could not pay it. He had borrowed money till he was ashamed to do so any more. But he had a nice sense of honor, and in­ stead of letting his creditor whistle for his pay, he went to see him to produce a further extension. "Doctor, I am hard up," said he. " Sorry to hear it." "My family is getting to be expen­ sive." 1 Kf5""; • "Be prudent, then.^ * "I can't, my wife--PU-:-- He checked himself. He was impul­ sive, and did not inean to say anything about Ma,rift, "What of her? Ill she extravagant?" '•Well, yes." f> "Put the bit in her month, then," laughed the doctor, " Don't like to do that.4' " Musn't let her ruin you.*' , "I hope she will not. rT7 " Be firm, Lester. There is only &se way to do with an extravagant woman ; shut down upon her before she ruins yon." "I haven't oourage to deny her." "I'm sorry for you; what can I dr for you ?" asked the doctor, who seemed to be in the best of humor. " Tliat little note of mine--" "What note?" " Why, the one I owe." .* v "" But you paid that. * f **Ck>me, doctor, you are quizzing me." M*Pon my soul, I am not. Didn't you pay it a few days after you gave the note?" "No, surely," replied Edward, con­ founded by the statement. "But I am sure you did. Here," continued the doctor, pulling an ac­ count bock from his pocket, "here is where I entered the cash. You have got the note." "Not I." " Look over your papers and yon will find it. I will go home with you." They repaired to the cottage, and Ed­ ward, all the time protesting that he had not paid the money, ransacked the pa­ pers for the note. " There it is!" exclaimed the doctor, pointing to a paper. To Edward's astonishment he read the note, with the signature torn oft. He was utterly confounded at the dis­ covery. He had no i ecolieetion of hav­ ing paid it* and Maria declared she had not seen him pay it. He was mystified, but was satisfied with the result, though he could hardly believe it. If any one had paid it, it must have been his guardian angel, and he hoped she would not charge him the amount. Three years from the time of Edward's introduction to the reader had passed away, and his finances were in no better condition. By a great deal of entrench­ ment of his own expenses he had con­ trived to keep out of debt. Instead ot dining at Parker's at an expense of five or six dollars a week, he made a quarter of that sum suffice. His tailor's bill had been reduced ona-half, and all other bills in proportion. Better than all, he had been cured of grumbling at Maria, for if he complained of anything she was sure to ask him for a fifty dollar bill on the same day. In fact, he was afraid of her. Maria, in her demand for money, had been even more remorseless during the last year than before, and had actually taken eight hundred dollars of his two thousand. And there was not much show of it in the house or upon her per­ son. If he had hinted at an explanation she turned him off so sweetly and adroit­ ly that he could not resist. - "Maria, we must turn over a new leaf," he remarked. "Here I am with­ out a dollar in the world---and never shall have while things go on in this way. I have gfcen you eight hundred dollars this la^^ear." "Have you, indeed? What is eig|it hundred dollars?" chuckled she. | " There is Raymond's house opposite, for sale. It is a beautiful place, and can be bought for four thousand dollars, by paying fifteen hundred down. I was thinking if I had saved my money 1 might have been able to buy that place." ' , U8e C17 *or spilt milk, Ed­ ward," replied Maria. " I know that, but we needn't spill any more milk. I have been very econom- lcal thepast year;" and he proceeded to «?v retrenchments he had made. "You have done very well, Edward." " ee»J?iydear, better than you nave done. Who would have thought I should ever preaiaii economy to yoaf" be laughed. " What w^s the use for me to be pru­ dent whife you scatter your money like chaff?" asked (he wife with good humor. *.» / " No use, I confess." "I will turn over a new leaf if you will. You used to find fault with TOR because T winn 1 iln sf lvnv RFRNWLIFMPA af SJT+TT NONK iboi"'"""' •«'„* \W~~ " I haven't lately." ><$/ f % "No, you haven't." "And I never will again. Now, Maria, I was thinking if we oould save up four or five hundred a year for three or four years we might buy a house." " Very true, we will begiu im^ ̂ ou "With all my heart" , tl» "You shall allow me a fixed for my personal expenses." " Say two hundred dollars." " Half that sum will do." "But you can't come down all at once from eight hundred to one hundred." " Yes, I can," replied the pretty woman, the mischief gleaming in ner ra­ diant eyes. "Then w© can a fcous© ia three years." x " Suppose you buy Raymond's now I" " But I cannot. I haven't a dollar in the world after my bilk are paid." > " Then I will let you have fifteen hun­ dred dollars to pay down." " You ? You are facetious, Maria. What are you laughing at ?" Maria, for some reason or other, had burst into a violent fit of laughing. " You shall have the money, Edward. But you must promise me not to tell any one what an extravagant wife yon have, as you did Dr. Smith." " What do you mean, Maria ? Forgive me for that? "I will, my dear," repBed *he; and going to a drawer she produced two bank books and placed them in her hus­ band's hand. One of them indicated that she bad a thousand dollars in one savings bank, and the other six hundred in another bank. Of course, Edward was aston­ ished---it was his duty to be astonished. " Your extravagant wife has saved six­ teen hundred dollars of your money in spite of your teeth, besides curing "yon of sundry reckless habits." And sne threw herself upon a sofa and laughed until she had nearly gone into a fit, , " Maria, you are a jewel!. I* liim amazed. You paid Dr. Smith ?" "Idid." . . - » M He lied to me then." 4 " No, he didn't; you and I are one, .so of course you paid it. I had to tell liim my secret, and in return he informed me what an excellent character you had given me for prudence Mid economy." " Forgive me, Maria. You have made me the happiest man in the weild#" t "And I am revenged,'* ^ < •<$ > •* * " iievenged r' --- " You found fault with me every day when you came home, and I resolved to punish you. I knew you would not re­ fuse me money, and I have at length brought you to your senses." "I see where the mosey wept to, now." - " Do you, indeed?"^ . / • "To tell the truth, I thought there was very little show for the money I gave you," Sixteen hundred dollars, money in hand, was a large snm to Edward, Who had spent everything as fast as he got it. He felt like a new man---like a rich man. What a treasure was Maria, who, besides being pretty, sweet-tempered and de­ voted, was a thorough financier. For my part, I should not like a finan­ cier on any other terms. . A prudent, but growling, ill-tempered shrew, would be my abomination; and before her I should prefer a pretty, sweet-tempered, devoted woman, who would spend all I could get. The Baymond place, and a delightful place it was, immediately came into Ed­ ward's possession. It is paid for now, and our friends are as happy as during their honeymoon." Incredible Inhumanity/ From Philadelphia comes a story of brutal treatment to an old man nearly seventy-live- years of age, by his son, a second-hand clothes dealer, in one of the slums of the city. The old man had about $200, whieli the son succeeded in getting hold of, and soon the father dis­ appeared. The police got wind of the affair and made premises for the was asked what he immediately ing his dogs t" aged father , wretched holC search about the anan. The son his cellar, and it he was keep- , Jl>t denied that his ^Imprisoned in the -his denial, however, did not satisfy the officers, and they con­ cluded to explore the cellar for them­ selves. The door was unlocked and the two officers went down into the Cimme­ rian darkness. They liad provided them­ selves with a candle, fortunately, and struck a light. The white-haired old man was discovered lying upon a rotten straw mattress in one corner of the black hole,, in a terrible plight. The atmos­ phere of the damp abode was staggering and poisonous, there being no ventilation in any nook or corner. Around him was a pack of savage dogs, Avhile the dirt floor was strewn with bones and half-eaten plucks in an advanced stage of decomposition, and emitting a horrifying stench. The un­ natural son had not a word of apology to utter in extenuation of the cruel usage of his father, but the latter complained bitterly. The son was ordered to take his parent ouLof the dog pit, wliich he did. Not sanafftd with the persecution he had already inflicted, the son took the old man across the street to an empty house which he had rented, and locked him up in it. There was no bed in it for him to sleep upon, no chair upon which to sit, no light to dispel the night­ ly gloom, and no companionship but the huge rats which thrive in great commu­ nities among the shambles and dens of the street. In this miserable rookery the old man existed for three days and nights, his son taking him water and cold scraps of victuals once a day with which to ward off starvation. Finally, another son. who had heard of the fiend­ ish treatment which the old wag receiving, came and took him away to his home in West Philadelphia. A HITHERTO unexplored tumulus, near Middlelnll, Worcester county, Eng., is to be opened by the Archaeological So­ ciety of London. Mi • W* 1 fftOGKESS IN AFRICA* Americans Lead the WHy---fll*| th« kee Is iJtotng Toward € 1.v 1 UafaliyNjkieji. . The London Daily interesting account from IjgKi of the progress of the Khedive's cmars in ex­ ploring and opening up the inferior of Africa to ciyilizaooa, from which we ex* tract the foiinwiair: Col. Long, the-jftung American officer, who made hims«f famous by his daring and successful expedition to M'tesa, and who has since JBttoe other equally suc­ cessful explorations, has returned to Cairo, bringing back five natives Of dif­ ferent tribes, together with many curious war weapons and implements, showing the different degrees of civilization at­ tained. He gives a most graphic ac­ count of his adventures, and may be ex­ pected soon in Europe to make prepara­ tions for other explorations which are to be entrusted to him, to penetrate farther into the heart of Africa under the Khe­ dive's auspices. Seven steamers now ply between Khartoun and Ragaff, above which the rapids render the Nile unnavi- gable. The distance between Khartoun and Gordon's headquarters is over 1,000 miles. He has established lines of posts so as to keep his communications open, and has made peace with the tribes with whom Baiter wan at war, adroitly availing him­ self of Aboii Saood (BaJaii's bete noir) in therfw§missing him, thus checking the sl^sra.tfade most 4&~ the first place, and feetually by turning its instruments to other uses. Gordon has proved a great success, and his occupatiofl of the coun­ try has cost the government nothing, as he lius made ie self-sustaining by the produce he has .sent to Cairo. Col. Pur- dy (an American officer in the Khedive's service) has reached the capital of Dar- fur, and reports that there is plenty of water in the Nile between that point and the point of his departure, so that the obstacles which bamed Baker seems so Ion gsr .to exist. Col. Colston (also an American officer) i4 pushing on probably into the interior by another route j while Mitchell, the geologist of the Gordon expedition, who is not from Kennar, between the Nile and the Bed Sea, lias discovered two gold mines, formerly worked in ancient times, the shaft still open. He reports that with modern appliances one of these shafts could be profitably worked. In fact, the energetic Khedive, seconded by equally energetic officers, is pushing ex­ plorations of all kinds into this terra in­ cognita with a success equal to his ef­ forts. Germany is working along the western coast of Africa; France is or­ ganizing an expedition from Senegal ; Stanley is pushing on from the eastern coast, and the dream of the heroio' Liv­ ingstone seems at last in process of speedy fulfillment. ' Four European Powers have success­ fully established themselves on the west- m coast of Africa--Dutch, Portuguese, French and English. For 235 years the Dutch fiag floated over the Fort of Elmi- na, on which Maurice of Nassau placed it in 1737, after which it was abandoned. France has long held Senegal, and En­ gland Sierra Leone and the adjacent dependencies, and Portugal since 1415 has been an African land-holder, still holding Lower Guinea. But, with jus­ tice, this region has ever been considered the unhealthiest on the globe ; while the Nile basin, with cultivation and civiliza­ tion, is capable of becoming a garden, according to the more recent account of ts explorers. A Ghost Worth Having Around. The Bridgeport (Ct.) Farmer says that city possesses a wonderful material/ izing medium. The story is as follows: " It was only a few weeks ago that the person to whom we refer became con­ scious of his peculiar powers, but since his discovery he has continued tot exer­ cise them and they have ^rapidly devel­ oped. Thus far the' seances have been held in the presence of a small party of his acquaintances, in a darkened room, which, with the exception of a small table, is utterly destitute of furniture. No believer in spiritualism had yet at­ tended these sittings, so that it cannot be said that any of his audience were un­ duly prepared to give credence to the genuineness of the manifestation, and yet all of the spectators with whom we nave conversed are convinced that there was no collusion or trickery in the effects produced. One of the remarkable feats performed by the spirits is the bringing upon the table a supply of fresh tropical flowers. The flowers exhale a beautiful fragrance, are fresh with dew, and of varieties which cannot be produced in this vicinity. The members of the circle the other evening were also regaled with splendid cigars dropped upon the table by spirit visitors, and the medium him­ self was refreshed a day or two ago with a plate of ice cream furnished by the same mysterious agency. The medium can also materialize the spirits so that they become visible to those in the room. The spirits also play on musical instru­ ments and write messages on the Vail and table, which to the ordinary observ­ ers are mere hieroglyphics, but to the spiritual vision of the medium are really intelligible." A Long Fast* About one year ago Mr. Wm. Fallon, of the town of Harmony, Wis., missed one of his pigs, and after diligently searching for the same, gave it up as lost. A few days ago he had occasion to remove a straw-stack which was bitilt about the time the pig was missed, and on reaching the bottom he was aston­ ished on finding the missing pig, which was alive, but reduced somewhat in flesh. Mr. Fallon gave the pig all the milk it could drink immediately on tak­ ing it out of its prison, from the effects of which it died shortly afterward. YESTKRDAY, when an old lady on the Barber street cars got out a nickel to pay her fare, a gentleman held out his hand to take it and save her the trouble of leaving her seat. , "What you want?" she demanded, giving him a keen took. " I'll pay your fare for you," he po­ litely replied. " I'd just like to see you or any one else get hold of my money !" she ex­ claimed. " I've traveled afore thin, and I know what I'm about--I do!" And she strutted forward and deposit­ ed her fare in the box.--'Detroit Free Frets. THE silver yield of Nevada will exceed $25,000,000 this year. Useful Information. seed, swallowed whole, . ̂ HM»ough]y mixed, ̂boots crater-proof. Mid that mnkntmatwy rheum*- y be cured by bathing the parts with oil and saltpeter--half-an- ' PuIVvaIWGu • 2" halfs= of the oiL OpuusE SPOTS FROM CARPETS.--To tike mots out of carpets, mix a little soap ft a gallon of soft warm water, then add half an ounce of borax; wash the part well with a clean cloth, and the grease or dirty spot will soon be invisi­ ble. ' '.f • To MAKE IXDKUBZJI l^-~»Tflke one, and two-thirds parts of nitrite of silver, sixteen parts of distfled water, two parte of gum-arabic, and one-third wart of sap- green. The nitrate of silver is first dis­ solved in the distilled water, and the gum-arabic and sap-green are subse­ quently added. « To GIVE glass gx&t briUiancy, take finely powdsrsd indigo, dip into it s moistened linen rag, smear over the •glass with it, and then wipe the indigo off with » perfectly dry cloth. As a substitute for this, fine sifted ashes, ap­ plied with ft rag dipped in spirits, will answer. ; FOR TOR Trc*?rtt.--Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints ot boiling water, and before it cools entirely, add one tea- spoonful of spirits of camphor and bottle for use. One tablespoonful jh an ordi­ nary glass of water is sufficient when washing the teeth. It is not necessary to apply the brush with unusual force. The effect is pleasant, and the teeth are always clean and healthy, making the breath pure and sWeet. " ^ ^ FOR WASHING CLOTHES.--The follow­ ing is the finest fluid known for washing clothes, no rubbing beingxequired : For a large washing taking half a pound of good brown soap, cut in small pieces; half a pound washing soda ; three ounces unslacked lime; uiix in one gallon of boiling water and let stand over night. In the morning have ready ten gallons of boiling water in clothes boiler and strain the liquid previously prepared into it. Separate the white pieces and cleanest articles from the colored and dirtier clothes and boil them the usual time first, then the remainder of the selected pieces in like manner. Take them out, scald, rinse and blue, and the washing is as white as snow. The cost is but a trifle. Pigeon-Shooting Extraordinary.--- There was a large gathering of promi­ nent sporting men at Jones' woods to­ day, to witness a pigeon-match, in which Capt. Bogardus, champion wing shot of America, was to kill 50 birds inside of 6 lullmies, iuiu to l0i*u lilS OVvii giui. Bogardus had to stand 21 yards from the basket of birds, load his own gun, and kill 50 pigeons m 8 minutes. The pigeons were brought on the ground and a table put in front, upon which Bo­ gardus arranged his ammunition. Will Johnson attended to the pigeons, and threw two into the air as fast as Bogar­ dus loaded his gun. The shooter brought down'the birds quickly, seldom letting them fly over 50 yards. The birds we|e SHL^fcrAft ones, and left the hands of as if they were anxious to fly b^Sk where they came from--New Jersey* $ogardus was just 2 minutes and 30 seconds in killing the first 20 birds. He killed the next 10 in a minute. He brought down 30 dead birds in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He killed 40 in 5 minutes and 10 seconds; 48 in 6 minutes and 15 seconds, and 50 in 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Altogether he shot at 60 pigeons, or 30 pairs. He killed 50, the others flying away, some injured, and r.thers falling dead in the distance, inside of 8 minutes, with 30 seconds to spare, which is a wonderful performance.--New York Sun. * English Seamen. A disturbance of rather a serious char­ acter has occurred on board the Tri­ umph, one of the channel squadron ships now at Devonport, in England. The men have been refused the privilege accorded until, the appointment of the present Commodore, of congregating on the upper deck for conversation prior to turning in for the night; and the disaf­ fection thus occasioned is said to have been increased by the fact that a sea­ man's leave has been stopped for 10 days because he wore elastic side boots, on the ground that in wearing them he was not in uniform. The men at first mani­ fested their disaffection by chalking up in conspicuous parts of the ship uncom­ plimentary and threatening phrases to the commander, and growling in an un­ dertone at him as he walked his rounds. Eventually a spit kettle was thrown at him by some of the crew, and he was struck in the leg with considerable vio­ lence. The quartermaster was sum­ moned on deck, but he was unable to identify the offenders. Swabs and other things have since been continually thrown about, and a court of inquiry is regarded as certain. The seaman pun­ ished for wearing elastic side boots has had his grog stopped, stands two hours by himself on the upper deck daily, and a sentry watches over him while he takes his rations. An Iucorriglble Window-Smasher. Ten years ago, a man named Bichard Hampton broke the shop window of a harmless watchmaker in Woolwich, Eng­ land. He was sent to prison for nine months, and on the very day of his dis­ charge returned to Woolwich and smash­ ed the same window. This time the Court gave him eighteen months; and once more, on the day his sentence ex­ pired, he returned and again broke the same window. His third sentence was for ten years ; but the other day he was, for good conduct, discharged on a ticke of leave, having served nearly eight years. Promptly for the fourth time, he went straight to Woolwich, and once more smashed the same window, and being thereupon brought into court for a fourth sentence, he remarked that he would break that window as often as he got the chance, for the rest of his life. He is now in for another ten years. ^ THE Brooklyu Union has enlarged to thirty-two columns, uses larger type tbau formerly, and prints more matter. The Union says it has tried the experiment of small type and found it a failure. TIME. •; gwsettliMof apple bloom! VhMi wtate breathe low and «!n; Apd all the oaAdi enchanted seems, Jp **»P*d la sweet and blissful dreams • The pals® beats softly, isst a throb The virion might dispel, at apple bloesn! , :ht£ perfumed* ' tly, toand fro, ; v and twttter lo# |- . . IKESRA?! woo the bee wiL From golden hearts the slreet to idti. ' ft? . ° 8r sparkling nectar sms. • " Ml *oug ot ^ content! ^ ^ . ~X Sweet tiaieol apple bloom! ^ f, ^Sove renews, *' " *«-• --"'"s, Ths Stag softly, '-haunted land. Atfan Way No alien feet tthy tretf£ .f- Sweet time of apple bloom! r- ,4 . When haunting beauty fills 1% eager eye; the longing heart, J3£kt, worn with storm's and sorrow's nn«(|t Sees in thy bloom fair prototype OX a? immortal spring. 'W Pith and Point. tsft- ting on a peer. ¥ A fcooD place for ladies to staj*--At thet eotraetanaker's.' ' THE most cutting* remarks are madep by the bluntest man. j IT is not fare to pass a counterfeifc ( nickel in an omnibus. A FLY man always minds his own buaarf̂ iness. He is also generally gnat-ty in ha ̂*, personal appearance. 2. MAN never is but always to be blest, says Pope. Yet how often yon hear man say, " Im blest!" WHETHEB the " monks of old " saidh v;; many prayers or not, we do not care to ̂• inquire; we rather think they fead »- knee-sy time of it! A ̂ IN many localities oysters and the pub-^^i^? lie schools are opened simultaneously. This accounts for the raw-oysteroi$4cm-«^,.• • ...f- jluci of Home of the scholars. * * AN applicant for a pair of boots at a shoe shop, was asked what number he wore, and replied, as soon as he could recover from jas surprise, " Why, two, of coarse!" WOMAN'S revenge, if she dies for it. As the bride got out of the carriage, she * caught her veil and tore it, and the bridegroom was ill-natured about it. 'Then, when the functionary said: " Will ^ you have this man?" etc., she said,i " No t " and Jhat was the end of the mar­ riage. A POET in Appletony8 Journal says " I touched the fragrance of her hand»"f. This is almost equal to the "perfumed light" that " steals through the mists oft^*b,r "litbrister IniTiprg,Poetic license is a thing, and the poet takes further advan­ tage of it to refer to " her shy, reluctant glove. " Next we shall hear of her coy- „ buttoned gaiters and her bashful bustle. Milwaukee Sentinel. * A GENTLEMAN in want of a house for the summer months, in a little town on the west coast of Ireland, found a com­ modious residence close to the beach. On consulting the house agent's board, he read: " House to be let, apply oppo­ site." "Opposite!" cried he, ."Why, the house faces the sea !" £)n making ? ; inquiry, he found the house belonged to a New Yorker, who was open to receive offers. A RECENT advertisement contains the following startling information : "If the gentleman who keeps the shoe store with a red head will return the umbrella of a young lady with the ivory handle to the slate-roofed grocer's shop, he will hear of something to his advantage, as the same is the gift of a deceased mother now no more with the name engraved upon it." THE Louisville Courier-Journal chron icles river news in t.bin style : The old Nick Longman hugged the bank On Cincinnati's shore: She used to run to New Orleans, But won't run any more. Gone to meet the United States Marshal. INDIANA obituary: Cold is her cheek as the ice-cream in the freezer; Cheek that bluffed milkman and butcher and all, We'll chuck her in next to o.d Ebenezer, And give her a tombstone some time in the fall. A LADY residing in New York, who, by the way, was one of the strictest of evan­ gelical church members, chanced to go into the country on a visit to her brother, who was a deacon. On the first Sunday of her visit, a little son of her brother's came running into the house with a cou­ ple of eggs which he had just found in a lien's nest. " See, aunt!" he exclaimed, " what our hens have laid to-day!" " What!" exclaimed the lady, lifting up her eyes in horror, " is it possible that your father, a pious man and a deacon, allows his hens to lay on Sunday?" Abandonment of the Penikese School. The Anderson School of Natural His­ tory, located on Penikese Island, in Buz­ zard's Bay, which was founded at the expense of so much exertion, money and anxiety on the part of the late Prof. Louis Agassiz and others, appears to be undergoing about the last mutation an institution of the kind is able to stand. It was the intention of the trustees to establish a permanent fund of $150,000, and rim a steamer between the island and New Bedford daily, thus reducing the price of supplie-. at the island, and greatly augmenting the attractiveness of the place* The death of the projector, however, was a death blow to the pros­ pects of the institution, which, indeed, has ceased to be an institution at all. The existing trustees of the remains of the School appear not to have been of | late, at least, kept well posted respecting the financial condition of their trust, and much dissatisfaction is said to have re­ sulted from a clear statement of facts by the' treasurer. However this may be, it appears that definite action has been taken upon the matter, and that all mov­ able property connected with the concern is to be turned into cash under the ham­ mer of a Boston auctioneer for the bene­ fit of creditors. A small portion of the school paraphernalia, such as would not pay for moving, has been given to the school at Wood's Hole.--Boston Journal. SHE reoeived a poem, ending: " My heart turns ever unto thee, and ques­ tions if thou missest me." She read tha closing lines, and said she did.