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j- RiiM ,r it k.%, •JW; . . «. JOMNRICKD. • W lIUID TATfcO*. Hietffr a mtat ctfte meadow balow; U» fcBrring- ItVclHra^lrantetlowm,and the #od ia not • -Uttrnvto, lonely place, It aeema, and I dont 1 see, m I lean «a *h» fence, MNr wearily tradgea Dsn; fwailfcetwa of the 8pring in hta boon, like a weak ' ̂ mm oiueriy HH j - -4Zl'r« t*art it rauiy t ihno,M W6 tt8tl WIS WMO tW QftU. pmymffar <S*v to loil, and tvr tram sun to pun, y&otiRh up to the seam*! front, and nothing be f« eJlfng attwelve Ilk* a clock, and beginning a«ain v ̂ atone. ' Thr #**««» make a aorrowful notoe, and yet it'* the :: • S.. time they mate • " lUphere s gomethhiie eomce with flie Spring, a llght- neMOitlic* weight; something comes with the .Spring, and it aeerns to me it's fate. . ItVtto'hankering after a lire that you Mm bam learned to know; It's the diocoment with a life that ia always thus and so; It's the wondering what we are, and where we are «®in«tog». _ r 'V ' . %y life ia lucky enough, I fu*ey, t» men's eyes, . more a family grows, the oftener aotne one it's now run on ao long, it conlda't be other- C;:., wiae. dlndSiatcr Jane and myaelf, we have learned to diittt tn<! viold ̂ rnlea in ine Loom at will, and lis the barn and TV nigh npon thirty ymmn!--ee if written and i signed and aealed. conMn't change If I would; I've loat the how and .Ai; the wh«D, #ne day my ttoe will be up, and Jane be the mle- t ttwathen, ;• • or sinple vom«n are men. She kept me so atnnger hand, "bowed to benelf; the was always (he I looked my lot allowed well enough, w' J aronndin tke land; .Jfent Pm tired and aore at heart, and f doat quite *? understand. «> wonder liow it had been if N taken what Others • ' - need, e plague, they say, of a wife, the care of a yonng- er breed? f Edith JPieasanton now were with me ith " Beed? "•1 •* .. Jliippose that a «m wen grown were thew in the V placc of DM, .. . r. . A«d I felt myself in him, aa I waa fchen mjr wort i? began ? I itoild feel no older, aore, and certainly nan r ' trim! i daughter, beeMe, in the honaa; nay, let there be two or three I fe never can overdo the lnck that can never be, id what has come to the moat might also have oome to me. ^Ki'toiOght, when a neignbor'a vtfa « ltti child . waa carried away, * , .v$JI»at to have no loea was a gain; bat sow, I can . hardly say; " JKe seems to pottseae them still, nnder the ridges of v1 clay. T* - Ahdahar^andahareina life is, somehow, a differ- '"x, ent thing fJrrom property held hy deed, and the ricbea that oft #*»# . take wing; •> feel BO close in the biesst!--I think it must be the Spring. ' • r ilil'm drying up like a brook when ths woods have been cleared aaronad; : Toil"!* §r»Tf> it n>ni«t nHnMni roe. Too u-a naed"to the Mtt a%ii'i ®i souBd, But it shrinks till there's '-'SC - ground. ouly left a stony rat in the nothing to do bat take the days as they oome and go, 4 gjknd not to worry with thoughts that nobody likes to show, "IN* people so selAooi talk of the things they want m- to know. v here's times when the way ia plain, and everything "i*! nearly right, »**S|Lnd then, of & sudden, you atand like a man with a '-«!»/ clouded B«ht; t beast, tattedn^ of the fall- " John/' tMid Mr. Steele, olosiiig the door of his jftivate office, and looking .upon his jooag derk bom^ntb, *• I've got an order here from Mrs. Steele, whidb I wish jow would at­ tend tpk" "Ofcr«i»lj, sir," aaid John. "ShaU I ro oat and get the atticile myself V • Why, the fact is, John," said the meroluint, enjoying bui joke more and mors, " it's only oss o yafw balî one. It was Uafgalned for long ago. I think you will have to go with it, John." *' Down to the seashores!" said John, getting a little hot and flattered. " Is it a very valuable parcel, sir ?" *' Well, perliaps your natural modesty may depreciate its worth, John. Mrs. Steele and I think a good deal at it. and Laura, too--I'm sure she does. The commodity is yourself, John. Mrs. Steele wants you to go down and take a little holiday there." When the name of Laura, was men tioned, the young man's face grew more flustered and hot than before. "You are very kind, air," he said, " and Mrs, Steele is always more like an angel than a woman." " Bather solid and plump for that," in­ terposed Mr. Steek, but liking the phrase nevertheless. "But it is simple madness," pursued John, "to dream of further .happiness than I enjoy now-- your affection and that of your wife, my position here; I don's dare--I can't hope for anything do you know he wanted to be res­ cued t" " He appeared Mudious that said John. " He wrapped me like » devil fish. I time we'd bottt go down together, oughito be aa&eol fnr Inanhinjj the eeriest thing in the wbrid ; tl ̂ ter itself is an accessory, if you nMHaige itdrighk" " j[g »^>n no how, Jfr. Water® peeasss/" olivraied IhA sympathetic women; and* as" John began his lenon, Mr. Steele slipped away. "Oh, papa," began Laura, "how is Mr* Stuy vesant." "I don't know--I didn't ask," ha re- {)lied, " I was so interested in the fel-ow that dra^Red him ashore. He's an old friend of ours. The way we made his acquaintance was on just such an ocoasion; he saved a lady from drown­ ing." " Why, jjapa," said Laura, "he must be a splendid fellow." " Magnificent!" said Mr. Bteele. " You see, we had traveled over consid­ erable of the world together, your moth­ er and I, while you were yet a baby. And we found it rather odd one morning to discover that having crossed the ocean and the Alps, loitered in the Hud­ son Highlands, traveled thence down through the Mississippi Valley, across the Amfirioan Desert to California, and back again by another route,your mother w , had never been up the East river as far more. Oh, Mr. Steele, X can't tell her j as Morrisania. It seemed so absurd to my story, sir. She would shrink from have neglected this home excursion that most move; my joints are stiff; the weather is • « • ' breeding rain, » M<jpncl Dan it. harrying on with his plow-team np the lane. • *q to the Tillage atore; I'd rather not talk wtth ;̂ '* ' Jane. }'inf! ^ X tTTOKT SUCCESSIULLY TOLA, . , Pretty, plump Mrs. Archibald Steele j, I wrote the following paragraph in one of wij ner letters to her husoand the other day: ̂ " John must come down here at once, whether you can spare him or not Our dear little Laura is greatly token with a tell, thin young man, with a hooked nose ĵ tnd thin lips, called Stuyvesant. It is *ririqpered about the hotel that he is a f»»» t̂?veiy good match, and has the veritable «»,,'!*ilue blood of the old Dutch Governor in i;. j4iis veins. I must say it has a queer way ru « -of showing itself, for the young man is *C i ,» v4S8 pale as a specter; and dressed in that *•" " >f*rinte duck, with his gunken eyes and "1,3; bilious skin, ia enough to frighten one. I have grown to hate him, while Laura growing to do quite the contrary, I'm 'd. All the evening he leans up inst the wall, never dancing, or open- his mouth save to give vent to some ful sarcastic criticism upon the scene around him, and yet dear Laura's eyes-- as, indeed, all the other pretty ejres •,jt(,rwabout--are perpetually beseeching him ><i mfor attention. In the daytime he is al- wfuflrvjB with a long black horse, that covers ^«.<;ftinore ground with its legs when it is f rui going than any animal I ever saw. iWhen Laura goes out to drive behind rsnJ 'Hit, and vanish ̂ out of sight with the *it !s.«4bony crealu^e, I tremble to think how "' ^dreadful it would be if oar dear little Would become part and parcel of wretched man and his wicked beast. *t*d'h ̂think John had better come down -at once ; I quite long to see his hand­ some face and hear his honest voice, and "Wprr: I think it is about time John should tell •' his little story to Laura, and have things settled comfortably." Mr. Archibald Steele smiled when be pat the letter of his wife in his waists coat pocket, and picking up the morning paper, scanned through his gold rimmed spectacles the news ot the day. Finding nothing therein to rutfie the exceedingly Miifefiictoty condition of affairs, he put it down, and smiled again as only a pros­ perous, contented, down-town merchant pain smile. He was one of those happy to the ordinary rule of mor- with whom every thing went well, rhillt •irtwranrf was an exclama- ngtal to Ibat effect. If he ventured m lilwe humlmlj in trade, fortune toer sails to favor him. If he u, bgsrt upon anything relating to EonMMtio all the elements of arjt Mild nature ooiwpiml to bring it about. So when he etepped to the door of the ®mm and beokoned to ft young man with « strip of commweW Pfper in his hand and a pencil behind f5» <*x, with that rmurnifn ̂of *3od shrewdness Sent him that .betokened a sticcesslul down-town meidmpk in Steele smiled the third taw®. the air of one who was not «*«ll«*mj of any * * "*• ||̂ c1b thftt might in the path of a domestic hap- aliiy" SSS53S!# •I . . . hp *>wi ' •' *•*' a*i i'ffj •m-k- Si':*# believed had been pina» which he mmm me with horror and aversion, she is 00 young, so beautiful. Let me at least en­ joy the present" *- Ana in the meantime some cadaver­ ous, bilious, blue-blooded sooundrel will carry her off from us all!" Then John's face grew pale and stern. "If there is the slightest feeling upon her part for--for any one else, then in­ deed, Mr. Steele, my case is hopeless." The commercial paper fluttered from his hand, the pencil fell from his ear; he leaned his head against the desk and trembled. "Why, who would supposeyon oould be such a coward?" said Mr. Steele, im­ petuously. "Yon shall go dowb with me this very day." All the way to the seashore John's face wore the look of one who had resolved to storm a deadly breach, but who did not hope to survive the attempt. Even the ocean, when it confronted them, wore a threatening look. Upon the horizon a pile of clouds formed a background wan and gloomy, a great black mist lay in the zenith, a dense red vapor almost touched the water. "A very nasty sea," said Mr. Steele. John snuffed it in, his eyes dilating, his broad shoulders expanding, his head -high in the sea-scented air. A tramp on the hard, wet sand, and like a meteor a long black horse shoi by, disappearing in the mist, leaving for •John the memory of • -ft charming head crowned with blonde curling hair, two kind eyes bent upon his own, a white waving hand extended in salutation. " John," said Mr. Steele, " did yon see the face of that man ? i count upon your saving Laura. Did you see his thin, cruel lips, Ms treacherous eyes ?" "I only saw Laura, air, said.John, simply. later on, Mr. Archibald Steele and Ms plump pretty wife were alone to­ gether in their private parlor. .Her' dimpled hand lay lovingly in his, her shapely head, fresh from the hands of the coiffeur, rested recklessly on his, shoulder. Suddenly the door opened, and there was heard the rustle of silken drapery. A still shapelier little head, and fresher from the hands of the cciffeur, all un- rumpled by the audacious touch of a mortal, peeped in at the door. Laura was pale; her little white hands were clasped together; her musical voice trembled. "Oh, papa, mamma, come directly ! Mr. Stuyvesant ventured out too far, and--and--" " Was drowned ?" said Mr. Steele, with a peculiar combination in his voice of pity and relief. "No, no; how can yon suppose so dreadful a thing) He was rescued, tat he is very weak and tlL He has asked for me--and may I go? Will you e©mo with me, manmm ? Oh* do, £ |Nf of you! Can't she, gape?" Her blue eyes 3£lied with tears; tier little feet seemed panting to fly throogh tiie corridor. " Certainly not," said Mr. Steele. "Let him wakt till he is abLe to come to you or to me. Either a ma* is drowned or he isn't. Because he was imbeaile enough to risk his life, that ia no reason for yocur being the talk of the hotel." Laura raised her head proudly. " No danger of that, papa; and, be­ sides, every one is occupied now with the one that rescued him. "And what madman was* that?'*said poor Mr. Steele, who couM i&ot reconcile himself to the present eoa&tion ol f- fairs. " I don't know--a stranger,, 1 believe ; I was so interested in 9b. Stayvesant I forgot to ask." " Pah!" said Mr, Steele, getting upon Ms feet, and walking to the door, " 111 go and find oqt all about it. Do yon stay here till I return." Before he had gone for Mir. Steele heard from the excited guests several different versions of the affair; but one and all agreed that the rescuer could be nothing less than a chaiupion swim­ mer. "A regular water-dog!" said one gentleman to Mr. Steele ; and as the merchant had heard tliis epithet used but oppft before in his life, and that on an (wanipn ol vital interest to himself, he sought out the hero of the tour, and found, to his unbounded astonishment, it was John Waters himself! He was quite enveloped in tihe flounces and fur­ belows of pretty and sympathetic wom­ en, who insisted upon knowing every j half second if he was mire he felt strong ' and well, and how in the world could he buffet those dreadful waves in that grand, heroic way, and how did he man age to drag poor <]far Mr. Stuyvesant in to the shore ? John, like any other hero of the hour, enjoyed this womanly adulation, but looked anxiously at Mr. Steele when he approached. "Hum!" growled that worthy mer­ chant, "a pretty fellow you to inter­ fere with other people's plans ! How we determined upon it at once. The morning was wet, but that didn't matter. Your mother looked prettier in a water proof and rubbers, with a shovel-hat tied under her chin, than most women would in a ball-dress. She wasn't a bit afraid of rain or mud. She was a little too reckless, for getting ashore to see one of the institutions for vagabond boys, her foot slipped off the plank, and she dis­ appeared." Mr. Steele stopped a minute; his voice faltered; the little plump hand of his wife slipped into his own; he clutched it and went on again. "One minute I saw her as neat and trim a little figure as ever graced a water­ proof and shovel-hat, the next she was ^"Oone!* ffiriecf Lmu4 >Gone where ?" ; ~ "Into the water,child;into the hun­ gry green waves that surged np to take her away from the fondest heart in the universe; and if it hadn't been for one of those very vagabond boys, who had been lurking there for a chance to escape from the island, you'd have lost us both, my dear, for 1 made an agonized plunge after her, though I'm ashamed to say I couldn't swim a stroke, and should only have gone to the bottom like a plummet of lead; but an official standing by eanght and held me, and cried out that John Waters had her safe as a trivet; gnlfres- ently that vagabond bov aaa sip with your sweet mother on the other side of the boat, and the official cried out,, * He's The PassfcN* That Imlaee Disease* The positions which act laost severely on the nhyaiosl life axe anger, fear, hi- tred antPgrief• tftie other psfcl'tiifiriae comparatively innoeuoos. Waat is called the passion of love is not injurious jmtil it lapses into grief and aBS&lgr; oif the contrary, it sustains the physical power. What is called ambition & of itpelf harm­ less; for ambition, When it exists purser, la n nobility lifting its OwiiSr SS«S!n ̂ from himself into the exalted service of mankind. It injures when it is debased by its meaner ally, pride; or when, stim­ ulating a man to too flirermortsi efforts after some grept object, it leads him to the performance of excessive mental or physical labor and to the consequences that follow such effort. The passion called avarice, according to my experience, tends rather t» the preservation of the body than to its de­ terioration. The avaricious man, who seems to the luxurious world to be de­ barring himself of all the pleasures of the world, and even to be exposing Man- self to the fangs of poverty, is generally placing himself in the precise conditions favorable to a long and healthy exist ence. By his economy he is Raving him self from all the worry incident to penu­ ry; by his ea-utioB he is screening him­ self from all the risks incident to specu­ lation. or the attempt to amass wealth by hazardous means; by his regularity ol hours and perfect appropriation of the sunlight, in preference to artificial illu­ mination, he rests and works in period® that precisely accord with the pieriodiey of nature; by his abstemiousness in fir­ ing he takes just eneugh to live, which is precisely the right thing to do accewd ing to the rigid natural law. Thus, in almost every particular, he goes on his way freer than other men from the ex­ ternal causes of all the induced diseases ̂ and better protected than most men from the worst consequences of those diseasea which spring from causes that are un­ controllable,Popular Science Monthly for November. The Brooklyn Scandal Bevivetf, A dispatch from New Yoik says: "At a business meeting of Plymouth Church,, in Brooklyn, ̂ ast evening, the names of? Deacon West and Mrs. Moulton were dropped from the roll of its membership on thfi ground of continued absence from the services of the church. Deacon West was not present, but Mrs. Moulton was. She was accompanied by her counsel, Roger A. Pry or, who read a protest, signed* by Mrs. Moulton, and which closed as follows: 'My absence is an enforced one ̂ and is caused by the crime of adultery committed by Henry Ward Beecher, pas­ tor of this church, with one of his parishi­ oners, which 1 know to be a fact, through Mr. Beecher's confessions to me, and through the confessions of Mrs. Tilton*. and through conclusive evidence of the eriijM; fssom other sources,, I appear before this church in loyal obedience to a sum­ mons whkih T s««?ei~ed, and I here ̂ by decsara aay disposiiioii to discharge1 ail the duties devolving on' me, as a* member, that me consistent witii my a regular water-dog9 that Johnny Wat- J! knowledge c# the aduhery of the pastor And these were the very words a and his false swearing with regard to it.*' _ which it is dswifed of . which oontaina not 4 or «*f nokimnt 1W grains iLiAiiiiiir' ' a space »tasw»- twje of seventy mmm degrees fftftren- heit. They am then crashed under sad made into nough with salt and water, as' : ;r,„ , "• BAFi&gmOft Wares* .jv A. L. Cox, of-Santa Bosa, has just returned from a trip up the coast, whew he has been engaged surveying for some days past. He informs us that the heaviest sea known in the past four years was rolling inland on Tuesday and Wednesday, along the north coast. There was no wind. The schooners George Lewis, Champion and Sarah Louisa had anchored at Stewart's Point just before the heswy sea set in. The swell continued to increase in volume until it repeatedly swept the decks of the vessels. The small boats were stove up or washed overboard. The men on boaed had no way to gel ashore and were m great danger. John Dinsmore, a caBp€r»ter at Stewart's Feint, with t heroissi worthy of sll praise, volunteered to go in a small boat and bring the men ashore. He made three trips, landing ti» crews of each schooner safely. Dinsmore, whose cour­ age did not fail while Ms brave work was in hand; fainted from exhaustion and ex­ citement when it wa»ove*. The George I*®wis had received th»most injury when oaar informant left, bwfr no serious ac­ cident had befallen eifcheir vessel, though the swells were breaking: over thea.p? • m MICB-I-CMkH-Y-A. C* writer ia the Hew Yo^c Beraid aUoflMt* tk» of tbe MMlehlcftts fever to that 8ta*e, frow IW «lp Mwig«u received tew *# *ho«- •BMl art quotes tfcto old ['town tl--n,«t .*»*•» • r|l nm-i of VaoDount ?f|f& her runufata# * * -a ol»ud* nd mam would stir, 1 _ „ -tying ofe T- P- H11«5 TaxationorauMiiue. ; " %*** ?«he ooeta jou yecka of trouble '̂ ' 'tup StmlmMosa (Cal.) Bemoerat. v'j| ers guest here used in relation to John a minute or so ngowM " John I" cried poor bewildered l«uraP "our John? Mamma? Mj mcenmal Was mamma the lady? Was John the boy ? And is it John, our Joha t̂hat sdred poor Mr. Steyveflaui •" ̂ "The very same, dading -̂Johnv our John; he's always on haad whMre iuere's trouble or danger. * "Oh, mamma f mamma!" cried Laura, forgetting all the yeeas that had passed since the accident, and erumnling both the coiffured heads in a moatrreck- less manner. "PWpa," she then said, " we must go. and find John. I want to toft him how much 1-- I--*' "Yes, dear," saidlHr. ArrhihaldSteelc,. and all the way thresh the cenridor andi into the parlors vt the hotels with hi& plump and pretty wife on one- arm, his- lovely daughter 00 the other, he smlledi But John was still surrounded by the pretty Mid sympathetic women*, who had cruelly deserted the blue-bOooded de­ scendant of the oM Dutch Governor, ly­ ing in Ms most graceful and Iknguid of attitudes on a neighboring lounge--the descendant, not the Governor--and had; flocked one and all to the hesdsome and* heroic founder <sl the new school for teaching people the way tobe rescued* from drewaing, These ohaijuilog creature# spent s<a» much of tiheir time at the seai shore, and it was so> necessary and so. nice to>be wise! John was alinest hiddemin flounoas and lacca ̂but when his eyescnet Laura's* he pluî jd out of these costly billows with has usual ease and. intrepidity. There was something in Laura's eyes that h«? had never seen tier© before a tempting languor, a bewitching shywM», a bewii&ring fif lendos that steeped! Ms soul in a mad sweet hope.. Latua stopped one moment to whisper to herataraaaa»and John yspedonlMr. Stool© ** "If I daosd--if I only daraT tell her--m "l\e told hex myself," said tha> mer­ chant " Tk&t Iwm a pauBsr withonfchome or irieudB?" "1 told the stoij in my onna way, John," osmtinued Iffljfe Steele,, "and I flattest mymU I told it «uccessfo3|jr; don't ; spoil it it you please* I have Managed I the past and the paesent; do you look oat for the future, J«hn." And John did. L&nra walkad through the pariois that night, the eavied of aU the pretty and sympathetic; women anai brave and appreciative men that congr*» gated there. The New York ami Brooklyn Asso- eiati@n of Cong*egatk>»»! Ministers has* taken action, it is alleged, which will certainly i»vive the Beecher scandal. M commiittoe el ii» naeMbers ii»f̂ been ag pointed ami instructod to report, after a. careM eaamiiiwHmn of the charges, w&ether the assfMnatinm ought to retain Dflr. Beecher in its membership. It was said, last evening, that Mr. Beecher would withdnaw from the association < nather than submit to an investigation." hkifferlhga efl the- Itoor in f*ermai>f;. A recent Berlin dispatch says : 6' The depression of trad* is felt so keenly by/ the industrial) d&eaes that the govemr ment has been r,«qiuf«ted, as a means of preventing acute- distress, to resort to. the measure successfully adopted in the last two wais,.nauiaty, the establishments of loan banks. Tito governmenttlias note as yet showiMmich inclination to accede to the recjaesfc. (Serious distress is attT ticipated among tdbe industrial working .classes during tito coming winter, andi 'apprehensions aee al&o entertained of a«. !crisis in financial circles." A contempoismj, commenting upon, .'the above, ^ertinentiy remarks :: " While Wkame m more prosperous tk«n« she has been sinoa the empire, Germany is on tho extaiCQiiiios of dislreas. Th® propoaitiint for gcvcrnmeiî aid to the •as* ( Taxation or iunim. tr In Mth lS r̂<5 mea8U ̂In Micb-i-gaoi-a. .'f ^And tttera?8 youehnd Where descona-eut ycmfhtST^1** ft tenets'" • « t >"w fear your iootte an# tenets" &•' -8hon1 ̂n°t exactly eqnare; j:y.=,y 'ff > !4Swhere **** thalAwrke on Sunj)ft* , _r̂ . . j, * penalty nMut*jajr, 77 . 1 While all ia free and eaejr , r 1 **>• Ai* in Mich-i-gao-i-* »• 'Xitimt fr 0r A Carious. Pact* The greatest merchant in the world baaaa cme exceptional mark of peculiar character. I will explain by saying that A. T. Stewart never was a clerk. Hewasv in fact, not bnedl to any busi- se«% tat came to Amemoa* an educated jemmg man, whose expectations were to Become a teacher. He fiamnd employ­ ment in this business until he was in- stifketively led to the dry-goods trade, which he has pursued! tto his present gneataess. Claflin wa»»olM ̂near Wor­ cester and subsequently became a dry- goodB retailer in that thriving town, wheiMe he came to this: city as a partner in tbe firm of Bulkley &<£laoin. As Stew­ art never had any business education to pnepaae him for a meraftntiLe career, we see-nu>re vividly the power of genits in creating a vast business, and ordaining a system of government suoh aa the world haithnever seen equaled. Xt is, perhaps, because Stewart has- nevev been a clerk thati he has so little ^nuatfty with this unfortunate class. He has the repu- taKo» of being a veng, haad taskmaster, and fihave been told that one of his rules i» to never give employment to any on6 who had ever left Ms sarvtoe,, either vol- untraaiy or by discharge*.--New Xork • 1 » • n • A< Woman's Surglealt •paration. "Sesterday afternoon aanaa1whose nanM nrnilii not be leamod. anrLwho with his family reside near thecomsr m Williams alloy and Fountain i stree ,̂ got into a quavel with his wife. Botdii were in­ toxicated. They pitched tinh> each other, tore'each, other's hair ̂and. vised a. rum- puss generally. By soma- diplomatic aoume or other the woman' finally auc- oeedfed in getting b«r> l«taoal master to bed! Her next move waatto. get a bottle of cMoroform which was n@ar at hand, smdi administer a mce Kith* dose to her husfond. The next acttwas> to procure anjoid saw, with wiric&isfce proceeded to do a job in surgery thatnwoT>Jid put a pro­ fessional surgeon ito blush. Beginning atitliMft lower end of the mam's leg, she commenced sawing;untiltah&had severed that useful appendage in twain. He, totally unconscious of what was going 014, slept on, '-'thesleeflpof the innocent,"1 wUIe she, after the jpb was done, looked* 0% watching his life-btosd ebb slowly away. Somehow oriot'ler the neighbors' outaade got wind of what was going oa inaaae the house and xnshied in, in time tn»stop the breeding, hut ad; lastacoourls ill was a question whethes.the mwi viquifl line or not.--Cleveland* Loader. Pith and? Point. _ Thb affigator that swallowed a corse , r . w<8ettd.' It stayed on. his stom.afeh:, f Ws are told that notMng vrm m«de iir m*- vai«fc. But how *bftnfta> pirl?" Isn't she maiden vain?' ̂ UhwABKof thatfriendlw)io opmes with the-steel of a dagger csnceafed ili 'ifce* ̂-r soft* velvet of a complxmunt, HtoKCTEB Love** -- Ufet couldn't y<w»>f - , leam to love me S Young: Lad»--I migbt< %v- if--if I never saw you afain. "'(Qodbtship is bliss,"" said an aidfeh^ t̂v ̂ young man. "Yes, an'B matrimony is^s blister," snarled an old bhohelor. .,, , Thew has a wrinkled, *Uow old irnui :, who,. Swing about to seek .a young wife/ . inquired at a drug store for "the man as ' enamels faces, so's to make edi! look;" DfemPnmo of Braml wfll bring S200,- ••, 000 wo»th of diamonds wlfen he comes to • visit th» î untry. He ingoing to give '! thennasmy to young men imofiiu*ttiDieir « hair rattiws center.:- < . . Un'and down stairs--Yonng mistresb ̂ (at the gailor door)- • Eliza* what is ' the ri bell rising for so violently# Cook (be- low)--It's on'y me, m'um. I Want |jroa' downain the kitchen a minute. A STHi£HBKR kissed a "LaStfosse girl by mistake, ,aad was then lickad by her two brothers for being mistakaa. He then deliberately kissed her foa being who she waa,,and was licked for^bemg impu­ dent. 1 AhuraI canaries last wwek made th ̂ trip from; Nebraska to ISbhmond, Va. . They oamc by express, andi attached to the oage was a tag bearingxan appeal to • passengers* along the route* to care for - then*). ' • i ff Now foreigners araiat last allow­ ed toi»tra^»l in the interiar of China, whaA;a spSfendid new field«is thus un­ expectedly opened for tlA* life insur- $no%. lightning-rod and semng mMWH* m e r » . o I A t e e n e a . ' : 4 t , , . Avbsakî qI ten or eleven, ,00 her way to soliool, .waa heard saying to*herself: " A , nowikic the name of any person, place or - tiling, aadtif any of the sprsd have hooked that ta{M)le>*lrom my desk 191 raise a fuss . with the- whole fxtoadL- -Detroit free PtM8. ttritaiblerg aait the- Press, ' The trrth is iiiatt these is scarcc-̂ r a aewspapcj t pitblisbi9d» £a»an one end of tth ̂ year to the othan lAiat will if _ . _ critically considered,, give offenes- to people phowa ihsM however .rigorous aad«; somebodym the cosaiaiaaity. The poli- tician ol̂ ects to • tbe- way his apesch is reported.. The buyea off ©ne set of shares is offended becaiae' the money column reports mother set asigiodng up ort-going down. Gentlemcji. who find thepaelves in the ?jSamds of tl̂ -jolice are^griarved at the license of ths- press which .reports their amignme î and trial am*ng the , police! proceedings The sympathizer j with j$ance is QjSmied at letters from | Berlitz and the believer in Gerrws unity' mouiBs over dis^atehes from F^ris. Thf̂ | newHifaper thuaiaflends some just a«sj the weather---caatt to-day andi aunshiiw to-rvurrow--iasanaa to annoy semebody.. • Th%oommon-sense view istnaitthe nev* IlMr Thousand Miles oa Horseback* masterfuli Bismoak is in wkj, he doesn% equal liiî Eteiuc ̂rivals in peace. It icMu singular commit on the lKek of generat­ ing faculty in. ihe German, aation~t3aafc- is to say, tlie- stimulus andmpholding> ofi industry<--thu/fr in four vears from the- reception »£ an indemni greater titan. her nadonal «3ebt, Gerirauy is the. eat cowotry,iaEurope." IMle Frenchiea. Whanittie same of that streets ofr 7aan were* changed after tke Ml of tike* em­ pire* the b«w BepukMoan name^weie sim |̂r pabated over on the ph itea $he Imperiansls used. HUa other die pecolb were. stefleil. at beholdiag here another*"Rue Nap l̂aon, "PlaaaNa- podM>n,",«te.,a^d thewweredaiStanuaors liotnediaidy. It turned out, however-- at,least fe; Prefecti ot Police ee.eeqplains ife~-thaJi recent altemlaons to hausea had cowered the plateawiAh dirt, asdl ia olean- kig then the nem names rubbed off and th» old ones appeased. It might be in­ teresting to kno>Wi ,i$ the cleaning process was persevered ixj, what names* woald be disoowssd. Paris haa dhangedl tha names of itesfeeets jusfraa often as D__„ hm changed Uje- fovernmawt of Franc#, vices ami the best ^vice we lad to 1% W Hometi*i0%even «hauea the namea I offer. We have had so many birthdays of months. Hhe story aul be remeaa- \ tw. we do not compter them noTelties, bared of thualWisian who ̂0x1 awakingiu fte morning ̂always asked his servMit the first thing to tell hua what was DcaKMtaa clerical oonfarcnoe the fol- lowhig conversation was Bterd between u tw® newshnys: " I say? JMm, what's the » maaniizu&oi so many ministers being here • altogether?" " Why,v answered Jim*i. sowmfuily ̂ "they alwaya»»meet onpe aa year to S".mp sermons." J v\ ,\f YrnnnatT morning v/Ktai the fire bells* rang aroi®. hurried tkaaogh the Postn otitoe, looked all around ̂and then inn SuiredicSf aboy: " Scnafr, was that an* Larm 0I1 fire?'* " I hoaai the bells gor­ ing, " replied the boy, "-bat I don't think they idAnoed the fire jmaeh."--Detroit PYee^Yrtm. _ " IHWMU'T stea} no jaauBd bf terbdokr er," ssid a prisoner in-Bpringfield, Mafiss, . just as he was leavings court, no proof' liavisg.. been produced n^ainst him;;J1 It didnlhtalbe more'n a htuadfuL", " COiaie back^*"said the Jiidge, "and be fi'Juedt $10.» Tfte Court coaviofe. you. on y.puî owntcof^tession." 11̂ B.--"Good SMNning, air; Ioama. to lx*&e your piano.." Beaf old geat.oni tho- pordi--"Eh ̂didn't undergfeni! whsA/yo ̂said. "T» oeme to tane youa 'oia»o. !*• " You wiFiffltova to speak Hudos; I w r i t - b e a r w h a t y o u ! " I c a m e t o tuswtiyosii' piano.""'ssC5hs you com ̂imm IjOHisasBa, did ycaai?.' Well, that'd-goed; cittdown and tell ua ail about it."" Ttm following lines appear in tfae-Bos- isnG&obe: Wteas, the psaeengnmwWieii to leave thAioaiiv. a® x»HHt ring the tall *4% modest air,. , iw'l bow to the ye»tten*nly tlnvalr < And eay: "Beg garta* excuw rnc, «Oiv.- llwUreally I'd Uk'sl® gfAiout of the caAiv" ' :'«s»?s. the driver .«!>. tpm -wiu« » wiTiUe îOaK, And eboot at the watcAed jMssenjatat:, "•A Wank, of a j.ilas•to.atop this air ' IVbadiine, on thiaanMlec yon hold oa)ilioin'.̂ And clammy and tool si frown the paaaenjibtr, Aad he wilte lila a Utghted cncumliaiiv A Central Amfi«ican ConfhdKHmflom During tho>paal three or four weeks 'the Capt. Willard. Glazier the soldier- government ttie month, and the nana of ithor, who will be remembered irioon-1 vxe street he» lived on.** ' Soldicra of the Siwldle," . ---• , A Procesg of Making Bread. M. OeoiX, a French engineer, has in­ vented a new process of preparing the materials, for making bread, whioh has receiving the approval of the Minister of War, and will hereafter be adopted in tho French army. By this process an increased percentage of the nutritive properties of grain is retained, so that by avoiding the usual grinding and wet­ ting the grain that would make 115 porjids of bread in the ordinary way will irrike what is equivalent to 140 pounds. The new process is described as follows: The unground grain is first steeped in waters, after which it is placed in revolv- pa«r is'Zh£ZrtjXSS ̂the Work Her^nmn* have. to-lLr; that ihia the miiror af the time,, i **ched«« W€enti|l Amwootto the. ani that those- that conduct ife ca?e nothr ^ct tt^^re^I oi the3l<i Federa-- hig for individuals, except, to do flMak States o# Centrall _7\rrHerald. Amenea » soon about Uptake place, fe i^iatice. N.. r. Jieraia. _ ^ ̂ ̂ reaflla3bered tbat , throwii^" Jallv Old ApK f off the Sjwaiafr yoke and undergoing a. jwiL. onft hundMd and tweMtia number oAvieassitudes, balk foreign aad. a-temata. f«. Rte. Sw IfSXhS 1764. we kaoed the fimt Salvador Hondui-as, aad Nksaragnik ^SEomthaavear formed en the 1st daw of July, 18231. a number cfi the paper, witfuom mas year , ltlli(,r"V ^t]ê totheDreaent it has newt failed to appear ieaerai repiswic tinaer *ae aDove w« ^th^etafaKing with it th l̂ateSt^d- After afite«i years at mvel feud and OB. tinae* ermg .8 , ̂ iL. i wrangling among theaiaelves. the tuupa deerecd its own didsolntion in 183®. Since- tune tis4£! sow the. Stales xvhieli acq'iired tlieij aepiirate sa*»«eign- ty have never ceased to regret ' the dis­ ruption of the confederation to which they once belonged. In th» present "ty . - -- . authoi neetion with ** Oapture, Prison Pen and Escape*" and " Battles for the Uiaon," has excited considerable comment of late through the announcement that he will cross the ooiitinent cm hoxsehaok next year. Bos­ ton will be the starting point, while San Francises will be the ultimatum of this great rider's journey. We, understand that a lecture, applicable to Centennial times, will be delivered in. the cities "that lay along the hne of marnh. This novel cruise might have for. some a romantic flavor, but for the majority of mankind romance is at a 'discount in regions where " grisly " and the Lo family fte- dominate.--iV. Y% Graphic. 'T'(; . •' • * - tm - and have seen so wmy stranga things tliat we cannot now recapitulate them ; for it has taken us a hundred and elev«a: years already to tell them once, Withoirt moralizu^, we will simply wish movement, initiated for the jarpoee of our imdssm the best of good mornings. To our original subscribers vm would pay especial greeting, and we promise them a hearty welcome if they will call upon ua any day (in the daytime) and renew the acquaintance of early years. Every, body who subscribed ia person for the first year erf the Courant is entitled to receive it lor 1876 gratis, and is invited to come and talk over Centennial ma'c tors whenever he feels like it.--Harifora Courant. Jakes RussEtx Lowbu. haa invented a new beatitude, and it is: " Blessed pre tbey who have nothing to say, and whet o&anot be pemmded to say it," restoring the extwot federataob of Cen­ tral America to its former place among the nations, Guatemala tab* the lead. The figures given below show the area in square miles and the population of the five independent states comprised within the liatitof the contemplated con­ federation* <\! • , : • Attn*. Republic*. ••-/%«•*nMm.'- 1. Ouate»ala ' \"f* 2. San Salvador 3. Honduras. -i'V",:' I'm 4. Carta IUoa..M.....̂ .l<. - 58,171. PojnUatitm. 1,180,000 600,000 300,000 165,000 350,000 ^Otalt.... 645,000 Tbb first person who ever vlrent round tbe world--the man in the laooQ. . - .y«4 r|̂ '# y/t t'&itxb -ut iViijtwsjjt* m%--