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THE BABES IB THE WOOD. BT MISS It . PRENTISS. It was during the last days of the month of November , that three little children , tempted by the mildness of the noon- day begged their mother to let them go a nutting in the big wood. The oldest child was nine , and the youngest five years of age ; but the busy mother was used to having thera out of her sig ht , and ^ the wood on the borde rs of which stood thei i little clearing, and ti ny log cabin , was the chil d ren ' s favorit e play ground. The good woman gave a ready consent , and left ' her work to kiss them , and to linger nt the door till they entered the wood.; . Ere they did so , they turned and called out , \ Good-bye mother , goo d- , bye; \ and the echoes from the pur p le hills behind • the cabin , floated dreamil y Mek-tttftttgtf thrgi >Wen •nnihin* t.. «W mother ' s ears w ith a treble repetition of the last words—good-bye—each growing fainter as the little forms melted away like shadows , in the density of the pines whoso feet were enveloped in tang led nn- dev- brush , and whose lofty tops si ghed back to the hills their mocking refrain. Nellie , led the wn\ , and Johnny and Willie trudged ^inrdi ly after her , e) »d in little rough jackets , made out of their father ' s old coat, their caps pushed back on their curly pates , mid their new won- derful red-topped , brass-toed hoots on their short leg* , into which n few inches of trow sers hud been coaxed , in imitation of father ' * stylo of dress. Nellie ' s brigh t red hood and warm j acket , looked very pretty in the gloom of the wood , mid were « good guide for the little boys. who panted after her , as •he flitted along btfor * them, and she perched on the trnnk of n pine laid prostrate by decay, ' calling out f< t then , to www on , and by the time tlu-y had readied the same elevation , she wu« off beyond standing, on an old stump, listening thaughfuUy to the spirit-v oices rushing through the restless green •branch- es above hor bond. Frequentl y the little boy* we re caught in some trap , I ' ro'ii whioli Nellio would laughin gly rosette them , and setting tlicm up steadily on th u lr ehor t legs and popping a berry or win- ter-green in their mouths , she wan of) a gai n as light and wayward as a bird in her m otion*,- Tho wild grapevine * lnocd from troo to tree , matin na tural swings for them In which they swung while thoy rested . Brigh t mosses of velvet softnoB » covering stones , or decaying wood were tr easure s to bo scrambled for , and di scard - ed lor cones or occasional acorn s , and tbns tlioy wore tempted on and on deeper Into tho recesses of tho wood than they had ever been before , Tho long vistas openin g up on ovory side , dim imd mys- teriou s in their hnlf-Jights , seemed to af- ford it hundr ed paths , by which thoy could return when thoy desired to do so; and with fearless confidence they roomed on till thoy reached a little glade , whor e a quanti ty of goldon oonos lay strewn npnn tho slippery ground carpeted thickly with the brown-nine needier. Tho cones had bo o n vi s i te d by Jo c k Croa t alread y , and their wooden leaflets wore spread open and emptied of tho tiny winged seeds so deftl y paokod In their colls , and which had g one forth to sow thems elves In din- t an t pinoos, nut a little heap of couch , stripped neatly of oven thoir leaflets , be trayed tho presence of squirr els , which ar e var y fond of tho loads , and with tliolv s har p t oo t h ou t o ff tho pro te ctin g door s of tho colli. , and tako possession of tho In- mates, before tho magician Ja ck arrives to summon thoui fort h with a tap of hi* mn gio wnnd. Hero the children »wit down to rest, and to watch for tho equip, rols whoso choo ohoo thoy hoard above thoir ho id s. . Th oy gathered tho oonos nn.l plnyeil awhile wi th them , hut nn wiHlr 'cla ap pear , od tn rowu i'd thorn fur (hair trailing. The dim li ght grow dlintnnr , for tho sun was sottin g imil all ut onoo Nellie remembered that thoy had vol to got homo , and tuo starr ed-nor llttlo brothers to thoir foot. Ru t thoy had wand ered very ffir and b oth spirit ni'd flesh wore unwillin g to make ovon a moder ate hnstc. The llttlo rod-l opped boots hod gro w i vory Iioavr Ant) they stumbled fretfully along, drag g ing on Nellie, crying and mourning for moth - er , and something to eat till poor Nellie ' s pa- .ience was nearly exhausted. In vain she wiped their eyes and sympathetic n oses , wi th her litlje apron. In vain she told wonderful stories , sang little scraps o f so n gs , or pretended to run away from them , to te mpt them aloug further. They whirup ered . and sobbed , and when they fell down , they lay tili slie picked them up—or when she ran ou before them , stood still and roare d lustily till.the came back and shook them , ai:d thou kissed them per- sistentl y. She gca them along some dis- tance^ when they oamt upon another g lade it seemed to her. and she let them sit down to rest a htt ' e> ; ¦ ¦ They laid their enr ly beads in hor tap, and before she knew it , were so me asleep. Half , con- scious of the nuelossness of trying to awake them , the little girl sat looking around , thinking to herself that the plaee looked very famili ir. There was a heap of cones lying on the old stump, which certainly Johnny hid put there ! And a heap of dry leaves in another spot , Willie had collected for a nest , putt ing stones i n it . for eggs which he pretended to hatch ! B y degree s the Wonder deep- ened into certainty —they were in the same glad?, and no nearer home than they wen an hour ago. The little girl was puzzled , but , her yonth prevented her from understanding the danger they were in. Tired , herself , with her shoulders and arnr .s aching fro m the effort and strain of holding up the stumbling boys , she rested her head back against the roug h bark of an old I'iiirj tree , and sank into a profound slumber. The shadows deepened. A chill crept throng ii the lofty aisles ; damp smell* arose from decaying wood and mouldering leaves. The outlines of the basbes ' aud the trunks of the trees be- came vague , and still the sleepers slum- bered on. Once a moonbeam penetrated the thick , jreen canopy above them , and glided startling!) down to linger a few moments over the little group. The sis- ter ' s arm * . -eating protectingly over the boys ms they lay on either side , with their curly heads and bare upturned faces on her lap, while her own head turned back ag«<uc>t the trunk of the tree , framed in the little rrd iiood , looked very sweet and peaceful. fliea the beam stole up and disappeared , and all was deeper darkness. Then thr- little girl awoke and looked fearfully around her. Rustlings among the dead leaves^ hashing * in the swaying tree-tops , shrill , f aint odea of 'vtlt lij wfcrj M ntUMMliifit ly *:«ftw '*7** \'J a \ ll WWbBB ears. The vines hanging ' from tree- to tree , hor p laythings ' by d ay, assumed the proportion »f gi gantic - serpents in the misty gloom. The tangled clumps of on- derbruih , and tidier bushes , shaped them- selves into crouching forms , which filled herli ' .tl« heart with an awful terror. But Sleep, blessed Angel , bent brood- ingj v over ' the forlorn little group. He not ' t ' y touched the eyelidathat were strain- ing themsulve s open to catch some new fear , and she sank back to sleep with a vision of home in the dream-mirror he hel d over her closing eyes. But. when morning slowly dawne d, the l>oor children aw. ke cold and stiff and kuiitfry. Tremb ling and weep ing, they resumed their wanderings up and ' down , calling iu vaUt for father , mother , now certain they uenrd their voices in rep ly, and rushing wildl y here and there , to sink dnw u exhausted ; now pressing forward in tlespurnte silence , with the certain ex- pectation o! \ reachin g u spot where they isould catch a gllmpsi. of that dear longed- for home , only to nveet with more disap- pointment. Nellie gathered all the berries she conld find and gave them to hor little brothers . She forgot her own needs , and in trying to srotho them would become hopeful hersulf. \ In a little while wo will be there , I gneiss , '' she kept saying ; hut night sur- prised them , alas ! further still from home , and she mingled her tears with theirs as they sat down in the gloom and knew that they would not sleep in their little beds tha t night. N ellio gathered leavea lor liar bro i lers ' and b ar own bed , bu t hunger ttj.J increasin g cold kept them awake , and with tho first lifting of tho shadows of night, thoy resumed thoir search for tho path which must, lead them back agai n to tho home they would never for- sake agai n If thoy once Ti muff And now N ellie ' s solo onro was tor hor brothers , Exposure to the damps of the wood , hun ger and thirst and unwonted fa tigue wore beginning to tell on thorn , Th oy did not weep immnch , but staggered along stupid and uncomplaini ng. She found birch bark and sas s afras l o ave s , which f» ho s»' c them , nnd occasionally wi' torgroen lenvos , or tho dry, s our re- mains ot wild gropes. She did not eat nny h erself. \ There was not enough for all , \ sho said sim ply to Wllllo , when ho offered hor sumo of hi* shore. Sho shook out the dry seeds from the plno-oonos , nnd thoy helped to stifle the pangs of hunger for » time, . Another night passed, Thoy slept In splto of cold and hunge r , for thoir strength wa s failing. Thoy babbled In thoir sloop of \ mother , \ —\1»omo ,\ — \broad , \ --ttnd tnndo no has to to rlso with the dawn , Lis tless nnd qulot , they lay t ill Nell io coaxed tho boys on tho ir foot , but thoy could n ot walk far without sinking down to tho ground , nnd finally sho lot thorn Ho , while sh o hunted for borrl os and fed th em with tho low sho t' onnd. There were signs of snow In tho air— and t oward s afternoon largo flakt s of tloooy whiteness found their way down through tho restless branch es ' ab o ve their bonds. As tho Hakes grow smaller , they f oil more thickly—w ithout the w«o« *»* wind swept bowling over hill and plain , bu t hero , in tho very heart of tho forest , only tho wall of tho spirit v6loos rushe d throu gh tho tree tops with tbe . dnsn of t he s to rm n g nlns t t horn , and , drivin g the snow i throu gh the branches , It fell on che help- ¦ - • less , unresisting group below—and covered ' everything with a white pall , as if making ready for the final traged y of the close of. their lives. ¦ Nellie covered her own .ind her brothers heads with the skirt of he. \ dress , bat it was not large enough to protect them all.. So she 'led thein to a clump ot bushe d bound together with tangled vines which, over-topped them , and button ine then) v#i closer in thei r littl e jackets and covsmtgc their caps down over their ears, she njUdtl them lie down cl ose together under tho; clump. She took off her warm safcque and laid it over them, but as the ' cold , i n c r eased , they moaned and sobbed , and : conld not sleep. Then the child took off her thick stuffed petticoat , quilted by her loving mother ' s hands , and vrra pped it round t . he shivering boys ! Comforted by its warmth , they sank to s leep, and Nellie ' s cares were over. But not her sufferings. Wrapping her arms in her dress skirt , with her short lit^e . flannel petticoat fluttering against her stiffening limbs , she walked up and down to get warm ! Her teet h chat tered , her. sli g ht frame shook ; and she looked from side to side for a refuge from- the deadly chill , which clasped her in its embrace. . But there was none , silent , remorseless ^ pitiless in its persistency, the snow fell ?! and clung to that scantily clad shape; till' scarcely the color of the little red hood was visible as she sat huddled np on the cold ground s Aud far and near the storm raged. Its huge grey death-like shade extended over the whole country, making the hearts of men quake as they looked into each other ' s faces, and thought of the lost children for whom they had so vainly searched , but —ithout penetrating to the heart of the forest , as they never dreamed of their having the strength to go so far. - . • * * • * »- » Aud now the child' s strength beg ins to fail: She lifts her head , staggers to her f eet , and looks toward the clump, canopied with snow , beneath which lie the little brothers for whom she is g iving up he: life. Her trembling li ps move , her tongue falters out the wor8> \ Mother—Father— Home , \ while slowly she turns her held and caste a faint look all around—hopeless help less—resigned 1 _ A long moan swept throug h the tree tops—inarticulate voices wailed out with great sobs of pain , and an awful Presence approached. It wail aajf all Nature shrank from the God- g iven , relief sent to the child- o^t]|^ on e s ' idja Jamo bro oded ov ag loved brothers—while his twin brothe r . Death stood beside the suffering . little sister , whose wan face wore a shadowy smile , as she sank softly down on the whitened ground , and his kiss closed her failing eyes—forever. , And still sleep kept watch and guard over his ch arges. The snow sottly shroud- ed the still form , as if for the grave. It rested lightly on the motionless eye-lafhes , it twined a wreath over the pale face, from which the little hood was pushad back , and rested in soft caress over the slight form. The night wore away—t he snow gradually ceased, distant shouts came nearer nnd nearer , as the cordon of men narrowed thei r circle , and drew towards the centre of the forest , in which they sought only the bodies of the lost children—for hope was extinguished of Sliding them alive. Nearer and nearer they came , till the foremost , a haggard , hollow-eyed man plunged into the little openin g where the end had cornel The voices of those who followed amused Willie , who faintl y cried out \ Ob-father , father '\ And with a gasp tho father turned to see his lost boys beneath the canopy of snow—alive, He snatched him oat , and little Johnny, who was suaruely conscious , wax lifted from his cheerles s couch also. But a deep groan from the others made liltn turn . The pathetic little form lyingMipart en ttiu slope of a knoll, meets his eyes , n o need to ask \is there life. \ De ath' s seal In unmistakable , and the wan still face looks solemnly indifferent to tho deep sobs which break from the strong hearts gath- ered around , tne pitiful death bed , awful in its loneliness , and surroundings of snow- dra ped bnshes , and graceful vine wreaths of tne most delicate tr noery. \Give sister hor petticoat , Wo were so cold that sho took It off and put it over us. \ Thus was the story told ; and with .groat tears dropping from their eyes , t h e rude back-woodsmen reverently covered the lit- tle form which had perishe d for lack at its warmth. And tho sad procession tramped in unbroke n silence hack over the weary miles those llttlo foet had stray- ed , back t o tho home wher. a woman ' s h eart was breakin g, with tho certaint y that neve r more would those voices mtind In hor straining oars ; that those t. gr- ounded eyes would never sou more than th e memory of those vanishing forms In the shadow of tho wood. And ye t , tho distant sound of many feet , noorl n g slowly, draws her from tho door where she stands waiting ! Tho fac es site moots prepa re her; yet , she finds life ! Ah , y es 1 But—deatu by I ts side, God giveth , bu t Ho hath taken a way also ) And when Wllllo had revived , and bis ar t l e ss t alo was t old ; bow ' Thoro w ore n ot enough berries for us nil , and so sis- ter v. nuld not oat any s \ , how \ We w ere so cold even after sho Imd pnt her cunt o ver us , that she took oil' her petticoat nnd covered its wi th that , \ . I t was unhoar - a ble , and tho . f a ther ' s grief wm so groat and t he mo t her ' s wails soC touchin g, tha t n one could witness it without the keenest sympathy, . , ; , They laid her to rest , Just wli t ri > ter livin g for m hud pasted luto ^ tlie forest , Par and near tho people gatliared to tals g rave , and tho story of Ntwwe lovo for her brothers Is still told tn tho homes of those who hel ped to find the children. And to that sorrowing home she still cornea back , with the memory of that hour , when entering the lonely forest , her voire nttered that last \ good- bye , \ whose echo floats on the voice of the wind—to the fancy—as it comes from the hu&hing pines , which murmur si ghingly over her little green grave in their shadows. Aud In that cabin home , the mother treasures b little faded p ettico a t , an d weeps bitter tears over the sacrifice which spared to her two of her children , while it bereft her of the third. Ja stios in California. Richard Dickson , the hackm aa who so violently outraged a girl Ifteen years old in a hack , on the 4th of Februar y last , was sentenced by Judge Blake , of San Francis- co , t« twenty-five years ' imprisonment in San Quentin. ¦ In passing the sentence , the Jud ge , after alluding to the conviction and t he testimony elicited , said: \ The crime of which th» prisoner at the bar has been convicted is , measured by the punishment prescribed , by the statue , of the highest grade of which this Court has jurisdiction. ' A person convicted rf this crime shall be punished b y imprisonmen t in the State Prison for a term wjt less than five years , and which may extend to life. ' Tho idea of the Legislature dou btless was that for some cases the jhortc st term of imprisonment w>uld bo sufficient punish- ment , and thai lor others the longest term would be shot-! enoitgh. And certainl y it is hard to conceive of any punishm ent too severe for this crime , when it is committed upon the person of a young girl , or upo n a virtuous woman of whatever age. The victim of this crime never outlives it. She carries with her to the grave a sense of a great wrong and a great shame. There is not a parent who would not a thousand fold prefer the death of the dearest child to her life fo dishonored. [ came here upon the day firs t set for sentence in the case with a conviction that the prisoner merited the severest punishment of the law , and I am nut now sure that my ori g inal conviction was not correct , but the idea of imprison - ment for life presents such a hard and hope- less outlook , that a Jud ge can never pro- nounce it without the greatest reluctance. And considering the age of the prisoner , I now incline to the op inion that his punish- ment oug ht to be for a term of years , so thut Tood conduct on his part may tell in his favor ; and still I am decidedl y of the op inion that the punishment should be , and must be , of such a character as to make it manifest to all that one guilty of this ctirne must severely softer for it. \ . ' iv \! . '** ¦ ' \4 W 1 \i . ¦ ¦ y s , r r-r= The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprit ^ says: One would naturally suppose that the situation at present with the Fintes encamped on t.he hills surrounding the city to be rather rongh , yet we hear of b6 sickness t>f any kind among them , nor any comp laint about anything. They come iu town—men and women , great and small-r- us regularly as usual , look as sleek as ever , and just as joll y as in midsummer. As there is not a stick of wood of any kind on the hills where they are camped , or not even a sagebrush as large as a man ' s finger , it is wonderful how they manage to . keep from freezing to death during heavy, drift- ing snowstorms. The bits of boards and small sticks which the squaws find about town scarcely suffices to cook their meat , and Is so scanty and precious that th ey dure not ventu re the extravagance of burn- ing it for the purpose of keeping warm. In order to keep waAn they must huddle in their huts—old and young, great and small , piling up together , irrespective of condition ' . By guing to the distance of twenty or thir ty miles from the city they might find camping places where they could obtain an abundance of wood , but they would find their means of subsistence most precarious ; in fact , did they depend entirely on gam e all would starve to death . Hero they are able to find plenty of good , strong food , and having th at , they appear to defy tho inclemency of the season. One stormy night passed in even the best of their sugebrash huts—a structure resem- bling a muskrat house —would probably be tho death of any white family that migh t risk the trial ; yet the Plates laugh at the storm. lout Gmt.s, —It is a painful spectacle , in families wher e tho mother Is the drndge , to see tho dau ghters elegantly dressed , re- clining at their ease , with their drawing, their musio , their fancy work , and t h e ir readin g, beguiling themselves of tho lapse ot h o urs , da ys nnd weeks; and never dreamin g of their responsibility, bat , as a necessary consequence of neglect of duty, growing weary of thoir usolss lives , laying b old of ' very newly-Invente d stimulant to r o u s o their dr o opin g ener g ies , and blam- in g their fate when tlToy dsrsi'not blame their God for having placed tliera . where thoy are. These Individuals wffl rttU you , with an air of affe cted oomfusalon , for who can believ e i t real , t J mt poor , dear mamma ls workin g herself to death ; yet no s ooner do yon propose that they should a ssist her than tha y declare she Is qnlte (n h e r element , In^bort , th at sh o would nev- er be bnppvt> she had onl y half as much to do. ., '!< / ' An4l<l toper bolng asked ono day why h&f farsistod iu drinkin g, replied , r < Dry ¦ fakes mo drink , drink makes mo drunk , and drunk makes mo dry again. \ Tho explanation , woo considered quite suffl- olont, I PUBLISHED EVEBY THTJBSDAY . at \ G UTCHOGUE , L. I. TERM S: 15 Cents a Year. L. F. TERRY , Publi sher. ®%e Crabeler , j JOB PRINTING Do ne at Short Motfoe and at prices that defy competitio n. Correspondents *nd Canvassers wanted in er- try vnlRgo. 3vht Gav elet. under the linden-trees Soft uigbs the trammer bree*e ; Sweet birds «re singing . Sweeter tha n %sr bl9r * s song , Fond thoughts upon me throng, Old memories bringiug. Well I rec»ll the day— Irfmg, so long past sway— Of .calm Bummer weather . When by tbis gentle stream . Wrapped in lore' t earliest dream , W« two sat togethe r; When the light balmy sir Fluttered the golden hair ¦ ¦ > On her beau«fuMwoir ; , , , . ' Still one brigh t trcas t i!*p. Tho ugh to her last long sleep ' We have borne her now. Once mora her happy voice Makes n>y sad heart rejoice , That with sorrow is riven ; Once more , with glad surprise , Tjovo beams in violet eyes , 'i'hut ririne but in heave n. Thus X my j^usea steep In d reams that are not of sleep. By this soft gliding river . Oh, mig ht I never waM Til l that bloat day shall break That unite * us forrver l Under th* Unden-Traa a. ' A. good story is told iu Washipg ton of a genial young gentleman , unwilling to oprit recognition ef an acquaintance , who at a wedding reception lately caugh t si g ht of a gray-whiskered and rather stately person , and being satisfied by inquiry of bis identity, immediately edged aloug to his side. \Good evening, \ said he , extending his hand with cordiality. \ I' m deli g hted to see you ! I believe we haven ' t m et since we parted in Mexico. \ \I really fear , \ said the gray-whiskered magnate , \ that yon have me at an advan- tage . \ . \ \Why don 't you recollect ! But then I was very much younger , \ said the other , \ when with my father in Sfexico. \ ^And , to tell the truth , \ said the older gentleman , \ my remembrances of ever having been in Mexico are very in dis- tinct. \ \Excuse the question , \ said the young man rather desperately : \ c r e yoa not Sir- Edward Thornton ?\ - * \ By no means. I am Judge Poland , of Vermont. \ \A thousand pardons!\ and the dis- coinfitted youth m oved away. But a fow ni ghta afterward , at another reception , his eye was similarly caught , and the ed ge ol his mortification having been worn off , he could smile at his mis- t ake , and he accordingly made his way once more to the side of a gentleman with 9MXcin ntton- -chop whiskers and aQer a TMtd ~y *•—~ nn thn ¦ mtVir - i^t \Mill stftrie , lie suddenly said , '•That was an awkward thing of me the either night , when I took you for old Thornton. \ ' \And who r do you take me for now , may I ask ?\ said his companion. ¦ • \Why— why, \ said the embarrassed yonng irian of society— '-yon- told me you w*re Judge Poland , of Vermont. V'On the contrar y my name is Thorn ton , \ Wju) the rather ann ihilating response - , and tne young man at this dny calls it a case at diaboli c duality. t .... It was such a Good Joko. j A regularly constituted form of gov- ernment , elementary as it may appear , exists among very many families of ani- mals and Insects. Reptiles are 4 usually solitary, exhibiting neither affection nor serial feelings. A blind buffalo on u Western prairie has been known to act ns an absolute sovereign over a vast herd , controllin g their movements ns seemed to suit his own views ot what was host for the common good. Horses , too , in their wild state , wherever found , invariably obey tho behests of a powerful stallion , who para des his forces , forms Hues of de- fence , or suddenly g ives orders for n stam- pede, as circumstances reijuire . Dogs , left to themselves , establish nn oligarch y, whethe r iu Asia , Africa , or any other contin ent, The suprem authority Is invested in certain individuals , man- aging a prescribed territory, aud woe to thos e trespassing upon their domain! On concerted occasion s they all act to- gether like wolves for the accomplishment of a grand design. Wolves separate as soon as they have accomplished their de- sign , hut , unlike dogs, seem not to recog- nize a particular loader on their foraging expeditions. Grain-eating birds form associations. Wild goose have an admira bl y organized system o/ government. Migrating feath erod races associate in Autnmn for com- m on s afety in their annual flights ; but carnivorous bird s , nn hawks , angles , ota , are unsocial an 'd selfish. Domestic , fowls divide into famili es , a t tho h e ad o f whi c h is a vigilant cook tJ.it watches his charge with nr gus eyes. AiVts , honey- b oos and wasps form regularsovcroi gutlos. Reptiles may o ccupy the same dun or crawl in tho sam e p oo l , bu t thoy manifest neither an Interes t In each other nor concert measure * for safet y or depredations. How Tub* Dm r*. —Word canit. to tho town council of Edinburgh that the ropo of tho chief boll had given way. It was neceimarjr to dooido whether it should be spliced u( a coat of two shillings , or replaced by a now ono at a cost of two nnd aiiponce. Tliroo solemn dinners woro hold, costing ton pounds each , and it \taa Anally deuided , on tho ecoro ot economy,y tlmt the ropo had better bo BjiJiood. -Thoy deckled , \As faithful stewards of tho public funds , thoy w/n> bound to bo oaro/ul , \ y , aovemmsnt Among Animals. No franting privilege exists in Eng- land. It is easier to p lant acorns than to transp lant oaks. Of all the birds that please ns with their lays , the moat popular is the hen. \Absense makes the heart grow fond T er \ —but it is frequentl y of somebody else. . The Hunu al p roductio n of petroleum ui the United States , was , in 1859 , 82 , - OQO barrel * , and , in. ^|70 , 6 , 500 , 000 bar r rels. Tho • greater tbe . dtjBicj dty itbe more glory in surmoun ting fit. Skillf ul p ilots gain their reputations ' from storms and dangers. He that is taught to live upon a little owes more to bis father ' s wisdom thnu he th at ban a great deal left him does to bis father ' s care. Loving wife at Long Branch : \ The horrid surf makes me keep nay mouth shut , \ Sarcastic husband : \ Take some of' it home with you. - \ A night^derk who woa called up by a woman Who -wanted to buy \ a cent' s worth of match es ,\ in u Lowell drug store , politely told her to go where brim- s tone was fret. - . Wh y are good women like ivy ? Be- cause the greater the ruin , the closer th*y cling. Why are bad women like ivy? Because the closer they cling the g »ter the ruin. Glass bottles were made in England about 1558 , but the art . was practiced by the Romans in the year 78 A. D., as they have* been found plentifull y among the ruins of Pompeii. . The New Orleans Repi tblicin says of a local politician : \He wandt\rs around the political arena like u Inx-ib that has lost its ' . bell , and dolefull y sings , ' I' m hobody ' a darlin g. '\ Apabl ' c school teacher in Chicago parishes the children by compelling them to march up and down the fli ght of stairs for an hour or more , without rest or ccusation. 'Xhtijln: p iece of artlUeiy ' -waa invent- ed .by : . a German , soon after the inven- tion of gunpowder , end .artillery 'aas first used b y the Moors at Algesiros , in Spain , over five hundred yeoxs ago. In a restaurant in San .Francisco , you can getsirloin Meaka for 20 cents , salmon fo rT&«5* ( Tand T ioircreiim <* \ coffee r i« Au^MMd. free io all who sperd 25 cents. *i<*9iSf &) >: Wax!'' 'bM m- 'M yi inst be- fdiw<> , M*->marriage ceremony, \I have several«bap p on . my hands ; what shall r do ? '• '\ Show ' em to me , aud I'll kick ' om out doors. \ \ O h , you bear !\ Aunt - . \ And so , Tom , you ' re learning music among other thing s. Bow da you like it. \ Tom : \I h ate it !\ Aunt: *• Indeed I Which of your studies do you prefer ?\ Tom ' : \ O—wall—rausic I\ A sportive hunter of Detroit who kept n flask of whisky with him on a shooting trip, struck u race course in the suburb \ on his return , and walked nround it all night , -wondering why be didn 't get to town. .: A fashionable , mother ' s advice to a newly mitrried daughter : \ Bo not get in the habit of takingyOur husband with yon to evening parti es. Nothin g ia so stup id 11s n husband at a party, nor so everlastingly in the way. A Western steamb oat captain favors tho world with a computation of the ton- nage of Noah' s nrk . He mokes it out at £2 , 308 tons , which h o s a y s , exceeds the tonnage of all the 125 steamboats on tho Mississippi and its tributaries , fr om St. Loui s to St. Paul. The bright est minds are moat subject to the diabolical seducemeuts of intem- perance. Vho , in the circl e of his own acquaib i anoe , does not remember some shining intellect , some bright orb of m ind , rising in sp lendor , and rap idly as- cending to a refulgent day, but suddenly shrouded in . everlasting night ? BrcvitlM. Tho wife of a cuttle broker named Weiso was mmdered at Pittsburg, P a, When discovered , the woman lay on a bed and pi own tod a horrible spectacle. There was n deep, ragged gash on the throat , ex tend- ing almost from ear to ear , n early two Inch- es wide , which had penatrat ad tha frjnd.^ - - \* pipe. In addition , Aire ' wai. ' a terrible sawing cut on ,^he back of tin neck , ex- tending into tis^ptnal column , and , with' \ - tliston the throa t , s]m ostinp 1««th« bead from iu trunk. Wblle her husb and was In the room, the d , <i|ng womoji , nnnblo t o spunk, glanced at hl»i , lif ted h« right band , drew it across her throat , as If in. th e act of cutting It , and tBen .pointed i t at hor hu sband , T utting a pencil in bar hand , an o ffice r held a p i e ce o f paper for her, on whi ch site wrote as the i]arder *r t y Peter WolHtf , \ - W olso appeared at lost to noIIm that he wa s in dungy. Being.aoewed <f tho crime , he hecsmaVnueu agitated , fell , down on his knees at tlWbin ltlde , and lm. placed bis wife to novo Men from being han ged. Ho denied by signs tha t he had ¦ . dine It , and in timated as far as poasibU • ' , und er tho eircumstance s that alio wis her own murd eress, Blood was found on the door m considerable * quantities , and the r aiur , b adly ni c ked , wi th which the cut- t in g was dono , was discovered in a corner of tho room, and he was covered wi th blood Tho nei ghbors laytuo two wore in tho habi t ofquirrolin g. A lingular Affair.
