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Cljc |kctostcr Stnnbarb, PDBLIAUEP EVERT FRIDAY MORNING AT BRK WJSTK HS. (on the Harlem R. B.) NEW YORK. Henry A. Fox & Co., Publishers. • HENRY A. FOX, J T,„,^„ • 0. U. MILLER. } ^'\™\» TERMS: One Yew, (In advancel 1X00 AdvrrllfrlDi! Ti<rmn can Im ohflnod kt Itin olFo i la Ihfl Towii Hii». Hlntilo C'ltpicH, S Conts. For Ml* %% Uie Newtt Depot Brewster Standard INDEPENDENT IN EVERTTHINQ — N EUTRAL IN NOTHING. VOL. IIL BREWSTERS, N. Y., SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1871. NO. 15. THE STANDARD Job Office It woll (itockcd with all tlio uecoMtuy tTpa, canls, pftpcr, ink, ate., for mtontrng vrith iicntiiesB aud dispntiili all orden for Carda^ CircwfarM, BUl-Headt, Order* of Danoihir, fto. Wo reooived tlio Prcnihim at th e Dtu- biiry and (Jamiel Fnira, IRfiO aiid 70 , for Uio l>e8t specimen of Can* and Job Printing. <f>F TUB PRAIRIE nEI.LE.) WHU, no I I L-ftn't toll whar lin liven, ]loGHiiH(> lie don't live, yon Bpa ; IxttHtwayH, lie'H Rot ont of tlio Iiablt or liWn' liko .vuu and mc. Whar liavL' ynu In-on for tlic Innl throo year Tliat .v<inlinv(sn't heiinl fnlkH toll l]itw Jiininv lllndau imxKcil in liiHclicokii, Tlio night ot tlio Prairio Uollc ? Ha worpn't no saint—thoni oiiginoera IH all pn-ttv niurli aliko— Olio wife ill Nnt4-)iiv.-iiiiilc,T-tlin-IIiU Am) aniitlii'i- imi' hero, in Piko, A koorlofui innn hi liio talk wofl Jim, And an awkward man tii a row— Dnt lie nuv4ir flunkod and ho novur Uod, I ruekoii lie noverkiiowcd how. And Ihia van all llie rolifrimi bu liad— To treat liio miRino woTl; Nrvnr 1)0 iiaHHtHl on (IIP river ; Tfi mind thi- nilot'n liull: And ifovrr thol'rnirit' Itoli took llro— A tlimiHand timoH lie Hworo, He'd liuld her iioKzlo agin tlio bank Till the lant HOUI ^ot aHliore. All Ixiati) hao Ihi'lr iliiy on the HiuHiHaiii, And bor day vimw at UHI— Tlio Movafttaf was a lKitt«r bnat, Unt the lk>110Hlio wonldn't Iw iiHHtiod, And 80 ulie conio toarin' aloiiK that uiKiit— Tlio iildoHt craft on thu line. With D uiKKiT ttqnat iin licr uafety valve now. And IKT hiriiaoc criinmicd, roalii and piiio. The lire biut out as eho clared the bar. And ImrnI a hole in thojiiftbt, And iiuirk an a llaHb HIIO tnriiod and niado For that ivillrr-hank on tho riKht. ThiTi' waH runninK and CIUWIIK, but Jim yelled out. Over all the infomal roar. \ I'd hold bur nuzzle agin tlie bank Till tbo laHt galoot'it anhoni.\ Througli tlie hot, bluek broath of tbo burning boat, Jim Itlndaira voion waa hoar.'I, And Ibi'y all bad truHt in bitt I'UKnedneKo, And kniiwcd bo would ki'f]i bin wnrd. And tnire'K you're b'irii, tlii-v all got off Aforo (bo Hiiioki-ntai'liH foil— And IllndHo'H tflioHt wont np alone In tlio Htnoke of lliu Prairie Ik-llo. Ho worcn't no Haint—but at Judgnioiit I'd run my obaiioo with Jiiu, 'LoiigHido of Homo pinUN gontleman 'i'biit wouldn't Hbako handu witli him. lie hci'ii liiH duty, a dead HUro thing— And wont for it thar and thon : And ('liriHt aint a ^oin' t^t lio too hard Ou a man that diod for moii. -• _ . • • '!_ ^ ' SB WUV HE MAKRIEOi *'Am) don't you kno^'wben you will pasfi (hi-oiigKthis part of the country airoin, Mr ViTk'v /\ ^ - ^ ' \ No I don't,\ Baid the old bacbelor, de- cidedly. He was sotnctbiut; of a bear to answer Ko eruKtily wlien Habara Sniitli stood in tlie doorway, «*ith tbe fchadowy lasbtw drooping over the fioft brown eyen, and the nm-n melting into deep carmine on liur nmy clieekK, until tier muHJiu dresti was plain in voinitaiiiion. Kui;Ii a pretty, bie- eyed, loving little Harbaia m BIIC was, in all the blonde freehnttiti of her eighteen Huuimere, and the (i<ift HJgb that fluttered Inim her ]ij)« an the one-horae carriage drove away, waii checked iohtantly. Bar- bara had no idea of tiecuming a victim to uiuiviuited love, tliough she had ratlier lanried Mr. Verley during bis brief Kojurn at her father's bouse. Mr. Verley drove away tlu-ough the rutstling gi-een dmiRTiui of the summer lanes, whistling sadly as he drove- \I shall W in very good time for the 12:30 tnuii,\ he meditated to himBelf. *' Punctuality is the soul of buttinesK, and 1 never was one of the iK-hiud-hand tribe, tliunk Providence. Beside»(, 1 think it was be<-umiug dangerous 'to remain in that plac<! any longer. 1 am thirty-nine to- inun-ow, and that is just twenty yediu too obi (or me to go making a fool of myself. Fancy ine getting married ! No you don't, Joirtjph Vei'ley, my friend.'' As he settled himself cuinfort4ilily in the ci-owded milmad cui-, ami oiK-ned a letliT, the bubjeet iigiiiii ocf-uired to bis mind with (turioUK iieivistanee. ''The letter of my iioor brothel's excu- Utv came jubt in lime, or J should certainly have fooled sway more time than H'ould have been Msusible or |>rulitable. I'oor dear Harold; 1 don't Bee what ou earth {lossuKbed him to jQJI nick and die on his way home from Venice aud leave his dai)gbt4-r u« my haiidt. too. Why cwuld he uot have left a BOU iuiiU.^ad of a daugh- ter 7 1 never did*uudeivLaiid a woman's wayti, and what's more, I doii'l want too. lam*lomeet her s t Speedville, aud take her home with me. ''(>!'* groaned Mr Vei-Iey, referrini; deBjiairiugly t<^hi» letter. *' And what I'm going to do with her wheu J get there, I'd like to know! I su|>|NjHe she's a great ci-eatuie, with riuglett* aud ribboiu.aud JUAI as likely as not au Italian lover talking wiuimeut t<j her—a ereatuie (hat readii Hyrou, aud keeps an album, aud i-al« staU--]H-nciU and eJiulk. I'll Meud her to a buaj-diug school, that'b what I'll do with my uieoe—aud perhaps wheu she has graduated there the schoolmaster can t^iu^gewt some means of getting i-id of her. Of coui-se she'll have a doaen large truuks, aud a bouuel lx>x and a parixit's cage— that's the wa^' women geuerally tjavel, 1 believe. 1 am glad I am out of the way ol Ba)*bura's fasciuatjuus uow.\ Ml'. Verley looked out of the car win- dow, in a soi-t <T calm dettpcj-atiuu at tiie Itrusixet before him. '' 1 supiKMkU bhe'll want a |)ianu, and may- be a iMxxtle dog, and thtjv'b uo knowing what else. 1 dou't see why Haj-old want- ed to die and leave his daughter to my caiv just uow. t!poedville station—I weuty- seveu miles fujiber. 1 witUi it was tweuty-aeveu huudi-od miles—that's what 1 wish.\ And with this vindictive si-utjmiut iu liis mind, our lieio tied a ix>d lOlk haudker- chiel ovej' hi^ bead, aud tried to luu: him- self iu a soriuti uf brief, (roubtud dreams, wherein the vjsiuu ol a tall) uioe youug lady figuixxl uouapicuoualy. \Are We heJX' abeady ?\ he slaumiured, sUu'Uug to hi« loot, -M the conduotur bawledr out \ Speedville Statiou,\ aud ^•iung umbrella, valiae aud travetiug ^hswl, with the bustliug bewilderment pc-cutiar tv people just arousud Irou aloejj. be alighted. Spuodvill^ waa ra^hura large-aJsud vil- Hce, situated at the juuetJou uf aevural ftiluays, * with au im|NNiiug Amorica'i Gothic structure for a depot. Into this building Mr. Verley walked, looking right and left for tliu young lady wliose guardian- ship he was lo nsftume. \ Of course,\ he responded mentally, \she'll be on the lookout forme} women- arc proverbially cuHou*.\ Hut Harold Vcrlcy's daughter wan not on the lookout for her uncle. When the crowd incident to the evening train had sidwidcd and the ])eople had gone their different wayn, the only rem'nining occu- panti* of the depot were Mr. Verley, a lamo old man who sold peanuts and apples, and ft decent looking colored woman, with a brlllinnt Madms turban on her head, who took coreof the building. Keitliernfthufie could be his niece, no Mr. Verley, after a little iierplexed hesitation, addressed him- (•elfto the colored woman, who was busily polishing the window with a piece oI crumbled news|iai)er. \ Ahem 1 I was t o meet my niece here to-day, and I don't see her.\ \ Your niece, fir ? what is her nnmo 7\ \Verley.\ \ O yes sir; she has Ijcen here these two hours, bless her dear heart; she asleep \ Asleep!\ gasped Mr. Verley; but the KtcwardcHH only answered htm by bustling info the inner apartment and bringing out what ap|K!ai-ed to bo a coni|iact bundle, with a pink face at one end of it, and a ma *» of long trailing embroideries at the other. Joseph Verley recxiiled as far as the aji- gle of the wall would {lermit him. .' Wliy—it's a baby!\ \To bo sure it is, hir,\ said the woman \ and OB fine a httlc girl as ever 1 saw ; bless her sweet blue eyes.\ \Hut isn't there a nurse or some such ticrson here, who would take charge of lier 7\ \ Tlrere was a mu^e brought her on, fiir, a queer foreign-bwking thing, with a yel- low skin and hair as black as night, and big gold lioo|is in her ears ; but she talked something aliout the next steamer—1 couldn't understand her lingo, sir—and went right back to New York ou the two o'clock train.\ Josejih Verley stood aghast, staring at the rosy baby us i t lay erowing in the wo' man's arms and wondering which of liis lucky KlarB he should t^ll an to aid him in this unlooked-for emergency. A full-grown young lady niece would have been bad enough—but a baby 1 \8o this is my niece,\ h e muttered. \ And what am 1 going to do with her ?\ He tunie<] suddenly to the colored woman. \ \\'hat time does the next train for Wiulield leave?\ \ In a u hour, sir.\ \Would you behind enough t4>\take care of the child till then 1 1 supi»ose I must take it home with me; for I cjin't very well drown it, or throw it under the car wheels.*' \ Sir!\ ejaculated the astonished stew- ardess. But Mr. Verley turned ou his hoel and Btj-ode out of the dejiot, scarcely able at Hrst to comprehend (he disaster tbat had befallen him. The ti-ain wa»< at the de)>ot when he re- turned, uud the woman await^nl him with the sleejiiiig infant iu her anus. \ Asleep, eh 7\ commented Mr. Verley. \M'ell that's lucky.\ \ Where's the nurse, sir 7\ inquired the woman. \ The uurao ? What nurse ?\ \ Why, I suppose you want to get a nun*e!\ \ Nevt^oncc thought of it!\ ejaculated Joseph mnulv hinitiiighis forehead. \Uere —give the thing to me quick, the train is moving.'' He had liardly time to spring on board, as th e locomotive gave an unearthly shriek while the baby followed suit in both re- sjiccUi. He staggered to his seat, holding the umbrella and child in one baud, while iu the other his valise swung backward aud forwaid. *'There! thei-e! bh«s ita little heart? he exclaimed, imitatiug thecotojied woman •' We won't cry—BO we won't.\ But the baby evidently had an opinion ufitaown on the tubjuct, aud would cry in spite of the vai-ious blundishments piac- ticod by the bewildered micle—such as tihtfkiug the umbrella handle, swinging his watch, aud trotting both knees. People began to lo«>k uruuiid, reproach- fully ; yomig meu !>hrugged tbeir shoulden, and youug Jadiet^ giggled. \Iluhh! husli! there's a darling!\ whis- jwred Mr. \'ei Ie>'. But still the baby w.-pt aud wailed, and gmuthod itaguuisfor of teeth it had but two. Mr- \'erley began to look round iu the cai- iu seurch of some matixiuly dame of whom he could seek couusel, but iu vaiu. I'hey M i-iv ouly thnse ladies in the cai-, and they were yuuug, with ivuud hata uud dimpled cheeks. '' They dou't kuow any thing about it,\ groaned Mr. Verity, iu uuguish -A spirit \Oh why didn't 1 have common sense i-uough U> go aud gi'f a uunw ? 1 ituppuae theJ-e is uo danger of a baby bun.ting its lunp; but i should think if there was huch a oontiugouey, this baby was iu a fair way of moetuig it. Well, roar away, my young friend; 1 can stand it as long as you can.\ Vain boaat, as futile ai vuu, a i Mr. \'eiley very soon disoovured. The baby not only a'iod, but i t scix^amod, it kicltoj. it doubled ilMtlf over iu more wsyt> than a otiutoiijouist's wildest divams uuuld imag- ine, aud became appartiutly fi-auiic with Iiasoioii. 'J'he per^jiiratiou broke out in lUge beads ou JoM'ph's biow; Ixiv IMX flushed, aud still the cars thuudei-ud ou. \What's to become of me/\ he puud- eix^d, holding duspurateiy ou to the i>trug- gliug iuhujt by t he sasl thai eucircled it« little waist, aud watching its pui-jile laoe with a spu«uus oJ detostiitiou. '*1 d(iu't wiuidei Haixitd died. 1 shall die iu a week if this thiug goes on. Aud it seems so easy tir Baibaia Smith to take oare of her little brotheik auU kihluH. If jUarbara was huit>—\ And Verley pulled the baby up into a sitting posture with a sudden ierk-. \ ril do it,\ quoth Mr. Verley, \ I'll take the back express at four in the morn- ing and go stniight there. Ah you may stop crying, you little hypocrite; but it won't do any good j I'm not t o be caught twice in the same trap.\ Barbara Smith was watering her tube roses In the bright morning sunshine, when he arrived with the valise and baby. \ Dear me, Mr. Verley,\ BIIC ejaculated, blusbtng 'celestial rosy red.' \ Why, what a sweet baby.\ \ Yes, very sweet,\ he responded dryly. \ It is my niece that 1 was to meet at Sjteedville.\ \ Why, I thought that sbo was a young lady?\ \ So did I; but it seems she's not. Bar- bara, what do you supiMWe brought Ttie back ?\ be added, speaking very fast for foar the baby would cry. \ I don't know,\ fiiltered Barbara, crim- soning still more. \Perhai>B you forget something.\ \ Yes. I did.\ \What was it 7\ said Barbtra, a little disap|K)inted. \ T forgot t o ask you if you wouhl marry me!\ \ Dear me! was tbat all 7\ said the yomig lady demurely. \Isn't that enough? Say, Barbara, will you 7\ \ I'll think of it,\ answered Barbara, eva- sively. \ No, but tell mc now. Quick—the baby's waking up.\ \'Well then—yec.\ Barbura had taken the little thing in her anne, and disapiK>ared before it bad time to utter its waknig yell, A Week allcrwai-d Mr. Joseph Verley took the 12:30 return train with his wife lind niece, the happiest of iXHitaimod old bacbeloi-B, and it ww all the uuconsciotu baby's work. A ItiiHKlun Hoy Murden'r. A writer in Chamber'n Jounml pives this account <if an intt^rview with a Itus- siaii uiiirdtTGr : Bemde the window KIIM a youth of uinetoen, with his urma folded and his hoiul bowed dreamily on his breast Of all th e fiutos Krouixnl tiroiind his is tho most remurkuble. The uliuost cliilddikti ex|ji*es«iou of tlie deliejiU' pro- file uud soft brown i^w is oontnulicted by a mouth absolutely sfurtliiiK in its rigidity—suuUl, thin-lipped and hiu-d, UH if cut in gnmit« — tbo mouth uf one without foar, witliuiit faith, without U(!rcy. Ttie uj>]>ur fuoo is thitt of a (•hild to whom crime itself is uukuowii; the lower, that of ii niiiu cjipablc of any crime upon earth. It is the eoiiut^^iuiuee (jf a cherub blended with that of u ban- dit. \ Wbat iB tbat ?\ asked 1 attentively. \Siuvly h e can't have done anything very si-rious ?\ \You miis'n't judge by tlieir facoB, auKwers Ivan with a meaning sinile : \ tliutis Vi(«ku Bouslaieflf, who murdered that whole family iu the Torgovaya the other day. You've heard of him, of coui'se *!*\ I have indeed (iu uommou with my entire fuiqmuutauool hejird ouly Um much ol the hero of this frightful trugody, with which all Pot^'i'bburg is Ktill ringing; luid tliua tlo I Buddeuly fiud mywdf fuci^ to face with him. \You kuow my name, tlieu ?\ tuiys the )mMmer with a tuuile. \Every muu iu Petersburg knows it uuw,\iuiBwered I; \ i t bus Ixieu in every mouth for the hu t fortnight\ Bo I 8Uj)]KMUs\ be rejoina with a uom))IiLcoutuar. \ Wheu I was u Ktiideut at Kiev, they used to teU me that I should never make my name hi^ard of ; but ui'iiureutly they wej'e mialukcu uft^-'r all.\ Oouaidi'riugluBiiroacutuoaitiou, there is Bom4't'hiug at ouct^ tt^rrible and revolfr- iugiu the man's iuordiuute vanity, which liotruyB itself not mejcly in his words, but III the tout; of his voice uud th e very jHMk; of bis figure. \ You have boeu a utudout then V\ \Yes for several yotUH ; but I didu't diatiuguiBb mysi-lf thora Perhaps,\ he added with u slight HUIMU', \ the good jKHi])le there will b e more ready to acknowledge me uow.\ *' .4ud wheu are you to be tried V\ \ 1 dou't exucUy know ; bu t j)n^lty soon uow, I should think. It's all ou'e to me, for I kuow how it must end : aud, after all, SilH^ria'u l>otter than huuging. As we used to say u t oolloge : ' From the laud of Siberia one may OHoa]>e ; from the hind oi Mogoitlu* (die grave) ' mm can't'\ \Dou't talk HO Joud about eacaj>UJg, brotiier,\ inti^jioses Ivuu, waruiugly ' * you forget that everything you say here ia uoted.\ \Mote it, aud woluome,\ rejoins the liriuouex, u-ith au air of iudiffej-euue ; \ I'd say it t o iht^ fuoos, if u^xid wore. If that hog of a boy hudu't horoaxued out as I atabbod liim, I'd have oMStpe at the fli'st ; but it was the will of Ood that I should b e tukiui.\ Aud ut the meiutiou of the holy uume this red-haudiid extur- mimiior dolls his cajj; aud lu-osses him- self uf devoutly us if he were befoj-e the altar of u ehiu'ch. Too tuck at huai't to be diverted by the bidnous giotowiue^iess of the uetiou, I turu haslily away, uTtiile the murdtviu* resumtis Uis w^it with the hiur of a buverui^n dituiiissiug UJ umbub- Budor. Kot th e leuat rumarkuble thiug about this man is tJie tm*it but uuiuislakable ubceudfiiey u'hi^ h e ex(M\dsos ovej' his follow-pribouei'b. Jjj this rude sooitity his ud^uutugos of bij-th aud oduuutiou would uvuil hi 111 uuthiug — would, if anythiug, exuile tlu- sploiUJ aud hostility uf his ruugbur (^impuuious ; bu t th e compliitut4.)d utrueity uf his guilt invests him iu thoir eyes with a kiiicl of wierd graudtiuf. Fo«f th< m he is aimul^' a oou- sixuuuate master ot tho art v'lnuh they lui^e all prtkotiood—uuo of Uie urunourui-y of crime, T)eforo whoso evil pre-cminoncc idl must bow down in ndonition« \Terrible fellow that\ snys Ivnn, as we nit the room together; *' only nine- teen, and to have swept off five Chrisbiin wnUs I They say,\ adds ho iu a low whisijer, \that ho knows Lntin aud (ireek as well ns wo know Itiissiau ! so it's no wonder he did wimt ho did !\ This matcblpssly characteristic obser- vation comoB very sciwoiiably to nroiise me from the truin of ghioiuy reflection into which I hiul sunk. \Why brother, if that'H nil, I know Latin and Qrock pretty well inywlf—well enough to rend nnd i^-rite them at Ion«t\ \Do yon really, barin ?\ says IviUl, Rurvoying mo with a new interest, nud iiith that air of doubtful admiration with which meu niijironch a daring erimimU. \Do yon i-oiilly V Then may God merci- fully jiroserx-o you from temptation I\ As wo proceed gatownys (for I luul rifcen quit*) enough, and dtx-Unod visiting the tliird ward, where tlioso detained on suspicion nre conflued), I tiike the op- portunity of asking whether the prison- ers soem tolembly contented ou the whole. \Most of them do,\ luiswem Ivan ; \but that's berjtusi' tliey've been here some time; for tho new ccmiers it's dreadful at first. You see, they give thorn n o work to do, and they've nothing to nmiise them ; so they get t o doing all sorts of mischief. Only this spring, one of our wanlcrs was m^arly killed by a great stone thnt fell within nti inch of his bend IIS he piiNsed under the windows; and when intpiir;*' was made, it tnrneil out that one of the bids in the seooud ward luid Iwlted fifty kojiekB that b e would kill with that stone the first man thnt croBsed the yard within a fair dis- tance,\ A Kliinoo«roK and Hie Ice. Mr. Frank Biickbind ^\ rites to I^mtl (Hill HIZ/CT- an account of ii \stninge ice aecideut\ bt the rbinodTos at the Zoo- logifid Qardeiis, Ijtmdou, n^ctmtly. Thw iiiiimid hiul iKieu turnetl out tisuHual iuto (.be paddock behind the ('le]ihaiit-honBe while the dens were being eleaueiL The riiiow hiul fidh'ii lliickly during the night, so tbat the pond wtis not to bo distin- guisheil from tlie ground. The rhinoc- (!roK, uotstHdng the pond, put her fore foot on the ivc, which immwlhttely gave way, mid iu MIIC went heiul over heels witli a i^rasli. Tbo keepers rau for Mr. Ititrtlftt, the resident suiierint^'udeiit. When he came, in u few uiiiiuteK, he found the poor rhinot^oros iu great ihtii- ger of drowuing, as she was floundering about among great shoets of iue, under which sli9 baid prubiibly beeu ke)>t down till her great streagtb euabbKl her t u break up the whole mass. Hen\ tliim, was a most awkward atvitleut under uii- exiMictod and novel uireiimstiuieeK. Mr. Bartlett, with his uwiiid eiJUruge, »piiirk- uess, aud reiuliuesHof resoure<', wosqiiite eqmU to the oLV'jisitm. He imuiediut^Oy let th<> watt^r off the pond by kiioeking away a large jdiig which he has thought- fully tixed instead of a t4i|>, which is liable to get out of order. In tliit mean time the jxKir rbiuocerns wim in great danger of drowning, its the pond is uiue feet deei>; so, white the water was run- ning off, Mr. Burtlett, losing no time, seut foriUl the available kee|>ers and a long and strong rope ; bairow loads of gi-uvel were ut tlie same time strewed ou tjie sloping sides of the jioud to give the exhuustt^d auimul a foothold. The rope was theu tossed round the hauu<Jies of the rhiuooeros, like the kicking stra]! of a horse in haruess, and twenty-aix meu, ou bidf ut one end of the roiKt aud tlie other half at tli« other, piiUetl hard on the rhinoeeroa; so that in her strugghut to get u p the liuuk she would not ouly be Bupi)orto<l, bu t jiuUed forcibly for- ward. After much binding on the pail of Hio meu uud much idungiug ou the slipperj' bank of th e jxmd, th e rhinoce- ros was a t hu*t lan«led ou lerni Jlrtiui. The Mulvora of this valuable liviug i^roji- erty hiul then to look out for thciUbclves. Mr. Burtlett hud oulieijiated this, for he had left the shdiug gute of the iiiclo- aure open just \nde enough to let out oue man ut a time, bu t uot u j'hiuoeeros. Au absurd seeue then ensued ; everybody rushod to tiie gate, bu t the flrst of th e fugitives fi'om tlie rhium^eros, naturally stout, aud possibly stouter ut Chiisfmas- time than usmd, jammt d fust in the o|>eu gate, so that the otlier twenty-tive men were iu the ]ttiddoi-k with tb<^ rkinoueros. Thi' lioor frightened aud half-frozeu beast luckily behaved very weU ; she did uot rush ^fter the meu, but stood atiU, pricked her ears and snorted, gi^'ing the keeiiers time to get out as fast as they oould, aud how they oould, through the iugeuioua \manhole or guard, iu tiie ruiliug, made iu case of emergeuei<«. Neither the rhinooei-os uoi' tlie meu re-, e+yved the slightest iujury. Shortly af- ter tht( accident MJ'. BuekJaud suw the rhiuooeTos muuehiug he r brejikfuat as if nothing had huppeued. 'i'be rlmiouero* was tiie big feuiule ; she is about ten feet six iuches long, and about Ave feet high ut the shoulder, uud she wejg^, ut a guess, betwe^iu tkroe aud four tous. The iue was four ijtmhes tluok. PoXAiXiUtt.—The CuuiiJry CltuUt:iHan says tiie oidy reason why Lietttu* erups of potatue« uie obtuiiiod U'um lurge ]iuta- toes usodjor need tiiuu from tuiiull «tues, is that th e furmtir gi^'e a greuit^j- sui>p]y uf nutrimcjit to the yuuug sprout**. It says tiiui so far us any utlier reuaou is ouuiHtruttd one might as well expect that using giaits from a larger tree v ould pjTuduce luigtiT tjotts tluuj gi'ufls from u uuaJl uiie of tJUe atuue kiud- \You «K« VAvy ituiMd, VUomuii.\ auid a ouiuitry ieueher tu a litile boy ei^ht ytiur old- \ Vou are a Uttle donkey : uud what du thev' du to eui-e tUtau of stupid- it^'V\ '• Tiiey food thwu better wid kiuk tiium less,'' said tiie uruh liiUo ur- ulUu- A Sad Story. Here is a story of the saddest side of Now York life. Not many days ngo there was a fashion' nblc marriage in one of our up-town churches. Tho bridegroom was a re- markably handsome man, of nearly thirty ycArs of age, well kuowu iu what is cidled fiisliiouable society as an ngroc- able, liberal bnchelorantf\ Indies'man.\ Tho bride was a bively girl, belonging to one of our best known familiej^, and esteemed for lier character na much as mlmired for her beauty. The friends of Iwtb were present; nnd nothing surpris- ing occurred at the ceremony, save tbat all present remarked upon the appear- auoo of the bridegroom. He wna appar- ently so oppressed by some great sorrow or anxiety that he could not smile nor command a cheerful word. Tho piur had spent but a few days to- gctlicr, wheu the husband, after an inter- vievf Avitli his young wife which left lier almost criishca in mind, hastily called at his late bachelors rooms, whicn he had not yet given np, burned a large number of J>aper8, packed up a few xirecious articles, and suddenly disappeared ; and no one of liis friends uow kuow where h e is to \)e found. But oue dreodfiU truth reached their ears too quickly. A t one of our new hotels in tlie centre of tho cit^y, bu t a few blocks from the church in which the mnrringe was jierformed, there were found a woman and several children bear- ing his mune, and she found no dilHciUt^ in (wtablialiing her right to it Hbo is many y(>arB older than ho. They were married when he was scarcely more than a boy, nnd have never iiublished tlie marriage ; bu t thev never quarreled nor scparaUid. He still supi>orted hsr and visited her ; and o n th e very day of th e second marriage, at noon, b e mode her a long visit, in his usual manner. This event has lieeu a sudden shock to botli families; absolute concealment of his marriage from all his friends for many yeiu*B, while his wife aud children oivnly bore his uome iu public hotels in this city, is as unacoiiiitable to tliem OS it will l>e Ut others. The youug mau was for several years an iutemal rereuue oflloer in this city, bu t for some years Itnst has Iieen employed in a bank dowu town. H e lias paid three thousand doUiirs a year for tlie board of his wife and children, while roceiving a salary of only two thousand ; and us yet maiutain- tainod IUB bachelory life with lavish exjienditure. I n his rooms ore said to have lain uot far from a hundred suits of clothes, with expensive books, and miuiy other evidences of wealth. But his neoounts at the Imnk are said to be entirely oon-ect. His full understanding of what he was doing apiH-ars from the fat!t that be carried tit the ultor a pistol, witli tlie fixed purjHiBe, as he afterwards siud, of blowing out his brains there if the ceremony should be interfered with. We draw u o moral from these facts. But the very slioek they gave to all who knew of tbem, is a proof tliat crimes of this kiud find no symjiatby or toleratiou iu this community; and Uiat tlie standard of morals here is uot s o low as some writers have said, who ajijieal to such c ises as these for illustratious of New York society, instead of wliat they really are, frightful aud exce]>tiomd outrages ui>ou it— N, Y. Ehenbu/ Posl. How Old Are Vuu I There is a good deal of amusement iu tlie fiillowing magic table of figures.— It will enalile 3'ou to tell how old the young Lulies arc. Jimt huiid this tubb' to a youug lady aud request her tell you In which oolumu or columns her age is 4.!Outained, add together the figures at the top of the eolumiiB in which her age is fouud, and 3'ou have the great secret. Thus BUi»i>ose her age to be seventeen,you will liudtliut uuiulier tiie first aud fifth culmuuH, lUid the first figures of these two eolumuB added make aeveuteeu. Here is the magic table : I 4 5 7 « 11 13 16 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 «3 45 47 40 01 53 55 57 59 01 03 2 3 6 7 10 11 14 15 18 19 22 23 20 27 3U 31 34 35 38 38 42 43 40 47 50 51 54 55 58 59 02 OS 4 6 6 7 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 30 37 38 39 44 45 40 47 52 53 54 55 00 01 02 03 8 9 10 U 12 13 U 15 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 40 41 42 43 U 15 40 47 50 67 68 59 00 01 02 68 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ao 81 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 50 67 58 59 00 01 'i 82 33 34 35 30 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 40 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 64 66 56 57 68 69 00 (il 02 68 A Snug Per Winter. Tlie front in here. And fuel in dear, And WIMKIH aro Honr, And MroH burn rloar, And f^oHt in hero. And has bitten the hcol of tbo going year. . Itil«, froHt. bitol Von roll np away li-nm I bo lifilit Tlie blue wnodlmiHo nnd the i>linn|i dormoiiBA, And tbo been nro Htill'd. ioid Ibo fliOH aro kill'd, And you bite far into the: heart of tho lioiinu. Dnt liot into niiiio. TeHHj/ton ViwtH niid I'lincieN. Hnvaiimili Inm a skating rink, nud thinks it woidd enjoy it if there was any ice. llie nvcmgc cost of each shot fired into Paris is estimated at two hniidroil dollars. Why is tho earth like a bliu^kbonrd '/ Because the children of men multiply ujion the face of it. Wcsteni mereautilo housos nre gnidu- ally discliargiiig tbi^ young men aud om- ploj-ing girl clerks in tliier stead. A Tfoy gentleman had a letter con- taining a check on a Troy bank, diited Paris, Nov. 18, sent from thnt city in a bnlltHm. Gen. Taylor, on one occasion, lieing besieged by oflice-Neekers, innde th e remiirk, that \some were d<H>med to apjiointment, nud some to diaappoint- ment\ The newest thing iu stationei-y for lovers is rose-eolore(T notp jmper, with nn imprint f>f ('lipid in gold. Gold is something of a temider in love as well lis ont of it. Iu fifun-amento, California, a band of Ivjys has just IMH'U broken up, which had all tlio wiguB, pnBKWonls, Ac, of an or- g-miziHl robber baud, »nd within two years bml committed niiuiy eriiiies. King William hw sent the swonl that Nnpoleon HI. surrenilcred at Sediin to be liiing iH'Hide the one that Niipoletni I. gave u p t o IJlncher nt Waterloo in tlm PrusHinn Militjiiy College at Berlin. \ Hretliren,\ said a sjieuker »t n late missionary nio'tiiig, \ 1 wind y<.u to turn your bucks on this Ibiuid of Wis- Mions.'yoir greenbiu-ks, 1 menu, nnd, if yoii jiresuiiie to speiik to tliein, t^dk i n siver toiu's.\ A young Miehigauder pbu^'d bis hand on the muzzle of bis gnu aud his foot on liie biimmer. Buying t*i those present, \'I'his is the M'liy Jim riiirlmnks shot his hand U> (lieces,\ aud there was a re- port of II gun, nnd a great hole through the middle of bis baud. There is an imitrobiible story that a New Jersey ben iiiisbiid an egg, Mheu auotluT hen wit ou it and hatebe<i it, aud the original ben I'ccognir.ej her rhiekeii after it was batched. The Betting lieu ebiimed a \fowl bu t the lunpiro baa not yet given liis diteisiou. Water is, in many points of %-iew, a singular refli-elion of jieriodieal liti>rH- turc^ For instance', it c^iiufs out in shoetMyaiid when a Hiitlicieiit quantity is iHsuwl, it is collwled into vo]iinie«, bu t how many Klieetw of water it takes to make a volume it IM difiiciilt to Miy. A man in ('oiiueetieiit bus inveiitod aud jmblishiil n mostiiigcnioiiseulender, good for three buudred years , aud printed 4(Ji pa]ier the sine of u visiting ejird. If auy mull, afb-r using it tliree hundi'iHl ve'ars, iKii't satisfied with it, the publislii'r wilt give him unother free. A eou))le who united in the \holy bon*ls,\ Arc, in Newport, H. 1., laU%, bad no i>artieular preference us t o which of tlu* tlire«-divines of the jdace should jM-rform the esbenlial knot tyiug. The noinej* of thi^ clergymen were put iu hat, and Itev. Foster Heniy's was drawn. He fixinl things u]) t o suit. The lattwl attempt to hurt Iho feel- ings edit<(rial is in this cui-reut story : \Are you eoiineft*'*! with a pajwr here ?\ asked a eouutryuiun of an inmate of th e Indiana lusune Asylmu. \Ob uo,\ was the reply ; \ I have Inien to tho iusaue asylum aud LHH-U cured; a muu uever runs a uewB])a]>er after h e is cured-\ \Your advice as u muu of the world, Gus : Which of the two Miss Wilsons shall I take in t o supix-r V\ \ Woll, if you take tht- handsome one, you'll have to flitter her; if you tidte th e <ither, she'll flutter you. \I'o u man who doscu't want Ut marry, like yourself, I should r»>- couimeii J the first, us b y far the less duJU- geruuB uf the twu.\ Two (!uliforuiu officers taking a jmir of M exi<'jiiis, luxmsiMl of roblx^ry of bullion, t(j jail, were btoj>ped by a gang of tweuty men, who titok away th e prisoners aud hung them a Uttle at a lime, to make them confess where the bulliou was buried. Fuiliug in this they retuj'ned tiiem to the officers who safcjy oouducled them to jail. SAI> AucwjiNT.-The ahoukiug feature of a disustiAr at Wabon, Ky., is the per- iuhing of throe hiuuuu Ijeiiigs in llie flumes—a young sou of Mr. Peroival, a yuuug girl living iu the fumiiy uf tiie lut- tei', uiid a oului«d wumau. The uife uf M^. Pej'uivul was ulbu ^verely burned. The wells uud oiatoriis were Uburly dry, . BO thut wuttir had to be cairiod from the \ riuuiui; all WiutA'r. riveJ'. I'his was a tediuus utocfMtit. 'I'be tiiroe ptxhoxiti «hu wore buruwd uui'e aleepiug over the kituhcui. 'Thwir pat ihiiiy oouaumud boditw v«te reoovered (roui the ruwi tdltar tii» Are bkl aabsid- MAirruusxni JAPA>'.—The luteal adriouR from Jajiuu were receivtid by steamtiT ut Sun Fi'uiiciseo. Aiij>ieln*usi<jus uf a renewal uf eivil MUX in the pjoviue* uu- der Kutsuuia exist d. HiJf u stjuuiv mile of theOity uf Jttddo was biiruiHl Dee. 20. A powder-maguziue exjJoded iu thut tiity Del'. 29, destio.viug several hvos. The roads iu the \ii'Jui(y of Yokohama wt\re uguiu dmiKei<.>us to foreigners, C^muiuudej Snooks, Paji\^'^\ Howies uudsevtirul suiloisof the Britisli uutn-of- war iiiugdove, were druwuod Ooc. 30. Mr. Portman, iut»^rprt^teJ• to the Ami\ri- eaii Lfgiiliuu, hud l\'*'^ su]M\uded by MiuisU-r De Lung, owing tu eomiihdut* liutde i'y the Japautise. Four guu-lx-wis uiv lying ut 'J'ieu-taiu. China, and lu'e tu The Fi eueh Miuiater is l>huut>d for the muuu4'r iu which he settJiHi the Uiidter of the uiushuioe. Mr. Steward and his paily returned iiow 'i^iuU- taiu Nov. 30, uud left foi Hon^' K-ojig Dec. 7. I'hey wei'e eordiuUy itnieived by Uu) Iiuperiui uullioirities at Vokiii. i ± ^