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H. N. BAKER, Editor. , TJBBMS-rfi.OO per Year, in Advance, or $1,25 at the End of the Year. ', VOLUME I. N. w, 1879. NUMBER 4. •—* \; Along the Idne. What say '! \A song or a .story ?\ Draw up a box 'ra chair, AU them that is -wantin' to listen; but, boys, I'm a-tellm' you fair! See this? It'll go ior the ieller what takes a notion to laugh, And him or me will be t' our folks a man or a ioretograph! Toil didn't know Jim—of course not—rl'm tellin'you now of him: A ieariul chap on his muscle, a wild old boy,, •was Jim; But, boys,—now don't you forgitit—he was as good and square ' Astray man that the county held—and plenty o' men was there. Jim •wasaliglilnin'-jorkGr—of course youknow 'tjmean: He sot at his little trtble and rattled the Morse inachine— f And didn't it-rattle? I bet you! He studied, it dowii so line, There wasn't a one that could \ send\ with him, not all along the line. One time Jim sat in the offloe, a-smokin' and gazin' out, When in oomo a feller was lookin' skeered— and 'nuffto be skeored about! He told liiH news in a tniniiifc, and-^-ffiari ns he was—got cry'n'; And \ Taller lever has 'broken out!\ went clickiu' along the line. * I think that line was connected with every soul in the land, Froni what was sentt' us Howards^f-I'm one, d'yo understand 1 Of all tho parts o' the Union, no tellin' whioh -' helped'us most; And we was a-workin', wo was, sir! And Jim, ho kep' to his post. All day long ho was settin' pushin' away at tho key,. Or takin' off from the sounder, just as the case might be; And njost of t-ha night a-nursin'. And what was bvaoiii' his heurt \Was knowin' his only sister 'n' him was sev- enty miles apart. The air got lull o' the ievor, grass growed up in the street; . Travel tho town all over, and never a man , you'd meet, 'Copt, mnybo,,some feller arunnin', who'd say as lie passed yon by: \ I'm tryin' to find the doctor,\ or \ Billy is I bound to die.\ . \ When folks Went uuJer—thoy might be the very best in the land— We thro-wed 'em into & white pine box, and draved 'em out, oil-hand, To wait their turn to lie planted—without word or a prnyer— There wu'n't no ohnnco and there wa'n'l no time/or prayin'or proachin 1 there. Well', Jim, he imuded hid\ duty, and stuck to the work—oh, yes- But, boys, oue Saturday night, when ho was busy sondin' the press, There come a break, and his office call, and soon as he'd time to sign \ Tour sistor's took tho lever and died \ come flasbin' along the lino. Throw up tho winder and let in air! How can I breathe or \spoak tVith— rjim? Oh, certainly; news like that was oound for to make him weak; * iBufrJim sot straight at the table—ho warn't . the man to shirk! And calnior and cooler than I am now, he finished the company's work. But then he dropped—and in lour days more all that was left of him ,3Vas. the wasted body that once had held the noblest soul—poor Jim ! Oh ! boys, that brother and sister was brother and sister o' mino— I wonderif ever we'll most ag'in—soinewheres along the lino? — Inuin Rvssell, in Scribi^r. trips areanaiiewith.no stoppages, except _ for a change of horses and drivers, and for meals. Six horses were used, and a mad galop the only gait. The first night out there was no apprehension, as we were not yet on dangerous ground, and the passengers dozed and chatted, and complained of the rough road, and, alto- gether* managed to pass the night as comfortably as could be expected under the circumstances. As darkness closed in on the second evening,, the passengers examined their arms and decided not to sleep, but keep on the lookout. The horses must have kept the road frominstinet.for the dark- ness was almost Egyptian* in density, when suddenly, with a swerve that al- most TipSe.t'the coach, they came to a full stop. Though we had. heard ,no word .of command, *the inside was/ini- mediately in a state of confusion, sup- posing it to be-.the road agents, and my Xaliant protector hastily transferred the jewel base to me, along with his own watch and purse, saying they would be much safer in my possession. This scarcely occupied a moment's time when the driver called out that it was only a fallen tree, and he would have to find some way of getting around it, and, if that could not be done, the passengers would have to assist in cutting it away, axes being stowed away under the seats in anticipation of accidents of that kind, which frequently occur. We heard the drive?; climbing down from his perch, and as lie struck the ground he uttered a smothered exclama- tion, and at the sanxe moment, in a clear, commanding tone came the. order: \Hold up your hands, gentlemen!\ and e-ich side of the coacli bristled with the barrels of shot-guns. It is needless to say that the order was instantly obeyed. They '• went through\ the party in much less time than I can relate it, and in the meantime I sat paralyzed in the corner with my valuables in full view. At last, with an effort, I handed them toward the leader, who was keeping my escort \covered.\ He held his revolver with his right hand, and with his left politely raised his hat, saying : \ Miss, you wrong me; I never accept anything from a lady.\ The driver was then allowed to resume his seat, and those who were holding the horses showed the way around the tree, which had been felled for the purpose, and, while the coach was still kept\' covered,\ the order was given: \ Drive on and don't look back,\ whjch order was strictly and \promptly obeyed. Our passengers were a crest- fallen lot, and nothing more was heard of resistance, as they had all been de Adventures With Road Agents. Old. California, and Huvada stage- drivers,, in. relating their exparience of \•'tlilfpast always speak with- pride and affection of the \ Placerville route,\ which has been the scene of so many startling adventures. Indeed, the State • is not, even now, free from the ravages of marauding bands, who rob on the highway and would stealfroru a church. Many daring stage robberies have been committed on-the Placerville road, be- '•'•' tween Sacramento, in the valley, and Placerville, in the mountains, which was also ma.de famous by \Greeley's ride.\ pvived of whaj^hadjyroved to be useless \weapons.\ We \readied our? ~j our Key's\ end without further interruption. The Tom Bell gang was for many years the terror of the mountain districts and many tales arc 1 told of their lawless deeds. My father was interested in the building of the Donner Lake wagon road, and in an encounter with this gang managed by strategy to save a large sum of money. He was traveling on horseback and carried some of the money in a belt and a portion in his boots. He wad accoiripanied by a friend whose route lay with his a portion of the way, but to him he did not confide the fact that he was carrying any con- siderable sum of money, as his friend was naturally a timid man and ho did not care to add to the • fears which already possessed him. About ten miles from tlieiv destination their roads, di- vided, • the friend going to the place where the workmen were, quartered and my father to the hou&e of .a- friend where heintendodto pass the niglit. Ho jogged •along Jeisurely for a mile or more and as it was now about six in the evening, was thinking of hastening his steps in order to reach his stopping-place before dark, not expecting any trouble in day- light, when he was suddenly joined by a horseman. The civilities of the day were exchanged, and they rode on together, conversing upon topics oi cur- rent interest, Work' on the .road, mining in the neighborhood, etc. At length the stranger asked carelessly where he was going, and asked if he was not Mr* -—, the contractor. Papa said he was not, but that they came up together, and they iiad separated a few miles back. At the next by-path the stranger left him, and he learned the next mbniing that his friend had been surrounded by •He had been conversing with a member ] of the firm and said among other things' that he had jtaken a buggy to go to sev7 eral small towns in the vicinity and would be back in two or-three days) that he was then going to the livery stable for his team. Just t as he turned to leave the store the same man passed out before him. On his way to the liv- ery stable lie stopped at Wells, Fargo & C0.'s : express office, as was his custom, and sent his coin to Son Erancisco. A few hours after leaving town lie found himself on a pleasant but lonely forest road, and the day being warm, lie was beginning to enjoy the coolness :of the shade, when the horse suddenly stopped and refused to move. The rest I will tell^s nearly as possible,'in' : his own words-: ''.As I Baised my head, to see what wasQie master, I was met square in the face by the barrel of a pistol. I had looked into many a one befqi-e, but this was the first one I had seen with a hole in it large enough to crawl into. Throw up your hands!' As the linejs were hanging on the dashboard, I had nothing, to hinder me doing it at once which I did, like a little man.. The fel- low's p'al .then went through me. and while doing so, if my arms dropped a little, • higher' was the sharp order, and up they would go as high as I could reach. I had only thirty dollars, which,, seemed to surprise them as they thought Iliad the money they had seen- ine' col- lecting, so they cursed me and their luck, looked at my watch to see the time, ex- amined my weapons, and put them all back in their places, said that was a nice diamond ring for a poor man to wear, but did not take it, saying they only wanted money, as in these times such things always gave a fellow away. They then told me to sit down,, gave me the lines and said if I looked back before I reached the next house they would blow my brains out. I didn't look back.\ When he came home he walked into the house and laid his pistols down, saying he would never carry them again. When asked why, he said: '\Twasof no use to carry weapons,\ and told the story I have just given. It is \related of Joaquiri Murieta, the famous bandit chief, that the day after one of his most daring exploits he rode up to a saloon in a mining camp, went in and drank with the crowd |and 'heard his own story told over and over by the excited throng and what they would do if they ever met him. He asked if they had ever seen him. None of them had, but they could all' describe \ the mur- dering greaser,\ and would be glad to meet him—the sooner the better. Jpa- Jiu_in:then.oxxl£r.ed,.a,jxin'lc 1 \iypnt to.,.the. door and mounted his horse, rode up to the bar, leaned down and took the'glass, drank to the crowd, tossed the glass on Hie floor, and as quick as lightning drew his revolver, dashed the spurs into his horse and shouted back at them : \ Car- rajo Americano! Here is Joaquin Mu- rieta!\ And before the bewildered miners had collected their senses was out of-pight.T- Lizzie JR., in Philadelphia Times. A picture of, the coach, with Hankjfylonk road agents, and all his protestations on the box and Mr. Greeley's venerable head' bursting through .the top ot the coach, now adorns the walls of.tlie Ormsby House, in Carson. Some years ago I was a passenger -on one of these coaches, and it happened to be just at a time when stag6 robberies were unusu- ally frequent. We had a full list of pas- sengers, but I was the only ]<viy among them. I was in charge of a gentleman friend of the family, who made such boasts of bravery that it was confidently expected that I should be safely deliv- ered into the hands of my father at Pliicerviile. I had With me a case of jewels (which I may here state no i woman had. any use for at that tiine), which I intended to send by express, but my valiant escort declared that the express box, which Would be on the same coach, would be the first thing seized, and I had much better Intrust them to his care. He carried two re- volvers and a knife, which he said he intended to use in c^se of attack, and did not meai.n to be robbed of anything, unless his life was taken. The stage-driv.ers never seemed to take any interest in these little affairs* They were unarmed, .carried nothing of value about them, and simply halted when commanded, and drove on when ordered to do so. Their discretion was certain ly commerSdable, as resistance was useless, and if they did not lose their lives then they Would cef tainlv be assassinated if they attempted another trip. These Would not make thena believe that the right man. had gone the other way. It seems they had a description of the man they wanted and of the road he was ex- pectpd to go, but the coolness of his de^ riial and his going another way, coupled with the fact that his friend's descrip- tion was in some respects similar, threw them off the track. As this gang were robbers and hot murderers ( probably saved the other.man's life, for at that time highwiiymen were known to have murdered men simply because they had no money. A poor teamster on the mountains was once stopped by a couple of men and his money demanded, but when they found he had none they eon- tented themselves with both kicking him heartily and cursing him for a -de- ceitful beggar for traveling without money. One of my relatives, abrother-in-TaW, memlieT of a San Francisco commercial house, has often said lie would not sub- mit to i>3ing rolled without resistance, but would be; certain to shoot airy man. i who attempted it. He always traveled well-ai'med and fortunately never met with any robbers until about three years ago. He had sojne heavy Collections to make through the southern part of Cali- fornia, and in one town where he stop- ped had several firms to call upon. As he came cut of one place where he had 'called ho saw a man standing at the door, but did not think of it again- until he saw him at a secondplace he visited. OTtc I&iisdtan Peasantry. In an article on the Russian peasantry the Ifolva observes that the chief peas- ant in a village sometimes 1 has more power than any man in the empire ex- cept the' Gzar. He has the power, for instance, of-ordering a culprit to be floeged—a right which is denied by law to any other public functionary or citi- zen in the empire. Further, a majority of the peasants in a commune can sen- tence one of their number to be beaten with sticks, and there is no appeal against the sentence. If is true that women may no longer bfv flogged and that the maximum number of blows which may be inflicted on a man is twenty, while formerly men were some- times beaten to death by order of the commune; but the commune can still sentence a man to banishment to Siberia for life. This sentence liaS been, passed for such petty offences as stealing a handkerchief or a little honey, or open- ing a brandy shop without the permis- sion of ! the ebmmunei . In : the govern- ment of Santai-a a man was. sentenced to be banished, together with his lamily. Shortly after, however, the senate, to whom the case was referred, decided that the man should.be permitted to re- main in his village on the ground that his health would not permitof his going to Siberia, ihe case of the man's wife however,, was not '^considered • and the sentence was carried out so far as she Was concerned; though she was innpesnt of any crime* and had been directed to go to Siberia merely in order that she should .not be separated from her hus- band. WOPICS. Mr. W. H. Thompson, who won easily the big prizo at a recent archery tourna^ ment in Chicago.,~and is supposed, to be one of the very be§t archers in the \woi'ldj handles his bowj and arrow thus: He takes a firm, squkre position, at a full right angle to tli? target, gots a good, hold of his bow, istops and looks for a second or two at',the target, raises'his bow.Tind drawing as he raises, looses the stringimmedittely with a motion as quick as tjheutrms/can. be.separated, and' the twang 1 of hi&jfiowstiing. is' as sharp /•ppingpfa.percussioii rQ'Netfr enterpirjfio -in ^,- w ,,^^. I -,.,.., n . v ,,,..... .... ttie- result of: the present ejEpefijpsnt in New England, it is certain that sooner of later the making of sugar froni beets will become as general in this country as in France, Germany and Austria. Should such a bounty as is now paid to the codfishing nterest be extended to that of beet sugar, no doubt a few years Would put t on such a sold basis that after a while, although the greatest sugar-consuming people in the world, we would virtually shake off our dependence on foreign sugar markets. The expei'imeutlias been made of sow- ng oats and wheat together with a view to obtain a winter covering for the wheat. The seed, in.the proportion of one part of oats to two parts pf wheat, was sown in the fall, and the o.ats sprang up quiokly and were killed, by the early frost, the stalks and leaves lyij)g on the ground nil winter, keeping thft |now from olowirig away and .preventing the sun from thawing tho frozen, ground. In the spring the dead oats made a good top dressing for the growing wheat. The crop of wtfeat in the following season was reported to be excellent, while rt'heat on the. adjoining land planted in the usual manner was, of no value. \Do snakes feed on, trout?\ is a ques- ion suggested by the story which we find in a letter from Bingiianiton, N. Y., to the New York Evening 1 Post: ' ' Many yearsligo, when watet-sna\rcs were com- mon in the Susquehanna nnd Chenango civers, somo boys, of whoiij I -was one, were on a brook running into the Sus- quehanna near here, when we saw a snake with a trout in its mouth.. The trout was struggling toget away. This was in a pool pf wat^r, in. the bed of what jjras a \ary brook' in summer, and sizeil fiBli. stoned the snake,, and izeil fiBli. , jvy stoned the snake and made it let tlid trout go. It swam away with the others, but -there was alight mark left on the >body where the snake Iind held it 54 his mouth. There are hree citizens 'of this place wlio were with me at thejtime, and will remember the incident.\ | A lecture, delivered at the, Berlin ifni- ersity some |hree months ago by Pi'of. Fubois-Keymtod, bears the ominous title,' \The End of Our World,\ and says that every movement upon our planet, with the exception, of the ebb and flood, which are caused by the at- traction of the moon, is occasioned' by solar heat.. As, however, the sun loses every year a portion of hiS caloric, sci- ence has lately come to the conclusion that he will not exist as an emitter of warmth longer*3han for seventeen mil- lion years to come. During that space of time our eayth will get colder and colder, in .proportion as the solar heat shall diminish. The iee will advance from the polls to the eauator; the earth's populations will gradually recede be- iore the advancing glaciers; the l Cure far a Rattlesnake Bite, Peter O'Neill, an old farmer living near IvTewburg,. N. Y,, has Iiad many a: wrestle with rattlesnakes, and while recounting some ot his adventures with the reptiles, he said, in.the hearing of a New; York Sun correspondent: \But now I want to tell you sorne^ thing maybe you won't believe. I've heard of one thing and another to cure the bite of a rattlenake, but if ycu pay attention you'll hear a wonderful cure which always succeeded. 'Twas over thirty years ago, and the man, an old friend, told me about it himself. He 'lived in the mountains neai' Port Jervis. Jlis name was Lambert. He was in the woods doing something one day, and he rap. across a big_rattlesnake.^He_and \the jsnaTfeliadaTiard fight, and tMeoia man-was struck on the leg by the veno- mous reptile. He killed the snake, and 1 then in some way got home while suf- fering intense pain. One of his sons jumped on a horse and rode five miles, for a doctor. A few hours after another doctor was sent for, and the two could do him no good. There they stood over the old man, who lay on his cot sense- less and speechless and dving in great agony. Every minute they expected the old man to breathe his last. Who it was that spoke of the cure that brought him to life I don't know, but, it was done at the last minute, when all hope had gone.. They took a lot ot the 'Touch me not weed,' that weed you know that when you squeeze the top of it it flies all over. It was pounded up fine in a pan or a kettle that -was per- fectly clean, for ifj there is any grease about it it won't do. Then it was bpiletf n milk until the stems began te bubble up, when it was applied. The old man lay there on one side, twitching and jerking, and with every twitch and jerk blood would spurt out of a vein near his eye way across the room. The poison had gone way up there through his body, and the sight was a terrible one. Tho preparation was rubbed all over him. and in five minutes lie was relieved. In half an hour he began to talk. In three-, quarters of an hour he was sitting up in his cot talking, and in sin hour he was about the room. He soon recovered, and was as good as ever. It was a hope- less case, and the old man would cer- tainly have died' if the weed had not been applie'd. I know this remedy to be a certain cure, for I've had oases to try it myself. I never think of snakes but my old friend Lambert comes into my mine 1 . \ I'll tell you of one case I had in mj family. My daughter-, oleven or twelve, yti.ars ofiags, used to- .g» to 'tho lii-Hsido for our cows; One day she came bound- ing into the house, and screaming witli pain. I happened to be near, and I soon discovered that she'd been bitten -by a rattlesnake just above the ankle. Her agony was fearful to see; but as soon us- I could I prepared the milk and the weed. All the time she was crying with pain, and her limb was swelling. In five minutes after I put the stuff on her she stopped crying, and in a little while more the pain all left and she got well 1 . There is nothing like this to ciu'G snake bites, and in every ease it will act; the same way.. The weed grows all over. I've seen it in gardens, and; all 1 who live in mountainous regions should know just where to put their hands on it when wanted.\ g g; j become less and ( less^luminous, until he will present \ttei appearance of a dark- red ball; and finally he will annihilate all vitality on oiSr planet. and, SmiiU Population)!, The question arises-, lioW far the exist- ence of a large population on the eavthis necessary to bh£! action, of those forces which serve to carry man onward P To this question it ;js ; impossible, to <*ive a full answer 1 ; nev'rirfcHeless, there are many practical experiniehtsin-the use of num- bers which serve to throw some light on the matter. In the first place, it iselear that the great •. sUcc-te'ses, :.ot : tliis; world and OCitrninu Pale. Blushing is occasioned by sudden dilation of the small blood vessels, which form a fine network beneath the skin, and when they admit an increased : volume ofred.plood cause the surface to appear suffused with c/olor. Blanching is the opposite state, in which the ves- sels contract and squeeze out their bloods so that the skin is seen of its bloodless hue. The change affected in the size of the vessel is brought about by an instantaneous action of tho nerv- ous system. This action may be induced by a thought, or, unconsciously, by the •operation of impressions producing the phenomenon habitually. In a word, blushing may become a habit, and is UJUOlil-Ug UlifJ WJKrVJlLm O, l±t»tJXV t »uu l£> J3.©IT 10 till eiiipHU , W) LUU J.,llXpi« U(J1{1, .thenJh.eyo.na. the»con-fex-ol--crr~Ulttrwll'irex=~ \CrownecTwith tho Titan's nma thnt stirs the •cepfc in. so far as the will can generally, if not always, conquer any habit. It is almost always useless, and certainlv sel- dom worth while, to strive to cure a habit of this olass directly. The most promising course is to try to establish a new habit which shall destroy the one it is desired to remedy. For example, if blushing is, as generally happens, asso- ciated -with self-consciousness, we must establish the sway of the will over the .part of the. nervous system which con- trols the size of the vessels by calling up a feeling opposed to self-consciousness. It is through the mind these nerves ere in- fluenced . Then influence them in a con- trary direction by antagonizing the emo- tion associated with blanching. Thus, if the feeling which causes the blushing be expressible by the thought. \Here am I in a false and humiliating posi- tion, oppose, oi, 1 still better, anticipate and prevent that thought by thinking, \There are you daring to pity or feel contempt for another.\ Avoid going on to think who that \other\ is, because the aim must be to eliminate self. Con- stitute yourself the champion of some one, any one and everybody, who may be pitied, and the ever zealous and in- dignant foe of those who presume to pity. Most persons who blush with self-consciousness blanch with anger, and this artificial state , of mock anger will soon blanch the face enough to pre- vent the blush. It only requires prac- tice in the control of the emotions and the production of particular states at -will—the sort of expertness acquired by actors and actresses—to secure control of these surface phenomena. Blushing and blanching are antagonistic states, and may be employed to counteract each other, control of the physical state of tho blood vessels being obtained-through the emotions with which they are asso dated.— London Lancet. have not bee populations., measure the vation of the im able intellects,; b of successive g^ bination of \theaeV ltound to Jtavc a Bed. l&ev.Daniel Isaac wasan eccentric itin- erant preacher. He once alighted jitaninn to stay all night. On asking for a bed he was told he could not have one, us there was to be a ball that night and. all the beds were engaged. ''At what time does the ball break up?\ inquired Mr. Isaac. \About three o'clock in the iuojrning, sir.\ \ Well, then, can I have a bed: until that time P\ \Yes certainly; but it the lied is asked for, you will have to move,\ \ Very well,\ replied Jir. Isaac. About three o'clock in the morning lie was awakened by a loud knocking at the chamber door. ! \ What do you wantP\ lie asked. \Howmany of you are in there?\ in- quired a voice* \There's nie arid JJaniel and Mr. Isaac nnd aft old Methodist preacher,\ was the reply. \ Then, by Jupiter, there's plenty of you!\ and the applicant passod on, leaving Ux. Isaac to finish his Wight's slumbei'i, or mimprous' ^tdii ig'eneraliele- |iVe. number of (»i»ai -well-being ',-$£ toy the.com- . elements of greatness and sujsdgss-^itis clear thatthe -victories have Ijeeji won by -the tion- nUmerotis yoppjles.' If;, with the coildir tions that gave iSngliuul 1 tihe Elizabethan age, we could .have' had; the population^: China, wo might have'liad many Shake' speares at once ;,*but all the men of the very first order ha*ve conje from the small but highly, w.roiight. populations. China and 1 Hiiidpostan, and/other massive aggregations ofjjjien sjlowsus thatanin- tensified struggle for mere existenC e (ian- not help man t© the higher life of body or mind-; the controlling intellects) the perfect bodies, have, come froih snlall goQietie^,, where the .average estate is. high, Where ishfbre is Mine and room for culture. Judging by their fruits, we must pronoune.e against the massive states* ahft givB the paint to the sniailei% tliorouglHy vitalized communities. A multitude doeJt not necessarily bring greatness\ into <th.e world. It will compel us to tlie-opimliji that'it is better to take a city of thouSiliiids, Or a istate with a few hundred thouajsttds, and lavish 'pit their people tho \vea|tH''we;might vainly waste on hundfeds-ofeiHioiifj without helping the causo\Of h d!% Monthly. The Spread, of Nihilism. A letter from St. Petersburg -which has been recoived in London says tlmt people in Europe have no idea of the de- velopment and * power of the Nihilist organization, For instance, it is a mis- take to believe it is a superficial move- ment, and that it has not taken deep. root in the Russian nation. It is time that the chiefs come from the middle classes, and it is a significant fact tlmt these men should discover no otllci' means of obtaining liberty than that of force. A plan has been hit upon and 1 already applied for a longtime of propa- gating their doctrines amoiig the masses; and more especially among the peas- antry, under the very eyes of the police, without awakening suspicions. Their system is this;: None ot theirproselyting agents are allowed at firstelther to show that they are skilled workmen or pro- fess to understand agricultural matters. Poorly clad, these men are sent to settle in out-of-the-way villages to work there at their trade'for ^yenriirvnfchaut- il the leastijiiht as: to whatis the bent of their political principles. They ate ox- treruely diligent at work, and preach, by word and example, the greatest moder- ation, especially in respect to the use of intoxicating liquors, and usually marry in the places ,It is only when they liave thoroughly established their position and gained a certain,amount of influenot over their neighbors' that they begir slowly arid unostentatiously to promul- gate their doctrines. It is asserted in this ihan|ier a net lias been over , the whole Russian empire, tin meshes of Which are ever thickoning, so.that itls even now impossible tosay ho.w deeply the Sfihiliat organization has taken root in the laud, and how vyide-spread i3 its development. Natu rally.* the preference is given to tlios places far froin any of fcl'ie great tlior oughfares and railways. The Nihilists, with prudent; foresight* have chosen foi their principal .field of action thosi places which are the least liableto - supervision of the political agents of .tli government. t It is thtis that silent)j this active,revolutionary party proceeds with its.development, which sooner,o later must end in an irresistible' criip tion. Eor the present it only produce spasmodic outbreaks, eliding in High handed and arbitrary repression.' whit' only increases the evil instead of c4e rainattag it. The Nihilists arrested il ready number tens of thousands - peaHnv 1856. Paris, (ram threat? of iron, silver, brass, Joy-tluuidering cnniion, blent -with bolls, And martial strains, the lull-voiced Wells. The airis starred with flags, the olmnted mass Throngs all the oliurohes, yet the broad streets awarm, With glad-eyed groups who chatter,, laugh and pass In. holiday confuoion, class with class. And over all the spring, the sun-floods warm In tho imperial palooe that March inorn, The beautiful young mother lay and smilqdj For by her side just breathed theprinoo, her ohild, Heir to an empire, to the purple bgrp, Instantaneous Photoarnpf'*? Not so long ago a description was ;iven of the process by which instan- aneous photographs of horses in action vere taken by a San Francisco operator inder the \patronage of Gov. Leland Stanford. The same method has been uccessfully applied to athletes, and now\ II tlie intricate movements made by men when boxing, wrestling, fencing, umping and tumbling have been instan- aneo-usly and exactly pictured. Tho Irst experiment was in photographing a man \while turning a back somersault. He stood in front of the camera motion- less, nnd at a signal sprang in the air, .urned backward, and in a Second was igain in his original position. Short as r ns the time consumed in making the ;urn, fourteen negatives were taken, showing him in as many different posi- tions. The eye cannot follow the rapid motions of a man turning a somersault; but the various positions assumed, as aithfully portrayed by the liglitning- like movements of this new system of hotography, are said to be quite amus- ing, and will no doubt cause a revolu- ion in pictorial posters for circuses. Another man put up over his head a dunibbell weighing 150 pounds, and from\ ;he instant he grasped the weight at his . ivml u.,^.,^.^—, = t feet until he held it motionless over his (f^nd and entertainer nor the surrouncl- head a number of negatives were taken,-\jing beauties of the landscape showing 'what muscles ate called into and when exerted. In heart Like ii blown, olaiion—one more Bonaparte. 1879. Born fo the purple, lying slark and dead, Transfixed -with poiBoned arrows, 'neath the Bun Of brazen Airioa ! Thy grave is ono, Forelatod youth (on whom -were visited Follies nnd sins not thine), whereat the world, Heartlo38 howe'er it be, will pauso to sing A dirge, to breathe o sigh, a -wreath to fling OI wsoinai'y and rue with bay-loaves curledi Enmeshed in toils ambitious, not thinoown, Immortal, loved box-prince, thou tnlt'st thy stand \With enrlv doomed Don Carlos, hand in hand \With mild-browed Arthur, GoofFrey's mur- dered son. Louis the Dauphin lif& his thorn-ringed head, And welcomes theo, his brother, 'mongst the dead. — JSmma Lazarus, in Scribner, ITJBJttS OF XXTEUEST. The flog of all nations—an old slipper. — Danielsonvillc Sentinel. The death-warrant is generally a nooso-paper.— Waterloo Observer. The bee-hive is the poorest thing on earth to fall back on.— -Keokuk Gate Oity. ' Colorado has a mine called \The Printer's Devil,\ owned by four report- ers. Scenty-one thousand hands are em- ployed in Chicago's manufacturing es- tablishments this year. An old woman rexntly taken up for drunkenness in. New York, has been arrested over fifty times on the same charge. A^rmont has two hundred .and fifty grist mills, valued at §1,250,000. The annual yieldfof wheat in the State js es- •tftlMW-at 445,7Q0 bushels, antl of corn. l.TOpOO bushels. ••'jlioro U pleasure in the pathless Woods,\ There is a witchery in summer's Kiss, Thovo is a spell tliul charms our tenil'rer moods When day brings on the twilight beneace, Thoro ia a richness in tho morning chant Ofbirds just wakened from i night s repose, Thorn is a something in the onion plant That's unooiiRoniat to the avo'rngo nose. \ • ' — Wade Whipple- There is a barber in New York who makes it a partpf his business to shave poodles. He charges from fifty cents to five dollars a shave, according to th size of the subject and the more or loss elaborate character of the ornaments . tfon desired., The dogs have ; to be shaved at least once a month. lluntiny for a Word. An anecdote of Moore, the Irish poet, shows how much pains a writer who does good work will take to put the right word in the right place. Moore was on a visit to a literary\ friend in Prance, and while thfire wrote ashort poem. ' 1 One day while the guest was engaged in his literary labor the two tookastrol} into an adjacent wood; and the host soon perceived that his. companion was given up to his own thoughts; he was silent and abstracted, noticing neither his use and how boxing, the rapid leads, parries, feints* counters, head tricks and knee move- ments were all caught and held by the instrument for the benefit of students of the .manly art. The movements made by nien' when making running high jumps and by foot races were also ac- jUrately photogcaped. «V» ifatra Off the Heat. The intense heat to which \ boilers \ are subject in rolling mills while pud- dling their heats is well known, and is generally urgod as one claim for extra high, wages. The manager of the Sligo Iron Mills, Pittsburgh, has just patented an improvement in rolling-mill furnaces by \which heaters and puddlers are pro- tected fronrtlio fierce heat—and no doubt also iroin theintense glare of the molten metal—of tho fui'naces. It consists of a hollow iron shield through \which a stream of eojd water is kept constantly running, suspended in front of the fur- nace in such a manner that it does not in any way interfere with operations while the furnace is being worked, and can be VU V A»1**H'W V »W M-**^— — Q T T — — . f \be easily and quickly pushed aside when charging or drawing a heat. The water is introduced* the top of the shield, and' after running through it and performing its cooling mission, is drawn off by a pipe leading into the bo^h, thus making tlie Same water answer the double pur- pose/ The Utility of this invention will be readily .understood When it js Stated that tliu outside of the shield, being^nl- ways at the same -temperature, as the water passing through, it not only pro- tects the men from tho glaring heat of the furnaoe»but it cools offthcsihround- ing atmosphere and enables them to get oiifc their* full' number of heats even in the-.hottest weather. By-and-bye he began to gna.w the finger-tips of his glove, pulling and twitching spasmodically, and when this had gone on for a long time his friend ventured to ask him what was the trouble\. \I'll tell you,'* said Moore, ''Ihaye left at home upon my table a poem in which is a word I do »io;t like. The line is perfect save that one word, nndthat word is perfect save its inflection. Thus it is,\ andiie i-epeated the lino and:asked hig friend if he could help him; It was a-delicate point.- The Mend; saw the need, saw where and how the present word jarred just the slightest possible bit upon the exquisite harmony Of the cadence; but he could not supply the want. ' TLe twain cudgeled their brains until they reached the house on their return, without avail. The rest of the day was spent as usual, as \was the evening, save that ever and anon Mooro would sink into silent fits in pursuit of the absent word. And so came on the night, and the poet went to bed in a deep study. ' The followiogiiiorningAVasisriglitmid beautiful,.and Moore camo doWh from hiS-chamber with a bounding step, with a sorap of paper in his hand and a glori- ous light in his genial countenance. ' Xhe word had come to him! lie had WOke during the night, and the kind gonius of inspiration had' visited I'is pillow, and lie had got up and torn iv scrap from his note-books and at the window, by tho light of the ino'on, had made the thought secure. \There ho said, whmi lie had incofv porated it Into tho text; \ there it is*- oiiiy- a simple, single Word, a word as coinmoft as a, b, e, and yet it cost me twelve hbttrs of unflagging labor to Una Stand put, it where it.'is. Who cOlt'M belieyeitf\ • I-
