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SOJ!KTIUI%. SomHltnw-nol ofteu—when thi* Uy are long And golden lie the ripen-. t>g ti*Mfi of jjiaio, Like cadence of aoiue i a'f-f •rg*iten non* There swo. in. I hear the landrail ainon* the i*r Ths dropsy murmur.ni.<’Ug the scented Unios; I watch the rn i... •: -n rflns prow, And lam sad a 1 • lek at heart sometimes SoWoiifficn, trl.i*a royal winter liolds He ewar, When every clowl Unwept frm w'r-- And frozen pool and light . 1 hearth nr. • With leuttlting lips and yet more laughing eyes, From huso IT days n echo wanders hy That tnsl s a dUcord in the. Christmas clnin- • A moment in the il-u wor talk I V" And aeem JudMonely in tha crowd sometimes Not often, not for Ion?. > friend, toy friend. We were not li>m oar life U.*t '*'■ nduht The flow* i clowned May of mrtn hath *n an * Should, at fair spring • longer *tourn ke p T C-oraei all t.rf> - o.ai the tlnv fading |oar. Coins on the abort, c I d>a. We rnuM ftriM And go r.i.i way end garner Ihhuh . rsh. nvo., Though some far-fami i-gret may Cloud our cye*~ Sometimea I aeo a 1- -h? r!h: M divine In meeting eve* of !••> that now r.reone, In,, turti ! nvh' work uiuioiie. Their dawns’n 1* k ui- ;i s-mie strang* r f ce; I think •* How like and yet J. .* 1 r I , lair !’• And look and l.>ok again at- * kto Itucc A mouwni more your f ncku likeness there— Sometimes. O! sftu and sweet thought*! O f- .h * regic-U As wis. .t w**re, what time Ju* e blow, To wnep flmhhie violet We fw.m-i In -nr'ng hus laded Jong ago. dove, rny love, if yet l,y Vo! bird. By flower went. by Home *.d poet’* rhymes My heart, that fain would - at in Htirrsd, Am 1 to Ulnae th.u snll aomaimcaT And soust lin h I n--*? * pang of jcnbuis pain 1 .it. while t waik all lo ly. othei v . * May haply mo In toy iiMli: - .-nrfain B uieath the son and star* of S .u thorn kl* sT Th. p *tU*sM! but Is it Kin if yet I, who in cult.. •>'.l-:d w.uild a n-k to dwell, Who .nil not grieve, yet c.tnuot 'pilti torget, Stili vud a thonghl to you and w.sU you well— t> .( t ! ..: .' BOUGHT OFF. BY a. MANVILIiE FKSN. T*m afraid I Wft vary foolish, hub if a | woman ?h n<t trusting toward the man \ she loves, whOTfi is her InveV In Oiobc j ear'v days, before time and tmuldoliHvr made me tiio iaded old-young wouiaii I that you see, people Haiti i wsuj pretty, j mid I was very, very glati. Not from j any weak, ooniiottirih rtooua, or ffoTn fondue hof adiuirat' m, hut. simply on i account of "Harry, lilted ine tin* bet ter, 1 know, btaMUbo J liad a haiidwinio I fflee People toll mo I was foolish to care for him, and that I Ua<l bettor look t'b v where; but my choice waa made, and, though my own father and mother shook , their heads at. ni. and .id it was ami take, I iteaded ro hard on liia behalf that they ceased to lind fault, and t> matters weut on. 1 was in service in 'those days in a place that my mistress made quite a home for me, and I should have boon very happy iruli and tint, for my love-affair with Harry. Ilia t' uhles wetjo, ot course, my troubles, and when he Used to run aerORR from the town twice a week to see me, mid tell mo about liow hat h mid bitter liis father was to him, f used to have many a good cry ou Ids no* count. “ I’m about the unluckie t fellow un der the Httn, Kitty," ho used to Riiv, 11 Father says I'm no good, mnl the sooner I go across the -cas the better.” “ But, Harry," I mid, “why not ho patient? Your father ia old, and has Imd endless troubles; it makes him p(!oviHh end fretful. .You shonUl l .tnrwitli him. Do, pr.vy f >r joy t ,d;e trv." “Try! I've tru'd till lam Hiek of it. Everything I niak * in the workshop i, wrong, no matter how it's done, and the more pains 1 toko, the more ho grum bles.” 1 whispered such comfort as T could, nud, full of pity for tho man [ loved, sympathised with him most thoroughly, thinking that he was hardly dealt with,, hut still ttrgiqg jistimeo ami iortwsuM soioo with those who, perUftps. wlsrol uujui.y tne.i. One summer evening I had )nni t ion to go mii, for Harry fetch mo, and inko mo to ins home to tea uud to spend the evening. 1 was veryinneh fin shod and excited, for i dreaded meet ing the old people, his father in j urtic ular, who was always so stern and harsl with Harry. It was a delhdoiiß evening, and idl seemed ho bright and beautiful us 1 walked.across the fields with itarrv tliut mine seemed to be quite anew existeiHV , uud I laughed merrily when he turned to mo and began to say that my cheeks were ipiite i!|inlud, and that ho whs very glad, because he wanted me to look my l*est and make a pleasant impression Upon the old folks. Harry’s father was a carpenter and builder in a small way of business, and n trad earn an seemed so high ahovo me as n servant that, as 1 reached the house, tho color faded from my checks, and J gj-- w quite I di* as l tclt sunt that Hurry’s people would think l was not good enough fe>r tiieir s-.n, Aud no it sta-moil, when I entered the snug parlor where tea was ;a-t out, raid th- - - .--lUshine Was laluer in.- china and silvir s[mouh glisten ou the jetty-block tray. Everything, fn>ui th flowers to the furniture, looked so bright that lor the moment 1 could d-- nothing but admire the plate. There I was, gazing iu ft bait-shrinking fashion at tho bturu-lookiug grav old man with such keen blue eyes, and at the gent ~ sweet-faced old lady who came to meet me at the door. They wore both very kind and polite to me, but it seonffcd ns if they hardly 3 U!(l ny coming, aim) wore distant ant] c ui. Of course this made me nervous, tunl I sat there trend thug in spite ot the ruther boisterous way in which Ham j hept on talking and bantering me lor I 1 being so quiet and dulj. “Why, mother,” he said; “she’s generally as merry as n cricket, and gixs about the house singing like u lark. ” “Let the young woman bide, Harry," j said his father quietly. “ Bho’a eating • Her inoal, and behaving nicely enough. . What more do you want ? ” | “I don t mint her to be glum, ns n girl ■with the toothache,’ said Harry, “asd |1 want you to she her os she really is.” I “Wo can see plainly t£tte4glvJ?t*rrv," paid his mother, m rather r. eol.i viiv : pud, of course, all tins made, me more ■iTieomfortable than I w.rs licfore so that |-hen, twieo over, Hurry begun joking pnd making fun of in.' again, I looked at ■um so appealingly, silently ashing him lo leave off, that old A! r. Smith noticed Jt and frowned; while an hour Inter, When I was quietly t alking to Harry’s 'inotber ns 1 sat by her side doing some fceedlewoik, Many was really so fool ; fJy bent on makim mo elnqu r and ■ Igor laugh, that old Air. BiMth, who ■'is smoking 1 m pipe by the window, ■ W sharply : Lf ‘ Hsscc, 1 think you ought to try sP'-lgo* iuva brains before thou Eb\k, > ** I I '. appealingly at Harry, but ho ■ir 1 op in a passion, snatched his |i rom a peg in the passage, and went Hut and banged the door, k “Ah,” said old Mr. Smith sharply, Kthat’s Harry ah over, and just what —an excuse to get out.” looked sharply at m.- a the tears gathered in my eyes, and, evi dently on my account, nail quickly : “ Don’t be so hard on Harry, fat her. V “Hurd? who’s hard on him?” lnT cried angrily ; “isn’t he always getting hold of some excuse or another to shirk what he ought to dp. H might have stopped in the night he brought his sweetheart.” “ Yoirre too hard on him, father, sai l Mr.i. Smith again. “Yes—-vott- yes-indeed, you are," I cried, indignantly', in a passion of well ing, l r I could not bear to hear iiun Bpc.dt.of Harr'!'likrj that,laud not smyfn word on lap bubalf. “ Yen do t't T ftAr hisu, >fr. Smith, as I do, for lie’s one of the be t and trie ■ f of men, and, if .you would only be a little kind loliiin, 1 am sure bo would try so hid'd.” J :aw the old man flush with ung>. r, and shrank back in affright at what t liad said, and read, as I thought, tliut Harry’s mother ulso looked very,much put out. “ i don’t liolmve half bard enough to him" said lh.irv’s father; “and as to act Knowing him, seeing that 1 nnrwy him whpn Isft was a bairn, at!d his mother sits there, I think, young woman, that wo ought to know some thing about him.” I felt so hurt that, I got up and wanted to put on my things and go, but the old people wouldn’t hear of il,; uud, as Harry’s father cooled down, he lit his pipe again, and begged mo to eotue and - il by him at the w indow, and wouldn't let mo work any more, while Harry’s mother come aud i.at on the’other ibie, it lid held my hand till it was time to get outhiipper, but ullU Harry did not corno hack. I jumped lip and helped Mrs. Hmith lay the supper-table, and Harry’s father would not wait, .so wo had supper, though l was so miserable I could hardly oat a bit,, and kept glancing at tins old mail a if to ask his pardon for speaking ah I Imd. ; I hid to be back at 10, and there wore two mi lea to walk, so Mrs. Kmith begged me stay all night. “Oh, no,” I said, “ 1 must bo buck,” “Well,m.y dear, perhaps you aroriglit,” she said. “Father, as Harry hasn’t ionic, will you walk bom.; with her?” “ 1 v.a . ju; I going * ofcji’iu, mother,” ! lie said, grullly. “fib, no,’’ 1 cried. “ L can find my - way back quite right, aud there’s noth ing to mind ;” though all tho time I was I mbling with dread at having to go alone. “ If tho young fellows don’t knojv bow I to Mmvo themaelves, fbo old fellows | <l-don’t they, mother?” he suid, in :I j i.it* a cheery tone. “No, my dour, 1 f m not going to let you cross them j fields alone, nor to leave you till you aro sale indoors.” 1 resisted feebly but Harry’s mother took her husband’s side, aud to my great del'fht she kissed me warmly nud af fceticimUdy when I left, wlitlo iho old man took his i tick, drew, my urtn f. rough his, and trudged along by'my side, chatting a\fay pleas* 11 Uy uholit till' changes that had taken place since Uo win, u boy. He kept this on until wo were nearly at my mistress’ house, when be topped speaking for U moment, aud then began again; talking in a very firm and BuriotiH tone. “We didn’t think much of your coining, my dour-—the wife anil I—for Hurry's such a flighty fellow that we ut pocted t*ie girl ho chose would lie about tho same, llat lmu glad you did come, my dour, and l tun sorry I spoke so hot abortt Harry,” “And so mu I, rir.,” I faltered. “T'li 'ii you needn't bo,” Inf eauf, quickly. “ f like you for it, audit wuu very uiee, and you am a good, brave', 1 • woman. But, look In my dear, don't hr* in a hurry, Tam m yry to suv it, but my Harry is not tlie inuu to make n irl like you happy. Now takfkiuy ad v-ci don’t be in a hurry.” . I • •pi, u.miii, I sobbed,Cor liia word- cut me to the heart, J “1 can’t help saying it, my dear, and now good night and God bhPs you. You’re a very nice aud gpod Ixlfto gal.” He drew uaf toward luni and ki sul iny cliiiek very afl' chonatelv, jd .! dc g t hud been his own child. Thou h., waited till he heard the sidbdoor opened and dosed, and an soon as f could J \wut to my room and cried till my heart was ready to break, I'ne months wont by, and Harry sei uicd no fi , pier at homo, while when 1 took tho old people's part lie urow an gry huh reprottoned me lor not curing for him amt leaning to tho other side. Old Mr. Smith eumo to fetch me homo once, and Harry fetched mo two or three mm a, and l m and to wonder how I could levs been so mistaken in people who s > nied to like me better every tune I weut I know one day that there had hr it a torn Ido upset at home, for, as Mrs. Hznit.li had told me, Harry had boon licHecting his wont terribly, and taken to going to the piibliq house. t’heii :i eouple of days passed, and I lu ird nothing, while the next, there was ak ttor for me which seemed at the time is if it would nearly drive mo mad, for it \v as from llarry, telling me that he could not. put up with their ways any longer, and that ho laid unlisted lit Out —th regiment of foot, ] asked leave to go opt, slid wolfforor to the town to tind out that neither Mr, Smith nor Harry’s mother had heard of the t top he had token, while, when 1 put the letter in, their hands and watched their lares, I throw my arms around Mr Smith s nook, and wo mingled our toanu. “It’s Very hard, very hard,” wo hoard the old man say. •* I began as a labor er, and I’ve worked up a nine business of which I’m master, and there it is for toy sou whoa 1 die, but he prefers to he a scamp.” It W us : miserable night that, and the old mun walked home with mo almost in silence. “Don't fret about it, my lass,” he said ; “perhaps it’s all for the best,” Not fret ? How could I help fretting. Harry had liia faults, 1 knew, but ho was lay sweetheart, and who, 1 asked niVMclf, was perfect? Are you surprised, then, when l u*ll you that, after six month*,’ service with his regimeut, whoa he kept on rending me letter after letter, telling me how bitterly he repented the step lie had take i and how miserable a life ho lefl, that I should listen to his t cits to find the money U> buy him u2 '? He Knev Iliad n few savings, and I to and itoysclf that they wore his, and paid the money willingly,' for ho told wo that, ho could not exist away from mo any leap, r, and that if I did not buy him otf ho atwail.l desert. I’iiil ptiid the np'i’OJVi nd be ecine Ixick Itoiao to work, on and off, with a lit dp more steadiness, while, poor, weak gi"i t. at I was, 1 refused to seo how he ■'a- , 1 1 :t:. .ad, and loved him more than ever, Ttiett he began to talk of our being dimmed, and, though old Mr. .Smith op posed it, Iburrv’s mother was quite eager that we should lo wed. She thought ’hat, once he was settled down, he would oe atea.lv and keep to his work, ami I thought the same. Just t that time my mother died—! my father had years ;^ad tins put .off < ijb r wed d£i i g fe. 1 ML'wnMßhfe, tliOflgti u gave rue a comfortable little, well-fumisiicd to %-V-* m my portion to my liisl.i.ik'l, |uc| veOb- proud I was, for his .*ke, of )A j*. -Mk..-.ion. Sliull I toil j4u m#4 or lideilio rest, screening mv ißUbaiKl’t fqiilt , ?J I would, lrky’tWit Ptniiifr-my tfnliappy life may prove a. warning to those who acted as foolislily a: 1 did, in refusing to listen to thi go<Vl advice I teoeived, ahd in blfirilmg myr-c.lf so tliorouglily to |t.He weaknessfis of the man I was so soon Id mak<- wjfjrjfr for hie. For, in cpfio -itnlii to Mr. Srnitli’a will, we eui vii and, Hi.ny aakdl. TLeirid mail wa> n-it uc-ry with mof but mott kiful all tlmiUf.di. “No, my dear child,” he said, “I feel n if J should be doing you a wrong if 1 gave m v consent. Y<>u know Harry, now, as well us 1 do, and your marrying him will i.ot make hii. a hotter man.” “Oh, yes, indeed—indeed it will,” I cried. “ (jod bh you, my dear,” he said, kcling me tenderly, “I hope it will,, but I won’t lie a party to the matter.” llut you w'.u t bo angry with us, Mr., Smith?’ I said, imploringly. “With you? No, my dear,” he said. “Nor with Harry?” “ We’ve been angry wftli Harry for five years, aud I shall keep on being angry with him until lie drops the pub lic house und sticks like a .man to his work.” Ko wo were wed, aud—l almost shame ' to own ib—tied, day for the first timfl saw m.f iitisband so hciplecslv tlrnuk tlcit, iu my agony of unpd, 11-elievotliat if f could have been 'mfiaaitied thmi 1 should have left hfm for good. But I wan bis wife, and he was my. licsbnnd, my mnsb r, vJio.ie willing slave I beiiiupr, wertunk for him when ho would liotrwork, litrlvmg ever to win liimfd our homo, but striving in vain,, Jicfore W-i Had been nterrifid It yfilfPT was very ill with an ailment brought on by grief and anxiety, and when oqr Jit-, tie olio was Isons mm t looked, upon its little face us that of a tiny angel shit, perhaps, to win my IntM-.ind’s love more to mo and home, that little, face was still, the eyc Were closed, for my .child had never l*otiietl ami never s,/w the light of day. * It was a great grief of mind to me, but tine passed on, and a couple of years later I held otif little girl to his lips bint he might J;ias our child, and .than shrunk away in misery and despair, finding * out, as I did, that there was something which lie lyviql butter tliain his, child rufdjuis—th* .iijjdiJ'jenne of self. ’ " It ma.y seem hard to speak of him as I do, but a lunff aiteor of misery makes nm outspoken/ 'Whs T hoc left alone that, lie might drink, v/hofi our iittleono lay sick unto death, ifnd I hard pressed fox money to obtain tip; lp.cuwarioe that might f,.;yo'.i6i']j|i2 Tho few pound*. m.y nioltenMuid Ufiitewi Haiti>£6t)W 'r-v cnofigty lafore—every penny . drink -and 1 liail not complained, only strove on, day after day, Ip win hoe tq my hide, wliere poor old Mrs. Htiiku would ofteu he watching all night h.uq, souKitimeß hr the baby’s cot. after i.. sisting that 1 should take sonic rest. It all booths now, in the dim distance, like some terrible dream of misery, wherein I see mvself, with Harry’s, father and motlier, following tlie lit* fie girl to tho grave, find they coming v.veiiing back to try and comfort mo, for Hurry bad gono away. '-vin o*? 1 never km w, only II; The would go away for dim*. 1 see, too, as "fi “a dream, myself growing thin and weary, nwl so ill that Hurry, who was .hack now, mid very liifi k'.persiLeled me to go away aud slay at the seaside withniy oid iiiistre.se, who hud gone there for her hcullli, and jiro posed that, 1 should go and wait urafi Turf. - eiwk'vjytJ). Hnrvy’n ueilher joined in porfetindin; ni", mill 11 arr ’ father said it would be wise, so 1 Went, uml at tho end of the mouth returned to find that 1-iimV no homp, ford! rry had nold all our litti belouring for a nuseifible sum, uud the ftiohey was ail gono in drink. 1 sat down in Hie empty room by the hare liearth, upon the iit-Uo box that had Mu on my companion at the seaside, uud asked myself what I should do. For r. fi w momeifia a hot feeling of imligunt ion came over mo, and 1 recalled too iiiooh, for I vowed that I would leave him nmv, never to retiirn ; hut tho next niinule tho memluy (if his old love came hack, aud my vow to bo his faithful wife; nud the cruel thoughts were cast away f.:, l 1 staved. Ten ! Ay, fifteen years are gone, and L atilt drudge on, p'ltiently henuii;; eiy hit. A few kind words And h smile ‘arc :h i rewards fipray for, but they sMJotn borne now, sine.* he’s so much ahnoged. I see the change at times, lint rot often, for .1 blindly clliug to tho old meriery ol otir love, and, comewhat may, I nightly pray for tho strength that shall make mo his patient, forbearing wile unto the end. Some New Deograpliy. “Of whit is tho surface of tho earth composed “Of corner lots, mighty poor roads, railroad tracks, base-ball grounds, cricket-fields, and skating rinks." “ Wliut portion of tho globe fi. water ?" "About three - fourths. Sometimes they add a little.gin and nut-meg to it.” “ Whxt is a town?” “A town is a considerable collection of {louses nnd inhabitants, with four or live men who .‘run the party’ nnfi Tend money at. fifti Mi por coot, interest,-” “ IVhal is a city V” “A city is an incorporated town, with 1 a Mayor who K lievcs that the whole i world shakes when he happens to fall | flat on a cross-walk.” j “ What is commerce?" “ Bon owing s‘s for a day or two and dislgiug the lender for a year or two.” “ Xante the difflu ent races. “Horserace, Kait race, bicycle race And racing around to And a man to in j dorse your note,” I “ Into how munv classes is mankind ! divided?” “Six ; being enlighted,civilized, holf i civilized, savage, too utter; not-worth-n --cent and Indian agents.’’ “What nations are called enlight ened ?” “ Those which have had the moat wars, the worst laws and produced the worst criminals.” “ How many motions has the uurth ?■’ “That’s according to how you mix your drinks and which way yon go home.” “ What is the earth's axis ?" “ Tliedinespassißg between New York and Chieagp, “ What catties day and night ?” .“Pay is caused by night getting tired out. Night is caused by everybody taking the street ear and going home to suppier." “ What is a map ?” “ A reap is a drawing to show the jury where Smith stood when Jom s gave him a lift under the eye/’ “What is a mariner’s compass ?’’ “ A jug holding four gallons,— Detroit i\xc JPrtt*. WHAT IS Vn KfcX 1 TSo illMwialtliU of Which OnrTlve- I'cnt Coin l* Made. Hinee the convenient rivo-cejat coin, which in common talk is culled “a nick el,” has come into general circulation, the question above is asked, either men tally or orally, hundreds of times every day, aid but few get au intelligent an swer. In China and India a white cop per, culled pack tong, Ims long been khown, and has been extensively used, both there and iu Europe, for counter feiting silver coin. About the year 1700 a pneniiar ore was discovered in thecop .pqr mines of Haxony, which bad the ap poamuee of being very rich, but. in a/liiUiiig if yielded no copper, and Hi mini rs ci.oeu it kupfer-uii'kii, or falsi ' copper. In 17-rI Constait announ-id the ftc.overy of n now metal in kijpfe - BlOkel, to wliioh iu> gave The nir.ii-. luifkci. It was in combination v/itlr ar s-'ifie, from which’ lie could relieve, it. • only in parts. The alloy of nickel .and arm aie which ho obtain'd wa whit', onttlij aid,vuy hard, and lia-l a melt's;, point ne.irly iqt high us cast-iron. It was no Uitli! 182A that pure nickel was obtained ly mialj-is of German silvir, .v,.iHi had. ifbr. a number of years b.-i n produced at Suhi, ui HaUi-iiy. Its com p-adien was ascertained - copper ill parts, '/due 5 and nickel Lif more;.ir 1 la- ipt'd the alloy is as white as silvei ! aid KUsccptibio of a very high pole !i. lint bee'omes too brittle and iiH’.'d to be hammered or rolled, and can be worn. - ■ •id by casting. I’ore nickel is a whit-/ piufta] which tarnish s readily in the' •.t. ITiliko siivc, it is not a-ted on 1-y tiifi Vapor of sulphur, and eVon the strong rainerai acids attract it rtightly. Nickel has the bardric. . ol • ci, loaj, like it, has strong 'magicaic pit p-.a-ties, but cannot be welded nud U .- dd-retl with diiticulty. Fare nickel ini. . qtr@;ofoiV. be u used chiefly tor plating, for which purpbse its hardness uiulpou er to resist atmospheric influences .id tnirubly adapt it. The French have .'me iceeded iu rolling the metal into plates, Tom which sjioons and (ti-er table fup nituro may bet pressed. Nickel bronze, whicii consists of equal parts of coppei ‘aid ifiekel, widiu little tin, may lie east hi** v.-ry delicate forms,,and is suscep tible of a’high poliali. Mines of nickel arc ivoskf.d at Chatham, Cb, and Lau i nt-tor. Fa., uud it is said to be found at Minn Lo Mode, Mo., aud at several j points in Colorado aud New Mexico, 1 where but little attention is paid tp it. It is extensively mindd iu Saxony uiid in Sw. Jtii, but tho Into discovery -if a now wfo Tabdicate of nickel ) lu New (Jaledo jiia will probably suspend the use of the arsenical ores, and yet bring nickel into common use. Switzerland, in the yeui 1352, made ft coin of German silvir, which is identical in composition *rilh our nickel* coin. The United Stives much! nickel conk* in 1856, and eight, years ihlur coined the 5-eent jiiceqs. Belgium udop!'-1 nickel coinage iu lS<>;. and Germany iu 1873. England lifts lately cnijiod pern ios for Jamaica, but iyt honm she and France adhere to fiis •himsy copper small change. A Samson of Hie West. Jonas Johns, or “ Big Joints,” is tho Cloliali of tins rogion, and some of the stories of his 3lren gill und endurance . round fabulous. Tn 3 858 ho gained a national reputation by walking from Illi nois to California,' pushing his provis ions before bun in a w heelbarrow. He was living in Knox county, 111., v.lien the gnlil fever swept over the country, and, Ming in tho early twenties of hia life, was tiled with an ambition to join tho Argonauts, lio was imperfectly ac quainted with English, and had but IH tn cash, so ho walked across Illiuoi:- Mi lowa to Omaha, making the distauo*irt two weeks. There lie bought a wlJti- I-... v,, auillaiil ill II KtOCk ol provifU(w)B, I'With those, on tho 15th day af Apia: Am pushed boldly out, and ninety days thereafter he “landed” safely at tiio diggings, some fifty inifes northeast of Sacramento, the successful placer mines. Hepo he went to work in the same independent way lie mado the journey—alone—and Was sufteessful. He was id do to earn from $1(1 to S2O per day, oocvrdiug to iho number of hours he put in. A year satisfied him, and with a hag, well filled with “dust,” lie re lumed, by way of Panama and Now York, to his former lioute in Illinois. His feats of strength are no less re markable. About twenty years ago he found a eow in no uncommon predica ment in those days—mired in a slough. A team of horses, planted on firm ground, had proved unable to draw her from the mire, Whereupon Jonas, laying •down some boards to give a good loot ing, lifted her bodily out Of the swamp, and, seizing her by the horns, dragged her to firm ground. At another time his wagon loaded with hay became mired down and the horses tailed to extricate it. Jcuaa got impatient, and going to the rear he raised the load and pushed it forward to better ground, making a lift wliieh is moderately estimated at not less than 1,300 pounds, aud performed under unfavorable conditions. He is now a halo, ruddy-faced man of 58 years, located on a fine farm of 120 acres in Boone and Hamilton counties, well stocked and improved, beside being the fortunate owner of two others, 160 and 120 acres, respectively. He was born in Sweden, was 22 years old when he came to America, and has been a resi dent of this county for twenty-three rears. He stands six feet two inches in his stockings, aud tips tho beam at 215 pounds. A Ntx 12 byot accommodate' j his foot, tmdhis lui&sris Ili-ittof a giant. —■JBuimt (IK.) Standard. All Arkansas Peculiarity. Hiere is a politeness, a kind of cordiality in Arkansas that vort will not find in many other States, Now, ’ ’ colonel ”is a title of politeness. In Little Rock when* “ colonel ” is intro duced to you, why you at once know that the gentleman is perfectly willing to go with yon and fake a drink. When '‘ general ” is introduced you may know that lie is w illing to take several drinks. “Captain” is less fortunate; you may owe hint a niekle cigar. A eliaracteristio of Western peoplois their forgetfulness of proper names. In this city hnndrcds of people who associate together daily only know each other by titles.? Yester day a gentleman approached a group of “ stauiWs-uround ’’ and, extending his luiml. began to receive Congratulations. “ Why, GoLuiol,’’ he said to one wan, shaking his hand heartily, “ I am over joyed at seeing yog. How is your health “ First rate. Colonel. lam delighted to see you. Why, sir, I was saying yesterday that I’d rather see you than any man in the Stnto. Excuse me a moment. Bay," he added, turning to nu acquaintance and drawing him aside, “who i. that man? He seems to l>e well {acquainted with me, but blamed if 1 know him from Adam’s off ox.” ' ‘ You ought to know him. He's your law partner, and only left the city yester day to attend court in a neighboring town.” Exteuiexos keeps a dear school, but toolrwill learn in no ctlier. BITS OF INFORMATION’. Tun greatest longth of fho United States from east to west is estimated at ; 3,000 miles; its greatest breadth,from, i north to soutli, 1,7h0 miles, containing j an estimated area of 3,250,000 squr • | mill*. New fashions for ladies were set in t o ; last century by drqe.siug dolt* in the pro- I vailing mode and distributin'? them over Europe. The oust' ni m believed, to date from Venice, wliere the Govern ment rigurously regulated dress by means ot a doll set up as a pattern. The elevation of the great lakes ab-.'ve mean tid'vat New York-—coiiq>; led tram latent dat.in—f./an, 1 to-Dce. 31 iiiclr.iiq) ; a./. Mf-an IcfN’fci of LaTce Onf-.rio l M, ME levoi • f ioal.lT r.k’i t** 1 I Alet.l: ifciti of littko Hlipfcricr Tub Sandwich islands alphabet has 12 letters ; the Bnrna.se, 10 ; Italian, -, B-ngahsfi, 21; Hebrew, Syrian, Chal dee and Samaritan, 22 each ; Greek, 24; Latin, 25; German, Dutch and Eng! ksb, “and , ueli;. Spanish and.Sclavonic, 27each ; Arabic, 28; i’ersian aad Coptic, 32; G< irgian, 35; Armenina,3B; Kussiai/,41; ’ft;a ovite, 43; Ranocnt ard Japanese, s'; Ethiopia and Tartarian, 202 each. Tun term Blue Hen, applied to the State of Delaware, originated with Oipt. Caldwell, ayg.llicer of tho First Dela ware regiment in the time of tho Revo, lntion ; he was very fond of game cocks, but maintained that no cock was truly g.uuo unices its mother was a blue hen. A . J;o wi’.i very popular his regiment w '.'Pen referred to as the “Blue Hens,” and the name was afterward . traiiM vred to the State and its inhabit ants. , A i.MZZAiu) is tho Northwestern nsmo for a gal ;’of wind tilled with snow and lev iiirtifiles as fine as lice powder, with a temperature 10 to 20 degrees below zero,; A gerfuine blizzard is so fierce that you call neither faco it nor distin guish objects ten feet away from you. Iu Dakota aud Minnesota during tho prevalence of a blizzard farmers only venture out of their houses with girdle ropes around llieh bodies to enable them to find their way back. There has never been a genuine blizzard in ifichi gan. _ . Sai.t is a symbol of fidelity. A man who lias partaken of salt with -you is bound to you by tho laws of hospitality. Bread and sdlt eaten at the confirmation of a treaty kigtiifies that all parties are bound to k<ep the treaty. Balt is also tm emblem of desolation. In ancient times conquered cities were always sown v! ih salt, in Scotland and Ireland it was formerly considered to represent tho j incorruptible Spirit and was always laid 1 ji. oovc the heart of a corpse. It was also j-'the custom, win n all the household of a j i.oblcmpn dined together, to place a 1 Mr/;.' salt cellar ill the middle of tho i ttas a bouudnejt of distinction be j tween the laniily aud ( tbe menials. Goats-of-Arms’ were used to distiu guivli t|ie different chiefs or lords and their followers in battle and abroad, be f, 4 in pcojile i’.'id learned to | l'fifid. They wro necessary as the uii*. | fiiruu imd badges are now to distingnh]. the v..mins regiments and stiito oilk | Tit figures'of lions, dragons, ppglea u:.; 6tii creajtilH , Bre rhsw, lily ami; j coni 1 be recvgnked when embroidft?;*d i on tho sureoat or.garment yveirni/.hiv-v j ike to protect it from tarni.di I : . lievs c i.idriuiow at a ah iv . they ge tto what li-.ke or F uvi j the , liolougetl. At first only i-overeigm used those distil), ions ; nfterwaivl all j t.i'iUms of noble birth chose badges 11 1 j :igu,v4 shields, every, design on which j was a sign of some trait of which I wvt : proTtd— their loyalty, cour:: | : aibiti'i Dr too figures reoalle-' j uviuhio event in tho fortunes oi th. ! family, us tile spider, which Bo' ! Bmee watched mending ita web in r> i cave, while he was hiding from hi; <.i:i>- | mios, was placed in the royal arms :iU..r | ho became King of Scotland. The Oldest City in the Yiorld Damascus is the oldest city in tho world. Tyre and Sidon have crone ded on the shore; Baal bee is a ruin ; Pal my.o: buried in a desert; Nineveh nd Babylon have disappeared from the Tunis end tile Euphrates. Dame is • eui-oiis what it was before the dayh of Ale Imm—a center of trade and tr. .cl —im isle of verdure in the desert; • a P-'t so; ntial Capital ” with martial mi l sacred associations extending throui! i thirty centuries. It was near Damascus that Haul of Tarsus saw the light above tic brightness of the sun; the stiv-t. whi-di ia culled Strait, in which it wt -■•id “ he prayed,” still runs through th. ity. Tho caravan comes and goes a ■ ! 1,000 years ago; there is still u. . y ik, tho n s, and the water-wheel ;t! .. relniiits of the Euphrates and tin M Ollier rancau still occupy thf stre {• "with (he' multitude of theft wares.' i ■ ,;y w!ticlillohoiumetlurvoyedfi • •.: neigh oriug height, and was afro-il' 1 , ■■ . :•,■“! i.'nuse it was given to mail ' ■ have bet one paradise, and forliistv ... was resolved not to have it'in till world,” is to-day what Julian called the ‘ Eye of the East,” os it was, ir. the time of Isaiah, “ the head of Syria.” From Damascus came the dams. i. our blue plums, and tile delicious apr ' O' 1 of Portugal, called damasco; A.-- mask, our beautiful fabric of cotton iff.J :ik. with vines and downs raised up: i. v smooth, bright ground; tho do. . rose introduced into England- in the nqv a Henry \Til.; the Damascus him. . iKu-oiis, the w. rid over for its keen and i t woudertul elasticity, the see,' whose manufacture was lost when Tr**'- rliine carried the artist into Persia, in that beautiful art ol inlaying wood Uu I steel with gold and silver, a kind- , mosaic, engraving and sculpture wide -called damaskeeniug-—with which i. •s, bureaus and swords aro ornamer 't is stilin city ot flowers and bright •raters: tin streams of Lebanon and Ui. “silk oi gold ” still murmur and'spin'. dn wilderness of the Syrian gard. — Exchange. Advice tw (.'iris Who Need It. Girls who want husbands should t... this piece of Advice; l)o not be lon. , 1 promenading the business streets at hours of the day. That is, do not me < ! a regular thing of it. Do not go alx.ni .o tl .it pi ipbi will know for certain t . you will Vie “down ioivn’’ when v • have no business, and do not let the m. pression go'nbroad that you goon u bent as regularly as clock-work. It ck-v not look well. It appear; as if you p..e torrad to he on the hunt rather Sian on proving your mind or darning y r clockings. It looks gs if being ga.. i*u . was your highest ambition, and sc. i t uvea stare at you more in harmony \ ; roar tastes than making your'ln gappy and your snrrouu lings cozy iu, i . oimfortable.— Montreal Star. The young'Eugtlohauu just over, r. . ; t<> his wife the heading of a medicue ; advertisement, “Gained eight pounos ii ' t- n diiys," and remarked. “ Excel!c t i •wages that, Marv. w — Eew York Even . i , ! -it. The Boiling-Point. Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, who is a high authority, lias contributed to Johnson’s an interesting article'on the boning iioint, describing it as the temperatnro at which the elastic force of the vafior of any liquid is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere. NVhen’ a vessel containing water is heated, fim temperature rises and a vapor silently i>asses off from ihe su.face; but at 212 deg. F., or 100 deg C. the barometric column standing, at thirty inches at the eea-level, steam hp-. gins to be formed in hursts at the hot tom, and rising through tho liquid, throws it into commotion. If the steam is allowed freely to escape, the tempera ture of tile water rises no higher. Tnc water is then said to boil, and the tem peraturo at which it remains is its boil ing point. Every liquid has a boiling point of its own, which will be seen by the following table: Deg: I heg. Liquid sulidiurGun Water a, id IT.6| Butyric ether........... IMS Alddliytle 71.8 I'BreliluricVe ol tin 'IM.- i-ltlior 90.3 Terehloride of ar- Carbon bil|4i<le..n#.*| stinic *W.® Acetone 133.3, Bromide of silicon 10S.O IlrMUine 14:. o!'!Vrebnne . 531.9 Wood -pirit 10l OiNaphtltalin ttl.f jqiivlie alcohol 173.0 .Sulphuric aci<l.. r ....';'fo. 8enz01e...., 177.4) Mercury. .......yo B. The boiling-point of liquids is altered by various circumstances. Vv ater, with common salt in it, requires greater heat to make it boil than pure water. In a glass vessel the boiling-point is several degrees higher than in ope of metal. But what most affects tho boiling-point is variation of pressure. When the barometer stands at thirty inches, show- ing an atmospheric pressure of fifteen pounds on the square inch, the boiling point of water is 212 degrees. ’Alien part of the pressure is removed, it boils* before coming to 212 degrees, and when the pressure is increased the boiling point rises. Thus in elevated positions, where there is less air above the liquid to press on it, the boiling-point is lower than at the level of the sea. An eleva vation of 510 feet makes a diminution of one degree Fahrenheit; at higher levels the difference of elevation corresponding to a degree of temperature in the boil ing-point increases; and a method is thus furnished of measuring the height !of mountains. At the city of Mexico, ; 7,471 feet above the level of tho sea, j water boils at 198.1 deg. ; at Quito, 9,511 ■ feet, at 194 deg.; in tho Himalayas, at j the height of 18,000 feet, at 180 deg. j Boiling water is thus not always equally j hot, and in elevated places many sub- I stances cannot be cooked by boiling. I Under the receiver of an air-pump water i may be msdo to boil at the temperature I of summer, arid ether when colder than lice. ‘By increasing the pressure water jijnay be heated to any degree without ! boiling. There are one or two interest j ing experiments mentioned by Dr. Bar • aard. If a small quantity, of water be j poured into a silver basin’ heated above j the boiling-point, but below'redness, it j will begin to boil violently, or perhaps . burst into steam si once. But if tin basin is heated to redness, the water will gather itself into a globule, and roll about on the hot surface without coming to tho boiling-point. It is remarkable that water which has been freed from air by long boiling has its boiling-point much, raised - r and it has been known ty ; sch 27d degrees Fahrenheit without ■ • ih* b; —Chicago Inter-Ocean, MOTHER A.YB SON* <(,•-* >eh**3 AUcir ri-in-'iilßfe' TGattn *'■(•* • Dead. •"'.me years be'ore the war a wealthy ' *‘ lttievn genijeman pafisc-d the enuimeo tuoushs ih a little town iu Northern Ohio. •Ho boarded with tlie clergymen, aud e warm love grew out of the ac.iVraintsnec between the young Tennesseea* sad the ■ iory vu t" i e .nghter, then fifteen yearn ci i. It ended in his returning iinnyi year to claim her as his bride, and bear, her to hie home in the sunny South : yirieh proved, indeed, a sunny South to the happy young- couple until tho ahg’Jf' Tin *ft oi’ings of the war were heard, and, like many other,-., 'l oir little < ireje (en lai'gefi -now by two precious children), was broken and ihe happy family sepa rated. In tho midst of the excitement, die day after the secession of South ( vrolina, the gentleman was warned that Ms wife must leave the South because of her staunch and outspoken Support .if North ern principles, aud in obedience to the behest of tliat tyrannical power which aimed with such determination at the nation’s life, nhe turned away from the snored spot where were centered all lief dreams of love and joy, and with her baby started for Ohio, expecting her husband to follow with her little four year-old son by the next boat, but the next boat came not. The blockade was ordered, cutting off communication as well as travel, and in vain did she wait for tidings from her lost ones. Days of weary' watching followed each other for nearly two years, and when the • ! t-fcold tale of death in a Southern hos pital reached her, obliterating the last vv of hope, the agony of despair settled upon her. As soon, however, as the condition of the country would admit of t: el, she returned to her home for the 1, only to find that the relatives had '•: o to the far West before his father’s Hi, leaving him with old friends, of i she could hear nothing. All ef • > to find them, or to gain even a ice of the fortune her husband had i trust for her, failed. , r r handsome wnrdrobe and jewels aerificed to secure the services of • sand detectives, who received her i only to add one more to her long disappointments. Death tore her >m her, and, heart-broken and • :g, with no more means to carry arch, she gave up and mourned her dear iirst-born. It is im to describe her sufferings in ' ■ ars of mourning. Only those who h.n .• drained the bitter dregs can u ’• ’id the misery of the sleepless ■!' the sad, empty days oi this mely mouruci. # • -Many years she returned again . . .’ ad mother, in Ohio. One luot long ago, she received a r ’y familiar letter, bearing a far i • ' -k, and from it learned .’ ; " ht in the long ago that ead, lind been turneil u . vor! :-f f> ire for himself, when iu 'old iir.’v.i en tenderly nurtured iv o Ill’s cruel and treacher ' . iivo •iu luxury upon his w, through all those - b'-art ’ yearned with such . ‘s love, and how he ■ i r.’i . place to place iu t -• ignorant of her <•’ . i . 'e deferred had •’ de ’ ' , u . nil tie, too ha<l hii young wife ■' F an old trimk, ’ ’■ ’ ■ ■.i • riit gave anew . - tisfv the con • is life, made 1 ti ' 1 - -lor..- aplish it. If • •: ■ : bo her sor u. • m;j--.da.e'totell her j • •:> • >’bieh she j . 1 ws " *. i-ie - c :, ”'’'nstance:'. ! - .. —t flu . iiiintif a.: up f yellow, I - em- I brace her lon g lost son. > bits OF INFORMATION. HtjebniaTs land. - L'msw Us 1 Mis wmtrr 382 WEs 8r .. l;r- l . Miutpins was Irnilt by Mizwim 2,090 years and more before Glirist. ■' The slang word “crack” fas a “crack” regiment) is a corruption of 1 erdpo, to ,'boast of. It is English university slim and was in common use‘in Snakspcnre s 1 (line. ' ' [ Aluminum when fused and cast in ■ mo'ds is soft as pme silvor, but. when l hammered or tolled it becomes as hard ; as non. Nitko-clyoerinb was invented by Poblero in 1847.. In 1803 Alfred Nobel, u German, first mixed it with gunpow .i.-r, aud. used it for blasting, and, after I'iii tli ei' experiments, invented dynamite, by mixing it with infusorial earth. * Glaus was introduced into En jrlitnd in 074. Its use was at firot entirely confiiiod*' to religious edifices, and did not Ik-come general until tiie fourteenth century. The fu-st. glass manufactory in I An' riba was established by John Hewee, in New Hampshire, in 1790. Tup. “Biot Act” is an English law, providing “ that if any persons to the number of twelve or more, being unlaw fully riotiaisly and tuuiultuouslyassem bli r'i together tlo the disturbance of the public ipeace, shall continue so assein- I ilvd for the space of an hour after a maaistratp lias commanded them by P K'DiuatioH to disperse, they shall he .-orisideMd felons.” It is the custom ni Ragland always to read the “ Riot Act ! adore proceeding to extremities. i, In the ancient Egyptian astronomy, the order of the planets, in respect of distance from the earth, beginning with Ihe most remote, is Saturn, Jupiter, Mart, the sun, Venus, Mercury, the Iliooii. The day was divided into twenty four hours, and each successive. hour consecrated to a particular planet in the •order stated —so that, one hour being consecrated to Saturn, tho next fell to Jupiter, the third to Mars, and so on, rinit each day was named after the planet to which ita first hour was consecrated. The Egyptian week began with Satur day, or the day of Saturn; and the Jews, Because of their Bight on that day, made • ft the' last day of their week— -the last day bf their bondage—lienee their Sab bath or rest from labor. Tun term “ Porte,” which is used to denote the luinumi:,dative .government of the Ottoman empire, and includes the Sultan, the Grand Vizier, and the great Council of State, liad its origin in t ins way : In tho famous institutes es tablished bv the famous warrior, Sultan .Mohammed 11., the Turkish body polit ic was described by the metaphor of a stately tent, whose domes rested upon four pillars. “The Viziers formed the first piller, the Judges the pecond, the Treasurers the third; and the'Secretaries the fourth.” Tire chief seat of the gov e -orient vVas figuratively named the • • Lofty Gate of" tlie Royal Tent,” iu al lusion to the practice of earlier times, v, him.the Otfi onan rulers fiat at the tent ! cioorto administer justice. The Italian | Translation A this flame Was “Le Porte j Gublima.” Tins phrase was modi- I ,ipd 4q English to. the “Sublime | Porte,” and finally the adjective has t beeh dropped,' leaving it simply “ The I Porte.” * _____ : Hk>ute Ckmeuo Manners and Customs* .it has been well said tliat the every day customs and manners of the Chinese ■ ire diametrically opposed to wliat we are familial with. In a country where, as Wiugrove Cook says, “ the roses have no fragrance and the women no peti '■o-ais; where the laborer has no Sab b tli, and the Magistrate no sense of honor where 1 the needle points to the V/uth, and the sign of being puzzled is to scratch the antipodes of the head ; where ibe place of honor is on the left hand, and the seat of intelligence is in. the • tomacb ; where to take off your hat is an insolent gesture, and to wear white garments is to put yourself in mourn ing,’’ it would bo difficult perhaps to find many customs which are common with us. It is stated that, as the needle of the Chinese compass points toward the South, so also every house in China, wMeh is at all pretentious, faces the •nanerivay, as well as the state seats in all the reception rooms. The Chinese at home, as abroad for the most part, are industrious and frugal; the poorer classes live almost entirely on rice and vegetables, sometimes adding small pieces of fish and meat. They are ac customed to living in crowded apart ments, and their clothing is usually but a small item in the way of expenditure ; although China is vast as to territory, there are many' who live, near the large cities, in boats on the neighboring fivers and lakes.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. Dreams in Verse. I have done reams of philosophising, poetizing and joking in dreams. I have fancied with rapture that I have solved “ the painful riddle of the earth ” in an epigram, and then awoke to recollect a miserable platitude, or worse. I was once composing a lyric in a dream, and awoke, with wet eyes and a beating heart, to recall these precious lines ; The fimamopt shall languish, The stars their light shall lend, To softep down the anguish Of a not familiar friend. I have again made hundreds of jests, including puns, in my dreams, but never oue that was not idiotic. Once, indeed, I composed in sleep a child’s story in verse, beginning ; The Great besieged the Lesser Auk, In his castle of Aukvard-Ness; And (you may write it dbwn in chalk) He made a precious mess. Here there is a gleam of reason in un reason, but all the rest was stupid, and that little hit is my dream masterpiece. --Spectator. Popular -Medicine. Vei.v bad cases pf dyspepsia are said to lie caused by a snake in the stomach, the reptile having pirobably crawled in while the patient was asleep in the flphla withliismonUi wi.de Open! It is cur ~*nfly believed that snakes arc partial to mspborries, and will leave their hi.lmg places whenever they see or smoil them. Sonio one is immediately dispatched to gather the berries, and the bath-room is well heated. The fruit is then brought into the latter and strewed on hot stones, over which the sufferer bends with open mouth, to facilitate the egress of the reptile. Should no snake make its np peai'ince, charms or incantations are resorted to, and continued till the patient Dels better, when the snake is supposed to have left his abode unobserved, ijuch are a few ot the popular recipes for dis ease still prevalent in manv parts of the Russian empire.— Chamber!' Journal. One hundred and twenty-five years ago John Adams, school teacher—after wards President—sat in- bis chain! rat Worcester and wf> te: “ I b-vo no ho no time, no friends. Jmu •. tiierefu;. be contented to live an..! die an clbvju.v ignorant fellow.” Why be disc .nr. .-d;