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KAUE LEE AMD WILLIE GRAY Two bromtx heads with trwMne cur!.-, Ked lips -huttinir oTer nearly, H:ir leet. white ami wot with dew, Two eye black. and two pvc? lli:e, Little hoy and sirl wen- they, K;t; Lee and Willie Gray. They wen standing where a brook, hMhri like a ahapSNMSTli crook. Flashed its Aw, and thick ranks 01 willow fringed its bank? Half in thonzht and half in play, Katie Lee and Willie Gray. They had cheeks like cherrie? red ; He was Taller "most a head: She. with arm? like wreath of snow. Swims a basket to and fro, A they loit red. hall in play), Cluttering to Willie Giay, " lV-try Katie," Willie said. And there came a da-h of red Through the hrowuues of the rheek; " loyare strong and or!. are weak, And I'd carry. M I iil. Katie s b:ket tip the hill." Katie a;.wered, with a lanch. Yon fMii carry only half;" Then said, .opsins hack her curls, Boy are v eak, M well as uirls." Dp you thi:ik that Katie iies.cd Half the wisdom ?he expressed? Men are only boys grown tall : Heart don't" dMMga much, atler all. AM wlien. laae yean trom that daj'i Katie Lee and Willie Gray Mood beside the brook nlkg like a shepherd. s crook, it -trange that Willie said. While arain a dash of red Crowned the hrownr.es- of his cheek, I am strong and you are weal. ; Life is hu' a slippery steep. tiling with shadows cold and deep. Will you trust mo. Katie dear. Walk ln-side me without fear? M iy I carry, if I will. All your burden" up the hill? " And she answered, wi:ha lange, No ; but you may carry half.' riose beside the little brook. Bending like a shepherd's crook, Working xvith it- silver hands Late mid early m the r-ands. Stands a cottage where to-day Katie lives with Willie Gray. In the porch she -its, and lo ! Swings I bi-ket'to and In. V.t-:ly dilferent from the on Ynat shi -wunir in years agone Jiif tsiaaf. ci,'l iltsp. ti,-l cl' , . 1" I ha ro'ltr at the vl". MISCELLANEOUS. TOLD FOR TRUTH. WHAT A HEART MAI CONTAIN. gonad science las coated at the idea of the sentimental phrase, "a broken heart,"' having any Ut nil signilication. Yet some ant hrit ies have affirmed tliat stich aa accident as a real rupture of one of the Ventricles of the heart in nun, atnl even in the lower animal--, may OCCOI under the strain of very sudden or intense emotion, or in consequence of too extreme physics effort, as in leaping, inuring, climbing, or in lifting heavy weight Tin- writer who records the following remarkable tacts will not undertake either to discuss or to repair broken hearts, fa lids place, but will leave the appreciation of his narrative to those who are familiar with the marvels of science. I have a qneef sanetum and a quiet one smnag the rocks thai overlook the wildest cliffs ahove Weehmwken, and it is haunted by qneer people. They ab live and move before you every day, good reader, hut their names are. probably, not on the list of your fashionable acquaintance They are men and women of peculiar studies, quaint experiences varied and often sad adventures ; but they are pleasant companions alter al Ot warped and soured by the merited r unmerited buffeting of the world, but only quieted and humbled by what they have learned and seen. Their only sarcasm is for the arrogance, assumption, and the little apish anVchV tions which wealth, position, or the spirit of coterie, sometimes brings out, like a rash, upon the moral hi r face of Weak people. All these friend are scientific students and thinkers; most of them polyglot in language! and learned specialties; many of them distinguished as professors and practitioners. Life is too solemn and intrieatea Mystery tat them to trifle with it, and death too close at hand, too easily invoked, too sudden in its coming, to be forgotten even during their gyest hours. Only the uninformed or the Lbonghtkai make light of either life or death, or any of those inexphcablc things that are over, under, and around us, continually and I'Tcvir, whether our immortality le clothed With the Mesh or with the spirit only. Ä rainy evening in June of the present year, after a sultry day, mists ami Shadows resting over the Hudson and the green height beyond, while far to the right, on the lowland stretching seaward, and Bating lata the veil of distance, lay the great city, like a jagged cloud dotted with specks of light The birds were silent : the house was still ; the gloaming sombre; and the very tire Hies seemed languid in the occasional Hashes they threw out, like signals among the dripping leaves thai hung bey tid the edge of the high-perched, covered balcony, where another .sat with me, talkng of irange things confidingly, in unucrto as real friends may do. My T'.panion, whom I shall make free to call the " Doctor," slipped ids thumb and forefinger into his waistcoat-pocket, and drew something from it which he showed to me. It was a sort of a sheath, ahooft two inches in length, half an inch :n diameter, and of a steely-gray color. " Kxamine that,'' he said. I took the article and looked at it, surmising, from its appearance, that it WBf platinum. " Where did you get that ?" I asked. "In the heart ol a man who is dead!" I started with amaemcnt at so singular a reply ; but the doctor sat there beside me, calm and perfectly cool, looking wilh a grave face toward the dim spires on the horizon. " I said the hoirt" he resumed, " in order to strike your attention, without having to explain things at tedious length. In -cience, however, the expression is a heresy. But had I at once aid the afaam, 3'ou would not have understood me. Let im- now remark that the pleura proper consist of two membranes, one of which lines the interior surface of the ribs, and the other touehes the lung. Pleura, lung, media-tine, and heart, such is the qaadrtlple combination that forms a totality which wc term life. This article was in the phura." This explanation had hopeledy darkened the whole affair for me. How could K large aa object introduce itself into the heart! How could it be there for a moment without causing the most terrible disorder, if not immediate death? Then, alove all, what was it? The doctor continued: "This deceased friend of mine was forty vears of age. We had gone through college together. Fifteen years ago,' he fell desperat ly, sincerely, in love with a young girl. Both were free, but his whole family bitterly opposed the idea of his marrying a lady WBOOC pedigree they assert m ru stained with crime, and the condition of affairs Mir rounding aha was such that he had to defer to their opinion, tor the time at hast, yet under protest, and looking forward to the day when he should 1 absolutely independent, and could make his bride happy in a comfortable home. 44 Hut the poor girl was consumptive, and her chagrin at the indignity put upon h. r by the relatives of her preferred lover was such as to hasten the progress of her malady. In a few months, she died, leaving him utterly desolate. Still, he did not WOOBv Alas, the fountains of his tearwere sealed by so paralyzing a sorrow. He watched by the dead; assisted with quiet dignity at her burinl; and then, turning away from her grave with a lace ghastly yet stern, was seen no more in his iccustoined haunts for several days. Some said that he had gone upon a long journey. Bnt, about a week afterward, he was found lying in a remote part of a wood, some thirty miles from , with a discharged pistol on the grass beside him. He had fired a ball, as every one believed, into his heart. Yet there were signs ot lifealout hin, and he was brought to tin nearest tow i, where I chanced to lie at the country house of an old patient. 1 be d physician aud surgeon happened U) Ik absent, and 1 was summoned in ha-'e to tie itm to which the dying man had be ,i conveyed. Brief examination con vinced me that not only was the wounded man still living, but there was even a poa

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VOLUME XV. sibility of Iiis recovery. His hand had not been steady, and the bullet must have passed the most vital portion of the heart without injuring it. I tended him as one tends a favorite brother. He was restored to consciousness, but it was impossible to extract the bullet. A pleurisy set in with the worst symptoms; but I saved him. " His first question was, whether I had removed the bullet. 1 could but acknowledge that to do so was beyond my power, when, to my surprise, he smiled, anil shook me warmly by the hand. Atter that he recovered sufficiently to move about and mingle w ith the world ; but he, thenceforth, lived utterly retired and alone, never joining in any festivity, and hardly ever seen lo smile. 44 This sort of existence continued for nearly fifteen years, and everybody respected the great sorrow that made aim a recluse. At length, a fortnight since, hesent for me, and, when I called on him, he said: 4 I'm going to die, sir ; she beckons me to join her.' 41 This peculiar announcement I did not understand, although I knew wdiat lie meant when he said 4 She ' " His ailment Avas again pleurisy. I did my best, but in vain. Day before yesterlerday he asked me whether he was dying. " 4 Yes,' I replied, for, as I told you, I loved the man and I could not tell him an untruth. 14 4 Then,' he rejoined, 4 when I am dead you will extract the ball, and you. will keep it, won't you f 44 1 promised that I would ; ray friend died, and I did as he had requested. "I searched for the bullet, and found it in the place that I described to you. But, here it is, and, as you see, it is not a bullet in the proper sense of the word, but a sheath, and it i not lead, but soldered platinum. The soldering, as you may know, could be etlected on)' at an extraordinary w hite heat. How was it done? and what mystery does this case conceal ? Science must inform us." Br this time night had set in with redoubled gloom, and the chandeliers w ithin having been noiselessly lighted by a servant, while we were both intent upon the narrative, we withdrew from the balcony and ascended to a den up stair-, where, in the lower tier of a lofty turret of solid masonry, I have all theapparatus and material of a thorough chemical la boratorr, and above it telescopes and night-giaasefl to sweep the starry heavens nay, c n the foggy atmosphere. The doctor at once went to work, and quickly succeeded in opening the little cvlindrical sheath. Two things fell out ol it a little pinch of whitish dust, and a battered ring. Tue latter was plainly ot pure gold. The electric heat had not reached it directly, but it had softened. The ring, the whitish dust, the mystery, were there, palpable and visible before us. The problem of a life had taken shape and form. The doctor placed the dust under the lens of a micro-cope. "This" said he, "is human ashes." "Then the ring?'' 44 There are letters engraved upon the ring : ' lit Hi' mber 'and below these an inscription in very line text : J. L. February 28th, 1854.' But J. L. these were not the dead lady's initials." "Journal! perhaps is the word they designate," I exclaimed. The doctor glanced at me with a liiockinr l'wk of surpii-. . 44 You are a jeweller, are you ?" he said. 4 Perhaps," was my reply, 41 but why may not these letters mean sane register, some memento f There is a date, and nothing agrees belter with the idea." At the same moment, my gaze fell upon some bhuik-i oks and documents belonging to the used, which the doctor had brought i dm, and had mentioned to me whe. e first came that evening. He and lakl dum down upon the open leaf of my nt.ry when he began his experiment with the platinum-case. I packed up one of the blank books and rapidly turned over the leaves. It was a journal regularly dated, and on the last page was written in large letters, 44 Wmrw nry 381, 1854." 44 1 love you," ran the text. 41 Yoo have just placed the ring of our betrothal on my finger. Should I die before you do, take the ring and wear it on your heart for the remainder of your life." Low er down, wi re these words in another hand : 4 I have obeyed. You died. The ring clung tightly to your linger, and 1 have taken lefi ring tutd finery from your beloved corpse. I shall not keep them on my heart only, but ia my heart." The distracted man had amputated the joint shove which the ring rested. Then, by w hom and how had he erased it to be enclosed in the platinum sheath ''. No one probably will ever tell. At all events, it was with this strange missile that he had intended to penetrate his heart, and chance Ions had saved him. Thi is a peculiar story, but a true one, ad the annals of surgery ihow that hazard ha-, in the lapse of time and the multiplicity of cases, produced some similar escapes, that appear little less than miradea to the every day reader. If you would know the name of him who thus bore- i love-token, literally next his heart, for thirteen years, stance at the medallion on the broken marble pillai that counts as the third from the gateway on the lefthand side as you pass up the willow walk in the Cemetery. The device repp nt-1 Ik art, on w hich is carved a lady's finget hearing ring, and the inscription a- we have previously lovc n it: 44 mmmmw. J. L. February 88th, 18M." ApiLtoit Journal. A liOiig Lost U'tter. A Lett Kit was written from Darien Center, N. V., by Alono F. Astabrook, dated is:;'', to Joel Anwlen, ot Chicago, inclosing l",, consisting of a 10 note of the old bank of Rochester, then as good as gold, and $2 note on the bank of V indsr. V i , cioiallv as good, with the request thai Mr. Ameden would hand the money to Mr. E. S. Brooke, The letter was sent to Alderman Mason's hotel, placed in tl s delivery box, and, after remaining some time without being called for, got among Mr. Mason's private papers and was laid away and forgotten. Recent ly, upon examining the effects of Mr. Ma son, long since deceased, the letter was found and sent to Mr. Amadea, whe im Bwdiatetj" went and handed the money to Mr. Brooks, as he was requested to do three and thirty years gone by. Mr. Astabrook, in this letter, congratulates this correspondent on the election of V anJIJuren to the i'resmency. "Mittle Van ran hisollicial career, and ten other Presidents were inaugurated before the letter reached its destined recipient. The Fate or Hie VelociXMle. Tni. velocipede hj running the course it ran some ,ifty years ago, and is gradually lading from public regard. A curious note of Mr. ü. V. Cox, in hn recent Wlertioiu of Orfftrd, might almost do tn describe the machineof He says: 14 in the spring of 1HI9 appeared a silly sort of anomalous vehicle, called a rt'W', in which the motion was half riding and half walking; it had a run, but turned out to le no io. The only fnUi imin lever saw Venturing to use one land that around 'the iiirk.') wa a foMaw and tutor of New oll In name, i urioa ly enough, ITS W'dkti ! When he timimmk be es dann, .i ( like the Irishman who took a ruh; in a bottomless sedan chaii ), 4 Well, i I it were not for the fashion, I would as lief walk ' " LtjtjiMvU'i M.nutne.

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Pwindanj The Identity of Popular Writers Revealed. Mr. T)ot,e, in his 44 Catalogue of the Sknowhcgan Library," gives the following list of pseudonyms of native and foreign authors, mimes ( hanged by marriage, and authors of foreign books : American reaenouTns, fSsaeuqaM. Rd 2Kmms, Bill An CharW II. Smith. Bannel A. Bard Bphraün Q. Bonier. Walter Barrel Joseph a. Bcovflle. Benauly AnjMHia AMtfai sad Lyaa Allott, jointly. Carl B'non Charte A.-tur Bri-tcd. Cantell A. Bi-ly (Can tell a hi? lie Oeetge V. l'ork. JoffeButtngfl Benn V. Shew. Dunn Browns Rev. Basrael Fhke. Fhai Cretgatoa J. T.lrew bridge. Shirley Dare Miss Sus;m Dunning. (I K. Philander DoeMicks Mortimer Thomson. V: Contributor . IL GrisWoM. Maiir J;itk Downing Bebe Smith. Fleets Kate W. Hamilton. Prank Forrester H. W. Herbert. Mrs. GUBMa Mr. Ballon. Howard Glyndoa Mi Laura C. Beddcn. Harry Gray K. B. Coffin. drarc Greenwood Mis SnrahJ.C.UpplnCOtt. Harry Qringro Lt. Henry A.Wi.- .U N. Gall Hamilton Mb Mary Abigail Dodge. Marion Harland Mr-. M. V. Terhnne. .Ienn;o June Mrs. .lennie C. Crety. 0!)!iciis ". Kerr Oflice Beeker) R H. Newell. Edmund Ktrke J. It. Qilaaore. Sut Lovengood Captain H. Harris. Helen Mar Mr-. I). M. F. Walker. Ik Marvel Donald. Mitchell. Sophie May Mi-- H S. Ckirke. Minnie Myrtle Mi-s Anna L. John-on. Petroknrsi Vesuvius Hai by 1). It. Locke. Dr. Oldham, of Urevstones "..Calebs. Henav. Lb. D. Oliver Ojtic Win. T. Adam-. Mile- O'KclIIy Colone Cham. c;. Dahpbte. Mrs Part bytea D. P.Bhttnber. Florence Percy Mrs. Akers. -lohn Pbcenix.. Cantata Geo, II. Derby, U. S. A. Porte Crayon General 1. II. St rot her. I Pylodct (anagram) P. LeypoWL Scelvy Rcgeter Mr-. . J. Victor. lob Sass Mr. Foxcrolt.. So Da Kay (author of Caaetncney") (imrlc D. Kitk. Kthas Bpike.. Matthew P. Whittier. Talvi Mrs. E. Kobtnson 7 heraaa .1. L. Von uob). Timothy Tiicomb loaias (. Holland. M. D. Trii-ta (anagram) Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phetpff. Mark Twain Samuel L Clemen!1. A Veteran Ohvenrer K. i. Mansfield. Arteman Ward Charta P. flaw at Blj the White, Jr Baton BubtniiOB. roanas racnoarns. A. L O. E. LA. lidy of England Mis Charlotte Tucker. Cathberl Bede Kev. Kdw.ird l$radley. K Berger Miss Elizabeth Sheppard. Bon Gaultier Prof. W. E. Aytoaa and Theodore Martin. Country Parson, A. K. H. B." Hev. A. K. H Boyd. Oooige nttot Mr-. Itarian J. (Krane) Lewes. Holme bee Mrs. Maniet Parr. Mr-.M;iieham Mrs. BHasbets Penroae. Owen Meredith lion. Edwaid K. B. Lytton. Lonisa Maalbacli Mra. Cfam Mündt. Nimrod Charte J. Anpaiiey. Old Humphrey George Mogridge. George Sand Araantim Lucile Anrorc I) ii.n iMidevant). January Searle (ieo. s Pbiliipa. Arthur Sketchley Geo. Ro-e. Samuel Slick Judge Tho?. C. Ilaliburton. Htonehenge Joan II. Waith. Zadkiel Uenteasat Bichard J. Morrison. Run cnajraan nr arauana. Charlotte Brttntc Mrs. Nichol'-. Augusta J. Evans Mrs. Wilson. Marian ). Evans Mrs. G. H. Lewes. Caroline Fry Mrs. Wilson. Dinah Muloch M.-s. Clark. Harriet J. Preacntt Mrs. K. Spoflord. ANONYMoI's aoeoBg AN i nDu ALTHOKS. Alchemy and :ho Alchemists; alco, Christ the Spirit. Colin Clout's Com; Horn Again" Explained. Bed Hook r Apnta. Swedenborg a limnetic Philosopher Major Gen. Ethau A. Uitcbcoek Ecce Homo Prof. Beeley lut query. ! Oeelan Hev. E. F. Burr. Rrrlag. Tel Noble Isaac F. Heed, .Jr. Paitta G.iriney's GirlhoodLMn. A. D. T. W'hitney.J UonaeaoM of Sir Thomas Moore ; also. Journal of Mary Powell Miss Anne Manning. The IrfuapHg liter Miss M.S. Cnaaaüna. Lyrica t the Letter II . . Col. Chas. i. Daluine. The New Timothy Hev. W, ML Baker. Hut ledge Mi-s M. Cole. Schonbersr-Cotta-F.iinily.Mif. Elizabeth Charles. Spirit of Seventy Six. . Mrs. I), s. Curtis. Tales Of the Genii Kev. James Kidley. A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam Miss M. A. Planche, afterwards Mrs. Henry Mackai nes. Wind and Whirlwind. . . .Charta Wyllys Elliot. The ChiBBM Wall. Since writing rnyJast letter fapofli the Tower of Piannfn. I liuve traversed oyer the side and ruins of the uneient outworks of the Chinese wall proper, us far ns.SuetBChyn, on the bonier of the desert ot Kbi or BeaarnOj and through the aid of my kind friend and interpreter, Chung Wo, haTe collected ranch trainable information with regard to the object which led to the defmnee of modern engineering, still remain the great areliiteetund wonders of the world, in comparison With which the pyramids and temples ot Egypt are mere specks. This curtain wall varies in distance from the true wall from one mile to ten, and for engineering kill in the selection of defensaole points, when we consider that escalade was the only means by which the Northern hordes of Mandschuri and Tsinig-gians attempted its passage, it would have tasked the judgment of Todleben to have found a better line ol defence. The material used for building the first or outer walls was kiln-burnt bricks, and it-; const nut ion was evidently intended to cover the progress of the more substantial inner fortifications of stone. According to the tnftM'UWtion derived from Father lug Oo, a learned Boose, of the Buddhist Seminary Jaainc Poo, the const ruction of the lirst wall of brirk occupied a period of eight hundred years, during which three million of workmen were constantly employed. Like the frontiersmen of America, they were obliged to combine the occupation of warrior, artisan, and probably agriculturist. During its progress there were upward of two thousand forays and diversions, which must have greatly retarded the work. The inner, or stone, lorti Mention was commenced, according to the best au thenticated accounts, alnmt eighteen hundred years before the advent of our era, and, with its completion, the temporary outworks of brick were probably abandoned as its line is through a country incapable of producing enough to supply the wants of a garrison such as would be required for its defence. And the economy of the ancient Chinese Government required that its military organizations should be self-supporting the soldiers OtY duty engaged in the cultivation of the soil, or such mechanical employments as were adapted to the wants of the army. The existence of these two walls has led to the discrepancy in the relation of travelers those who have visited it from the north and west contending that it is a structure of brick, in aruinmisconditiou ; and t hose through the empire, from the south, that it is built of stone, supremely grand in its architectural design, and in a wonderful state of preservation, consider lag that it has withstood the assaults of time and tlie machinations of man to accomplish its destruction for at least two thousand live hundred years since the last stone was IbM Ckiua Cor. AlUi OUifot nin The most remarkable railroad in Germany and Europe is the new Black Forest road, whic h will 1- Completed within four years. Between Hornberg and St. George, situated 2.H70 feet above the level of the s t ft, and but four miles distant from Ifornberg, the railroad ascends nearly 2,(MM feet, and pusses through 27,000 feet f taaaehv Kleyen thousand feet of the latter have I ... t a completed during Ihe la I luo years. The truly ('yelopt nii Work "ii the road is pro. i es-ing rapidly, and attracting thousands of visitors, who Bock together from all parts of Southern Germany andSwit.: crland.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER

A MOHASS ADVENTURE. In the latter part f last summer a scanty purse led me, in company with some relatives, to spend my holidays at a little village on the Welsh coast, out of the ordinary beat of tourists, but otherwise remarkable for nothing but its genera air of bleakness and sterility. The place was very quiet, and the lodgings were cheap and tolerably comfortable. These essentials being secured, we had lo put up with the sccnerv, which was not very attractive. A long low line of beach, surmounted by a high ridge, leading on the one hand to the loot of some bohl jutting cliffs, and on the other losing itself in an estuary ; behind this a black and dreary looking bog, stretching three or four miles inland, and intersected in every direction by wide, artificial ditches, and deep, natural fissures connecting the inky pools. A small river flowing into the estuary divides the bog, its course being marked by mounds of peat, cut from the tinner ground which forms its bank. Branching out at right angles to the river are other lines of peat stacks, following the course of the larger drains, which herald the attempt to cultivate the dreary waste. This was the view I beheld, as, standing one evening on the top of the stony ridge, I faced eastward. The sinking sun threw my shadow far over the bog, distinctly seen as it fell over the gilded rushes and crimsoning pools. I had been strolling out with my gun, in the hope of adding some specimens to my cabinet, and was thinking of returning homewards, when a long-legged heron slowly sailed high overhead, in the direction of the river. I watched the bird till it alighted near one of the peatstacks, and carefully noting the spot. I proceeded loa careful stalk, hoping to secure an acquisition. I contrived to get within seventy yards of the neron, and as there was no cover of any kind nearer, I lay down behind the last mound I had reached, and with finger on the trig ger, watched patiently in Hie hope that my quarry would feed towards me. I was not disappointed : it gradually approached some yards nearer my hiding place, and then either caught sight OT scent of me, for it suddenly rose, but in so doing came within range. Bang! went both barrels. Uttering a hoarse croak, the heron Hew heavily away keeping close to the ground, and evidently hard hit. I sprung up and followed, jumping the ditches, and avoiding the soft ground as best I could. During one particularly long jump, I lost Mirlit of the heron for a moment ; I caught sight of it again just in time to see it fall to the ground as softly as a snowflake, and lie still with its wings spread to their full stretch. Between the bird and me, however, there was a crevasse wider than any I had yet leaped, and a dozen yards on the other side lay the object of my pursuit. The black slimy sides of the ditch overhung the water, which lay deep and still some six or seven feet below, and a few yards to the right connected with a large pool, having equally high and muddy banks. To the left w as a labyrinth of similar ditches. Some distance in front, a broader and straighter crack in the Bat expanse showed where the river lay. The bank on which I stood was a foot or two higher than the opposite bank. I describe the situation thus minutely in order to make the reader understand what after waxda happened. Not liking to lose the prise so nearly in my grasp, resolved to risk the Jump. Laying down the gun, and taking my coat off, I made the effort, and cleared the ditch, only, however, by a few inches. I secured the heron, and smoothing its beautiful plumage, but little injured by the shot, threw it across to the bank from which 1 had just ( ine. Then, on looking around, I found myself in a sort of etrfah aoe. The hit of firm ground on which I stood was an island, and the only way of escape was the one by which I had arrived. Having to "take-off" In m a lower level, it was much harder to get back than ii had been to come; but as there was no alternative, it had to be tried. I did not leap quite far enough, and pitched with hands and knees together against the edge. There was no vegetation to catch hold of, and after hanging on the balance for a few moments, vainly clutching at the mud, I fell backwards with a heavy splash into the water. Fortunately, I am a good swimmer, and at first, while treading water, the ludicrOUSne of the affair alone struck me; but when I begaa to see that it might be di!licult to get up those slimy, overhanging banks, 1 must confess I felt rather fright eucd. It was impossible to get out at the spot w here I had fallen in. I swam farther up the ditch, and trying to bottom it, felt my feet touch the soil tenacious mud. that gave no support, but was ten times more dangerous than the water. The water became shallower as 1 struggled on, but the muddy bottom refused to give me ft standing place, and the banks afforded no hold for my hands. It at last became so shallow t bat I had to turn on my back to avoid kicking the mud as I swam, and when in this position, I could push my annj into it with almost as much case as I could push them through the water; but to draw them out again was far from asy. With horrid fear of being unable to extricate myself from the mud, and of a slow suffocation, I made a sudden dash back into the deep water, and tried the other ditches, only to be repulsed in the same manner. I swam round and round the pool, seeking for an outlet, and beginning to feel my boots and clothes very heavy. f$Tea now I involuntarily smiled at the comparison which suddenly occurred to DM between myself In this plight and a mouse swimming round a bucket of water; but the thought that I, too, like it, might be swimming Ibr my life soon drove all ludicrous thoughts out of my head. Matters now began to look very serious, when I saw a root or branch of some long buried tree projecting out of the bank. 1 caught hold of it ; but it was not strong enough to enable me to lift myself out of the water. All that I could do was to support myself w ith my hands just sufficiently to keep my head above the surface. I took this opportunity of kicking off my boots. Up to this time I could scarcely realize my position ; but now the conviction began to dawn upon me that I might never agate see the mother and sisters I had left in the cottage a mile and a half away. 1 looked up to the sky, in which the twilight was fhat giving place to the moonlight, and across which the clouds were merrilv driving before the evening breeze ; anil then I looked at the black and slimy walls which hemmed me in, and felt as though I were about to scream with terror. From roy childhood, I have always had a horror Ol confinement of any kind. I have felt atrangely uncomfortable when I have bei u persuaded into exploring a cave, or when I have been shown through a prison. This feeling I felt now more strongly than the fear of drown in r. To die heunned in by those gloomy walls would ic terrible. To add tO the weirdness, a hollow boom inj; sound, almost amounting to a roar, ran through ihe quivering bog, inlensificd lo me, no doubt, by my imprisonment in the heart of the moss. This, though I had never heard it befiwe. i knew to be the note of the bittern. During the night, it was repeated several times, and anvthinir more w ird and dismal it would be hard to imagine. I had not as yet thought of shout inc, but I now did o till I V;,, hoarse. The only answer was the eerie aaraaaj of the curlew. The ii.iproliahility nt any one beim: near enoUJJB to hear me so lale, . I I in I.' Mr, .1 i.t,. I I iliu.lnl.ul I'....... 1 I. I ii in i me, iim i we.-M.-ueu li oiu ( ne useless labor. The ptilliiuas was intense, broken J only at rare iutcrvaia by the bittern or

curlew. How long I clung to the branch, I do not know. Fortunately the water was not cold. The clouds had cleared away, and the moon, near the full, shone brightly. Had it been dark, mv courage must have given way, and I should most probably have sunk. But as it was, I cannot say that I quite despaired of a rescue in some way or other. If I could only hold out till morning, some one might, I c"njectured, come for the purpose of earn ing away the turf sods, and might see my cont and gun, w hich would lead them to ft search. I had not much hope in any search from the village ; I bad started In the direction of the litis, my favorite evening haunt, and I fancied that would be the direction the searchers would take. As the Bight wore on oh, so slowly with the moon so chunly gliding through the Stars above me, I fell into a kind of stupor, and can distinctly remember repeating scraps of verses totally unconnected with each other. From this state, I was aroused by the loud note of some night bird, prob ably an owl, and found my arms very still" from holding on to the root ; while my legs felt like weights of lead suspended beneath me. While trying to change my position, I fancied I heard the gurgling sound of running water, and that not far oll. I listened intently, and found it was no fancy. Water was evidently running Into the pool, and I saw by the root I was clinging to that the water had risen some inches. A cheering hope sprang up within me, as it Dashed across my mind that the tide must be rising, and that the pool must have an outlet into the river. The thought infused new life into me, and 1 struck out in the direction of the sound. Then, to my intense joy, I saw distinctly, in the clear moonlight, that the water was streaming in fast through several small inlets and pouring in quietly an ' steadily, through one of the ditches I bad previously swam up. I knew that if the tide rose another foot or eighteen inches, I could, by treading water fast, spring up so high as to he able to catch hold of the top of the bank, and so swing myself up. I knew also that the water could not possibly begin to flow into the bog pools until it was nearly high tide. Returning to my resting place, I watched anxiously, the prospect of speedy deliverance banishing ail weariness. The water continued to pour in steadily and in greater volume. The dawn was now breaking, and I had not much longer to wait. The water had ceased flowing, and the bank in one place was barely five feet above the water.

Taking a long breath, I let myself sink low, and then treading water as strongly and quickly as possible, I threw half my body above the surface of the pool, and caught the top with one hand. Ik'fore the soft earth had time to crumble beneath my weight, I had obtained a firmer grasp wit h the other hand, and in another moment stood on the moss saved, drinking in with eager gasps the fresh air of the morning. The white haze was rapidly clearing away, and through It I saw five or six men hurrying towards me. I have ä contused idea of being helped to my lodgings, and of afterwards telling my adventure to many eager questioners. "The soaking I had hud, and the exposeure to the unhealthy mists which rise from the morass in the night, caused an illness for a time, but the effects soon wore off The heron is stuffed, and adorns my cabinet, unconscious of the revenge which overtook its distroy er. Chamber' Journal. Saturday Afternoon. by HAnnxnr uekcuek grown. It is our opinion that every human being needs to have some one thing in which he takes pleasure for Utdf alone not as work, not as duty, but as diversion. In old times, when children were strictly schooled and ruled, Situnhiif nfiernoon was the children's perquisite their little peculium. Then they did what they pleased. At all other tunes, they did as they were bid. Grown children need something corresponding to this. They need time when they let oil the strain of the dreadful mi st something which they can do or leave undone at pleasure, but which they do for the pure love of it. What this thing is varies with character. With some it is pure lonfing sitting in a state of quiescent enjoyment of sunshine and nature. Wordsworth calls it "The harvest of a quiet eye, ' and sings verses in praise of It eloquent as the murmur of brooks. Poets, Imaginative men, and sensitive people of all kind, are given to silent, brooding wanderings, lying under trees, gating listlessly into the sky, and letting nature rock them as in a cradle. Buck a person goes out into nature neither as a botanist, a mineralogist, nor scientist of any kind. There is ttork in all these, and w hat he seeks is repose. The glorified patron saint of all loafers, the divine Wordsworth, has settled this matter for all his followers in two stanzas : "Content if he mny but enjoy The thinga Uial oilier- mideit!UKl." What splendid loafing was done in all that lake region, as he wandered in a sort ot illuminated fog, trailing clouds of glory after him! How cool ami fresh and dewy he made the hot, sultry air of Knirlish literature, which had become ( lose and sweltering with Byron brimstone! No wonder met; looked on his poetry as a new evangel, and quoted it with bars in their eyes, for there was in it the very rest and repose which the hot, weary turbulence of Modern life made necessary! Wordsworth was and still is the poet of repose and peace, ftS needful now as when he wrote, lie is, to be sure, all e ssentially English in his details. It is an English landscape, English trees, and English flowers he presents; but the SJNVf of his poetry applies equally well to the bright skies and rainbow woods of America, as to the showery green regions of the English lakes. BaWthorneJwas a follower of Wordsworth inspirit. His prose is essentially poetry, and it Is the poetic character of his short pieces that gives the nerer-dying charm to them, and will make them immortal as Ear as the English language is immortal. Dr. Holmes has, in "Elsie Venncr," pas BSgee which show that even his subtle, mercurial temperament had felt the charm of this silent, quiescent state of baptism in1o nature. Hrilliant as he is in social circles, it is evident, from some ot his writings, that he has been for many hours of his life a hushed and sllenl listener and pupil, a passive receiver and believer of N ordsworth's doctrine: MHof MM 1 assn that there are powers MTetctl of themselves our ininl impress, Th.1t we enn feed thl mind of ours in a wice pa- itveaat Think you in nil tkfc Bright Mim Of thiugn rare TV .-peaking. Thru nothing of i neirwiii come, Dut we must ali i he peeking f" The resting-gron nls of minds, however, must be various j but we think men ami w omen more and more wear out for want of them. When, 0 lmsy friend ! hot with Ihe Wall Street chase, w hen do you get a Sat unlay afternoon ? and w here do you play? Where, poor, dear mother of a greaf family of boys and girls, is your little comfortable play ground V These noisy, bright, romping, crowding boys and girls, who, every one ol them, press upon you and h ave you not a moment lo yourself, have they each a famrite litlle amusement or (solace, Tina and Bomig hate their doll: and baby home 'I'om and .lack their ho it-; and railroad ears your Colic : Ian his cigar and Iiis newspaper- Vur daughter her embroidery and music. What have your Is there a mo ncnt nny where ificrtil to your own private peculiar pleas

14, 1860.

nret Wbat is pour Saturday afternoon? What thing c.o you do purely for the pleasure it gives, and not as a duty ? Some mothers have their reading, w hieb lentis to late hours. When every gay head in the hive is on its pillow, and the clock ticks in the still house, then comes the precious, quiet hour of reading. Blessed soul ! who shall forbid it to her. but who does not wish she had been alle to take it fresh, and unwearied, out of her morning hours I Some women seem to find a real pleasure in sewihg. It soothes their nerves, and they go on sewing, stitch after stitch, their griefs and cares passing away as the work for some loved one grows tinder their hands. There are garments, sacred as the graveclothes in Christ's sepulchre, that patient women have wrought, wdio sent a prayer with every motion of the needle. Sons and husbands have been thus clothed, who knew not what they were wearing; but a blessing always goes with all such lovework. Some mothers have learned in early days pencil-craft, or artistic skill, and laid it aside in motherly self-annihilation. Dear mother, keep this gift for yourself get out your boxes ami colors harpen your pencils sketch paint it will do you good ; it will rest your nerves; it will brighten y ur thoughts ; it will give spring, elasticity, and cheerfulness to your life: and the more you are, the more you will have to give to others. For ourselves, some little fancy for flower-painting has saved us a world of weariness. It has been company in solitude: it has soothed our nerves and given refreshment and strength. Very humble skill will serve to reproduce a leaf or a flower; and the wTork pays for itself. If only one learns by it the infinite beauty of nature, and comes nearer to God by seeing howr inimitable arc His works, one gains by it. Finally, every good husband should try to make his wife have some resource of this kind, and every wife should do the same for her husband. Don't infringe on each other's little Saturday afternoon; reverence each other's pet pleasures. We heard once of a thrifty husband who plowed in his wife's little flowergarden, because he thought it a waste of time. Wc have seen a wife impatient ol the botanic specimens, bugs or butterflies, that littered a husband's study. We knew a good, conscientious mother who tumbled her son's mineralogic cabinet into a dark garret. None of these people were either cruel or bad-hearted, but they had never considered the sacred right of every human being to a play-spell. Let us all see to it that we let every one have their own &iturdny nfUrnoon. Life is not so very long at the best, and a bit of pure pleasure is not a thing to be despised. Henrik and Home. Noble Old Tower. A Newfoundland dog, belonging to a family in one of the Southern States, had rescued one of his master's daughters from drowning. The family w ere about to proceed in aj schooner to St. Augustine. They had embarked, and the vessel was swinging oil' from the pier, when the dog was missed. They w histled and called, but no dog appeared. The captain became restless, swore he would wait no longer, gave tlie order, and the craft swept along the waters with a spanking breeze, and was soon a quarter of a mile from the shore. The girl and her father were standing at the Stern of the vessel looking back upon the city, which they had probably left forever, when suddenly Towscr was seen running down to the edge of the wharf with something in his mouth. With a glass they discovered that it was his master's pocket-handkerchief, which had been dropped somewhere on the road to the rrssci, and with some compunctions of conscience, he had sent his shaggy servant back to look after it. The dog looked piteously around upon the bystanders, then at the retreating vessel, and leaped boldly into the water. His master immediately pointed out the noble animal to the captain, and requested him to throw his vessel into the wind until the dog could near them, lie also offered a large sum if he would drop his boat and pick him up ; told him of the manner in which he had preserved the life of his daughter, and again offered him the price of a passage if he would save the faithful creature. The girl joined her entreaties to those of her father, and implored that her early friend might be rescued. But the captain was a savage; he was deaf to every appeal of humanity, kept obstinately on his course; and the better animal of the two followed the vessel, until his strength exhausted, and his generous heart chilled by despair, he sank among the more merciful billows. Chamber Journal. The Art of laving Happily. The following maxims or rulesof action might, if stricily observed, go far to increase the happiness, or, at least, to diminish the inquietudes and miseries of life : Observe inviolably truth in your words and integrity in your actions. Accustom yourself to temperance' and be master of your passions. Be not too much out of humor with the world; but remember it is a world of God'l creating, and however sadly it is marred with wickedness and folly, yet you have found in it more comforts than calamities, more civilities than allVonts, more instances of kindness toward you than of cruelty. Try to spend your time usefully both to yourself and others. Never make an enemy nor lose a friend unnecessarily. Cultivate such a habitual cheerfulness of mind and evenness of temper, as not to be ruffled by turmoil, inconveniences, and crosses. He ready to heal breaches in friendship, and to make deferences, and shun litigation yourself as much as possible, for he is an "ill calculator that does not perceive that one amicable settlement is better than two law suits. He it rather 'your ambition to acquit yourself well in your proper station than to rise above it. Despise not small honest gains, and do not risk what you have on the delusive prospect of sudden richee, If you are in a comfortable thriving way keep in it, and abide your own calling rather than run the chance of another. In a word, mind to " use thejworld as not abusing it," and probably you will find as much comfort in it as is most tit for a frail being who is merely journeying through it toward an immortal abode. m m On Kkst i i; m- BuTTBU. One day a youiii; man went into BMtOB ntiinrant and took I tMl at a laWe. As Ihe day lumpened to Iv lusbj, Sn wotv high topped boots, wttl Ms pant" racked in-, de UM leu'-. lUvtM Uls order, lie waited M tientiv. and mmu received what he de red. Taking slice of bread in his hand, he applied the bulter Iron a ilt-h nenr by, mid look one bile, which I t wa- eaoach. tor noMonar hai he tasted U than idlewer jaw I. II. and dronpinK the bread on the I able, lie Mink haek into hi ( hair, apparently bervfl of all d tacrdtiec In n moment he rallied, and with hi coming eeasea ajao retained his preacaca of aa at. Taking the Mab of batter from the table, he pro eee, led eoollv and calmly to nib the butter on Iii hoots, from the l" dow n, w hich beiag done in a hi"hly artlatlc manner, he deliberately picked up hfcM hack, walked to Ihe I Mir, and settled. m ai Wild Daw a. crop that is generally sown hetspoea alchtedi and twenty live. The bam I Bets in about ten years after, and is commonly Rnrnd to constat of a broken constitution, two weak legs, u Icwl cough, and a large trunk ftllcd with vials and patent rnr&cmes. We can hardly say tbnt the yield pays lor the time and labor expended in the cultivation.

NUMBER 6.

YOUTHS' DE P AIIT3F E NT .1 SERMON FOR YOU2TQ FOLKS. Don't ever ?r hiuititi.' for pltilBIUl Theycannol be lound tkaa, i know. Nor yet Call a-diL'i.'iiiLr Tor trea-nre-. l'nles wilh tkespada and the hoc! Tlie bee has to w ork for the hotljr. Tin- drone has no right to the food. And he w ho has not earned hi- money Will L'et ot" hi- money no geod. The ant halidi her heaee with her labor. The sqafrrei look out for hb ma-'. And he who depend- on hi- Mighbor Will never have friends, fir-t or hut. In -hort. "ii-no tetter than iHevfanT, Thonirh this i- a harsh name to call Good thin! to ha always receivinir, And never to give back at all. And do not put oil' till to-morrow. The tiling that you ooghl to do now. But tirid set the rhsM in Ihe farrow, And then set your hand to the plow. Bat time i- too fhort to be wai;inur. The day makeih ha-te to the night, And it s jii!t aa hard work to Ik- hating Your work as to do it oatafghi. Know tili-. too. before yOU ar,. rjlesr, And all the Ikcah aww allil i- gaS) Who put- to the world - wheal -houlder Ls he that wiil move the world on I Don"t weary out w ill w ith delaying. And when you are crowded don't top : BeHeve me there's truth in tin BSyteg There always i- room at the top"! To conscience be true, and lo man bas Keep faith, hope and love in your breast, And when you have done all you can do, Why, then you may tru-i for the reat. Met (fcr f. Kitvesdropiuujr. Katy was a pretty little trill, with a slender graceful figure, and long llaxen ringlets. She was sweet and allcctionatc too, so that strangers arete always pleased with her, and remarked what ä lovely child she was. 1 say Grangers, because Katy soon became tiresome, she ask'.-d ? o many questions. If any member of the family came in with a package, she would not be satisfu d till she found out what was in it, where it came from, and w hat was to be done with it. If any one opened the front door to go out, Katy would begin, "Where you going? When are you coming back ? May I go with you This, you sec, was y, rv troublesome and impertinent; but this was not the worst thing she did. tSlrn would son.etiincs hide away and listen to what people were saying, when she knew it was not for hi ; to hear. A lady came to call on her mother, one day, and alter remarking that it was very cold and wet, and that she thought it WU going to be hot and dry : that the frost had killed their beans and a hawk stolen one of their chickens: site said something else in a low voice, which Katy did not hear. Then her mother said to her, "You may run down BtailB, my dear, now, and play with tlie other children." Katy went out and shot the door, but she knew very well that she was seat away, because the lady had something to say, and she was very curious to know what it could be. SSo what did she do but put her ear to the key-hole and listen ? At first she could not distinguish a word, then she caught the sound of her own name, next tied of Molly Qibbs, and then the words u school" ahd ' Beaver Pond." She pieced it all together, and ibis is what she made of it, "Molly Oibbs has been telling talcs out of school, that's certain; she's a mean eirl and I'll let her know that I think so; I don't see what Bearer Pond lias to do with it, though." Then she pressed her car closer to the key-hole. Pretty soon she heard her brother Michael calling her from the foot ol the stairs. To answer would b' to betray herself) so she thought phe would steal away, but something held her back, and to her dismay she found she had shut two or three of her long euris in the door. Still her brother kept calling " Katy, Katy." nat if her mother should hear and open the chamber door I Katy had a pair of scissors in her hand with which she had been cutting paper dolls. She might cut oil' her curls, and runaway but, Of to paxt with her hair, it seemed almost as bad as losing her head, for Katy was very proud of her curls. "Where on earth are you, Katy-" screamed Michael, running up the stun Snip went the scis-ors. and off came two of her curls; but she was not Iree yet, for two more were fast in the door, and there was Michael at the other end of the hall. "(, ho, Mhs Curiosity," shouted he, u caught at la.-t. fame Alice, conn . Mol ly, come all of you come and svc. Paul Pry." Raty's mother hastened to the door, followed by the vi.-itor, and the children came running up stairs to sec what ali this noise w as about. There stood poor Katy, ready to sink through the floor witli mortification. "Go to your room," said her mother, "and I will come to you presently, and you, children, run back to your play again." If Katy was mortified to be caught eavesdrooping, she was still more so when her mother told her that the lady wished tii speak to her privately because she was planning a pie nie at Bearer Pond, which she intended should be a pleasant srsrpcJas to her niece, Molly Qibbs, and to K it v. She had chosen Wednesday afternoon for it, because there would be no school. Katy was allowed to go to the pic-nic, but it afforded her very little pleasure. It had been accessary to sacrifice all her curls to match the side she had disfigured, and this was a constant reminder of In r lault. Or if she did forget lor a moment, it was recalled by Kichai L who would lay his hand on her shorn locks, and remark, "Sly Reynard lest his tail in the trap." FennVj Cbmanarfsa. " The One that Walt lies the Sheep Will Win the Wool." At a large manufactory of jewelry in New Jemey two young nam were once working in the same room and carninsr equal wages. A. foreman being required for that department one of Ihe two it ceived the appointment Six mouths af ter he rose to be foreman of the win '' It tory. While he was holding this poaitloa one of the two members of the linn si., 1 deniy died, and the remaiaing partner, soon finding the earetof soh proprietor ship too heavy, called his young foreman to a partnership in the business. (nly three months afterward hit unexpected death left soh- owner and manager the yonng man only eighteen months before ii humble journeyman. Iiis former work fellow still toils til the same table, a journeyman still, nrying his fbrtanats shopmate, and cursing his own "miserable luck." Yet, in fact, "luck " had nothing to do with it. The different fortunes oft he two men are fully accounted for by their characters. 1Mb were strictly sabt 1 skillful, and industrious Hut one was watchful of hi cniiloyr intend, tlie other careless. Due was in the habit of tearing work a day jus often as he Hi the other was ever al his post, no mattet what picnics, parades, ball matches, or target shoot in took plat e. One dropped his tools on the instant of the si o loth whistle, the other stayed to finish his j . I. One refused to do overwork when orders were pleating, because "he wouldn't be

imposed upon;" the other was alwaj willing to do whatever he was called upon to do. lb-won his promotion by giving his whole heart to his trade. Dcvot'ng himself to the business as thoroughly as though it were his own, he m-nh it his own. Iii history reminds us of the sadng of an oid shepherd to the boy who complained that his companion had left him tötend the sheep alone. "Never miiel, my boy, if you watch tlie sheep, you'll win the wool." " Secst thou a man diligentia his business Be shall stand lieforc kings he shall not stand before mean men," wrote the wise man of olden time. Hoys, don't be afraid of work, don t talk too much of your rights, and think too little of your "duties. Whet her your place is on the farm or in the factory, behind the counter or the desk, faithfulni - - there will be a round in th ladder lifting you higher. Am rir n Aa wfteruC.

FACTS AM) FKil KES. RrjasiA now keeps up an army of 1,1CT,000 men. One-iu KTETt of the houses on flic Island of Malta are hot Thk six htethodist brandies in England have SttjSSS member?. A raw in Leip-ie lately celebrated the completion of their live thousin 1th piano. Ix fsfkfStf rshtn there is a lunatic who has been kept in t -bains for slaty years. In 1V(J7 the number of arrests lor habitual drunkenness, in London, was I00,:r7. TriK North German army rjoafnins 172 ministers, 113 of whom are Protestant and ": are Kornau Catholics. In 18Ü the Basdiah Chancellor of the Exchequer rcc ivt d, as conscience money, the sum of 20,'.T0. The lartrest crop of cotton ever pan dueed in the South was in 11)0. It stood in the market at lfiO,000,(KKi in gold. TrrE Moravian rtaüsticsshow -l.vi.i communicants are in ö rmany, aVM in Great Britain, and C,TW in North America. Statistics show that about six thousand vehicles and three thousand pedestrians go through Use Washington street tunnel, in Chicago, daily. The amount of the pench and blackberry crop at St. Joseph, Mich., this vear, is estimated at 90Qj800 baskets of the former, and ttyfJtJI bushels of the latter. Amono the bridal presents received the other day by a young lady in New York the daughter of a millionaire was a -To,-000 house, with s.-yj(000 worth of furniture. Md'i.t.e Cakt.otta Patti h.iS an English sparrow that accompanies her on all her travels. She picked it upon tin' roadside, several years since, with both its legs br iken. It is estimated that alout s.V)0,000 f the new issue of ten and fifteen cent fractional currency is kept out of circulation, by people keeping one of each ibr samples. The Charleston Courier says the mortality of the negro population in that city, since the close of the war, as compared with that of the whites, has been more than two to one. The one hundredth anniversary of tlie death of GoOCge Whitfield will eccar S Btembcr o0, 170, and will probably be commemorated at Newburyport, Mass. He was buried there under the pulpit of the church where he had recently preached. Wnxian Thacey is the name of an estimable keeper who has recently been fan missed from a Yorkshire insane asylum, because when it was his duty to give a patient a warm bath he deputed the tank to two lunatics who baited the man to death. Fiiom a return recently made by the British and Foreign Bible Society, it ap pears that by means of that sgencj Iherp have been distributed, up to 1969, Ö7,',M0,-js;.-, copies of the Holy Serip'urcs, the expenditures incurred daring the sixty-live rears of the ckty's cxisUmc having been 0,-5:,404. Foil the last ninety years Christ's Church, Philadelphia, has had practically bat two let tura, Bishop White, who m rrva from 1770 to 1836, and the Ret. ir. Eh njtrmin Dorr, who died a few days ago. ThUev. John W. James, who succeeded Bishop White and prcecdftd Ir. Dorr, survived the formt r bnt one month. The Cleveland Btntld Riys: "We saw in a streit car in this city, a few days since.au expensively -drt an sd woman at only tell a stranger togive up hi- --.at, but. upon his doing so, tender hint live eeata snd loudly insist on his taking it. She said 'aha was rich eaoagh to pay far everything she had, and didn't an no fa ton from nobody without paying for it.'" In Baajhsad, recently, the pedestrian. Mount jev, who is over BO years of age, DndertooK to travel 130 miles bv foot m three daysL Be started from the BoUe-Vae Hotel, Clapham-common. On t ie fir-t day he traveled SO miles hi tS 1 U II and 40 minutes; am the second he 00 U 'u d 1 I boors in the 50 mflca1 oorney ;ai nan the third he finished the ISO miles and informed 00 miles in thirteen hours, and at 7 o'clock lie came to the winning goal and accomplished his feat. The movement in favor of woman suffrage has reached a mrc advanced atale In En-land than in thlseosmtiy. Wee 1 1 now have the privilege of voting in muni cipal sJEsita, and there are already between two and three thousand female voters on the mann ipal n gfanet si !. kseeh r, the total number on the roll being only about sixteen thousand. Tiere U a strong woman's ri'nt- party in Leicestcr.and the new voters are forming associations o rs to make the m-st of their lately acpiircd privilege. Tnn ofltcfad statement of passengers arrived in the United States daruag the year ending June 30, I860, has been compiled at the Bureau of Statistics. The total number arrived sas 380,051, at vhom 40,477 were Bales, and ll'.MTl female. Of these, r:;.:nJ were cabin, and 396,3 ' stceratrc passengers. The actual inuuirrants numtx red 352,500, of whom 814,? is were males, nd i:i7.sJl fetnahs. 1 lb -immigrants) l85l came from Germany, 00230 from England and Scotland, 04,i3S from Ireland, 24,224 from Sweden, 1G,IHS from Norway, and r:, i from china. HuwniNO "Tk.ws Cmtie. The '. ami Ix.r.'n' Ih.,!.r -ays : "On the large ranches there are many thousand head ot cattle, and shout twice a year the ranchmen ro out with the branding irons rjf the. owner, to drive up and brand all the cahes of the herd. It is a curious fact that these herds all run together, and yet seldom or never become united. The ftUxk raiser amy have doeen herds, with as many dilferent brands all grazing together, but each retains its separate individuality. We do not know that this peculiarity has ever been accounted for, but it is often ihe ease thai all Ifta t attic of a particular brand will be - 'Li. and then the herdsmen, will go out on the prairies, and by aid of their ii lasses, find the particular herd, and drive them in, when there will be found no nat tic of ether brands in the whole heed. The common law in Texas seems to be that any tattle found roaming without 1 in g branded become the prop rty ol ihe nm,or-" - m A lb 11 lüu-'ing tat. I nwK in mv possession a white (nearly true bred) Angora torn eat, abend four off Bve years oki, which being a great pet is in the habit of sleeping ia my bedroom, and i let out every morning a- soon a- the m i van's are up, iooaf seven o'clock. One in urninc. some three week- ago. having been at a ball the night betöre, I was sleepy, and did not hear the servants, or tin- ent scratching. ;is be usually did, at the door There is a bellrope at the b. d bead, nearthedoor. The tat, I'mdinn h: crab-h-Ing of no nse, must have stood up on Ids bind legs (for the rope i some distance from the ground I and caught al this. Al all events he pulled the Ik 11 with Micha dash that 1 heard it ; the main of course C This was probably accidental, but Oha curious tiling isla has rung the tall every morning since, and on more than one ik nion twice wheat Urn Osal pull has tailed, tl is a considerable clloil f. r him t" do so, as he has to stretch up al full hmgth (I watched him vMlhonl hi hum .) le iht ii gets tlie ia- el , tw i n his p;1v. - and l. ts himself don n with all his weight and gt neralty clashes the 1 U so that it is heard over the house. LaiiuI WUr.