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A^OL. 40.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1874.
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Philosophy of a Tear.
I so.trchod the ponderous lexicon
Iti" import to descry. And thus tho book did it define :
'• A moisture frniii the cjc."
But peering totvard its mystic source, I played tbe doubter's part.
And found, by marking well it.s course, Ils fountait in the licart.
I stood beside a nctv-niadc gr.tve.
Who.se moutli was yatvning wide, .\nd saw the tribute nature gave,
.\down the pale check glide.
My sympathetic chord was touched, .My houiiding heart grew sad.
And to the ¦surface quick approached A tear, though I forb.-ide.
Into the eye a particle,
Iiy rude Boreas blown. The same effect m:idc visible.
Though 1 no grief had known.
To this methinks the .''age alludes:
It does not grief imply, But merely as the lenscKiides,
I'rofuseiy from the eye.
But tell mc not those gushing waves. Forced out by sorrow's d.irl,
Whicii oft the pallid features lave, Arise not from the heart.
Tlic lexicograph'>r is right.
He well performs his p.vt. Yet though the ch.tnnel is the eye.
The fountain's In the heart.
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The Cornelian Cross.
Henri Cakdone was a young French artist of distingiiished promise. His neat little (Jotnieilc anil his pretty wife wore situated in suhurban Paris. One early t\vilij;lit in the iivnth of November of a eert;iin.ycar, :is lie entered his home, his wife ran unto hiui, twined her plump anus around his ncek, bestowing a full-blown kiss upon his rcspoiLsive lips, aud imme¬ diately exclaimed, "Oh. dear Henri I 1 had sueh a surprise, such an odd visitor, this afternoon—a man with such an inexplica¬ ble fi'iicy that I have been waiting these two hours for your arrival, and (bestowing a playful cut thereupon) your cars."
'And now the cars have arrived, Irene, my pet, I suppose your merry tongue will rattle away as merrily as a newl^' wound up music-box ; and, once started. I shall nut have an opportunity to put a word in cdgewi.>*o until you have ruu down com¬ pletely. But for this odd man. with the •iuexplicable fancy.' Did ho, utterly re- {^iirdless ofthe divine set of his trousers, yo down tiptin his kneesand beseech of you to fly with him to some intensely rnral re¬ treat, there to suUsist upon moonshine and his adorable moustache ';* and was it his inexplicable fancy that you should be ac¬ companied by such little articles of avail¬ able value as this poor hovel might afford ? Or, waa he a wandering gypsy lord, who predicted that you were to be the fjuecn of all proud France, instead of one humble French heart? And did he, just as he was about to surround your august brow with Ihe imperial crown, suddenly i,uspend it and take an inexplicable fancy to have his dirty palm first crossed with a crown of silver?    Or—"
'¦There, there I do cease your badinage," said the pouting little woman, stamping her small foot impatiently. "You will never beeonie wise listeniug to your own wisdom."'
'•Nor weary listening to yours, my charming sage," laughed the voluble Hen¬ ri, cares-sing her soft, brown hair fondly; "proceed—from this ou I am all cars."
'¦Well, let all cars listen. At about three o'clock this afternoon, as I was sit¬ ting intent upon taking the finest possible stitches in the border of your finest cam- brie, there came a sh-arp rap at the door. I hastened, opened it, and found myself face to face with a man of middle age, who bowed politely and intjuired if he wero on the Rue de Chalons. On being infirmed that he was, he thanked me very afiably, and was turning to dep irt, when his glance chanced to fallen thislittle corueliau cross, which then, as now, was lying on my bo¬ som. He stopped short, gazetl fixedly at it, aa though it possessed some terrible fisei- n;ition, turneti first deadly pale, then livid purple, and in a hoarse whisper articulated, 'Mad;ime, you will pardon mo, for it is* no ordinary curiosity that prompts the ques¬ tion, but might i venture to ask how that trinket,' pointing a trembling finger at the cross, 'came into yonr pos.sossion—uuder wh:it circumstances?"
"Well," queri'-'d Henri, iu a low, inter¬ ested tone, -what was my litlle wife's reply?"
"Your little wife told him, sir, that it was a present from her hu.sband, and that it had been in her possession about four years. How or where you came by it she eould not inform him."
"Then he departed satisfied ?''
•No, indeed."
"Then he inquired your name, age, and profe.'sion ?"
"Did ho ? I do not know whether I ought to feel complimented or insulted.— Did you tell him ?'
'•I hesitated, and told him."
"I wish you had not hesitated, and then not told him. Something of moment m'ly grow out of this curiosity. But it will uot matter.    Then ho departed ?"
''No; he stood absorbed in troubled thought a few moments, as though weigh¬ ing a deep problem, and then said he had taken a very strong and eccentric fancy for the trinket, and a.«kcd if I would for a con¬ sideration part with it."
"What was your reply to that very busincES-like proposition ?"
"That, being your gift, I should much dislike to let it go."
'Of course, that must have terminated the conversation ?"
"Of course, but it did not, though. It became more pointed than ever."
"Weil, well I I am eager to learn the denouement," said Henri. "If I am not at f.iult in uiy surmises, something will shortly grow out of this affair that will in¬ terest a very wide circle. Give me the ex act particulars.    What followed ? '
"Hesaidhewas wealthy and did not value money ; and that he had conceived so strong a desire to possess the cross that, wild as the ofier might seem, he would not demur at giving 500 francs for it."
'•Five hundred. ^ofWeti/ The trinket is not worth five francs," said Henri, excited¬ ly. '-The manM.-! either a lunatic, or— what  I    more   strongly   suspect   him   of
being "
"And what is it possible forynu to more strongly suspect him of being ?' asked Irene.
"A knave.    In spite of the temptation
of 300 franc-:, I see that you still bear your cross. I would have thought the sum suf¬ ficient to buy up all the crosses in Paris and all the women bearing them. Ilow did j-ou resist it ?"
"If I did not know that your slurs on women and their crosses was said more in humor than earntjst, I would not give you another word of information. I told the man that the offer was very tempting, but that I could not possibly accept it without first consulting you."
"That was a noble reply, my darling," said Henri, drawing his wife close to his side, bestowing on her an eloquent glance and severiil passionate kisses. "Hereafter I sliall consitier you cheap at 50.000 francs! What said old Croesus to your priceless answer ?"
"At first he appeared much discomfitted. -\ftcr a little whilo he said he was going into the country to remain one week ; and that he should return this way, and if I in the meantime gained your consent, or con- eluded to part with the cross without it. he would make good his ofi'er. And then lie bade me p. reluctant adieu, went to a post-ehaise that was waiting in the road, gcit in, and drove ofl" rapidly tiiwards Chalons."
Finally we h.ave tho Cn;ile of act first," remarked Henri.
'Yes," responded the musing Irene, toying with the object of so much tliscus- sion, which was in reality of but little in¬ trinsic value, and in n> way remarkable, excepting i'loni peculiarity of design. It waa ofa clear, blood-red cornelian, the up¬ right pillar being carved to represent a de¬ scending arrow, and the cross piece a very fine wrought imitation of wings.
•What attraction this bit of a thing, which, aside from being your gift, I look upon as worthless, can possess to render it Su exceedingly precious in the eyes of the man. I cannot conjecture." continued the puzzled Irene.
"I think I can furnish you with a clue to the foundation of this extraordinary in¬ terest," remarked Henri. "What was his general appearance ? That ofa coarse, ill- bred person ?"
¦Far from that. Ue wos quite tall, net over-fleshy, well dressed, nnd refined in bearing and language. His countenance betofcwned much illness at some early pe¬ riod of his life or excessive dissipation."
"Should ycur cross enamored friend call again, and I should much doubt if he ever does," said Henri, ''I ara the person with whom he must deal."
"Why, with you, detr ?"
'¦Because the object he is so extremely solicitous to possess has a mysterious his. tory known only to myself"
"And that mysterious history jiff'ords a key to the solution to thtjseemingly insane offer of five hundred francs ?"'
"I apprehended such to be the case. That cross was' found upon a spot where, but a few days previously, a revolting crime had been committed. If my surmises ."ire cirreet, this strange visitor of yours was the author of that crime. If so, ho and that little red cross are old acquaintances, nnd ho would readily sacrifice several times the five hundred francs to comp'ss its pos¬ session. Why? Simply because Eolong as il leniiiins in other hands than his own, he is painluUy conscious that it may at any moment rise up in judgment before him, and cost him the more irreparable sacrifice of his head."
'¦And you have kept all this dark mys. tery from me," complained Irene.
'I have, but will no longer. I have re¬ frained from making yon acquainted with tho circumstances that .are associated wi.h my finding ofthe trinketsolely from a fear that the knowledge might cause you to conceive a morbid dislike to it, and, its it is really a pretty toy, I like to see you wear it. And now fur the mystery. Do you re¬ member the murder, six years ago. of a nobleman of the name of Comte de St. Ar¬ mando, in the Rue de Germaine?"
•Distinctly." replied Irene. "All Ptiris was thrilled with horror at the mystery and barbarity of the deed. Bnt what associa¬ tion can this cross have with that dreadful afi"air ?"
"An intimate association. That cross was found by me on the identical spot of the murder, and but three days thereafter. If yoa will closely examine the underside, you will observe a small drilled hole at each extremity. From theso holes I am led to infer that it was worn b the unknown as¬ sassin on the fatal night in question ; and, furthermore, that if was wrenched from its fastenings by the hand of the hapless Comte in his dying struggle. Naturally enough, it fell to the ground, where I found it. To this day. in spite of the superhu¬ man efforts ofa by nomeatisobtu.se police, and tho incentive ofa fabulous reward by St. .Vrmande's relative.', the murderer is undiscovered, and the whole .aflfuir ren.ains wrapped in impenetrable mystery. After all these unrovealing jeais. who .shall say that the coining together of this man and the cross is not the working of a retribu¬ tive fate? Too well does the man of inex¬ plicable fancy know that the little toy heso covets is adequate, if it falls into proper hands, to woik the crucifixion of a great .scoundrel."
'Ugh '"' shuddered ¦Irene. ''-And I have been wearing it all this time, and ad¬ miring it, totally ignorant of the terrible thing its blood-red color symbolizes. I ean wear it no longer. Here"—removing from her shrinking neck, the-chain by which it was suspended—"I ean now view it with no intere.st but that of horror; and sho threw it nervously into her husband's lap.
"Why, you little fool I" siid Henri, iu a jocose tone, "are you going to faint? Are yon afraid of it ?' It is j'jst as harm'ess as it has been, and just as heantiful."
"[ do not fear it," replied Irene, shrink¬ ing from it nevertheless. "I am not that foolish. But I dislike it. Its innocent ch:irm is lost to me forever "
After weighing the matter iu his tnind until the specified week had nearly elapsed, Henri suddenly aud sagely concluded to acquaint the profjct of police wiih the iitoiy, iu all its bearing, real and supposi¬ tory. That astute functionary proved to be an intelligent and patient listener, and was only too glad to detail two subordinates to further a scheme that promised to re¬ sult in the capture of the criminal who had succeeded in eluding the pursuit of jus¬ tice. Early in the morning, a week sub¬ sequent to that on which the supposed criminal had called, Henri sent Irene into the city on a visit to some friends, with •the explicit understanding that she was not to return until he came for her. Fol¬ lowing close upan her departure came the arrival of two gendarme', who were forth¬ with secreted in her but recently vacated bedroom, thereafter to make their entree in the presence of the expected strangi^ror not, as he might not criminate himsolf in the interview wilh Henri.
All the preliminary arrangemenU being made, our artist detective took station at the window, and behind his closed blinds became a silent and intense watcher.    He
was a brave and resolute man ; but, never¬ theless, an occasional misgiving flitted across hia mind. The business before him was of an extremely hazardous nature.— Should the supposed criminal prove to be the resl criminal, his capture would he likely to be preluded by a desperate en¬ counter. Tf fatal, fatal to whom ? Henri thought of this, then of Irene, and closed his eyes. Then he ihought of the gen¬ darmes in the next room, set his jaw, and in a spirit of grim defiance put all forebo- dinjis from him. Morning, noon.al'ternoon and evening glided by with no result.— Henri yawned with impatient discourage¬ ment. His allies took to the bedroom floor and played cards early iu the forenoon.— Hitherto the excitement of the chase had been quite strong enough to sustain Hen¬ ri's interest. But now would the expected not come at all ? A brief consultation with the oflicerp, who adhered to tlie opinion that he would come, and was. much more likely to make his appearance within the next three hours than at any time previous during the day, especially if he was a rogue, iind was not 1 ickiiig in the usual cunning, braced Henri .somewhat, lighting a lamp for the quondam gamesters, and another for himself, he camped on the lounge. He had got but comfortably settled, however, before a resonant rap ou the street door brought him instantly to his feet. School ing bimselfto meet the probable crisis with quiet deliberation, he leisurely proceeded to tho door and opened it. Frotn Irene's graphic description he had no difficulty in recognizing his visitor. The cxpee'ed man of the cross stood before hira. Uis heart gave a tremendous thump against his breast; but his voice was steady and quiet as he saluted the stranger with "Good evening, sir."
'¦Good evening, sir," responded the visitor, scrutinizing Henri clo.sely. ''Is the madame at home?"
'My wife is the lady to whom you refer, I presume," said Henri. '-She is absent on a visit. Can I serve you in anything? Will you not step in. sir?" Henri threw the door wide open, that the man might see the room was vacant, and hence might imagine him to be alone.
"Ah I you are the husband ofthe lady," remarked the stransrer, who. after peering in. walked in.
•I have the honor.    Pray be seated."
•I will trespass upon yonr hospitality but for a few moments—"
"No trespass, I assure j'ou. Solitude is not the hest of companions."
Without removing his hat the stranger took the proffered chair. 'I can tarry but a short time," ho said. '-Probably your wife has informed you of an offer she re¬ eeived a week ago, for a small fanciful cor¬ nelian cross that was ia  her possession?"
"Yes, she did mention thcmatter to me arid we both wondered at the strange fancy of the man. and the excessive price he off"ercd."
"Well," replied the stranger, with a forced laugh, "tbe fancy cannot matter to you; and as forthe price, if you get it tli;it ought to satisf^y you on that point. I am the man, and I renew tho ofier."'
".Vll I No, ci.rtainly uot, the fi.cy iloes not concern ns, of course not," and Henri eyed the stranger keenly. 'But you know that unusual occurrences will set the le.ist curious of mortals to  surmising."
"Of course, of course," .said the stranger with strong symptoms of uneasiness — "People cannot help thinking; that's what brains were made for. But to the point; if you still possess the cross, and will ex¬ change it for the sum offered, that sum is yours. Your answer? You will excuse my seeming tibruptness ; I aiuprossed for time and cannot dally."
"I hold you perfectly excusable," said Henri, drawing the coveted cross from his pocket, and noting the eager flashing of the stranger's eyes as his gaze fell upon it. Deciding to thrust the probe home at once, he deliberately added : ¦¦Another reason, other than want of time, may exist to oe¬ casion your tibruptness, my friend—want of confidcr.ce."
'•What, sir !" ejaculated the man, start¬ ing up ill a threatening, apprehensive wtiy. '•What do you mean by that remark ?"
"Listen, and I will tell you," replied Henri, fully convinced thtt he was on the right track, as his visitor indecisively sat down again. ''Listen, and I will tell you what I mean. This cross, for which you have taken such an inexplicable fancy, came into my pos.?es.-;ion under very pecu¬ liar circumstances—circumstances that in¬ vest it with extraordinary interest."— Pausing a moment to ni»ie the eflfeet ofhis language, Henri fixed his burning eyes ou the strauger's. Speaking slowly and eni- pliasizinir every word, he coutinued : "I found this cross on the 3d of January, 1S49, en the Rue de Germaine, on the very spot oil which three days previous, the Comte de St. Armande hud been brutally murdered."
During the utterance of the concluding words of the above, the countenance ofthe listening man underwent a most appalling change, and dreadful, iudeed. as though he had heard the sentence for his immediate execution pronounc^'d. The muscles of his face twitched eonvul.-ively. his uiioer jaw fell, and his eyes rolled in their sockets as though following the fantastic evolution of some horrid goblin.
The paroxysm lasted but for a moment. By a superhuman cff"ort ofthe will he re¬ covered his faculties, sprang to his feet, and with the demoniac fury ofa madman, dashed at Henri, hissing between his teeth,
••D you. the telling of that tale is your
death-knell."
Just iis his muscular hand closed op¬ pressively on Henri's throat, he was vio¬ lently jerked backwards, and f"ound himself in the tenacious clutches of the two gen¬ darmes.
"So, ho ! my fine fellow 1" ejaculated one of the officers. -'We are altogether too deeply concerned for the future welfare of your soul to permit you to perpetrate such a crime. Yuu have done bad enough al¬ ready to bring you to hanging, and that is quite sufficient for our purpose."
The foiled villain glared suddenly from one tu the other, and made no attempt to escape.
"That is right," remarked the officer who spoke before. ''Take it easy—shows you to be a philosopher and a mau of com¬ mon sense."
The prisoner coolly folded his arms and slood silent.
'Monsieur C:irdoi,e." continued the of¬ ficer, ''as your friend seems to take kindly our interf"erence with this little plan to avoid you a long resting spell, you will, with equal disinterestedness, provide us with a rope for his benefit? Unluckily, Vii came from towu and f"ergot to bring the prol'es-iional bracelets—au unintet.tioii- al oversight which, I assure you," address¬ ing the prisoner, '-we deplore even more than you yourself can. In fact, we wero rather uueertain of having the pleasure of your company on our return."
'•Nor will you   have that   pleasure,"
growled the hitherto quiescent captive, suddenly striking out with his two power¬ ful arms, upselting the officers, kicking over the table on which stood the light, and leaping out iuto the darkness. As he vanished, a bullet hissed by either ear, but he escaped unhurt.
The report ofthe pistols hurried Henri back into the room from which he had gone in quest ofa rope.
"(Juiek ! " exclaimed one ofthe officers. "The devil has outwitted and escaped us We must be after him at once. It is Le¬ one Breme, the most reckless and feroci¬ ous ofthe many cut throats* who infested Paris six years ago. He most miraculous¬ ly dis:ippeared about the timo ofthe St. Armande murder, and the department had given him up for dead. We must not al¬ low llim to have his length for a moment. Our first move is to lodge information at the three heads of the police department. Ho is un a.stutedogof infinite resource, and the whole force ou the scent will hardly suffice to capture him."
Breuie was eventually taken. But so adroit was he thaat he eoaitrived to remain. at large for three weeks after his escape from Cardone's house. He wtis tried, con¬ demned, and executed for the murder of St, Armande. several witnesses beingfound who identified him, aud testified to having seen fastened to his shirt bosom on the evening of the murder that blooJ-red cross.
Irene was never afterward persuaded to wear it. It hung over the mantel in hor bou.Ioir, and many an evening visitor has been beguiled by Henri with a recital of the two liark apiodes in its history which are embodied in this story, and have de¬ parted shuddering at   its  sanguinary hue.
gfHtling l-pv III? pill!o.n.
Our New York Letter.
Lulls, Bears. Finance—Society, Politicians — Balls—Immiijration— The prjor—Tlie Grai:t Trade.
New York, Feb. 18, 1871.
W.\LL STREET—BULLS AND DEARS.
I spout a day or two in Wall slrcet this week, aud learned something, 'j'he man who learns anything ought to lose no time before he communicates it to his fellows, hence I shall give what I learned to your readers at onee.
Do you know what a "bull" is, or a "bear." in Wall street? I spent two days learning.
In Wall Etrect a "bull" is au operator who believes he ean push the price of any particular stock to a h gher point. Take Tuledo and Wabash, for instance. Sup¬ pose it is selling at -18. The bull from certain indications believes it will go up to 50, or higher. He buys at 48, and then deliberately goes to work to put it up. He will lie like a—like a—politician—he will invent bogus dispatches—he will spread reports of tho death of Presidents of rail¬ roads—publish bogus reports of the busi¬ ness done—iu short, there is no villainy i.l the range of lying, perjury and frauil th.it he will not commit tomake that stock go to a figure above 48
The bear is the man who has sold the stoek. I forgot to say that the bull buys the stock to be delivered at a certain date, say thirty days. Nuw, if on that date To¬ ledo and Wabash is worth 50, the bear simply pays the bull the odd two—if, on the other hand it goes down to 40, the bull paysthebcar the odd two. It thus becomes a struggle between them—the bear to toss it up, the bull to pull it down.
The fight is deadly. The bear will get into the newspapcis all sorts of stiries con¬ cerning the road. He will have Gov. Cox, the President, dead or stricken with par¬ alysis, he will invent horrible .tccidents, and spread reports of defalcations and gross misiuanagemeut. The bull practices tac¬ tics precisely the reverso.
The ifettlement is made on the basis of the selling price of the stock oq the d.ay named.
Very frequently bears turn bulls. If a bear sees that it is impossible to pull down a stoek, he fa^equonlly buys and beomes a bull to cover. This ho can do, if he can buy more of the slocks than  he  has sold.
These transactions very frequently in¬ volve millions, and they embrace every¬ thing under Heaven, Gold, Railroad and othcp stocks, grain, lumber, everything in faot that is merchantable is made the sub¬ ject of their struggles.
A 'corner" is the buying of the entire stock of a corporation, or at least more than can be.delivcreil. Thus we will as¬ sume that there arc 50,000 shares of the Tcdedo & Wabash in all. The bears igno¬ rant that a corner has been made in Wa¬ bash, sell the stock to be delivered in, say thirty days, supposing th;it there is enough of it in the market to be had, to make do livery at a profit pos.sibIc. The time ap¬ proaches and they begin to look tibout to get the stoek. They find to their dismay that there is not a share to be had; for the very good rciison that tho bulls havo it all. They become frantic, but to no purpose. The bulls hold, and run the price up to any figure they choose, to whieh the poor bears are compelled to submit. But don't suppose it is all plain sailing with the bulls! If the bears are strong enough t'ley buy upone of the bulls, whicii miikes a break and if they get a break made. Heaven help the bulls. It is war to the knife and no mercy is shown or expected.
Watering stock is where a corporation becumes exceedingly profitable—too profi¬ table, in fact, for the public to endure qui¬ etly. Suppose a railroad havinga monop¬ oly m.akes nioney enough to declare divi¬ dends of 20 per cant. The public would clamor for a reduction of fares, so the di¬ rectors double the number of shares— Watering the capital. There is no more capital than before, but they cnli it more. If they double it, they declare 10 percent, dividends on 82,000,000, in.stead of 20 per cent, on §1,000,000.
It is all gambling of the most deplora¬ ble kind. There are legitimate stock bro¬ kers, but the rule is gambling.
SOCIETY
Is fermenting in this eity just now. Balls, parties, theatre.-j, operas and entertain¬ ments of all kinds are in full blast, aud the fashionable people are worked tcrriblyr By the way the New York belle is a hard Worker during the season. She rises at noon, because she was out late the night before. She breakfasts in her room and dresses herself fir the afternoou round. She enters her carriage and d-.ivcs to re¬ ception after reception, until night has come, when she goes home, dro.sses herself in evening toilet, aud again enters her car¬ riage tj make a round of three balls and a German, ending up st the last somewhere about three A. M. Then she goes to bed, sleeps tin noon, and is up and at it again. And this is pleasure! Were they compelled
to do this for   a living,   there   would be more strikes among them than among tho laborers.    But they do it. POLITICIANS.
.\ reputation in New York is a singular thing. Brcnnan, the Kherifi", indicted for the escape of Genet, and in jail therefor, has more friends among tho controlling element than ever. Theshort-haired look upon Breniian as a martyr. The other night a ball was given in his honor, which was run by the most desperate villains in the city. But, mark you, the leading res- pectiible Democrats of the city were there, for they dare not stay away. Mr. Bren- nan's broken-nosed adherents run the cau- cusses, and not one of these broad-cloth gentry could get a nomination if they op¬ pose him. Therefore all these men attend the balls ofthe Breunan kind, and shake hands with them, and smile and fawn on the doubtful women they bring there. New York is under the control ofthe ruf¬ fians, and the Democracy recognixe the faet, and acknowledge their rule. There is no hope of anything good from this Niizareth. The country is the only sal¬ vation.
nniiORATlo.v.
The decline in immigration is now very marked. During the past week the total number of immigrants landid at Castle Garden was only 450, which is the small¬ est number received in i single week for several years. But theyareof a good class. Germany is largely represented. Sweden, Norway rnd Denm.ark, contribute their quota. The Scandinavians mostly go to the Nr.rthwest, the Germans to the Wes¬ tern Middle States, while the Irish, as many as possible, stay in the large cities, where they can run grog-mills, and finally become Aldermen, contractors, and ruu things genei^ally.
THE  POOR
Are .suff'ering this winter. There is work enough in New York for 80 pcr cent, of the working men, so there is no occasion fir much distress among those who have health aud strength. But the sick and the weak are in a pitiable condition. Every day sick men.and women are found iu the garrets ofthe overcrowded tenements and in the celltirs as well, dying from hunger and eoM. The soup houses are doing a great and good work in feeding the poor, but what good is a soup-house lo a woman who cannot get to it ? It is estimated that 400 men twd women perished from cold and hunger in this city last week. Why any human being comes to or stays in a great city, is something beyond my com prehension. I >lon't know why lam here. Where one succeeds a thousand fails, and success here does not mean as much as it does anywhere else.
THE CiP.AIX TRADE
continues to excite especial attention. The fact is that New York ought to lose it, for she has never done anything to foster it All the grain that comes to this city is handled by hand—it has to be carted from the depot to the vessels and the cost of transfer almost eats it up. A movement ison foot to build tracks hy the water side—to erect elevators as in the Lake Cities, 60 that the grain can be taken out ofthe cars and loaded into vessels at slight cost. This is all that can possibly save the trade, and this will not do it unless the Erie Canal i.? enlarged and the cxhor- bitant tolls thereon lessened. Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimoro all have superior facilities and they aro taking the trade. Why don't the f'lrraer's or¬ ganizations Lake sotr.e a;;tion in the matter ofthe canals ? There is little use in look¬ ing to New York for relief, .
PlETKO.
List ofthe Principal Poisons, with their Antidotes or Remedies.
Oil of Vitrol, Aqua Fortis, Spirit of Salt—Magnesiii, chalk, soap and water.
Emetic Tartar—Oily drinks, solution of oak bark.
Salt of Leutons or Acid of Sugar— Chalk, whiting, lime, or magnesia and water.    Sometimes an emetic draught.
Prussic Acid—Pump on back, smelling- salts to nose, artificial breathing, chloritle of lime to nose.
Pearl ash. Soap Lees. Smelling salts. Nitre, Hartshorn, Sal Volatile—l.euioo juice, and viuegar and water.
Arfenic, Fly Powder or White Arsenic, King's Y'ellow or Yellow Arsenic—Emet¬ ics, lime water, soap aud water, sugar and water, oily drinks.
jMercury, Corrosive Sublimate, Calomel —Whites of eggs, soap and water,
Opium, Laudanum—Emetic draught, vinegar and water, dashing cold water ou chest and face, walking up and down for two or three hours
Leail. Whito Lead, Sugar of Lead, Goulard's Extract—Epsom Salts, castor oil and emetics.
Copper, Blue-stone, Verdigris—Whites of eggs, sugar and water, castor oil, gruel.
Zinc—Lime.water, chalk and water, soap and water.
Iron—Magnesia, warm water.
Henbane, Hemlock, Nightshade, Fox¬ glove—Emetic aud castor oil, brandy and water, if necessary.
Poisonous Food—Emetics and castor oil.—Paine's Practice.
Using the FlaiL
When I was a boy, says the Danbury man, I laid the corner-stone of my wealth working fir a fiirmer named Wiggins, in the neighborhood of Oriskany, New York. Ho was engaged drawing buckwheat from the field across the ruad from tlaehirn, one day. For this purpo.5e he employed a yoke of oxen and a heavy sled, lie used the sled because it was low. and easier to load and uaiload. I went with hiin to do this woak. The day before he put me lo work threshing wiih a flail. A fl til ia two sticks united with a piece of leather, and the novice can never tell where the loose stick is going to strike • when he makes the blow. I never saw a flail be¬ fore, but I saw others using them, and I was surprised to see how easily it was done At the first blow the "^oose stick flew around, and nearly carried away one of my ears. At the next, it caught the old gentleman on the back of the head, and drove him over a half-bushel measure, and head long uuder the fanning mill. Tbe hired men immediately threw me down and took the flail away,
'•Owing to .John Robinson's oiretts being in lown, the regular Thursdiy evening pi'iiyer-inoetitig has been postponed." sttid a recent number of the Enlerpri,'c, of Dallas. Texas.
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.An ignorant old lady was asked by a minister visiting her if she had religion. She replied: -'I have slight touches of it occasionally."
Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly.
Richmond claims Gl.OOO inhabitants. Spring robins are announced  in Alleg¬ heny.
Philipsburg aspires to become a summer resort.
Crowo have arrived to await the coming corn.
The Emperor of Russia will visit Eng¬ land next April.
The Chicago Fire Departm^:nt cost 825,000 in January.
A New Hampshire fighting-cock bas been sold for S2,o00.
Old John Harper, of Kentucky, is re¬ covering from his late illness.
The women's temperance movement is under headway in Brooklyn, N. Y.
£32,000 in bullion went into the Bank of England on Saturdyon balance.
Nubar Pasha, the favorite Minister of the Khedive of Egypt, is a Christian.
The New Vork Mad calls the Old South Church the sacred blarney stone.
Chicago orders a quarter of a million tons of ice for her drinks during the heat¬ ed term.
"The Lord's Day Gale" is Edmund C. Stcdman's promised poem for tho April JIthtntir.
The Legislature of South Carolina has extended the time for the p.-iyment of taxes sixty days. '     •
•John T. Longley, sexton ofa Baptist church in Troy, has einbez-zled 82,.300 of the pew rents.
Chicago has embarked in a silk-raising enterprise, locating its experimental colony in Mississippi.
General Irwin McDowel is expected soon to arrive in Augusta, Ga.. on a tour of inspection.
An lowii farmer who has been married seven weeks offers to bet that his wife can whip a panther.
The son, daughter and widow of G. P. R. .Tames, the novelist, are residents of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
.Julius Howe, of South Carolina, who was imprisoned at -Albany for Ku Klux crimes, has been pardoned.
.\. large emigration of colored people from Georgia and other trans-Mississippi States is settling in Arkansas.
The Arkansas rivor has made a cut off by which South Bend is left, and three miles travel for steamers saved.
A Maine servant girl is serving her eighty-second winter under the same roof She ought to live a couple of centuries.
William Dennis, who shot Judge Belt in Stockton about five years ago died in the California Penitentiary on the 22d ult.
A Pennsylvania man went out to get his boots heeled eight years ago, and as he has never returned his wife is becoming tine.a.sy.
There is a question of veracity now be. tween the board of charities and the trus¬ tees of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital.
It is proposed to dispense with the St. Patrick's day's parade in New York this year, and to give the money fir the relief of the poor.
A New Caslle boy named James Hollis fell from a pair of stilts the other dtiy and received injuries from which he died the next morning.
Nearly three and one-fourthmillion bush¬ els of coal go ont on the present rise, from Pittsburgh. More than half of this is for Louisville.
Conductor Wcstfall, of the Ilonesdale Branch, has applied for a patent for an automatic ear.coupler. It is gre.itly prais¬ ed by railroaders.
Grace Greenwood is absent from Wash¬ ington, and sho s.tys her constant fear is that Congress will say .something fine or funny during her absence.
In Mississippi the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Pub¬ lic Education and theSpeakerof the Ilouse of Representative&"aro negroes.
A western paper says ; 'Mark Twain sets up to bo the only true and genuine person who did not write th3 Saxc-Holm stories     All the balauce are frauds."
The total value of the imports to Pitts¬ burgh since the establishmeot of that eity as a post of entry, was f 151,.345, upon which there was paid  a  duty of §57,582.
A Carbondale belle dropped her wire symmetry in crossing a muddy street, and a gallant Irishman hiinded it to her with the remark, ''Madam, hero's your muzzle."
James Has.son convicted in Philadelphia in .Jiinnary, 1871, of rape and sentenced the suocaetling month to 7 years anl 9 months, has been pardoned by the Gover¬ uor.
The Court of Pittsburgh has decided that the new city charter was nnconstitu- tinnal, and issued an order restraining the Council Committee from making appor¬ tionment under it.
An Allegheny man relieves the mono¬ tony of Sunday morning hy burning the soot out ofhis chimney, which has tho ef¬ fect of waking up his neighbors and setting them to moving out their furniture.
The daughter of a man named Brown, of Eric county, diod ou Thursday. When the father found that she was no more he reeled like a drunken man, fell to the floor and in a few minutes was dead.
Rev. D. R. Miller, endowment agent <f the Ottenbein University of the L'nited Brethern church, pleads through the col¬ umns ofthe Religious Telescope, for the en¬ dowment ofa lady's professorship in that institution.
Mr. Milburn, the blind preacher, has been called upon for his popular lecture, on "Aaron Burr," Presideut Grant, Speak¬ er Blaine, Gen. Sherman and members of the Cabinet heading the list of snbscribers lo the iaivitation.
A dispateh from Paris, France, an¬ nounces the death in that city last Satur¬ day night of Dr. Richard II. Rudd,. a prominent physician of Louisville, Ken¬ tucky. Dr. Rudd went 'abroad a month since for the beuefit of bis health.
The oil well recently struck on the Mc- CafTcrty farm, Butler county, and owned by Mr. R. M. Harper and Mr. Cochran, of North AVashington, and Messrs. J. II. and A. C. Henderson, of^ Pittssburgh, is now producing five hundred barrels per day.
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The Universe of God.
Far back in the gloomy past, beyond the reach of human sight, "when the morn¬ ing stars united in harmonious song, and the angels of God shouted for joy around His heavenly throne;'' the universe waa the busy workshop of the Almighty in which weie presented the changes of cre¬ ation and deciiy. The Supreme Author of the universe, high exalted in the heav¬ ens, surveys, with Omnicient eye, the vast structure of the universe of Gud. He calls forth from the abyss of darkness myriads of worlds, and sets them in grand and ceaseless revolutlam throughoutthe regions of immensity. .Suns are brought into ex¬ istence cast their r.ay9 of golden light around them and dispel the darkness from the face of Nature ; then wane aud pass en to their setting place, while eternity, with all ita mysteries and wonders, like the mighty ocean, r.dls onward with un- cea.sing flow. With wliiit powerful force does tlie thought strike the soul as we stand at midnight's dreary hour, and gaze among the shining orbs of Heaven—that thus for unceasing ages Omnipotence has continued to coutrol the armies of the sky and direct the wonderful works of His hands. Wc, of small captieity and limited understanding, in the covetous cases and selfish interests of life, are inclined to le- gard our earth as the last oflFer of hnmiri existence—the only centre of life intelli¬ gence. We conceive of God .as having very limited views even in the creation of the universe and of mau ; wc conceive Him as having bestowed life and intelli¬ gence—the richest boons of Heavenly gift—only upon the insignificant race that inhabits the earth, while all the vastnessof his great dominions reuiains uninhabited and void, where darkness and eternal si¬ lence only reigns and no human voice is heard to break the unutterable silence that there prevails. Yet if we could but break thespell of vision by whichour uiortal sight is bound, might we not then behold the heavenly worlds peopled with countless numbers of intelligent being.s, actively en¬ gaged in the busy scones of life ? How delightful the thought that in those far off worlds perchance, dwell a people who have never yet incurred the wrath of an angry God, but whose years are crowned with happiness and peace untarnished with mis¬ ery and sin.
How overwhelming is the thought that the universe is unbounded in extent! that myriads are joined to myriads, and yet no end is visible; where worlds on worlds arise to the very vestibule of Him who rides upon Ihe circles of eternity, and stretch aw.iy in endless perceptive until the mind is lost in vain endeavors to com¬ prehend the awful majesty of Him who created and governs so vast an empire.
Love.
Love !—the master passion of life I the grand, the beautiful tlream whose echo- tone follows us as hiddeu musie doitrn tho journey of life, whose memory is a never- forgotten poem, filled with the rarest and sweetest perfumes ofthe heart's past; ti faded flower whose freshness and morning dew have vanished, but whose odors still remain, reminding the lonely ofthe beau¬ ties that were ; ofthe song that never dies; ofthe youth that cannot grow old ; of th« days of hope, when the slumbering ."Oul was first awakened to dreams and aspira¬ tions that can never fade aw.iy, and filled the world with beauties it knew not before.
Oh ! sweet to me still was the tone that was gentlest and dearest to me in that far off past, though I wander away from the scenes where I first learned to interpret its mystic power. Sweet is the memory awak¬ ened as I recall the glorious visions that appeared before my youthful eyas. In the grand sublimity of my ideal world I live them over again, and each hope-flower blooms with the freshness of that happy spring time. No withering buds, uo blighted flowers greet me then, when bnght-winged fairies wave me their magie wands, gild the past with golden lisht.— No sickening sense of loneliness or broken plight steals over mc when I go back lo that happy dream ef love. 'The real i.-* forgotten as I listeu to the musical mur¬ murs that surge up from the long ago.— I catch no more the wails of a heart cru.»h- ed and bleeding; this memory alone re¬ mains to me—the undying essence of a sad, sweet dream.
Oh deeply I ilrank fr»m the cbalico of lore
But it held no poison for me, 'Twas pnre as the snow-flike that falls from uture,
And as holy as holy could be.
Then why should I sigh that my lovo waa crossed ?
Mayhap I am happier so; F9r I'now hold that can never be lost—
The cherished dreams of long ago I
Disowning Christ.
Be not ashamed of Christ. Disown him never. Whatever dangers or troubles threaten, "stand up for Jestts I" It was Peter's sin to deny Christ for fear ofthe Jews. It is many a man's temptation to disown Christ in a throng of fashion, or in the press of secular vacation. But let it be remembered that the truths of Christ, the name of Christ, the ordinances of Christ, the Sabbaths of Christ, are an honor to his people. Everything whieh associates with Christian service is honorable and ele¬ vating. The apostles were not ashamed of Christ, though they were persecuted for his sake. They owned him Ijccause they loved him ; they preached him; the Pjl- lowed him ; they sufl"ered for him. .And men by multitudes were s.aved by their in¬ strumentality. Let Pagans be ashamed ot their timber gods; let Turks be ashamed of their Mahomet; let Normons be ashamed of their brass ; but not let Christains bo ashamed of Christ, or of any of his trutlif, or of tiny of his requirements—Recorder.
Little Things.
From the highest point of view—that is from God's point of view—to him, noth¬ ing is great, nothing small, as we measure it. The worth and the quality of action depend not on iis prominence, or on any other accidents which we are always apt to adopt aa tbe tests of the greatness of our deeds. The largeness Of the conse¬ quences of anything we do is no measure ofthe true greatness or true value of it. So it Is in regard to God himself and his doings. To him, for his loftiness, there is nothing high ; to him, for his gentle¬ ness, there is nothing low. He .as gladly stands by the sick bed. and binds up the broken-hearted, as ho 'tellelh the number of stars."
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