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Poetry. AFTER THE ATTACK. Theerash of battle hu diM away. Tbe hUek-mouthed cannon are Swat, j "Agatthethwaatoawwr - Wlitd end waited and thought the bray Of the trampet would mw coma, earaei and wned, and the deadly Hot ) , . -'Wooes not the calm of erasing quiet. 1 u bravely carried, aa bravely held. That RM vtuM th H.tt -v mhttA . Sid job mark, mid the cannon's roe) bow bay jmuma When oar Brat wild rash waa taH and repelled. At we dipped in oar comrade's blood whom the fallen showed, like waifs of tba sea. How near we had surged to Tictorj ?J K? Z aooe- WhUe their ebouts etUl rang W7 w creator name ana emote, with a niiehty sweep Bnawed we sprang. We spwrred their shout with our trumpet's dans Their fir with Immm m... . Wcoauf-ht like au e :ho their vaontfnj; cry As they flinched from the charce dtanairirja I they fl Inched from the charge despairingly J We shouted then, and our oomradee cheer Aa we marched war-weary and worn; The busies ring out triumphant and clear As our banners pa, and we cannot bear. Mid the clamor of Toioe and born. The moans and cries of out brsrett and best ' Who lie, thick-clustered, about tba crest, To-day for triumph, to-morrow for woe; When the roll eaU tells its story, -We an all solas the sound of voices we know, . And the ghastly saps in our raoka will ahow The prios we pay for glory; f- And the joy that we feelatouroomntryB rrnin Will bedashed lu tha preeeaoe of so mrade's alala AFTER THE ATTACK. Selected Miscellany. THE BUSHEL OF CORN. THE BUSHEL OF CORN. BY Y. S. ARTHUR, Farmer Gray had a neighbor who ws not the best tempered man -in the world, though mainly kind and obliging. He was a shoemaker. His came was Barton, One day in harvest time, whr-a every hand on the farm was busy as a bee. this man came over to farm or txray and said, in rather petulant tone of voice . . "Mr. Gray. I wish yon would send over ana curve your geese home. . Tin . . -vrny so, Jir. jjirton, wbat have my geese oeen aoingr me larmer aalj, in num. quiet tone. . - , . They get into my. garden, and I will not have it. "I am very eorry for it, ne lghbor Barton, out wnat ean i ao. "Why. yoke them, and thus keep them on your own premises. It's no kind of a way to let your geese run all over every farm and garden in the neighborhood." "But I cannot see to it now. It is har vest time, fnend Barton, and every man, woman and child on the farm has as much as he or she can do. Try and bear it for Week or so, and then I will see if I ean possibly remedy the evil. "I can't bear it, and I won't bear it any long err the shoemaker said. "So if you uo nut aus care - 01 mem. men a uray, hall have to take care of them for you." "Well neighbor Barton, yon can do yon please, farmer Gray replied in his usual quiet tone, "l am sorry that they trouble you, but I cannot attend to them now. i "III attend to tbem for yon. see if don't" the shoemaker said, still more nno. rily than when he first called upon fanner Gray. "What upon exrth cut be the matter with the geeee?" Airs. Gray said, about fit teen minutes afterwards. "I really cannot tell, unless neighbor Barton is taking care of them. He threat ened to do so if I didn't yoke them right "Taking care of them! How taking care ui toemr "As to that I am quite in the dark. Eal ing them perhaps. He said that if I didn't take care of them he would. So I suppose us is engaged in tne neiguoorly business 01 taxing care ot onr geese. "John! William! Bun over see what Mr. Barton is doing with m? eeese." lira. Gray said, in a quick and anxious tone to two iitue ooys who were plating near. The urchins scampered ofT, well pleased to perform any errand. . "Oh, if he has dered to do anything to my geese, I will never forgive him!" the good wife said, angrily. "fl u-s-h. Sallv! make no rash srjencrii It is more than probable that he has killed two or three of them. But never mind if he has. He will get over his pet, and be -worry lor lu "lea, but what good will his being sor ry do me? Will it bring my geese to life?" "Ah, well, Saily, never mind. Let us wait until we learn what all this disturb ance is about In about ten minutes the children came home, bearing the bodies of three geese, eacn witnout a neaa. "Oh, isn't that too much for human en durance," said Mr. Gray. . . "We fouad them lying out in the road," said the oldest of the two two children. "And when we picked them up, Mr. Bar' ton said "tell your father that I have yoked his geese for him, to save him trou ble, as his hands are ail teo bnsv to do it.' Td sue him for it!" said Mrs. Gray, in am wuignan tone. "And what good would that do?" "Why it would do a great; deal of good It would teach him better manners. It would punish him, "And punish us into the bargain. We have lost tnree geese now, but -we still have their good fat bodies to eat- A law suit would cost us a good many geese, and not leave us. ever, so much as the feathers, besides giving us a world of trouble arid vexation. No no, Sally, just let it rest, and he will be sorry for it, I know." "Sorry for it, indeed! And what good will his being sorry for it do us, I should like to know. Next he will kill a cow, and then we most be satisfied with his being sorry tor it! Now I can tell yon that I don't believe in that doctrine. Uor do I believe any thing about his being sorry, the crab-bed, ill-natured wretch? '-Don t call hard names, Sally," farmer Gray said, in mild, soothing tone. "Neighbor Barton was not himself when he killed the geese. Like every other angry person, tie was just a little insane, and did what he would not have done had he been perfectly in his right mind. When you are a little exoited, yon know, Sally, that even you do and say unreasonable "Me! do and and f- -say unreasonable things!" exclaimed airs. Gray, with a look and tone of indignant astonishment, "ine my and do unreasonable things when lam angry? I don't understand you, Mr. Gray." . "Maybe I ean help you a little. Don't yon remember the churn?" "Yes, but never mind about it." '. To you nave not forgotten how unrea sonable you were about the churn. It wasn't good for anything you knew it wasn't; and you'd never pu a jar of cream into it aa long as .you lived tuat you wouldn't. . And yet, on trial, you found that ehura the best you had ever used, and now you wouldn't part with it on any con sideration. So you see, Sally, that wren you ean say and do unreasonable thing, when you are angry, just as well as Mr. Barton." . - Mrs. Gray saw thai h-r husband was right, bat still she felt indipcant at the out rage committed on her geei-e. So sue took her three fat geese, and after stripping ofl their leathers, had them prepared for the table. On the next morning, as Mr. Gray wac going a ;ong the road, he met the shoemak er, and as they had to pads very near to each otner, the farmer smiled, and bowed, and spoke kindly. Mr, Barton looked and felt very uneasy, but farmer Gray did not seem to remember the unpleasant incident of the day before. - It was about eleven o'clock of the same day, that one of farrier Gray's little boys came running to him. and erring "Oh father! father! Mr. Barton's hogs axe in our corn field.? ..... "Then I must go and drive them out," said Mr. Gray, in a quiet tone. "Drive tbem out!" ejaculated Mrs. Gray. "Drivo 'em out indeed! I'd shoot them, thai' what I'e dol I'd serve him as he ser ved my geese yesterday!" "Bat that wouldn't bring the geese to life again, Sally.". ... . "I don't oc-ti if it wouldn't. It would be payiDg Lim in his own coin, and that's all be deserves " . "You know what the Bible says, Sally about grievous words, and they apply with stronger force to grievous actions. Ko no I will return neighbor Barton good for evil. That is' the best way. He has dons wrong, and I am sure be is sorry for it. And a I wish him still to remain sorry for ao 'nnliiiid and tmneighborly an action, I intend making use of the best means for keeping him narry." Then you will be revenged on turn, my ow?" "No t a !y not revenged. . I am not an witii neighbor Barton, but while I am of at of to of ed to to -i M . - ' 1 .... - no VOL V.-NO. 1L M'CONNELSVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, nn WE. 1870. WHOLE NO. 219. talking here, ' his hogs axe destroying my corn." ...... . . . . . , . s And so saying, former Gry hurried -off towards his corn field. When he arrived there, he found four 1&T9 h"go tearing down the stalks, and pulling off and eat. iugUie ripe ear of corn. They had already destroyed a good deal. But he drove them out very calmly, and put up the' barn through which they bad entered and then commenced gathering ua : the -half tateu ears of corn, and throwing tliem ont in tha lane, for the hogs that had been so suddec y disturbed , in the process of getting a noeral meat. . As be was thus escaeedMr. Barton, who had from his own bouse, seen the burner turn the hogs out oi hi eom field, came nurriedly tip, and said, - "! am very sorry, Mr. Gray, ind' ed 1 am, that my hogs have done this! I will most cheerf ully pay you for wbat they have destroyed. .- i vn, never anno, friend Barton never mind. Suuh thincs will hannen occairtnn. ally. My geese, ou know, annoy you very murn coeneumes. : Don't speak of it, -Mr. -Grar. Tev didn't annoy me hall so much aa I im agined they did. But how much corn do you think my hogs have destroyed?. One bushel, or two buahelis? Or how much? Let it be ebtia&'.ed, and I will pay you most oneenuiiy. . "No, no Not for the world, friend Bar ton. Such things will happen sometimes And, besides, some of my men must have left the bars down or your hogs never oould have got in. So don t think any more about it. It would be dreadful if one neighbor could not bear a little with an other. AU this cut poor Mr. Barton to the heart His own ill natured lacgnageand conduct. at a much smaller trespass on his rights, presented itself to his mind, and deeply mortified him. After few moments si lence, he said. "The fact is, Mr. Gray: I shall feel bet ter if you will let me pay for this corn. My hogs should not be fattened at von ex pense, I will not oonsent to its being done. So I shall insist on pavins ou for at least one bushel of com, for I am sure they have destroyed mat macn, u not more. But Mr. Gray shook his head and smiled pleasantly, as he replied uou t trunk any thing more about it neighbor Barton. It is a matter deservios of no consideration. - No doubt my cattle have often trespassed on you, and will tres pass on you again. Let ua then bear and forbear." All this cut the shoemaker still deeper. and he felt still less at ease in mind biter he parted from the farmer, than he did before. "You told him tout mind very nlainlv. I hope," said Mrs. Gray, as her husband returned. "I certainly did," was his reply. "I'm glad you did! I hope he will thick twice before he kills any mors ot my geese. 'I expect you are right. Sallv. I don't think we shall be troubled again," "And what did you say to him!" And what did he say for himseli?" Why he wanted very much to oav me for the corn his pigs had eaten; but I wouldn't hear to it. I told Lim that it made no difference in the world. That such accidents would happen sometimes. "Tou did?" "Certainly, I did."' "And that's the way you eooke vonr niina to nimr Precisely. And it had the desired ef fect. It made htm feel ten times worse than if I had spoken angrily to him." ell, perbaps you are richt." Mrs. Grav said, after a few moments of thoughtful si lence, "l lilte Airs. Barton very much and now I come to think of it, I should not wuh to have any difference between our families." 'And so do I like Mr. Barton.' He has read the Chautauqua Farmer a good deal and derived instruction from its entertain ing columns, and I find it very pleasant to sit with him, occasionally, daring the long winter evenings, nis cmy fault is his quick temper but it is much better tor us to bear with, and soothe that, than to op pose and excite it, and thus beep both his family and our own in hot water." xou are certainly right," Mrs. Gray said, "and I only wish that I could always tuink and feel as you do. But i am a lit tle quick, as they ray." And so is Mr. Barton. Now just the same consideration that you would desire others to have for you, should you exercise towards Mr. Barton, or any one else whose hasty temper leads him unto words or ac tions tnat in calmer and more thoughtful moments, are subjects of regret," - . uo toe next day, while Air. Gray stood i his door from which, he could see ail over the two or three acres of ground that ' or I tne shoemaker cultivated, he observed two his own cows in his neighbor's corn field, browsing away in quite oontented manner. As he was going to call one of the farm hands to go over and drive them out he perceived that Mr. Barton had be come acquainted with the mischief that was going on, and had already started for the field of oom. How we w ill see the effect of yesterday's lesson," the fanner said to himself, and then paused to observe the manner of the shoemaker towards his cattle in driving them out of the field. In a few minutes Mr. Barton came up to the cows hut, in stead of throwing stones at them, or strik ing them with a stick, he merely drove them out in quiet way, and put np-the bars through which they had entered.. "Admirable! ejaculated Mr. Gray. "What is admirble?" asked his wile who came within hearing distance at that mo ment. "Why the lesson I gave our friend Barton yesterday works admirably." now aor "Why two of our cows were in his corn field a few minutes ago deatrovine the corn a rapid rate." "Well! What did he do to them?" in a quick, anxious tone. "He drove them out." "Did he stone them, or beat them?" "Oh. no. He was as eentle as a child to ward them." "You are certainly jestiDg." t "NotL Friend Barton has not forest- ten that his pigs were in my cornfield yes terday, and that I turned tbem oat with out hurting a hair of one of them. Now, suppose I had got angry and beaten his logs, wnat ao you tftinx the result would have been? Why; it is as much more prob able that one or both of our fine cows would have been at this moment in the condition Mr. Meilon'a old brindle." "I wish you wouldn't sut anv IhlWo nn about old brindle," Mr Or.17 said, trying laugh, while her fae srrsw red. in Klilrn her efforts to keep dovn her feelintfs. "Well. I won t Sallv. if it worries won But it is such a good ilia" ration, that I cannot help using it sometimes." "I am glad he didn't hurt the cows,1' Mrs. Gray said, after a pause, "And so am I, Sally. Glad on more than one account It shows that he has made an effort to keep dewn his hasty, jr-ritable- temper and it he can do that, it will baa favor conferred on the whoU neighborhood. f?r almost every one com- plains, at times, of this fault in his char- aoter. "It is certainly the best policy, to keen fair weather with him" Mrs. Grav remark "a man of his temper could annoy us " t hat wora policy, bally, is not a stood woid," her husband replied. It conveys thoroughly selfish idea. Now, we oueht look for some higher motive of action thiLt. mere policy motives grounded in correct and unselfish principles." ' - nut what other motive could we pos sibly have for -putting up with Barton's outrageous eondnct?" - Other and lar higher motives, it seems me. We Khonld reflect that Mr. Barton uaMirally a hasty temper, and that. w-u T'Mted. he does thinon for whir-h ha sorry alter wards and that, in nine cases out of ten, he is a greater sufferer from these outbreaks than any one else. In our aotions towr.rds him, than, it is a much higher and better nwHive for us to be gov erned by a tie are to aid mm in tne eorree tion of this evil, than to look merely to the protection of ourselves from its effects. Do you think soT . ... . . "' '.'., "Yes. . It does seem so," "When thus tnored to action, we are, in a degree, regarding the wboe neighbor hotd. for the evil of which we speak affects au. and, in thus suaanng ourteives 10 oe governed by such elevated and unselfish motives, we gain all that we possibly could have gained under the mere instigation of policy ana a great aeai mora, rjut to onng tie -matter into still narrower compass. In-alf our actions towards him and every one else, we should be governed by the simple consideration Is it right? If a spirit of retaliation be not right -then it cannot be indulged without a mutual in. larv Qf course, then, it should never prompt nMo action, or if cows or hogs get into my fielnr. garden, and destroy my property wbi8'o blame most? Of course, myself, t afcnldrWe kept my fencAin better repair, -or nlf ge cJoaedraeThe animals, certainly -are not to blame,' for they follow only the promptings of nature and their owners should not be censured, for they know nothing about it It would then be very wrong for me te injure both the animals and their owneis for my own neglect would it not? "Yes, I suppose it would. "So at least it seems to me. Then of course, I ought not to injure neighbor Bar. ton's oows or hogs, even if they do break into my cornfield or garden, simply be cause it would be wrong to do so. This is the principle upon walch we should act, and not from any selfish policy-". After this there was no more trouble about farmer Gray's geese or cattle. Some- tunes the geese would get among Barton s hogs, and annoy them while eating, but it did not worry him as it did formerly. If they became too troublesome, he would drive them away, but not bv throwing stir 1 , and stones at them as he once did. L . d in the fall, the shoemaker brought in his biil lor work. It was a pretty large Dili, who sundry credits. "Pay day has come at last," Mr. Gray said, good bumoredly, as the shoemaker presents) bis account "WelL let us see!" sod be b'ok the bill to examine It, Item si W i em. "What is this?" he asked, reading aloud a credit for one bushel of corn. "It's some corn I had from you. 'I reckon you must be mistaken. You never got any corn from me." "Oh yea I did. I remember it perfect ly. It's all right" "Bnt when did you get it, friend Bar ton? Iam sure that I haven't the most distant recollection of it" "My hogs got it," tne shoemaker id, in rather a low and hesitating tone. "Your bogsT" "Yes. Don't you remember when my hogs broke into your field, and destroyed your corn?" Oh, dear! Is that it? Oh, no. no, friend Barton! I cannot allow that item in thebilL". "Yes but you must It is perfectly just : and 1 shall never rest until it is paid. "I caVt indeed. You couldn't help your uogs getting into my Held; ana then you know, friend Barton" (lowering his tone:) My geese were very troublesome! The shoemaker blushed and looked eon fused; but farmer Gray slapped him fami liarly on tne snouiaer, and said In a lively, cheerful way - ....... - "Don't think anything more about it, friend Barton? And. hereafter let us en deavor to do as toe would be done by, and then every thing will go as smooth aa clock work." "Bnt you will allow that item in the bill?" the shoemaker nrged perseveringly. "Oh no, Ieculdn'tdo that I should think it wrorjff to make too oav formv own some of my men's neglienoe in leaving down tne Dars. -"But then," (hesitatingly) those geese. killed three. Let it ga for th m." "If you did kill tbem we ate them. So that is even. No no, let the past be for gotten, and if it makes better iriends and neighbors of us, we need never regret what has happened." f armer Gray remained firm, and the bill was settled, omitting the item of "corn," From that time forth, he never had a bet ter neighbor than the shoemaker. The cows and hogs and geese of both would 00 asionally trespass but the trespassers were always kindly removed. The lesson was not lost on either of them, for even farmer Gray ufed to feel, sometimes, a little an noyed when his neighbor's cattle broke into his fields. But in teaching the shoe maker a lesson, he had taken a little of it himelt . The Unlucky Loser and Fortunate Finder. 1 Who can say, after reading this little story, that truth is not nearly as strange ncuou r A young man, a mechanic bv trade, passed the evening in Brooklyn about six weeks ago, and was returning to New York era the ferry-boat about twelve o'clock. Ninety-nine out of every one hundred persons rush directly through a boat to ths end nearest their destination, but that young man remained on the alter part until it touched the dock, when he passed through the ladies' sittine room. and observed on a seal a lady's satchel and umbrella. ,very one was hastening off the boat; there were but three or four ladies in the whole party, so the vounz man seized the satchel and umbrella and hur ried after the receding passengers. Hold ing both article : alolt, he hurriedly ques tioned several people. To none of them belonged the pioperty he had token pos session. After walking about the ferry-house some time, he took the captured articles home. Of course he expected that they would be speedily advertised, for the satchel, which was locked, and the um brella were well worth some reward. But day alter day passed no advertisement appeared and he procured a key and opened the little bag, which contained Si.Ot'O in Government bonds (unregis tered), a portmonnaie holding $100 iu cur rency, a splendid gold watch and chain, a broken ring, a gold thimble, a locket con taining an elderly man's portrait, a slip of pper, and in a female hand written these words: "I have waited and waited; you do not come, and I have ceased to hope. E. P." Upon a marginal piece of some f oreign newspaper was the name of a hotel in New York that does not exist The young mm consulted police head- ! quarters, and he went daily to the morgue lor some female to come ashore, but now nearly two uioctbs have gone by and no trace of the owner has been found. It is 1 only by one of three suppositions this mys-! terious satchel can be accounted for. Either murder; suicide or sudden insanity has overtaken the unfortunate owner.. In the meantime the custodian of the unex pected fortune is half out of his wits with the embarrassment that besets his post, tion. '. . Th Louvxx. The fears now so preva lent that the bombardment of Paris will destroy ths nrt treasures in that city, it is stated, -will be dispelled when it is known that the palace of the Louvre is situated about three miles from the enciente or en circling wall. It is further mentioned thri the detached forts are from 1,600 to 6,000 yards beyond the walls, and tnat the Ger man army lies from one to three miles be yond the forts. It is believed that the works of art will not suffer except in case slreet fighting should commence, when in jury might be done by rockets or hand grenades. It is mentioned as a curious circnmstanoe in the history of art, that pietnrc have suffered little by sieges in modern times. The accidental fire in which Titian's "Peter the Martyr" per ished, has, it is alleged, done more injury to the ait of painting than all the war oi this century. is it It ly is. at THE HURRICANE IN CUBA. Effects of the Two Storms Summed Up. of the New York World. Communications are re-established with all the districts of the Yoelta Abajo save that of Pinar del Rio. and in consequence. I have voluminous particulars of the de struction canned by the storm oi the 19th and 20th. These particulars fortunately show that the extreme- western diotriots of the island have not enffj red as much as was feared at the time I penned my last their known losses being a repetition of those ;of the districts of Ban Chris tobal, Guanajay, and San Antonio, report ed to you on Saturday.and consisting witn in the totfn and villages of houses blown down or unroofed, and within the country portions of damaged buildings, destroyed sugar-milla, cabins, ana nuts, osown-aown trees, washed away bridges, and prostrated cane, banana and tobaeo fields. - The little flshinff hamlet of Guanima, situated on the south coast, some thirty or more miles west of BAt&bano. was the spot worst sconrrad. for it was almost literally jwept out of existence of the invading waters of the pay, not more tnan tnree houses beinir left standing when the ten receded. ' Seventeen of the Inhabit ants, mostly women and children, ers drowned, the balance, some 200 souls, find' ing a refuge on the hills back of the ham let These seventeen drowned persons. added to those reported from other places as lost make the destruction of life by the last storm embrace forty-three persons a large list but small when compared to the list of victims tor toe storm on tne nn ana 8th. In pecuniary losses to the island, immediate and remote, the disproportion is unfortunately not so great the pecuniary losses from the last storm being suu ean mated in the neighborhood of five million dollars. A much decreased produc tion of the celebrated Yuelta Abaio tobacco being counted in to make up the figures, your American smok era of choice brands may well reckon upon soon paying an increased price for their clears, witn two sucu a read mi scourg ings of wind and water within so short a period of time, the people of Cuba may well remember October of this year as a fatal month, particularly if one bears in mind that to the great losses of lives and properties resulting from the fury of the two storms must be added the sad ravages of the cholera, yellow fever and smau-pox, and those of the war. But lucky, after all- may there not be two other plagues, hith erto unknown to this flourishing land. be also superadded misery and starw- tion. The effects of the last storm, from all the reports at hand, were more severely felt north of this place than west; and. therefore, a long list of twenty-three ves sels steamers, ships, barks, brigs, and schooners wrecked upon the Florida reefs is not to be wondered at Eleven of the vessels are American ones, and more than one half are likely to prove total loss es aa to both vessels and cargo. As the agent of the Associated Press in Key West has sent the list to your city, as well as to this place, I omit sending it The captain and crew of one of the vessels to ally lost the Spanish bark Thomas de Boss, from New Orleans for Terragona, Spain, with staves has arrived here, and will be sent to their homes by the government on the 30th. Oi the fifteen vessels reported in my last as ashore on the south east a few miles east and west of Batabano, seven are yet ashore, including the Delamater gun boat Alarms, and the coasting steamer Espana. Ail of these weu viwaglB, Iiuim ever, are likely to be gotten off in a few days, with slight injuries received,, the on ly possible exception being a Hondurian schooner from Trajillo, and of whose safety no great hopes are entertained. General Burriel, Governor of Matanxas, has published two proclamations, giving thanks to tnose who assisted the people of his city during their trying ordeal on the 7th and 8th, and proposing several persons who particularly distinguised themselves in saving lives to General Bodas and Be gent Serrano for "recompenses and dis tinction that may serve as memorials of their good deeds and point them out as benefactors of afflicted humanity. Gen. Bodas has added his thanks to those of Governor Burriel, and heartily indorsed the proposals for recompenses, so that it s about certain Begent Serrano will grant what is asked. It may well be a matter of pride to your readers to know that three the gentlemen proposed for honorable rewards are feilow-counirymen. Explosion at the Powder Mill. From the Platville Witness. On Monday night last, at quarter past ten, a thundering report as heard and the intelligence at once spread that an explo sion bad taken plsoe at the powder mills. These mills are situated about a mile west our village and are owned by the Laflin Bend Powder Company. We went out on Tuesday morning and gathered these tacts: The building in which the explosion took place is called the cylinder mill and used to mix the ingredients before pressing them. It is usually started in the evening and left running all night without any attendant Materials for about 200 kegs of powder were in the cylinders at the time of the explosion. Of the size and shape of the building we were enable to gather any information from anything that was left in the place where it had previous ly stood. With the exception of the lower half of the water wheel and a portion of the flume, not a vestige of the building or machinery was left The charred frag ments were thrown in every direction. In the cylinders, with the ingredients were two or three hundred pounds of cop per balls about three fourths of an inch in diameter, and many of these were found a quarter of a mile away. This mill was somewhat isolated and but little damage was done to any of the surrounding build ings. Some of the weather boarding was knocked off a building about a hundred yards away, and a number of panes from the windows of (he different shops sur rounding, but the destruction in this direc tion was not half as great as we expected to and. in one ot tne work-snops a clock was hanging against the side of the build ing secured by an iron strip. The explo sion caused it to tilt forward and stopped just at the time the explosion took place ' quarter pa t ten. Some of the glass was broken in the windows of Mr. Jacob Kra mer's bouse on the hill east of the mill. is not known what caused the explosion, j but it is supposed that there was some de fect in the machinery, and that the fire was generated by friction. The loss is be tween $4,000 and $5,000. The works have been running the dast three months with out any foreman. Tbk Cans of Pakis The grand restau rants at Paris no longer display those at tractive bills of fare for which they are celebrated the world over. As far aa Franca is concerned, the supplies are total cut on, ana btrasbourg can not rend her savory paltt de foie rro, Perigord ean not transmit truffles, Fentainebleau frogs, nor Burgundy snails. The delicacies of foreign countries axe also embargoed, and Bosnia has stopped sending its - wood cocks, hazel-hens and partridges; Italy Its kids, laiks and pheasants; England grouse and mackerel; Norway its salmon and snipes; Germany its hares and hams; Spain its quails and olives ; Belgium its oys ters r.nd pigeons; and Holland its turbo ts and herrings. In times before the war the great absorbing question in Paris was, "on what shall we dine?" but now the question "Shall one dine at all?" And a corre spondent says that as the early bird obtains tne worm, so it is the early diner at the restauraut alone who can secure the beef steak with mushrooms. Mb. Gakdhkb Bbjcwxk. of Boston, had three valuable horses killed by lightning his villa in Newport Thursday. His coachman was also slightly injured. The norses wore in tne neia, and 1' is supposed that one of them fell upon the man while be was attempting to catch them. all few to and and of of we us," to and the The five the the the of the the the the the an to A Simple Weather Glass. This little Instrument, says the Journal ot Chemistry, U prepared in the following wav:" Take a etaes about ten inches in length, and one ra.-h in diameter, fill it up with the; following . liquid: Two parts camphor one part nitrate of potash, and cne part sal ammonia, and dissolve in spirits of wine, add water until you have partially precipitated the camphor. , The extremity of tha tube can-, be left open or hermetically sealed. The gLiss tube thus prepared is then fixed in a horizontal po sition against tne wail or a ooara. - The changes in the weather are thus indicated:- - - ! - -, I. If the weather it to be fine, the com position of the substance will remain en tirely at the bottom of the tube, and the above liquid will be perfectly clear and transparent' ' 1 Before the weather- changes to be come rainy, the peroipilate will rise by de grees, and small crystalizations similar la shape to stars, wHl be seen to mors about the liquid.- - : . - 8. When the storm is imminent, the precipitate will nearly rise to the top of the tnbe. assuming the shape of a leaf, or an assemblage of crystals; tho liquid will appear to be in a state of effervescence. This change very often takes place twen-ty-fonr hours before the change in the weatbef. a. The side from which the wind will blow in a squall will be also indicated by the pat tides of the substance Boating in the liquid and assuming the shape of long hairy needles. 6. lu tee Bummer time, the weather, be ing warm and dry, the crjsUlizitun will have a tendency to remain lower in the tube, and the liquid will also be more trans parent The amount of orystalized particles which will be seen floating in the liquid will be a sure sign or indication of fine or bad weather; will depend entirely upon the suddenness of the change in the weather which is to take place, acting in the most energetic way on the composition above described. The value of this simple instrument to forewarn of an impending eiorm, and also I W IUUJH1Q UieWUUUUMWDUl HU, wnuuoi, will be readily appreciated by those whese occupations are affected in the change of tne weather. Projectiles Thrown into Strasbourg. From the North German Correspondent. During the regular siege of Strasbourg, eight different kinds ef artillery were em ployed bihe Prussians, and four by the Baden troops; 241 guns in all were used. They belonged to the following classes: 40 were leng-rified twenty-four pounders: 12 short-rifled twenty-four pounders; 64 rifled twelve-pounders; 20 rifle six-pounders; 2 rifle twenty-one centimetre mortars; 19 fifty-pound, 20 twenty-five pound, and 30 seven-pound smoo the-bore mortars. Be sides these the Baden troops employed for the purpose of bombarding tie citadel, 16 nne twenty-four pounders, 18 nfle twerve pounders, 8 sixty-pound mortars, and 4 twenty-five pound mortars. During the bombardment the above- mentioned 241 guns cast 193,722 balls. shells, and projectiles of various kinds in to the fortresH. Of these 162,600 were fired by the 197 Prussian, and 31,122 by the 44 Baden guns. lbe following list shows bow the guns were employed: 148,000 grenades were nred by the Ion rifled twenty-four pounders, 45,009 gren ades by the rifled twelve-pounders, 8,000 grenades by the rifled six-pounders, 6,000 .hrafiemi o halls ay-th stood t wanly fnn pounders, ' 11,000 shrapnel Bhells by the rifled twelve-pounders, 3.000 long gren ades by the fifteen-centimetre cannon, 600 long grenade shells by the twenty-one-centimetre mortars, 15,000 fifty-pound bombs, 20,000 twenty-five-pound bombs. 23,000 seven-pound bombs by the smooth mortars. The number of projectiles cast was. therefore, as we have said, 193,722 in all; as the regular attack lasted thirtr-one days, it follows that on an average 6,249 were thrown every day, 269 every hour, and from 4 to 5 every minute. Adventures of some Uhlans At Fontainleblean. leblean. Let me teO you the story of the adven tures of some Uhlans at Fontainebleau re cently, just before the fighting took place near there. A fellow voyageur, just from Tours, and who was in Orleans when the Prussians came so near there, told me this, with all the French flavor possible. About four days ago the Mayor of Fontainebleau gathered the City Council around him, and they were passing war measures vig orously when there was a clatter in the court-yard, and in rode forty Uhlans lances in rest and pistols cocked and half drawn from the holster. One leap from his horse and entered the council-room. "The keys of the city," said he iu French. The Mayor was not at Irightened and replied: "We have no keys Fontainebleau is an open town !" "Well, then, let us know where we can lodge and prepare at once the necessary rations for a corps of 30,000 men only a hours behind." "AU right," said the Mayor, and at the same time mads a t-fgn the council; "let us conduct ces Mes sirurt to the chateau, since we most, and there, gentlemen, you will find stabling secure lodging." irjThe Uhlans rushed to the chateau, the beautiful chateau which Charles Seventh Francis First so magnificently decor ated, and which is associated with some the most startling events in French his tory. While they were feeding their hors es the Mayor ordered the gates closed, and lookiag in, said anietlyr "Messieurs les Uhlans, you are my pris oners. Try and make yourselves at home." Their rage knew no bounds, and some them proposed to cut their way out None would surrender. "Well," said the mayor, "as tor your horses poor beasts, shall not forbid them to eat but you shall not see a morsel until you surren der." Our troops will soon be here to arenge cried the captain. "Tiri bin!" an swered the plucky little Mayor. "We may surrender to tnirty tnousand men, but not forty cavaliers." In two hours the Uhlans surrendered, and were then ftd at once sent to a secure place within rrecca lines. Utile fights were im ported next day all around, even on the edge of Fontainebleau woods; but no thirty thowmd men have yet reached the town. Uhlans miscalculated once. Fontaine bleau, therefore, considers itself eight times braver than Nancy, which was occupied by lancers. , - A CuBioDs Contest. On Monday, while StipLin Hickenmeyer, of Lyden, was hunt ing, he came across two bocks, with locked horns, engaged in a vigorous combat He hastily fired, the ball striking one of tbe deer in the neck. Bemg very much ex cited, Mr. H. did not wait to reload his gun, but ran up to pull the animals apart, wounded one having dropped on its knees. But the infuriated buck knocked him over in a trice, and sprang on to his breast with ita fore feet . Catching hold of lowered horns, he was jerked up again. This was all done in an instant, and just then the other buck rushed up to renew contest. Instead of taking advantage this to re-load, the excited hunter struck wounded deer with his clubbed gun, without any other effect than to break off stock. But a well-directed blow with barrel knocked tbe animal down, and other ran off. - Mr. H. succeeded in dispatching the prostrate buck, and brought carcass to town, as well as the gun barrel, the Ifctter being in a decidedly di lapidated condition. ,SL Cloud Journal. F. H. McCldbe & Co., Bankers, having office in the Jbmigrant Dent. Mil waukee, during the past summer, paid out emigrants arriving at that port, over one hundred thousand dollars in' exchange for specie and drafts. 24 as in is CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Miscellaneous Items. , Philadelphia gambles. - Ths Davenports are in Richmond. Vir ginia. - Ths Yale navy owns 23 boats. - How many knots tie? . an hour can a person Tnt university of Virginia has over 450 students. Tea Union bridge depot at Atlanta is nearly finished. '' A sxiTtsa rink has been commenced in Memphis, Teun. 'How are your chills?" is the ordinary salutation in Macon, Ga. A waxes works company has been or ganised in Denver. - ' Ovza 10,000 people at the Atlanta fair on Thursday. .... . Tax original number r-f cannon on the forts around Paris was 1226. A steam road engine wHl be exhibited at the Virginia State Fair, D altos, Georgia, is strutting over a sweet potato which is a seven-pounder. SixTT-one per cent of the people of Mis sissippi can neither read nor write. Ths fruit crop of Orange county, N. C, is estimated to be worth 1100.000. Or the 502 Congregational churches in Massachusetts, only 294 have settled pas tors. The model switchman thinks that train ing the mind is needful in minding the train. St. Louis, Mo., is going to have a park of z.uuo acres, six miles away from the Mis sissippi. Tbzbe are 220 convicts in the N. C pen- tentiary. Is many orchards in Monroe county. New lork, the winter fruit still remains on tne PoBTSnorrrH, Vs., is in a bad way finan cially, and her police nave not been paid on lor tnree months. The "one flesh" that an Indiana couple were recently made weighed 1,000 pounds avoirdupois. Amottut of butter ahipped from St Al bans. Vt., on Tuesday last, was 1,007 tubs and Ava boxes of obeese. Ths German ladies' bazaar in New York has been very successful, and some S60, 000 bave been raised. Thebz has been a great flood in Western Texas recently, causing an immense de struction of property. Thx&e will be a grand tournament at the coming fair of the South Carolina institute in Charleston. WrurxMOToar, North Carolina, is exercis ed over a grand colored base ball levee, whatever tnat may be. The base-ball clubs in various States are resolving themselves into clubs for dancing during tne winter season. Gbeccx was devasted by a terrible hur ricane in the latter part of August It de stroyed the entire wine crop. BurrALO is satisfied with one Chinaman, but whether one Chinaman is satisfied with Buffalo the papers don't stay. A Vlmbeb oKxcursionisfs from tL Louis were in cnarieaton. Bontn Carolina, on Thursday. They wtre the guests of the Board of Trade, Ths Indians are very hostile in Arizona. and papers from there are filled with ac counts of Indian fights and outrages. A colored fire company ofBaleieh got the trumpet offered as a premium for the Deet naca-entnne company at the North Carolina State Fair. A cum of students in the Baptist Theo logical Seminary, at Chicago, are boarding themselves at a cost for provisions $1 a weea eacn. Chicago coquettes have a new flirtation sign. It is made by placing tbe little fln- ner of the right band up to the mouth and snrugging the shoulders. A totjso man was found drowned at New Orleans. The papers do not give his name it is of In "for fear of shocking the sensibilities of his parents, who are absent from the eity. Thz silver miners on Lake Superior are said to be quite successful in their labors. $30,000 worth of silver ore has recently been Drougbt on one vessel to Detroit, Tax contract for building the great rail road ind carriage bridge across the Missis sippi, at Davenport, Iowa, has been award ed to a Baltimore firm, for $100,000. A vigilance committee has been organ ized at Hugo, Colorado, and the roughs. who now infest that town, have been given hours in which to leave. Tbk Portland and Kennebee railroad company advertise that they are ready to pay tbe bonds given by the cities and towns the road, 20 years ago, to help build tue road. Tax Berlin manufacturers are busily em ployed in providing .winter garments for the troops. Large numbers of woolen shirts are continually being made, as well caps, furs and clothes of 'all kinds. A oovpakt proposes to desulphurize Illi nois coal to make a pure coke for blast fur naces. The coal, after being ground and washed, makes a very strong illuminating gas. It is estimated that at least 2,000 trunks full of valuable articles belonging to tbe Americans are now at the railway station Pari. The trains would Uke no bag gage during the stampede from the gay capital. A Nashttlxi paper rhapsodizes over a marvellous mule. "It is 19J hands high, well proportioned, and is only four years old. When it gets its growth it will be, 'according to measurement, 22 hands high." A LETTEB-wriler describing a recent bill, says the feature which made the deepest impression on him was the "unusual num ber or very plump women Darning over the tops of their dresses." Eiohtkxn hundred men make a locomo tive engine in one day boiler, cylinders, frame, driving wheels, truck, stack; eab, pilot and tender complete the speed oi miles an hour and the power of 1,000 tons cr .-ated in a d ay. Ths Peoria (Illinois) Transcript says: "There were 41 marriage licenses granted by the eeunty clerk of that county, last month,. That is rather above tbe average, and Bhows a healthy state of affairs." Ox the 27th inst, at six mile ranche, near Fort Laramie, a half-breed Indian shot and killed J. McCloskey, the interpre ter, and a man named Lowry. Ko motive assigned for the shooting, other than that McCloskey had informed the authori ties at the Fort of the half-breed having sold whisky to the Indians, which wu the cause ot his being locked up in tne guard house. CAeyeniu Leader. A poob young Hungarian painter, named Michael Mungassey, perfectly unknown heretofore, sent a painting, "The Last Days of a Condemned Man," to the art ex hibition at Disseldorf, where it attracted great attention and received a prize. This painting was bought by an American for the sum of three thousand dollars. The great art dealw Goupil, hearing of this new light on the horizon of art, hastened to IMweldort where he engaged the young artist to point him two large paintings for five thousand dollars each. He also re ceived an order for a six thousand dollar painting from an Englishman. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Shrinking of Corn-Measuring and Weighing. The ever-recurring question when to sell farm produce whether to take pres ent prices or watt for higber ones, taking the chances of their being lower should not be decided without taking . into con sideration the shrinkage. The Country trentleman has an lnuresting article on Shrinkage in Corn in Drying, especially because it gives tne results of cartful. thoush very simple, experiments, ' to test the amount of ah linkage in corn.' Of course tha results in one year might be much different from those in the succeed ing year, owing to the difference in the eason. Juuch corn now, November I, is dryer than much of last year's crop two montn s later. In the experiments tried with last year's corn of the common large eight rowed variety it was allowed to dry jn the open air until about January 1. At that time it was taken from the crib and kept in a dry room urtil October 1, when it was found to have lost one-fifth in bulk, or five busk els at January 1. were only four October 1. without makmg allowance for wastage by rats, etc It will be seeftthat 40 Avnts per bushel at the first datawould b equal to ou cents at the last,' except the cost of handling the additional weight Another point is mentioned by the Country Gentle man in this connection the well known difficulty in satisfactorily selling corn in tbe-ear by measure. A half bushel care fully filled with moderate (we should ay small) sized ears was found to weigh. 24 pounds, and to contain 56 ears: while. when the ears were thrown in loosely, it held but 44 ears, weighing 19 pounds. In regard to the shrinkage in weight the variation is widely different in different ears, owing to the different amount of moisrure in the cob aa well as the kernels. In one experiment shelled corn taken in January and placed in a room where there was a stove lost one-eight c i its weight in three weeks, after several morths the en tire loss was one-sixth af the weight and one-seventh or tbe Bulk. From tbe various experiments our eon- temporary concludes so cents for corn in the fall is equal to or better than SL00 in the following summer in other words prices must advance one-fourth to make it advisable to hold corn six to nine months. and this makes no account of loss in other ways or of the use oi the money for this time. of it it, to as to all Bran-Its Value for Stock. We have long regarded bran as one of the obeapest and most useful kinds of food we ean have. Many farmers who are un able to raise sufficient hay and grain tor their stock on their own farm, have found profitable to buy it in laree quantities for extra feed. But its value is generally very much un derrated, the common impres-ion being that it contains but little nourishment with much refuse material. The reverse the t.uth; it is especially rich in albu men, phosphoric acid and lime elements especially adapted to the wants young stock and miloh cows. Given in connection with hay, young cat tle thrive better on it than when fed on richer food; and in fattening cattle its use when mixed or alternated with corn meal. seems to give a more rapid growth and greater weight than when the meal is fed alone. Wnen it is fed to calves, it relieves the extreme eostivenesa to which they are subject to in the winter, and they have a thrifty, healthy appearance in place of tne Ine uawawawsaawaw 11 silai pot-bellied form. Those who have used it in the dairy, find that it adds largely to the yield of milk. and helps muoh to keep the cows in good heaitn. Chemical analysis shows that in com- panoon with timothy hay, it contains more nourishment, and has it in a form better adapted to the wants of the animal. its flesh-forming constituents, it sur passes wheat flour and corn meal, but has less of the fat and heat forming elements. But the true test of its value is its actual use. The benefit we bave derived from it ourselves and what we have seen of the effect resulting from its use, both aa sum mer and winter food, by others, has im pressed us very much ia its favor; and we have no hesitation in saying tha: stock raisers, especially those who have to buy extra, fodder, will find it a very cheap and economical, as well as useful kind of food. WesUrn Farmer. and he out He but top was to see it he Jim So his He he the cry east. and of for d.d How to Keep Pasture in Good Condition. ciora. It is with a pasture as with a man, the income must be greater than the expenses, or it grows poor. Crops are the expenses. It U quite possible to make the surface of any soil unproductive and unprofitable by carrying off more than is put on. Pastur ing with cors that are yarded at night does this. Sheep or been that remain upon the land, on the contrary, return more than an equivalent in manure, and keep the land improving, n here plaster meets a want of the soil it may be kept improving by sowing broadcast a bushel and a half to the acre every spring, and feeding off the grass. Many farms in the grazing districts in the interior are kept up mainly by plas ter and feeding. Some of them will carry a bullock to tbe acre. Other lands need lime, and the lime brings in clover, and this plant, by the large drafts it makes up on the subsoil and the atmosphere, al ways improves the pasturage. In othvr districts ashes are aacessible at reasonable rates, and they are always a reliable top dressing. The effects are visiDie on some sous in increased crops of grain for twenty years. Cheap ashes will keep up any pAStures,pay their, cost, and leave a profit. So will horns made compost, if a man will but make and use it Along the seaboard the old pastures need nothing better than creak-mud, and the weeds thrown upon the shore. Too often these are allowed to rot on the sand for want ot labor to gather them. Irrigation is available in other cases, and where the waters of a brook can be turned over a pasture nothing more wui be needed to keep it in good condition. Changing soils oftentimes has a wonderful influence. Sometimes on tbe same neld of twenty acres there will be sandy or gravely knolls, nearly bare of vegetation, and bard day or muck in swales. A top-dressing of the sand would pay on the swales, and nothing could be better for the knolls than the muck or clay. Our old pastures, to be kept profitable, must bave something done for tbe.n. It will not par to devote ten acres to a single cow. down till and her the and live? took this - alone dingy lame, he the there watch they away lower red up right most nn. ing, old, silk know had the him a it and Curing Meat. At this season oi the year the thoughts of almost every farmer naturally turn more or less to-the process of killing meat for the winter's use. Most formers have a oia? or two to salt down, and some have mutton or beef, and the quality of meat which is to furnish food for the family will depend a good deal on the way it is cured. There are various modes of curing meat but one of the best, perhaps, is that bog gested by tr-e Germantown Telegraph, which is as follows: To one Ballon of water take one and a half pounds of salt, half a pound of sugar. half an ounce or saltpeter, nan an ounce of potash. In this ratio the pickle to be in creased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar arises to the top and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, ana when cold, pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time, say four or five weeks. The meat must be covered with pickle, and should not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpeter, which removes all the surface blood, eto., leaving the meat fresh and clean. "Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer well, though the ope ration of boiling purifies the pickle by throwing en tbe dirt always to be found in salt and sugar. A baby its piper tried came with he kissed like went from and their men to Curing Meat. For the Boys and Girls. Kittle and Will. BY MRS. M. B. BURK. There's abash fa the net of the playroom - The laugh and toe carol are soil; Bave Un-y lett me, my own little darlings, o.et Kittle and miaeLievons Will f Bare they ton to the aardea or highway, . In qoestoi soma woadwmaut sweet t . For I hear not the qoicA. restless patter Of their jes, their esajiual feet. - That la rarer) lbe word to embody - lbe satiate a mother may hear, as the footfalls on threshold or stairway Beach the heart throw a b the Ustentn ear. ' km I peep through the haf-opea enrtatna. The breath of a bllssf ul surprise Stirs thepulK-e of love in their focataiaa. And team ail my wondering eyes. ' Little basal-eyed Win te the corner - ' Is kneeling- and whlsperw low, "O my Father who roleth tn Hearsa I 1 Please send as the beautiful enow;" While my eweet, patient Kittle hi washing, From her lookout, wm Ianr arm ehalr, , Tortbe UU of the aintar'a ftrat snow nakos. To answer tbeur andooating prayer. BuJltteomesnot yet never a shadow 1 tet.al over Will's bright sonny, face, ' While the watcher soon slides from her statioa. And finds by his cwshioa a phwei - -"Ptfaaa. cur rather. dear aUtti m praying. (The Kingdom of Braves la of cea, 'Toa will send as the snow, wont yoa. Tether t as waiitlt. Indeed, very much." Bat the son stoops behind the far hill tops. The ahadows grow heavy and deep. "God will send down tha enow. I am certain," -will whlepera, whem we are asleep." witn not neana u tne ncraary chamber My little ones ttletitly erspt, Sorely Got heard their tratin petition; Bis messenger same while they slept. w '-7T u aonuDc wose regai is emrtre. And thrilled them with wiidsa delurht. mar, We will thank God He heard as," they mar- "He aoewered oar prayers In -he night. Ah I the ilpe of my babes have tsaght wisdom, Xo creed can b purer thee this ; Inui God amid life'a disappointments. Ad Ueavk him la momenta of btias. TOMMY'S BALLOON. BY PRUDY. There never waaV'anvthlnct half so won-' derfuL Tommy ssibn the parlor floor. and held it fast with hia fat, dimpled hands, and drew his fingers softly owar the smooth. rouuu aiuea, sum wm bukios axraia to breathe, lest it should float away from him. Uncle Jim had just brought it from the city. Me bought it on Clark street bridge, where a man stood with a dozen of then. attached to little strings, and tossing up and down in the air, like beautiful, great, red snap bubbles. When Tommy got tired boldine it in his arms, and tried to lay on the floor, np it went to the white ceiling, and hung there, all shiny and glistening in the lamp light. Tommy pulled it softly down by the string, and then for a long time he played with until mamma came with the little white nightgown and took him awav np stairs to bed. It was funny .then that be couldn't lay his balloon away anywhere, but only let go ot the string, and let it go up the ceiling, right over his bed. Ea watched it as long as he could see. while mamma carried the lamp down the long ball, and when ahe went down the stairs, the very last bit of light that eame in over the top of the door shone straight on the balloon. Tommy meant to keep awake, ao to see it again when mamma eame np bed. but by and by he shut his eyea a little, just to rest them, and then he forgot about the balloon until morning, and wts the sun peeping in at the balloon. and the balloon peeping out at- the sun, looking more like a great, red soap bubble than ever. They had milk toast for breakfast, but Tommy hadn't any appetite; and before rest were half through eating, ha was on the gravel walk in the front yard, looking np at his red balloon, with hia round face fairly solemn with excitement. only let it go a very little way, at first, after awhile he It t out the slender, silk thread, and it floated about just above the of the silver maple by the gate. Tom my sat down to watch it. He played ha in the balloon himself, gointi right up . tw the man in the moon. He couldn't ' the moon anywhere, but he felt sure must be up there somewhere. Then thought he would ask Uncle to; put a longer string to the bal loon; he wanted to see how it would look away up among the lovely, little, pink clouds that were floating about the east. he pulled it down and held it fast in chubby arms and started for the house. started, but he didn't get there; for stubbed his poor, little foot agaiast tbe -wheel to the baby's wagon, and down the bright little face on tbe gravel walk, and out went the little fat arms ia air, and, O dear 1 it almost makes me to think of it, away went the beautiful, round, red, shining balloon, straight np ' toward the pink and white clouds ia the Tommy picked himse'f up quick enough, then looked around for the balloon; but course that did not wait to be picked np it was above the top of the silver maple. Tommy screamed, first for mamma ! then Uncle Jim t and they both came run ning out. So did Susy and Robert, and so Biddy theeook; but if all the Grand Army of tbeBepublie had been there, it wouldn't have done any good. The long est ladder in the world would not have reached half way to the sky, and so the balloon floated airily away, while Tommy wailed and sobbed, and his mamma tried comfort him, aad Uncle Jim promised buy him another balloon. They all went in at last, and Tommy sat on tbe grass and watched h a balloon it was only a tiny speck in the distance, . then he went mournfully in to hia mam ma. He laid his head on her lap, and asked in a sorrowful little voioe, where she supposed his dear red balloon would go to? Would it go away up to beavan, and would little angels have it to play with ? would he find it when he went there to So his aTeamma laid down her work and the little boy on her lap, and told him story and it might have been true "Once there was a little boy that lived all with hia grandmother in a little, old brown house. The little boy waa so he never oould run aad play, and was poor, so ho had no nice things to him; bnt every day when his grand mother was at work, he limped out under tree in the little narrow yard, and lay looking np at the sky. He liked to the clouds sailing over, and fanny were ships and castles, and sometimes beautiful, white angels. One day he saw up in the sky, a little dark speck.and i . .Mm maavav en1 tutflntr. it rlmnrtAfl and lower, until it shone like a great star in the sunshine. The little boy sat and watched it eagerly. Nearer and nearer it eame past the steeple of tha church, past the chimney of the faotory, . over the roof of the academy, al touching it by tnis time, ne stooa leaninc? on his eruthea. and saw It com always a little lower, right aaross the bare .common, and over his grand mother yard. He limped a atep or two towards it, caught at the trailing thread of that hung from it, and sat down, all trembling with delight, with the strange, -beautiful thing in his hands. He did not that it was a balloon that a little boy . lost, and that had come down because gas had slowly escaped from it; he thought it was something God had sent straieht out of beaven. And he took great deal of eomfort with it, and kept till it slowly lost its pretty, round shape, even then he loved it " "That was a nice story, said Tommy. glad I know wbat 'came of my bloon." A Kiss that Made a Painter. little boy named Benjamin West, liv ing in Pennsylvania, waa set to watch a asleep in a cradle. He looked at it kindly, and felt pleased to see it smiie id sleep. He wished that he could draw a picture of the baby; and seeing a piece of on a table, with pen and ink. he what he could do. When his mother in, he begged her not to oe angry him for touching the pen, ink, and paper; and then he showed her the picture had made. His mother saw the baby's likeness, and was so much pleased that she the little boy. Then he said, if she it he would make a picture of some flowers she held in her hand; and so he on from that time, trying to do bet ter, until he became one of the best paint ers in the world. in alter-liie, ae sua tnat n waa tnis warn hia mother that made him an artist. Ptttsbtjxo, Penn.. lias 32 iron, 9 steel, 2 copper mills. The daily consump tion of the iron mills ia 1,200 tons, and annnal production is $'23,000.000. There are 48 foundries, employing 2,000 in all, and adding $5,000,000 per year the wealth of our country.