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per Day.
a* JJoarder* received il ?eeaoDsblo
He is Late.
Bho watches at the porch,
Tho sun ia nearly down ;
What keeps her triuint lord ?
Hi* should be back (rum (awn
One short, ewcet year ago
He never niaile her wait,?
As much too enrly than.
As now he ia too late I
Had Hcnven bestowed on ma
Thni little ln-ly there,
Whom love baa made an srd,
And sadness made so f??ir,?
Her hand, her check, hor mouth
Should not kisses trait :
Were that sw<et ttnnlnl ntiuo,
I never could be lute!
THE MIDNIGHT PKIUL;
Oa 8AVKD BY A PHANTOM.
The night of the 17th of October?
shall I ever forget its pitchy darkness,
the roar of the autumnal wind through
the lorcat, aud the incessant d ?wn pour
of rain ?
'This comes of short cut,' I muttered
petulantly to myself, as I plodded along,
keeping close to the trunks of tho trees
avoid the deep ravine through which 1
could hear the ronr of a turbulent stream
forty or fifty feet below. My blood run
cold as 1 'bought of tho possible conse
quences of a misstep or move in tho
wrong direction. Why had I not been
contented to keep in the right road ?
Hold on ! Was that a light, or are
my tyc*. phiying me false :
1 stopped, holding on to gthe low
realuoua bougba of a hemlock that grew
on (be edge of the bank ; fur it actually
s< cmed us it the wind would seize me
I odiiy nod hurl tue down the pr cipitous
descent.
It waB a Sight?thank Providence?it
was a ligbt, aud no iyiiu* futmu to iure
n o . n to destruction and death.
JJalloo o-o !'
My voice rang through tho Woods like
clarion. I jdunged Onward through
tang*edr viii es, de n sc ~WeiswTiT "rocXyj
t anks, until gradually ncaring. I o mid |
prrceive a fguie wrapped in an oil-cloth !
cute, or cloak ; earning a lantern. A*
the dim light fell upon his face I ultu j>t
recoiled. Would not solitude in the
woods be preferable to the companion
ship Id th? withered, wrinkled old m?u* !
Hut i? was too late to recede now.
'What's wanting,' he suarled forth,
with a peculiar motion of the lips that
seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare
'I am lost in the woods; can you
direct me to R--station V
'Yes ; R- stutiou i* twelve miles
from here.'
'Twelve mil-s !'
I btocd aghast.
'Can you tell me ol any shelter I could
obtain for the night V
?No.'
'Where are you going V ?
'To Drew 8, dowu here by the maple
swamp.'
?Is it a^tavern V
'No.'
'Would they take me for a night ?
I could pay them well.'
His eyes gleamed ; the yellow stump.*
Stood reveal* d once no re.
'I gueas so ; iolks do stop there some
times.'
'Is it far from here ?'
'Not very ; about halt a milo.'
'Then let us make baste and reach it.
I ant drenched to tho skin.'
We plodded on, my companion more
than I.e.quo- pace with tue. Presently
we lelt the edgu of the ravine, entering
wbut seemed like trackless wooda, and
keeping straight on ui til lights glcHiueu
fitfully through tho wet foliage.
It was a resinous old pl-eo, with tlx
windows all drawn to oue side, as if the
foundation had settled, aud the pillars
of a rude porch nearly rotted away.
A woman uuswered my fellow travel
lers kttock. My companion whispered a
word or two "to her, and she turned to
me with smooth, voluble wonlb of wcl
come.
She regretted the poverty of their
accommodations ; but 1 ?as welcome to
them, auch as they were.
'Where is Isaac?' demanded a?y
guide.
'lie has not come ia yet.'
1 sat down on a wooden bench beside
the fire, aud ate a few mouthiuls of
bread.
'1 should like to retire as soon as
possible,' said I, lor my weariness was
excessive.
'Certainly/ the woman started up
witb alacrity,
?Ii i.J
-??vi
'Whcrfj are you going to put hiiu If'
asked my guied.
'Up chamber.'
'Put hiui in [(Map's room.'
?No.'
'It's the most comfortable.'
But* bere I interrupted the whispered
colloquy.
'I am not particular?I don't care
where you lodg? me ; only make haste,
please.'
So I was conducted up n steep ladder
that stood in a corner >f tho room, into
an apartment ceiled with sloping beams
and ventilated by one small window,
where a cot bedstead, crowded closely
against the board partition, and a pine
table, with two chairs, formed the sole
Attempts at furniture.
The woman set the lights?an oil
lamp?on the table.
'Anything more 1 can get you sir ?"
said she.
'Nothing, thank you.'
'1 hope you'll sleep well, sir. When
shall I call you ?'
'At tour o'clock in the morning if you
please 1 mdst walk to, 11-station .J
in time tor the seven o'clock express.'
"Til be sure to call you, sir.'
She withdrew. leaving inc alone in J
the gloomy little apartment. I sat down ,
and looked nrouud ine with no very
agreeable BCUSMtUtUS.
?1 will sit down and write, to Alice.' I
thought ; 'thai will soothe my nerves
aud quiet me, perhaps.
1 de-ct tided the ladder. The lire still
glowed redly on the stone health; luy .
companion nod the woman sat beside it, j
talking in a low loue, a thir t parson sal |
at the table, eating?A short, stout, vil
laiuons looking man,, in a red flannel I
shirt and very muddy pantaloons!
1 asked l. r wiiting materials, and re- ^
turned to my room to write to my* wife.
'My darling Alice.' *
1 paused, and laid down my pen as 1
concluded tue words, hall' smiling to
think .what she would fay, could she
know of my strange quartersV
did I lay asido my pen und prepare for
hiuuiber. As 1 i'oldnd my paper, 1 bap
pentd to glance toward my couch.
Was it the plea in of a human eyo j
observing me ihrodgh tue b'?svd p rii
lion, or Was it but inj own fancy ? I bee
was - crack there, but enly black dark
tiess beyond ; yet I couid have sworn
that something had spat kled bulclully j
at me.
1 took out my watch?it was only 1
o'clock. It was scarce y worth while for
me to undress for three hours' sleep ; I
wou'd Iis down in my clothe* and snatch
what slumber I could. So placing my
valise close to the head of my bed. ami '
barrivndtug the luckless doors with tun j
chairs, 1 extinguished the light nud lay |
down.
At first 1 was very wakeful, but
gradual1)- a soft drowsiness seemed to
steal over lue. like a tuibty mantle, until
all of u sudden some startling electric
thrill coursed through my veins, aud 1
sat up, excited and trembling.
A luminous softness seemed to glow
through the room?no lic,ht of the union
or stars was ever so penetrating?and
by the little window L saw Alice, my 1
wile, dressed in floating garments ol .
whiio, with her long golden hair knotted !
hack by a blue ribbon Apparently she J
was beckoning to me with outstretched
hands nnd eyes full of w ?d,.aiixiou.? ,
tender tics*
I sprang to my feet and rushed to !
want her, but as 1 reached the wind w,
the fair apparition 1 eon.cd to vanish in- .
tj the stormy darkness, and I was h it
alone. In the self same inMni.t the
sVarp report of a pistol sounded ?I '
could si c the jagged stream of lire above
the pillow, straight through the very
spot where toj seconds biuue uiy bead j
had lain.
With an instantaneous rcaliz iti uj ol
my danger, 1 swung myself over the
edge ol the window, jumped some eight ?
or ten feet dut<> tangled hushes below, I
and, as I crouched there recovering my ;
breath, 1 beard the. tramp of foot tops
into my room.
Ts he dead 1" cried a voice up the
lander?the smooth, deceitful voice of
the woman.
'Of course he is,' grow ed a v dee '
baok, 'that chargo would bare knled ten ,
men. ' A light there, quick, aud tell ?
Tom to bo ready.
A co'd, agonized shudder ran through
me. W hat den of midnight murderers
had I fallen into? And bow fearfully
aurrow had been my escape 1
With the speed that only mor tu1 ter
ror and deadly peril ennjgive, I rushed
through the woods, nowiBdtninatod by
Faint glimmer of stai|ight. I know
nut what impulse guidcd^bij, footsteps?
1 shall never know ?c4 many times 1
crossed my own tragic or bow cIobc I
stood to the brink 'of deadly ravine,
but a merciful Provides Itfencompasscd
me will? n guiding nnd protecting care,
for when the moruingfedawned, with
faint red bars of orieut Aht agaiust the
eastern sky, I was close ? the high road,
some seven miles from ;
Once at town, I toUWtfy- story to the
police, ami a lbliliillllll^|wiW sent w ith
me to the spot.
Alter much scarchintlaod many false
alarms, we Micceede.djjiu finding the
ruinous old housu ? b>t It was empty,
our hiids had fl-wn ; JftV'*id T recover
my valise and chain, wVioh latter I had
!c!'t Under my pillow. *
'It's Drews pang' :;tid the leader of
thu police; 'and th?\>ve trnuldod t.s
those two years. I don't think, that
they'll come back heruTt present.'
N\>r did ftfey! *
Hut the strangest '?rt of my story in
to come yet. 8<Jtnb t.ireo weeks subse
quently I received a I'ttur front my sis
ter who was with Aii/e in her Kuglish
home?a letter whose]ratelliueucc filled
me w i! 1? surprise.
(T must t. II you 'something very
strange' wr ite my .-i?tcr, 'that hsppeued |
to' us on the night ol'-th*; 17th of Octo
ber. AIi??? ? had n>^ hjcen well for souie j
lime; in fact .die had been Confined to
bet" bed nearly a wreh, and i was sitting
bedde her reading 4 It'wa? late ; the
efoufc had ju?t rtrtick Witc, when all of a I
sudden she sectned to fbint away, grow
ing white ami i i: \ 'Tfa.^corpse. I1
hastened to ?Htia?lftst<5?C?, but*_1f^__^
e:l its seemed vain I, restore hor to life
or animation I a \ ;,|Rt a_out to scud
for the doctor, wh< i: sen8CS returned
a- suddenly as they 4it il0r'f sh? sa ?
tip in bed, ptiaixi,'?l ^act her hair and
loookiug wildly aroujj ner
??Alice V 1 csclai:l.,iT qlovT you tfirrj.
?Not ill,' slic aiiswereu, ;but T feel so
strange. Giacie i hdrc been with my
husband!'
All our rrroo-oune failed to convince
her oi the impn.-.-Ability ql her assert ions
>he persists to this inumeut that she saw
you and was with you on the 17th it!
October, rr rather hrt the morning lot'
the 18th?whoru und how t>hc cannot
t*f 11?l ut wo think it must have been
some dream. ?Site is better uow.aud 1 j
with you could see how fast the is im
proving.
This is my plain, unvarnished tale. 1
do not pretend to explain or account 'for
its mysteries. I dimply relate tacts. Lot
psychologists unravel the labrinthic.il
skoiu. 1 atu uotisuperstitious, neither
do 1 believe ill ghosts, wraith or appari
tions ; but this thing 1 do know?that
although my wife was tu Kogl and, in
body on the morning of October 18, her
spirit surely ?Ux>d before me iu Vow
Y*t#rk ut the luuaumt of t he deadly peril
that menaced tue. ' It may be tb it to the
subtile instinct and strength of a wife's
holy love, all things are possible, but
Alice surely saved my life.
SaoacitI op the Blind.?Cases
like the following almost make us ex.
claim, "Wlna'a the Use of eyes ''" The
accomplishments of u eighties* man ore
thus told. Reading, I'etill.. OWUS the
person, hut leaves it for a Berks county
tier ma u paper to ftnmbnaKza him. He
i> a German, ninety years of age, keeps
n tavern, (wbists is known as blind
Hartman Vj inexpert in the handling of
inouey, und bailies all uttempts to cheat
him with spurious currency. He walks
out alone, can point to any piece of real
estate in the town, nnd to crown all,
mends' clocks and repairs musical instru
ments. ?
Hannah.-?An exchange says' there
is a station mi the 1'itt.ibui'g fort Wayne
and Chicago railrojd called Hannah,
in honor of a deceased ciiiZ'iii ol Kort
Wayne, A train stopped tfioro thu
other day. and the hrakemati after tbo
manner of Ids H iss; tliurat his head iu
the door ami called out loudly, " Haiimi"
A yoaug lady, endowed with the poetic
sppoUatipo of Huiiuah. supposing In
was addressing her and ?hocke t at his
familiarity on short acquaintance 'Vowu
ed like a thundercloud, aud retorted,
"You shut jo?r mouth?"
A awful sweli?Tho check after a
tooth aclty.
Pulling a Tooth with a Moor-K nob.
The rough sort of dentistry described
below bus occasionally been practiced
as a trick, with more or less success ;
but we have rarely heard of a patient's
choosing the dour knob method of his
own accord.
A rough, Western farmer carac into a
doctor's office to have a tooth extracted,
but flinched at sight of the "instru
ments;" nnd again and again the doctor,
tried in vain to get a gripper into bis
mouth.
At last, the Iloosicr declared "that
'ere new-fangled thing tobe no account,"
aud wanted to know if the ?oetor could
tie a string around the tooth; "for,"
said be, "that's the way I used to pull
'em out, au' I guess it's bcttcr'n all ycr
ucw-fuugled fixtures. '
The dentist, to please him, -nid be
would try, and producing from a drawer
a line strong piece of fl.-b Hue, after a
great deal of trouble, aud yells of pain
from the Iloosicr, it was firmly secured
uround the tooth. The 1!nosier then
proposed to fasten the at ring to the
door-knob, which was accordingly done.
The back wouda man then commenced
a series of easy jerks on the line, each
cf which was followed by yells of pain.
The doctor resumed his scat, and
smiled audibly bebiud bis paper, occa
sionally glancing toward the door, and
then turning quickly again to the paper
to bide behind it bis merriment.
Thus matters sto id, until at last the
lire burned low, and the dentist arose to
replenish it. Af be threw in the wood,
and stirrod the red hot coals into a
blaze, a brilliant idea scorned to strike
him for bis face brightened*onderfully.
Arising from the floor, he left the poker
in"TheV?re, and, seating himself, awaited
the change of affairs.
The backwoodsman ahad relapsed iuto
d spondeucy, for a melancholy expres
sion bad settled on bis face. He steadi
I ly gazed downward, as if he were in
deep thought.
J - Th??vletitisJLM. J have suid bofore, re
sumed his seat, but tbr'-w aside his'
paper, r.nd sat looking intently into the
fire, wiih an expression of merriment
i r' } inn "n bis features.
Thus he sat for some time. At last.
! iinis< iessly rising Inun bis chair, b
j drew the poker, one end "! which was
l glowing with a red heat, from the Gee
lie suddenly brandished it in the air,
and brought it rapidly towards the
Hoosicr's nose. Tbc backwoodsman
threw himself back with a jerk. The
cord did not break uor the door-knob
come out ; but the tooth loosened from
its roots, aud bounded against the door
with a click like a bullet.
??MB* ? - ? !?.i
Two Curious Nekdi.kh.?The King
?of 1 'russia recently visited a needle
manufactory in bis kingdom, in order to
ace what machinery, combined with the
human baud could produce. He was
j shown a uumber of superfine uocdies,
j thousands uf which, together, did not
weigh ball an ouuee, a-.d marveled hon
uch minute objects could be pierced
with an eye. Hut he was to see in this
respect how even something still finer
aud more perfect Could be created. The
borer?that is, the workman whose busi
ness it is to bore the eyes in these need
leo?asked for a hair from the monarch's
head. It was rwadily given, and with a
? mile. Ho placed it at once under the
boring machine, turned a bole ia it with
the greatest care, furnished it with a
tluead and then handed the singular
uec lie to the astonished King.
'Iba second curious needle is in
possession of Queen Victoria. It was
made at the celebrated needle manu
factory at Bedeitch, and represents the
column of Trajan in miniature. This
weil known Uotnatl column* is adorned
with numerous scenes in sculpture,
which immortalise Trajan's heroic ac
tions in war. On this diminutive ueedlo,
scenes iu the lilc of Queen Victoria are
represented 'n relief, but so finely cut
and so small, that it requires a magudy
ing glass to see them. The Victoria
ueedl? can, moreover, be opeucd ; it con
tains a number of needles of smaller size,
which are equally adornel with scenes
iu relief.
Says a Canada paper, *Tt would make
some of our fine ladies start to see Lady
Hud'erin promenading the streets doing
her shopping. She dresses plainly and
scns'blv, weir* thick soled boots, and
does not fear a walk from one end of
the city to the other, or to face tho
/muddiest crossing."
? *
A Girl and a Wild Cat.
i
A romatic incident rocently oreured
at tho ranch of Leonard Methcn, about
five miles ubovo Brown's Valley, Cali
fnrnia. 1*1 iss Leonora Methen, daughter
of Methen, aged perhaps 10 pears, pos
sessed a pet lamb which die very natu
ally admired. Ou Thursday eveuing of j
last week the lamb was missing. Leonora
observed about the yard tracks of an
animal, and thought thoy w.-ro tl?:?r. r.f
a California liou. Thcro being no men
about tho ranch, the girl dispatched her
mother to a neighbor for assistance to
hunt tho wild animal. Subsequently^
concluding she would not wait for re
inforcemeuts, Leonora loaded her sir
sh toter and a shot gun, and placing her
dog Boxer on the scent and trucks
started out alone to capture the beast,
if possible. After going some distance
an 1 climbing a high hill, an animal,
which proved to be tho wild cat, was
seen iu tho tup of a live oak tree. The
giti then took aim with her pistol and
fiicd but missed the animal. A second
barrel was discharged when the wild cat
tumbled from tho tree. A brief fight
then occurred between the dog and the
wild cat, ?1 hen the latter got aw ay and
ran down the hill. A pursuit was made
by the girl and two dogs?another one
having come up iu the meantime.
Tho wild cat w:.i overtaken and finally
killed by tho dogs and with rocks thrown
by the girl. The victor seized her prize
carried it to the house, where, by that
time tho mother had returned with neigh
1 o s cagar for a l.un . On examining the
head oT the wild cat it was found that
the pistol bail entered his right eye and
ranging downward passed out at the
fircshoulder. The animal weighed thirty
pounds and measured throe feet and
? ne inch from tip to tip. The young
lady very naturally feels proud over her
achiovmcnt.
A Wedding and a Murder
Dig Creek, ten uii'cs Borth of Mc?
rphTs, Tenn., wasfercntly the scene of'
the followiug disgraceful murder. A
German named Uaehman had married
the sistor of George Cooper a jollifica
tion h d take:* place and four hour*
after the wo 'ing, otic hill, a former Iot
er of liach u id a bride, and then pretty
drunk, begs i to discuss the lady's char
acter in a manner so displeasing to the
tipsy bridesgroom'and his brother in law
that, with knife and pistol, thoy set
upon and murdered him. They then
ran away, leaving the newly-made bride
alone to mmrn, and now, as the Mem
phis Appeal says, "the citizens of the
neighborhood want to have their fellow
arrested and punished"?which is stat
ing the cane not at all too strongly.
A Nkw Tains?A California papor
discribes the discovery of three villa
ges of Juni Indians, supposed to be the
survivors of the ancient Aztoca. They
dwell on the great trail from Mohav, on
the Colorado, to Albuquerque, on tho
Kio Grand, and are about a day's jour
ney from the diamond field. They num
ber about 0,000 and are very different
from other tribes, being in looks, bear
ing aud pride of dress, a manifestly sup*,
rior race. The Women aro coiuely*and
modest iu dress, their houses nra clean,
nnd their cooking good, Certain kinds
of cloth are made by them These peo
ple have fields of corn, wheat and vege
tables, flocks of sheep and goats, and
they keep all the domestic animals.
They are friendly to the whites, never
fig hi aggressively, but ate stubborn iu
defence. Their bouses aro of stone
three stories high and built in terrance
form. They worship :he Great Spirit,
and believe he dwells in the sun.
A Uro-Hot Army.?Figures are
inexorable, 'and they sometimes cut fun
ny capers. For instance, a letter appears
from Secretary Bilknap, asking for a
special appropriation of ? 100,000 to
luruish the army with stoves, $20,000
having been exhausted for that purpose.
As th'-re are mo.000 men in the army,
this would give each man a four dollar
stove, South as well as North. The
? in
curious render will ask what every man
iu the army wants a to ur dollar stove
for.
Mrs. Mary C Mast, widow of tho
lato rcgistsr of deeds of Jjlayenworth
County, Kan., has been appointed by
the Board of County Commissioners to
succeed her lato bu-hmd in that oSce.
A Hani Case in Court.
The following amusin * sceie is aahf
to have taken placo in one of tho court*
out Went:
Judge?Bring the prisoner before the
court.
Pete?Here he is, bound to blas? a*
tho spirits of turpentine said vfhen it
was on fire.
Judge?We'll take a little fire eut of
you. How do you live?
Pete?I ain't particular, as tho oyster
vaid when they axed him it ho r. >u!dbe
fried or roasted.
Judge?We don't want to hear what
the oyster said or the spirits of turpaa
tine cither. What do you follow f
Pete?Not particular, anything that
comes iu the way, as the locomotive
said when she run over the nigger.
Judge?We don't care anything
about the locomotive. What's yoar
business?
Pete?That's various, as the cat said
when bho stolo the chicken off tho ta
ble.
Judge?That comes near the line now
I suppose.
Pete?Altogether in my lino, as the
rope said when it was chocking the
pirate.
Judge?If I hear any more such com?
parisons I shall give you twelve
months
Pete?I am bone as the beefsteak said
to the cook.
Judge?Now. sir, your punishment
shall depend upon the shortness and
correctness of yours answers. I sup
pose you live by going round the
docks,
Pote?No, sir, can't go round the
docks without a boat, and I aiu'i got
one.
Judge?Answer me. How do yott
get your bread ?
Pete? Sometimes at Small's the baker
and sometimes I eat a tater.
Judge?No more of that stupid inso
lencs. n?? <J.j ?on sur?riort- "OS?
self?
Pete?Sometimes ca my ^g* ami
sometimes ia my chair.
Judge?I order you to answer ihfc
question correctly : how do you do ?
Pcto?Pretty well I thank how do you
Here Pete was allowed to retire with
out further interrogatories aa to his oe
cupation or mode of living.
Doino "a Stroke or Busmasa/*?
During a theatrical oxcitement ia Bostoa,
the coachmaa who drove the prime donna
from the steamboat to the Revere Hoaae
has ridiculed the insame admiration,
which his "fellow citizens" were exhibi
ting, Mounting the steps of tho hotel
be cried, "Here's the hand that once
lifted .Jenny Lind out of the coach,
(ieutleman, you can any of yen have
the privilege of kissing it for five dol
lars?Children half price,
??y?-?
A New Haven man whe went home
the other eve-dug and found his house
locked up after infinite trouble managed
to gain entrance through a backwia*
dow aud then discovered on the parlor
tilde a note foiu his wife reading : "1
have gone out; you will fiud the door
key uti one side of the door step
A clerical wag who was made th*
reeipiout on Christmas morning of an
unusual uumborot embroidered slippers
worked by the fair hauds of the young
ladies of his congregation, nearly suf
ficient to stock a moJ?rate sised shoe
store, was beam to wonder if the young
ladies had take i hitu for centipaU.
A Kentucky belle, Miss Amelia Pe
gram/widely know for her beauty afetta
bility aud intelligence accidental^* aad
fatally shot herself a few weeks since
through the heart with a pistol belong*
to her brother which had been loft by
him on a tabio tu her room.
A colored woman, aged 107 years, haa
just died netr Louisville, who, on her
d. ath bed, confessed that ^.ho never knew
j Washington, ner nurpc I any of the
I distinguished tncu of ?ucieut tiasee,
She deserve* a statue in brack marble.?
Button Gh?bf.
"I wish I was in Heaven." said din*
eouraged Mrs- O'Chrence the other
morning. "So would I," rom irk-id net
brutal husband,"if I hadn,tfri*a Is there
whom I value-"