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POETRY...
A CONTESTED PROPMBIOR.
T frivi (ilautv of annu vaaaamv ;-
llara piaatv of (oid, ui to (par ; . -1
hmn plenty tat beaatifnl cntlw , ,
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...And Bay vaaaalaaraaU airy craarv , ... .
-' FtombaaatiralAraaaiUndarctbeTi '
Tbey drtra B ta balla
. And magaiOeeat halls,
-And UU aw my coach atopt the way 1 '
Bat h! What a peat,
Wbaa K came to the test '.
I am kept In a dreadful delay I
' a plaga oa theaa wild little vaaaala t .
tu eaat traat a Ward Out thay aay,' .
Aad Vwm aaard that ay baaaltfal cetk
Ara aadly Inclined to decay.; i
rather WMon adTtaed me to sell Urea , -Te
the pablia a tcnefit clear f
And Fancy aofftrad to aell tbeaa, '. if
For Fancy's a flae auctioneer; "
. E toe BiM by o awaM w nrely,
Yot taatlea the rail Wat bat cold;
Lead and iroa were briak.
Bat fold atae woald rWr '
To to tom oa By battleraenU bow. , . .
ary rarrsta. Billet, ,
: : .- I taaahtt than yet, ' , ,
... And auher rk tbaVra ' E
And Barer a tart am eVmaaeertea,
FotmyTaauUlriyaaawithfioM;
ayrastlea and I ahani h parted ,, .. ,
' Tifl the heart of the owner be cold.
Affata Father WladOT addreaaed aie ... j
Ile a a horrid old bora tn h T- '
Be eald rata aad nice would infest me,
Aa cramMod my f "AT?7,
They aevar can croniWe, goad father;
lacy're laatinf when once they're began;,
....... bar caatlee of air,
, Wacaaqatckly repair, -......
Am the fcoaae of the spider' refpoa.
, .., ,. Biohontewardlwent .. .
To aoy castle content ; 15
A the reaper hell told day wet done, . I f
" And they looked Jaat as lovely aa over I I
At barnianed tbey stood la the ana.
Oh! Bear from my eaatlea I'll aeeet
Till the aanda of my life shall he ran I
.1.54 AM Ma Year Bomd.
MT-LITTLE W1FK
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The following exqalaite lore story, from Mart
wootCt Mnjaattf, to by a aew poet David Wingate,
a collier (ron his niath year ; ; , - ;
3f r little wife oftea ronod the chnrch hill,
Sweet HtUw, dear nule. Beat-footed Jane,
Walked slowly, and lonely, and taonehtflU. ant 11
The afternoon hell chimed its call o'er the plain;
Aad anUang aoesned sweeter
To me than to meet her ,
And tell her what weather 'twas likely to be,
My heart the while glowing, . '
The neuVh wish growing.
That all her affections were centered In me.
My life once (lis strange,' bnt 'tis trnel,
bweet liUte, dear little, krce-troaMed Jane,
So deeply absorbed in her day dreaming grew,
The bell chimed and ceased, though aba heard
not its strain;
And L walking near her,
(May love ever cheer her
-Who tamka ail each wandering of cia void aod
freeV,
Prrore bard to persaade her
That Be who bad made ber
nad destined her heanore for ao one bat ma. j
My little wife wen, perhaps thia was wrong
tiweet little, dear liule warm-hearted Jane,
Bat on the hillside till her shadow grew long.
Nor tired of the preacher that thaa could detain.
. 1 argued so neatly, . .
And proved so completely.
That none but poor Andrew her husband could be,
8be smiled when I blessed ber.
And blasbed when I kissed ber,
Aad owned that aha loved and would wed none but
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ttrwinttl ' t.
The word oMiV is subject to paradoxical
instruction. When you oblige a man to
lo a thing which he docs not want to do,
yoa may disoblige him at the same time.
it nns in m rcmaracu um mere u b ia j
.-T-eat ditlercnco between a church where
the gospel is dispensed, and one where it
is dispensed with. We hare oiien neara
the story of how the captain of a canal
boat cried "Look out! "to his passengers
when they were going under abridge, and
how a Frenchman looked out accordingly
and received a bump on his head ; but it
lias never been decided that the French
man took any incorrect or unusual signifi
cation from the words. It has never been
decided whether a house burns up or
down. The question whether a man who
falls from a boat and is rescued from
drowning is pulled out or pulled in
depends mainly whether you are speaking
primarily of the water or the boat. Some
one has noticed that people say they shell
Ecas when they unshcll them; that they
nsk corn when they unhusk it ; that they
skin a buffalo when they unskin it; that
they scale fishes when they unscale them,
and their gardens want weeding when Hey ;
are weedy enough already. ,
These paradoxes in words are the foun
dation of the puzzles in logic which are
so common. For instance, the trite syllo
gism to the effect that because no cat has
two tails, and because a cat has on tail
more than no cat, therefore a cat has three
tails, the trouble arises in the paradoxical
use of the phrase "no cat While it is
nuit true in one sense that no cat has two
tails, it is not true in the sense in which it
is employed, in the syllogism, because a
" no cat being a noncnity has no taiL
Similar it is argued that Oxford must, from
all antiquity, have been either somewhere
or nowhere. Where was it at the time of
Tarquinius Prisons? It was nowhere, then
it surely : must have been somewhere.
Where was it? Aristotle and Philctus,
and I don't know how many others, are
said to have bothered them seizes very
much with a proposition something like
this. If you aay of yourself, " I lie' and
in saying so tell the truth, then it is quite
evident that you lie; but it jou say"l
lie," and you tell a lie in saying it, then
yoa also tell the truth in saying it In
cither cases you lie and tell the truth at
the same time.
I have heard somebody make the fol
lowing proposition. Suppose, for example,
that a man 35 years old marries a girl 5
years old. lie u seven times as old as she.
Thoy live together five years and the girl
is 10 years old. Then the man is 40 years
M, or only four times as old as the girl.
They live together five years more and
she is 15. The man then is 45, or only
three times as old. They live until she is
30 and the man GO. He is then only twice
as old. Now, how long will they have to
live to make the girl as old as the man ?
Although, in this case, the girl is catch
ing the man very fast, the reasoning is
similar to that by which.it was long ago
argued that a man never could catch a tor
toic which had a mile the start. While the
man runs a mile the tortoise goes one-tenth
ofamile; while the man runs one-nundreth
oi a mue, tnc torvuixv gwi mmuuiuuuuiu
f a mile: while the man runs one-thou
sandth of a mile, the tortoise goes one
tenth thousandth of a mile, ana so on to
any extent of which the decimal notation
is capable the tortoise always being some
infinitesimal fraction of space ahead of the
man.
I will give only one illustration more of
this character. Roe wishes to study law
wit h Doc, and offers to pay the customary
fee when he shall have won his first suit
at law. To this Doe agrees and Roe be
comes a student. Doc gets tired of Wait
ing for his fee and determines to sue Roe
for the amount. Doe reasons : " If I gain
the case, Roe will be compelled to pay me
by the decision of the Court ; if I lose it,
he will have to pay me by the condition
of our contract, as he will have won, his
first lawsuit." But Roe also reasons : " If
I succeed and the award of the Court is
in my favor, of course I tuall not have
to pay the money ; if the Court decides
against me I shall not have to pay it
according to the terms of our contract, for
I shall not then bare gained my first suit
at law." t v
The discerning reader will easily per
ceive that a great many of the metaphysi
cal, . political and doctrinal discussions
which are going on in the earth, get their
principal fuel in the different aense of
words and phrases. I will not moralize
extensively on this proposition, though
there is abundant opportunity to do so. I
deem illustration more entertaining than
dissertation. Galaxy .
An Advertising Dodge.
I thoroughly understood the. art of ad
vertising, not merely by means of printers
ink, which I have always used freely, and
' to which I confess myself so much indebt
ed for my success, but to turning every
possible circumstance to my account It
was my monomania to make the Museum
in New York the town wonder and town
talk. I often seized upon an opportunity
by instinct, even before I had a very defi
nite conception as to how it should be used,
and it seemed, somehow, to mature itself
and serve my purpose. As an illustration,
one morning a stout, hearty-looking man,
came into iny ticket-office and begged
some money. I axked him why he did not
work and earn his living ? Ue replied
that he could ret nothing to do, and that
he would be glad of any job at a dollar a
day. I handed him a quarter of a dollar,
told him to go and ret his breakfast and
return, and I would employ him at light
labor at a dollar and a half a day, . When
he returned I gave him five common
bricks.
" Now," said I, "go and lay a brick on
the sidewalk at the corner of Broadway
and Ann street : another close bv the Mn-
eum ; a third diagonally across the way
at the corner or Broadway and Vesi-y
street by the Astor House; put down the
fourt h on the sidewalk iu front of St
Paul's Church, oppoxite. then, with the
fifth brick in hand, take up a rapid march
from one point to the other, making the
-M-KZJ-'jm- ill- aiii - Jar -
circuit, exchanging your brick at every
point, and say nothing to any one."
"What is the object of this?" inquired
the man. , - - , n i -j t
' " No matter." I replied ; J1 yoa neijd
to know is that it brings you 15 cents
wages per hour. It is a bit of fun, and to
assist me properly you must seem to be as
deaf as a post, wear a serious countenance,
answer no questions, 'pay no attention to
any one, but attend faithfully to the work,
and at the end of every hour by St. Paul's
clock show this ticket at the Museum door;
enter, walking solemnly through every
hall in the building, pass out, ana resume
your work."
With the remark that it was "all one to
him, so long as he could earn his living,"
the man placed his bricks and began his
round. Ilalf an hour afterward at least
500 people were watching his mysterious
movements. He had assumed a military
step and bearing, and, looking as sober as
a judge, he made no response whatever to
the constant inquiries as to the object of
his singular conduct At the end of the
first hour the sidewalks in the vicinity
were packed with people, all anxious to
solve the mystery. , The man, as directed,
then went into the Museum, devoting fif
teen minutes to a solemn survey of the
halls, and afterwards returning to his
round. This was repeated every hour till
sundown, and whenever the man went
into the Museum a dozen or more persons
would buy tickets and follow him, noping
to gratify their curiosity in regard to the
purpose of his movements. This was con
tinued for several days the curious people
who followed the man into the Museum
considerably more than paying his wages
till finally the policeman, to whom I had
imparted my object, complained that the
obstruction of the sidewalk by crowds
had become so serious that I must call in
my "brick man." This trivial incident
excited considerable talk and amusement ;
it advertised me; and it materially ad
vanced my purpose of making a lively
corner near the Museum. BamunCt Au
tobiography. , , i
Sayings by Josh Billings. '
A gentleman iz a gentleman the world
over loafers differ.
Benevolence iz the cream that rises on
the milk or human kindness.
Courage without discretion iz a ram
with horns on both ends he will hav
more fitcs on hand than he kan well at
tend to. - . " -
Hunting after happiness iz like hunting
after a lost sheep in the wilderness; when
yu find it the chances are that it iz a
skeleton.
' A dog iz the only animal kritter who
luvs yu more than himself. - ,
There iz no more real satisfackshon in
laying np in yure buzzum an injury
than thare iz in stuffing a dead hornet,
who haz stung you, and keeping him tew
look at
Old friends are like old cheese, the
strongest
All money that iz' well spent iz a good
investment
If we would all ov us take kare ov our
own souls, and let our neighbors alone,
thare would be less time lost, and more
souls saved.
Before I would preach the gospel az
Mime ministers are obliged to, for 450 dol
Urs a year, i would get a Jiving, as Neb
udkenczzcr did, and let the congregashun
go tew grass to.
Contentment is the vittlcs and drink ov
the souL
Did yu ever hear a son bragging about
hiz father, whose father could with justiss
brag about hiz son?
The safest kind ov faith I kno ov is hu
manity. ;..
. The man who never makes enny mis
takes, like the angle-worm, never gits far ;
away from hiz hole.
A brilliant blunder in a writer iz often
one ov hiz best hits.
Tyranny iz often changed, but never
destroyed.
Sucking a whipt sillybub thru a rhy
straw iz a good deal like tricing tew live
on buty.
I never knu a profound phool yet who
did not affekt gravity, Jior a truly wize
man whose face was not alwus cocked and
primed for a laugh.
Prudery iz nothing more than coquetry
pone to seed.
New York city iz a fasst place yu kant
even pass a phuneral procession, unless yu
hav got the fasstest hos s.
Truth haz hardly clothing cnuff tew
hide its nakedness.
A pompous man iz like a full-blown blad
der ; it iz pure malice tew prick him.
The money and morality uv this World
are a good deal alike, the principle never
loses sight ov the interest
Titty costs nothing and aint worth noth
ing. .
What men kant do they are apt to ad
mire they don't criticise a mountain, bc
kause they kant make one.
Poverty iz one ov them kind ov misfor
tunes that we all of us dread, but none ov
us pitty.
Thare iz lots ov people in this world
who covet misfortunes, jist for the luxury
ov grunting.
It iz camparafcT1-.- cazy to repent ov
the Bins that we L ,e committed, but tew
repent ov those which we intend tew com
mit is asking tew mutch of enny man
nowadays.
I .thank God for one thing, and that iz,
when everybuddy else iz happy, I am sure
to be.
Most men go thru life az rivers go tew
the sea, by .following the lay ov the
around.
In youth we run into diffikultys, in old
age difilkultys runs into us.
"Times ain't az they used to be " this
haz bin the solium and wise remark ov
mankind ever since Adam was a boy.
Secrets are poor property at best ; if yu
circulate them yu loze the interest on the
investment
Persecuted for the Devil's sake, iz what
sinners git for their allegiance.
Sum people won't bcleave enny thing
they kant prove ; the things I can't prove
are the very things i bcleave the most
Pride never shows itself more disgust
lnsrlv than in the pomp ov a phuneral
? : s . : n i. ... it m
Happiness is nut luiciicnu, uuw i cjiw
iz as tree from labor az ue uie ov a yean
ing heifer. .
Good examples among tne ruiers are me
best laws they kan enakt
A "rcntleman about town" iz one who
my cash for everything except hiz debts.
Aloney iz nae cnaxiiy, mien mui-
f itndo nv inR - t -
A rMlant iz one who fills mmscu in a
cellar with the klam broth ov literature,
and then picks hiz tectli in the society ov
the learned. i: . '
There iz but little ceremony if enny oe-
tween two wize men, but between a wize
man and a phooL ceremony iz the only
table. . . : ' . .
Whpn von find a man who lz very soiisi
tus about the wellfare ov everyboddy, you
kan safely put him az one who iz hunting
lor a mtslortunc Ats tort rroeay. .
A rood utorv is told of a Quaker land'
lord at Atlantic City. An urchin of five
or six years was Been by him drumming
noisily upon a handsome walnut balus
trade. The Friend remonstrated with him
without effect, and then quietly took him
np bodily and carried'him into the 'back
yard. In a moment the Vy's angry
motner mauts uu apuuu,ucu auu iiutuiw
upon the landlord with a torrent of mvo
tive, concluding with "I'll leave this house
5nitjntlv" The Quaker immediately
touched a bell and said to the dark-skinned
waiter who responded to the call, " Lconi
das,go up to 43 and brine down this
friend s baggage wnen sue vena mee sue ia
ready for thee. If she wants thee to get a
carriage for her, or has any other com
mands until she is gone, thee will see
thorn nttondml to" The lady suddenly be
gan to cool down, apologized, and asked
to iw niinwMl to retain her room, but only
received the reply, "My house shall never
make any one a liar. My bookkeeper will
settle with thee. Fare the well" Soon
ftprwsnl hpr trnnba were taken down
stairs by the stout negro to the music of
her boys voice, caused by her imparting
to him unexpected caloric with a atrip of
shingle.
Tub English papers express themselves
much gratified at the manner in which the
defeat of the Harvard crew was received
'A :ok
in this country.
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ffOW I BECAME A DCTIILTtfiJ. ,
' Twblvk years ago, I was in Bostoa.1
bad just graduated, and was endeavoring,
in my effort to establish a practice, to see
how near a man could come to starvation,
and still keep alive. I had got as far away
from home as possible, because I did not
want any. of my- pw, people . to. see or
know of my struggles, being content to
fight patiently oa until I .had made a suc
cess, and, then let .them Know how I had
made it . j .-, ,rt..h '
I had but one relative, I may say only
one friend, in all Boston; and that was
Charley Drake,' 1 Charley was my cousin;
and a' clerk in a drug-store a retail store
where he had plenty of close work, and
very small pay. For him rtherc'was o
such thing as rest He slept in the store,
and was liable p be called at any hour of
the night; to (make rap a precrlptki, or ,
retail a dose of castor-oiL Tnis may seem
a trifle to some; but, to a man who has
been going through the petty drudgery
of a retail store from, six in the morning ;
Until eleven at night it is ho small matter
to be waked from his first sleep to mix, and
pound, and spread, and tie up a prescrip-'
tion a task that requires quietness of head
and repose of body. m
' One morning, quite early, I stopped in '
his store, as it was my almost daily habit '
to do, to get some small matter I wanted.
The proprietor came out, with a look of
anxiety on his face, and ' greeted : me
with ,
"Did you know that' Charley is in
trouble?"
Trouble? No," I ; said, "What
trouble?" . ,
" A wrong prescription he put up has
killed a woman.' I wish he'd killed him
self before it happened in my shop.' It
will ruin me." - " ---
I looked contemptuously on the fellow,
who only thought of his shop and his
pocket, and made further inquiries. - i
" Oh, it happened last night, about Shut-ting-up
time. The woman died within aa
hour; and Charley is under arrest, await
ing the verdict of the oroterV jury."
I felt an ntter disgust for this fellow ; but
I thought I would give him a parting shot
before I left him. So I said: .
" But why don't they arrest you? They
must look to you as principal.
It was almost amusing to see his expres
sion of fright ' - i
"Arrest me? What had I got to do with
it ? Why, I wasn't even in the store when
it occurred." , . ; 7
No the sneak he was asleep in his
bed, while he put all the work and respon
sibility off on poor Charley. However, I
contented myself with asking a few ques
tions as to who the person was that had
died, and when Charley had been arrested ;
and then I started to see him. I found
him, in a very little time, in the custody
of one of the coroner's officers, awaiting
the holding of the inquest, which would
come off in a hour. As a matter of course,
Charley was in intense mental agony, and
it was only with difficulty I could get him
to speak to the point His mind wan
dered, and he was in a high fever. I got
hold of his hand, and tried to calm him.
" Now, my bpy I said, " this is no
time for despairing. You must pluck up
courage, and look the thing squarely in
the face. All is not lost, as long as life is
left Tell me the whole story." '.
"Well, it was about one o'clock, this
morning, and I was waked out of a sound
sleep to put up a prescription, and I put
it up wrong, l was so sieepy, ana naa
been so tired, when I went to bed ! Oh,
poor Nellie ! What will she say to this ?"
, "No matter about Nellie now," I an
swered ; " if she's the little woman I think
she is. she'll bear it nobly, and, no matter
what the result, she won't think less of
you. Now, then, what was the nature of
your mistake ?" ..-.';
" UU, dear uousin iwo, a very oau one i
I put in three grains of atropia for three
grains of assafrctida, and you know that
one-sixth of a grain of atropia is a large
doBC. I knew it was a strange prescrip
tion ; but, as it came from Dr. Barton
Brewster, wno Knows wnat ne s about
and is a regular customer of our shop, I
put it up, and gave it to the messenger. I
was so glad to get to bed again, that I
didn't think about anything until about
half an hour afterward, when the doctor
himself waked me up, and asked to see
the prescription. I hadn't put it in the
book yet, so I handed it to him. He took
it to the night-lamp, read it, and handed
it back, saying, very harshly :
Young man, just reaa inai prescrip
tion again.'
"I did as he bade me. thorouehlyawaKe
by this time, and, to my horror, read three
grains of assafuelida, instead of three grains
of atropia.
" Dr. Brewster looked fiercely at me for
a moment and went off, leaving me with
the prescription in my nana, ana saying:
You've killed a weman by your careless
ness ; you'll have to settle it with the cor
oner in the morning.
Well; and tneyarrestea you tnis morn
ing?"
" Yes : about seven o clock. The ofilcer
Bays it was good in Dr. Brewster not to
give information against me until after
daylight, since I might have got away in
the meantime, if I had been of a mind to
do so; which, no doubt, was the 'doctor's
idea. But bless you, uousin bod i i aian
think of running away. I couldn t run
awav. if it was only for Nellie's sake.".
. euie was a acar uiuc Km, io wauiu
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Charley had been engaged for a year or
two. and was likclv to be for a few years
more, as he was waiting, until ne couia
ner.
I cast over the whole thing in my mind,
and the first idea that struck me was, that
Charley ought to have a lawyer present to
watch the proceedings, ana see mat nenaa
at least legal rights, where all would be
prejudiced against him. No sooner thought,
than I remembered that I had bc-en able to
do considerable nrofessional sen ice in tne
family of a young lawyer by the name of
Santora; in tact, l naa neen ionunaie
enough to snatch a favorite cliild of his
almost out of the gripe of death, Sanford
was, like myself, unable to make both ends
meet, and, in telling me his inability to
wy me then, hoped, that I, or some oi my
riends. would endeavor to make profes
sional use of him. This was jus, the time,
and, before the inquest opened, l naa can
ford on the soot, anxious to be of use.
The evidence was very simple: The
deceased boarded in the house, where she
died. Was a young girl, about nineteen.
naa no relatives, sou uuiy uuc u
friends, in Boston. Nobody visited her
but her physician, Dr. Brewster. Shehad
not been verv well for a day orl two, and
Dr. Brewster had prescribed late the night
before, and sent a boy to Marcelin's drug
store for orescriDtion. rrescnpuon dook
produced by Marcelin, the proprietor of
drug store. iTescnpnon reaa : - -
u K. H ydrare. chloromite,
Ext rhel aa H scruple,
AMttL ST. ili,
Pillules vL" .1
It was written with a hard lead Tjencil
on an ordinary . bit of white, unruled
writing paper. '
Then came Brewster s evidence. He
identified the prescription. Wnen he found
there was something wrong with Miss
SeVhv. the deceased, he went to Marcelin's,
and saw Drake, who admitted to having
put three grains of atropia m me prescrip
tion, insteaa oi me same quanuiy ui assa
fcetida. ,
Then came medical evidence as to the
effects of atropia, and the amount that
should be given in a dose which made half
a grain to each pill, when one-sixth of a
grain should be enough. 1
It all looked very bad for poor Charley,
and I saw plainly that, in the present state
of the case, Santord could not help him
any. There was only one question he
asked Dr. Brewster, which seemed rather
to bother the doctor, and was suggestive
to mc
" Doctor." he said, " how was it that,
when you suspected something wrong
with Miss Selbv. you left her for nearly
half an hottr with the ignorant people of
this house, and went yourseu down to
Marcelin's, instead of trying something to
relieve the deceased, and sending a mes
senger to Marcelin ST
Dr. Brewster said he wanted to be per
sonal lv satisfied.
" And how was it doctor, that, when
you were personally satisfied, you con
trnLnd voursclf with usine only simple
remedies, such as sulphate of zinc, and
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did not call in other aid until Miss Swlhy
waspast alllWpeV.va ,T A JJMA'l 7. i
Dr. 'Brewster answered that he had
acted to the best of his judgment, and he
was pot; responsible to: aylody,, ef en' Sf
hVhafrerrect, irWcM he did not' 4 'And
so - closed the inquest aoKjpharley' was
committed to-, stand. fcUptnal for man
slaughter, his bail having been placed at
ten thousand dollars-; Of coarse, bail was
impossible, and Charlie wont to prison,
cheered into a little hope by Sanford and
myself; but still'' nearly-' heart-broken.
There either, Uttle Nellie Wilson, Sanford
or myself, visited him' daily, and
did "our best fo eileor'himV but'the pros
pect was oar, :na tne tstate rrison
loomed np he fore.. The. day .of iia trial
was approaching,1 and there was not a bit
of evidence : to subtuit in defence, save
rood character, and recommendations from
, i . v 1 . 1 r , l 1 1
lurmrr employers ana irom marceun, au
of which was poor hopev t '
One day business led me past the house
where Miss Selby had died, and I do not
know what induced the idea, but I thought
I would go in. ) The only, idea I had, in
fact, was to see the messenger, who took
the' prescription, and : talk with ' him,
though I kneW him to be only an ignorant
boy.' I saw the landlady-4t was a board-
mg-nousc wno was a tina, moineriy son
of a woman, and, after a little gossip with,
her, I got her interested in Charley's case;
as an orphan, and without a friend in the
world but myself. Then I found that the
old lady was troubled with a dyspeptic pain,
wnicn l unaenooK to care, . sending out
for medicine on the spot, without letting
it cost her anything, and-finally won upon
Mrs. Bramble so, that, as I was roing
away, she said ; " Now, doctor, why don t
ye come and take my little-front receptioi
room, and put np a signnere? mere
ain't, no doctor any w bars around this
neizhborhood: and : I'll board! ye very
cheap,' list to have ye in the house oa
casion."
I laus-bcd at the old lady's oroooeition.
and told her that I would think it over by
next day; I did so, and saw that Mrs.
liramble s House was mucn superior in
appearance and location, to me one I in
habited. The result was; I struck a bar
gain with the old lady, and moved imme
diately to her ' domicile. j VI hadn't been
there three days, when, one morning,
Mra Bramble,1 who was very fond of gos
siping in my room, said : " Doctor, l can t
help thinking all the time about that poor
gal that was pisened up-stairs. I haven't
had that room opened since the morning
after she died. ' Seems to me as if 't might
be haunted." !
"Yes!" I responded.
"There war . something strange, too,
about her; and that doctorman that came
to see her so much."
"Yes !'- I said, again, pricking up my
ears, and looking inquiringly at her.
- " Thar was so much sneaking in and out,
and coming at all kinds of queer times ;
and then they'd quart, and, when he went
away, she'd tret and cry so, that she'd be
e'en a'most sick.; -n - ' ' .
" Hallo !" I said to Thyself, "here s a new
shape to this matter." ; And then I said
to Mrs. Bramble, "Where did Miss Selby
come from?" . r . .. i
Well, that's the strangest thing of all,
doctor. She never would tell where she
came from ; and the most that she ever
dropped was, that she was from JNew
Hampshire; but men ner name never was
Selby in this world." .
" How do you know that Mrs. Bram-
" Because jevery bit of her underclothes
had another name rubbed out on 'em ; and
one day there came a man here, and asked
for Miss Goodwin, and, wnen ne was told
that no rich person lived here he insisted,
and said , he d seed her come in here.
Then, when this was talked of at tea-table,
before Miss Selby,1 she got dreadful excited
about it, thongh nobody said a word about
her being the one that just come in before
the man asked for Miss Goodwin."
The old lady was makinz some revela
tions here that stirred my curiosity ; but I
could not see how they could help Char
ley's case, except that, if there was any
thing mysterious between the dead woman
and the doctor, I might sift it out, and use
it to soften his evidence against Uharley,
or, perhaps, force his jnterest to ; help the
poor boy. ."All's fair inwove and war,"
and so I took hold Of the slender clew to
trace out who Miss "Selby, or Goodwin,
might be.; The, last,' I'thought, was the
true name, and, although it seemed aosura
to enter upon the search, in such a way, I
concluded to write to every postmaster in
New Hampshire. I framed a letter, say
ing that there Was something of great im
portance pending to a family by thename
of Goodwin, somewhere in that State, and
requested each postmaster, if the name
existed in his locality; to please to send
mc a list of members of the family, present
and absent, especially the latter, and that,
if the necessary information proved to be
elicited through him, lie should be well
rewarded. i ! - ,
This letter brought' eleven responses,
one of which was from a member of the
Goodwin family, into- whose hands the
Dostmaster . of the town of 31 had
put HIT letter, x iiou uu owuci tm imo
letter of Mrs.. Sarah. Goodwin, than I
cried "Eureka!". -The very - tone of it
showed a mother seeking for her lost child,
from the exnression she put upon my ask
ing for the names of the absent She
sought a daughter who had left her a year
before, and the description, which I read
to Mrs. Bramble, was recognized in a mo
ment Of course, Airs. Goodwin must be
sent for. Her daughter s enects were still
in the locked un room, and they troubled
poor Mrs Bramble, almost as badly as if
they had been a ghost I therefore wrote
to Mrs. Goodwin Utatif she.would.come
to Boston, I could give her intelligence of
her lost- daughter.-. it was a sad pilgrim
age to bring the motner on, out it was
better than to have her child lost without
track, forever. In a few days Mrs. Good
win arrived, and, in my room I told her
the sad fate of her child, and pleaded with
her to tell me all she knew ef Brewster.
She did not know Brewster, had never
heard the name ; but, after urgent plead
ing, confessed that her daughter had left
home with a man named Selby, that she
had written to her declaring that she was
married to Selby, and this was the last she
had heard of her. I described the appear
.... f SalKo nA muKm MmrmiTAl
it instantly, t It was that of .Brewster.
Ught seemed breaking on tnis anair in
a new way. What if this Brewster, who
was a legitimately married man, had fonnd
. , . , ... . 1
nunseii nampereu jriui aisb uuuuwin,
perhaps, illegally,'. .married to her, and
consequently had taken advantage of
Charley's mistake for it was clear that he
had discovered it in time to save her if he
had tried, or at least 'that was the conclu
sion Sanford and I had come to t This,
indeed, was the defence we had designed
to offer oa the. trial, bringing in medical
evidence to support it What if this were
so, and we could bring it against Brewster
on the trial, or, -better still, get him to
abscond for fear of the revelation I " All's
fair, etc-" as I said before. '""! v.
' Mrs. Goodwin went to the room of the
poor, dead girl, which was opened for the
first time since her death. There was no
mistake. Everything was recognized ; and
the poor, broken-hearted mother was in
agony. I had sent for Sanford, and he
had arrived, and was shown directly to
the room. Mrs. Bramble took 1 the
mother awav to comfort her, and the law
yer and I discussed the situation. In the
centre of the room was a table, one of
those old-fashioned, wax-polished, mahog
any tables, seen only once in a while. On
the farther side of this sat Sanford, be
tween myself and the window. While I
was talking I glanced at the table and
presently my eye rested upon some
scratches. Why I noticed them, indis
tinct as they were, I cannot tell ; but my
eyes would not leave, them unto at last I
bent down close, and saw that they were
the marks made by the sharp point of a
hard pencil, through thin paper, and the
very marks made by Brewster's prescrip
tion on the night of Miss Goodwin's death.
The wax-rubbed table had taken the im
pression plainly; and there I read, while
Sanford looked at me wonderingly, not
only 'the prescription, now in the hands of
the law, but the impression of another,
almost identical, only substituting the
word atropia for assafietida. I was thun
derstruck, and called Sanford round to my
aide of the table. He read it and we
looked in each other's faces. The whole
thing was as clear to me as day,
7'.-H rI .?::-!. ,:-".u.3 A no.'s, 4i ,w! I
r..vr.::r. j ,I.j;t..i V? I ' !::fev '
..J!i5: .all!.!' :iVM' t...,.,!
.j .."lit I- I'-' .-";' :!.
t -::r . iikir !'t :;.'.! -"! . V,' .j.
1 1 carted no Mrs. Bramble and Mri Good-
win, and both read, the marks. . Quick
work should now be made of the whole
thing.. : The room was dosed, but not until
I had made most accurate conies of both
preecriptiona; J Sanfortt went to police
head-quarters, and .brought one" of their
principal men, wnue mm Bramble, inner
own name, sent off for Brewster to come
directly to her on a matter of importance.
He arrived just before Sanford s ' return
wiin tne minister oi me law, ana seeniea
verydBuch, taken aback by meeting me,
whom he remembered, at the inquest as a
friend of Charley's. I said to him : " Doc
tor, there are some matters connected with
the death of that lady up-stairs, which I
want cleared up, and I induced Mrs. Bra in
kle to -send for you, satisfied tha you could
enlighten me.". .1 J.afWJ 1
4 Enlighten you ! " he sneered. " What
re you to do with it at all?"
' OM " I said,: carelessly, " I have taken
interest in Miss Goodwin s death, as I
have in Mr. Drake's life." '
The name of Goodwin staggered him,
and he turned H rid. ' ni!rx : 1 ,
" Goodwin 1" he muttered. " " f don't
know any Miss Goodwin.?' - i
,:; 5 Perhaps you rwould not-Know her
mother," i said, as that lady entered the
room with Mrs. Bramblej r Brewster stag
gered toward the window; I jumped be
tween him and it, for I thought he intend
ed to throw himself out - . - t
''Perhaps,-doctor, yoa don't recognize
these .two , prescriptions," I continued,
ihowine the copies I had made. " Here is
the one calling for atropia, which you ex
changed for the other, when you called at
the drug-store of Marcelin, and asked
Drake to snow you me original, l he
very same, doctor." '
' "That's a lie!" he hissed; ?I destroyed
that": r -'
"Oh! did you? WellJ you see it. has
come to life again. However, I'm glad
you've confessed that you tried to destroy
it v' And now, doctor, my advice to you is
to make a dean breast of this thing, and
throw yourself on my mercy.
He caught at this like a cowardly wretch
and, as Sanford came in, he knew him, but
did not know the man with him. He told
the whole story. He had beguiled Hiss
Goodwin with marriage, which, of course,
was bigamy; and was In daily dread of de
tection; ifie had plotted her death, and
tins plan had occurred to him the very
evening of its execution. He knew the
working of Marcelin's store, and that, by
changing the prescription, Charley could
be made tne victim, ana nunseii exoner
ated. And then, as he finished, he said :
"And now. gentlemen, I have done;
what do you intend to do with me ?"
" Have vou banged." I said caimry.
"Is that your mercy I threw myself
on?"
"That's too much-mercy for a villain
like you. There's your man, ofilcer.
Well ro with vou till we see him safe un
der, lock. We don't want to take any
chances on that fellow. - :.;:
And that was my first case, and my
first arrest The next morning I was sent
for by the authorities, and coolly informed
that Brewster hand hanged himself the
night before in his cell, so you see I only
erred by pronouncing who should hang
him. As to Charley, the district attorney
arranged his business in a few hours, and
he was a free man. Marcelin was -very
anxious to have him back ; but I obtained
for him a better place, in a larger store,
with less work, more sleep, and larger
pay. .'.-
. As to myself, a few days afterward I was
sent for by the President of the B
Bank, who, having apologized for his
strange proposal, told me mat ne naa
heard from Sanford the whole story or my
amateur detective business, and he felt
satisfied that if I would take in hand the
matter of the robbery of their bank it
had lost eighty thousand dollars some
weeks before which the regular detect
ives could do nothing with, he was satisfied
I could make something out of it At all
events, on his recommendation, the board
of directors had told him to offer mc five
hundred dollars to try, whether I succeed
ed or not, and fifteen per cent on all the
money I recovered, if I succeeded. I
laughed at the idea, and listened. Five
hundred dollars was a great deal of money
to begin on. It would be a long time be
fore I would get such a sum as a medical
fee. I was interested in the. story of the
robbery, and I took the job professionally.
Two months later I closed it up, having
recovered seventy-two thousand dollars of
the money, and received my niteen per
cent, ten thousand eight hundred dollars,
less the five hundred dollars already paid.
Out of this money I set Charlcy Drake
nn. clefrantlv. in business, and married him
to Nellie; and put Sanford in the way of
getting up, semiing mm sum a yiM
tice. AppldoJH Journal; ! I
Taking a Drink.
I passed the winter of 1840-41 in the
very hospitable city of H where I
was so fortunate as to form an extended
circle of argecablc acquaintances, who, by
ineir genuu sou liiieiiigem bwuu mm
course contributed greatly to my happi
ness,and enabled me to while away the
monotony of a protracted .northern winter
in the most satisfactory manner. In the
Bbring following, as I was about taking my
departure, my friends called, and wishing
me all manner of good fortune, bade me a
kind adieu, and all, excepting my particu
lar friend J. S , bad lett lie aciamca
me for some time upon the little porch
fronting the hotel, seeming loth to say
good-by ; but as it was nearly time for the
arrival of the train I was forced to tear
myself away from him, and was on the
point of stepping into the carriage when
he entreated mc to come back and take a
farewell glass.
I was obliged to decline, remarking, as
I closed the carnage door, that we would
nostnone onr drink until mv return ; and
awav I went consoling myself with the
fervent anticipation that l might soon oe
permitted to revisit the excellent friends I
was leaving behind, uut aias ior me
realization of my cherished aspirations!
my tortuous trail led me into rexas,
Mexico, Arkansas and Utah, and it was
nearly twenty years before I could get
back. . ;is : ;
The time came at last, however, and I
anxiously drove -toward the old hotel,
where I expected to see a great many
changes; but, to my surprise, I found all
the surroundings looking precisely as
when I left, and to my utter astonishment
there was my old fried. J. 3 who was
the last to bid me farewell, seated in the
sairiR snot nnon the same norch. anDarent-
ly in the same arm-chair, and with his feet
raised at the same elevation, and resting
against identically the same post as when
I declined his invitation to join him in the
stirrup-cup. -...- ; i v : '
' Getting out of the carriage, I walked di
rectly up to him, gave him a hearty slap
on the shoulder, and said : " Well, 8 ,
as you are so pressing, I don't care if I do
take a drink." ..'. .''-" i
He looked up with astonishment, and
did not recognize me at first ; but he soon
appreciated the joke, and seizing my hand,
reolled that his patience was nearly ex
hausted' in waiting for my return, and that
if I had not arrived within the next five or
six years he would Jhave been obliged to
drink alone. Gtw. Jfarey, im llarptri
Magcaxne Jot OetcMr. ' " - -
An Anecdote of Gov. Seward and One of
His Old Friends. r r
i"jt -., :
During Mr. Seward's first term as Gov
ernor, the anti-rent troubles assumed a
formidable aspect , The II cider berg was
intensely excited, sheriffs were defied, and
a resort to arms seemed to be approach
ing. Under an act of the Legislature,
Seward appointed a commission to inquire
into the grievances of the tenants and the
rights of the landlords, naming as one of
its members, nis oia inena Garry y . buck
ett of Seneca county. ; , ; : f
A day was fixed for. Gov. Seward and
Commissioner Sackett to visit the infected
district The anti-renters who had never
been honored with the presence of a Gov
ernor, resolved to turn out mam to
meet His Excellency, and selected an ora
tor to meet him with a congratulatory
speech, quite losing sight or the commis-
atoner.
The day arrived, and Seward and Sack
ett went out in a four-horse barouche.
Sackett, who stood x feet three inches,
I L .jri vrtr
t , ffl ''i 'T"' ,:! 1
.n - u',, - 'f : '.V f'1'-
) . .-Jlf iH if'. - i
and always dressed in the Websterian
blue coat and buff vest, with an amplitude
of white cravat and an imposing gold
headed cane, was never better got up than
on this grand occasion, and of course bore
a striking contrast to tne lime uttle Gov
ernors ' As they descended from the car
riage, the crowd of anti-renters cheered
lustily, and their Head Center stepped for
ward, unrolled nis manuscript, and open
ed his oratorical battery upon pack ett,
with "JYour Excellency," and began his
speech, while the mass called out fof three
cheers for " our noble Governor." , , Sack'
ett waring his cane high in air, shouted
at me top oi nis voice . owpt, geatae
men! - You have made the same mistake
that the people of this State hare made;
They doubtless ought to have made me
Governor,' and perhaps intended to do so,
but in fact, they have chosen this gentle
man," turning to Seward, whom i now
present to you as Governor - Seward."
ea York aun.
I
Light in the School-Boom,
RetI T. Dk Witt Talmagk, of Brook
lyn, N. Y., in a recent sermon, thus spoke
of fight in the school-room: . ., , , i
"Let us have plenty of light m our
school-rooms and homes light, clear and
beautiful, such as God pours out of His
sun every day, a world full of it ; not
crowding through between small windows,
and glass-stained lor cobwebbed: plenty
of light, like that which puts blue into the
gentian, and gold on the cowslip, and spots
the pansy, and covers the sea with emerald,
and, sends up the mist of the valley into
whirling columns of glory sky talL and at
sunset pulls back the oars of heaven until
the brightness or mat land strikes through
and through the . cloud racks, dripping
down the battlements in sapphire, and
purple, and orange, and flaming fire. Give
us light and no gloom, for 'God is light,
and in Him is no darkness at alL If the
photographer takes the brightest room in
the building to make his pictures, shall
we not have a bright room where the Sun
of righteousness is to impress the image
of the eternal God on' the human soul?
Let there be deep night in mountain
cavern, and down in the coal-shaft, and in
the hold of ships, but let it fly from the
school-room as quick as you can batter a
hole in the wail or throw dock me snut
ttrs. God said at the beginning, and it
thrilled through all the universe, ' Let
there be light,' and there was light -i
" With the light will come the air not
the bottled-up air of other Sundays kept
over from week to week, as though, like
wine, it improved by age ; or such as lingers
in damp basements under the church, but
fresh, clear, air, such as comes pant
ing off the sea. or down the hill-side,
sweeping up me aroma oi wnoie acres oi
red clover-top. juase sucn piaccs orient
and glad. Because Christ was bora m a
manger is no reason why we snouia wor
ship Mm in a barn.'. . .
Curiosities of American History. ,
Tux American political history is full of
curiosities aad singular incidents. . For in
stance, three of our Presidents, all of
. . .if t i
wnom paracipaieu in tne iteruiuuiui, uieu
on its great anniversary, the Fourth of
July, viz. : John Adams, Thomas Jeffer
son and James Monroe. '
General Washington, when he retired
from the Presidency, was in the 66th year
of his age. His successor, John Adams,
when he left, was 60 years old. After
him came Thomas Jefferson, James Madi
son, and James Monroe. " Mr. Jefferson
was 66, James Madison had just passed
his 66th year, and Mr. Monroe was in his
67th when they respectively left the Presi
dential chair. General Harrison was u
years old when he was elected, and died
? . T 1 . 1 til
iu me jrreoiueuiiai uium
From 1801 to 1835. the Presidental office
wan filli-d hv Vireiniana - During the
same interval, with the exception of four
years, the Vice Presidential olnce was
steadily held by citizens of New York.
John Adams negotiated the treaty of peace
that concluded the war of the Revolution
with England. - His son, John Quincy
Adams, was a leading envoy, ana nego
tiated the treaty which ended the second
war . with England in 1314. His son,
Charles Francis Adams, at the third great
crisis of our history was the Minister to
England during the recent war, irom imi
to 1865, the period which covers the
"Alabama" claims, out of which another
war is altogether possible with the old
mother country.
In 19U0, John Adams was on a leading
Presidential ticket Twenty-four years
after, his son, John Quincy, was also a
Presidential candidate. Twenty-lour years
from that time, : Charles Francis Adams,
John Oninev's son. was an imnortant can
didate for Vice President, with a contin
gent Presidential succession.
ui me nrst six rresiuenis. iour oi tnem
were taken from the office of Secretary of
State ; and the other two, being the first
elected, could not perform its duties.
From this fact arose the precedence that
makes the Secretary of State the first of
ficer in the Cabinet instead or the secre
tary of the Treasury, which is the case in
Great tfntain. -
The highest civil officer in the country
at the time of the Declaration of Inde
pendence was John Hancock, of Massa
chusetts, the President of the Continental
Congress. The highest military officer
was George Washington, of Virginia. The
first battle of the Revolution was fought
in Massachusetts, and the last in Virginia.
The first President of the United States
was from Virginia, and the second from
Massachusetts. The first English settle
ment in the country was made in Virginia
and the second in Massachusetts. Ot the
fifty-six signers to the Declaration of In
deoendence. three long survived upon the
earth after all others had died, and two of
these had been upon the committee of five
who drafted the imnortant instrument
The very last survivor, Charles Carroll, of
Carrollton. .Maryland, threw me nrst
shovelful of earth from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, the first railroad enterprise
in the country. The last man of the past
inaugurated the coming future.
No less thau five of the greatest of
American statesmen were born In the
same year, 1783: Daniel Webster, John
C. Calhoun, Thomas H. Benton, Martin
Van Buren and Lewis Cass. From 1300
to 1855. a ncriod snannlng from the second
President to the seventeenth, only two
persons filled the office of Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the United
States, John Marshall ana itoger ts,
Tanev.
But two men in the United States have,
as they say in Odd : Fellowship, passed
through all the " chairs," been Governors
of States, held a first-class foreign mission,
been the head of the Cabinet, then Vice
President and President Their names
are Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van
Bnren. ,
. Three Presidents died in .office : Harri
son, Taylor and Lincoln.
Three persons were elected by the peo
ple Vice Presidents before they became
Presidents: John Adams, Thomas Jeffer
son and Martin Van Bursa.
Three Vice Presidents died in office
George Clinton, Eldridge ' Gerry and
William k. rung. v- -
Three men were efected President who
had been Ministers U England under the
vforal Government : John : Quincy
Adams, Martin Van Buren and James
Buchanan. - '
Three Vice Presidents became President
by the death of tkeir duels: John ryier,
irm&rrl Filmore and Andrew Johnson
and every one f them pursued a policy
adverse to that of the party by which they
were elected. Two of the Vice Presidents
of the United States, and they the young
est men who ever held the office, have
been indicted for treason : Aaron Burr and
John C. Breckinridge, and ia each instance
the Govement dismissed the case without
even puttingit before a jury.
One Vice President, John C. Calhoun,
resigned his seat as President of the Sen
ate, to take a place on the floor, where
he could have the privileges of debate,
and there elucidate his State Right's
yiews under the Constitution. Cincinnati
To Take Ink mom FurnitukK, Car-
rm and Fi-oors. Wipe the spot with
oxalic acid ; let it remain a few minutes,
Uen rub it with a cloth wet with warm
water. Colored paint, mahogany and car
pets, will require washing with the harU-
Jiorn-Water to rcatonj m viiguiai ww.
. b tarns' , r arm ... a
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v S.., ) -"i
.ta;u
: f it
; A Tfpmnrkahlft rase. ' J" :
of the New York
TWhtittA nrritinir from Kanthold. fnffolk
bounty, N. Y says: "The Southold poor-
la KinHitioiia nf twnminiran insane asvlum.
and. in fact makes pretensions that way
aireaay. xnougn esiauusneu aa a icmgo
for the indigent and vagrant of the town
ship, there are more lunatics sheltered
there than poor folk.- t had heard that a
man who had showed a strange aversion
for clothing had been a tenant of the
hnnaa fnr nm vfm and that the treat
ment he received there was reprehcnsibly
neglectful. It was reported that he was
kept in an outbuilding through the severe
. . .... i i .i i . i. -.
winter, unattenuea ana uncioiueu; uw
1ia was lpft in this distressful situation
year in and year out, never seeing anyone
save me Keeper, ana mm omjr at iucai
hours. I was met by the keeper, a kindly-
Inntinir man wlirMA fllMk VftA IMTnHl DV
wrinkles and brown with toiL to whom I
Introduced myseir. ;isaia:?ire neara
vnn linvA an inmatj herA who for' nine
years has been considerable trouble to
yon, owing to ' his strange 'mania.
IVai ' oats! ih. Viunur ? rrrtt a man 'ere
iarkn inn't Vor much fnr r-lntbinir of Anv
sort, but he make's me no trouble.. He s
harmless.. Wouldn't you UKe to loon at
Ytim ' T av-0ntAl thn inTitaiinn. and W8S
conducted to what appeared an exagger-
atea pig-pen. Aiiga icnce wiui a un
hut inside, at one corner of the yard,
was the home, of this; idiot -A
strong odor of filth - was perceived
on entering. The keeper advanced to a
rinnr whioh rtrunnl into the hut and there.
on a bed of straw which was stained, and
broken into one bits, sat a most niaeouaiy
Mntilc'v roAfttiir hi hannehea. From
his mouth dribbled a sickening saliva.
- . a rt 1 J
His beard was mangy ana auorueu
trout fof vermin. Ilia head was evidently
tnihiiinini aa th rnnstant friction his
fingers made with his scalp gave toxen.
Tho iroonpr mi i on mm 10 irei uu. auu.
omnliino lilrs Hnff. nH sllink BWftV hltO
a corner where he busied himself in break
ing his straw into fractions and then chew-,
ing it The keeping then told me that he
n-rKrhita ths most . filthv - nrboensities.
When fed, he first smears his body with
. ' . . a f. .1 :it.t
the lood, ana men guips it aown -wimou
maotimlinn TTa rlp.TOIirS filth, and ShOWS
a preference for it If let out in the fields,
. . . .... ... i -1 1
he detects it atxrat me piace wnu au u-
.nnnli tnct'npt anI IHillrWl food Of it ' III
.UO.M, . " .
Anww n-n v. n that manhood is en
tirely deficient, and that he has sank into
woful bestiality. The Keeper areaas to
nnma.h film TkAOnlA TIPVPT 1TO near
his hut, believing the air poisoned by his
pestilential bream, unce a weea, a rupc
fa ism.;! ahnnt hia waist and he is taken
to a dock near Ty, where the keeper, with
a -broom, sweeps on tne incrusieu uiri,
and he is then brought back for another
wiuib'a wniinvincr . Tin iioir . is more
tt v. iv a t. u..v mug. ry -
filthy; his practices are unmentionably
foul About nine years ago clothing
I1 Ka tpnt on him hv constant watch-
r. - -- -j - . ,
ing, but soon ne tore it m soreun aim
ate it He also seemed deeply angered
when clad with civilized vestments, and
a :n OT.wntw.llaVklt tYirm if anv one
ttomntol to cover bis body there-
... " . . : i i j:-.:
With. At otner times ne is caiui, auu uu n
ly dawdles away his unprofitable life. In
winter he sits and shivers with the cold,
but will not be covered ; and last year his
toes were all frozen off. He is never sick
and has the most muscular looking frame.
His head is well-shaped, and nothing but
the stupid eye marks the lunatic Other-
nn r nrnnlil hnliovA thfir (ilunTMlB had
w lot. vuv. vv - . ;
been resurrected, or a wild man was let
loose -
TMa man nr honst; rather, will be 29
years of age the coming month, and 18 of
those years nave Dcen spent in wie pwr
house. His parents are very respectable
people, though too poor to furnish him
with a lodgment in an insane asylum
where he could find scientific- care. This
has hopn rpnorted as a rjarallel case to that
of the nun of Cracow. The man was rep
resented as enduring a forced connnement,
enfWmir nalnful affliction. AnV 8UCh
apprehension will be quickly dissipated
UV liltS MWUUb XT.AAajjt va w wu-w
f IV .ntfl
more tnan is now penormuu ujr wiwiiiu
nn1 lrvnIJhMrTOsI trnnnPTV tlTllpSS 111 S Cflr&-
CtAAVl avA-"-f wvff? .
fully conducted lunatic asylum. Sympa
thy for the creature is of no appreciable
good, and so it is not extended, i nc man
oart seems extinct in him, and the animal
. . a i m a a I It
that remains is rcasonaDiy weu irearcu.
Preparing Peaches for Use.
To Preserve Peadia.T&TC, halve and
weigh the peaches; put them into a pre
serving kettle full of boiling water, and to
every six pounds of fruit put a teaspoon
ful of soda ; boil one minute, take them
off, and throw them into cold water, re
moving any dark scum which may adhere
to them. Make the syrup of half a pound
of sugar and a gill of water to every pound
of fruit ; boil and clarify it, and when well
skimmed put in the fruit, and when half
done take the peaches from the syrup, and
lay on dishes so that each piece shall be
separate, and let them get entirely cold ;
then return to the boiling syrup and cook
until done ; boil the syrup untd it is rich.
It is best to warm the jars and put in the
preserves hot If the jars are of glass,
they will break unless heated quite hot be
fore filling them.
Peaehufor FamUy Pie. Ripe peaches,
pared, stoned and quartered. . To twelve
pounds of the cut peaches, six pounds of
the best brown sugar; stew the sugar
among the peaches, and let them stand
twelve hours ; then add the kernels of the
stones, and put the whole in a preserving
kettle and boil slowly for about two hours,
skimming wclL When cold put in jars.
Suxet Pickled Peaclu. Pare and halve
the peaches. To two pounds of fruit, take
one quart of vinegar and one pound of
sugar ; put the sugar and vinegar on the
fire, skim, and when they have simmered
fifteen minutes put in the peaches, and let
them remain until they are slightly cooked,
but not soft Boil cinnamon and mace in
the syrup. Cloves are nice, but discolor
the fruit .
Spiced Peackc. Take nine pounds of
cling-etone peaches, ripe but not soft, pare
and halve them, or leave them whola
Make a syrup of four pounds of brown
sugar and a pint of good vinegar, some
mace and cinnamon, and skim it well. Let
it cook a quarter of an hournd then throw
inthepeaches, a few at a time, so as to keep
them as whole as possible, and when clear
take them out and lay on dishes, and put
in more. - When all are done, pour out
the syrup over the peaches. r.
Peach Mangoet.Tt&e fresh, unbruised
cling stones, and throw them into salt and
waterTor twenty-four hours. Remove the
stones with a fruit-knife, and put the
peaches into cold vinegar and water,
equal parts of each. Make a stuffing of
grated horse-radish, white mustard- seed,
mace, cloves, allspice, pepper, nutmeg, and
a very little minced onion, with brown
sugar enough to make the stuffing rich.
Fill the cavities, plug the holes, tie a
thread around the peaches and drop them
into cold vinegar. Some persons use
freestone peaches, and put a little turmeric
in the stuffing. '. -
PicOed Peache Put ripe, but not soft,
peaches in scalding hot water for onenin
ute. Wipe them immediately with a dry
cloth, in order to remove the down of the
peach akin. Take good but not the
sharpest vinegar, spice it with cinnamon
and mace, and to each gallon put three
pounds of brown sugar. Add the beaten
whites of two or three eggs, scald and skim
till dear, taking the kettle from the fire
each time it is skimmed. When partly
cooled, turn it over the peaches. Just
covering them. A gallon of vinegar, with
three pounds of sugar, is sufficient for
about a peck of peaches. rtVtor Magar
tine.
Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, is
said to be the largest employer in the
United States, ne gives work, to about
eight thousand persons, and it is stated
has recently raised their wages about 15
percent '
The Pull Mail Oaectte infers from the
length of the patent lists in Paris for the
last quarter, " that the jFrcnch are becora
ing srrrcely less inventive than the Ameri-
A store in Denver City has a sign as
follows : FyNe KUT 2. bak O. , .
i . i r:ta-T :.w-, -
'''Jtil.ll' , ,TJ , fluff
vol:
a 9.
Y0IJTIBI)EP1BT3IENT.
1- Dare Iwu.
' "Poo r,rI could do it easily, and be
back here again: befora yon could count
nny.".; ...--TiKl. brz '1, '
Mjuay be so; but you don't, oare to try
it" ' " -; .
"Don't dare! Now Tom, you know bet
ter, i . ! u.--vtn; or . i
1 "Well, I dare, you 1" : !
The boy's eyes flashed. In a moment
he was over the ' boundary line, skating
skiluuiry over tae toroiaaen ice : while his
schoolmates idoKed on, some with astonish-:
ment,some with .fear, and a few with
shouts of applause.' ' Clear to the other
side he Went though ' the ice cracked and
bent : then, with a graceful turn he- was
coming toward them, again, swifter and
SWULcr,. Willi & Juua ti iuo ua giun-
fng face, and the praises or me otner ooys
already sounded ia his ears -,;"
. : " Good for you, wm i - . . ;. , :
i "Hurrahfor " . . . .,
Who ? Where was ne T Where the proud
form and smiling face, and the -dark hair
uncovered in. the moment, of exultation?
Gone Hidden at once. . from their sight,
under the ice, and the waters rose up over
the spot, as if their' tune of triumph ' had
come then. -ov 11 j ; ' v:
" Oh ! What shall w do "
.""Run, quick 1 Get a rope!": , I
" Stand hack, every one of vou 1" and the
voice generally' so kind; frightened them
now with its sternnessi and they looked
in silence at the teacher's white face, as he
drew off his gown, and arept with it to the
boundary line Which' he had marked 1 for
the boys that morning. .1 Over that - too,
so carefully, yet so . omefciy ; and toe ice
cracked! cracked! "And the boys could
none of them tell how h was done, only
that soon the dark, dripping hair of their
schoolmate appeared above the broken ice;
than Vila Kswlvf alvarl-tv alsvwlw A rr rvtl tr
wards them, his hand clutching tightly the
teachers dressinggowB.4 Ai 1 i .7 '
The teacher did not speak, and they
dared not In the . teacher's own strong
arms, Winthrop Was carried to the ' house.
and rubbed and, no, he was not aeaa;
for in a few momenta he opened his eyes,
and looking at the group of anxious, boy
ish faces gathered round he said : : AH
right" How it- brightened every heart
there! The boys could speaK bow. ;
i .u. Oh, Wint.1 haven't counted fifty yet!"
burst out Tom,. excitedly, and trying to
laugh ; but rf he had not been- a boy, he
could certainly' have cried instead.
"Now. let me hear all about it" said
their teacher, calmly, as the color began to
come back rnto Wmthrop s cheeKs.
"It is all my fault," said Tonhum
bly, o i ;";'.'.; . '. ..
"How came vou to disobey my rule.
Winthrop, and go beyond the boundary?".
" Why. l haraiy thought about me ruie.
sir : I wanted to let them see I wasn't
afraid of the ice! ..... They dared me to do
it ; and when any one dares me to do a
thing '
Winthrop stopped suddenly, as the rec
ollection came over him or me coia gur
gling waters, and of, those few, terrible
moments of suspense. .
' " Then you always dare to do it ; Is that
what you mean?'!.!! ?
. i . " Yes. sir ;". but the voice was not so full
of confidence as it had been half an hour
before. - .
" And the end of your daring, thisjtime,
might have been death !
. A shudder crent over the boy's heart
". " Oh, sir, please don't ! I dared him ! "
said boor Tom. " ' "
" And so yoa think a' boy' is a coward
who is dared to do a thing, and.doesn't do
it!" . ........
"It looks so," answered Winthrop. . 1
' "Ah, my toy, you' must get rid of that
idea r it Is wrong ! ' He who refuses to do
a sinful or a dangerous thing, even when
people say,.'! dare you, is a true hero:
1 and he who runs all risks to do something,
just because--he is dared, is.by far the most
cowardly and foolish. ' Don't look so
down-hearted, Winthrop; I want you to
be truly heroic, and I know you can do
things very ' bravely sometimes. ' For in
stance, if I should . say you may not go
skating another day during this season,
you Would bear the punishment without
complaint, I think." ' - . -
"Yes, sir," answered the boy, with a
touch ot the old pride in his voice. ' .
. "Mayntlbear the punishment? 11 is
my fault,T exclaimed Tom.
"I haven't given any punishment yet,
Tom ; I have only given this lesson about
true bravery for -you all -to learn.. And
now,, be off, every one of you, and let
Winthrop rest, while I go to examine toy
dressing-gown ; and if it is entirely ruined,
I'll pass a subscription- round among you
to get a new one." 3 And the. kind man
smiled as he left them i but hid heart was
full ; and he went to thank God for the
safety of his pupil, and to pray' that he
might become truly brave and noble.
Boys, never be dared into doing what is
wrong. Do not take one step, aside from
the straight path, no matter bow many
voices say, ," I. dare.! you." Be brave
enough to, say, " I dare, not," to every
temptation. Aid always
Dare to be right I ' Dare to he trne !
All the warkTe scorning can never harm yon '
Stand by jour conscience, roar honor, your faith ;
Stand like a hero, and battle till death I -
' How Two Boys Became Eko. .
Somebody tells the following of two
boys, and how they made an honorable
mark in the world: ...:. -. ; (
Once upon a time, not many years ago,
there lived in a little, town of Brechin, a
few miles from Glasgow, in Scotland, two
boys, brothers, whom I will call John and
Thomas Reddan... The father died in early
life, and they: were quite . poor. After
working as apprentices in a cotton factory
for a while they set up a little store for
themselves,: in which were sold certain
articles used in the factory. It was the
custom at that time, as I believe it is now;
for many Scotchmen to believe that they
could not do any good work, or any great
amount of work, without having a bottle
of liquor on the shelf. A very foolish be
lief, I am sure you will all agree with me,
for we - know that drinking intoxicating
drink makes us mad and takes away our
senses, and is the very way, instead of
helping us in work, to prevent us from do
ing anything at alL
- Well, one- time .Thomas Reddan was
obliged to go away and remain a long time.
When he came back, he went to the little
store, and expected to reccivea very cordial
welcome from his brother. ; How do you
think he found him Drunk ! When John
recovered from his stupor, Thomas, -who
was a right-minded lad, talked to him, and
the result of the conversation was, they
both earnestly resolved never, either of
them, on any pretense whatever, to drink
iquor of any kind. " ; - .
. It was not long after this that these
young men came to America. They set
tled in a town called Andover, Massachu
setts. , I. am pretty" sure you'll find it if
you look, on the map of Massachusetts, ia
your " geography. . They did not open a
store this time, but with the money they
had been able to save over, the4 water,
started a factory tor the manufacture of a
certain sort of thread, that shoemakers
use in their business.
u In this town- they staid for many years.
They, prospered in all their doings, because
they aid Oreir work .'well; were reliable,
prompt aad hbaest, and eor .everybody
trusted .them,' ' And more than that, they
were religions young men, attended church
on the Sabbath, and; in fact; so eoaducted
themselves as to win the esteem of. all in
the neighborhood. They .got along so
well that one of them,, in a few years,
went over to Scotland, to the little town
where their mother was, and brought he .
over to America. And what was very
kind, they brought all the furniture of her
apartment, just as it was, and arranged it
in a little room in the town they lived in,
so that she would not feci so very strange
in this new country. Years went by, and
they married, and had children grown up
about them. They made plenty of money,
and became very wealthy ; but amidst all
their happiness and success, they did not
forget how much they owed to the good
God for all the blessings they had had.
So one of them, Tbomaa, one -day said to
tne other: r , "
"John, I propose we do some good
with our money.. ', v'" '
And John acquiesced, and .after coatt
new building lor IheHbrarr ofn
Kaaaxl aannarv M.trf ar KltimVdr t trBAlV
Mvn caiinri . "iAaiictreM Xiieoiczicai semi
nary." And they did- build it at a cost oi
over sixty thoasa4 dollars; e1 4lbj it
Rwvhfn TTan. aftr ttie ' rittre" ftrW'',itt
Scotland they -cane '. '.fironuTte j&k
standing to-day, and ;if you should :vt
happen to go to Massachusetts, try and see
it, and remember1 the story of these two
boys and how it came to be buHlm. i
aaaMaaaaaaaaa -nur;
' : '' j tacts axd raraffia'
' r t - : .aBaaaaaaw' - I O'Ji'J1" 1.-4. 1
?Tra million slaU'peqcSs arq1. psc.up in
the United States every year ti k. .
" Th" B'ttsf'ijbiitrlbniapM .tg)toijB
last year were $ 982,4791 t i t m i . T ii m
Thkicat are now" upward of sixty thou
sand Germans ui ParkTT . ,r -fl
'' Trams are two hundred and fifty ya
gogues in. thu UailjCd. States.';
" Frox- Maine te- Texas," is now super
seded by r! from Florida, to Alaska." "
Tuk PrassianCourt spends daily five
hundred dollars for charities 1 flteTEaUakn
Court twelve hundred rubles.
: Thk most promising young scbtptnr In
Paris is George Warren, the son of Ameri
can F1 harn in ranpo '
A somewhat .defective copy of the first
edition of Shakspeareof !(N3' fetched 33
at Puttick & Simpson's auction sale in.
London.1-' ''' " 1 I
: Adams EtjtiSs 'Compart compels all
agents and employes to put up their pho
tographs at the general office, so that .in
case aay of them runthe detectives can
identify them. - - . -"
Thk aggregaiei membership of he, 'a
rious branches of tljejOrder of Qdd Fel
lows in all parts of me . world is-consmer-ably
.ovcr ,1,000,000. In Great Britain
alone there are over 300,000 Odd Fellows.
Eight hundred mflndnsme hundted
and eighteen thousand v-lettenM passed
through the Post Offices of Great .Britain
and Ireland.during the . year 185?P-an in
crease of nearly thirty-five mifiioriB ever
1807. ' i.ufKri
A lglisicroera jury? later- re
turned i a. verdict of . ? Death from atty
degeneration of the heart, accelerated by
the deceased having strangled eraatt"
That would naturaUy'-aggrayatevsqebj a
disease, .'-j'iin.'.i -ji:. ,-; (.-.vm n ,l
' Thxrs ' is- a : remarkable diver, named
Coad, atBodniirn, in Cornwall... England,
who, during a recent swmiHiing.natch,
remained under water three - minute ana
ten. seconds,'! This exoeeda anything xn.
record. .rt-.s-irr! v.' lif'frx
A bich man who lives neat Itio Janeiro
ia Raid to keen a large anaconda 'orr nia
premises'' to frighten off Lidtas and mis
sionaries, wao are icoristaaAly -jolicUjng
donations for charitable, and xeligiQus pur
nnaes in that city. . . ' "'"
...-THE gross' receipts' of1 the graces1 of
amusement m new l otk, ior we pmoia
of August," wero f208,XB of the, differ
ent linea of railroads. $95J1Q ;. of ,th.e dif
ferent stage lines, 108,433.' There "Were
114,039,333 cubic feet Of gas consurded in
August. ' ''"' ''!'" ' .'"ii;t- r
J Th Ber. Mr.! Reed,, of Maiden, Mass.,
considered the expenditure; of $10,000 on
bi church edifice a poor, way to d3.posc of
money, and hoped "the 'Lord -wotildllay
the whole thing fiat." The' btggitfe.-did
the business, and left a wreck worth, for
kindling wood, about $500. .
Thk Methodist Episcopal .Qhurch last
year erected 710 new places of worship.
One hundred and forty of these were built
to take the place of old ones, the-othec 570
are a net increase. The- total amount of
money -jxpended in building these church
es was nearly $8,000,000. - " ' 'i
' TffR oldest deTk'in the departments at
Washington ia John Barclay, chief clerk
of the office of Commissioner of Customs,
who has been a clerk for sixtyMive year.
Charles Vincent, of the Third 'Auditor's
office, has been there1 fifty-eight yearac
'' A -tamtlt whklvwas residing in-Lrnn,
Mass-y at- last accounts, has, .during, the
past sixteen years, lived in sixteen differ
ent towns and cities, and has occupied
twenty-eight different houses- During
this Jmovnig period the wifahaa become
the mother of eleven children .,? ..
A London velocipedist . was sent by a
London velocipede manufacturing com
pany to Edinburgh, ! Scotland, in "order to
attend an agricultural exhibition .at the
latter place. Edinburgh is more thau four
hundred miles distant from London, and
the velocipedist made the trip hi about
five days. " ; 1 ''-"1 -- tiia J
Thk btrsines of Amea, Sf i:Snjlv- tho
great- shovel, .manufacturer. . of North
Easton, MaAarhavingsutJiredirom d.unk
enness among some of the workmen, a
rule has been adopted to discharge every
man found drunk, unless he will; -disclose
and testify ia court .where he obtained his
liouor. . ....
THB six. great Continental Powers of
Europe have at the present t'muy.i" less
than five millions five hundred aadt eighty
thousand men under arms. , France has
L&jO.OOU, the Uorth-Gennan Confedera
tion l,028,fM, Southern Germany 300,170,
Austria and 'Hungary" 1,058,000, Prussia
1,407,000, and Italy t0,400, poldkxs, ,
Although the Prussian government in
sists on all precautions which science has
discoverou: ior tne prjoeciiaUT"t iuiucid,
293 men lost their lives in the collieries of
that country ia 1367. , j The proportion was
2.84 for every l,00d men employed. In
England the rate per centJ is higher (3.57
per 1,000). j -. f.: .TrbrMs'-!
- Thb lists of patents granted, ia.France
contain some curious articles, anion" them
the following: A hat With decorated 'run ;
an umbrella hat; a woman's hygienie and
impermeable skirt, called." la Prevoyante;"
stockings with garters attached ; a me
chanical mustard pot ; application of the
instinct of animals to ' the 'guularice of
steam carriages on ordinary roads what
ever this last may mean. -, , ; .
A DOMKsnc romance comes from New
York.. Twenty.two years ago a couple
were married, had one son, lived together
ten years, and then; after' losing : all their
property, procured a divorce. .. The wo
man married again, and got a fortune ; the
husband didn't, and remained poor. And
now that the 'woman has become a rich
widow; she has remarried ibrt. first, hus
band and they are going to .Boston, tot a
revised honeymoon. .
Hkjtbt Ward BEKCHEB"says;''It to
a great gift to' be born rich in the eyes
and ears.' Some men- have carried, before
them aa lendless procession of. beauty.
Them era charms for them where others
perceive barrenness; ' There fc a concert
in the air all the time for those whose cars
ara-' tuned aright : Trees harp, far ihem,
winds roll their tones muaically, ana Thirds
and insects fill np the orchestra."
, Delaware Is a'snrall State and fa grow
ing ' smaller. : The Delaware eperoaches
upon' it from ten totwenly feet every year,
and the sites of bonaes that once stood in
the midst of fields are now under ' water.
The lighthouse near Bowers ' Beach has
been removed' three timev aad a small
hotel on the same beach that orrae .stood in
the midst of cultivated 'grounds,' a: con
siderable distance from the bay, with Targe
trees in front of it, has its wall now
. washed by the waters. : i: ,-. ?
:" ' V" '! Te Swindles. -
AppielvnJ Journal makes the following
charge against certain New York tea
honst-sr ' ' "i "'
Within a few years a largo, mambcr of
tea companies have sprung up in the city,
which claim to import direct from China,
to furnish a superior article at reduced
rates, and which advertise' largely all over
the country. One street is fairly lined for
a considerable distance with them. Wa
are assured, by those claiming to'Imow,
that several of these tea establfcftimenls
are organized frauds. upoartM -people that
they use the leaves of tho Camclia,, which
so closely resemble genuine tea thafthey
are frequently mistaken for them1 by bota
nists, that they are largely importiag and
palm off npoa. purchasers a Chinese " lie
tear that they use the leaves ofash, plum
and other trees, and mingle them with
food tea : "and furthermore, that they re
ry and color genuine tear Leave that have
once been used, . cor -Jiave been .dam
aged by water, etc.". There is one of, these
companies, which, we are told; does noth
ing else but purchase daaiaged cargoes or
chests ot tea, and then lries it .on the
rood of certain buildings not a thousand
miles from where we are now sitting.
The drying process having been 'com
pleted, a smaH quantity of a superior arti
cle is added to the' damaged in order to
give .-flavor ; and it ia thea done; up in
package, ion distribution all over the
country. Those who are accustomed to
patronize these tea establishments would
certainly do well to analyze and test the
quality of the article. wch, is dispensed
toa?m': i-oi r.;
A three year old son ef Charles.Little,
of Meridea, Conn., the other, day started
a fire in his father's wood-house, n-a'e.r
seeing it well under headway,1 went his
mother and said t " Mamma, I's-dot a nice
fire out dara"; v Mrs. Little hafteaed to the
scene, and with great exertion andtue help
of the neighbors, the house, and other out
buUdings were saved. ' ,y- " '
