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[From the Atlantic for January.] DOROTHY Q. A FAMILY PORTRAIT, BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. g!ttMrt raa!e, I na - - XMrtKiR KiiiMB, orsatDstliiiig lees: Girlish bast, but wosnaai j air, - I . , Bmootli, squire forehead, with ttprolkj hair. ' t y- - ' - v m ra-swi, , ( Taper Anrers and slender wrist. Hanging aleevea of stiff brocade ' Go tbey punted tbe little maid. On bar hand a purr gtrta Bite vtunoving and broods serene. '. Bold up tbe canvas full in view j Look 1 there's rat, the tight shines through, ' Dark with a oentarj't fringe of dost Thstwas a Bod-Coat's raptt thrust ! ", Bncta at the tale the lay old Dorothy Is daughter's daughter told. Wko the painter was none may Ml, , One whose beet was not over wen ; Hard and dry, it most be confessed, f Flat aa a rose that has long been pr fused ; Yet in her cheek the hues are bright, ; ! Dainty colors of red and white; ' And in ber slender shape sre seen ; Bint and proauae of stately mien. I not on her with eyes of Dorothy Q. was a lady born ! Aye, since the galloping Normans came, ' England's annals nan known her name ; aimjbji to tne wree-ciiiea reoet town Dear is that ancient name's renown, far man- a arte wreath tbey won ' Xbe yootbf ul sire and the gray-haired sob. O Damsel Dnrort-r, Dorothy Q I ; .Btrangefc the f it that I onto JMi finohmgYftasneverasiBg . BsTetodaaghterarsonniafbrijag, i All my tenure of heart and hand, " All my title to house and land; -,S Jtother and" sister and ohild and wtfa, : And Joy and sorrow and death and liie! ' ' - What if a hundred years ago 1 '; Those rlssewbat Bps had answered Ko - - ., , i - Wben forth tha tTtmJoos q centos oane, ! ; i; That cost the maiden her Norman same, -. And under the folds that look ao still " " -' The bodioa swelled with fee boaonfs itoClT , siiw.j Should I be I, or would it be One-tenih another, to nine-tenths mat Soft la the breafli of a maiden's Ts ; Tl-rtottpahghtgnassiiai sth-s with less; - Dot neyer a oable that holds ao fast ' ' nnudbust, . , And neyer aa eoho of aoeeoh or maam v That nyea in the bahhling air so tang 1 -, There were toaesm tha sotee that whispered than You may haac to-ejij iaa huMtlrod nice . rt tut m4 Ww Ttnwm fafnt .nil fa 1 Tour Images hunt, and here we are, oona ana sturmg in oeaa ana doom Edward's and Dorothy's all their A goodly rseord for ntos to saww : Of a syllable spoken ao long ago ! Bhall I bless yon, Dorothy, or forgive" For the little whisper that made me live? B shall be a blowing, my little maid ! I will heal the stab of the Bed-Coat's blade. And fresh? the gold of the tarnished frame, And gfld with a rhyme yonr household name ; Through a second youth of a hundred FLORENCE'S REWARD. BY FRANCIS HENSHAW BADEN. . - It was Christmas morning. The bud "was shining brightly -oa the new-fallen snow-. It 'was just cold ettough to freeze. The eleighbellB were ringing merrily. The children were having s gay. time, -ekting and ooaetang, and playing tricks on passers-by. On de- crepit old man was thrown down by their tricks, and lay ao still they feared r they had killed Jm. ' Another eye besides theirs witnessed the Accident and iU cause. A young girl - stood in the bay-window of the mansion before which the old man had fallen ; another instant, and she came running down the marble steps, and, ,,"'. unmindful of her costly attire, the rich silk: that fell in heavy folds aboat her J;' form, she Bank down by the old man, . exclaiming: ... . .. '' " For shame, boys ! Oorae, Eugene, ') and help me raise him. Nay, he must be carried. -Cro bring Brown here." A moment or two after, Eugene re turned, followed by a large, strong looking man, who, in obedience to the girl's command, raised and bore to the house th inanimate form of the poor 1 old stranges. - , " Gently, gently, brown 1 ', Place him on the lounge, " she said. - " Bestoratives were applied. Tenderly he was eared for. And after a short !,;.; lime, the kind girl's efforts were suo- r eessfuL The old man opened his eyes, nd looked inqttiriBgly into her face. She explained the accident, and was holding a glass of wine to his lips, when a servant entered the room, bear ing on- a silver waiter a card. She looked at it and said : ... t VlTel Mr. Granger X will be up verr I- soon. Aak mamma to entertain nim. ' Fifteen minutes passed, and still she ingered with the suffering man. He was lame, and tha fall had occasioned such severe pais to the afflicted limb, . that he had fainted. It waa impossible . for him to walk at all just then. -X ' A rustle of silken robes, and Mrs. Cameron glided into the room, and : stood looking with perfect amasement on the scene oef ore her. Kneeling be side tha lounge alternately bathing the face and placing wine to the lips of -t the miserable old man, was her daugh er.r . ..." . ... - . ' "Florence! rwho? what is the mean k t" ingof this?" she asked. - ..The gentle girl explained, and her mother said: ... . , "One of the servants could have at tended to him. If he is able to be moved now, you had better send word to the proper authorities, and have him carried to his home, or the alms house." ".But, mamma, . we are the proper ones to attend him. Eugene and his '' companions are accountable for his suf- - fering. - ; . jj, 0ijj man said something in a low, 7 feeble voice, . and Florence's ear was ' . bent close to catch the words. . - He will go home," he says. "Well, you must wait a little longer, and I will have the carriage " ."A carriage! H you please, Flor- enoe, send Lrown to procure one, "Mrs. ; Gameronaid. As she tnrned to leave the room, she continued, : ."Mr. Grainger will feel nattered by your conduct." " Send him here, mamma. I know he will think I'm doing right." A few moments more and Carl Grain . ger came into the room. Florence's sweet, bright face, that had been rais ; d to greet him, was suddenly clond " ' ed. - She bbw that she had mistaken her lover for, with an expression of contempt, which he eould not, or oared ' not to hide, he looked on the suffering man. - Seared had v Mr. Grainger passed the compliments of the day, . when again, the door opened and ano ther young man entered. He was not strikingly handsome, like the other, " . but his waa the face of one that chil . dren love to linger near, women eon fide in, and men trust. "Excuse me, but I have permission." he said. "Mrs. Cameron told me yon V were entertaining jour guests here. " . - Turning to .greet Mr. Grainger, the Jroung man , saw the sufferer on the ounge. :.. i -- " Who have yon here f Are you hurt, ' Birt" he said, going np to the side of s the old man and taking his hand.' . ; Briefly Florence -told of his fall: and ''" 'the look of admiration, nay, almost ad oration, which beamed in William Hart ley's eyes aa they sought hers, ought to have been the balm to entirely heal the A ' wound caused by Carl Grainger's look. But it was not, just then, for Florence had thought more of the handsome Carl f" than any of the other young men who . visited the house. She was dreadfully "' 'disappointed to know him so different from Let thoughts. V -.r,,r .The old man signified his desire to go; and when Brown returned with a : carriage, .William Hartlev, with almost womanly gentleness, assisted him in, and urged that he might accompany him home. ' An , approving look from tv Florenco, and he jumped in, closed the : door, and ordered the driver to the street and number directed. . "God bless you 1 . You are a good onuo.-. a eoixi never , lorget ttus day. jrernaps i ll come to -.see you again .V time," the .old man said, when i .saving. ...... . - -. ine same contemptuous expression was again on Carl's face, and he paid saeenngiy: J ' . - -T VOL. V. NO. 19.; HE CON i t 3rC0NNELSYILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1871. WHOLE NO. -227. '$ni distguiBhed acquisition toass Cameron s list of acqimintanc- A deep flush mantled her fair Drow, but sne deiirned no werd i.f ronl v Carl Grainger saw he had been indis creet, to say the least, and endeavored, by putting forth his most fascinating powers, to cast away tha cloud that had gathered Carl's attempts were fruitless. nt wrkon v,. u. j i . wlrTw f - ' T V . Hartley returned, the, to .his great d passed, and Willinm i chagrin, he saw a softer lirht do, in withSnflfA W VJT,11164 witt i smiles that he had . failed to draw frw o.-i - . That night Carl Grainger, determined u j JLiZ. appojntment, shekinybutfy Sh l rK not Vnn. ibJafl . JLA? Z17" k , T Grainger is the only heir -of an old uncle, who is fabulously richP said Mrs. Cameron. Florence's father's ' disappointment was as keen as his wife's, for ne felt his foundation trembling, and knew before 1 -. , - . . . , long it must fall. And so it was; be - fore another year had passed the stately mansion was no longer nis. lie was ; almost penniless. But he was a true, j loving father, and would not barter his ; child's heart for gold. And so, when William Hartley won j riorenoe, ne toot ner not irom a nome otinxnry, at one as numble as his own. Years roned by, bringing witu v -. . - . tnem joy and sorrow, until six Had ET Z??8 6 ' 7 n6 wd,8 gathered, swift and dark, over Wil- ham Hartley and his loved ones; and so on Chnatmas morning, six years af-; ter the one when the strange old man . was helped by Florence, they were ab- somtely destitute. . 1 wonder b?.R? become of that , old man I " said William, during the ; day. L called a few days alter I took him home, to inquire how he was get- ting on, but he had gone from that place." ----- ' - - M Do yon know, 'William, to that old man's sufferings you are indebted for your wife f That day I saw the differ ence between yon and Carl Granger. His heartleaanesS frightened me, and I said Florence, while a beautiful flush ' ? -T ' v' ;.,Trj-' w-hile. beauUful flush ST'tZl 'S,7 & of a few momenta be- spread over her foreV f. : . - . . ' . " Yon fled to poverty, toil suffering. Ohl my darling, I hoped to have shel - tered you from such. r -l Hea from worse. t - 11 "It A. f .H Come.' cheer up 1 stii wiu yet oe weu. - x aia nox leu I Ud not tell .1 1 a",- -r . -r r 1 you, the4ast tune 1 was ont I saw Cavl is living now entirely on his expect tions." "Mammal mamma! Kriss Swin gle's coming ! See ! See I Hurrah ! Old Kriss liked to have forgotten us, I guess 1" cried little Willie, shouting and clapping bis hands. Florence arose to look out, when a knock sounded en the door; opening which, 6he beheld standing before her the old man of whom she had just been speaking. "(Jomernl X am glad to see you! Where have you been this long timet And how did yon find ns ? " Florence asked, taking his hand and drawing him in. "I found very easily what' I never lost Fve thought of vou often. but chose to come to-day. It is a good time to come," answered the old man. "Come! sit down here," said Wil liam, getting up and offering his own comfortable chair. " Wait a bit If I set down, I don't want to get np soon. ' Better know first how long I can stay," answered the old -Z-Ti ,i..j,. noQt rCrith "As long as you like. We are very poor, but if you want a home with us, we will not send yon forth. Bit down," answered William. ' -"The same! unchanged! murmured the stranger. "What shall we call yont rA .Florence. . : - v- . . -. . . " Kriss Kringle ! The children call ed me so. Let them continue. And you may say Uncle, if you prefer," he said. . s - A comical expression was on his face, smiles continued to play about his thin lips, and he seemed very happy. - When Florence went out to prepare tha frncal dinner, the old man called the children, and listened to their lisp ing voices. William was watching, very much amused, when the old man's words were whispered, and little Willie, seem ing to understand, lowered his tone, and the heads of the old and the young were close together, at some mysterious plot ting. Ihe father s amusement was changed to the greater amazement, when, soon after Florence tame baekWillie ran up, exclaiming t """ . Christmas gift for mamma, and pap pa -tool Kriss Kringle sent - them to you!" It was only v little roll of paper, Opening which, : ther found, told in words never plainer. " No more cover- ty ! no more toiling t" Many thousands ol dollars they held in their bands. They could not speak at first But; after a while, when they poured forth their thanKS, Jsnsa iLnngle said: "Your home is mine! yon and yours are mine ! All I have is for you t Ton won it six years ago, both of you. And that day you had another friend with you. I knew him by name before ; I learned his nature then. I heard his remark when I waa going out. Ha ! ha ! He lost something then, didn't he? Eh?" :. -v- - ; - Florence and William thought the old man was very shrewd to have read the hearts or u, that ennstmas-day. But he meant no what they thought, They knew it m after years. "Go, make our children happy P he urgetL '"And, my good child, take this," handing her more money, ''and make the poor old folks you meet, and the little children who are looking longingly in at the gay windows, make them happy too." - " - Oh, what joyous Christmas it was ! For five years the old man dwelt with them, and then he sank calmly to sleep, loving hearts and gentle hands soothing I him. . And then, from a lawyer of high standing, came the startling lnlorma - tion that William Hartley and Florence were the only heirs to all the immense wealth ot mark Crrainger. - Ihen, too, it waa. they knew that Carl's heartless - ness and rude, - unkind speech - had wrecked all his prospects of ever pos - sessing his uncle's wealth. He knew 11, 100, wnen vne news reached Mm. in the will there was but one request : "Make the old folka and the children 1 11 .'J. Tl f 11 l 1 . nappy, u was.- iucj suuuw sub uiu ding. - ijvery c-ansimaa-day buds them doing tbe wont tbey love ao well. Thb force now under Chauzey'a com mand is reported to be 200,000 strong, and ready for action. - ; 1 ; i ! I ; i 1 ; I i ; : i 1 ' : , i ! I ! - Particulars of the Assassination of Marshal Prim. -PO-ible'to say; but fountain-head for news, I hastened Office,-wherejhe General at tsjf.past 7 0ock, and entered a 1 carriage and drove rapidly in the short-1 Lgjy from to tte War offic& Tlie Btreete wero deserted at the At int vhere the CaU) del Xared debouches info the Alcalla, the broadest Btreet in dty through a narrow passage, two hired" cabs were obstructed the way. This . i 'iv.i ; The New York Herald's special cor reeponflent ftt Madrid writes the 20th of December in regard to the assassin- ation of Prim: . "I was at the opera when the hews reached us. The curtain fell on first act, when, as the audience strolled through the lobbies, a Govern- : lueui, nitwsengcr rusnea in witn nasie inquiring for Prim. Instantly, as if b', the erv wmt forth i'l, OTOr "J.tue .Z? wfv Iorul wl,0Te.r i iim iirinua - s-' ri m n o a rtiion r r rT i the house. 'Prim has been shot! 'Pria haT been assassinated !' How newg WM nttered how with electric rapidity, it nan over the pit bove. i' ,d the aa. uves, lnere was a crowd of camaees at the entrance of the ornamented cntmnds (mrronnelinir thn daIam of vear A throng of idlers were obstructing the sidewalks and ways, in spite of the thick snow. As I went up the wide OWIIWVT. lilt) KUHCU, WUIUU XlIKl Oeeu in8tantlr doubled, sorrowfully pointed OIlt the Veddish blotches on thl balus- staircase, the trade. 'The General's blood,' he whis- pered. The General's Adjutant gave me the first correct story. He witness- cd the scene, having occupied a front of -. ia M fnl1nwR. Tm anA ei in ice carriage, ms own version va 1 ""' aas iuiiuh n - a i nil nun two as usual, left the Cortes at the -o ot thedebate in the evening Wfm1 nnH hntT.int would scarcely attract notice : but Lieut, Mayo, my informant, dropped the glass in the door nearest him and looked out just in time ti see two men, who were fsarrying guns under their long Andalu sian cloaks, advancing from the shadow of the cabs. He had barely time to cry out Stop, General 1 They are going to nrer wnen tne muzzles ol tne blun derDusses were dashed into the car- ri thro h ft on tad, shivering the glass to atom and ,uAnnta . wv .t derbusses were dashed into the the oceupante in the back seat, who mugt ha distingHishable in dalln next ent the nUa .,1 , j u 11 n i' Ai i. a a x. ciixa, miierc tut y uuuuwu two noises tnXwere there tied to trees, and in an instant were safe from pursuit because a.yj uva. tv uQs tBUVt. iu au of th mow find dftr-r,a Tl, .oAr,. rrton AcUoA the hrmca fera.Wl orroct a number of cabs, upsetting one, and drove in ho V haste to the War Office, where the wounded men alighted. Prim simply remarked to the sentinel : ' I am wounded, but not much.' n i I ! ' j i ! , j i i ; j I 1 i i I j 1 ! 1 ! Emigration of Seeds. haveilui" origin iney oasappearea aiw- Those who have traveled in Western Kansas late in summer cannot have failed to observe the hundreds and hundreds of acres of sunflowers, wav ing "fields of cloth of gold," as far as the eye can reach. As one went west- ward, ther mew more and more scarce. A 1 11 41 ..11. gether. Now it is a singular fact, which might bother Professor Huxley, that, with the rapid advance of the rail way during the last summer, tha sunflower went ..with it, pari pas su. As the soil was turned up to light and moisture the width of the track, the sunflower, whose seed is too n?a.v7 to MfmTJ me Wlnavs ana which man docs not convey, as he may iuvu nmii uwva uw ijuvcrj, oq 110 XAitl grain or grass seed for use, sprung up inevitably for hundreds of miles beyond the point where heretofore it ceased to grow. The same fact if true of grass and of grain. The soil that, for count less ages, had produced nothing but extinctive grass and limited flora seed of other vegetation which chance had brought it, and the fresh-turned earth along the railroad track suddenly clothed itself, . for the first time since the Rocky Mountains burst up from the bowels of the earth, with a new verdure. Such facts, of course could not pass unnoticed, and they led to fresh theories and observations. There are old settlers and we believe that Mr. Elliott is among them who hold that : the progress of settlement westward in western - Kansas has been marked by cognate phe nomena, which had - hitherto - at tracted little attention. .- Not only have the cultivated grasses and other vege tation encroached upon the " Desert " and changed its character, - but with this change also, it is asserted, has come one of climate. The rainy re gion has kept pace with the altered condition of the soiL We doubt wheth er time enough and observation enongh have yet been given to establish this "fact absolutely, but there is nothing a vriori incredible or unreasonable about it. The influence of forests upon cli mate is as well established as any other scientinc tact Motley's Lady Friend. It was mentioned a few days ago that Mr. Motley, recently American Minis ter at London, was about to take up his residence in cne of the royal pal aces of the Hague, by invitation of the Queen of Holland. The royal lady took great interest in the historical re searches of Mr. Motley preparatory to writing his great works, " The Bise of the Dutch Bepublio," and - " The Uni ted' Netherlands,'1 which were prosecu ted chiefly at the Hague. The Queen of Holland is the most accomplished t jy in Europe. She is the daughter of ths old King of Wur 1 tmlro- Hpv tWW . f j the Emperor Nicholas. The Queen, a fond devoted daughter, is accusr tomed to spend from two to three months with her mother every summer. The King, her husband, who is famous for his gayeties, meantime recreates himself at Wiesbaden, Hamburg, and other places of fashionable resort. The Queen, on her return to the Hague, gives an audience to the several foreign ministers, and she makes it a point to address each one of them in his own 1 language. ' ' ; Last Saturday afternoon, at Browns- town, Jefferson county, Kentucky, some 1 men and boys filled a hollow anvil with I powder and placed another anvil upon 1 it, that the explosion might be loud. I When the explosion occurred, one piece : of the anvil strucK a negro in the breast, trilling him instantly. A boy in the j party was slightly injured at the same . lime. The six leading news companies of this cauntry do a business, in selling newspapers and monthly magazines, of ! over eight millions of dollars per an num. - A Determination to be Swindled. From the Hartford Times. In regard to the counterfeit money packages nothing is done, except to de had liver them to the party addressed. As they never contain anything except sawdust, nothing can be done with the party sending or receiving them. Both are swindlers, but the man who has ient his money to be exchanged for counterfeit cannot complain of the man :J.ia ut.. h; ..r..( tUnt to the advertisements of concerns offer first lnrge inducements for small invest the ments. The watches always come in nea packages, tied with red tape, and Adams & Co.'s Express carry a large number of the boerus watch and conn- terfeit money packages which are sent to those who are fools enough to reply iucj ate iuar&ea 001- lect on delivery, ?3.50. In every case the Express Company warns the recin- ients that the wawh in the packace is ZZtTtKlTZ.: ZSTL V?1?: asij lx uuaiu siij.r3 w ii a mi' ax u rra nu yalueless, and advises the party not to take the package. In some cases thev 416 successful in stopping the fraud, but in the majority of cases the partv is im- belief jthat the watch is genuine, aa advertised. The other day a party of father, mother, and daughter appeared at the office and inquired for such a package. It was handed to the daughter, who had sent for it. the clerk at the same time advising her to send it back. The father was of the same opinion, but the mother "voted" with the daughter. and advised her to take the package. " I'1" v.uuauuuucucu .lie UlUl- die. Inside lay a httle brass toy watcb, three or four inches of brass chain and IantT ke7 attached. The tears rushed into the eyes of the daughter, and that mother's indignation knew no bounds. Silently gnlhering np the w, uo gir lunira ay, R is not likely she wiH invest in an- - - other. day. Buch cases occur almost every criminatine himself, and so the honnds criminating himself, and so the hounds escape the penalty of the law. A Chicago Romance. From the Chicago Republican. There have been written, perhaps, a thousand romances relative to the find ing of children by their tender parents. made happy in a double sense he has vmwutw vuumuu m ixi a u t liu lino UWU "p T' r .7 disyerei a father monrned as of the through seventeen long years, and the father aforesaid has discovered in ,',vJT1, nD?St0nJ Uto I tbe Nineteenth ElinoiB volunteers, and now ?f Cns,tom S? three inches and two hundred and twenty pounds avoirdupois inheritor of his name and fortune. Nearly twenty years gone by, Har- . A f .a "4 Mlb J . le" ? snores 01 tne ureen island, to seen lame and for fortune ln the broad territories of the New World. Off the foggy coast of New Foundland, the vessel in which he sailed encountered a storm, and was wrecked, nearly all on board perishing. Harrington was among the survivors, and settled down in the country on the shores jpf which he was cast away. The emigrant had left in his own land a young wife and several small children. They left Ireland for America a few months later than the husband and father. Thev expected to find their nat ural protector in New York, but were bit terly doomed to disappointment After wasting tome weeks in unavailing wait ing and hoping, Mrs. Harrington and her family sensibly followed the " star of empire" settling down in this State and" eventually in this city. The children grew up to maturity, the mother was laid to rest, and the exis tence of the father was almost forgot ten. Capt Jack was always a stirring boy, and when the war broke out, he shouldered a musket with the brave Nineteenth, and won his Captain's " bars" on many a field of fame. When peace was proclaimed, he returned to civil life and waa patronized by Uncle Sam. ihree days ago he received a letter. He opened, read, and stood transfixed ! It was from his father. The old man had heard of his family through some Chicagoan who had vis ited the land of codfish, and he lost no time in renewing his acquaintance with those so dear to him by nature. He had written to Ireland, had heard the m , . , .1 1 1 . - A - family had left there for America traced them to New York, and lost sight of them for many weary years. He concluded they were dead, and en deavored in peaceful toil to drown his grief. In those years of industry he had managed to accumulate quite a competence, and remained true to his love. He invites the presence of his son, and in a few weeks Cap. Jack will shape his course to that island "far abroad, Where Bailors gang to fish for ood." Amid the danse fogs 'of that latitude those so strangely sundered shall be united, and the curtain of peace shall envelope them. A iiADT, at Hartford, of infirm health, has been in the habit of getting her coachman to attend to her business af fairs. Some time ago he was given some $20,000 to invest in United States bonds, but instead of purchasing them he kept the money himself, paying the interest as fast as the time came around. Last fall the lady wished to purchase an estate in Florida where she might spend tne winter, and ac cordingly the coachman was furnished with funds to theamount of $3,000, and ... ... . . he started southward. In a few weeks he returned and announced that he had purchased a suitable residence for her, showing what purported to be the ne cessary papers. He assisted in boxing the furniture, but before this was com pleted he disappeared. This led to an investigation, which revealed bis ex tensive swindling operations, and steps were taken which at last led to his ap prehension. Senseless Superstition. In Eng land recently, the corpse of a "drowned' man having "been brought to land, a woman brought to the spot her son, afflicted with wens upon the neck. She obtained of the Coroner permission ihat the boy should draw his hand seven times across the neck of the de ceased. This, if foolish, was at least harmless. Another recent instance of folly with disastrous results is record ed. A man having died of typhoid fever, a boy afllicted with weus was brought to the side of the body, and the dead hand was placed upon his neck. He took the disease in consequence, and the malady was communicated to the family and spread through the whole neighborhood. Ihe disease was of a violent type, and many deaths followed. Such things, in the nineteenth century, seem incredible, but this occurrence is vouched for and no doubt took place. Perhaps, after all, it is not much more senseless than many customs which still obtain, even in our own midst. Not being attended with disastrous consequences, we do not hear of, or note them. But the folly is no less absurd. The supersti tion which perpetuates the idolatry of the pagan ages defies education and Christianity. The Legend of Kyffhauser. From the Philadelphia Ledger. It is amusing sometimes to see how fiction mixes itself up with history, and how the legends of remote ages may be made to play an active part in the events of the present day. This is the case with the legend of Frederick the First, Emperor of Germany, sur named " Barbarossa," or Bed Beard. This most famous of all the Emperors of midiajval Germany, having become involved in a serious quarrel with the Church, sought to avert its anathemas and Conciliate its favor by joining in the third crusade against the Turks for the expulsion of those followers of "Mahomed and Termagaunt" from Asia Minor and the Holy Land. But his fortune was not commensurate with his zeal, fax in bathing in the icy wa ters of the river Cydnua he was drown ed (10th June, 1190), a fate which Alexander the Great had very narrowly escaped from, in the same stream. 1500 years previously. In those days, good Germans, when tbey died, did not go to rans, but such a fate was kept in reserve for Frederick "t i,- . j Barbarossai for he was transported bodily to the Mountain of Kynhanser, in Thuringia, in a state of semi-con-1 sciousness, and " in his habit as he lived," by whom is not exactly known. W mhahlw hy tb til,w but most probably by the tutelary gols of Germany. One Bide of the mountain wrs opened by the samemys- fiiT-i i i.i a k.nfla aiii s Csilnvatlv I.ivm " apartment was excavated, wherein te I . liu uau.. 'J. mm w.w.nu.v . . . IIWUUUU waw, UCUWIIKU cvmmuoo tale, with bis attendants, and a page. who plays an important part in the af fair. There, seated before a stone ta ble, nodding drowsily in a Chair, the drowned Emperor was condemned to nod and Wink and ' dream until the krtan. hA 1,;H crows, which by thousands had built their nests in the - old ruined tower on the top of the moun tain, should disappear. But it was at the same time decreed that they should not do so until all discord had ceased in Germany; and when that re markable state of things should come about, no matter from what cause, then the Emperor, weary With long sleeping and waiting, should Come forth from his cavernous prison, and hire a peas ant to carry his sword and shield be fore hinti with tha View of terrifvincr all those whd fancied they had better blood in them than the peasant had. In this manner the Emperor was td go forth and reclaim his empire. Once, at the expiration of each century, he was allowed to wake np and send his page up to the tower to see if the crows had left it; and this favor he has hith erto carefully availed himself of. Six times has the page done his errand, only to ' return with the answer, "the crows . . are still there," and six times has the disap pointed monarch fallen asleep for an other hundred years. But, on the 15th of July last, he was awakened in an unusual manner, and he sent his page up to the tower in haste, to look after the crows. . What then was his delight wnen tna pago. returned wiui tne ua- ings that the crows were preparing, to leave, as war had been declared 'by France, aud all discord had ceased in Germany, because the nation was unit ed under one flag to repel the invader 1 Yes, the hour of awakening had come, and the spirit of Barbarossa stepped forth to animate the new Emperor (that is to be), not ha one peasant bnt by every man in the land no one, not even duke or count, considering his blood any better than that of a peasant in the cause of the Fatherland t Such is the wild, yet beautiful, le gend which has suddenly resumed its Dopularitv in the German heart, aa sio !Hl-? JSi?S!42!! type of this oneness of will, and the circumstance of his waking up the mo ment his beard had grown so long that it. faBnnhAfl sbA trrcmrA AA frwmrtnlinfi.1 of that will haT-inir taVf.fi root In Herman mrvlu of interpreting the legend: one, which may be called Bismarck's; the other, ti . rr'i t, xi .. .1 x the Bed Bearded Emperor will unite all Germany beneath his sway, after the manner of feudal times, and repress 1 1 .I..... I 1 nn n.' nn MAilitm revolutionary tendencies of modem times. The Heine theory is that he will, on the contrary, cause these ten dencies to germinate and expand, and that this is what is intended by the le gend, when it says that the Emperor shall hang his sword and shield on a withered tree, which tree, shall there upon begin to blossom. This last view is the most popular. Humor. Thzx have in Indiana a spring with a pool sixty feet wide, in which no sound ings can be found at the depth of 400 feet The stream from it turns a grist mill That is a mean man they tell of Fort land, who makes a practice of dropping into a store every morning, reading bis friend's paper, pocketing it and giving it to another friend, who pays him half the subscription price for the privilege of reading " his" paper. It will be remembered that the ex Empress Eugenie's retreat from France was made in the yacht of Sir John Montague Burgoyne. His wife has lately received from the ex-imperial Eassenger a handsome locket, in which er portrait is to be enclosed. " Why don't you wear your ring, my dear t" said a father in a ball-room to his daughter. " Because, papa, it hurts me when any one squeezes my hand." " What business have you to have your have squeezed ?" " Certainly none ; but 8 till, you know, papa, that one would like to keep it in a squeezable order.' A boy was sent by his mother to saw some stove-wood out of railroad ties Going outdoors shortly after she found the youth sitting on the saw-horse with head down. I he mother asked ber hope ful son why he was cast down, and why he didn't keep at his work, ihe boy replied: ''My dear mother, I find it hard, very hard, to sever old ties." ODoxovan Bossa and other Fenians were released from Chatham on the 6th. They proceeded to Liverpool to leave the country. I he .British trovernment, it is said, pays, their expenses to the United States. They sailed for New York on the 7th, in the steamer Cuba. When the steamer reached Queenstown a committee visited the prisoners and gave them an outfit and twenty pounds each. The men seemed to be satisfied with their treatment by the Govern ment The people of Queenstown gave them a serenade before they Bailed. Their pardon is not complete. So long as they remain within British domini ons, they are subject to the full penal ties of the law under whiah they were sentenced. Halpin ' still reiuses to ac- i ceptconditional pardon. A large number of invalids from the east are spending the winter in Cali fornia, attracted by the delightful Li mate of its more southern counties. Summary of Congressional Proceedings. J i I I t j . i of Ways and Means, caused by Schenck a ran- lrntinn Some Hme wu .mflnt in Him.urinT I ; i i Senate, Jan. 4th. Anions; the bills intro duced wan one to enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphans and children to acqiiire homesteads on tha public lands of the United States. The bill was parsed amendatory of the fanding act of the last sesfion, authorizing aa increase of the ismie of fi'e per eont. bonds from 8200, 000.000 to $500,000,000, and making the inter est on the same payable quarterly. Sumner's resolution calling fur information on San Do mingo marten was adopted without objection. Soma discussion waa bad on the bill for tbe relief of Congressmen from importunity in I regara 10 omciai ajipoimmonts, but it went , over without a vote After eome further busi- ness of secondary importusi tbs Sonata ad journed. Hootie. Among tbe bins offered was one to extend the bene tits of tbe homestead policy to disabled soldiers and sailors, and to widows and orphans and dfpendeiitrelations of those I wnomea in tne eery ice or r netr country. Wood offered a resolution calling upon "the President for all correspondence, papers, etc., relating to San Domingo. This created some discussion pending which the House adjourned. SEnan. Jan. 5th. Several bills were intro- ' ducod and referred, among which waa ooe for 1 the appointment of inxpectors in the Indian I service. It directs the President to nominate to the Senate six inspectors of Indian affairs, mho """ .direct; of the Interior Depart- mem, ana at a salary oi 4,wxi per annum, , to yieit tbe Indian tribe, an inspect their sanitary, industrial aud edncational condition, A bill was passed providing that hereafter 00 t,x " 08 imposed or collected wpon any tthdifnntable sun added to tha contingent taDi . uranco company, nor on un- earnea premiums rewnved tor ruts assumed. A resolution was adopted Oalung for the eor respondence between the SiatO Department and Minister Motley, relating to bis duties and --- - ' --- - intVr tlm .l.lcrtniotlntl of h a riwollinD- bnnna ilnrincr the war hv th6 TTnlrvn iarrfm vu TajutAeV aftjr considerable discussion. It appropriates $25, 000 for the purpose. Adjourned to Monday. Hocsa Gen. Schenck's resignation of his appointed to fill the vacancy on the oommitiee j ignation. Some time was spent in discussing the resolutions relative to Paraguayan affairs and Minister Washtnrn, but they went over without a vote. A Lul was passed giving Mr. Schenck. L'nlte l Statos Minister to England, an additional allowance of 92,500 per year for private amanuenses, rendered ceoSsKary on account of Mr. Schenck's partial disability of his right hand from wounds received in battle. Adjourned. Hocss, Jan. 6 Several unimportant bills were introduced when tbe House resumed the confederation of the resolutions reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs in reference to the dispute between Minister Charles A. Washburne and the late Oovornment of Para &. guay. AiteY Mite di-UBslon they were adopt- i ney aeciaro near 3anurai n. n. uor- don. m neclectini! to aid Mr. Vi ashburne ia reaching the government to which bo waa ao ! ctcujmiu, laiitni k uuK-uarKo m naif aa ww mander of tha !Outh Atlantic Squadron; that Messrs. BUss and Mastcroisa were members of 1 the personal unite of Mr. Waehbwne, and therefore, under the law of nations, en titled to the protection of the United States ; j that the forcible arrest and detention of Messrs. Bliss and Maaterman by the govern ment of Paraguay was a violation of the law of nations, and a gross insult to the honor and dignity of the United States. Tbey approve the action of the President in with drawing the American Minister.Gen. McMahon, from the government of Paraguay, and de clining to nave further diplomatic intercourse with that government, and thny declare it to be clearly tbe duty of tbe United States naval officers "at f oreiirn stations to render all reasonable assistance to diplomatic officers the United btates, in the discharge ii : .1 . . .: i iL.i . . - 0f neg'ect to renuer sucn assistance wnen requir ed, or any discourtesy of such naval officers toward diplomatic officers shall be a sul-ject of inquiry and imnihmtut by the Naval De partment! Additional resolutions were adopt ed directing a court of inquiry for tbe trial of Admirals Gordon and Davis : disapproving of the conduct of Bear Admiral Chas. H. Davis in delaying for an unreasonable time to pro ceed to the rescue of Messrs. Bliss and Mas- terman, in accepting their release in the man ner and under the circumstances detailed in the testimony, and in receiving, holding and treating tbem as prisoners; declaring that Admiral Gordon, in neglecting to aid Mr. Washburn in reaching the Government to which he was accredited, failed to discharge his duties as commander of the South Atlantic Adjourned. j Summary of Congressional Proceedings. A Schoolmistress Risks Her Life to Save Her Pupils. i I 1 j I The Independence, Iowa, Bulletin records the neroic conduct of a lady teacher of that place, Miss Maggie Cooper. Tbe school buildiaf? in which she was teaching is provided with ven- Mating flues, connected with the rooms by registers. The registers are of cast, lrrni 'w.iifriiiiitr t l i m t 1 1. inn.. iMiiiiiiiai each, and are let into the wall about thirteen feet from the floor. On Mon day afternoon of last week, as two little boys were working at the blackboard, directly under the register, in Miss Cooper's room, the lady happened to cast ber eyes in the-direction of the ceiling, and saw to her consternation the heavy iron register waa on the very point of falling on the heads of the unconscious children. Taking in the situation at a glance, she saw that the little ones could not be removed in time to avoid the impending danger, but, determined to save their lives at any sacrifice, she rushed to the spot, and; extending her arms above the heads of the little boys, received the wnoie weight of the fulling iron, and, by the utmost exercise of her strength, divert- it from the line of its descent to the where it fell close by the side of the imperiled children. There is not the least doubt that, but for the heroic action of Miss Cooper, the lives of one or both of the boys would have been sacrificed. Miss Cooper received a se vere cnt in the hand, and for a day or two her arm was so benumbed by the concussion as to be entirely useless. Dr. Albert Barnes, the eminent re ligious commentator, who died in Phil adelphia last week, was a man of great liberality. The Harpers have sold more than a million copies of his works. Whenever any minister or other person solicited one of his books he would send a note to the Harpers to forward the book to the party soliciting and charge the bill to his account Vol umes have been constantly sent off in response to such requests. He died on the night of the 23d. As showing the suddenness of his death, the Harpers received a business letter from him postmarked December 24. It must nave been written the evening previous and shipped in a street letter-box. Horace Greeley's Essats,' "What I Know of Farming,"' which have been published in The Tribune e ery week during 1870, are to be printed in book form, and a copy will be sent, postpaid. to each subscriber who sends $10 for The Dailv, $4 for The Semi-Weekly, or $2 for The Weekly Tribune, and re quests the book at the time of sub scribing. This wi 1 enable old sub scribers to secure the Essays for preser vation, on renewingtheiraubfloriptions, and new subscribers will, of course, be glad to obtain them, free of cost Chapped hads. face, rough - skin, pimples, ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutaneous affections, cured, and the akin made soft and smooth, by using the Jumper Tar Soap, made by Cas well, Hazard & Co., New York. It is more convenient and easily applied than other remedies, avoiding the trouble of the greasy compounds now in use., '. . The oyster trade of Boston, it is said1 amounts to more than 600,000 bushels annually. Miscellaneous Items. A mwuirrrnivi! P-mloRion in TTim t,l, A KITBO-OLTCintryE explosion in ITUn- tnitt " BaLLOOSS still regularly leave Paris, prance with mails and military iiitel wero, - . Ovb nurses are our first theologians. Bears are besieging MoMinnviUe, Tenn. - Thb English Parliament is to meet February 2d. There are 74,000 doctors in the Uni ted States. - Thb Pennsylvania Legislature meets next week. In Florida the people are making "orange brandy." Asr Illinois Are company elected a lady foreman. Misebt requires action, but happiness seeks for repose. Tax Boston Journal' advocates mak ing voting compulsory. " BtrrraiiO meat is in tha market in various Western cities. A New 0blza3 fortune-teller netted $1,200 in twenty days. California is building one-story, earthquake proof churches. Caiho has a ten-year-old boy with whiskers four inches long. The breadth of winter wheat sown in Ohio la large, and the wheat is in ex cellent condition. A giftkd hand-organist at Detroit ac companies hims'df on a jewsharp. Srx women have just been elected en a school committee in Lynn, Mass. Old maids are described aa " embers from which the sparks have fled." The refuse potato pomace from starch factories is to be made into paper. gary recently killed forty persons. The area of the bituminous coal-fields in Iowa is twenty thousand square miles. American pianos are popular in Eng land, and in many a London drawing room. The class 72 at Tals college has lost five members by death within a year. The population of Ohio, according to the corrected returns, is 2,603,631. . Km gloves, of heavy texture, are worn by sensible women for the promenade. Memphis proposes to institute a mar chants' exchange aud a vigilance com- Ah American manufactures torpedoes and other war material at Constanti nople. . . The old bell house in Capitol Square, Richmond, has been converted into a paper warehouse. The last pier of the St Charles (Mo.) bridge rests on a solid rock CS feet be low the surface. , , x 4 Thekb are at present in Germany up wards, of 25,000 widows and 120,000 fatherless children.- . Thb Mississippi has already been jammed with ioe opposite St, Louis, so that people could cross. , . L A coirvETOOS waa lately held in Ore- gon to devise means for elevating the Indians of the Pacific coast. Thb largest and most beautiful Meth odist church in Cincinnati has 222 pews, of which every fifth one is free. Ir we may rely on the St. Josph Her ald, "the prowling woivea howl the notes of starvation ia Alaska. The Campagna around Borne is to be drained, and made the source of agri cultural fruitf ulness instead of malaria. Az tbe battle of Gravelotte, a trum peter was killed by a boll which went in at the mouth of his instrument. The Chinese relieve neuralgia and gout by applying oil of peppermint over he 0, a camel's s nan A New-Hampshire man is said to have sold his right to a "hair restorer" for $100,000, after making a small for tune by its manufacture. A nun tl-rnnino mill is In pro gress of construction in South Bethle- hem i,eigh county, Penn. When com pleted, it will be l,6UO leet long; wing 40 feet in length. One of tbe stacks, 124 feet high, was finished last week., " McttoS Hams' are among ' the smoked luxuries of Georgia, and they promise to be, as .articles of food sent to other quarters in large numbers, a source of commercial revenue to the State. $4,000 Seeking an Owner. It is strange now difficult it some ed times is to find the owners of very vai floor, viable property. There is in the pos- i session of one of the great English rail- way companies a magnificent snuff box. encrusted with diamonds, which was found by some superalively honest porter in one of the calfiages. The company advertised in every conceiva ble manner to try and discover its own er, but in vain, and it is now filled with snuff, and handed round at meetings of " the board." It seems by the follow ing advertisement, which has been go ing the round of London papers, that an owner is wanted lor still more val uable property; . STOLES UIAMOJTDS AND JEWELS. no tice is hereby given, that in the course of the month of September, probably the 17th. a casket was stolen at Bosen- heim, in Bavaria, from the luggage of travellers from Vienna to Munich. This casket contained several jewels, and the value of the stones now in the hands of the police is' estimated at 4.000. 1 The jewels appear to be very old, ac cording to their cutting and setting.and of Oriental workmanship. Amongst others is a triangular emer ald seal, engraved on the three sides, as follows : (a.) In nia beguzared. (b.) Nasil chodoscha. (e.) Nasi! ' Several gold and silver seals, on one of which are the letters, Oiami bonan. . As the owners of these jewels have, np to the present time, not claimed their property, notice is hereby given them to apply either at the Boval Police Court at Munich, or at the Ba varian Consulate-General, London, 44 Palmers ton buildings. Wesley 8. Mead died in Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., Friday night He celebrat ed the seventieth, anniversary of his birthday at the Morgan House two weeks ago, on which occasion be gave five thousand dollars to the Widow's Home in Cincinnati, making thirty- seven thousand dollars he has given that institution in alk He has given liberally to the charitable institutions of Pou?hkeepaie. He was well known in the West, and also in business cir cles in New York. Summary of Late News. AT HOME. Twesty cars loaded with tea arrived in New York Saturday, seven days from San Francisco, and 23 from Hong Kong, The aesidenoe of Milton Gun gale, of Providence, Bureau county, Illinois, .was- burned Xhsxsday night, and two of his children perished in the flames, j ' Geoboe Harm x hung himself Fri , day at Saginaw . City. Cause, whisky drinking, r The same day and' place a boy named Bachman was found frozen dead in a box car. Frank G. Pratt, a cotton buyer irom ' Boston, was found dead in his bed at Memphis, Tenn., Sunday morning. The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death from aa overdose of narcotic. A EsoeTRoat, living with U. P. Caav ' sell, four miles from Altoona, UL, was : almost instantly killed Saturday, by the bursting of the 'cylinder of an old corn-sheller, which he was turning for . amusement - , . ,. '" Boss k Gosaaos, a heavy and well- known retail dry goods house- of Chi cago, have been forced into bankruptcy by the house of H. B. Claffin 4 Co., of New York city, who ate creditors to the amount of $119,000. . . - v . Dr. T. B. VAirPATTES.of Farmmgton, j ILL, was so badly injured Friday, by." being thrown-from his wagon, by a passing railroad train that he died Sun day morning. The deceased waa widely known and highly respected. . - - - Thr American Merchants' Union Ex- ' press Co. advertis a reward of $5,000 -for- mforroation leading-to- the arrest ' and conviction of the parties who rob bed and attempted ' to murder their messenger while crossing the railroad bridge at Albany, at 8 o'clock Friday evening. No clue has been obtained as '. yet The messenger, Halpine, was in a favorable condition Sunday afternoon. ' A U. S. Officer arrested in Pough- ' keepsie, N. Y., Saturday, three cadet . refugees from West Point and took them back to the post They declare ' that they were dragged from their quarters by the first class after dak and . conveyed to the mountains, where they " were deserted, and told to leave forth- ; with, under penalty of being tarred and ; feathered. They have sent a written statement of the entire transaction to the post commander. ' . . . . Thb tide of emigration from Tennes see and Georgia is heavier than during any previous season. Texas seems to be the main direction. Aooording to ' the Avalanche, the number of wagons . which crossed at Memphis since Sep tember 1st is 1,604; the number of peo- : Ele over 9,000. . At Helena tbe crossing . aa been greater, and it is said large numbers have crossed at Point Pleas ant -As a class, the emigrants are much better than those who have gone before, have better outfits, and are gen erally in a condition to purchase farms. ' Edward S. Stoxes, Secretary of the : Brooklyn Be finery Company, waa "ar- -rested Saturday for collecting money due the company and appropriating it " to his own nsev Stokes procured from the Devoe Manufacturing Company ( checks to the amount of $27,500, and 1 forged the company's signature. : He ; then bad the checks certified, and de- posited them to his own acconnt. On the 4th inst he withdrew $20,000, and on Saturday the remainder. When ths . checks were presented for payment the forgery was discovered, and a warrant was issued for Stokes' arrest. A large fonr-etory brick building, at -' Plainfield, N. warned by Elston. , Marsh, and occupied by Baldwin k Scbefften, clothing manufacturers, and ' A. D. Eaton, clothing merchant was ? totally destroyed bv fire early Saturday morniag. The total loss is $204,000, of which $115,000 fall on Baldwin k : Scbefften, who werainsuredfor $71,000. , . Tbe owner of the building loses $16, 000, insured for $12,000; and Eaton $13,000, insured for $5,000. . Over fivo , hundred sewing .women, in various parts of the state, are thrown out of employment by the burning of the fao ' tory. - . - . At San Fbasosco the United States , steamer Saginaw went ashore on the -morning of Saturday, Oct 29, on Ocean Island, near Midway Island. , Very few provisions were saved, though the ship did noftntirely go to pieces until tho ' 14th of November. Her executive officer, Lieut Talbot, with sub-officers, . started on a gig for the Sandwich Islands. After enduring incredible s sufferings, they reached Eanai Decern- , ber 18th, but all were very weak. Lieut Talbot, Peter Frances, quarter- master, James Mair and John Andrews, sailors, were drowned in the surf in tho . landing. Their bodies were recovered, ' The news was sent at once to Honolulu, and the schooner Kona and a packet were sent by the American Minister with provisions and water, and . two -days later the etesmer Kelan was , placed at his disposal by the Govern ment and was also dispatched. It is -hoped she will arrive is season to save the lives of the wearied crew, ninety in . number, aU of whom were on quarter rations, the island yield:?, nothing. ABROAD. Bottrbart's army is said to be about 140,000 strong. . - - ... . There has been almost continuous skirmishing in France since the. 1st. ' The Frano Tireurs at Gien surround ed and captured a detachment of one hundred Germans near that place. , , Most of the French captured atNuits have escaped since the evacuation of Dijon or been delivered by Frano Tireurs. . , , The German residents of Marseilles have sent a letter to the King of Prus sia expressing indignation at the bar barous character of the struggle, warn-' ing him against a spirit of conquest, and demanding a cessation ol vne ima--mous war. Gex. Faxdharbr insists that he won a victory on the 8d, and charges the Germans with falsehood in their re- ports concerning that battle. - He sava . that, as to the pursuit ot wmcn uie . Germans boast, the only fact to sup-' port them is, that on the morning of. the 4th, two squadrons of cavalry charged the French rearguard. One of them was annihilated, and the other wheeled off and fled. At the North Pole. Capt HaTL' tha Arctic explorer, in his recent lec ture in New York, was reported thus: When he shall . stand on tha North Pole there is -one thing which will trouble him, and that, how .shall he keep his chronometers regulated; how shall he tell whether they are gaining or losing. Every direction then vm be south. There will be no north, no east, no west The North Star will be directly over head, or nearly so, and on the first day of March the son will just appear above the horizon . and go round and round, day by day, never rising or setting, but gradually attain ing a greater alitude, until finally it will get to a height of 23 degrees, and then gradually get lower and lower, un til on the 23d of September it will dis appear, to be seen no more for six mouths. What object can he site to regulate his chronometers t He has asked the question of the best talent in the country, an 1 no man can answer him. In the-winter of larz he win do where no sun can shine, but in a fine place tor people fond of eating, for it will always be dinner-time alwaya 12 o'clock. . .... , " A ba-wd ef Greek- brigands, number, ing eighty had a fight on the 31st ult with Turkish troops near the frontier, and were defeated with a loss of twenty men. They were under command of the noted chieftain ArvaniteUL- '