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tn.fi It i a, VOL. XLIII. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1876. NO. 15. The Vermont Phoenix. rUBLIIOFD WEEXtT Dt Ollltc Xo.. i.'r.iiilfr How, Jlnln Ktrt'c., unATTLi:cor.o, vt. Teh mb. To rlnple iutocrlirt ly mail, (2.23 per nnutmi lu advance; to clubs, $2.00, When not pitd In aihiticc, SUo additional, per jrar, v,lll be charged. IUteb ur Adyxbtikinu made known vn at plication. Ulrtbs, Ufa l Us and Mirriagwi inner ted gratia; Obitu ary Notlcci or Itesolutloua, Car da or T banks, &c, 100 per Hue of tea words. O. L. L'ntHcit. D. B. Steduah. nusiyisss cajids. i? i;.vjr. it. j I (Icnrral Insurance and Ileal Estate A pent II en reselling Comnantf wbo8 Assets are over $iou,ouu,uuo. THNKMUNT8 TO LET. Office in Thompson & IUngcr'a Illock, next door to Pbosnlx Ofnce, DRATT1.E11UKU, VT. JJItATTIKIIOllO HOI 'Si;, UltATTLCUOno, VT. Strictly Temperance, Located near tbo tit pot. Itai been thoroughly re fitted, and U now In excellent order. It boated by steam, and well furuUbcd. Price .00 per day. Oonventcut etable arrangements. II. A. KILUUItN, Manager. J ah, w. it M'hytlcian and Smrrotit Hueaaor to b. C. Newton, dealer In Uragi, Medi cines, Dyes, and Fancy Uooda. UQlco In the rear of tbe Drug Store, Main St., opp. High, Drattleboro, VU C. A. Ml tV, M.II., M'hy$irtftH and Sitrgfnt fclliot btrett, XiuATiLEUoco, Vt. MAIITIX I,. IlllI'CR, 31. 1., J'Jwysfc-f ens crisis AfirjBc.M. (JUlce with Dr. Molton, corner Main aud Walnut Sta., llBATTLCSOSO, VT. I A VIIM'OIIT V K1XIV, J .Mlloruryt ' CoMH.tller. al Iatr, Drattleboro, Vt. C. I.". DaVEaroBT. i. O. EDDT. TJI n: KTOIlAIll, 111. .IMsrHry f C.niiHl.r ill Lnir, Ana Solicitor of Patent., DnanLtPono, VT. a. ,. l't'I.tAJI, lrntlet, Crosby Block, Ucatilkpobo, Yt. E JT. '! IllJ----Ti: II. Market Block.EIllot St. J - Upaler in TOtr. Fancy Ooods. Books. Stationery. rsewarapeis, aiagaiiuee ana rvrioaicais. ruu.cniuwijs received for the principal Newspaper, anil Magazines, and forwarded by malt or otherwise. II, it. Huixi:, Dealer In COrFINS and CASKET8, Flak Illock, Main St., BnaTTLZDoao, Vt. UJlATTLVBOllO Xmnc, liuxincsmnd Location otliclcadiup Jlusincss Ifouscsin lirattlcboro. CT-CCT this out roa nzranzscE. Au-rlcullural Iiiipls-mt-nt.. (!. T. THOMPSON it CO., WlUIston'a Stone Mock. W OOlt X MARSHALL, Exchange Block, Main Kt. U. A. CLARK, Tjler'a Block. Ilnoloeller. unil Riutlossf-r.. CHENEY & CLA1T, 0 Crosby Block. F. C. EDWARDS, Van Doom'. Block. J. HTEEX, crpcsUc Brooka House. Clotblrra. 1'. S.DltAC EETT It CO., U! Oranlle How. PRATT. WlilllUT & CO., 3 Granite llow, Main St CHAS. J. MOOT, Brook, House corner. Curiirta. C. I.. BROWN", Marshall ft Eettrbrook'a blick. Main St. llOUlllITON, SPENCER t CO., 6 Uranlte Jlow, 0. J. niATT, 1 (jranile Block. J. 1SETTINU & SON, llljh St., next Brooka Ilouie. Chunilier f.tt.. C. I BROWN, Marhall It Eterbrook" b!ik. Main St. J. l'.KTIINU ft bON, Uluh St., ucit Brooka Uouie. Cuul. 1'. K. EAltKOWS, oClcc with P. Barrowt. Cufilo. unit Caabrla C. U llP.OWN, Marshall ft Catirbrook'. block.Miln St. Cuiitructor. taml llnlltler. J. A. CUUKCU, Flat St. Crockrjr uuil lu. Wttre, 1'ltANK 0. 1IOWF.. 1 door north Main St. bridge M. T. VAN DOOKN ft SON, 7 Croaby Block. JK-ntUlry'. UK. C. S. CLAr.n.oTcr Vtrmont National Bank. Xllnlucf llooDi.. 1'.. 1 COOI'EB, C Brook, lloute. Dour., Mu.la unci Illiiul.. B. A.CHllK.Tjler'.Block. (.'. F. HIOMPaON ft CO., WlllUton". Stone Block. DreNnuuken. MRS. J. B. WALKER, over Uonghton, Spencer ft Co. Druffgl.t. 1. N. THORN ft CO., 2 Croaby Block. II. C. W ILLARD ft CO., 1 Brook. Home. Dry Good., p. BARROWS, Main St.,oppoalte Brook. Home. liOUUIITON, SPENCER ft CO., O.Oraulte Row. O. J. PRATT, 1 Granite Blo.-k. D. ROSENBhRO, 1 Union Block. FertllUor.. C. F. THOMPSON ft CO., WUlltou'. Stone Block. JPurntttire O L. BROWN, Marshall ft Etttrlrook'a block. Main St. J. RETTING ft SON, High St., neat Brook. Uoue. CUrocrrlra A. C. DAVENrORT, 3 Croaby B!k. J. W. FROST ft CO., r) Cro.by Block. FRANK (1. HOWE, 1 door north Main Kt. bridge. O. L. PIPER, corner Canal and South Main Sta. MARTlN KCOrT ft SON, Tuompaon ft lUngtr'a Ell. J. O. TAYLOR ft CO., 3 Brook. Home. .C. F. THOMPSON ft CO., WllUaton-. btone EIoA. llurdwaro, Ir.n and marl. D. A. CLARK, Tyler'. Block. C, F. THOMPSON ft CO., WHUiton'a Stone Block. llurneai 31 laltrr., IIUUSTIS ft BDTtNAP, Main St. Ic Crrum Itouni. E. L. UOOPEkl, 0 Brook. Home. Jn.uruncs JLgrut: ALBERT BALDWIN, Thompeon ft Ranger'. Block. CUDWORTII ft CHILDS, Room No. ID Croaby Block. II. R. JENNE, Thoinpaon ft Ranger'. Block. MOODY ft HOWE, Satinga Bank Block. jrweller. RINGER ft THOMPSON, 7 Granite Itow. JrXucblul.t. L. H. CRANE, Canal St. 91 rial 9I.rh.il, W, F. IHCHARD30N, Market Block, ElUot St. Millinery land Fancy Good.. MISSES MARSH ft BALLARD, over Stcen' Itorc. O. J. PRATT, I Granite Block, 1'tllnt. and Oil.. U. A. CLARK, Tllel'a Block. , 0. I'. THOMPSON ft CO., WUIiatoa'. Stone Block. laiir IIunrlnsr and irindairHhadt... J. STEEN, oppoalte Brooka Houae. M. T. VAN DOOIIN ft SON, 7 Croaby Block. luttarii. (Ilullf rlcLV). nouamoN, spencer ft co ag'u, o arauito now. Pbotog;ruihr.. n. A. HENRY, Cutltr'a Block, Main St. C. L. HOWE, Union Block. 1'luiio 1'orlr. and CoIIult Orgran.. EDWARD CLARF, No. 10 nigh St. Ntrncll. unil Nlrol Ktduii. E. M. DOUGLAS, No. 0 Harmony Block. Hsove. unil Tlu Ward. WOOD ft MARSHALL, Eicliauge Block, Main St. Xeuiiiliijr. CHARLES T. WHEELED, Ccntrertlle. P. O. Box 816 Undertabor.. 0. L. UltOWN, Marahall ft Eaterbrook'. Block, Main St. Upliolatcrfira C. L. BROWN, Marahall ft E.terbrook'a Block, Main St. 1. REITINO ft bON, High bt., nut Brook. Home, M OODY A IIOWIVS General Insurance Agency, Offer. RELIABLE Indemnity In FIBST-CLASS stock uoapanica, .ucu a. me .iiTjy.t, tt.iitTFanu, M'liai.vix r.imi'.lf., mf llartrord, II 11.11 It of.Tfir l'orft, s fit i.ro fin cu rum it .ti a ni.vu, llUX'.lt, of 2.lttrftl,i c, TRAVELERS LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. at irartlVird. flonn. Pullelea loaarinir acaloit accldf dU from one month to a jear, for auy amount from Une iu xen luoutanu iJuuari aouitu idiius w uv KEAL ESTATE Lougbt and sold, Tenement a to litt, sta. irofflcj In BatIq lUnk block, Brattkboro, VU H1LOOLMMOOJDX. Jf, ft. BOWS. Brnttlcboro Church Directory. I'msT lUrTiiT. Main St.! Iter. Horace iVurcbard. ABior. Bunaay aervicea ai iu:su a. m.t 7.3U p. m. Bonday Bchool 11 :6Q a. tn. M Into nary Con cert 1st Sunday efenlnff In acta inontb. Baoday School Concert last Sunday evening tn each month. Prayer rneetlnga on the other Sunday evenings. juonaay evening, young people prayer meeting, Friday evenlog, prayer meeting, 7 :45. West Bsattledobo llAniBT. Her. C. A. Votcy, Pas- u. duuuxj service a. iu;ju m. ; 1,10 ana nw p. tn. Sunday School at 2:13 p. m. Wcdnaday CENtnrCoNaRtoATiowAU MalnBl.; - A-aaior. Huaaav Rervicci io:3U a.m.. t.uu t. m Sunday School 12 m. Missionary and ti. S. Concerts take tbe place of the evening aervtee on tbe 1st and 2d Sundays of tbo month, respectively. Young people's meeting Monday evening at 1-4 to 8. Prayer meeting, Friday eeningat 1-1 to 8. Thurs- uj p. m.,iauiea-prayer meeting, a o ciocz CoitonEOATioMiL. Weal Brattlcboro i Iter. C. II. Mer rill, rati or. Sunday ser vices sermon in morning at 10:30. Missionary concert tbo firrt Sunday ien lng of each month. Sermon cery other Sunday evening at T o'clock. Scats free. Sabbath school follows morning service. EriscopiL Main St.; Iter. V. If. Colltnt, Hector. Hunaayaerric.s: morning prajer ana eermon iu:au a. ra. ; Evening prayer and sermon 7:00 p.m.; Hun day School 12:15 p. in. Ii.ly days, 11 0O a. m. Holy Cum mil dIoq 1st Kunduy lu tbt month, and on all great festivals. Tbe child mi i tbe parl.h are cat echised on tbe 1st Sunday In every month at 3 p.m. Methodist EriflooiAL. -Meetings In lower town ball; uev. a, jr. rerry, iasior. ireacuing uunuay at 10:30 a, m.; Sunday School 12 m.; prayer meeting In the evening. S. H. Concert lib Sunday of every month. Class mcttlng Tuesday evening; prayer meeting Friday evening. Seats free. Rouan Catholic. Walnut Bt. ; Ilev. Henry Lane, rastor. Sunday services High mass 10:su a.m.; VcsDcra and Benediction 7 :3o r. m. Ukitahiak Free Cutincn. Main St.; Rev. Vim. I Jenklqs, rastor. Services Sunday a.m., at lo:30; Sunday School and Bible Class after the morning service. Seats free. Flu ST Univebsalist. Canal St.; lie v. M. It, Harris, Pastor, rcaldcuoQ on North St. Suuday sermon 10:30 a.m. Servlcta Monday and Friday evenings at 7:30. 'Truth is Mighty, s Will Prevail."" Boston Police Officer. U. R. STEVENS I Dtar fair From exposure I took sick about nine years ago with Rheumatic Fever, from which I suffer ed about four months. Whin I recovert-d from the fover 1 found myself suffering with fain in my tile and cvnnti patto o, which broucht on the plies. I con sulted a pb)siclau, and paid blm over two hundred dollars for atteudlnii me. and all tbe wMlo I was -gradually growing worse. Then one physician after uiiiutr i.iuiiUcu. uuil. even cji i ho oesi puysi cians of Boston had taken my case in band. On consultation between several of tbe leading phy sicians, they concluded my complaint was asthma and general debility. I bad creat difficulty in breathing. and an inhaler was required to afford mo breath. inrougn me treatment oi one puyaician l ions rrom 74 to 100 boxes of calomel pills, and faithfully tried all the medicine that each physician prescribed. From my long sickness, and the vast amount of medicine used to overcome the great pain, my kidneys became badly affected, and I suffered excruciating pain In tbe small ef mr back, with creat difficulty in iiasslnc mi- nrlne. One phvsicun said I was diseased all throueh mv system, and be regretted that be could trire me no hope far health. My suffering from Indigestion was sj great that it was impossible to keep any solid food on my stomach, and the whole nature of my food was broth from oatmeaL I also took a prescription from a celebrated English physician, who said my trouble was bronchitis and drpersia. I took 18 bottles of medicine eiveclallr prepared for dyspepsia, and I have used a great deal of medicine from apothecaries prtscription. I have taken baraaparllla until you could count the bottles by tbe dozen, and luderd I have given nearly all the popular ad vert Is id medicines a fair trial. 1 bad a dreadful cough, and did not at erage over two hours sleep a night for eight years, A brother policeman urged me to try Vsgetlne, but fur a long time I refused, having got completely dis couraged from taking so mncb medicine without any beneftt ; however, after Argent persuasion. X concluded to try it. and before I bad used one bottle I could cat and hold on my stomach a beefsteak, a thing I bad not been able to do before for years; Indeed, I ob tained more aubttantlal benefit from the first bottle of Vest line than from all other medicines which I had taken. I kept on improving, and kept on using the Vegttioe, "until I was perfectly enred and able to do duty all day, eat and digest my food, sleep well at night, and I am now 10 pounds heavier than I ever was before In my life, and am. as X think, a living contradiction of tbe prophecies of the most learned medical talent of New England, for with all of their combined wisdom they could not accomplish as muah as that simple vegetable medicine called Vcgi tine, to wuicu i am inueutea lor ueiim, me ma nappiuess. 8C7 Athens St., Vulicc Station t. Burro lk as., Boktox, Mats., Nov. 22, 1875. Then personally appeared the above named Eiiccne K. Sullivan, and made oath that the forrcoinc siite- ment Is true, before me. Justice of tbe Peace. , Fiirtlirr J roof FACTS WILL TELL, H. XL Sf evens, Ejq.: Dear Sir Allow mo to say a word In favor of Viae time. During tbe patt yiar I have suffered from a complication of diseases. I lay tn bed from tbe 3d of November until tbe middle of the following June, and on an average did not alt up two hours a week ; I had eight of the beat pbyaiciana in the SUte, and got no hern, and constantly grew worse. They agreed that I bad heart d.aease, phthUls, pyaemia, and kidney torn filalnt, and could never be any better. I was reduced weight CO pounds, which is much, for I am natu rally thin. In Juno, finding I was falling under tbe treatment of tbe physicians, I commenced the use of Tkcieti.se. through the earnest persuasion oi irienus, ana, i am happy to state, with good results. I have gained ten pounds in weight, and can sit up all day, walk half a mile and ride six. I am greatly encouraged, and shall continue nslng tbe Veuktihk if I cangttit. I am poor man, but for tbe truth of this statement I refer to any man in QoffstoM n ur vicinity. Yours, very thankfully. Aug. 1, 1T5. (loffstown, N. U. Ycgctlno is Sold by all Druggists. THIS WAY ! MARTIN SCOTT & SON, 'JJ'AVINO purchased of C. D. Notes bis entire stock of Grorirles, and bavlrg made large additions thereto, are prepared to sell all kinds of Choice Groceries, WOOD AND STONE WARE, Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Cartridges, (inn Caps, &c, AT LOWEST MARKET TRICES. ALL KINDS OF FARMERS' PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED, OR N SALE. FLOUR, SALT, Keroseuo Oil, Don & Blasting Powder At Wlioleule and Retail. W Ilrmvnilirr itic l'lutr. .al TUorupion ft Rasser'. Slock, - Main Street. MARTIN SCOT!-, FREEMAN SCOTT, BratUeUro, Oct, 37, 1873, tl(i Qp;n nnn hasfbkrby&black. eJeJU-WVvy berry Plant, to bo ctren .way. Tbe entire lot will bo deatrojed by tbe bulUlns ot a railroad. I 111 elre tbeni to you it you will pay tot taking np and lucking. I .old lait aeaion, from on. acre, I68J.00. Uate aold 1800.00 per acre. I ha. all Hi. loading vartelie.. All order, recelred now will recclT. rremloni of iom other Wnd. Look.ttb. price.! lOOfor8(c,orH.OOPlW& ni1 .a,re fi mSuJI-. Miscellany. Tlir Xun uiul If urp. What memory tired her pal'ld faco 1 What pa.alon atlrrcd her blood 7 What tide of Borrow and dralro Poured It. forgotten flood Upon a heart that ceaied to beat, Long alnce, with thought that lit. a. iwect When nlghta were rich with atarry dutk And tbe roao buret it. bad 7 Had not the western glory tben Stolen through the latticed room, Her fuueral raiment would hare ahed A moro h(artbreaklng gloom, Had not a dimpled conyent maid Hung in the doorway half afraid, And left tbe melancholy place Urlght with her blurb and bloom. Reelde the gilded harp ahe Blood, And through tbe alnging atriug. Wound tboao wan hand, of folded prayer In murmurous prcluillcga. Then, like a voice, the harp rang high Ita intldr, aa climb the aky, Melting agalnrt the melting bloc. Some bird', vibrating wlnga. Ab, why of all the rouge that grow Forever tenderer, Choae fhc that paaitlouate refrain Where lover., 'mid the tlr Of nasaallrr. that round them pan, Hide thilr awctt secret 7 Now, alaa, In her nun', habit, coifed and velltd, What meant that aong to her 7 Slowly the western ray for.ixk Tb. slatne in ita ahrlnc, A aenee of tcara thrilled all the air Along that purpling line. Earth seemed a place of grave e that rang To hollow footsteps, whllo sbo sang "Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine." Harriet Priacott Spofford. IllallillUff tin tlio Muuil. 11a will to woo, tie well to wed, For so the world baa done Since myrllea grew and roses blew, And morning brought the sun. Rut bare a csrr, ye young and fair, Re sure ye pledge with truth. Re certain that your love will wear Ueyood the daya of youth t For If you giro not heart for heart, Aa well as band for hand, You'll find you'tc played an unwise part, And "built upon tbe ssnd." 'Tie well to rave, 'tie well to bate A goodly sbsre of gold, And bold enough cf shlnlug stuff, Tor cbarlty Is cold. But place not all your hope and trust In what the deep mlue brings ; We cannot live on yellow dust, L'nmlaed with purer things; And he who piles up wealth alone Will orten bare to .land Beside bis coffer-chest and own Its "built upon the land. 'Ila gocd to speak in kindly guiso And soothe where'er we can ; Fair speech would bind the human mind, And love link man to man. But atop not at the gentle words; Let dceda with language dwell. Tbo one who pltlt. starting birds Sbculd scatter crumbs aa wilL Tbe mercy that is warm and truo Uust lend a helping band, For those that talk, yet fall to do, But "build upon tba .and. From Llp;lacott'a Magazine for April Dinner la aa Milto Prl.oai. Au Invitation to lake dinner nllti a friend In Hie Slate prison was something new and exciting to a ijulot llttto body like me, and I ro-read limb Dcnliani's kindly worded nolo to that cflect, and thought bow odd It- was that wc should meet again in Ibis way afler ten year' separation and all the changes that had intcrencd In both our lives. Wo bad parted last on the night of our grand closing school parly, alter bar ing been friends and lollou-pupils fur live year. Sbo was then Qllcen, and tbo pret tiest, brightest and clevcttst gltl at Lynn hope. 1 was younger, and felt distinguish ed by ber friendship, and heart-broken at tbo Idea of losing her, fur xbe was going abroad wllb her family, whllo I remained to cuinpUlo my studies at tbo Institute. I bad plenty of letters tho first year, but then ber father died, and with hlin went bis reputed fortune. A painful change oc curred In tho position of tbo Wei funis in consequence, and Kulli became a teacher, as I beatd, uulil sbo met and mauled a young mau from tho Wcsl, whither ate re turned with him Immediately afler Ibo cer emony. Sto had written to mo once after becoming Uutb Vonhaui, and her letter was kind and cordial as her old self, hut tbo correspondence thus renewed soon ceased. I was also an orphan, but a closo attendant at tho coucli of my Invalid aunt ; and Ituth's new strange llfo was loo crowd ed with pressing duties to permit her to wrllo regularly to her girlhood's compan ion, whom she bad not seen for years. My aunt bad now iccovcrcd so laraslo Indulge a taslo for travel. Wo were on our way by tbe great tallroad to tho Pacific coast, and wo stopped at tho small capital of one of tbo newest States to discover that Ilutb Denhaui was a resident there, the wife of tbe lleutcnaut governor, who was conse quently the warden of fie Slain prisou. Tbo nolo I held in my bind was In answer to one I had despatched to her an hour bo fore by tho bands of a Chinaman from tbo bote), aud It was as glad and affectionate as I could wish : "My husband Is quite 111 with sciatica, which completely lames him, as well as causing blm intense pain. 1 am bis only attendant, or I would lly to you at once, my dearest Jcuny. I am sorry you leave by the midnight train for San Francisco to morrow, but must be content to seo you aa much of tho day as you can spare us, and hopo for a longer visit on your return. We dine at four ; may I not send thecarrlago for you ns caily as two o'clock T "Your loving friend, "IIutu Dk.niiam." I had my aunt's permission to loavo her, and I was ready at tbo appointed hour to find the carriago thero to the minute; and a very comfortable, easy conveyance It proved over ouo of tho worst roads I over traveled on. The prison was about a mile from the. outskirU of tho xtraggllng town, which boasted two or three tine Slate buildings, In strong contrast with Us scattering and mostly mean and shambling dwellings. So mo hot springs bad been discovered near the site, and over Iheui bad been erected a wooden hotel and balbs of tbe simplest or der of architecture and comfort. Just be yond Ibis cdlllco was the prison, situated at the rlsoof one hill and under tbo shadow of another and more considerable one. It was built of a sftish, light-colored atone dug from a neighboring quarry, astbedrlv cr told me, and looking even at a cursory glance too destructible and crumbling to secure such desperate and determined In mates. "They used to keep'em In a sort o' wood en shed," said my driver, alluding to the prisoners, "until they got thUuuebaug fixed up. Pretty smart lot of chaps they were, for they built It themselves mostly, and made good time on II, too." It was surrounded by a high woodon fence, within which stone wall of the same material as tho building was in courso of construction. "If it wasn't Sunday," said my compan ion ns wo drovo through tho guarded gate, "yon could seo 'em at work, for they are putting up their defences, and doing it 11 rsl rate, too." I had only tlmo for a glanco at (be tnsldo of the onclosuro. Wo were already at tho principal entrance, which was a wide door opening into a hall, with a staircase lead ing up to tho second door. On tbo right band was a strongly-gralod Iron door, opon Ing into tbo main corridor between tbo cells; tho other aide teemed to bo devoted to offices and quarters for the guai'ds. I saw knola of men about, bnt only tho two at tho entrance appeared to be armed, aud they bad that lounging, easy air, that be longs tosecurlty and the absenco of thought. It was In every respect opposlto to my pre conceived Idea of a penitentiary, and all recollection of its llrst design fled when I saw Ituth's cheery face, blight aud hand somoas cvcr,beamlngon ma from tbo first landing, and foil ber warm, firm arms clasping mo In au embrace of aflecltouato welcome. It was my friend's homo and nothing else, from that moment, and a very pretty, dalnllly-ordercd homo it was. Sho had llvo rooms on tho second floor, with a kilchen bolow; this was her parlor lu front, a bright, well-furnished room, tastefully ornamented with pictures, somo of which I recognized as her own paintings In our school-days; and hero was her dining room to the left, with a small guest-chamber that she hoped I would occupy when I returned. Tbo other rooms on tho west of tho parlor wore hers and Nellie's Oh, I bad not seen Nellie, her fivo-ycar-olt', nor ber dear husband, who was so much belter to-day, though bo could not rlso without difficulty; and would I theicfore come and see him? As Ituth gaye mo thus a passing glanco at her bouseLold arrangements, I saw through tbo open door of an apartment back of the dining-room n light aliowcrof plas ter fall to tho ground, marking the oilcloth that covered the floor, and for one Instant sending out into the hall a pufT of whitish dut. "Oh, that is olio cf tho effects of our ter ribly dry climate," said Hulls, follolng my glancj and noticing the dust ; "every lltllo while portions of our walls crnmblo and fall In like thai. Thero Is nn doubt a sad litter In Mr. Foster Ibo clerk', room, whero that shower occurred ; bo has gono to the oily for the day, however, and it can be cleared beforo bis return. Here is my husband, Jenny." In a recess by tho parlor window, on a lounge, Mr.Dcnham was trying to disguise the necessity for keeping bis tortured limb extonded by an appearance of smiling ease. He was a handsome, frank-faced man, with a linn, fearless eyo and a gentle, kindly mouth, and I could readily understand my friend's look or sweet content when I saw blm and ber child Nellie, who was hang ing over ber papa with tho fund, protecting air of a precocious nurse. I sal down quick ly besldo them to pioent my host's at tempting to rise, and tho hour that elapsed before dinner flew by in iutcresllug con versation. "I am sorry I bad to go for u little while," said Ituth, returning to announce that meal, "but my good Wang-Ho Is sick to day, and I had to help him a little." "Wbcro I Lester, Ituth V asked ber husband. "Ob, be is kind and bolpful as over, but he does not understand making dessert. you know, Eivtard." "That's true; and Miss Jano will excuso you, I am aure, for sho and I have been reviewing Ihe principal features of plonccr- llfc.and sho professes herself r.tberinlove with It than otherwise." "It Is all so Iresb and enjoyable, despite ltidlscomforlsand Inconveniences," I said; "aud need I quote n stronger argutnont in its favor than yoursoir, my dear ItutbT You fccm perfectly happy, and I really cannot see why yen should not bo so." Sho had ber golden-haired lltllo girl In onoarm, and sho laid the other band ca ressingly on her husband's shouldor. "There Is none; I am happy," she said In a Ion-, earnest lone; and then tdded laugh ingly, "or I shall be as soon as Fd ward gels well of sciatica and Wang-Ho recovers from bis chills." Mr. Dcnham begged us tu go beforo blm, and his wlfo led tho way to tho dining room, "l'oor fellow;" she whispered, "bo suf fers horribly when he moves, and I tried to persuado blm to have bis dinner sent In to tho parlor, but in bonorof your presence he will come, and he docsu't want us to see blm writhe and groan under tbe effort." Just- as wo entered the dining-room a young man cauio lu by another door, car rying a tray with dishes. I had seen plen ty of Chinamen, but this was not one, nor could I reconcile bis appearance with the position or a servant. Ho was tall, well made, and his face, though unnaturally pale, wa decidedly good-looking. He woroa pair or coarso gray pantaloons wllb a rnmarkahlo slrlpo down one lejj, but had ou a beautifully cloau and tlno whllo sblrt fasloned at tbo throat with a diamond but ton. Tbo weather was warm, and bo was without coat or vest, and had a sash of red knitted silk, such as Mexicans wear, round bis middle. Iluth took tho dishes from blm and placed them on Ihe table. "Please tell Wang-Ho about tbo coffee, Lester," she said as bo re tired, "Isthatmaua servant, Ituth?" tasked in an astunl-hed whisper, "No," she replied In tbo samo low lono ; "bo Is a murderer condemned for life." Mr. Deuham hobbled in and slid down upon a scat. I appreciated bis gallant at tention, but it was painful to seo the effort It cost; besides, much as I had seen of pi oncer life, to bo walted on at dinner by a young and bandsomo murderer condomued to prison for llfo was a sensation new and startling, aud I was full of curiosity as to Ihe nature of his crlmo and tbo peculiar adurinlslrallon of the Western penal code that niado house-servants of convicts. See ing my perturbation, Iluth evidently In tended to relieve it by tbo explanatory re mark of "He is a 'trusty,' Jonny dear," but really threw no light whatever on the subject, It was a very nlco dinner, served taste fully and with a home comfoit about ev erything connected wllb the lablo that scorned most uullke a prison, Mr. Don ham's Intelligence and cheerfulness added to tho delusion that I was enjoying tbo hos pitalities of a cultivated Eastern borne. He and his wife bad kept themselves thor oughly familiar with all topics of general intctost through the medium of periodicals, and bad much toaak about tbe actual prog ress of improvement, they bad read of and the changes occurring among dear and fa miliar Eastern scenes. Lester came In again with the empty I ray, and quietly gatbored tbe plates from tbo table preparatory to plirclng (lessen. I wanted to look at him Indeed, a fascina tion I could not resist drew my eyes tn bis face like a magnet yet, somehow, I dared not keep them thcio; the consciousness of meeting bis glance, and feeling that I should (hen be asbamoil of my curiosity, inado Ihetn drop untnslly every tlmo bo turned i and onco when I found bis gaze rest on mean instant, I felt myself color violent ly under the quiet look of bis stool-gray eyes. Ono thing was very observable In the lit tle group: tho child Nclllo was intensely fund of Ihe man, and ho himself seemed to entertain and constantly endeavor to ex press kii exalted admiration for Mr. Den ham. While tho latter was speaking Les ter's animated looks rollowcd evory word and gesture; ho anticipated bis unexpos ed wlsho, and watched to savo him tho trouble of moving or asking for anything. "No, no, Nellie, slay and finish yourdln nor ; Lelcr Is not qulio ready for you yet." Iter mother said this In reference to tbo child's eagerness tn follow tbo trusty at tendant from tbo room, and her neglect of her meal Inconsequence. "Nellie Is in tho habit of carrying up tho sugar and tbo cream for the coffee, and she thinks Lester cannot possibly get on IT sbo docs not as sist," said Ituth in smiling explanation as Nellie hastened alter him. Tho next Instant there was tbo mingled sound of a heavy fall or succession of falls outside, and nncqulck, stilled scream from tbe child. "Tbo dumb-waiter, quick 1 It has brok en from its weights and scalded Nclllo with tbe hoi coffee," cried Iluth, makings spring toward Ihe door by which Loster had gono out. Her husband, forgetting his lameness, was Instantly at her side; hut somo forco held the dour against them both, and aban doning it after tbo first effort, the father turned hurriedly to tho ono leading Into tbo ball. I sat nearest that, and in tbo ex citement I had moved quickly aside, so (bat when it was Hung violently open tho moment beforo my host, the governor of tho prison, reached II, I was thrust back against (ho wall, from which place, half dead with fright, I taw the hall crowded with convicts, Ihe foremost of whom held n pistol directly toward Mr. Den ham's head. It snapped with a sharp report, aud when the smoke cleared I found Mr. Deuham had dodged tho fire and was closed In a ecu file with (bo villain fur the weapon. A dozen morn seemed to spring otfhltn from the threshold ; I heard his wife's cry of ag ony ; and then tbo dcor at tbo oilier side burst In, and Lester, wllb bis gray eyes gleainliiK like a flame, bounded over tho body nf a bloody convict that fell from his grasp ns he broke Into tho room. Quick as thought ho caueht up one of the heavy chairs In his hands, and bringing It down with deperato forco on the bead) of the governor's assailant, felled one, while the other staggered bark aud dropped his pis tol. Mr. Denhaui caught It llko a flash, and fired It In the faco of a wretch who was aiming at Lester's heart. Tbe convicts fall back, and overtook bodits tbo govern or and his aid sprang into (he crowded ball. "The child 1 (ho child I O God i my lit tle daughter 1 It was Ilulb'x voice In tones of such anguish and terror as I nover be fore beard uttered by human voice. She was looking from (ho window into tbe yard below, aud thero sb3 beheld Nel lie lIHed up as a shield against tho guns or tbe guards by n parly or Ibo escaping con vlcls. Tho little creature was deadly whllo and peifeclly silent ; her great blue eyes were w lite open aud frozen with fright, and her little bands were clasped In entreating agony and stretched Inward ber mother. "Stand behind moand shoot them down, governor," cried Lester, dealing steady blows with Ihe now broken chair, aud try ing to make his own body a shield for Mr. Deuham. Tho governor continued to llro on (ho convict", who were pouring In a steady stream down the stairs from out of tbe room where I had seen tho shower of dust, and through tho celling of which, as It afterwards proved, they bad cut a bole, and so escaped from the u; r corridor of Ihe priaon. I Irled to buld Uutb In my arms, for In ber ficnzy lu leach ber child sho bad flung up the wludow and endeavored to drop from it at tho risk of her life. "They will not daro to hurt her; God will protect ber innocent life," was all I could say, when a random ball fiom below struck tbe window-frame, and, glancing off, stunned with out wounding Ibo wretched mother. Sbo fell, jarred by tho shock, mid I drew ber as well as I could behind tbo dour, on the other sldo of which lay tbe two bleeding prisoners who bad tried to take her bus band's life. Groans, shouts, curses, yells and pistol shots sounded in the ball and on tbo stairs ; only tho bade of tbe chair remained lu Les ter's grasp, but heaps or men felled by Us weight and crushed by tbolr struggling fel lows had tumbled down and been kicked over tbo broken balustrade to tbe ball bo low. Tho guards had rallied from their sur prise, and sparing tbe escaped for tbe sake or tho precious shield Ihey bore, turned their flro upon tbe escaping, cutting them off until the wholo corridor below was blocked with wounded, dead and dying. One moro man appeared at tbo clerk's door; ho was a powerful fel'ow with a horse-pistol and stono hammer. Lester bad staggered back from a flying iron bar aimed at his head by a villain be struck at without reaching, and who had bounded down Ibo stairs to leeelve bis death from the guard's musket at lbs door. The prisouor with tbe borse-plslol saw bis advantage, and, curs ing tbo governor In blasphemous rage, aimed at him as bo fled. Recovering blm se'f Lester struck foHiIs arm, but uol soon enough to stop tbetite; the charge reached Its objeel, but not bis heart, as it was meant to do. It glanced aside, and M r, Denham's pistol dropped ; but the field was clear, and Lester eatchlng'.he fallen pistol, wentdown tbo stairs over Ihe bodies lu a series of fly ing leaps, "Whore's my wife?'' exclaimed Mr. Denbam, turning round dizzily and trying to steady bis bead with bis uninjured band. "Tell ber I've gono for Nellie;" and he made an effort to rush after Lester, but, reaching tbe top of tboslairs, dropped sud denly upon a convict's body stretched (here by bis own pistol. Then I saw by the red dish bolo in bis Irousors, Just below tbe kneo that be bad been wouuded before, though be did not know it, and was now streaming with blood. "Where's Nell? wbere'sEdward?" ask ed Ilutb, silling up with a ghastly face, and lonklngat me In a bewildered stare. "All right, all safe, tell tbo lady," cticda clear, exulting voice from below; "here's sweet Utile Miss Nellie, without a scratch ou ber." It was Lester's shout from Ihe yard.iud it nag through all the building. "Do you hear, Ilulb? do you bear?" I screamed, besldo myself wllb Joy and thankfulness. "Ho has saved your hus band a dozen limes, that hero, and now ho brings back your child to you. Ob, what a noble fellow 1 bow I envy blm bis feel ings I" Ho was In tbo room by this tlmo with Nell in bis arms; ho hcat.il mo and gavo mo just ono look. I never saw htm again, but I never forgot II, for it revealed Ihe long agony of a blighted life, (bat moment strug gling into Lope through expiation. Ho did n-d wait for ituth's broken cry of gratitude, but was gono as soon as tbo child was in her arms. "Como boys," I heard blm cry cheerily outsldo, "lend a hand to help the governor to his room ; he's got a scratch or two, and Ibo doctor's coming to dross them. Ho will bo all light again beforo wo can get things set straight round here." Governor Dcnbam's woun ds wero not so slight as Lester linked, but they wcro not dangerous, and when, to prevent my aunt's ah nn for my safely (for tho nows of "tho break" spread rapidly through tho town), I parted from my friends beforo nightfall and rodo hack to tbo hotel as I bad como, I left three of tho most excitedly grateful and happy people behind mo I bad ever seen. "I suppose It is nouso to urge It further, Ilutb darling," Bald her husband as wo parted, "but I really do wish you would go to San Francisco wllb our friend and let Nclllo forget tbo shock she has endured. You need tbo change too, if you would ev er think of yourself." "It Is because I do think or myself that I prefer to remain whero I am happiest," said Ilutb decidedly. "As for Nell, sbo Is a pioneer child, aud will soon bo as merry and fearless as over. But Jcuny dear, we owe you an apology for tbo novel dinner party wo have given you. When you como back It will seem like a frightful dream, and not a reality, wo shall all be so quiet and orderly again." As wo stood alone In tbo hall, from which every sign of the late lerrlblo conflict had boen removed, save tbo blood-stalus that had sunk Into the alone beyond tho power of a hasty washing to obliterate, Ilutb said In a low, whispering tone that was full of penl-up feeling, "I told you that Lester was a mutdercr condemned for lire, Jonuy, but tbcro are extenuating circumstances in con nection with Ihe crime. That Is not bis namo we call blm by ; I do not oven know bis real one, but I am convinced that bo be longs lo educated and reputable people, and that he suffers the keenest remorse fur tbe wild llfo that led blm so terribly astray. Ho becamo desperately attached to a Span ish girl, who was married when a child to a brutal lellow who descried her, and sbo thought blm dead. Sho and Leslcr wero to be married, I bcliovo, when Ihe missing husband reappeared and tormented them both. Tbo girl bo treated shockingly, and It was In a tit of rage at bis abuse or ber that Lester killed blm; but appearances were all against (bo deed, and ho was con victed or murder in (ho second degree and sentenced for life. Edward Is kind and discriminating, and bo pitied blm. Lester, (old bis story freely, aud my husband gain ed bis lasting gratitude by taking care of (bo wretched girl by paying ber passage In a vosel bound forber native town in Mex ico. Tbo only favor we could show him here was to separate bim from tbo wretches in Ihe common prison by making blm a 'trusty' or prison servant. He understood our motive for doing so, and was very thankful and most reliable. What no owe him to-day you know; ho makes light of It, protesting that ho rnly picked up Nell from Ihe gulcb where tho escaped convicts bad dropped ber nn tbeir way to the bills; but be cannot lossen tbo debt; it Is loo great to be calculated even." Tbe subsequent report proved that twenty-eight prlsonets bad conspired to effect the break, and by secreting tools they wrought with In tbelr sleeves passed in on Saturday from the wall-building to cut an entrance through tbo ceiling or their own corridor Into tbo loft above Mr. Foster's room, through which they droppe dwhlle the lamlly weie at dlnnor, choosing that hour so as to produce a surprlso and secure tho child, whoalways went bolow with Les ter to help carry up tbe coffoe. Of the whole number, Ave were killed outright aud six wounded; twelve e leaped uninjured, but were nearly all afterward retaken; and live repented their sbaroiu the movement or lacked courage to carry It out, and so remained in the prisou. The most inter esting item cf tbe whole came to me at San Francisco In my friend's letter. It said: "We aro looking forward with great de light to your visit, and planning overy pleasure our sterile llfo can yield to mako It enjoyable. But you will not tee Lester ; be is gone. Ills pardon, full and enllre In view of bis courage and fidelity, and tho manly stand ber1 took against the murder ous plotters, came on Monday last, and at nightfall be left tho prison to go bylbe stago to meet the midnight train. 'To Moxlco I' were bis last words to us. Heav en bless bim, and grant him wisdom and courage to retrieve tbe past aud open a fair, bright fulurol" Maroaret Uosueb. A Piscoliab Man's Advice. Tbe late David Snow of Boston bad his pecu liarities, like other men, but be bad a sub stratum of good sense and practical Judg ment in bis character which we wish was more common. In tbe closing clause of bis will he said : "It is my earnost desire and rcquost that all my belts (Ibis, of course, is more especially directed to tbe males) should Invest their means in some safe way, and pnrsuo some steady, perma nent, legitimate business or employment with great perseverance and Industry ; and success Is sure to crown their efforts lu due lime. This courso is not only an honora ble one, but Is almost always the most suc cessful and satisfactory In tbe long run; whereas dealing in stocks and engaging lu uncertain and rash speculations I regard as a species of gambling at best, a mere lottery, and although sometimes pleasing and exciting wbfu the lock Is good, still in tbe main such a courso is generally very injurious aud demoralizing, aud often ends In ruin, both pecuniarily and morally. It is my hope aud ardeut desire that my heirs will ever be honest, liberal, steady, Indus trious, kind to tbe needy, aud attend reg ularly some church, my choice being, of course, the Methodist, which has been so long dear to me." Dan B. Orlffln of Essex has a collec tion of about 600 old coins, many being great cnrlosllICB, Among them are a bronzo coin of tbo time of Amynlas IL King of Macedonia, who rolgned 399 yean II, C, wblv-b la 22G0 years old; a silver dladram of Phillip II, son of Amyntas, 2200 years old; a number oflloman coins or the time of Constantino's reign, 1550 years ago and an Austrian coin dated 1610. Tfyatetiou. atonml.. Perhaps tho most familiar of mysterious sounds aro Ihoso produced by tho ventrilo quist; familiar, becauso almost every country fair is visited by ono or other of llieso exhibitors ; mysterious, because tho real sourco or sound does not correspond with tho apparent. It lies within tbe prov ince of the anatomist or physiologist to ex plain bow It Is that some men can speak as If rrom tbo stomach Instead of tbe throat, and without any pcrccptlblo movement of tho Hps; but tho person who can do. this, tho ventriloquist, may mako himself a most bewildering deceiver of those wbn listen lo him. Our power of determining tbo exact direction whence a sound comes Is less than wo usually Imagine. It is said that Savllle Carey, who could well Im itate tbo whistling of tbo wind, would sometimes amuse himself by exercising this art in a public coffee-house; some of the guests at onco rose to see wbelbcr tbo windows wcro qullo closed, whllo others would button up their coals, as if cold. Sir David Brewster notices a ventriloquist of exceptional skill, M. SI. dllle, who ono day entered a church where somo monks wore lamenting tho death of n brother. Suddcrly they heard a voice, as If rrom over Ibclr heads, bewailing tbe condition of tbe departed lu purgatory, and reproach ing them for their want of zeal; not sus pecting tbo trick, tbey fell on their faces and chanted tbo Dt rroundit. A Coin mllteo appointed by tbe Academle des Sciences to report ou tbe phenomena of ventriloquism went with M. St, Gllle to the bouse or a lady, to whom they an nounced that tboy had como to investigate a case or aerial "spirits" somewhere'ln tbe neighborhood. During tho interview she beard what sho termed "spirit voices" abovo ber head, underneath tbe floor, and In distant parts of tbo room, and was with difficulty convinced that tho only spirit present was tbo vcutrlloqulsllc voice of M. St. Gllle. Brewster tells of another mas ter of this art, Louis Brabant, valet de chambre lo Francis I., wboso suit was re jected by tbo parents of a beautiful and well-dowcrcd girl wllb whom be was in love. Ho called on tbo mother, after tbo death of tbe father, again to urge bis suit; and while be was present sbe beard tbo voice of her deceased husband, expressing remorse for having rejected Louis Brabant, and conjuring ber to give her Immediate consent to tbo betrothal. Frightened and alarmed, she consented. Brabant, deem ing it desirable to behave liberally in tbo manlago arrangements, but having not much cash at command, resolved to tiy whether bis ventriloquism would be as ef ficacious with a money-lending banker as It bad bi en with tbe widow. Calling ou tbe old usurer at Lyons, bo managed that Ibo conversation should turn upon the sub ject of demons, spectres, and purgatory. Suddenly was beard tho volco or the usur er's father, complaining of the horrible suf ferings bd was enduring In purgatory, and saying that there was no way of obtaining alleviation except by tbo usurer advancing money to tho visitor for the sakoof ran soming Christians from tbo bauds of tbo Turks. Tbo usurer was terrified, but loo much in love with bis gold to yield at once. Brabant went next day and resumed tho conversation, when shortly were heard the voices of a host of dead relations, all tell ing '.be samo terrible story, and all point lug out (be only way of obtaining relief. The usurer cuuld resist no longer; he placed 10,000 crowns In the hands of the unsuspected ventriloquist, who of course forgot lo pay it over for tbe ransom of Christians (liber in Turkey or anywhere else. When tbe usurer learned alterward how be bad been duped he died or vexa tion. Or all producers ol so-called myste rious souuds, Dr. TyndaH's sensltivo or vowel tlamo is one or tbe most curious. Out of a particular kind of gas, wllb a bur ner of peculiar construction, tbo learned Professor produces a lighted Jet of flame nearly two feet in height, extremely nar row, aud so exquisitely sensitive to sounds that It tings aud dances up and down In response to every thing tbat Is sung or said, with different degrees of sensibility for different vowel sounds. "Tbo slightest tap ou a distant anvil reduces its height to seven Inches. When a bunch of keys is shaken, the namo is violently agitated and omits a loud roar. The dropping of a six pence Into a hand already containing coin, at a distance or twenty yards, kuocks the flame down. It Is not possible to walk across the floor wilbout agitating tbe flame. The creaking of boots stls it In violent commotion. Tho crumpling or tearing of paper, or tbe rustle or a silk dress, does the same. It is startled by tbo patter ota rain drop. I bold a watch near tbe flame; nobody bears its ticks; but you all see lis effect upon the flame; at overy lick it falls and roars. Tbe winding up of tbe watch also produces tumuli. Tho twitter ing of a distant sparrow shrieks In the flame; tbe note of a cricket would do tbo same. A chirrup from a distance of thirty yards causes it lo fall and roar." In refer ence to tho power of tbe flame to respond to poetry, tbe Professor says: "Tbe flame selects from the sounds tboso to which it cau respond ; it notices somo by tbe slight est nod, to others It bows more distinctly, to some its obeisance is very profound, while lo many souuds It turns an entirely deaf ear." Chamber's Journal. The Story of Cinderella. Tbo Lon don Pictorial World says tbat the story of Cinderella Is not Ibo invention of somo Im aginative genius, but tbat It is founded on fact. It cites Slrabo as its authority. Tbe story Is aa follows: "Ono day a lady named Rbodophls was bathing In the Nile, and tbo wind carried ono or ber sandals and laid it at Ibe feet of tbo King of Egypt, who was holding a court of Justice in tbe open air not far away. His curiosity was excited by tho singularity of tho event aud tbe el egance of the sandal, and bo offered a re ward for tho discovery of the owner. Ilbo dopbls claimed It, and it was found to tit ber exactly. Sbe was very beautiful and Ihe king married her. Sbe Is re membered In history as the Kosy-Cbeoked Queen of Egypt, and she lived two thous and yoars before tbo Christian era." Kindness to Cattle. A neighbor re cently remarked to mo, "You bavo a facul ty of charming steers." I replied that It was a mistake. I simply study tbelr na ture and adapt myself to tbat nature. In approaching homo (whether they are In yoks or not,) though I may come with a rod," yet I always come with love. If I am in a hurry and a steer Is In my path, I never give him a kick or a thrust, with a yell, "Get out of my way," but Instead I allow him Ibo path, while I passquletly by, gently rubbing him with tbe band aa I fiass. Tbe pressure or the hand on tbe an ma! has a powerful Influence In training blm, and I bad rather engago to bring two yoke or steers to a stage of good working discipline than tame one pair that bad been taught to fear tbe presence of man, Maine Parmer, XE1VM ITEMS. Tom Thumb Is about to buy and stock a stock-breeding farm In Texas. Ills said that Gen. Butler has com menced a thorough canvass of bis district, with a view of entering the Congressional contest next Fall. The tin weddlug of Mr. and Mrs. John Van Blper of Palerson, N. J., tho other evening, was nolablo from tbo fact that both bost and hostess and tho forty guests wero desf snd dumb. A bill to prohibit tbo salo or Intoxicat ing liquors within four miles or Iho Cali fornia University Is called by a San Fran cisco paper "an act lo promolo pedestrian ism among students." Qua eo Walker, colored, died at Jeffer son, Texas, recently, aged, according lo Dr. Walker, a prominent citizen, 1M years. Ho was born In North Carolina In 1742, and bis life was spent In tbat Stale, Tennesseo, Arkansas and Texas. By tbe new postal treaty with Japan, which went Into effect Saturday, letters of not over 15 grammes' weight go lo that country for live cents, newspapers of four ounces or less go for two cpnts, and other printed mailer and samples two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. It Is now stated tbat lbe big blast at Hell Gale, New York harbor, will not be ready to be tired July 4. The appropria tion does not warrant tbo employment of a forco largo enough to complete the prelim inary work by tbat time. Tbo centennial committee have Invited P. S. Gllmore to conduct tbe musical ex ercises on tbe 4th of July, and bo has ac cepted. They have also engaged blm and bis full band to give grand concerts for 30 days following lbs opening day. Uncle Daniel Drew's son-in-law, Rev. Mr. Clapp, with a charming worldly mlndedness, drew his wife's fortune out of tbe old gentlemsn's bands somo years ago and Invested it whero lbe moth and rust of Wall alreot would not corrupt or dlmlnlib It. Now Mrs. Clapp Is worlb ber million. A woman who was called as a witness In a will case In a New York court, tbo otber day, afler being asked, "What did tbe testator say about tbe plaintiff?" mado tbe nnexpeclcd uuswer: "He sr.id that before he would have a wife like tbat bo would marry tho devil's daughter and go to live with tbe old couple." Tbe Emperor or Brazil, wbo is now on his way to this country, was 50 years old last December, Ho was only five years old when his father, tbe first Emperor of Brazil, died, and was crowned at the age of 14. He was married wbeu ho was 17 to Tberesa Christina Maria, daughter of Fran cis I., King of tbe two Sicilies. Tbeir chil dren are tho Princess Isabella and tbo Princess Leopoldlna. Tbe former is the acting regent whlfo her father Is absent. A sad accident occurred at Sugar lake, near Meadville, Pa., on a recent afternoon. A man named H.Ferry, In dismounting from a bore, accidentally discharged a double-barrel shot-gnn loaded with blrd sbot, which bo had In his hand, and tho contents struck a young lady named Went worth In tbe heart, and ber cousin, a lltllo boy aged six, wbo wero looking out of a window, killing both nf them Instantly. In Utah a person condemned to death bas a choice of three methods ofexecutlou, viz., banging, shooting and beheading. The Silt Lake Herald or March 22d, In an account or the conviction of J. G. Wlggln for the murder of John Kramor, slates tbat after tha verdict was rendered the Judge asked t io prisoner to make bis choico or tbe manner of bis execution; to which he responded, "I prefer lo be shot" ; and sen tence was pronounced accordingly. Mrs. George Uolton and two little chil dren living near Wamega, Kan,, on tho Kansas Pacific railroad, started to goto a neighbor's bouse, only a quarter ofamilo distant, during tbe snow-storm, last Mon day night, when, darkness coming ou and tbe 'storm beating them so furiously, tbey became bewildered and wandered about tbo prairie until exhausted. Tbey were found Wednesday, ftozen to deatb, not 20 rods from tbo bouse they were In search or. Tbe mother had taken oft nearly all ber clothes to protect ber children. Tbe elevated steam railway Is going ahead rapidly In New York city. Palace car Pullman is at the bead of tbe company, and contracts aro already made for Its con struction from the Battery lo Central park, five miles, by tbo way of Church and Chambers streets, West Broadway, South Firth avenue, West Third street and Sixth avenue. Tbo structure Is to bo or Iron frame-work, supported over Iho centers of tbe streets by double rows of columns, with two sets of tracks, and this section of tbo enterprise Is to be finished and put In running order, this summer. The Canadian Farmer tells a nice story of a man named Langley, who went to St Mary's bay geoso bunting. Soeing a moose on tbe opposite shore be fired, and at the same moment a porpoise leaped from tbo water and tbo bullet killed both It and tho moose. Tbe porpoise floated to the shore, and Iho hunter used It as a rait to paddle across lo tbe moose. There he found that tbe bullet, after killing Iho moose, bad gone into a hollow tree, In which was a storn of wild honey, which was flowing through the hole mado by tbe bullet. Beaching for what be thought was a stick, to plug np tbe bole, be caught a rabbit by the leg. Bather startled, be threw It vio lently from bim, and struck a covey of IS partridges, killing them all. A murder committed In the vicinity of Newburgh, N. Y., about nineteen years ago, and to tho perpetrator of which no doe was ever found, bas como to light. It appears tbat the body of a young woman named Sarah Bloom was found alongside of a fence by lbe roadside mutilated shock ingly. Every possible means was adopted to ferret out tbe perpetrator of this villain ous deed, but without success. It is now announced tbst a letter has beon received by a gentleman In Newburgh from a phy sician In a neighboring city, who said he bad a pallent on bis deathbed who confess ed tbat be killed tho woman In a jealoosflt. He bad slnco suffered Intolerably from re morse. Tho other evening, a young lady ab ruptly turned the corner and very rudely ran against a boy who was small and rag ged and freckled. Stopping as soon as sbo could, she turned to him and said t "I beg your pardon. Indeed, I am very sorry." Tbe small, raggod and freckled boy looked up in blank amazement for an Instant; the'u, taking off about three-fourths of a cap, be bowed very low, smiled until his faco was lost In tbe smile, and answered, "You can bev my pardlng, and welcome, miss ; and yor may run agin me and knock mo clean down, an I won't say a word." After tbo young lady bad passed on, be turned to a Amrade and said, half apol ogetically, "I net er bad any one ask tny pardlng, and It kinder took ma off my feet. JndianapoUl Herald.