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(Qt gailg JJrtss in pvnr.iNHKD EVERY MORNING, SUNDAY EXCEPTED, —AT— per annum; 75 ets« per mo nt It. HBHtthly suss, EVERY HATU RD A Y MOR NIN G , At #2 per annum. EDWARD R, FISKE & CO., Proprietors. K. It. FINKE. J. A. RPALDING, New Advertisements, aFBI Jr G TB A DB . Carpets! R. B. HENCHMAN, Hal now in store a fall assortment of every grade of BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY, INGRAINS, AC., WINDOW SHADES, RUGS, MATS. LOOK AT MY EXTRA BARGAINS! Best Body Brussels from #1.75 to #1.90 per yard. Bn gUsh Tapestry at #1.25 per yard. 50 ROLLS Straw Matting, at 25c. per yard. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF Oil Cloths in this market, at the LOWEST PRICES, can bo found at R. B. HENCHMAN’S, No, 1 Foster St,, cor, Main, aLtf P I N E ARTS’ LOVERS OF THE FINE ARTS will find at my store one of the best collections of Fine Steel Engravings; English, French, German and American Chromos, in Oil and Water Colors, to be found in New England outside of Boston. Stereoscopic Views, Prangs’ Beautiful Productions ^Photographs, BRACKETS AND WOOD CARVINGS, PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER from latest patterns of mouldings. GOLD FRAMES, BLACK WALNUT, iC„ of all desirable kinds. Picture Knobs, Cords and like fixtures. Particular attention given to re-gilding old frames. A. E. PECK, Art Dealer, alts Lincoln House Block. RICE, WHITING & BULLOCK, BANKERS, Corner Main and Pearl Streets, Worcester, Buy and sell Railroad, City and County Bonds. Special attention given to orders for the pur chase and sale of Stocks at NEW YORK and BOSTON BOARDS. Agents for the Various Lines of European Steamships. Persons contemplating going abroad will find at our office Cabin Plans of the Steamers of the several Lines, thus enabling them to select and secure rooms without the delay and expense of applying at the principal offices in New York or Boston. Letters of Credit furnished available in all the principal cities of Europe. Drafts Drawn Payable in any City in Europe. tyUnited States Passports procured without charge. ts al TR^ NG & ROGERS, WHOLESALE AND BETAIL DEALERS IN COAL, Fire Brick, Clay and Kaolin. Office, No. 416 Main St., al dtf WORCESTER, Mass. JOSEPH CHASE & CO., 375 MAIN STREET. F. E. Smith's & Co.’s Crushed Wheat, delicious and nourishing. The best Canada, Scotch and Irish Oat Meal. Baltimore pure Hominy and Meal. S. G. Bowdlear’s Maize Meal. Try it. PURE SPICES. The best Teas and Coffee to be found in the city. Pullna and Seltzer Waters, warranted genuine, al 3m _ OLD GOV’T. JAVA COFFEE, 3 Pounds SI.OO. Re t Black Oolong Tea per lb., - -90 c. Best Uncolorcd Japan Tea per lb., - 00 Other goods in proportion. Enterprise Tea Co., al 12t No. 540 Main Street. Wjour d a n, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL. OFFICE; I YARD: o Lincoln Block, | Green Street. WORCESTER, MASS. alts >At FULLER’S Coal Yard, Buy Coal black and hard, To keep the fire bright Bv day and by night. ’Tis better than gold To keep out the cold. Softer coal for the cook Will do like a book. rpHE CENTRAL STREET COAL JL YARD, is in a central location, easy of ac cc'-s, near Main street, and there is kept constant ly on hand and for sale Franklin and Chestnut Coal! LBMgli Coal, Four Different Sizes, for Stoves and Furnaces! RUFUS FULLER. M ts A R T I N KELLEY, FASHIONABLE Boot and Shoe Maker. Repairing Neatly Done. No. 398 Main Street, - - Worcester Mass. U2dtf MiTOier iailf firm VOL. I, NO. 5. New Advertisements. JUS T OPB NB D ! OCR SmiNft ASSORTMENT OF CLOTHS FOK OL'K CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, In the choicest varieties of Foreign and Domestiu manufacture. The reputation of our house for fine garments is well known, and all deHiring to leave their or den* w ill do well to call early before the rush com mencuN. D. H. EAMES & CO., One Price Clothiers, CORNER MAIN AND FRONT STREETS, Al WORCESTER. MASS. dly P BING OVER COATS, NOW READY, A good assortment of the most approved styles. Prices from S 7 to 420. Spring Suits Foil . GENTS AND BOYS In all varieties and prices, now in stock, at D. H. EAMES & CO.’S One Price Clothing House, CORNER MAIN AND FRONT STREETS, al WORCESTER, MASS. dly W E OFF E B TO-D AY , 465 PAIRS ALL WOOL CASSIMERE PANTS AT ONLY $5.00 A PAIR, FORMER PRICES FROM SIX TO EIGHT DOLLARS. THIS IS LESS THAN THE CLOTH IS WORTH. WE BOUGHT THESE IN A JOB LOT, AND GIVE OFR CUSTOMERS THE ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE ALSO OFFER TWO HUNDRED COATS AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VESTS, AT EQUALLY LOW PRICES. D. H. EAMES & CO. al dly J£N OWLTON BROTHERS, NO. 282 MAIN STREET, WE AKE RECEIVING Spring Importations of CROCKERY, FRENCH CHINA, FINE CRYSTAL GOODS, BRONZES, CLOCKS, &c., direct from Manufacturers, thereby enabling us to sell our Goods as low as any house in the country. Our stock of SOLID SILVER AND PLATED WARES, CUTLERY, Lamp Goods and Gas Fixtures IS COMPLETE IN EACH DEPARTMENT, And will Bear Close Inspection. Orders from country trade promptly attended to. Knowlton Brothers, 282 MAIN STREET, alts Opposite Bay State House. E W ENGLAND Concrete and Roofing Co. CONCRETE Walks, driveways, ground floors, &c., by a com bination of the important features of the most approved methods. Scrimshaw’s, Ford «& Moor’s, Snow & Davis’ and the Latham patents have been purchased by this company, ami no expense or pains have been spared to'qualify them to pro •luce the most perfect bituminous concrete .that can be made. GRAVEL ROOFING, Of best material, and applied with superior skill. Ready Roofing, Widely and Favorably Known. SHINGLE PAINT, Shingle paint is great economv. If taken in time no money for repairs is so judiciously expended. ROOF PAINTING IN OIL OF ANY COLOR, Ornamental or plain. Painting confined exclu sively to roofs. By making roof painting a speci alty we can do it 20 per cent, cheaper than any other parties. Shingle Paint for Tin has no rival. Concrete and Roofing Materials for sale, In quantities not less than 40 gallons at manu facturers' prices. Raw and Distilled Tar, Black Varnish. Asphalt, Pitch, Dead Oils, Napthas, and every form of Bitumen. OFFICES—36O Southbridge St., 26 Pleasant St., at Knowlton & Bacon's Paper Store. P. O. BOX 285, WORCESTER, MASS. T. C. Rice. - - Lorin Foskit. Concrete. Having disposed of mv interest in the Concrete Bussiness to Messrs RICE X FOSKIT, of this city, 1 take pleasure in recommending them to tlm patronage of my old customers and the public generally. al dim J. J. RANDALL. G.HILD R E T H ’ * • Would respectfully inform the citizens of Worcester and vicinity that he is still engaged in the business of undertaking, as heretofore, although entirely disconnected from Mr. H. C. Willson, his former partner. His present place of business is at No. 15 Waldo street, first door north of Waldo House. Orders left at No. 7 Waldo street. Resilience No. 32 Oread street. al <l3m (JHICKERING & SONS’ CELEBRATED PIANOS, FROM 5425 UPWARDS. The Best in the Market. — AT — S. R. LELAND & CO.’S. J^ALLETT, DAVIS & CO., HAYNES BROS., HALLETT & CUMSTON, And Other Noted Pianos, at prices that defy competition, at S. K. LELAND & CO.’S. TVEW ROSEWOOD 7-OCTAVE PIANOS, From #3OO Upwards, — AT — S. R. LELAND & CO.'S. MASON & HAMLIN, BURDETT ORGAN CO., Smith American Orjran, And Other Organs, from $75.00 Upwards. — AT — S. R. LELAND & CO.’S. PIANOS AND ORGANS SOLD ON EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS, — AT — S. R. LELAND & CO.’S. PIANOS TUNED, REPAIRED, A POLISHED AND MOVED. Work Guaranteed. — AT — a| ly S. K. LELAND & CO.’S, WORCESTER, MASS., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1878. New Advertisements. J 11. CLARK & CO. would invite the attention of their customers and the public to their large atock of NEW DRY GOODS — FOR THE— — IIIX G T RADE. ATTENTION in SPECIALLY INVITED to our Superior Stock of Black Silks. We have all grades from $1.25 (for the cheapest nilk in this city) and upwards, that for real value cannot be surpansed in this city, Boston or New York. STRIPE SILKS are much cheaper tiiis spring. We have a largo • stock in WHITE GROUNDS, with hair lines and fancy stripes. Black Grounds, with white stripes, GREY GROUNDS, with black stripes, and many other styles and colors, at from 12> 2 to 25 cents a yard lees than last season’s prices. Black Brillantlnes, Black Mohairs, Black Alpacas. We have the same superior makes in these goods that have given perfect satisfaction to our customers for two years. Selling at satis factory prices. 10 Ps. Black Cashmere and Hen rietta Cloths, JUST RECEIVED. New Goods Opening Daily. OUR STOCK OF WOOLLENS, LINEN GOODS AND DOMESTICS LARGE AND FULL, AND PRICES WILL BE FOUND LOW. J. H. CLARKE & C 3„ al fit 353 Main St. % T CIUMPION’iS KITCHEN J*- STORE, No. 13 Pleasant Street, (North Side,) You can find a great variety of the most useful goods, consisting in part of Clothen and Reels, Wringers, Baskets, Lines, Wash Tubs, Clothes Frames, Wash Benches, Rolling Pins and Molding Boards, Chopping Trays, Pails, Tin Ware, &c., &c. (’all and see for yourselves. Goods at low PRICES. R. CHAMPION. al eodlw ESTABLISHED A. D. 1850. R. MeALEER Successor to D. Brown, Manufacturer of Fine Harness AND DEALER IN FIRST CLASS Stable and Carriage Goods, 228 Main St. aldtf yyATCH E 8 ! ! My life work has been the manufacture, sale and* repair of Watches. If this experience, to gether with a large and carefully selected STOCK OF WATCHES Bought, not on Credit, but for Cash, my intimate connection with the largest .Manufacturing and Importing Houses in the country, and my very small store expenses, are of any advantage to me, 1 am abundantly able to make it so to my patrons. My unexpected success in my new enterprise has encouraged me to fill my store with a com plete stock of Genuine Waltham Watches, And to resume the sale of Celebrated Chas. E. Jacot (Swiss) Watches, (Having introduced them into Worcester when at the old stand), and a fine stock of LADIES AND GENTS’ GOLD CHAINS. RINGS. STUDS, BUT TONS, SETS, LOCKETS, Xc., etc. This stock will bear inspection as to price and quality. I solicit fine and difficult Watch Work, and shall take no more than I find time to do with my own hands. IBA G. BLAKE, Formerly Superintendent of Watchmakers’ De partment at Waltham Factory, and Manager of the Watch Department in the late firm of Blake & Robinson. 480 MAIN STREET, opposite the Common, ally JEORGE B. SPURR, DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, Soaps, Brushes, Patent Medicines, I’urc Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Pur poses. Agents for the Great United States Tea Company. 337 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded alts at all hours. OMST O 0 K & EVE BB T T, Wholesale Dealers in Pork, Lard and Hanis, Poultry, Sausages ami Dressed Hogs. Prices as low as any house in New England. No. 21 Sonthbridge Street. JAMES K. COMSTOCK, EDWARD S. EVERETT. Worcester, April 1,1573. al <kVw4w EGGS! BUY THE BEST! The best Eggs to hatch are from Healthy Thoroughbred FOWLS, whether they are awarded first premiums or not. I claim to have the largest and best collection of Thoroughbred Brown Leghorn Fowls of any man in the world; legs free from disease, and the fowls pefectly healthy. Circulars on application. FRANK J. KINNEY, No. 3 Olean st., Worcester, Mass. al dTuTSlmdtw4t [Tatnuek.] 4 V E R Y DAVIS, -^ 4. 413 Main street, Worcester. The public are invited to my spring opening of piece goods for CUSTOM GARMENTS, Fine Furnishing Goods and Ready Made Cloth ing, which is complete in all the latest styles and novelties. FINE SHIRTS mand to measure ami warranted. Patterns ent. Cloths sold by the yard and cut to measure if desired. ts al P O B SALE, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Furnishing Goods, Boots ami Shoes, &c„ &c. The subscriber wishes to sell his entire stock at once. Terms reasonable. A good chance. Rent low. IL MONTAGUE, Northboro*, March 25,1873. Gt-al DH. WHITTEMOBB’S meat • CUTTER will cut two pounds of Pie Meat in one minute ami Hash for the Family in one half a minute. Works extremely easy. Sells for $3. May be taken on trial at 570 Main st. al 3m ^he ^nilp ^ress. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5. A REVERIE. ~ BY .MARY 11. DOODKY. O Lord of all! whose name is Live, In whom our tiny beings move, Wil! all existence end in thee, As streamlets find the open sea? Will all our grief be turned to joy, Our gold be free from base alloy? Will stars of hope in earthly skies That fade, In heavenly ones arise, To light the heart that lit their dame, And bless the soul from whence they came? The wretch who toils In field or mine, The king whose jewelled splendors shine, The royal dame, the peasant maid, Alike in calm repose are laid. To those who toil ’tis sweet release, And death a messenger of peace; Perchance to all, for who can know The burdens of a monarch's woe? But well I ween the peasant girl, With forehead fair and glossy curl, Wears look as royal and as high As any queen who comes to die. My heart is sad, I know not why, And sorrow’s tear bedims my eye; A shade, as of funereal gloom, Despoils the future of its bloom. Dark looms the hill whereon my hope Hath been to tread the highest slope, And hold ambition’s song no more Can win the ear it charmed before. Daak shade of grief! why o’er me fling The shadow of thy sable wing? DREAMING. Last night from sleeping I started weeping, My full heart leaping with sudden throe, Ami warm tears streaming, because in dreaming I saw thee, darling, lost long agos Methought I found thee, the cold dews round thee, In want and sorrow, ami pain and tears, The brave heart broken with woes unspoken, Thy dear brow furrowed by grief and tears. Thy pale cheek wrinkled, thy hair snow-sprinkled, Thy hand grown feeble, and worn and thin. “ Ah, had I held it, not once repelled it,” Isaid, “ how different our lives had been ?” With pulses shaking, thy dear hand taking, To ease its aching upon my breast, I cried, “ Forgive me! O love, believe me, I loved thee always—l loved thee best." Thy faint eyes blessed me, thy smile caressed me, Thy lips spoke softly with gentlest tone: “ I did not blame thee, I gladly claim thee, And fondly name thee my love—my own." O, eyes once tender with love’s own splendor, How could I render your light so dim? How, all unheeding your silent plcatling, Change thus to bitter life’s honeyed brim? Ah! worshipped purely and sheltered surely, My soul securely its wings had furled, Had I not crossed thee, had I not lost thee, My best and dearest of all the world. O, if to find thee, I, who resigned thee, On world-wide searchings henceforth might go, My life outwearing ami never caring In my despairing for toil or woe, And ceasing never in my endeavor, Too late for ever should find thy track, Before thee lying with bitter crying, I’d pray thee, dying, to take me back. —To-Day. CORRESPONDENCE. Special Correspondence of the Press. Boston, April 4, 1873. Dear Press —The all-absorbing topic of thought and conversation during the past two days has been the terrible disaster of the “Atlantic,” and the fearfid loss of life which it entailed. The event was first generally known in this city on Wednesday morning, a circumstance which, considering that it was reported in some detail in the Halifax papers of Tuesday afternoon, does no great credit to the news gatherers repre senting our afternoon papers. After the first shock which the news occasioned was over, the public mind naturally turned to inquire into the cause of the accident, and to find, if possible, the person or persons upon whom the blame could justly be charged. I find it to be the prevailing opinion among persons conversant with shipping that the Company is bhunable for having sent the vessel to sea with a short supply of coal, and that the captain showed a lack of seaman ship in his mistake concerning the lights, as well as in failing to keep further off shore while uncertain of his position. So far as the Company is concerned, I en tirely agree with these gentlemen; but it seems to me that, to judge the captain fairly, it is necessary to look at the subject from what was his standpoint. It must be re membered that he had been unable, owing to thick and cloudy weather, to get reliable observations of the sun for some days, and that he was compelled to depend, therefore, entirely upon his “dead reckoning” for his position. From this he supposed that a cer tain light, of a certain description, must, at a certain time, appear. He needl'd but the appearance of this light at the time stated to confirm his faith in his “dead reckoning.” Now the light did appear. It was of the character which he had expected; it was in the direction in which he supposed he should find it, and it was on time. lie was there fore convinced that this was the beacon for which he was looking, gave orders to his subordinates accordingly, and, doubtless greatly relieved, turned in. It is easy to say now that he ought to have known that the lighthouse authorities of Nova Scotia had placed upon that dangerous and inhospitable coast, ami within a few miles of each other, two lights precisely similar, one of which pointed the way to a safe and sheltering har bor, the other to angry breakers and con cealed rocks. We must permit, even in the captain of an ocean steamer, a fair degree of human nature, and none of us would wish to sail with one who had not confidence in himself. Captain Williams believed in the accuracy of his “dead reckoning” ; his confi dence in it was confirmed when he saw the light which he expected, and, although it may be said that he should have continued to doubt, nine sea captains out of ten know that they would have done precisely as he did. 1 claim that the* lighthouse authorities of Nova Scotia were greatly remiss in their arrangement of the two lights, and venture to predict that they will shortly admit this by ordering such changes as will make it impossible for their identity to be mistaken in ihe future. A BIT OF GOSSIP. A choice bit of gossip, which our scandal mongers greatly relish, and which is going the rounds of the chibs, has just come to light. It seems that a fashionable young lady, the daughter of a prominent and well known citizen, has been for some time receiv ing, apparently without disfavor, the atten tions of a young man equally well-connected, the son of an honored and subtantial mer chant, but whose mode of life has been so irregular as to render him objectionable to the parents of his lady-love. They accord ingly adopted the oft-tried expedient of quietly removing their daughter to another city, and sent her to pass a few weeks with friends in a neighboring State. The young man, in some way as yet unexplained, got wind of the young lady’s proposed trip, and secured a seat in the smoking-car of the same train. After papa and mamma had bid their daughter good-bye, and the cars were well out of the city, our young hero threw away hh Havana and started on a tour of investigation. He soon found the object of his search, was accommodated with a seat by her side, and it was "remarked by the bystanders that the young lady did not manifest as much surprise as might have been expected under the circumstances. The train sped on, and the two chatted cosily. Arrived at the station, a carriage was found in waiting for the young lady, and her lover startl'd for the hotel, but not until he had accepted a pressing invitation to call upon her at her friend’s house. lie did so that very evening, and was welcomed as the friend of the visitor, her hosts having not the remotest idea why it was that she had been sent there. She remained for some weeks, and the young man’s business made it necessary for him to sojourn in that town for a corresponding period, during which time his spare moments, and most of them were spare, was spent with him in amorata. At length she returned to Boston, and, strange as it may seem, her engage ment to another young man was formally announced. But lover No. 1 doesn't pro pose to be put off in this way, and openly declares that, should worse come to worst, he will attend the proposed wedding and publicly forbid the banns. What reasons he has for this ho does not say, but a private marriage is darkly hinted at, and those who are supposed to be posted look wise and say nothing. I might give you the name of the dramatis personae in this cheerful society drama, but it might make trouble and 1 for bear. FAST DAY was decidedly variegated as to weather. The sun rose in a sky absolutely clear, and gave promise of a warm spring day. Before eleven o'clock the sky was overcast with thick clouds, and there was a chill in the air which made overcoats a necessity. After this a brisk wind sprang up, the clouds grew more threatening and before nightfall umbrellas were in demand to protect glossy hats, and those intricate contrivances called bonnets, from the rain. Of fasting there was none, but of feasting much. Indeed, market men have learned to look upon Fast Day as a sort of Spring Thanksgiving, and lay in stores accordingly, which, they tell me, never lack for purchasers. To supplement these sub stantial feasts, our citizens always seek the various places of amusement. All the thea tres were crammed yesterday, both afternoon and evening, and several of the railroads put on extra trains to accommodate the incoming pleasure-seekers. The ballet at the Howard drew immensely, of course; hundreds throng ed to see Edwin Adams in Enoch Arden, at the Boston. The “Follies of a Night,” and a screaming farce, tilled the Museum to reple tion; anil Aimee, the jolliest of opera bouffe singers, performed the “ Grand Duchesse,” and “La Perichole” to appreciative and ap plauding audiences at the Globe. Then there was a variety entertainment at the St. James, a panorama at Tremont Temple, and no end of lesser “shows.” To-day ami to-morrow the schools will be closed, and the city will not lose its holiday aspect until the week is over. PERSONAL. Among those who sail for Europe to-mor row in the “Hecla,” is Mr. Charles E. Pas coe, a rising young journalist, who goes to England, and possibly to the Continent, for a stay of three months. He has become widely and favorably known through his graphic descriptions of old world scenes and customs, contributed to the Commercial Bulletin, Appleton s Journal, Hearth and Home, The Youths' Companion, and other publications; his genial personal qualities have secured him a wide circle of friends. A number of these, mostly journalists, pro pose accompanying him down the harbor to morrow, and Mr. Alexander, the enterprising and gentlemanly agent of the Cunard line, has kindly placed a tug at their disposal, in which to return from the lower bay. Among the party will be that erratic individual, Will Wonder. Brave and Pious. —Among the many unrecorded acts of true heroism by unknown men, during the late war, we find the follow ing which some eye-witness has chronicled in the Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser: During Longstreet's campaign in Ten nessee, while a portion of his army was un der a heavy fire of shells from the enemy, at Campbell’s station, a private soldier within a few feet of the colonel of his regiment, had both his legs torn off. The regiment was not fighting but waiting orders. The wounded man was lifted a couple of yards in the rear to die. Another private now march ed down the line under a hail of missiles and said to the commanding officer, “Colo nel, may I have a few moments of prayer with that dying man?” The Colonel said, “Arc you a clergyman ?” The private an swered, “1 am.” “Then,” said the Colonel, “do as you desire.” And the man of God knelt and prayed with and for the dying man five or ten minutes, without moving or sway ing his body, seemingly totally unconscious of a storm of shot and shell, which the Colo nel tells us, he never saw surpassed in fury. In a few days the praying private was an nounced in field orders as chaplain of the regiment—“promoted for gallantry and piety in the field.” The regiment was the Hamp ton Legion. The Colonel was Gary. The private soldier was the Rev. W. M. Thomas, now pastor of the Methodist churches of our circuit. A remarkable wedding recently took place in Baltimore, Md. The bridegroom was Jes se W. Uppercu, whose name has figured somewhat prominently before the public dur ing tlie past winter. Nearly a year ago he was arrested on suspicion of having caused the death of his aunt by shooting her. Cir cumstantial evidence, it was said, pointed him out distinctly as the murderer, and the suspicions which were at first entertained re garding his guilt gradually became strength ened into belief as evidence was accumu lated. The prisoner was indicted for mur der, and put upon trial for his life. The evi dence brought out was almost entirely of a circumstantial character, and after a trial of unprecedented length the case was given to the jury, the prevailing opinion being that he would be found guilty. The jury con sulted together for a long time but were un able to agree Ujion a verdict and were finally discharged. In February another trial was had, lasting a still greater length of time, finally resulting in the prisoner’s acquittal. All during, the long trials a young lady as sessed of unusual attractions and occupying a high social position in Baltimore was ob served watching the proceedings day by day, and when the prisoner was acquitted, she fainted away in the court room. A few days since the lady became Mrs. Uppercu, aud be sides the relatives of the bride and bride groom at the wedding ceremonies there were present the Judge who had presided at the court, and the counsel both for the defence and the prosecution. William Ridgway, formerly known as “Coon” Ridgway, a glassblower of Jersey City, and during the war member of the “Louisiana Tigers,” has fallen heir to half a million of property at Hanley, Stafford shire, England. MISCELLANY. A HURRIBD COURTSHIP. I was a young man, possessed of sufficient means to enable me to live at my ease, and refrain from labor of any kind, when sud denly there came a blow that scattered my prosperity to the winds and forced me to em ploy my labor and wits in the general strug gle of gaining a living. The blow came in the shape of the failure of a large firm in which my capital was Invested. After securing a clerkship in the house of a creditor of our late firm, my next care was to look up a less expensive boarding-house than the fashionable one in which I was liv ing. I inserted an advertisement in several widely circulated city papers, asking for reasonable board in a strictly private family, and of course received a multitude of answers by the next post. Out of this motlsy instal ment of epistles there was but one which pleased me, and that one I decided to answer in person immediately. Grace Kingsley was the name of the fa vored landlady writing to me, and the letter stated that her house was entirely private, having no boarders whatever. I was much pleased with the fair delicate handwriting and an idea took possession of me that Grace was a young and fascinating widow. I was not disappointed when I reached the house, and my ringing at the door-bell was an swered by the lady herself. She invited me into the parlor in a manner so courteous and yet so modest that I had fallen desperately in love with her before I could cross the threshold. I enjoyed a veiy pleasant chat with Mrs. Kingsley. During the conversation she said that her late husband had been in a fair way of business, and that at his death, which oc curred a year previous, had left her in pretty comfortable circumstances; they had but one child; and this item of mortality 1 was per mitted to look upon, as it lay peacefully slumbering in its cradle. I also learned that the lady was living in the house quite alone and desired a male boarder more as a means <>f protection than as a source of revenue. In conclusion, the landlady looked so pretty (she was quite young, not more than two or three and twenty,) and the board so mode rate, her companionship so inviting, and she seemed to trust in me, and look upon me so favorably, that I would have been a heathen, dead to all charms and inducements of the sex, if I had not engaged board on the spot. The next day I had my trunk removed to my new boarding-place, ami permanently established myself there. Before leaving my boarding-house, a letter was handed me by the postman, but I did not find time to ex amine it until I was comfortably ensconced in the parlor of Mrs. Kingsley’s cosy house. Opening the letter I discovered it to be from a wealthy uncle of mine residing in Vermont, who regularly sent me a letter once a year; but whom I hail never seen. His epistles were always short and to the point, generally consisting of an account of the weather in his locality, and good advice to me to take care of my money, as 1 might be burdened with some of it before I was much older. I was always very glad to get this ad vice from him as I regarded it as an intima tion that I was to inherit his .wealth on his decease. One day, however, about a year previous, I received a letter from him, which contained another topic besides those I have mentioned. My uncle made some pressing inquiries re garding my matrimonial prosjiects, and stated that if I was not already married I should at once enter into the wedded state, and let him know of it, or he would never more be an un cle of mine. Now, as my uncle lived in Vermont and I in Philadelphia, and I never anticipated that he would pay me a visit and discover the falsehood, I wrote and informed him that I was not only married but the father of a bouncing baby. This intelligence so pleased my uncle that he sent a gold goblet and sil ver pap-spoon to be presented to my child. I at first sat down and wrote a romantic letter to my uncle, thanking him for the present, and then visited the nearest jewelry store and turned both the goblet and spoon into cash, which I pocketed. I had received no further letters from my uncle until the one which I read in Mrs. Kingsley’s parlor. The postscript to this not only astonished, but absolutely frightened me. I read as follows; “ P. S.—l have never visited Philadelphia, so I have decided to do so at once, and get a look at you and your wife and child. You may expect me about the 10th of the month.” “ Good gracious! My uncle is coming to visit me,” I exclaimed, “and its past the 10th of tlie month now! 1 don’t know at what moment he may pop in. What am I to do for a wife and child?” At that moment there came a terrible pull at the door bell, as if the man who pulled it imagined that he owned the house and could make as much noise as he pleased. A sicken ing sensation took possession of me, for I had a misgiving that it was my uncle. Now, as good fortune would have it, Mrs. Kingsley had gone out to a neighboring store for a few moments, and had requested me to have an eye on her child while she was gone, so that it wouldn’t fall out of the cradle and hurt itself. As I glanced at the cradle, and thought of my uncle at the door, a bright idea entered my mind. I determined, in case the visitor was my uncle, to claim the youthful occupant as my own. The visitor proved to be my uncle. I knew him by the pictures of him I had seen, and he likewise knew me by my photograph After a mutual recognition and hand-shak ing, I ushered my honored relative into the parlor, and introduced him to my newly claimed offspring. “There, uncle,” I said, “is the first pledge of our married life. I assure you I take pleasure in presenting to you my child.” “It is a fat little youngster,” said my uncle, gazing at it admiringly. “By the way, what is it, boy or girl ?” That was a knotty story for me to answer, for he was just as much acquainted with its gender as I was. But it would not do to show ignorance on the subject, so I an swered at haphazard that it was a boy. “I am sorry it is a boy,” said my uncle; there are too many boys in the family. Now if you had only produced a little blue-eyed girl it would have been more sensible.” I assured him I was sorry the gender did not suit, but hoped in the future his wishes would be gratified. So far I had succeeded in deceiving my uncle, but the worst, I feared, was that when Mrs. Kingsley returned she might object to my claiming ownership in her child. Be sides, to carry out my deception, I must find a wife as well as infant, and Mrs. Kings ley was the only one I could conveniently claim. The only difficulty was to get her consent to the deception, and this might be done if I could only secure a private conver sation with her before I introduced her to my uncle, then it would be all right. I watched my opportunity, and gained an interview with her before she entered the roum. I told her, in a few brief and hurried words, the extent us my difficulty, PRICE 3 CENTS. and how I had taken the liberty of acting as papa for her little ones. I then told her I must find a wife somewhere, and lagged her to allow me to introduce her in that capacity. She laughed very heartily at the suggestion, said she could comprehend my difficulty, and consented to my proposal, and very roguishly warned me not to presume upon the occur rence. We then entered the parlor and I intro duced her as my better half. My uncle was very much pleased with her, and compli mented me upon my good choice In the se lection of a wife. Mrs. Kingsley, of course, colored most charmingly at this compliment, and I couid scarcely refrain from laughing. “You have a fine lx>y here,” said my uncle to Mrs. Kingsley, pointing to the cradle. “Excuse me, sir,” said she, coloring up again, “it Is a girl.” I was dumbfounded. I was exposed in my iniquity. Would my uncle believe me after this ? lie looked from me to my pretty landlady with s puzzled countenance. “Your husband told me it was a boy,” he said, and rather suspiciously, too, I thought. “Well, 1 always took it for a boy,” was my reply, putting on a bold face, “but I suppose my wife knows best” Here Mrs. Kingsley fairly screamed with laughter, and my uncle’s stem face assumed an ironical smile. “You are a nice father, ain’t you?” touch ing me with the point of his umbrella, “not to know the sex of vour own child. Why, I knew it was a girl the moment I looked at it.” “But, Charley,” he said, again addressing me, “what did you do with the goblet and pap-spoon I sent to the little one?” “Oh, they are perfectly safe, I assure you.” I replied, “I have taken g«xxl care of them." “Yes, but where in the deuce are they. I would like very much to take another look at them.” “Well, I have denosited them in a bank for safe-keeping, but I can readily produce them—that is—in the course of a week’s time.” He told me to do so, as he wanted to see them, and then I got out of the room, for fear that he might ask me some more per plexing questions. A short time afterward, Mrs. Kingsley came to me, when I was alone, in an adjoin ing room, and I saw immediately that some thing very humorous must have happened, for the corners of her lips were breaking into smiles. “Do you know, sir into what an awkward predicament you have got me?” she in quired, as she took a seat on the lounge by my side. “ Explain yourself,” I said. “ Why, your uncle came to me a short time ago, and asked to see my marriage certificate, and he said he had some money to settle upon us immediately, but he wanted to be sure that everything wa« right first.” “Did you expose me?” I inquired, anx iously. “No, sir, I did not, for I never enter into a deception, or anything else, by halves.” I was so elated that I could not withstand the temptation of embracing her. This did not make her angry, for she nestled her head cosily on my shoulder and smiled serenely. “ What answer did you make him,’’ I then asked. She hesitated for a moment, and then said, “ 1 promised to produce the marriage certifi cate.” “But we haven’t gos any,” I remarked. She indulged in a quiet little laugh, but said nothing. “ Mrs. Kingsley—nay, my dear madam— no, I will call you darling—we are both in a scrape, and there is but one way for us to get out of it. We must go and get married immediately. Will you be my wife?” “ I shall be delighted,” she answered frankly, and seizing both my hands, said that she was ready for a frolic of any kind. We lost no time, I assure you. 1 don't think Mrs. Kingley ever got into her Sunday clothes in such a hurry in her life before, while I spoiled two pairs of suspenders in my frantic endeavors to be on time. We quite astonished the parson by our haste, and at the conclusion of the ceremony, I would have forgotten to give him the usual fee, if he had not reminded me of it. We hail secured the coveted marriage cer tificate, signed aud sealed, and were now safely out of our predicament, as we thought. We had omitted one precaution, as we hand ed the certificate to uncle. It was all right, with exception of the modern date. “Why, how is this?” said my uncle, gaz ing at the document through his specs; “I thought you were married over a year ago.” “So we were, uncle,” I answered very sol emnly. “How comes it, then, that the certificate is dated to-day?” he asked in a voice of thunder. We were struck speechless, both my wife and I. “Come,” said my uncle, “I see there has been some trickery here. Own up to it, or I will never forgive you.” I did own up to it, and told him the whole story. I expected it would make him angry, but it did not; for he laughed heartily, and said I was a clever rascal, and he was proud of me. “But how about the gold goblet and pap spoon ? You haven’t been drawing the wool over my eyes about them, tooo, have you— eh?” I told the truth about the goblet and pap spoon. “Why you are a regular trickster,” said said my uncle. I believe you would deceive Satan himself. But I won’t get angry with you, for I used to play the same games when I was young.” In a word, we became reconciled, and my uncle settled upon me a sufficient income to enable me to quit my irksome duty as a clerk. He has gone back to Vermont, and 1 can but say in conclusion that when he pays us another visit, I can show several “little people” that I call my own, and without telling a falsehood. The death, in his ninety-third year, of General Philippe Paul, Comte de Segur, the oldest member of the French Academy, took place recently. His principal work, often reprinted and translated into several lan guages, “Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armee pendant l’annee 1812,” is a striking narrative of the greatest blunder of Napoleon 1., the disastrous campaign into Russia. M. de Segur, although an aide-de camp of Napoleon, was far from being a flatterer of the French ruler, or in the least tainted with “ Chauvenisme.” Indeed, his love of truth brought about a great number of disclamors of his assertions, and among them a violent one, in the person of General Gourgaud. His refutation resulted in a duel, in which M. de Segur was wounded. Since 1848 M. de Segur hail withdrawn into private life, but never failed to attend the sittiugs of the Academy.— London Athenaeum. A savant, Dr. Struthers, has been making a special study of the bones of whales, and has discovered that the unfortunate levia thans are subject to rheutnatism. gailg ^ress. ADVERTISING RATKS: <>n« Miuai-e, one hiMrtiou 41 OO •• each tnbaequeut insertioa. 50 « M one year 30 OO jySchedule of full rates furnished on appli cation. Publication Office: CROMPTON’S BLOCK, MECHANIC STREET, WORCESTER, MAHS. MINERAL POISONING. Some time ago suit was brought against a railroad company by workmen employed, claiming damages to health by handling arsenically prepared timber. How the caao was decided we are unable to say, but it would not be strange if there were grounds for the suit in the facts. Most mineral salts are poisonous and some deadly. Vegetable poisons are similarly noxious, but while ex posure to the atmosphere generally dissi pates their poison, the minerals hare a last ing effect. Arsenical poison is so subtle and ])ermanent that cases of entire physical prostration and even death have been, in England and France, directly traced to its presence in chemical preparations and articles of manufacture. It has been proved that slowly-working, but absolutely injurious and even fatal diseases, have re sulted from the use of bright greens on pa per used to decorate walls of rooms or to shade windows, that the wearing of bright green veils has caused illness to the wearer, and that workers tn artificial flowers have died from slow poison imbibed through tlie lungs from the impalpable dust arising from handling the delicate green leaves that are so attractive in their deadly beauty. Poison is an antiseptic, particularly min eral poison. A piece of wood surcharged in its pores with the salts of arsenic or mer cury, may outlast generations, but it may be the means of cutting short the lease of life of a human being. The subject of the pres ervation of timber from decay may be one of importance, but while there are substan ces that may be innocuously used to prevent rot in timber, it is unnecessary to employ a poison so subtle and injurious as arsenic. There are many sensible people who refuse to keep in their living or sleeping rooms pre served specimens of birds or other animals, because their preparation necessitates tlie use of arsenic. This caution is based on good grounds; and unless the glass cases contain ing specimens are perfectly air-tight—almost an inqiossibility—it would seem better to re ject such dangerous adjuncts to our dwell ings and reserve them for their more appro priate place, the walls of a museum. GALLANTRY. It is considered foolishly romantic and effeminate to express a wish for the return of the days of chivalry, or of the intensely gallant spirit which elevated woman to a position but little lower than the angels and impelled men to risk and lose life in her de fence; but the actions of men and their expressed opinions give the lie to this assumption of stern superiority. Men yield their places to women in all public convey ances and gatherings, and he who does not is considered a churl. Men are generally as ready now to risk life for woman, to defend her from violence, to rescue her from danger, and to do her any personal sendee as ever they were, and one of the shocks we feel as connected with the Atlantic horror is from the fact that not a single woman was saved among the three hundred and ninety men and one boy who reached the shore. This fact is onough to make any man of moderate gal lantry hang his head for shame. There can be no excuse, no palliation for such a record. We are informed of men who were saved by other men, being carried or supported bodily, not more help than any woman would re quire. It may be asking too much that men should deliberately choose death rather than see a woman go down into the en gulfing waves, but such virtue is not impos sible, such self-abnegation has been shown. In marked contrast with the conduct of the men on board the Atlantic was tliat of those on the Birkenhead, a transport steamer which was wrecked early in 1852 off South Africa, carrying down as she sunk four hun dred iuid fifty-four men, not one woman. One hundred and eighty-four persons were saved, most all of them women. The men who sunk with the ship were soldiers, de tachments of regiments, who obeyed their officers as though on parade, and after see ing all the woman ashore met their fate as men. who had done their duty. The news of this act of heroic self-sacrifice thrilled the world and made each man who heard of it feel proud of his sex. The striking coal miners at Brazil, Ind., are very indignant at the calling out of troop to keep the peace, and say that they do not intend to make trouble. The origin of the difficulty was an attempt on the part of the miner’s union to compel the operators to keep their contract to allow them $1 a ton for digging coal while coal was selling at $2 25, and for each increase of 25 cents per ton in the price for coal, an increase of 10 cents per ton for digging. Coal went up to $2 75, and the miners were, therefore, en titled to $1 20. They were working at these rates, when, about the middle of February, they were notified by the operators that after the 20th of that month they they should dig coal at $1 per ton without reference to its price in the market, whereupon the miners immediately quit work. In the mean time the operators induced negroes from the southern states to come to Brazil and vi cinity, and to take the places of from 1,200 to 2,000 white men. The operators appear to have deceived the negroes as to the char acter of the work required of them, and they are dissatisfied and want to go back home. A bill is before the Pennsylvania Legisla ture to incorporate the “Edwin Forrest Home,” in accordance with the design of the great tragedian. The following is an extract of its provisions: “It provides that the Home shall be established at the country seat of the late Edwin Forrest, known as Spring Brook, for the support and mainte nance of actors and actresses decayed by age or disabled by infirmity. It also provides for laying out an area of sixty acres of the land, to be surrounded by a street of sixty feet in width, and to include the buildings now on the place. The grounds to be laid out with drives and walks, upon which the public shall be admitted, under such rules as may be adopted by the Board of Managers. The corporation is authorized to sell the residue of the grounds of the Spring Brook estate, the proceeds to be applied to increase the endowment and usefulness of the Home. Those admitted to the Home must, if natives of the United States, have served at least five years in the theatrical profession, and if of foreign birth, ten years. The corporators named in the act are James Oakes, James Lawson. Daniel Dougherty, John W. For ney, James H. Castle, John H. Michener and the Mayor of Philadelphia.” A curious deposit, composed almost en tirely, of pure silica, has been discovered in North Wales. It forms the bed of a small lake at a considerable elevation above the level of the sea, and is of volcanic origin. When properly washed and prepared it fur nishes a powder, which is very finely divided and mixes freely with oils and pigments and is worked with the greatest ease. When laid on it soon becomes hard, and presents a pol ished surface, which resists the action of acida and heat.