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C. 11. WALKEIt & J. It. ODER,
VOLUME I.
Ulrniooii in February.
BY H. W. I.OSOKfLLOW.
The day is undine.
The night i* descendimr.
The inarch is fr<*7,en.
The river dead.
Through elouda like ms he
The red sun flashes
On village windows
That glimmer red.
The snow recommences;
The buried fences
Mark no longer
The road o’er the plain ;
’.Virile through the meadow-.
Like fearful shadows.
Slowly parses
A funeral train.
The bell is nealinc.
And everv feeling
Within me responds
To the dismal knell.
Shadows are trailing.
My heart is bewailing
And tolling within.
Liko a funeral bell.
THAT HATEFUL MAN.
I had, just left school. I was consid
ered finished, and ready to come nut.
In fart, I was coming out as far as the
engine could take me, for I was seated
in the ears with Aunt Mary and Cousin
Nelly, and we were going to see the
world at several places, and we were to
begin our pilgrimage by spending a
week at—nothing shall ever induce me
to tell the name of that place.
Aunt Mary was a rich, childless
widow; Nelly was one of her two nieces,
and I was the other.
Nelly had broken her shell, and come
out two years before, and she was en
gaged to “him/' .as ! wittily sailed the
lucky man. She was, of course, very
interesting to herself, and did not pay
that respect and attention to me which
1 considered my due; for 1 was the
chicken of the day, th * heroine of the
occasion.
So, feeling neglected, I retreated
within myself, and mused upon the fu
ture. The world was all before me
where to choose, and what a choice I
made !
I was to have a splendid time gen
orally : new people and new places to
see, pretty dresses to wear, good things
to eat, and fun in everything. Then,
particularly, I had entrancing visions
of —of
Any one looking at a young girl with
the eyes of the body might, were he so
gifted, see with the eyes of the mind
the cloud of witnesses by which she is
surrounded : imaginary young men, all
remarkably handsome, and poetical,
are bowing, smiling, sighing, and finally
proposing for better or for worse.
This is the way of nature, and 1 was
made after that pattern. Yet, among
all the sights I saw in my waking
dreams, I did not perceive even the
faintest shadow of what was awaiting
me.
We reached the destined spot; we
went to the hotel; we shook the dust
from our garments, and made ourselves
“ fit to be seen.” Then we went down
to supper. Nothing happened to us in
the dining-room, except eating: nothing
on the piazza, except staring at people,
and being stared at in return.
Aunt Mary was tired, so we went up
to our rooms early. The hotel was so
full that we had been obliged to take
the only rooms we could get. They
were on the same floor, but in different
passages; yet they were so ue.ir that if
anything happened we could easily run
across the hall to Aunt Mary’s room,
and hide under her wing. But there
was no probability of anything hap
pening.
Having listened to a great deal of
good advice about not talking all night,
and of getting up early, Nelly and 1 re
tired to our apartments.
Our room was not large, and had
only one window, but that window
opened down to the floor, and was
adorned by a small balcony, just large
enough for two persons.
“ How nice that is!” exclaimed Nelly.
“ We will put on our dressing-gowns,
and sit here a little awhile ; it will be
lovely.”
It seemed nice and lovely to me also.
We prepared ourselves quickly; we
placed two chairs on t lie balcony,
turned off the gas, and were ready for a
confidential talk.
There were other balconies to other
windows, but they wore not occupied.
Still, it would lie more prudent not to
speak loud, and whispering added the
charm of mystery to our little nothing-.
There was no moon, but the night was
soft and clear, and, by the light of the
stars, we could just see each other's
faces.
Nelly told me all about her love at
fairs; and how Aunt Mary did not ap
prove ot her lover because he was not
rich. Nelly had always been a little
afraid ot our aunt, and now she seri
ously considered herself a victim.
Then I told her all I had to tell. How
our music-teacher was so handsome,
and had such black eyes ; and was just
as nice as he could be. So we had called
her “ Minerva,” and 1 had written a
sonnet
“ I wonder what time it is ?” said
Ne.ly, rather irrelevantly.
This reminded me of my new watch.
“ l ,( ;ar me ! I have left my satchel in
Aunt Mary’s room, and my watch-key is
in it 1
“ Never mind,” said Nelly ; “you can
get it to morrow morning."
“Yes, but if 1 don’t wind up my
watch, Aunt Mary will lecture eloquent
ly on forgetfulness, and all the Chris
tian vices. She always reads before
going to sleep. So 1 will get my satchel
now, said 1, for 1 felt uncommonly
brave and witty that evening.
I stepped out into the hall, and saw a
light under Aunt Mary’s door. I
knocked, was admitted, and had to sub
mil to a long lecture on the subject of
late hours, idle talk. etc. As I felt
rather guilty, I promised solemnly that
I would go to bed directly. 1 said good
night penitently, and rushed back to
our room.
Nelly was still on the balcony, dream
ing, 1 supposed.
“Nelly,” 1 said, “1 have promised
Aunt Mary that I would go to bed at
once, so I dare not go near you. But I
wish you would come soon, lor ] am very
sleepy.”
She did not answer.
I threw my dressing-gown on the
trunk; forgot to wind up my watch;
and plunged into bed, feeling very good
and obedient.
Nelly, do please come. And, if you
are so poetical, 1 will tell you my * Son
net to Minerva.’ The girls said it was
real funny.”
From the Lpd I could just catch a
glimpse of Nelly’s shoulder, clad in her
white dress. 1 saw her move a little, as
* if to get up ; and, while I waited lot
1 her, I tried to remember my famous
sonnet.
But I was young, tired, and sleepy,
j and, while waiting, foil fast asleep. I
wa“ such a sound sleeper that even the
terrible “rising-bell” at school had
: failed to awake me. So Nelly’s gentle
motions about the room were not likely
to disturb my slumbers,
it seemed to be very early. Everything
was quiet ; but Nelly had left the blinds
When 1 woke up the next morning,
open, and the sun streamed into the
room.
“ Nelly,” f whispered, “ are you
awake ?”
No answer came.
1 turned to look at her, and I was
surprised to find that I was alone in the
bed. Was Nelly up? or had she not
gone to fed at all ?
“ What’s the matter, Nell ?and where
are you ?” J asked.
No answer. No sound.
“ I wish you would spak !” I said, as I
jumped up, a little alarmed.
Nelly was not in the room; neither
was she on the balcony.
Was she taking an early walk ? And
what had become of my trunk? I was
sure it was there the night before. I
remembered throwing my dressing
gown upon it, and that garment was
now spread upon achair.
Nelly’s trunk was gone, too. What
bid it mean? Had she run away during
the night? Hut I should have heard
the noise. And why should she run
away ?
Perhaps I was dreaming. 1 ducked
my lace in cold water, wiped it hard,
and looked round again.
I was wide awake, hut everything was
exactly as I had seen it.
“Oil, Nelly, Nelly 1” I groaned.
“ She must have left a note, I
thought. And I looked for it.
I found no letter ; but on a corner of
the table, I saw, a cigar, half burnt,
shedding its ashes on the carpet.
Then suddenly I understood what
had happened. I had made a mis
take, I hail entered the wrong room,
and
I did not faint, but I fell on the floor
shivering, yet not with cold. What
should I do? Could I remain in this
hotel, he seen again by this man, per
haps pointed at and laughed at by every
body ?
Then it occurred to me that “that
man,” whoever he might be, had been
very careful not to let me know he was
there, and had taken himself and his
trunk out of the room very quietly. But
I was too bewildered to be grateful. 1
hated him, I hated myself, I hated
everything and everybody.
One thing I must do, and that was to
leave that horrid room as soon as possi
ble. i opened the door softly. No one
was about, and I saw what 1 bail done.
I had gone into the room on the right
band, and ours was on the left.
Our door was unlocked. 1 entered
quickly. The room was dark, and Nelly
said, half asleep:
“ l>i<i you stay with Aunt Mary,
Belle ?”'
I saw my way through the difficulty.
“SI e kept me,’ 1 answered. “Sue
gave me a lecture. But, Nelly, please
don't say a word to her about it. I don't
want to hear of it again.”
“ 1 won’t," said Nelly. And 1 knew
she wouldn't.
“ I waited for you till I fell asleep,”
she said. “ I thought I heard you come.
There was some sort of noise in the
hall.”
“ I want another nap, Nelly ; please
don’t talk any more.”
It is useless to say that I did not
sleep. 1 saw too plainly that to save
myself 1 must plunge into deceit. But
anything seemed better than meeting
that man. As for telling Aunt Mary,
that was simply impossible. She would
lie so shocked ! And she would men
tion the incident to her dying day. I
could not bear that. So, after much
thinking, I laid my plan.
We were ready for breakfast. I wore
my pretty white dress, and those little
slippers, with high red heels, which
were the pride of my heart. Aunt
Mary called for us, inspected us, and
then we prepared to go down stairs.
As we turned the corner of our pas
sage into the hall, my left foot slipped
a little, and 1 gave a gentle scream.
1 was red with pain—and shame.
Aunt Mary was alarmed. “Could I
walk?” No, not one. step. Nelly was
tall and strong, and with her help 1
limped back to our room.
My breakfast was sent up, and after
breakfast the doctor was sent for. lie
came,.examined my ankle, prescribed
cold water and arnica, and a few days
of rest. I was saved !
During my seclusion, I resolved, in
the lirst place, that 1 would never
marry, for 1 could not bring myself to
relate my adventure, and it would be
wrong to marry without having con
fessed all my sins to my husband.
Secondly, that 1 would never again
mention my unfortunate sonnet to
Minerva, and that I sincerely repented
having written it. Thirdly, that 1 would
never meet “ that man” again if I could
help it, and that 1 knew who he was.
lie was a short, light-hai ed man,
with red cheeks, and big blue eyes. He
wore a white linen coat; he had stared
hard at me in the dining-room, and 1
had seen him smoking in the garden.
I could neither forgive nor forget him.
“Who occupies the room opposite
ours?’’ 1 asked Nelly, one morning, as
she turned from supper.
Nelly laughed.
“How funny! I was just going to
tell you about him. He got himself in
troduced to us before supper. His
name is Black, and he comes from Bal
timore. He seemed quite interested
about you, and hoped you were better,
etc., etc.”
i turned up my nose disdainfully.
“ How does he look, Nelly?”
“Oh, he is a short man, with light
hair, and cheeks of roses. He saw you
the first evening we were here, and
your charms have made a deep impres
sion. I wish you could have heard him
say, ‘ How is your lovely niece?’ He
looked so sentimental.”
Yes, that was the man, and how im
pudent he was! But he should not
liave the pleasure of seeing me again.
1 managed so skillfully that at the
i end of the week my sprained ankle was
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well, and wc left what I openly called
“that hateful place.”
We went to Niagara Falls, and then
Aunt Mary took us to the seashore.
This was a delightful place. There
were, many pleasant people, lovely walks
! and drives, and the beach was really
■ “splendid.”
Among my new acquaintances was a
j family who owned a cottage at the
j beach. Their name was—-let us say
Norval. The principal charm of my
: new friends was, that they had conic
; directly from New York early in June,
1 and, consequently, could not have been
| at the “hateful place,” or have heard of
jmy sad adventure. 1 found rest and
comfort in that thought.
The Norvals were old acquaintance-.
J of Aunt Mary, so she made no objec
: tions to my intimacy with Susie. Wo
j became devotedly attached to each
other, and had it not been for Nelly. I
should have liked to accept Susie's in
vitation to spend a week at their house.
Wc had been at the beach about a
month, when one morning Nelly, who
was sitting by the window in our room,
suddenly clapped her hands, and said :
“Oh, Belle, yon are going to be the
‘lovely niece' again. Here is the man.
Come, quick !”
I came, and, sheltered by the screen,
I behold the odious creature, lie had
come by the early train, and there lie
was grinning, and looking after that de
testable trunk.
Was bis coining accidental, or was he
hunting me down ? Whichever it was,
he should not see me. No, not if I had
to sprain both my ankles, and break
my neck besides.
Suddenly a bright thought came to
me. I put on my hat. and my thick
barege veil, took my parasol, and thus
armed and protected, I went to call on
Susie Norval.
They lived at some distance from the
hotel, and as I had walked fast, I was
so very hot and tired when 1 reached
their house that I could do nothing but
rest and fan myself. Susie had just re
ceived some new books she wanted to
show me, but I was too tired to look at
thorn. And again she urged me to
come and stay with her for a week ; and
this time 1 accepted her invitation.
Ah it was almost a matter of life ami
death to me, my eloquence prevailed.
Aunt Mary gave her permission, and
Nelly said she would try to live without
her lovely cousin.
That same evening 1 went to the.
Norvals’. And as my walk had given
me a severe headache, I also went with
out my dinner.
Susie and I had planned to have “ a
splendid time” together, and to give up
ttie world for a while; and we did as we
had planned.
1 lorgot to mention that Susie had a
brother. .lohn Nerval was about
twenty-five—tall, dark and really hand
some. Ho only spent the Sundays at
the Beach, for lie was in business with
his father, and one of them had to re
main in the city. But it so happened
that lie, took a vacation while i was at
their house, and we became well ac
quainted with each other.
When I had first met him, he was
very shy, and seemed to avoid me.
Susie said he was afraid of me. But, of
course, 1 did not care at all about it.
Why should l ? Still, when 1 knew
him better, 1 was rather glad to see that
he did not really dislike me, and we
were soon quite friendly.
I -pent ten short, lovely days at the
Norvals'. At the end of that time, Mr
Black had taken himself elsewhere,am
I returned to the hotel. Of course,
Nelly teased me about him, and abou
.lohn Norval. But I bore the teasing
well; " that man” was gone, and, I sin
cerely hoped, gone forever.
We remained at the Beach till Sep
tember. I said that John Norval and I
bad become friends. Well, we had; so
much so that, before we left, he asked
me to be Ins wife.
What could I do but tell him I had
resolved never to marry? 1 do not
know how he felt, but it nearly broke
my heart.
We returned to New York, and a!
though Susie came to see me often, 1
was careful not to go to their house, ex
cept when 1 was sure that John was
away. Kven then, it made me sad to
think of what might have been, if that
man—no; it was my fault, but I could
not help hating him for it.
Nelly was married the next spring,
and Aunt Marv said the Norvals must
be invited to the wedding. She seemed
to think a good ileal of them; and,
dear, good soul, she always said John
was a very superior young man.
The wedding-day came, and John
canii with it. Of course, I had to lie
polite to him, as well as toother people.
1 do not know how it happened, tint
things were soon as good—-or as
betwe n us as they had been before, and
once more he asked me the happy,
dreadful question.
This time, 1 begged for one week to
think about it.' 1 could not kill myself
at once.
I thought a great <leal on that sub
ject, anil the more I thought, the more
it seemed to me that, after all, this was
the only thing I had done to be really
ashamed of, and it had not been done
voluntarily. I could not tell him about
it now, but afterward 1 might. Aftd if
I did not find courage to confess it dur
ing my life, I would write it down, so
that John would know itafter my death,
and would forgive me.
This decision quieted my conscience;
and at the end of the week, i made two
persons happy, to say nothing of Aunt
Mary and Susie, who were both de
lighted.
We were married the next Septem
ber, at the Beach. On the eve of my
wedding-day, I wrote an account of my
terrible mistake. I sealed it, and ad
dressed it, “ To my husband ; to be read
after my death.” And I cried while 1
wrote it, for it seemed like deceiving
him.
A year had passed—a year of happi
ness—except that, when John was more
kind and loving than usual, I asked
myself, with sharp remorse: “Would
he love me if he knew?” I tried totell
him then, but I could not.
One cold, rainy evening, at the end of
September, as we sat near a bright fire,
John said, with a queer look, half
roguish, half-penitent:
“ Belle, you huvo not kept your prom
ise."
“ What promise, my dear ?”
“ You said you would read me your
! ‘Sonnet to Minerva.”'
Then I rose, and cried;
“John. John 1 was it you?"
It was. And I have wanted to beg
[ vour pardon ever since.”
Mv confession was made. I forgave,
! and was forgiven. lam not dead, and
| vet my letter is kept among my bus
band's treasures.
Chrome Cast Steel.
! The report of Colonel Ends, the Kn
| gineer of the great St. Louis and Illi
nois Bridge, has brought into promi
nent notice an article of American
Manufacture known as Chrome Cast
Steel.
This steel is an amalgam of Chromi
um and Wrought Iron, and is produced
by melting the two together in the
crucible in the same manner as carbon
steel.
Chrome Cast Steel has properties and
advantages entirely its own, and is es
pecially adapted for tools of all kinds.
11 can be worked at a white heat —must
be hardened, at a vert/ how hcat t and “ can
not be injured by over-heating. ■’ It can
be welded to iron or to itself: leaving
no trace of the weld ; it can be worked
and re-worked without injury ; and,
when ma le into a tool, will do at least
50 per cent more work than any other
steel, not excepting the highest priced
and choicest brands of foreign make.
These points alone must recommend it
to all mechanics.
By varying the proportion ol Chromi
um any required grade of steel can be
produced, and when the proper formula
is once ascertained for any given pur
pose, the same grade can be reproduced,
ad injinilum, with the utmost certainty,
thus making it perfectly uniform in each
grade, a claim no manufacturer (even
the best English) of carbon steel can
truthfully make.
It is said that near a quarter of a
million of dollars had been expended
and lost in the effort to produce certain
bolts and staves required in the bridge
above referred to. but not until the in
ventor of Chrome Cast Steel was called
into the arena was the work success
fully done, when, as appears from Mr.
Kail’s report, every bolt and stave pro
duced from Chrome Steel was success
ful.
Chrome Cast Steel lias a tensile
strength far exceeding that of any other.
In a series of experiments, the highest
tensile strain obtained was 108,070
pounds to the square inch ; the average
result of twelve specimens was 170,980
pounds, whilst the highest strength of
steel given in Peny’s Metallurgy,
page 870, is 132,900 pounds per square
inch.
In iu lower grades, therefore, this new
stcvl presents a material for bridge
building excelling, in tensile strength,
Any metal hitherto known.
in the higher grades oi tool steel it
is equally excellent, the ease with
which it is worked (at much higher
heat than carbon steel will bear) ren
ders it very profitable to the manufac
turer of tools.
Chrome 'fool Steel was introduced
into the Chicago market in February,
IST!, by Messrs. 11 all, Kimbark & Co.,
and at the date of the great lire their
sales of this brand exceeded those of
till other brands held by them in stock,
and they have wisely determined here
after to keep no other brand of Ameri
can Tool Steel.
We see no reason why this new metal
should not speedily supersede the use
of Carbon Steel.
The Irish man's l*ig.
A correspondent tells a story of a pig.
This is not the first story that has been
told of a pig, but it has what has been
called “the element of unexpectedness"
about it. Piggy got into a large yard
where he did not belong, and trying to
get out again, lie stuck fast under a
high board-fence, and there began to
kick and squeal in the good old way.
His master, a big fat Irishman, hearing
the hubbub, ran out of his house, near
by, and cautdit Ids pig by the ears, en
deavoring to pull him through the hole
before his trespass was detected. Hut
this treatment had no effect but to make
the pig yell the more. An old ram in
the yard, hearing the noise, and seeing
piggy’s hindlegs and fail flourishing
away in a menacing maner, accepted
what he thought was a challenge, and.
lowering his head, chaiged with all his
might. He struck his mark squarely
and fairly, and the pig shot through the
hole like a pork cannon-ball, and strik
ing bis master full in the breast,
knocked him 11 it on his back. The only
person who witnessed this doting scene
was just entering the yard, and not
being aware how many actors were en
gaged in it, was very much surprised to
hear what ho supposed to bo the pig,
swearing in Irish on the other side of
t he fence.
Heath of Hon. James W. Crimes, of
. lona.
Burlington, lowa, Feb. B.—Ex Sena
tor Crimes died at his residence in this
city, at half-past 8 o’clock last evening,
of heart disease. The first attack came
on about weeks ago, while he was
on the street, and consisted of a sharp
pain in the heart and a resulting prostra
tion. On Tuesday of this week lie had
three attacks of a light character in
close succession, baft evening, about 7
o’clock, while conversing with some
friends, at his home, he was again taken
in the same way. This was soon suc
ceeded by a second and third attack,
the latter proving fatal, at the time
above stated.
Since his return home from Europe
he has been in apparent good health,
though he complained occasionally of
paralytic symptoms, similar to those
with which he was prostrated in Wash
ington before his resignation. The
heart disease firsi made its appearance
two weeks since. Senator Grimes’s
father*died of the same disease.
A Wife for a Hollar and a Half.
Graville, Herkimer county, N. V., has
a novel law suit. One Crosby bought of
one Arlo Davis, his wife, for which lie
paid the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents. After living with her about a
week, the son of Davis, at the instiga
tion of his father, put Crosby out of
possession of his purchase, whereupon
the said Crosby brings an action to re
cover his dollar and fifty cents. The
question before the Court is, can he re
cover ?
Fire at Sea—Terrible IjOss of Life.
j A Rio .Janeiro letter give details of tho
los of the steamship America, on her
passage from Buenos Ayres to Monte
video, Deo. 23.
The America saile<l from Buenos
Ayres on the 22d of lVceml>er, taking
134 jvisseiigeis. Her company consisted
of < v.r 30 persons, including the cap
tain, officers, crew, and servants.
On the morning of the 23d, when
t.Vrro—a well-known point on the river
Do la Plata was discovered 12 or lf
! in !es ahead, one of her boiler tubes ex
plo led. 'Fl.i* steam rushed out into tin*
lire room, instantly scalding to death
t vo tir -men and one coal-heaver, who
v oiling portions of the machinery,
tit the same time extinguishing all the
lights, and scattering live coals all about
the room. Hi tween the boilers and the
steamer’s sides the heat was so intense
that it was impossible to remain longer
below.
The chief engineer informed ('apt.
Rossi of this fact, and recommended
that the pumps should he rigged, and
immediately set agoing. The pumps
had not been used for some time, and
were in bad order.
In the meantime it was deemed ad
visable to work in company for saving
tin- passengers. The tire spread rapidly,
consuming everything before it. The
tire being amidships it separated the
steamer's company and passengers into
two portions, naturally causing a panic
and promising a deplorable confusion,
which it is impossible to deeciioe.
Of all the boats of the steamer, only
one could he lowered, 'i’he others, not
having been used in some time, were
secured so firmly in the boat-docks that
it was next to impossible to remove
them. The two which were launched
were immediately swamped by the half
crazed passengers. Some more energetic
passengers tried to launch the other
boats, but it was impossible.
At this time the officers hail lost all
control over tiie crew, who, with their
revolvers, were disputing and fighting
with the passengers for the means of
saving life.
No signals were made to the passing
steamer, the Villa de Salto, which
would indicate any unusual danger on
hoard the America, and not until the
flames burst out into sight was the offi
cer in charge of the Villa de Salto aware
of any trouble or danger, but he then
immediately put hack to tho assistance
of the America.
The captain of the America, Rossi,
was tho first to abandon his steamer,
taking refuge on board of the Italian
vessel of war, where he lias since re
mained. His course has excited univer
sal indignation in Montevideo and
Buenos Ayros. He is threatened with
being lynched if he appears ashore.
The loss of life it is not possible to
learn with certainty, but it seems that
more than fi() persons perished. No
citizens of the United States were
among tin* lost.
An Improved Omnibus.
An improved construction of omni
buses is noticed in the London papers.
According to this arrangement the
load in the omnibus is below the center
of gravity, and instead of the passengers
being inside the vehicle, as at present,
they are all outside of it. There is no
close box into which twelve human be
ing's are stuffed to inhale each other’s
expirations and exhalations, and no
crushing lip or crowding in tor a seat.
All inconveniences are avoided by plac
ing the passengers back to back, instead
of face to face. There is only one hind
wheel, instead of two, ami this onehind
wheel, placed in the center of the
vehicle, does the work of the two now
used. A light and elegant roof covers
the two rows of seats, and reaches down
in front far enough to shelter the pas
sengers from rain or sun, but not far
enough to obstruct their view of the
opj osite.side of the street in which they
are going. There are aprons also which
draw up from the foot hoard as a pro
tection in wot weather. The vehicle is,
therefore, much lower than the present
omnibus. A passenger steps in and out
at one effort from the street into his or
or her own separate place or division.
The huge wheel at tho back is Vfuite
concealed, and revolves in a closed case
or sheath some twelve inches in width.
Tho seats being on two sides, the end
admits of being well padded at the back
and cushioned, rendering them perfectly
comfortable. It is claimed that there is
an important economy in this method
of construction, as there are no doors,
no glazing, no painting of sides, no in
ternal paneling, and only three wheels;
the weight of the vehicle will not be
more than two thirds of the present one.
American Newspapers Wanted.
Sir Edward Thornton lias been applied
to from home to obtain copies of every
newspaper, periodical, and magazine
published in the United States, to be
placed on exhibition at the Interna
tional Exposition to take place in Eng
land this year. Minister Thornton
lately called on Mr. Joseph Shillington,
bookseller and news agent, of Washing
ton, and requested him to take the
matter in hand, which Mr. Shillington
has consented to do. Publishers, there
fore, who desire to avail themselves of
the opportunity to be represented at
the English Exhibition, will address a
copy of their publication of some date
in February, to Joseph Shillington, news
agent, Washington, I). C. On their ar
rival the publications will be arranged
by States and sent to England. It will
bo remembered that a collection of
American newspapers anil periodicals
excited much interest at the English
Exhibition in 1851, but it was far from
complete, and it is desirable that the
collection shall be as perfect as possible.
At Dewitt, 111., Jan. 23, Alvin V.
I’arovitz, a Prussian nobleman, residing
near that place, was murdered by Fred.
Shafer with a monkey-wrench. Shafer
was an employe of Parovitz. The mur
derer placed the body of his victim in a
compost heap, and proceeded to Chicago
with the horses, wagon, and effects of
the deceased. He was found at Chicago
working at a livery stable, and made a
full confession, disclosing the wherea
bouts of the corpse. He had assumed
the name of his victim, and had changed
his personal appearance to aid the de
ception.
Da. Taylor, editor of the Lansing
(Iowa) Mirror, has been elected Mayor
of that city.
Fish Culture in California.
Bnn Joso (’orrcitpon'lfow San Kracic* Chronicle
The prospect lor successful piscicul
ture in this State, according to state
ments made, seems to he encouraging.
In thi* connection, it may he valuable
to fish raisers to note the following inci
dent. which recently occurred in this
locality: Young Charles Hensley, son
of the lament** t Major Hensley, of this
city, at considerable expense const meted
a pretty fish-pond, or minature lake, in
the splendid Hensley Park, at the edge
of t lie town. The pond was well stocked
with fish of the most approved varieties,
all of which were thriving and doing
nicely, until one fine morning a Hock of
sea ducks, vulgarly known as “ hell
divers,” took possession of the fish-pond.
Young Hensley soon discovered that
tin* divers were playing havoc with his
finny pets, and at once set about trying
to exterminate the rapacious destroyers.
This he found to be no easy task, for
this particular species of duck is famous
among sportsmen for its marvelous
agility in the act of diving. Hensley
demonstrated the oft-repeated assertion
that tin* bird can actually disappear at
the Hash of a gun and be out of danger
before the shot reaches the water. At
length the gentleman resorted to
stratagem. He discovered that the lit
tle divers, when fully satisfied that an
enemy was not about, would sometimes
come out upon the shore of the lake to
plume their feathers and sun them
selves, 'faking advantage of this, Hens
ley succeeded in picking them off one
at a time, until the entire brood were
annihilated. Unfortunately, however,
the little rogues had succeeded in des
troying nearly all the fish in the lake.
As before stated, it may be well for fish
raisers to keep an eye out for “ hell
divers.”
Hear Huntinur in Georgia.
Mr. Cornelius Cool, a celebrated hun
ter of Webster county, Georgia, while
out hunting week before last, came in
contact with a bear, winch was about to
get the better of hi dogs. Mr. C., after
emptying his rifle at the bear, and
seeing bruin with two of his best dogs
down against a log, politely stepped up
and silenced him with his hunting knife
—saved his tlogs and didn’t get hurt
any himself, coming otV more than con
queror in that tight. Being naturally
of a reckless and daring disposition, he
concluded last week to come into close
quarters with another bear, in which he
came very near losing his life. In com
pany witii his brother .John, he had
tracked a large bear into a tree. The
tree being a very large one, and not
wishing to cut it if they could scare the
bear out by any other way, they tried
pounding the tree, but with no success.
They then felled another tree against
the one the bear occupied. That still
failing to move bruin, our hunter con
cluded to climb the tree they had felled
against the one the bear was in. So,
arming himself with a good revolver he
went up without any difficulty. The
tree he went up having lodged close to
where the bear had entered the other
tree, Mr. C. soon had a peep into
Bruin's den, finding him lying at his
ease. Mr. C. opened fire with his revol
ver. As soon as the first shot was tired,
the bear started out of his hiding place,
snorting and mad ; and, while it was
getting out of the tree, Cool fired three
shots into him, which seemed to have
no effect on Mr. Bear, who would have
in an instant had hold of Cool but for
his brother on the ground, who
seeing the position of affairs, fired on
the bear with his rifle, giving him adead
shot; and no doubt saved the life of his
brother, as he would have fallen oyer
one hundred feet had *the bear seized
him. to say nothing about the hugging,
bites, and scratches Bruin might have
given him.
Over-Work on Kaihvays.
For some weeks the English railway
employes have been endeavoring to se
cure a reduction in the hours of labor.
Many meetings have been held in the
tiiis enterpise, and the Lon
don press has taken up tin* matter with
some spirit. Some of the statements of
the amount of work exacted from these
unfortunate people border on the in
credible. Yet they arc all vouched for
on respecteable authority, ami the rail
way companies are challenged to dis
prove them. One man, a porter, is said
to have worked twenty-three hours out
of the twenty-four on four successive
days. Instances where men had been
worked twenty-four hours without a
moment’s cessation were frequent. An
engine-driver, who had been more than
twenty hours on his engine, was about
to knock off, when a station-master
made him take charge of another train.
One of the most cruel cases of all was
that of a man who, having worked from
fl o’cloc i one morning till 11 o’clock
the next, was told then not to leave the
station until night, ns he might be
wanted. “ And even for this period of
rest half a day’s wages were deducted.”
There is no question but that a rail
way company demanding such hours
from its servants is criminally trifling
witti the lives of its passengers. There
is a limit to human endurunce, and to
submit a train to an over-worked engi
neer is almost to invite its destruction.
We trust that the reform in this respect
sought for in England will he etfectively
carrie 1 out. We have referred to the
subject chiefly because what is true
there may be equally hero. We have
no reason to believe that the majority
of our railway companies are more con
siderate of their passengers’ safety or
their servants’ health than English
railway corporations. Let us hear what
our engineers and switchmen have to say
on the subject. —New York Times.
Raisins.
The finest raisins are grapes merely
dried in the sun. The Muscatel raisins
have the stalk of the hunch partly cut
through and are dried upon the vine,
tlie leaves being removed to allow of
full exposure. Commoner kinds are
dried upon lines and afterwards dipped
into a lye to which sa't and oil are
added. The effect of this is to give the
raisins a lirown, varnished appearance
and to cause tire exudation of sugar,
seen on common raisins. Grapes that
contain sugar enough will he gradually
converted into raisins in an airy room,
if not packed too closely.
“ Assault with intent to become in
sane,” is the way they put
tacks now.
Editors and Proprietors.
NUMBER 23.
A Sacrillce.
BY MARY K. RARTI.KTT.
There’# m grave in mv heart, 11 new made grave—
Come close, while I whisper low ;
There I've buried the love so pure and true.
That blessed me awhile aico.
O’er my love ne'er had passed or death or chill,
"i’was living and warm as the day
When with gentle and noiseless tread it found
To my lonely heart its way.
And it trembled and wept and for mercy prayed
As I digged its deep dark grave :
But I thrust it in. and the sod pressed down
On the trcs.sure I yearned to save.
Above the plaee with a lavish hand.
I have scattered flowers rare.
And "hr dreams not in her happiness,
i That my love lies buried there.
Wit and Wisdom.
Spasmodic Love—A neuralgic nflfoc
tion.
Wi!v should artists take small-pox?
Because it's sketching.
A hundred cents will make a dollar,
hut a million dollars won't, make good
sense.
Garrison says that the woman oues
tion was an “ all-embracing ” one. Who
said it wasn't.
We hale some persons because we do
not know them, and wo will not know
them because we hate them.
A marked change of fare. Formerly
we treated those with whom we differed
in theology to a hot stake; now we only
offer them a cold shoulder.
No one has died in Holmes county,
Ohio, for ten years past, and the oiti/.ens
naturally begins to regard their present
habitations as their eternal Holmes.
A Western editor speaks of his rival
as ‘‘mean enough to steal the swill from
a blind hog 1” The rival retorts by say
ing : “ He knows he lies; I never stole
his swill I”
Kerosene has superseded hari-kari as
the popular shuffling-off material in
Japan—a new exemplification of the
progress of American ideas ii. that
country.
There are no words so fine, no flattery
so soft, that there is not a sentiment bo
yond them that it is impossible to ex
press, at the bottom of the heart where
true love is.
He whose wishes respecting the pos
sessions of this world ure the most rea
sonable and bounded, is likely to lead
the safest, and, for that reason, the most
desirable life.
Hunqrv hoarder : “Some more bread,
if you please; 1 always eat a good deal
of bread with my meat.” Sarcastic
landlady: “So 1 see, sir; likewise a
good deal of meat with your bread.”
In an article on a recent fair in that
city, the editor of a Macon paper, says a
brot her editor, took a valuable premium,
hut an unkind policeman made him
put it right hack where he took it from.
Gi.utto.nv is the source of all our dis
eases. As a lamp is choked by a super
abundance of oil, a tire extinguished
by excess of fuel, so is the natural
health of the body destroyed by intem
perate diet.
It was a brilliant boy who, seeing a
dog with a muzzle on for the first, time,
exclaimed, “ Mamma, mamma, 1 bet
five cents the dogs are going to wear
hoop-skirts; there goes a dog with one
on his nose, now.”
The Boston Post (jots this off, apropos
to Miss Spotted Tail: "If Custer had
preferred to have cussed her, ho wouldn’t
have kissed her ; if her less fortunate
admirers had kissed her, they wouldn’t
have preferred to have Custer. Answer
next week.”
“Johnny, where’s your pa?” “Gone
fishing, sir.” “He was fishing yester
day, was he not?” “ Yes, sir.” “What
did he catch ?” “One codfish, tire rheu
mat ism, two eels, the toothache, and
some little ones. Ma says he will catch
fits to day ; just wait till he gets home.
A Baltimore lady, who had been ex
ceedingly annoyed by boys who rang
her door-bell and then ran away, finally
set a trap for them by which a pail of
water was to be spilt upon the next per
son who rang the bell. In a few min
utes her pastor called and was baptized,
but retired without making a visit .
In a well conducted Sabbath school
not a thousand miles from Milwaukee,
the Superintendent was asking a few
general questions of the scholars.
Among others he asked, “ What did
Adam and Eve do in the garden of
Eden?’ Some answered, “sinned,”
but a little five-year-old boy cried out in
a loud, clear voice, “ stole an apple.”
Turpentine in Headache.
Dr. Warburton Begbie (Edinburgh
Medical Journal ) advocates the use of
turpentine in the severe headache to
which nervous and hysterical women
are subject. “ There is, moreover,” he
says, “another class of sufferers from
headache, and this is composed of both
sexes, who may he relieved by turpen
tine. I refer to the frontal headache,
which is most apt to occur after pro
longed mental effort, but may likewise
be induced by unduly-sustained physi
cal exertion—what may be sty led the
htadache of a fatigued brain. A cup of
very strong tea often relieves this form
of headache; but this remedy, with not
a few, is perilous, for. bringing relief to
pain, it may produce general restless
ness and—worst of all—banish sleep.
Turpentine, in doses of twenty or thirty
minims, given at intervals of an hour
or two, will not only remove the head
ache, but produce, in a wonderful man
ner, that soothing influence to which
reference has already been made.”
The American Odd Fellow.
Tho February issue of this sterling
monthly more than sustains its previous
high reputation. The contents are both
interesting, instructive, and pleasingly
varied; among them : The Garland of
Hops, an excellent story; Illustrated
articles on February, the Keystone
State, Charcoal Making, and the Oyster
Trade; Letters of the Unlettered ; Hu
mors of the Day ; History and Triumphs
of Lithography; Scientific and Curious
Facts; Reminiscences of early Odd Fel
lowship; Original Poetry and Miscella
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the Family; Tidings from the Order
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