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Professional Cards. .
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HY8ICIVN AND SUKQEON,
Handy Hook, Conn.
LCOXSON, M D.,
I'lIYSlpiAN AND BURGEON,
Kesidenoe-Wouth Oonter District. Newtown.
Connecticut.
A E. CAtiBEB, M. D.,
X A .
OUioe and Residence, Center St., Bethel, Conn.
(first home east of Methodist chnroh.)
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ILLtAM BURKE,
Al'i'ORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Banbury, Oonn.
S3" Collection prompt. Offloe in Benedict's
hlook.
QELE3T A. BENEDICT, M. P.,
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON,
291 State Street (Marble Block), Bridgeport.
Eleotrioity one of the Tberapentlo Agent.
ornoi bocbs:
Taesdays and Friday, from 8 A. at. to S . .
In Betbel, every Batnrday from X to 8 . K.
yT J.IUDEB4B0N,
BURGEON DENTISTS,
' Danbury, Oonn.
W. H. Rider It at his offloe at Dlok's Hotel
err Saturday. Nitrons Oxide Om adminis
tered in extracting teeth.
yyriLLIAM COTHREN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOB AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCER T,
- Woodbury, Coon.
Q B. Wart, m. d.,
PHYSICIAN AND 8UROI05,
Besideno. and Offloe, Fisher's block, oror O. ss
, M. A. Leppert's barber shop,
- Bethel, Qoon.
J A. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOB AT LAW,
Offloe and Residence,
Sandy Hook, Conn.
Sandy Hook, Conn.
My office in Brookfleld is opened every
Wednesday, over Lewis Osborne's store.
Pare Nitrons Oxide Has administered at
either place in extracting teeth.
EXTRACTING TEETH, WITHOUT GAS,
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
Business Cards.
gTERLINO HOTEL,
Main Street, head of Wall,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Centrally located in the business portion of
the city. Rates, $2.00 per day.
ATWOOD A WHiriNG, Propr's.
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B. 8NIFFEN,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Sandy Hook.
Dealer in Watches, Clocks. Jewelry, Spec
tacles, etc All repairing receives prompt and
careful attention. Prices uniformly as low as
is consistent with good goods and workman
ship. P. SMITH,
rTPER-HANGlNG, KALSOMINING,
PAINTING AND GRAINING.
Done at the shortest notice and in the be'.
manner. Newtown, Oonn.
JEWTOWN ACADEMY.
Rsr. Jamxs P. Hott, A. M., Principal
Pupils of all ages received at any time, and
instructed separately. Tuition lower than in
any similar school.
For ciroulars, reductions in Tuition, etc.,
apply to the Prinoipal.
C. 8 AN FORD,
Carpenter and Builder,
Offers his services to all who ooutemplate
building or repairing. For good work upon
th. moat reasonable terms, address,
F. O. SANFORD, Newtown, Conn.
J N. H ALLOCS,
w ogoxunalcer,
Glover's Building, - ' BANDY HOOK.
Oood work at low prices. Repairing a spe
cialty. Olv. me a eaU, and I will do my b6t
to please yon.
rjlAYLOB & WILSON,
FUBNI8HIN0 UNDERTAKERS,
Handy Hook, Oonn.
Every requisite furnished at short notice,
and at bottom figures,
D.
W. 8NIDER,
HOR8E3HOEB A GENERAL BLACKSMITH,
(Near the Grist Mill),
Sandy Hook. Conn.
tT" Stonecutters' and Masons' Hammers
made to order. Working in Steel a specialty.
Repairing done neatly and promptly. .
p.Norr Auciutt,
Sandy Hook Market,
Dealer in FRESH AND CURED MEATS, Etc.,
Near th. Bridge,
Bandy Hook, Conn.
sjar Term Cssb.
HARNESS
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Repairing neatly don. and with dispatoh.
Booond door south of G. Bradley's stere,
WOODBURY, CONN.
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W. W. BETT9, Agent. ' ' -
WO. BO WELL,
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WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
Bpeotaoles, Gold Pens, Bilver-Plated Ware, Etc
Bepairlng promptly done. '
ty All goods sold neatly engraved free of
oharge.
Hitchcock's Block, Woodbury.
TB. GILLETTE,
Architect and Duilder.
Designs, Flans, Speolflcationa, detail and
working drawings furnished at reasonable
terms. Communications by mail will reoeiv.
trfimnf attaint inn A AArAma
P. O. Box 12, Newtown, Conn.
"yyM. B- PRINDLE,
XMDERTAKEE,
NEWTOWN, CONN.,
Is prepared to furnish anything in the above
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Union Granite Works.
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t".o. 23 to 103 Fairfield Avenue (one door from
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The Old Cartoon.
In an anoient church in the city of Rome,
Far up in the grand and lofty dome,
The master band of an artist had traoed
A cartoon, which should never have been de
faced. The sun that stole through the turret blinds
Had faded the colors and ma: red the lines ;
And dust like a vail gathered thick and fast,
And bid from the present the work of the past
And the thronging people who worship below,
And the priests who are wont te oome and go,
Ne'er dream, as they gaze on the wall so high,
Of the rare beauties that hidden lie.
But a painter, one day, enwrapped in thought,
On the dingy walls an outline caught,
And guessed that under the dust and mold,
Lay the work of some of the artists old.
And when he had swept the dust away,
And freely let in the light of day,
Tha magic brush in bis skillful hand
Retouohed with life the piotures grand,
And they flooded the chapel with radiance
bright,
Till it seemed almost like a holy light ;
And the people, delighted, laughed and wept,
To think that the walls such a prize had kept.
So all around in this world of ours
Are beautiful characters fairer than flowers,
By evil influences marred and specked,
Or bidden away under cold neglect,
That need but the touch of a holping hand,
And a pitying love that will understand,
To clear the rubbish and wrong away,
And raise to the life of endless day.
THE EXCHANGED OVERCOATS.
BT SAMUEL AYEB8.
Several young folks were assembled
at Mr. Lawrence' one evening for the
purpose of amusement, and after they
had quite exhausted their budget of fun,
they requested Mr. Lawrence to tell
them a story. As he delighted in releas
ing young people, he readily complied
with their request, and asked what they
would have. .
"Youre and Lenora's love story."
echoed several merry voices.
" Well, then," said he, " if you will
be seated and keep quiet, I will tell you
about our courtship. "
They seated themselves around him,
and with Lenora's lustrous black eves
beaming on him he began his narrative.
Lenora was sixteen and I was twenty-two
when my story beains. I was
visiting at Uncle John's in Benton, when
l Decame acquainted with her. It was
at church, the first Sunday after mv
arrival, that I first saw her. She was
a pretty girl, with black eyes, dark
brown hair and red cheeks : which
charms, you see, she still retains in won
derful perfection, though many weary
years havo passed since then. As
she was au intimate friend of Uncle
John's family, I soon became ac
quainted with her. We met often, and
spent many happy hours together. The
result was that scarcely a month had
elapsed ere 1 found myself so deeolv in
love with her that I resolved to tell her
how dear she was to me, and ask her to
be my own sweet Lenora. Nor was it
long before I had an opportunity of exe
cuting my reaolutioD. We were seated
on a rusiio seat in a beautiful spot in her
mother's garden. It was a pleasant
morning in May, and nature .was dress
ed in her richest garb The flowers
were in fall bloom, and the ground was
covered with a velvet green. The morn
ing sun shining from a blue sky through
(he rich foliage that clustered above our
heads, lent a magical luster to the sur
rounding scenery. ' It was a spot that
the artist might be proud to have repro -dnctd
on canvas, or the poet to have de
picted in rhy m. We had often sat in
that self-same spot before; but on this
morning it possessed more charm and
was more fascinating than ever. With,
Lenora's head leaning on my shoulder
and her hand placed confidingly in mine,
I believed myself the most favored of
mortals. I thought if I only could have
such a dear girl with me all the time, I
would be the happiest man in the world.
It seemed that she divined my thoughts,
for she asked me what I was thinking
about. I told her that I was thinking
ol the short time tbat remained until I
would have to go home, and how lone
some I would be when so far away from
her. A tear stolo down her rosy cheek,
and her head, hung lower on my shoul
der. I put my arm around her, drew
her to my breast, and somehow, though
I could never tell just how, I asked her
if she would be my own dear wife.
Her reply, which was a sweet " yes,"
seemed to have almost transformed that
little garden spot into heaven. I held
her long In my arms and pressed passionate-
kisses on her red lips. When
we parted, an hour afterward, we had
vowed to be forever true to each other.
After that our meetings became more
frequent, and life was a thousand times
sweeter to me than ever before.
Several weeks had passed pleasantly
away, when the time for my return home
drew, near. It was about the middle of
July, Having gained her parents con
sent to our marriage, I promised to re
turn in September to claim my bride.
With a farewell meeting with Lenora,
in which all our vows were renewed and
maDy parting tears were shed, I took
passage in a stage-ooacb for Clifton,
where my father lived. It was eighty
miles distant, and I was three days ia
going. The first thing I did after I had
received the congratulations of my
friends was to write to Lenora, to tell her
of my journey over the steep and rocky
road among the monntains and hills on
the old etage-coaoh. A sweet corre
spondence ensued, and through the long
summer days that followed the greatest
pleasure that I enjoyed waa in reading
Lenora's letters and writing to her.
About the first of September I re
ceived a letter from Lew Kowland, re
questing me to come to Greencastle and
f pend a few days with him before his
departure for California.
Lew and I had been schoolmates, and
were very intimate ' friends. Jfor the
I ' . C:z: i yE--s t a had been clcrhir? in
ix C::-:: tii In
coming weary of such a monotonous
occupation, and not being satisfied with
the small income derived from it, he
had resolved to seek more romantio and
profitable employment in the gold-fields
of California.
The time for my return to Lenora waa
only two weeks off. However, I deter
mined to comply with Lew's request,
and, on the day after the receipt of his
letter, I Btarted for Greencastle. As I
went by railway, I was only a day and
night on the road ; and nine o'clock on
the following morning after my de
parture from Clifton found me in Lew's
room, in an upper story of a hotel in
Greencastle. '
I found Lew in good spirits. He "was
making preparation for his journey.
Of course, I took an opportunity to
write and tell Lenora of my trip to
Greencastle, and assured her tbat if
kind Providence favored I would be
with her at the appointed time.
The three days that I spent with Lew
were pleasantly passed. In the fore
noon of the third day, Lew's comrade,
who was going with him, arrived in
Greencastle, and insisted on taking the
evening train.
Accordingly every thing was arranged;
and about seven o'clock we repaired to
the depot to await the arrival of the nine
o'clock westward bound train. Throw
ing aside our overcoats and hats, we
seated ourselves for our last conversa
tion. Much sooner than we wished the shrill
whistle of the approaching train sounded
in our ears. I accompanied them into
the car, and as the train began to move
away I pressed their hands, wished them
a prosperous life and stepped from the
car, glancing, as I went out, at the se
rene faces of the passengers, little sus
pecting the horrible death that awaited
many of them tbat night. I stood on
the platforrm until the noise of the
train died in the distance, , and then
went, with a heavy,. .heart, to the hotel
and retired to rest.
When I arose on the following morn
ing I discovered, with tuuoh chagrin,
that Lew had taken my overcoat instead
of his own. As far as the value of the
coats was concerned, I had lost noth
ing ; but several of my letters from
Lenora and some other papers were in
the pocket of mine, atd these I did not
wish to Iobo;
I took the eight o'clock train for Clif
ton. My attention was bo much attract
ed by tre scenerythat was presented to
my view as the flying train sped on its
way, that I scon forgot all about the ex
changed overcoats. ,..,"'
All the day and night the train went
swiftly on its way, stopping occasionally
to receive or deposit passengers or to
obtain a fresh supply of water.
As the train stopped at a station a
few miles from Clifton, just at the
dawn of day, I was horrified to hear that
the train taken by Lew and his comrade
had been thrown from the track and
several of the passengers killed. I
dreaded to hear the particulars of the
disaster.
When I arrived at Clifton, the town
was all excitement over the wrecked
train. Full particulars had been re
ceived, and I was surprised to find my
own name among the killed. I imme
diately remembered the exchanged over
coat?. There now remained no doubt
as to my dear friend being among the
dead.
My parents were eaved from great
agony by my arrival home before they
had learned that my name wa3 on the
list.
After spending two days at home I
once more took passage in the stage
coach for Benton. There were several
other passengers, and the time passed
pleasantly away during the first day and
the forenoon of the second. But then an
unexpected difficulty retarded our jour
ney. One of the wheels of the coach
broke and had to be repaired before we
could proceed. This occupied the re
mainder of that day and all the next ;
so that the evening I should have been
with Lenora found me several miles
away.
Immediately after the accident, a mes
senger was dispatched to Ben.n with
the mail on horseback. " I was tbsent
with two or three others getting timber
with which to repair the broken wheel
when he started, and knew not that he
was going until he was several miles on
his way. Hence I did not send a line to
Lenora explaining my failure to arrive.
However, I consoled myself by thinking
that the messenger would make matters
sufficiently plain, and all would ye be
well. '
On the morning of the fourth day we
resumed our journey, and went very
briskly all day. As twilight began to
change into darkness, and here and
there a star appeared in the azure sky,
and the moon was slowly rising over the
eastern mountains, the old stage coach
drew up and stopped in front of .'a large
brick building in Benton, and the pas
sengers alighted and dispersed. v
I walked along the street to the resi
dence of Lenora's father. I knocked at
the door and was admitted to the parlor.
There quite an unexpected scene met
my vision. Instead of Lenora and her
parents meeting me with extended
hands, they did not appe r conscious of
my entrance. Lenora sat on the sofa,
evidently pained at the contents of a
letter which she held in her hand. A
package of papers lay beside her on the
sofa. Near her sat her father and
mother. I stood for a moment in utter
amazement. Not a sound - Was to be
heard but the sobs of Lenora. In aston
ishment I drew near to where they sat.
The young lady who admitted me into
the parlor did not offer me a seat, but
advanced with me to where they were in
silence. As I drew near each face was
turned toward me. Lenora's eyes beam
ed ono moment on me, and then she
sprang to me and fell fainting in my
Ler only woris tei, "It ia
Z.' T7e L-il Lor sra a ti i:l
administered Buoh restoratives "as soon
brought her to consciousness again.
While this was transpiring, and I sat by
her with her hands in mine and pressed
frequent kisses on her sweet young lips
her father unraveled the cause of the
mysterious circumstances which had
just taken place. -
It was late in the afternoon of that day
when they learned of the messenger's
arrival with the mail. Lenora immedi
ately went to the offioe in hopes of re
ceiving a letter from me, explaining my
non-arrival, which they had "concluded
was on account of the stage-coach's fail
ure to come. She received a letter and
a package, which ehe supposed to be
from me, and joyfully returned home.
Sitting down on the sofa, she laid the
package down and opened the letter.
Her first glance at the contents sent a
pang to her heart. It was from a gen
tleman in a distant town, stating that
John Lawrence had been killed in the
recent railroad disaster, and that his
papers and money had been sent to her.
Her first wild spell of grief was over
when I arrived, and she was then re
lieving her broken heart by almost si
lent suffering. ,
By the time her father had finished
these explanations, Lenora had so far
revived as to be able to sit up and listen
to my story of the exchanged overcoats,
and that it was my friend, Lew Bowland,
who waa killed in the wreck.
We opened the package and found,
besides my letters, over $200 in bank
notes. I wrote to one of Lew's brothers
in regard to the mosey; but before his
reply arrived I received a letter from
Lew. He was not dead, as reported, but
had only received a slight injury, from
which he had recovered, and was ready
to resume his journey. He had loaned
his overcoat to an invalid young man,
who was killed when the disaster oc
curred. As he had the overcoat on that
contained my letters and papers, it nat
urally resulted in the mistake which was
made.
With Lew's assistance the money was
restor ad to the proper parties.
A few weeks afterward Lenora and I
were married. In the following spring
we moved out here on the farm, where
we have lived and loved ever since.
Komantic Story of Two Orphans,
The New York correspondent of the
Baltimore American writes: A little bit
of a story of two orphans came to my
knowledge the other day, which is almost
equal in pathos to the story as told in
the memorable play of that name. Some
years ago a boy left his home in Bavaria
and came to this country, where his sus
cess induced him after a time to send for
his younger brother. This left to the sole
care and protection of their parents two
still younger girls, one possessed of re
markable beauty. The parents died;
the girls were left alone with very small
resources with which to depend for sup
port. Of their brothers they had heard
nothing, for several years, but with
natural instinct and longing they turned
to the thought of them as their only
comfort in their distress and loneliness.
Against the advice of their pastor, they
turned their effects into money and set
out for the new world, quite sure that in
it they would have no difficulty in find
ing their truant brothers. But it was
not so easy as they anticipated. On
landing in New York they were appalled
by the magnitude of the great city.
They did not know where to go. Their
inquiries were met by laughter and rude
repulse. Sickness overtook one of them,
and the other, almost at the end of her
small stock of money, frightened at the
prospect of being left penniless, and ig
norant of the character of the persons
who professed an interest in her, accept
ed an invitation to sing in a concert
saloon. On the very first night she was
shocked by the scenes which transpired
around her and the bold admiration her
beauty excited. ' The extreme plainness
and modesty of her dress and demeanor,
however, attracted the attention of two
gentlemen, one of whom was engaged in
showing a friend from the country the
"lions," and when an insolent fellow
attempted a familiarity which she resent
e 1, he stepped to the rescue and obtain
ed from her, amid he heart-breaking
sobs, the story of herself and sister and
the failure of their hopes. The truth of
what she said was self-evident; and the
young man, who was really honorable
and kind-hearted, promptly took her
away from the place in which she was,
found her and her sister another respect
able lodging, and interested himself to
procure them employment. Shortly
afterward, in company with a party of
young men, he told his adventure, and
was considerably surprised by the in
terest of one of theln, who proved to be
one of the long-lost brothers. Of course
their troubles were now all over, for
this brother occupies a high position in
a large mercantile firm, and can well
afford tot se care of his sisters. Whether
a roman e will grow out of it remains to
be seen But there are four xtremely
happy eople in New York, and a young
man wno feels that he has acted the part
of a knight-errani in a manner quite
worthy of tb middle-ages, and who will
doubtless e a better man all bis life
for having allowed the best part of his
nature to assert itself on that single oc
casion. Sagacity of Birds.
Certain facts render it probable that
birds, in some manner, become aware of
cholera infection in - the air. Recent
German journals Btate that at Munich,
where several cases of cholera have oc
curred, the rooks and crows, whioh'flew
about the steeples and through the trees
of the public promenades, have all emi
grated ; and the same thing happened
during the cholera seasons of 1836 and
and 1854. According to Sir Samuel W.
Baker, the same phenomena occurred at
Mauritius, where the martins, which ex
ist in immense numbers tie year round,
t ioEy disappeorci Czrir tl.a 't z tv
1 - tf t::id:' :
TIMELY TOPICS.
Dr. I. I. Hayes and Mr. Henry A.
Stanley will accompany Mr. James
Gordon Bennet to San Francisco in
May to assist him in the final prepara
tions for the Jeannette's expedition, and
to see her depart Jor the Arctic seas.
The State of Ohio has a commissioner
of labor statistics, who has submitted a
report of the condition of wage-laborers
throughout the State. The figures pre
sented are not of particular import, but
the recommendations of the commis
sioner are of interest. He advises a
more stringent enforcement of the laws
against 4he use of store orders in pay
ment of wages; that a law be passed pro
viding for the creation of co-operative
associations for manufacturing and
mining purposes; that a law be passed
providing for the creation of boards of
conciliation and arbitration in trade dis
putes; that a pending bill to prevent
railroad employees being compelled to
wait months for their wages be made a
law.
The ups and downs of city life are
well illustrated in the case of Robert M.
Martin, a broken-down old man, who
was recently arrested in New York for
stealing some worthless old clothes from
his boarding house. Mr. , Lawrence
Jerome, Jr., pleaded for the prisoner,
saying that he had known him for twenty
years; that formerly he had been a
prominent member of the board of
brokers, and worth several hundred
thousand dollars; that he had at divers
times made gifts of thousands of dol
lars to different churches; that he had
been widely known and respected, and
that his mind had become affected by
adversities, or he never would have
committed the trifling larceny of which
he was accused. The justice passed a
light sentence upon the prisoner, send
ing him to the city prison for five days.
It seems the adulteration of coffee is
not confined to this country, for we
read of an Ingenious attempt made
In England to manufacture a com
pound comprised of coffee, chiocory and
date-stones i The date-stones, after be
ing roasted ..and ground, form such an
imitation of coffee as would, when mixed
with the genuine article, readily deceive
the consumer. The early detection and
suppression of this mode of adulteration
were effected by the English revenue
authorities, in consequence of informa
tion sent by a supervisor at Liverpool
that many tons of date-stones, a refuse
from the manufacture pf spirits at one
t. the distilleries there, and which jiad
up to that time been considered useless,
were being bought by a foreign gentle
man to be sent to Manchester, and be
lieved to be intended as an adulteration
of coffee. The inquiry made led to the
discovery that a manufactory had been
started in Manchester for the prepara
tion of " Melilotine coffee," a mixture
of the ingredients mentioned above. A
seizure was made at Manchester of about
seven tons of " Melilotine coffee" and of
the prepared date-stones.
' A Knock-Down for Washington.
. The grandfather of Mrs. Langhorne,
who died recently in Kentucky, was
William Payne, of Fairfax county, Va.,
of whom Collins' history of Kentucky
preserves the following incident:
At the time General Washington was
stationed at Alexandria, Va., as a col
onel of a British ' regiment, before the
war of the revolution, an altercation
took place in the courthouse-yard be
tween him and William Payne, in which
Payne knocked Washington down.
Great excitement prevailed, as Payne
was known to be firm and Washington
was beloved by all. A night'd reflec
tion, however, satisfied Washington
that he was the aggressor and in the
wrong, and in the morning he, like a
true and magnanimous hero, 'sought an
interview with Payne, which resulted i l
an apology from Washington and a
warm and lasting friendship between
the two, founded on mutual esteem.
During the revolutionary war, while
Washington was on a visit to his family,
William Payne, with his son DeYall,
went to pay his respects to the great
American chief. General Washington
met him some distance from the house,
took him by the hand and led him into
the presence of Mrs. Washington, to
whom he introduced Mr. Payne as fol
lows: ' My deaf, hero is the little man
whom you have so frequently heard me
speak of, who once had the courage to
knock me down in the courthouse-yard
in Alexandria, big as I am." .
" i Ages of Animals. '
The average age' of sheep is ten years;
up to that age they will breed and
thrive. There are instances, however,
of their-living to a more advanced age,
and isolated cases, as long as twenty
years. Cows have an average of fifteen
years, although as with sheep and other
domestic animals, they often exceed
their allotted : time. Rings on their
horns indicate their age after they ar
rive at the age of .three years. ' At four
years old a ring is formed at the root of
the horn, and every succeeding year an
other is added ; thuaby allowing three
years, and adding the number of rings,
it is easy to arrive at the animal's age.
Hogs have been known to live for forty
years, though their average is much
less. The average of the horse is twenty
years ; but as beasts of burden they sel
dom attain that age. ; When kindly
treated, however, and well provided for,
they will exceed twenty, and instances,
are on record where they have lived to
the age of fifty. The longevity of the
elephant is greater than that of any
other animal. The average age has
never been computed, but many hate
been known to live to a very advanced
age. There ; is ft white elephant now
living in the Imperial menagerie in Rua
t' tlrt U to be over 113 jezzs
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A Song Writer.
I met Henry O. Work the other day.
What, reader I you don't know this cele
brated Work? Well, you know his
latest work, at least "My Grand
father's Clock." Does that tune make
your homes vocal and your streets pro
fane, and does it trickle down the back
stairs and sigh through all the narrow
lanes ? Does everybody play it, or ping
it, or hum it, or whistle it? You will
be filled with grief, I know, when I tell
you that Mr. Work is now in receipt of
$100 a week from his publisher, C. M.
Cady, for the copyright on that song.
Work is an ideal author an ideal poet,
too poor in purse, fitful and capricious
in his moods, handsome, and ranging
from the depth of despair to the frenzy
ofstrong enthusiasm. He is handsome,
has black hair and beard, flashing eyes,
and he writes all day, and always writes
songs. He is a man of forty, and has a
beautiful and brilliant daughter whom
he adores; and he would Bell his songs
to the old rag-man to buy her a new
bonnet any time. .
" How many songs have you written ?"
I said to him, as I found him toiling at
his song-strewn table.
" Ob, a thousand or more," answered
he; "and one of the worst of them all
has made me famous in a small way."
And he flung a cynical smile over his
shoulder, as if he shared Carlyle's con
tempt for "for the voice of the vox
populi."
" Some of the best things I have ever
written," said he in the same mood,
" have had a very limited sale, and a
few songs on which. I have spent the
most time have never sold at all."
"What are your most widely-circulated
songs ?" I inquired.
"Well," said he, "let's see; there
Kingdom Coming and the Year of Jubi
lee, Father, Dear Father, Come Home,'
Marching Through Georgia,' 'Wake
Nicodemus,' and now 'Grandfather's
Clock.'"
"How do you like song-writing as a
profession ?" I ventured to ask him.
"I wouldn't recommend it to anybody
aliveT" said he sadly; "the writer of
songs doesn't generally feel muoh like
singing Indianapolis Journal.
Women Warriors,
It is well known that women played
no meal part as warriors in the wars of
antiquity, but it is not so generally
known that they have often distinguish
ed themselves for valor on the battle
field in modern times, excluding the
memorable examples of Boadicea, Joan
D'Aro, the Women of Limerick, etc,
Yet there are portions of the world in
which they are famous as warriors even
now. , The king of Siam at this present
moment has a bodyguard of 400 women,
armed with rifles and lances. When the
invincible Dahomian army marched up
on Abeokuta in 1851, they numbered
10,000 men and 6,000 women. The wo
men were placed in front at the critical
hour of assault, and 1,000 of their brave
were left dead before the walls.
The Spartan women of old, who strung
their braided hair upon their husbands'
battle-bows, were not the first of the wo
men of war; nor was Joan 'or Moll
Pitcher the last. If Diodorus is to be
believed, the Asiatio Amazons who were
wont to hover among the mountains of,
Caucasus, not only learned to fight, but
they monopolized the business. They
strangled nine boys out of every ten at
the ' moment of - birth, and sent all tha
girls to the military academy. They
drove their husbands and other mascu
line parasites to the caves of the earth;
and when these gentlemen timidly
emerged to break their prolonged fast,
they were hunted like so many rabbits.
The women marched to battle under
their chosen queen, and overran and
subdued the whole of Asia. They built
Smyrna and Ephesus. They whipped
Thesus, and put the Greeks to flight.
And didn't the African Amazons of an
tiquity subdue the Gorgons and Atlantes?
In fact, if the profane history of 5,000
years ago is worth anything, the women
of that day were accustomed to " strike
from the shoulder" in a fashion that
was really terrific
And in later days, ferocious women of
war have appeared from time to time. In
South America, around the confluence of
the Japura with the Amazon, the traveler
Orellana, in 184.0, found a well-equipped
and powerful republic of women, whose
fierce feminine army successfully resist
ed his European soldiers in battle. No
men were permitted to live in the nation,
but the men of the adjacent countries
were received and entertained with
much hospitality in April of each year.
At the beginning of the festivities, the
queens : choose their partners from the
royal guests. The male children were
drowned, but the 'girls were carefully
reared for the army. The women built
their own houses, killed their own game,
made their own slight' clothing, and
found a " helpmeet " quite unnecessary,
They had five temples of the sun, built
of stone and gorgeously plated with
gold. They flourished and maintained
their independence for several hundred
years, as i t attested by the narratives of
all vigilant travelers, from Orellana to
Humboldt.
Several women received . pensions for
their services as soldiers in the ranks
during the American revolution; and
during ti e recent civil war, it is esti
mated that not less than 100 women
fought in disguise as private soldiers.
Some are known to have been killed in
battle; the sex of others was detected by
the surgeons who dressed their wounds;
while at least one fought gallantly at the
side of the man she loved for four years,
and finally passed in review with Slier
man's army. ' :
A Western paper gives this little bit
of backwood gossip between parent and
child : "Is the howling of a dog al
ways followed by a death ?" asked a
little girl of her father. " Not alwsys,
my dear; sometimes the maa V ' i t' :: ' I
at tee trirr:s Lin,"tvr: (-- .":
HOW THE ZCLUS FIGHT.
Detail. ( the Massacre .faa EacUsh Fare.
by Zalaa la Seath Africa.
A correspondent sends a description
of the terrible massacre by Zulus of an
English force in South Africa, aa fol
lows :
The main body of the British advanoe,
under Lord Chelmsford, penetrated a
considerable distance into. Zulu-land,
over twenty miles beyond Rorko's Drift,
near which a camp had been established,
with a convoy, consisting of 102 wagons,
1,400 oxen, two guns, 400 shot and
shells, 1,200 rifles, 250.000 rounds of
ammunition, and a rocket-trough, the
whole valued at S300.C00. Ten miles
beyond Rorke's Drift Lord Chelmsford
left the convoy guard and advanced with
the remainder of his forces, some ten or
twelve miles further into Zulu-land,
" to look for the enemy," who, it after
ward turned out, were at the same time
20,000 strong. Lord Chelmsford being
well out of the way, they fell upon the
convoy. The British fought hard, and
retreated gradually upon the camp and
its valuable stores, thus getting the sup
port of all their immediate forces. The
Zulus fell fast before the deadly rifle ;
but they carried out their courageous
tactiqs with a bravery which will not be
forgotten when the historian comes to
tell their story. To hurry an enooun -ter
to the death -struggle, hand to hand,
is the Zulu idea. They advance in a
body,the men in the rear rushing into
the gaps made in front by the enemy's
fire. Then the men, with short knives
and shields, sling back their rifles and
leap upon the foe. Those who are armed
with spears break them off short and
convert them into short swords. This
is what happened at Isandula -and
the camp at Rjrke's drift. -The
overwhelming numbers of the Zu
lus, taking the troops - at a moment
when there seems to have been no op
portunity of availing t mselves of in
trenrhments or barricades, enabled them
to overpower the red-coats. The Brit
ish, both officers and men, fought and
fell where they stood, each of them.
however, slaying his two or three to
one in the unequal fight. v The colors of
the regiment and the stores fell to the
victors, who thus came in possession of
valuable weapons and ammunition,
which they could also show to possible
allies as inducements to join them. . Not
less than fifty-one British officers and
570 men lay dead in the sacked camp
before the Zulus carried off the spoils
In the meanwhile Lord Chelmsford w,as
still looking for the enemy I" When
itwas all over the news reached him and
he hastened back, to discover that the.
force he had left in .his rear bad h&en
annihilated. The Zulus had not held
the camp, but had carried off literally
everything that made it a camp. It was
an awful scene of slaughter. There was
not a living soul in it. There were no
wounded to tend and succor. Quarter
had neither been asked nor given. Black
and white lay together in the death
grip. Both had fought with equal cour
age and desperation. The Bturdy Eng
lishman had met in the athletio Zulu a
foeroan worthy of his steel. The under
rated savage had shown himself a crea
ture upon whom drill and discipline may
be as effective in the direction of natural
courage as on Europeans.
Sunday at a 'evr York Prison.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Timet writes : Sunday
morning at the Tombs is a busy time,
Comparatively few of the well-dressed
people who go to church from stylish
residences are aware of the nature of the
services held there and then. The first
service is not one of song or praise,
although the penitential element enters
to some extent into it. The first meet
ing is held in the courtroom, and Justice
Otterbourg presides. Common justice
to the poor creatures who are arrested on
Saturday night necessitates the holding
of a Sunday morning oourt to attend to
their cases. The tenement-house popu
lation in the neighborhood of the Tombs
furnishes abundant material for busi
ness. Most of the arrests are for drunken
and disorderly conduct. Some are for
assault, some for larceny or burglary,
and some are for such offenses as might
be committed any day or night of the
week. Among most of the working peo
ple Saturday evening is pay time. Those
who invest a portion of their earnings in
intoxicating fluids run the risk of feeling
the grip of the policeman's hand or the
stroke of his club before the dawn of
Sunday.
This morning's company numbered
nearly fifty. Those whose crimes were
laid to over-indulgence in stimulants
had for the most part a melancholy and
sorry look. However blustery and furi
ous a drunkard may be whn arrested, a
nigh t's rest in the Tombs makes him very
meek and crestfallen. Several of the
inebriates brought before the justice
looked as if they would thank somebody
to kick them. The poor women are the
most forlorn. With thread-bare shawls
over their untidy heads, and with a
generally uncombed airof distress, they
are subjects for sincere pity. Justice
Otterbourg, who is a genial and pleasant-faced
man, with a Blight German
accent, disposes of the cases before him
as quickly as Is practicable. Recog
nizing many of his customers as regular
" rounders," to whom he has frequently
dealt out juetioe before, he fines them
from one to ten dollars, the alternative
in case of their not having funds where
with to pay being a corresponding num
ber of days under lock and key. They
seldom have, any money. . Any sentence
of under ten days for vagrancy, or
drunkenness, or kindred offense, is
worked out in the Tombs. Longer
terms are served ont on ElaexwcTs is
land.
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ITEXS OF I5TERE3T.
A marble haul Stealing a tombstone.
A speech from the thrown " Blame
that mule."
There are forty-seven colored schools
in Delaware.
The body of the sensualist is the cof
fin of a dead soul.
Adam was the only man ever married
on his wedding Eve.
Bumble Bee is the brisk name of a
new poetoffice in Arizona.
He sued for her hand before marriage.
and her hand sewed for him after.
The Indians cultivate five times as
much land as they did ten years sgo.
The man was hard up, indeed, who
tried to borrow a quarter of an hour.
A girl recently arrested in New York
was charged with seventeen burglaries.
The number of fires that took place
in Paris during the past year was 2,744.
Many men whistle from want of
thought, but few from thought of want.
The Arkansas wild grapevine is gather
ed and shipped to France to be used for
grafting stock.
We are a funny people. We wear
socks over bare feet, shoes over socks,
and cloth overshoes.
Hair cut from people's heads by Aus
tin (Texas) barbers is sold to the plant
ers at one dollar per bushel. '
There's one sphere that belongs to
everybody to women as well as men
and that's the atmosphere.
The monthly cost of the English ex
pedition against Afghanistan is esti
mated at from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000.
Contentment may be better than
riches, but if any one wants to will us
half a million dollars, well take the
chances on contentment. Free Yes.
" There are no birds in last year's nett,
Bat when you find in last year's vest
A dime, in what a pleasant way
It makes yon feel all through the day.
Bat for his dog, which pinned him ana!
held him down till the neighbors could
break in and bind him, a farmer near
Bipon, Wis., would have killed hia wile,
and child while in an insane fit. -
A number of enterprising individuals
have been engaged in collecting bones
of horses that fell in the late battles be
tween Russia and Turkey, and have sold
them to Austrian sugar refiners. "
The making of condensed milk in
Switzerland is very profitable. The
Angla-Swiss company last year cleared
$300,000, and after setting aside half of
this as a reserve fund, declared a divi
dend of eighteen per cent.
A little girL visiting a neighbor with
her mother, was gazing curiously at the
hostess' new bonnet, when the owner
queried: "Da yon like it,, Laura?'
The innocent replied: "Why, mother
said it was a perfect fright, but it don't
scare me." Laura's mother didn't stay
long after that.
" What's sauce for the goose." Pas
senger (in second class): V I think I've
got into the wrong carriage." Ticket
inspector (sternly): "The difference
must be paid! Passenger (triumph
antly): " Ob, just so ! Then IU trouble
yon for three shillings; Tve a first-class
ticket. "Punch.
A gentleman recently about to pay his
doctor's bill said: " Well, doctor, as my
little boy gave the measles to all my
neighbors' children, and as they were
attended by you, I think you can afford,
at the very leasi, to deduct ten per cent
from the amount of my bill for the in
crease of business we gave you."
A man having some years since stolen
a sheep at Michigan, in Surrey, tied its
hind legs together and put them over
his forehead to carry it away, but in get
ting over gate the sheep, it is thought,
struggled,and by a sudden spring slipped
its feet down to his throat, for they
were found in that posture, the- sheep
hanging on one side of the rate and the
man dead on the other.
One of Charles Dickens' daughters in
law, Mrs. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, has
just met a terrible death in Australia,
where her husband has for several years
been living and prospering. Mrs.
Dickens was driving out with her little
daughter, when the horse became
frightened, and, running away, finally
overturned the carriage. The child was
killed, and the young wife was so dread
fully injured tbat she died in a few
hours.
When bed-time comes, and curtains tall.
And round I go the doors to look,
Ere lamps go out my wife doth eaD :
" Remember, dtar, to wind the clock.'
When boots are off, and for the day
AH irksome cares seem pat to root,
I hear wife's voice from dreamland ray:
" Be sore and put the kitten out."
When stretched between the sheets I lie,
And heavy lids have ceased to wink,
From trundle-bed there comes a orj :
"I want ad wink 1 I want ad wink r
' Ladies Tattooing. "
Frank Buckland says in Land and
Water: The practice cf tattooing is
sometimes a lop ted by the fair sex of
the present day. Ladies who are about
to have the initials of their sweethearts
permanently engraved on their arms
should be careful to make up their
minds not to change their sweetheart,
unless the same initials will suit. When
house-surgeon at St. George's, a charm
ing creature came to me in great dis
tress. She said there was nothing the
matter with her, but she was in great -trouble
because her young man bad been
faithless. Tie had persuaded her to
allow hia initials, with a true lovrr's
knot, to be tattooed on her arm. Che
had quarreled with him and was nov
anxious to erase H traces of iLcir it-
taehmert. .' "
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