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JTZiT COUNTYTI1E REV UBLICANPA RTY.
VOL II.
RIDGWAY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872.
NO. 42.
poet n r.
THE TWO FIUEKD.
A SADMMCAL TILS.
Hood nRhbi NRthn had rejoiced I. .-pud
A social so'ntilcht with bin .nclenl filond,
Th Rabbi I-mic. In tlevout accord
They read the Sacred Book, anc pinlscd the Lord
For all his mercies onto iliem and theirs ;
TJntll, one day, remembering soin afTuir.
That ked hla Instant presence, Natl an !(.
" Too long, my f,lnd, (s0 clote my soul In wed
To th- oul.) has the sllrnt lnpe of day
Kept me thy (most ; ultbonjrh with prtr fid pralae
The hours were fia'irant. Now l lie time has c.mn
When, all-rclnc ar.t. I mnst hasten home
To other duties tuna t.ie clear delights
T which thy amcious frlemUhlp still Invites."
" W.ll, U it so, lr to It needs mn-t be,"
The. host made answer ; "be it far rrora nie
To hinder thee In anirht that Duty laja
Upon thy plotm conc!euce. (1 o thy ways s
And take my blos.lne 1 but, 0 friend ol mine,
In His namo whom thon tervost, irl.e mo Ihlaol"
" Alrcany," Nathan answered, " had I toutUt
Some fltlne; words to bless thee ; aud I tbonirlit
About tho palm-tree, (rivlntc fiult and shado ;
And In my jnateful heart, O fHend, 1 prayed
Ti.at Heaven be plua-crt to m:ike thoo even so I
O Idle benediction I Well do I know
T jou lackcxt not hint; of all prefeet fruit
Of gi'nerons souls; orpions deeds tbat suit
With pious prayers. Well I know thine alma
Of hospitable fha.le eiceed tho palm's ;
An-, for lich fruitafe. can that noble tree,
With all nor oppulence, compare with theer
S nco, then. O irlend, I cannot wish thee mote
1 1 thine own person, than thy pr.sou store
O.' Heaven's host bounty, I will even pray
Thai-as tho palm-lrce, though it pass away,
By o hers, of its seed, is still rtpWd-
Bo thine own stock mey cvormore be erased
With happy sons and daughters, who shall be.
In wisdom, sti engih. and roodness, like to thoo !"
THE STORY-TELLER.
LITTLE BLUE EYES.
" Can I sit with you?"
" Certainly, sir."
" Nice weather ?"
" Splendid, indeed."
" Crops growing finely ?"
" Yes couldu't do better."
I was sitting in a passenger coach, on
a Wisconsin railroad, one day, years ago,
when a good-looking, pleasant-spoken
man came along, stopped at my seat, and
the above conversation took place, the
latter part of it alter I had given hitn
part of my seat.
Now, I am regarded as a sociable maC
Plike a joke, a good hit ; and I think a
sour, morose man, who uses his tongue
only when forced to, is bound to die of
some terrible disease, and go to some
place ot red-hot punishment.
On entering a railroad car I always
lock about for a talkative man. and then
I get as close to him as possible and
dram him dry, if the journey is long
enough. ,,
And I want to state oni thing more:
Left an orphan before I could realize the
sad event which made me one, 1 got
kicked here and cuffed there, and "grew
p between folks," as they say. I ought
to have had, at the time of which I
write, a pretty thorough knowledge of
human nature, aud huve been enabled
to read evil in a man's fuce, if he intended
me evil. I did not pride myself on being
over-keen or extra sharp, but the knock
ing aro'tnd among strangers ought to
have given any one a good experience. I
Well, the stranger and 1 fell into an
easy train of conversation us we rode
together, and in ten minutes I bcean to
enjoy his company. Ho yas a well-made
foil w, finely drctsed, and he wore a fine
- watch and a siuioif-puro diamond ring.
I never saw a man who could talk so
easy and pleasautly. It seeniod that he
had but to open his mouth, and the
words fell right out.
I had traveled in the South, so had he.
I had heard the loud roar of the Pacific,
he knew all about it. I had been up in
a balloon, down in a mine, been blown
up, smashed up, aud repaired again and
again, my new friend had experienced
all these things, and was wishing for
something of a more utartling nature.
We agreed on politics, neither had any
religion, and I hud never met such a
railroad companion.
Did you ever meet a man, who, though
a stranger to you ten minutes before,
could wrest from you secrets which you
had sworn to yourself not to reveal 'r
Well, he was such a man. It was not
long before he commenced asking me
questions. lie did not seem trying to
quiz or draw me out, but he asked me
questions in such a sly, roundubout way,
that before I knew it I was giving him
my history.
I was at that time just on the point of
being admitted to the bar of Wisconsin
as a student of Law &: Law, ot. Brief
ville. The firm were old lawyers with a
lucrative practice, and it had been talked
over that in about a month I should be
the " Co." of the firm. A year before a
farmer named Preston, down about four
miles from Grafton, had died, and his
matter had been put into the hands of
ijaw & Law for settlement. Preston had
died rich. lie had money in bank, rail
road stock, morteaees. etc.. and everV'
thing was settled up to the satisfaction
of the relbt audi the fatherless.
About a year before his death, bting
pinched for money, and not wishing to
sell anything at a sacrifice, Preston had
given a mortgage on his fana for three
thousand dollars. While the papers read
" for one year from date," there was a
verbal agreement that it should be lifted
any day when Preston desired. A month
after, when, having the funds to clear off
the' paper, tbe old money-bags holding
it ret usea to aiscnarge, wishing to secure
his interest for a year.
I was on ray way to ascertain the date
,of expiration. A fire among our office
papers had eestroyed the memoranda,
and I must go down and get the date
from old BiJip, who lives south of Grafton
about five miles. The stranger had
pumped all this out of me in ten min
utes, and yet I never once suspected that
fie was receiving any information.
"I am not positive," I added, "but I
am pretty sure that tbe time is the thir
teenth, which would be Tuesday next."
And then your folks will send down
the money and discharge the mortgage,
of course '(" be queried.
" Oh, yes. I shall most likely bring it
down," I replied j and it never occurred
to me how imprudent I was.
He turned the conversation into other
channels, and did not once attempt to
pump mo further. We got to Grafton at
10:50, and to my great emprise he an
nounced that he was to stop in the town
on bmsicess for a few days. I bad not
asked his name or avocation, while be
knew mrythisg about m.
We went to the hotel, hurl dinner, unil
then I secured a livery team and drove
out, getting through with business, so
that I was back to take the 3:20 express
east. My friend was on the porch of the
hotel as I drove up, carrying that same
honest, dignified face. .
" Well, did you find eut ?" he inquired,
in his pleasant way.
. ' Yes ; it is on the thirteenth, as I ex
pected," I replied.
We bad lunch trgether, and when we
shook hands and pamd, I had no more
idea of ever meeting him again than I
have of knowing you. . In fact, he told
me that he should sail for England within
a week or ten days, and should not return
to America. At parting, he gave me hiB
card. It was a modest piece of paste
board, and bore the name of " George
Raleigh," in old English script.
Everything at tne office went on as
usual, and the thirteenth came at length.
Law & Law had arranged for me to go
down with the money, and I looked upon
it as a business of ne special importance.
" We know you are all right," remarked
the Benior partner, as I was about to go ;
I' but I want to give you a word of warn
ing, nevertheless. Don't take any stran
ger into your confidence until you have
passed out the money, and look out who
sits next to you."
It was something new for him to cau
tion' me, and I could not but wonder at
it j but in tie bustle of getting aboard
the train, I forgot what he had said.
Ordinary prudence had induced me to
place the money, which was all in bank
bills, and divided into three packages,
under my .shirt and next my skin, where
the deft hand of a pick-pocket could not
reach it.
Interested in a newspaper, time flew
by, as the train flew West, and at length
the hoarse voice of the brakeman warn
ed me that I had reached Grafton. I
had leaped down and was making for the
livery stable, when I heard a familiar
voice, and looked up to see Raleigb. lie
was seated in a buggy and had seeming
ly waited for me to come up.
"Don't express your surprise," he be
gan, as I stopped at the wheel. " I did
intend to go away, but I changed ay
mind, and like this section bo well that I
am going out to-day to look at a farm,
with a view of purchasing. JCome, ride
up t the hotel." ,
We roe up, ordered lunch, and while
we were discussing it, Mr. Raleigh dis
covered that the farm he was going to
see was just beyond that of Old Grip's.
" How fortunate ! I could ride out
with him, see the farm, and return in
his company," and he would be greatly
pleased.
I was also pleased. If any one had
told me as we got into the buggy, that
George Raleigh meant to return with
my money in his pocket and my blood
upon his hands, I should have believed
him a lunaticr And yet George Raleigh
had planned to do that very thing.
It was a lovely day in j une. and the
cool breeze and the sight of meadows
and green groves, made my heart grow
larger, aay companion was very talka
tive, but he didn't even hint at my er
rand, lie talked as fur away as he
could.
" Oh ! excuse me '" he exclaimed, af
ter we had passed a mile be.vond the
village, and were among the farm hous
es. " 1 should have ottered you this be
fore." He drew from his Docket a small aflsk
of wine and handed it to mo. Now, I
was temperate in regard to drinks. In
fact I detested the sight and suiell ef
anything intoxicating. But I had not
the moral courage to tell him so, and to
hand back the flask undisturbed. I fear
ed to offend him, and so I drank, perhaps,
three good swallows. He called my at
tention to the woods on the left, as he
received back the flask, anrl when I
looked around again he was just remov
ing it from his mouth, as if he had drunk
heartily.
In about five minutes I began to feel
queer. The fences along the road seem
ed to grow higher and tho trees to grow
larger; something got into my ears bo
that the rattle of the btggy sounded a
long way off.
" How rtrange i why, I believe I am
going to be sick I exclaimed, holding
on to the seat with all my might.
" You do look strange," he replied, a
snaky smile stealing over his face ; ' I
shouldn't wonder if it was apoplexy."
1 did not suspect the game he had
played. His words were like an echo,
and his face seemed twice as large as it
was. My head began to spin, and my
brain to snap and ciact, and I was great
ly frightened.
" You are bad off," he continued, look
ing into my face. "I will drive as fast
as possible and get a doctor."
, My tongue was so heavy that I could
not reply. I clutched the seat, shut my
eyes, and he put the horse at his best
pace, we met a farmer s team, and I can
remember that one of the occupants of
tne wagon called out to know what ailed
me. Raleigh did not reply, but urged
the horse forward.
About three miles from Grafton was a
long stretch of forest, and this we soon
reached. The pain in my head was not
so violent, and I was not so badly affect
ed when opening my eyes. I had settled
into a sort of dumb stupor, with a brain
so benumbed that I had to say to myself,
" This is a tree, that is a stump," etc.
before I could make sure that I was not
wrong. Half a mile down the road af
ter we struck the forest, and then Raleigh
turned the horse into a blind road lead
ing back into the woods. I could not
understand what he intended. I tried
to grapple with the question, but could
not solve it.
Well, here we are V exclaimed Ral
eigh, when we had reached a point forty
rods from the main road.
He stopped the horse, got out and
hitched him, and then came around to
the wheel.
'.' You don't feel just right, but I guess
you will be better soon," he remarked.
" Come, let me help you down."
He reached up his arms, and I let go
the seat and fell into them. It seemed
to me as if I weighed a ton, but be car
ried me along without an effort, and laid
me down within about a rod of a fenoe
which ran along on one si.de of an old
pasture. Just now I began to get a lit
tle better. The effects of the drug were
wearing off, and 1 got a faint suspicion
that something unusual bad happened.
But I was powerless to move a, liuib;
the sensation was like that wlieto your
foot goes to sleep.
"Con yu speak r iiquired iUleieh,
bending over me : " beooute if you can
it will i&ve me some trouble. I wint to
know just where you have stored away
that money."
Now I began to realize my situation.
Ifis face looked natural again, and tbe
load was off my tongue. I also felt that
I eoald move my fingers a little.
'George Raleigh! are you g'ing to
rob me '(" I asked, finding my voico at
last. i
" Well, some folks might eall it rob
bing,' but we dress up the term a little
by calling it the only correct financial
way of equalizing the flouting currency,
so that each one is provided for and no
one left out.
" You shan't have tho money. I will
die first 1" I yelled, rising a little.
" Ah, I pee didn't take quite enough 1"
he coolly remarked. ' Well, I have pro
vided for this.
He went to the buggy, procured rc pes
and a gag, and kneeled down beside me,
I had but little strength yet, and he
conquered me in a moment. Lying on
my right sido, looking toward the fence,
he tied my hanls behind me and then
forced the gag into my mouth.
' There, now I You see you are nicely
fixed up, and all because you acted like
a fool, instead of a semible young law
yer soon to be admitted to the bar."
While he was sneaking indeed while
he was tying me, I had caught sight of
tne wane lace of a little girl looking at
ub irom Detween tne rails ct tne tence. I
could see her great blue eyes, and know
that she was frightened. There were
red stains around her mouth and on the
little hand resting on the rail, and I
knew thrt she was some farmer's child
searching for strawberries. I could not
warn her of htr danger, and I feared
that she would he seen or heard. While
Raleigh was tying the last knot, I wink
ed at the little girl as hard as I could,
hoping that she would move away. But
she did not go.
"Well, now for the motley!" said
Raleigb, and he began searching my
pocKers. ue went trem one to tne other,
removing an tne articles, tell down my
boot-leg, and then finally passed his
hand over my bosom an 4 discovered the
money.
" Ha ! here it is !" he exclaimed, draw.
ing out the packages. ' I don't iardly
believe that old Grip will see any of this
to-day."
He sat down near my head, undid the
packages, and was cool enough to go at
ii to count tne money. As he commenced
the little girl waved her hand to me.
My heart went thumping, for I expected
she would utter a word or a shout, but
she sank down from Bight, and I caught
a gieam ot ner irocic as Bho passed
through the grass.
' You see, my young friend," remarked
Raleigb, as he drew off one of his boots
and deposited some of the bills in it,
" there's nothing like transacting busi
ness as it should be transacted. Some
men would have shot or stabbed you, but
it is only the apprentices who do such
work. All the real gentlemen of our
calling do business as gentlemen
should."
He drew off the other boot, and placed
some " fifties " and " twenties " in it, and
then continued :
" I have it all planned how to deal
with J ou as soon as I get this money dis
posed of around my person. I shall lay
you on your back aud pour the balance
of this wine down your throat. There's
enough of it to make you sleep until to
morrow Might, und by that time I shall
be hundreds of miles away. As soon us
I see that the drug has taken effect, I
shall untie your hands and remove tho
gag. When you come out of vour sleen
if you ever do you had butter crawl
out to tne road, where you will most
likely meet some traveler. I want to use
the horse and buggy, otherwise I would
leave them for you."
How coolly he talked! no treated
tbe matter as if it were a regular trans
action in whiab I fully acquiesced. He
hud me a fast prisoner and I felt that he
could do just aa he pleased. While I was
thinking, I saw the little white face ap
pear between the white rails again, but
in a moment it faded away, and its place
was tukea by the unburuud phiz of a
farmer. He looked from ie to Raleigh
and back again, and I winked at him in
a way which he readily understood. His
face disappeared, aud I felt that I should
be saved.
"No, old Grip won't get his tin to
day," mustd Raleigh, storing away the
bills in his pockets. " You will go back
to Law & Law feeling put out and cut
up ; but they shouldn't blame you it is
not your way at all. True, had you mind
ed your business on the car and not been
so free with a stranger, this would not
have happened. I was on my way to
Milwaukee, and had no thought of such
rich pickings here."
I saw nothing ot the farmer. Raleigh
finished his counting, and I made up my
mind that the farmer was afraid to inter
fere, and had run away. My heart went
down as Raleigh got up, for I saw that
ne was about to carry ou- his plan of
farther drugging me. He turned me on
my back, snt down astride of me, aud
pulled out the flask.
" Now, in just about a minute we'll be
through with this business," he remark
ed, trying to put the mouth of the flask
between my jaws,
I rolled my head to one side and he did
not succeed. He was jamming the flask
against my teeth, when I caught the
sound of a soft step, the crash of a club,
and Raleigh rolled off my body. He tried
to leap up, but three or four farmers
struck him down, and ona-of the blowj
rendered him senseless. Before he came
to I was free of ropes and gag, and we
had him nicely bouud.
Over beyond the pasture a farmer and
his hands were raking up hay. " Little
Blue Eyes," only eight years old, had
wandered off after strawberries, and had
fortunately witnessed part of Raleigh's
Eroceedings. Khe had hurried back to
er father and told him that " a man
was all tied up out there," and he had
returned to the fence. Understanding
the situation, he aud his men had moved
around so as to secure an advantage, and
Raleigh's capture was the result.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken aback, and cursed
enough for a whole Flanders army. We
took him back to Grafton, and when I
last saw him he was on his way to the
penitentiary to serve a sentence of fifteen
years.
The mortgage was lifted after all, and
the gift which Law & Law sent little
Katie Gray kept her in dresses for many
If you have a gotd buslnese, advertise
ud keep it. If not, adveftiie and get it.
Mow Moshcsh Made War.
In South-eastern Africa there is a
country called Basuto. Its natives are
Kaffirs, supposed to be of mixed Arab
and Kegro blood, and they have wrought
out for themselves quite a fair sort of
pastoral civilization. They are warlike
when pressed by enemies, but aro gene
rous in peace, and sometimes even mag
nanimous toward a beaten fae. The
missionaries tell us that they are never
wantonly cruel even in warfare, and that
their truthfulness is absolutely perfect.
In the year 1820 the Zulus from Natal,
covettng the vast herds of the Basuto,
invadod the country in overwhelming
force. A fierce struggle ensued, the
Basuto fighting for home and country
against heavy odds, and holding their
own fairly, under the command of their
intrepid chief, until the ferocious Hot
tentot tribe of Korannans, seeing an p
portunity for rich plunder, also invaded
the oountry, carrying devastation with
them wherever they went. Many of the
Basuto fled to Cape Colony and other
countries, and many pthers hid them
selves in the mountains. Th8 young
chief was overborne but not disheartened.
Retiring, with a mere handful of follow
ers, to his native mountain, Thaba-Bosi-on,
he continued to wage a desultory
wariare upon his enemies, making cattle
raids now and then, and striking a blow
wherever he could discover an exposed
point. Here ho rallied as many of his
fugitive followers as he could, until af
ter several years of guerrilla fighting
he was able to muster a respectable force
for the defence of the last stronghold
left him. On one occasion he was de
feated in a battle and left with but four
followers in the .midst of his enemies,
who at once raised the cry of Victory.
With a Napoleonic bravado, the chief
walked up to the ranks ' of his enemies,
and cried out loftily, " It is not thus that
kings die. Make way for the king !" and
tho soldiers, astonished out of their wits,
obeyed the command so authoritatively
given, and suffered the daring chief to
escape. When he had strengthened him
self in his mountain fastness sufficiently
to make hia desoents felt, he adroitly
turned every dispute among his enemies
to his own advantage, and succeeded in
making a separate peace with several of
the tribes. H e was still greatly outnum
bered, however, and could only wait un
til his foes should be harassed into an
attack upon his mountain fortress. Fi
nally the Zulus, weary of his continual
descents upon their outposts, determined
ty carry the mountain by storm, and to
possosB the country in peace. Their only
road was a narrow one up the side of
tho precipitous hill, and when their
column neared the top, the Basuto, who
had' prepared themselves in advance,
launched great masses of rock, which,
gathering force as they rolled down the
mountain, eruahed . everyiktng.Hefore.
them and swept the entire column of
besiegers from the face of the hill. On
the following day the attack was renew
ed with a precisely similar result, and at
nightfall the Zulus found themselves not
only unable to attack again, but actually
too much weakened to stand against any
descent which the mountaineers might
choose to make. Tbey therefore at once
took up their lino of nittrch for their own
country. As they were retreating in a
hall starved condition through the dis
tricts laid waste by the war, they were
overtaken by a Baxuto warrior, driving
a number of fat oxen, "Moshesh salutes
you, and supposing that hunger brought
you into this country, he sends you these
cattle on your way home."
Borne years later, when some one asked
a Zulus ambassador at Cane Town if he
kuew Moshesh, he replied: "Know
him ? Yes. He is tho man who rolled
rocks on our heuds and then sent us oxen
for food."
Sharp as Well as Who.
A Hindoo Driest nailed in nil t.tia mem
bers of a largo family, one of whom was
Known to nave commuted a tnett, and
addressed them thtm T.iU cnr.l nr
- - -- J .uu v JUll
one of these sticks, which are of an equal
lengiu, ana put nem under your pil
lows to-night. I do not at present know
the offender, but ou must. Mum thn
sticks to me to-morrow morning ; 'and
me one ueiongmg to me tuiet will have
crown nn innh Hurino 1h nirrlif tk
v r u . . . uu
family retired to rest; but before he
weui to Bleep, tne man wno nad commit
ted the theft, thinking to outwit the
tiriCllf Alinnmrrlif ,,. r.fp am L C
Lis stick, firmly believing, by this means.
w miaiu mti jeugtu oi iue oiuers Dy
next moraine Tim Rtir Vn wcra ratum-
a - .uu&u
ed, and, by comparing thi;in, the priest
wo luaiauny aoie to pueu upon the of
fender, to his great surprise aud dismay.
Here is another instance of nimilnr
acut- ness:
Iu a certain eitv a lnro-n nnnnifo r-i
coton had been stolen. The cotton
dealers broticht their comnlninta Kufnro
the king. Notwithstanding all the search
that was made, tho thieves remained un-!
discovered. An aimer said that, if he
were commanded, he could discover the
thieves, and the king ordered him to do
so. The aimer went home. ami. imrbr
pretence ot makin? a feast, i llvitail nil
the men of the city, small and great
ueu an tne people met together, aad
had seated themselves). th
i ..uv jv,ucu
the company, and looking every man iu
" What ill-born, imnnrtent. VilnobV,co,lu
these men are, who, having stole the cot
ton, are come to my feast with it stick
ing ou their beards !"
Some uersons inatantlv nut fTi;. j
- j r .... . . u u 1 1 to
to their beards, and thereby discovered
vuenmeives to oe inieves. xue king re-
wttrueu tne aimer lor tne contrivance.
Diamond S
of tue Arizona diamond boax nfc last. A
make a geological survey of the diamond
region uas reiurnen und made its report.
The chief of the exneditinn. ?.fi- Plo..
ence King, asserts that in the places
wuere ue iouuu smuii diamonds and ru
biea there was abundant evidence thut
the nrocess known tn California n;.
WIUCIB
us "salting," had been performed. Iu
ouitr words, tue gems una been brought
and placed where Mr. King found tlwm
U- I !l-i.V .,-.1 . , .
ne uuaeMiauijgiy ueuares mat no dia
mon.ls or rubies can be found in the
neighborhood, except those that huve
ueen Drought mere witu intent to de
ceive," and that the whole story of the
Arizona diamond field U the work of
swindlers, We huve never credited the
preposterous reports which have appear,
ed from tirno to time iu reference, to
these Arizona gems, aid those who Lave
gone to search for them have done 10
la ipite of our repeated warnings.
. FlTe'Minnte Chats With Wives.
In a street-car we overheard a conver
sation between a husband and wife,
which we wish to repeat : .
" John, I wish to speak to you about
sotLethiug which I am afraid you won't
like Won't you be so kind as to let me
have six dollars and a half? I don, t like
to ask it, and I have put it off and put it
off till I don't see how I can put it off
any longer."
Six dollars and a half! Now, look
here, Mary, do you think I am mad of
money r 8ix dollars and a half ! Why,
it's only the other day that I gave you
five dollars. What nonstnse are you after
this time? Do you suppose I pick up
money in the street ? Well, I don't. I
work for every dollar and for every
penny 1"
" No, John, dear, I know you have to
work for money, and I have hardly slept
for a week thinking about asking you,
but I don't see how I can get along an
other day without a bonnet. Since mine
was wet that day, I have seen all the
time that I must have a new one. And
then you mustn't be offended with me,
but it was four months ago that you
gave me the five dollars, and you know
what I spent that for, and I am sure you
approved of it."
"Oh, of course it is all right? and very
necessary, and you couldn't possibly live
a minute without it. That's always the
way with you women. And then what
in the world do you want to give six dol
lars and a half for one of those little
contemptible i They are not worth six
cents and a half."
"I am very sorry I can't get one
cheaper, but this is the very oheapnst one
I could find. Why, John, that hat which
I wore just before we were married cost
twenty-five dollars !"
" I shall give you the money of ceurse ;
if it was six millions, you must have it
or you would go into a fit and die. The
times are tight, I can tell you, and you
will have to get along as cheaply as you
can."
We would have given something for
the privilege of conversing with that
young wife. We should have said:
" Dear madam, you are in great dan
ger of losing your husband's esteem and
affection. No man can long respeet a
woman, be she his wife or otherwise, who
begs and crawls at his feet. Nothing
can compensate for tie loss of his retect
and love. Any woman who is willing to
beg for money to buy a bonnet must be
mean-spirited indeed. If she is starving
to death, perhaps begging might be ex
cusable, but to beg for an article of or
namental dress is despicable. But if you
have made up your mind to beg for a
bonnet, don't imperil tbe respect and
love of your husband in addition to the
humiliation of the begging. If you must
bpg, boe of some one whose respect is not
so vital to your happiness. Can't you
earn money in noma way Y Hotter go to
some good neighbor and do any kind of
work that you are able to do; better
scrub better resort to any thing except
theft rather than crawl at the feet of the
one man whose esteem is dearer to you
than any other earthly possession. And
if a wife is not aftle to work, or has chil
dren, and therefore no time for other
tasks, then she should say to her hus
band, 1 1 will never beg. If you see the
wisdom of setting aside acertuin amoui.t
for my wardrobe, very well ; if not, then
you must observe for yourself, and thus
find out what is necessary in my person
el expenses,' The respeot and tenderness
which this course would secure would be
worth to you a thousand-fold more than
t he most elaborate dress in the world."
Dio Levis.
The Foor Horse.
In Brooklyn, New York, a stable was
burned and in the flames seventy-five,
out of one hundred horses in the build
ing, perished in the flumes. Tbe seventy
five horses were roasted to death. A
New York paper in speaking of the af
fair says: The poor animals had no
power to tll their tortures, or even to
ask the men whom they bad so faithfully
served to avoid iu future placing horse
life in such danger. It is hard enough
to bo slaves to humanity without being
subjected to such torment. But the
risk of fire is not the only hazard to
which a great portion of the horses em
ployed in our cities are exposed. They
are kept by hundreds together in close,
damp, underground cellars, where man
can hardly breathe. It seems not to be
considered by some of our large owners
that horses require far more oxygen than
man, and that to deprive them of it by
stabling ' them in crowded confined
places, is to invite disease and shorten
their lives. There are thousands of val
uable animals in New York city thus
abused, and it is no wonder tbat they
fall easy victims to contagion, or if in
case of a fire they are consumed by
scores. They deserve better treatment
in this respect, and the owners would
serve their own interests by making bet
ter provisions for their dumb servants.
Flre.Proof Wood.
In the general discussion now Groin k
on as to rendering buildings proof
against nre, we are surprisea to see tnat
no reference is made to any process for
rendering wood less combustible.' When
the wood pavement in Maia aud Market
streets was put down our readers will re
member that we were told the wood was
"bumettized," and that it wou'd neither
rot nor burn. Being skeptical on this
suVject we picked up some pieces and
put them in the furnace under our boil
er, where, to our astonishment and satis
faction, we found they would only
smoulder and gradually waste under the
intense beat, not at any time breaking
out into a blaze. A building with tim
bers bumettized would be more fire-proof
than if it had iron beams, for they would
not throw down the walls by tbeir ex
panding and contracting. The process
of burnettizing is a weU-known one, and
comparatively inexpensive. It should
be more generally used iu preparing
timbers for building, as well as for other
purposes. Po'ktepnU Eagle,
Famine in Coeea Advices from Ja
pan state that a terrible famine is raging
in Corea, which insists ou keeping its
ports closed against the entrance of for
eign vessels with food. The regent has
seized all the crops for the public general
benefit, but these do not suflioe to feed
every one, and multitudes are dying. If
this report is true, tbe apprehended In
vioa cf Japan by the Corea&i will
proDiciy not use puce.
New York Theatre'.
Col. T. B. Thorpe, one of the long-ago
writers for the best periodical of its time,
The Knirlerhodtr" furnish one of his
interesting sketches to Apylttn' Journal
of recent date, entitled " Tho Old Thea
tres of New York, 1750-18-27," from
which we extract the fo lowing," an
wish we had room for the articlo entire :
" While the British held possession of
New York City, John Street Theatre
was called the Royal Theatre, and Ma
jor Andre, who was an accomplished ar
tist, painted many of the scenes. By
this appropriation to royal uses the
building was saved from the degradation
of being converted into a stable or bar
racks. At the close of the Revolution
the name was changed to the 1 New
York Theatre.' While Washington was
resident in our city as President, he fre
quently attended the theatre ; and one
of the members of the company was
so much a favorite that Washington
complimented him by attending his ben
efit. At this theatre was produced the
first American play ever put upon the
stage.
On the 3d of March, 1794, Mrs. Hat
ton, member of the stock company, and
a sister of Mrs. Siddous, to win the pa
triotic sympathy of the public, wrote a
play called Tammany,' at the first per
formance of which the society so named
was present in a body. ' Evaouation
Day' was for a generation the favorite
anniversary of the New Yorkers, and
the year ending the first decade was ded
icated to unusual rejoioin gs. There were
at the time a number of ships of. the
' French Republic' in the harbor, which
joined their salvos of artillery with our
own, and filled our streets with gayly
dressed officers. On this occasion John
Street Theatre presented a spectacle
in front of the stage that possessed a
national interest. On one side the boxes
were entirely filled with the French na
val officers, in full uniform ; opposite,
and in equal numbers, were American
officers, representing every arm of the
service, also in full uniform. Subor
dinates, sailors, soldiers, ef both nations,
crowded the pit. Along with the im
posing ceremony of 'entwining' the flags
of the two republics, was introduced the
singing of the 'Marseillaise Hymn.'
The electrified audience rose, simultane
ously ; the French fficers vociferously
joinod in the chorus. The Americans
caught the spirit of this demonstration,
and clapped their hands, aad gave cheer
after cheer of approbation and encour
agement. Shout followed shout of
' Long live France I' which was replied
to by ' Vivent les Americ ins !' The pliy
that followed was the Grecian Daugh
ter; and, when the heroine saved her
father by striking the tyrant to the
earth, the suppressed sentiment of liber
ty and fraternity broke fort-U witu -newed
peals and shouts of enthusiasm,
such as were never oefore and will never
again be heard within the walls of a the
atre."
Runaway Horses.
Realizing that it is very easy to give
directions about stopping runaway
horses, much easier indeed than it i to
put them in practice, the Chrulian Union
ventures the following hints :
If you are in a wagon and the horse
takes fright, aud gets on a full jump be
fore you can bring your strength to bear
on tho bits, there is nothing to be done
but to lld on and try your best to stop
him, " sawing," if necessary, on the bit.
Faili ng in this, you can perhaps keep
bim in the road until his wind gives out,
or should a good opportunity occur you
may turn him against a fence or the
side of a house, or. in fact, against any
thiag that will atop him. This last is a
dangerous recourse, but we have seen it
done with success. When a span of
horses are running the difficulty is in
creased, and more strength, more skill,
and better luck on the part of the driver
are very desirable qualities. A strong
hand and a determined will nearly al
ways suffice to stop runaways, if noth
ing breaks. If the lines break or the
bite give way, an active person may,
without much difficulty, climb over the
dash board, get on the animal's back,
and check him by grasping his nose.
Leaping from the carriage while the
horse is running is almost certain to in
volve more ov less injury. An active
person may do it safely, but it is the part
of pluck, and generally that of wisdom,
to stay by the eairiage as long as the
traces hold. When the horse is fairly
Btorjped, treat him kindly, and if possi
ble, let him stand until his nerves are
quieted. If a horse is running toward
you, courage and adroitness may enable
you to stop him. If you can secure a
hold on the reins, or one of them near
the bits, you are all right. Hold on,
a id within a few rods at most, the horse
will stop, unless he is a most extraordi
nary animal. In the case of a span, if
you stop one horse, the other must stop,
too, if nothing gives way. We can tell
those who have never tried it that it is
not a pleasant pastime to stand by the
roadside and watch the approach of a
frantic horse, making calculation the
while to catch some part of the harness.
Still it can be done, and is done many
times during every year. A runaway
was stopped in this city a short tune
ago by a boy, who climbed into the
wagon from behind, passed forward and
along the thills till he could reach the
reins, when he placed himself astride the
animal and stopped him within three
squares. An equestrian has a better
chance every way to check his horse
than has the driver of a vehicle. One
trouble is, that the motion of the aul
mal causes his mane to stream out and
einbarass the rider s hold on the lines.
This, however, is a minor difficulty, and
au equestrian who has a Arm seat ought
to be able either to check the horse or
steer him clear of all obstacles until he is
glad to stop.
The Coukt ot Claims. It appears
from the official stat meut of the United
States Court of Claims that during the
year ens ine Deo. 1. l'0 cas.es wer Ha..
cided, seventy of which weie on account
ui piuueeus ol cotton capturea oy uui
ted States militurv fnrcea. Tbn '
j - c a v
gate amount claimed for the cotton was
f 2,270,000, and the award of the Court
in these cases was ftl.41.1 000. Thn Viioti-
est award was 474,00o, or 100.000 less
tnan tne amount claimed. The Court
allowed 111.000 for TirwAarU it b1o
09,000 in Bank of Louisiana notes, be
ing the amount of claimant's deposit
with that bank h Hi rWa ,f V.a ..wr.
j of the lams, under the order cl Oeuersl
' Batiks. In Ansrn.. IfU.I
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
King Osoar of Sweden is said tn be
the tallest monarch in the world.
A house full of daughterseis a cellar
full of sour beer. Dutch lroieth.
Bixty sailors have been drowned in
Lake Krie the past season.
The feast of imagination having no
dinner, but reading a cookery-book.
The Greciam ladies counted their age
from their marriage, not their birth.
I prefer an erroneous honest man to
the most orthodox knave. Leighton.
Railroads have three gauges a broad
gauge, a narrow gauge, and generally a
mortgage.
December, the twelfth .month of our
year, receives its name from the Latin
decern 10.
A buez-saw fumped out of an Iowa
mill, recently, and ran a half mile with
out stopping.
Anna Dickinson wants peace. Then
why don't she but what's the use of
arguing with a woman Y
Beecher says that more lies have been
told about h im every year of his public
life than would shingle a oathedral.
A large fire has occurred at Auckland,
New Zealand, destroying baildingR and
other property to the amount of f 200,
000. A dog with two tails was seen in Taun
ton th9 ether day. One belonged to an
ox, and was carried in the mouth of tho
canine.
Portsmouth, N. H., 1 making prepar
ations to celebrate its 250th anniversary,
July 4th, 1873, by a grand reunion of
citizens.
A pin carelessly dropped in a loom by
a female operative, spoiled seven hun
dred yards of cloth in one of the mills at
Lawrence
A drove of hogs scared a Providence
gentleman's horso the other day, and
damaged things thereby one thousand
dollars worth.
Mistress " I did nr.t ring, Mary."
Mary " I know that. Mum ; but as I
was moping in the kitchen, I thought I'd
oome and sit a bit with you."
The English Secretary of War has con
cluded to let the soldiers play cards in
their recreation rooms, and see if it won't
keep them out of the grog shops.
An energetic German woman who
came to Detroit a couple of years since
has earned enough to buy a place and
bring out her husband and children.
Church weddings have lately come to v
be such occasions of vulgar display in
New York that the best people have
dropped them altogether, and get mar
ried at home.
It 18 estimated ttivt a total of seven
million bales of cotton, valued at four
hundred million dollars in gold, is now
consumed every year in Europe and the
United States.
A fellow in Canada, who was too poor
to afford a regular swell hang, tied a
handkerchief around his neck, thrust a
stick through it, and twisted himself into
the hereafter.
A Western paper notes that "in
Northwestern Kansas there are four men
to one woman." In New England fac
tories there are often foremen to one
hundred women.
A Chinese star actress is experiencing
the vicissitudes of an American lawsuit
because she broke her engagement with
one manager on account of better prom
ises from another.
The Mansard-roof has received many
pet names of late : " fatal gift," " tinier-
box, " top-lofty hre-tr.wi," " fatal, fasci
nating invention," and treacherous de
vice are some ot these.
A stranger traveling throaeh Indiana
is struck by the large number of tomb
stones bearing the inscription, " Sacred
to the memory of , born ,
pulled a gun out of a wagon ."
According to a statement made by the
Paris Faculty of Physicians, the blood of
the ene huudred thousand men killed
by the Franco-Prussian war would have
yielded iron enough for nearly a thou
sand gun-barrels.
The newspapers of the country are
urged to warn advertisers that postmast
ers are forbidden by law to deliver let
ters addressed te initials er fictitious
names, unless sent to the care of some
responsible person.
A marriage which makes a great sen
sation, says the Paris Journal, is that of
the lady who was Princess ae la Mosko-
wa, by her father, and Duchess de Per-
signy by her husband. In a few days
she will only be the wife of a simple ad
vocate. Henry Smith and George Drew, who
were engaged together in chopping wood
ia Johnston, R. I , were found dead. The
indications are that both were crushed
by a large rock under which they had
built a fire, and which parted and fell
over them.
The Old South Church of Boston is
one of the cherished relics of that city.
The mural tables upon its walls read :
CHCBCII GATHERED, 16153.
1II.ST HOUSE BUILT, 1670.
THIS HOUSE ERECTED, 1729.
DESECRATED BY BRITISH TROOrs, 1773.
Some of the river counties in Iowa.
where timber is scarce, have a large
number of homesteaders who live in sod
houses, anal burn the rank river bottom
grass for futl. They twist it, when dry,
into ropes. Thus prepared, it gives out
an intente heat, and has lasting qual
ities. . ' , .
We have more distinct bones in youth
than in old age, by reason of the con
solidation of many into one, by the pro.
cess of ossification. At about the fif
teenth year there are in some 2 16 bones ;
later, 228 ; and, finally, in the adult skel
eton 202, according to the latest investi
gations. The father of the boy whose veracity
is not so marked as his back, asked the
teacher why it was his son didn't have a
better, acquaintance with figures, and
was considerably eleotrified vhen the
teacher tenderly observed, ' I really
don't know, unless it is because figures
won't lie."
A young man came iuto the office of
this newspaper yesterday, with a manu
script poem which he wished Dublished.
It began with "Tho snow, the snow, the
beautiful snow." His friends may get
the body by applying at the basement
and paying for the dry goods box eon.
talcing the remains of the dectacad," .
Mt. Louli RyuV.itan,