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SHUT. THE BOOK
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore-
No doubt you have heard the name before—
Was a boy who never would shut the door!
The wind might whistle, the wind might roar,
And teeth bo aching and throats be sore,
But still he never would shut the door.
HU father would scold, his mother Implore,
*» Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore,
We really do w ish you would shut the door ?"
Their hands they wrung, their hair they tore,
Blit Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
Was as deaf as the buoy out at the Noro.
When ho walked forth the folks would roar,
“Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore,'
Why don’t you think to shut the door?”
They rigged out a shutter, with sail and oar,
And threatened to pack off Gustavus Gore
On a voyage ol penance to Singapore.
But he begged for mercy, and said, " No more !
Pray do not send me to Singapore
On a shutter, and then 1 will shut thedoor!”
'You will,” said Uls parouls, “then keep on
shore?
hut mind you do! For the plague Is sore
01 ft follow that will never shut the door,
Godfrey Gordon kustavus Gore l”
|psaltae/mis;
ME. KOBE BECOMES A MASON,
f'flatter myself I understand something
about secret'societies. I have a passion
fur that sort of thing ever since I was old
enough to tell lies. I havescouted around
pretty extensively among the different or
guuizations. I’ve been an Orangeman,
and a Fenian, and a good Templar, and a
counterfeiter, and also a Knight of Malta.
I have belonged to the Sons of Temper
ance, and the Young Men’s Christian as
-ocmtinn, and the baud of Hope, and a
band of robbers. I’ve been into every
thing, and X thought I knew everything
almost, but I didn’t. Three mouths ago
f became infatuated'with masonry, and
since I joined that worthy organization
1 have discovered several things connect
ed therewith that outsiders don’t know
just a pretty good deal about. Kow, Mr.
Editor, I propose making these secrets
public, not out of compassion for my fel
low men who may be lending toward
Masonry, and act as a warning, and so on
because I haven’t got a spark of human
kindness in my breast, and would rather
see every mother’s son of them put to the
torture than not, but because I have got
a spite against the fellows who initiated
me who made the irons to hot, and the
coat to frizy, and treated me with a rough
ness generally that the occasion did not
warrant.
Uelore fulminating my narrative I will
state for the benefit of those who don’t
kuotv, that Masonry is about six bun
dled thousand years old. It was old
when the fraternity got into trouble at
B ible, and it was old when Adam first
pul on his apron as grand master of the
Eden lodge. As a more convincing proof
of Its antiquity I will just mention that
a party of miners, the other day, In their
excavations, came upon the petrified re
main" of a Masonic lodge, with the mem
bers in their places and all complete, and
eminent geologists who have examined
the fossils are of opinion that these bod
ies have been imbedded in the rocks for
more than fifteen thousand years.
()u the evening I waa’to be initiated I
made 1 my will and took a most alfeotion-
Ule leave of my family- Thus prepared I
started lor the lodge, accompanied by
Bro. John Smith, S. It. S. P. T, who
was to “see me through.” We had no
dll'flculty getting past the first entrance,
but when' we knocked at the second a fat
mile fellow looked out through a round
hole in the door, and put a startling in
.nloatory to Bro. Sipith: Chetexohron
hlghcookalorura ? to which Bro. Smith
teplied oheerfujly: Nix-my-dolly-whack
lino. The little fellow then said: Flo
ilzestcompbrilldytumtum ; and my con
ductor giving a satisfactory answer, we
were permitted to enter. Before I had
lime to look arouud me a long,legged fei-
I w knocked me over with a club, he
i lien stood me on ray feet and another
marauder made a rush at me and brought
mo down again. After I had undergone
this exhilarating exercise for about live
minutes they stretched me out on a bench
and examined my teeth, pinched my
muscles, shoved cayenne pepper in my
nose, poured molton lead in my trousers
pockets and pulled hairs out of the back
of my neck with rend hot pinchers, with
a view, I suppose, to make me feel em T
barrassed at home.
When X came to my senses I was alone
in the ante-room of the lodge. It was a
lively and cheerful apartment. A couple
of crocodiles- were amusiug themselves
in a corner and a few full grown rattle
snakes were practicing the flying trapeze
on the stove pipe- The furniture consist
ed chiefly of half a dozen mummies, the
skeleton of Captain Kidd, Luorella Bor
gia. Guy Fawkes, Jack the Giant Killer,
Oliver Cromwell, the Wandering Jew,
William the Conqueror, Christopher Co
lumbus and Blok Turpin,; a flying ma
chine. three barrels of gunpowder and a.
remarkably healthy and well developed
wild eat. Just then half a dozen pirates,
clad in aprons and sashes, rushed into
the room with a whoop. One of litem,
the biggest and ugliest, who appeared to
bo tbe chief, ordered the attendants, in a
voice of thunder, to'trot out the animal.
Tilc attendants disappeared, but imme
diately reappeared, leading an iron-clad
goat, a regular double decker, with six
teen borne, a pair of wings, and seven
or eight tails stuck nil 'over him. My
eyes were bandaged, and I was told to
mtunl, I said, "gentlemen, if you’ll ex
oute me I would rather not. I'm not ac
customed to go up In a balloon besides Xv’e
got an engagement down town. My wife
Wife wants to see me particularly, J’ll be
back In a few minutes;! rattier think
my house is on tire, but I’ll bo buck in a
few minutes—yes, gentlemen, in a few
. Before I could tlnlali my sentence
i was seized from' behind and planted
flrmly aslrlduof tbe Infernal goat. Home
body then said let’s go; and away wo
wont. I’ve been through a great many
perilous scenes; I’ve been down.ln a rail
way collision, and up in a steamboat ex
plosion; I’ve fallen down three flights of
stairs, and walked out uf a fourth story
window, but Ibis gnat excursion was a
little ahead of them all. When I come
to reflect on the mutter I wonder
that X came out alive. The furjjfms boast
kicked and screamed aud rolled over and
e •Jimpii
t
11-1 - Jettetill . 1 'Li te
JOHN B. BRATTON.
turned back somersaults and front smmT-
HiuiltH. and diovo me against H ••celling
ami underneath the olmiiN, till ’ •• >, ■ d
ago gave “way and f had lo'letfco. 'I lo
gout vanished up tin-* chimney In :» blue
llanm, and I found myself in ihr l onir**
of tin* lodge room with about flfly Mason*
In aprons, and nothing else, dancing a
war dance around me. The rest of the
rae.iibers were standing on their heads
lu the dillereni corners, all but the cada
verous looking buccaneer who seemed to
be the head of the department. Soon
they left off dancing and marched round
the room chanting an inspiringdirge. ' I
was then hauled up in frontoftbe chief’s
desk, who thus addressed me: “Brother
Kobb, you are now one of us.' You are a
member of an institution that has lasted
over three million years. You are im
pervious to mundane influences. You
ore waterproof aud fire proof; you are
over proof! You can walkthrough the
river or alt on a red hot stove with impu*
ulty. Mortal man cannot harm you, and
the devil himself must curl up his tail
and walk off at your approach. Be vir
tuous, Mr. Kobb, and you will be happy.’’
I then assumed a suh and apron.
Kobe, Jr-
NONEIBHMENT IN EOOD,
The wholesome or unwholesome
character of any aliment depends, in a
groat measure, on the state of the di
gestive organs, in any given case.—
Sometimes, a particular kind of food is
called wholesome because, it produced a
beneficial effec t of a particular charac
ter oh the system of an individual. In
this case, however, it is to be Considered
as a medicine, and can be cntlei whole
some only for those whose systems are
in the same condition. Very Of en a
simple aliment is made indigestible by
artificial cookery. Aliments abouuf
ing in fat are unwholesome, becauig
fat resists the operation of the gastric
juice. The addition of too much spice
makes many an innocent injurious, be
cause spices resist the action of tho di
gestive organs, and produce an irrita
tion of particular parts of the system, .
In any given ease, the digestive pow
er of the individual is to be considered,
in order to determine whether a par
ticular aliment is .wholesome or not.
In general, wo can only say that ali
ment is healthy which is easily soluble,
and is suited to the power of digestion
of the individual; and, in order to ren
der the aliment perfet, the nutritious
parts must be mixed up with a certain
quantity of innocent substance afford
ing no nourishment to fill the stomach;
because there is no doubt that many
persons injure their health by taking
too much nutritious food. In this case
nutritious parts, which cannot be dis
solved act precisely like food which is,'
in itself, indigestible.
It is a very mistaken idea that the
nourishment in food is according to the
quantity.; a person may eat a great,
deal of some articles, and receive very
little nourishment from them. The
quantity of nourishment depends great
ly on tho aromatic flavor contained in
food; and whatever is insipid to the
taste is of little service to.the stomach.
Sow, the difference between good
cookery and bad cookery lies princi
pally in the development of the flavor
of our food ; articles properly cooked
yield the whole of it; by good.cookery
we make the most of evorthing—by
had cookery, the least.
All Hands Below,
A good story la told of a parrot which
had always lived on board of a ship, but
who had escaped at one of the Southern
ports, aud took refuge In a church. Boon
afterwards the congregation assembled,
aud the minister began preaching, say
ing that there was no virtue in them—
that every one would be lost, unless they
speedily repented. Just as he uttered
the sentence,, up spoke the parrot;
“ All hands below-!”
To say that “all bands” were startled,
would be but a mild way of putting it.
The peculiar yolce, from Its unknown
source, had much more effect on them
than the parson's voice ever had. He
wailed a moment, and then, a shade or
two pa|er, he repeated the warning.
“All hands below!” again rang out
somewhere.
The preacher started from his pulpit,
and looked anxiously around, inquiring
if anybody had spoken.
“ All hands below I” was the only re
ply, at which the panic-stricken congre
gation got Up, and a moment after they
all bolted for tbe doors, the minister try
ing bis best to be first, and dpring tbe
lime tbe miscbievlous bird kept up bis
yelling ;
“ All bands below !”
There was an old woman who was
lame, aud could not get out as fast us
tbe rest, aud in a very short time she
loft entirely alone. Justus she was about
to bobble out, the parrot flew down, aud
alighting on her shoulder, yelled in her
ear •
“ All hands below 1”
“ No, no, Mister Devil,” shrieked tbe
old woman, "you can’t mean me. I don’t
belong here. Igo to the church across
tbe way.”
Confesses a Murder.
William L. Langston, of an old
lady, who, with a little girl named Mary
Eastern, living with her, was found
murdered in her bod recently near Par
adise, Coles county, Illinois, lias con
fessed to killing both parties, and ac
cuses liis wild as an accessory. Langs
ton is in jail waiting trial. The only
motive he assigns for the crime is the
instigation and persuasion of hia wife,
who never had pleasant feelings to
wards the old lady. In addition to
this it is probable that Langston and
his wife were somewhat over anxions
to got possession of the old lady’s prop
erly. There is a very strong feeling
against the murderer in the neighbor
hood..
Spoiling an Elopement.—AClear
field county motlior learned of her
daughter’s contemplated elopement,
and on the night appointed for the
(light alio put some laudanum in the
girl’s ten. Tho latter foil asleep and
did not wake up until next morning,
and in the meantime Romeo got tired
waiting and went homo disgusted. Ho
goes with another girl now.
A EEM ASKABLE OAEEBE,
.Inyenulty of George JlacDouueU—The moat
Skillful Detective* anti Dateyer* Jiaflled —
The most Daring Swindle* on .Record-— A
Slnyle SHp Ju a Lifetime of Dece})tlon —A
Jlomantiv. Narration,
[From tno New York Sun.J
George Mac Donnell, alias Livingston,
alias Keuuy, alius Johnson, who within
a week has been made notorious by his
connection with the frauds on the Bank
of England, has been known in New
York city since 1867, ot which time he
began his operations with a number of
petty swindlers who had their headquar
ters_near the foot of Broad street; Of
Mac Donnell's history, previous to his
appearance In Broad street, little Is
known. ' He was born in this State; and
graduated from Yale College, but what
his real name is, or under what peculiar
circumstances he entered upon a life of
crime, is a mystery locked within his
breast.
MacDouuell was under police surveil
lance a year, and although it was evident
to the detectives that he and his associ
ates were implicated in many swindles,
yet ?o skilfully was the work done, and
so carefully were their tracks covered,
that detection.and conviction were im
possible. The confederates were suc
cessful in their operations and coined
money, but a lynx-eyed detective was
constantly in their wake, and they be
came alarmed. The business was broken
up and the firm dissolved, hut MaoDon
netl, Baker and another'formed a part
nership for a different mode of swind
ling. About this time Dr. Webster ad
vertised to take one or two
FIRST-CLASS BOARDERS.
Mao Donnell went there and described
himself as B. D. Livingston, on Bngiish
tnan of great wealth traveling for plea
sure, With him were a coachman and a
labkey. He engaged rooms and board at
$lOO a week, paying for the first week in
Advance. Three days after being lustali
in the doctor’s house, Mr. Liviog
ete, called "Clarence” (his fellow opera
torAjaker,) aud told him to order Charles
the to briug around the car
riage ft, a drive. Charles, the third con
federata™|lo waB p roV jd e d with a suita
ble liyery^i re( j a turnout. The wealthy
Eugiiehmlk went t 0 Tiffany & Co.’s and
selected «evy al thousand .dollars’ worth
of diamondst w tjj o [j p 0 re q Ues t e d the
jewelers to his father’s residence,
saying, ”1 am'Q r _ Webster 8 HOD. I
will pay the bill en t; le diamonds are
delivered. Your tE, Beuger may rida up
in ray carriage if ho xil ooaeB.” Tu
e mes* I
sengor took a seat iu\i, e carr j a g ei ro d e
to Dr. Webster’s hoik au(l weut ln
with the purchaser. ClaVj C 0 waB aum _
moned aud asked, "Wilt ; 8 f a tfieu- 7"
“ He 11119 J u9t Bone over \ the Uuioll
League club rooms. ’’ \
"Bring me my check book\ Ba j d .j i - ] v _
ingston, and "the doctor’s A.» fln e d
out a check for Hie value of \ e qj,,,
monds. \
“ Take this over and ask futherA eu .
dorse it, that is (turning to Tiffam £
Co.’s representative,) if you desire lt\
"Oh, no, not at all. Your check\
sufficient, elr,” aud the messenger re
signed tho diamonds to Livingston, and'’
departed with a worthless chick.
Fifteen minutes later Livijgston and
Baker were on their way to aj Eastern
State. In their baste to esoaptthey. loft
Charles, tbe coachman, In the hreb not
giving him even a single diamquj, UIU ;
Charles told tbe whole story to Vi o d e _
tectivea, and tbe two, alter a briefWroh
were found In the Portland, Maine j a jj ’
to which they had been committa f or
some petty swindle. They were hroVrht
to this city, convicted and sentence!to
three years \
IMPRISONMENT IN SING SING, \
and to pay a fine of $5,500 each. Whl
in prison Livingston performed the o\
flee of waiter In tbe shoe shop, and Ba
ker was bead cook.
From Slug Sing Livingston went to
Kentucky, showing up at Louisville, at
which place be entered a train one night
with a ticket for Cleveland. He occupied
a seat with a drover. Livingstou fasci
nated the drover with hie conversation,
and plied him with brandy which he
had in a flask. It la hardly necessary to
add that the liquor was drugged, aud
that the cattle purchaser soon, succumbed
to its effects. Livingston then took $2,G00
from tbe wallet of bis slumbering com
panion. When the drover recovered, the
train bad reached a junction where a
change, of cars was made, aud he pro
posed to take a lunch. .Livingston con
sented. '
OPENING HIS POCKET-ROOK,
to pay for their repast, tbe drover dis
covered bin loss He turned to Living
ston aud said : ” I had $2,000 when you
look a seat beside me—now 1 haven’t a
cent.” Livingston was horror struck.
Said he, " Do you think b would take
your money? I insist on being arrested
and searched. Here are my checke—get
my baggage, and let the officers make a
search that will satisfy them aud you."
He was arrested and fully exonerated,
and the drover apologized. Livingston
then magnanimously paid the drover’e
fare to Buffalo, and they separated after
mutual expressions of esteem.
In 1871 MacDouuell was arrested In
this city for several offences, and other
offences were traced la him, but his plans
were so cunningly advised aud so skil
fully executed that the police authorities
aud tbe law were alike defied. He was
accused of passing an $BO spurious check
for a hotel bill, but tbe district attorney
failed lu bis efforts to couviot. He wont
toJoues & Garvin, liquor dealers, and
bought $O3 worth of liquors for tbe Hon.
S. 8. Cox, tendering a $lOO greenback lu
payment therefor, and bo received lu
change a cheek—for which be asked—for
$37. Jones & Garvin, however, had a
latent suspicion of their customer, and
put tbe bank upon its guard. When the
cheek was presented, it called for $2,403
more than the original amount. His of
fice in Broadway, was removed on ac
count of the “Cox forgery.” The next
heard of him was as “J. W. Kenny,
lawyer. Under this title he purchased of
Jay Cooko & Co. $130,000 of IT. 8. bonds,
saying tbat be was
EXECUTOR OP AN ESTATE
in New Jersey, aud ho wished to make
the Investment for the minor helre. He
ordered the bonds sent to his office, say
ing that they would bo paid for there
with a certified cheek on the Park bank.
Hla modus opmuufilesald tohaveboon as
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1813
follow’s: In his hat wero two checks, one
for a small amount, within the limits of
his bank account, and the other was a
forged certified check for the value of the
bonds. When the bonds wero delivered
he was to draw a check for the sum re
quired, place it in his hat) and ask the
messenger to go with him to the bank
and witness its certification. Then) after
getting the small check certified, and
under the pretense that he did not want
to assume the responsibility of carrying
the treasure to his ofllce, he was to ask
the messenger to carry it there, so that it
might be locked up In his safe, aud that
then he would hand over the check—of
course the forged one. But in this game
he was foiled. Detective McDougai knew
ofMacDonnell's plan, and apprised the
banking firm of it.
In March, 1871, MacDonueii essayed to
pass a forged check for $2,300 upon Ar
nold, Constable &.Co. A more accident
foiled him also in this instance. He was
arrested, but the authorities were unable
to convict him. Then he assumed the
name of Edward Johnson.
BUYING LACES.
Boou after tbia he went to Duudeeu,
Frees & Co., lace importers, Introduced
himself as E. Johnson, and bought $2,000
worth of lacee. This, was on Saturday.
He told X). P. & Co., that ho should
bably go, out of to.wu for two or three
days, but that he would send for the
goods aud forward the money with the
order. On the Monday following the
oartmau wont for the goods. He had a
note from u well-known firm, written on
one of their bill heads, which said that
Mr. Johnson was put .of the city, and
that he had consigned his purchase to
them. They enclosed order aud cheek
for the amount. The laces were'deliver
ed.
Soon us the fraud was discovered, De
tective McDougal was employed. The
goods were found in Forsyth street in
the possession of MacDouiiell. For this
swindle he was arrested, but- not con
victed.
There are few detectives In the United
States who do not know MacDouuol),
and there is hardly a city in which he
has not been arrested for some degree of
crime, but the only term of Imprison
ment he has been known to have served
is mentioned above. He is credited with
being the originator of the sawdust swin
dle, aud scores of other frauds. Tudeed,
ho la rauked as the prince of his profes
sion. He is about thirty-five years old,
live feet nine inches in height, well
built, full face, has a long, black, waviug
beard, dark eyes and deep brown hair.
He is a handsome, man, efagagiug In his
manners, being a brilliant conversation -
alist, and can adapt himself to any soci
ety. He r speaks several languages flu
ently, and impresses one with tht? belief
that be is a gentleman of wealth and
culture who has traveled extensively.
A COOL MAN
MacDonuell has wonderful self-control.
He neither drinks, nor swears, nor lets
his passions get the best of his judgment.
His voice Is smooth add soft as a wo
man’s, aud has a charm well calculated
to entrap the wariest.
The detectives say that this bank of
England business does not look like
work, as he is too smart
l®have made the mistake the forgers
dio. Tfiia is illustrated In the fact that
twoVafts which were payable at sight
wereweotive in the omission to insert
the after the signatures of, accep
tance. WUB by this means that the
bonk discovered the forgeries.
Tt is MacDounell and his con
federates to Portland, Maine,-last
June, where made $lO,OOO by some
swindle, and that itwas with this money
they were enabled to visit England and
commence their operations in that coun
try.
MURMURS FROM THE MENAGERIE.
The Gorilla Sues for His Salary.
tlhicago 'Jr if nine says
ot the most remarkable looking
beings that ever had existence
nod to the mayor yesterday that
been swindled by the proprie
ones’ Museum, a travelingshow
horrible order, now located at
IV. Randolph street. It appears
tile the “museum” was being
hough the neighboring State of
lodiail (bo “onagers discovered the
compliant, Frederick Hettish, at Tol
leston. Vg i-egetnbled a gorilla so much
that tbej once j vo d the idea of engag
ing pefsonate a wild man in
their e ntcli nmon pbo seductive of
fer of S>-& mo „th an( j board was
thrown ouft a bait for Fred, to nibble
at and he glLj ;t (] own without wast
ing time in Visideralion, and became
a member o(k 10 com p anyi consisting
of an obese wL I 1( u man so (j, ag ( 0
bo almost tumble a t a side view, a
sword swallowL learned pig witll a
propensity for W-cimis, a monkey,
a fangless snal4, n( j a j,and organ.
Arrayed in tlghfc red _ with his re „
pulsiye features b misshapen body,
struck terror to H'Vartsof the simple
rustics who patronf. tho show on jt3
tour through the W state _ He
was a great card lorh mana gement.
Every person who aaV dm flmily be _
lieved that his grandlU at , ea3t was
a fine old African got wbo migllt
have met Mungo Park!,, ,
ings. After Indiana V'V' fo
oughly canvassed the nA/," ~, '
tors decided to visit OhidT 1 P*, 0 ?",. 0 '
Fred, with them. Tho3&,*" d
a few days ago, and over sir .
man’ has been a source
those who have seen him. Villi ,
resemble tame men in twoV
least j they will eat and
museum people, however, V ~
have overlooked ilieso mlnril,'
in their dealings with Hettisclq.}
have given him no money
never oven asked him if a crust V’“vj,
would do him good. Naturally 1
be complains to the mayor that
not live long under such circumslrj''
He cannot be a decent wild man »“•
empty stomach. Every time ho cs,
on the stage ho feels more like goinV
sleep than bellowing around and rut
ingafool of himself for nothing a wea
All he wants tho mayor to do is to gl
his money for him from the museuil,
men. His honor told him he would set
what could bo done. Seriously speak
lug, Hettisch is a horrible looking per
son. He has a small, round head, gilt
tering black eyes, no perceptible chin,
protuding lips, turned up nose, and a
forehead that recedes at a most acute
angle. In addition to these peculiari
ties he is slightly humpbacked.
THE STORY OF A HERMIT.
There died, near the village of Ring
town, Schuylkill county, , near the
northern boundary, not long since, a
man named Harper, the greater part
of whoso life was passed in voluntary
hermitage among the rocks and moun
tains of Schuylkill and Columbia coun
ties. He first appeared about forty
years in West Penn township, Schuyl
kill county, in a wild unfre
quented spot in the mountains, ho
built a rude hut, and shut himself out
from all communication with the out
side world. Although having the apv
pearance of a man far advanced in life,
it has since been ascertained that he
was not yet forty years of age. Who
or what he was no one knew. Ho very
rarely loft his lonely retreat, and then
only to obtain certain necessaries of
life. How he lived or what he did
were matters of which the inhabitants
of the town were entirely ignorant.
Old residents remember his coming to
those parts, and say (hat he truly
“dwelt with solitude and walked the
rocks and forests like a wolf.” Young
men grew to old age and died, and
still Harder remained in his rude hut.
.At last, the hermit not having, been
seen for some time by any of the vil
lagers, it began to whispered about that
he was dead. His hut was visited,
but, although it was empty, and evi
dently had been for some time, nothing
was found to indicate that the hermit
had died.
A short time afterward, there ap-
geared in tho village of Ringtown a
queer old man, with long snowy locks
anti beard, bent form and wrinkled
visage. He was bareheaded, clad in
ragged garments, and walked with a
long, smooth staff. Purchasing a few
groceries in the village, he disappeared.
Some months afterward, he again camo
to the village, made similar purchases
and went away. This time, the cu
riosity of the villagers being excited to
know more of the singular being, he
was followed; He took a rough and
narrow path, which ran some miles
over the mountain, and led to a deep,
rocky gorge, near the boundary of
Schuylkill and Columbia counties. In
this gorge was a dark and. damp cav
ern, into which tho old man entered,
and where it was found ho dwelt.—
This was tho hermit of West Penn
township. Hu had, it was thought,
left his former retreat to find more per
fect solitude and isolation.
The severity of the present winter,
and tho great depth of the snow, com-
pelled tho old man to leave his moun
tain fastness, as ho was on tho verge of
starvation. Ho wandered over into
Columbia county where he found an
asylum in the house of a kind farmer,
where ho died a few days after ho was
Siven shelter. On his death-bed ho
gave an account of his life, and tho
causes Which led him to put himself
beyond the pale of a society of which
he had once been a bright ornament.
His narrative was substantially as fol
lows :
His name was James Harper. When
he died he was within a few weeks of
reaching tho eightieth anniversary of
his birth. Between forty and fifty
years ago he was tho senior partner of
Harper «& Brother, hardware mer
chants, Market street, Philadelphia.—
His brother was some years his junior,
and their firm stood among tho leading
ones of the city. They lived in fine
style in Chestnut street, and, neither of
them being married, their only sister
superintended their household affairs.
About the year 1835 James Harper
went to Europe, leaving the business
in charge of his brother, in whom ho
placed the utmost confidence. He
spent two years travelling in the old
country, during which time he mar
ried an accomplished, beautiful, and
wealthy young English lady, a mem
ber of one of the leading families. For
some months previous to his departure
from London to return home, Mr. Har
per had not heard from his brother—his
letters which had been, regular and
cheering, suddenly ceased. Appre
hensive of something wrong, the sen
ior partner determined to forego fur
ther saunterings in Europe, and, shortly
after his marriage embarked for Phila-
delphia accompanied by his bride.
When the voyage was about half over,
and the despondency that had seized
Mr. Harper when lie left London iiad
been somewhat dispelled, the small
pox broke, out -among some emigrant
families in the steerage. The plague
spread to the cabin passengers, and
among the victims was-the young wife
of Mr. Harper, who died in the great
est agony, and whoso body was cast
into the sea. This was the first thrust
into the heart of the returning mer-
chant, and prepared him for others
that awaited him. After lying iu
quartino some tiifio after reaching port,
tho passengers of the plague stricken
ship were permitted to land.
...A, few hours afterward Mr. Harper
learned that ho was a ruined man.
His brother, shortly after his senior
went to Europe, fell into dissolute hab
its, and in a year and a half had driven
tho firm into bankruptcy, and in a fit
of desperation blew out his brains in a
gambling hell. Tho sister died in a
few weeks of grief, and tho property of
tho firm was all sold by-tho shorifi'.
Mr. Harper found himself without a
dollar or a single relative, and barely a
friend, where ho lind loft a prosperous
business, a happy homo, and hundreds
of nattering acquaintances. Over
whelmed with misfortune, broken
hearted, and deserted, Jio determined
to put himself forever away from all
contact with tho world and live alono
with ids bitterness. Ho kept his Vow
sacredly until lie knew that death was
stealing upon him, when ho felt that ho
would like to close his eyes upon tho
world surrounded, if possible, by follow
linings who would minister to ids
\viuits, and give him Christian burial.
What must Iwvo been (lie- weight of
ie sorrow that sat upon thin unTortu
\tu man's soul to luilueo him to for
te tho world and its manifold blcs
\h, and live in hitter solitude, alono
his misery, during an ordinary
no'/ His ease certainly lias no
parallel In tho history of our
k
rair
TERRIBLE DISASTER!
Dost* of the. White Star Steamer AtlantlC”-SOO
TAce* Lost—-She linn* Ashore Off Halifax
During a Thick Fog—Efforts to Save XAfe
’-’TtcofHundred ami -Fifty Dcare Oi the Doat*
-”A Fearful Scene’—2he Atlantic a Total'
Loss.
[From tho Now York Star, April 2.]
Late last night a dispatch was received
here from Halifax announcing the total
destruction of the White Star Steamer
Atlantic, anil the
LOSS OF OV£R SEVEN HUNDRED LIVES,
The Atlantic left this ou Sat~
urday, March 1, for Liverpool, with a full
cargo and passengers,and was announced
to depart from Llvorpool on March 18.
TIIE VOYAGE
was u rough one, aud the vessel encoun
tered heavy galea and very rough seas
nearly the entire trip. Yesterday morn
ing, when within forty miles of Halifax,
A THICK FOG,
came ou and the vessel was put at half
speed, and a sharp look-out kept. lusome
way the ship lost her reckoning.,.. She
was proceeding very, slowly, when the
look-out espied
BREAKERS AHEAD.
The alarm was at once giveu, aud an at
tempt made to bring the vessel around,
but it was too late. In a few minutes the
ship was among the breakers. Then come
a grating sound followed by
A TERRIFIC SHOCK,
and the ship was aground. The coast at
this point is very rocky and almost un
approachable,and the sea at all times runs
very high here. An attempt was made
to keep her bow to the shore, but the sea
beating against her side soon caused her
to lurch around, aud In less than half an
hour after the first signal of danger the
vessel was at the complete -mercy of the
waves.
THE EXCITEMENT
on board was fearful. There were nearly
eight hundred passengers in the steerage,
aud women, children and men crowded
to the deck of the vessel and sought means
of escape. The sgu was now beating over
the side of the ship, and.several waves
SWEPT THE DECK,
carrying with them a number of the pas
sengers and several of tho crew. The dis
cipline upon the ship was not good, and
a general panic prevailed. An attempt
was made to
LOWER THE LIFE BOATS
at an early stage. The first boat was
swamped as as it touched the water,
and nearly all of its occupants found a
watery grave. The second boat met with
better success, aud reached the shore in
safety with a cargo of women and chil
dren. Many men aud quite a number of
the crow
JUMPED OVER THE SIDES OF THE VESSEL,
and were lost in thesurf or dashed against
the sharp rocks that abound-along tho
coast. A number of the steerage passen
gers attempted to take possession of the
life boats, but were stopped by the offi
cers. The third boat launched got away
in safety, aud also the fourth. The trou
ble was that after the boats hud landed
their freight they could uot be got back
to the ship again through the high waves
and heavy surf. Meanwhile, the vessel
was
RAPIDLY FILLING- WITH WATER.
It not only arose from the hold, but
poured in at the scuttles aud gangways,
from the waves that now and agaln broke
over the ship. Kearly every wave carried
off a number of the unhappy beiugs that
were clinging to the rigging and portions
of the vessel. After being beaten about
by the waves for nearly two hours', the
vessel turned over’on her beam ends, aud
was a complete wreck. The record of
those hours will nevpr be told.
IN THE DARKNESS
iittie could be done to .save lifo by the
passengers themselves. Many hundreds
of men made a dash for life, but found a
grave. The women and children could
do nothing, ami the life-boats were ut
terly incapable of holding a fourth of the
passengers.
LATEST
Halifax, April I.—There were over
1,050 passengers upon the passenger list.
Two hundred and fifty are known to bo
saved. Two vessels have been dispatched
from this port to the scene of the wreck
to aid in the search for bodies or any
thing that may be Jiving and floating
around. The passeugeis and crew saved
are on their way to this city. List of saved
will be sent immediately.
THE ATLANTIC*.
The Steamship Atlantic was one of the
six magnificent steamers built at llolfast
for the White Star Line, the pioneer of
Which was the Oceanic, followed in April,
1871, by the ill-fated Atlantic. As, on the
first passage of each of the vessels of this
line, she was brought out by Capt. Mur
ray, Commodore of the fleet, and left New
York on her return trip in Juno follow
ing, a remarkably quick passage. It was
the quick and eijsy passages made by
these two pioneer vessels that caused the
White Star Line to acquire so rapid aud
great a popularity. The Atlantic was
fitted up in the most sumptuous manner,
and cm one of her trips crossed the Atlan
tic, from New York to Liverpool, oalllug
at Cork Harbor iu less than eleven days.
She was 0,000 tofis burden, and fitted with
engines of the most complete manufac
ture, of 3,000 horse power. She was about
420 feet in length, and like her sister ves
sels, capable of carrying 1,200 passengers,
for whoso comfort every possible arrange
ment has been made iu building aud fit
ting up.
Ikon bolts iu wooden structures are
always liable to bo attacked by rust,
which diminishes their sizo’and loosens
their hold. The simple remedy of
coating the bolt holes with a mixture
or zinc filings and grease galvanizes tho
iron and thus preserves it from oxida
tion.
Tnn farmer can live without tho fa
vor of the' public. The crops depend
upon ids own industry and upon the
gentle rains and dewssontfrom heaven.
A [jtnitAUrAN, arranging his books
according to their subject matter, put
“Irish Bulls’’ 'under the head of agri
cultural.
Tnuiiii in one kind of second-hand
article, I shouldn't olijcet to, said Soft
kins, and that is n young, handsome,
amiable and rich widow.
w
HUMOEOU3.
.Men- of colors—painters.
Ft at' falsehood—lying on your back,
Tub beat inn for n poet—inspiration
Imaginary scholars—the pupils of
your eyes.
Ought not a hermit to call his house
a manshun.
’ The bump of destructiveness—a rail'
way collision.
Colfax, California, naturally wants
Us name changed.
Chairs should never be-covered
with silk, but sat in.
When a man’s necktie is untied,
how untidy ho looks.
Woman was made from a rib-bone—
she loves rib-boh (es) to this day.
Ought you to reckon a dog’s worth
by what ho will fetch, or what ho will
bring?
Ax Allentown storekeeper, who does
his own printing, has “ Sider Wlnegar”
for sale.
Tun speed of express trains In Eng
land willprobably bo diminished. Is that
progress?
There are twenty-live stove firms In
Troy, and each one advertises “the best
stoves in the world."
Ip the beat man’s faults were writ
ten on his forehead he would draw his
hat over his eyes.
A westerx editor says of a neighbor
with a quivering eyelid “that he stutters
in the left eye !”
Ax editor out West says “il time is
money, he is willing to exchange a little
of his for cash.”
Xx Chinn wives are a legal tender for
debts,and bankrupts, as a rule, do not
conceal their effects.
Incredible as it may seem, many
of the richest planters in Jamaica live
on coffee-grounds.
. A Lancaster physician’s pet black
and tan terrier is afflicted with a well
defined attack of hooping-cough.
Tuß.editorofa Southern weekly does
not like the editorial “ we.” He says
‘‘it makes us feel as if wo were twins.'!
An Easton clergyman has jfot him
self into trouble by marrying a boy of
seventeen to a very improper young
woman 1
Not a rat has been seen in the livery
stables in Lancaster since the epizootic
first made its appearance .among the
torses,
The innocent people of Manheim,
Pa., give and receive mutilated beer
keg stamps under the impression they
are fractional currency.
" I now pronounce you man—band
over the ten dollars before Igo any furth
er," is the way Connecticut clergymen
have of securing their fee.
The' difference between the £''e and
false doctrine is often only the w,7lth of a
hair, I see. And yet the false doctrine
Is the heresy.
New Haven belles have dropped the
trite saying about the foliage of " Valam
brosa, hut murmur Instead : "As thick
ns photographs of Yale students.
•V woman in Jersey City was so angry
because her husband wouldn't take her
to see her mother, that he held her hand
In a pail of waler until life was extinct.
A New Orleans paper says that a
young widow In that city, who writes
well, 11 is training herself foran editor.”
Who is the editor she is training for?
A merchant advertlsed 'for a clerk
"who could bear confinement," and re
ceived an answer from one who had beet
in Jail seven years!
"Lenny, you're a pig,” said a father’
to his live-year old boy. ".Now do you
know what a pig is, Lenny?" " Yes,
sir. a hog's little boy' ?"
“ I wish you would pay ii little at
tention to wiint I am saying, sir,”
roared an irate lawyer at an exaspera
ting witness, “I am paying as little
ns I can,” was the calm reply.
Jake, lend mo ten dollars till I sel
my dorg? Jake replied soothingly and
sympathetically, “Jim, I-wouldn’t sell
The Indiana woman who threw a bur
glar down stairs and broke his neck, is
sorry now. She thought It was her hus
band coming home tipsy again.
A Cincinnati lover has been discard
ed by his affianced million-beiresS for
trending on her pet cat’s tall. He vowed
it was an accident, but she Insisted it was
done on poor puss.
The latest form of Yankee cuteuessbas
developed itself in n town in Massachu
setts, where a small hoy has been discov
ered purchasing eggs of the grocer on his
father’s account, then selling them at a
restauraut, and afterwards dividing' the
proceeds with his mother.
’q Tell, an Honest Man.—A lot'
ter-writer says : “ Talking with a hotel
keeper the other day, I remarked that
in a large city like this ho must lose a
good deal by transient customers, who
would go>wSy and forgot to pay their
replied, ‘Oh, no; I never
lose much by folks of that sort. I have
made it a rule in my house whenovera
man wants a room, and has no baggage,
to demand pay in advance, ns is usual.
If he manifests no objection, anil puts
his hand into his pocket for money, I
tell him that it is all right; he can pay
just ns well when lie goes away. That
kind ol man always pays. But there Is
another sort of follow who, when in
formed of the rule protends to bo very
Indignant, Insisting that ho is a gen
tleman, and is not in the habit of hav
ing his name questioned or his honesty
doubted. In such case I invariably
insist on the production of the funds,
for I know if I don’t get them then, I
should never get them in the world.
Men who talk about their honor, and
assume to be insulted when requested
to pay, can bo depended on for first
class dead beats.”
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VOL 59-N0.44
The following eleven paragraphs are
wortfiy of a place among the most
valued rules that should govern a well
regulated farm.
1. When fruit trees occupy the
ground, nothing else should, except
very short grass.
2. Fruitfulness and growth of the\
trees cannot bo expected the same
year.
3. There is no plum that the curculib
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape for one year In one
place.
4. Pear blight still puzzles the great
ost men. The' best remedy known Is
to plant two for every one that dies.
5. If you don’t know how to prune,
don’t hire a man from the other side
of the sea whp knows less than you do.
0. DonT cut off a big lower limb un
less y%!ifSnfe a renter, and care not what
becomes of it when your time is but.
7. A tree with the limbs coming out
near the ground is worth two trees
trimmed up ten feet, and so on until
they are not worth anything..
,8. Trim down, not up.
9. Shorten in, not lengthen out.
10. Ifyou had your arm cut off, you
would feel it at your heart—a tree will
not feel, but rot to the heart.
11. When anybody fells you of a gar
dener that understands all about horti
culture and agriculture and that he can
be hired, don’t believe a word of it, for
there are none such to be hired. Such
a than can make more than you can
afford to give him, and if ho has sense
enough to understand the business,' he
will also have sense enough to know
this;
An exchange says; “In the Spring
of 1872, we hauled the manure from
the barn-yard and spread it oh a field
having a sandy soil. This .field had
been run to death by its former owner.
The, manure was spread very evenly.
■ but still there were some places where
it was thicker than others. The field
was plowed 71 inches deep. Its former
owner used to skim the surface, Oats
were sown and dragged in. After the
oats were about six inches high they
were top dressed with plaster. The
season was a very dry one; scarcely
any rain fell, but the oats grew ro
makably fast. Standing where you
could look over the Held, you coaid see
where each bit of manure , bad been
spread thickest and whore thinnest,
just by the difference in the growth of
the oats. The field yielded GO bushels
per aero. The manure was not all
buried under seven inches of soil. Each
furrow lapped a little on the oho before
it, so that the manure may be said to
have been distributed in a succession
of inclined strata. In this manner a
part of the manure would be near the
surface, another part a little further be
low while a third part would beat the
bottom of the furrow, 7i inches deep.
On tin animal becoming choked with
any hard substance that cannot pass
the gullet, harsh measures should nev
er be used until all others have failed.
The practice of placing a block
against one side of the throat and en
deavoring to break the obstruction with
.a mallet, as is sometimes practiced, is
simply brutal. One of the simplest
and at the same time moat efficacious
remedies is to give a half a pint of lard
oil or melted lard, by drawing out the
animal’s longue, raising the head and
administering from n thick bottle. This
lubricates the gullet, sickens the stom
ach, relaxes the muscles of the throat,
and in coughing, the lodged substance
will generally pass either up or down.
If the choking has existed so long that
inflammation of the throat has ensued,
resort must bo had to the probang, any
flexible rod, either whalebone, rubber,
etc., with a sponge of soft substance
affixed to the end. Introduce the soft
end into the throat, holding the ani
mal’s head up, arid the obstruction be
ing reached, jiress it firmly down at
any risk, it is now a case of life or
death;
To relieve the inflammation, apply a
slippory-elm poultice, keeping it in
close contact with the throat by secur
ing the folds in which it is placed by
means of cords to the horns, keep the
animation light soft food, assisted with
tea, until the inflammation is subdued.
Western Rural.
The Grate Prospect. Wm.
Young, a well known Fruit Culturiat,
of Bending says : “Upon investigation
made in grape vines, I am sorry to find
that most of the vines in our district
are completely injured by the severe
cold of this winter, with the exception
of the Clinton vines, which are as yet
good. The Concord may run up next
best, but the other kinds are nearly ail
gone. This has never happened, in nty
recollection, in our section before hy
the severity of the winters.”
In agriculture, as in other matters,
you must invest a capital before you
can got an interest or profit. That cap
ital may bo in labor, or money or ma
nure.
Poultry to fatten rapidly must he
like hogs, restricted to a limited space.
Freedom and fat ate incompatible.
A oiul in Cambridge city, Xnd., is
the possessor of a half-finished bed
quilt already containing 3,100 pieces.
Vast numbers of Eastern lumber
1 will be required in Boston when build
ing operations commence.
Inr N<
ceodl
3 cent
year.
I tfotl
dices, 8 00
log six lines, 7 00
taper lino uu-
Llces, lOccffp
its extra.
3 ff ricultitrar.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
The Oara of Manure.
Believing Choked Cattle,
>(r-