. * v* 1 ' J.J >.
-*• - ,
h ja ,‘c o!.
h, a. smith.* '••■ •a. j. sthsmam
,! TERMS—Twtf'Doliara: per innnmi lalfraMe
la idlouMia ndvanoe. ;■ 1 ' - '
Tits' LA-hcastss Daxvt JwnaxxQwfoma
pabllitied eveiy evening, I Bonday exoopted,-at
6 per Annum in advance* ■•••■.
JFFIOB—SoirTHWXBT ooun Of On*Bl
TTABKa . ... vs.-:-. 1
IpjSttUnuw.
.. „ Thankfl-GlTlngJUghU
Thanksgiving morning. dawned cold
and a tor my. A shrill, whistling wind
tossed the wlldly'flying snow into huge
dm La. Steadily it felfthlcker and fas
ter lu a blinding, feathery cloud, piling
up higher aud. higher pure white hil-
lboks,over bill aiul valley. •
But within the farm-house of Squire
Lincoln the sound ol merry iuughter
and the busy bustle of lining footsteps
rose oheeriiy-.above the storm.. Great
preparations for the day hud been made
by Mrs. Lincoln; tor upon this Thanks
giving night, Jennie, the youngest and
last of her family, was to bo married.—
Fora week she uud Jennie had .been
occupiedegg-beating,flour sifting,mak
ing pies atid cakes, cohcocting wonder
ful jellies and ices, boiling huge hams,
rousting joints, and stuffing great tur
keys and chickens for the occasion.
Everything had been completed the
day before, and now crowded the long
buttery shelves to plethoric fulness,
eliciting exclamations of wonder and
delight from brothers and sisters.: un
cles and aunts, who had arrived the
night before to celebrate
cordanee with the good old New Eng-'
land custom.
. The weather was a great disappoint
ment; aud many where the anxious
faces that peered that morning through
the frost-crusted windows, striving
hopefully to descry signs of a slackening
of the storm. The air was so dark with
the whirling cloud, however, that it
was impossible to see but a few yards
beyond the house; and a cutting, sleety
Wind moaned and flurried about the
house, driving little heaps of enow un«
der the loose windows and doors. A
gray, chilly light pervaded the rooms,
and whistling drafts poured in upon
every side.- But they piled the large
open fireplaces to their greatest capaci>«
ty with huge Jogs, and the crackling
flames diffused a glow of light and
warmth that set at defiance the blusters
log, ilKnatured weather.
They laughed and jested merrily as
they burred hither and thither, putting
finishing touches here aud there, and
completing numberless things that, in
spite of anxious forethought, will al
ways bo forgotten. The morning
slipped by rapidly and cheerfully, and
12 brought a promise of a clear
ing off. So with corresponding elevation
of spirits, every one scurried off to don
the attire that had cost them many an
anxious thought to prepare.
By nightfall the guests began to ar
rive, auu soon the stiff barn-like parlor
was crowded to repletion, and the best
chamber Was strewn with bewitching
bonnets and graceful shawls of every
bewildering hue and variety.
The bride, glorious aud fairy-like in
her fleecy bridal dress, was blushing
and smiling in her own room, with a
bevy of chattering, teasing girls about
her. The bridegroom, who had long
since arrived, was waitiug the auspi
cious moment, in the stiff starched
propriety. t)t white necktie aud closely
fitting kids,’when u little cutter drove
up, and a youug man, muffed past res
coguition, jumped out aud ran up to the
great ball. With a joyful cry Mrs Lins
coin caught the stranger in her arms,
and, heedless of his frost-laden mouß
taohe, kissed him heartily.
“ O, Geofrey, this is ajoyful surprise.
We did not expect you. Your sister's
cup of happiness will be full.”
*‘l was tired of traveling, dear mother,
so when I received your letter appris
ing me of Jennie's intended wedding,
I determined to be here. The storm
nearly baffled me, but by dint of a de
termined will I have conquered. lam
not too late I hope."
“No, and I wilt show you to on un
oeuupied room, where you can make
yuui'aelf a little more presentable, ami
lu LUe meantime I will let the folks
know LhuL you ur r heie."
Tuere was a uuz/, .» i pleased surprise
US the ljeWaof Geulley Liuculu’s uuex
peeted arrival 11,-w hum lip to lip, and.
many a roguish glance at Hester Gra
ham deepened ihe hiusheson her cheeks,
for it was well kuowu thatGeofrey and
Hester were lovers.
Hester Graham was tall, with an ex
quisitely-molded form, large, liquid,
dark eyes, dimpled cheeks, and rose,
bud mouth, iiuvishingly beautiful,
faseinatiug to the eye and alluring to
the heart, and Geofrey Lincoln drank
in her beauty with rapturous eyes "when
a few moments later he made his way
slowly to her side through groups of
welcoming friends. Hester had but
fime to answer the impassioned pres
sure of his hand, with an incoherent
sentence, while the Hush upon her
cheeks deepened with the splendor of a
thousand roses, ere a bush fell over the
crowded room, and the bride.and her
party entered. Solemnly arose the
simple wedding-service,and reverently
was a blessing besought for the young
bride and her handsome bridegroom,
and then once more gurgled aud mur
mured the stream of enjoyment, which
as the nijjht drew on apace became hil
arious.
And soon a score of merry dancers
were flying over the floor, the graceful
trip of feminine feet keeping time with
the heavier beat of the manly ones.—
Geofrey and Hester did not joiu in the
dance. They had been too long parted
to engage at ouce in the gay festivities.
Quietly they withdrew to an unoccu
pied recess, where they could exchauge
words as well as glauces. A bright flood
of moonlight streamed through the un
curtained window near by and fell a
perfect flood of molten silvei] over Hes
ter’s faco aud form, heightened and
spiritualizing her superb beauty with
its - cold, glittering radiance. Geofrey
could scarcely contain his raptures as
he gazed upon her exquisite loveliness.
"Hester, my darling, how I long to
press you to my hoartl What paralyz
ing shackles do the inexorable conven
tionalities of society inflict upon us!
Here I must sit tamely by your side,
when I am dying to smother you with
Her eyes dropped' before his impas
sioned gaze, and the dimples on her
cheek played a merry bo-peep, os she
laughed a happy little laugh at his dis-
darling,” he murmured,
leaning over her until his brown, curl
ing looks mingle with her raven tresses.
“ You have not obanged during my ah
sence! You are still my own, all my
own
She glanced at him with reproachful
tenderness. “ Did you mistrust me,
Geofrey? My lovo was not lightly giv
en. and will end only In death.”
•< Bless you 1 bless you for the dear as
surance. I did not mistrust you, but
longed to heST the sweet confession of
love once more from your lips.”
Their oonverae was broken in upon
by-the summons tosupper, and drawing
her hand within his arms, they joined
the gay company in the large long kit
ohen, where the tuble was laid. Itwnß
burdened in style only attempted by a
hospitable New England matron.—
Huge turkeys and fat chickens, their
crisp sides Bteamlng with a sense of their
own goodness ; hams dressed in tissue
paper, and ornamented fancifully with
doves; cold roast- meats of every variety;
rich oakes of surprising circumference,
liberally iced ; stacks of cut cake of be
.wildering variety ; jellies aud sweet
meats in profusion, and of course, in
honor of the season, golden pumpkin
pies, miuce pies, and Bweet cider. ,
They ate and drank, laughed and
made merry,, until past midnight.
Then after a few more dauoes, they
prepared to'depart, when, to their sur
prise, it’ was found tbat it was snowing
again with renewed vigor. But undis
mayed and in high spirits they muf
fled themselves smugly from the cold,
and sleigh after sleigh departed with
its merry load. - Geofrey united his
solicitations with his sister in persuad
ing Hestef to remain all night, but
knowing that her parents were expect
ing her she protested - that she was Im
pervious to cold, and should enjoy the
ride. So Geofrey prepared to take her
home in his own’cutter. He tucked
hercozily in with buffalo-robes and a.
hot stone at her feet which his mother’s
care had provided, and olambering In
beside her, they were soon skimming
along with satisfaotoryspeed; butafter
leaving the> village road, and striking
out into the open- country, they found
the road more impassible, and to in
crease their discomfort,’ a strong wind
full of ioy- pat tides ’began to blow
straight Into "their faces. y,,
’"VI am afraid we hayeatough ride
Before us,’Heßter,' I wish I had been
premature in the. use of’ the. authority
thhtl am to have one of these-days,
land jhave- commanded you to’ remain'
with my mothar all night.” f-’ ’
“Idid not think the Btonn was so
terrible,” Bhe answered, in a trembling
rV 'i'il
r “ r “‘■"“''' oS*j*t Jn&T.i:
' u: a-rr *i?y-;v :;>./^fe - -.,,; ,;iao -ae zn<.r (>;;.-. •
■> s
O
f; ’A*: ?>!«
ii*, i
VOLUME 70
voice. > l l am afraid we will lose oar
*3£ifl fear Lad been logging at the
heart of Geofrey for the past fifteen
minutes. Huge drifts obscured a great
E art of the fences and well-known
indmarks, and the whirling cloud, of
sleety snow was almost bllndind.. - Yet,
with an effort to appear unconcerned,
he answered: . .
■ dearest, keep up your
courage. We must be within a mile of
your father’s house, and will no doubt
see its lights when we reach the top of
this bllL
Hester said-nothing, for her anguish
of both mind and body was extreme.
So they, rode on in silence for a few
minutes, Geofrey urging his brave little
home to renew exertions, and inwardly
qbafiug at the dreadful exposure his
companion was . compelled to endure.
At ; last they reached the summit of the
hill,, and, with more anxiety than Geo
frey liked even to confess to himself, ho
lookedabout foraome well-known land
mark to guide him; but one vast
expanse of gleaming snow met his gaze;
do welcome light shone through the
blinding sleet, and, despairingly, he
chirruped to his horse and began the
descent.
“Geofrey,” Bald Hester, trying to
speak bravely, “we have lost our way.
I know it, and you are afraid to tell
me.”
“Yes, Hester, It is too terribly appar
ent. Somehowwehave missed the road,
and, for aught I know, are now riding
through the fields far away from the
highway. However, do not despair.
We will assuredly soon come across a
house where we may remain until the
morning:”
The ascent of the hill had been easily
accomplished, for the wind had swept
it upon that side nearly bare, but the
descending side was almost impassible,
The tired horse struggled courageously
through great drifts, plungiug and
floundering with frantic effort. The
darkness and wildness of the Btorm
were terrible and the cold almost in
supportable. The dreary lonesomeness
of their condition, with the frightful
danger of being immovably blocked in
some huge drift, was appalling.
“Are you very cold, darling?” said
Geofrey, anxiously.
“ Yes, Geofrey, lam cold! I—l—am
freezing, I think.”
“ O my darling, to think that you
should suffer so, aud I utterly unable
to relieve you. O, keep up your cour
age a little loDger. We must be near
some farmhouse,” lie said, desperately.
She did not reply, and ho felt her
sinking against him with helpless in
sanity.
“My God I she will perish I Hester!
Hester, dearest! rouse yourself or you
are lost. For my Bake, darling,” said
he, roughly shaking her.
“Yes! yes!” she murmured; “al-
most borne, Geofrey? ”
“Heavens! thiß is terrible!” he ex
claimed, frantioally. “Hester,Hester,”
he said, clasping her in bis arms, heed
less of the reins, “ don’t give up. Have
courage a little longer.”
Here the horse swerved a little to the
right, and just ahead of them, not more
than half a mile, twinkled a lighl.
“ O joy ! joy ! we are saved. Hester !
Hester! do you hear? We are near a
place of shelter and safety ! Raise up,
darling! ”
But she answered not. A blissful un
consciousness had fallen upon her.
Frantic with the sense of her critical
condition, Geofrey rose upright in the
sleigh, and gave shout after shout for
help. Hib shrill eries rose above the
howling of the storm, but there was no
response; and, almost maddened with
frenzy and despair, he clasped the inan
imate form ef his beloved in his arms,
and called upon her name, using every
endearing expression to recall her from
her stupor. Then suddenly the horse
gave a great plungo into a faago drift,
aud the sleigh, hitting some obscure
obstacle, careened £hd jerked them out
iuto the yielding snow. Geofrey had
instinctively tightened hiß hold upon
Hester, and they fell together unhurt
into the yielding snow. The sudden
shook partially aroused Hester.
“ Where am I? ” she asked, in startled
voice.
“Thank God,” feryently ejaculated
Geofrey at the sound of her dear voice.
“Hester we are near some farm house.
Summon all your courage and endur
ance and we will soon be safe. We will
have to walk, unaided; I cannot right
thesleigh. Come, darling,” and passing
his arm about her waist he struggled
manfully on. Hester strove patiently
and wearily on. The fierce wind whirled
around them, almost lifting them from
their feet at times: the bare trees above
their heads cracked and snapped and
tossed their branches)wildly in the gale;
huge drifts ingulfed them in their cold,
icy banks; yet still they floundered on.
At last Hester’s strength began to fail
her; she stumbled and tottered, bearing
more and more heavily upon the sus
taining arm of her lover. At last, sink*
ing despairingly down, she murmured.
“I can go no farther, Geofrey; leave
me to die. God bless you, my beloved.”
“ Never I I will save you or perish
with you!” and he lifted her in his
arms and struggled painfully onward.
They were nearing the house now, and
he stopped now and again to shout
hoarsely, eagerly hoping that some one
would hear him and come to his aid.—
But he, too, was rapidly becoming ex
hausted, and adullconvictionstoleover
him that be would presently sink help
lessly down; but he toiled on and on,
groping his way agonizingly onward,
his eyes desparingly filled upon the
little trembling light now not far ofF.
At last his trembling limbs refused
longer to support their double burden,
and he sank down in the yielding snow,
still hugging to his heart his helpless
betrothed.
“Leave me, O leave me, Geofrey to
die alone, I am not afraid.”
Hush, darling, I will never leave you,
not even in death. Ha I they have heard
us. I hear a faint shout, and rising to
his feet he gathered all his remaining
strength for one long prolonged shout.
Then sinking beside his now speechless
companion, he lost all consciousness.
And thus they found them a few min
utes later locked in each other’s embrace,
their clothes crusted with sleet, prone
upon the cold, icy snow.
They took them to the house, and
warmth and a little rest soon restored
Geofrey to health and vigor. Hester,
however, sunk from painless insensibil
ity to the raging delirium of fever, and
mauy weeks elapsed before she awoke
to a rational sense of life again. And
in the afteryears of their happy married
life, the remembrance of that fearful
ride in the snow blanched their cheeks
with ita terrible memory.—i\T. Y. Mer
cury.
The Bamle Silk.
The following appeared recently in
the Baltimore (Mel.) Sun:
“ I have just Been a sample of Ramie
Silk from a sprig a foot long, of ten day s’
growth. This is the fibre in its rough
state from an immaturdd stalk. We do
not allow the stalk to grow for fibre
this year, as our object is to increase the
number of plants; and we, therefore,
turn them down and cover them with
earth as fast as possible. This morning
we dug up a plant that was set out on
the 7th of April last, and it had made
an almost solid mass of tuberous roots,
eighteen inches deep, and about ten
inches in diameter, each tube being an
inch thick, of the color of carrots, though
much harder. I mention this to Bhow
that the plant grows beyond the reach
of frosts and to the depth of perpetual
moißture, bo that neither cola nor
drought can damage it* Ramie is grow
ing in estimation here, and the plant
ing of it on a small Beale, which was
looked upon this spring as an experi
ment of doubtful issue, has now proved
a decided success. It will eventually
supercede cotton in all the rich bottoms
and lands subjected to periodical over
flow In this latitude. With Chinese la
bor, these lands cultivated in ramie,will
yield SSCO per aore. After the first year
the only labor required Is that of har
vesting and threshing out, the first be
ing done with a mowing machine, and
the last by means of'the patent ramie
cleaner. As soon as this plant gets to
be fully appeclated, as it soon will be,
the Empire of King Cotton, will: pass
away, and that truly regal and won
derful plant, the ramie, will wield
the scepter and clothe the world. As
aii article of apparel it will become as
; common, to the ladies of moderate
1 means as, silks are now among the
wealthy, and ‘.‘Solomon in all his glory
will not be arrayed like one of these.’’
i! We have discovered thsit the ramie;
< after being dew-rotted by exposure three
or four weeks, is cleaned of the gummy
> matter, and may be threshed out olean,
[ so as to command the highest price
«>j V
(about 60 in gold), wlthontbeiDg
gnbject to ihe soaking process. ; We can
afford to raise it, however, attehcents
a pound, the product being three thou
sand pounds'per acre.”
Klolte. ... . t
BY CAROLINE CONE All).
“Miss Eloise, please,Madamerequests
to see you in her sitting room.” ; -
A little girl, with black ringletted
hair clustering about a fair open face,
rather sad but sweet in expression, rose
at once from her place in the class, at
Madame Renter’s boarding school, and
followed the servant from the room* ...
Madame met her at the doors, saying,
in a voice of strange compassion :
“My poor darling !” ,
Eiotee’s dark eyes dashed pained in
qoiry.in Madame’s solemn face.' -- • -
“You have' news,”-she cried, in a
stricken voice “you have newß of mam
ma! Oh, Madame, tell me!” 1
“Poor baby ! poor little one ! how dan
I tell thee ?” Madame murmured..' /
“Dojt’t. tell me' tbat!”“ Bhe cried;
‘‘don’t'tell me, J shall never see mamma
any; poorj suffering, abused
mamma:!”... r .
“I! wish: I had it not to tell thee,”
Madame said sadly.
“Is she dead ?” the child asked.
“Yes, dear.”
Madame bent presently to look pn the
little girl’s face.
. "Don’t child—don’t look like that!”
Madame pleaded, - shuddering. "Cry
Eloise—cry here on my bosom; it will
do thee good.” - • -
Eloiso lifted her great solemn eyes to
Madame’s. •
■ "He has done il, I know; I know he
has,” she said, in strange, iihchildlike
tones. "Mamma Baid I should not be
sent away from her; she would teach
me herself. She said it would kill her
to take me from lier, and it has.”
"Hush, dear; you. are crazed now
with grief.”
"Madame, I am not. Madame, I
will tell every one I see that- it was that
bad man who killed her.”
"Child, you mustnotspeak so. Eloise,
try to bear it—try to be calmer. He is
here; has come to take you home
with Mn,”
“HeY the man who married my beau
tiful mamma only to torture the life out
of her ? I had rather die than go with
him.”
"Child, he may come in at any mo
ment.”
“Madame, I am not a child. lam
only fourteen, but I am old enough to
remember—”
"And obey,” said a deep voice beside
her, and without looking up, Eloise
knew it was her step-father who had
stolen noiselessly in;to the room, and
heard she knew not how much of her
passionate talk.
The child trembled like a leaf, and
shrank into Madame’s compassionate
armß with a low cry.
"She has fainted.”
Sidney Herbert took her out of
Madame’s arms, and laid her upon a
sofa.
" She will be better soon,” he said in
a cold voice; "and pray prepare her at
once for the journey.”
"To-night?” Madame asked, aghast*
"She is not fit to travel so soon.”
"I will attend to that,” Mr. Herbert
said, in unanswerable tones, and Mad
ame with a smothered sigh returned to
her task of restoring the child.
Poor Eloise had to be carried out to
the carriage, where she shrank away
into one corner, and pressed her face ,
against the lining, for fear of meeting ;
the cold, icy looks of the man who sat
opposite and watched her with merci
less eyes.
By the time they reached home she
was in a high fever, and moaning with
delirium. . , , .
Her atop.father carried her into the
house himself, and himself tended her
through the longv illness that followed.
When the child grew better he thus
addressed her:
“You assured Madame Renier that
you were not a child. I expect you
therefore to exercise something of the
discretion which belongs to more years
than yours, and to let me hear no
more such wild talk as that to which
you treated Madame. • I desire to be to
you an indulgent guardian ; but wheth
er I am bo or not, will entirely depend
upon yourself.”
Eloise made no reply. She only look
ed at him gravely, with a pair of dark
intern eyes. that her stepfather felt
vaguely uneasy under, but made no ef
fort to avoid while he pressed her to
promise to do as he wished.
But Eloise would promise nothing. —
He might as well have talked to the
post door, for all eliciting any response.
That night Barbara, who had been
Eioise’s nurse in brighter days, crept
stealthily to the child’s bedside.
“ You mustn’t brave him, little dear,
she whispered the child; “it won’t do
no good, and he’ll make you suffer for
it. You won’t get out of this room till
you promise, if you hold on till you’re
gray.”
“But I can’t promise not to talk
about her. Somebody must tell me
about it. I couldn't keep such a prom
ise, if I made it.”
“ I’ll tell you, darling, all there is to
tell; only you agree to anything he
bids you. It’s best; take Nurse Bar
by’s word for that.”
Eloise rather astonished her stepfath
er by suddenly asking, when he came
back to the room.
“ May I go out in the garden to-mor
row, Mr. Herbert, if I will promise
what you wished to ?”
“Yes.”
“ Then, I promise.”
Mr. Herbert kept his word. Eloise
was permitted to go to the garden, but
not with Barbara I and the poor long
ing child looked in vain for nurse to
come and keep her promise about mam
ma.
It was just so the next day, and the
next; and then, at the turning of a
walk, sho came suddenly face to face
with Nurse Barby.
Eloise caught hold of her dress breath-
lessly.
“ You must tell me, nurse, or I can’t
keep my promise to Mr. Herbert. I
shall ask, some one else.” -v
“Dear me, Miss, I couldn’t now pos-
Blbly. I’ll go to-morrow and get the
things, if I can get the time,” Barbara
said, in a cross voice, and hurrying on ;
but while Eloise looked in a puzzled
fright after her, she glanced back
through the bushes and smiled, and
shook her fore-finger at her warningly.
And the next moment Eloise saw her
step father sauntering slowly up ihe
walk.
He stopped a momenttospeakto Bar
bara, and then turned off towards the
house.
That evening, as Eloise sat in an
easy-chair upon the verandah, Barbara
came and laid gome late roses on her
lap; but as she did so, she pressed a
bit of paper into the little thin hand
that hung over the arm of the chair.
Mechanically the child’s fingers
closed upon it, and when she was sure
no one was looking, she read it. It said,
“ Be patient, and you shall not besorry.
Destroy this.” Burely Barbara could
not write like that. The heart of the
sad child thrilled almost painfully, as
she remembered who used to makejust
such delicate clear letters as those, and
she turned her face to the wall with a
whispered cry of 44 Oh, mamma! ”
A week went on. One day Mr. Her
bert was summoned suddenly city-ward,
and in the course of the forenoon, the
woman who usually attended upon
Eloise, a stranger hired for that purpose,
baying partaken some fine fruit Nurse
Barby brought her, was taken so ill that
. she was compelled to go to her chamber.
Then Nuree Barby came to Eloise,
and while she pretended to dress her
pretty curls, asked her if she could bear
to hear a bit of good news. The tears
came Into Eloise’s eyes.
“ How can any news be good to me
now, nurse? ” she asked reproachfully*
“But if—if the news waß that some
body whom you love was. not —not —
Lie back in your chair, and be still as
death,- or I will never tellyon; Miss. It ? s
as much aa my life is worth to do what.
I'm doing. .
“ I will be still tf you speak quick.
But I-suffer so, Barby,” she pouted,,
clasping her little hands on her bosom.
“.Well, then, MiB9, your-mamma is
not—^not— ■' r •' '"‘i ■' .
“Not.dead? Ob, Barby! oh, dear.
Barby, is.it true?”- And the child
looked for a moment so like a flower
that. a sudden burst sunshine has
stricken, down, heatt mis-,
gaveher.-• •••' - "
" Yon wouldn’t "toll me aetofy>. Bar
by—l know yon wouldn’t; "Kiss me,
Barby, If it's true. ’ ’ And JBarby kjaaed
her. Then she eald:
J'iVOi
;■£ Oi Oil.. i.x OCX
L ANC ASTERPA.
V t bb;t. rro: n. tl>
f, ”:Yoq most hnrry andgetrweU, now,
dear, lor mamma ls ia great trouble,
andthereianoonetohelp her but-you
and- me, and I’m only old Harby* yon
know: ’ No one would believe me-” ;
• •I'When can I see .her, Bartjy'tz.ine
-childasked.* ... J .', } ‘'
• t* There’&'nO telling that, noknowdhg
it,” she said doubtfully. -“Ypq- must
get well, and then we must watonour
chance.” -j .
: M What made .him tell me that she
- • -
“He wants your mamma .to' make a
will andJeave him all the money away
from yon, deary; and now he’s made
everybody believe she’s dead, he can
heepher shut up till she does it, he
thinks.”
" Where is Bhe, nurse?”
more now; and don’t you
look too happy, there’s a darling, or the
master will suspect us.” ; , ..
The weeks. moved by slowly to this
anxious little heart.
"He’s a fox, that he Is,” said Borbara
to herself,-" and we’ll never match him,
K.we don’t look wild.” - *
: Her welcome face dawned on Eloise.
once more at dead pf night; - As Bhe :
hurriedly dressed her;;ahc whispered:
: “I put something in the ‘mastfePs
wine to make him sleep sound, but I
didn’t dare make it strong, for fear he
should suspect; and the t’other one has
got a .beau.”
Tht " t’other one” was her poor
mother’s keeper, as Eloise learned in
time. Now, without explanation, she
was whirled away by Barby, noiseless
ly though, as a waft Of thistle-down,
down this passage, up that, of the great
rambllng old house, till they came to a
portion which had long fallen into dis
use, partly because of decay, and partly
because of some ancient superstition
such as often lingers about such old
houses.
In an inner room of this wing, Eloise
found the wan shadow of the mother
her poor little heart had ached for so
loDg. To describe the mingled ecstaoy
and pain of that necessarily brief meet
ing would be impossible here. Confin
ed to her bed by an illness that was
lingering and painful, but not likely to
terminate fatally for years perhaps, Mrs.
Herbert, whom her unprincipled hus
band had given out as dead, was com
pletely in his power, so far as her per
sonal liberty was concerned; but she
had up to this time remained firm in
her opposition to his wishesconcerning
a will, and perhaps if she bad yielded it
would only have shortened her days;
for a man who would do what Sidney
Herbert had already done, would not be
likely to stop at worse, if it served his
purpose.
How to help the poor lady, that was
the question; and it was decided that
Eloise should try to obtain permission
to vißit some friends at a little distance,
and should take advantage of the op
portunity to tell her mother’s story to;a
lawyer whom she knew in the same
town, and ask his advice.
To the afflicted lady and her two sim
ple adherents it looked like a very diffl
cult matter to circumvent so bad a man
as Sidney Herbert.
Aa it chanced, Mr. Hubert.had at this
time a new scheme for moulding his
wife to his wishes, and he was quite
willing, therefore, to have Eloise out of
the way for a little while; so she was sent
off to make her visit.
Mr. Macy, the lawyer, listened to his
story incredulously at first. He thought
without doubt that the child was crazy;
but she succeeded finally in so far im
pressing him that, he caused what was
supposed to be Mrs. Herbert's grave to
be secretly examined. When be found
a coffin filled with stones and other
rubbish, hiß'blood began to tingle, and
he was not long in making a raid upon
Sidney Herbert’s premises, armed with
due process of law.
Herbert was taken completely by
surprise, or he might perhaps have
spirited his unfortunate wife to other
quarters.
As it was, the poor lady was freed
from her cruel imprisonment,and in due
time set at liberty from him by one of
those laws which he had so daringly
outraged.— N» Y. Ledger.
Ancient Care-Dwellers of Arizona.
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald , September 20th, describes the
caves of Beaver Creek Canon, within
ten miles of Fort Camp Verde, penetra
ting the bluffs at various elevations at
and above the bed of the stream. The
dissolvable limestone strata being hori
zontal, caves have been found in it in
all directions, some of which have had
their roofs to fall in, while others have
been intersected by valleys with per
pendicular walls, showing the caverns.
The Montezuma well is such a sink
hole, 600 feet wide, 100 feet from the
table land to its water surface, and GG
feet deep, with no visible source for its
water; but the water flows out, under a
cave vault, into Beaver creek; and is
pellucid, light bluish, and strongly im
pregnated with lime, soda, sulphur,
iron, &c.
The whole country between the Sier
ra Pietra and the.Moyallon Range i 9 of
limestone, and full of caverns, once
inhabited by a numerous, laborious,
brave and civilized race of men, as the
following account sufficiently proves;
and it is calculated to throw light upon
the discovered remains of primieval
man in parts of Europe similarly con
structed of cavernous limestone, tra
versed by steep ravine?, like those of
Belgium ;
“All around the well, in the high
walls, were caves, which, too ? had once
been occupied, and, from their shelter
ed position, all remain nearly as per
fect to-day as when abandoned. The
openings are built up with masonry,
through which are left small entrances
and loopholes for protection. The
walls overhead are blackened with the
smoke of their fires, now so old that it
will rub off. The plastered walls show
the prints of their hands as plainly as
if they were made but yesterday. Corn
cobs, pieces of gourds, mescal and seeds
are found in the plaster, which is con
clusive proof that they were an agricul
tural people—and for a similar reason it
is believed that they were amanufactur
ing people, as a good article of cloth and
pieces of common twine have been found
in these caves, and which were preserv
ed in the same manner.
“To-day we discovered a new cave
which no white man had ever seen be
fore : it was evidently the Gibraltar of
of this ancient city—the name of which
to ua is forever lost. Upon entering the
great front room, in every direction
were seen little rooms, where niches in
the rocks had been built up with loop
holed wails, forming as it were coun
terscarp galleries, as interior lines of
defence, impregnable to any enemy ex
cept starvation. Leading from here are
numerous passages which have not yet
been explored. One passage led down
into a great chamber, at the lower end
of which a Btream of water was found,
evidently a branch of the outlet to the
well.
"These caveß are a strange place to
live in; some of them are up almost
perpendicular walls of rock to a consid
erable height. And under extreme
difficulties, with an incredible amount
of labor, they have carried great rocks,
Immense timbers, and other building
material, where it is almost impossible
now for a man' to go.
“Some, metals upon whioh they
ground their corn, acorns, and mesquit
beans, pieces of broken ollas in which
they cooked their food, and pieces of
pottery, painted and glazed, are found
everywhere. -It seems as if every in
habitable place teemed with life, and
that this country was once as densely
populated as any of the Eastern States
of the Union are to-day. .
“The most perfect of any of these
ruins, and which iB In the best state of
preservation,, is., in a cave on Beaver
creek, about one mile and a half;from
Camp Verde. It is in a perpendicular
yall of rock between two and three hun
dred feet in height; the lower entrance
is; over one hundred feet above. the
valley below. It is four' stories in
height, '.and.. ..like ~ all the. , others,
has its interior lines of defence. The
.floors/are eloborately constructed of
small timbers covered .with ; straight
. sticks placed closely'together, and upon
this'is placed -the-cement for flooring,
usually six inohes - The upper
Boors seeitt* to 1 have, been- constructed
■ entirely fot defence. A erenated wall
' breast high overhangs the.whole strno.--
tm-e; frpm .Which cairbe Seen the entire
‘sniWHlwUhg opuhlSy;ajffi fimpilta giddy
height a.stone.oah be -thrown- into the
riv Cry one hundred and fifty, feetbelow,
ir “ ThßexceUentstate of. preservation
of the wood and materials used in these
I caves is due to their sheltered position
I and the dry, hot climate of the country.
V. S' ; 1 1 .c.
,X ixXi . CXd
EDNESDAY MOKNEM
"Were it not. for'this, nothing wo Old
• wwbeeirknowtr of these-people, as.
"everything perishable .-which has -been ■
- used in the construction of these houses :
has decayed whenever-it has been- ex
posed to the weather.?’< .
Japanese Dlvertlsements,
' of the Boston'Trav
eler wrlteß to thatpapeFfrom Nagsski, |
l Japan, the 'following -account of the
■perf'drmancea of. Japanese Jugglers,
Clowns, Gymnaste and Jokers:
r ■ On the way from the castle In tho
.morning we had passed a troupe of jug
glers, much larger, and apparently
more skillful than common. When
we stopped to look on, the native crowd
was at once neglected and the whole
performance directed, to us. -So,-not
caring to stand 1 long In the ’broiling
srin, X had'-engaged'.them 'to-come.to
Sweetmeat Castle; with all their appa
ratus, and perform for, us there. I sup
pose you have.all seen “.Xlainai lXari
Sadakltchi .and his. beautiful son,: All
Right,’! and admired; as I did",'their
great dexterity and extraordinary equi
jltrWtD.—But these , strolling players
wenttar-beypnd'HSSfr. ! ' There was a
clown, of course—yhkt’s a circus with--
out a clownf A droll old-fellow, his
face .twisted into most .grotesque snd
innumerable wrinklesj who must have
been excrutiatingly. . witty, for the
crowd of Japeneae that aoon collected
were continually convulsed- Before
the peformance commenced this funDy
man came forward*-'and made us a
speech, complimentary, no doubt, since
he bowed low and frequently, and apol
ogetic of the troupe. The wind was
high, the sun in a bad quarter, would
the princely visitors, kindly consider
these {circumstances in criticising, the
performances, &o. Proceeding to bu
siness, a strip of carpet was laid down
in front, and an old Woman, terribly de
cetletee, so that her skinny and wrinkled
old breasts almost rested on her lap,
sat on her heels in a corner of the fence,
and played the. samlsen (guitar) with an
ivory piectrum. Old Coinue provided
himself with two sticks, which he clap
ped together from time to time as he
continued his oration, and the first two .
performers, two little - scraps of boys, ;
came forward and prostratedthemselves
on th« carpet. In order to make the
salute courteous, a la Japonaise. you
first kneel, then sit back on your heels,
keeping the knees on the ground, then ,
stick your forehead to the ground, and
stow head, elbows, hands and feet out
of sight like a turtle, so that only-a
square of back is presented. If you
happen to have a handkerchief tied
around your head, it is a terrible insult
not to take.it off.
The salute completed, the little pig
mies, with preternaturally- grave faces,
straightened up, spread their arms out
to the fullest extent, and made the shrill
plaintive cry with which we became so
familiar when “All Right” was with
us. Then commenced such tumbling
as you never conceived of; somersaults
and handsprings, backward and for*
ward, contortions, legs used as arms and
arms as legs, until I must needß won der
what had become of their articulatl ■ a
and bones. Finally, one bent back un
til his hands touched the carpet, and
became a horse, head hanging down
ward, aud breast and belly upward,—
The other mounted, and such trotting
and cantering, and kicking, aud scream
ing, and fear of being thrown, express
ed in the solemn little faces as there
was! At leDgth the untamed charger
became unmanageable; kicking and
screaming he bolted, cleared the pile of
bamboo poles at a bound, and threw his
rider headlong, as naturally as possible.
As quick aB thought both were on their
feet, arms outstretched, with grin carved
on their stony faces and no more ex
pression in their eyes than if they were
a pair of bright black beads, as they
closed this part of the periormances
with each a squeaking cry.
The clown’s turn came next; wear
ing a loose robe, quite like an Ameri
can dressing gown, he came forward to
explain what he was going to do. The
gown was thrown off one naked shoul
der, and with the degage air of a master
performer, he exhibited to us a brass
tobacco pipe, with a short reed stem.
After quite a little oration, which I
should be most happy to translate if X
only had understood it, he proceeded to
fill and light his pipe, and after a short
smoko he swallowed it, stem, and all,
drank a cup of water, and vomited forth
volumes of smoke like a chimney.
Then he whistled, and again became a
chimney. We thought we hadhim after
a quick motion of the hand from the
mouth to his girdle, but he had sold,us,
and again the pipe appeared in his.
mouth, still burning. This sort of thing
was kept up long enough to make one
sick, almost, with sympathy—and was
given up for the still more marvellous
egg balancing. Four eggs are placed on
the corners of a perfectly flat lacquered
slab, which the performer holds in his
hand. By an almost imperceptible os
cillation of the slab, one of the eggs is
just agitated, then gently rotated. The
motion becomes more rapid until one of
the eggs is left spinning on its point,
the other three remaining quietly in
their places. I
A second is treated in the same way,
the first still spinning; then the third
and the fourth, until all four eggs were
rapidly-spinning.each in its own corner,
without having been touched, by hand
orlnstrument. I doubt if dexterity can
go further than this. Had Columbus:
visited Japan, he would have taken less
pride in his little egg-standing feat. The
performance continued quite a long
while, and contained much that is bet
ter worth seeing than telling. Tops
were made to run up a perpendicular
cord into a lantern which flew open and
displayed banners and steamers, like
the last scene in the Black Crook. The
little boy risked his life terribly at the
head of a long bamboo pole, held up by
one of the men, and the Black wire dan
cer went to Bleep on his precarious perch
as unconcernedly as if at home. But
jugglery is one of those things which
gave rise to the proverb, “ Seein’ is be
lievin.” So let us dismiss the perform-,
era with a nibu (about 60 cents.)
Next morning early we were aboard
the Ohen Maru (“Come and Go”), com
monly called the “Old hen Mary,” a
good sized steamer, with a very minute
engine, accomplishing by dint of an
absurd amount of puffing and groaning,
nearly four miles an hour toward Kabe.
Landed on these sandy shores, having
rested, dinedand smoked myself into an
appreciative mood, I was ready to ac-,
cept my host’s invitation and attend the
great Japanese theatre, where a cele
brated troupe were nightly drawing
crowded houses.
When the father of a family under
takes to indulge in the diversion of the
theatre it is quite a serious business, for
the performance never ceases from
morning until night. Three or four
days are frequently required for the
completion of the more important pieces.
So they start a 9 for a picnic, fully pro
vided with food, saki and pipes, and
stick it out with wonderful persever
ance. My friend and I started about 9
P. M., and secured our tickets at a house i
across the way, said tickets being ob
long strips of wood, not unlike key tags, j
with characters written upon them.
Passing beneath a huge nlctorial repre
sentation of the more exciting scenes to
be played, when we were conducted to
the seats of honor, which are in the
gallery. Fruits and cake were brought,
and an interpreter explained the per
formance while I took mental notes of
the house. It is very large, lighted only
at the stage by smoky tallow candles, 1
which are tended by “ sppes.” The
stage appears to tie roomy, although,
not deep, and when the scene Bhifts,.
revolves bodily, like the. turn table
of a locomotive, narrow platform
rnns .through the autiience,., not un
like, that which the magicians use
in their prestidigitatorial feats, and by
means of thlstbe actors 1 come and go.
Three very savage daimios were sitting
in ferocious state ln the centre, while.to
the left knelt the father of a prisoner
just captured, who begged for his life.
The prisoners wife, an engaging ypudg
lady with, gilded: lips and : blackened
teeth, occasionally put in tier plea, bat
both were met by the stern demand for
“Three hundred rias,’’ as the price of
ransom*- To the ; right were venerable
i individuals who * played ’ the part of
chprusin the old Greek plays/andcom-
I mented: on events ;as/they transpired..
Presently the' prlsonerwas brought: in.
Evidently he had.undergone harq treafc
ment, for bis beard waagrownand his
face pallid. He wak tossed uhceremoni* .
ously tqone side.; I?Ms proved an argu*;
men t too cQuyinctij#fpr the old man’s.
avarice,so,theyoungladyproceeded to go
■for the inoney*'lighted by
held a candle before her at the end of a
long pole, while he walked reapectfaUy
TLjT-.X.k.
iSUf /zti} sajftSwisafofcSi
?r ~''r~ rr
*-' L
NO YEMBER'24 1869 ■ ’"' 'j
< UlL'
In the Tear. ;, Lots’ trf- talkwentom air
the while,among the; daimiga.cWho
. appeared to be particularly £svage feK
lows, and when the wife returne'd-wlth'
the moneythe resultof their cousnlta
tlonappeared. The three hundred rlae
(about $350);. were taken, and;lho:old
man informed that only bypayjngthem
had his opn life been.spared, for the
atfdaeity he displayed in fhns bearding
the'lion'in his aen'wonfd certalnry have
beenotherwise punished by death.:’ So
With peals of savage laughter at their
own successful sharp
booting lords pointed to him the way
out again,’ keeping the prisoner for
punishment or-future extortion.'-So
bitter was theoldman’sdisappointment.,
that he grew desperate, and gave' them
a very (rank bit of his mind, but was
interrupted in his tirade by beingbound
hand andfoot and thrown downbn-his
face in' the middle of the floor. A stuff-:
ed.efflgy had been substituted for. his- ,
son, and was laid ontop of him, corded. ;
all over With rOpeS'Which bound him. i
Everything being thus-arranged the ;
dalmio in the centre took a sword from i
an attendant, had-water poured on the '
blade, spat .bn! bis] hand and tolled up I
hissleeves.; First he tried his weapon I
by blows in the air] brandishing itto
one side and to the other, with a great
deal.of unnecessapy stamping and snort-: <
ing.and finally, after the audience had. I
sufficiently admired his skill in getting' '
ready, straddled his legs apart and cut 1
down on the prostrate bodies. The up- i
per one fell apart, cut in two through <
the middle, but the old man was much <
astonished to find himself unhurt. At c
this feat there was much laughter oh the <
part of the two daiimios,. who went oht. 1
Bather tired of the long, meaningless <
dialogues, we followed their example,
what I have described occupying rather I
more than two hours. t
Monthly Petroleum Keport.
Pjrodncdou Development—;i'nmber of
Kew Wells Drilllns—Stacie of
Petroleum in the Regrloh
—Shipments—The
Price.
We make the following extracts from
the monthly report of operations in pe
troleum for the month ending with the
31et of October, from the Titusville
Merctld of the 10th inst:
THE PRODUCTION.
The total production during the month
under review, as shown by the differ
ence between the stocks on the first
days of October and November and the
shipments from the region during the
meantime, was 405,206 barrels Of forty
three gallons eaoh, or a daily average of
13,071 barrels. This shows an increase
as oompared with the daily average for
September, of a little more than 400 bar
rels, and of 3,000 barrels over the dally
average for October of last year.
The increase was less general on the
farms and districts than during* Sep
tember. The yield of many of the older
producing farms and tracts fell off, and
on several of them the decline was im
portant. This was the case on the Blood
and J. Buchanan farms, on two of the
tracts on Lower Cherry Bun, and on
three of the tracts on Cberry Tree Run.
On the Tarr, John McClintock and A.
Buchanan farms there was a decrease
of ten to thirty barrels. There was also
a slight decrease on the A. Clark farm
on two of the small producing tracts on
Upper Cherry Bun, and bh‘three'6fthe
tracts in the Pleasantville district.
The product of all other! farms and
tracts than that of those above indicat
ed, either remained steady, or was en
larged by the finding of new wells. ‘ The
greatest enlargement on-any one farm
occurred’on the C. Clark farm, Upper*
Cherry run, and amounted to seventy
barrels daily. An increase of about the
same amount took place at Pithole,
Bean farm and vicinity, at Tidioute, at
Parker's landing, and.onthe J. Pierson
farm, Cherry Tree run. On the Toll
man and Atkinson farms and the Wal
ter Scott tract, Upper Cherry run, on
Church run, IU the West Hickory and
Pleasantville districts, andpn one of the
tracts on Cherry Tree run, the yield,
was increased by from twenty to fifty
barrels. The product enlarged in aless
important degree on several of the farms
on Oil creek, and on Cherry Tree and
Upper Cherry runs.
The daily yield for the month at
Parker’s landing, asobtalned from ship
ments and stocks, was 600 barrels.—
There was, at the close of the month, in
this district two wells, each of which
produced fifty barrels daily, and one
that produced seventy barrels. The
yield of the other wellß in the district
ranges from three to forty barrels daily,
and the average is about twenty-five bar
rels.
On Upper West Hickory creek the
daily yield ranged during the month
from 225 to 250 barrels.
■ In the Pleasantvilledistrict, in which
we include the Independent traotaud
all black oil producing territory easjtand
north of it, the yield was but slightly
altered from that for September. It
amounted to 1,300 barrels daily. This
product was obtained from the ship
ments from and the stocks in that dis
trict.
The following table shows the pro
duction during October, the average
per day, the production previously re
ported in 1869, and the average per day.
since January Ist; the product from
January Ist to November Ist last-year,'
and the average per, day for the same
Ime:
Total shipment of crude for Octo
ber ofbbls. of 5p gals, each...........
Add to reduce to bbls. of 43 gals,
each ’•
Total of shipment of bbls. 43 gals.
each -121,150
Stock on hand Oct. Ist 292,419 i
Stock on hand Not* Ist .270,475
Deduct'decreaao *on Nov. Ist ..
Total production during October..,. 405,206
Avg- per day .T0r,31. day5......13,071
Production previously . reported
1869....... 012,232
Total production since Jan. Ist 8,417 r 438
Average per day for 304
day 5.....?. 11,241
Total production same time last
year.. 3,000,556
Average per day same time last
year (305 days)
Average per day during Ootober
last year 10,130
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.
1 Toward the close of October the de
velopment was attended with some ex
citement on account of anew 290 barrel
green oil well having been struck on
West Pithole creek, In the sixth sand
rock which underlies the black oil
yielding rock into which most of the
other wells in the vicinity were sunk.
Previously, operations resulted very
successfully between the tract on which i
the well above indicated was struck and
Upper Cherry run. Several wells were !
struck, the yield of which ranged from |
fifty to eighty barrels daily, and these
wells were located in such positions that
they have indicated the course of the
green oil belts plainly. On West Fit
hole creek about ten of the wells thatf
had been producing black oil were be
ing drilled into the sixth sand -rock*
and preparations were being made to
sink others into the same rock. The
value of the territory on. West Pithole.
creek appreciated rapidly after the large
producing well was struck.
At Parker’s landing, on the Alleghe
ny river, the development progressed;
satisfactorily during thq month, and the
territory was considerably extended.
The termini of the producing territory
along the river were, at the close of the
month, from three to three and one- 1
fourth miles apart,- and. non-producing
wells had not been found at either. The
whole of this territory, so far as devel?
oped, ranged at the same time, from
one-fourth to one-half a mile. •
On the Great Bepublle oil company’s
tract, on Upper Cherry run, a new fifty
barrel green oil well was struck, and on
West Hickory rim, two new wells were
struck, by which the producing terri
tory was extended by about one hun
dred acres. '! ■ ; ’
On the whole, the deyelopmentdurmg
the month-was. very successful, both
with regard, to the number of new wells
struck and to the extension of the terri
tory. 1 Within the last'foiir months Wells
have been struck- thathave, altogether,
extended the territory greatly, andthere
4snow more new territory on.,which,
paying.wells oan' beobtained' than at
any other time since the'first well Was.
btruck. ; r: ’ -
- The territory is situated In different
parts of the region. There are two or.
three hundred acres on Cherrytree.run,
asmany more- between Lower Cherry,
mnond the AUeghepy river, about two.
hundred between Shaffer,and- Charley
runs, a like amount on. Upper. Cherry
run, probably a thousand aores at Par
i ker’s landing and other tracts ' of less
O •;
*exleht kloUgOll Creek, on West ;Hicb/ u: It will be a-fahriyalght, nobhaWeVer
ory Creek, at Tidioute and. along the without some melancholy suggestive-:
jhoutiVofQU Creek. - Bufctfcerais an ex- leading V ilary. relict of Abraham Lin-'
fent'-df'territory* which/ h|ab«eh well deceased.” to the.
defined eofar as its nortneitor western vCritUblehablilinehts orhis'illuatrioua
andbonthera/limiteare oqacemedyind- predecessor, blaibreeches shinlng-with
which. Is so grcat as tabe withoutpyo-; spotaleftby White
cedent - .This territory , dies , between, House- dinners, of the past—h*® little
Pithore ahd'the Keechfarm and XJpiter feet aKakibg about lorae in a paitof Ilr"
Cheny run on-the south and west, and ihiois boota; a mile too big for them—
the Pieasantville district-on the north/ and- hls-tiny hands enoasca- in a pair of
It embracescertainly.nolessthanelght those enormous yellow kids in which
square ihiles. this, tract at theilsfcofjiie Martyr ,wa§Baldto bear,
least'three‘green oU Velnsof belts have abtrikihg.resembiance to a canvassed
-tbelr course; two of which are’ContiUu- Cincinnati bain. Poor lltUe' 8. ! -For
ations of the belts on Upper Cherry run' our 1 part we don't begrhdgOhlxa aatltch
,andWestPithole'creek, that have been- of the sacred, wardrobe. He will have
found to be largely productive. ; On the: .earned it all before; 'he ; is done with
whole,of the territory within the limits ATary L/, and as she only reserved after
specified there is no doubt but that black "her bereavement those garments wnion
oil-yielding wells can* be found,-besides' nobody would buy, her new‘husband
welis-that will produce greeh.oil» - will begin his matrimonial-career* by
.-...The number of new, welle in proves falling into uncommonly 6a» haoiis.
pfdrUllhg ihcreased during the month. . —W‘*
hhd*oh‘ November Ist the number in all
parts of the region was 260, ah increase
of twenty-nine. Besides the abovethere
were, altogether, aboutfifteen old wellp
being-drilled deeper., These were loca
ted mainly in the Pleasantville district.
*■ 1 - the stock of oil.-
The Btock underwent a further de
crease during October, and on Novem
ber Ist the total amount in all bauds,
was 276,475 barrels of forty-three gal
lons, a reduction of about 16,000 barrels
as compared with that on the first day
of.tbe*previous month, and an increase
01 10,000 barrels over that on the first
day of November last year. The re
duction was occasioned by unusually
heavy- shipments during the last four
daysof the month.
In the stock above given are included
the amount of the wells, of which a de
tailed statement will be found, below,
the amount in iron tankageand that on
tha hands of dealers, pipe companies
and refiners. This latter stock reached
13,970 barrels, and included 2,000 barrels
at Titusville, 2,020 at Pithole, 1,500 at
Sbambingi 1,000 on Ball ran, 1,200 on
the Rynd farm, 300 on Cherrytree run,
1,000 atMiller farm, 550 on the Stony
farm, 2,000 at Petroleum centre, 1,000 at
OH City.and 400 at Tidioute.
[Here follows a table giving the
quantity of oil at the different wells, ag
gregating 74,660 barrels.]
THE PRICE. ..
Prices on the creek remained quite
uniform from the opening until about
the 20th, and did not go below $5.45 on
the Lower Creek and $5.25 on the Up
per. Creek, nor above.ten cents advance
on those figures. After the 20th the
market became very firm under the
purchases made by a ‘’bull 11 clique; and
notwithstanding an advance of Bixty to
seventy-five cents in freight charges on
the Ist day of November, sales were
made at $5.60 on the Lower and $5.40 on
the Upper Creek on the last day of Oc*
tober.
THE SHIPMENTS.
The total shipment of crude equiva
lent reached 421,229 barrels of forty
three gallons, or a daily average of a
little more than 13.600 barrels. The
shipment by the Allegheny, river was
light, having reached but about 2,600
barrels. The quantity shipped to New
York was about 18,000 barrels in excess
of that for the previous month, that to
Cleveland about 2,000 barrels less,* and
to Pittsburg about 20,000 barrels less.
The shipment to Boston fell off about
3,000 barrels,-and to all other points
there was an enlargement of like
amount.
The Anatomy of Quarreling.
There is one very singular cause of
quaireling, that arises from a peculiarly
seDsitiveaud affectionate temperament.
It is common to nearly all lovers, but it
is frequently found among friends also.
There are some people who cannot get
on without a constantly reiterated as
surance of the love with whioh they are
regarded. They begin to doubt the ex
istence of affection if it does not mani
fest itself from time to time to come in
some marked manner; and their com
mon method of proving its existence is
to get up some sort of quarrel, affording
opportunities for a dramatic “making
up." They are like children who are
continually pulling up the flowers they
have planted to Bee if they have taken
root. They are not content with recall
ing to mind certain undeniable .proofs
of the friendship or love which unites
them to their friends; they must
needs have some palpable testimony.
They are anxious, apprehensive;
their faith is so independent of
ordinary reason that they are never
satisfied with such proofs as would
be a perfect guarrante to other peo
ple's good sense. Yet it. is not. so
that they distrust the permanence
of the affection which they haveinspir
ed, as that they hunger for the pleasure
of hearing it find utterance. Hence the
astonishing repetitions of love letters —
the unwearing reiteration of a few. ten
der phrases in lover's talk. It is all
very, well foT an outsider to ask wbat is
the use of repeating thirty timeß in a
letter what both the writer and the re
ceiver accepts as an undeniable
fact; but both of them have keen pleas
ure in thiß persistent writing of the old,
old phrases, which are so remarkably
commonplace and often ludicrous to
uninterested persons. By and by, how
ever, marriage formßtheolimlxofthisin
terchange of assurances, and constitutes
in itself a sort of assurance which ought
to render them henceforth unnecessary.
Now, if the young creature who had
been transformed . into a wife should
happen to possess one of those reßtless,
sensitive, anxioUß natures, itisonlytoo
likely that she will take alarm at the
undemonstrative and commonplace way
in which her husband accepts his hap
piness. She will begin to Buspect that
marriage has cooled his affection for
her, and she will render herself wretch
ed with doubt. Some quiet evening
Bhe becomes rather pensive, and to her
husband, who is reading the newspaper
she Bays: ...... .
“Ob, Tom, I’m beglnmg to think
you don’t' love me nearly as much as
you used to-do.’’
“ Stuff and nonsense!" he says, con
tinuing the reading of Our Special Cor
respondent’s glowing account of the
performance of Flying Rein.
la a few moments he looks round,
and finds her gone. Recollecting vague
ly that she had said something to him
in very peculiar tone, he goes after her,
and finds her in another room, a'one'
and dreadful distant in manner. He is
very repentant-; she bursts Into tears;
and then he makes all these protesta
tions of affection that she has been
dying to hear! This is a very pretty
lesson. Whenever the monotony of
married existence tires her, and sbe
longs for one of the lover-like burets of
endearment of their precongugal days,;
all she has to do Is to get up a nice little
quarrel and terrify herremorseleßß hus
band info heroics. Nor would it be fair
to say that she does so out of a mere in-,
tention to afford herself pleasure. It
is brobably one of the radical character
istics of her nature to hunger for these
emotional crises; and, once she found
out the way to procure them, it is very
likely that, inadvertently, Bhe will have
recourse to it pretty often. —Temple
Bar.
The JTnptlals of Mary Ilncoln.
The preparations for Mrs. -Lincoln's
wedding are said to be well advanced,
and It is.also said that the ceremony will
be solemnized early in December, in:
view of which facts, the editor of the
Easton Argus thus moralizes: The
“happy dog,” as our readers have al*
ready been advised, is Count Behneid
enbuntzen,Grand Chamberlain to the
-Duke of Baden. : Although his title is
rather imposing, it does not in. the
.Count’s own home Imply either an Im
pressive weight of dignity or a puree
noticeably heavy. The Duke of Baden
has small cash to spare and none to .be;
stow on Grand Chamberlains, who have
little to do about his Court, and who
“come cheap” In a land where every
1 fourth Dutchman is a Count or a
Baron. Indeed a moderate belly-full
of • kraut and pumpernickel every
Sunday is the only kind of “govern
ment pap” that ever , distends -the
shrivelled skin ‘of Schneldenbutzen,'
who is an uncommonly sorry specimen
of the Teutonic nobility.. The poor fel
low is said-to be in 'Ocstacies over his
good fortune in securlngian heiress; for
a wife, and to be especially joyous in the.
.prdspectof.fallinginto the vacantsKlrts,:
sticks, breeches and Bhoesof the " late;
lamented,"' a large number' of which
have noty et followed his coats and hats’
tolhe jnnk-shop. 'A pair of the “ mafr
tyr’s” trousers, is being put down, for.
Schneldenbutzen by Count Kortzeh-'
bratzen, the Grank Duke’s, taUoK 8,.
being a short-legged,-little fellow,while
the late A. L., as everybody knows,
strodethe land on a pairof natural stilts.
s? ; ‘
47
Charlotte Temple.
; Among tie -countless, throngs who
daily pass and repass Trinity Church,
how.’iriftpy’ know that within a few feet
of the crowded thoroughfares of Broad *
way is -a grave which cover* all that re
mains of a once beautiful and facinating
woman; the record of whose sorrows[has
dimmed the eyes of thousands? Nodate
of birth,' no in dication of finrily and no
date of death, appear on the stone that
covers- the .grave of Charlotte Temple,
.whose tragio story, once the theme of
©very circle, is probably unknown to
the greater number of
The most beautiful girl in New.
York—so It is olaimed—she attracted
the attention of a young- officer,
a member, of one of England’s old-'
est and proudest families, who with’
his regiment entered the city when the
British occnpied-New York, : after the
battle of Long Island. Charlotte, theu
only seventeen, was wooed and won by
the dashing young officer. Ho deserted
her, and then—the old story—she soon
after died of a broken heart.- A Rtfcifl
daughter which she left was tenderly
oared for, at a proper age was taken to
England, and a fortune of one hundred
thousand dollars settled upon her by the
head of her father’s family, the late
Earl of Derby, grandfather of the present
Lord Stanley. She, like a true daughter
unriftftrnft woman, returned to New York,
and erected the monument.that now
marks the mother's grave, i The In
scription upon it was engraved on a
solid tablet of brass, an inch in thick
ness, heavily plated with silver, and
thus It read : 44 Sacred to the memory
of Charlotte Stanley, aged nineteen
years.” This filial duty performed, she
returned to England and lived a life of
unobtrusive piety and usefulness. The
plate placed upon the Btone that marks
the grave was supposed to be of solid
silver, and tempted the cupidity of cer
tain vandals, who. with hammer and
chisels, succeeded in prying It from the
slab. They were never deteoled. Many
years afterward; some good Samaritan
caused the simple name of Charlotte
Temple to be cut underneath the exca
vation. There it may be seen within a
few feet of Broadway, by any one who
will take the trouble to look through
the iron railing. The last time we
glanced at the slab, now almost imbed
ded in the ground, we saw several spar
rows taking a bath in the water which
had collected in the excavation from
which the villains removed the plate;
and other little songsters were singing
a requium over her grave—near which
we were, gratified to observe a forget
me*not, doubtless planted there by some
kind heart who in childhood had wept
over the sad and romantic story of the
bereaved girl.— Appleton's Journal,
Harder of the Clark Children*
The absolute mystery that has surround
ed the murder of the three children In the
town of Eden, lowa, la partially, cleared up
by the return of the mother, Mrs. Clark,
though her appearance is almost as mys
terious as was her disappearance. The
history of the affair is most singular. First,
the child of a neighbor went to the house of
Mr. A. D. Clark to carry some dinner to
her father, who was doing some work not
far off. Ongoing in the door, which was,
ajar, the horrible sight met her gaze-three
children, her former playmates, lay on the
trundle bed dead. She ran home and told
her parents. Soon the tale was well told
all over the country; and the people col
lected to Investigate. There were found the
children—the two oldest boys in bed, un
dressed, and partially covered up,the backs
of their "heads broken; the youngest, a
babe, was on the foot of the trundle-bed,
dressed, and the left temple broken. Just
above, on the edge of the large bed, was
the axe, giving no evidenoe of its part in the
deed exoepting a few hairs sticking to the
pole, and a little blood on the helve. The
stove was full of kindling and wood. The
meat was in the frying-pan, the potatoes
sliced, the clock wonnd, and everything was
ready for the preparation of the morning
meal —but the mother of the household was
nowhere to be found. Outside, everything
was as it should be—with one exception;
the dog, a small terrier, was killed. Who
did It V’ Where is Maiy ? were the inquir
ies that ran around. The father had been
off at some distance, threshing, and did not
come home every night. When he was
told of the fate of his family, he hastily
mounted a horse, riding recklessly to his
door—fell off, and was picked up a crazy
man. Nothing could be learned from him
as to the probabiliiiesinthecase. Soevery
thing was conjecture—there was no more
reason to believe one theory than another.
The strongest belief was that the motber.in
a fltoflnsamty, had murdered her child
ren, and then did away with herself, either
by drowning or hanging. Search was bo
gun—the nearest creek was dragged—straw
stacks were overhauled, and neighboring
cornfields and aloogb closely examined. An
Inquest was held over the bodies aud the
jury rendered a verdict of “death from an,
ax in the bands of the mother " She had
disappeared. The crowd which bad search
, ed for her had once more dispersed to their
firesides to re discuss the matter. At the
house of Oliirk'WDretbo parents of the miss
ing woman, and some few. friends-nibe
former sutfering the greatest agony of
spirits, the latter trying to soothe tbeau
gulsh—when the missing womau suddenly
walked In and asked forherbaby. Where
did she come from ? Four days bad now j
elapsed since the slaughter. The country ■
haa been searohed with the closest care. ,
Two hundred men bad been straining eyes
and muscles in the search without any re
suit. She certainly had not been faraway—
her clothes were not soiled in the least. No
marks of violence were found on her per
son. Where had she been? In the morn .
log a close examination of the straw stack,
which probably five hundred men bad
searched, and into which Iron rods had
been run, disclosed the, hiding place Of the
woman, Still there is a mystery surround
ing the affair. The woman Is crazy now. She
calls for her baby, and says *' he will kill
it—be- said he would.” She was ravenous
ly hungry when she came into the bouse,
eating everything she could lay her hands
on. It is altogether likely that she did the
deed; and secreted herself. But that con
clusion has some strong evidence to over
come. Why should she kill the dog ? Be
side, If she Hilled it before the cbildreu were
murdered, she must have walked from her
wood-pile, south of the house, to the dog,
aud then carried it back and laid it'on. the
bed. And why did she make her prepara'
tioos for breakfast ? Would she have done
this if she was insane? And so there.are
many things that look very improbable,
but still are possible. If sbe regains her
mind the truth may he ascertained.
Aces of Prominent Hen*
Admiral David Glascoe Farragnt was
sixty-eight ou the Ist of July last. Lieu
tenant General Philip H. Sheridan was
thirty-eight on the 6th of March last. Gen
eral Wiliam Tecumseh Sherman was forty*
nine on the Bth of February last. President
Ulysses Simpson Grant was forty-seven on
the 22d of Aprlllast. Vice Admiral David
D. Porter is about forty-five. Major Gen
eral George Gordon Meade fifty-four. Ma-.
jor General George Thomas was fifty-three
on the 16th of last July. Major-General
Oliver Otis Howard was thirty-nine the 6th
ol November instant. Chief Justice Salmon
Portland Chase was sixty-one on the 13th
of January last. Edwin M. Stanton will be
fifty-four' In December next. William
Henry Seward was sixty-eight on the 16th
of May last. Hannibal Hamlin was sixty
on the 27th of August last. Befojamin
Franklin Wade was sixty nine on the 27th
of last October. Vice PresidentOolfax was
forty-six on the 23d of March last. Senator
Oliver Perry Morton, forty six • on the 4th
of last August. George 8. Boutwell, fifty
one on the 28th of last January. Reverdy
-Johnson, seventy-throe on the 2d of last
May. Senator -William Gannaway Brown
low, sixty-four on the 29tb of last August,
Obarles Sumner, fifty-eight ou the 6th of
February last. Henry Wilson, fifty -Boven
on the' I2ttr of last February. Benjamin
Fianklin Bntler,-fifty one on the 6th of
November instant. Cornelias Vanderbilt,
seventy-five pn. the 27th of May last. Jay
Cooke, forty-eight on-the 10th of August
fesC Horace Greeley, filly-eight on the 3d
of February last. Will lam LToy dGarrlaon,
sixty-five oh the 12th of December next,
Wendell Phillips, forty-eight on the 29th of
this November.; Hdnry ’Ward Beecher,
fifty-six on the 24th of June last. Andrew
Gragg-Curtin, fifty-two on the 2d of last
ApriL Theodore Tilton, thlrty-four on the
2d of last October. Gerrlt Smith, seventy
two on the 6th of March last. Andilanlel
Draw, seyenty-two on the 29th of last July.
r
‘ <*l
ant, and. 4 owtaratraulr ■UMpft'Bt
Uoo* :•••:> .•;.!» •
Bnoii Norton tiwtirtm is isosl OMnma
Siitt «ta»
BrMttAz Vanm • vMUni inAnlMlLfiS
ro wairptt3KTwfc IHfc
»mis < ißiit«ftaOTag»«lll»BW«ntl''—rtvy
notloflt. m i i —ri tM
.•;-a-stfiowMinntufAlfiiM Ml m ' IVIT inn , ' ( -'?y
. /^ndßoiß*UOt|lQ«W..Mnnimn|...Wmil*»>«^.^W^
1
; . aLeUlCMi Coll?*©. ;J y
: “'The following report bfx'donimittee'of
ttK*yacoUy.Df rtj*
.lege, of Pennsylvania, wa? this day adopted
and afrectfed to bapabllahGd t < ;Vi
gov. 18,,1869.—Aa the
relation of ladysfctraeatß of modiolneio pub
lic:. clinics, .abd. the .views entertained by
those entitled to speak for the movement for
theirtaedical education, are now extensive
ly discussed in the publio journfda/lt seems
necessary for ns to state our pbsltip.tf,
' Considering It decided that; lav ; practi
tioners of medicine, the guardianship or life
and health-Is to bo placed in the keepingof
women, it beoomea the interest of society
and the duty ofthose entrusted, with Their
professional training to endeavor toproaride
for them all suitable means.for th
cal instruction which is gained at hospital
clinics. • • i
.The taunt has heretofore .been frequently
•tbrdwfi-oat, that ladies have 'not attended
,tho great clinical schools of the country,nor
listened to its celebrated teocherk, andthat,
consequently, Iheycannotbe a S' wfellvplre*
pared as men for medical practice. We
Believe, as we have al way subnet that in all
special' diseasertoT-tffen■ami'wumeir, and
in alt opera UdflepacefcsaJ-iQfl Involving em
barrassing exposure-ofyperaoa* Jt » not
fitting or expedient Dial drodbhta.of differ
ent sexes ahould 'altend promiscuously •
that altspeclal diseases ofrmen Should bo
treated by men In. the-presence of men
only.ahd those of women, wherelt is prac
ticable,-by women in* the .-presence.'of
womeu poly. . It was tbls feeling, founded
l on the respect due to r tbe delioacy.of women
as patients, perhaps more tharr any othor
consideration, which led to the founding of
the Women’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
There the. olinlcal demQnstraUonaof special
diseases is made by lady physicians, and
before lady students alone.; - J f
Aa we would not permit been atndehts to
enter-tbeee clinics; neither wonld werb®
willing—out of regard to the'feelings of
men ospatients, if-for no Other* considera-
that our students should attend clin
ics where men are specially. troated, and
there has been no time in the history of our
college-wben onr students could intention
ally ad so, save in direct contravention of
our-known viewa. ... i .
In nearly all of the great,publio hospi
tals, howdyer, by lor the larger proportion
at cases suited for olinicalMllustratiQus—
whether medical or surgical—is of those
wliloh involve no necessary exposure; and
are -the results of diseases and accidents
to .which man and woman are subject alike,
aud .which lady physicians are constant
ly called upon to treat.' Into these clinics,
women also—often sensitive and shrinking,
albeit poor—are brought aa patients to Il
lustrate the lectures, and we maintain tbit
wherever it is proper tP introduce women
os patients, there also it is but Just aud in
accordance with;the Instincts of the truest
womanhood for women to appear &b physi
cians and students; .%
We had arranged when our class was ad
mitted to the Pennsylvania. Hospital to
attend on alternatlveollnio days only, so as
M allow ample opportunity for the unem
barrassed exhibition of special cases to the
other students by themselves, . .
We encouraged our studenta to vlsit'the
hospital upon this view, sustained by. onr
confidence in the Bound judgment and high
minded courtesy of the medical gentlemen
in charge of the wards. AU the objections
that pave been made to our students* Ad
mission to. these clinics seem to be based
upon the mistaken assumption that they
had designed to attend them indiscrimi
nately.- As- .we state distinctly and pne
quivocally that this was not the foot,—that
they had no idea or intention of being pre
sent except on one day of the week, 'and
when no cases which it would not bo prop
er to illustrate before both classes of stu
dents wonld necessarily bo brought in—it
I seems tonus that all these objections are
destroyed, and *we cannot but feel that
those mir-minded professional gentlemen
who, under this false 1m presslon as to foots,
have objected to onr course, will, upon a
candid reconsideration, acknowledge that
our position 1b Jost and intrinsloally right.
The general testimony of thoso who at
tended tho Saturday clinics last winter at.
the Philadelphia Hospital at Blockley,
when about forty Indies ipad® regular vis
its, waa that the tone and bearing of tho
students were greatly improved, while the
usual cases were, brought forward, and the
full measure of instruction given, without
any violation of refined propriety.
We maintain, in common with all medi
cal men. that solenoe is impersonal, and
that the nigh aim of releif or suffering hu
manity sanctifies all duties, and we repel,
as derogatory to the profession of med
icine, the assertion that the physician who
has risen to the level of bis highcalling need
be embarrassed, in treating general diseas
es, by the presenoe of earnest women stu
dents. ... . , ....
The movement for women’s medical ed
ucation has been sustained from the begin
ning, by the most refined, intelligent emd
religious women, and by the noblest. and
best men in the commnmfyJC It baa ever
been regarded by these as the. cause of hu
manity, calculated in Us very nature to
enlarge professional experience, bless wo
men, and refine society.
It baa. in our own city, caused.a College
and a Hospital not only to be founded, but
to be sustained and endowed by those “who
have known Intimately the character and
objeots of this work and the aims and efforts
of those oonnectSa with it. It baa this year
brought to this city' some fifty educated
: and earnest women to study medlolne—
women who have oome to this labor en
thusiastically but reverently, as to a great
life Interest and a holy calling.
These ladies purchased tickets and en
tered the clinic of the Pennsylvania Hos
f>ltal, with no obtrusive spirit, and with no
atention of interfering with the legitimate
advantages of other students. If they have
been foroed Into an an welcome notoriety,
it has not been of their own seeking.
Aim Pbeston, M. D., Dean.
Emellne H. Cleveland, M. D. Secretary.
Tl>e Only female Kbmd.
(From the New York Kra.j
The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger was the
only female who was ever initiated into the
mystery of Freemasonry. She has had two
degrees—the tint and second-conferred on
her. As it may be interesting to the general
reader, we give the story aa to how Miss St.
Leger obtained this honor, promising that
the Information comes from the best of
sources.: Lord Douerallp. Miss St, Leger’s
father, a very zealous Mason, held a war
rant and occasionally Opened lodge at Don
eraile House, his sons and some Intimate
friends assisting; and it Is aald that neyer
were Masonic duties more vigorously per
formed than by the brethren of No. 150* the
number oftholr warrant.
It appears that previous to the initiation
of a gentleman to the first degree of Ma
sonry. Miss St. Leger. who was a young
girl, happened to Be in an apartment ad
joining the room generally used as a lodge
room,bnt whether tbeyonng lady was there
by design or merely accident, weoannotcon
fidently state. The room at the time* was
undergoing some alteration; among other
things, the wall was considerably reduced
in one port, for the purpose.of making a
saloon. The young lady having heard the
voices of Freemasons, and being Incited by
tbe cariosity natural to all to see this mys
tery so long and so secretly locked up from
tbe public view, bad the pontage to pick a
brick from tbe wall with her scissors, and
thus witness tbe two drat steps of the cere*
moDy.
Cariosity gratified, fear at.once took pos
session of her mind, and those who under
stand this passage well know what the
feeling of aoy person must be who could
unlawfully behold that ceremony; let them
judge what were the feelings of a young girl
under such extraordinary circumstances.
There was no mode of escape,except tnrough
the very room where the concluding part
of tbeeeoond step was still being tolemnized
at the far end, and the room a very large
one. Miss St. Legerbadresolntionenough
to attempt her escape that way, and with
light but trembling steps glided along un
observed, laid her hand on tbe handle of
the door and opened it, but before her stood*,
to her dismay, s grim tiler with bis long
sword unsheathed. *’.. '
A shriek that pferced through the apart
ments alarmed the members of the lodge,
who, all rushing to the door, and finding
that Miss St, Leger had been In ther room
during tbe ceremony, resolved, it is said,
tn tbe phroxysm of their rage, to put the
fair spectatress todeatb; but at the morifift
and earnest supplication of her youngest
brother, her life was spared, on condition
of her going through the two remaining
steps or the solemn ceremony she had un
lawfully witnessed. This she consented to,
and they conducted the beautiful and terri
fied young lady through those trials which
. are sometimes more than enough, for mas
online resolution, little thinking.they were
taking into the bosom of their craft a mem
ber that wonld reflect a luster on the an
nals of Masonry. •
Miss St. Leger was oousin to Gen. An
thony St Leger, who instituted the Inter
resting rood* ana oelebr&ted Doncaster St.
Leger stakes. Eventually she married
Richard Aid worth, Esq., or Newmarket, a
member of highly honorable and ancient
family* Whenever a benefit was gtventat
any of tbe theatres in Dublin or Cork, for
tfaie Masonic Female Orphan
Aldwortb walked at tbe head or the Free
masons, with her apron and other insignia
of Freemaaomy, and sat in the front row of
the stage box. The house was always
■ crowded on these occasions. The portrait
of this estimable woman is in the lodge room
of almost every lodge in Ireland.
' Retnrna of the Wiaoonaln olejtlon from
all but two counties .Indicate » Republican
majority, of 9,000, The Aesembly ntandii.
Bepablloana 51, Democrats 89, Independ
ent 2.
• "Tbe Tennessee
noon a cvjmoromlao on tbe State. Conven
tliSbUl The number of members la to
be 75 i the Convention ia to beelected on
tbe* third BSaturday 8 Saturday ofDeoember, and to
meetontbe aeoond: Monday :in:'Januafy.“
TheHouae is to consider a report.of Its
Federal Committee to-day, reoomtaantog
Uie rejection of the Suffrage Amendment,