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SATURDAI: AFTERNOON
I lOW 10 inn): 011 II scene like this,
Of wild and careless play, 1
And persuade myself that am not old,
And my locks are not yet gray;
Veer It stirs the blood in an old man's heart
And makes his pulses fly,
T 0 catch the thrill of a happy ‘OOl,,
And the light of a pleasant. eye.
I have walked the world fur four score years
And they He that 1 RIM Ohl—
That my heart is ripe for the reaper Death,
And my years are well nigh told.
It Is very true—ll is very true—
! am told, and I'll bide my time;
Inn illy heart will leap at a Hoene like this
Audi half renew my prime.
Nay ! play on! am with you there
In the midst ofyour merry ring;
Call 11,1 the thrill of the daring Jump
Anil the rush of the breittliless swing
I Wile telt li soil In the fragrant limy,
Anil 1 wleioli the stioithereil
Anti iny heel Milli Ilp on the sect!). floor,
Anil I caw not for the fall.
I; till Wlin ,I
ilg to when my time shall e.me,
,kntl 11,111111 Iry glad In go—
For the World IWSI I.a Wl'llry place
And Ill}' 311111 0 Is gl 1111117 1111 v ;
Hal Ilia grate I, tiara, and Ihl 111.111 L will fall
In Irt•Inl Ing its gloomY wily;
.\. , 1 It Wlll, Inc heart Irnm drourlia•si
the young so guy.
ftlicrllanrous
The Magic Mirror
I N TIMM nts
Ali I las. , :tn Was a gay young Persian
of twenty-one. Life WaS :ill before him,
except die twenty-one years he hail
skipped lieht-footed over I.whieli were
neeesfqirily behind hin;i, and matters
sad things had, in his eyes, a roseate
hue. Just of age, he had east his first
vote for President, and had consequent
ly had an idea that the fate of the Re
public rested on his shoulders; hand
some, he lmicied all the blooming maid
ens of the township in which he lived,
awl the country adjacent, were in love
with him. Ile was ill the hair oil period
of existence ; at that, precise age when
young men sly particular attention to
tooth brushes, not on aceount of clean
liness Iwhich is truly next door ❑eiglt
hnr to godliness and on the same side of
the street I lint for the looks of the thing,
at the precise age when they part their
hair behind and wear number seven
bouts, when number tens would be more
comfortable.
Ali I lassito \vie, iir
ever Naw s yolite4 neat of t‘venly
otie 1,111 . , the author
hereof' ventures In :e.isert. Ile loved
wildly :old a
love that iiiiiivi,tatiiiing—imr
lieularly her rather, who nplu>nud the
dani , el of ‘churl
Nvas getier-
ally honeyed to lie the most. beautiful
female in Persia, NVilich was saying ii
great deal fir tier. Her eyes were like
stags, her hair was masses of wavy
curls, which, hail she lived in this day
of false hair, ..votild have brought a
hand:mile price iii any market, and—
but \vitt - go into particulars? Suf
fice it to say shw NV:I., a well proportion
ed pirl, and her father hail a farm of
lilt) acres, half under improvement and
the titter half well timbered.
Ali and Zobeide were engaged. Ile
had beamed her to evening meetings and
lectures, lie had talien her sleigh riding
twit winters, awl, finally, after a vigor
ous siege, site had capitulated. The old
inan's consent tvas reluctantly gained,
nod the happy day which was to unite
them into one twain, was fixed.
Ali Ilassati was a happy youth. Ile
reveled ill ill'eatilti a bliss continually.
NVlien lie retired at night his last
thought was of Zobeide —in the still
watches of th, night his younger , broth
er, Flinn I lassaii, who shared his ( . 11111 . 11,
urns frellll.l.llliy obliged to " hist him
out," as lie espressed it, lgieatime lie
brukr hint ill his slumbers by calling
out in his sleep the name of zobewe
ja:tilication, that be
-1.:IIISL! he \Va ., shortly to be married lie
had no call to matte a cussed tail of
i nisei :Ind his Biel Ihuught as lie
pulled on lily ii:1111:: ill the 1110111illg was
ul ZI lbe
EtlN=
he \va-; ,onie \\Alai a-,tonisheil, being but
iNventy-on, awl not knowing much
about rental,. loinian nature, at receiv
ing a note through the po,t office from
her. Ile hooked upon the missive , with
strange horelooding. Why should she
me up paper and envelopes and squan
der postage stamp:, when she could see
him personally :LI any time ! Ili, worst
antivipation; were realized! Ile read
it, :Intl Willi a heart-rending shriek lie
cell fainting to the lk.or. The perfidious
lila! her feelings
huJ iiiiilerif,nne eliange --that \dilly she
ri•spect, iiiin its a friend
and brother viittracters young men
If twenty-one are neverimrtial to tilling)
lit , could never he nothing else ur Inure
to her no 'lntl', all of which was signet!
"Zolieide. " .\ its to finish him, that
afternoon he received au im . itation to
her Nvisliiiint, which \vas to take place
the next night, lie happy man being a
new store k.talier who hail just com
menced lit-Ines:ilk the next village,
tire seemed itt Ali liasSall it
likoekery. The Still NV:IS obsellr
sit tO a a sort of haze, and I • or
the first tints in his life he neglected his
bark hair and teeth. After passing a
sleepless night, he hied himself to the
mountains, deliatilitt, on the NV:i . y,Whit l li
was the twist pleasalit Illetlinil oftertnin
ating an existence witch \Vat, hateful 1.0
Hill, and at the sillily thine covered the
faithless fair one with the rowans of the
most terrible ellaracti•r. methods
suggested themselves, to wit : jumping
nil a precipiee, lying down on a railroad
track, or drinking a pint of l'incinnati
whiskey. IZejts•ting the latter ns a death
ton lingering allil horrible, the Seeollll aS
into Which lint clreet his purpose,
as the papers ‘vould, ten !none, call it all
accident, and as such it Nvouldn't wring
Zolieitle's bosom very much (that being
what he \vas determined to do in one
wily or another, he decided on the
former. A 1 . 1 . 1/r1 I ngly he sought a prec
ipice, mid getting upon the brink there
of, he set himself down, composing a
soul-liarro \vim; note to her, which he
proposed to tint ill his breeches pocket,
where it would lie found, it being, the
custom of people finding dead bodies to
always examine the pockets, and the
letters ‘vhicli are found always made
!addle. isimposi lig this note,
aunt debating in his mind Whether
" cruel" should lie spelled with inn. , or
two l's, it Venerable old with
White beard, silell as are seen ill flintily
Ifilrlys Nt'liieli are 'ild ,inly by stibserili
thin, shod 111.111rl. him. Starting tip,
li I lassan exclaimed:
" \Vito art thou
" Thy good grains, " said the presence.
" genius. I ! ha. • 1,01111
Italia dollar," said \li, becoming nor
m:11 in an in-E a rl.
"My ,on, good geniuses never lend
half dollars. That i , n't their mission—
it sn't, if I ilily lice the expression ,
(heir best holt. They give freely, how
ever, what is more plenty titan half dol.-
lars—adviee. • '
"What wantest thou said Ali.
""I`o save you from making :in use of
yourself," said the presence.
"Are you in that husiness extensive
ly?" said Ali bitterly. "Oh, venerable
Mall, 'tithe profession pays take me in
partnership. You'll never run out of
opportunities to show your skill. But
proceed. 1.0 on with your show."
"I see a mist," said Ali. '!
"Look again,' said the genius:
"'Phu mist clears away. I see a gay
and festive seem., There is light and
music, and fair woolen and brave men,
and all goes merry as a marriage bell.
There is a preacher—l know him by
his black clothes and while neckerchief
and the hungry loot: he ever and anon
slings through the door which opens in
the dining-room where the refreshments
are."
" A pair enter—it is—it is—take it
away. It sears my eye balls and freezes
my young blood," and uttering a Fenian
war cry the unfortunate youth sank to
the earth in spasms.
"It's terrible medicine," muttered
the good genius to himself, " but he
must take it. Quinine is bitter—calomel
isn't as pleasant to the taste as the peach
es of Jersey, but when a child in Indi
ana has the ague they force it down
him or her as the ease may be. Arise,
AU Hasan," said he, raising him up
tenderly by the hair, "arise and con
tinue your investigations."
Willi a shudder Ali opened his optics.
" A pair enter. Zobeide and—the
storekeeper. The preacher steps up—
he repeats the ceremony—Allah it Al
lah, Abonkir ben Hamet—it's over,"
and the young man, overcome with
emotion, swooned again.
The venerable genius applied a pint
bottle to his lips at which the youth re
vived. Turning overupon his back and
pointing wishfully at the bottle he gasp
ed " One more draught—only one.
Ttx !lattOtet sittettion?ett,
VOLUME 71
" Nary," said the good genius holding
it up to the light. " There's but little
left, and its four miles to the nearest
grocery. But look some more."
" I see a house in town. It's furnished
gorgeous and regardless of expense. The
carpet is tapestry, the sofa cost no less
than $lOO, and there is a Chiekering
piano. Around it is a garden, in which
the orange tree and the pine mingle
their aromatic boughs,: and the bulbul
answers the nightingale's song of lon.
An antique fountain squirts cologne
continually, diffusing a delicious fra
grancelthrough the [atmosphere.
gorgeous. I see into the bay window.
Zobeide is sitting at the piano, shouting
the " Battle Cry of Freedom," accom
panying herself on tlfe instrument ; a
deformed dwarf of great price is hovering
around her, fanning her with one hand
and turning over the leaves of the music
with the other, and it keeps him mighty
busy. Her husband enters, but heavens
what a change. He don't hold his head
up. Company enters—she smiles on
him. They depart—she frowns. They
interchange a few unpleasant pura
graphs—she flies at him—she seizes him
by the nap of the neck and the slack of
the breeches and pitches him down
stairs. Alluh it Allah, what a muscular
female."
" Look again."
" I see a picture. A man is endeavor
ing to fill a barrel with a teaspoon which
a woman is emptying with a bucket.—
What does it signify?"
"It's an allegory, my son. Look again
and see the solution."
" I see and comprehend. The store
keeper's trade is light and his profits
small, he is working hard in his store,
while Zobeide is leaving the house, clad
in purple and line linen. I see the point
of the allegory."
" Look again."
" I see a cabin in the suburbs, with a
slatternly woman banging her children
about like old boots. Outside, lying in
the sun, and overcome with tic strung
waters of the Olaiour, I sec a man,
" Enough," said the good genius. "1
have shown you a yard or two of futuri
ty. Wilt thou cast thyself from the'
precipice for Zobeide now?"
"Respected sir," said Ali IlatiSall,
"whoever you arc, tell toe, oh, tell me,
is this which I have gazed on chapters
in the biography of Zobeide
"My son it is. She whom you call
Zobeide has a head on her shoulders,
and a will of her own and money. Ile
who can manage her can take a city or
rule an empire. She was in earnest in
her intention to marry you because (par
don me if I flatter you) you are a fool.—
She knew she would be able to boss you
with less wear and tear of temper than
a man less a fool. Following that strat
egy, she determined, to use the words of
another, to fight out on that line ; she
discarded you and took up with a new
storekeeper, because she deemed him
more of a fool than you. 1 think she
was mistaken, but let that pass. We
will not here argue that point—either
would have done. She furnishes the
capital and she will control it, and
whenever such a woman undertakes to
manage the money which she brings
into a firm, she is, my son, very apt to
gu on reducing it to the very and of the
chapter. This will happen with the
storekeeper—had you married her, it
would have happened with you.
" •There must be, my son, in all mat
ters matrimonial, something like equal
ity—if there is any difli..rence between
the parties it should be in favor of the.
male, for the reason that having the
credit of being the stronger vessel, it
hurts his feelings more to go to the wall.
Had you married this high-tempered
female, possessed of money, the advan
tages would have been hers. She has
intellect, which you !have not—she has
money, which you lack. You both have
~auty that is only valuable to her.—
ae men run after a handsome woman,
but women despise a pretty man,
because he is apt to lie as near like
themselves as it is posssible for two
beings gotten up on ditlbrent models
to be • and every well regulated fe
male desires an opposite. Ido not dis
approve of your marrying fur money—
the good of the tax-payers of your town
ship demands it; lint see to it that she
has no intelect, that inn that particular
at least you may be on an equality with
her; and also to the end of her not hav
ing force enough to make a ruption on
account of her money. Such marriages
are proper. It is bad for the next gener
ation, but it is good for this, and this is
the generation for which we are more
immediately concerned. Its fair to pre
sume that the next will take care of
itself without any of our interfer
ence. The young man who mar
ries fur money must necessarily be an
idiot or could make his pile easier—let
the woman he marries be likewise, that
too many families may not be spoiled.
She should be also homely:and old, as
well as stupid, that while she makes a
sacrifice in marrying a penniless man,
the penniless inan also makes a sacrifice
in marrying such a bundle of hideous
ness. Then you have a hook in the jaws
of the leviathan. If she throws her
money in your face, you retort with her
appearance, and that evens it up.
" Therefore, my son, go to her wed
ding to-morrow. Hide your disappoint
ment, be the gayest of the gay, and the
liveliest of the lively. Farewell. May
the Allah of imbeciles protect you."
And enveloping himself in a mist he
disappeared as quickly as ho came.
Ali Hassan pondered. He changed
his mind. He neglected to suicide. He
went home, he parted his hair behind,he
brushed his teeth, blacked his boots and
arrayed himself in his most stunning
pair of pants, his most gorgeous vest,
and the most crushing neck tie, Ire went
to the wedding and danced an Irish jig
with the bride. lie was so gay, so jolly,
and wasn't pale and wan, that the bride
nearly choked with vexation. Ilis man
liness was rewarded. That night he
was introduced to a widow with no
children, only fourteen years his senior,
she hadn't any will at all, but whose
husband had been kind enough to ac
cumulate a pile of speller before delmrt
ing this life. Her he married, and for
many years lived in the full enjoyment
or everything he was capable or
[THE IINI/ .I.*
1. Ile who marries in haste repents at
leisure, so sometimes does he Who isn't
in so much of a hurry.
2. There's as good fish in any river
you mention, as was ever pulled out,
and better too.
:1. He who misses a hawk may esteem
himself lucky if he knocks over a part
ridge.
These maxims are Persian, as any one
can see by the oriental cut (d . their re
spective jibs. The author don't assert
that they have anything to do with the
tale, but as maxims, standing on their
respective merits as such, he submits
them to a discriminating public.
Woman's True Place
If I do not at least say that whatever
else may lure or demand her, woman's
true place, first and last, must be her
home, I shall be untrue to any one stand
ing great conviction. Women must
make more of their homes and make
them more to those who belong within
them. In this day of outward excite
ment and many other attractions, the
old and sacred integrity of home is en
dangered. The homes of to-day are
not as dear as those of a past generation.
Great changes have come over our peo
ple. Amusements multiply and press.
Young people have taken out a license
against their parents. Parents are get
ting rather afraid of their boys and girls.
Home isn't the little nucleus radiating
joy to each, each shedding back joy on
it. It is a convenient place to have, and
the father is the banker, and the mother
is the mistress of laundry, women and
cooks, but the home is gone. "It is
only a part of the outer world whirls
you have roofed over and lighted a fire
in," which you may make dark with
your frown or uncomfortable by your
whim.
Once it was, what it must be again,
the heart's holy of holies ; once no man
would desecrate it by deserting it ; once
all good impulse sprung hence, and all
true character grew ; once the hearth
at which father and mother sat was holy
and dear, and if the generations are to
get back old stability of character, and
firmness of principle and the old unde
filed religion, it must be through these
homes, of which you, 0 women! are
priestesses; it must be by your garnish
ing them again with forgotten graves--
re-awaking gone out fires, and sanctify
' lug anew the only place in which a hu
man soul can be surely fitted for the
work and warfare of life. Heaven help
us, if this desecration of the home gets
into a • other generation .
Parker's Private Secretary.
The story I am about to tell relates to
an incident In the history of England
which is but little known, and which
you will not find in books, but one
which nevertheless had a great effect on
her destinies.
About the beginning of this century,
while the Revolutionary wars were rag-
ing, communication in cipher was na
turally very prevalent; and ingenuity
was taxed to the utmost on one hand to
invent, and on the other to detect the
medium used in secret correspondence.
As a rule, the decipherer had beat
en the cipher, and no known method
was secure of detection. If convention-
al signs merely were used, the recur
rence of the different symbols gave a
key easily followed out. Some ingeni
ous spirits correspond by reference to
the pages and lines of particular edi
tions of books—methods, although they
might preserve the secret, disclosed
what was often quite as dangerous, there
was a secret. I am about to tell you of
a plan which for a long time was not
only undetected, but unsuspected.
It was at that time when the first Na
poleon had assembled his fleet and
transports at Brest, with the ostensible
and us is generally believed the real
view, of making a descent on England.
The greatest precautions were observed
by the English government in regard to
correspondence from France, and an
amount of espoinage was practiced at
the post-office, which left Sir James
Graham's subsequent performances in
that line far behind. 'the national ex
eitement was intense, and the political
departments of the government were
administered with an iron sway.
My uncle, Sir George Trevor, was, us
all the world then knew, high in the
Admiralty—and as it was from him that
I heard this anecdote, its veracity may
be deponded on.
The despatches to and front the Ad
mirality were the subject of the gravest
vigilance, and the most stringent regu
lotions. The clerks were not permitted
to send or receive letters which were
not first submitted to the chief clerk ;
and it was believed that lette N addressed
even to private residences were frequent
ly opened at the post °lnce.
At the time I speak of, the chief clerk
was an elderly man of the name o
Parker—a wizened, wiry, dapper indi-
vidual, so imbued with the official tinc
ture of Whitehall that it had become
second nature to him
breathed and thought and slept solely
for the Admiralty, and knew no other
pleasure or care. He was withal age
vial and kindly soul, keen and energetic
in the antis of his °nice, and in all
Alters a mere child
Ile had assumed as Lis prig•ate secre
ary a young fellow of khe name of
Beaumont, who was one of the most
oromising subordinates in the establish
nen t. Ile was modest and unassuming,
very good-looking, with a countenance
and an air suggestive of depression and
melancholy. He was evidently of good
education, and probably well born also,
for his manners were easy and indicated
good breeding. Ile was a native of
Jersey, and had been introduced to the
notice of the Admiralty authorities by
coins influential member of Parliament.
lie was much liked in the office and
discharged his duties to perfection.
line morning Parker presented him
self before my uncle with a visage (We
with woe and trembling with excite
ment.
" Why, what is the matter, Parker?
Has Bonaparte come;"
" He may have, for aught I know,"
said Parker. „ Things are all wrong,
Sir George!"
"What is wrong?"
" The letters are wrong. There is a
spy among us. I have known it for a
long time, now I am quite sure; but I
cannot find him out."
Parker went on to explain that he bad
for some time suspected that some one
in the office communicated their private
information and despatches outside. lie
had redoubled his precautions; but,
more than ever confirmed in his sus
picions; was entirely i battled in his en
deavors to detect the ehlprit.
" But, Parker," saidhily uncle, "how
do you come to be s(Nure that your se
crets have transpired ?"
"By the funds, Sir lleorge. They
answer to the news as surely as the hell
down stairs answers to the bell-rope. I
find them going up and down as it' they
were sitting in the (Alice," said Parker,
personifying the stock exchange for a
moment.
"Have all the letters to the clerks
Lees examined strictly?"
Yes; I read them all myself."
"Find nothing in them'."'
"Mighty little. Some are from home
and some from friends; but most of them
from sweethearts," said Parker, twisting
his face into a grim smile, "and rum
things they say ill them.
"And the young 111011's letters. Are
they rtlin, too?"
" They are more careful like, as they
know I am to see them ; but Lord save
you, sir, they are all stuff; not a lia'porth
of harm in them."
•"fhis matter must be seen to," said
my uncle ; " I have had my own mis
givings on the same subject. Bring me
all the letters which come to and are
sent by the clerks fur the next week.—
There is no reason why you should have
have all the rum things to yourself."
So my uncle had the letters for a week,
and found them very much such as Par
ker had described them. The suspicious
symptoms increased; the stock ex
change responded more sensitively than
ever ; but not the slightest ground for
suspecting any one transpired. My
uncle was bewildered, and Parker was
rapidly verging to insanity."
" It is certainly not the clerks," said
my uncle. "There is no reason there,"
said he, pushing back the letters of
the day. "By the way, how does
young Bennett get on ? She seems
a nice creature, that sister of his, to
judge by her letters."
"'lle is the best hand in the office, a
long sight ; and his sister is a very lady
like creature. They are orphans, poor
things, and he supports her out of his
salary. She called at the otlice two
mouths ago, and I gave him leave to see
her for a few moments in my room.—
But he knew it was against the rules,,
and has not seen her here again."
But what are we to de t"' said my
uncle. " I think l will speak to the
First Lord."
So lie spoke to the First Lord, who
thought the affair serious enough.
" It must be in the letters," said he.
" It cannot be in the letters," said my
uncle.
" As you please," said the chief ; ''but,
although you cannot find it .there, per
haps another can. I would try an ex
pert."
My uncle hail no faith in experts or
Bowstrcet run ners, and mist rusted them.
But he could not refuse to try the exper
iment. So the most experienced de
cipherer in London was summoned
into council, and to him the letters of
of the day were secretly submitted.
lie read them all very carefully, look
ed at them in the light and looked at the
light through them. At last lie them
all aside, excepting one from Elinor
Beaumont.
"Who is the lady who writes this ?''
said the taciturn man of skill at last.
" A very sweet young woman," said
Parker smartly ; " sister of my private
secretary.''
" Does she write often ?"
" Yes; she is his only correspondent,
and writes about twice a week."
" Where does she live?"
" She lives in Jersey, Beaumont told
me. Their father was in business there."
" And does she always write about the
samesort of things—aunt's rheumatism
picnics, squire's tea parties, and the
like ?"
"Much the same, excepting when she
speaks of Beaumont himself."
" Hum !" said the export.
" Well, sir," said my uncle, who was
rather impatient of the man of skill's
pomposity, "and what may hum'
mean? Have the young woman and
her aunt's rheumatism done the mis
chief ?"
" Hum ! She dates from Fleet street?"
" And why should she not date from
Fleet street ?"
"I should be sorry to prevent her,"
said the unmoved philosopher. " Has
this correspondence continued long?"
" Oh, yes—a couple of years or so, but
not nearly so regularly as lately."
" For how long regularly?"
" About two months."
" That is, about the time when you
first suspected the betrayal of confi
dence"
"Really, my friend, if you can't see
farther into a millstone than that, you
may give up the profession." said my
uncle. "Take my word for it, the
Beaumonts have nothing to do with it.
Rubbish!"
" Hum!" And with that the man of
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 6. 1870
skill took his hat and departed, saying
he would return in two days. The two
days, however, were tlvebefore he came
back, and was closeted with my uncle
and Parker, with whom he had fallen
in great disfavor.
"Wants to make a job," said the lat
ter—"a regular humbug."
Sir George," said the regular hum
bug, "has Beaumont a locked desk in
his room?"
"Yes, sir," said Parker, "he has."
"Have you a key which will open it?"
"I have , a-and what of that?"
" I wish to have that desk opened
without his knowledge, and the con
tents brought to me."
" And on what pretense," said my
uncle, "do you propose to put this in
sult on a man against whom there is no
reasonable ground of suspicion, and who
has not been allowed to speak for him
self?"
" There need be no insult, for lie will
know nothing of it; neither will any
one else."
" I will not permit it, sir."
" Hum! Then I eau du no more in
the business.
" But," said Parker, whose official no
tion made him unwilling to break off
the negotiations in this manner, "what
pretence have you for doing this to
Beaumont and not to the other clerks!"
" Shall I tell you ? There is no such
person as Elinor Beaumont, and the
address in Fleet street is a notorious
haunt of suspected foreigners."
"(load gracious!" said my uncle,
changing color, "you don't say that ?"
" It is the fact; but you 'will see the
necessity of being cautious and silent itt
the matter. Detection hangs on a
thread, as it stands, and a whisper will
break it."
• •
"What do you mean," said Parker,
"about Elinor Beaumont ? I have seen
her." •
"There is no Elinor Beaumont in
Jersey. I sent and havemcertained the
fact. ' 7
I am sure there Is some mistake
about all this, which Beaumont eau clear
up. Let us send for him."
If you do the game is up. I trust,
in fact, lie does not know of my visits.
We cannot he too cautious in this mat
ter!"
" Pedantic ass," muttered my uncle ;
" but I suppose we had better give him
his own way. If you meet Parker and
me here at seven to-night, we shall have
this wonderful desk opened, and your
great discoveries shall be made."
They met again that evening. The
desk was opened by Parker, and a bun
dle of letters, carefully packed up, all
from Elinor Beaumont, and a quantity
of circulars, playbills and shop receipts
were handed to the expert.
That gentleman read through the let
ters and seemed much struck by the last.
" Read that," said he, handing it to
my uncle. As the letter is important,
I give it entire:
120 Fmmr STICEET, Sept. 24, 18113.
Mv DEAR CitAam:s: Although we
had an adverse wind all the way, we
minute without difficulty the port we
were bound for. My aunt, in spite of
the weight of her fifty years, enjoyed
the trip much and is ready to sail again,
I hope you will think of sending the
line you promised on the 25th, and come
yourself, as your party is now much
smaller, and we should enjoy the visit.
When I was in London last week I
saw your cousin Harry, fresh from
Windsor. There is but little change to
be observed in him—not as much as you
would expect. Come to us on Friday.
Yours very affectionately, " You can choose fur yourself—in form
ELINOR B. Louise of all I have told you, consult
My uncle read this out loud, from be- with her and acquaint me of your de
gi n ning to end, and then he said, "Do vision ; but I beseech you, mother, let
you see anything suspicious in that. It it be as it should be—remain, take Em
seems to me very innocent." ilie to your heart, love her as thedearest
Humph! It may be. Was there thing on earth to the son you say you
anything else in the desk?" said he, love better than life."
addressing Parker. " Never. Leave me to myself—send
" You may go and look," growled that Louise to me and also your brother."
potentate ; and he led the way, the ex- „
Jly brother is aware of my inten
pert following. tions— he has congratulated me as well
The desk was quite empty, with the
as Emilie whose worth he appreciates."
exception of two or three scraps of paper. ~
,
Leave me instantly—by remaining
On one of these the expert pounced, and you but add fuel to the lire you have
returned with an air of elation to the
kindled."
other room. He then unfolded this ~
MEE=
scrap of paper, disclosed a half sheet ex
actly the size of the paper on which
Elinor Ileaumout's letters were written,
in which oblong holes at intervals had
been cut.
Ile then placed this half-sheet over
the letter, and handed both, thus placed,
to my uncle, whose astonished eyes read
the following words, which the holes
left visible:
Fleet wind-bound. Fifty sail of the
line. Twenty-five smaller. Should the
wind change. expect us on Friday.
"The devil!" said my uncle; "and
Nelson ordered off to the West Indies."
Then was there, as you may suppose,
hurrying and seurryi - ng, and running
and chasing, and dispatching of govern
ment Courier., and semaphore tele-
graphs, and carrier-pigeons and all the
old world meansof communication then
in fashion. The key thus obtained dis
closed the whole correspondence, which
turned out to be a connected series of
letters front the French government,
smuggled into Jersey. The rest history
knows; the intended invasion was
abandoned and Napoleon went else
where.
" But what put you on the scent"."
asked toy uncle afterwards, with many
apologies to the expert.
" I suspected the trick front the first,
although it was a very good specimen
of it. The letters were to innocent, and
had too little point in them. But they
were done with admirable skill. The
grammar was complete ; and the little
dots or marks which bunglers use to
guide them in writing the words which
are to be read were entirely absent. The
way in which the deception is effected
is this:—The correspondence, before
commencing, take a sheet of paper and
cut holes in it, which, of course, in the
two half sheets exactly correspond.—
They each take one half-sheet, and
when the letter is to be written, th/
writer so arranges the words that tho e
intended to be read shall appear in the
holes when the half sheet is placed over
the paper, which is of tho same size.—
When his correspondent receives his
letter, he places his half sheet over it
and reads the words as you did. The
difficulty, which was well conquered in
• this case, is to make the sense run flu
ently and to prevent any ;visible break
in the writing. Without the half-sheet
with the holes in it, no one can have
the slightest clew to the real meaning.
" My suspicions, once aroused, were
confirmed by the inquiries which I
made. The whole story about the sister
was a fabrication. The letters did come
from Jersey, the answers went to Fleet
street, to the charge of very notorious
foreign agents. But if our friend had
not been fool enough to leave his half
sheet in his desk, we might have groped
in vain for the mystery."
Beaumont disappeared that night, and
was never heard of again at the Admi
ralty. It transpired afterward that some
accomplice had warned him of the ex
pert's visit to the Admiralty, and his
enquiries in Jersey. He had made an
attempt to get admittance to his room,
but was scared by the sounds he heard,
and contrived so escape to France. The
lady who acted the sister, and who visi
ted the Admiralty, partly to put the au
thorities off their guard, and probably
also to interchange the key to the ci
pher, was a Parisian celebrity who both
before and afterward was renowned for
daring in political intrigue.
All that you can possibly accomplish
with the old fashioned bitting bridle,
that is to teach the horse to hold down
his head, hold up his head, and to the
right and to the left at the touch of the
rein, can be accomplished with the
bridle described below, in forty minutes.
If nature has not designated the horse
to have stylish head and carriage, no art
of man can alter it; and the old fash
ioned way of straining up the neck is an
unnatural position, end leaving it there
for hours, nine times out of ten results
in a heavy headed lugger on the bits.
Take a cord and fix a loop upon the
end, just like one used to go over the
jaw, only big enough to go over the neck
and fit down rather tight where the col
lar is worn ; now bring your cord for
ward, put through the mouth from the
offside, and bring back on the near side,
and put through the loop around the
neck; now pull upon this cord and the
head will be drawn back to the breast.
You are now prepared to bit, simply
pull open the cord a little, and as soon
as he curbs his head well, relieve him,
that teaches him it is there you want it.
When you want to raise his head, lift
quickly on the cord and you elevate his
head finely. You should not bit over
five minutes at a time, and then put it
away, and in forty-five minutes'time,
dividing each bitting into five minutes
each, you can bit your colt well.
How to Bit a Colt
The Birth-Bay Ball
From the Philadelphia Transcript.
Eustace Desmon bore unmistakable
signs of displeasure on his unusually
smooth and placid face, as he entered
his mother's boudoir by appointment of
his own making. For a moment he
stood silent and absorbed—his eye was
fixed upon his mother for a moment,
then his gaze fell upon the view com
manded from the window, and as he
gazed with the consciousness that all
within his sight was his and his alone,
and as he thought of the power that
fact gave him, the ruffled expression
left Ids countenance, and he advanced
to his mother, kissed her gently, seated
himself besides her and waited for her
to open the conversation.
" Well, mon fils, what is all this mys
tery? I ant impatient as well curious to
know ?"
Then this it is, ma mere, I am about
to be married, and to bring my wife
home here to be mistress of this house.''
" Preposterous!" angrily exclaimed
Madam Desnion, rising hastily and pac
ing the room.
Mother, there is mach more titan
what I have told you to learn. I beg
you to be seated and to understand that
what I now tell you I am not asking
your permission to do, but I tell it you
as a settled fact, and one that will bring
much peace and happiness, as well as
create the reform so necessary in my
domestic affitirs."
"Am not I sufficient to render you
happy—your sister, your brother? Sure
ly it can not require a fourth to com
plete your happiness?"
"No, it requires bui one person—that
person my wife."
" Who is this being who is so far
superior to your mother ?
Therelives not the woman superior
in my estimation, to my mother as a
mother, but I now speak of wife."
" I was hasty. You certainly will let
me remain with you
" Your question is absurd ; but let me
tell you that all that will be as it was,
except in one fact, my wife is mistress."
" I repeat, who is she?"
"Emilie Pierrepont."
" And my milliner."
" Your milliner ?"
" Never—l swear it !"
" Useless, mother."
" I repeat, it never shall Ire, I swear
it."
" It shall be—l say it."
"This outrage to foe, to your family,
to society, to your wealth and position."
" Of what use are all these, if they
bring you not happiness
"That you can purchase."
" A heart like Emilie's is not for sale."
" She has no position."
" She has my heart."
"She brings neither name or wealth."
She gives the her love."
" She will be—"
" My wife ; therefore, enough of this
useless opposition. I have told you
what will shortly occur—it is for your
own sake, I urge you to let it occur
peacefully."
"And I say I will not let it occur at
all."
"Then with feelings such as those
Emilie's life among you would be tor
ture to her sensitive nature. You,
mother, must with Louise and Etienne
live apart from my wife."
" Leave this luxury, subsist upon the
scanty income left Inc by your father,
which is barely sufficient to enable Eti
enne to support his position as your
brother.''
I obey you, mother, and await your
Slowly Eustace wended his way to his
studio, after sending Louise to his
mother.' Sail, indeed, were his thoughts,
for well he saw that none but a cold
welcome would be given to one so dear
to him as Emilie. He knew his mother
and sister too well to fancy they would
relinquish the luxury and power his
wealth gave them, nor did he intend
they should, yet he had used the threat
to endeavor to compel them to receive
Emilie, knowing that to be recognized
by his family was the surest way to the
approval of society, in which he and his
wife would pass their lives, principally
being immensely wealthy and high in
position. Eu,tace hail been greatly
favored by fortune—that is, all uncle
whom all spurned, simply because he
did not die, had taken a fancy to his
nephew, Eustace, and at his death left
him everything, with a dying re
quest that he would befriend whom he
chose, but he was not to give a cent of
his money to a soul. Eustace readily
complied, as the request permitted him
to do as much for his family as if they
hail had the money, and not lie. He had,
when young, acquired a taste for paint
ing, and after his acquisition to wealth
he cultivated it and devoted all his time
to it until his heart found occupation,
then his hands were idle. Emilie alone
occupied his thoughts—he gave himself
up to the sweet task of winning her
heart, which he found could not be won,
because it was his before the az,king.—
Sweet were the days of his courtship—
sweet, for none intruded--none comment
ed—none knew of his happiness, and
when the happy day approached the
heart of both the lovers sank at the
thought of a third intruding upon their
happiness.
traVatiently did Eustace await his
sister's coming, knowing well that she
would be the messenger of his mother.
An hour passed—the time drew near to
see Emilie—he could not delay, nor was
sere occasion, for as he rose to prepare
r his daily visit to his Emilie, his sis-
ter tapped lightly on the door and en
tered not slowly, but lazily. She was
not above the medium height, not pret
ty, except her eyes, and even they par
took of the discontented, self-dissatisfied
expression, which was the characteris
tic of the face, showing with greater
prominence in the mouth. She waited
to he spoken to, and not long (lid she
wait, for Eustace had become impatient
of the delay.
" What is my mother's decision
"She says it is useless to oppose your
determination, and that you may bring
your wife home ?"
" May ?"
" I think she said may."
"Recollect, she is to be mistress."
" I seek not the position."
"You are too inanimate for aught hut
ress and nonsense."
" You are right, dear brother. I am
going to order an elaborate toilet for
your marriage."
"'Then you do not oppose it ?
" I don't know anything about it;
mama says
" Have you no opinion of your own ?"
" You always quarrel with me when
ever we speak—you are very disagreea
ble."
have not time to argue anything
more at present, but must hasten to
Emilie. On Thursday I bring her here
to be married. Can everything be
ready ?"
"I am sure I don't know. It won't
occupy me a day in preparing my toi
lette."
" Always yourself."
Without waiti❑ for a reply Eustace
left the house, and hastened to Emilie,
who impatiently awaited him.
" Come at last?"
"Yes, Emilie, darling. it is all over.
I bring you their welcome, but do not
build too much upon it.
" I understand your meaning. I know
what I will have to contend with, but I
am more capable than you think of
holding my position without strife or
confusion."
I long to test your skill, and have,
therefore, fixed Thursday for our mar
riage."
A blush, a squeeze of the hand and a
long pause was the only reply from Em
ilie, who was to modest to express the
delight she felt, and too truthful to
feign surprise, or in any way to belie her
feelings.
The house of Eustace wash' complete
uproar; for the ensuing three days
everybody except Louise was busy;
Madame Desmon accepted her position
with as good a grace as possible appar
ently. She had never been en tete-a
tete with Eustace since their conversa
tion in her boudoir, nor did he seek
what he saw his mother was so anxious
to avoid.
Thursday morning at last arrived,
then the afternoon, and finally the eve- ' experienced when she saw the prepa
ning. Had there been a month In ' rations in honor of her daughter. If
which to prepare for the event nothing her heart did for an instant warm to
could have been more complete than wards Emilie, all such feelings were
the arrangement of everything. There stilled. At eight Louise, her mother
were as many guests as days in the year, and Emilie were all in the saloon await
as much display and pomp as for a coring their guests. Louise was magnifi
°nation, and as much bustle and hurry eently attired, and Emilie looked not
as usual on such occasions. ; less elegant in her whit 6 satin with an
Emilie, who had had never seen her immense train of white velvet. Eustace
mother-in-law since she trimmed her
was quietly admiring his wife, and if
last bonnet, was as nervous and pale as the truth were confessed so was Madame
"though she was a lady," mentally Desmon.
thought Louise, who kissed her brother's , A stillness pervaded the room, but it
choice, gave her a handsome present, was suddenly broken by a violent pull.
and asked her opinion on the arrange- lug of the street bell, and then all unu-
meat of her hair.
The ceremony was quite impressive
and touching—three things impossible,
except where love presides. - Half an
hour after the ceremony the happy cou
ple were on their way for an extended
tour; then, and not until then, did Ma
dame Desmon feel happy; she then
thoroughly enjoyed herself, and utterly
forgot the wedding and her dislike to it.
But three weeks after, when she read
the letter to Louise that announced the
return of the absent, her content forsook
her and her determination to rebel
against all usurpation of her former
rights became stronger. Louise was
passive as usual ; she had been assured
by her brother that his marriage would
deprive her of nothing ; beyond that,she
cared not; therefore she only frowned
as her mother gave vent to her fancied
injury, nor did she frown at what her
mother read, but at the interruption to
herself, being at that moment deep in
deciphering a pattern in the latest mag
azin des modes.
111-feeling, dissatisfaction, all could
not avert the arrival of Eustace and his
wife—both radiant in their own happi
ness. Emilie quietly assumed her rights,
and ignored all sneers or advice, both of
which there were plenty. Madam Des
mon's greeting was cold in the extreme ;
Louise was out, and when she returned
the arrival of Emilie was too old to be
taken notice of by her. Etienne alone
embraced his sister, kissed her, called
her Emilie, and evidently felt the pleas
ure he gave vent to.
A few days sufficed to see his wife
comfortably settled in her new house ;
then Eustace once more turned to his
studio for occupation, and with Emilie
to suggest, approve and admire, he was
the happiest of men; he rarely left home
without his wife, and in all she was as
she ever had been since he loved her,
the first and only consideration. Emilie
came rarely in contact through the day
with Madame Desmon, and no one in
terfered with her, and yet she was not
quite happy, for she felt she was only ,
tolerated, not liked. When she became
better acquainted with the domestic ar
rangements through the house, she
planned and ordered alterations—they I
were countermanded quietly but posi
tively. For a moment Emilie hesitated
as to the best course to pursue. To tell
leer.
Eustace was the last thing in her „He is not here."
thoughts, but to hasten to Madame Dl`,4- "We would search."
mon was her resolve; she found her, .. ( .„ t „i„l y. "
looking calm and well pleased with her- " Haste then, "and take him quietly,
self. ; for we give a ball here this evening, and
"Why do you come here!" she ab- ; wish to conceal all disturbance," coolly
ruptly asked.
! spoke Emilie.
To question madame by what right . Heartless," thought the officer, but
you interfere with my commands ?" lie said nothing. Careful examination
" They were absurd." I of Um adjoining rooms followed, but of
" I shall take, then, the liberty of pre- • course without success.
venting a recurrence of such interfer- We are satisfied, and beg Monsieur
ence. " Will pardon the intrusion."
Hastily ringing the bell, Emilie stood „ Stop a moment, officer. We will
silent; when it was answered, she sum- give you a thousand francs for your
moned to tier presence all the domestics. I strict silence," said Emilie.
Surprise paralyzed the tongue of Mad- "We will obey."
acne Desmon. Turning to the surprised ' , See that you do," added Eustace, as
servants, Emilie sternly said to the of- I
the officers were escorted by him to the
fending ones: "I gave you certain or- ,loor.
ders to-day ; you disobeyed me; you "Do not move, Etienne, until Eustace
are discharged; if your fellow-servants j returns. No one speak," came sternly
choose to take you for example and re- , from the lips of Emilie, and no one dare
main, well and good ; tire first one who I disobey her.
disobeys: me is discharged—recollect.
Eustace returned almost instantly,
You may go. Now, madame, you see looking stern yet sorrowful.
I am riot to be thwarted." Slowly Etienne crept from the folds of
"You will ruin my son—you will , rich white velvet, not whiter than his
make him hated by all—you yourself i face.
will be—"
" Respected, madame. I have the in- •
terest of my husband too much at heart,
as well as that of his family, to injure
him in the least ; but I our his wife, and
as such I will be treated."
"'Then if you have his interest so
much at heart, why continue in your j
extravagance I."'
" My extravagance ?"
"Yes; I saw bill to a large amount in I
your name for jewels and other fancy
articles."
I never!—but this is folly to explain
to you. For what I purchase I have the
full approval of my husband. Madame,
I thank you for the information you
have given me; I wish you adieu for
the present."
As Emilie left the presence of her
mother-in-law she encountered Eti
enne.
" I seek you, Etienne—l wish imme•
diately to see you."
" Certainly:sweet sister." Leading
the way to a retired room, Emilie closed
the door.
"Etienne, to you I attribute certain
purchases of which I have been ac
cused."
" I admit it, but forgive me this time; I
it shall be the last."
"And shall I have my husband chide
me?"
"You would not tell him '.'"
What was your object in such extrav
agance?"
This—l ant poor, that is, compara
tively, as you know; I have never been
used to work, my mind is unfitted for
employment. The position I hold is of
course equal to my brother's ; I must
sustain it. He refuses to assist mess lie
does my mother and sister."
You have sufficient income to
"Do not interrupt me. I have fallen
in love with a woman beautiful as Venus,
and rich as beautiful ; she would freely
wed me, but her love of wealth is at
present paramount. Could I but win
her heart she will yield it to me freely
and forget my poverty ; for this I have
courted her, pleased her fancy, lavished 1
everything on her that art could devise, I
my income failed to meet the expense ;
I did that which you in your gentleness
will forgive ; I used you as a means to
pay a few of the bills I could not meet.
I swear this is my last. Did my mother
know it, it would kill her, she exalts my
I discretion and my imaginary virtues;
the only one I possess is consciousness
of my unworthiness to the title of man."
I " You are good at heart, Etienne, and
this time I forgive ; never of thus
again."
There will be no occasion, for soon
shall I have the entire love of the one
j for whom I sinned."
"I trust so. Now I must hasten to
Eustace, to his studio."
I " Bless you, Emilie."
Eustace wondered at the delay of his
wife, but her presence soon set to flight
wonder, and all but the happiness of
her presence.
" You have been cobweb limiting
through the house, eh, wife ? You will
find much to sweep away."
" I have been making a few alters
' tions, and you I know will approve."
" What says my mother ?'
" A little opposition, of course ; but
that is no matter."
" I want to speak to you of my
brother."
" Why of him ? "
" I fear Ile is on the road to irrevoca
ble ruin."
" By what do you judge? "
" I hear it outside. I shall do nothing
for hint ; he is clever, young, and ought
to be ambitious ; he should find occupa
tion. I can give him an enviable posi
tion, he refuses it. Therefore, I repeat,
I will assist him."
" What has he done to require assist
, ance?"
"Got into debt, and no means to get
out."
" Have you remonstrated r
" Yes, but uselessly."
" Then I know not what to advise,
unless it be change of scene."
" A capital idea, and one I will assist
him to carry out if he will adopt it."
"I am sure he will. Now I want to
tell you that I am going to give Louise a
ball on her twenty-first birth-day,which
is a week from to-day. It is my inten
tion to have her speedily married. It is
her only salvation from herself—her
worst enemy."
"My wife is right again; but Louise
little deserves the kindness you show
her."
" We shall see in good time if she de
serves it or not."
Louise was grealy delighted at the
ball ; Madame Desmon ridiculed it, as
another extravagance, and Etienne,
who had positively refused to go away,
took little or no notice of it at all. He
seemed lately to be thoughtful and mo
rose, caring little for anything. No one
took any notice of him, however, and
he sought none.
The evening of the ball arrived. Mad
ame Desmon concealed the delight she
al tramp of feet.
It is early for animals," suggested
Emilie.
"'There was some bungling, doubt
less, in your invitations," sneeringly
replied Madame Desmou.
" Did you write them, nother," quiet
ly remarked Eustace, endeavoring to
pass off his mother's ill-nature playfully.
Ere reply could be made, the door was
violently thrown open, and Etienne,
pale and staggering rushed in.
"'They seek me, mother 1"
" Who ? In heaven's nano explain."
" The officers of justice."
" What
" Question not, but save nie. They
conic. Even now I hear them ap
proach."
" What do I hear. Tell me instantly
what you have done?" demanded Ens
tare of his brother.
" I have forged the name of an ae
tiwkintanee. In heaven's name, save
inc. You, Emilie, you will save me ?"
" I refuse to aid you, Etienne."
" Vile, unwortliy brother!"
As such I denounce you!" exclaim
ed Madame Desmon. Hark! 1 hear the
approach of the officers. To you, I ap
peal, to you Emilie. Save the family
whose interest you have so at heart from
disgrace. Save my sun, and I will be to
you a slave. What you will."
" What can I do? Eustace, I Implore
you to save him."
" I refuse."
" Footsteps approached the door.
There is nu egress—none." Placing her
hands for a moment to her head, Emilie
thought. " I will—yes I eon save hint
or the present. Rise Madame Desmon
from your knees, look unconcerned.
Eustace, on pain of losing my love, re
veal nothing. Quick, Etienne, down
on your knees." And taking the pow
erless Etienne by the shoulders Emilie
forced him on his knees, then quick as
thought, site swept her train over him,
and not a moment too soon, for on the
instant the officers opened the door and
stood barring it.
" What would you ?" demanded Eu
sttee.
We seek your brother."
" For what':"
" lie is accused of forgery. Here is
my authority," promptly answered the
" Heaven sends its choicest blessings
to you, Emilie, my best loved child from
this moment!" exclaimed Mme. Des
mon, weeping and embracing Emilie,
whose anxious eyes were fixed on her
husband. He returned her gaze coldly.
Tears ran slowly down the face ho loved
so well, and the hand bearing the wed
dingl, ring he had placed there was ex
tended suppliantly to him, as with the
other his wife pointed to the stricken
mother and penitent brother.
Only for a moment did Eustace resist
that appeal. He opened his arms for
his wife, gave his hand to his brother,
while turning to his mother he said:
" He is forgiven, mother, for the sake
of this angel, my wife, your daughter."
can accomplish anything," was
all Louise had to say.
" The guests arrive. Prepare to re
ceive them, mania, and you, too, Etien
ne ; it is best. To-morrow you will
leave here. Hostile° has a position of
importance for you. You will go? "
How can I ever reward you, dear
Emilie ? "
"By letting your future be a bright
contrast to your past."
" It shall be so."
Quickly the guests arrive, and they
never expressed themselves so well en
tertained. They departed at a late hour,
little imagining the scene that had been
enacted where they danced and enjoyed
themselves. Nor did they fancy how
welcome was their departure.
The next day Eustace left Paris for
England a changed man, far happier
and wiser than years could have rendered
him.
Eustace never refers to his action.
Daily was he rewarded for it by seeing
his wife the idol of his mother's heart,
the confidante of Louise, and in every
way the light, life, and soul of his home.
True Heroism
The battle of Aliw•al fought on
the SSth day of January, 1.446. It was
the bloodiest in modern history up to
that time ; since then it has been
eclipsed in its sanguinary character by
Inkermann, by Sulferino, and by Sado
wa. At one time, the Sikh cavalry had
well nigh captured Sir Harry Smith
himself, who was obliged to shift his
position in consequence. At this mo
ment, an officer on his stall was struck
down by a fragment of shell, which
shattered his right thigh and hip joint
in a hideous Manner. Some men of his
troop, seeing him fall, obtained leave to
run to his assistance, and in a few min
utes lie was on a stretcher, and being
carried to the rear. The men were de
voted to him, and they carried him
through that dreadful field of slaughter
with as much care as if conveying a
baby in its cradle. When within a short
distance of the staff-surgeon's tent, they
came upon a private lying desperately
wounded. The poor fellow looked up
piteously and touched his cap, as he re
cognized his officer in agony on the
stretcher. Captain C— culled to the
men to halt, and to raise him up slightly;
leaning over he soon saw the nature of
the soldiers wound, which was far less
dangerous than his own.
" Lift me out," he said ; I can't move;
you lift me out; that'll do, gently—yes,
that's broken too," (as they touched his
spine.) "So—now carry him to the doc
tors ; they can do nothing for me, not
too late for him yet—just a little more—
so," (facing the enemy,) " that's it."
" But, sir " remonstrated one of
the men.
" Be quick with him, then come back;
I'm not likely to leave this spot," he
added with a slight smile.
The men did as ordered, and deposit
ing the wounded trooper, they returned
to Capt. C—. He had not, indeed!
left that ; he lay facing the enemy still,
and the playful smile with which he
had addressed to them his last words
lingered yet on his face; but his troubles
were over ; victory or defeat were now
alike to him, and he had left the field of
strife for that peaceful world, where
dwell the spirits of the just made perfect.
The instances of men hopelessly
wounded refusing to monopolize the
doctor, are by no means rare; and if a
battle-field is sometimes the scene of
outrages at which humanity shudders,
it occasionally provides us with in
stances of unsurpassed heroism and self
sacrifice.
The examination at the West Point
Academy was concluded yesterday.—
Forty-eight out of the ninety-six candi
dates failed to pass and will be sent
home. The examination is said to have
been the most rigid over held.
The steamer City of Hartford struck
a sunken rock near Portland, Connec
ticut, on Sunday night, whileon her way
to New York. She was run ashore and
sunk, but is expected to resume her
trips in about a week. Part of her pas
sengers returned to Hartford; the rest,
with the freight, were taken to New
York by another steamer.
NUMBER 27
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The Tine County Republican Con
vention will assemble on the 16th of
September.
The Democracy of Schuylkill county
will hold their County Convention on
the 4th of July.
The corn throughout the State is re
ported as looking remarkably well, not
withstanding the excessive wet weather.
Robert J. Hemple, a prominent Phil
adelphia Democrat, died suddenly on
Tuesday, at his residence in that city.
The Hon. William H. Upson, was last
week re-nominated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Eighteenth District.
A little girl named Sarah Cori, of Ma
rysville, was killed by lightning a few
nights ago while lying in her bed.
The new Baptist Church, at Lewis
burg, Union ccunty, was dedicated on
Sunday, and at the morning service
$lO,OOO were raised.
The school laws of Pennsylvania are
undergoing a thorough revision, and
will not be ready for distribution for
some time.
William 11. Kelley and John Cessna,
both of whom voted to keep carpet-bag
Whittemore in Congress, are s mi o l
for re-election.
It is stated by the Shippensburg pa
pers, that a negro named Levi Kee, will
be a Republican eandidate for Sheriff
this fall in Cumberland county.
Samuel Schlegel and William Miller,
butchers, were shot at b\• highwaymen
while riding into Reading, on Tuesday
night, for the purpose of attending inar-
The Reading lilts Company II:IVO re
duced the price of gas to $3 per thousand
feet. Even at the apparently low price
the eompany have just declared a divi
dend of 5 per cent.
The thermometer stood at 9.") yester
day, in Philadelphia; five eases of sun
stroke were reported. In New York
the thermometer marked 90, and eight
eases of sunstroke were reported.
On Monday morning a dog belonging
to Mr. O. Orth, while lying on a wheel
barrow, in front of the Rainbow Engine
House, Reading, was so badly frighten
ed by a torpedo thrown close to him by
a boy, that he died in a short time.
Thomas Langdon, driver of the Frank
lin Engine Steamer, of Germantown,
was thrown from his seat while going
to a fire on Wednesday morning, and
had an ankle crusher and the other
foot badly injured by the wheels run
ning over him.
l‘fary E. Reynolds enticed a man
named Arthur Clarke in to a by way,
near Seventh and Lombard .tits., Phila.
Here he wus attacked by John Dully
and George Spencer, who garroted him
and then robbed hint of n watch and slr,
in money. All three were arrested and
committed to answer.
The real "Shißella' Day" of the pe
riod, will be the Second Tues,lay ,if next
October, when the Radical " lting"
will be broken to pieces by the indig
nant people. The bruisers will then be
bruised, and among the Radicals, sore
heads will be as " plenty as blackber
ries." " Let us have peace:"
We regret to record the death of Wm.
Stern, late elation agent at Chadd's
Ford, on the 1' &B. C. It. It, On the
'2oth ult., he was conversing with his
wife, when he was suddenly taken ill
and expired in a few minutes. He was
about 30 years of age, and was highly
esteemed by all who knew him.
On Saturday a riot occurred in Phila
delphia, between the Gray Reserves and
a crowd of boys and adherents of the
Good Will Engine Company. The row
was caused by a Reserve chastising a
boy for stealing. Several of the Reserves
were badly hurt, and the wire guards
were torn from their armory doors and
windows.
John Wagner, aged about 31 years,
six feet high, with mark on left side of
the face, wearing a brown suit, left 'his
home on Friday, the lUth inst. Ile has
not been heard of since, and any infor
mation concerning his whereabouts will
be thankfully received by his wife,
Anna Wagner, Jaysburg, Lycoming
county, Pa. Exchanges will confer a
favor upon a poor woman in distress by
copying this notice.
There is a man named Ilaily, living
near Hamburg, Ilerks county, who is
now quite an old man, and has large
possessions. Sixty-four years ago—in
18W—he purchased a wagon loaded with
lumber, at a public sale, and vowed that
it should not be unloaded while he
lived. It is housed in a wagon-house,
and the lumber bears an old arid worn
appearance. The wagon is in a good
state of preservation, with good !wavy
tires.
A man named John Sites, was con
victed at January sessions of malicious
mischief and assault and battery, and
sentenced to the Cumberland county
jail. A short time before the April ses
sions he made his escape front jail, and,
on his return to Quincy township, stole
some clothing. The Sheriff pursued
him and succeeded in arresting him,
and committed hint to jail again.—
Strange to say, lie escaped agaii, last
week.
On Saturday last, David Peoples, aged
19 years, was drowned at Frank ford, Pa.,
while bathing. Information was at
once sent to the lad's uncle, Samuel W.
Evans, and while he, lEvans,l was at
the place of the accident, waiting for
the recovery of the body, he received
word that his own wife was dead. The
news of the death of her nephew reused
such a shock that her own death was
produced from an affection of the heart,
of which she had at times complained.
Georgia has produced a cahhage he
four feet across.
An Illinok farmer e.ost,3 him eye over
a corn field of 5,30 n aeres.
Chicago has an organ grind. r worth
575,000, who still grinds away.
There is much music in the lay of the
mocking bird, but unsentimental peo
ple prefer the lay of the domestic fowl.
A dead dog is better than a living lion,
ahnply for the reason that you can make
sausage meat of 1.144, former, whereas the
other may make mince-meat of you.
The branch road iron' Somerset, Pa.,
to connect with the Pittsburgh and Con
nellsville Road at Mineral Point is to be
let to contractors at an early day. It is
proposed to push this enterprise.
A petition is being signed at Paris
asking that the (jrand Rabbi Isitior
should be nominated Senator—a dignity
to which no member Of the llebrew
persuasion has ever attained.
It is said that over 1,000 persons have
been converted at the National Camp
Meeting, just terminated in Massachu
setts, among whom are a Japanese and
New York prize tighter.
The New York Sun (Radical) says:
"How lucky for the United States that
Ulysses S. Grant wasn't Kingof France
in 1776, with Don Hamilton Fish for
his Prime Minister!
Montreal Is to have a new style of
steam omnibus, the tires of the wheels
are fifteen inches thick, covered with
vulcanized rubber. No rails are required
and the engines make no noise to fright
en horses, etc., and can be stopped al
most instantly.
Miss Charlotte Cushman is on her way
home from Rome, and does not expect
to return to that city until November
of next year. The friends of Miss Cush
man, one of the greatest women Amer
ica has produced, should give her a fit
ting reception.
A case of feminine daring is related
of a Virginia belle, who rode to the edge
of a precipice, and defied any man of
the party with whom she was riding to
follow her. Not a man accepted the
challenge; but a tantalizing youth stood
on his head in the saddle, and dared her
to do that.
As the regular freight train of cars on
the P. W. & B. It. It., was passing
North East, after night-fall one evening
this week, some cowardly — person, un
der cover of darkness, threw a stone at
the engine and hit the fireman, com
pletely disabling him for a few mo
ments.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio,
delivered an address before the literary
societies of the University of Virginia,
at Charlottesville, Va. A large audi
ence was present, and the speaker was
much applauded. His subject was the
progress of the human race as the re
sult of the efforts of individual men.
At Baltimore, yesterday, the office of
the Maryland Fire Insurance Company
was robbed of a trunk containing U. S.
Bonds and other Securities to the amount
of $150,000. The robbery was commit
ted while a stranger was negotiating for
the insurance of a house at Richmond,
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Tho Negro In the Gulf Ntatles
The New York Worid publishes in no
editorial article the result of a recent inter
view with an old citizen of Louisiana, who
is a large business man, and has aliment.'
acquaintance with the social and individual
status of that section. He represents that
the labor problem is rapidly being success
fully solved in Louisiana. Wu quote a
portion of this article:
We learn from this intelligent person that
emancipation is not regarded as an evil by
the owners of the Southern plantations, and
that they heartily acquiesce in free labor.
The negroes aro reasonably industrious,
and aro improving every year under the
wages system. HO has purehased and
stocked a large sugar plantation, and his
description of this enterprise gives a Mir
idea of the relations at present subsisting
between the °sellers of land and Iho labor
ers.
Ile has engaged his laborers for the year,
paying them $lB per month of twenty six
days, furnishing each family W till a cottage
and garden free of rent, and making each a
weekly allowance of Ind taut meal and pork
or bacon equal to the allowance formerly
made to slaves. The cottages have oast
hint $3OO each to build; They aro surround
ed Sr it h gardens in which he has planted
fig, orange and other fruit trees, and he
has assigned to each family an acre of
land on the plantation to cultivate in odd
hours by tlounselves and their woolen and
children. Ile informs us that this is a
eommon arr a ngement on the Louisiana
plantations. The wages of the heads of fam
ilies is paid monthly ; the women and
children being employed at daily wages in
such labor as they are capable of perform
nag anal paid at the end of each week. Boys
wlm can drive a team receive twenty- live
cents a day, and women who work in the
field front fifty toseventy-live cents. Medi
cal attendance is provided by witholding
fifty cents a month, or six dollars a year,
from the wages of each laud; this money
being paid to a 11113 , it . Cet to the
call of any family needing his services.-
The sante physician has a similar ar
rangement with a sufficient 111101ber of
plantations to bring hint about $3,000 a year
--a very good income for it country doctor.
Although the laborers aro hired by the
year, both planters and laborers are in the
habit of dissolving the engagement when
ever either become dissatisfied, the wages
being paid up to the time when the laborer
leaves or is discharged, The plantation we
have described is a sample of thousands of
others in the salmi State. It conveys
pleasing and satisfactory pleture of the con
dition of the negroes and the disposition of
the emplovers. Tho negroes aro content,
and the planters apprehend no trouble.
The labor problem is regarded as solved to
the satisfaction 14 ' both partbas.
Ile tells us that the social problem worth
he no problem at all if it wore nut fur 111C11 -
dlemumucarpet - bag interference. A law has
been passed by the 'carpet-hag Legislature
of Louisiana giving negroes equal rights In
schools, theatres, hotels, and public 1,11-
voyanees; but this is something which the
negroes themselves do not care for and have
never demanded. It is repulsive and tell
ous to the whites, and In their presetiL tem
per they will never submit to it. They w ill
willingly be taxed to support separate free
schools for the black chi ldren; the street
railroad companies in S owOrleans are ready
to give up every other car to the negroes ;
but asscciation and contact are repelled as
indignities, and, as a general rule, the 110-
grous do not claim this kind of equality.--
The attempts which have been made to en
force it have utterly failed. The keeper of
the largest Ice-cream establishment in New
Orleans refused to lot a negro sit in the
Borne saloon with his white customers, and
was indicted under tho law. When the
trial came on, a mixed jury of whites and
blacks disagreed ; ono negro being against
conviction, and two of six or seven white
Jurymen in favor of it. They were finally
discharged by the Court, and that was the
end of the prosecution. No trial in a sim
ilar case could have any other result, as no
jury, unless it were packed, would ever
agree to convict a man under this odious
law. Every law of that kind will be a dead
letter, as there is no possibility of mmen-
ti rent Britain and Canada
The late Fenian raid has provoked in
Canada a degree of foolingagalwit the Brit
ish government which was not anticipated.
The party in favor of maintaining tie Brit
ish connection is now the chief malcontent.
The imperial authorities have recently told
the Canadians that from henceforth they
!oust protect themselves in a larger Inca
suro than they have done hitherto. In
Pursuance of this notice they are withdraw
ing the troops, with the exceptions of two
regiments, one of which is to remain at
Halifax and the other at Quebec. In the
midst of this change of policy the tempest
at Winne peg broke out, and England de
manded that Canada should pay a propor
tion of the cost of Its suppression. I !movie.
grumbled at the demand, on the ground
that the territory was beyond her borders;
but ultimately she acquiesced in it. A few
months later the Fenian raid took place,
and but for the millitia it:now appears that
the invaders might have had undisturbed
possession of the borders for several days
ere the imperial troops could have reached
them.
. .
After the repulse of the Fen lane, the
English press complimented the United
States government for its efforts In checking
the invasion, and snubbed lieneral Lindxnv,
the commander of the Canadian troops, for
giving the sole credit to the Canadian mil
itia.
All these things have made the Dentin
ionites very wrathy. They claimed that
(leneral Lindsay should be a better author
ity than some Cockney littrodrur, who
may have never been beyond " the sound
of Bow Bells." They say that if their
country is to be a battle-ground for disputes
which they have no share in creating, (Ireat
13ritain, while mho claims her sovereignty,
should be at the sole expense of contesting
them and that, as they paid us the loss by
the St. Alban's raid, wo should defray their
expenses in repelling the Fenians.
Accordingly, a member of the Canadian
Cabinet has been sent to the Court of St.
James to urge these claims; and already
the Englinh press tells him he has (.mllOl,ll
"a fool's errand." This intimation has
warmed the Canadian mind to fever heat.
Boards of trade, the public press, and pub
lic meetings aro busily denouncing the im
perial authorities and demanding redress.
At a public meeting recently held in
Montreal we notice that, amid some oppo
sition, resolutions were tarried to the effect
that, 11.4 Fenian raids were provoked by
muses in which Canada had no part, she
ought not to be inflicted with them or OX
peeted to pay for their repulsion ; that
Great Britaiu should ha urged to maintain
a sufficient force in the provinces to repel
such invasions, and to demand from the
United States an indemnity for the past and
guarantees that no similar inroads shall he
permitted in the future.
The party in favor of Canadian indepen
dence reply that Great Britain will not
change her present policy, and that these
complaints furnish arguments for inde
pendence. This party assumes that a sev
erance from the mother country will not
only remove every motive for future Fenian
visits, hut induce a renewal of the much
coveted reciprocity treaty and larger com
mercial relations with ourselves.
Their opponents, while, perhaps, secretly
concurring in the force of these arguments,
nevertheless oppose independence, from a
belief that independence is but a converti
ble term for annexation—a pill which they
are not yet strong enough to swallow.
Wo can assure them that the United
States aro supremely indifferent as to
whether they may become annexed to thin
country or not. Wo leave them to their
choice. If they cannot get on "by their
mother's apron-strings," nor get on alone,
we may take compassion on them, if they
should so desire.
between these provinces and Great Britain
cannot lost. This Is felt by all parties
there. Either she must yield to their de
mands or they must sever the connection.
In view of this probable loss of her colonies
it requires no prophet's pen to predict that
without them she must ultimately sink too
second-class power. Australia and the other
colonies will sooner or later follow the Ca
nadian example ; and, with the limited ter
ritory of Great Britain, and the growth of
manufactures and commerce in other quar
ters of the world, her supremacy will be
eclipsed.—X. Y. World.
That Largest Refracting Telescope
A statement is going around in the press
that the largest refracting telescope ever
constructed-32 feet long, 10 feet 0 inches
in circumference, with an object glass 23
inches in diameter—has been recently man
ufactures! in York. The Pennsylvania
papers added the word, " Pa." 'rho Gotha
mite press made it " New York," and
claimed great credit for the Rk ill of their
astronomical instrument makers. Now the
fact is that that telescope never was made
in this country, but In York, England, by
the celebrated makers, T. Cooke st: Son, and
it having been calculated that the compara
tive impurity of the atmosphere prevailing
in Great Britain will hardly allow a clear
and unobstructed sight through suels a
powerful Instrument, it will be set up in an
observatory on the Isle of Madeira, Portu
gal, where the transparency of the air is
best adapted for astronomical observations.
California
Statistics show the total annual value of
the industrial products of California to be
$182,000,000, comprising $59,000,000, or 43
per cent., for agriculture; $75,000,000, or 40
per cent., for manufactures, and $27,060,(X)0,
or 13 per cent., for mining. Tho two for
mer branches aro increasing, while the last
is decreasing in absolute and relative im
portance. The total exports of the State In
1869 were: $58,000,000, or more than $lOO to
the inhabitant ; whereas the exports of (}reat
Britain are only 820, and of the United
States as a whole only $lO to the inhabitant.