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THE FACES WE MEET.
Oh, tile faces we meet
In the crowded street
With their smlllng lips or their weary eye
And the clouds of care,
Willett they often wear,
As they hurry swiftly by.
There are laces as gay
As the Waves that p l ay
On the sunny sands hi an Islet green :
There are eyes as bright
As the Jewels' light,
That tails on the brow of a utieen
There are tresses of hair
Like a golden snare.
And they catch many hearts in their meshes
(strong ;
There am locks like the night
On a mountain night,
Darr theclay-nt an heralds the (lawn
There are brows as free
Al , a land-locked sea,
No storms haye driven, no temp.a:, tossed
And brows an black
As the desolate track
\VIIIch the lire-dead has crossed.
There err lips who, smilr.
Without malice or ellllO,
Light the nom ae tho sun light, the tire
And lips where n sneer
Chills the blood as with Ms r.
At its lurk malignity.
Oh, the hirer tcr, meet
n Llle croNolol Ht reel,
1111 h careworn brows or wit 11 g 111,1,011 W t•S'.
Aro incLoreN of II fe, mane
Of light awl shade
AM they 111164 LIS HWI ILI t' ht
_Miscellaneous.
the Hancock Secret
=BEM=
She was a mystery to her fellow-tray
e•lers in the third class. She wits evi
dently accustomed to the Ilrst, by the
dostitictive movement she made for the
strap by the window ; she was ad evi
dently unaccustomed to hard work, by
the whiteness cud smallness of her
hand; for she drew off her glove inad
vertently—a light kid glove, soiled cer
tainly, but of perfect eta and duality
and showed her small fair hand, with
marks round her lingers us if they lied
4.lte habit of rings. She wore a large
'Neter-proof cloak, to the effectual con
cealment of her dress, which, however,
crackled and rustled underneath hke
silk; and—she had the untuistakable
air of a high-bred . lady; and though
.her face was so youeeztled by a thick
t-Metland veil there itts no telling what
her features were like, yet she was c•er
•tuinly young, and every thing about
:her seemed In pre•suppuse beauty. Al
dogether Hie` Wee Re ; her
'whole mannyr tool style differing se
sarangely trout the place in which she
round herself, and from theetimpanions
consequent.
Presently the train slackened, then
stopped at Three-I,timis station, and th e
anomaly was obierved to shrink farther
NIA' in her ember, and to hold her,
head bent a little dent It. 00 the plat
form was a footman in green and gold
--the Hancock livery -standing a step
or two behind a tall, handsome-looking
man, both scanning the train as it pass-
Outside the station wits a carriage
with a 'pair of bays, the like of tyhirh
are not often :well.
The•rr'd lion vovi;', R aj,' a
rough farmer-lad seated oppc,,ito (,) thr
anomaly.
Itelike my lady's coining down,"
returned his hither, to whom he had
spoken. "I see li'r go up yesterday."
As he said this, the footman running
along the line, turned his eyes Into the
carriage, and nodded superciliously to
Hodge; and Hodge and his son pulled
:their foreloelts and said, "(hued morn-
sir," tulle respectfully.
If the anomaly had not worn so thick
a veil Hodge would have seen her smile.
" My lady doesn't seem to have come,
John," then said the gorgeous crea
ture I❑ livery, touching his hat; and
his master answered quietly,—
" So it seems ; come to meet the next
train," as if he !Tally did not care much
-about the matter. But In 1161 own heart
he wits fuming savagely; blaming her
for not telegraphing If she had been pre
vented Cooling.; blaming her for stupid
iity, carelessness, indifference, and all
manner of evil things, as men do when
(hey are angry, Mid before they can vebt
d heir wrath on the offending head.
Meanwhile the train went on. At the
next station it dropped Hodge and his
soli, and about live miles further It stop•
ped at an insignificant little station
where only third-elass, trains did stop;
and theaninnaly it ig ted , and made her
way across some fields to a small cottage
set at the entrance to a by-lane, a pretty
little place with a rustic porch covered
with roses and honeysuckles, and a trim
garden full of old•lashioned flowers.--
The anomaly pushed open the wicket
gate, and went.up the paved walk and
through the porch into the inner room,
where an elderly woman sat watching a
sil: child.
" W ell, Goody, and how is lie to
ahly she asked, below her breath.
" All ! toy lady, I thought you would
Contr. 'Hr.'s as had, poor lamb! as he
,!an lie to live. I've looked for his lash
every minute, as you might say."
"Poor little .fellow !" said the lady
tenderly. "All! he is ill, poor darl
ing!" and tears were in her eyes as she
sat down by the bedside and softly
touched the wasted feverish hand
" The doctor nays 11,1 'how lie cannot
last the night through, if some change
don't take place soon to-day," said the
old woman. " You feel sure, my lady,
don't you, as how I haye done my
best?" she added, anxiously.
" Your best, Goody! of course I do.--
Have we not trusted you ? and don't I
know you, dear old soul *.""l'he lady
spoke with tender atlectionateuess as
she laid tier hand upon the old . Wolllall'd
shoulder.
"And Miss Annabelle, do she feel
satisfied in her mind 7
The pale face into which the woman
was looking so anxiously flushed. "I
am sure she does," she answered. "Make
your mind easy on that; my sister is us
well content with you as I. And now
t must go. You will write and let us
know how he goes on. ll' he does not
live, it will not be for want of cure ; we
niust accept what ensues patiently. You
will want money, in any case, and I
have brought some. And mow s good-by,
i d bless thee, little one," she
added, stooping down and kissing the
UTICOII , ,iIMS ; and, with a
strange feeling of mingled pity and re
lief lief (for she saw the boy eould not live,)
human compassion and the relaxing of
a heavy filaaai burden warring together
in her mind, she passed out of the cot
^ tags and took her way back across the
,
fields to the little station again, just in
time for the up-train.
This time she entered a fl rst•tilass car
rlage. She got in, envelope,' in her
waterproof, and masked in her Shetland
vail, still an anomaly. At Three-Lanes
she got out, radiant in silk attire, and
with an uncovered face, co þ etily
Lady Hancock. She was greelted with
respectful bows and hat-touchings by
the station-master and the porterh.
" Sir John was here by the last dewn
train, looking for you, my lady," said
the station-master.
"I am so sorry ! I fell asleep by the
way, and so inissed the station,' said
my lady simply, looking divinely love
ly•as she lowered her eyes and blushed.
For my lady was not a great adept at
telling stories, and generally managed
to be betrayed by her blushes.
The station-waster stared, but said
nothing. He and the footinan, and Mir
John too; for that matter, had looked
into every lirst-class carriage carefully,
and had seen no Lady Hancock awake
or asleep; but, my little lady's little
games were not his unit's, so he made
a half-military salute, and looked as if
he' believed her. Presently the Hall
carriage ditched up.
"You need not say that I have made
this mistake," said Lady Hancock hur
riedly. " John is nervous about my
traveling alone, and he would not like
it if he thought I could make such a
blunder. 1 will go across the line, and
will you keep the servant here until the
Loudon train has come in ? "
It cost the pour lady something to
weave up this little network of falsehood
and. pretences, hut more was at stake
than the mere verbal truth of the mo
ment; and If she was falsifying facts, it
was not to do harm to any one, but to do
good, and to shield the suffering. With
which specious reasoning she strove to
content' her soul, and succeeded but ill.
When the train stepped, she slipped
out of the little waiting-room, and stood
ou the platform close to an open car
riage, Just as her footman came bustling
across ; andjust, too, as her maid alight
ed.
" Lor, my lady ! " said the maid, "
have been in ever such a way about
you! I looked and looked till the train
began to move, 'and I never see your
ladyship aPall ! lam glad you came all
safe! "
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" I do not think your eyes can be very
good, Vince," was the lady's quiet re
joinder; and the station-master was
more than ever puzzled at the why and
wherefore of Lady Hancock's intricate
mamcuvres.
Then the carriage rolled away, and
the pretty, sweet-mannered, easy-tem
pered Lady left her character behind
her—at least, with one man.
• _
She found her husband, decidedly
cross and sulky when she got home.
He was not a very well-disciplined per•
son, and he hated to be disappointed.
And she found, moreover, her sister-in
law, Miss Annabelle, In her own room
with a nervous headache. The maid
said she had had au hysterical attack
to-day, and that the doctor had been In
the house two hours, and had looked
grave when he left.
" Well, so you have condescended to
come home at last ! " said Sir John, dis
agreeably, as his pretty wife came into
the room with . a face full of the most
penitent, coaxing, delicious smiles im
aginable.
'• 0 John, I urn so sorry !", she said ;
" but the Leytons came, and I missed
the train!"
. _
"And there was 110 telegraph at the
post-olllee, of course " said her husband
grimly.
" I never thought uf that till too
late," said Lady Hancock, with the old
tell-tale blush. " But don't be angry,
John, dear, please. You newly be sure
I did not miss the train on purpose.''
" You know bow much I hate irreg
ularity, Lucy," he answered, still
grumblingly, if somewhat mollified.
" Women are such muffs! They never
can do things with precision or fore
thought!"
" Now, scold me there's a dar
ling," pleaded the lady in her sweetest
voice and liner a little noire half-surly
annoyance on his pai n t, and a great deal
of love-making im hers, pellet' was re
established between them, and Lady
Hancock went up stairs to her sister
in-law.
Lucy, Lucy, dear! what is it. ex
claimed Aim:Melia, starting up from
her bed e Lady Hancock entered, and
seizing her by both hands, while her
white, wan fare searched into hers for
the warrant of death or of life.
" Ire cannot live, dear: He was
dying when I was there," she answer
ed. "Poor little fellow ! He will soon
he no longer a perplexity to any of us'."'
" My poor boy ! my child!" murmur
ed the girl. " Lucy! I can scarcely
slay away from him ; I ought to go."
" Aud betray everything '.' No, dear ;
you can do no good to him now what
ever,
to yourself only infinite harm.—
The risk was awful to me to-day ; you
must be satisfied. And you tim,' con
trol yourself." For Annabella, weak by
nature and weaker still by so ffering,hati
begun again to sob and lament so pas
sionately that another nervous attack
was Inlinent if she could n'ot be calm
ed in time. No one in the world save
Lady Hancock had any real power
over this poor creature; but even
she failed to-day; and in the midst
of her exhortations her sister-in-law
went off into strong hysterics, and . the
noise of her sobs and shrieks arrested Sir
John as he was passing her door on his
way to his own dressing•room. So this
again was another ruffle on the not too
smooth surface of the baronet's temper,
and his wife had to bear the effects as
well as she might. Poor Lady Han
cock ! She was the one to be pitied
among them all. Without fault of her
own, here she was entangled in the
meshes of a disgraceful secret ; a secret
which, if known either in its reality or
only as it might appear, would estrange
her husband from his only sister for
ever, and anger him gravely with her
self; a secret which forced her to tell
lies and commit deceptions, to put her
self in the power of others ,as just now
of the station-master at Three-Lanes),
and which was as burdensome to keep
as it was impossible to impart, with ap
parently no end to the disasters and
miseries involved.
Hut with Annabella's restored senses
the difficulties of the day were by no
means over. Late In the evening a
knock came at the hall-door—an unusu
al thing', as we all know, in the country
where even day-visits are rare--and a
loud, boisterous voice was heard, ask
lug for Ludy Haneoek, in the ball.
"Why,there's that beast (lay!" said
Sir John with a frown. "What on earth
brings him here to-n lght '."'
Lady Hancock felt her face grow
white, and for a moment she thought
she should have fainted. I ler husband
looked at her sharply. An atmosphere
of mystery makes itself felt; and Sir
John was becoming suspicious and
aroused. But he had not much time to
note his wife's changing looks, for the
servant announced Mr. l;ay; and Mr.
(lay came into the room.
A bold, handsome, showy man, with
a loud voice and a great display of shirt
front,_a swagger in his walk, and a smile
of assurance on his face—a man whose
whole manner of being explained at first
sight Why a man like Sir John Han
cock;hhaughty, reserved, and nut of the
most amiable temper,.should hold him
M supreme abhorrence—this was their
visitor, :qr. Uay, the local attorney.
"Evening, Sir Job t m,; evening, my
lady," said Mr. nay, wllh familiar cor
diality. " Late visitor, ain't 17 'lope
not more late than welcome? I la! ha!
ha!"
"Au uncommonly Late visitor, Mr.
Gay," said Sir John, coldly.
"So I knew you'd think; but neigh
bors, you know, take liberties."
" No one takes libertiqs with me, Mr.
Gay."
. . . .
"lluite right, Sir John—quite right ;
nothing like keeping up the old blood!
is Miss Annabelle, my lady?" he asked,
suddenly turning to Lady Hancock.—
" I don't see her down among you this
evening."
" Miss Hancock is not very well to
day," answered the lady, while Sir :John
fidgeted impatiently, and seemed with
difficulty to restrain himself from break
ing out on the spot. It had struck him
before that Gay had been too free to
wards both the ladies, his sister particu
larly.
" Sorry for that," said Mr. ( lay ; "as
I have something to tell her this eve
ning. Share list down this evening.
Brazilians bad Want instructions."
"I can early any message, if abso
lutely necessary," said Lady Hancock,
with lips that trembled in spite of her
self; "Lot she is so ill, do not think
she can attend to business to-night."
" I think she'd better if she eau," said
the-attorney, with meaning. "I scarce
ly like to hold on without instructions;
you see Brazilians returned won't do."
Good heavens! what rubbish are you
talking there?" Sir. John said, savage
ly. " Have you secret and double mean
ings with Lady Hancock? fur on my
soul you have not spoken sense. What
does it all mean?''
Gay laughed loudly. "'Secrets!'
'double meanings!' dear me, no, Sir
John!' But you see, as your honored
father left some papers in my hands,
and I have the management of a few
hundreds belonging to your sister, Miss
Annabella, I am bound to be careful
how I work, else I should get the blame
if any thing went wrong. Just now
she happens to have a rather heavy in
vestment in New Brazilian bonds, and
I ant naturally anxious to know her
wishes, as things look bad to-night."
" But why was I never told of this
investment?" Sir John asked, with as
much temper as astonishment. " As
my sister's guardian, and naturally hay-
Mg the right to be acquainted with all
her affairs, this secret investment you
talk of comes upon me with surprise ;
and I am most gravely displeased, both
with her and with yourself, Mr. Gay,
that you should have encouraged this
underhand proceeding, and that she
should have entered into it."
" Well, you see, Sir John, all the la
dies—bless 'em—like their little bits of
secrets," said Mr. Gay, wagging his
head with a knowing air. " One must
oblige 'em, and let 'em believe they are
doing it cleverly. Always let a woman
think she takes you in if that's what
she likes ; that's my advice, and I know
the sex pretty well. That she should
take you 's another matter.
Just a thi moment the dogs were
heard barking y.
" I think, my lady," said Mr. Gay,
significantly, " if you will be so kind,
you had better go up stairs and tell Miss
Hancock that the Brazilian bonds are
bad, and have been returned."
" Stay where you are, Lucy," cried
Sir John ; "I will know the meaning
of all this." .
"Take advice, Sir John," said Mr.
Gay, with an odd kind of authority iu
his voice. " If your sister likes to
manage her little affairs in secret, iet
her."
"Do I want you to give me advice,
fellow ?" the baronet turned on him
fiercely. " Mind your own business,
and let me attend to mine."
"My lady"—pleaded Gay.
" How dare you speak to my wife.
sir?" interrupted Sir John; and as he
spoke, the dogs barked more furiously
than before, and a man'sstep was heard
on the gravel outside the window.
Mr. Gay and Lady Hancock ex
changed looks, and Sir John caught the
glance as it passed between them. He
felt his brain reel, and the realities of
life seemed to fail him. There was
something—he did not know what—be
tween his wife and this low, vulgar, In
solent attorney; there was 11 mystery on
hand, at his very doors, in his own
house, and he had no clew as to what it
all meant. His eyes grew so wild that
his wife trembled anid shrank visibly
when he strode towards her and seized
her arms roughly.
" What does It mean, Lucy?" he said,
in a hollow voice. "Am I to believe
that the very heaven itself is a lie ."'
"I cannot tell you anything, John
dear," said Lady Hancock,. trembling.
A loud knock canine to the door ; the
(logs still barking.
"Cursed fool:" said Mr. abay, and
made as though he would liAve the room;
but Sir John barred the way.
"Now we will see this remedy to the
end," he said. 'On your life, blare to
stir !"
"Ile advised, Sir John," said Mr. (
earnestly; "don't seek to know. Let
the wordsof a man of business havesome
weight with you. Leave things alone.
l.et them be obscure."
"'Thanks for your friendly counsel, it
comes too late," was Sir John's reply,
made in a forced, unnatural voice.—
"Oh, here comes the mystery!" he
added, as the dour was flung open and
the servant announced "Mr. Pedrone;"
while (lay muttering" Quem Delm vult
prerkre," sat down in a chair, with his
thumbs in his waistcoat arm-holes and
his fingers beating the devil's tattoo on
Ids ample chest.
Lady Hancock looked simply scared ;
and then a small, dark, disreputable
man came into the room, and bowed
low to the trio gazing at him with such
varied expressions.
" I fear to disturb honorable compa
ny," he said in broken English ; " but
perhaps lord and lady will forgive poor
man looking for wife. Wife here. Poor
man seek her—want her—must have
her, with honorable company permit.
Lady know Pedrone speak true—Gay
know Pedrone speak true. Wife here!
Pedrone want wife :"
" What Is the meaning of all this'.'"
asked Sir John. "'Phis vagabond says
you both know. It seems to me that I
have gone mad since this morning.
Speak, Lucy! (lay, what is ir."'
" Sir John, I warned you not to look
Into this matter,". said 14ay, still hard
at work on the devil's tattoo. " You
would have done better to have let my
lady and me manage it between us. My
lady, what had we better do . ."' He
turned to Lady Hancock In his familiar
way, and Sir John, nicking Otte stride
towards him, caught hint by the throat.
" Do you dare to speak to Lady Han
cock as a confederate, and in my pres
ence r he said ; but (lay shook him eir,
though the barom•t w:1,1 a powerful man
enough.
" Don't make a fool of yourself, Sir
John," hesaid,with perfectinditlerence.
" Don't cry, Lady I iancock ; I see noth
ing else for it—the truth must come
out."
" Yes, yes ; the truth my wife! "said
Pedrone.
"'twill kill her !" sobbed Lady I lan
cock, shuddering.
" If it does "—The attorney shrugged
his shoulders and rang the bell. "Tell
liss Hancock I want to speak to her,"
he said, when the servant come. "Now,
Sir John, don't make a bad job into a
worse one by your absurd passion," he
continued, speaking with the same odd
kind of authority he had used before, as
one who knew what he was about.
" I've done my best for you all, and at
some cost, as Lady Hancock knows.
Power's above, man ! have some faith in
your fellow-men, and don't think no one
but yourself either . ' wise or honest! You
alienate your best friends—you do, in
deed, Sir John—by your suspicions and
tempers anti you must nut take it ill
that I take this liberty of speaking to
you:"
All this while Mr. Gay had been hold
ing Sir John's hands, and standiog so
that he kept him from seeing Lady Han
cock or Pedrone ; and his words and ac
tion took the baronet so completely by
surprise, that, for the moment, he was
mute and passive.
During this conversation Lady Han
cock said, in a low, rapid whisper,"Take
Merton's name-- it will he worth your
"How touch .."' said Potironc.
"Two thousand."
"Done!"
And at the word ",l o ne" came in An
nabella Hancock. She did not scream
or faint; but she whlked straight up to
where Pedroue stood, and looked hint
full in the face.
" You here again?" she said scorn
fully, with that strange courage which
sometimes comes to timid creatures
when they are fairly at bay.
He gave her a look of intelligence.
"Yes, my lady," he said, with a low
bow; "I have come for my wife."
" Shall we send for Morton said
Lady Hancock, wanting to arrest her
sister's attention; but she never heed
ed, nor took her eyes off the man.
" And your wife will not go With you,"
sheauswered. "You may doyour worst ;
she refuses."
" Annabella! perhapsymt will tell me
what all this means," said Sir John,
shaking oll . (lay's hands, and stalking
up to the group.
"It means, Sir John,"•
but Sir John stopped him.
" If you say another word I will kick
you out of this house," he said. "Now,
Annabella."
And how
" f any this man's wife," said Miss
Hancock.; " arid lie has come to claim
me."
A dead silence fell among them all,
broken only by Gay's quietly whistling
Walking in the. Zoo between his teeth.
" Ain I mad, or are you . ."' cried her
Mother, looking at Annabelle, wilitly
• ' Not you. I have been—l ant," said
the miserable girl. " But it is better to
have it out at once, instead of dragging
other people into my sin. Every one
has been good to me. Mr. (lay has tried
to protect me, so has Lucy ; even my
maid has offered to personate the 'wile'
to give me time and so much freedom.
But I ant tired ; I will brave it all. The
child is dead, and /w—lie is to he bought
off by money! can do now as you
think best; John ; my part is done."
She gave a deep sigh, and sank intp
a chair fainting. When they tried Co
restore her they could not. She was
dead ! She had gone to her rest at last,
and by her death had bought her broth
er's forgiveness and her own assoil
went.
And then the story came out ; the old
sad story of a low-born scamp, with a
temporary flush purse, aping the man
ners and circumstances of a gentleman;
getting acquainted with a weak, im
pressionable girl; sedticing her into a
secret marriage on au absurd plea of
political danger if it became known he
was here; and, in the end, when
too late, the fatal truth becoming
known, to be silenced only at great
cost and an incessant terror, with per
petual danger of the untimely re-ap
pearanceof the spectre,kept in abeyance
at the price of all that makes life pleas
ant. None of which did they dare tell
the proud brother until such time as
the poor girl lay dead, and he
could accept as services rendered to her
all the dangers which his wife and the
attorney had run to keep the secret,
and all the sacrifices they had made
that she might be saved.
" You will forgive me, Lucy said
Sir. John, as he took his wife's hand
and kissed it tenderly. Gay had long
ago taken off Pedrone, the Brazilian
courier, and Sir John Hancock's broth
er-in-law.
"And you will forgive my having a
secret from you returned Lady Han
cock, weeping. "My first and last,
John'"
" There are some sins which are vir
tues, and this was one of them," said
Sir John, pressing her to his heart.
Many people afier this wondered why
It was that Sir John Hancock—fastidi
ous, haughty, irascible Sir John—was
always on such good terms with Gay,
the attorney. Gay had nothing to re
commend him, said society. He was
vulgar and familiar; one of the most
ollinsively-mannered men to be found
in a long summer's day, and none of
the gentry about the plane admitted
him into their companionship on that
account. To be sure, he was,,good
hearted ; that was allowed on all hands ;
but when you bad said that, you had
said every thing; and Sir John Han-
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 20, 187!
cock was scarcely the man to care for
heart so much as for breeding. Be that
as it may, however, the fact was, that
after this affair—which Gay was chiefly
instrumental in keeping dark and
smoothing over—the broad-chested and
familiar attorney, who whistled before
ladies, and stuck his thumbs into his
waistcoat arm-holes while he played im
aginary tunes with his splay fingers on
his capacious chest, was a welcome
guest at the Hall whenever he chose to
come. It may be as well, however, to
add that be came very seldom ; and that
hen there he was visibly subdued.
One day, speaking of bad manners,
Sir John Hancock said pointedly," NV ell,
I once hated bad manners more than
any thing else ; but since I have known
Gay better, I have known a man whose
unselfishness, honesty, and real nobility
of feeling so far outweigh his vulgarity,
that I have learned to accept this as one
does aca.pt a small flaw in Any thing
that else would be perfection. One
doesn't come every day upon such a man
as Gay; and, for my own part, I am
proud of him, and not ashamed to own
it."
Warwick Cast le
The:despatch from London announc
ing the partial destruction of Warwick
Castle fills many American hearts with
sadness. The castle is situated on a
branch of the River Avon, the Leant,
within a mile of the beautiful town of
Leamington, almost within sight of
Stratford. The smooth lanes and roads
of England, walled by blooming hedge
rows, are bound here In their perfection.
The castle rises out of a heavy wood,
the noble trees of which cluster about
its battlements like a close ri&utCs. One
old tower, called " Ciesar's," is ancient
and crumbling, the stones fairly honey
combed by time. Guy's Tower and the
adjoining battlements are untouched
by decay. Irregular gray walls separate
the court-yards from the streets of the
village on one side, the Leant being on
the other side, with vast plains of roll
ing verdure beyond.
When visitors presented themselves
at the embattled door-way of the porter's
lodge, giving a few vigorous raps, an old
pother, in black serge would, appear,
and cheerfully invite them into her
lodge, a square room under the massive
Tate -way where Guy's armor was kept.
his former Earl of Warwick must have
been a giant, to judge by the size and
weight of horse and body armor, shields,
breastpla'es, walking staffs, spears and
tilting poles. There werealsoa rib of the
dun cow killed by thegiant, the tusk and
shoulder-bladeof a wild bear, and an im
mense double-edged sword, weighing
twenty pounds, which the great Earl
wielded ; then there was Spanish hal
berts, English maces, Italian daggers, a
general's tun neheon, and battle-axes
enough to stock an armorer's establish
ment. But the great curiosity shown
to all visitors was "I uy's punch-bowl."
This vessel was made of the burst ma
terial, and was without a crack or flaw.
The old lady assured her visitors that
she saw this bowl tilled and emptied
eight times in one night, when the
Present Earl attained his majority. As
it holds one hundred and two gallons,
there must have been drunk on that
occasion over eight hundred gallons, or
more than three thousand two hundred
quarts of punch! The number of guests
can be imagined.
Walking front his lodge toward the
castle, surprises of beauty met the trav
eler at every step. The path was cut
through the solid rock, which was al
most covered with trailing vines and
bright,softmossrs. There were mounds
of flowers and orchids everywhere, and
the earth was an elastic tapestry of ver
dure. 'Tall trees interlaced their
branches above, and formed a leafy ar
cade extending to the castle-hall. As
cending a flight of stone steps under a
majestic porch, visitors entered the
Gothic Hall, which, the telegram says,
" was completely burned out." This hall
was wainscoted with oak darkened by
age ; on each panel was carved the em
blem of the house, " the bear and ragged
staff" The floors were laid with red
and white slabs of Venetian marble. On
the side-walls ancient armor was hung,
with many trophies of the case. A
Copy of Ruben's great work, " The Bat
tle of the Amazons," exquisitely carved
in wood was also in this great . hall ; be
sides many lesser works of art. The
"Red Drawing-room was full of inter
est, containing treasures from Van
dyke, Rubens, Paul Veronese, and other
toasters. The'' Cedar Drawing-room"
captained some of the most valuable
marbles, vases, buhls, and paintings in
England, among them a very beautiful
"Circe," by Guido Beni;"The ( lilt Draw
ing-room," so called, from the panels,
ceiling and decorations being all of gold,
contained a rare picture by Ignatius
Loyola, the founder of the Order of
Jesuits; also a portrait of that Robert
Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whose roman
tic history is so closely connected with
that of Queen Elizabeth and Kenil
worth. Among other valuable relics in
the old castle were the famous "Kenil
worth buffet," on the oak panels M
which was carved the " Reception of
Elizabeth by Dudley;" the beautiful
"Warwick vase," discovered at the bot
tom_ of a lake at Tivoli, and a collection
of ancient arms and armor. The present
, owner of the castle added many treasures
to those which he inherited.
A Prison Romance
Every prison, says the Chicago li i•<-
uuiy
has its romance, and that of
the Penitentiary at Kingston, Canada is
worth recounting. In 1842, near Toron
to, the serving man of a Capt. Kinnear
murdered his master to obtain a sum of
money which was in his house. After
killing him the wretch also slew the
housekeeper. He was arrested, and at
his trial implicated a girl of fifteen,
named Grace Marks, who was living in
the house, as an accomplice, alleging
that she knew of the murder of the tnas•
ter before that of the housekeeper took
place. Her story was that he threaten
ed her with death if she gave the alarm;
but as she had been on imamate. terms
with the muhlerer, it was discredited.
He was hanged and she was sentenced
to the Penitentiary for life.
—began (Jay,
Almost thirty years have elapsed, and
she is still a prisoner, im more a bloom
ing girl, but an old woman, pule and
silent, prematurely gray. From time to
time some newspaper- correspondent,
visiting the institution, hears and pub
lishes her story. There is talk of a pe
tition for her release; people say, 'tis
strange, 'tis passing strange, 'tis pitiful
'tie wonderful, pitiful, and then the
mlitter dies away. Even if this woman
were guilty, a lifetime of imprisoninent
might be held to have satisfied her
crime, and she might be set free to die.
There would be little else for her to do
in this latter world. Where she lived
and the cry of murder went up are now
acres of brick and mortar and miles of
dusty streets. Her kindred are dead,
her crime forgotten, and her very ex
istence and history are unfamiliar.
A Thief Served Right
Yesterday two well-dressed young
men entered the store of Burke, the
!tatter, Fulton street and Broadway.-
Oue of them asked to look at a felt hat.
A number of hats were produced and
laid along the counter. Among them
was a very superior article which the
shopman said he could not sell under.
After looking at several hats the young
man took off his hat, and iii a careless
way placed it over the 35 one. He then
fitted ou aS hat, and said he thought
that would do. He took out a well-filled
pocket-book and handed Burke's shop
man aS2 bill. Then lifting up his own
hat with the S 8 hat inside, he said :
" Say, young man, give me some pa
per to wrap my old hat in."
"The shopman said, "Certainly,"
and handed him a newspaper. The
young man wrapped up the parcel, and
the two young men left.
As soon as they were gone the shop
man put oa his hat and followed them
several blocks, until at the corner of
Chambers street he saw a policeman.—
Then tapping the young man with the
parcel on the arm, the shopman said:
"Excuse me, sir, but I think you did
not pay for that hat."
" Why, of course I did," replied the
young man, taking the hat off his head
and looking at it.
"1 don't mean that hat," said the
shopman, " I mean the hat you have
under your arm."
" Why, that's my old hat," exclaimed
the young man.
" I don't mean your old hat," answer
ed the shopman, " but the hat inside
your old hat, which you took by mis
take. The, price of that hat, sir, inside
your old hat, under your arm, is twenty
dollars—paid at once."
The young man looked at the shop
man, and then at the policeman, who
stood on the corner. The young man
took out his purse, and with exceed
ing courteily handed two ten-dollar bills ;
to the shopman.—N. Y. San.
Polite TbleTes
How Merettnots Are Mods Their Tie
the Thieves Escape PIM
Ishmeot. '
If you have any curiosity on the sub
ject, step into a dry-goods store and ask
the merchant or clerk, "Do thieves
ever come in here Nine times out of
ten he will answer, " Why, yes ; that's
oar greatest trouble." So a merchant
answered our reporter, aud then pro
ceeded to explain what he meant. In
law there are only two grades of thieves
—the big thieves and the petty-larceny
ones. Outside of law there are several
grades of thieves, and the worst ones to
guard against are the criminals with
white fingers, the ones Who " shop" for
two hours without purchasing fifty
cents' Worth of goods.
Take an instancewhich occurred In
a Woodward-avenue store some time
ago. A lady called in and asked to be
shown some velvet and some Ity , es, and
the clerk soon laid "a large stock before
her. She turned over the goods, held
them up to the light, viewed them over
and over, and fi unity went away with
out making any purchases. She had
scarcely closed the door when a cash
boy informed the clerk that he saw the
lady pocket two pieces of velvet trim
ming and a lace collar, and an exami
nation showed that he was right. But
the matter ended right there, or it went
no further than to report the occurrence
to the proprietor. He had a hundred
reasons why he should not arrest the
lady, or charge her with the theft, the
most prominent being that she was a
regular customer at the store, some
times buying a bill of goods amounting
to two or three hundred dollars.
It is a fact, of which all people are
aware, that merchants and their clerks
are invariable on the watch to detect
these " kleptomaniacs," but an arrest
seldom follows - a detection, nor is there
a word to give the thief a suspicion that
she has been discovered. Suppose that
a lady sits down to the counter and has
the space before her piled up with valu
able notions she has asked to see. Be
she ever so sly, she can seldom pocket
au article without some one seeing her.
But no one says a word, and she goes
out, feeling that she has escaped with
her booty without any one being the
wiser. Next time she comes in the clerk
will be just as polite and just as prompt,
but she will find that he dues not hand
down the goods as before, merely hand
ing down one box at a time, and if con
venient, another clerk will stand near
him, and give the lady to understand
that he has nothing to do hut to keep
watch on her. She has a feeling that
they are watching her, but yet she
doubts if they suspect the former theft,
and so is too prudent tocontwit another
offence.
A few days ago a merchant, standing
at his desk, saw a woman roll up two
costly lace veils, and secretly work them
under her cloak, having called the
cleric's attention to the top shelves for a
moment that he might not see her. The
merchant knew her well as a good cus
tomer, but yet did not want to lose the
costly property. Therefore, when she
had finished her trading, he approach
ed her and insisted that she should take
a look at some Ow dress goods, and
after that some eloakings, and then fi
nally asked her opinion of some cloaks
ready made, and he thus kept the vic
tim in the store for a half-hour, mean
while giving the historrof a clerk who
had been discharged from the store a
short time before for stealing goods.—
" We always detect every theft, no mat
ter how small," he added, and then ex
cused himself and returned to the desk.
he lady went back to a pile of dress
goods, hauled them over a little, and
then departed. The merchant went to
the pile and found the two veils crushed
in between some of the bolts of cloth.
The easiest thing in a store to steal is
a pair of gloves. A lady is not content
with seeing ten pairs, and sometimes
not with seeing fifty. She trust have
the whole stock down, and with her
own gloves pulled down Mr the hand to
the linger joints, sL e has two little pock
ets where she can SLOW away a pair of
gloves.
Not long ago, after a merchant bad
borne for a whole year with the appro.
ptiations of a certain female, he deter
mined to frighten her out of making any
more thefts at his store. She came in,
a clerk begun waiting on her, when the
merchant crossed over to the clerk and
said, in her hearing • "Harry, I have
reason to believe that one of ,t he ladies
back there is a thief and is in here to
rob us. I wish you would step up to the
City Hall and ask the Chief (d Police to
send down a detective."
He made a Splendid hit. she was so
frightened at the idea of his baying sus•
picioued any lady that she purchased
sso worth of goods to avoid :+uspieion,
her general purchasing never going
above a few shillings before.
The New Intoxicant
The British Jfi dicta discus
ses a letter which Baron Liebig lately
wrote to a friend in London, in which
he stated, as a matter of interest, the
quantity of chloral that a certain man
tilacturerturns out weekly. Theamount
appeared surprisingly great; and the
professor added, as a possible explana
tion, " Some say it gets into our beer."
He probably did not expect that his
familiar friend would publish this mor
sel of unauthenticated gossip. A non
professional journal reads the great
German chemist's remarks, and front
small beginnings, the idea ham taken
shape, and has been extensively repeated
in the press in a more or less authorita
tive form. Dr. Oscar Liebreich, the
discoverer of chloral as a medical agent
has made a communication to our Ber
lin correspondent on this subject. He
states that there Is no ground whatever
to suppose that the drug is employed to
adulterate beer, and that the public may
be at once disabused of this notion. The
strong ba I taste of the drug fortunately
disqualifies it for this nefarious use, and
its soporific etlects upon the constitu
tion are such as to untke it totally un
adapted to counterfeit the qualities of
genuine beer. The presumed enormous
demand for chloral has been authorita
tively explained on the ground that the
"newest popular vice is to take chloral."
Ladies, it has been announced, are es
pecially addicted to it, and it is doing at
least as much harm as our old enemy,
alcohol. The drug is kept in thousands
of dressing-cases, and those who begin
its use often grow so addicted to it that
they pass their lives in a sort of con
tented stupefaction. One seems to find
here evidence of the facile power of gen
! eralization, that writers devoted to so
cial philosophy possess in an eminent
degree. If, indeed, so vast a body of
women possessing dressing-cases, have,
within 4t year or two, come tp pass
their lives in a sort of contented stupe
faction, so astounding a consummation
has been brought about without attract
ing the notice that it calls for. It is just
possible that husbands and fathers are
I so pleased with the contentment and the
stupefaction of the ladies that they have
held their peace. In the meantime, it
may be well to remember that chloral is
used medically, under skilled observa
tion,in the saute cases continuously from‘
day to day,and often for periods of weeks
and months together, without injury,
and the aggregate of all those doses rep
resents a very considerable amount.
There are at present no data which indi
cate its use for other than medical pur
'poses. Such a use would be highly dan
gerous, and the statements which have
been circulated affirming it to exist are
mischievous.
The Nine of Diamonds
The following reasons are given why
the nine of diamonds is called the Curse
of Scotland. In the distracted state of
the country during the reign of Mary, a
man, George Campbell by name, itt
tempted to steal the crown out of Edin
burgh castle. In this he was unsuccess
ful, but managed to abstract nine valu
able jewels, and escaped safely to a for
eign shore. To replace these a heavy
tax was laid upon the country, which
the poor oppressed people thought so
great a grievance that they termed it
the curse of Scotland; and, until very
recently, the card itself bore the name
of George Campbell in the High
land. Another explanation relates
to the well-known massacre of
Glencoe. The mandate of their cruel
deed was signed by the eldest son of
the Earl of Stair, who was at the time
Secretary of State of Scotland. The coat
of arms belonging to this family bears
nine diamonds on its shield, and the
people, not daring to stigmatize the
master of Stairs as the curse of Scotland,
sittettigat?cr.
applied it to his armoral bearings. And
still another explanation relates to the
battle of Culloden, which extinguished
_the hopes of the Stuart party, and was
at the same time considered a national
curse. The Duke of Cumberland, who
was known to have been a gambler, is
said to have carried a pack of cards In
his pocket, and when he had won the
famous field, he took out the nine of dia
monds and wrote his account of the
victory on it.
Diminished Production of Wheat Coder
The. Common Routine.
The following letter, which we tind
in the Rural Messenger, from our new
Commissioner Of Agriculture, Judge
Watts, possesses interest at this time.
Department of Agrlenit
WASH oN, D. C., Sept. 2711., 1071
. . -
"Slit—Your letter brings to my mind
again what has frequently occurred to
me as a marvellous result of the great
improvement in agriculture which
characterizes the present day—a great
diminution in the production of wheat,
the great staple of the country.—
To what cause we may attribute it, is
a question which presents itself to the
mind of every agriculturist who takes
an interest in the success of this great
leading interest of the land. Au easy
solution is given, "that our soil has lost
that original, rich virgin character
which it had in the beginning of our
operations. - rut when was that be
ginning? It is not now, so far as con
cerns newly cleared and cultivated
lands? Are they not as they were one
hundred years ago? No, we must look
for some other more rational cause, and
he who can trace it to a satisfactory and
practicadkonclusion, will benefit man
kind. l Mil it is discovered, let us con
sole ourselves with the reflection that
human skill, knowledge and experi
ence will solve the difficulty. Where so
many minds are occupied, as there are
upon this subject, the truth will he dis
covered.
" Let me add my mite to the consid
eration of it. The ordinary routine
now speak of the practice in the Middle
States) is clover, corn, oats, wheat; and
the last often repeated. Inasmuch as
this embraces the whole course of farm
ing, the solution of the great question
must be found here, if it be found at all
in the fault of the farmer. If it be in the
seasons, in the atmosphere, or other Wise
Providential, we may excuse ourselves
to the world, and be content with the
reflection that lie doeth all things wise
ly
But my experience leads me to the
belief that the fault or the failing is ours.
The experience of Many years has led
me to the conclusion that the deteriora
tion of the wheat crop is mainly attrib
utable to the improper and untimely
use of barn-yard manure. In:our prac
tice, the clover-sod is turned down and
planted with corn. The ground is again
plowed in the Spring, and sowed with
oats, and upon the stubble of this crop
all the manure of the barnyard is put ;
then ploughed again, and sowed with
wheat. This delicate plant is thus
subjected to the rawness and grossness
of barn-yard food, with all its germs
of flies, worms, lice and bugs—seeming
ly a sufficient cause of the unsuccessful
growth of a grain so pure and delicate
as wheat. Corn is the hog cii• plants
and will devour food of any quality and
thrive upon it. Here, then, upon the
sod, to he ploughed for corn, is the place
for barn-yard manure. Bury it deep,
and when the corn is cut off, break the
stubble even with the ground during
the Winter. In the Spring harrow the
ground well, sow your oats upon it, and
roll it. You will thus keep your ma
nure S 4 'OLI put it, and not subject
the oat crop being thrown down by
it. When this crop is removed, bring
your man are to the surface by deep
ploughing and thorough tillage. Tle
barn-yard manure having thus recel
proper preparation, is a fit food for t e
wheat plant.
" Experience has taught me this les
son. On my farm, in Pennsylvania, I
never fail to raise a 'satisfactnry crop of
wheat, and I have known no such thing
as midge, ilessian fly, or Army worm.
" I remain, sir, very respectfully,
Vow; obedient servant,
FuEn't.: WAVN,
('ommissioner."
Weather Prognostics
For the benefit of those who wish to
make daily practical use of the "Weath
er Synopsis and Probabilities" emanat
ing from the Signal Office, it may be
well to state here that different parts (f
the country ore thus designated :
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
island, are alluded to as the New Eng
land States, or the Northeast, or sim
ply as the Eastern States.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, Maryland, District of Columbia,
Virginia, as the Middle States, or sonu•-
times as the Middle Atlantic sews.
North Carolina, South Carolina,tieor
gia and Northern and Southern Florida
as the South Atlantic States.
Western Florida, Alabama, Mississip- j
pi, Louisiana and Texas, as the Gun',
States.
Sometimes the Gulf States, the South
Atlantic, Virginia, Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Arkansas, are grouped to
gether as the Southern States.
The Lower Or Eastern Lakes, when
used, means Lakes Erie and Ontario.
The Upper or Western Lakes are
Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan.
The Northwest, popularly, means the
country lying between the Mississippi
and the Missouri rivers.
The Southwest means Texas, Indian
Territory and New Mexico.
Pacific Coast or Pacific States includes
California, Oregon and Washingum
Territory.
The Ohio Valley includes the bell of
country about 200 miles broad between
Pittsburgh and Cairo.
The Mississippi Valley includes a belt
of a little greater width from below
Vicksburg to Davenport, lowa.
Tne "extensions" from one State •to
another refer to areas reaching to the
central portions of the State mentioned.
In Coast is included the land between
the wager edge and the coast•hilla or':
mountains which skirt them.
Wind : , are said to blow t nun northeast
when they are included with the quad
rant from North to East, and similarly
lor other directions.--'J'. B. .1/acry,
True licrolsnt
The following anecdote, extracted from
unpublished memoirs of a French noble
man, may, it is hoped serve as an exam
ple, well worthy of being imitated by
all who desire to be thought truly brave
and courageous. It records an instance
of a victory gained by a man over his
own passions—a victory more glorious,
more honorable, than any that has ever
been purchased with fire and sword,
with devastation and bloodshed.
Two noblemen, the Marquis de Va
laise and the Count de Meric, were edu
cated under the same masters, and were
regarded by all who knew them as pat
terns of friendship,honor and sensibility.
Years succeeded years, and no quarrel
had ever disgraced their attachment,
when one unfortunate evening, the two
friends, having indulged rather freely
in some excellent Burgundy, repaired
to a neighboring hotel, and engaged in
a game of backgammom. Fortune de
clared herself In favor of the marquis ;
he won every game, and in the thought
less glee of the moment, laughed with
exultation at his unusual good luck. The
count lost his temper, and once or twice
upbraided the marquis for enjoying the
pain which he had excited in the bosom
of his friend. At last, upon another for
tunate throw made by the marquis, by
which he gammoned his antagonist, the
infuriated count threw the box and dice
in the face of his brother soldier.
Every gentleman present was in
amazement, and waited, almost breath
lessly, for the moment when the mar
quis would sheathe his sword in the
bosom of the now repentant count.
" l4entlemen," said the marquis, "
am a Frenchman, a soldier, and a friend.
I have received a blow from a French
man, a soldier and a friend. I know
and acknowledge the laws of honor, and
I will obey them. Every man who sees
me wonders why I am tardy in visiting
with vengeance, the author of my dis
grace. But, gentlemen, the heart of that
man is entwined within my own ; our
education was the same, our principles
are alike, and our friendship dates from
our earliest years. But, Frenchmen, I
will obey the laws of honor and of
France; I will stab him to the heart."
Upon this, he threw his arms around
his unhappy friend, and said, "My dear
De Merit:, I forgive you, if you will for
give me for the irritation I have occa
sioned in a sensible mind, by the levity
of my own. And now, gentlemen,"
added the marquis, " though I have in
terpreted the laws of honor my own
way, if there remains in this room one
Frenchman who dares to doubt my res
olution to resent even an improper
smile at me, my sword is by'my side to
punish any affront, but not to murder a
friend, for whom I would die, and who
sits there a monument of contrition and
bravery, ready with me to challenge the
rest of the room to deadly combat If any
man dare to think amiss of this transac
tion."
Putting Up the Stove
We do not remember the exact date
of the invention of stoves; but it was
several years ago.' Since then mankind
I have been tormented, once a year,by the
difficulties that beset the task of putting
them up, and getting the pipes ' fixed.'
With ail our Yankee ingenuity, uo
American has ever invented any meth
' od by which the labor of putting up a
! stove can he lessened. The job is now
almost as severe and vexatious us hu
manity can possibly endure.
Men always put up their stoves on a
rainy day Why, we know not; but
we never heard of au exeception to the
rule. The first step to be taken is to
put ou a very old and ragged coat, ho
der the impression that when the oper
ator gets his mouth full of plaster it
will keep his shirt-bosom clean. Next,
he gets his hand inside the place where
the pipe ought to go, and blacks his
lingers ; then he carefully makes a
black mark down one side of his nose.
wing got his face properly marked,
the victim—usually " paterfamilias"—
is ready to begin the ceremony.
The head of the family" grasps one
side of the stove, and his wife and his
hired girl take hold of the other side.—
In this way the stove is started from
the wood-shed toward the parlor Going
through the door, the chief operator
carefully swings his side of the stove
around and jams his thumb-nail against
the door-post. Having got the " fami
ly comfort" in place, the next thing is
to find the legs. Two of these are left
inside the stove since the Spring before.
The other two must be hunted after for
twenty-five minutes. They are usually
found under the coal. Then the " head
of the family" holds up one side of the
stove while his wife puts two of the
legs in place, and next he oolds up the
other side while the other two are fixed,
and one of the first two falls out. By
the time the stove is on its legs he gets '
reckless, and takes oil his old coat, re-
gardless of his linen.
"Paterfamilias" then goes for the pipe,
and gets two cinders in his eye. It don't
make any ditkrence how well the pipe ,
was put up last year, it will always be
found a little too short or a little too i
long. "'The head of the family" jams
his hat over his eyps, and taking a pipe
under each arm goes to the tin-shop to
have it fixed. When he gets back, he l
steps upon one of the best parlor chairs
to see if the pipe fits, and his wife
makes Min get down for fear he will
scratch the varnish Mt front the chair
with the nails in his boot-heel. In get- .
ting down, he will -.
surely step on the '
cat, and may thank his stars that i t is
not the baby. Then he gets an old
chair and climbs up to the chimney'
again, to lind that in (maw the pipe
oil; the end has been left too big for the
hole in the chimney. So he goes to the
wood-shed and splits one side of the end
of the pipe with an old as, and squeezes
it in his hands to make it smaller.
The chief operator at length gets the
pipe in shape, and finds that the stove
does not stand true. Then himself and
his wife and the. hired girl move the
stove to the left, and the legs fall out
again. Next it is to be moved to the
right. More difficulty now with the
legs. Move to the front a little. Elbow
not even with the hole in the chimney,
and the "head of the family" goes again
to the wood-shed aftersorne little blocks.
While putting the blocks under the legs
the pipe comes out of the chimney.—
That remedied, the elbow keeps tipping
over, to the great alarm of the wife.
"Paterfamilias" gets the dinner-table
out, puts the old chair on it, makes his
wife take hold of the chair, and bal
ances himself on it to drive some nails
into the ceiling; but in doing this he
drops the hammer on his wife's head.
At last he gets the nails driven, makes
a wire swing to hold the pipe, hammers
a little here, pulls a little there, takes a
long breath, and announces the cere
mony concluded.
Ju6 never put up any stoves. I t would
have ruined his reputation if he had.
Where Wonderful Cotton May Be Grown.
In the waters of the Southern Pacific
Ocean, two-thirds of the way from Cali
i fornia to Australia, and directly on the
track of commerce between the two Eng
lish speaking countries, on the shores of
he "quiet" sea, are situated the Fiji or
Viti Islands. Of service hitherto_ mainly
as a wayside Inn for travelers on the
street highway, and comparatively un
known except to sailors and way-hirers,
this groupe of two hundred and twenty
five islands bids fair to become of con
siderable importance on account of its
wonderful fertility of soil and genial cli
mate.
The sail of the eighty thousand isl
ands is described as a " deep yellow
loam," and the tropical climate and
abundance of water cover the moun
tains up to their very summits with a
luxurious vegetation. In this region
plants grow with a marvelous rapidity,
and if.lack ever planted that traditional
bean-stalk, he must have chosen one of
the Fiji Islands as the place of its nativ
ity. Turnips, radishes and mustard, we
are told, after being sown twenty-four
hours, are above the surface, and in four
weeks are lit for use. Its productions are
as varied in their natureas they are excel
lent iu quality. There are no less than
nine varieties of the bread-fruit, six of the
banana, three of the plaintain and three
of the:cocoa-nut ;:while oranges, plums,
the Chi uese tea-plant, caraway,nutmeg,
sugar-cane, arrow-root, cassicum, sarsa
parilla snot bottled), cape gooseberry
and pine apples flourish amid all the
changes of the seasons. But it is chiefly
on account of the advantages possessed
by these islands for the production of
cotton and the comparatively recent
(1556-18130) discovery of this fact, that
their conunercial value is so highly
rated. Experiments with the best
quality of Sea Island cotton have placed
the country in the front rank for the
growth of the staple. The cotton raised
is pronounced in the Liverpool market
superior to the Sea Island, and the last
crop shipped amounting to 0,000 bales,
commanded $1 per pound. The soil is
a sandy loam, and clay subsoil mixed
with lava. The native laborers on the
plantations command $lO per month,
and there are some 3000 employed on
the islands. Nearly all the foreigners
are English. In Levuka there are
70() inhabitants, and Methodist Episco
pal churches, besides a native mission.
The Australian Puppy and Magpie Play
Among the wild birds of these Aus
tralian wilds is the magpie, his bold, con
tiding nature seen here even is his utter
wildness. 'Famed, he hops around the
dwelling of the settler, and steps alike
freely in the drawing-room of the
wealthy squatter and ou the mud-floor
of the sawyer or shepherd, making
friends with all, uttering his cries of in
quiryif neglected,and turning his bright
black eye, so full of meaning, alike on
high and low.
intrange were the antics, as the home
stead of Mandemar on the stupendous
Belangia, of Maggy and his friend, a
puppy called Sydney. Brought up to
gether, the bird, the elder, had evident
ly adopted the puppy as his foundling.
Whilst we were dining Maggy would
tease to he fed, and frequently, instead
of devouring the morsel obtained,would
hop away with it, uttering cries, which
speedily breught Sydney to him, into
whose mouth he would carefully place
the food, and the bird would then stand
by, perhaps on one leg, whilst the beast
enjoyed his gift. It was a strange sight,
too, to observe these two at play—which
they constantly were—to observe the
bird suiting his sport to the habits of
the quadruped, and the quadruped to
those of the bird. Maggy would, with
the utmost confidence, as the pair rolled
together, permit the puppy to grasp his
head in his mouth; there was not one
shadow of misgiving, and despite pre
tended anger and threatening growls,
not one feather was hurt. The one
would then chase the other ; anon the
bird would seize the tail of the dog and
be drawn along, then the dog would
turn and both roll over and over to
gether. Sometimes the puppy was the
victor In the sport, and stood proudly
over his vanquished opponent, and
sometimes the bird.
St. Petersburg papers received at New
York on Wednesday, express great eat-
Waction at the reception of the Grand
Duke in this country. The German
papers ridicule the reception.
NUMBER 51
What to Do and how to Do It
In these days of the great prevalence
of the dire disease, small-pox, there are
many incidents with which all
familiar, but which are, less,neverthe
not devoid of their peculiar interest. Not
the least Interesting feature of the many
scenes that ars constantly occurring in
connection with the calamity, is the sys
' tem of vaccination. Of courseeverybody
knows how It " works." Of course all
are familiar with the diminutive lance
and the virtue of virus ; but has every
, body witnessed one of chase scenes in
, the genial doctor's office on one of his
' most prosperous and best-liked days?
The office hours of the devotee of Esc\u
i lapius are, in the evening. general]
from six until eight, and then the chil
dren, after having arrived from the
busy school-room and filled their crop
, ty stomachs, wend their way, accom
panied by their devoted miunmas, to the
doctor's office. There what a scene
meets their eyes There are about a
dozen, yes, two dozen, other children,
also in the charge of their parent„or big
brother or sister. Presently the doctor
arrives he prepares for work, and looks
at his patents with a sly twinkle in his
generous eye, not at all discontented !
or surprised, or disheartened, but rat her ,
pleased. Why should he tint be?
He looks on the promising bevy of
youngsters, and soon operations begin.
" Hnll up your sleeves," says the gra
cious physician, and the whole party
prepare to have the dreadful, sickening
and heart-tearing C.'. action performed.
Some say they have been vaccinated
twice already, and that " they don't be
neve it does any good, any how," but as
doctor must needs think differently he
commences his arduous task. Form '
in a line and take your sent in turn," is
the next sentence shouted, and each in
dividual gradually approaches in breath
less anxiety. Now and then a suppress
ed scream is heard, and the children
apprehensive of a dreadful fate, no
doubt, cling closer to the armor brother
or kilid mamma in hope of protection. I
The youngster whose turn comes tirst is '
trembling with fear, and lie excitedly
asks the doctor whether he thinks he
will be very sick, and whether—oh ! his
arm has been cut—and he arises from
his seat, laughing at himself for being
such a coward. Finally the bevy of
youthful Americans has had the much
hated operation performed, and then,
after standing live or ten minutes with
bare arm and doleful countenance, each
individual of the. well-frightened party
wends his way homeward, to rellect on
his vaccination experiences.
The Knights of the Knife are never
apprehensive of losing either reputation
or capital by their eflbrts to render the
public the inestimable service of mak
ing them proof from small-pox. On the
contrary, it is quite a lucrative employ
ment, for when a man can make his
business a secondary one and at the
Caine time make $1:0 or in ss many
minutes, pecuniary success, for the time
being, is well assured But because doc
tors are readily increasing their cash
capital, need not deter any one from
having the excellent and virtuous op
eration of vaccination performed, so we
would advise all to take favorable action
on the advice of a facetious representa
tive of Young America, and " go and
git scratched."
1=!
Navigation is entirely suspended a❑
over the State canals.
Allegheny City favors the establish
ment of a high school.
Arthur Devlin, the pretended reform
ed Catholic, is disturbing the peace of
Lock Haven.
Hon. S. B. Chase, U. W. C. 'l'. of the
1. 0. of G. 'l'. in this Stale, lectured at
Coudersport on Sunday last.
John Reeve, of Athens, husked 101
bushels of ears of corn In eleven hours,
using no machinery for that purpose.
The boiler of a paper mill near York
exploded on Saturday, without doing
any damage to any one
The clerical gentlemen of Pittsburgh
are devoting an occasional sermon to cor
ner-loungers and street-loafers.
The ice is thick enough on the Mo
nongahela river to permit pedestrians to
pass over.
The new Mayor of Pittsburgh has re
solved to retain the larger portion of the
old police force.
There are nearly four hundred print
ing olllces in the city of Philadelphia.
The new iron bridge on The West
Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, at
(lien Mill, is completed.
Parties from Philadelphia propose
renting the cotton of Mr. Richard's,
at Pin nixville, for the manufacture of
blankets.
The oldest inhabitant of West Ches
ter, James Devy, a colored man, died on
Tuesday last, at the rip, , 1111 age of
ninety-six years.
John Bachman was so injured by a
passing railroad train, on Monday eve
ning, at Reading,, us tomake it necessary
to amputate both legs above the ankle.
On :Saturday last, Mr. Joel D. loch,
of Richmond township, Franklin coon
ty,slaughtered an ox, one year old, which
weighed, when dressed, tzt4 pounds.
A sack was found near Tyrone, frozen
into the ice on the river, which contain
ed the letters lately stolen from the post
olliee ill that place.
The season of advent is one of great
interest in the Catholic churches, and
we notice 'throughout the State that it
is being observed wiW , zrent religious
fervor.
Sarah Seymour, 'aged only fifteen
years, of Athens township, Bradford
county, after six yearn piece -work, has
finished a bed quilt, containing
pieces.
Reading Commandery, NO. L,
Knights Templar, is making arrange•
menu for a grand Masonic reception,
on the evening of December 27th, to be
the grandest affair of the kind in the
history of Masonry in Reading."
An attempt was made on Saturday
afternoon, by an Irish vagrant, to lire
the jail at Chambershurg. The lire was
discovered in time to save the man's
life and what might have proven the
destruction of the jail.
The four circus men who have he n
in the Wyoming county jail since April,
for the murder of John Shingler, at
Tun khatinock, have been before the
court, and on motion of prisoner's coun
sel, the case is to be [Mt over to January
sessions,
The Baltimore and Ohio and the Con
nelsville Railroad Company are making
big efforts to secure a connection with
Chicago, which will not be accomplish
ed until both roads are leased by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Compa❑y. Col.
Thomas A. Scutt has a few words to say
on the subject.
On the night of the 2lst of November
the postofflce at Tyrone was entered and
robbed. There were four persons en
gaged in the affair, three of whom are
now iu jail at Holidaysburg. A man
supposed to be the fourth of the gang
was arrested by United States Detective
Thomas Gillespie in Pittsburgh, and
taken before Commissioner Weandless,
who committed him for a hearing.
Cameron's Pittsburgh Rini. Broken
A World correspondent from Pittsburgh,
writing about the recent Democratic mu
nicipal triumph says:
This defeat of the Ring cannot fail to
break it at Harrisburg. The Legislature
will be called upon to relieve State Treas
urer Mackey of $175,000 of State funds lost
by reaeon of recent failures in Philadel
phia. As soon as this is asked for the tight
against Cameron will open, as the deposits
were made with certain of his pets. The
war will be a lively one, Cameron's Repub
lican enemies being emboldened by the re
sult in this city, and its effects will be felt in
the politics of the State next year.
The New York Time Is not in accord
with Mr, Dorsey (colored), of Philadelphia,
and his letter to the Grand Duke, and says
that if it " had been addressed to Catacazy,
it would have doubtless called forth a
prompt and sympathetic response. A sen
sitive person would hesitate to make
known the fact that he had failed in trying
to force himself into a social gathering
where he was not wanted, but, if he will do
such a thing, he ought to tell it to a fellow
sufferer who has experienced a similar re
buff." The Timm belongs to the party
which claims to be the black man's best
Little Mite nt the Head
At a recent meeting of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company, the
trustees consolidated the railroads in New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. This action
was approved by the stockholders, and the
organization will hereafter be known as
the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Company. Gen. George B. McClellan is
President of the road.
Grounds for Impeachment of the Pre..
It is not because an impeachment of the
present incumbent of the Presidential (Alice
would be groundless, nor betteueo his scan
dalous degradation' of the Executive (Ake
should not be redressed or arrested. that
we recently discountenanced the ntert,
sensationalism of a New York journal
on a subject so grave. Were a' movement
in good faith essayed for the' recovery,
for the Chief Magistracy, of Its con
stitutional and traditional dignity. of
which but the vestiges remain, by the dis
placement of Grant, rather than by 'the
more promising method of electinga states
man to succeed him, who needs more thin
a suggestion to perceive the manifold wen
tuitions, any of which, under the legal prin
ciple so strenuously denied against Andrew
Johnson, that to be impeachable, the of
fence must be analogous to a crime or mis
demeanor at common law, or brstatute,
could be established against the present
despicable successor of Jackson and of
Washington.
lie conspired with degraded demagognes
of foreign countries, with whom no colora
ble treaty relations existed, for the use of
the ships, arms, and men of the United
States navy, in furtherance, of sckemes of
personal ambition and private pinder.
He conspired with the same parties for
the spoliation, arrest, mock trial, impris
onment, and oppression of Davis Hatch, an
Muhl - lean citizen, and others, in a foreign
exunitry,for communicating with the Amer
ican press.
Ho instituted war with a foreign nation,
with which this toll airy was at perilict
amity, in violation not only of the Consti
tution, which disables the President for
making war, but of subsisting treaty stip
ulations with that power.
He negotiated with a body of Dominican
usurps -, led by Harm and carried into ei
•ct t ompaet bet arson the two nations.
notwithstanding the United States, through
the rejection of the proposed treaty by the
Senate, had rendered it erlminal or Min to
do any act under it.
Ile misappr,primed ;11,500,00 0 ip)ld, by
paying it over to his proilignie Dominiean
noonnidives in purenanee of a treaty llel
yer binding or in any servo vnllel, and
Was anorwank aetindly made null and
void.
lle violated the statute regulating the
pay and duties et the private Secretary ill
the President, which offence is aggravated
by the establishment of a military ring at
the Executive Malltlioll.
violated, n a irtaill to his own :WTI,
the ,tatute regulating the privilege of
leaves of absence of officers of the army.
He accepted lands, goods, anti money iu
emenileration or appointowoo, to office,
anti aggravated the abuse by habitually ac
cepting all manner in presents anti ravers,
to the great Notional of the pithily service.
lie violated, conspicuously In the Ca:4001
I leneral Sickles, the law which forbids the
holding in both a civil and a military ottlee,
by making that titter, N ithout requiring
him to resign his military commission, it
diplomatic retaiNentative.
has illegally suspended the writ of
/'a', corps.,, thereby violating all the
Lace on the statute book, in furtherance Of
OW civil supremacy, anti particularly the
act of liiin,provitling punishment for lii.-
~tructing the process of the courts.
Sleruld the question, Iry becoming prae
deal 01t13, deserve hereafter a critical ex
11,11i11110011 of the nets of this President, ho
would be (oust so frequently in violation
of law, statute or v. 1111111 1 ,1, as to deserve
the epithet " lac lees," On Moodier hand.
if gross, repeated, arid prolonged neglect or
duty, systernatie usurpation and oppres
sion 1111111if0,4 contempt of the people, par
ticaarly iu the extraordinary letter of
praise accorded ('ulterior Alurphy, 144 at
express contrast to the public scorn, and
notorious personal incompetency for ap
prehending high civil duties, should en
large the scope of accountability, we hardly
see from what source could come an W 4.-
101510 deferrer, of President Circuit, should
he be arraigned belbre the Senate.--
mph,. Pmr.ef.
The For Openinc, 01 the EMI
The Philadelphia Recsisy Tetegraph is
well 1:110W11 Asa Republican journal which
dares to have opinions of its own. Under
the caption above It lininOnlSOS as follows:
It was only a day or two since that all
the Administration journals scouted the
hiss that there was or could be any disaf
fection in Republican ranks in regard to
general ; rant and Ilia looney. Senator
Trumbull's name was mentioned in con
nection with the revolt, and the fact that
he had anything to do with the rebellion,
or intended to have, was vehemently de-
Med. But time, that proves all things, is
vindicating itself; and yesterday we had
verification of the rumor in the resolu
tions offered by the Illinois Senator In rela
tion to the expenditures of the (government,
the distribution of public patronage, and
the management of the civil service In
general.
Senator Trumbull's speech was what in
vulgar phrase may be termed a "scorcher."
It touched upon not a few of the sore places
in the policy of the Administration, and
cannot fall to lead to a thorough and com
plete unmasking of the hidden doings of
the immsculates whb have been hiding
themselves behind the Presidential chair.
In this good work Mr. Trumbull was
mainly sustained by Senator Schurz, who,
during the COUrse of his speech, furnished
him with telling facts and tignres relating
to Administration abuses.
And now that the hall has halal fairly
opened let the dance proceed, and let the
Administration, if it can, face the music.
With such leaders as Sumner, Trumbull,
Schurz, and other Republican Senators ou
the One side. supported by the fully() Dem
ocratic leaders, and united with arguments
and facts which cannot be con troverted,ami
which aro damaging, in their influence up.
on Grant and his prospects, the confilet
promises to be one of mum than ordinary
interest. The immense patronage of the
Administration may secure a re-nomina
tion for Grant; but the idea that he will be
equivalent to au eksaion must now be
to
e tally abandoned. The day Mr such an
illusion has passed. The 'A dministratien
will now be called 'won to confront an
opposition which, hitherto passive, has
now assumed an aggressiveform,and which
cannot fad to grow in power with each
passing day. We presume that those jour
nals which have ridiculed the Idea of an
organized opposition, and a powerful ono at
that, will now reconsider their vieva, and
confess to having been bitterly deceived.
Why Not Prepthleuf for I.lle
The officeholders Who propose the re
election of President I ;rant hir a sowed
term in 1572. might just as well propose to
re-elect him to that office as long as helives.
I fr why dont they at once chango the Con
stitution so that the President may be chosen
or life without the trouble of holding aloe
lions every four years': All their argument..
in fitvor of his re-election itt all aro equally
conclusive in favor of making him Presi
dent so long as he remains in this world.
(ion. Washington and I,on. Jackson re
fused to be re-elected ler a third term. lint
does anybody suppose that feneral Grant
would refuse, or that his desiro for re-elec •
tiou would be any less keen in Pail than iu
11 , 71:? Besides, in Is7ll his power will be
greatly extended and consolidated, Ilk co
horts of office-holders will have greater
control el' the people, and the Hopublioan
press generally will bo more servile than
it is now. His supporters ought not to
make two bites of a cherry. Let them go
in like 111011 in favor of his re•elerhen ter
life. N.
The Philadelphia Ledgcr.pays," the total
production of allkinds of coal Mr the week
was ::!6,75-1 tons, and lbr the year 111,595,516
tons, against 17,315,721 tons to eorrompond
ing time last year, showing a decrease of
-12.5,175 tons. The trade is nearly or quite
over for this season. 1 /illy such points as
may he supplied by all-rail transportation
earl lie furbished with any considerable
amounts of coal until navigation open. The
last few days of unusually cold weather,
so early in the season, ham caused some
little movement in the fuel market, and
apprehension Is entertained that at some
points there may be a short supply, espy--
rally South. There is a better demand for
and a small advance in chestnut coal.—
Prices, it is not likely, will be lower be
tween this and Spring. The trade the past
year In the Schuylkill region has been gen
erally unprofitable to the operators. Only
those who have worked the more favora
bly located mines have made fair pronto.'
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ST. Louis, Dec. 12.—A gentleman who
arrived in Kansas City on Saturday laid,
informed the Kansas City Timex , that on
the Sunday previous a terrible affair oc
curred in Saline county, Nebraska. A par
ty of emigrants, whose families were pawl
lug through the county westward, thecold
instantly increasing, concluded to camp
and light a lire. They were on a piece of
high prairie, several miles from any house,
but three miles from them WILY a piece or
timber-land.
After unhitching tin, teams, the men
started for toe timber to procure fuel, and
not returning for several hours, the women
left their children and started to hunt them
up, This is all that is known, except that
the next day the bodies of seventeen per
sons, who had perished from intense cold,
wear found. The children, who were left
in the wagons, wore the only survivors.
Nes. Hmmpnhlre Demorrni le
The New Hampshire Democratic State
Convention met on Wednesday and re
nominated Governor Weston. The plat
form adopted pledges obedience to the
Constitution; opposes privileged classes
and privileged capital; demands a tarill
" for the necessary expenses of the Federal
Government, not for the benefit of monop
olists;" denounces the establishment of
martial law at the South, and advocates
reform in the civil service.
The resolutions further denounce the es
tablishment of martial law at the South us
unconstitutional and atrocious; advocate
reforms in the civil service of the govern
ment, and re-affirm the conlidence of the
party in tiovernor Weston, pledging him
its support for re-election!
Fish Spies on Cal/waxy
in the recently published Catacazy cor
respondence, Mr. Fish charges three gen
tlemen, namely, Mr. G. W. Adams, of the
World, Mr. Frank Turk, who, we believe,
is connected by marriage with Mr. Fish's
own family, and Mr. Louis S. Tasistro,
with having served him in the dishonora
ble capacity of spies around Mr. Catacazy,
the Russian Minister. At the same time,
in his annual report to the Senate, Mr.
Fish, shows that during the last year he
has spent about =l,ooe as secret service
money. The friends of the gentlemen
named will anxiously wait for some indig
nant disclaimer from them that they have
ever been steed by Mr. Fish for so vile a
purpose.