Caldwell at Mprlngllehl. Morn's tho s|i>U Look around you. Aliovo on the height May Hessians uncatujx-d. lty tho church on the rigid Wood tho gaunt Jersey farmers. And In n ran a wall Yon may dig anywhere and you will turn up a ball. Nothing more, (iraescs spring, waters run, flowers blow Pretty much as they did ninety.throe venm ago. Nothing more did I say ? Stay one moment; ycn'vo heard Of Caldwell, tho parson, who onee preached the word Mown at Springfield! What? No? Come, that's had. Why he hail All the Jersey's allamc. And they gave him tho name Of tho "rebel high priest." He stuek in their gorge. For he loved the li>nl Mod—and ho hated King Oeorge ! He hail cause, you might {say, when the Hes sians that day Man-hed up with Knyphatisen, they stop;s ion their way At tho "Farms," where his wife, with sehild in her arms. Sat alone in the honse. How it happened none knew But God and one of the hireling crew. Who tired the shot! Enough ! There she lay. And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband away! Mid he preach did ho prav ? Think of him ♦ as you stand By the old church In-day, think of him and that hand Of militant plow-hoys! Sec the smoke and the heat Of the reeklem advance—of that -tniggliug re treat ! Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slam, in your view- Anil what could you what should you, what would you do ' Why, just what ho did ! They wero hft in the lurrh. For want of more wadding. He ran to the church. Broke the door, stripi-d the |s w-. and daslu I out in the road With liia arms full of hymn-booka, and threw down his load At their feet! Then ahov- all tie shouting and shots, Bang ilia voice; " Put Watts into 'em. Imvn; givo 'em Watts." And they did. That is all. (irasnea spring, flowers blow, l*rotty much as tliey did ninety-three years ago- Yon may dig anywln ro and von'l! turn up a ball. But not always a hero like this and tliats all. llrtl ll'irtt. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE. "He's a very agreeable, peaceable behaved young gentleman," said Mrs. Peepandpry, rubbing her hands with the motion jieenliar to stont, middle aged boarding-liouso keejiers. " Not a bit particular as to what ho eats, and n regular with his week's board as the Wednesday afternoon conies around." " But who is he?" said Mr. Majilton, who, having no special bnsinesH of his own, was so good as to identify himself with that of his neighbors, and formed, in his kola individuality, tho star chamber and tho jndgo, jury and execn tionor of tho vicinity, sfwaking from a social standpoint. " That is tho ques tion, ma'am—who is ho? Begular pay ments and agreeable manners aro a good doal, I'm willing to allow; bnt what aro his conventional indorse ments ?" Mrs. Peopandprv looked puzzled. " I am told," resumed Mr. Majilton, " Mr. Eugene Aram had the ]>oli*hcd mien of a gentleman." "Sir?" said Mrs. Peepandpry. " And the Nihilists themselves prob ably have their social code." " I'm not acquainted with the family of whom yon speak, sir!" said Mrs. Peepandpry. " I've hail a many hoarder in my time, hut nover anybody by that name." Mr. Majilton rnhltod his nose in some irritation. " Never mind," said he " never mind. Details aro of no importance. It's the general principle that wo mnst look to." "Certainly, sir," aaid Mrs. Peepand pry, more bewildered than over. "And yon tell me yon haven't any idea of Mr. Gnymard's profession T Mrs. Peepandpry shook her head. " What references did he bring?" pur sued the querist. " Well, sir, now yon remind me of it," said the honest woman, "he didn't men tion no especial references. He merely aaid he shonld probably want the rooms all summer, and wonhl pay in advance, and he gave me a month's rent, in gold, on the spot." "This looks very had," said Mr. Ma jilton—" very bad, indeed ! For all yon know, Mrs. Peepandpry, you may be harboring a political spy, a forger, a counterfeiter; even," lowering his voice to a tragical unerry colored eyes upward. "Yon seem to forget, Mrs. Peepandpry, that yon owe something to your neighbors and tho world in general, as well as to youraelf." - . £ * ' - Mm. Peepandpry got out her pocket handkerchief, and shed a few tears he liind its folds. flow could alio tell this high-minded philanthropist that tho neighbors and tho world in general had nover helped her to gain her hard earned livelihood ? What wero her poor little private interests to tho grand and colossal view of society taken by Mr. Majilton, who had a snug little in come of his own, and nooded not to track out tho course of every penny with microscopic eagerness ? " What do you suppose General Ger ard would say to this culpable careless ness of yourH ?" ho resumed ; " or Mrs. Dalrymplo, whoso fair, lovely daughters represent tho beauty and talent of the neighborhood ?" "I'm sure I'm very sorry," snitTid the poor boarding-house keeper, " but— " "Sorry!" echoed Mr. Majilton. "But of what avail will be your sor row, when once you have introduced a serpent into these Eden bowers ? No, Mrs. Peepandpry, I have no desire, be lieve me, to wtmnd your feelings—l merely desire you to bo a little more cautious in your dealings with the world in general. Here's this great diamond robbery at Palace Heights- Miss Du ponceau's ancestral jewels gone like a vision. How do we know that your model boarder may not he the head anil front of the adept gang who |>erpetratod thisontrage? Good heavens, madam ! I've locked up my collection of postage stamps and raro coins every evening since I heard of the diamond robbery at Palace Heights." "Oh, sir, I'm quite certain," stam mered Mrs. Peepandpry, " that Mr. Guymard isn't one of the kind to—" " And I read only last evening in tho !>*per," inexorably pursued Mr. Majil ton, "of n gigantic plot to tiro nil the coal mines of Pennsylvania, and set tho Canada woods in a hla/.e. Am Ihv any means sure that this mysterious stranger whom you have so injudiciously admitted into our midst is not the diabolical wretch whose fiendish in genuity is responsible for all this crime ?" " I >oar, dear!" aid Mrs. Peepandpry. "Suppose I see him V" said Mr. Majil ton, authoritatively. "I can eanilv in troduco myself, and —" " But yon can't, sir," cried the poor landlady; "for lie's jnst took the ex press to New York, to be gone all day, and I've got the whitewasher and tho carpet-beater here; and Bridget, with a pale of hot water anil scouring soap- " " Oh," said Mrs. Majilton, " it's very unfortunate—very !" " Perhaps you <1 like to look at his room, sir?" suggested Mrs. Peepandpry. "Well, it wonldn't do any harm for me just to glance around a little," said Mr Majilton. And with a majestic stride he fol lowed Mrs. Peepandpry into thoajiart nfent of the city hoarder. The whitewasher, with his olion countenance beaming beneath a i-upir cap, was mixing a miniatnro maelstrom of white foam in his pail. Bridget, mounted nprm a stcpladder, was dust ing the hooks, which wero ranged, not wiihont artiitic elegance and taste, on hotao-constructod shelves. At the sight of the house-cleaning phalanx every domestic impulse was roused in Mrs. I'eepandpry's nature. " Bridget," she cried, shrilly, "have yon commenced on those Iwoks without cleaning this closet?" "Please, 'm." retorted Bridget, "the closet was cram-jam full of things, as I didn't ventnr' to take the liberty to move," " It's only dressing gowns, and fenc ing-gloves, and snrh like," said Mrs. Peepandpry. " Please, 'm, there's a false-face there," argued Bridget, "and ten t>oxea, as I didn't know but they might lie full of spirits of niter and glycerine." "Nonsense!" said Mrs. Peepandpry. herself plunging into the depths of the closet, while Mr. Majilton peered cau tiously over her shoulder. " Spirits of niter and glycerine, indeed! I never heard such folly in my life I" "A mask, eh?" said Mr. Majilton. "It looks lul—very Isul! And a black serge cloak with a hood! Indeed! And where's the dark-lantern and the false keys ? " "There ain't any, sir," said Mrs. Peepandpry. "There must lie! " said Mr. Majilton. "Don't tell me! In this world one thing invariably leads to another, and— Eh? What is that?" It was a little, flat Japanese box, which had fallen from the folds of tho suspicious serge cloak. "Dear, dear!" said Mrs. Peepand pry, " how could I he so careless ? There, the hasp is broken !" ' "If '■ providential, mk'ara—qnite providential!" uttered Mr. Majilton, as he solemnly opened the box. And ont dropped a string of sparkling stones 1 " Lords- massy 1" said Cnsar, the whitewasher. "The saints betune us and all harm !" said Bridget. "It ain't—diamonds T cried Mrs. Peepandpry. "Didn't I tell yon so!" said Mr. Mujilton. "Let this respectable col ored person bo sent to Palace Heights at once. Tell llridgot, hero, to make all tho haste alio can to the nearest con stabulary force. Ah for you, Mrs. Poop atulpry, I will trouble you to write a description of this cold-blooded rufliiyi. While you are thus enguge.l I will scribble off a telegram to the Grand Central depot, in New York, that bo may bo arrested the very instant that lie steps off the train. This is really— ahem I—what one may call a direct in terposition of Providence 1" "Gh, dear! oh, dear 1" criod Mrs. Poepandpry, wringing her hands, " lias it como to this? And Mr. (luymard so civil-spoken anil gentlemanly, and all!" "Pray remember, my good woman," adjured Mr. Mujilton, "that time is of tho first importance. Get a pencil and paper immediately. (loorge," to the carpet-beating youth, who was standing by, all eyes and ears, "run with this telegraph to tho office, and let it be charged to my account. And in the meantime, Mrs. Poepandpry, let ns have a circumstantial and minute description of this wolf in sheep's clothing who lias thus entered our fold." Hut Mrs. Peepandpry'sfew little wits wero entirely frightened out of her, and she could not, at a moment's notice, remember the items of Mr. Guymard's personal apjx-aranoe; and tho more im patient Mr. Mujilton waxed tho more bewildered she became; so that the car riage from Palace Heights, and the box wagon from the police court were both at the door before she bad decided whether Mr. Guyuiard's eyes were dark gray or light blue, his nose aquiline or Romanesque. Miss Duponcean, from the Heights, looked around her in amazement. Tho constable eyed poor Mrs. Poepandpry as if lie meant to arrest her at once. Mr. Mujilton l>cgan, in four syllabled words, to explain the situation to the gentry from Palace Heights, whose ac quaintance ho had long yearned for an opportunity of making: and presently the complication of aflairs in renden d more hojM'less still by the nncxpected apjioaraucc upon the scene of—Mr. Gnymanl himself. " Don't be alarmed, Mrs. Poepand pry," said he, cheerfully; " but I dis covered at Chntham Junction that I hod left some important papers behind, and Bat, pray, what is tho meaning of all this ?" And he looked around him in extreme amazement at the little crowd, th dis organized closets, the japanned box on the tahlc, with its sparkling contents. " A illain," cried Mr. Mujilton, "your machinations arodi-oavcre 1 at last! Con- arrest that man! Miss D ipon ceau, let me lie the fortunate instrument of returning to you your diamond neck lace, which yonder aliandoned fx oundre oanse I want qniet and privacy while I am engaged in studying np the details of am important will ease. If you want any other particulars I can only refer you to my coiuin. Miss Duponcean, who was quite aware of my residence here, as well as cognizant of its rnwons." Miss Duponcean burst into a clear, musical langh. "The idea of taking my Cousin Charles for a burglar!" she cried out. 1 "Really, there is no end to the absnrd ' ity of these good people. But, now that tho carriage is here, ('harles, I shall insist upon Uking you hack to the Heights with mo. Mrs. Poepandpry is very kind, I am sure ; hut, after what has happened, this place can hardly 1* a home for yon any longer." Ho. Mrs. Peepandpry lost her boardor; the constable slnnk awsy, trying to hide his handcuffs under his ooat-tails as ho went; Mr. Majilton departod, looking like a barn door chauticleer who has bean out In the rsin ; and the Palace Heights people considered the wbolo matter as an excellent joke. But the detective policeman who waited at the Grand Central depot for the down train, and didn't find his pri*. oner after all, did not participate in that opinion And neither did Mr. Mujilton, when the bills came in for his littlo piece of ofllciousnoss. It i moro than probable tliat be will mind liia own business in tho future. A Terrible Blight Experience, A writer in lf'irj>*r's Mayiuiw write* about a terrible night experience in tho Mount Washington signal service build ing as follows: Noticing that the side* of the summit wore strewn with boards, beams and debris, my guide explained that what I saw was the result of the great January gale. Ho added: "Late in tho afternoon my romrado, M , came to where I was lying alod sick, and said: 'There is going to be tho devil to pay, sol guess I'll make every thing snug.' " By nine in the evening the wind had increased to 100 miles an hour, with heavy sleet. At midnight the velocity of the storm was 120 miles, and the ex posed thermometer recorded twenty four d< green below zero. With tho stove red, wo could hardly get it nl>ove j freezing inside the house. Water froze within three foot of tho fire—in fact, j whore you are now sitting. "At this time tho noihf\ outside was deafening. Al>out 1 o'clock tho wind rose to 150 miles. It was now blowing a hurricane. The wind, gathering up ull the loose ice of the mountain, 1 dashed it against the house with one continued roar. I lay wondering how , long the building would stand this, when all at once carne a crash. M shouted to me to get tip ; but I had i tumbled out in a hurry on hearing the glass go. You see. I was dressed, to keep myself warm in bed. " < >nr unit* d efforts were hardly equal ! to closing the storm shutters from the inside, hut we finally succeeded, thottgh ? the lights went out when the wind came | in, and we worked in the dark." He rose to show me how the shutters of thick oak wero first secured by art iron bar, and sec ndlv by strong wooden buttons firmly screwed into the window ; frames. "We had scarcely done this," r - 1 sutned Doyle. "and were shivering ov< r ; the lire, when a heavy gust of wind at'ain buret oj n ti;<- shutters as easily as if they had never lv-en fasten- >1 at all. We sprang to our feet. After a hard tussle we again ecu rod the win dows by nailing a cleat t-> the floor, agaii *t which one end of n board was fixed, using the other end as a levt r. | You understand 7" I 'nodded. " Well, jet en then it was all we could do to forecAhe abutters back into place, lint we did it. We bad to do it. "The rc-t of the night w., . pus-i-d in momentary expectation that the build ing would 1 • blown into Tnokennan's 1 ravine, an lwe with it. At t o'clock in the morning the wind registered iw, miles. It had shifted then from east to northeast From this time it ste.idih fell t<> ten mill A, at o'clock. Thi- was lie biggest blow . rer •xjrieing seen, ellmwing and being el bowed, laughing and being laughed at, eating, drinking, making crabs of them selves in holes in the sand, flirting, selling and Itcing sold, and, in fact, doing everything that our ingenuity as an inventive people can devise, and all good-natnrcdiy. A homogenous lot in deed, is to be found at this American Vanity Fair. They pout in by Ixiat and ears, by carriage and on horseliack, and they make straight for the long, cool white shore, as if to collect their senses in the face of the majesty of old ocean before trusting them in tho settling, hustling, noisy crowds about the hotels and promenades.— Xmr York l^Uer. A French writer ssys that in the United Btates the confectionery shops for ladies are as numerous as the liquor shops for men. Ameriea.i girla hare a passion for sweet stuff. They only leave one bonbon shop to go and sit down in another. We thought, he adds, that tho French women were he worst gourmands of the old and new worlds. We have now to offer them our most hnmble excuses. Mrs. Jenny Idnd floldsehmidt is said to be worth •1,000,000. % t . .■% J • -Ml/ tiib family doctor. To RimmvE 11.000r0u.~-A medical journal gives the following simple means of relieving hiccough: Inflate the lungs as fully as possible, and then press firmly on tho agitated diaphragm. In a few soconds tho spasmodic action of tho muscle will cease. Bahlkv Watch.- A doctor says : I have found this useful in private prac tice to keep up tho strength of a patient: A cupful of barley in two quarts of water, allowed to boil two hoars. About an hour after it is on the flro add a down stoned raisins; strain before serv. ing. It aught to be cooked in a jxir celaiti-lined vessel, or it is apt to dis color. It imxo in Bku.— Never road in lied or in a reclining attitude; it provokes a ten-ion of the optic uorve very fatiguing to the eyesight. An exchange says: Jiatbc your eyes daily in salt water; not j salt enough, though, to cause a smart ! ing sensation. Nothing is more | strengthening, and we have known I several persons who, after using this simple tonic for a few weeks, hail put j aside the spectacles they bad used for . years, and did not resume them, con tinuing, of course, the oft rcjieated daily u c of salt water. Never force 1 your eyesight to read or work in insuffi cient or too broad light. Heading with the sun"upon one's l*ok is mortally in jurious to tho eyes. Mm-k. This article contains all of ' tho elements needed to sustain life in the young, and is one of the simplest in use—wholesome, if it is pure. Its ' purity dejiends on tho health of tho pro duo. r, and that largely on tho quality of tho food eaten. If at first pure it 1 ina; become otherwise by carelessness. To keep it in tins made of lead and nrsc-nie, if it ltocomc* sour, especially, is to endanger the life of the f.unil . If uncovered or in any way ex j.o. Ito fresh paint, or to filth or poi >n in an; form, it • .on be come. affected b\ absorption, since water and all li quid* containing it are grand purifier, of tho air, the*, impuri ties 1 mg retained in the liquids Never kf'p milk in a new)--painte.l pantr only water, and that to Is thrown out. - Itr . //. I fun* if or ft. . Captured by llrigand*. Mr. S iter has given to a correspond ent of the I. iidon S: tut tnt at Halonica an acco :nt of the experiences lie h d wl.il< a captive of the brigatuLv "On the r.ight of the capture, imme diately after *e|>*r#tij)g from lii wife, 1. was burro I off tea distance of twelve miles from Is* . where lie was hidden all the follow ; day. Fo- nearly a fortnight his hiding-place was changed every night Hi-.arms were kept bound, and two men were always standing over him with loaded rifles for two days after bo was taken. The brigands were com pi ed of two bands -one of thirteen, under Captain Aristidi and Ohiorghi Kt7,iro: the other of twelve, under Cap tain Nicola. Home of the brigands were Ottoman Greeks, some Hellenes 1 others < hristian Albanian* and den-rter* from the Greek army. There was al ways groat discord U'tween the two bands and in their quarrel* the captive's life was often in great danger. Mr. Hutcr and his captors slept on leaves upon the ground. The il*v* wore mostly s|>ent in daneing, drinking and Kinging when the brigands were not alisent on foraging exjieditions, and part of their time was ja*se.l in play in-* cards and in telling stories of murders and exploits. The brigands used most profane and blasphemons language; but tfcey were superstitions, and were strict in their religions observances. They fasted the whole of Lent, and .celebrated Easter |d V with great solemnity." Then follown an account of tha nego tiations for and pymeut of the ransom leading to the release of Mr. Hutcr. The corresjmndent adds: " During Mr. Hcter's captivity sen tries were always jxmtcd at advantageous J positions. They wore capes to cover their arras. The brigands were all capi tal shots, and well armed. Home of their rifles were Martini's, of the Tur kish pattern, and seme were t'hassepots with Messageries Imperial?* marks, and one was of Greek pattern. The brigands hail no in procuring ammu nition. They were most suspicious of eing poisoned. Whenever provisions were brought the peasants were forced to taste everything. They were well in formed as to all that is passing in Hal onica, and in the whole of Macedonia. They were aupplied with Greek news l*qier*, and they took a lively interest in the negotiation*about the ratification of the Greek frontier." A Very lUrc Jewel. A citizen of Atlanta has in hi* posses •ion a ram natural curiosity in the shape of an amstiiyst recently found in Habun county. The peculiar feature about this amethyst is that it contain* a drop of water in the center of the stone. There is a s)>ecimsn of white crystal on exhibition in .Philadelphia containing a drop of water, but this i* tho only in stance on record of an amethyst so pe culiarly formed.— Atlantu (Go.) d/yvib It is better to liear injustice than to do it. • MOim, AM> KKLIOIOUH. Ite Trar, ll- what Dun w HJ'-M' ; || Vl the KT'-at Master's I*, ihi.- How love, ami taste it. fniitag. . How paoe, and rosji it* harvnst bright; Heast* and men and every wav ward wave of thine doth drown some fretful fiend of care. Oh, J laughter, rose-lipped daughter of Joy! there are dimples enough in thy cheek* to catch ami hold and glorify all the tears of (irief. Itrlitflon* NfHa and Nofra. The sessions of the international con vention of the Young Men's Christian association, which was held recently at Cleveland, ()., were intercting in many respect*. The work of the branches of the association in different States among various elas-es of young men was re view 1, and the statements ma le wore most cnxiuraginr*. It was deided to hold the next convention two yean hence iti Milwaukee, Hi'hop Huntington, a short time ago , at Syracuse, N. d , ordained two young Indians who have been educated for mi: 'denary w,rk, I'aul Caryl, a chief of the Kiowa tr:l•. whose Indian name i-< Zotnm, and David IVrdleton, a Chey enne, wlio-e Indian name i*Oak< ihater. The two men were captured on the plains -'viral y-ars by Unite] >St.ites trooj . The annual national conference of 'lie 11 mkar l or German Baptist church was in s< '•ion in Ashland, < la*t week. The only college In-longing to this de nomination i- in this town. It is stated that more than DtO.OOO persons are con nect 1 with the church, which employs about 16,000 minister*. 1 hat the tni' !<<•■* of Andovcr seminary believe in muscular Christianity is evi dent from the fact that they employed Dr. Sargent, instructe used A* in tnne. In one of those lyrical ballads, which, so far a* I know, has never crept into print, a man begins a song half in ban- * ter, half in earnest: " tt I* lietter to love * Jog than to love • wo man. For for s piece of gold * woman will leave jot to grief. . But the affection of a dog is endless.™ A woman, who perhaps ha* had some experience of the improvidence as well a* of the voracity of mankind, replies, in ready caricature of the other: * " It is better to feed • dog than to feed • man, ' For with apiece of meat a dog will leave von in peace, lint the hunger of s man will last forr-ver." And the keen, sharp-shooting ia kept * up tbrongh a long range of topics, the ball tossrd back and forward from one skillful composer to another, and when improvisation fails traditional ltadinage ia remembered and snug with c pud gnsto.—//irpe.-V trine. •