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BARTON'S INVESTMENT.
" " AN you lond mo two thousand
J dollars to establish myself iu a
small rotail business ?" inquired a young
man not quite out of his teens, of a middle-aged
gentleman, who was poring over
a pile of ledgers in tho counting room of
one of the largest establishments in Bos
ton. The person addressed turned toward
the speaker, rcgnrded him for a moment
with a look of surprise, and inquired :
What security can you give me. Mr.
Strosscr.
" Nothing but my note," replied tho
young man promptly.
" Which, I fear, would bo below par
in tho market," replied the merchant,
smiling.
" Perhaps so," tho young man replied,
"but Mr. Barton, remember that the boy
is not the man ; the time may come when
lliram Strosser's note may be as readily
accepted as that of any other man."
" True, very true," said Barton, mildly i
" but you know business men very seldom
loan money without adequate security
otherwise they might Boon bo reduced to
penury."
At this remark the young man's coun
tenance became deadly palo, and having
observed a silence of several minutes, ho
inquired, in a voice whose tones indicated
keen disappointemcnt. " then you can
not accommodate mo, can you V
" Call upon me to-morrow, and I will
give you a reply," said Mr. Barton ; and
the young man retired.
Mr. Barton resumed his labors at his
desk, but his mind was so much upon the
boy and his singular errand that he could
not pursue his task with any correctness
and after having made several sad blun
ders took his hat, and went out upon the
street. Arriving opposite the door of a
wealthy merchant on Milk street, he en
tered the door.
" Good morning, Mr. Ilawley," said
he, approaching tho proprietor of the es
tablishment, who was seated at his desk
counting over the profits of the week.
" Good morning," replied the merchant
blandly, " happy to see you ; have a seat.
Any news? How's trade?"
" Without noticing the interrogations
Barton said :
" Young Strosscr is desirous of estab
lishing himself in a small retail business
in , Washington street, and called this
morning to secure of me tho loan of $2,
000 for that purpose"
" Indeed," exclaimed Ilawloy, evident
ly surprised at this announcement, " but
you do not think of loaning that sum do
you?''
" 1 do not know," replied Barton,
" Strosser is a young man of business
talent and strict integrity, and will be
likely to succeed in whatever ho under
takes." .
" Perhaps so," replied Ilawley doubt
fully, " but I am heartily tired of helping
to establish these young aspirants for
commercial honors."
" Havo you ever suffered from such , a
course ?" inquired Barton, at tho same
time casting a keen glance , at Ilaw
ley. , ', ; :
"No," replied Ilawloy, for I never
felt inclined to make an investment of
that kind."
" Then hero is a fine opportunity to
do so. It may prove better than stock
in bank. As for myself I havo conclu
ded that if you will advance one thousand
dollars I will contribute an equal sura."
" Not a singlo farthing would I ad
vance for such a purpose ; and if you
make an investment of that kind I will
consider you very foolish."
Barton observed a silenco for several
moments, and then rose to depart.
" If you do not feel disposed to share
with me in the entcrpriso, I shall advance
tho whole myself," saying which ho left
the store."
Ten years have passed away sinco
the occurrence of tho conversation re
corded in the preceding dialogue, and Mr.
Barton, pale and agitated, is standing at
the same desk as when first introduced to
the reader's attention. As pago after
age ot a wonaerous leugcr was examinea
is disDair became dcerter. till at last he
exclaimed :
" I am ruinod utterly ruined 1"
" How so?" inquired Hiram Strosscr,
who entered the counting room just in
timo to hear Barton's remark.' '; ' ! ' '
" The last European steamer brought
news of the failure of the house of Perrin,
Johnson & Co., whp are indebted to me
the sum of nearly $200,000. News of
the fuiluro has become general, and my
creditors, panio stricken, aro passing in
my paper to be cashed. The banks re
fuse mo credit, and I have not the weans
to meet my liabilities. If I could pass
tlio crisis, perhaps I could rally again ;
but it is impossible; my creditors aro
importunate, and I cannot much longer
keep above the tide," replied Barton.
" What is tho extcut of your liabili
ties?" " Seventy-fivo thousaud dollars."
" Would that Bum bo sufficient to ro
liove you?"
" It would."
" Then, sir, yod shall havo it," : suid
Strosser, and he steped to tho desk and
drew a check for seventy-five , thousand
dollars. ' ' " '
" Here take this, and when you need
more do not hesitate to - call upon me.
Beinember it was from you that I re
ceived mony to establish myself in busi
ness." " But that debt was cancelled several
ears ago," replica uarton,as a ray oil
one shot across his troubled mind. I
" Truo," replied Strosscr, " but the
debt of gratitudo I owe has never been
cancelled, and now tho sealo is turned, I
deem it my duty to coma up to tho res
cue." At this singular turn in the tido of
fortune Burton fairly wept for joy.
Hii paper was taken up as fast as it
was sent in, and in less than a month he
had passed tho crisis, and stood perfectly
snfo and secure; his credit increased, and
his business improved, while several other
firms sank under the blow, and could not
rally ; among whom was Ilawley, alluded
to in the commencement of this article.
" How do you manage to keep abovo
the tide?" inquired Ilawley of Mr.
Barton, one morning, several months after
the event recorded, as he met the latter
on the street, on his way to his place of
business.
" Very easily indeed," replied Barton.
" Well, do tell mo how," said Ilawley.
I claim a good dogreo of shrewdness, but
the strongest exercise of my wits did not
save me ; and yet you, whose liabilities
were twice as heavy as my own, have
stood the shock and have come off even
bettered by the storm."
"Tho truth is," replied Barton, "I
cashed my paper as soon as it was sent
in."
" I suppose so," replied Ilawley, re
garding Barton with a look of surpriso,
but how did you obtain the funds ? As
for my part, I could not obtain a dollar's
credit ; tho bands refused to take my
poper, and my friends even deserted
me."
" A littlo investment that I made sev
eral years ago," replied Barton smiling,
profitable.
" Investment !" echood Ilawley, " what
investment ?"
" Why, do you not romember how I
established young Strosser in business
ten years ago ?"
" Oh, yes," said Ilawley, as a ray of
suspicion lit up his countenance but what
of that?"
" He is one of tho heaviest dry-goods
dealers in the city; and when this calami
ty came on, ho came forward and very
generously advanced me seventy-five
thousand dollars. You know I told you
on the morning I called to offer you an
an equal share in the stock, that it
might prove better than an investment in
bank."
During this announcement Mr. Haw
ley's eyes were bent intently on the
ground, and drawing a deep sigh he
moved on dejected and sad, while Mr.
Barton returned to his place of business
with his mind clear and animated by
thoughts of his singular investment.
Anecdote of Ton Weber.
The following anecdote of tho illustri
ous composer, says the London Musical
World, prescu ts him in a new and unex
pected light, and will be read with inter
est: It was id Londonand in eighteen hun
dred and eleven. Weber was in a boat
on the river with some ladies, and began
to perform on the flute, which ho played
to great perfection. But seeing that
his boat was very closely folowcd by
an other in which there were some young
officers, he put his flute in his pocket.
" Why do you stop playing r" said one
of tho officers to Wefcer. " For the same
reason that I began," replied the com
poser. "And that is?" "Because it
pleases me." " Well, then," said the offi
cers, " take up your flute again, or it plea
es mo to throw you into the water. "
The composer seeing that tho dialogue
was unpleasant to the ladies he was with,
gave way, and began playing again.
When leaving his boat, however, he ao
costed the bold son of Mars, and said :
" The fear of annoying the people
who were with me made me brook your
insolenco ; but to-morrow I will have en
tire satisfaction. We oan meet in Hyde
Part at 10 o'clock. If you have no ob
jection, we will fight with swords; we
need no seconds ; the quarrel is only be
tween you and me; and it is useless to
bring iu strangers."
The officer accepted the challenge.
He was at the rendezvous at the ap
pointed hour, and met Webor as agreed
on. He drew his sword and put him
self on guard, when Weber presented a
pistol at his throat. " Do you mean to
murder me, in cold blood ?" said the
officer. "No," suid Weber, "but be
kind enough to put up - that sword, and
danco a minuet or you are a dead man."
The officer made some objections, but
the authoritative and determined tone of
Weber seemed to influence him, and not
withstanding the arrival of some pcoplo
on the soone of action, he went through
what ho was asked, or rather told to do.
" Sir," said tho uiusieinn, " you com
pelled me to pluy yesterday against my
will I have now compelled you to dunce
against yours. Our bond is over. How
ever should you be dissatisfied still, I em
quite ready to give you any satisfaction
you may wish lor."
The officer held out his hand and beg
ged his adversary to honor him with his
friendship. From that moment an at
tachment sprang up between them, which
lusted to the duy the illustrious composer
died.
RATHER MIXED.
A QUESTION ANSWERED
" Discarded Lover."" I loved, and still
love, tho beautiful Edwltlia Howard, and In
tended to marry her. Tot, during my tempo
rary absence at Bcnlcta, last week, alas I she
married Jones. Is my happiness to be thus
blasted for lifo I Have I no redross 1"
OF COURSE you havo. AH the law
written and unwritten, is on your
sido. Tho intention and not tho act con
stitutes crime in other words, constitutes
tho deed. If you call your bosom friend
a fool, and intended it for an insult, it is
an insult ; but if you do it playfully, and
meaning no insult, it is not an insult. If
on aiBcnargo a pistol accidentally, and
ill a man. vou can co free, for vnti Vinvo
done no murder ; but if you try to kill
a man, and manifestly intend to kill him,
but fail utterly to do it, the law still holds
that the intention constituted tho crime,
and you aro guilty of murder. Ergo, if
you had married Edwitha accidentally,
and without roally intending to do it, you
would not actually be married to her at
all, because tho act of marriago, could not
be complete without the intention. And
ergo, in the strict spirit of the law, since
you deliberately intended to marry Ed
witha, and didn't do it, you are married
to her all the same because, as I said
before, the intention constitutes the crime.
It is as clear as day that Edwitha is your
wife, and your redress lies in taking a
club and mutilating Jones with it as much
as you can. Any man has a right to
protect his own wife from the advances
of other men. But you have another
alternative you were married to Edwitha
first, because of your deliberate intention
and now you can prosecute her for bigamy
in subsequently marrying Jones. But
there is another phase in this complicated
case : You intended to marry Edwitha,
and consequently, according to law, she
is your wife there is no getting around
that ; but sho didn't marry you,and if she
never intended to marry you, you are not
her husband, of course. Ergo, in marry
ing Jones, she was guilty of bigamy, be
cause she was the wife of another man
at the time ; which is all very well as far
as it goes but then don't you see, she
had no other husband when she married
Jones, and consequently she was not
guilty of bigamy. Now according to this
view of the case, Jones married a spinster
who was a widow at the same timo, and
another man's wife at the same time, and
yet who had no husband and never had
one, and never had any intention of get
ting married ; and therefore, of courso,
never had been married, and, by the
same reasoning, you are a bachelor, be
cause you have never been any one's hus
band; and a married man, because you
have a wife living; and to all intents and
urposes a widower, because you nave
een decrivod of that wife : and a con
summate ass for going off to Benicia . in
the first placo,whilo things wee so mixed.
And by this time I have got myself so
tangled up in the intricacies of the ex
traordinary case, that I shall have to give
up any further attempt to advise you I
might get confused and fail to make my
self understood. I think I could take up
the argument where I left off, and by
following it closely awhile, perhaps I
could prove to your satisfaction, either
that you never existed at all, or that you
are dead now, and consequently don't
need the faithless Edwitha I think I
could do that, if it would afford you any
comfort. Mark Twain.
A Fish Story.
"V1THILE living at Durham, I took a
T T walk one evening in Lord Stam
ford's park. On reaching a pond, in
which fish were kept ready for use, I
obsorved a fine pike of some six pounds
weight. At my approach he darted away
like an arrow. In his hurry ho knocked
his head against an iron hook fixed in a
post in the water, fracturing his skull and
injuring the optio nerve on ono sido of
his head. He appeared to suffer terrible
pain ; ho plunged into the mud, floundered
iiithet and thither, and at last, leaping
out of the water, fell on the bank. On
examination, a portion of tho brain was
seen protruding through tho fractured
skull. This I carefully . restored to its
place, making use of a smull silver tooth
pick to raise tho splinters of broken bono.
The fish remained quiet during tho oper
ation : when it was ovor ho plunged into
the pond. At first his sufferings appear
ed to be rolioved ; but in the course of a
few minutes he bogan rushing right and
left until he again leaped out of tho water.
I called the keeper, and with his assistance
applied a bandago to tho fracture. That
doue,wo restored him to tho pond and left
him to his fate. Next morning, as soon
as I reached the water's edge, tho pike
swam to me quite close to the bank, and
luid his head upon my feet. I thought
this an extraordinary proceeding. , With
out further delay, I examined tho wound,
and found it was beuliug nicely, , I then
strolled for some time by tho side of tho
pond. The fish swam after mo, following
my steps, and turning as I turned. The
following day I brought a , few young
friends with me to see tho fish. ' , lie swam
towards me as before. Little by little he
becamo so tame as to como to my whistle
and eat out of my hand. , With other
parsons, on the contrary, he continued as
hy aud as wild aa ever. Dr. Warwick.
The Big Trees or California.
ONE of the greatest curiosities in
California, and indcod, of its kind
in the world, consists of tho Big Tree
grove, siuatcd on tho divido between the
middlo fork of tho Stanislaus and the
Colavorts river, about twenty miles cast
of Mokolummo Hill, and at an elevation
of four thousand, seven hundred and
fifty nine feet above the level of the sea.
The number of trees, a species of red
wood bearing the boutanical namo of
Seonioa Ginantca, is ninety-two, ten of
which are at least thirty foot in diameter;
eighty-two having a diameter varying
from fifteen to thirty feet. Their height
as they now stand, ranges from one hun
dred and twenty-seven feet, tho tops of
many of the more aged having been bro
ken off by the tempests of snow.
Tho original height of some is believ
ed to have been over four hundred and
fifty feet and their diamotcr at least forty
feet. Through tho prostrato trunk of one
of these trees,which has been hollowed out
by fire, a man can rido on horseback for
a distance of seventy-five feet. Some
ears ago one ot tho largest of the num
er then standing was cut down, with a.
view to secure transverse sections of the
trunk for exhibition. It was ninety-two
feet in circumference and three hundred
feet high, and it required the constant
labor of five men for twenty-two days to
fell it the work being accomplished by
means of boring with a long auger. At
the same time another treo of nearly the
same dimensions, was stripped of its bark
for a distance of ono hundred and six feet
from the ground, a lofty staging having
been erected about it for the purpose.
A Singular Duel.
That infraction of the code did not
necessarily involve social ostracism is evi
dent from the fact that De Witt Clinton
left the field with impunity, while Swort
wout, his opponent, was protesting he was
unsatisfied. After the first shot the latter
demanded a second, and after a second
a third. Neither was wounded.
"Is your principal satisfied?" asked
Riker, Clinton's second.
" He is not," replied Smith, after con
sulting Swartwout.
Tho fourth shot was then exchanged,
Clinton's ball entering the calf of Swort
wout's leg.
" Is your principal satisfied now ?"
demanded Riker.
" He is not," replied Smith.
Shots were exchanged the fifth time,
and again Clinton's ball entered Swort
wout's leg.
Riker again asked the question, " Is
your principal satisfiod, Mr. Smith ?"
After a moments consultation with
Swartwout, who standing while the sur
geon extraoted the bullets from his legs,
manifested great fortitude. Smith re-'
plied that he was not.
, " Then he may go to thunder, for I
will fight no more I" replied Clinton, and
immediately left the field. ' ' , '
i ; , :
5 HSrM'rl'. Qutntin Dick, M. P., was
once entertaining a party at dinner, when a
loud knocking was suddenly heard at the
door, and ere they could well conceive
what it meant, Mr. D,'s footman entered,
ushering in a rough-looking son of Nep:
tune; ! Mr. Dick rose, imagining that he
came with tidings from some friend in
India, Jack then, with the coolest assu
rance in .. the world,, stretched out'
his1 hand, and asked: "Is ,' your'
name Quintin Dick ?" " It is," replied
Mr. D., at your service." " Good, I'm '
glad of it; give us your hand, my old
boy for my name is Dick Quintin, and
by the mast we'll have a drop of grog to
gether 1" roared the tar! The effect on .
the company may be easily imagined. 1
Mr. Dick took . it in . good humor, gave
the man half-a-crown, and told the ser
vant to take him to the kitchen, and give
him plenty to eat and drink. . . . .
" Do you know the prisoner, Mr.
Jones ?"
" Yes, to the bone."
" What is his character ?"
" Didn't know he had any."
" Does he live near you V
" So near that he hasn't bought a dot- .
lar's worth of fire-wood in eight years."
" Did ho ever como in contact with
you in any manner?" , ,
" Only once ; when he was drunk, and '
mistook me for a lamp post." '
" Well, sir, from what you know of
him, would you believe him if under
oath?" - ,
"That depends upon, circumstance.
If he was so drunk as not to know what
he, was saying, I might ; if not, I would
not." "..
t&" Tho Dunkirk Journal savs that a
curious individual was greatly porploxed
at tho opening of the Mason to rooms, the
other night, to understand the whys and
wherefores of the three large candles,
which had conspicuous positions. He
viewed them on all sides, thoughtfully
summing up in his mind their probable
use. At lust his patience was exhausted
and turning suddenly about, he mado
bold to ask a Mason " What those candlos
were for?" The Mason, looking about
him to see that no one was near, and ex
acting most solemn promises of secrecy,
got close up to the ear of his friend, and
with bated breath whispered : " The can-'
dies are to burn."