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U neu, her loui'some garret fell the Mil of the April itejr, ..-. - ' LiiiKh the tltiKly wlitilow I'uilniiird liy Iho npl. nr warp aiui wool, he Inoee-lald Hunr of hemlock, on oaken lib ot roof, ... I he bed qntlt1 feul. it patch work, the tea-cnpe on I .'. toe stano, . he whorl with flaxen tangle as It dropped from ker aire iuuiu I i . . -.'. t i - - hat to her waa the aong itf-tueTobln, or wmii . i murnlna? llirliL 1 .he lay in the trance of the flying, homllesa of BOKBll or 1 wna the work of her hanrts, ahe had eaten her iterureaat rut ni tne anen poopie lay ncninii uit mm uaoao. aonl wont buck to lis child. time: ahe law Hnn o'erflow Id the Baaln of Minns and act'ilver OaHpe. The Iff hare tfatx at' tbh tidc, the man of the aea TT,tov)' Inlet, and creek and river, from dike to "i- lUpiHNIJ t - , . She gulls in tlie red of m and tail, he drift of the fog In coastralh .. . morning, the fiah-haw'a rlae 4 moonshine ovef the daik Kl.A uuut till, f . K ( ,h ,AB b,a 1. a i " ahe sang, ' r iarn, taiutiy, Slowly, Jim Mil tor veapera , rang! y her bed the hard fared luiatrena let amootliing the wrlukleil sheet, , Peerlna- Into tbefa ao helpless, ami feeling the v ive-coia reeu vitlitvagne remorse atoning for her greed and tonv abuse. ly care no longer heeded, and pity too late for uac. the stairs of the garret softly the son of the mis tress ateuoed. Pined over the head-board, covering hit face ulth Ids hands, and wept. put-spake the mother who watched bim, sharply , wail uiui a.irowii, What! love you the papist, the beggar, the charge ) ol .the town r. , ;"Ue ahe papist or beggar, who lies here, I know i uuii ttuu luinri I love her, and fain wonldge with her wherever ahe. gota! . O Botherl that aweet face came pleading, for love so athirHt ; Yon aaw but the town charge; I knew her (Sod's ne I ' v.. I l ' m . ( angei at nrac." Hhaking her gray head, the mistress hushed down a bitUjrcry: And, sued by the silence and shadow of death 1 .hawing nigh, X .. . ' She murmured a psalm of tins Bible, but closer the young girl pressed, , yith tlie last of her life in her fingers, the enws to linr bitAML fy son, coma away," erleil the molher, her v;oioe la jnwi 'ii to Her idols like Kphrnim : let her lane!" at he knelt with- his hand un het -forehead, his , lips to l-i?t ei, nd he called back the soul that was puKH.'ng: " Margueiile, doyuu liear !"fc tt. .. - i- C y. - She pansed on the threshold of. heaven love; pity , aurprlsA, ;; I Wistful, tender, lit op for an Instant the cloud ot . her eyes, , .'., her cheek rrew red. na And the words the living long for he spake in tlie ear of the dead. And the robins snug In the archard where buds to blossoms crew t .- Of the folded hands and the still face, never the obliia kue rl Atlantic Monthly for March. .V R5.HIXISmCE.0F C.EX. SCOTT. after our ruiil-er, I sa-M to the General, " There is one question I Lave often wishnd to ask you, but have . ' been restrained by the fear that it might i . be improper." The General drew him ' '- self up, and said in his emphatic manner, I i " Sir, you are incapable of asking an im i proper question." I said, " You are very kind : but if mv inquiry is indiscreet, I am sure you will allow it to pass unans wered." " I hear you, Sir," he replied. " Well, then, General, did anything re markable happen to you on the morning of the battle of Chippewa '(" After a brief but impressive silence, he said, " Yes, Sir ; something did happen to me something very remarkable. I will now, for the third time in my life, relate the storv : "The4th day of July, 1814, wasoneof extreme heat. On that aay my urigaae skirmished with a British force com- aA litr Cicn Thai! frnni an earlv the morning till late in the at- en trie enemy welve miles to a, where we army oocu ', the enemy side of the iter our tents CtwV" pitcnea, InA a nag. borne ISNJa man in t' dress,, approaching my mar. He brought a letter from a lady occupied a large mansion on the op e Hide of Ahe creek, informing me aba was th wife of a member or ament. who was then at Quebec ; t her children, servants, and a young dv friend were alone with her in the house : that Geu. lljall had placed a sen tinel before her door ; and that she ven tured, with great doubts of the propriety of the request, to aek that I would place a sentinel upon the bridge to protect her against stragglers from our camp. I as eared the messenger that the lady's re quest should bo complied with, Edrly the same morning the same messenger, bearing a white flag, re-appeared' with a note from the same lady, thanking me for the protection she had enjoyed, add ing that, in acknowledgment of my civil ities, sJjia begged that I would, with suoh member of my staff as I choose to bring with nhe, acoept the hospitalities of her housat a breakfast which had been pre- .JQire" witn consider Die attention, ana w nuiffl rAadv.-JLatinir upon an im pulse whicn 1 nave never, ieen aoia to analvza or comprehend, I called two of J my Aids, Liemta. ; Worth end WatU, and . return ea wito tne messenger lu iuo aiu nioa already indicated. , We met. our iiObWws at the door, wne-usnereu us iuw the dining-room, where breakfast await. d ninil whnrdths vmine ladr previ- -7 TV . ."S ' i.J K y reierrea to was aireaay aeateu vj 60S ue -urn.- Our hostess, asking: to excused for a few minutes, retired, d the young lady immediately served our coffee. Before we hati firoken cfuf-J fast, Lieut. Watts roBe from the table to -get his bandana, (that lieing before the days of napkins,) whioh he had left in his cap on a side table by the. window, 1 glancing through whioh he saw Indians I approaching the house on one side, and red-coats approaching it on the other, with an evident purpose of surrounding it and us, and instantly xclaimed, " General, we are butrayed 1" Springing from the table and clearing the house, I saw our danger, and remembering Lord Chesterfield had said, .1 Whatever it is proper to do, it is proper to do well,' and , as we had to run, and my legs were longer than those of my companion?, I soon outstripped them. ' As we made our escape" . we were fired at, but , got , across the bridge in iihtj,-;. " . ; - I felt so much shame and mortifioation at having so nearly fallen into a trap,' that I could scaroely fix my mind upon the duties which now demanded my un divided atterj.tion.I knew that I had committed a great indiscretion in accept ing that singular invitation, and that if any disaster resulted from it I richly de served to lose 1oth my commission and mv character. I constantly found my self wondering whether the lady really intended to betray us, or whether we had been accidentally observed. The, question would recur even amid the ex citement of battle. Fortunately my presonoe and services in the field were not required until liens. Sorter ana .Kip ley had been -rngaged at intervals for several hours ; so that when my brigade, with Towson s artillery, were ordered to cross Street's Creek, my nerves and con fidence had become measurably quieted and restored. I need not describe the battle of Chippewa. That belongs to and is part of the history of our country. It is suthcient to say that at the close ot the day we were masters of the position, and that our arms were in no way dis credited. The British Army had fallen back, leaving their wounded in our pos session. The mansion which I had visited in the morning was the largest house near, and to that the wounded officers in both armies were carried for surgical treatment. As soon as I could leave the field I went over to look after my wounded. I found the English offi cers lying on the first floor, and our own on the floor above. I saw in the lower room the young lady whom T had met in the morning at the breakfast-table, her white dress all sprinkled with blood. She had been attending to the British wounded.. On the second floor, just as I was turning into the room whore our officers were, I met my hostess. One glance at her was quite sufficient to answer the question which I had been asking myself all day. She had intend ed to betray me, and nothing but the accident of my Aid rising for his hand kerchief saved us from capture. -. ' Years -afterwards, in reflecting upon this incident, I was led to doubt whether I had not misconstrued her startled manner -as I suddenly encountered her. That unexpected meeting would have occasioned embarrassment in either con tingency j and it is so difficult to believe a lady of cultivation and refinement 6a- rjable ot such an aot, that l aui now, half a century after the event, disposed to givo my hostess the benefit of that doubt. " And now. Sir," added the General, " this is the third time in my life I have told this story. I do not remember to have been spoken to before ou the sub ject for many years." He looked at me, and seemed to be considering with him self a few moments, and then said : " Remembering your intimacy with Gen. Worth, I need not inquire how you came to a knowledge of our secret. ' " Well, General" I replied, " I Lave kept the secret faithfully lor more than forty years, always hoping to obtain your own version of what struck me as a most remarkable incident in your mili tary life." ThurUne 1IW, in JTarjttr't Magazine Jor March. rlre Insurance Policies. In the case of Peter Lappin, adminis trator, against the Charter Oak Fire In surance Company, just decided by the Supreme Court ot this State, Fourth Department, Judge Mullin presiding, it appears that certain property was in sured against loss by fire, December 7, 1863, for one year ; that the insured died July 21, 18011, and the property descend ed to his heirs at law ; that it it was burned November 9, 1869, and the plain tiff was appointed administrator Janu ary 10, 1870. The contract of insurance provided that the policy should not be assigned without the consent of the company, and that any assignment, sale or transfer of the property should work forfeiture of the policy. No such consent had been endorsed on the policy in this case, and the Court held that the ehange of own ership was such a change of title as forfeited the policy. " The administrator could therefore recover nothing upon the insurance. This decision is one of many which have been made limiting the rights of the insured upon policies against loss by fire. Such policies are commonly loaded with conditions which few of the insured read, but which often some up to defeat what they have supposed to be the pur pose of the contract. .Insurers will do well to study these conditions with care, and they may often find reason to insist upon cancelling some pf hew in parti cular cases. k The New York Board of fire Under writers, at a meeting held on Wednes day,! unanimously t passed a resolution! that they will severally hold an policies of insurance in their respective 'com panies as valid and binding after the decease ot the ' insured - ana 'Witn ineir 'heirs, as if this agreement had been en dorsed on each policy." Whether this resolution binds other companies than those of the city of New York we can not say, , But few men iU be oatant to accept policies "of insurance; which are liable to be terminated at any mo ment by their death. All such condi tions ought to be struck out of the poli cies before insurers accept them. N. Y. Evening Pot. hT. CROWJilXQ OF, TUT EMPEROR.'. A MpleudM fnirennt In VeraaUlee-Tke RenllcaiUa of BUmnrrk's Dreani-The Unification of (Jcrmanjr. - , ' Ci"rfi!(imfMicf of lh$ Mwtm Journal . x Versailles, Jan. lO.-i-The ceremony, or rather pageant,' yesterday, .at Ver sailles, merits preservation in immortal fame, and 'tis a pity Germany has no poet worthy the task. , The day was a strange mixture of damp, cold, and warm snnsuine.'the rain occasionally weeping a little over the heroio dead, and then the sun chasing away the tears, as un worthy of so grand an occasion. Toward 10 o clock a very brilliant throng Degan to assemble in the palace yards, and in oreaeed steadily in brilliancy and volume Ontll the atroft of 12, when the King, preceded by guards and outriders, drove furiously to the door of the Salle des Ulaces. : - Entering the courtyard from the Rue de Reservoirs about 1 1 o'clock, I found drawn up in line the King's body guard, taken from all the best regiments ot the army, and glittering like a rainbow in the hundred colors which were so strong ly contrasted together. Thronging past them were the invited guests of higher rank, hastily returning the salutations of hundreds of hands from every direc tion, which embodied with the accus tomed servility the expression of their humbleness. The Bavarian, Saxon, and Wurteraberg officers who had been dis tinguished by the presentation of orders were very numerous, and, although very different in type from the now so well known Prussian, would still compare very favorably with him. The Bavarians were especially brilliant in their bright blue uniforms, and shining helmets ; and many were men of most majestic pres ence. The Wurtembergers were wretch edly dressed hardly a single officer even attempting at elegance. The Saxons were, as usual, au fait in appearance, and were easily distinguishable, aside from their uniforms, by their jaunty carriage and mellow accent. It was evident that all the officers of distinction, from all sections of the army, had left their posts to assist at this ceremony. The tall, gigantic men of the Garde corps stalking about like ghosts, in their white uniforms ; the dark-haired, short, stalwart Branden burgers ; the real Berliners, with specta cles on nose and crease under the arm for book-carrying j the strapping cav alry man, with the iron cross at his breast ; and the slender youth, with long hair combed back under his casque, and sword buckled on his thighs ; all hurried forward to the hall, where the greatest Prussian ceremony of modern times was, to occur. Presently the guests began to arrive pell-mell. 'There was no attempt at glory of equipages, as in campaigning it is difficult to obtain. Moltke camo in a post carriage showing that it had un dertaken recent journeys ; Bismarck in a little caloche, hardly large enough to hold him ; the Crown Prince in his usual very modest carriage ; and dozens of officers were compelled to make their en tree through a rain, which suddenly visited us, in full toilet, on foot. Wagons of all kinds were used. Half a dozen barons would dash in an omnibus, which they had happily discovered; and the immortal furniture van, which had such a. jolly role at the time the delegation from the Reichtag presented the address to King William, again came into play. Great precaution seemed to have been taken for the safety of the King. There were even landwehr men wandering carelessly about in the crowd, with their guns held as a huntsman holds his when he hears the deer breaking cover. IIow did the Prussians know how far French fanaticism might go V Larpe masses of troops were disposed on the Avenue de Paris and the Place d'Armes about 1 1 o'clock, and toward 1 2 the King left the Prefecture and pro ceeded leisurely through the line of soldiers, who saluted him with deafening shouts of " Hurrah tor the German .bin peror." Arrived at the chateau gate, the royal carriages drove rapidly through the seething mass of soldiers, strangers and civilian Germans, and alighting as the chateau clock struck the hour of noon, entered the Salle des Glaces by the grand staircase, along whioh were arrayed, two and two, the guard com posed of picked men from the various regiments. In the middle of the'grand hall, and with its back to the windows which open on the park, a grand altar was erected. Upon this altar, which was gracefully decorated, lighted candles were placed, and at each side stood three pastors, clothed in the sombre habili ments of their order, and asserting the support of the church to the new Em pire. Further down the nail was another and smaller altar, and in front of this were arranged the standards of all the regiments of the third army. ' Between the two altars, also, were ranged Ba varians and other soldiers. In front of the principal altar were several soldiers who had in times past or in the recent campaign received the iron cross, and two of them had their heads bound tip, and similar other marks of recent wounds. On the platform at the other end of the gallery : there were many soldiers stationed as the standard bearers. - The King, preceded by the marshal , of. hia household and the nourt iuarsnai, tne Counts of Puokler and Perpoaoher, and followed by hU brothers. Prince George of Saxony, the reigning xjuko oi oaxe- Uobnrg, ana tne majority oi m uereui tary princes. Beside these, as they took their plaoes in front of the grand altar, were also the Crown Prinoe, Prince Charles of Prussia, the King's brother, and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. .The Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar, Oldenburg, and Baden, the Duke of Saxe-Meinigen, the Duke of 8ax6- Altenburg; Princes Luitpold and Otho of Bavaria, ' Prince William and Duke' Eugene of Wurtemberg, Leopold of 'Ildhensollern, the Duke of Holstejn, aud many others. " The aged King, bolt upright, and from time to time gazing with an almost child-like curiosity upon the scene before him, listened intently to the sermon which one of the divison preachers delivered with much grace and ! eloquence.' "The aermofl touched npon the historic and religious character oi the fereinanjr -now- in progress, and elucidated its mysterious influence on the hearts, of the German nation. i a splendid tribute as well to the new subject of adoration, the venerable hero-soldier; and the King was deeply affected by it. Bismarck and Moltke, meantime, one on each, side of ithe platform, winked sleepily and wickedly, and seemed in wardly much amused at this parade and feuthers. Gen. BlumenthaL who was also near at hand, witlf the commanding Generals, and officers of all grades grouped around him, was grimly silent, and seemed to consider the whole thing a waste of time. In long rows, down each side of the gallery, were all the distinguished military and civil person ages, Prussian and foreign, of which Versailles boasts to-day. England was represented by her Commissioner, Gen. Beauchamp Walker, and America had a representative of her army present in the person of Brig.-Gen. Duff of Illinois, formerly of Grant's stafl .5 ,i. . i . ... .' The sermon finished, a general buzz of congratulation was just springing up in the grand hall, when the King suddenly advanced to the platform, and there, surrounded by the standard bearers of the First Guard regiment, he pronounced his address to the Princess, in which he declared his intention, of accepting the Imperial German crown. After, with faltering voice, he had finished his vow, liismarck advanced tranquilly to read the proclamation to the German people. This was the culmination of the war, the object of the crafty man who- now held the proclamation in his hands. The unification ot the German people under the rule of one man, was accomplished. No wonder such a gigantic task has made a diplomat already ripe in years look as old as his master. , After the reading of the proclamation the Grand Duke of Baden (who seemed to have been adopted as dm ex machina on most of these occasions), hailed the King as Emperor of Germany. A " three times three, which sent etiquette to the foul fiend, and woke the echoes which had been lying perdtt for twb centuries, answered, and the Crown Prince hasten ed to embrace his father and to affec tionately grasp his hand. His example -was followed by all the members of the royal family and all the princes and dukes present. When the ceremony was finished there were tears on the old King's face, and maDy of the lookers on were visibly moved. Amid the waving of standards, flags which had been in all the early battles of the present war, and the echoes of the national hymn and triumphal marches the brilliant as sembly broke up, and filtered away in its hundreds of carriages, splendid and shabby, to the duty of eating the dinner in celebration of " orders' day." At the Reservoirs and Other ' fashionable res taurants there was the most riotous merriment, and the word " Kaiser echoed through the streets, aud in ull places where uniforms were seen until long after dark. Luck. The man who marries the prettiest girl ct the place is said to be a " lucky fellow," and so of him who draws the highest prizo in a lottery, or, by some " fortunate " turn in affairs, clears the gulf between want and wealth in an hour. And yet the histories of all times tell us that with a terrible uniformity and uncertainty the men who become suddenly possessed of unearned millions die in misery. Within hve years a well-to-do farmer drew a quarter of a million of dollars in a prize lottery. The whole country en vied him his luck ; but he has since died from a style of living induced by his good fortune, and his only son has turned out a drunkard. The main whose first bet on the race course, whose first deal at the card table, whose first risk at faro, whose maiden lottery ticket, brings money largely into bis pockets, is a ruined man at the very instant the world pronounces him '1 lucky." Any man, especially any young man, who starts out in lite with the conviction that money can be better made than by earning it, is a lost man lost already to society, lost to his family, lost to himself. ' An alarmingly large number of the sons of the rich men of New York are at this moment helpless drunkards. Young men are they, many of them of educa tion, of manly qualities, of generous na tures, honorable and. high-minded ; but the demon of drink has taken such pos session of them that a father's breaking heart, a mother's tears and Bister's agony avail not to draw them from their deep damnation. Elegant leisure was their ruin. ' The best way to save a child from ruin is to bring 'him np to "help father. Make children feel that they must do something to support the family, to help along; then two feelings arise which are their salvation those of affection and pride ; for we naturally love those whom we help, or those whom we strug gle together with for a desired object, and nothing so improves a child as to make him feel that he is of some conse quence, that he-can do something, and that what be does is appreciated. JJaU i Journal of Jleaith. Weight of Woman's Clothing. A writer in Good UqiUh say that the average weight, the world round, of that portion of a woman's clothing supported from the waist is between 10 and 15 pounds ; and that if a woman was sen tenced to carry such a weight about in this way for a number of years, for some great crime, the' punishment would be denounced as an . Inhuman one; yet thousands of - women - daily endure such a punishment voluntarily because it is the (custom, and because they do not know the bad effects likely to-follow "it The : writer earnestly: Counsela "women b66 to adopt an attire similar to that worn by men, but to have their clothing suspended from the shoulders, by which dangerous pressure on abdominal mus cles would be avoided. Woman the Suitor. . The outcry so fiercely raised against jurymen who allow their natural feelings tor influence their verdicts, has been chiefly instigated by feminine impulse, miu lutuiiueu to prejuuice tue juuiciui in terests of self-ay oging husbands; but, if temporarily accomplishing its specifio intention, as in the recent case of Dr. Galentine, in Cleveland, it is also having its eflect in suits wherein woman make ppeal to men's sympathies rather than to the pitiless letter of the law. - If, ac cording to latest Western exemplification, the maddened husband .tried tor his lite pretty sure nowadays of a verdict of manslaughter at least, the calculating maiden, suing for a broken heart, stands but 'poor chance of gaining exemplary damages. At the Madison (N. Y.) Cir cuit Court, closed last week, Miss Mar garet Emerson, a bright and energetid country girl, about 21 years old, asked of the chivalry ot a jury the sum of f J.OUt), to be paid by one Giles H. Shephard, an old widower, of twice her age, who, after promising to marry her, had married another. As reported in the Syracuse Standard, the defendant met Miss Emer son, some three years ago, at a church sociable, and, in the acquaintance ensu ing from thence, allowed his finer affec tions to become visible.; With a veteran's caution, however, he applied to " a friend of both parties" for his opinion of Miss Margaret s suitability tor the delicate office of wife to an old man and step- motherhood to his young son ; and, being assured that she would do admirably, at once addressed to her the following courtly note of warning, from his resi dence in " Casenovy :" "Miss Maggery r.merson having a tew moments time, 1 thot that I would Rite a few lines to you, have some things that 1 would like to ay to you when I can have a Chanse pleas donte show this to Enybody and it you think it Worth hue pleas anser this and let me now whair I can see you thuir is some thing that will to you good to hear." The answer to this rather quaint appeal being an invitation to call, the orthographical sage mane haste to the home of the maiden, and, with none of a novice's bashful waste of time, at once thrust a fatherly arm around the chair in which blushed " Jmss Maggery, at id manfully asked her how she would like to change her situation in life ' " That," returned the fair diplomatist, " would depend very much upon whom the change should be proposed by." Of course old Giles explained that he was tho aspiring swam. Greatly surprised appeared Miss Emerson, as is the usage of her ingenuous Bex, and demanded time to consider a revelation so moment- but promised to make known her decision at their next meeting. .Keter ence was then made to the widower's son, and upon that point Maggie argued with a keen practical wisdom, eminent ly creditable to her understanding. She said that in case she accepted the flatter ing oiler lust made to her, she would preler that the child should board with its aunt (where it was,) as she didn t leel capable of bringing it up, and was afraid that it the child lived with them there would be trouble, as Giles might love his boy "better than his Maggie. She was also opposed to the child living with them, because, she said, step-mothers always are accused of ill-treating the children of their predecessors, whether they were guilty or not. Giles, however, was determined that his little boy should live with them if they were mar ried, and the young lady said she would consider the matter and give her decision at their next interview. When next they met, which was about a week after wards, JNlaggie informed titles that she had concluded to accept him, and if he was willing to trust his child to her care she would try her best to be a good mother to the little boy. Giles was de lighted, and wanted to get married right off, or in the spring at the latest. But Maggie demurred, and the happy day was finally fixed some months later, and in the fall. The remainder of the eve ning was spent in the pleasant occupa tion of laying out the route for their wedding tour. After this Giles called regularly upon his fair intended, until be received a note irom ner one aay say ing that one of the family had been taken with the scarlet fever, and as she knew that her dear Giles had never had it, he had better not call at the house until all danger was over, when she would write him again. Then occurred a separation of three weeks, which proved fatal to Maggie s hopes ; tor during that short period the tackle Giles met a widow of about his own age, rather the reverse of handsome, with a little house and a little money, who Buoceeded in supplant ing the absent Maggie in Giles's affee- tlOUS, BUU XIX UUltfclUHlg U IB pruuiiae VJ marry her at once. The forsaken one met the truant but once thereafter be fore his marriage, when aha " wished him joy. Baid uues, nai in Diazes ao you mean r " W by, replied Maggie, " 1 beard that you were married to roily Clark, the widow with the grave-stone teeth, and I wish you much joy I" Re torted Giles, " If I knew who told you that I'd make'em smart for it. Do you suppose I'd have such a looking thing as she is, besides she a too old lor me Nevertheless, he did marry Polly soon after this interview, and the offended Maggie at once brought suit to recover damages for her injured feelings and loss of protector. All this was plainly proved in court ; and it was also shown that, even after his marriage, the incon stant Giles had responded to an ironical note from Miss Emerson, in a letter be ginning with " Friend Maagguy, and reading : "I received line from you Stateing that you was gone awa, and I thot that I would a few lines and let you now that I still think of you, you Wished to now when that sute is cuming off, that is cuming off in Gune. I wish that I ooult gee you, I will come thair to mor row if nothing happens and my wife no xrna She is vary Kick now and the tocther says that hecand hold her.. She has the harde tis seas Maggey. I still Wa vnn and shall til I am in my grave." Yet the intensely practical jury, instead of giving the aggrieved lady the three thousand she had asked, condemned the treacherous old orthographer to pay her only a pitiful $000. Still she was not without her measure of moral compensa tion, for, as the reporter adds, ho specta tor in the court-room could observe the expression of countenance with which the defendant occasionally glanced from the wife he had won to her whom he had (to meanly lost, without plainly see ing that he bitterly repented his bargain, and anticipated stormy effects irom the Pbhoation of his last vi vftf tons rplstlo. Artflolnl Limbs. The history of orthoplastie begins more than a century ago. Before that time ke are acquainted with only five oases in which attempts were made to supply a lost limb by an artificial sub stitute. One of the most celebrated of these is the iron hand of Goetz von Ber lichingen, which was, after all, only a poor contrivance. - In 1700, HugoRava ton, a Frenchman, gave a new stimulus to this art by inventing a kind of iron boot, and during the war of liberation a good deal of attention was directed to the subject in Germany. The work, however, was carried on without any fixed system, and so it frequently hap pened that those who at first employed a carefully constructed artificial foot, af terward abandoned it tor an old-fashion ed wooden leg. After the war of 1800, a military commission was appointed to inquire into the best means of supplying the loss ot amputated limbs, in conse quence of which the mechanists of Ger many showed a warm interest in the sub ject, and a friendly rivalry ensued among them. Mr. Fhster, ot Jtteriin, whose name had frequently been mentioned in medical journals at a still earlier period, particularly distinguished himself. Thirty years ago it was considered an open question whether wood or metal was preferable as the material for arti ficial limbs, and during the Italian and American wars wood on the whole was preferred. Pfister, however, employed tin and German silver, lie won a prize while still a young man, at an exhibition in Munich, in the year 184'J, and since then he has been constantly engaged in endeavoring to perfect the art. His own snflerings he himself is obliged to wear a false leg enabled him to judge of what is really required, and by unweary ing care and study, he has at length suc ceeded in establishing a system which satisfies every demand that can reason ably be made of an artificial limb. Du rability, lightness, and certainty in use. are combined with the natural form of the arm or leg. The proper disposition ot the fastenings, elasticity ot movement and the determination of the centre of gravity, according to each individual case, are the points to which Pfister specially directed his attention, and in all of them he has proved himself a true master. The stump of the amputated limb, which is frequently very sensitive, is exposed to no pressure, but bangs un touched in a cushioned case. Every one who has been unfortunate enough to lose an arm or a leg, must re mark that the stump undergoes many changes. Artificial limbs made of metal are more easily changed to suit these than those made of wood, and metal feet require fewer repairs, while their weight is not greater. In other re spects the works of Pfister are also excel lent, with one of bis artificial limbs it is possible, not only to stand working the whole day, but also to walk for a consid erable distance without support. Thus he himself visits his patients on foot, and ascends three pair of stairs without any difficulty. When the amputation has been favorable, his artificial teet can scarcely be distinguished from real ones in quiet movement, and except in rapid ity, almost everything can be done with them, as well as with a natural foot. Even patients who have had both feet amputated use these artificial limbs with great success, it is, therefore, no wonder that even foreigners, especially English men and Kussians, apply to him either in person or by sending a cast of the healthy limb. Pfister's artificial hands are, however, perhaps, his greatest suc cess ; and they have enabled many, who were untortnnate enough to lose theirs in 1866, to retain their positions. They differ greatly in price, according to the character of the work required. The distinguished mechanist is now engaged in perfecting a new system, which he hopes will greatly facilitate writing with artificial bands, though what he has al ready done in this respect is astonishing. Curious Facts in Regard to Sound. The following curious observation in regard to the transmission of sound have been carefully verified by an extended series of experiments : The whistle of a I avvuu.vi.itv a uvmu. v,vv jn&vto iuivuku the air; the noise of a railroad train, 2,800 yards ; the report ot a musket and the bark ot a dog, l.buu yards ; an or chestra or the roll of a drum, 1,600 yards ; the human voice reaches to a distance of 1,000 yards ; the croaking of frogs, 900 yards; the chirping of crickets, 800 yards. Distinct speaking i beard in the air from below up to a distance of 600 yards ; from above, it is only understood to a range of 100 yards downward. It has been ascertained that an echo is well reflected from the surface of smooth water only when the voice comes from an ele vation. ......... Other similar - phenomena connected with the transmisson of sound have been observed, but the results disagree, either from inaccuracy in the observations or irom the varying nature of the circum stances affecting the numbers obtained. Such, variations occur to an extent of ten to twenty per cent., and even more, The weather s being cold and dry, or warm and wet, are the chief influencing pauses. In the first case, the sound goes to a greater, and, iir the second, to leaser distance.' - 1 i .f. ... .a ;i'a ! II' .1 - ! "' . ! 1 r$., , A New Bedford merchant; last week detected a prominent itizerV fn ; the act f BteaHng from his storp. HaVing missed number of articles- of Value during the past year, the merchant thought it a good chance to get sauare and therefore presented a bill of f 115, which the "respectable citizen" paid I rather than be exposed. t :-! : t The general reports from Illinois are . that the prospects of the wheat, crop were never better at this season oi m year than now. ri i ' : ;..! -''. An advertisement of Cod Liver Oil winds up: "Patients who have once taken it can take no other." A candid confession is good for the sold. !i .1 j '. Tha will of a defunct California doc tor directs that his body shall be dis sected, and the skeleton shall be Well T " wired together," and placed in the v medical college, in case his wife shouldn't want it as a mumei uninmcui. Whfln tha treble singers up to the Union Church at East Litchfield, Conn., sing, ."Shall we gather at the river," r says a local reporter, a teiiow wouia think he had got a hay rigging on top of his head loaded with bobolinks., tim. The population of Colorado has faU'cli., off very materially since 1861, owing to the migration of miners to other states. It was reported to be sixty thousand in ' 1861 ; but according to the recent census 1 it is thirty thousand. A'recent visitor at Pittsburgh writes : " Pittsburgh is as dirty as ever. You -get the dirt at every movement. You eat it, you drink it, you breathe it; I don't know how a Pittsburgher would do without his regular snpply of coal dust." , Philadelphia has bound a man over for trial on the charge of stealing an umbrella, and its police are in earnest .. pursuit of another offender, vaguely de scribed as the Bwindler with the terrier . dog. The latest novelties are evening shoes , for ladies, which are made with gilt heels and a very great deal of gold em broidery over the instei and gilt caps to the toes. , Honors are being thickly heaped upon the head of Kaiser Wilhelm. The last and most touching tribute to his worth and greatness is his election as honorary . member to the Charleston fS. C.) Ger man Schuetzen Corps, and the appoint ment of a committee to inform nim of the happy event. A mammoth fog whistle, which has just been completed at Portland, Me., for the lighthouse department, is the largest ever manufactured in the United Stages, and probably in the world. It . is an 18-inch whistle, weighs some 400 ' pounds, and will require a steam-boiler - of 00 horse power to furnish the steam to blow it. , - An old farmer in the neighborhood of . Forestville, Conn., who is dubbed by the Hartford Courant "a cheerful idiot," was sledding wood last Wednesday A morning. Having on a heavy load it ' stuck fast in crossing the track of the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Rail-. , road. So the old man -unhitched his oxen and deliberately marched off home, " leaving the heavy load ot green wood tanding across the track, ana making no effort to warn the passenger train due in a few moments of its danger. , The train came on, " Down brakes" screemed the whistle, and the train and its passengers fortunately escaped in MISCELLANEOUS ITE&S. jury j yet the locomotive struck the load :iL ii . : i c i. i i. : . j Ul wuuu wiui euuiviuuii urn iu hjjwii, and the sled clear off the track. It was , lucky for the Btupid teamster that he was just then out ot reach ot the train men. The trustees of a certain church out West, having fallen in arrears with the minister's salary for six : months, de termined to pay him . up " in trade." They waited on him, and after the fam ily had gathered around, the spokesman said : M Mr. Brown, we have a very ' pleasant duty to perform. We have ' " come to remunerate you for your labors - in our church lor the last six months ; -in fact, we have brought your salary. Mr. Jones, just undo Mr. Brown's salary and hand it to him." Jones did as re-" quested, and handed Mr. Brown the fol lowing articles : Ten feet of stove-pipe, two papers of corn starch, one felt hat, three kegs of varnish, one paper collar, , four palm-leaf fans, and two bundles of, , bed slats. At the Bight of these Brown became raving maid. The trustees were ejected through the window sash, and v- all the family immediately vanished. . It may be an old joke, but it is a good ' - one, told of an old clergyman at tha - East, who has the most unbounded faith . j; in Watts's hymn. A mischievous son of his thought it would be a good joke to' . ; , test his father's faith. So he took an : -old. song and pasted it on one of the pages of the book, over a hymn, so nioe-- 1 ly that it could not easily be detected.- At church, on Sabbath morning, the minister happened to open on that very . ,, page, and commenced to read, "Old Grimes Is dead." , ' , There was a sensation in the audience. ' He looked at the choir, and they looked ; at him ; but such was his faith in Watts s 1 1 hymns that he undertook it again, com. i mencing with the same line. There was -1 another sensation in the audience. Look- ing at the choir, said he ; " Brethren, - it is here in the regular order in Watts's hymn-book, and we win sing it any how." ' ..'- J ''-., ; Whatever may be the sentiments' of J the rest of his countrymen, there is at least one man in Washington who can- ' t not complain that the - guests, pf our -newly-constituted Admiral are. sot re. . ceived with ceremonious honor. On re-, ception day, it is currently reported that , a Chinese servant in the employ of Ad- ' niiral Porter, having to attend the floor,' ' estimated the rank and.consequenos ef ' the visitors, according ta Chinese, cos, . torn, by the size of their visiting aards,; , Of course the one-incb-by-two bits pf , , cardboard were thrown into the basket with silent contempt" " Presently the gas Art 1 1 aatVM rvMaanlail mstnTtlw J tilT ' collector presented his month! v ' lull Yellow is tne royal oolorin China.- With At profound 'arid -reverential:, sai'a'asna the alrnafcdVeyed , functionary received itb It lbhg.-yeUQwjriip of paper and, oonflden J(t that ne w'as" conducting a priAce of tha blood-royal, ushered the collector into the presence of the astomsnea lamuy. It is said that the genuflexions of the awe-struck Asiatic surpassed anything ever seen at the Capital since the Admi ral got his appointment. r
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