HENRY A. PARSONS, J., Editor asd Publisher.
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Two Doixau riJbtjrac.
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VOL. II.
RIDGWAY, PAM THURSDAY, JUNE G, 1872.
NO, 14.
POET It Y.
TO A LITTLE Hl'SM IFE.
0 little liuwtfc clean and t pruce.
Thy omc one heart dlvlu s j
A roy apple, full of juice.
And poltuh'A till It !-hIno !
A tidy, tripping, tender thine.
A fcio to la'.jr litter,
A household anijel, tMrlnR
Till all aronnd thee (litter. !
To nee thee In thy lovc'.lnef.i.
Bo prudish and so chaste ;
No tpech upon the cotton dros
(tlrtlled around thy waist ;
Tin! ankle peeping white a snow
Thy tuck'd-up kirtlonnder;
TVliHe fthinlni; dishes, row on row,
Hfbln4 thee stare and wonder t
The crimson flrelipht dips
Thy cheeks until they plow ;
The white flour makos thy flngertin
T.iko rosebuds dropt In snow.
When all thy jrentle heart
Flutters In exultation
To compass In an apple tart
Thy noblest aspiration !
O Huswife ! may thy modest worl li
Keep ever free from wronir ;
lllest bo the house and brlRht the health
Thon blcseit all day lonit.
And nightly may thv sleep bo sound
While o'er thee, softly, stilly,
The curtains closo like leaves around
The hucht heart of the lily !
THE STOIt Y- TELTjEH.
K1UT1I WELBOVS MARRIAGE.
Ten years ago it was less the custom
than at present for people to bo married
in church. At that period the good
clergyman was wont to come to tho
residence of the bride's father," where,
in tho presence of a few intimate friends,
tho ceremony would take place, after
which, perchance, would follow a re
reception for tho less favored "ten
thousand ;" and it was upon this plan
that Edith Weldon's was arranged to
take place. It was within the hour ap
pointed for the marriage, and she stood
ready dressed in her pretty boudoir,
when hor mother came in to attend to
the final touches in the fastening of the
bridal veil.
" Has Dick come r" asked Edith, stay
ing her mother's hand as she was about
to throw the flimsy lace over her head.
" No, not yet, of course. Why ! don't
look so pale, my darling, it is not time
for him yet."
" I wish he were here," sighed Edith.
" Somehow I cannot help worrying
about him."
"You are nervous, dear, that is all,"
said Mrs. AVoldon, kindly. " Ho will bo
hero presently. Dick was never un
ptinctual, and he will scarcely be to
night." While tho finishing touches aro put to
the. pretty toilet, a few words with re
gard to the story of Edith are necessary.
The joung brido was tho eldest
daughter of one of our city merchant
prinors, a lovely woman, though per
haps a shade more demuro than most
girls of her age. Yet in spite of her
quiet, iknd what some of her friends
called " old-fashioned" ways, they wero
somewhat surprised when she accepted
Mr. Richard Strong as her lover. Ho
was a country gentleman, a scion of ono
of tho best families of which New York
can boast, nnd lived on bis farm, which
ho took great pains in cultivating. He
was a man of fine powers and high edu
cationbut his agricultural life had led
to a certain roughness of dress and
manner that was at times "almost un
couth. Then his face was browned by
the sun to a deep tun color, his hands
were rough and brown, and ho would
not wear gloves, and wotdd wear heavy
boots. Despite this he was a fine-looking
man,' with intelligent eyes and well
knit frame, and Edith had sense enough
to see beneath tho somewhat rude ex
terior a cultivated mind and affectionate
heart.
Mr. Weldon was well pleoeed with his
slaughter's choice. Mr. Strong's family
was onaforAvhieh ho had tho highest rc
hpect, and Edith's simple tastes were
such as admirably fitted her for country
life. The young lady's city friends were,
however, rather contemptuous at her
lover's - uumistakably bucolic appear
ance ; und some of those who looked no
deeper than tho surface, declared that
he was only a country "clodhopper."
To tell' the truth, Edith herself had been
a littlo horrified at Dick's utter indif
ference to style, and had even urged him
to employ her father's tailor.
" Go to Digbv !" ho exclaimed, with
horror ; " why lio would make me look
like a fool ! No; Bounderby always
has nixda my clothes, and Bounderby
always shall. He knows how to suit
me !"
And so even the wedding garments
were male by Bounderby, who had a
largo ren of custom among tho gontle
nien farmers of New York, and under
stood how to. make coats of excellent
material and no particle .of stylo.
Edith's toilet was complete by half
past seven, and her mother and brides
maids left her to finish their own pre
parations. For a short time she was
alone, and sat listening to every ring of
the bell, hoping each one was Dick's,
and expecting to be called down to meet
him; us the moments went by, and no
message came, her anxieties increased.
It was certainly very strange that ho
bad not arrived. He was tho very soul
of punctuality always sure to appear
at the precise moment appointed.
Presently people began to come into
the room ; aunts, and cousins, and par
ticular friends ; and there was much
chatting over the bride and her dress.
Edith put the questions, "Has Dick
come r"' " Have you seen Mr. Sti ong '("
until sho grow ashamed to repeat them,
und her companions laughed at her for
her seemingly needless anxiety. At
?ight o'clock her mother joined her,
gorgeous in blue velvets and diamonds.
"Well, Edith, the hour has come."
' But not the man," added one of the
gay girls, laughingly.
" lb not Mr. Strong here yet .' asked
Mrs. Weldon, in surprise.
"I think not."
" That is strange," she replied, looking
unmistakably annoyed. " But don't
turn so pale, Edith, dear; he must bo
here, or uomo directly ; I will go and ;
see about it."
Sho kissed her daughter tenderly, and
went down ftairs. In tho library were
her husband and several gentlemen.
Mr. Weldon came forward to his wife.
" It is a little strange, Mary, it ii five
minutes past eight, and Strong is not
hero." -
"Can any of his friends explain his
detention ':"
Just then the door opened, mid among
tho select few was admitted Charlie
Strong, a city man and a cousin of
Dick's.
"Ah, Charlie! is Dick with you '("
asked Mr. Weldon.
" Diek ! No ! Isn't he here r"
" No."
" Why, that is very odd I I left him
an hour ago on his way here."
" On his way I Was he driving 'r"
" No. You know what a queer fol
low Dick is. I wanted to send for a
carriage ; but he said that was all non
sense for such a short distance, and in
spite of my objections, ho put on an old
summer coat to cover his evening dress,
and started to walk here with me. I
told him he did not look much like a
bridegroom ; to which ho gave the char
acteristic reply, that ' Looks aren't every
thing:'" " And how far did you come together r"
" To Fourteenth Bt. ; there I turned
off to Irving Place, and he started up
Broadway."
The disappearance of tho bridegroom
was rendered more mysterious by this
statement. There seemed absolutely
nothing to do but wait for his arrival us
patiently as possible ; and as people be
gan to pour in, the time for the reception
having come, Mrs. Weldon received
them with what self-possession sho
could, not telling them to go away,
since at any moment the missing man
migli; appear, and tho ceremony pro
ceed. The company was very dreary,
however ; every one knew what had
happened, gaiety was out of the ques
tion, and the only amusement was to
rush to tho do r of the hall every time
anyono came, in hopes of Beeing the
pleasant brown face of Dick Strong.
Cliuilie Strong went down to tho ho
tel on the chance that for some inex
plicable cause Dick had returned there.
No, ho had not been seen. Mr. Strong
next'inquired of the policemen along the
route if any ono Mad been taken sudden
ly ill, us this supposition had occurred
us a possible explanation of Dick's ab
sence his splendid health rendered it
rather an absurd ono. No, nothing un
unusual had happened, except that there
had been a tiro on Broadway and a
great crowd. This was the news with
which the young gentleman came back
to tho house, and the non-appearance of
tho bridegroom seemed stranger thun
ever.
Poor Edith sat in her rooms looking
like a pulo and stricken flower; her
bridesmaids and friends wore gathered
around her doing what they could to
cheer her, but she grew hopelessly sad.
Tho hours of the wedding evening stole
by without any news of her lover. From
time to time when there was the bustle
of an arrival below, ono of the girls
looked out to see if Mr. Strong had
come, but each time only to return with
fresh disappointment, so that in tho
bridal-room, as well as in tho parlor,
there was a gloom und anxiety.
And now to tell of the man who had
so stangely disappeared. When he part
ed from his cousin, Dick, as Charlie had
said, went straight up Broadway, which
was the nearest roud to Mr. Weldon's
home on West Twenty-sixth st. When
ho had passed Union Square, ho saw
that quite a crowd of people was assem
bled in front of one of tho stores, from
tho ppor windows of which smoke was
issuing. No thoughts of turning aside
to avoid the throng occurrod to Mr.
Strang's mind ; no, he was broad-shouldered
und powerful, and ho began to
push the throng, elbowing right and
left, and hurrying on at a little less
than his usual brisk pace. Ho had pro
ceeded in this way, getting a good many
angry looks, and somo very uncompli
mentary remarks to which he had paid
no manner of heed, until he had reach
ed a point where the crush was densest.
Here he was jostled about somewhat
rudely, in spite of his endeavors to force
ahead unchecked. He began to feel a
little angry at what seemed tho unnec
essary amount of hustling he received,
and was pushing on rather unceremoni
ously when ho was suddenly grasped by
a man, fully as powerful as himself,
who cried out " You have got my
watch! Police! Police! Stop thief!
Police !"
The man roared out the words in a
voice that rang altove all the murmurs
of the crowd, and Dick in a fury of rage
turned on him like a tiger :
" You infernal scoundrel, what do you
mean ' Let mo go. Let me go, I say !"
He struggled fiercely, but the man
who seized him by tho shoulder had
him at a disadvantage, and continued
to shout :
" Police ! Help ! help ! Stop thiof !"
In a moment three or four men had
hold of Mr. Strong, who had fought and
raved in his wrath and indignation, and
then two policemen appeared on the
scene and summarily took him into cus
tody. " There you scamp now we ve got
you!" cried the man in triumph.
Dick glared at him, almost speechless
with anger, though he managed to say
to the policeman :
" You surely don't intend to take ine
into custody on the charge of that ma
niac Y"
"Indeed we do, my good man, and
vou might as well coiuo along peace
ibly." Now if there was one thing that more
than another Dick Strong despised, it
was any boasting of position, or family,
or money. He had always declared
that ' people would know a man wag a
gentleman without any need of telling
them so," and that " it wasn't any con.
sequence what a man wore if he only
behaved himself He had flattered
himself that lie looked, despite the
roughness of his dress, too much the
well-bred gentleman ever to be doubted,
and yet hero were these two policemen
calling him, " My good man," hustling
him along, and no way to get out of tho
scrape but to try to convince them that
he wus not a common thief.
Thus tho unfortunate bridegroom was
pulled through tho crowd, people star
ing at him, tlie pobcemeu holding him
fast by the urmsi and his cuptor follow
ing close at their heels, giving vont to
feelings of enjoyment in occasional ex
clamations of " Scoundrel I" " Scamp I"
"But he couldn't come it over me I" &c.
Goaded at last beyond endurance, Dick
suddenly turned upon him : ' .'
' But I haven't got your watch, I tell
you I Yon ought to know what you're
talking about, before accusing an honest
man in that way."
" Nono of that, now," said tho police
man, roughly ; " come along quietly."
"We'll see! we'll see!" shouted the
tormentor.
And thus was Dick led along, a mis
erable captive. Men looked curiously
at him as they passed,-women drew
DUCK in norror noiu me criminal, .ibvit
had poor Strong so longed for the face
of an acquaintance ; but nono met him.
It was growing dark, and was not an
hour when any ono ho know was likely
to be out. In the sido street very few
persons were abroad ; anil so they reach
ed the station-house. For some littlo
distance Dick had been quite silent, and,
recovering from his rage, had tried to
think what might be the best for him
to do. Once in the dirty room of deten
tion, fresh cause for anger speedily
arose. The robbed man, who gave his
name as Johu Clarke, showed as a very
respectably dressed person when in tho
light, and displayed tho dangling end
of a handsome watch chain from which
the watch had been wrested.
" The ring was a little worn," he said,
"und broke with tho pull. I felt it, and
saw the hand that grasped the watch.
It was brown and ungloved, like his,"
pointing to Dick, who as usual wus un
gloved. " I turned round quickly and
caught him. Now see if you don't find
the watch on him."
" It's all an infamous lie," said Dick.
" What should I want of his beggarly
watch r"
" Tho prisoner had better bo quiet
and let himself be searched," replied the
police captain.
" Search me and welcome," retorted
Dick, pulling off his overcoat, there
by bringing to view a handsomo dress
suit.
Tho men looked at each other in sur
prise. " I didn't think ho was a swell
cove," said one ; "ho looked lilto the com
mon kind."
Mr. Strong now drew out his own
watch, which was an elegant chronome
ter. " Here," cried he to his captor, " why
should a man want to rob you when ho
has such a timepiece as that ?"
" It was stolen, too, I've no doubt,"
replied Mr. Clarke, imperturbably.
Dick nearly fell into a rage again.
" You're an incorrigible old fool," said
he.
" Prisoner will please be careful," said
tho officer, sternly. " Now, sir, what is
your name ?
" Richard Strong."
" Residence ':"
"Oak Hill Farm, Alloghnnv County,
New York."
A shade of surprise crossed tho offi
cer's face as he asked " Occupation r"
" Farmer."
Just then Dick, who still had his
watch, opened it, and uttered a cry of
horror it was after eight o'clock.
" For God's sake, be quick with this
farce," ho said earnestly. "I have a
most important engagement, and it's
already past the hour."
Mr. Clarke smiled contemptuously.
"I'm afraid you'll have to put it off,"
he said.
"You do not seem to understand the
gravity of the charge, Mr. Strong," said
the captain. " Officers Smith and Brown
will pleaso search the prisoner."
With whit grace he could muster, Dick
submitted to the search ; it was long and
tedious, and resulted, of course, in noth
ing. Strong was boiling over with in
dignation and impatience, but had to
put up with it ; and as it chanced from
tho fact of his having on new clothes
tho pockets were nearly empty, he had
hardly anything upon him to serve as
vouchers for the truth of his assertions
about himself. His linen was, indeed,
marked with his name, and tho men
wero convincod that the culprit was by
rank a gentleman, whether the charge
made against him was true or n "it. When
he was brought into tho large room,
Clarke sprang forward eagerly.
" Did you find the watck V"
" No, of course they didn't," replied
Dick. The man's countenance felL
" Then ho must have flung it away
when I caught him," ho said.
" Why, do you think I stolo it, then '("
demanded Dick.
" Of course you did ; I saw you take
it."
Dick turned away from him, without
reply, to the captain. " Now, sir, I hope
you will let me go."
" No, Mr. Strong, we cannot do that
while this man swears to this charge
against you."
This was more than Dick hod expect
ed, and his reserve broke down. But
Captain, you must let me go why, this
is my wedding night, and I must go."
" That's a likely story," said Cltirke,
with a sneer .
" May I ask whom you are to marry,"
asked tho officer, looking rather incred
ulous. It was awfully against Dick's ideas,
but he had to say, " A daughter of Mr.
Jonn Weldon."
" Not Weldon of Weldon & Grey r"
" Yes."
" Oh, that's too much," cried the irre
pressible Clarke ; " as if he would look
at such a fellow as you."
Dick's anger flamed out again, but he
began to find there was no use in dis
playing it, and addressed himself especi
ally to the captain. To him he was very
earnest, saying all he could to prove
that his statements were true perhaps
too he displayed some of the greenbacks
that were nlentiful in his Durse be that
as it may, he succeeded at last in per
suading tlio officer to allow a messago to
be dispatched to Mr. Weldou, and finally
ono of tho policemen departed with a
hastily scribbled note.
By the timo ho reached Mr. Woldon's
it was after 10 o'clock-; the uncomfortable
guests there assembled had ..begun to
think they had better go hottm, as there ,
would bo no wedding that night, and
the clergyman, who had passed anything
but'an agreeable evening, hud gone to
Mrs. Weldon to mako his adieu, when
thero was a ring at tho bell, followed by
a rush to seo who it might be.
AVhen the door was opened and a po
liceman stalked into the hall, the excite
ment was intense Mr. Weldon hurried
forward to meet him. Tho man touched
his hat.
Aro you Mr. John Weldon r"
"Yes."
" A prisoner down at our station sent
you this note."
Mr. Weldon opened the missive eager
ly ; peopli? crowded round to learn its
contents.
" I am in the Twenty-sovcnth-st. Sta
tion-house, charged with theft; come
and get mo out. Kichard stroxo.
A shout of laughter followed this an
nouncement, tho people were so amused,
they thought it such a good joke.
1 ho relief after the long suspense was
so great that peal after peal of merri
ment rang out, the jolly sounds echoing
even to Edith's room, tho girls jumped
out to hear the news, and quickly
brought her back the tidings that Dick
wus safe, though in such a funny scrape.
I ho policeman meantimo looked at
the smilins throng and then at Mr.
Weldon.
" So what he said was true, and he wns
going to marry your daughter ':"
" les, certainly.
" We would not believe him, he look
ed Buch a shabby chap ; however, the
boss said as it was so near, I mighbeome
and see."
Moro laughter followed this, and in a
few momonts Mr. Weldon and Charlie
Strong were on their way, with tho po
liceman, to Dick's relief.
There is not much to add ; when they
reached the station, a few words from
Mr. Weldon convinced the police cap
tain that thero must havo boon somo
mistake, and Mr. Strong was released.
Clarke still remained at the place, and
was furious at tho result ; when going
out, Dick s'dd to him " Now, Mr.
Clarke, I hope you are convinced that I
did not steal the watch ?"
To this ho replied very angrily : " You
did too, for I saw you ; and I say it's a
monstrous injustice to let you off just
becauso you aro going to marry a rich
man s danghter.
There was no uso arguing with such a
person ; and as Dick once more drew on
the objectionable overcoat, Charlie
Strong could not help saying, " Ah Dick,
it was all becauso you would wear a
shabby coat, and would not have a car
riage. You will do better next time."
hen they reached the houso there
was a groat crowding about the brido
grooiu, and much merriment and con
gratulations. Edith came to meet him,
her paleness succeeded by blushes, and
tho ceremony proceeded nt once.
Knocked About In the World.
It is a good thing for a young man to
be " knocked about in the world,"
though his softdiearted parents may not
think so. All youths, or, if not all, cer
tainly nineteen-twentieths of tho sum
total, enter life with a surplusage of
self-conceit. If, in measuring them
selves with wiser und older men than
they are, they discover that it is unwar
ranted, and get rid of it gracefully, of
their own accord, well and good ; if not,
it is desirable, lor their own sakes, that
it bo knocked out of them.
A boy who is sent to a largo school
soon finds his level. His will may have
been paramount at Home ; but school
boys are democratic in their ideas, and,
if itrrogunt, aro sure to be thrashed into
a recognition of the golden rule. The
world is a great public school, and it
soon teaches a new pupil his proper
place. If he has the attributes that bo
long to a leader, ho will be installed in
tho position of a leader ; if not, whatever
his own opinion of his abilities may bo,
he will be compelled to fall in with the
rank and file. If not destined to great
ness, tho next best thing to which he can
aspire is respectability ; but no man can
either bo truly great or respectable who
is vain, pompous, and overbearing.
By tho time tho novice has found his
legitimate social position, bo the samo
high or low, the probability is that the
disagreeable traits of his character will
be softened down or worn away. Most
likely the process of abrasion will be
rough, perhaps very rough; but when
it is all over, and he begins to see him
self as others seo him, and not reflected
in the mirror of self-conceit, he will be
th inkful that he has run the gauntlet.
and arrived, though by a rough road, at
seli-knowledge. Lpon the whole.
whatever loving mothers may think to
the contrary, it is a good thing for youths
to be knocked about in the world it
makes men of them.
Keep the Heart Alive.
A thoughtful observer gives these lines
to the public : " The longer I live, the
more expedient I find it to endeavor
more and more to extend my sympathies
and affections. The natural tendency
of advancing years is to narrow and con
tract these feelings. I do not mean that
I wish to form a new friendship very
day, to increase my circle ot intimates
these are very different affairs. But I
find that it conduces to my mental health
and happiness to find out all I can which
is amiable and lovable in those I come
in contact with, and to make the most
of it. It may fall very Ehort of what I
was once wont to dream of; it may not
supply the placo of what 1 nave known,
felt and tasted, but it is better than
nothing. It seems to keep the feelings
and affections in exercise, it keeps the
heart alive in its humanity, and, till we
shall be" all spiritual, this is alike our
duty and our interest.
More American women are now tray,
elling in Europe thanWn.
' Tho Coming Comet. :1 " "
Biela's comet, which was discovered in
1820, is the one about which so much
apprehension is felt as to a threatened
danger of contact with the earth in
August noxt. But there are certain
things so improbable that they may
safely bo classed among the impossibles,
an t among them is the result predicted ;
for, taking the facts connected with the
differeut appearances of this body as
premises for calculation,' it is shown
that tho distance between the comet
and the earth at the time their orbits
impinge is one hundred and ten millions
of miles. The comet of Biela is also so
small that if it wore really to approach
the earth the latter would have nothing
to foar. Notwithstanding these proba
bilities, and the continued statements of
eminent scientific) men, the great mass
of tho pooplo the world over seem to
cling tenaciously to the idoa of collision
and destruction, as if it were something
really to bo desired. In Italy the idea
has obtained so strong a hold, even
among the intelligent classes that Pro
fessor Donati, tho world-known astrono
mer and scientist, has felt it incumbent
upon him to give his views to the public
in regard to the matter. This he has
done in a paper just issued from tho
Koyal Observatory ot J? lorence, in which
ho ridicules the idea that a coinot will
strike tho earth at eny time.
IN o comet, large or small he declares,
is visible at the present timo, though
tho appearance of somo at an early date
is not improbable. If so, he earnestly
trusts they may be large, in order that
investigations bs to their nature may be
more easily made. The comet of Biela
ho believes no longer exists. From tho
lime ot its discovery in IN 20 until 18,2
it made its appearance regularly every
six years and nine months, with the ex
ception of 181)!), when it was so near the
sun as to be obscured by its brilliancy.
In 1840 it was again visible, and pre
sented the singular appearanco of being
double instead of single. In 18j2 the
same peculiarity was noticeable, but in
a moro marked degree. Since that year.
though astronomers have watched eacer-
ly for its advent, it has not bsen seen.
Professor Donati believes, therefore, that
it has consumed itself, or diffused its
material through celestial space, por
tions of which have probably reached
the earth in tho form ot meteoric stones
and fragments.
The alarm occasioned by the appear
anco or expected appearance has long
existed, principally among tho most
ignorant and superstitious. Tho first
comets ot winch we have any definite
accout aro tho twin comets, described in
ancient history as contemporary with
tho birth of Mithridates tho Great, King
of Pontus. Those aro said to have re
mained in sight for seventy-two consecu
tive days, occupying a fourth part of
tho heavens and rivalling tho bright
ness of the sun. Tho next remarkable
ono on record is the comet of 1.337,
which created the most intense excite
ment in England on account of its ap
parent nearness to tho earth. Many
people are reported to havo died from
tngkt, and even the animals seem to
have shared in the general terror. In
lb. D equal alarm prevailed throughout
Europe, caused by the sudden appear
ance of one of these bodies, which re
mained in Bight for nearly four months.
More than a hundred years before,
Tycho Braho had offered a rational ex
planation of their appearanco and na
ture ; but although this explanation
answered well enough during the ab
sence of any cause for alarm, no sooner
did tho comet approach within sight of
the earth, than the wildest apprehensions
took possession of the people Churches
were kept open continuously, business
was neglected, and thousands believed
the end of tho world to be approaching.
In 1709 a most brilliant comet appeared,
crossing tho earth's orbit at a distance
of only two millions of miles away. One
still more brilliant appeared in Septem
ber, 1811, and again in 182U.
Power of Kindness on Animal.
Mrs. O. S. Johnson tells, in Oar Dumb
Animal, the story of a horse whoso task
it used to be to drag a meat cart, and
which, because of viciousness, was final
ly sold to his present owner, at a very
low price. He would bite, toar, kick,
run uway was. utterly uncontrollable.
Soon after cbancriner masters, tho neo-
ple, who had called tho purchase a fool-
lsu one, wore surprised at tne dinerence
in the horse's conduct. He would go
fast or slow, as desired ; stop instantly
at whoa ; follow his master's call, ana
rub his head on his shoulder. What had
made the change 'f Not force ; the poor
horse had been beaten, kicked, and
starved before ; and grown moro and
more stubborn. No; but he was w oil
fed, well watered ; not overdriven or
overloaded; never whipped, kicked, or
scolded. Kind words were given him,
and now and then an apple or a lump
of sugar. No gentler, safer, and more
faithful horse went on the road. But,
Indian fashion, he forgot neither benefit
nor injury. Occasionally, when in har
ness, he saw bis former master. Then,
invariably, all the fire of his nature was
aroused. His eye rolled, he champed
his bit, and showed an intense desire to
get hold of his former enemy. Only
the voice and caressing hand of his kind
owner could quiet nun.
A New Invention'.- To wake wine
from malt has often been a question
among chemists and scientific brewers,
and now the question has been answered
oy the manutucture of " rod beer or
malt wine, at a brewery in North Ger
many. 'I be beer thus produced is de
scribed as of a character something be
tween Rhine wine and xfurgundy, with
a port wine flavor, very lively and agree
able ; and that when lookod at in a glass
it behaves like cjod wino, clings to the
inside of the glass, and there exhibits
what the Germans call " church-win
dows." This, howevor, Is an effect which
crafty wino merchants know how to pro
duce by the addition of a small quunt ity
of glycerine to their liquor. The red
beer, as may be supposed,, is made with'
out hops, but so far as yet tried it keeps
well in bottle.
; ' Tlio Albatross. - '
, This bird, which Is held in such su
perstitious ' reveronoe by sailors, and
which superstition is so daintily dished
up by Coleridge in his " Ancient Mar
iner, is an inhabitant principally of the
Indian Ocean. When they are cap-,
turedi and brought on board ships saiU
ing in that latitude, their sleek, deli
cate, and clean plumage is a subject of.
much admiration; and the fiuo snow
white dowu which remains after the re
moval of the outer feathers is in requi- '
sition by ladies for muffs, tippets, etc.
The spread from tip to tip of the wings
of the albatross is something enormous.
.The average is from eight to fourteen
feet; while it is reported that speci
mens have been captured, the extondod
wings of which measured twenty feet
across. When seizing an object floating
on tho water, the albatross will grad
ually descend, with expanded or up
raised wings, or sometimes alight and
float like a duck on the water while de
vouring his food. Then, elevating itself,
it skims tho surfuce of tho ocean with
expanded wings, giving frequent im
pulses since tho great length of its
wings prevents its rising with facility
from a level surface as it runs along
for some distanco, until it again soars in
mid-air, and recommences its erratic
flight. Tho great difficulty of these
birds in conimencing their fiisrht is to
elevate themselves frnm the water. To
effect this object they spread their long
pinions to the utmost, giving them re
peated impulses bs they run along the
surface of the water. Having by their
exertions raised themselves above the
wave, they ascend and descend, and
cleave tho atmosphere in various direc
tions, without any apparent muscular
exertion. Tho explanation of this facil
ity ot flight in the albatross is curious.
The whole sui face of tho body in this,
as well as most it not all tho oceanic
tribo, is covered by a number of air-cells.
capable of a voluntary inflation or dim
inution by means ot a beautiful muscu
lar apparatus. By this power the birds
can raiso or depress themselves at will,
and the tail and great length of the
wing enable them to steer in any di
rection. Indeed, without some provis
ion of this kind to enable them to save
muscular exertion, it would be impossi
ble for these birds to undergo such long
flights without repose as they have been
known to do ; for the muscles apper
taining to tho organs of flight aro evi
dently inadequate in power to the long
distances they have been known to fly,
and the immense length of time they re
main on tho wing with scarcely a mo
ment's cessation.
Forty Years in Prison A Singular
Character.
Tho Edinburgh Scuttiman says: There
died on Wednesday afternoon, in tho
Edinburgh Koyal Infirmary, the well
known Edinburgh character Aloxander
Merrilees, better known by the sobri
quet of " Sally Kelly." Of the eighty-
two years ot his life, this singular per
son spent moro than forty years in pris
on, and for tho paBt half century has
been considered a pest by the police au
thorities, having been convicted at the
Police Court ubout 3ii0 times. Upward
of sixty years ago he came to Edinburgh
from his nutivo town, Musselburgh, and
commenced a career of dissipation, which
continued until ho entered the infirmary
about a ween ago. lie never learned
any trade, but occasionally did odd jobs
for any one who would employ hi in. He
used to sing in High street, Canongate,
and other frequented thoroughfares, to
groups ot people, who gave him coppers
to encourage tho flow of his jokes. It
was from one of his favorite songs that
he acquired tho sobriquet by which he
wus generally known.
hen not m prison he spent his merits
in the muster room at the Police Office :
and when for misconduct ho was eject
ed, as was oiten the case, he would ad
journ to one of tho cellars of the build
ing. One ot the last offences he com
mitted wns that of stealing some tools
belonging to a workman who had boen
making some repairs in a police cell.
Sally knew the history ot all the gov
ernors ot tho laii lor tho past halt-cen
tury, and was thoroughly acquainted
with every part ot both old and new
prison. V hen seut to the 1'oorhouse or
House M ltetugo ho woul d not remain,
us he used to say the treatment he re
ceived in prison was far superior.
Nervous Complaints,
Physicians tell us tliut nervous com
plaints have never been more frequent
than they aro in this city at the present
time.- Men are suffering from nervous
exhaustion, women from hysterics and
extremo depression ot spirits. I he causo
is not difficult to bo ascertained. Dur
ing tho cold, dry weather of February
and March the atmosphere was sur
charged with electricity to an unusual
and remarkable degree. Tho human
system was thus stimulated to an un
usual extent, and the warm, damp days
of April, in which thi atmosphere was
almost devoid of electricity, following
immediately after the dry and cold days
of the preceding two months, produced
a feeling of nervous exhaustion such as
the hard drinker feels when he breaks
his evil habit for a few days. This ex
planation, which is that given by one of
the leading physicians of the country,
is certainly founded on fact, and seems
extremely probable. J'initt.
LiviNa Without Food. The Snrine-
field Republican states that Kate Dono
van, whose singulur abstinence has been
before noted still lives, and retains her
plumpness of appearance, although, if
reports be true, l,t manths has passed
since she has retained anything in her
stomach long enough to receive from it
any nourishment whatever. Six weeks
ago. the city physician gave her a tea
spoonful ot beef tea, and for the fifteen
minutes before it was thrown up, her
sufferings were fearful. Since then nd
similar attempt has been made to force
nourishment upon her, and she has
taken during thou six weeks only
small Quantity of water,
Fact s and1 Mtflirts:01-
'ii :. a. ti aO
If speech is silver, and silence gold,
how much is a dumb man worth P
Thn citizens of Knitln .Croek. Mich..
have rewarded Miss Emma Pearl of that
city with a fine gold watch: toi biking
care of a smallpox afflicted family
The Milwaukee Senl'mel says a street
beggar of that city, bribed '.to show up
his day's earnings, counted out -f 20 47,
and did not consider it a good day at
A lady in Lewistoh, Maine, 'rejoice
in the ownership of hair measuring for-- , .
ty-nine inches in length, the same not .
an artificial product, but a gift of Ktfi'ci:tB
ture. i j . - ; j !i i ; miixxn')
Miss Laura Harris, one of our Ameri- 7
can prima-donnas, is, at present, singing "
Lisbon, and will, it is said, soon
marry a Portuguese nobleman and leave r
the stage. . ; . a ..
In San Francisco a few days ago, a3 Hd
littlo girl eat an orange which she had br,
picked up in the street, and died in
gony a short time otter, ihe evidence
at the inquest showed that the fruit Was c wm
mpregnuted with strychnine. ' .,-,3 ;ru!t
In Tazewell Caunty, 111., a young wo- ,
man n timed Abbie Oilman was ' taken '
ill with smallpox, and immediately-"1 1)1
abandoned by her friends. - -She-was
left in a room by herself, and died 89v.j'.
oral hours before it was known.
There would urmear to be room in St.
John, N. B., for some of the clorks with .,:-
whom Boston, New iork, and other r.i
cities aro over-crowded.' A dry-goods, .
firm in that city who advertised for a
clerk the other day, received only one"'''
application, and thot from one nnao- .,
quamtod with the business. rr . .' ; r v
There is a deed on record in the town r
of Scitico, Ct., bearing date of 1820, con- ': -'
veying from certain parties to thd' Bo; j :
ciety of Shnking Quakers," a gin dis-.
tillery " for the express use and purpose" f
of support of tho Gospel and the relief
of the poor, the widow and fatherless cjT
this world, ns the Gospel may require.',
A gentleman, with his ivife and .
daughter, arrived at Omaha ahe other
day by rail. On the same titain was n ? -young
man who had made the 'fvequaint
anco of the daughter but a (short time ,
before reaching the city, and I who put
up at the samo hotel. It wasa case ot"
love at first sight. The samo? evening
the couplo eloped and wero "married,
much to chagrin of the parents '
The Gloucester mackerel fleet this . i
season will carry more than two hun- . ,
dred seines, worth, with tho seino-boats
to carry tkom, near if 250,000. These'
nets, if ylacod n a continuous me
would stretch from Cape Cod to Cape
Ann, with a depth ot twenty-hve
fathoms ; and if spread out they would
covpr a farm of eight hundred acres. A
first-class mackerel seine one thousand
meshes deep and equal to two thousand
cords, will pass through a ring one and
a quarter inches in diameter.
Among the titles of the colored socie
ties which celebrated "Anniversary
Day" in Richmond, Va., a week or two
since, were the united Bons ot i-iove,
the Sons of Elijah, tho lirst National
Phenix, tho Rising Sons of tho Yine
yard, the Following Sons of Abraham,
the Laborers of the Yiueyurd, the
Young Sons of Messiah, the Rising Sons
of Zion, the Laving Sons of Galileo, the
Supports ot the Vineyard, the Young
Rising Sons of Ham, the Infant Sons of
Love, tho Sons of Enoch, tho Young
Sons of the J. Harp, the Shining Na
tional Association of Bethlehem, &.C.
It is rather hard ou a poor fellow to
be forced to pay a large bill for having .
his life saved, when he preferred to have
it lost, and did his best to get rid of it.
A rashly importunate individual in Iowa
City, who was weary of breath, attempt
ed lately to put a stop to it by cutting
his throat and opening the arteries of
his wrists. Two or three doctors got
hold of him, howevor, stitched him up,
and forced him to live, and then added
insult to injury, by presenting a heavy
bill. Tho courts have forced him to pay
it too, with costs, about three hundred
dollars in all, which is more than his
funeral would have cost. .
Mr. Wildman Whitehouse has invent
ed what ho calls a differential micro-
barograph, which indicates changes in
the pressure ot the atmosphere even it
not more than a thousandth of an inch.
It registers those changes by a very situ- '
pie process, and in a form which can be '
kept for permanent reference. The in
strument is not easy to describe without
a diagram ; but it combines glass vessels
partly filled with water, and connected
by tubes, in which the requisite vacuum
is produced, and is connected with an
air-chamber of large capacity. It is so
sensitive that evon the slamming of a ' ' '
door will produce a mark on the reg- "
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later, anu it recorus wiin greai uueiiiy e -
all the atmospheric waves, large or small, -) i
which pass ovor it. Another merit is
that it gives very early indications of
perturbations at a distanco, and thus
may render important service in the
hands ot competent meteorologists.
Vhamiierm Journal. '
Gen. John B. Rose of Indiana, a vet
eran of the late war with England, has '
had great difficulty in getting his pen- '
sion because when a soldier be was too
full of fight. The General was a lieu-,.
tenant at tho battle of Pittsburgh, and ,
his company, at the head of the regi- , l
ment, moving in column, were to turn a ;'
street corner and go under fire. ' His "
captain hesitated, and Rose, with his -division
of the company, moved around '
and took the lead. His superior after- -
ward accused him of insubordinations -
upon which he retorted with a charge
of cowardice. A duel was the result in
which both antagonists were wounded,
and for fighting this duel the Secretary
of War struck the names of "both'oflicers
from the rolls. In his old age- Gen.1
R.ose came to poverty, and applied for a
pension on account of his military ser
vices. This could not be granted by the
Pension Office on account of Lis dismis
sal from the servioe; but the Committee
on Pensions have reported a bill for his
relief, through which the old gentleman
will probably get his money after all,
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