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VOL. IV. IUDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1874. ' NO. 24.
Shadows.
Did yon ever look it yonr shadow
Stretched out before the inn,
And think what a fine straight fellow
Yon were whon all was done,
And torment some Blender shadow
By blotting the two in one ?
Did you say, with a jeiit aud laughter,
" So, love, it Btill must be ;
The wife In her hnsband's shadow
Should hide entirely,
As a thing flung out of the sunlight,
Too sacred for men to see ?"
Did the lesser shadow resent it,
Or closelier press with thine,
As often a sweet little shadow
Has swept along with mine ?
Now the shadows have faded together,
And the sun has ceased to Hhine.
New suns irfll rise in the heavens.
And fehed as bright a ray j
But the thadow that with my shadow
Had glided day by day
Is th e shade of a cross in the churchyard,
And it shadows all my way.
A ROMANCE OF THE RIVER.
" Ah, James, my boy, givo us yonr
Land. Here I am, safe anil sound, and
you look a little seedy. Hum. well,
you're blue, blue as a newt. How is
business ?"
James Bedford occupied the next
omce to my own, in Leverett s block,
" Business is good enongh. Did you
Have a good time? Might have writ
ten ! "
" James, dou't tear your coat-sleeve,
No man could write under the circum.
stances. Let me unfold to thee I am
a married man 1 "
"You're what?" cVinnforl Tamaa
leaping from his chair and scattering a
half-piut of ink over the desk and floor.
"Married, by jingo! Give ns your
hand. The brido's at the house waiting
iu oe you to tea at nve.
" I dou't believe it. Nor will I. Here
n afhaneed lover like myself is totally
forgotten for a month, and a man who
never had a sweetheart brags of being
married. Salem Mott, you're au in
sufferable well, I believe in nothing."
" You will be more considerate of my
honor when yon hear the story of my
adventures and see the beautiful wife I
have. We left St. Louis that is I
and my precious f.ice in erood spirits.
innocent aud happy. The Phil Sheri
dan had a eormorUblo set of passeu
gers, and to avoid the confusion I ioi
mediately went to the hurricane deck
Here I sat for hours, smoking and
thinking ; thinking how delightful it
was to get away irom the cares of busi
ness and taking a pleasure trip. By,
and-bye this thing got monotonous. I
thought ..that one thing over fifteen
thousand times, and then begun to think
it oil over again.
"But just at that time the steamboat
sidled up against the wharf-boat at Al
ton. A number of passengers came
aboaxd. There might have been a
thousand 1 only saw one, and one sight
alone would have made me proud f
having seen the loveliest womun in the
Trorld. She was the most ninfrnificent-
looking woman you ever saw no, you
never saw her, but you will soon.
"I rushed down into the cabiu
forward to the clerk's office and saw
her enter the cabiu. Her cheeks were
as ruddy ns the bloom of peaches, and
her skin as clear as isinglass. And she
was proud proud as a queen at least
I tkought so. Everybody made way
for her not for the jaunty traveling
suit, nor ma aainty snoe, nor the dia
mond cross hanging to the satin round
her throat, nor the Paisley shawl, but
for the princess that carried them.
" For two days I watched her ; I was
tne worst case or iovesickness you ever
iJieard of, and now I look back upon
that complete capsizal of manhood as
an opium-eater does upon a season of
exaltation. I stood near the cabiu door
while she played upon the piano ; while
she sung I leaned over the railing so
stark mad that had I then been in
formed that she was married, or even
affianced, my life and my briefs would
have come to an untimely end in the
boiling flood ubaft the rudder.
There was a very handsome man who
stood guard over her. He wa3 not her
husband. Thero was also a young lady
companion about her own age. These
three I had reason to suppose cousins
from snatches of conversation which
could not escape my ears from time to
time.
"The evening of the third day was
eventful and wrought wonderful
changes in my prospects. Soon after
nightfall the band began to play, and
those inclined began to dance. She
danced like a sylph or a Psyche, or some
other divinity, aud all I could do was
to look at her and endure a severe
headache. Completely overwhelmed
by my infatuation, I rushed out of the
cabin find breathed the fresh night air
abaft the wheel-house. A plank had
been broken off from it about as high
np as the railing, and I bent my ace
down close to the great flying wheel
and let the cool spray dash against it.
' Scarcely a moment had passed in
this refreshing occupation when who
should hippityskip down the narrow
passago but my Queen of Love, hei
face wreathed in smiles and her eyes
aglow. I was staggered, knowing that
some mistake had been made and that
I should make it worse by blunders.
"She had mistaken me for hei
Cousin I
" Oh, you can't escape me, Charles I
Stand right Btill, I've something to tell
you ?' She made a plunge for my arm
and caught her prisoner. She was
torturing me with grace and beauty and
the most charming abandon. ' There
is a man in there who looks exactly
like you,' she said. ' I must know him.
Introduce him.'
" Like me?' I quavered.
" Yes, like you ! only better look
ing. Hasn't such an awful hook in his
nose prettier month, too. I have seen
him wandering around so lonesome
like all day. I pointed him out to
Cousin Nell, and what think you she
said?'
Can't guess,' said I.
That's just like you. She said if
yon ran away from us again she would
get this man to go home and play off a
trick on your relatives. Thiut of that
once, and come to your secsis.'
" Well', now, that threat was a source
of great comfort. This girl was not his
sweetheart, but in a fair way to become
mine. What a glorious mistake this
was 1 How to get safely out of it that
was the appalling problem. But every
moment was too sweet ; I didn't care
to get out of it.
"'Come,' said she, I want jou to
see him. He has the handsomest eyes
in the Mississippi Valley I' (That's
what she said, James I) ''I'm quite in
love with him.' (JuBt then I stood
erect.)
" I didn't say anything, of course,
but trudged along. I would have
walked right over into the boiling wake
had she asked it as a favor. But she
didn't. I don't exactly remember how
it was, but soon we wore dancing.
Didn't I dance, though? We just
whined I no we danced until she sud
denly stopped and cried
"'Why, I can't find him. He has
left his solitary seat.' Then some one
gave us an unmerciful thump and we
moved out of the way. Her eyes
sparkled. She turned red. Then we
withdrew into corner.
'"What is it?' said I.
There there can't you see ?
Cousin s waltzing with him 1 How did
she get acquainted with him ? See her
look into his face why it s downright
bold. Aren't they pretty familiar for
strangers ?' (I thought she seemed a
little disappointed at this). ' I dou't
think he is so handsome after all. He
has got a crook in his nose, hasn't he ?'
" I saw the man who was my reflec
tion, and, to tell the truth, was a little
flattered. We both wore clothes of the
same pattern even the same style of
watch-guard.
" I saw there was disappointment in
her tone, and was quite happy. My
nana was still on her waist, and 1 at
tempted to draw her to the deck, 'for
fresh air,' I said.
"'No, sir.' she replied. I don't
want fresh air yes I do, too. Come
on.
" ' I have something to tell you.' I
said, as soon as we were under the
shadow of heavy timbers. She looked
up with a winning, innocent smile
' Tell me.'
" ' Don't you fall in love with that
man I
Then she looked mysterious and cun
ning. She pulled my beard. I couldn't
help it, Bedford, I couldn't it was
wrong but very sweet I kissed her
band. Bless your soul, James if she
aidn t give me a cinch in return, with
all her might. There,' she said, 'that's
tor your impudence.
".Keep your seat," said Bedford.
and have another cigar. I didn't
know how interested I had become.
What did she do then ?"
Do ? She edged up to the door and
watched the progress of affairs in the
brilliant cabin. Then I was quite
ready to get on my knees and avow m.v
villainy in concealing the mistake. I
staggered up to her the perspiration
on my forehead and my knees knock
ing together. My heart gnawed as with
desperation. I sought for words. Every
ii i . i- . . .
tning swam arouna, ana i leit taint.
" ' Cousin, I said, grasping her arm.
though not roughly (I did not know
her name) I I am I am acauaint-
ed with this gentleman you like so well.'
" Courage failed me, and she stared
in my coward eyes, ' I don't like him
you know I .do not tell me about
uiru.
'"Yes. of course' and the man in
the moon must have mistaken me for
some nebula my mind gyrated, and
electric flashes encompassed me about.
' Oh, yes h m he s a good fellow
that is, he is a he's a lawyer in St.
Louis. Name is Salem Mott. Lives
with his mother loves her pretty well
that is, I dare say he loves her don't
you.'
" ' Mo 1 I never saw his mother
has a pretty name how you act I what
is the matter ?'
" ' He goes into society some with
her ; he is bashful perhaps a little
deceitful in one thing.'
" ' Is he V Iu what ? she asked rap
idly glancing in the cabin door.
" 'Oh, no, I guess not deceitful ; but
he hasn't much property ; rather am
bitious, though. His looks are against
his making a matrimonial spec'
' Looks I lie s better looking than
you are. 1 do think lie s handsome.
See him laugh with that goose of a
cousin of mine !'
" You are very complimentary.'
" ' Well, I do think he is noble look
ing, like you, dear cousin.' Don't
laugh, Bedford ; this is what she said
' He looked so lonesome and so sad I
came very near creeping up behind him,
taking him by the ear and offering him
my services as a partner for the "Lan
cers." What would you have said ?'
"'Me? Why. I would have said
God bless your woman's heart! He is
lonesome. There is no man on tke boat
so worthy or so willing, i" think, to be
your cavalier on your trip. Why, he
would love yon to ueatn, i m sure.
" ' Oh! oh! oh! Cousin has left him
alone. Good-bye.'
" She was gone gone after her lady
cousin and I watched with beating
heart for the outbreak of a coming
storm. Ah, how I wished the mistake
had been told by my lips. Now she
would find me a guilty wretch. She
would bring that cousin to wreak
vengeance upon me. I crept up to the
door-post of the cabin and looked in.
The two young ladies came np near the
door and stood silent a moment. I
strained every nerve of hearing, and
trembled, xay sylph opened a pair of
uujr nyn, uu xuuucr icstuy uaiu:
"You met him and danced with
him and and what else I '
" The cousin looked askance at her.
and then glanced down the long room
in silence. Finally she turned to the
sylph and asked: Danced with whom ?'
"'Why, with onr lonesome family
prototype. Can you present him to
me?'
" ' Present him to yon!' cried the
cousin. ' I am perplexed by what you
say. I saw you dancing with him as
graciously as though you had known
him for years.
" Oh, don't pester me,' replied
sylph, shrugging her matchless shoul
ders Come dear, don't bother me. I
do want to know him so muoh indeed
do !'
" ' Why, my cousin darling, I am
quite angry with yon. I've kept com
pany with (Jlmrles all the evening.
" ' What a 8b that is. Yon are jeal
ous t Fie, Charles and I have been to
gether until this moment from the
first ; and just here the eyes of my late
partner in the dance shot fire and con
fusion. Mutual ire was rising.
" ' Then we must auarrel. I suppose,
One of us is wonderfully mistaken, and
it is you.
" The other the sylph for she was
much tho more beautiful of the two
sulked, and muttered. It is you 1'
" ' To show you that it is not mo,
cousin, that has made a fearful blunder.
let ns go and ask. I know that Charles
and I wondered very muoh at your per
formnncc'
" Performance ! now that is too
bad.'
" I could have shoken the unwelcome
truth out of that girl for her imperti
nenco, although I knew she was cor
rect, for my quasi cousin's eyes were
ninng with tears.
" ' Why,' said she, ' he knows all
about that man. His name is Salem
Mott, and he is a lawyer, and he's got a
mother in St. Louis, and he likes him
ever so much, and and ' and what a
dainty handkerchief caught the falling
tears.
" There, there, there, dear cousin,
let us go and nod out.
" How?'
" ' Ask them ; how else would you ?'
" Well, come on, said oylph, look
ing up with a bright blush.
" ' No, you must come to Charles,'
said the other.
" ' Of course. Our cousin Charles,
Here ho is, out this way. I know he is
catching spray from the wheel. Come
on.'
" ' No, no, that is Mott ; there's
Charlie don't you see him ? next the
lamps on the other side.'
" 'Oh, my head ! my heart I Can it
be? I tell yon that's Mott, cousin.
Ui course it is I
" 'Well, well, come, let ns see. I'll
ask.'
"The two girls started off, brave
enough. 1 could not hear all they said,
but I guessed. The confident other
cousin had almost reached the place
where Charles sat in ignorant bliss.
dragging the other girl with her, when
her courage gave out. She was not
quite sure uf his individuality. She
stopped dead still. Her heart beat.
' Suppose it should be Mott. after all.
Do you want to ask your cavalier ? She
said, suddenly, addressing her com
panion.
" 'Of course I do. if I can find him.
Ha, ha, ha I You have made an awful
mistake. Come out on deck.
"'What have I done?' cried the
other, piteously, following the lead of
my destiny. What shall I do T
o back they came to where I was
hiding. I darted into a shadow. At
tho door they stopped.
" "1 cannot do it.
" 'Oh you must,' pleaded the other.
" 'But suppose '
" 'Suppose what, darling ?
" ' It might be Mott I'
" 'Of course it is Mott.
" Oh dear, oh dear ! send for
Charles ; what a fool I've been 1 Why
don't you go and get your Charles ?'
and upon my word she burst out cry
ing, where other eyes could see her, at
tracted by the impulsive sobs.
"Just then the immovable photo
graph of myself left his seat in the cen
ter of tho cabin and approached the
twain. The dance, fortunately, was
brought to a close, the bier lisrht was
dimmed, and the music ceased.
"What happened next I do not
know. I stole into my berth, Jand at
about three o'clock in the morning came
to the conclusion of addressing her a
note. I never write disagreeable notes
twice. It appeared thus with the first
writing. I'll read it to you, Bedford.
It's in my pocket. Bv the wav. I nut
the name and address next morning,
getting them from the clerk :
" Mr Dear Miss Mitchell : I am
so thoroughly convinced that what I did
last evening was wrong that I do not
expect pardon. Nevertheless 1 ask it
hopelessly. It was not done malicious
ly ; I shall give you the truthful cause
in three words : ' I love vou : ' and I
can show you through your cousin
uuaries mat it is not improper for me
to address you thus. I beg you to
meet me again, that I may tell you
something of the admiration which led
me to take advantage of your mistake.
Had I gone to the wheel-house last
night for any other purpose than to
cool my aching head of its wild aspira
tions after you I would have told you of
your mistake at once. I could not.
Until you inform me of the punishment
I am to receive I remain your hopeful
suitor, Salem Mott.'
Hello there. Bedford I What on
earth is the matter ? You are ill I
Speak !"
"Did she answer you?" gasped the
young man, rising.
Answer l shouted. " why. she is
my wife, and new in my mother's
arms."
" O, heaven I" he cried, as his head
fell to the desk. " It is all explained."
" What is explained did you know
Miss Mitchell ? Speak out, James: was
she "
" Yes, yes, she was ; but it is well.
It is all explained. Do you think I
could have heard your story if you had
spoken that name before ?
" o, .Bedford ! she cannot have done
wrong. It is a mistake.
" No, no; it is no mistake. It is her
rare beauty, Alton ; her cousin Charles;
her name; no letter for six 'weeks
Salem, it is no mistake. You have a
good girl ; a good girl," he continued
wrath fully, "but false as Satan false
as Satan false false !"
He went bitterly. I closed the door
that there might be no stranger wit
nesses to his agony. I was deeply
moved. It was a cloud over my new
happiness.
"Ah." he murmured, "that is whv
the wedding day was put off until win
ter. That is why no letters have come.
It will kill me I Mott, you are innocent
of ray murder. I know yon are, but "
"lie calm. James : be quiet a mo
ment, for there may be some dreadful
mistake."
No. no I I'm ruined, ruined. Go-
leave me alone."
Quicker than a flash of lightning a
thought sprang full-born into my mind,
and I returned from the door to Bed
ford's desk. He was so miserable.
"Bedford," 1 shouted, "what was
her first name ?
" O, Agues Oh, Agnes," ho gnashed
between his clenched teeth.
I laughed outright in the faoe of his
misery. I squared myself in front of
the fallen man and plunged my fists
deep into my pockets. He did not no
tice mo.
" Ho, ho, ho," I laughed again in his
ear.
" What do yon mean, fool ?" he ex
claimed. " My wife's name is Laura."
"What?" Bedford jumped over two
office-tables at a leap and fell fainting
into the arms of my wife. She had
been waiting an hour in my office next
hall door and had heard my voice as I
opened the door to go out a moment
before.
She jumped back, and the postman
entered the office.
Bedford woke up speedily. The let
ter received that afternoon told him
why "her" letters had been scant.
His biide-elect had been my sylph's
companion ! Bedford is a happy hus
band, too, and so a small romance is
concluded.
A TERRIBLE SPECTACLE.
Prize Fight Between an English Dvrar
and the Uulldog Physic.
The following account of a prize fight
between a dwarf known as " Brnmmy "
and a bulldog named Physic, in a low
sporting den in Hanley, England, is
taken from our English files: The
dwarf, however, was not to be stormed
and defeated all in a moment. Once the
ghastly fight begun, there was a dire
fascination in it, and I now noted close
ly the combat. The man was on all
fours when the words "Let go" were
uttered, and making accurate allowance
for the length .of tho dog's chain he
arched his back' catwise so as just to
escape its fangs', and fetched it a blow
on the crown of its head that brought
it almost to its knees. The dog's re
covery, however, was instantaneous, and
before tho dwarf could draw back
Physic made a seoond dart forward, and
this time its teeth grazed the biped's
arm, causing a slight red trickling. Ho
grinned scornfully and sucked the
place, but there was tremendous excite
ment among the bulldog's backers, who
clapped their hands with delight, re
joicing in the honor of first blood. The
hairy dwarf was still smiling, how
ever, and while Dan'l held his dog pre
paratory to letting him go for round
two, he was actually provoking it as
much as he could, kissing at it and
presenting toward it. the bleeding arm.
The animal, flushed possibly with its
first success, made for its opponent in
a sudden leap, but the dwarf leaped
forward too.aud smote the bulldog such
a tremendous blow under the ear as to
roll it completely over, evidently be
wildering it for a moment, aud causing
it to bleed freely, to the frantic joy of
the friends of the man beast. But they
in turn were made to look serious, for
with astonishing energy Physio turned
about, and with a dash was again at
the dwarf, and this time contrived to fix
its teeth in one of his hairy arms, a ter
rible gash appearing as the man snatch
ed the limb out of its ravenous jaws.
The bulldog was licking his lips, and
had fewer tears in his eyes as his master
drew him back. As for the dwarf, he
retired to his corner for a whet of
brandy and a moment's comforting with
the towel.
cHe was ready and smiling again, for
" round 3," and this time it was a fight
in earnest, the dog worrying the man
and the mau dealing it terrible blows on
tho ribs and on the head with those
sledge-hummer fists, till in the end both
tho man's arms were bleeding, and a
horribly cheerful business was going on
behind the ropes at two to one on
Physic. But let me make short work
of the ensuing seven "rounds," which
in some of their details were so shock
ing that more than once I would have
left the place if I could. Tho company
generally, however, were made of far
less sensitive stuff. The more furious
the ghastly fight, the keener was their
relish for it, and in their excitement
they leant over each others shoulders
and over the ropes, and mouthed and
snarled and uttered gutteral noises
when a good hit or snap was made, just
as the dog and the dwarf were doing.
By the time round ten was concluded
the bulldog's head was swelled much
beyond its accustomed size ; it had lost
two teeth, and one of his eyes was en
tirely shut np ; while as for the dwarf,
his fists, as well as his arms, were reek
ing, and his hideous face was ghastly
puie witu rage ana despair oi victory.
Fate was kind to him. however, in
round eleven the bulldog came on fresh
and foaming with awful persistence of
lury, but with desperate strength the
dwarf dealt him a tremendous blow un
der the chin, and with sufficient effect
that the dog was dashed against
the wall, where, despite all its master
could do for it, for the space of
one minute it lay still, and the
wretch who had disgraced what as
pect of humanity was in him was
declared the victor. I shall have
gone through that horrid spectacle
to little purpose if any such tour
naments are in future waged at Hanley.
Cape Cod.
Evervhndv lrnnwfl. rum a a. Tinntnn ma.
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per, where Cape Cod ends, but where
v wgiuo so niui uo v no uuuDiiaiu ns Ult3
birth nl aaa nt TTnm v Tho hnn nAo
line fieamn in hA nn Avor.rAnadinflr ittint
Sandwich ia commonly considered as
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uuuuubuuDg me line oi demarcation,
Vint arrived tltovA tnn vri II Ima 4 Via
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people speak of going down to the Cape.
At Barnstable the cry is still onward.
The best way is to press on to Prov
incetown, and theie you are certain of
having really reached Cape Cod. The
beautiful b-y in which the village of
Mashpee is situated affords excellent
fanilitia f nr anilincr. Tfc ia Yiava tlnt
- - o" - vi tiuau
the Crosby brothers build their famous
pleasure boats, and they or others
skilled in sailing aro always on hand in
accompany you on excursions. Cotuit
. . 1 1 3 1 n .
is uu iuB uuy, tt jew miies on a pleasant
village, where several gentlemen have
summer residences.
TWEED IX PRISOX.
How Ha Spend HU Time IIli Visitors
and H la Occupation.
A hospital steward, who has just left
Blackwell's Islnnd, tells the fallowing
Biory oi vvm. m. Tweed, and his con
finement and occupation there:
An assistant orderly's duties consist
in waiting on the physicians, adminis
tering medicines, applying bandages,
etc. In addition to this he is to keep a
small book in which a record of all
medicines ordered daily mnst be en
tered. Mr. Tweed, Donohne asserts,
has never yet waited on a patient, and
all the stories of his fatherly manner in
" binding up the wounds " of patients
and cooling their brows with patient
applications of water must be set down
to the imaginations of writers who have
had imperfect and unreliable sources
of information. His duties are per
formed by one of the convalescent in
mates of the hospital. The record of
medicines ordered daily, however, is
duly entered in his little book. He
records them once every two weeks
from the doctor's book, which is left
with him for that purpose. Sometimes
this duty becomes irksome and it is
omitted. As, for example, when the
Grand Jury was expected to make their
last visit, Mr. Tweed's book had not
been written up for four or five weeks.
Mr. Donohue's book, however, was
brought into requisition, and' Mr.
Tweed copied the curious characters of
the apothecary s table from it, until he
had brought up his record to the date
of the visit.
Mr. Tweed rises about seven o'clock
in the morning, and after reading the
morning newspapers, of which he takes
six, goes to breakfast. This involves a
pleasant walk of a little less than a
quarter of a mile to the Warden's house.
After enjoying the sociability of the
Warden's table until about nine o'clock.
he returns to his dungeon. The dun
geon, meantime, has been carefully put
in order by one ot the prison chamber
maids. At half-past nine his private
secretary reports to him, and Mr. Tweed
transacts business with him and con
verses with other visitors who may call
until one o'clock. Then he leaves his
dungeon and takes a leisurely prome
nade to the Warden's house again,
where his midday meal is taken, fol
lowed by a siesta which lasts until
three or four o'clock. His supper is
brought down in a basket, by a prisoner
employed in the Warden's house, about
tlx o clock, and given to the maht-
watchman of the prison, who sends it
up-stairs to his room.
Mr. Tweed is waited upon every day
by his sons, who bring him wines,
liquors, and all the delicacies of the
season, of which he always has an as
sortment. James Carey, the hero of
the bogus express company, performs
tne auues oi avaietiur him. lie blacks
his boots, keeps his room iu order, and
in general makes him comfortable. The
furniture of the " dismal cell " that
overlooks tho river to the east is of
French walnut. There is a cabinet
washstand, a desk, and three or four
chairs, all of the same handsome ma
terial. The ordinary prison bed con
sists of a straw mattress covered with
one sheet. Mr. Tweed is forced to lie
on a spring-bed with two hair mat
tresses, a hair bolster, and two feather
pillows. Thero is a patchwork quilt
and a white counterpane. A green rep
sofa, which when ordered was found to
be too large to be taken into his room,
stands just outside and serves as a con
venient seat to lounge upon. A selec
tion of standard books adorn the
shelves of a commodious library, and
the floor is nicely carpeted.
On Sundays Mr. Tweed replaces the
old afternoon siesta in his spacious
stables with a First-day loaf in the coal
yard. This is his invariable retreat
when he wishes particularly to avoid
visitors or exclude himself. He has
learned to feel an affection for the
place. Last Fourth of July he looked
downcast, and his thoughts were evi
dently of the times when he ruled the
great city from which he heard the
myriad sounds of rejoicing. In com
pany with Keeper Rafferty ho left the
the hospital at nine o'clock, and, after
having his breakfast, went to his old
resting-place in the coal-yard. There
he remained all day. Several visitors
called on him, but when their cards
were sent to his room an answer was
returned that he was assisting the phy
sician in au operation, and wonld not
be at leisure during the day. He re
turned to the prison about 6ix p. m. and
immediately retired. He did not make
his appearance again until tho next
morning at eight o'clock. On Sundays
this is his usual hour of rising. Then
he goes, as soon as he is dressed, to his
breakfast. After that he retreats to the
coal-yard on the west side of the
prison. Here he remains all day, only
leaving it to go to dinner.
On a recent visit of the Grand Jury
to the institution he remained in the
hospital ail day wearing his prison suit.
After the Grand Jury had inspected the
prison and had expressed their satisfac
tion with all they saw they proceeded
to the hospital. On entering several of
the Grand Jurors who were acquainted
with Tweed advanced to him with great
cordiality and, in turn, grasped him by
the hand. "How do you do, Mr.
Tweed ?" they exclaimed ; " is there
anything we can do for you ? If there
is let us know, and we will see if it can
be brought about."
He replied that he was getting along
as well as could be expected, but was
very much obliged for their kind offer
and for the interest they expressed in
his welfare.
He receives the evening papers about
seven o'clock, and spends a couple of
hours in their perusal, after which he
retires. He occupies a great deal of
his time in writing. After he bas writ
ten several pages he often destroys
them. He seems to be very cautious
that nobody shallee what he has writ
ten. This extreme caution bas attracted
the attention of all who have seen him
at work. What it is that he is engaged
on can only be imagined. It is possi
ble that this particular action is merely
a peculiarity in the transaction of bis
business. When he first came to the
prison he was seen to destroy a great
many letters. These were not care
lessly thrown into the stove, but burnt
separately, with the greatest care. The
letters were torn in two, and each half
placed in the stove, and watched until
it was entirely consumed. He receives
a great many letters which he also de
stroys as soon as they have been read.
No one will ever know who his corre
spondents are, nor what they have had
to say to him. He carefully studies
each letter he writes, after he has fin
ished it.
His summer suit consists of an alpaca
coat, black pants, white cravat, and
straw hat with a black band. He
changes his linen every day. He no
longer wears the great diamond which
is generally associated with him. He
carries an open-faced cold watch
guarded with a black chain ; wears plain
gold studs and black rubber sleeve
buttons. A plain gold ring is on the
little finger of his left hand. He has a
"larceny prison Bint which he keeps
carefully hidden under the bed. He
has worn it just four times since his in
carceration. The first occasion was
when he was visited by the Grand Jury;
the second when Sir Lambton Lor
raine was expected to visit the prison ;
the third was when the Prison Inspec
tors examined the prison ; and the
fourth was when the full Board of Com
missioners of Charities aud Correction
visited the prison several months ago
during a time of considerable public
excitement on the subject of his prison
life.
Over each coll in the prison and over
each bed in the hospital is suspended
the occupant's "tally." It is a record
of his crime, name, age, nativity, re
ligious belief, occupation, date of con
viction, and his sentence. Over the
head of Mr. Tweed's bed in the hospital
was tacked a card bearing the following
inscription :
Conviction, by the verdict ;
of a jury, of Misdemeanor. :
67 William M. Tweed, ;
"P." New York, Statesman. ;
12 vare and :
NoTember 22, 1873. fcl2,300 fine. :
The "P." indicates that he is a
Protestant. In conclusion Mr. Donohue
says that Mr. Tweed has always a kind
word for everybody, both prisoners and
keepers, and a better-loved prisoner is
not on the island. On the other hand,
he insists that ho is surrounded by all
the comforts that go to make life happy.
He does nothing but what he pleases,
and there are many men Mr. Donohue
thinks, after his eighteen months' ex
perience who would readily exchange
his freedom for such confinement as
Mr. Tweed suffers. He goes where he
pleases and returns when he pleases.
and if he wished he could escape at any
time, and would be absent for hours be
fore he would be missed by tha prison
authorities.
How to Find Water,
r
Mr. George Macy, of Ghent, was in
Hudson, the Star says, a few days ago
for tbu purpose of finding streams of
water (if possible) on the Joel T. Simp
son farm, this gentleman having re
cently erected several dwelling houses
on the farm, and being desirous of lo
cating wells for the use of his tenants.
Mr. Macy brought to his aid the fork
or two united branches of a peach tree,
the ends of win. h he clasped tightly in
eaoh hand, and thus walked about the
premises in search of water. When a
stream was crossed the peach tree rod
would bend forward until tho butt was
perpendicular, and when Mr. Macy
took a step over tho ttream the end
would quickly return to its original po
sition. It was quite an interesting
sight to us to Bee the rod work in Mr.
Macy's hands, as it was the first time
we had ever seen this kind of mani
festations. The gentleman informed
us that he had found hundreds of
streams in various parts of this county
und in the State by the use of this rocf,
and had never been disappointed with
the result of his discoveries of streams
of water, as in every case good wells
had been secured. The rod will not
work in every person's hand ; indeed,
there are but few who are gifted with
sufficient electrio action to have the rod
desiguato where streams of water are
located. Mr. Macy relates many in
stances where he has been tested se
verely, but in every case ho has con
vinced skeptics that they were not too
old to learn the fact that there are a
great many mysterious things in the
world, and that a simple peach tree
possesses astonishing powers.
Product of Carbonic Acid.
A French writer thus estimates the
amount of carbonic acid annually thrown
into the atmosphere. He calculates
the yearly consumption of coal through
out the world at 13,000,000 tons, con
taining about 98,000,000 tons of carbon,
which he assumes is converted into
358,000,000 tons of caibouio acid. He
calculates the other fuels and illumi
nating substances to yield about one
fifth of that from the coal, making in
all about 427,000,000 tons annually, to
which he adds a weight of gas no less
than ten times greater, as the product
of volcanic craters and fissures, whence
he says it pours in torrents. If we take
into consideration the amount of oxy
gen abstracted from the atmosphere by
the respiration of animals, and also that
which goes to form the caibonio acid
above mentioned, it would certainly
seem that in parts containing little or
no vegetation we ought all to be poi
soned. Fortunately, however, we have
winds and plenty of plants to dispose
of far more carbonic acid than is here
calculated.
Floored.
A religious society in one of the
towns in Connecticut was afflicted, as
many other societies have been and are,
inasmuch as the paw owners had a real
estate light in the property. Some of
them would not give up their right, nor
sell it, nor consent to any action by the
parish which could be legally resisted.
Here was a case of tyranny. In a free
republic oligarchy ruled the majority.
But invention is the offspring of neces
sity, and Connecticut is its home. At
a parish meeting of the society it was
voted to floor over the tops of the pews
and build anew. The real estate re
mained peaceably intact below, and the
unyielding owners fund themselves
literally jloored.
0 Items of Interest.
Vandcrbilt says he'd give $10,000,000
to be set back to thirty years of age
again.
A Minnesota man set fire to his barn
to drive out the mosquitoes, but he
hadn't time to get out his three horses.
The city tnx of fifteen dollars per
quarter on all Chinese lanndrymen in
San Francisco has been declared uncon
stitutional. An old gentleman died recently at
Allentown, Pa., who had been married
four times, the ceremonies havingtaken
place on his fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth,
and seventieth birthdays.
Frederick the Great kept an aid-decamp
who had a foot the same Bize ns
his own, to wear the royal boots until
the were "broke in." Sometimes
when he wore them too long ho got
kicked for his pains.
The great East river bridge is still
going upward at least tho towers are.
The Brooklyn tower has reached an
elevation of ovpr 220 feet above high
water mark. The New York tower is
123 feet high.
A man who drove through a camp of
grasshoppers near Fort Dodge, Iowa,
recently, declares that they covered a
square half-mile of ground, and formed
a living, squirming, wiggling mass,
over three inches thick on the average.
Wherever they camp vegetation is to
tally destroyed.
Give me the boy who rouses when ho
is praised, who profits when he is en
couraged, and who cries when he i9 de
feated. Such a boy will be fired by
ambition; he will be stung by reproach,
and animated by preference ; never
shall I apprehend any bad conse
quences from idleness in such a boy.
Quintillian.
A deposit of one dollar per week iu a
savings bank will accumulate in five
years to $300.31 ; in ten years, to $703.
85 ; in twenty years, to $1,971.82 or
nearly $2,000. How many parents, who
never saved a cent, might have put by
a dollar a week to givo their child a
good start in life on attaining twenty
one years of age.
They tell of a landlord in Newport,
R. I., who lately, wishing to get rid of
a sick tenant, threw several pails of
water upon the floor of a room above.
and allowed it to run through upon tha
poor consumptive's bed. Afterward,
when the tenant had been removed, he
hoisted a flag upon the premises by way
of rejoicing and to show his disregard
of publio opinion. The tenant has since
died.
A good advertisement in a good
newspaper is the best of all possible
salesmen. It is a salesman who never
sleeps, and is never weary ; who goes
alter business early and lute ; who no-
coats the merchant iu his shop, the
scholar in his study, the lawyer in his
ofllije, the lady at her tea tablo, who can
be seen in a thousand places at oncn,
and speaks to a million of people every
day, saying to each one tha best thing
in the best manner.
Rear Views of Prxtiy Villages,
The ConarraationaHst contains an
editorial article treating a peculiarity
of American villages. People who
travel much by railroad are in the habit
of asserting that " country towns are
all back-yard." The CongregationalUt
savB :
It used to be the habit in the coun
try, when paint was dearer than it is
now, and the ways of the people wore
more thoughtful as to petty expenditure,
to paint the back side of the house if
it were not left wholly untouched by
the brush red, when the front aud the
ends were white, because red was a less
costly color than white and lasted
longer. Take the prettiest and best
kept illages of New England, and wo
doubt if a tenth part of even the most
pretentious mansions, and the most
ornate cottages, will bear examination
in the rear. Instead of being nicely
finished in all their petty domestic de
tails and conveniences, and kept snug
and trim, with trim grassplots ; with
all the subordinate avenues and garden
approaches well graveled, clean swept
and free of refuse, and everything
wholesome and orderly, theae is apt to
be a look of general untidiness, as if
all the residual rubbish of years had
been dumped therein. Not uu fre
quently a railroad runs its tracks in
such a manner as to expose the rear of
plenty of houses to the ej e of the trav
eler over it whose sense of neatness
is offended by square rods of back-yard
lunibered up with every conseivable
variety of second-hand, damaged, and
invalided articles known to domestio
use, from a horsecart disabled by bro
ken thills and wrecked wheels to the
ghost of the baby carriage which sur
vives two general ion3 ot children; in
terspersed with smashed crockerv. rustv
and condemned tinware, old boots, sar
dine boxes, disabled junk bottles, hoop
skiits which would have outlived all
usefulness if they had ever had any.
chips, burdock, mullein, ashes, hulf-
Durnea lumps of wasted coal, and all
imaginable " litter, trash, debris, and
dirt.
Were the traveler to alight at the
next station and take a carriuge to any
one of these habitations, he would
doubtless be charmed with the neatness
of the front approaches, and the " on
exhibition " portions of these very
homes, the slatternliness of whose por
tion not thus consciously on publio
view had just disgusted him.
A Desperate Act.
A stone ginger-beer bottle, loaded
with gunpowder and nails, and with a
lighted fusee attaohed, was thrown
lately into the bedroom of five brick
makers in a lodging-house at Miles
Platting, near Manchester, England. A
loud explosion followed, the force of
which threw two men out of bed. The
bed, which was overturned, was set on
fire, but the flames were soon put out.
The only lodger injured was a lad
named Lines, who was rather badly
scorched. The five men who were in
the room are brickmakers employed in
turning out machine-made bricks under
a oontract for the Lancashire and York
shire Railroad Company, and their
doing so is known to have given great
offense to the hand brickmakers in the
neighborhood.