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HENRY
PARSONS,
Editor
Publisher
NIL DESPERANDUM.
VOL. VI.
NO. 47.
MDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUKSDAY. JANUARY 11, 1877.
Two Dollars per Annum.
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A Child's Wsli.
"Ho uiy fairy, mother,
Give me a wih to-day r
Bometlilny O" w0" suushino
As when flu- raindrop play."
"And if I wire k fnirv,
With but uiie ish to spare,
What would I give thee, darling,
To quiet thio earnest prayer?"
"J' i St'tle brooli, mother,
A lor my very own,
To laugh all day among the trees,
And shine on the mousy stum; s
"To run right under the window.
And King me fast asleep ;
With soft step and a tender sound,
Over the grass to creep.
"Make it run down the hill, mother,
With a leap like u tinkling bell,
So fast I never could catch the leaf
That into its fountain fell.
"Make it as wild as a frightened bird,
As crazy as a bee,
With
VUlnoihnethebaby-shumy laugh- j
Hint u tho brook for me ! :
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Tiiinnruo tr ni.nmtii
IHAUUtUS OF WARSAW J
a ti,a j.t f . T)i:.i, T,-i. i
Or, The Adventures of a Polish Exile, j
BY MISS JANE POltXfilt,
In tho year 1792 Russian invasion
threatened Poland with all tlie horrors
of a merciless war. Foremost among the
patriots who rushed to thoir country's
defense were the noble Palatine of Ma
sovia, ond his chivalrous grandson, Thad
deus Constantine Sobieski.
For his mother Therese, the gentle
Countess Sobieski, Thaddeus felt the
tenderest affection, but, although now
niueteen years of age, be had neer
known even the name of bis futher.
Upon his twentieth birthduy, however,
he loomed from a sealed packet, given
lum by lus mother, that she had been
secretly united at Florence to an Eng-
..lishm in, named Sackville, who had soon
after repudiated the marriage, and basely
desert ;d her. Since then she had passed
j a widow, retaining her own fcmily
mine of Sobieski, and living with her
father, tho Palatine, by whom her sou j
bad been carefully educaU-'1..
The sensitive Thaddeus wept at this j
y. discovery of bis father's treachery. !
, . "Forget him," cried the couutess, who i
witues:c!il tints emotion.
"I will!" ii'vered Thaddeus, " and
a'low my mind to dwell only on the vir
tue" of my mother."
"You are right," said tlie Palatine,
" and I shall live to see you wld glory to
th inline of Sobieski !"
This prophecy was more thou fulfilled
In the bloody contests that kooii en
sued. In one of these Thaeldeus saved
from slaughter some IJusKiuu carabineers,
who fe'.l 011 the'r knees to thank his mer
cy. One very young man, however, was
rel'rnctoiv. and would have been killed
u tlie -'!oi, if Thaddeus hod not caught
v of the bword. The youth
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YUiuneu una i;:ineuuiiai hip vtetqjuii,
Ahieh Tlia.l .U'u-i directly returned, s:.v-
1
li :
' Bruvc sir, I consider mvself enuoblcd
,)u restoring this sword to him who bus
tto courageously defended it."
It o l appeared that this brave young
man was an English volunteer, mimed
Pembroke Somerset.
A warm affection arose between him
and Thaddeus, who invited his new
friend to Villauow, his grandfather's
. magnificent palace on
the bunks of tlie
istula.
" I would follow you,
said Somerset,
V all over the world.
After u delightful experience of the re-
fined hospitality of Villauow, Pembroke
-rrote two enthusiastic letters to bw
Itiother, which he sent to his governor,
Mr. Loftus, at St. Petersburg, to be
forwarded to England. But as Mr.
K .',L iftus hud been strictly charged to keep
i his fopil out of Poland, and fearing the
displeasure of Somerset's parents, hft
conjured biin to say nothing of his
Polish adventures, at least for a while.
Somerset reluctantly consented, nud,
being suddenv summoned home, bade
an affectionate farewell to Thaddeus and
liis mother, hoping to revisit tliem soon,
or to see them in England.
Misfortunes were already crowding
fust upon ill-fated Poland.
The brave Palatine of Mosovia was
slain hi battle, Prague was besieged and
captured, and the palace of lllanow was ;
attacked by the savage Russian soldiery, i
Thaddeus, covered with wounds, hasten- j
ed from Prague to secure, if possible, bis j
mother s epcope.
" My beloved son," said the countess,
" before our cruel murders can arrivu I i
shall have found a refuge in the bosom j
of my God. Should Polmid fall, I be
seeeh'you go that very hour to England."
Then tying a portrait of bis father j
round his neck, she added :
"Prize this gift, my child j try to for- '
get his injustice, and, in memory of me, ;
never part with it."
A sudden volley of firearms made !
Thaddeus spring upon his feet. Loud
cries succeeded, and women screamed :
" The rumpurts nre. stormed !"
A burst of cannon was followed bv a
heavy crash and piercing shrieks. The
countess, expiring in tho embrace of her
distracted son, fell from his palsied arras
back upon the sofa, and General Butzou,
who had directed the defense of the
palace, conld scarcely force him away to
a place of safety.
Plunging into the Vistula, amid a
shower of musket bolls, Thaddeus swam
with Butzou to the opposite bank.
. E nerging from the water he pointed
back to Villauow, which was now en-
veloped in flames, and said, with a smile
of agony :
" See what n funeral pile Heaven bus
given to my dear mother !"
The Russian general, Suwsrrow, soon
compelled the ignominious surrender of
vVurnaw. Two hours before he entered
tlie city, Sobieski left it, bedewing its
stones with his tears. Reaching tlie
frontier, he plucked a tuft of grass, and,
pressing it to his lips, exclaimed :
" Farewell, Poland ! Farewell all my
, earthly happiness !"
j Sailing from Duntzio to London,
iuaddeus naturally thought of Pem
broke Somerset, but as he had received
no reply to two letters addressed to him,
tne exde resolved, unfriended as he was,
to wipe him from his memory, Reach-
' ing tlie English metropolis, lie passed
Lis first night at a Covent Garden hotel,
where his commanding figure und martini
' dress created a flutter among (lie servants
. in the kitchi'n. -
"Look (t bin black cup, with its long j
; bag and greut feather, and the monstrous
! saber at his side," cried the waiter,
i "And I never see'd such handsome
j blue eyes," added the maid j "and lie
! spoke so kindly when lie bade me stir the
' tire, and when lie tlirowed off bis great
: fur cloak, lie showed u glittering star."
Finding the next morning, after pav
; ing his bill, that lie had only a few sh'l
; linga left, Thuddous sullied' out to look
; for lodgings more suited to bis purse.
; It was a cold and stormy November Sun
, day, aud a kindly old woman, to whom
, lie showed some little civilities, observ
; ing him uneasy at the inquisitive gaze
of the bystanders, ventured to invite
him to take shelter from the snow within
' her bouse. He accepted the invitation,
: and the good Mrs. Kobsou was not a
I little startled when her imposing guest,
I learning she hud rooms to let. ottered
! lmilUCtlf 111 lull luilmt. ILm'i-an AT,.
Constantine, as he nVchoseto cnllW
BeW( wa8 8O0U established upon the hum-
ble first floor at No. 5 St. Martin's lane.
slow fever now seized him, but be
would not call an apothecary, having no
money to pav him. At last Mrs. Rohson
8ummouej Mr. Vincent, by whose sldll
r "Kr u"f -yverou.
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xu ue.ray uue ueuis mcurreu uuring ms
illness, he ported with his fur-hned 1
1 pelisse lor a
miction 01 iu vuiue, iuiu 1
sold a prold
pencil case to a very civil '
pawnbroker. The eight guineus thus ob-
ill llfi1 Hottlu.l tlm l.ilU ucrninet him im,l
left a small surplus. Hoping to increase
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this, he executed half o dozen landscape
drawings in India- ink, but the inso
lence of the printseller was so intolerable
that Thaddeus refused to accept the
guinea offered for them.
Hie only earthly comfort . now enjoyed
by the distressed exile whs the company j
and caresses of Mrs, Robson's little j
grandson, Willlum; but even this was!
Miuicuni uv,a, lor uie cimu couuncieu u
total disease uud lUed iu llnuuleiui arms.
xiio uiiueu-rii luiiiiiuuiiier wus woiioul a
fiu'thing to pav the uiedieid and funural
ex2)enses, nud her generous lodger
pawned bis sword, pistols aud
sle
buttons to relieve her necessities.
Passing Drury Lane Theater that eve
ning, ho saw Pembroke Somerset enter,
in full dress, gay and laughing, with two
ladies. Involuntarily he ejaculated :
" Somerset !"
But his friend had disappeared behind
a green door. All his old affection re
vived, and he went a lettt-r to Somerset,
but received no reply. Another he Lett
in person ut his friend's residence. The
two were returned without o word.
Finding tienerul Butzou, who hod
taved his life at the burning of Villauow,
wondering homeless in the street, the
impoverished Thaddeus unhesitatingly
assumed the support of that worth v but
now enfeebled man, a picture dealer ail-
fording him the means bv taking each
week u guinea's worth of Lis drowiygs.
One evening in March, Thnddeiu r;--
cued a delicate wouiuu lrom a ruffianly
assault. Accompanying her home, she
insisted that he should enter. He did I turned to his first love on finding her
so, and hir; hostess, Lady Adelizn Tine- ! still true to him. The dread of ilhi
mouth, and her sprightly companion, i timating Pembroke bv acknowledging
Miss Muria Egerton, entertained him
with the greatest courtesy, though not
suspecting the reul identity of Mr. Con
stantine. Their praises of" the handsome
stranger excited the curiosity of tlie
young and beautiful L.niy S;iro R:xs,
who, meeting Mr. Constantine when he
culled again upon Lady Tinemouth. re-
I solved to ensnare the pale und highbred
i foreigner. ltnout meaning any uu
faithfulness to her abiient and unloved
! husband, she sighed for a melancholy
j iuul ivmimti'c lover, mid Thaddeus ap-
jieiu eu io lie- 01 ue uio one oi wnoiu
she was in search. Pursuing this design.
she presently found herself the victim of
a passion for Mr. ConsliUitine which he
did not nt all return.
The friendship of Lady Tinemouth
was botn delicate unit sincere, and
through her good offices Thaddeus ob
tained as pupils iu German the daugh
ters of Lady Duudus, who were rich,
pretentious und ill-bred. Euphemiu, j
tlie younger, was very pretty, how- I
ever, and, like Lady Kara Rons, j
presently set hc-rbelf to captivate Mr.
Coiibtantiiic. Her caprices merely
served to amuse i r lumoy him, but they
greatly excited the jealousy of Lady I
Sura, who now found herself perpetually j
tormented by her unhappy passion. i
Nor was Lady Tinemouth less wretch- i
ed, though from a far different cause. J
Her husband, the Earl of Tinemouth, I
not content with abandoning her and
openly transferring his affections to uu-
other, hud even the cruelty to teach her
son and daughter to hate their own
mother ! In relating her sad history she
incidentally spoke of her husband's hy
ing in 1770 in Italy under the assumed
name of Sackville.
At this mention Thaddeus could scarce
ly hide his consternation. Was it possi-
Bible that be owed his existence to such i
a brutal hud heartless man ? This dis
covery of an unworthy father, and the
! unhappy condition of his friend Butzou.
: who had now become a confirmed though
j harmless lunatic, caused Thaddeus "a
misery not lessened by tlie frequent pet- I
ty insults of the indolent trhlers and ;
fashionable butterflies who frequented
the Duudus mansion. But among them
at hist appeared a Miss Beaufort, w hose
generous nature attracted the attention
no less 'than her remarkable loveliness.
The night before he first met her be had
ventured into a burning house and res
cued a sleeping infant, which he threw
into a post chaise for safety. In this
chaise was Mary Beaufort with her aunt.
! Mrs. Somerset. Learning these facta
the volutile Euphemia Dundos suddenly
i joined their hands, exclaiming :
" Sweet Mury ! Heroio Constantine !
I thus elect you the two dearest friends
of my heart 1
Both were much coitfuseel ut this sen
timental absurdity ; but the acquaint
ance thus formed led to friendship and
then to love, though Miss Beaufort did
not suspect Thaddeus' real rank, and he
knew her to be the oousin of his per
fidious friend Somerset.
Lady Tineufouth's brutal husband and
heartless son, pretending to regard
her friendship with Thaddeus os
a shameless intrigue, at last required
her to leave London, aui she sadly
obeyed. Lady Sara Roos, unable longer
o restrain her passion, desperately
avowed it, and implored Thaddens to re
ceive aud protect her, but be persuaded
her to remember her duty to her hus
band.
His next trial was the death of the
venerable Butzou, whose long illness in
volved Thtuldeus in debts be could only
defray in part, aud ft dissatisfied apothe
cary caused him to be arrested for a pal
try twenty poundB, and flung into New
gate. Tlie pretty Euphemiii was com
pelled by her. mother to relinquish her
handsome language muster; but Mary
Beaufort did not rest till she had private
ly procured the payment of his debts and
his release, a deliverance which bo
ascribed to Lady Tinemouth's friend
ship. Returning soon after with hex cousin
Pembroke to the residence of his futher,
Sir Robert Somerset, Miss Beaufort sad
ly acknowledged to herself the hopeless
ness of her ill-fated passion. Meantime
Lndy Tinemouth was staying in the Biuue
neighborhood, anil, m her company, ac
cident brought Thaddens and Pembroke
together. The proud exile stood pale
and silent. Pembroke flew forwurd, and,
catching his frieud's hand, exclaimed :
" Am I right ? Are you Sobieski ?"
"I am," returned Thaddeus, unitized.
"Gracious Heavens I and can you
htue forgotten your friend Pembroke
Somerset ?"
Assured of his sincerity, Thaddeus
. . . . . ...
clasped lum to his breast and burst into
tem.s.
The treacherous Loft us. Pembroke's
aovemor. it aimem-ed. hint intercepted
the letters of the two frieinls. and even
dtxrcA to return those sent bv Thaddeus, !
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juiei seeiiiir x enioroiie av luo iiieaivi.
Resolved to make the most ample amends
for his apparent desertion, Somerset :
promised Thaddeus the friendship of bin j
father ond tlie love ot his tiur cousin, and
I hastened back to Somerset castle to make
I good his word. But, to bis horror, Sir
i lnbprf mi-tm'iiii1.i1 ln'rf ttmi in lirAiik lift'
(lu intercourse with Thaddeus, alleging
no reason except that he hated the Poles,
The rupture of a bloodvessol brought
Tinemouth suddenly to her death
i,ej) I'haddi
torn with equal i
sorrow by the loss of his faithful friend, j
and the brutality displayed by her bus-
band, whom he was compelled to believe j
: to be his father. Perceiving the conflict
i in Pembroke Somerset's breast between
' friendship and filial obedience, and feel
ing that a man of his broken fortunes
could not honorably aspire to tho hand
i of Miss Beaufort, T'liaddeus resolved to
! abandon England, and accordingly set
! out on foot at night to return to
j Loudon. Overcome by fatigue and ex
posure, he fell by tlie roadsides, but was
: rescued from death by benevolent gen
; tleinan, who conveyed him to his own
house, and had him treated with the ut
most kindness. This proved to be Sir
Jiobert Somerset, and to the great timuze-
ment of Thaddeus, Sir Robert confessed J
I himself the erring husband of Therese
I Sobieski
; He and the Earl of Tinemouth had
j traveled as brothers under tlie name of
; Haekville. Supposing his betrothed in
i England had proved faithless, ho mar-
j next the I'alatnies daughter,
j serted the unfortuute Therese,
but de-
and re-
Thudduus had distracted the repentant tiuii found them too high priced, and
father ho now implored the forgiveness ! took one of the black girls for thirty
of his first-born son. i eight pounds. He simply wanted a
This Thaddeus readily granted, ond bouse servant. The sa!o being corn
refused to claim any rights ut the ex- pleted, the party were ngaiu served with
pense of Pembroke, n1io wtts left to en- I pipes and coffee, and left the house,
joy his father's title, while the exile of j The preliminaries to this were cou
Warsaw, receiving an ample share of j ducted with great caution. The valet of
Sir Robert's estate, completed his earth- i the Egyptian was sent the day before
ly happiness by mukiug liis beloved
Mary the Countess Sobieski. Jlliin
t rated Weekly.
The Eclipses of 1877.
During the year 1877 there will
I three eclipses of the sun mid two of the
j moon- -The tu'st is a total eclipse of the
moon, on xeurnary zi, partly visible
from England and invisible in America,
the moon being below the horizon
j through the whole continuance of the
! eclipse.
I Tho second eclipse is a partiul eclipse
I of the sun, invisible from both Europe
i aud America. Its greatest phase is
I about one-third of the siin's diuineter. It
! begins on March 14.
! The third is a partial eclipse of the
sun, August 8, invisible both in Europe
and America.
The fourth is a total eclipse of the
moon, visible from Eugland and partly
iu tlie United States, taking place on
August 23.
The fifth, und last, is a partial eclipse
j of. bim on September ti. This eclipse
will be seen from Cope Horn aud parts
of South America, but not from North
America.
Ill eighteen years there are usually
about seventy eclipses twenty-nine of
the moon and forty-one of the sun, or
nearly two to three. Seven is the great
est number of eclipses that can occur in
a year, and two tlie least. If there are
seven, five must be of the sun and two
of tlie moon. If only two, then both
must be of the sun, for in every year
there are two solar eclipses. "
Slander.
Never use a lady's name in an im- j
proper place, at an improper tin ie, or in
mixed company. Never make assertions I
about her that you think untrue, or allu-
sions that she herself- would blush to
hear. When you meet with men who
do not scruple to use a woman's nume iu
a reckless manner, shun them; they are
the very worst members of the commu
nity: men lost to every sense of honor,
every feeling of humanity. Many a
good and worthy woman's character has
been forever ruined and her heart broken
: by a lie, manufactured by some villain,
j and repeated where it should not have
been, and in presence of those whose lit
tle judgment could not deter them from
circulating the foul and bragging report.
A slander is soon propagated, and tlie
smalledUhing derogutory to a woman's
character will fly on the wings of the
wind and magnify a as it circulates, until
its monstrous weight crushes the poor
unconscious victim. Respect the name
of woman. Your mother and sisters are
women, and as you would have their fair
name untarnished, and "their lives unim
bittered by the slanderer's bitter tongue.
heed the ill your own words may bring
upon the mother, tne sister or the wile
I of some fellow creature,
BEAUTY SOLI) BY AITTIOX.
Hum I lie Unrein, of ('mmliimliionle nve
milled with liriiissiun Uirls.
A coiTespotident of the Paris Uaulol
describes a recent visit to a slave sale in
Constantinople. Notwithstanding the j
nominal abolition of the slave trade in
Turkey, thronglfcthe efforts of the civil
ized European governments, it still con
tinues m a furtive way. As long as the
hnrem exists, this trade will exist.
This sale was in a house. All the win
dows facing the street were closed. The
correspondent accompanied tui Egyptian
friend aud his valet in a carriage' to tlie
mosque of the Sultau Mahomet, at which
point they turned into narrow and com
plicated streets, which finally became
impassable. They alighted before a pile
of mud wl'Jeh could be crossed only on
foot. Reaching the bouse, they were in
troduced into the selnmlik, or chamber
reserved for male visitors. Here they
found the slave denier standing, a short
pipe in hand. He was a little old Tri-
iiolitnn, Oossirgi-Messoud-Agn, by name.
Ie has followed the business for forty
years. After the customary salutation,
pipes and coffee were offered and taken
with the silence usuul to Orientals before
any business transaction.
An ebony young eunuch soon entered
and whispered m Messoud s ear. The ;
latter made a sign of acquiescence, and,
, . , - . 1 -w I II
turning to Hie guests, said: "liouyou- 1
lmill (.permit, me), llie guests rose !
and followed
him into a room of the
narem. A lonsf uivan. about a loot mid i
a half hish and four feet wide, surround- !
ed three sides of the chamber. An ex- :
i 11 l..,1.14.1. 1. . ..:
vmnnvn u iuc ntm iim nic unnmuitn
aud coverings used at night. The floor
was covered with mats and loose pieces'
of carpet. Upon the divan were seated,
side by suje, two white girls lrom cir
cassia, in the dress of their country. Op- :
posite were three other women, one of i
whom was white, from Georgia, and the ,
others blaek.
All arose as the visitors entered. One '
of the Circassians seemed scurcely four
teen. She had bright chestnut hair, i
long, dark eyelashes, which shaded eves !
of liquid blue; a light, well rounded j
form and regular features, overcast with j
fnelancholy. Slie was a beauty of the)
Iirst-cliiss. Jier companion, aged eigut- j
een, was slightly less beautiful, but was i
a performer On the komeudju or Turkish j
violin. In iidditiou, she was recom- '
mended as a good cook, seamstress and i
washer. Her brown hair full to her .
knees. She looked at the visitors coolly, i
and fixed her eyes on the Egyptian with j
on expression that seemed to ask him tu ;
purchase her. j
At a sign from Messoud one of the i
black girls disrobed the Circassians, j
This was not a complicated process, us !
their dress was simply a tunic, u pair of !
trousers and a chemise. The younger ;
seemed digressed; the other simply i
fixed her eyes upon the floor. Mossoud
passing his hands over them, called at
tention to their regular, pearly teeth.
He dwelt also upon the strict decorum
of their mitecedeuta.
After an examination of the Georgian
! and a glance at the black girls tho party
returned to the sclkmilk to close the
bargain. The youngeit Circassian was
quoted ut 200 pounds Turkish, the. elder
at 130, tlie Georgian at 120. The Egvp-
to announce his master's desire, and
Messoud immediately eume to the latter
to assure himself that all wr.s right by a
personal inspection of his customer.
As a mere visitor to the harem would
' have been eyed askance, tlie corrospou
he ! dent was introduced as Tuhir-Bey. a
j Syrian gentleman who wished to take u
! chambermaid home with him.
United States Congress.
The following are the figures of the
United States Congress ns near as cuu be
mode up ot this writing
xtinh.
if. x.
. 2 r,
. - 4
. 1 a
.vt IV.
Alabama
Arkaupatt
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
fieorgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
MaSftnrlmsetU. . .
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
NebrnBka
Nevada
Now Hampshire.
New Jersey
Now York
North Canolina.. .
Ohio
Oreiron
3
1
1
!)
13
8
2
1
!l
4
U
I
10
10
s
3
4
1
1
a
17
1
a ti
i
17
i
ii
i
4
1:1
!l7
Hi
7
13
1
IU
Pennsylvania.
Ithodo' Island.
South Carolina
Teuuesseo 1 !
Texas U
Vermont a
Virginia 1 8
w'uJonsuj. ....... .. .. ... .. 5 8
I '- '-
Total
Majority
.107 1st!
Tit
111 149
8
New Hampshire will elect three Cm- j
gressmen in March. The present dele-
gation from that State stands two Demo-
crats and one Republican. There, are
more than the usual number of States to ;
be contested, which may vary the above
figures slightly. ' j
Look to Your $1,000 Jiotes.
A new counterfeit $1,000 greenback
has come into the possession of the
United States treasury detectives. Tlie
note was (liscoveied in the West, mid
the plate upon which it was printed is
said to have been in existence for two or
three years, and is believed to be the
work of the notorious Tom Baliard, now
undergoing a thirty-years' sentence of
imprisonment for counterfeiting. The
eounterf eit is an excellent one.
If, as Col. Olcott says, it only coots
81. BO to be cremated, almost tutybndy con
come down with the dust. '
Nothing to Eat.
The snow has been falling slowly and
serenely, writes a New York correspon
dent. It used to make me gleeful and
rosy,' but it cannot do that any more in
this city. I suppose the change is of
time upon myself as well as circumstan
ces upon the proud island. No, it is not
all because of the individual difference
between the now and the then which is
within, because to-day, when I opened
mv door to look up and down the beauti
ful white street when the glaifior of the
snow should have made it seem pure and
enchanting, 1 saw nothing that did not
make me heavy hearted. I tried to turn
my luce upward to meet the melting stars
that were falling from the gray clouds,
just for the sake of that childish habit
which clings to the most of us, no matter
how severely dignity scorns and
! tramples upon such petty tricks of sim
: plicity, but the clamor before my vesti
! bule wos too sorrowful and imploring
for such sentiment.
j "For God's sake let me shovel away
I the snow." said a strong man : "I have
I a wife and little children, and they are
! very hungry and very cold."
! "My mother can got no work ut all;
can't f do it, please ? piped u shivering
i little bov.
If I only had n shovel or a broom
, , ,1.1 i , i, , ;i.
a0,v' suid .a low voiced old woman,' whose
- m.tB were not those of one who had
u,lf ,,,llsf H,. ,;f in Rt.ntralina
for bread.
1
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storm ?" I
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' 1Waiw "T milHt h1.
lie BUSe J mUSl, Sill
siud. "Last
winter I hoped I might be dead before
the winter came again, but wheu tlie
summer was here, I somewhat liked to
live, but I dou't wont to be here very
long, even if I was to be warm. I don t
seem to be wanted much anywhere, or
perhaps I might get to die and bo com
fortable," she added, after pausiug to
reflect between the last sentence und
what she hud said before. " Come iu
and get warm," I said to her.
" . don't go to no soup houses, nor to
no charity committees, ma'om, and I
don't wiuit uuything I don't earn, if you
please. If you give me tlie sweeping to
do uud lend me a broom I might be
thankful for tlie tabte of a
ma'am, for I've been starving with the
cold." ;
Three imploring faces, and but one ;
sidewalk to sweeu.
To feed the child, and send a loot' to
the other children is not much iu this '.
great hungry city, but the humiliating j
influences of the unearned bread ! Who I
may know but that never a snowttake !
shall full again upon either the child's or ';
the man's forehead to melt upon a glow
of self-respect."
Never did a Christinas week pass in
New York when tlie rich and the poor
Were so fur apart either in sympathy or
circumstances. The 'shops are filled ! """ w" " ,
with the rarest of beautiful things from j "''i1, toun m 'J101"8 ""I"0'"3 e-ve-the
geniuses of both the artist and the i And on he sung, and on holding every
artisan. Phihidelubia has drifted uo to ' oue.m 'P ntteution, till he came to
New York. The beautiful array of
! things sent by nil the civilized nations of
j the earth, which could be purchased :
only ut fabulous prices when ou exhibi
; tion, can be bought at less expense than
anything thut is beautiful of our own '
! country's handiwork. It is claimed that j
j the merchmits in the various ports of the
: world, notably in China and Japan, ,
; Fnuice and England, procured duplicates, ;
j or close copies ot the articles that were
rewarded with medals or parchment up
I provuls, and they are now making" for
I tunes out of the lute enthusiasm of our
! citizens, A tiny cup and saucer, daintily
1 painted, ond as frail as it is beautiful,
! was sold at auction for if 70, while the
pale faced woman at my door says :
"Pray lend me a broom, that I may
I earn d scanty bit of bread, and respect
! myself." '
Another M'ui'nlng.
The details of the destruction by fire
of the Convent of St. Elizabeth, near
Juliette, show an astonishing carelessness
on the part of the managers of that in
stitution. There were one hundred per
sons, niui:i und children, in the building,
which was entirely of wood. Iu the vil-
hnre itself there was no fire apparatus
H ' whatever. The flames of course worked
I their own will ; the structure w as entirely
! destroyed, and with it perished thirteen
person, more or less. lhe question
naturally urises, How many boarding
schools, convents, hospitals, retreats for
the poor and aged, great homes for or
phan children, are there which are ex
posed to a like dreadful danger V In how
muiiy. instances 1ms it been thought ne
cessary to take extraordinary precautions
against lire, which should it occur, can
hardly foil to prove fatal to considerable
numbers ?
"Wo nre very much afraid of fire,"
said the principal of n young ladies' sem
inary upon a certain occasion. They bad
reason to be, and the fear at least was
something. Iu many institutions, we are
happy to believe that all possible pre
cautions are taken ; but there ore others
in which the neglect is scandalous and
the risk which is run frightful. Indeed,
there is nothing more astonishing than
the recklessness with which a fiery cal
amity is almost invited, not only in
' i :
0 i schools, but in public houses, theaters,
a I ond other places of human congregation.
Iu the hage cities precautions ure numer
ous, and, if the law is obeyed, usually
Mtiiiciont. Outside the cities there is in
hundreds of places no provision worth
mentioning. The penalty for this ruuy
be long in coming, but it is pretty sure
to come in terror and death at lust."
A Conscientious Plumber.
A gentleman living iu Boston has dis
covered a remarkable plumber, who
richly deserves such a fame as he may
obtain in a newspaper paragraph. One
Sunday morning this gentlemou afore
1 suid found bis water pipe frozen. After
' two hours' unsuccessful work he went
forth and secured a plumber, who was
able to obviate the difficulty. The citi
zen wished to settle at once, but tlie
pluuiber refused any puy, stating that
lie could not refuse such a call on Sun
day, us delay often caused dumage, but
he could not conscientiously accept
money for work done on Sunday.
Munv do with opportunities as children
do at the seashore fill their little hands
' with sand and then let the groins full
i through r fingers till they we gone.
"Annie Laurie."
" If you want to hear ' Annie Laurie '
sung, come to my house to-night," said
a man to bis friend. '.' We have a love
lorn fellow in the village, who was sadly
wrecked by the refusal of a girl whom he
had been paying attention to for a year
or more. It' is seldom he will attempt
the Bong, but when be does, I tell you
he draws tears from eyes unused to
weeping."
A small select company hail assembled
in a pleasant parlor, and were gayly
chatting and laughing, when a tall young
man entered, whose peculiar face und
air instantly arrested attention. He was
very pole, with that clear, vivid com
plexion which dark haired consumptives
so often hove. His locks were as block
as jet, and hung profusedly upon a
square white, collar." His eyes were very
large and spiritual, and his brow such an
one as a poet should have. But for a
certain wandering look, a casual observer
laughed as thev whispered that he was
"love cracked "-but the rest treated j
him with a respectful deference.
It was lute in the evening when si ng- j
ing was proposed, and to ask him to sing
"Annie Laurie" was a task of uncom-
mou delicacy. One song after another i
was sung, and at last that one was
named. At its mention the young mou j
grew deadly pole, but did not speak; he
sceiiied instantly to be lost in reverie! j
The name of the gill who treated j
him so badlv was Annie," said a lady,
whispering to tlie new guest "but, oh !
I wish he would sing it; nobody else con
do it justice."
"No one dare sing 'Annie Laurie'
before you, Charles," said an elderly
lady ; "'would it Vie too much for me to
ask you to favor the company with it ?"
she asked, timidly.
He did not reply for u moment his
lips quivering a little, and then looking
up as if he sow a spiritual presence, be
begun. Every sound was bushed it
seemed as if his voice were the voice of
uu angel. The femes vibrated through
nerve and pulse mid heart, and mode one
shiver with the pathos of his feeling;
never was Heard meiouv m a uuniuii
voice like that so plaintive, so soulful I
so tender and earnest !
He sot with his head thrown back, his
eyes bulf closed the locks of dark hair
glistening against his pale temples, his
fine throat swelling with the rich tones,
his hands liglitly folded before him ; anil
as he sung
And 'twas there that Annio Laurie
liave mo her pi-online tine "
it seemed as if be shook from head to
foot with emotion. Many a lip trembled
tlie lust verse
"Like dew on the gowan lying
Is the fa' of her fairy feet
And like winds in summer fcisliuij:
Her voice is low and sweet,
Her voice is low and sweet- -
Ami she's a world to mo "
He paused before he added
" And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'll lay uie down'and die."
There was a long and solemn pause.
The black locks seemed to grow blacker
the white temples whiter almost im
perceptibly the head kept falling back
the eyes were close shut. One glanced
at another all seemed awestruck till
the same person who hud urged him to
; tang, laid her band gently on his shoulder,
I saving :
; '" Churles, Charles !"
Then come a hush a thrill of horror
crept tlirough every frame the poor
tired heart had ceased to beat Churles,
the love betrayed, was dead.
Incidents of the Disaster.
Wheu ull the various and strange inci
dents of the dread Luke Shore rmlroitd
disaster will be told it is hard to say, but
many things occurred which are remark
able and worthy of special note. An
Irishman who lived near the bridge told
the reporter that he was among the first
at tlie scene ond there saw a woman and
child hanging to u burning car. He first
reached tlie woman, wuded through three
feet of snow and water, und, after a se
vere exertion, placed her on dry ground.
He then went back after the child, which
hung by a single? hand to the car. Be
fore he'could reach ita flame shot up and
enveloped it from sight, it had dropped
and sunk into the water below.
Another man was seen to emerge from
a car and in his frantic wilduess forgot a
wife and child behind him. Ho had
reached a place of safety before his loss
came to him. lie went buck to the car
door, saw his dear ones iu the flumes be
y.md recovery, and with a remark to
some one iear that if they perished be
would too, he rushed into the car and
was soon enveloped in the flames, from
waicn lie never reappeared. !o one !
knew who be was.
A remarkuble escape was made by the
family of Judson Murtin, a gentleman
from New York State, who, with his wife
and two children, was on his way to Jef
ferson, Ohio, to take up a new home.
He first escaped and then some one got
out his wife. She was scarcely on shore
when she shrieked for her children.
They were yet clinging to it platform out
! iu tlie middle ol tlie wreck. Homo hero
whose name could not be learned plunged
in, and, grasping tlie children one at a
time, threw them into the hands of an
j other man, who stood with open arms to
! receive them. The younger child was
I injured somewhat by the full and the ter-
rifio crash of tho timbers. The family
! were all saved.
A citizen of Ashtabula, who was at the
' burning wreck a few minutes after theuc-
eident, says that he saw two women leap
from a car and plunge into the water and
! disappear under the ice.
To Clean Plate. Take un ounce
each of cream of tartar, muriate of soda
and alum, and boil in a gallon or more of
water. After the plate is taken out and
rubbed dry it puts on a beautiful and
silvery whiteness. Powdered magnesia
may be used dry for articles slightly
tariiiuhed, but if very dirty, it must be
used wet and then dry.
would have pronounced lum n nmn ol j driving weaker ones from their feed,
uneonimou intellectual powers. The , ... ,, ,i,i i.
words " poor fellow," and " how sad he , Corn fodder or pea h row sho ,11 he
looks." went the rounds, as he came for- 1 passed through a feed cutter botorehvsl.
ward, bowed to the company, and t-iok ! it to stock in pens or yards 1 eii
i . . . . . xt'. -Ai i niRiinre is made. The litter is then
nm ptnu. l file) Ul I WO LJH'IIKilHi ntl
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
(cuaoimblc Fnrui Note..
Stables and sheds should be kept dir
and clean where frost is not Bevere, ana
where it is, the droppings should bo re
moved dailv, lest they be frozen into a
mass and become difficult to handle. If
dry sand or sawdust be scattered over n
cleaned stall or shed, beneath the bed
ding, frozen manure can be taKen up
without trouble. It is preferable to
have the stables so tight and warm that
the manure will not freeze in them dur
ing the night. An animal cannot rest
easily upon a bed of frozen dung nor in
a moss of filth. A cold stable may bo
much improved bv lining it with rough
boards and filling the space between the
two boardings with rough litter, buck
wheat straw or leaves.
Feed Racks. Have it plenty of feed
racks in the yards. They save fodder
and prevent the master animals from
snort, and tne mo ure easily noveu u
nnd, saving bolli tune and hiboi.
Sidt should be given regularly to
every nnimul except poultry. Pigs should
have only a very small quantity; one
ounce weekly, to each full grownoiie, is
sufficient. IlorseH, oxen and cowb may
have one ounce daily, and sheep may be
supplied with all they will consume,
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corn steeped in boiling water until it is
only moderately worm. In the after
noons some corn wormed in the oven
may be given. Between theso meals
some mixed feed of potato peelings,
house scraps and wheat screenings boiled
together, aud seasoned with red pepper,
will be useful. A cabbage may be hung
in the yard for them to peck at. Pro
vide a clean, warm but well ventilutod
house, and nests of clean straw.
Sundry Matteks. Be careful of lights
in the barns and stables. Safe lanterns
only should be used. We have used
the glass globs lanterns, protected with
wire, lor many years without tne least
accident, or breaking one of them. Only
perieetly safe oil should be used. mi
goon oils ii u nunp Milium inn, nine itui
be no fire ili it is picked up again .im
mediately. Choose a perfectly solvent
insurance company in which to bo in
sured, and take no risks. Keep roofs,
roads and sidewalks clear of snow. Ven
tilate the cellars whenever tlie weather
is sufficiently mild. A tub of water
placed in a cellar on very cold nights
will protect fruit or vegetables from
freezing. Clean up all machines and
tools and oil tliem, coat the bright parts
with tallow, and cover them to keep out
dust und dirt. Prepare for packing ice
bv-aud-bve. or pack it now if possible.
! A few loads of sawdust should bo hauled
j when convenient, so that it will be ready
when wanted ; when the wagon box is
! filled, pile on filled bags to complete the
: loud. Keep tho shoes of horses and
; oxen sharpened or roughened, and do
', not attempt to drive unshod oxen ; it is
; poor economy to save a set of shoes and
j lose half of their working power.
I Agriculturist.
UoineNilc Iteoliien.
Breast of Mutton. Select two fleshy
and not too fut breasts of mutton; tie
them together, and boil in the stock pot
or iu u stewpiui with water; garnishing
of vegetables and animates and little
salt; when done remove the bones and
skin that is over the fat; pure; season
with salt and pepper; roll in melted but
ter and fresh line white bread crumbs;
i place them on n gridirou; broil slowly
and ot u light brown color; serve Willi a
puuantc sauce and surround the dish
with sliced gherkins.
, FitiED Pahskips. Peel mid boil somo
; parsnips in salted wuter, with a little
i flour and butter; then cool, wipe dry, .
divide in two or more pieces, dip in a
flour batter, fry light brown in plenty of
hot lard, sprinkle a little salt over, dress
on a folded napkin and serve garnished
with fried parsley.
BnoiLED Potatohs. Peel some cold
boiled potatoes, cut in thick slices, sea
son with salt and pepper, dip in melted
butter, broil nicely and servo with a lit
tle melted butter over.
Cheam of Rice. Wash and drum u
quart of rice; put it into a stewpou, with
two ounces of butter, a little stilt, nut
meg mid two quarts of veal or chicken
broth; stir, boil, cover aud cook slowly
for one hour; pound to a pulp, ililut'e
with boiled milk, pass through a fine
sieve, bring to the desired consistency
with more Is tiled milk or cream, and
heat without boiling, stirring continual
ly; finish with two pats of butter and a
toaspoonful of sugar, und servo with
small square croutons fried white in
clarified butter.
j Roast Goose. Singe, draw and trim
i a young goose; chop line and purboil
I two onions; cool, press the wuter out and
try slightly in a little butter; mix with
mashed potatoes sufficient to fill the
goose; when the goose is done, truss, tie
both ends securely and roast about two
hours; then remove the strings and dish
up, surrounding with a border of a dozen
huge apples that have been peeled,
cored, cut iu two and cooked a light
brown in a large fryingpau with a little
goose grease; besprinkle with two table
spooufuls of fine sugar, pour a ladleful '
of rich gravy over Uie goose aud serve.
Cauada TUlsilei.
Tlie following plan will probably sue
! ceed in destroying Canada thistles the
first year ; if not, will certainly do so the
I second. Plow the ground three or four
j inches deep iu spring when the thistles
j have made a got a growth an 1 plant pota
toes, xnen hoe tne potatoes every ten
days, cutting every thistle as soon as it
up'peurs with sharp hoe just below the
surface. Keep the ground thoroughly
hoed iu this way. The thistles will be
kept down, and the potatoes will yield
an extra good crop, and will pay for tho
labor bestowed 'upon them. 'The next
year repeat the process, planting beans,
corn, or roots iu the ground, after which
the thistles will ba very little trouble ;
but what few grow must be cut down as
soon as they appeal1. To be perfectly
6ure, hoed crops should be grown the
i third year,
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