THE WEEKLY (JONS [TTUTIONALI3T
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1869.
THE THINGS WE EAT.
Here is something rich and racy from
the Richmond Enquirer. It takes a wide
range, from the ancients to the moderns,
from the merchant to the epicure, from the
lover to his sweetheart. We advise all of
tender digestion and nervous susceptibili
ties to read it at least one hour after par
taking of the morning meal:
We are go extremely poor that the Cuban
rebellion lias become a very interesting mat
ter to us, in consequence of the rise of three
cents on the pound in the price hf sugar.—
Nearly all the money we get hold of is spent
for the prime necessaries of life, agiong
which sugar is always classed. But do our
peopfe really know what sugar is, and what
they eat when they sweeten their tea or
coffee or whisky ? A writer in the New
York Sun has been examining some raw
sugar through a microscope of uncommon
power, and expresses himself horrified at
what he witnessed. He took a spoonful eff
coarse, brown sugar and dissolved it in
about three spoonfuls of water. Looking
through the microscope he saw in an instant
myriads of horrible insects, apparently as
large as beetles, spring to the "surface, and
float about, wiggling and twisting like in
finitesimal devils. Four dreadful legs with
claw-pincers at the end of them, jointed in
four parts as with armor, and bristling with
sharp-pointed spears, were in front of the
monster, and his head was a long pyramidal
form in two joints, with five Huger tips at
the terminus where the mouth ought to
have been. The body was oval-shaped, and
marked almost exactly like that of a crab,
only upon the rims of an inner circle upon
the back there were twelve more of these
long spears, with two at the tail, and four
snake-like tentacula, exceedingly fine in
articulation. The reverse side of the beast
was even more hideous than the obverse.—
Each limb was padded by a mass of muscle
at the base, which gave the impression of
immense (relative) power, and over the
muscle there was & case of armor.
These horrid creatures were intensely
eager, restless, an I ravenous; always at
tacking each other or rushing after parti
cles of sugar. With the pinchers attached
to the end of each proboscis they caught
hold of one another, and tore one another,
repeating in their small way the tragedies
of human history.
It has been proved that in every pound
•of unrefined sugar there are' 100,000 of
these icari. And what is still more shock
ing this is the identical insect that bores
into the skin of its victims in Scotch beds,
and treats them to a taste of the “ Scotch
fiddle ” —in other words it tithe itch !
Now there’s sentiment for you! Just
think of it ! Here we are with our syrups
at breakfast, and our sugar in our cakes
and puddings, and tea and coffee—eating
these horrid things*! The sugar plums
young men send to their sweethearts—
beautiful, innocent, charming girls—are
filled with icari; and every time a girl
sucks a sugar plum she eats about 1,000 of
these insects. These delicious French can
died fruits, in those loves of boxes, which
young ladies devour so intemperately, are
filled with these monsters! It makes us
shudder! And we are in the habit of call
ing Our sweethearts “sugar plum” when
we feel particularly affectionate—and just
to think of what we have been doing!
Man is a poor, unhappy creature —strut-
ting, swelling, thinking always how he is
doing it! and, perhaps, angels look down
on us in our best estate and weep—if an
gels weep—or shudder, if angels shudder,
at the horrible meals we make.
So Burns to the mouse:
“ I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken nature’s social union.
And justitios that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal."
But wc -can’t stop at the mouse—we must
he, accotfling to the poet’s logic, “the poor,
earth-born -companion” and “fellow-mor
tal ” of the friends we have turned up in
the sugar.
The microscope, we fe&r, is a mere mis
chief-maker. It reveals the fact that the
very ground on which this city stands is a
solid mass of fossil insects. And we have
little doubt if any one will take the trouble
to procure a powerful microscope he will
find that our flour and bacon are just as
ful! of infusoria and icari as onr sugar.—
Our water wc know to be so, and we thtnk
it extremely probable the fiery qualities of
braudy are clue to the presence of some pe
culiarly fierce race of icari—and that all
indigestion is chiefly owing to the tough
ness and hardness of the muscles and scale
armor which the writer above quoted dis
covered in the tenants of the sugar he ex
amined. We have long thought that all
disease was Hue to the presence of infbsoria
or animalcules in the system—fever particu
larly. Toothache, we doubt not, Is nothing
but a worm in the nerve of the tooth, Head
ache proceeds from a similar canse. Fain
in the stomach we know often does. Even
pneumonia may proceed from receiving
some sort of varmint into the lungs in the
air inhaled.
Now we do not wish to prejudice any
body against sugar, for some of our mer
chants have laid in large supplies in view
of a scarcity from the Cuban troubles. And
we would just say that what we like to eat
is chiefly a matter of education and habit.
No person would a priori touch an oyster
or a lobster, and yet we esteem them par
ticularly in a little while. The French, it
is well known, are very fond of green frogs,
and we have ourselves eaten snails in Paris.
Rats are a universal article of diet In China,
and are frequently eaten by virtuosos in
the science of gastronomy here. In Eng
land the young rook is very highly esteem
ed, and we believe there is no difference
between the rook and the crow. Now
viper-broth is another rather singular dish;
but it is constantly given to consumptives.
John the Baptist was very fond of locusts.
In China, and we suppose Ban Francisco,
the common earth-worm is considered a
peculiar delicacy ; and, like oysters, they
are eaten either raw or cooked. The Chi
nese too eat birds’ nests, though we take it
they are very different from the birds’ nests
one secs in the cedars, which are construct
ed chiefly of hair and twigs, and would, we
should think, prove extremely indigestible.
Cats and dogs are also highly valued in
China-—and we think it very probable are
often eaten with great relish without our
knowing It. The head of the ass is another
favorite dish in China— makes delicious
soup.
The old Romans stuffed their pheasants
with assafoetlda, but we should prefer even
onions. In his Feast in the Manrmr of the
Ancients, Dr. Smollett speaks of a very
pleasant desert, which was a sort of icily
composed of a mixture of vinegar, pickle,
and honey, boiled to a proper consistence,
and candied astafmtlda; this dish was i
called among the ancients Utter\
and esteemed so precious as to be sold to
the weight of a silver penny. ’ ,
The most singular taste, however, Is that
of the poople of Cochin China lor decayed J
eggs. We should preflsr the suftr iearut.
Fbospebity or the South.—The last Prices
Current issued at Mobile, Alabama, contains
the following good advice to the planters of the
South, and some suggestions also to the Board
of Trade. Read the extract:
We notice continued arrivals of a large num
ber of Northern merchants and agents who
have come South to renew and form new con
-Bonthern houses. The attention
dlrccted almost exclusively
to K tbe neslect of the West, and
speaks well for their estimate of the prosperity
and soundness of Southern A
tbe P* rt of the Planting Inter
ests of the South can make her not only inde
but mat commer
cial prosperity, .orce the unwilling ears of pol
iticians, both In and out of Congress to listen
™a e Vn et and honorable demands for equality
and proper representation under the Federal
i In tbw connection it is to be
b °P e £ th ® t Planters will not sacrifice their corn
this year to cotton. For with a large crop of
the latter and a small crop of the former, low
®'/T be cel ' talu mle, and all
the profits of it will have to go to pay the West
for oread and meat. To insure a permanent
miuf 8 xr W ? l . maSt n? 1 only be in a Position to
make Northern mills pay round prices for cot
ton, (which is certain to be the case with a
moderately small crop) but we must raise suffi
ftti”!!. ? !i east ? Q F ply tbe plantations for
whinh and k . ee P the gold at home,
which would otherwise have to go West. The
?.Zn Z C L O{ J old tor u Cottoa 18 occupying the
thoughts of every thinking merchant in the
South, and should be insisted upon by the
planter. This proposition was first suggested
by the Register, of this city. The New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce has the matter under
consideration, and we learn that tbe Mobile
Board ot Trade take up the question at its next
monthly meeting. Northern circulars are con
stantly calling attention to these movements
and seem prepared lo see the policy adopted
throughout the South. Tbe planter can settle
the question by a line to his commission mer
chant, and we are clearly of the opinion that it
should be done at once.
A Citizen op Frankfort Dibs with Hy
drophobia.—About three months ago Mr.
John J. Sargent, a worthy and Industrious citi
zen of this place, received a bite from a small
dog running about his meat store, which at
tracted no attention and created no alarm be
cause of it healing kindly and well. Feeling
quite unwell last Saturday night, he summoned
a physician, who, at the time, upon the most
careful examination, could not decide the char
acter of his disease. He told the friends of his
family that he feared some terrible outbreak of
brain disease, and began a treatment to arrest
it if possible. A few hours later the disease
was perfectly developed, with the fearfully hor
rid symptoms which render the mistaking it
for anything else impossible. At every effort
to gratify his raging thirst, he was seized with
constriction of the throat and fearful spasms,
requiring the assistance of several persons to
hold him, until at last the dread of swallowing
made him refuse everything offered him. Dur
ing the continuance of the attack he made no
effort to injure any of the many persons who
surrounded him. He often assured them he
would do them no harm, and avoided kissing
his own children, for icar he might communi
cate the disease to them. Altogether, It was a
distressing and painful sight. The terror in
dicated in his lace, the brilliant and protruding
eye, the agonizing convulsions and loud erics
for help, drew tears from many of the by
standers.
Although it was well known that no treat
ment would cure him, he was attended by most
of our medical men and visited by many sym
pathizing citizens, who contributed all that the
profession or the ministration of friends could
offer for relief. He was perfectly rational, ex
cept in the short intervals when the convul
sions were upon him, and died on Sunday
niirht, about 25 hours after having been first
taken. —Frankfort Yeoman.
An Old Man Shot by His Son.—Last Satur
day our community was thrown into an in
tense excitement by the murder of John R.
Key and the shooting of Moses Given, about a
mile from this city. The killing was done by
youug John Key, a son to the murdered man,
with a pistol, in the afternoon. The scene of
the tragedy was in the house of John R. Key,
at present rented and oecupicd by Mr. Moses
Givens, and the circumstances connected with it,
as near as we can learn, are these: On Satur
day, Mr. John R. Key had been down to the
city, and having but one good leg, was driven
out to Mr. Givens’, where he was boarding,
by his son Dick, iu a buggy. When they
reached their destination, John met them and
held the horse, while Dick helped his lather
from the buggy. Mr. Key made his way into
the house and took a seat in the silting room,
where there were five or six ladies, some of
whom belonged to the. family of Mr. Givens,
the others being visitors. I-Ie had not been
long Id the house before John came and peep
ed in at the door and quickly withdrew, return
ing rapidly with a pistol in bis hand, with
which be fired upon his father. He then shot
Mr. Givens and surrendered, and was taken to
jail. The old gentleman had broken up house
keeping and rented his farm to Mr. Givens, to
which the boys, John and Dick, very seriously
and indignantly objected. They wanted the
father to keep the iarm and let them cultivate
it, and sought by various threats to compel
him to do so. One years’ lease had just ex
pired, and the evening of the mnrder was set
apart by Messrs. Key and Givens to reduce to
writing the contract for another year. To pre
vent this was the murdering done.
f Maysville ( Ky .) Sun, March 17 th.
Terrible Affray in Jackson County.—
A gentleman who came in on the Pacific train
last night informs ds of a terrible and fatal
affray which occurred on Wednesday evening,
in the town pf Pink Hill, eighteen miles from
Independence, the particulars of which he
heard from reliable sources in Kansas City yes
terday.
Four men, named respectively Gardner,
Lewis* Keislcr and St. Clair —the latter an old
man—were in company, when an altercation
sprang up between the two first named abont,
ah old debt, which culminated in a fight, in
which Gardner shot Lewis in the arm, and then
retreated to a barn closo-by, followed by the
three others, all armed, who cither desired to
arrest or wreak vengeance upon him. Gard
ner, once in the barn, told the others that if
they approached he would shoot them. Firing
commenced on both sides, the three men, mean
while, nearing the barn. Kelsler was wounded
in the breast, it was supposed mortally. St.
Clair received a shot in the arm, breaking it.
Gardner, after being hit by a ballet in a vital
spot, foil and expired, when the three men
gathered around and p-jt several bullets into his
body, even after he was dead.
Great excitement existed in the neighborhood
in consequence of the tragedy. Our informant
was not aware that any arrests had been made.
f St. Louis Democrat, With.
Terrible Death.—A man named Clark was
burnt to death about seven miles from Purdy,
a few nights ago, says the Bolivar (Tenn.) Bul
letin. It seems that Clark and a companion
were playing cards on the night of the latal oc
currence, and that they retired at rather a late
hour. Subsequently they were aroused from
slumber by the roaring of the burning building,
which had taken fire from some unknown
cause, and both rnshed for a point of safety.—
Clark, in his hurry, forgot some six or seven
hundred dollars which be had placed under the
head of bis bed, and, after getting clear of the
dangers, went back to the room for bis money.
As he stepped into the room, the floor, which
had been burning from beneath for some time,
suddenly gave way, aod he wm thus plunged
into a of fire. His body wss burnt to a
crisp.
A number of versifiers live well in New
York by supplying graveyard poetry to people
who hate been bereaved of their friends and
relatives by death. They carefully peruse the
newspaper obituary columq every day, and
select from it tbo places of death where they
Imagine a lew dollars can be made by writing
rhymes to soothe the feelings, or flatter the
vanity of tender-hearted survivor*. The price
ot one o! these sympathetic effusions is often
:as low as twenty-Ave cents, and seldom higher
than ten dollars.
vJJv T ~ ° CLiSS r * N * w roßK.—The
New York 7,mu, of the 17th, give, the follow
ing table as the aggregate rate of wages per
week commanded by the female working class
of that city.
Actresses . ...
Artificial flower workers... « nn
Artists y g w
Ballet dancers K
Book folders .V Ron
Book sewers \ SS
Bookbinders !.!.”*!.! 10 00
Compositors no
Designers io
woo
Sr ?S8
Fur trimmers ' 800
Hairdressers '. g oo
Hatters 8 00
Hoop skirt makers 7 00
J ewe lers 900
Lecturers'.
Mantua makers 7 on
Milliners 7 00
Paper box makers 5 00
Paper colar makers., 5 00
Photograph mounters 8 00
Physicians __
Saleswomen 8 00
School teachers 10 00
Sculptors
Seamstresses 4 50
Servants, household, (with b0ard).....! 2 50
Shoe fitters 9 00
Silver burnishers. 8 00
Singers . ’
Telegraph operators ” 10 00
Toy painters 8 00
Umbrella makers '' ” 700
Wood engravers 10 00
The Number Nine.—The number ulna pos
sesses some remarkable properties, if the
nine digits, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, he added to
gether the sum will be 45, which is equal to 5
times 9, and the sum ol the digits of their 6um,
4 and 5, is 9. If any number is subtracted from
another having the same digits in a different
order, the remainder wifi be divisible by 9, and
tile sum of the digits of the remainder will also
be divisible by 9.
Subtracting 2967634 from 7364429, there re
mains 4416795, which is equal to 9 times
490955. The sum of tbe digits, 4,4, 1,6, 7,9,
5, is 36, which is divisible by 0.
If any number be multiplied by 9, the sum
of the digits, or figures, of the product will be
divisible by 9. 9 times 48780186 is 894021215;
the sum of the digits of this product is 27, a
multiple of 9. The solutions of a number of
interesting arithmetical puzzles depend upon
the above properties of 9.
If a number be subtracted from another hav
ing the same digits in a different order, and one
of tbe digits of the remainder erased, it can be
found in the iollowing manner : Add together
the figures of the remainder that are left, di
vide the sum by 9, subtract the figure that re
mains after dividing by 9 from 9, and this last
remainder will be the digit, or figure sought.—
If there is no remainder, 0 or 9 was erased.
Ask someone to write down a number and
subtract from it another, composed of the same
digits in a different order, without letting you
see cither of them. Tell him you want all the
figures of the remainder but obo. By the above
rule you can soon find the figure you have not
seen. The feat will appear quite mysterious to
the uninitiated.
Here is an example: Subtracting 156324 from
23145?, the remainder is 75132. The sum of
the figures 7, 5,1, 3, is 16. Divide 16 by 9, we
have a remainder of 7 ; 7 from 9 leaves 2, the
other figure. I could tell you about a great
many more of these “tricks with uumbers,”
but I must stop writing, or my “piece’’will
be too long.— The Little Chief.
A Man with a Live Snake in his Stomach.
—On Saturday afternoon Policeman H. M.
Bailey arrested n man named David Gravel for
being drunk, but developments made on Sun
day prove him to be the victim of a terrible ca
lamity, and a sufferer whose story must awaken
the sympathies of all who read it.
Something over two years ago, while travel
ing in the interior of the State, he stopped at a
spring by the road side to get a drink of water,
and swallowed a small snake. Since that time
the reptile has grown considerably, and during
the past year has subjected the unfortunate
man to unheard of sufferings, and the only
means of relief he has ever been able to find Is
to drink large quantities of liquor, which seem
to render the snake torpid for a time. He' is
confined to the most rigid diet, being unable to
dr'mk milk or coffee, or eat anything but the
dryest kind of food. Whenever he oversteps
this rule the snake rises in his throat and
chokes him, and the same result is visible when
he fasts an unusually long time.
On Sunday, while Gravel was in jail, his cries
attracted the attention of the turnkey, who,
upon going to his assistance, found him waik
irg up and down in the ward in which he was
confined, violently beating bis breast, in order,
as he said, to keep the snake from rising in his
throat. His sufferings were so intense, and of
such a strange natnre, that the sympathies of
Sheriff Patton were aroused, and an investiga
tion of the c ase was made. Tbe man’s story
was satisfactorily corroborated, and be was per
mitted to go home. Tbe matter was brought
to the notice of Justice Stoll yesterday morn
ing, who also Investigated it, and finding it evi
dently true, formally discharged him. He has
been an inmate of St. Mary’s Hospital, and will
soon go to Buffalo, where he will be operated
upon with a view to removing tbe snake from
his Btomach. There are several well anthenti
cated cases of this character on record, and
there is every reason to believe that this is one
of theta.—Detroit Free Press.
Velocipedinarium. —A new name and a
new machine, for running on -railroad tracks,
in the velocipede line, arrived yesterday after
noon at this city, from Litchfield. Mr. C. E.
Benton, master mechanic at the Terre Hante
Railroad machine shop in Litchfield, is the in
ventor and patentee. The machine carries two
passengers, and it is proposed to add a seat tor
, one or two more. The construction fs quite
simple. There are four wbseis, two in front,
four teet in diameter, with foot cranks on each
side; two in the rear, two feet in diameter, and
the whole of them connected together with a
light iron lrame work. The wheels are flanged
the same as railroad wheels, and the velocipe
dinarium is about the shape and eizo of a com
mon railroad hand-car. It weighs 300 pounds.
The scats tor the riders are in the rear of the two
Iront wheels. Mr. Benton was accompanied
by a gentleman who resides in Litchfield, and
they made the trip in about six boars, meeting
with only two accidents. On the way they ran
into a hand-car, and used it up, bat sustained
no injury to themselves or machine. They
also ran off the track, by the shifting of a
switch, but soon got on again. The beet time
made was between Bethalto and Junction* a
distance of four and a quarter miles, which
they made in sixteen minutes. Mr. Benton
has left his veloeipedlnariam at the Indianapo
lis round house, where it is the intention to
have a seat made and placed on the frame
work between the front and back wheels, for
the use of road masters or other railroad offi
cers who have business over the road, and
have two laborers to ride back of the driving
wheels and do the leg work, where there are
comfortable cushioned seals for them, and a
band rail in front to hold on to ae to balance
themselves. — St. Louis Democrat, With.
“ Figures can’t lie," says the arithmetician.
“You can’t say that of woman’s figures in
these days,” responds the slanderous dress
maker.
An irritable man having been disappointed
in his boots, threatened to chaw up the shoe
maker, but compromised by drinking a cob
bler.
A correspondent thinks that one of the most;
surprising feats of the last administration wan
ol getting Mudd out of Dry Tortagas.
“ Mother this book tells about the angry 1
waves of tbe oceac. Now, what makes the ,
ocean get angry F’ “Because It has been cross
ed so ollen, my *00."
One who has lost tremendously, says that
the old saw, “ Exchange Is no robbery,” must
bare been Invented before tiin stock exchange
existed. v
1 v *l°cipbd» Story.—“ Professor ”
•o-cafied. who has been running a
p e rink at Waterbury for a few weeks
;P" ! a ? d ‘“ereby filling his pocket with filthv
Mhifion' Bt * rm J. De and ?» “ grand winding up ex'
hrW wL Sat “ rd »y evening, which should
bring him more lucre and much lame. So the
Professor got out flaming hand bilia an
,bat Mißa Clar « Louise Warren, the
champion Boston velocipedist, would appear
on her favorite bide, and on Friday sold out
his iutereat in the rink, retaining possession till
Saturday night. On Saturday night the “ Pro
fessor shaved off bis moustache and whiskers,
took the cars for Plainville, where he donoed
female apparel, with waterfall and pastier, and
returned to Waterbury in the evening, taking
rooms at Jthe Adams House. The rink was
crowded with people to see tbe female rider,
appointed time, the charming
Mi6s Warren made her appearance, at
tired in a nobby suit, half zou zou and half
vivandiere. She rode side-saddle, and the
crowd cheered; she rode man-fashion, and the
crowd cheered harder; she put one leg over the
handle, and the crowd were intoxicated with
cheering. « She rides mighty well,” said a man
with side whiskers. “ What a splendid form!”
squeaked a tali, consumptive-looking man with
flaxen hair. “ She’s very good looking!” roar
e“ *a taller, savage individual. And then they
all cheered once more, and everybody felt hap-
P y -, After the show concluded she returned to
the hotel, and at midnight a carriage came iu
haste and bore her away from the scenes of
her late triumph. It was a complete sell, and
very well managed. The Professor, nee Miss
Warren, departed from Waterbury like a thief
in the night, leaving a large board bill unpaid,
and taking with him a snug little sum as the
fruits of his deception.— Hartford Courant.
A Tragedy in Canada.—Great excite
ment has been caused in Montreal by the kill
ing of Ensign Whitaker, of the British army,
by young Chaloner, on Wednesday. Whitaker
seduced Miss Chaloner last August, after hav
ing first put her under the influence of chloro
form. A few weeks ago he promised to marry
her to save her from disgrace, but subsequently
refused. Her father then went to a Justice of
the Peace and instituted n suit against Whitta
ker for rape. Tbe girl was sent for and her
deposition was taken. While this was going
on the brother entered, and learned for the
first time of his sister’s disgrace. He immedi
ately left and aimed himself with a revolver,
and learning that Ensign Whittaker was at the
skating rink, went there and fired a shot at
him, saying at the same time, “ You know what
that wasMor.” Tbe first shot missed, and as
the officer was muking a rush toward him to
seize the revolver, he fired again, the ball enter
ing the temple. Chaloner was immediately ar
rested, and now lies in jail. The almost unan
imous verdict is that the officer was served
right. The Chaloner family are highly respect
able, and the son is not of a quarrelsome dispo
sition, and is but sixteen years of agq. Ensign
Whittaker at last accounts was still alive, but
insensible. Tbe brain oozes from the wound,
and recovery is impossible.
A correspondent of the Toronto L'.ader . giv
ing au account of the inquest upon the body ol
the late ensign, Whittaker, killed by tbe brother
of a young lady he had betrayed, adds: “ WblL
taker’s conduct in London, Out., was only
known to tbe parents of the prisoner early in
January last. It then was publicly stated that
a young lady in London whom Whittaker had
seduced, bad run away from her parents and
was staying at Russel’s Hotel. Whittaker was
then ordered from visiting Chaloncr’s. Whit
taker and others visited the quarters of the
young lady at Russel’s Hotel, but after three
days’ residence in tbe. hotel she was ordered to
leave. She accordingly did so. Finally the
poor creature, broken-hearted, fled to the
1 Manchostcr House,’ where the ‘ Gllchen ’
work occurred. She was taken home a fort
night afterwards by her father and brother. A
demand was made at the citadtl gate by tho
brother to see Whittaker personally, but he
was not to be found.”
Singular Attempt at Suich^b,— An ac
count of a singular attempt 'at suicide, by a
woman, is given in the St. Paul Times, as fol
lows :
On Thursday morning, between eight and
nine o’clock, Major Von Minden, who resides
m tbe Fourth Ward, wont out to bis well to
draw a bucket of water. Tbe well is fully
sixty feet deep, and tbe water is drawn up by
an ordiuary windlass and bucket.
When the bucket began to risq from tbe
water, Major V. found it incredibly heavy—ten
times as heavy as usual. He was surprised at
this, but determined to see what was the cause,
tugged away at the windlass. Being blessed
with a stout musefe, he slowly wound up. the
rope. As the bucket reached the top, Major
Von Minden was surprised to see the baud of
a human being clinging to tbe ropo. He almost
let go bis bold in his surprise—but was enabled
lo continue the hauling process. Soon another
hand appeared, then the head of a woman with
her long disheveled hair dripping with water,
and her garments saturated with cold fluid.
Here was a genuine sensation, but Major
Von Mindon did not stop to wonder over it.—
He only reached over the well-box, and grasp
ing the hulf-drowuing woman, drew her safely
out ou ierra firma. She was found half dead
and too benumbed to spoak, bnt after, being
thawed out by the stove, managed lo explain
the singular occurrence.
She was found to be a Bohemian woman,
about thirty years ol age, who resides in the
neighborhood. She was married a few months
ago, but some of her neighbors having slander
ed her good name, it annoyed her so that she
resolved to commit suicide. She says she
jumped into Major V.’a well at 13 o’clock the
night previous, head foremost, bnt tbe water
was not acep enough to drown her, and after
staying in the well all night, concluded to get
oat tbe next morning at the first cbance. The
well is very narrow, and it is singular she did
not receive fatal injuries in the downward pas
sage, but sho only cut her ankle slightly.
Taken altogether, it was a most singular oc
currence, and it is a wonder the woman was
not killed or she did not perish in the cold wa
ter.
The Rothschilds Dissatisfied with their
Parts House.— The Rothschilds are said td be
dissatisfied With the management of their Paris
house since the death of old Baron James.—
His two sons arc m nos little ability, and they
arc said to have made several rnlnons specula
tions. Nearly all of the old employees of the
firm bavd been discharged since Baron James'-
death. Some ntrange discoveries have been
made in regard to 1 the charities of the bid
Baron. n« frequently Subscribed for benevo
lent purposes large sums, with the understand
ing that he should be called upon to pay only
n part of the same. He often complained of
the exorbitant snms he had to pay for clerk
hire. He took but two or three dally papers,
and the man who read tbe Dews of the day to
him every morning had to subscribe for as
many, and bring them along to Rothschild’s
house. He never wore watches, rings or any
othei kind of jewelry. At the dinner table he
drank cheap wine, and he often scolded his
children for drinking ehampagne and other
expensive wines. There was bnt one person
at whose expenses he did not gromhle, and
that was his Wife. When called upon by per
sons who wanted him to contribute handsome
ly to some charitable purpose, he often “ came
ddVn” only upon being told that. If be should
not give anything, bis wife would be applied
to. He knew that she would contribute liber
ally, and se he subscribed a handsome sum,
bnt usually a little less than be thought she
would have given. He Was a compound of.
miserly and spendthrift habits. He always
made a fuss with bis shoemaker, who present
ed bis nnnnal bill to blm, but he did not even
wince wbch bis agents asked him fnf twenty
thousand francs to purchase some work of art.
I He was very proud of his sagacity as an art
critic and connoisseur, but he wns cheated so
! often In tbe purchase of pictures, statues,
medals, Ac., that one-half tbe work of art in
hit galleries are said to be worthless. He had I
1 the most Implicit confidence In old Charles
Fillet, tbe auctiooner of works of art, bnt M.
Fillet, it It thought, often abased this confi
dence and palmnd worthies* trumpery on tbs
trusting Baron.
In Nnw York, lubion has decreed that brides
stall reside oun year with their parents.
News Items.
Bismarck's daughter is to be married shortly.
London is blessed with over 152,000 paupers.
Berlioz, the compocer, is dead, aged 66.
Npw Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts
fast 00 April Bth.
Methodist conferences are being held in all
parts of the country.
.?J J ve , lve ‘ « k aH-cap« are the fashion for
bald heads In Beecher’s church.
Anew cotton factory is to be erected In New
Orleans to ron 10,000 spindles.
is said to be prevalent In the
There are 677 trades Onions and 79,309 mem
oers.
Indians and horse thieves have been plying
their avoeations in Lampasas, Texas.
Consumption is much less fatal now in Mas
sachusetts than it was fifteen years ag<^
Ex-Queen Emma, ot the Sandwich Islands,
has bought a fine team in San Fraqctsco.
A minister In Mitchell county, Ga., says that
the 1 forbidden fruit” that Eve partook of and
gave to Adam was—tobacco!
A man who passed twenty-four hours In the
New York sewers, emerged with a bag foil of
watches, jewelry and other valuables.
Rev. H. W. Beecher’s wife makes 15,000 a
year “ pin money ” by editing “ Mother at
Home."
A Wisconsin legislative committee has re
ported unanimously in fevor of the re-enact
ment of the death penalty for murder.
An Illinois railway is getting freight cars
built on which is painted “ From Ocean to
Ocean—No Transfer.”
The Governor of North Carolina knows
which side of his bread is buttered, and he is
Holden on to the Radical party for a purpose.
There is a three-year old colt fn Rlchmona,
Va., that was foaled without a tail, and has
nono now. «
A wedding present at a’recent marriage in
Ohio was $30,000 in bonds, stocks and green
backs. -
A negro holds a title to 800 acres of the land
on which San Francisco now stands, and offers
tenants “ liberal terms.”
Tim French custom returns show that two
hundred thousand dollars worth of velocipedes
have been exported this year.
Loudon is discussing the means of getting
across the channel, whether by bridge, tunnel,
ferry or balloon.
Tho Governor of Pennsylvania has issued a
warrant for the execution of Lewis Lane, a
wife murderer, on the 29th of April. The
murder was committed in Allegheny county.
Several expeditions from the United States,
well supplied with arms, are known to have
lauded on the Cuban shores within the past
few days, and joined the rebel armies. '
Parshall & Sehaustln, private bankers, ot
Buffalo, New York, have failed. Liabilities,
•40,000; assets, $4,000.
Notwithstanding the oivil law has been re
stored in Crittenden county, Arkansas, the
militia are yet committing many outrages, rob
bing and plundering indiscriminately.
The Memphis Appeal's Little Rock special
says the negro. Major Tatum, was hanged
Thursday for the murder of the Rev. Mr. Mor
rill, a few weeks since.
Both th'e loyalists and the Insurgents of Cuba
are appealing to the people of thfe country.
One wishes to be let albne ; the other wishes
to be let a loan.
St, Louis has had a fox hunt, In which the
fox was brought on the field in a barrel and
started by leading him across tho fields by a
chain around his neck.
It was a cate rogue who having stolen a
horse and carriage, borrowed money of a Litch
field, Conn., county sheriff with which to pur
sue an imaginary thief.
Discipline is maintained in the youDger fe
male department of ’the Hamburg penitentiary
by dressing any offender in the aostume of an
old woman and sending her to the aged ward.
In a church not fnr lrom this city, the ladies,
having recarpcted it, have put up a notice re
questing all gentlemen who chew tobacco to
“ leave their mouths at the door.”
A member of the Legislature of Indiana is
reported to have bonght a plow with bis “ sta
tionery," and a silk d|gss for his wife with his
allotment of “postage stamps.”
In the University of Virginia there ore in nil
452 student*, of whom 13 are from South Caro
lina, 37 from North Carolina, and 34 from
Georgia.
The Maine Legislature has passed a law im
posing SIOO fine, or one year’s imprisonment,
on any person who, by design or carelessness,
injures baggage.
A hook entitled “ The Bloody Junto, or the
Escapo of John Wilkes Booth,” from the pen
of an Arkanslan, Capt. R. H. Crozler, late of the
Southern army, and author of the “Confederate
Bpy," is to be published at Little Rock, Arkan
sas, shortly.
Statistics of the recent English elections show
that the Marquis of Hartington paid $7 a piece
for each vote be received. John Bright got In
cheaply, paying only about 25 cents for each of
bis votes.
A family of colored persons in Washington
couflty, Kentucky, have recovered a valuable
estate, which was left to them by Mr. Alsop, of
Mississippi. The case was argned by distin
guished Counsel.
David Young, a colored Radical preacher in
Natchez, Miss., has been committed to jail
Upon u charge of dealing. The stolen property
was found in his possession. David was one
of tho principal Radical leaders in tho City of
the Bluffs.
A flying machine, it announced, has recent
ly been invented by a citizen of Harrisburg,
Pa., and the model Is said to exhibit great in
genuity. Tbe wings are fifteen feet in length
each, and together will cover 900 square feet of
surface.
“ There Is Garden In Her Face,” is the title
of a poem going Die rounds of the press, said
to have lcen written in 1606. “There is a
wheat crop in licr free,” should be the title of
a poem written, in 1869, judging lrom tbe quan
tities of flour displayed on ladies’ physiogno
mies.
Mrs. Brigham Young and party are still in
-Chicago. They received invitations to various
places of amusement, and have acoeptcd sev
eral. Mrs. Yenng is übout 26 years of age, ac
complished and of pleasant manners. Miss
Nettie Young, daughter of Brigham, is a young
lady of about 17 years. The party are on their
way to Washington to have an interview with
tbe President In regard to the Ogden and Salt
Lake Railroad, of which Joseph Yonng, son of
Brigham, and one of tbe party, is superintend
ent.
Oh flatnrday a negro woman was murdered
by a man of her own color, °n the Nashville
and Decatur Road, near (be State line. On
Sunday, shout one hundred negroes armed
themselves, and, hearing that the negro was on
board tbe southward-bound train, stopped it,
aod, placing,* guard on the outside, searched
it from one end to tbe other, bnt without find
log tbe guilty party. It has not been ascer
tained whether the baqd of armed darkies be
longed to the Ku Klnx organization or not.
Sc,tan chairs, it is stated, have recently been
brought lutd use in Paris for ladies. Four of
these old fashioned vehicles were, a short time
ago, to be seen at the re*peetive door* of ladle*
of the highest fashion. Up to this time the
sedan chairs have only been used for going to
church, and for short morning visit*. A ape
dal toilet has been Invented for this sort of
conveyance, consisting of a black mantilla,
trimmed with guipnre, (gimp lace), and the
costume is called sortie tTeghee.
A Coolie on a plantation on tbe North const
of Pern, was denied some request of his, end
in revenge be at night took a butcher knife and
murdered seven person*—tbe proprietor, the
wife, her aged mother, and four dcfenseleM
little children. In tbe morning, when every
one wm found weltering in their blood, tbe
public Indignation ran to tucb a pitch that the
Chinaman was taken out Into tbo nubile square,
tlnd to an iron pout and saturated with turpen
tine. Thun, Id fail view ol nil the Chinamen,
ho wm burned np alive nt hi* fiery post.
The Castaway
»r JEAN INOELOW.,
There was oaoe a cutaway
Ac J she wu weeping, weeping bitterly;
Kneeling and cry:ng with a heart *Uk cry.
That choked iteel in eobs, "Out gcod name I
O my good nSme !” and none did hbkr her ere
Nat; snd it lightened, and the storm bolts fell,
And the rain splashed upon the roof, and still
She, atorm-tossed as the stormy elements,
She cried with an exceeding bitter cry,
“O my good name I” And then the thunder-cloud
Stooped low and burs' in darkheu overhead,
and rocked her on her knees, and shook
The trail foundation of her dwelling-place ;
Bat she—if any neigh bot had come in—
Jjope did— it any neighbor had come ii». ;* y
He might have seen her cryingoo her knees.
And •obbintr, “ Lost, lost,lost!” beating her hreoei—'
Her breast foiever pricked with crael thorns,
* * # • # • •
O ye good women t it is hard to leave T
rce paths of virtue imd return
What if this sinner wept, and none of you
Comforted her; and what if »ho did strive
To mend, and none oi yon believed her atrife.
Nor looked upon her I A
_ But I beseech
x our patience. Once, in old Jerusalem,
A women kneeled at consecrated feet,
Kissed them and washed them with her tears.
What then t
I think that yet her Lord is pitiful ;
I think I see the castaway e’en now t
And she is not alone; the heavy rein
Splssea without, and sullen thunder rolls,
But she is lying at the sacred feet
Os One transfigured.
.... And bet tears flow down,
Down to her lips—her firs that kiss thferint J
Os nails, and love is like to break her heart—
Love and repentance; for It atill doth work
Bora in her soul to think, to thlak that she,
Sven she, aid pierce the sacred, sacred feet,
And bruised the thorn-crowned head. n .
_ . , _ O Lord, our Lord I
How great is thy compassion I
No God.
“NoGoil No God i” The simplest flower '
That on the wild is found,
Bhrinka as it frinks its cup of dew,
And tremMes at the sound.
“No God "—astonished eeho cries
From out her cavern hoar.
And every wandering bird that files
Reproves the Atbelst’i lore.
The eolemn forest lifts its head,
The Almighty tq proclaim;
The brooklet, on its orystal urn,
Doth, leap to grave his name.
How swells the deep and vengetal sea.
Along bis billowy track,
The red Vesuvius opes hts mouth
To hurl the falsehood back.
The palm-tree, with Os princely erest,
The oocoa’a leafy shade,
The bread-fruit, bending to Its load,
In yon fair island glade:
The winged seeds, that, borne by winds,
The roving sparrows feed;
The melon on tho desert sands
Conf&ts the seorner’s creod.
“No God I" with indignation light
The fervent sun is stirred, f.
And tho pale moon tarns paler still
At sugh an impious word;
And from their burning thrones the star*
Look dbwn with angry eyo,
That thus a warm of dost should mock
Eternal Majesty,
The Last Tear I Shed.
BY MRB. M K. B.
The lost tear I shed was the warm one that fell.
As I listened to thee, dear Mother, and bade (hew
farewell:
When I saw the deep anguish improv'd on thy fsoaf
And felt, for tho last time, a Mother’s embrace;
And heard thy choked accen’s, Impassioned ana wild,.
God bless thee, forever, God bless thoc, my child.
I thought of my childhood, thy kindness to me,
When youngest and dearest, I sat on thy knos;
Os thy love to me ever so strongly expressed,
As I grew up to womanhood, unconscious how blest;
Os thy praises when right, and th; ohldingt when
wrong, „ •
While wayward with passions unyielding and strong.
I thought of thy counsels, unheeded or spurned,
As mirth had enlivened, or nngcr had burned;
And bow, when by sickness ali helpless I fay,
Thou dld'st nurse me and soothe me by night and by
How rauci I bad been both by thv sorrow and smilet;
And my feelings o’erflowed, and I wept like a child.
Years,years of endurance have vanish’d and now,
There Is pain in my heai t, there Is oars on my brow ;
The visions of hope and of fancy are gone,
And oheerless I travel fife’s pathway alone;
Alone, yes alone I though some kind ones there be,
There are none here to love me, to love me like the*.
Mv Mother, dear Mother, cold-hearted they deem,
Thy offspring, but oh I [am not as I seem;
Though calmly and tearless, all changes I bear,
Gould they look In my bosom, the feeling is there.
And now, sad and lonely, as memory recalls,
Thy blessing at patting, again tho tear falls.
Cuba. V W*
BY A. R. WATSON.
Down tbe street of brave Havana
Vivas swart are flowing;
Breaths, with semblance of hosanna,
Into sound* ars growing.
Tropic Isis, she feels and sees
Freedom's son upon her seas; '
Hears her voice on every breeze;
And the warmth she feels—
Queen of the Antilles-!
’Tis not tbe insurgents’ clamor,
Viva has its meaning,
For a crown’s departing glamour
From her head is leaning.
And tho sounds from o’er the seas,
Biding on tbe ocean breett,
Like oelestial harmonies.
As She hears and facls-
Queen of tho Antilles!
Hopes are rising in her bosom;
Faith to- fact is growing;,. .
Bitter hud may bear a blossom
Sometimes worth the blowing ;
Sometime*, throbbing ’cross the seas,
Hounds that soem like harm role*,
May, perchance, be prophecies ;
Blessed be whp feels—
Queen of the Antilles I
Viva / Shout it loud, Havana I
•Julian lips may about It;
Spam your rapt hosanna;
She’ll not dare to flout ft:
Bond your message o’er the seas,
Throbblog on the East bound breeze;
TeU her Cuba hears rad sees—
Freedom’s might she feels—
Queen of tbe Antilles I
Send your lhst adiot Eastward,
Thundering on the ocean ;
Words of eboering from the Wbstward
Is not vain commotion;
For the sounds from o’er tbe eeas
Bear a meaning on ths breeze;
Freedom chsnts her harmonies;
OnbA hears and feels—
Queen of ttie-AntPles.
■ n- m-
Tbe Neglected Grave.
BY LUCY H. HOOPER.
The storm of grief has lore since died away,
Hearts ceased to ache and fruitless tears to flow;
Behold the grave, uirvlstted, undecked,
Forgotten I ’Twee so many years ago.
The rank grass waves in unmolested pr'de,
Untrodden now by loving pilgrim feet;
The vagrant roeebusn, only, on the metmd
Lays fnneral Tributes of its blossoms sweet.
Over tbe headstone creeps the hiding not*
Blotting the graven word* with Ungers slow;
Tbe wandering vine there hangs, unchecked Its veil—
None seek to read tbe mournful record now.
Who slumbers there V Ho answer from the stone ;
No mourners near give tender, sad reply;
The echoes knew the name one*; bnt the btreeae
Bears on response upon Us passing sigh.
This grave once darkened eaith tor many hearts ;
Life lost Its lnstre and the ran its gold;
And woefnl weepers walled, “ Console us, Death I
Earth bolds no consolation." How, heboid 1
Forgotten 1 By the death-bed stands Despair;
Then comes* s; nee of agony rad weeping ;
And than the world goes on, file mourner* Mill*,
And Joy awake*, although tbe loved lie sleeping.
Ah, loving God I that bring’et Tlme’e healing balm
To bruised hearts that rise would break with seo»
That grams soft slumbers to ths night of Grist,
Ana sends the splendo sos anew to-morrow.
Thou didst not will It so Wist ws should wrap 1
Over deer grave* toreveread forever;
’TUThou that whlreereet tenderly, • Some day,
When we In anguish cry, Ah, never I never r»
Her do we *ll target, when kindly lime
-ta&gsgßnu.
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