Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 March 1870 — Page 1

POETRY.

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TBM TWO WORKER. Two worken in one fi !d ToQai im from rlav to da?, dl bad the -:me hard labor, Ikuli had lie rnni.- -ma'.i pay ; "'h 'he same blue :-kv above. The famo irretu --as leluw, if in ill wn fail or lore. The otV.ur lull of woe. ÜB leniK-d np with the !i?ht. ith the soaring or the lark: I'm reit i ever night. r ru -onl w:;s ever dark; One heart wa hard a -tone, On i hr.-r wav Ter t-av: Om work d ihm ij v i groan. Uae whistled all the day.

had a flowpr-rlail cot Bat id a merry mill, Wiii- and rhtldrei 1 i :.r ;he snot M .--t-r. lit-r r -till ; ) ,i wrnched hoe' h id. Full oi i:: eoid. din ai.'.i din. N wonder ht iwacd mid. Wie itui children Starved with is. Stil 'l ev worked ;n fhfl SSM Hold. I' ' (1 .n frem rtav o riav B .rt hid The mm hard labor. Both had The MUM MMil pny; Bui f ey work -d no- with UM will. The reason e BM tell I' ih ore drank at the BtlQL T,ie etb T ar Ti e VB. MISCELLANEOUS, HE B0DY-S3 rCHCRS. " Thkiu:'s very abm-i. i. mate l that knows mora .ITS tlmfl I do." Bsld v ce. v. hep yon t ilk about Vni now, it. m on hr h am Mi e 'em ' nearsay ; out I have li en Tiic nenker was a tall, rriz- ? lJ .!i a rough pilot jacket; an 1 havm - r.-n, he drew IOM whiff's from Iiis .1 rann ,ipe, and no one referring again to iK'l -et. V dr ; d. It was m front or ; 1. It was (!! i,ic - the rire Bella I heard this, . ariti a friend, had ealled hr a glan of V, one dnaty arming fawl suminor A. groop of nen were there, all akin, in t i r attire and aspect, to the cmdc I have ntioecd. I caught np the words, and haTiakg read mueh ahoajt these " reurrrc-tionl-N," ;,nd often wxajdeicd what sort of men they w . to. I then f-. re waited until the pewter measures of the group had i drained, and the men begin to drop oil. My particular man tu the last one to depart and, indeed, he did not offer In leave tranH he had felt sadly but unavailinly in every pocket. Jut ns he i to m out I spoke, and asked him Kfk confd s;.;lre half an hour with a ooo teof i tr.iniTT.- who wanted a little gossip before Iter resumed their walk. He aha i h ehrllly enongh that he was at "ur i vie -, .-ilthon-li he w;is afraid he waaatt ü; company fc tie jjg 0f u? Being nnt at 1: eise on this point, he I s'i owed ii" further in .Station, l)it followed M into the little o.'.ror, ar.d, with a gla and pipe refilled, listened, to my requfst . tin in- wowtd uil u- aonaethin nboiu tuO boiiy -n atcheRi. Mm ee, geaU," esaaaaawoed HoWrt Turr, ;i. t-.r .-urh, he had Aon informed nras his name, " that fa-ead-thirty or : ' go y forty-thin .n were I v. rv on! rent rn i. ... nnw i iue rn 1 nil lei. In t r.it . , - - b . .M.ur pooce, ami not over mueii at. a .01 ? imps and Chai!v as we um 4 to f ill the watchmen wn m not of hnch use. And the law haa iSmm herd to. i.i boom way tliat I don't un- '' inj, and Ik ere is bo occasion to steal . a uiea ont of ehnrchyarda, They need to he churchyards then, but now you have - T cemeteries i verytvlure. Do you think that ceaseteries are us good in Hw as ehnrchyarda " We assured hi:n t,f " - i on 'his point, l.ut he batd us 1 the air of a man who. while uncm- ;. . t, ooes not ;. em it polity to u mj mainnun nra potni too stobhorni n U ,' he ooptinned, "tlr" uAt any was a aood .' : 01 money made r ; : -i-iys hymen h.i mnnlii d flu. I t . ... -i-i ..ipna's, anu tiiev ran all sorts ol risks to get the boaJee--of doctors called cm and Were P Hsiy rv if they were eauchl I i' V T In :. und um nf idtviAr k(aa I linlsId f ir buying these bodiea, which aother thing 1 never could under Vrad; and don't think that, anyhow, holds good in law. Lor blesa you! you nt think what a atir there used to be. I m M ; v. ry comnion thing for people to . Bp tor a week or two, ami watch the gi ivea ol th ir friends, eapeciaBy if they : I v nncrumon disease, or if I at range c:rt had been seen about. It w as aoflMierfnl, genta, what a lot of anapi :ion v. as always raised if a atnutgecart ws set i! anywhere, and it wa. through their tr ina I I get ova t'nis, that 1 came o be B&cifl o the body-tnatchers. " I wa a htltearafl then, ar.d am now, and I have Worked nearly all the time - ' OB tiit ajajjaj bit of i anal, a little re or feas; hot at that time I had charge SSI B ! ar 'ii worked to a wharf at a Jtuie J lace about ri.ouirh it was twenty milei down. a very lonely little ' It wns the onlv wharf atiout . .--'the lirmers could have tlir tV.ff f- r tie ir land-, kr n Ballt, or the briekraaken could send their bricks to, and so wa did m re bu-iness than you would have thought: for one or another we Worked . own there prettv nitrh all the yearronnd. I knew, of course, a lot of roaUrJi parties at the London end, and unoag them was one Bill Simmon ;. I BBQ knowi him a long time .-.s a dog-fan- ' '. r, and M a chap that used to hang about public hou.-cs, and play a good deal at 1 ninors in fiaet, we used to think he v a a '..;:r.it. A bonnet, gents, a who i in league with sharps and ."t ul - . and his pauie was chiefly a dorn- ' r . iiutone Uav he said to m a ' a I was having a drop, just as I mav be ii rW, and when there was nobody but our Ives in the room, 4 Boh, he says, 1 do you want to earn a pound or so every bow and then, easy?' Of course I said I did; and then he said, 'I know Long II lyi io, where you are working to, well, -;ii 1 I know it's a qufst place, w ith a quiet ireh yard, an,l that if you drop two or three of us a mile before you get there, ve arc in ea-y reach of two or three other cribs. Now, I uo a good deal of business in subject", and with the liest-paying hosI-, ? -o. Ail I want of you is to give . now and then in your bartre; no osmanll aonpeci yon.1 Then ImexplaiBed ho-.v every cart seen travelinr by night was ituppcnad to contain bodies, and so wen dwaya iVahag ehananl ; and how B B fa mid be met at B quiet plce on the i as ii a-, arc came up, and our load taken away our extra par-seneer he called them; and at fasBt 1 agreed to join in the pi in. I told him I thought there waant chance of doing much in that quiet vilbun waere fe-w died and were buried. but then he showed me again, as he hm t-.i 1 me before, that a mile or two on this si b- of the vilhlgs there were rather buri ;;i ground h within an easy run of the U. It --! na, y,n, they had made lriends with the sexton, or, at any rate, rule Of the flUVB' diggeTI of these places, t i.t them know when there was a ehdUace; an 1, sure enough, I had not agreed to help them more than a week. Before Sim naosu waa waitinaj foe me at the public laoUBe, to any tint hfl an 1 a friend or two BN to goiriLT on the m-xt day to MencJBBBB, who 1 wa- a villagfT we passed, where or a little before, I should pick them up the "'xt atorning. Yo i nm.-t understand rhatl left Long iiayälip very early, so ' T should hi so far as Menchamon my a . y back, before any one was stirring. I ! Ii r Iber Balmish when, after I ktatd ie n i and returned a whistle, three men sipp" l o.(t ir under the shade of a tree, BB i roughly threw a long hea v y sack on board; this they qaickly c rered over, Bad then all went to sleep with scarcely a word. I woke them, as I had promisd, Ht the appointed plajtO ; they hurriedly taanped out, drged the sack onto the 1 i' k. i'iv me hm a sovereign, and tl -n t r . two I saw no more of thtaa "Of eesmaa this led to my intimacy with other members of the gang, and, cef t ti dy, I never in rny life came acroea such a horrible crew ; I thought bargees and aawBiaa wen tiad I ibies to I his lot. enough, but they were PB t, nr.. t tw. - t A '"'J Hiey UMeo IO x a1; 1 .ve;tr about their last job, when it h du t hr i lijht so much a-i they ex pi et ei, i i i ! my bl'MMi run cold ; especially one Stage Mosjpak, ,,f some such name they iJillad him. He was a short, squint ing I -Ho jr. and certain ly the worst of the wijo'.e, i'h he WA-S tin-only one who nev-r BBl druuK ; thi-i, however, he never did v-r and over again, when bimmons Who, afer all was the best of the i -. ig was letting his tongue run too

VOLUME XV treaty, this Steve bus ptd ,,a him up s;lort( egpecially if, m w:. often the case after drmk, Niumn;,s talked about my being a man tQ trust, ami the like. I own I bad my aWsptcsoofl that, whether they hud ever done 8f or not there wtn ,.)im. among 'tjtbea who would not mind going a rv" deal farther than stealing bodies, "onl sometimes I wished I had never joined in the business; but the half sovereigns CtBW in pretty often lor doing nothing. ami so l got over my dislike. "One day, while things Were in this - de, I law a halt sbuved but genteel looking sort of party standing OB the wharf, watching us load. a! the London end, of course, I mean. and lit' kept on it :riBg so long, that at last t said, ' You'll 'enow me again, ( hope, old 'mi.' 1 Well, lie says, wun a smile, l know TOO now, when I come to hear you speak. Yon ire Boh Purreli, whose father was my father's rame-keeper.' Lor! you might 1: ivt knock d me down with a feather! f course he was. Why, the seedy 1 n k ina party was you in; Mr Frederick Arr owlov, who; friends had la-en almost tfie iop peopk where I came from. S 1 1 of coarse, I touched my cap, ami asked him how he Was ir -i t i n on ; and he says, 1 I'm afraid, Pnrrell, nobody that sees me v- ants to be .old how I'm getting OB ; anyhow,' h- says, 'I WHtit you to do me a I .vor.' Well, to cut it short, this is what be waated. He had some friends, nol s. rery rnuch better oil" than himself, it seemed, d wn at Loner Haynhp ; still, as they were better off than himself, he could always p i a bed anl supper, which, he said, with another mierable sort of smik-, was more than he conld reckon on with certainty, now, and he wanted me to irive him a ride town sometimes. Of course I agreed, and many is the ride I have given him, accordingly, and auch a cheerful, good(emptied fellow I never law. He seemed s Mummoa clever, too, anil such a scholar, that i never could make out whv he didn't cet on. and Baaks his fortune: iiiT, that f meltOw. I've noticed, gentlemen, it isn't altogether them that is the 'r-verost, to my fancy, as makes their fortunes. " Well, at I was saying, lie was so good tempered and cheery. Why, many and maay's the time, as the cold autumn nights came on, that he has crawled up hardly able to walk, so weak for want of food, rnd he would say, 'Hallo! Hob, i the yi rial ready to sail? I hope the skipper Kas: ;i t some 'bacca.1 Well, I'd Rive him a bi f bacGa, aad then, perhaps he Would tell me he had had nothing to eat all day, and he would look that had, that üti hnd died there and then I shouldn't ii:ive w onder.Ml : hut lor all Uu, he was hill of his jokes, as if he hrvin'l a care in Um world. GradnaUy, he came, naturally enomrh, to know a little about the bodysnatchers, though I'm not quite sure that be knew exactly what they were up to. 1 le was always poking and civil to them, as was hii way, but he didn't like then. 1 Bob, he Used to say, 'your friends are about the ugliest customers I ever came s-Digh, and when I have a yacht ot my own, I shall certainly not invite them as passengers.1 14 WeD, genta, time wont on, and the winter came, and poor Ir. Arrowley got weaker and weaker. He had no reeular work didn't know how to do anything ueful, he said ; but he used to copy writings, I believe, somewhere, now and then. W.ll, t'ents, writing U a fine thing, I know ; but I really don'l see that n does anybody much good. I have known more poor people that could write than what u!dn't. However, as I was -1 vi ih BUtuma lame, and the winter; and a prceiously cold and wet wintir it was The gang had always talked of the stroke of business they meant to do in the dark nights, when there was nobody about; but, somehow or another, Illings seemed to go wrong with them. The neighbors sup'oted something WSJ in the w ind, and .1 Watch was often set. " Of course, if they hadn't had the sexton to help them, all would have been found out before. But in every ground in each of tic-four churchyards down my way, at any rate they had the sexton in pay; and he used to give them information. Three times running did they go down for nothing; and the way they went on about it was awful. Unluckily, Mr. Arrowh v came across them in their last excursion ; and something they said let the secret out. He only laughed : but how he did rally them, to be sure! He dtrove them alssoat wild; and if I hadn't mterferred, I think, they would have pitched him into the canal then and there. When they had go e, 1 begged him to mind what he was about willi such a desperate set of roughs, that was no company far th- like of him, but he only laughed at me, and made up his mind to rally Um m the more. " It was a week after Christmas, and as miserable a day BS ever I saw it wash dfrain, and half-sno.v that was falling - and the barge was mi slippery you could hardly stand on it ; while, as for the man on the bank, and the- horse, they were neither exactly drowned nor exactly froze, but BO DC of ead . I spied Simmons rn the wharf, and In came Bp and whispered, and said, 4 There's a real job on to night, Bob; I'm a-going down in your boat. I ant to get down early because we're a-going a good way 'across country; and I am to get a cart from a Ban party.' ' All right,' I says. 1 Get into the cabin cut of this wet.' tso he got in, and we was just oil, when who should I sec, tearing, along, hut Mr. Arrowley; and, in his anal quick way, he jumps aboard. Off with you," he said; and off we went. I was 'commonly glad to see him, b: cause he was so cheerful ; but, to-day, somehow, I .'-It that I should have been '-did if he had I eefl anywhere else. So Simmona thought, and he was the best of the lot ; for he whispered to me, when I went into the eabin for my waterproof it was raining and snowing wor.-e than ever 'What does that fool oi a f.-l ow want here? Send him oll'.' I told him I couldn't; 80 ays Simmons, 'Then give him a hint to hold his tongue when our fellows come on boar 3, nr else he will be chucked over, like a blind puppy.' I did not like to bear thia, but bar y knew what to do; and presently the three others scrambled On board, all wet through, and all halfdrunk. Poor Arrowley had been drinking too; an 1 wh.-n hfl BaW them instead f ke ping ou! t, he sat up laughing and ii ifingthem a hi t an, Two or three times tin-re would have been a regular scrimmage it I hadn't interfered; an I a- it was, Morrax and him did havi-a round on the bank. And though that poor young fellow w as u BeletOU almost, he c add fight, an I no mistake; an I he knock d St i re as clean off In- legs as anything I ever saw. This acetneti to sober Morrak, who, as I told you, Seldom got so muck the worse for drink as the r at, oral any rate, didn't ahow it; Bahnataad ot having another round, hmerely picked himself up and got on board the laoat. "They got worse as regards drink, for they had some at each public bouseOfl the w iv, and Simmon snys to me, ' You have an eve on your swell friend,' he says ; 'Steve doesn't ihttt Bp like that for nothing.' So I took his advie as well as I could, and was very tdad when we rrot to the end of our journey. They all went to ar mm ... I.Oiag II IV'-IIO ttllS tlUUT, and So I got r ll of them altogether. I was taking the rope rail the borse, when I saw a slrange man go up to Simmons and aprai to blUL lie startet! and called his nates. Afur tliey liad spoken to him, they all BBCSBM 1 so upset that 1 went up to thern and said, 'Hollo! what's the matter'' 'Matter enough!' says Morrak, 'here's thia m m come to say that it's no good all is blown. There's four men going to sit up every night for a fortnight to come

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It's enough to drive a fellow wild.' ' What 1 sold again?' pnvs Mr. Arrowlev, who whs -listening. 'Then-: you clear ott, old fellow,' says Simmons, 'or else yon My thank yourself tof what yon git.' Bui Arrowby wouldn't go, and when 1 had finished putting awaV the horse, and taking the things out ot the 1 aw a mm barge, I sras boil ' Look out for ins on. win'ii lorraK a - BS in the taofninfft Bob; we may do them yet, H-te, dd triend,' he atys, turning to Arrowlev. "you aad I had round, this anernoon, but l hope yon don t near no malice.1 'Maliret not a bit of it,' sayi Arrow ley. ' Well, then, as we seem likely to have an hour or two on our hands, and as we are all preciously wet, I'm ajood, for one. to stand a drop of something hot at the tlotneahoefl down below.' ' Well, you are a trump.' says poof Arrowley ; ' it ever there was a fellow better than his looks, you're that fcilow.' So they shook hands, and oil" the whole lot went. Simmons just stopped a moment to whisper to me. Well, I'm Mowed,1 ha says, ' if ever 1 saw anything like that before. If anybody had told methat Steve Morrak would ban forgiven a man wdio had knocked him down, I should have mid ' However. h;s feelings was too much for him, and he w ' couldn't finish what he wanted to say. "As I was as wet and chilly a- COtlld be, and as I had to take up the return barge in the morning, very early, I thought I had better go to bed soon. I did so, and was awoke bv the force of the rain beating on the window, for the wind had got up in the night, and it was a reg ular storm. Wfl soon hud the hone putto and were olf, and there, sure enough, at the ok place I saw- Morrak waiting It waa a gloomy morning enongh, as I have Just told you ; the rain drove against DM that hard, that t could scan ly - BB inch before me: I could jnsl make ou1 that it was Morrak, but it wa-n't tiil he was right alongside of me and spoke, thai I saw his face was all bruised and cut. " Hollo! old fellow,' I sai , ' what have yon been at T Where an- the others?' O they re wad-.ng under the trees, saya he. pointing behind him; ' in vi r von mind what I've been up to. I've been earning you one ol your easy h If-sover- t eigns. v nat : i says, quite surprisea at this, 'did yu maiiaire after all to ' 'There shut up," he says, turning off quite savage, as was just like bim; I ont waut any oi your talk. 'Look here, Steve,' I s iy, f . r the morning had made me bad-tempered, 1 I've put up with a Brood deal from you, first and last ; but I lon't mean to put up with any more. So, if yon want anything, I'll just finish what Mr. Arrowlev began yesterday. His face, which wan't a very agreeable sight before, as you may guess, turned quite a W fill at this, and be tore on his coat, and would have fought me in a moment; but the others ran up and held him. Tiiev held him back and at last quieted him ; but I couiu not help noticing mat inev looked nearly as bad as he did, only they had no bruises about their heads. Simmons wasn't there, so I said, ' As Steve has thought better of it, perhaps he 11 be a little civil. Where's Simmon -V' ' , never mind Simmons,' says one of the party ; 'In has put us all out, and we've had :i very nasty night. Don't talk to us, but let naget the thing on board. Will you give us a lift? You and your mate can do it.' ' Me and my mate V I said, 'what have me and my mate got to do vrith it ? There's three of yo i, that's enough, I suppose; briajr it along!' "After a good deal of whispering and hanging back, Morrak and another went to the crner where they always put the Back, and dragged it down to the barge. Somehow or other I couldn't touch thai sack ; althorgh I often helped them with it, yet I couldn't touch it that morning. They said they would meet me at the regular place, as they could get up quite as soon walking hv the road as we could by the canal ; so off they went, and I wis rery glad to see the last of them. I kept myey'S, do what I would, on the place where the aach was; they had hidden it very carefully beneath some straw, but I could see where it bulged out, and could see, almost as plainly as though it bad been uncovered, the length, breadth and shape of it. I made my mate stop once while I put more straw over ; but it was all oo good, and at last I was obliged to ak him to steer w hile I drove, although this, mind you, was a eh u .re we had DO right to make. " Instead of clearing up, the whether seemed to grow worse as we got near town, for besides rain there was a fog, although not a very thick one, all round; but the wind had gone down, and that certainly was a good job. Of course, I took the tiller again when we came near town, and directly I did. there I could see the sack just as plainly as before. Glad was 1. 1 can tell you, when we got near enongh to the little public house, where we always met, to see some figures through the mist ; but as I came Bearer I saw they were all strangers. " This put me out a good deal; I had aever missed the men yet, although they had several times walked up, and it was terribly alarming to think how impossible it was for me to get rid of the sack if they should not come, and I dared not wait more than a few minutes at the house. Just then, to my gruat delight, Simmons came out of the public, so I stopped the barge at once, and lumped onto the bank, says, Hollo! Simmons! where have you heen ! Where are the Others? Bot as it he was as ill tempered as the rest, he turned away without a word; antl I was just about to catch hold of him, when one of the men as was standing about touches me on the shoulder, and says lie, 4 Robert Purrell you are my prisoner.' Another fellow caught hold of my arm on the other side. I was pretty strong then, Lretits, and I shook them both oil' in a BO ment, but directly I did that I nev. r knew how it was done I was handcuffed as tight as Newgate. 'What's this here for?' I says, naturally enough. 'Only murder. That's all,' says the alrst man; and then Simmons turns round and says, 'lb' had nothing to do with it, mind that.' 'I know what I'm about, my fine fellow,' says the man again; 'bring it along,' he say s, looked round, and there, sure enough, his mates had found the a Hack, and was a carrying it into the beerhouse. They took OM in as w. ll, and in the kitchen who should I see but Morrak and his two companions, handcuffed like I was. am! looking more dead than live. " No one apoke, except Simmons, w ho walked rjuietly past me, and lust whispered, ' Vou are all right tell the truth.' I couldn't stand it any loager, so on the chief of the lot coming in aiain Where I was he had gone somewhere with tie sa k, I beneve 1 said, 1 Governor,' I said for I know civility is the best in such cases governor,' I mya, 'what have I been doing, ami who is murdered? I know m,r little game km t exactly right, but stdi- Here, bargee.' ha mya, ' 1 be neve Liaeae i-tu i innen auainsi you, so you may look for yours. 11.' I sallowed him Into a room close by, ami there was a couple of men a laying out ob a long table the naked body they had jnst took out of the Back. It turned BM fick to see it, for I never could bUBT to look at a corpse ; but the otBoer took it cKlly i QOUgh. and he pointed at It and Bays, 'Don't you know him? Then I saw who it was, and I thought I should have died t hat very minute, for it was poof Mr. Arrowh v Yes, gentlemen, it was him what I bad rn ii ittva and well the adghl before, with his poor, thin, good tempered SBOfl, and his füg, hollow eyes, antl tin re h- win, murdered, gentlemen. Yes, lie WBS drownded by St Tl M.-rrak, for Simmons and another told us all about it. Steve persuaded the poor fellow to go with them

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to the public house, and sit and drink until he was much the Worse for his Hqaor -which was a thing eaay enough to do with him. worse luck. Then he got hinting t. one and the other how they could mal e Dp Rr their disappointment, and no one would ever be the wiser, or make any inquiry aHcr Arrowlev, if he w- missed; but though Simmons had had most to drink of any of them, he wouldn't hear of it, so at last he ami Morrak had a dreadful fight, and that was how Steve's face was BO bruised auu cut aboai The landlord wouldn't have them in the house again, so they went to a stable, where Simmons fell fast asleep; anil If the others hadn't stuck out against illusing a chum, he would have been killed as well as arrowley; but they wouldn't have it. Well, as we heard afterwards at the trial, front one at turned king's evi d nee, they quietly dragged Arrowley out. I dare say Steve had given him something to stupefy him be was up to all such games, 1 heard and as it was pitch dark they carried him to a pond B fthoul any one seeing them. Well, there the courage of the other two failed them, and they wouldn't go any further; but Morrak would have killed his brother. I do believe, for half the grudge he owed this poor insensible fellow, and so he held bis head in the water until he was dead, and swore horribly at the others for their cowardice. Then they took the holy into the stabil-, and all laid down and went to deep; but Simmons woke pretty early, and suspected something was wrong. So he roused the men he was most friendly with, and found out pretty nearly how matten Stood, and then set off and walked right into L union. The others thought he had only gone away in the sulks, lmthe had nuule up his mind what to do ; he went straight to the officers. ar.d took them to the regular place w here I 11 i ii . , i . an anew we snonia meet, ana, as 1 aave ) ua4 told you. then; we were all cauffht. "Of course, we were tuken oil' to How ! street, and I own I was terribly frightened at first; but the magistrate who beard the case let me off on my own bail ; and, in fact, I was called as a witness at the Old Bailey. Morrak was hung for the murder, as every one thought he w nld be, for they used to hang men in those days for a good deal less than murder. One of the party was sent to the hulks, which was .some kind of ships they used t keep somewhere, and the party what tunn d king's evidence got oft very aay." 'And what about Simmons'" I said, as he finished Ids narrative; "he really! seems to have been a decent sort ol fellow." " Wei", yes, lie was," said the barge- j man; "he got a reward, aad was going over to Swan River I believe; but, tin-! lucky tor him, having ho much money, he I to ik to drink took to drink most frightful, and he killetl hisself ia a moalh. He died in Saint Bartlemy's; I went to i Bee him, but he didn't know me. I dare my he was sold to the doctors, the same as lie had sold a good many before; or perhaps '.hey got him for nothing, as he died there, which would hav aggravated ; him a good ilea! if he could have known it Weil, gentlemen, that's how I came to know anything about tin body snatch- I rs, and how 1 came to leave them. CiasaaT Mngnn ns Something About Lo! 1. Gold is found sparingly in many hard . aut i. as granite, mica-slale, chloritesl de, and clay-slate, and sometimes even in limestone and other similar rocks. It occurs far more abundantly in quart., pure unmixed tlint, orsih x. In igneous or metamorphic rocks, the quartz usually occurs in veins, or in large, irregular bunches or lumps, with reins diverging from them. These veins are most commonly only a few feet wide, and for the most part traverse the rocks in a vertical or highly inclined position. Sometimes, however, reinj or irregular masses occur many yards across in every direction ; and sometimes, hut very rarely, quartz is found in such abundance as to make what even might be called hills of itself. The gold i i dmseaainated in this quartz, sometimes in such exceedingly minute particles as to be Invisible, BOt only to the naked eye, but even to the eye aided by a powerful lens. Most commonly, the gold is seen as little yellow specks, Makes, or grains scattered through the quartz. When the quartz haa a crystalline structure, which it often has, little nests of gold, likewise crystalline, may be seen embedded between the interlacing crystals of the quartz. Where the interstices in the quartz are large, these are sometimes entirely filled np with gold ; bat not unfrequently irregular holes and crevices seem to have been formed in the quartz by decomposition nr rottenness, which have sometimes been subsequently filled with gold. In these cases, the gold assumes irregular forms, such as melted lead will w hen poured Into water forms Which have given people the idea of the gold having been deposited in a state of fusion, a notion in all probability utterly unfounded. How the gold got in the quartz, is a point at present so uncertain, that no man of science would take upon himself the responsibility of answering the question. The size of the irregular lumps thus entangled in the quarts varies greatly, the largest hitherto known single lump in the world being an Australian one of 2,186 ounoes weight. It is, however, usuaby found in small Hakes, grains, anddentaTific strings, weighing only a few grains. Whenever the moving waters of the - i, by which drift materials were formed and deposited, attacked reck containing it. tk & gold, it would of coursepireak off lumps of it, just as of any other rock, and equally Brash, roll, and knock it about, and thus break it into smaller fragments round it into pebbles, and grind it into Band. In this way, much of the gold would be knocked out of the rock, anil much waterworn gold accumulated, or water-worn fragments of gold and quartz together. From this point of time, however, there is a remarkable difference observable in the action of the water on the gold, and o l the rock which contains no gold. All kinds of rock, or earth, or stone, at all events all the common kinds, are pretty nearly of the same specific gravity that i to say, of the same weight, bulk for bulk. Chalk, day, limestone, compact sandstone, granite, marble, basalt, have all Specific gravities varying from '2 to :; that is, they are twice or thrice the weight of their bulk of water. I'ure gold has a kpedfie gravity of 19, or is nineteen times as heavy as its bulk of water; BBd the rnoat impure ore of gold that occurs in nature has at least a specific gravity of 18 to 15. Gold is about six or others, wuh, T Wiewen i mi-' us in ,i vv ii. m nr or unv ne it is likely to be associated fhr conseouenoa of this is tkaai moving w ater has at least neven times less power ovet it lesa power to move it along, either suspended in the water or rolling along its bed When the dria, therefore, was formet, vast quantities of stone might be moved to great distances, while the gold w as left behind, not tar from its native site. All the large lumps of gold will certainly be but little re moved, as also all the large lumps of quart, heavily freighted with fold i i rains of gold ami small lumps may be carried further, while acale-gokl and tine dusL especially 11 nat M(j (j0 m)iy j.,. Carried Very considerable didam . hferyaa'a ArMsa TVaaTir lAiBrnaf. A FAMILY at Kve, New Hampshire, has be n taking the A- ,r Jl.imptkkt Uutt for the last one hundred ami thirteen years.

La .Mount:. in, t lie Aeronaut, Jomi La Mountain, the famous aeronaut, died at South Bend, Intl.. OB the l Ith of February. La Mountain's life was full

of daring adventures and of incidents, which were frequently more interesting than agreeable. He was among the most fearless aeronauts in this or any other country, aid pursued his chosen proles alofl with a higher object than to merely make money by exhibiting himself. He was compelled to make balloon ascensions tor the public ainuscmen'.. as a means of support, tint he hoped to make his experiments useful in the advance f science and the development of meteorological theories. Qtj finally died poor, at the age of 41. pet theory ol La Mountain w.-s that there was a current in the itmosphere corresponding with the (iul! Stream in the ocean, and flowing steadily from west t east. He wasambi a n ii an a irous lo oe tue nrsi aeronaut to cross me Atlantic, taking advantage of this current. He built the famous balloon " A t - latitic" for this purpose. This is one of the largest, strongest anl most beautiful btlloona ever made. The aeronaut determined to test his theory by a land voyage first, antl started from St. Louis for the Bist, accompanied by John Wise, Mr. I lytic, an editor of the Miiri RipuUiean, and Mr. Qager, a scientific mar. ol Boston. The party were in the air over nine hours, paasfng over Lake Brie, and into NTew York state. Up to this point they had enjoyed what seemi d to them a calm, though their motions must have been very rapid. While crossing Lake Ontario, a tornado s ied the balloon, and it was left a Wfeck in the woods of Jefferson county, N. Y. The " Atlantic" 'had traveled 1,180 miles in leM l han ten hours. Tbil disaster ruined La Mountain's plan of crossing the ocean for the time He w as saddened, but. b it 1.1..1 . ... . . . inai toe trip had important results in showing, the velocity of aerial motions, H,ul demonstrating the lact mat a bal oon might cross large bodies of water. A small bdloon was made from the remnant a of the "Atlantic," and he started on atrip from Watertown, N. Y., with Mr. John A. Utsddock, editor of the Rtfarmer. Tietrip was a remarkable one. The voyagers, who expected to return in a few hours, were not heard from for many days. I'ub lie excitement became intense. The mystery was at last explained. Having no rompaaa, the aeronauts had hist their bearings, and were carried far into the dense woods of the Ottawa reservation, in Canada. After wandering for many days, subsisting upon leaves and berries, they were accidentally discovered, in the last stages of starvation, by some Indian scouts in the employ of a lumberman. Their story was widely published and illustrated by the newspapers. When the war began, La Mountain turned his attention to military balloons, and was the tirst aeronaut encaged in the service. The advantages gained in war by ballooning were very uncertain, however, arid the entire system was soon given up. The last aSerfottS adventure ot La Mountain occurred in Michigan, and probably hastened hideath. An impatient crowd cast him off before he wns ready, without an overcoat or instruments, and the valve rope tied several feet above the basket, lie shot like a rocket up into a heavy cloud of mist and sleet, which fröre the valve-board fast. He climbed, with frost bitten fingers, upon the network, antl tore the balloon with his teeth. The opening extended so fur that the balloon collapsed, discharging its .' -s. and fell with great relocitv from a t V - O mf height of nearly two miles. a"h- aeronaut j was picked up benumbed and insensible, though aot dangerously injured. N. )'. Tribune. The Manatee, Hie Unman f ish. To belie vers in the Darwin theory it will be of interest, to know that in the quiet bays and rivers on the eastern coast of Central and South America, there lives an animal, which might tie rightfully considered as the connecting link between man and fish. It is the manatee, the water siren, the sei calf or sea-cow. as this strange animal is sometimes called. It belongs to the order of the Catecea, and is altogether herbivorous; living on grass which grows und r water, or on herbs which it seeks on shore. The body is pisciform, and measures some fourteen feet in length; the skin being very thick, without hair and of a dark color. The upper part of the hotly, especially of the females, much resembles that of a woman, the breasts being ol the same form. In place of the fins of an ordinary fish, the manatee has a short arm of oaly om: joint, which terminates in a sort of hand, on which the nails are distinctly visible, and w hich the animal uses with much dexterity in moving about when on land, ami in carrying its young. This limb has caused this a limal to be called manatee, from "uianib," the hand. The writer, wdio for Rveral years resided in those countries there these animals abound, has seen the animal, and has been told repeat cdly by tin natives that the female holds her CUD to suckle as the mother does her babe. The tail of a manatee is shaped like an open fan, and the close observer w ill perceive ten divisions, which mirk the ten toes. Manatees swim by the help of this broad tail, which moves up and down, and not from right to left, like that of the fish. This limb, which at first sight appears to be a mere fin or nerve, melts almost entirely into butter when fried in a pan, ami is highly prized by the natives lor ointments and for other medicinal purposes. The animal weighs from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds, and the meat is considered a great relish, it Iooks ami tastes a good deal like , pork, ami needs a gotad deal of cooking It is a strange lact that the flesh keeps longer from decay than any other, and it is therefore salted and preserved like pork. They are caught with harpoons by the Indians, who know their haunts and customs, ami it seems as if they were; becoming more scarce every year. Much has been fatded about these wafer sirens that needs corroboration from scientific men, who seem to have taken laut little interest in these strange animals. Some have assured me that their voice resembles the bellowing of an OX, Others I that it was perfect music. I am induced to believe the latter, as thy are well I known under the name of " sirenia," or "sirens," which appellative they could only uerive irom their charming voice. Whether this tie so or not, remains yet to be confirmed, like the harmonious song of the dying swan. s-(,,fiiic American. Ma nt a man is rich without money. Thousands of men with aothing in tluir pockets are rich. A man born with a good heart anil good limb, and a pretty good head-peace, m rich. Good bones are better than gold, tough must les than silver, and nerves that flash fire and carry energy to every function are better than houses ami lands. It is better than banded estate to have bail the right kind ol fat her ami mother. Good breeds and bad breeda exist among men as really as among herds and horses. KducatiOB may do much to check the evil tendelieies, or to develop good om s, but it is a good thing to Inherit the right proportion of faculties to start with. A Y KitMONT paper asserts that a lltth d iiighter ot John Ku tian, of lb nnin ton, waa recently carried down under I ice for about five rods, wenl over w i en foot dam, and pa sand through an aaderBTonnd raceway for a distance of fifteen I rods to another dam, and was then rea tied I alive, but in a very exhausted condition.

Democrat

17, IS7. Swinging on the Gate Another week nearer Home! Another blessed Saturday night added to the triumphs ol Eternity as it hasbeea snatched from time I l he io vi r t in uns he is one week nearer the day w hen she w ill be his love forever, while the BWCBt heart thanks fjod that :uweek more has pone from her lifeof hated uuiuiiitimcni : i nestck suueri r wno is ex pecting death thanks Hod that another seven day vail has bet a removed from before the door we all must eater once, and wonders if another week will be all for earth or a part lor Heaven. To-night we walked home, for the oars were crowded. We were thinking of the labor wo had done since last week went :oii t his one came. There were ait many letters written so many cohuttBSof editorial written so may requests graute ! and Rn many refused so many made glad, an i so many disappointed, just as it is in life each day, you know. And we were thinking and wondering how many thousands, or hundreds oi persons in the land would rea 1 this Saturday Night what we had written and printed since last w--closed the labors of the week, wiped our pen so dean, and placed it on the little rack to rest aeainst the morrow. As we Walked along we saw leaning over a litlle iron irate in front of a neat brick house a pretty, chubby-faced boy, as it waiting for sonic one Looking to a window, we saw a middle-aged woman itting thereby with a paper in her hand, as if rt ading. " Hello, little captain I ton are the boy that has red checks and bright eyes! What are you doing out here in the cold v" " a m lookittg for my pnptt f" u Wle re is he coming from ?" u Down town, sir, and he comes afoot f " What I" your name ? " lobby.1 " How old are you fn " five years, so nay mamma says !" M Where is your mamma?" " At the window! Don't you BOB her V can r "Oh, yes that is she, sure enough !" i es : " When does your papa come?" "He always comes mm! And I am waiting hr him, and so is mamma! " Well, Bobby, you are a nice little boy. I) vou love your papa ?" " i es, sir. " Well, he will come pretty soon. May be he IS stopping to buy something to Ining you ! " 1 know he is und hell kiss me when he comea, and he'll kiss mamma, too, cause he always docs, ami I kiss him, and mamma kisses him, loop " Well, Bobby, hadn't you better run la where mamma is, and look out of the window till papa conies ' it'scold out here ! " " No, sir I don'l want to ! He'll cone, fr he always comes n-r .'" Just then, down the little one sprang from the gate, pushed it open and then scampered down the sidewalk a few roils to meet the one he bad been waiting lor, and who be kneW always came BBM Perhaps some of you saw him. He was a well built man, clad in honest garb. His cap fitted dose to his head bis coat was closely buttoned he caught the little boy in his arms ami klsse 1 him then let him down and walked along with a proud, linn, muscular step, like a monarch among men. .No wonder the little boy swung on j the g.itt no wonder the wife sat looking j out of the widow for hN c anlag. He held ; the hand of the little one who trotted akmgiby his side. As they came to the gate, by the side of which we stood carelessly, the woman at the window arose and walked to the door, the man passed by little Bobby looked at us with a smile and aaid " I told you he'tl come." Tiny passed into the house, and we came to ours. The man did not notice us. Perhaps be never Iw ard of us perhaps he has. It may be he is a man that hates us, and Bays bitter things against us. Well, never mind he is good to his little boy lie is good to the one he loves, w ho is mamma to little Bobby be comes home Saturday night with proud, firm step he biaflaaa be loves his home ones, and we like him. That man is living to a purpose. He Is a true man, d use in the world. Two hearts, atfleast, besides his own, were made ulad by his coming. And he wa ood not to keep them Waiting, as thousands and thousands of men, and, womcn,too, keep their loved ones wading, win b the heart is hungry lor love, and the minutes drag like hours. He was a workmgman--his hands and clothes told Us so. The week went and !) came not late, as if he hated to come home, but early as if his heart was there. Little Bobby was proud of bim. He knew his papa would come; und with a warm and t arnest kiss. Little Bobby n is happy. The father w s happy, or his looks lied and they did not. Now, we have been thinking till the hands on th" watch face before us point to midnight. Whal a good world this World would bfl il every home had a gale where swung and waited a little one, knowing that now papa would come with a kiss, a mule, ipid !l g(d heart, ft at every home, by a window, were seated s une loving woman and loving wife, wait ing, not dreading, the approach of her husband, knowing he would be there on time, quick, firm in hhv step, prompt in his manhood, and sober, like one who is monarch of himself, and therefore over all. And all men might be so can be so, if they will. Ami then what a glorious world in Which to live ' And we have lieen thinking, and must j write it before we quit work, of the thouBands of little boys ami girls who might swung for boors and hours oat gates, ot the women who miy watt h at windows for hours, wondering when w ill come how will come the one w ho is at heart real good, but w ho lacks the nerve to be the man he ought to be, can he, should, anl would be, if he would only pause 1 think, and see if there was not a lietter way to happiness than tie was in. And we have been thinking of the poor willows whose husbanda can never more to them come, no matter how long they watch at windows of the men whose wives are gone, never more to return of the orphans w ho have no one to come home BOW and catch them to their arms ami love them An l are have been wonderlag if any man who reads this will Ik brave enough to go to his aoaae a little earlier each night, and try to be a good, cairn Bt man, wdio will be proud of him sell and of his manhood; of whom his bomeones will be as proud as he isdeajerving. Wfl know some will, and some will think they will, but when comes the hour, they will forget BB we all do; and instead oi making glad the hearts of those a ho would tx- so glad to have them ecane home, pt rhaps not with presents, but like mea, sober, kind, hiving; will wait just little longer, till thus their lite becomes B failure. God bless all wdio love their " loved ones ' and who do not keep them waiting, and all those who suffer at heart lrotn the absence ol those they dearly love, ami for whom they wait and watch, ami BTBtch and wait, lean - upon hours, till all of joy, ol hope, ol heart, Ol lite, ot love, has gone, as has this Saturday night. Nem Pari Dtmocrwt. ICCOnOUfG to " Schern's Lcclesiastieal ma ' lab ly published, the ministers i Um Evangelical churches In thia conn trv Bumbei 13,600, or one to every tili of the Protestant population. The whole Dumber oi church members is stated to be 6.061,076,

NUMBER 28.

FACTS AM) FI (. Til IS. Turm: are Ireland. 10,00) tenant farmers in Tin: bear crop of Maine last year was 338 animals. A mn drives a street car in ('inrinna'i who was once worth a$I00,Q 0. Tun coal fields o( Anierkmaieeetiranted to contain S,500j06Og0OO06 tons of coal. It fat computed that there are .t.n'.ij.ooo, OtO of fire and marine insurance in the United Statea. TaB first cheese factory in Massachusetts went into operation in 1864; now there are 26 in the State. Kvkuv steamer between New York and Europe is said to curry an average of five pickpockets or burglars. Tiik curious discovery has been Du bby an Knglish surgeon that monkeys c-in-niot be poisoned with sUycfanine. They seem to eat all kinds of poison with impunity. Thk East Greenwich Btndulv ü n cords the death of Betsy Hunt, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and says : "She died, apparently, early in the day. and, while sonic of her neighbor were engaged in laying her out, the cornea, as ft was sup posed to be, commenced winking, and finally rallied, aad Itved several hours, when she died again. Whf.n Judge ngraham sentenced the Xww York murderer Reynolds to death, lie albnh d to the plea ol a ru nkenn ess m I forth by hit counsel, and sai I that if th I. i v admitted tiny such c ause, there would be no punishment for crime. In a recent trial of a will eise in Troy a woman teatiBe 1 she and t lie testator stood before a In g glass, joined hands, an l agreed hi live together as maa and wife. Nhe received by the will a3,O0 111 five-twenties, and a aMQSfl ami the furniture therein. A California operator, wdio telegraphed to Sui Fraiieisco, Inquiring if he should buy at qm tat ions, received in rcnlv . " No once too high." but a when, after acting upon this advice, be aseertaim-d that the reply should have read, "No; price too high, he nras provoked, not to say annoyed. A MAB in Wood county, Ohio, who WBS acquitted of murder on a plea of insanity, B year ago, secured bis lawyers by giving them a mortgage on his farm. II repudiates the mortgage now, as he was insane when he made It, according to tin show ing of these same lawyers. A mi k young man in New Orleans ran away with and married the supposed laughter of a highly respectable lady, ami came back for the lady's blessing, which wa- freely given, together with the information that tin gin was not her daughter, but a quadroon servant ipi l. He sai'! it was a swindle, ami left er parts unknown. As some young men of the village ot Walls, Shetland (Scotland), were amuaiit themselves by firing shots from an old ship c irronade on 'a recent holiday occasion, the gun burst. One of the youth's '.(.'s was mown off and carried about lo ) yards, where it fairly kicked a bystander, breaking his back. The youag Bsaa w ho was kicked died B few hours after the accident. The other will recover. Itr.i KNT statistics show that. I'.ngland has about 2 500 miles ol navigable rivers, 2.800 miles of canals, antl 12,000 miles ol railroads; Prance has 1,740 miles of river navigation, :7d0 miles of canals, 0,250 miles of railroads ; Belgium has 7:'o milei of river navigaUoB, '.Mi ardaas of canals, and 1,400 mues of railroads. The Her man States have OVl r 5,006 miles ot BBVl gable rivers, 000 miles of raaabl, and about 860 miles of railroads. Tiik Springfield (Mass ) Bep tUvmn tells a story about a young man who, while with some companions examining a sah-, enti n d 11 find closed the door. " But the lock sprung to its place, and the por youth was buried alive. The man jrho had the key was two miles dunantlSnd the immured would die in five mlnotCS. Hammers and chisels wen brought into use, antl the door opened, and the alBaoat dead man crawled out of his too safe retreat." TuEBI is a lady io Atlanta, Ha., who is the mother of five healthy, intelligent children, the eldest of which is about B years old. A singular fact in connection with those children is, that not one of them h is ever been known t I ry. Tin y have been tic thus to the pains ami acht a it hat chlld-fteah is heir to, yet all the sign of pain they have ever manifested are low BKMUM. They never cry. In other things they are as other children, and full id life and mirth. A Gbbxah paper states that a train composed of all the locomotives ami railroad carriages in Europe would reach from St. Petersburg to Paris, and would contain 400,000 passenger carriages and ;uo,000 luggage vans. The network of European railroads represents a length of 71, ! I S miles ; 18,000 locornotlves are em ployed on it, and these rush over a di-. tance of 60,000,000 utiles in a year. 150,ooo.oiio ( wta. of iron have been ased forth. rails, and 80,000,000 cwta. oi com an- required yearly to feed Lheeugtaee. A siiort.il run, recently arrested in New York, was found t have in his po session a valine which, although to all appearances a weUnsmde leather trunk, strapped ap tight and locked, could be opened at the end by pulling a short cord In this way goods COUid be stolen by sbo ping them into the valise, which a i placed on the counter for thai purpose The shoplifter in the present instance a carrying ofl two pieces m vaiuame mik a his valise. Tin. new building of the Five Points Mission has just been dedicated. m- Of the speakers said that great mistake are aometimea made about the GoepeL lie maintained that doing a kindly act to i fellow being is religion as well as preach ing ami praying. I would BOt I Be said give i copper coin for the mere preacniag in this chap'-!, it nothing - l- were done if the Gospel were not sent biasing hot Brum warm hearts into the cellars ami garrets of this locality. I am firmly COWvoiced that the grandest power OB this earth to-day ia a warm human heart. It is worth a barrel of ilibh a and a barrel ful of sermons." as Friday. Tiik general prevalence of the superstition as to Fritlay haw lately received curious confirmation. M. Minard, a French authority, states ihat Fritlay in Fiance is considered an unlucky day, the number ol travelers bei iil' small-r on thai day, even in omnibus traffic, and the Fn: Ihm Registrar (leneral in his last report says: " Seamen will not sail, women wiii BOt Wad, Ofl a Friday, so willingly as on OtheV days of the week. Out of 4,051 marriages in the midland districts of Bssdand, aot I per cent an rs celebrated on Friday, while M per cent, were entered into on Sunday. The nexl day In savor was Monday with 2t percent then Saturday with IT per cut Pet contra, Mr. Watson, the ( lty ( hamber lain Of Glasgow, IB his last statistical re mart, savs , "It is a well established fact that nine b nths of the marriages bj GtBS trow are celebrated on Friday , only a h w on Tuesday ami W ednesday . Saturd i and Monday arc still more rarely BdopU d, and I never heat 1 ol a inarnag on Sun day in Glasgow. So that, in Scotland, Fritlay is the lucky day ot the week, at least for marriage. In this country few people psy attention to the superstition which marks Friday as an unlucky day

A L1BRAHY A WA K Two avhonl-rVllow-v of eqaail Ce. Were "irentiol 1n one dT: The one wu sUiuiousiy mi'liued, The other bay t gay. Tlio pocket money arb received. Was haa the miiie saa nam ! And how they hoth expended it, 1 briefly hkl recount. WhfN' Ueortfe wa- Mnoking hi cigar. And aaanteriBB nboit With youthen- 1.1 n Mnwtf. Shuttiug all Bate ledge out ; At the Mechanic'- In-titnte. A lad with hi hook :tl honte, Toto wi-ely apeiit hie leisure hmir. Nor carrd the streets to roam. (Mm eve. hen hi- pcnt icepbip Hml near'y n-d away, Ueorjre at hi- triend Torn c lodging! cs!ld, An hour r t o to May. ' Whv. Tom''" Sal fried, with much Mirpri-e, " I- your old uncle d nd 1 Ami left TM ratdi to buv IhBSS hSBBB '1 h.tt round tin- wallf arc rjreml" 'Oh. no." taid Tom. ' I laotijrht tl t kWuh wha' my IrtensV aBsssi ! ; Had yon not -moked au i mir c;ih. Tu n.1 :tc the muk have rhowed ' '

" Why, my HavanaM- ten e.-ia .ln-t io." Haul Tmi. " oii've only smoked A library away : " Now reckon no Ma GSSSa 1 iv Kor -v-n kna Psw 11 siana I And you will find taal M atU count A very Imid-ome Mini!" The Value of a (aloud Name. p we could tdi our hoars and girl hear Rtanjr kindred times in life, and in Im many unexpected ways, they will fin f H to their profit as well ;i pleasure to h . I e i reputation tor trufhlu'n.-- and integi that no suspicions rircutnsanees ean de stroy, they Wiinl 1 hardly believe M, And yet just su "b things often happen a ::re narrated in this dory, which C Bad going round the papers : In the school of Dr. woods, none were allowed to enter the conservatory without cave; but a boy's hmdki rohi-d", with his name upon it, had been found tin-re Iut at the nose of school, the doctor culled the nnuie of JaBMB HoWBfd. T whole Rh ol horamr silent with susp. rise. "James Howard, what has ht done aach a noble bay, su h go a I b v'" - ill thought. Dr. Wools Uaaaetf 'believed he must have lM-en seaS Into the cssmeava tory by the teacher tf iot:iNv. B i an asked, ".lanes Howard, have you been into tfce conservatory, to day ' "I hive net, sir," repli d .lames, bi a clear, enhaa tone. "I believe votl,.I:ifnt"J." Faid Dr. Woo.!;, "although your handkerchief has hem found t lu re Vou are not 1!.- DOT to tell an untruth." So Jasanas sat In his se:it nnnanve L BvetJ boy in the school believed him, ami almost envied him his go.nl name. I)r. Wood - said no more on this -u'-j t, ' Xrcpt these few W d ' " Lei CV tf IMW learn from this incident the w-" ' a ihi ( ikiiiu, especially when appcarauc are against him." How BBBBB .lames' handkerchi f in the consi rvatory v for as I have : .d i, iL vu conl rar y to the rules of the brSmm4 fra boy to enter there unbidden. .1 ami's had loaned it to a small h ay, n vii' d John It ad, to tie up SOHSfl nuts, the day before, w'c n they had a little ramble together. The hoy Wysf to return it, Ifeaaaosvyst the rule of tie? STtsiolagatnal catering tk 'cosservalory, but, seeing tue doof open, rvaahed in to took at .some rire i!o.ra. The handkerchief, being partly mat his pocket, dropped npon Use ground. See here the eviN of heed' 1 a foffttydnsx. The boy hail cxpose a scinNiIni it toceswnre; and had It not been for Ja nes Hoirard'a good name, his teacher w ulJ hive surely thongkt him to be i be off nder. At least, sa thought .lohn Itand. How ashamed lie felt when Dr Woods .;id those words about a ; ! Mam ' Tiie wtards kepi ringing in his ears. . had brafken a rule of the school, aaid aras afraid to own it. He tJaonghf the doctor would despise him if he knew, and so would the boys. All that day, ail ths Bight, BC In I bo peace. At length be went to J saw a lie was not afraid to tell hii.i all about it. "I Baal lorget it, James ; tritly, honest ry, dha, BBftd Uae child "but Vm af aid Hie tloctor Won t believe lit? as he dot S -"." " Yes, hfl w ill," replied Jane . " Vu have keen so short a Ihne ia achooi, there's soaae aacnas for you. -o ;Lt e cc, nn ! own up ; for t he longer yon p rt i' i if i harder it w ill I"-. Always own a fsvutl st once. Don't hfl airanl ; the doctor will forgive you." Thus encouraged, the buy w. nt to Dr. Woods, conies sod his fault, and w;is forgiven; but he learned a lesson again I Ibrgetfubaean which he always reinem -he red. True n UlL A vol sn man BBSned l'.ir':, ßpnm BTovOaShnr, SSatarad the store of the Law rem , in Boston, ami lonnd Abbob in ttmoAce. lie represented kimaetf as havhag just commenced business, und desin! 1 purcbaBB a lot of ffonda. Ufl bad reoonanten dhAtoas as to cliaracter from aevo ral bsshi eatfad citizens of tVorcester, but e ontouching his business itanding, occapa city. Tin- im rchant listened to hffl SSot, ana, at it' cisie, shook his beul. ' 1 have no doubt." be ssld kindly, " that you have lull I. tith in your aiuluy to promptly meet the obligations you would now Moanse ; hm I have no knowledge of your tact or capacity ; and, as you admit, you are just launching forth up SB. the sea of business. I should he doing yarn mjnsthjt to allow yon to contract a debt which I did not feel h Hin I you could pay at Uae proper time." Hut Mr. Lawn m c lilu tl the appt at in n af the young man, and finally lol 1 him that he would lei Ii i nt fi iv what '' he could pay tor nt tlie coat of BSBttUfeC tun; about ten percent, less than the r ir ular wholesale price. i he lull a- made Bttt ami paid, ami the clera asked v n r the roods should In sent '1 will take then Iii v II, .i I the pur chaser. Von!! fiti'l them rather heavy,' surm sted the clerk, -miling. ' .Never in. ml. lam strong, ami the Stage office is not tar aw; y , and Dcstuca I have nothing else to iK-cupy my lime. "But," said the clerk, eapoatnlatiBfl "it is hardly in keening with v oir iohi tii n to be shouldering such p .microns bundles through the cily. " TIhtc you mistake,' replied the young saasL with simple candor. "My position jut bow i one in which I must help at seit, if I would be helped at all. I am not ashaim-d to carry anyt Bing which I horn st -ly nshess, nor am 1 ashatm d d tiestrength w hich en ibh s me to bear the heavy busden.1 Thus speaking be fhoulib red s large bundle, ami had türm d toward-, the outer door, when Mr Lawrence, who. from ins office, had overheard the conversation, calh d him back. "Mr. harka, I have i included told ran have w hat goods you want n t ime. Scled at your pleasure " The young man was surprised. " Vou have the true pride for a successful merchant, sir," pursued Lawrence; "and 1 shall Im much disapsinted it you do not prosper " Amin Lawrence was l ot disappointed. Within tit it -ii years irom that lime Sun uel l'arks whs himself estatalished on Mi k street one of the most cnterprisin;- i i Miccessful liierchanls ill Ibttilon Tiik or., a Flench journal. p flu following auspicious story as ha BM I I told by Napoleon hiinselfot Prince Bona parte ' I was once strolling in the dro ta ol New York with Cousin li rn . when my cigar went out. I aski-d a fankm for a liRhl, and he very civily hamb d me a splendid Havana which he w a- smoking. Ml giving it back 1 w as aw k ward i no'U h to burn his check, w ben upon buatBBBed me vociferously. Know ing my sell tob ia the wrong, 1 endeavored to mollify him by apologica But unluckily Fnrn, who was ou the other Bide of ilu- Mr--t and heard the Yankee uing high woroatntBSJ, stepped across, drew Iiis pistol, and shot the man dead on the spot. Fr tins 'affair' we wen b ih of us put in pn I lor tWB month- " A MAJaHITl ol Uiesfialrsol thcThotn aston National Bank, in Slaice, aie owned I y women.