Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 3, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 July 1870 — Page 1

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Vol.^i.—No. 3!

The News.

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'r-—^ "iv, DOMESTIC. The Lcglslatrird of Virginia lias adjourned until .October I JT Ex-Senator Frellnghuysen, of New Jersey,

Is mentioned as the probable successor of £Mjnister Motley. 7 Uncle Wain's balance tfieet showed the snug sum of Sl!x,-'17,2)1 1" the Treasury at

Washington, 011 Saturday Five hundred Chinamen passed Omaha on Saturday, en route to Burlington, and

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by fiver to Chattanooga and Geor

gia. During art affray In his saloon at St. Louis, late on Monday night, Mike McCoole was accidentally shot in the left arm, fracturing the bone uiid producing a serious wound.

A large number of Representatives in Con gresft, irrespective of party, have united in a petition to the President for the appointment of Hon. G. S. Orth, or Indiana, t&the Berlin Mission

The nominations of Moses II. Grinnell, as Naval Olficer at New York, and Thomas Hillhouse, as Assistant Treasurer, at New York, were confirmed Monday night by the Senate.

JameR O'Neill was hung on Sunday night, on Brown's bridge, nine miles from Denver, Colorado, by unknown parties. A placard was attached to his body with the inscription "Cuttle Thief upon it.

The funeral of Lingard, the actor, took 011 Sunday. He had committed suicide on Wednesday. There was considerable feeling manifesto!against Mrs. Lingard, who was present and had to be protected by the police.

The Democratic Congressional Convention at Lafayette, Tuesday, nominated General M. D. Manson for Congress. General Manson was defeated for Lieutenant Governor in

KIM, for .S-erctary of State in 1860, tor Congress In lH^s. At Conneaut, Ohio, Tuesday morning, 11aIph Wright, a farmer sixty years of age, murdered J1 is wife by splitting her lieac open with All axe, set fire to his dwclinghouse, and ihen hung himself in the .stable. It Is supposed lie was insane.

The Second Audltwr of the Treasury has given nil opinion on the (itiestion of payments of soldiers, to the effect that the present rate (sixteen dollars per month) sliauld he continued although the operation of the law expired by limitation 011 the 30th ult

The world Is desired to take note that the new Attorney General's name is Akernian. not Ackerman. Ho doesn't like to be called Ackerntan. Thesensitive Attorney General should not take It to heart, though he is by 110 means the first of Grant's Cabinet whose variously

name has been Ssly spelled.

'"Id took a sharp .upward turn in New York, Monday. It Opined lit 115%, And after &. many lluetyatlons closed At 118% bid. The rf transactions were unufttifclfy heavy, and the W exclteiijent in the Gold Room was. greater tluw ».jy time since the memorable Sepv* teniber crisis.

The House ot Representatives. Monday, -,,

by a party vote, passed a resolution deciaring tlK»t the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendtucnts to the Constitution, had been rati fled tog' the -requisite three-fourths of the States of the Union, and were now in- full as parts of that instrument.

.Tames T. talker, of EvansV1jlet

ivter VninXoamodo, a* Hollander, and Lucy Ann Halcn, a mulatto, who were married on Haturday, won* retanHed from

custody,

»»arriuKC dwlared lawfi.l. hundred negro convicts ennjfvr MlinliVr iVsnlM'akoiinrt Ohio Railroad, "WM MiningUocWidKoCounty, Virginia,

nnitbii .,V V.V\ ""Htje County, Virginia, *f the tninritu

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Ottornoon, killed one to a I

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A desperatfc affray took place, Tuosdav atl •:im Park, New Yi\k, betw.^Va iartv

about three thousAmo or Oriinudm™ wt,I

(about three thousAnU) or Orangemen, who .were celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of the Hoyne. and some Iii*h laborers,in which three of the latter were killed ^(14 a large number wounded. The loss sustained by the Orangemen is not known, nor luis"lt been clearly ascertained which was the assaulting parly.

John A. Matson died on Thursday night, of congestion of the brain, at his residence In Greencasllc, In this Slate. Mr. Matson when lie tlrst rose into notice was a resident of lirookvllle, and wa.s frequently put forward for important offices by the Whigs In those days when they could do little else than make candidates for fhe Democrats to beat. In is is he was the Whig candidate for Governor against Joseph A. \N right, but was beaten of course.

Saturday, K«dcral soldiers seized a lot of whisky in Lincoln County, took it to Tullahonia and shipped on the Nashville and ('hattu:ioo£:t I tail road for Shelbyvlllo. On o'clock Saturday night, a squad of men went to Concord, on the Manchester and MeMlnnville Itiiilmad, took possession of a locomotive and forced the ehgineer to run it to Wartrace, where the ear containing tJie wliiskv Mas overtaken. Tliev enntufed It, took it bitek ro the neighborhood of Tullahoma. unloaded it in the, w*nds. and dismlsscd the cligincct.

The sudden death of Hear Admiral Dalilurcn, which took place Tuesdav monltig, at his iosid Mice at the Navv yard, \\*a,s a'siwl surprise to evi one. lie was apparently well and nearly .Monday, and during thedav yisted the Nnvy lepartment and the White House. Ileeoinplahmd in the evening of not {eel lug well, and also Tuesday morning, but ate hrijrtljfiwt. with his family, and was not cousid'Mid really ill, until about 9 0 clock. .Mrs. Dahlgien had medical aid soon summoned, but in Hn hour from the tline ot the attack tin? Admiral was dead 01 lUMirt diNousc. UMu*ral Slirrnian, a warm friend of the family, was sent for aud nrrivwl just after the Admiral's dentil.

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The declaration of war has been announced In tlic('or))S l,cglslatif.

At S». Petersburg then' Is strong feeling on the part of the Russian Government against France.

A conspiracy hOMlwon discovered in Madrid, the oty«vi of which wa-s to declarva republj^. The leaders have IHVU arrwted.

Journal OfllclalstaK^s the Government law no uews of the rejiortod massacre In (Vliiua. The story Id generally considered false.

The Inhabitants of the Zncatecas Valley, Mexico, wen* reeentlv driven to the mountains bv heavy rains and water spouts, which wrought great damage in the valley.

Austria continue# to prefrss neutrality in the quarn'l h« \revn IVussIa and France, but It Is said she will alutndon If a thlni power should Intervene. "J

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Holland will remafu neutmT anrbVg ''ttie )hut h®d not traveled far. and winstruggle. The lH'lligen*nt« have engaged to *^r prxlaltly overtook nein iK'fore thev 4 n»sp«vi the neutrality of H»'lglum..yi-t tnxips swept over a very wde scope ofthe iT are rapidly couwutjjptJLim Antwerp and country. They adv«,00' steadily, howother ]Hinh«. L- ever, and multiply hundred aiid tifty l^trls Journ»ils note wntnidletorj* r»'iorts'

The Cubans in theCamaguay District have returned to their allegiance, and are working 011 their plantations. Arms have been furnished them by Government, and they are organizing for protection against roving bands of insurgents.

The North-German Uazettr has a dispatch from Ems yesterday giving particulars of the withdrawal of Benedetti. It seems he accosted the King of Prussia while the latter was drinking fhe waters, demanding peremptorily his Intentions on the pending imbroglio. He was therefore dismissed.

It is reported on the best authority tliot an angry interview occurred yesterday between the ftmperor and Prime Minister Ollivier, growing out of the latter's known disposition for peace. The Emperor violently denounced Ollivler's efforts in this direction.

It is said a proclamation signed by Napoleon has been prepared for distribution throughout the German States as soon as tiie French troops cross the frontiers. It asserts to the German people that France is at war against Prussia, not against Germany, and with 110 idea of conquest. An eiiormous number of copies are already printed.

Movement [of troops towards the Rhine frontier is incessant. Eastern France is absolutely alive with soldiers. Troops which liu ve liitlit rto gai rlsonedParis have gone,and raw levies are replacing them. Ambulances and citissons throng the streets on their way to the East. The preparations at the dilleient naval stations are 011 a similarly large scale. It is the general belief here that war will be declared.

Excitement in Paris over the quarrel with Prussia Is tremendous. O11 the Bourse and Boulevards, and in Cafes and Clubs heated discussions are going on and personal encounters are not unfrequent. Ministerial agents are exciting the people against Prussia. They charge that the mangling ot Count Benneditta's telegrams and detention of trains vesterday, were Prussian tricks to gain tiine. Military activity is unabated. A fleet is under orders for the Baltic. It will be commanded by Admiral De La Gravine. Gen. Danay is ready to march 011 Luxembourg with*an army of 60,000 men.

&TIIANUK SUICIDE OF AN A ME1 ICAN.

[From a Berlin (Prussia) Cc.r.'espondent.] As a contrast to this bright picture I have to record the death by suicide of a young American, hailing Iroin West Jioxburv, Mass., who had been pursuing his musical studies here at the Kullack Conservatory for eight months. In a tit of utter despondency, most unusual in a youth of nineteen years of ago, lie went into a wood, about four miles from this city, and deliberately blew out his brains with a pistol he had but newly purchased, as evident from the price ticket still attached thereto. On his person were found, among private effects, such as a watch money, etc., a pocket-book containing a most minute account of daily expenditures since his landing at Hamburg, and which sufficiently denoted him most orderly, economical and prudent young man. A separate entry showed that he had at the time a considerable balance in his banker,s hands. Previous to the ra*h deed he had written letters in pencil, on the pages of the book, ttyhts 81',1tWtfu Hi ih fp] "Its no use, father. I wish to make a calm and perfectly true statement. I have been here nearly eight months, and to-day I cannot strike one note upon the piano as it should be struck. HerrWiepreeht, chef tVorcheserc, here was right it was not to be. Dear father, do not think too harshly of me. You cannot know how hard I have tried to get the

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n.s to t\w nttitn«1o Itnly on tho French- *thoy have ^he otate, may l'russlan question. Some of the n^wirts say le exjCftel for some years to come. Italy Is favorable to France others that she hnns towanl Prussia.

The Krriisc Massate trents tbe situation in languauc MM serious as energetic. Its article cloenw with the following sentence "Uer-

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thousand times for your love and kindness in sending me lierc, and I so wish it might have been otherwise. Ood bbss you, my father, and may you forgive your son." 'the necessary arrangements for his burial were attended to bv Consul Kroissman, and he was interred last night in the cemetery at Charlottonburg, a town in the vicinitv of the wood wlwre the tragic event took place.

nilCKETS ON THE EARTH.

The Cricket urn-si oti of Nevada— When Thri/ Come and Whither Bound

[Front the Terrltorjal Enterprise, Virgi City, Nevada, June Tho Htato has been invaded by ets. y«st armies of them have en/fi'ed the (itsiern ]ortion of tho Stuw A week ago the advanced guard of tV? devasti«lng horde ixmred down Aipon El,ko, and as they swept past wi$ their silent-tramp, the people stood appalled at their numbers. The Elko Ijlaepcndent do^s not trace their coi^80 eastward, Imt they evidently cj91110 ffom Utah, the home of thocrU^1'!. grasshop|H?rand polygamous MOTiuitn, and are endeavoring to cut or^t their way through' to the green yalieys of the Truck Co. They an destroc'ive on vegetation, and their atlJ^rtee should be stopped h\* some mcajfc.' As the malarious marshes Of the Ranges seem to be

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of tho cholOra, so does Utah

appear to be the birth-place of the cricket and- grasshopper plagues of the Great Basin, l-'or tlio jjkst eight or ten years, if not longer, that territory has btton sorely aflliotetl with grasshoppers, and it has 'sometimes seemed that the iSaints would lie compelled to yield their fields and pastures to these innumerable and remorseless destroyers. The cricket jx\st, however, lias been less severe, and i'rom the habits of this insect, we not appreliend that the present invasion will prove very destructiye. ?hey sometimes appear in prodigious mniliers, but thev travel slowly, and their adTance is oasilv stopped. InlSi, tire a distance of twenty twenty live miles, in Utah, the whole face ofthe country was so densely covered vith crickets—large, fat clumsy, wiiglos« fejlows—that tlio wheels of theeninmint's wagon bec.ime almost clogged with the crushed carcasses of these insects.

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TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1870.

[For the Saturday Evening Ma" THE STORM.

TU VNSI.ATKI) KKOM THK FIRST HOOK OK THIS •KNKI1) BY THOMAS B. I.ONG.

Scarce had the Trojans, slowly losing sight Of the Sicilian shores, their Joyful sails Spread out above the ocean's placid deep, And tossed the salt foam with their brazen prows, When Juno, cherishing a lasting hate Within her breast, thus pondered with herself: Shall I, o'ercome, desist from my design, Nor have the power to turn the Trojan king From fair Italia's shore*, because, indeed^ It is forbidden by the fates Was The power bestowed on Pallas, warlike maid, To burn the Grecian ships with greedy Are, And whelm them in the ocean, ior one fault— For Ajax' frenzied crime, Oileus son? Herself Jove's rapid fire she hurtled down From the black clouds, and scattered all their ships, And turned the

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ocean with the winds.

Him seized she with a whirlwind, breathing flames From his pierced breast, and dashed him on the rock. But I, who move majestic, Queen of Gods, And am both sister and the wife of Jove, Am forced to wage, for many weary years, Unnumbered wars against this single race. Ah who will ever more adore my name, V' Or on the powerless Juno's altars place With reverent heart the grateful sacrifice?

Thus pondering, with heart inflamed with ire, The Goddess sought /Eolu's boisterous bounds, The native land of storms and furious winds. Here King Mollis, in a mighty cave, With sway imperial

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And in a prison binds, with galling chains, The sounding tempests. All indignant they With ceaseless..roar around their barriers moan, jt And lill tlio mountains %ith appalling sounds. Here sits iEolus on a lofty throne, Wielding his scepter, terrible to them Their fury calms, and moderates their rage, Else quickly they their wrathful course would take, And lifting sea, and earth, and heaven profound, Would sweep them wildly through the idle air. But the Almighty Sire, foreseeing this,4

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Removed them far within the gloomy caves, Beneath the lofty mountain's ponderous weight, -j

To him, then, Juno spoke with suppliant words: vEolus! (for the lofty Sire of Gods

And King of Men hath given the power to thee To smooth the waves, and raise them with the winds,) A race despised by me in safety sails (, Upon the Tuscan sea, transporting Troy, 1 And all its conquered Gods to Italy. Vl Assail them with the fury of the winds, And overwhelm and sink their hated ships! Or drive them far apart in different ways, And strew the ocean with their drowning forms! There are to me twice seven beauteous nymphs, And Deiopeia, fairest of them all, Iu solemn marriage will I bind to thee. And consecrate thine own,—and all Iter years Shall she in faith remain, and bring to thee, Their sire, an offspring l»e»uteous as herself, So thou this service renderest to me.

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And mine the duty ever to obey, Viul execute thy wishes and commands. /For through thy favor all inv power remains,

My scepter and the assenting will of Jove, The honor of a seat beside the Gods, Around the brilliant festal lioard on high. Thou, too, hast made me ruler of the storms, And placed the sounding tempests in my hands. Thus having said he whirled his pointed spear, And struck the hollow mountain in the side Ami like a marshalled army, forth the winds From every opening rushed, and scoured away In dread tornado, over all the lands. At once they press upon the sea, and

South,

And East, and Southwest winds, with tempests rife, Upturn the ocean from it.s lowest deeps, And roll tremendous billows to the shore. The cries of seamen rise above the storm And mingle with the creaking ropes o'er head. Soon sudden clouds o'ercast the very li«tveiw. And snatch from Trojan eyes the light of day! Night, sable night, sits brooding on the sot And crashing thunders rush from pole to pole, Whilst frequent lightnings fill the glaring sky.

And nature threatens all with speedy death.

Soon .EneLs'limbs unnerved with nnmlting cold. And shuddering fear, he groans and lifts on blub To heaven latt\s: O thrice and four times happy thej died Before their parents' faces, underneath The lofty battlements of Troy O thou Great Tldetis' son, bravest of all the Greeks' Why could not I upon the Trojan plains, Have fallen, and relinquished this sad soul By thy right hand here valiant Hector lies, Slain by the sword of dread Achilles where Sorpedon mighty rests where Simois' stream Rolls underneath her waves so many shields And helmets, and the bodies of brave men 1

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Ev en while bespeaks, the roaring storm In-ars down From the cold North, ana strikes across the «sail. Tossing the raging billows to the stars. All shattered now their oars, the turning prows Expose them to the fury of a wave That, growing to a huge and broken mount Of wafer, follows with resistless might. •Wonie hang upon the towering surge, and some

Between the yawning deep's tremendous wave*. In terror view the not low frightful earth. Where whirling current* mix with drifting sands. Three ship* the South wind hurrying away, Hurls furiously against the hidden rocks— Called by the Italians altars, whose huge ridge ..

him headlong iy the boiling

And hurls him li pon unguided" ship, which soon,

And thrice upon the spot the driving surge

"Whirls the alas I The ravenous eddy swallows in the deep. Now scattered here and there the i4|n are seen Swimming upon the ocean's whirling rage

Vnd arms, and planks, and Trojan treasures, all Appear in dread confusion on the deep. The tempest now o'erpowers the well-built ship Of Ilioneus, now submerges that Of brove Achates, and the two in which Abas and old Alethes sailed from Troy, All, at the loosened seanu along their sides, Receive the hostile watenT, rushing in, And gape with horrid fissures at the waves.

And, meanwhile, Neptune feels the ocean shake •. With great confusion, and with wild uproar A storm sent forth, the very deeps upturned out tl moved,

From out their lowest channels. Greatly

His placid head he raises o'er the waves, And sees the fated tleet'of iEneis wrecked, And widely scattered over all the sea The Trojans by the towering waves oppressed, And ruin from on high. Nor are the wiles, And cruel wrath of Juno hidden from Her brother's eyes. Wj th threatening voice he calls The East and West, and thus addresses them: And do ye thus presume upon your race

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Dare Without ni5r sovereign leave, Thus lieaven and eartli to embroil, and thus to raise The billows vast? Whom I—but it were best To put to rest once more the troubled waves. Again ye shall not thus atone to me For your offenses. Hasten now your flight, And bear from ,me this message to your

King:

That not to him, but unto me were given, By lot divine, the empire of the sea,

And trident dread. Let him possess those

rocks,

Wild and uncultivated as himself, Thy proper habitations, O East wind! There may Mollis in his glory boast, And rule the sounding prison of the, winds. These are his words, and sooner than his speech. He calms the turbid waves and swelling seas Dispels the gathered clouds, and brings again Upon the deep the glorious light of day. With him Cymotlioe and Triton both With might exerteJ heave the stranded

Fromfoff^the high and pointed rocks. Himgeif With his huge trident lightens them the

Lays bare the treacherous sands and smooths till* SOU.. And-in Jtis light-wheeled chariot swiftly glides (i long the surface1** the Obedient waves. lu mighty crotyd thv lVKlfe^laevaJKl thdttgnolile throng bifudsft ThPtTrranian Di'ftwj'fcim worth Appears by chance, dumb silence strikes the crowd, Who stands with listening ears to hear his

Words.

Their minds he rules with counsels, and he calms The raging fury of their troubled breasts. Even so the tumult of the ocean dies, Soon as the Sire surveys the furious waves Is wafted through the air, directs his steeds', And to his flying chariot gives the reins,

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The Female Spider.

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BY GEORGE C. HARDING.

Of all the extensive family of Arach nida, the spider under consideration is the most interesting, while its habits are least understood. The female spider spins, but it is not every spinster who is a spider. Indeed, the sex generally are the flies that tangle themselves in webs of others' weaving, and are devoured—while the female |spider is an anomaly—the avenging Nemesis of her sex—spinning and weaving meshes for the ensnarement of the common enemy. She is an innocent looking creature, and the threads with which she binds her victims are of the finest gossamer, though they have the strength of bars of steel. The more we study the habits of this wonderful creature, the more we are lost in amazement We can trace her origin to no distinct source, and she is not amenable to the laws of reproduction. At some time in her life she has probably been a fly herself, and struggled to shako off the thraldom of some disgusting male spider's web, only succeeding by doffing the characteristics of the lly species, and becoming a spider. And in support of this theory we quote Holy Writ, for is it not written, that they shall hatch epekatrice's eggs, and whatever is crushed turneth to a spider?

There is one peculiarity about the female spider's mode of capturing her prey which is worthy of special mention. Ordinarily the entanglement of a fly in the web is the work of accident or fate. Gaily buzzing around careless of anything, save the pursuit of pleasure, and with a blind confidence in her supposed ability to take care of herself, the fiv dashes into the web artfully spread in some favorite haunt, and in a moment her wings are bound. She may buzz piteouslv, and struggle desperately, but to no avail. She is devoured by the hairy, hideous monster, or only escapes terribly lacerated, unable to compote with her more fortunate fel-low-flie* in the mad whirl, and an object of pity, if not of contempt. The female spider's web, however, is plainly visible, and the victim buzzes into it with his eyes open. But he labors under a singular delusion. 'Judgingonly from outside appearances, he makes the total mistake of believing this spider to be no more than a common fly, all the

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Scarce rises o'er the surface in a calm /time fancying ffc' And three the east wind from the lofty waves Drives, piteous to liehold, upon the should And wildly dashes them against the s)rfre, Where gathering sands enclose them With a mound. A mighty wave, before the very eyH Of ^Knels himself, fells from its height Upon the stern of that Ill-fated ship That bears the Lyclans and Orontes thie. It strikes the helmsman, stooping at his

So they come to her web, these foolish spider-flies. Here is a great, blundering booby of a bluebottle, with a droning hum, like the pompous proclamation of the Prince of Pumpernickle. He dashes into the web, and without ceremony attempts to devour the female spider. There is something ludicrous in the consternation with which he meets his defeat, and something contemptible in the craven submission with which he suffers himself to be bound, wing and foot, without another effort to accomplish his original purpose. And then comes the rapacious dragon fly, with a noise like the blare of a trumpet. It takes longer to settle him, and he is ever restive in tlfe meshes. And then there is the gadfly, and the horsefly, and the shoo fly, all finding comfortable entanglement in the web, with an occasional mosquito, ,qvrt mpy and then a igaudv .butterfly,' «rsr It/is curious as well as instructive to watch the vindictiveness with which these poor flies sting each other, and the mad infatuation, with which they strive to expel each other from the web. The female spider enjoys it. She compares the general arrangement of all the songs they severally sing in her ear, and finds them very much alike in words as well as music. Each fly considers himself the favorite, and regards the others as interlopers. The dragonfly is furiously jealous of the gadfly, while the gadfly hates the horsefly, the droning bluebottle affects a lofty contempt for the others.

Occasionally flies of the baser sort— carrion flies—find their way into the web, but do not remain long. They are too mean to suit the pampered appetite of the female spider, and she expels them with vicious bite. And then tlieso villainous insects go buzzing boastfully among their fellows, vaunting their imaginary prowess, but never again venturing near the web.

Generally the spider lias it all her own way, and deals out merited punishment on her prey. She is not cruel in a vulgar sort of way. There is a subtle refinement in her tortures, and she easily justifies herself by a quotation from the Code of reprisals, which says that they that weave the web shall perish by the web. She even l'ccls at times a sort of compassion for some unusually active victim, whose struggles are so pitiful. She will do anything to render his situation comfortable, except to let him devour her, and her compassion adds to his torture.

The spider, however, has her troufjjps. Sometimes a headlong, booming bditle breaks her web, and then again a wasp or a hornet may steal in, disguised as a fly, and sting her. These instances are rare. The spider generally understands herself and her prey.

Our sympathies are, wo confess, with the spider. We like to see cunning overreach itself, rapacity come to grief, and the biter get bitten. But it is the ludicrous asjiect of the situation which is so peculiarly enjoyable. We c/tn not but admire the grace and tact with which the spider manages so many unruly insects. In an artistic point of view she is infinitely ahead of the juggler, who keeps a dozen balls in the air at once, without collision, and without suffering one of them to come to the ground.

THE preeious story that Lady Franklin traveled lb Alaska in hopes of recovering certain papers said to hava been found there in a castaway bottle, turns out to le a pure fiction. But there is more and better- than romance in the fact that Lady* Franklin did go there to approach as nearly as possible the regions in which her noble husband was lost. He has too long gone from among men, and she is too ffcr gone in years, that she should now seek^tidings of htrn on any, earthly shore.

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going to devout her woven around him, and still he fails to comprehend the situation. Ho whets -his appetite by gloating over this-spider so like a fly in her make-up, as to deceive the very elect of spiders, and more hopelessly entangles himself in the effort to approach nearer. Finally, the critical moment approaches, and with an appetite sharpeued by pursuit, he attempts a dinner, lie makes a discovery which leaves him utterly bewildered. The fly is not a fly after all, but a spider infinitely more subtlo than hut kind. After a desperatp struggle he accepts the situation, and becomes a helpless fly, still retaining all the savage instincts of the spider. He suffers the horrors of Tantalus, "in sight of heaven, enduring hell." Dead Sea fruit is his only diet. His spider instincts rage within him, and his fangs whet themselves in impotent rage. This is the female spider's diet. She doesn't devour him bodily, after the manner of ordinary spiders, but she feeds on his sighs and groans, and his complaining buzzings are music to her ears. He becomes enamored of the thousand dclicato little filaments which bind him but at times there comes a revulsion, and he makes a herce struggle for freedom. With a syren song she again rouses his spider instincts to the pursuit, and weaves her jjveb stronger about him

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TOO LATE FOR EXPLANATION. himself aflh*Kfirr, who distinguished a good but eccentric oitiRaqtenoy, was ble duelist. His debut was rentui lurrj. He a lad of slight, effeminate ap-

arance, apparently devoid of spirit. father, the Marquis of Lothian, when he brought him to London to join his regiment—the Coldstream Guards—requested the Colonel,- who was his particular friend, to watch over him, and soe that he submitted to no improper liberties, and to instruct him in the way he should go, in case he had the misfortune to be insulted.

Those were the days ^||WN} drinking. "prodigious swearingj|^BttE:bruUil manners. This pacific young roion of nobility soon became a butt at mess, a stop-peg to hang practical jokes on, until at last a Captain of a year's standing threw a glass of wine in his face. He still said nothing, but wiped his face with his handkerchief, and took no further notice of the insult ho had received.

The Colonel thought it was high time to interfere, and invited him to breakfast, tete-a-tete, on the following morning at 9 o'clock. Lord Mark arrived punctufilly, ato his breakfast with perfect composure, and spoko but little. At length the commanding officer broko ground.

Lord Mark," said ho, "I must speak to you on rather a dclicate sub-, ject, but, as your father's friend I am compelled to waive ceremony. Captain L—-—, yesterday morning, publicly passed aii affront on you, which both your honor and the credit of the regiment require j'ou to notice."

What do you think, sir, I ought to do?" inquired he. Call on him for an explanation," rejoined the Colonel.

It is, I fear, too lato for that," replied the yc»ing Ensign. "I shot him at eight this morning, and if you will take the trouble *to look out of tho front window, you will see him on a shutter!"

[Front the Cincinnati Enquirer, of Wednesday.] URA HA LSTEA D'S FATHER liEA TEN TO DEA TH.

Intelligence was received in this city last evening of the death ot' Colonel Halstead, father of Murat Halstcad, Esq., of the Cincinnati Commercial, from injuries received at the hands of desperado. Tho affair which resulted in this sad manner occurred at a placo called Paddy's Run, in Hutler county, the home of Colonel Halstead, sonio ten or twelve days since. A gentleman named Brown called on Colonel Halstead, and asked him to arrange for.-... several fiirni hands to completo tho' harvesting on his (Brown's) place. Colonel H. «told him he had several men who would be ,at leisure in a day or two, and in order to make the arthe two got into Mr. rtnd dr harvesting. On ifijrwfi whoso name we have been unable to learn, jumped into the buggv .and struck Halstead on the head with a pair of brass knuckles. Tho old gentleman fell to the ground, and w«s there beaten and kicked in a terrible manner. Three of his ribs wore severed from tho spinal column, and his body was cut and bruised in numerous places. Having eomploted his murdorous attack, the desperado fled, and the old gentleman was removed to his home, where, as wo have already said, he breathed his last yesterday aftornoon. Why no arrest was made, wo are unable to say. An inquest will bo held by tho Coroner of Butler countv this morning, when tho full particulars oftlie outrage will probahty be brought to light. Mr. Halstead was eighty years of age, and one of the pioneer residents in Butler county.

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Bl'LWElVS METHOD.

Bulwcr's history of his literary habits will furnish some valuable suggestions to those who do not recognize the value of time as applied to literary labor. 1 Io says: "Many persons seeing mo so much engaged in active life, and as much about the world us if 1 had never been a student, have said to me, 'when do vou get time to write all your hooks? Hlow on earth do vou contrive to do so much work? I sliall surprise you by the answer I made. Tho answer is this: I contrive to do so much by never doing too much ut a time. A man to get through work well, must not overwork himsatl^ or, if lie does too much work to-day, the reaction of fatigue will come, and he will be obliged to do too little to-morrow. Xow, since I began really and earnestly to study, which was not until I luul left college, and wsts actually in the world, I may, perhaps, say have gone through as large a course of general reading as most men of my time. I have traveled much and seen much I have mixed much in politics and the various businesses of life and in addition to this, I have published somewhere about sixty volumes, some upon subjects requiring much research. And what time, do you think, as a general rule. have I devoted to study—to reading anil writing? Not more than three hours a day and when Parliament is sitting, not always that. But then during those hours, I have given inv whole attention to what 1 was about."

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