Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 September 1877 — Page 4

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Address all letters. WM. C.BALL A CO., g»wkttx. Terre Haute Ind.

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13.1877.

FROM the Detroit Commercial Advertiser we learn that Rev. E. P. Hammond the revivalist, will open the fall cam£fjgn at East Saginaw, Mid*

:.i RYAN is happy to state that he now feels invigorated. The faith in. the peopie he once lost has been found, and again he is hopeful and hearly.

RYAN'S old men who have been maka practice ot shaking their heads in warning are none of them the old settlers who met to-day. Ryan's ol4 me** old 6oaker«. •'».

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Soldiers' Orphan's Heme at

Knightsville will be immediately rebuilt, the insurance money being very nearly sufficient for the purpose, owing to the fact that the walls are not seriously dam1 aged..,„

BKLIEV® us, Mr. Ryan, when we say that "the great mass of the people" are not "an insignificant body to-day," any more than they Were yesterday, or Satiirtjay ftight. You ca*. rest in peace on this point. The GAZi^jt. will stand by you.

,M)IN a tlotel fire in New Hampshire, U* mother-in law of the proprietor was burned to death, which is exceedingly suspicious.—New York Herald.

What is suspicious? Do you mean to intimate she made things so hot about the house as to set it on fire?

Noflrthat Ryan had regained his lost faith in the people, and is "happy to state that he feels invigorated," we presume he agrees with that other eminent rag-ba-by itt, fli(ft itttoOr»t expeefttntjm Arm-r 6trOng, that "it is a blanked lorig lanetha* don't blow somebody sofme breezes. vf, rnmmmmm—

MX^thew4 & Ewing begin their,joint discussion at Da)-ton 0., on Monday afternoon of next Week. On Tuesday they will debate at Chillicothe, the home of William Allen. Thursday and Friday they will be at Shelby and Alliance. It will be a memorable debate.

Reportsfrom Wisconsin indicate an unusually heavy hop crop in that section, and predictions of low prices are made. Low hops and cheap barley are incompatible with dear beer. Perhaps glasses will be deepened and broadened, or else "Swei beer" for a nickel is what we are coming to.

THE Indianapolis Journal claims that it intends to have the fullest and most reliable special dispatches from Washing ton of any paper in the We6t. We are glad of this. They will find a place in the GAZETTE of the same day, properly credited, whenever thene is anything newin them.

S THEmanagers of the County Fair have Spared no lbbor or expense to make the exhibition this year a success. If the weather is good there is every reason to believe that it will be abetter fair than we have had for years, and a credit to the County. So far as possible every person in the County should not fail to attend. A large and appreciative crowd in at tendance ia an important element in the suwess of such an exhibition. nir iiIP :i

True is« policeman in Brooklyn wIiq ^ra^iea hi# wife's serv^efskt feii thousand dollars. A saloon keeper, together with her own exertions, made her a habitua 1 drunkard, and strit is brought under the Civil Damages act—being the first suit of the kind.—New York Herald.

If the wives should undertake to bring suits for $to,ooo each on account of ruin t" ed husbands, then the country would go into bankruptcy and make an end of the business.

Ptrr down the Republicans of this a« •olid for them reonetization oi silver, would be interesting to have somebody, jjMt plattse and i^i an' authorUative manner,deny the justice of Wit. demand for the rMttonetiaation of silver. As the question now stands silver will be remon etized next winter by Congress, and restored to its old position in the coinage cl the country. Resumption of speck pey menta will follow almcist immediately after,

Wikxmsik Republicans indorse the southern policy of President Hayes with an %i£." They hope it wfll be nncoMa, but doubt it. If itisa«ucce«, they de sire to be understood as not having opposed it But if Mr. Tilden had taken

the Presidency, there would have been1 souther npolicy, which wouldhayebeen just the same aa that adapted by Hayes, by these* stalwart, Republicans Of Wisconsin. Tilden would

have

beetf denounced as a

rebelled aUaifaw..^

O^osftiosF to the present bankrupt law is gaining in strength every day. It is likely that organization will render that opposition effective before very long Like the bankrupt law of 1836—39, which was very much like the present one, it, has outlived its usefulness, and, like it, should be repealed. Honorable mer chants who have been unfortunately involved to a hopeless extent, it is true, have been enabled start again free of incumbrance by giving up all they posessed. But it has also enabled many a rascal to become rich by secreting his property. Others still have laid in large stocks on credit, which, by extravagance or robbery, are frittered away, until finally a mere fractionxjf the original valuf of the stock i8 left Then the store is closed, and but five or ten cents on the dollar is left for creditors to be reimbuVsed from. When Congress discovered that rascally use was being rti&de of the law of 1836-39, it repealed it. And trade revived, because rascality was checked, the premium upon it being removed. So of the present bankrupt law. It has done its wofk and should be repealed. Confidence will not revive until it ia stricken from the statute books. Congress should carefully consider the question at its next session. ,,

COTOPAXI

Cotopaxi, the volcano, an account of whose latest erruption was published in the Gatette of yesterday, seems to have departed from the rule which has heretofore governed the operations of all well regulated valcanoes. Instead of lava, it spouted water in immense quantities. If some titanic Moses had smitten its rock-ribbed sides with the rod of authority, it could not have gushed water in more copious quantities. Up the stream was sent, and downward falling poured on all sides an irresistable current which s« ept away houses and fences drowned cattle and hotses washed off the veiy surface Oijhe ground, and generally left death and delation in its track. After it had washed *Vay everything with water, then it proceede^ emit ashes, covering the ground it ha& laid waste with these ancient habilimenU

But ashes are the appropriate means whereby volcanoes, since the beginning of time, have been accustomed to express their wrath. And when in a red-hot shape, as molten lava, there can be no misunderstanding of their meaning. People have grown accustomed to that sort of thing from tradition and usage. But when a volcano weeps tears by the million of gallons, what does it mean? That is the question. How did Catopaxi come to get in such a dropsical humor? Has he been feasting on watermelons? And lastly did ever any volcano, before this one, throw up water?

THE OLD SETTLERS. No' meeting that occurs in Terre Haute, from one year's end to another, possesses more interest than the reunion of "the Old Settlers." With the early history of our town and all the country round about they are familiar. And in the case of a comparatively newly settled country like our own, this is a matter of very considerable moment. Early times on the Wabash, we're very different trom what the yoiihger 'generation has ever^kipown.. When-, we who are

young mefc rtow, ^e grown grey and bowed with years, we can tellour descendants no such stories of dangers and sufferings as those to. whom we have listened to-day.

Fifty years hence Terre Haute will be little different from what it is now, except in size. Law and Qinier will prevail then as now.

All, or nearly all the appliances ot civilisation -i' likely to be in, ./use in that day, will, have been known to us in o*fr youth. Railroads, those great levelers, by rais ing up all mankind to a higher plane will have presided over our youth, and given us alt the advantages likely to be possessed by our descendants. No aboriginal inhabitants will nave ever made our existence at its dawn stiuggle. We can tell our children of no experiences they will not have known' themselves But the old men of this present time to whom this day is especially devoted, have something to tell that is both new and novel something that we have never ne«ir ^caa if wfe live w^ethii^ 6f aie •never know anything except as we bear it from that small' head which trifeets to-day and which is daily growing fewer in numbers. Within As past twelve months their ranka have bfen thinning ant rapidly. Soon we will hive only a raimory of them to cherish, and our only knowledge of the eariy days will be through memory of their remarks delivered on occasion* like this present AU hail 1 the Old Settlers. May the sun

again stand stfll, that their dfejritta/ be

TXH\T?P»K!3I&

mourning

and desolation. Had Job dw^

GIES, DEFEATS, AND

Cato-

paxi's base, and desired to go intv mourning over his losses, he could have h-,nd a convenient ash heap all about him,

broad as his possessions and as deep ab his grief.

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TTTR TBKMt HAUTE WVJf.Kl.Y OA/KITH

SOTHERNvfHE ACTOB,' tJNDEfeGOE^ T|E INTEB&tEyVING PROCESS—HIS RACY'WORirOF HIS EAR£Y

TRI-

UMPHS.

Condensed from Interview in New \ork Herald. A reporter found Mr Sothern in the Gramercy Park Hot-1 revising. Dew play. In person l.e is probably five feet eight inches is height In years the actor has been 60 well preserved that he might have been born one hundred and fifty years old and gradually come down to five and twenty, for be seems younger every birthday than he was the year before. In truth, he is fifty-one years of age. Along grax moustache hides the mouth. Said Mr. Southern, picking up three or four photographs: For a man with a twenty-year old lad like that, who is already on the stage, and a girl of twelve like that, must have a well full of recollections. I was educated for some years by a private tutor, with the queer name of Dr. Redhead, the rector of an .English church, it being understood that should be a surgeon. I attended the operations for two years in the Middlesex Hospital, London, but the scenes of the dissecting-rooms sickened me. I studied theology for two years, and theological books are even to--day my favorite reading., It was not long before I commenced the studdy of the old dramas, and as an ameteur appeared at the Theatre Royal, Island of Jersey. That entire portion of my career was marked by dismissals for incapacity. A few months after I was playing at Weymouth, England. The regiment of Scotch Gieys was quartered at Dorset, a few miles distant, and Charles Kean was

gut

a vis

it to the officers. A friend persuaded Kean to see me play Claude Melnotte and "Used Up.1' The next morning I received a letter from Kean, which I have now. saying that he heard I was a novice, and strongly advising me to adopt the stage as a profession. He kindly pointed out many faults, but soothed me with the remark that I had great originality. A vear after I received another letter from Kean when I was acting in Portsmouth, asking if I would play the 6ame chaiacter in which he had seen me, adding that he weuld send Wr. Boucicaultto give his jmlgment. Unfortunately I lost the opportunity. From Portsmouth I went to Wolverhampton and Burmingham, my highest salary being thirty-five shilings a week. I played Romeos, Mercutios, and all tfcie juvenile and light comedy business. I then had a season of broad low comedy. After this Mr. Lacy, the dramatic publisher, of London, offered me $25 a week to go to Boston, where I opened in "Dr. Pangloss" and a low farce, "John Dobbs." My failure in Pangloss was complete, though the audience, because I was a stranger, called me before the curtain, and so gave me every encouragement. The papers cut me up mercilessly and unanimously, but I had enough common sense to know

Ks were true. I wasj

that their remarks were again dismissed for incapacity. I went to Howard Athenanim to play juvenile parts at a reduced salary. '1 hey dismissed me for incapacity. I came to New York and applied to Barnum, who was Sen running his museum where the *j[*"ald building now stands told him all thatov,ure(j)

agked him to let me

Pl»y **-e a day. I felt all I wanted was ^nt practice and experience. _He engaged me at $20 a week, and in mtle while raised it to 1125. I played ^w

ce a

da.-f

Thanksgiving day ,jx times, but it. did me an enormous de,,

of good A fter

that Mr. Marshall, of ytroati,

gaged me for $40 a and at

Broadway, en-

.he National

ton. I mention this to sho*Lhat#weof

old school had to undergo were obliged to play so malK a repose which,it seems to em actors do not possess. this I went to Baltimore under the ment of Laura Keene, at a salary and from there to Wallaek, with I remained four years. All this uay was waiting for an opportunity. Ii ery piece I was under study in such as*Lester Wallaek and Charles Wolc were.cast How I used to work in thoi days! Often till three or (our o'clock in the morning, and four or five hours a day when there was no rehearsal. The looked-for opportunity never occurred until Matilda Heron's engagement to play Camille. Every one foretold a liasco. Three days before its production Mr. Wt Hack asked me if I could study Armand. I told him I was "up" in it, and I went to rehearsal ready. Miss Heron's success was pronounced, and for the first time I received .^thusiastic "calls." This was my first upward move. It was only a week or two before tnat

had determined to return to England to seek other employment Leaving Wallack's I went to Laura Keene'* theatre,,,, now known es the Olympic

Here wai produced •*Ameri

can Cousin," by Tom Taylor. I was cast for Lord Dundreary, a fourth-rate old man, with only forty-seven lines to speak. I retused, but finally agreed with Mr. Bennett, the stage manager, to play on the condition that I should entirely rewrite it. Miss Keene was (pll of objections. In rewriting the part I threw into it everything that strutk me as wildly absurd. 'There is hot a single look, Word or act in Lord Dunnreary that has not been suggested by people whom I have known since I was five years of age. It has been said I have cut the piece tor the purpose Of Dundrearyixing the performance. I have simply cut out the bad cellar scene, a drunken act, which would not now be popular, and so rearranged the play that, instead of seventeen scene*, it is in four acts of one scene each. My part the first night was by no means a success. It was two or three weeks be fore the people began to understand what I-was about. 1 had acted so many serious parts that they evidently considered every tone of my voice ought to be pathetic, just as they now seem to think every tone represents mad eccentricity. The Dundreary hop and skip was a mere accident During rehearsal one cold morning 1 was hop King at the back of the stage whsri Mm* Keene sarcastically inquired if I wasjoing to introdoci tnttin tMfodreaiy. Tnt imL laflMaM atandiiwiarouod

view of tbe clhMnMtH^r^ Having 1 this, I was bound td aftkk tr% a«d as I usuaieasad I found that the whole com

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notoriously clever man on the English turf, quick as lightning in calculating odds, completely pazzled by this ridiculous problem. My distortion of-the tld aphorsm has likewise been frequently cavilled- at. Now, se how this was suggested. A number of us'some years ago were taking supper ,in Halifax, when a

entleman, now retired from the stage, living in New York, sudc'entlv en tered and said: "Oh,yes, I see birds of feath-r." etc. The thought struck me and, winking at i$y brother actipjs assuming utter ignorance, I saidr* do you mean?" He staggered, andrepli ed, "What, have you never heard of the old English proverb, "Birds of a feather flock together#. Eve*y orie 6hook his head. He then said: "I nevei met such a lot of ignoramuses in my life." I began to turn the proverb inside out. I said: "There never could have been such a proverb-rbirds of leather! the idea of a whole flock of birds only having one feather! The thing is ridiculous. He saw the point, and was greeted with roars. I made a merr.oran dum, and afterwards elaborated the idea. I have quire* 6f memoranda of a similar character but whenever I play the part the public seem so disappointed when they don't hear the old lines that I fear I shall never have an opportunity of getting them to accept what wouldr really be abetter version. »f

GENERAL FIRE ALARM.

AN EXPLANATION OF MR SLAUGHTER'S RESOLUTION.

A resolution was recently presented to the council by Mr. Slaughter, who is, by-the-way, one of the livest and most conscientious men the 2nd ward ever had to represent her, providing tor a general nre alarm. The idea does not seem to be understood by everybody, and the Gazeete will endeavor to elucidate it.

There is a necessity of allowing every-

body 1jp know the vicinity of fires, not so much fo pander to the idle curiosity of the crowd as to ease the minds of mer chants, who are always anxious until they know that the fire is not near their property, and to allow all persons on the streets with buggies time to get out of the way of the on rushing reels and hook and ladder wagons.

On Satu day night last, an elegant new baggy, the property of Fouts & Hunter was smashed all to pieces on Main, because there was no signal given whereby Mr. Fouts would know that the hook and' ladder company was com ing towards him. If he had had any idea of wbere the fire was, he could have "^tirmised that the reels would take the direction they did. Ladies and others driving never know what street the reels will take, because they have no idea in what section of town the fire is. I fj

But how can this general alarm be

I went] made? inquires the reader. It is well known that when the fire alarm telegraph was adopted the city was districted into various fire sections.

The alarm always sounds the number of these stations but there is usually so much noise that no one can hear them, and. as a consequence few have taken the small trouble of learning so much as where the stations are.

But if somewhere near the center of the town there was a tolerably high wooden tower with very large ljell-—one that could be heard several miles—which would toll' the number of.the station in which the fire was located, everybody would know at once, within a few blocks, of where it was. The plan hai been .adopted in other places with good effect. Business men print the station numbers on their cards, they would ap pear in the newspapers along with the railroad time tables, and in this way all would sgon becolhe familiarized with their location.

This is tbe proposition which Slaughter makes to the Council. It is a in a

INGER, THE CHINE MAN

SEWING MA IN PARIS, 'Jl

Parie-($?iespouienceTroy Times. quantity of aneeddtes are told of uring his residence in Paris. Here !, As he could not speak French r®. always accompanied by an ina if' He always appeared dressed lince, and thought to overawe

ir£Whis

iaiL

Strang 1, presence. Go in ..store on the boulevar ____ that the clerk did P®*r*ft [°jhedat his appear did not manifest that subrVv' JjTof inferiority that he expectfrom all who were favored aide- 'Thof hira-

1? —Jrtore on the boulevard one day, he ob*er*j

that the cler

Ok.

thietii 1

dels parlors.]

my.inferI have a

on which I cctant HHfiiBgi be*

lice

did

ndt ap-

hedat his appearar did not manifest t!

appearance, and

ed to recei0^'"Priority that he expect-

He ,,id to his

°, xifi fellow appears to me impollte.

.nli«l th* miidfl. «B«-

jy replied the guide. 'Be-

look at me I think not,1 ask him,' scene. 'Do man is?' said have not thai tleman does the clerk, all

5^,. .^ fted fool don't as much as :s he know who I am?' lys the guide, ."but I .will to escape the customary know who this gentleguide to the clerk. 'I •nor, I see that the genspieak French,' replied

explained the ^5

clerk 'who I un, Iuc

clerk, in the stead of jtsionishmeh fifty times as This unpard of a poor Pai unfortunate' too much, ra^e, fend that were 7 course of er to person* to worth no it. In

ieed exclaimed the ietest way possible, ininto a paroxysm .of botring a hundred and great inventor desired, ilte Ignorance on the part clerk, "this one more knew not Singer, was inventor, white with a streak of curses, nough to disarrange the aeons, left the store nevII Plaris knew him, many sorrow, as hi* word was than the breath that made his vast wealth he was mean. He taxed the ofeverybody that he serve him, and skirked if every, remuneration.

patience thoughti

lay night some sneak bQMaitf balls worth $7. tables at George J. Ka_J» saloon and billiard was a dirty trick, and will to Jefferson ville as his ^wn unless returned. The potrack. •.

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ONE OF THE WAR'S TRAGEDIES. From Private Morris' Address at Pittsburg.

One of the pathetic incidents told by the lecturer was his account of the drawing of lots by a number of rebel prisoners, to deteimine which one should be shot, in retaliation for the murder of a soldier belonging to the Thirtieth Illinois on March

3,1865.

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LATEST REMARKABLE MEDICAL CASE

A very remarkable medical case has come to our knowledge, and we have seen no account of it thus far in the journals of the profession. A lady living in AUston was troubled with some affection of the throat. The doctors pronounced it bronchial and recommended a trip to the South. She obtained no relief from the climate, and on her way back consulted aa eminent physician in Baltimore, who said that a tumor had formed inside the windpipe. On reaching home she communicated this opinion to her physician here, and after consultation the doctors decided such to be the fact. Tbe lady placed, herself in the charge of some oi the best medical talent in this city for the'treatmeutof her case, which was becoming very serious. It was with great difficulty that shfe could swallow anything, and her breathing was becoming more and more obstructed. It was decided that tbe tumor must be removed, though such an operation as taking a tumor from the inside of the windpipe was unknown, and an instrument must be invented for the purpose. A tube was put into the windpipe below the diseased spot, and the throat subjected to a course of ''education" for the operation. An instrument was devised, having at one end a combination of claws which Could be worked from the other end so as to close firmly over the tumor, and an arrangement was made fur passing a current of electricity through the instrument, In due time the operation was'successfully performed by gently pressing the instrument down into the windpipe, firmly grasping the tumor in the claws, and burning it out by the electric current. It was drawn out, and the lady, who underwent the ordeal without the use of any anaesthetic, was doing well at last accounts.

4®r *?p

The lecturer was di

rected by the Provost Marshal to prepare a number ot slips of paper, corresponding with the number of prisoners under guard at headquarters. With a single exception, these slips were blank, ana all' carefully folded. They were then placed in his hat, thoroughly mixed by shaking, and covered by a handkerchief. While he had been engaged at this task, the prisoners had been formed in line inclosed by the guard, and stood awaiting order*. Major Marvin and the speaker the proceeeed to the spot, stationed themselves at the head of the line, when the prisoners were ordered to advance seperately and draw a paper from the hat The first man advanced timidiy, and with trembling hand drew from the hat a ballot, which he handed to the Major. The latter's hand was unsteady as he slowly unfolded the paper. It was a blank, and as the Confederate oassed between the guard a sigh of relief escaped him. Another drew a blank, and thus 6event passed through the ordeal in fafty. tall, middle-aged man,: in plain homespun, drew his ballot, and when the Major opened it he said:

uYou

are the

man I want," The man turned deadly pale as he stepped aside. A shooting detail had been made Up from the regi ment of the murdered man, and after drawing their guns, ten out ot the thirty being loaded with ball-cartridge, the doomed man was taken to the edge of a clearing, and the Illinois soldier was avenged.

MR. SHAFFER'S SHEEP-RAIS--6 ING.

A FARM OF SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES,

WITH STOCK VALUED AT $75,000 (From

the Keucez, Texas, Times.

Mr. Shaffer pre-empted 160 acres of land in this county in 1861, and estab lished a sheep rancho. The war followed. He made no appreciable progress in liis condition until 1865, when ni« fortune took a turn. At this time (1865)' he owned 3,600 head of sheep, all improved The original stock of 2,000 head he purchased frcm A, Toutant Beauregard, brother of the General. Four year* after that he purchased i,coo ewes of the cele brated George Wilkins Kendal flock, having, in all, introduced 800 head o( ewes and bucks, costing him $50 a head. Mr. Shaffer's income for 1876 may be fummed up as follows: Ewes sold,

3,575

at 16,716: bucks and wethers sold $6,859, 001 come for 1876, .$27,675

To maintain his establishment and attend to the sheep requires In outlay of nearly $700 per month. -Flbnt twenty five to thirty men are constantly employ ed. The flocks of sheep are divided ink 1,200 to each flock, under the care of a pastore, and over every three pastores is a bacerio or overseer, having that particular three under his especial care Over all the bacerios is ahead man. Two large mule teams are constantly haiding supplies, and in the store-houses of the ranchp is a stock sufficient to start an ordinary country store. Of ewes, bucks and lambs, he has now 16,000 head, leii about 250, valued at about $7^,000.

A few years ago, foreseeing that a large tract of land, would be necessary to maintain his rapidly growing flocks, and afford never-foiling pasturage, when pri ces were comparatively low he commenced the purchase viol has since swelled into a princciy domain, watered. bv six or seven, different streams,' chin among which are the Agua Dulco, San Fernando, and Lagarto. This tract now contains 6oyoto acres of land. With the fence completed which he bss now under way, these acres wi'l not be worth less than $2 each. The tract measures fifteen miles in length and. from ten to twelve wide, and is covered with a plentiful sup-' ply of Umber. Forty miles of fencing will be required to' moose ft Mr. Sha£ fer's dwelling is situated nearly in the middle, and in addition to to a very comfortable dwelling, he has a stone waiehouse for the storage of wool, a la»e stable, and a dozen or mbre outbuildings tor servants.

Three qr four immense clrtms supply water fot the house, and near tbe sheeppens is a large wind mill and tank, drawing a supply from a well eighty-one foet deep, cut through solid rede, and which the water is thirtr-Ave tetdeqpw .. egg 1

Tar Chapman for a good, nfeaL

WORSE THAN PATENT FLOUR: From tbe Boctoa Ctaouciil lolletim. A new aifid true storr tfCokmet Isaac O. Barnes is t^Uwlkr^gentleiBan who says it occurred Hit lime he ever saw the Colonel.

It was in Southmayd's confectionery and fruit store, then on the northerly corner'of Tremont and Bromidd stre^b. Two little girls entered the store, intent on sweetmeat dissipation. One of them proved to be a ftiend of thi CttoMN's, and being fond of

children, Watered into

a lively conversation with her, laughing and joking and enjoying the child's naive admiration of the tempting 00Qtents of the store,

Among the other attractive features were some elegant bouquets ot hot-house flowers it being then the dead of winter.

MOh!

see the lovely flowers, Mr.

Ba.*nes," said the child. "Are they, though," piped the old gentleman, in his falsetto voice "take one of 'em if you want it"

What, one of these splendid boquets for me?" asked the little one. "Certainly, if you like it let your little friend take one, too. I suppose thev are nice posies I don't know anything about 'em wouldn't give a shilling for all ot •em' between here and mindown. Here John Southmayd, do up these posies for my little friends." *,

John advanced "one vast substantial smile," carefully wrapped up the boquets, and the little ladies, with a profusion of thanks, danced away.

Shortly after, the Colonel arose to take his departure, but stopping on his way out remarked, "By the way, John, I owe you something for those posies, how much is it?" "Seven dollars each. Fourteen dollars altogether," replied Southmayd* "Wh-a-a-a t!" said Barnes, with a squeak that could have been heaird at the Tremont House. "Fourteen dollars,** repeated Southmayd, with the calmness of the Sphinx, "those are very rare flowers, tor this season, we generally get eight dollars apiece for such bouquets, but as you took two I put them in at seven/' '•The you did,* squealed Barnes. "It's blanked lucky you have not got any more of'em," and he slowly extracted a twenty dollar bill, and after receiving his change, gazed at it for a moment, muttered "fourteen dbllars for a lot of blanked posies," slowlv pocketed it, and turning toward Southmayd, before he went out, squeaked in his highest tone. "The next time I go into the flour trade, John, I will start in a grocery, instead of your blanked sweetmeat shop."

ATHINGOF BEAUTY.

WHICH WAS ONLY A SPIDKKS WEB AMONG THE WEEDS IK THE RIVER BOTTOM.

A 'more dainty, delicate "thingof beauty," which Keats says "is a joy forever." than a perfect spider's web strung with' pearls and gems of due, was never foupd in a jeweler's casket or formed in an artist's

rancy.

In the rays of the morning

sun it is amass of diamonds set in lines as regular as Marie Antoinett's "diamond necklaCe," but the threads that suspend them are invisible and thev seem to float in the air,flashing out all the colors of the rainbow, shifting, blazing, dying into opal, flaming into dazzling light, never for an instant the same. Blue chases green, red follows violet, yellow meets indigo, in waves, in bands, in darting spikes like little rays of an "aurora." For the flash of an eye the outer line will be a glittering blue and the next green, #ie next yellow, and in the very act of perception, all will mingle together and flit in a wave, a tangled brilliance from side to side or from top' to bottom. Yet every delicate line oi gems is as distinct, its contour as perfect, as if they were ten feet apart instead ot a quarter of an inch. The eye never loses sight of the selfsuspended string of brilliants, though the' scintillations run into each other, fade out, flash up and never give the eye rest from their incessant Butter, of color. Such an one the gushing reporter of The News saw yesterday, hung between the purple blossoming branches of two iron-weeds" on the river bottom. A light breeze kept it waving back aad forth and the reflected rainbow ravs, so evanescent, so incessant, were thrown about to One side and the other as copiously as the reflection of an idle boy's bit of looking glass. It was a marvel of splendor, a "jewel in an ethiop's ear" in that uncouth association. In a dull morning^ when the sun is hidden, these "dew-beds" are like.opals. The g. r. saw one a few days ago among some peach tree twigs, closely set about by the long green leaves like a frame. It was exquisitely regular in construction. The radiating lines from the spider's central post were set at as perfect intervals as any "geometrical lathe" could have cut them, and the concentric lines tied at each were exactly one-fourth of an inch apart as if they luui been measured by a micrometer. Spiders are popularly, and used to be scientifically, credited with the same instinctive geometric skill as the bee, but it is a fanciful exaggera lion. It is a very rare thing to find the polygonal taces of a web of equal lenght, or the concentric lines set at equal intervals. But it happens sometimes, probably by the work of some spider of superior skill and esthetic cultivation. At all events this web was a wonder of reg ularity, and was so attached by three or four cords to the twigs that it seemed to stand upright in the air, separate from everything an oval ot ten inches by seven, and-every line a string of thej prettiest opalescent drops, not larger than] a pin head, that ever fell from a cloud or came out of a mine. There was no flash or glitter, but a, steady, delicate lustre, +oo'nearl^rtransparenl for^pearis^too near ly opaque for dew, that made it seem like apiece of fairy-land work, strung wit1millions of minute opals. Obliquely across it ran two bands at equal distan ces from the center, about as wide as intervals between the concentric lines crossed with the most perfect regularity, ds like the roundi with 1 I strung I 1 of a fairy ladder. It might have served Titania for a wedding veil. The g. mdto see this feature arachnoid'skill before, and considered a decisive proof of the existence of a artist, some Angelo or Benevenuto Cellini among tbe spiders. There are great many pretty things to be seen early) in the morning, Md "the sluggard" who! "turns his heavy head" to dumber after| day break, never sees them. They are world as utterly unknown to him" inhabitants of the new moons erf*

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