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Another hand- a tired old hand, Written with many linea ;. A faithful, weary hand, whereon The pearl of groat prioe shine*. For folded, a* the winged fly Bleep* lo the chrjeeJiR, , WlUMli thkv little palm I ece , .-, . That lofaller hand than tbie f ^-BaaausT rmtm^yrr StorroaD. . THIH8RIAR. \ Johnaon/' iajd Yotinff Oranoli to the book-keeper of hi a lather's firm, M one laiy Rummer noon they wero eating their luncji together in the baok oonnt- ing-room 9 M JoUnaon t von're not a Hpaniard, are yon Y* €l No air ! ,f replie<l the party axhljreaaed etnphaticallT, and in a tone that would have proclaimed him an American, had not hia eonn- tenance lie tray e<l him to bo a foreigner. \ A Moor # Mien ? M ifc ^st y -+mAify» ***. Vir »»• *• No r \Anltallftn?' II RYNOLDM A OATKH, Jowolorn and Watoh- IV makers, No. '21 Main at root, Uouvornetir, N, Y. 19 i pARKg A DRAKF. MarblnUU, and dealere •!rl Jl* < ^* ,n «« ^» Wiought Iron of every de- rTirXfTi ^\\lafor Rlltho l)ent AgiMMil- tuffRl Implements, <lotivemenr. N. Y. 22 / JOtlVKIlNFUR MFAT MAHKETTN^ 1U \I Maii^troet, (louvomeur, N. Y. Aiirm a \TARRa propriet<ir. jo INTH *in» AMIiltlCAN IIROII7.F3 rf.O(lRP\ MANFI.F. ORNAMKKTR AI.HO, < AI,FNI>AR« AND THF. ORDINARY LINK OK ( HF.AP CTOrKH. H9* Paillmtar atlrnllnti given lo frmiUMng l|uiel« Mid rnulo lluimen vviiti Table Waie 0»fr HUHV i« ('ntnpiete In Rvery DApRitment. vMtmg Wten wRI m>d || lo fheb- ad R4fv«titege in (>»ll II|NMI u« l^foio |>ntt liannig. jN Ii.- Walt-bee and Jewelry repaired by et- |»4fUi»rc<l aroiaitian. W R Artl, F^aa or tHa rU* in aoa Milfer and Oold FngraVfwl | 4 RTorv or Til a rsi rhaATan HIAMOI mm C I OHTFRNRtTR MARRI.F WORKR, William I alroet, Oetivernoiir, N. Y. D. J. A T. J. WHITNKY, pnifirtotore. li ( 1 F.OROE W. FOSOATK la propariHl to do T Houae and Carriago i % aintliig in a work< man like manner. Orrlom aoKoiloi 1 f. 19 M eur. I? A FORTF.R, Homm. Rlgn. Carrlago and Hleigh Paintor, Main niwuot, Ooiivern- Y - nil ( 1ARRIAOF, Wagon and Rleigb painting donr / on ebort notioo and In tho l>c»t worKinan- like manner, by V. .1. DoMareo, Ilrooklyn nt., went aido of river, Oouvornoiir, N V. nit O O. WAUK>, mRnnfarlnrorof hajrneaR f Rinl • doaJor in h<»reo rlotliinir. wbi|>e imiror Montreal Tto. 10 Main atroet. rlotliing, Tolo^rRpTi Ac, almi Company, over 22 n An.r.ftROROUOH MILbR. Clark A How anl, llailoel»or<iugh. N. Y., mannfai'tuierff ON TTATMT>. oynolds & Gates, No. 21 Main Stroot, M I IOMTKIIH, t'ARDfl, of, and wholeealo end retail dealora in Grant, Flour, Meal and Feed. Ordcra for cnntom grinding •mllritfxl. 21 RR A WIM. \RO. Cloak and nrewHinakor, No. 171 Main atreet. Oottvoriiour, N. Y. __ 20 I l»nbnnAMMF.R 9 ' IIIbb HKAPR. And every dearriptlon of plain and ornamental Job Printing, neatly, cheaply Rnd promptly i*v ertvte<l at the ofTIro of TIIR <loirvr,nNirra IfK.r\ AI-O. Call Rnd e^aniino a|HNMmeua Ritd get prioee. No. 8^1 Main «ireet, IRR b. CTllAWFo»ri>, Prone and Cloak Maker, Fark Kiroot, Ooiiverneur, N Y Hp<H'ial attention paid to ntatnpihg for braiding and ambvoidoiinj;, Work dono neatly and wur- lantoil. '2% M tf FermRTlt 10, Itootfl and Shoos, S. B. STINSOITS, ^oot and Shoe f EMPORrUM, Nr o. IO Mnin Rtroot, COUVCRNKUR, N. Y. COMPETITION Tl.o DEFIED p.ri.i,. • « (Hill.' lliO mn t- .JHI, ifull? lnrH»xl to mllkod liltdl ...I A\1» IU.HT HFLFCTED sTorif OP BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS, k, tvr.n om i:fcn /v Tirr* UiiuCKT. a. P. bYON. Hotiee, Rlgn and Carriage Fainter, William Rtreet, Oonvernenr, rptirklv eieonted. N Y Wotk well «ti<l Railroad & Steamboat TICKET AGENT, MXT.K TKKKTH TO AT.I, TOTNTR TTFST, ROtTTilWEST. OVER ALT. RortEft, AUD TO AX1> FROM ALL' TARTS OF ErROPE. A I.HO Life, Fire and Accidental Insur- ance Agent. ln#niranre bnalnoae Rtietidrnl to promptly. PUOTOGRAEH ROOMS, a< it Inj.ri \~<v* Or r nr i v M \ • II. rrt rirAR41tTRFn TO « IT Tuilorinft. TAILORING AND CLOTHES CLEANING Where yon ten obtain yonr likeneee in eny of the laieet at>leR, namely: Card Size, Berlin Head, Medallion, Cameo, Vignette* Rombnuult or Full Figure, Vloto- ria 81zo, Cabinet QEO. D. JACOBS, ii ratVAtfp to DO AH Klnda of Tailoring With Neatiieee and Diepatrli. He «|KH lal aiteiitKMI lo alao girea I Cleaning Clothea. inot» ovtn im.TJir.n A KdRBir nona Main Stjf^t viR^r.-i i 4il, or Uttfl, In aame atylee Rtrabote. all from akilfnlly retotirbfNl negativee. rrtroelaiii or Ivory Typa very neatly got up at leea than half the New York prioe for the aame. Bring yonr children before noon, and yon will And Mr. Jarkaon patient and akilfnl In eeoaring for yon a good picture. Old picturea copied and en- larged from miniature to life Riie, and colored ke (HI, Water, or Iadfta Ink, at aa low flftrree at the trade will warrant. Alao a good aeaortmene of frame* ef the vaiiooR Rtyiee of RRR> 4*7* Rhode « 6c Jackson. No r \A Fifteontli Amen(1mollt?' , M No !\ aomwwhat ituligtiantlt. 41 What tho deuce are you, thou ? for blame me if I haven't liothorcd nij braina vuifilv, for the past two montha t to find out r The book-keeper atopped eating and with a pteoe of bread half way to hifl mouth, turned hia tnagnifJeent ldaek eye* anddeniy on young Craneh with a look of anoh intenne agony^ that that illnatrioua repreaentativo of Ameriean youth in the nineteenth century stopped eating, too, and atarted. *' Good gracious f cried he, \ I did not menu to hurt your feeling* I\ > M You have not hurt them,\ returned John Ron« ''but in recalling me to rat nationality you drive mv memory back to climes and scenes that, for me, at east, were better forgotten forever ! However, as you evidently intended no harm, it is due to you that T should answer votir question—I am a Meriah !\ M A fttoriah, Johnson—what's that ?\ \ M When I told you, I was well aware I that you would not know what a Meriah l was. 1 will explain, if you desiro it, | but tho explanation, tone clear, will involve my life history—shall I tell it ?\ \ lly all means I\ \ Vr*eJl f then, to pleaae you, I will, though the story is a painf nl one for me to relate. I was born in the Orient- in tho in- terior of Hindustan— My early recollection a are very dim —I remember neither father nor moth- er, nor, in fact* any relative whatever; but from the practice of selling young children in my country, this is not strange. The first person I can call to mind was an old native priest—a Ilrahmin*— who had entire charge of rae and was bringing me uj> in a small inland vil- lage. He was like tho rest of the In- dian sacerdotal Caste—a bigot—who with a profound show of learning and piety was about as ignorant ai a man could well bt\ and about as truly pious as those roughs who attended Kit Bnrns'a dog pit in New York. He was an astrologer, a sorcerer, an Alchemist, and his knowledge was the same know- ledge of hnnibug and money-getting that your Barnum so well understands, and your Franklin has so highly land- ed f His priestly office comprehended the elucidation of the mysteries of the Hrahminical religion to novices, and hence, as I grew older and stood with him in the temple, and heard his beau- tifully modulated voice toll how the great Brahma created the world and all upon it t and hew that nil powerful deity, as the monarch of lleuvivn and the first person of the Trinity, had un- questioned powrr over the entire uni- verse, I fondly imagined that I was in- tended, when my merits should be suffi- cient, to don the sacred mantle and of- ficiate like him at the altar. The rever- ential awe, too, of the people whenever they beheld me but added weight to this supposition in my youthful mind, siid though I was awfully misled, as the terrible sequel proved, I could not but experience much internal satisfaction when I thought of the estate of power and importance to which I fancied I wns slowly but surely coming I I was endowed by nature with a quick comprehension and a lair intel- lect, and, above all, I WAS iadttHtrious ; hence it is no wonder that I speedily outstrip} ed my indolent companions in mastering the few branches of itnper- fect education we had to study. I soon grew fanlotts as a scholar, not only in my own immediate noighhorood, but t'ven in regions afar off, and to this fact I attributed the vast multitudes of na- tives who yearly visited me to pay me tributes in money and respect. One thing, however, puzzled me greatly, and I could not fathom its cause do what I would- that was that whilst the pilgrim-strangers (as they were called in our expressive language) paid duti- ful and respectful attention to my fel low students of divinity, I received a more god-like homage, and was rather worshiped than admired. My compan- ions were asked for no keepsakes, no \rememeber me M tokens, but I (poor, unsuspecting fool) was fairly overrun with prayers and supplications for even such trivial donations as a lock of my hair or a scrap of my cast off* clothing.** This went on for several years, and finally I regarded it as a matter of course. Alt this while, though T was rapidly learning all the mysteries and cere- i monies of the Hrahminical caste, I was | never allowed like my companions to assist the priests when they performed their services before the people. This I thought strange, but it did not vex me like my total exclusion from the aacrifloes, for I hail been taught to be- lieve that in the sacrifice was god Brahma's greatest delight, and that after death he peiuiliarly honored all those Brahmins who had participated therein! On several occasions I re- monstrated with my protector, all in tears on this noint, luit to no purpose, for he invariably told me that the first duty of the aacerdotal novice waa submission to his superiors without a murmur. The sacrifice was to take place within ten days, and, if I would reach the spot in time, I must start at once. I filed on a certain midnight, when Brahma was said to help his ohoee* for the attempt^ eeoape, I aay escape, but yon most bear in mind that I in- Untied that my Absent* should be only teflfcttrary, m I did not regard myself J i as a captive, and had not only the wish but tho design to return, after I had witnessed the sacrifice. I have said I did not like the preference shown to my companions in the religious exercises, and, also, that I was indignant at being watched, as I considered there was no need of either action ! I had become zealous in my faith, and desired bnt to be admitted freely to all its privileges. Before these remonstrances I had been free to go and oome when I liked, but after them I soon discovered that a strict watch had been put upon me. I was indignant, and went in a fury to the Brahmin to complain. . He did not eV : tempt to deny the fact that I was sur- rounded with spies, bufe justified him- self by saying that such a course had been required to prevent damage from the subordination I had recently shown. . However.aJthough I was watched and [dogged by the underling* of the temp4ef I, nevertheless, remarked that the homage before mentioned, extended to me by the villagers and the pilgrim- strangers, increased year by year; and, further, I noticed that, whilst the sever- ity of my protector and his creatures toward me daily grew greater and great- er, the feasts in my honor in the temple and Hrahminical quarters became more frequent and assumed the air of religi- ous festivals. # I was now grown to man's estate. And I was still under dire misappre- hension as to my destiny ! 1 still imagiued I was ordained by Brahma for his priesthood ! At>out this time reports reached our village of an approaching Meriah sacri- fice, away off to the southeast of Nag- pore. I determined to go, happen what might ! I was favored beyond my most san- guine expectations, and left the Brah- minicAl ouartors undiscovered and un- suspected* I reached my destination fully three days before the forthcoming sacrifice. On my arrival I found myself among strangers. Tho Meriah, as was usual for a short period before the oercmoay, had the entire freedom of the town, and, whilst the people gave themselves up to pleasure of every species, every- thing wait his to have, to hold and to enjoy. This particular Meriah was a young native of very fluo and commanding presence. He fully understood his position and what was soon to happen, but, sustain- ed by tho excitement of his unlimited license i#r fired by religious zeal, he ren riot on all sides, and shouted and committed deeds that I should blush to tell you of I , At the time T first saw him hn Was nearly nude, and, with a crown of bay leaves on his head, was reeling through the streets under the influence of that key to Paradise—opium ! A crowd of men, women and children in disordered robes, and almost as drunken as the Meriah himself* followed kirn, dancing wildly and singing chants or songs, the character of which Was disgusting in the extreme. , Now and then some of the turbulent company would advalice upon the stag- f ;ering man. and drawing hairs from his tead, would conceal them in their bosoms with cries of joy ; these hairs wefe supposed to secure the possessor from all earthly harm or the anger of the gods \ j I beheld these proceedibgs for three days, when the brahmin in charge pro- claimed to the people that the prepara- tory rejoicings being at an end, the sacrifice would at once begin. The Meriah was immediately seized by two stout under-priests and bound. A wide piece of bamboo was then put into his mouth so that the ends kept the jaws stretched apart. Thus he was led about the village in a solemn procession, the inhabitants chanting the death songs and annoint- ing their heads with the spittle that flowed in copious streams from the cor- ners of his open and now swollen mouth. After the procession had been through the village three or four times, the head Brahmin suddenly arrested it before a great statue of the creator, and turning towards the Meriah, whose countenance wore an expression of re- ligious exaltation, he chanted in a low, solemn voice : '* Now is the time when to the great and sublime Brahma, the founder of tho universe and the father of all the lesser gods, the prosperity offering of the people shall go. Now is the time when Brahma's lesser gods shall convey to him the Meriah's spirit, and with his blood and flesh wash and bless the torrid and parched earth ! Come first, then, divinity of lethargy and enwrap the Meriah for the awful rite r The victim during this time hail been brought face hi face with the idol, and, when the head priest ceased, from the statue's eyes, nose and mouth burst a sudden sheet of smoke and flash which, for a moment or two, completely envel- oped tho Meriah. When tho smoko cleared away the Meriah lay stupefied upon the ground. He was picked up senseless by two of the younger Brahmins, and held up- right between them with his head hang- ing heavily down upon his breast. The head was then placed between the rift of a bamboo, and the younger Brah- mins supported each an end with shoulder and hand. The victim was left dangling in tho centre, a mass of unconscious inanity. While he swung hither and thither helpless, the head Brahmin advanced chanting in a loud voice : *• Now let the people prcparo to consummate the grand sacrifice of the Meriah ! Lot them prepare I Let them prepare ! Ho said the grand Brahma to the nations of old when first he or- dained the rite, and so say I to the peo- ple- I, his representative now !\ He then caught up an axe and con- tinued : M With this sanctified instru- ment, which great Brahma himself pos- sessed, and which wo his unworthy children have had preserved to us by our father's care and our ancestor's aid —with this sanctified instrument shall the Meriah evor be prepared !\ Whilst thus chanting, he uplifted the weapon, and, advancing upon the un- happy victim, broke with it in turn all his joints t Then, as the head Brahmin retreat- ed, the mob in fury fell upon the mass of quivering flesh that was lately a strong man, and literally stripped that living flesh from his hones ! Ihen might be seen each happy pos- sessor of a morsel running joyfully to bury it in hia fields that the season might be propitious. Thus ended the rite ef the Meriah, the most terrible spectacle I ever wit- nessed, and I most avow that, pagan AA I was, I WAS human enough to be dis- gusted t I turned, eick at heart, to leATe the plAce, I I to too T ed I treatd* enoe forcile x towards home. v - jet beyond the limits of the fvn seteed by men Already tome, the spies who hAd WAtoh- I i ,-,.-•. oapUvo, yet sUll they with A respect And rever did not oomport with their tion of me.. , i:. Th R^totowT* Around, of ootrtee, were curios, |«i A word spoken tt ftttfmby my oainfttaned their cWoaitjr into respect whieh I every - hen know*! beinff laid way* AH nnguard- Ofi the port of onH of the Another, shot through me *f fire, And seemed to dry utter de- L Teetnetsee Dunge*** \ from J tnpore V 9 I wasthe wonder of the crowd and the dred whisper meant me ! I faited f so terror-etrioRten was I, and whn I came to myself thoroughly —for tlsy told me I had been long in a deliriuQ-rl waaonoo more at home in the Branminical quaiters. No »ed to ask why I was not permit- ted to *3t AS priest or to Attend the SAC- riflces-no need now to tell me why I was referenced and respected above my eonpanions. / In my prison, for since my return I had bom closely confined—though the odious rapeot and awe even followed me to my cell—I learned that, as it was known that I had penetrated the/\secret of my lift and destiny, and as it could no longei be concealed from jne as of old, the celebration of the Meriah, in my case, was to be advanced And take place in tuo weeks instead of two years from that Sme. / I was stricken with horror And knew not what to do. / Escape was impossible. I must fljeu remain and suffer, when the awiul period ca/he. all the torments I had so recently beheld. A week And a-half passed And noth- ing different in tny situation t Tho thirteenth day arrived and still no clunge I , . The fourteenth day dawned and found me a grey-haired, broken man I But with it came the roar of artillery ! I started up when I heard it, and for the first time in my life delighted that the oppressor was in my country ! TJiose guns were English, aud Eng- lish shot was playing upon those who bdd intended to sacrifice me that day 1 / Were the English my enemies any longer? Oh, no I my foes were of my own race, and the English were my friend* —my brothers I A ball crashed through the walls of my prison! I made for the cleft it made and in an instant was in the open air— and fr< e ! I crept on hands And knees to the English camp, and tearing off my white turban waved it as the flag of truoo I A **ntinr4 KRW ttrc, emd, «*114ng A guard, sent me to tho officer in charge of the camp. He understood Hindoostanee and heard my story as I have to'd it to you. He protected me, and, after the cap- ture of the village, took mo with him to Calcutta. There I learned English, and from thence I went to England, where I be- came a profenaing Christian. From England I came to New York, and here I am this summer noon telling the story of my oriental life to you, a young American, who, until now, never dream- ed of what might be the lot of or who might be—a Meriah.\ Spring Silks. Twonty-oho shades of mahogany brown are found in the newly imported silks; every tint of the wood is repre- sented, from the darkest hue, for street suits, up to the palest ecru buff. An- other brown, called vhntaignc (chest- nut), has less of tho Bismarck yellow tinges, and can not fail to find favor, dray shades excel the brown ones both in beauty and number, as eighty pure, lovely variations of thi.t fresh, cool, spring-like color are shown; those with blue tinges are most frequent, such ns ardolur, or slate color, rochet\ heron gray, and a very blue grny, called frnrhr u after a species of carp ; lichen gray belongs to tho same class of tints ; pri* Ru*Hc is a pure and simple hue, and Christiana gray is almost black ; a pale gray, called Ai/fv/r, is the shade seen in undressed kid gloves, and castor gray represents the caHtor gloves. Among a ho*4 of blue shades rosemary and the nerrly black Napoleon blues are most often repeated, (las-lfght silks take also deeper tones, though they are still very delicate. Among these is e cu me, or foau green, azure and Indienne nine, pale rose, gri*-pcrfc 9 a tender lilac with pinkish hue, and a new faint gray al- most as blue as the sky. The choicest quality of spring silk is small round fine reps, instead of the heavier grains that do not wear well. The preference for smooth-surfaced silks nnow so marked that merchants are confident black taffeta will soon re- place ill heavy Ottoman reps and other gros prains, especially for useful sum- mer silks thataro worn for shoppingand traveling dresses. Taffeta repels dust instead of secreting it 9 and is lighter than repped silks. Fancy silks are in even stripes of white or a color with black; the grisaille striped silks, show- ing pretty combinations of black and white, have become standard fabrics ; mottled or chene silks in grisaille effects and also in mahogany shades are large- ly imported. Tho latter are sold in light but firm qualities for $\ a yard; narrow striped and checked silks begin as low as 75 cents a yard. Tke imirerteffe of A gentleman connected engineer department, Cincinnati Booth- em Railway, gave An Amusing Aeeofest of A most erne! case of imprisonmeait at HnnUville, Soott County, Team., during the summer of 1872. The re* markable prisoner and the circum- stances attending his cruel confinement were first brought to the notice of thn engineers by a lawyer named Overton, who was in that county investigating some lend titles.. Being in Honteville one day, Overton's attention WAA At- tracted by the conversation of some fre quenterl of An apple-brandy fi mill/ The I>*riy were much excited over the cruel and outrageous M />ne of onr fellows,\ \A! some wretch of A. wi shal. Otcrton's 1sympAlaW»RT^rwrWS cited, and he inquired the cause and circumstances of the imprisonment. ** Thar he is,\ said the spokesman of the party ; \over thar on the fenoe,\ Overton looked across the street and beheld a seedy individual perched upon the fence, leisurely whittling a pine shingle. The sympathetic lawyer ap- proached the prisoner and inquired of him if he was in trouble. Prisoner—Yes; put me in here; charge of 'licit 'stilhn'. O -And they keep you pretty close ? Prisoner—Yaas. Time 'bout half out. Qot transferred from Knoxville jail. ()—Who is your jailer ? Prisoner—Jailer? Ha'ant any. Carry the keys myself. At this juncture the party from the drinking-shop had crossed the street and came up to where Overton and the prisoner were talking. *• Yaas,\ said the spokesman ; \it's a shame. Them marshals had better not como about here no more. Come over and have a drink.\ And the whole party, prisoner in- cluded, adjourned to tho \mill\ and took a drink of brandy. In a few days \one of the boys\ of the engineer corps, who had heard of this remarkable prisoner, visited the jail at Huntsville. The door stood wide open, and a man was in the only room, alone, hammering away at some sort of carpenter work. In answer to the question if he was the unfortunate person who was suffer- ing the misfortunes of imprisoment for the crime of making a few gallons of eye-opener, ho replied: \ Y-a-a-s. (lot me in here.\ And the suffering convict put on such a look of distress that tho man of transits and targets said: M An outrageous shame. Come over and let's have a drink.\ And over went the two, the prisoner locking the door behind him. The next day or two, two of the engi- neer corps met this foully-used convict in the woods, with a gun on one shoul- der and a lot of game over the other. In The NertkWtii Tr*«**/ Hew They Did It. Great is the bother of getting mar- ried when you are a 1 loyal Highness. Of course the marriage of the Sailor- Prince had to be entered in the register of the Chapel Royal at Windsor, and equally, of course, the country would go all to pieces and the foundations of the earth rock if that preciousTregister recording the weddings of all the Eng- lish Queens were to be taken to a for- eign land. Accordingly Dean Stanley was provided with a single leaf whereon to enter the marriage, which will be bound up in the register when it gets back from R.isaia, In order to ge properly through] the ceremony the Dean was likewise obliged to carry with him the blue-velvet-covered preyer- book used at the coronation of William IV., and Another prayer-boDk which has been used at all the royal English manages since that of George III., ex- cept that of Victoria. Humility is a grace that adorns and beautifies every other grace; with* it, the most splendid natural and Ac- quired AeqniBiUone lote their ebArm» Got me In here. 'Licit 'stillin'.\ A few days more, and one of the en- gineers met the oppressed indiviual three miles from Huntsville, on his way home to spend a few days with his family. \And you're tho prisoner f ,f \ Yaas ; got me in here.\ The facts herein arc vouched for by the gentleman who related them. The circumstances reveal an amount of cold- blooded cruelty uj>on the part of the citizens and officials of Scott County rarely equaled in modern times. Selling Homesteads And Family Relics. There is something amazing to us in the readiness with which Americans part with their homesteads. It is painful to see how little attachment they seem to have for the place where they are Inirn. Boys grow up. Their father dies. The farm-house where they first saw the light, the spot where their infant days were passed; where they played in their boyhood, is put up and sold to the highest bidder as mercilessly n- if it were an indifferent block of wood. And this is done, constantly, where the cir- cumstances of the family do not require any such sacrifice. It is not the homestead alone, but the personal property—tho books— everything that went to make up home - all passes away coldly under the auctioneer's hammer. We cannot understand natnres capa- ble of such things. It seems to us the finer elements of humanity must be wanting in them. The pleasures of this life are limited at best. But how large a part of them is made up of the sweet associations of childhood and youth—and this, too, to those whose earliest days have been particularly happy? To such even the bright streaks of sunshine that gleamed through the clouds, the friendships when trust was entire and suspicion un- known, the faith in the disinterestedness of counselors, the words of encourage- ment—-these constitute memories more precious than gold. And they are inseparably associated with locality and with the objects amid which they occurred. How can that place and those objects voluntarily be permitted to pass from one's control forever ? As we say, we cannot Comprehend it. It argues to us a strange and most un- enviable callousness of nature. WVcan hardly imagine a human being to whom it would not be some consolation in dy- ing to see hi* sun set last from the same window from which he first saw it rise. Irfdf/rr. The Idle Man. Who art thou that complainest of thy life of toil ? Complain not. Look up, my wearied brother; see thy fellow- workmen there, in God's eternity; sur- viving there, they alone surviving; sacred band of immortals, celestial body-guard of the empire of mankind. To thee heaven, though severe, is not unkind; heaven is kind, as a noble mother; as that Spartan mother, saying, while she gave her son his shield, \ With it, my son, or upon it !'* Thou, too, shalt return home in honor—to thy far distant home, in honor, doubt it not—if in the battle thou dost keep thy shield! Thou, in the eternities and dee{>ost death-kingdoms, are not an alien; thou everywhere art a denizen ! Complain not; the very Spartans did not complain. And who art thou that braggest of thy life of idleness, com- placently showest thy bright, gilt equipages, sumptuous cushions; appli- ances for folding of the hands to mere sleep ? Looking up, looking down, around, behind or before, disoerneat thou if it be not in Mavfair alone, Any idle hero, saint, god, or even devil ? Not A vestige of one. In the heevens, in the earth, in the WAters under the earth, is none like unto thee. One mon- 1 .ster there is in the world—the idle nun rrmmklla •~HM4RT|U»t UM Franklin B, BWBS WAS kAnged at Conoord, N« H. f for the murder of GeorgiuA Lovering.his nieoe, on the J5th of October, 1871 Tbe eeeoe of the tragedy WAA in A iparaely settled portion of the town of Northwood, RooMngham Ootxnty, N. IL, about twenty miles east of Oouoord. The vic- tim waa a pretty And pleasing girl, of bnt little more than thirteen years of age. She and her mother, A widow, lived in the same house with tbe pa- rents of tbe latter, (Sylvester DAY and wife.) Franklin B. Evana, A brother of Hn. Day ? had made his hoine in tht e family about fonr months prior to awarder.. Be WARvalxtgr years eld, bed d*rin|rm*ay yelled a rovu** e. He called himself a botanic physi- cian, but was an ignorant, illiterate man. In religion he was an Adventist, And had at times even preached to the people ef that faith, although not an or- dained minister. He had l>een married three times, his first wife having died, and the second and third having left him. On Thursday, October 24, 1872, Evans stated that he was going away to work next day, and asked his intended victim to go into the adjaeent woods in the morning and inspect somesnaros ho had set to catch birds, which she promised to do. On Friday morning, the 25th, she went to the woods, and was never seen alive again. When some hours had elapsed and she liad not returned, her mother became alarmed, and, with her parents, searched the woods. The neighbors came to their assistance, and in the course of the day an apron and a broken comb belonging to the missing girl were lound t«inong the bushes, which at once aroused suspicion of murder. Mur- der was no sooner- thought of than 'Evans was suspected as tie murderer. There Wore several reasons for this. He had asked the girl to go into tbe woods, and had stated that he was going away to work, yet he returned to Mr. Day's house about noou, having been, as he said, no further than the village,where he had made some trifling purchases. The search for the missing girl was kept up four days, hundreds of people participating in it^ but was finally abandoned on Tuesday following the disap|>earance. Meantime Evans had been taken into custody by Sheriff Drew, on suspicion, and alter rej>eat- cdly declaring that he kn3W nothing of the girl's disappearance, finally said that she had been abducted and taken to Kingston by a man named Webster. Investigation proved this statement to be false, and consequently the sus- picion o/[murder grew still stronger. Sheriff Drew had taken the prisoner to his own house, and clearly perceiving that the latter had been lying to him, and believing that he knew all about ™™£*r™ ii0n ** ^^*^' \J&^ oT GeTrgiia Wr| \ Y-A-A-S. >\g» urged him again ami 'again to tell what he kuew, and at last, a week after the murder, when tho officer asked, \ Is the girl dead?\ Evans replied : \She is, Mr. Drew, and I have done wrong.\ The Sheriff urgod him to tell where the body was, and the murderer finally consented to do so at night, on condi- tion that the official would not allow him to come to violence at the hands of the populace. A certaiu hour of the night was fixed for the disclosure, and in the mean- time tho Sheriff arranged that aeveral persons should follow unknown to Evans, so that in case he fulfilled his promise witnesses might not be lack- ing. At dead of night, the wretched old man led the way into the woods, followed and carefully watched by the Sheriff, who carried a lantern, and secretly by others who had been en- gaged for the purpose. On reaching a dismal hollow, the old man pointed to a heap of stones aud rnbbibh, and said, \There.\ On removing some of the rubbish, the Sheriff caught sight of the body of the murdered girl, and in- stantly put a pair of handcuffs on the wrist of Evans, and made a signal which brought to the scene two men who, according to tho arrangements, had been watching some little distance off*. Tho rubbish was entirely removed, and the remains of the girl discovered. Tho briefest examination showed that her liody had been mutilated in an atrocious manner ; portions of it hav- ing been cut away and concealed under a rock, where they were afterward pointed out by Evans. n«* was nt once lodged in jail. A Coroner's jury found a verdict against him, and he was indicted and tried at the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court at Exeter. Granular Inflammation of the Fjc*. Dr. Renung, of the Maryland Eye and Ear Institute, writes that tho dis- ease known as the Egyptian or granu- lar inflammation of the eyes is spread- ing rapidly through the United States. It sometimes causes blindness, and it is very contagious. He adds : •• I have in many and I may say in the majority of canes been able to trace the disease to the use of the so-called rolling towels. Such towels are gen- erally found in our country hotels and the sleeping apartments of the working classes, and, being thus used by nearly every one, are made the carriers of one of the most dangerous, and, as regards its symptoms, most troublesome dis- eases of the eye. I therefore won hi strongly recommend that the use of the rolling towel be abolished, for thereby we will discard one of the great instruments for the spread of such a dangerous disease of the eye, by which thousands of working men are annually deprived of their means of supi>ort. Variety of Food. The Scientific American is of the opinion that we require variety in our food. It says exj>erionoe has proved that, for some reason unknown to sci- ence, variety is essential U> health after reaching the age when we are free to choose our food. The perpeteal recur- rence of the aame edibles, even though their number be considerable, liecomes in all periods of life, except infancy, not only wearisome, but jxisitively in- jurious, atalt pork, salt fish and pota- toes, pies, poor bread, and Japan tea, are the staples of food of thousands of families during our long wii ters. It should be understood how needful a change of diet is from time to time. Fresh vegetables, particularly in the country, are readily obtained and pre- served,and should be unsparingly used. The edible roots, as turnips, carrots, onions, beets And cabbages, are as well worth preserving as the omnipresent po- tato. All these vegetables need thorough boiling, and more than they generally ' Items or Interest. * Of the devices for ventilation, Both* im$ equals an open grate. r Thistle tea And A poultice of thistle leaves Are said to oe good for neu- rmlgiA, ; Women are now eligible to any office of school control or management in Pennsylvania, A yonng lady in Chicago has ex- pended $7,000 in poodles—and still she is not happy. The U. S. Home of Representatives passed the bill appropriating f 11,000 for the establishment of life saving stations. enterprising merchant In Paris tea umbrellas gratuitoualy, on are dispUyed adveriieementA of ee of the flvW*^^ :«MV# f* • f ^ A The people of Minneaota Are ttyllif to solve the fuel question. A commis- sion is to b e Appointed to show f Aimers how to prepare and use peat. Six black foxes have been caught in Cumberland Oounty, Nova Scotia, this fall. Those animals are very rare, and their skins sell at fabulous prices. A Virginia lady has recovered a then* sand dollars from a railroad compangr f«r carrying her two miles beyond where she wanted to get out. This is not ex- actly fare. The Senate of New Jersey fixed the number of shares to be taken by the State in the centennial eel bration stock at 10,000, which, at $10 a share will amount to |tl00,000, In Paris there are twenty-three fash* ion journals and twenty-three Roman Catholic religious ores. There are two young ladies' papers. Germany has only five fashion papers. In one of the public schools in Eng- land the teaching of telegraph has been tried with much success. Instruments are lent by the Government, and the children learn very rapidly. Here is a conversation illustrative of equality in Paris : \ I s Mousieur, the Vioomte within ?\ Porter—\ I cannot say ; you can go up and try, as we are no longer on speaking terms.\ It \A estimated that during the im- pending famine in India the Govern ment will be called upon to supply half a pound of grain per day, for eight months, to 25,000,000 people. Some horses have a habit of stepping on orte aide of their feet, perhaps to avoid pressure on a hidden corn. That part of the shoe exposed to severe wear sho lid be protected with steel. The Jersey City defalcation illustrates the risk of entrusting important offices to very young men. While the city is out of its thousands, the abeoonding treasurer isn't out of his twenties. Japanese silks will be more lashionr able next summer than they have ever been we hear. Some of the new pat- terns are exceedingly pretty, and for e\ening dresses will \ make up lovely.\ It has been found possrble to impart any desired perfume to honey, by al- lowing the bees free access to the box to be perfumed only while the flower, the odor of which is desired, is in full bloom. The Green Bay (Wis.) Advocate says: \A friend sending us a rot ice of the marriage of Mr. Thomas Smith, face- tiously says, ' If you charge for it, charge one of the Smiths, not all of them.'\ \ How much longer,\ anxiously in- quires an exchange paper, \ are the people to be robbed ?\ Not long, rhey have but a few dollars left, and they borrowed that from their neigh- bors. The boys of New Bedford call the City Marshal bleased, as he has kindly designated about half of the bill streets of tliat city, as those upon which the lads may coast without interference of the iKilice. The editor of the Philadelphia In- quirer inquires in connection with lager b«*cr : \ Where does all the cociilna indicus come from ?\ Where does it go to, in perhaps a qncstiou lie need not ask. A resolution was adopted 4*y the Carona Grange, in Calhoun county, Miss., \that no lady member of this Grange shall purchase any dress goods, for tho next year, of a higher price than that of calico !\ Sved Salim, ex Snltan of Muscat^ who has ju*d l>een heard of as the leader of an unsuccessful revoll, several months ago, narrowly escaped convic- tion in Bombay of obtaining goods on false pretenses. A French physician has discovered that the peculiar odor of Russian leather has a very beneficial effect upon weak lungs, and he advises consump- tive persons to repose upon pillows covered with that material. The causes that led to the bankruptcy of Ed win liootli are obvious. A great mistake was made in building his cost- ly theatre on costly grounds, and in so planning it that it received no revenue worth mentioning from rents. The original patent for metallic tine for shoes was sold for 8100, and the company which bought it became wealthy. Now, ujKin its expiration, the inventor has obtained its renewal, and eo?nj>els tho company to pay him $60,000. A great deal of the present misery of the Jews in Jerusalem is directly traced Ut the misplaced, ill advised generosity of the EurojM*an Jews, who think they are discharging a religious duty, as well as performing a charitable act, by sending them money. At a party, while a young Tadv was plttying with peculiar brilliancy of touch, a bystander bachelor exclaimed, \ id give the world for those fingers.\ \ Perhaps you might get the whole hand by asking,\ said the young lady's observant mother. C. S. Wait, of West field, Maaa,, haS l>een bald for years and years. Two months ago he was baroed almost to death, his head being shockingly crisped. A new scalp has grown, and from it hair grows luxuriantly. Ba'd men who read this will know what todo now. A Kentucky grange has had its litre romance. Recently a young brother and sister of the order walked to the front of the Master and were united in marriage. The entire audience was taken by surprise, having had no in- timation that there was to be a wed- ding. It has been found by the German in- surance companies that during the past seven years there has been a great de- crease in the number of fires arising from strokes ef lighting, in comparison with the number of houses struck. They attribute this to the marked in- crease of metallic or slated roof a. '*&*'**<?>. N&**
