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... rACL KEVESIE'S BIDS. ,, . .. BT BESSY WAMWOBIH LOKQFXXOW. XAnten, my children, and yon shall bear Of fco midnight ride of Paul Bevere, - ' altt'the eihteenth day of April, in seventy-five ; Hardly a man in now alive " . ' Woo remenibera that f amoa,da; and year. Bb aaid t his friend If tae'Britaab march Jf land or aca from the town to-night. Slang a Unt?rn aloft in toe keif y arch -. t the Jiorta Church tower, a a signal light ! Caw, if by land, and tvro, if By aea; Aad I oa the opposita ahore win be KekW to riln and spread the alarm . ongn every Miaaiesex viuae ana rami - , ' Uu ofun try-folk to be up and arm." i ne raid : ' Good-nieht !' and with muffled oar ChlnaUy rowed to the Charleelown shore, -tart aa th moon rose over tha bay, te, sTfinqiiKT wide at her moorings, lay " Tne Smacm-i, British man-of-war ; & phantom ehii, with each mast and apar Jtareee the moor, like a priaon bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified SSf it own reflection in the tide. Ifeanwhile, hi friend, through alley and street, "Wanders and watches with eager ear, Till m the adence around ne hear - Yke mnater of men at the barrack door, Tlif. sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, .And the measured tread of the grenadiers. jaarcmng novo, ro incir Doac on uh anore. Then be climbed the tower of the Old North Church Kytho wooden ntaim, with stealthy tread, To the belfry chamber overhead,- j And started the pigeons from their perch. On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and movini; shapes of shade , Hy the trembling ladder steep and tall. To the highest window in the wall, "Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight (lowing over all. Beneath, in the church-yard, lay the dead, In their night encampment on the hill, . 'Wrapped in silence so doep and still That be could hear, like the sentinel's tread, The watchful pight-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent,. And seeming to whisper "'All la well !" A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely betTry and the dead ; ,yirauddeuly all his thoughts are bent Oa a shadowy something far away, , Where the river walrus to meet the bay A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. ' ' Meanwhile, impatient to mount and M, ' Sooted and sparred, with a heavy struts Oa the opposite shore walked Paul Uevere. Vow he patted his horae's aide, ' t I tow be gazed at the landscape far and Bear, Then, Impetuous, stamped the earth. And turned and tightened his home's girth ; Bat mostly be watched with eager search belfry-tower of tne Old norm catnrch, . Jam it rose above the graves oa She nflV lonely, and spectra), and sombre, and still, And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! Mo springs to the saddle, the bridle be turns, Bwt lingers and gazes, till full oa his sight A aeoond lamp in the belfry burns. A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, m passing, SMnck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet : TJtat was all i And yet, through the gloom and the ttcnt. ) fate of a nation was riding that night . I the mark struck out by that steed in its flight EJmdled tne land into flame wttti it beat. He caa left the village and mounted the steep. And beneath htm, tranquil and broad and deep la the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides ; Aad under the alders that skirt its edge, Mow soft on the sand, now load on the ledge, Mm heard the tramp of his steed aa he rides. It was twelve by the village clock . Wbea he crossed the bridge into Medford town ; He heard the crowing of the cock Aad the barking of the farmer's dog, Aad felt the damp of the river fog Xhat rises after the sua goes down. ! It was one by the village clock - , When he galloped into Lexington. Ha saw the gilded weathercock . -SwirLi in the moonlight aa he passed, Aad the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, 41axe at him with spectral glare, -Aa if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock .When he came to the bridge at Concord town ; -Ha heard the bleating of the flock, Aad the twitter of birds among the trees, -Am) felt the breath of the morning breeze mewing over the meadows brown'. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall "Who that day would be lying dead, erced aBritmuakea . . , . Ton know the rest. ' In the books yon have read Bow the British regulars fired and fled. How the farmers gave them bail for ball From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, . Chasing the red-costs down the line, ... , -Tnen crossing the fields to emerge. again . . Under the trees at the turn of the road, -And only pausing to fire and load. . " . - - .'So through the night rode Paul Revere ; . And ao through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and term A cry of defiance, and not ef fear, A voice In the darkness, a knock at the door. And a word that shall echo fore termors L for, borne on the mght-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last. In the hour of darkness and peril and need, 'The people will waken and listen to bear The hurrying hoof-beata of that steed. And the midnight message of Pan! lifcvern. WHO MCKDERED HIM! Two gentlemen sat sipping their wine after dinner, and talking in the leisurely, disconnected war which, together with their attitudes, showed that they both nrwro taking: mental as well as bodily rest atfter the labors of the day. They were representatives of two of the learned professions, each a man of mark in his aallinsr. the one talL atroncly -built, with a massive head and a thoughtful and (benevolent aspect ; the -other much smaller, wiry, agile, with keen, marked features a man evidently profound as well as astute, and though not handsome, crae calculated to arrest attention, wrier- aver encountered. The first was a distinguished physi aan, the other an equally distinguished lawyer. The . physician's investigation mxA fawfa'mnnv aa an expert had been procured in a case just closed, in which Jiis legal friend was the prosecuting attorney. The labors of - both had been arduous, and neither waa averse to the zest and quietude which the close of the trial made possible "to them. They were, and had long, been, warm personal s.t1 wpm now dinict? together st the lawyer's rooms, and indulging in the easy converse, broken by long silences, which their familiar friendli- neRn warranted. The ease had been decided atrainet the prosecution, the jury, after not more than half an hour's absence, bringing in a verdict of not jruiltt. wtsieh had been received with"cheers and otKe'exfares nons of approbation by , the closely crowded audience which had listened to the closing scenes of the trial, and many of the persons . composing ; which; had Attended day after day through its entire continuance. -" I did not look to see vou so little an noyed by the result of this fcaaL" aaid the physician -to his; friend. " Yon eemed flashed and weary, bat there was an expression of- relief upen your features, if one may judge from the few ngDs Detrayed ' by . a cosstenaace so cloeely guarded when -the. verdict was Xcm judged rightly, doctor," waa the amswer. "l might tell you. as s friend. VLwa? eUeved. Facta Jbad come to ny knorwled(?e. in tiwi mmw nt ha in. Testigation, which made me believe the awcuneu umopent. I was moraUv certain 01 it, tnougn the evidence was strong ' .l sranDieaest toe jury ftisotdd bring in a verdict of guilty, as tney migni very weu have done, had Ihey alone considered the facts sworn and left out of aoeonnt -jatOTious good character, and the alight provocation, distant in time and appar esiry forgotten, which only eouldbe Adaeed as a motive. - Of oouree, you trill no mention this. The man ia u juiild, sad I trust the whole affidr wQl Motm be forgotten save lpy the actors in it." "I eeii&uily shall pot mention it, ainoe .-yna casixe meyns, sbbsx - waa uacscr;i take ia hU trisL There had Deen aaat- ' bat vour statement eaoosata to me for 1 have been looka f at as a lack of ' jam tjs'esI spirit in eonoiaJiisg ft proee "pniiraa,. 2, m yself, h&4 m 4'eM of t& man's guilt "until the very last; but I had no means of knowing the circum stances which have changed your opin ion." . "Neither had others," replied the lawyer, "who have accused me with much bitterness, of not seeking with sufficient zeal the ends of justice. .. It is sometimes difficult, in my profession, to reconcile conscience and a desire for popular approval. But I see you are laughing at my unwonted strain," he continued. " Perhaps it strikes you as out of character from the lips of a public prosecutor, and it may be. I will stop moralizing, and, if you are. disposed to listen, tell you a story, an incident of my profession, as it really occurred, and which is quite in point. " Bravo !" cried the doctor, rousing up from a half doze at his proposition. " Push that bottle nearer there, that will do this is capital. Heidsick, can you get me some of the same ? Ah! now give me a cigar, and I'm ready." . "You have not forgotten, I suppose," began the lawyer, ' the case of Roberts, who, in the year 186 , was tried for murder on circumstantial evidence, of the strongest character, and acquitted too ? You doctors never take much in terest in such matters, I know, unless you have a hand in them, and fat fees lor medical examinations and testimony. Well the case was this: "A man named Hamilton, a boarder in a house in Perry street, was found dead in his room one morning. There were several wounds nrjon his nerson . some of which he might have inflicted upon himself, But there were two, at least, which it was impossible could have been made by a weapon held in his own hand, as their situation and direction made evident. . " At first it had been supposed that he had committed suicide, as he was a man of intemperate habits, addicted to gaming and low company, and had of late been much depressed in consequence of losing his business situation, and by a long run of ill luck. He was a morose, sullen man, and had ho friend among his fellow boarders, who were all of a class superior in morals, if not in position, to himself. Still, he had never quarrelled with airy one in the house up to the night of his death, nor did it at first appear, as far as its inmates were concerned, that he had given any one there provocation for the crime. " Nevertheless, in the course of the investigation by the coroner, it was elic ited, that Hamilton had, on one or two occasions, when considerably intoxicated, addressed provoking and insulting re marks to a fellow boarder, named Rob erts, who occupied the room adjoining his. And Roberts had been heard to complain that Hamilton annoyed him al most beyond endurance by the noise he made ou coming in late of nights, that he had threatened to leave the house if Hamilton was allowed to continue, and that, finding his complaints to the land lord, who was a relative of the deceased, produced no effect, he had been heard to declare that he would himself find a way of quieting his disagreeable neighbor. flow au mis amounted w nouiiug mere than the impatient ebullitions of a nervous, excitable man, who had been subjected to a long course of annoyance from a drunken fellow inmate. But it served to point out one individual, whose relations with the dead man had been un friendly beyond those of others with whom he was associated in, his own home. - ' -',-. " And when it was further discovered that Hamilton, on his return home at a late hour oa the. night of the murder, knocked at Roberta' door, and demanded matches for the purpose of procuring a light, arousing him from his sleep, and that pretty high words bad toiiowedon Roberts refusing the accommodation, susDicion fixed firmlv upon this man. And this was changed to certainty when another boarder testified that during the auarrel Roberts had threatened Hamil ton s life, and bad risen from his bed, and oy main xoroe tnuxsc ms persecutor mto hia own mm, where he had been heard to fall heavily upon the floor. 'Another boarder who occupied a room beneath Hamilton had heard a trampling over head at a still later hour, but none of these things, though now serving to fix suspicion on Uobena, bad Deen treated at the time as other than matters of ordi- nary occurrence. . a a vr t " Hoberts statement was mat namu ton was very drunk when he came home. That when pushed into his own room he fell violently upon the floor, and that, leaving him there, he returned to his own room, retired aeain to rest, and presently fell asleep. That, at the expiration of perhaps an hour, or it might have been even less, he had been again awakened by a sound of struggling m Hamilton s room, and some smotnered ejaculation, but supposing that the man had roused from his stupor and was preparing for bed, he had not heeded the sounds, which soon ceased, when he fell asleep again. - "In the face of this was the fact that the man was dead, with the evidence of a severe struggle. And it was argued that one so near as Roberts, and hearing these sounds, could not have failed to detect in them Bomething more than the aimless tramplintr of a drunkard see kins: his couch. The assassin, whoever he might be, had left no evidence of his presence in the room. Nor was there any appar ent means of exit. Suspicion fell heavier upon Roberts.' He was arrested, and search made in his room and among his effects. Notions: was found there tend ing to criminate him, except several large. smears ox Diooa upon a'areesmg-gown, which he acknowledged he had hastily thrown on when heiose to-put jiamuton awav from his door. But between his own door and Hamilton's, upon the mat- tinsrof the passage, blood was also found, and a distinct spot upon the threshold of his own room. "This was accounted for by Roberts, vhn naid he had shcrhtlv lacerated f finger upon a nail in - bis struggle with Hamilton, and that before lying down he had wrapped , a pocket handkerchief about it, wmcn"' nnoing jaTOratca. wiui blood in the momioflr. he had thrust into ther stove. The wound upon his finger still appeared, but was so slight that his story gained no credence, particularly as Dormlar excitement . aireaay ran uwa. And when, durinfir the afternoon that fol- lnwnd hia arrest, a poinard was found in his desk in his office, which precisely fitted the peculiar incised wounds upon Hamilton's person, there, were few per who still had hardihood enough to stem the current of popular opinion and rlnnlara their belief of his innocence. Trt Ttasa over all preliminary steps, in order that my story may not be too long, I will oomfl to tne ranu vnsu we indictment had been found, and Roberts nuaW to be arraigned for trial for th mnrdfl of Hamilton. - The evidence, of course, was entirely circumstantial, but I felt assured that Roberts waa the guilty man, and ' waa going on -without the slightest hesitation or doubt ia the neo- esaary preparation for the part I was to ttnin.lir him onlv for QUhUelaUgh but the provocation was so slight m oomparigoa with the crime, and the eesy remedy of remorsl from the annoyance so obviously in his power, that these con- sideratious, taken in connection with the supposed fact ef his having arisen from his bed after an hour 'or more of reflec tion, and having deliberately proceeded to this neighbor's room to commit the. I deed upon an unguarded and unsuspect ing man, rendered doubly defenseless by his probable state of inebriation, deter mined the grand jury to present a bill that, in accusing him of murder, met the entire approval of the public. I confess that the whole "matter was so absolutely certain to my mind, that the trial assumed the light of a necessary formality only, and seemed hardly needed as a justifica tion for the penalties of the law. . ' But iroon the very eve of the trial a circumstance occurred which, so far as I was concerned, altered the whole aspect of affairs. I was sitting alone in my pri vate room, making my last preparations for the morrow's trial, when a person" was announced as desiring to see me on ur gent professional business. Though much annoyed at the interruption, I gave orders that he should be admitted, and looking up a moment later I saw, stand ing just within the circle of light shed by my lamp, a tall, pallid man, whose eyes, full of the fires of suppressed ex citement, were fixed upon my face. I was a little startled ho had come in so silentlv but I recovered myself, and bade him be seated. As he sat down I added that I was very busy, and begged him to make his communication a short as possible. " ' You were preparing for the Roberts case; said my visitor, after a few prelim' inaries. I assented, and he went on to nay: 'It is about that very matter I have come. And if you can first assure me that 'my communication shall be held as privileged by our mutual relation of counsel and client, I shall perhaps be able to throw some light upon this mys terious subject,' " Thinking that he had sought me, as prosecutor, to add some testimony which would fix the guilt more strongly upon Roberta, I assented. But judge of my surprise my utter bewilderment when he proceeded to assure me that he was not only aware of the complete innocence of Roberts, but that he himself, had been present durinfir the altercation be tween Roberts and Hamilton, which pre ceded the death of the latter by not more than an hour. In fact, that he was con cealed in Hamilton's room, his purpose being to regain from him a large sum which he had that evening lost to him at play. "As my story has already occupied more ome wan x ratenaeu, x wm, in i few words, state all that this man told me, He had spent the evening at a gaming establishment with Hamilton, to whom he was well known, and the latter had won from him a large sum all that he possessed in the world, with which he in tended to sail on the morrow for Jmrope. Both left the saloon top-ether, but sepa rated on reachinar the street. My visitor, however, turned after a little, impelled by some motive for which he could not account, and followed rxamiiton. ne did not then think of murdering or rob- ' bing him, but almost maddened by his losses, cared little whither he went. "Hamilton entered a bar-room and drank freely, and his victim waited out side, reflecting bitterly that he no longer had the means to purchase a dram or a night's lodging. While standing there he determined to accost Hamilton, and coax or compel him to return some of tha money. But when he saw him come out intoxicated, he thought by offering him his service to assist him home he could better accomplish his purpose. Hamil ton was very glad to see him, and oblivi ous of all thathad passed between them, invited him to go home and spend the night with him. Here was the op portunity he desired. He could doubt less get the money while Hamilton slept, and contrive to convince him that he had lost it on his way home, at any rate, evade suspicion until the sailing of the steamer. It was an insane project, but the devil is very fond, ap parently, of arranging opportunities for those who desire to commit crimes. " He went in with Hamilton, and was present, as has been said, at bis alterca tion with Roberts. When Hamilton fell upon the floor, he quietly threw himself upon the bed, and after waiting until he thought his victim was soundly asleep, as well as all other persons whom the noise he had made might have aroused, he arose, and groping across the room until he came in contact with the body of the drunkard, commenced a search of his pockets. - He had just laid his hand up on the wallet which contained the money, when Hamilton awoke. - Then , com menced the struggle which Roberts had heard. ; " The thought of murder first entered his mind as he held his struggling vic tim by the throat Hamilton was a strong man. The danger was imminent I In another moment his cries would arouse all in the house. Perhaps even then the ear of suspicion had heard his smothered appeal for help. 'xnere was a sharp poiBard in his belt He seized it, and in a moment it struck into his victim's side. Another struggle ensued, another, and another, each fainter, as blow fol lowed blow, till finally the murdered man fell back in the' stillness of death. All this time the murderer's hand had been upon his throat, and zo' distinct cry had escaped his Irpa. - ' r : ' An hour later, the murderer, having noiselessly let himself out was at his ho tel. ' Here he changed his clothing, burned his linen, carefully removed the blood stains from his outer garments. and then actually lay down and slept peacefully unci- nearly -noon, xn fact. as he told me, he had barely time to make his arrangements and arrive at the steamer before the hour for departure. . But this was his last peaceful sleep, The Btinsrs of conscience had been more than he could bear. He had reached London; but after lying ill a long time in that city, had seen in a New York pa per the account of the arrest and indict ment of Roberts, for the crime he had himself cconmitted. and determined to return, and if possible save him. Of course, we had a lonu consultation. did not let my new client leave me: but after he was safe for the night, I sat and pondered the matter, for I found myself placed in a most trying position. - -, "Next day I appeared in court, and afterward knew, to my cost that il as tonished and surprised the audience, and all concerned, by the wildness of my opening speech. No one can imagine with what trembling solicitude I watched the course of the tnaL I had contrived all in my power to give it a favorable turn, and I was more than pleased to see that some evidence was elicited on the part of the defense which went clearly to mvalidate the charm. ' : "After a trial of foiSr days days of intense anxiety to me, tne muxoerer, whose pallid face , and burning ; eyes nauntea me conmnuauy as he sat in court, and to bis friends the case j went to the jury.. ' Twenty-four hours ; were passed before their verdict was rendered, and I know that the -words not guilty ' were not more welcome to poor Bcberts than to myself. : lie was acquitted and discharged. The cine days' wonder passed, but even now the profession of- ten talk of the' manner I managed ' the prosecution, and pronounce that my len iency alone saved Roberts and defeated the ends of justice. Doubtless the first is true. But the ends of justice were de feated by the compulsory secret I have borne with me ever since my knowledge or .tne true murderer. And what became of him. questioned the doctor, breaking silence for the first time since the commencement of th-3 tale. '. I ' O, he went to California after all was over, and I hear he has since risen to considerable eminence in his adopted State. He is noted for his morality and public spirit, and ia looked upon as a thoroughly good man. ; He was one of ine celebrated vigilance committee oi 1858, and is a foe to all gamblers, and rhnmkards, and evil-doers, of whatever manner or stamp. But I would not bear his' conscience about the world with me for all the wealth of California's mines." Wonderful Retention of Heat. The followiner statement is from the Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise ' of April 3: " On the 30th of October last, at 2 oclock,in the afternoon, the large air shaft of the Belcher mine, then com pleted to the 1,000 foot level, took fire and wai destroyed. The timbers of the shaft all burned out, and the rock fell in and blocked it up. , After deliberation, it was thought that it would be better and cheaper to sink a new shaft than to try to clear up the old one, so badly were its sides caved, and so great was the quantity of rock that had tumbled into it. The new shaft was sunk a . short distance to the west of the old one. It has now reached a point to the- 1,000 foot level, where it will be continued down on an incline. The incline was started at the 1,000-foot, level, and carried up to meet the vertical portion of the shaft. " The course of tins incline carried it through the remains of the old vertical shaft, but as it was tapped the men found they could do nothing in it on account of the ashes, burned earth, and rocks that poured down into their incline. A tun nel was then run until it had reached a point a short distance west of the old shaft, when a vertical upraise was made to the line of the proposed incline to be run up to meet the new shaft. The men then began working down on the incline in order to reach the point from which they were driven in trying to come up. They have succeeded in getting into the bottom of the old shaft, where, much to their suprise, they 'find the rock still red hot. In trying to put in timbers they were set on fire, and in order to work at all it is found necessary to bring: a line of hose into the place and play a stream of water upon the rocks wedged in the bottom of the old shaft. There is no tim- ' ber on fire among the rocks. They seem to have been heated to a degree so in tense at tne time of the nre that they nave remained red-hot ever since. JN ear ly three years after the great fire in the leliow Jacket Aline places were found in the lower levels where the rock was still red-hot" A Monster Shark. The London Daily News says:' It will be recollected that, in a late issue, we announced the stranding of an immense shark at Shanklin, in the Isle of Wight ine skin of this huge nan has now arrived -in London, having been pur chased for the British Museum. The difficult operation of taking the skin off so gigantic a creature has been admira bly carried out by Mr. Gerrard, Jr., whose ability in preparing skeletons for the iJnttsli Museum is well known. Its total length is twenty-nine feet, its cir cumference fifteen : feet at the largest part. Its teeth -aeexceeoangly small, and not the least like the large white ivory teeth seen in sharks of museums; they are, on the contrary, very small and vset with interspaces one from the other, and about the size of a cat s teeth. This is the basking shark- squalus marimua, cetyrinus maximue, squalut elephas, sau-fish, hoemother, or homer of Orkney, sun-fish, west' coast of Ire land. It is not however, to be con founded with the sUn-fish orthagorincus mola that is, the shape of the sun. These huge sharks appear in considera ble numbers in the spring along the northwest ' coast of Donegal and Clew Bay. The Sun-fish Bank is probably the first shoal water made by the fish cominar' in "from the Atlantic. ' It is pos sible they come here to Bpawn, passing the rest of then: lives in the deep waters of the Atlantic, xiitue or nothing is known of the habits of this fish, which is probably the largest among known sharks. Couch records one taken in Cornwall measuring thirty-one feet eight inches. It is supposed that they swallow their prey alive. The Irish hahermen spear them for the sake of the oil which is to be obtained from their liver. This fish, when floating on the water, is fre quently taken for the whale, on account of its somewnat sluggish- movements. Hence it is also called the baskinsr shark. It is supposed that the present specimen had lost its way, oeing bound, probably. for the west coast ox xreianu. - Dutch Patiesce. . There is no field of human enterprise in which their success has not been at one time or another notable. At the bottom of it all, apparently at the bottom of the character on which their success has been founded, we find their tradi tional jealousy of every acre of water which covers good mnd. .Neglecting the poorer lands, they have dived into the fertile deposits lying under water and peat, and soucrht there a wealth that no other soil can ecmal. seeking this they have be- Lcome patientlong-ndurmg,sturdy,hardy and resolute, xt a lace is to be drained they sit quietly down and count the cost and then devise the means for the most effectual performance of the work ; this done, the undertaking proceeds with the regularity and the persistence .of the work of ante. If "obstacles cannot be made auxiliaries they are overcome. The clamors of dissatisfied people are idle, not as the wind for the wind is not idle in Holland but they pass un heeded, and steadily, day try day. the toiling goes on until the end is -gained,. and anew territory naa Deen added to the earth's domain. CW. Waringr, in " The, Fanner' a Vaoa&cm;" SerUmer for May. ' 1 A Bit Jeaxvotts. Yesterday, as an old couple from. Canada were - wandering through the City Hall market the man became so deeply engaged in watching two handsome ladies that he failed to reply to bis wife's inquiries. She saw what ailed him, and catching him by the coat tails she slung him " kerwhop" against a stall, and then taking him by the collar she said : , ; " Samuel Hanover, don't attempt to trifle with me ! . You know me, SamueL and you know that IH break your old neck if I catch you trying to play off on me!" He turned his attention to the vegeta bles after that Detroit Free Frew. Manx overskirts are made without a particle of trimming. A nice finish is a broad hem, about two and a half inches wide, stitched four or five times at equal distances apart Orthographicalities. The young man who did not spell well had a sick spelL - - ' John, John, wake up, there's a bur glar in the house," said his wife. John sat upright in bed. " Burglar, b-u-r-g-1-e-r, burglar," and he rolled over, wait ing for a harder word. " - Think what destruction would have been caused if the spelling-school fever had ever struck the Aztec empire. Why, when they were at their meals, and want ed bread, they had to ask for totauquit laxcallillaquelpacholli. We fail to see that orthographical ex cellence is of such value in the country as claimed.- The president of a Sheboy gan bank couldn't spell " bilious," while a Wakesha editor who takes wood on subscription spelled down the entire county. Milwaukee Sentinel. ; Brxjj Smikbs came home mellow the other night, and when -his wife asked him what ailed him he said he had been to the spelling school and had (hie) got foul oi hip-pip poppo poppo hip popity hip-por hippity-hop himus hip-pimus hip-hip hip hippitymus -hipopytimus or some such (hie) con founded word, and it had given him one of his "spells." Saratogian. At a receat spelling match in Saratoga a gentleman oliered a library, worth $160, to anybody who would spell cor rectly the following sixteen words: Baa, llama, eteve (dropped), emeute, tureen," demesnial, eau de vie, banister, scirrhos ity, pharmacopoeia, esquiesse, eleemosy nary, caoutchouc, cyclostylar, ipecacu anha, tic douloureux. The worst enort to spell them read as follows: Baah, lama, ateve, emute, turrene, demeseniai, o dive, bannister, skirrotcity, pharmaco pia, aeskiss, ellemosissary, coochouk, seiclistila, epicacqana, tic delaroo. Ax a recent spelling-match at Colum bia, Tenn., for the benefit of one of the churches there, the teacher premeditated ly brought on a personal difficulty be tween a clerk in a grocery store and the word "raphsody." No sooner was the unoffending word thrown at the young man than with the wildest confidence in his ability to knock both Worcester and Webster into the middle of next week at a single blow, he hurled it back, man gled, mutilated and bleeding, thus: " W-r-a-p wrap, s-o so, wrapso, d-a da, wrap soda." And then there rose as wild a yell As if the folks from heaven that fell. Had rung the banner cry of Brooklyn. A correspondent of the Boston A dver- tiaer proposes the following elegant sen tences as an exercise for spelling-matches : Looking up into his golopucus eyes, she said. And is it indeed true, Alfred, that our soul, in the process of trans mogrification, explunctiries itself through the whole caooodie of eternity r may, dearest, replied Alfred, and his coun tenance betrayed an expression of irasci- ncation, not to say disgruntiement, which cavorted over his features for au instant ' Our souls cannot become suf ficiently matterated to admit of the necessary spiffiication which ' . The sentence was never nnisned; lor as ne spoke he seated himself upon a chair whose leprs had been exserrated two inches, acid he came down unexpectedly kerchunck. An American Surgeon-General In Egypt, The appointment of Dr. Cornelius Faling Brown to the position of Surgeon- Ueneral of the armies of the iUiedive of Esrvot with an annual salary of &7.000. and a valuable, outfit has elicited much surprise to the Doctor's old friends and acquaintances in Niles, Mich. Some nve. years ago. two young men irom. mii- cago took up their habitation in that town, and, purchasing a stock of dry goods, flung to the breeze the euphonious firm name of Brown & Copeland. The senior member of the firm, Cornelius Faling Brown, or, as he was generally known, " Corney Brown," was not then of acre. He was a pale, but not intel lectual-looking youth, a college graduate, but a man of apparently no positive force in any direction. Most of the time of the members of the firm was taken up in buggy riding and other such innocent pleasures, to the neglect of business, and soon the Btock of goods ran down, and the remnants were finally taken to one of the lake shore villages, when the senior member of the firm re turned to Chicago, and subsequently led to the hymeneal altar one of that city's fairest belles, the daughter of a well known medical professor. The bride and groom, accompanied by the bride's mother and several letters of introduction and of credit, took in Europe on their bridal tour. Soon the parties returned from Europe, the bride and her mother to their former home, and the groom to parts unknown. The bride, securing a divorce, has since been wedded to an other. It now transpires, however, that after young JSrown s return irom ms .European I bridal tour he turned his attention to the study of medicine, and has been ap pointed Surgeon-General of the armies ot tne Aneuive oi jsjgypt, witn a salary of 87,000 in gold, and was furnished an outfit of $700. The young, and the world will say the fortunate, doctor sailed -r-v . 0 -n . . X j 1 1 . for his new held of labor some time aero. accompanied by his mother.- Toledo Blade. - The Small Boy on Horlng Day. One of the most disastrous elements in a moving day is a Bmau ooy witii an aspiring disposition. If he carries any thin tr. it must be a chair, which he takes on ms ueau wiui uib uoua an mo trout so 1 1 -1 !Al- AT 1 1- .1 XI.. a. to prevent him from seeing where he is going, and with the erect legs in range of the chandelier and upper aoor casings. Thus equipped, he strikes a military step, improvising his mouth into a trumpet and starts out. xn less than a quarter of an hour he has that chair safely on the cart where it is not wanted, and is hurrying .oacK alter another, Before the , carman has returned the second load, the one boy has developed into eight, each boy with, a chair, each boy under feet and each boy making as much noise as a planing mill on a damp day If .a boy cannot get a chair to carry he wants two bed posts. He jreats two so he can carry one under each arm. Then he starts down stairs. First the posts' cross each, other at the front and nearly throw him, down, then they cross at the back, and the front ends fly off at a tangent, one of them digging into the calcimined wall, and the other entangling in the bannis ters. But he won't let one of them go, but hangs onto both with exasperating obstinacy. In the meantime the carman, who is working by the load and not by the day, is waiting at the foot of the stairs, and wishing that he had that boy back of the Bocky Mountains for about fifteen minutes ; and the anxious father, with a stxaw bed in his arms and his eyes full of dust, is at the head of the stairs, waiting to come down, and vociferating at the top of his voice, until the dust from the tick gets into his throat and precipitates him into a violent fit of coughing. By the time the third load is on the way, the novelty of helping carry furniture is worn off to the boy, and he and his companions are firing rubbish from the 'garret at each other, or fooling with the horse just as some heavy object is being lifted onto the cart Thebest plan for a moving family that has a boy, is to get him a half bushel of frozen potatoes to throw, and set himl out in the suDuros until the affair is over. Danbury News. Indian Cruelties Captive Among the ;,, - , . Comanches. A young Texan who was captured by the Comanche Indians about a year ago gave the following account of his experi ences recently to a correspondent of the Galveston New t I was trying to get five beef steers back to the herd early one morning last May, when I was suddenly surrounded by about twenty-five Comanche Indians, and taken prisoner. This happened near sunrise. J was tied on my horse and carried some 30 miles that day. At night we arrived at a sort of camp, where we joined fifty more Indians, and I found they had another white man prisoner. I was not allowed to speak with this man but I could .see from the blood on his face and clothes that he was wounded. As soon as the Indians had kindled a fire and eaten some meat, they began to tor ture this second prisoner, though for what reason I have never learned. They beat him with a ' catridge-box strap with a large buckle ou the end of it after stripping him of his clothes. - They cut gashes on him with knives. They sawed off his thumbs with an old cavalry sabre, and mashed his toes between a rock and the butt end of a carbine. After gouging out some of his teeth, with a bayonet, and sticking cactus thorns in his flesh, they poured powder in his ears and burnt it All this time the man did not : com plain or cry out as he probably expected, by his fortitude, to induce the Indiana to spare his life, But in this he was mis taken, for they, finding that he did not complain at all these tortures, began to cut pieces of flesh out of his legs and back and eat them ; or at least pretend to eat I think they only chewed up the flesh and spit it out Seeing that all of this torture did not make him cry outl (tor he had fainted), the chief stepped up with a sharp knife and cut out one of his eyes, and put a live coal of fire in the socket and then put an end to his life with a knife. The jnownw then had a dance. X was led to a small tree. I had no water or anything to eat - f or thirty-six hours. The next day about midday the party moved in a northwest course, traveling about 20 miles ; and after, this we moved in a northwest course about 300 miles, where we met several large parties of Indians, some of whom had been on raids in Northern" Texas. I remained in that section of country with the Comanches, and was kept employed mostly herdinsr ponies and sometimes dressing deer-skins and buffalo hides. My clothes were all taken away from me a few days alter 1 was captured, and I only had a pair of drawers and a blanket afterward. I often had to eat raw venison and buffalo meat without salt After I had been with the Indians some six months, 'they ceased to treat me as a prisoner, and I was allowed to cro some distance from the camo. I think it was the 1st of February I left them. I was herding ponies, and was allowed to ride one of the best without saddle. The second night I took my buffalo robe and used it as a saddle, filled a sack with dried meat, and struck out for the settlements, which I reachd tow ards the last of the month. I sold my horse and buffalo robe, and collected three months' pay that was due me at the time I was captured : and now, with God's help, I shall keep out of the way of the Indians hereafter. . . Diking In Holland. In Dutch drainage-work the dike is a very important element These vary, of course, according to the circumstances under which they are required. On the North Sea coast, where they are built to withstand tides rising ten feet beyond their average,' and, lashed by storms, they constitute a work of stupendous magnitude and cost In the case of a holder of a few acres, they mar be the work of a Single man. Occasionally in their construction serious engineering difficulties are presented, especially is this the case where, the dike is to be con structed in the water. . Here the two sides of the foundation, which must reach from the solid earth to the surface of the water, are made by sinking great rafts of fascines made of willow osiers, often from 100 to 150 yards square, strongly secured together, and making a compact mass. These are floated over the place they are intended to occupy. where they are guided by poles sunk m the bottom, and are loaded with stones or with earth until they sink. Upon his first, a second and smaller one, and often a third, and even a fourth, always decreasing in size, are placed in turn. The space between the two walls is tilled with solid earth, and on the top of this secure foundation the dike is built If the dike is to remain exposed to moving water, it must be further protected by jetties, or by mason-work, or by wattles placed upon its slope, or by rows of piles, basket-work of straw or rushes, or some times by brick walls -Col. Geo. E. Waring, in Scribner for May. The Secret of Long Life. ' A writer in the Frets and St. James' Chronicle prints a letter received from Lord St Leonards in 1871, in which he " I am the oldest peer in the House of Lords, and therefore I am called the father of the House. I am the oldest member of the bar, and therefore I am called the . father of the bar. After, so long a period, never withdrawing from the duties attached to the position which I have occupied, I have ultimately retired . from public life, but still find myself called upon to exercise the facul ties of which a kind Providence has left me in position.. I lead a life which seems likely to extend itself. I enter into no speculation, and have nothing to agitate me. I avoid all luxurious living. I go early to bed, and my moderation' is re warded bv a erood night's sleep. I get up early and am always down to a 9 o clock breakfast I pass much of my time in reading. I live a happy life, for which I thank God. and submit myself to his cruidanoe and mercy. This, then. is all the secret which I possess of long life. Yours faithfully, ' St. Leonards." There was a grand battle among the Chinese residents of Virginia City, Ne vada, recently. The trouble opened with a slight skirmish between two small par ties of the contending factions, and this aroused the warriors in all parts of the town, who, with revolvers in their hands, rushed to the scene of the conflict Then the fight raged on all sides, and one hundred shots were fired. Bullets shattered windows, splintered fences and awning posts, and lodged in the sides of the houses; but not one hit a human mark. One fellow got a bullet through the crown of bis hat, and he is consid ered the big warrior of the ;" Flowery Kingdom." General there was no aim taken, the report seeming to satisfy the Celestial thirst for blood. IKXXSTGTOJr. ax omr s. wimriaaw - I. Ib maddening thirst for blood had they, No battle joy was theirs who set Against tho alien bayonet " '" Their homespun breast in that old day. B. ' Their feet had trodden peaoef nl ways. They loved not strife, they dreaded pain ; They saw not what to oa is plain. That Ood would make man's wrath his praise ". m. No seers were they, but simple men ; Its vast results the f ntnre hid ; The meaning of the work they did Was strange and dark and doubtful then. IV. . Swift as the summons oame they left The plow, mid-furrow, standing still, Tne half-ground oorn grist m the null The spade in earth, the ax ia cleft. They wept where duty seemed to call ; They scarcely asked the reason why ; They only knew they could but die, And death was not the worst of all. VJ. v:-j ' - . Of man for man the sacrifice, Unstained by blood, save theirs, they gave, The flowers that blossomed from their grava Have sown themselves beneath all akies. " vii. Their death-shot shook the feudal tower, And shattered slavery's chain as well ; On the sky's dome, aa on a bell, Its echo struck the world's great hour. ; viii. The fateful echo is net dumb ; The nations, listening to the sound, . , Wait, from a century's vantage-ground, The holier triumphs yet to come ' " ''.." ' ix. The bridal'day of Law and Love, The gladness of the world's release, When, war-sick, at the feet of Peace The hawk shall nestle with the dove The golden age of brotherhood. Unknown to others rivalries ' ' Than of the mild humanities. And gracious interchange of good, -: When closer strand sh&il lean to, strand, Till meet, beneath saluting flags, The eagle of our mounting arags. The lion of our Motherland. Tfit and Humor. An affecting sight Barrels in tiers. The State f pr editors Pencril-vania. The real yellow - fever Greed for gold. Ajoways whisperine: in company For est leaves. . The latest thing in front door-locks Night-keys. ' The stamp of civilization The postage-stamp. At what time of day was Adam born ? ' A little before Eve. ' ' What relation is the door to the door mat? A step farther. What kind of sweetmeats were in the ark 1 Preserved pairs. What State is round at both ends and high in the middle ? Ohio. '. Whether a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush depends upon the nature of the bird. A XiiTTLE peppermint is better than brandy, when there is any trouble with -your " true inwardness." When the evil one is going to and fro, and up and down over the earth, can we doubt that he is imp-roving ? Success is said, by a Western sage, to greatly depend upon the possession of three qualities grit, grip : and gump tion. This iute the ladies patch their hair with never looks more like real hair than - when it appears in the butter, Berk- y shire Courier. : V' What is the difference between Noah's ark and a Mississippi flat-boat f One was made of Gophir wood and the other was made to go for wood. A sharp talking lady was reproved by her husband, who requested her to keep her tongue in her mouth. " My dear, she said. " It is against the law to carry concealed weapons." When two young hearts that beat as one attend divine services in the even- -ing, it is bashfulness that leads them to select a seat in the most obscure pew under the gallery." Brooklyn ArT gus. - J trues, why didn't you -. oblong your stay at the Springs?" " Kase, .-, Mr. Snow, dey charge too much?" How so. Julius?" "Wy. de landlord charged discolored individual wid steal ing de spoons." A New Hampshire family has used one stove for twenty-eight years, while a Detroit man has kicked three to pieces within a year. Some men, as soon as they get a little down-hearted, go for the cookstove right away. A gentleman traveling on a steamer, one day at dinner was making way with a large pudding close by, when he was told by a servant that it was dessert " It makes no difference to me," said he, "I would eat it if it were a wilder ness." Edsab Pok said: "To villify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. The -. crab might never have become a constellation but for the courage it evinced in nibbling Hercules on the heel." When Dr. Cox was settled in Brook lyn, he kept a dog, which was kenneled at the rear of the house The dog being somewhat civen to bitinor. the deo- tor placed m large capitals over the kennel the admonition, ".Teeth in serted here." School inspector to urchin : - " Now, -Johnny, how many can you count?" Johnny : "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten." "'Inspec tor : Good, Johnny ; go on." John ny (after a moment's thought) : " Jack, queen, king, ace. " ' A hardware merchant yesterday ob served, a boy looking sharply at some garden tools, and he asked; Bub, if J should present you with a hawwould you go home and make a garden." "No, proudly responded the boy ; 13 "sell it to the man living next dsor and buy same circus tickets." Detroit Free Frets. s - '. , "I should think you would be ashamed to pitch on to that litUa boy," said a pedestrian yesterday as he caught a big boot black cuffing a small news hoy. "Ye would, hey I" sneered the lad as he gave his nose a wiper - D'ye thinkl'dgo for a big boy and git all pounded up 1" Detroit Free Frees. DoMssno Animaxs. Persons who have occasion to treat domestio animals in sickness, will find it convenient to know the natural standard of the pulse, as the amount of deviation from that standard indicates the severity of the dis ease. In health and repose, the number of pulsations per minute sheuld be as follows: In the horse. 22 1 ox or wb- p,- kheep, 70 ; goat. 72; cai, no : rabbit, is ; dog, 80 ; duck, 1S3 ; hen, 110.