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WHAT CAN WOMAN 00?
BY MRS. A. M. FREEMAN,
Solomon Brown lmd five daughters.
The oldest of these wag twenty-six,
the youngest seventeen. In sonio of
the heathen countries it is considered
a misfortune when a girl is horn.
Solomon Brown's mind may have
been colored with this heathenism
though he owned a pew in the church,
and contributed conscientiously to the
donations tor he shook his bead in
solemn disapproval as bis family in
creased, declaring that girls were, and
had been since the world began, a
failure.-
Dear little Mrs. Brown emphatical
ly declared her skepticism as to this
broad assertion, saying with some
spirit, "that the girls oould not be
dispensed with, and as the great Fath
er, had seen lit to create them, it must
have been with the consciousness that
they might bo pronounoed good. Of
courso they were good." She would
just ask' Mr. Brown, what there was,
that might be said trujhiully, in dis
paragement of their own children.
"If they wero boys, Lucy," says
Brown, footing up a dry good's bill,
"they would bo self-supporting. If,
for instance, Matilda had been named
Solomon and, you know, that name
has fallen to tho eldest in our family
for generations she, or he rather,
might have learned a trade and would
now bo able, not only to care for him
self, but to render needful assistance
to the family. I am sure, I never
blamed Betsey Xrotwood, though I
didn't understand her, thatsheconldn't
forgive David for not being a girl. I
have never forgiven one of my girls
that they disappointed me."
"Dear me, Solomon, I'm sure the-
girls are doing the best they can.
Matilda is a very good 'dress ma
ker -."
"Bosh!" cries Solomon, impatiently,
"the country is over run with dress
makers. I tell you all this feathers,
fuss and ilummerry is ruining us
that is the people. Don't you under
stand every additional girl is an addi
tional burden to some one? How
much do you suppose, Lucy, I paid
out for ribbons last year ? Only one
hundred dollars !"
"But, my husband, there wero five
of the girls you know, not counting
myself, and that makes twenty dol
lars only, for each. I am sure that
isn't extravagent at all. There's
deacon Smart's Sallie paid that much
for one Roman sash. Oiir girls are
very handy about turning their things,
and fixing them np as good as new.
There were only twenty.four yards
iu the dears' dresses this spring
that is in tho dress of each while
Mrs. Mullin used thirty-five, and I
must say that our girls' wero much
the prettiest."
"And would have been prettier still
if they'd been made out of eight,"
growled Solomon, desperately foot
ing up the accounts again.
Figures are obstinate facts. Solo
mon, in facing tho sum total of united
columns, became an obstinate man.
"I tell you, Lucy, we can't go on in
this way, that's certain. Somotbing
must be done. Why don't they get
married?"
But that was a useless question, for.
thiB was a New England State, and
thero wore several thousand more
women, than men, and as ono man
was allowed only ono . wife, it was
quite impossible that all could bo
provided with a husband.
"Dear mo, Solomon," said the little
wife, smiling humorously. "You for
get that this isn't Utah that thero is
actually no one to whom we may
seal the darlings; that you, yourself,
would quite disapprove of their going
husband-hunting."
Now, while Solomon had been talk
ing thus complainingly and con
fidentially, to his wife, his five un
appreciated daughters had been listen
ing trom tno next room.
"The old bear," cried Matilda, tho
oldest, under her breath.
"Poor papa," said Lucy, tho young
est, her blue eyes full of tears.
"Poor papa, indeed," snapped out
the second pistcr. "I do beliovo be
begrudges us the bird's allowance
which wo eat."
Rirrl'a nllnwnneo! JoscTulinC, 1 nl
snro there isn't a heartier ftmi.J . 01
tjirls-in this country than ours.. 1?
Canary s portion would do lor me
of that I'm sure! I do think it a
shame, that five great girls, able toi
work as we are, should depend upon
one little, old broken down man for
their support. Come now 'Tilda, isn't
it ridiculous? Don't you think that
we might do something?"
"I'm sure,', Matilda said, "that I've
been trying just the best that I knew
how. You know I bought tho ma
chine, and then then "
"Well," Lucy said, laughing, "poor
papa bad to mako tns payments on
"I'm surefl couldu' help that, be
cause I bad expected"to get plenty of
sewing to do, and sewing you see
"Is a dni2 in the market. No
Tilda, and Josephine, and Sarah, and
Flora, all of those pretty, traditional
ways of a woman turning an honest
penny are out of date. I've been
thinking this over, and I've made np
my mind. Come girls will yon stand
by me? Have vou the courage to lay
aside your dainty slippers, to encase
your feet in heavy shoes, to let the
sun kiss brown freckles on your face,
in factto wear a bloomer?"
A bloomer" the four cried to
gether.
"Ves. my dears, for of oourso the
work, that I have laid out for ns to
do. couldn't be done in trains. I
have been thinking that we had bet
ter take Jacob Sloam's farm for a
year," and Mis Lucy, as' sho spoke,
opened her pocket knifo and com
menced whiltliug a bit ol stick in
true Yankee style.
"Jacob Sloam's farm!" they cried
aghast.
"Yes, dears, I was over talking to
Jacob yesterday, and. he's quite de-
of making the experiment . lie is
sure, hs says, that it will be a success.
Only think girls, how nioo it would
be, if we could help the old father
now, after all the trouble ho has had
with ns! And what a triumph, too, if
wo could prove to him, that girls are
a blessing, at least ; if not exactly
that, still worth being born. What
say you? Will you put your names
to the contraol? Come now, don't bo
cowardly, nor try to find exonses for
shirking a duty. Jacob never had
five more able-bodied people than we
are." . : :
"But what will the world sny?
And then, dear Luey, you have . had
an offer you know. Will Frank
Lawler be satisfied that his future
wife should engage in an nnlady-like
occupation?"
"If he is dissatisfied that a woman
should do what she may do well, I'm
very glad to have an opportunity of
learning it before I'm Mrs. Frank
Lawler, instead of Lucy Brown. If I
have girls, you may rest assured that
they shall bo self-supporting, quite
independent of outside help towards
gaining a livelihood. If they have a
talent for musio above the ordinary
possession, they may become teachers;
if hot, they will not spend four hours
a day, in useless beating of their
white, helpless fingers against some
ill nsed piano keys. If thev .are
greatly gifted with superior intelli
gence, they may go into the profess
ions, if not they will leara trados I
don't moan milliners and dress
makers, and bo cn but nice little
light trades, like watch-making, and
engraving, and drafting and, indeed
heavier ones, if they have the muscle.
We all have musole. Thero is no
excuse that we should remain idle.
The world is full of work, and I can't
understand why any honesf oalling
should be unwomanly. Como girls,
let us go and sign tho contract, which
binds us to work, old Jacob's farm."
"Dear me, Solomon," said the wife
Lucy, in the evening, "you oould
never guess what those girls have
done."
"Perhaps purohased each a new
silk," growled Solomon, without lut
ing his eyes lrom his paper.
"No, indeed, not," cried tho wife in
dignantly. "They've ronted Jacob
Sloam s farm eighty aoros, and twen
ty of it in fruit."
"What," cried Solomon, tho paper
falling helplessly at his feet.- "iou
don't 6urely mean our girls, not Ma
tilda, and Josephiue, and Sarah, and
Flora, and Lucy ?"
p "I mean no one else's girls, surely,"
the wife replied, a littlo crossly.
"They take possession in the morn
ing. Jacoh bloam is to ,nnd every
thing, and they are to have one-ball."
"I'll just tell you, Lucy, what it is.
This is the most consummate peace of
humbug I ever heard of. It will be
a dead failure, and they'll make them
selves the laughing stock of the
neighborhood. Farming, indeed?
Why 'Tilda is that afraid of her hands
that sho never sweeps even, without
gloves; and Flora wraps her head in
towel to dust. I've seen Joscphino wipe
the breakfast things with the dish rag
clinging toa fork, and Sarah wraps
her finger with a bit of oloth, each
one sepcratoly if she has vegetables to
prepare.;' Brave farmers they will
make I" And Solomon Brown went
back to his paper with a soornful
chuckle
Solomon, too, was some of a fogy.
Women were women, and women
they must remain to tho end of
the chapter. A great pity, he had
often said, that it was so, but nature
could not be tortured out of her bid,
well worn channels by e'ducation.
Eve, he considered, as having boon a
vicious sort of a little body, bending
poor Adam's nose down close to the
grindstone, and there hor daughter's
bad relentlessly held it, through all
of the long years since that first trag
edy. Solomon believed in progression.
He thought that the sciences might
be better understood, that new dis
eoverier were to be made; that the
Atlantio would be crossed in a bal
loon ; but Solomon's radicalism didn't
include tho possibilities of the com-
ine woman. She was to be what she
had been from the beginning. So he
nooh hooed at hisdaushtor's farming,
not believing that any good thing
fl;,nld come out oi JNazarem.
It W.i" an UP m" road t0 thono five
jiK. daughters of Solomon Brown's.
Bn't in one itfus tbey resembled their
father They wera obstmato, and
when 'they learned ul prediction as
to their failure, they word quite: de
termined not to fail.
They were up early and worked
late. Their strawberries were a suc
cess. They gavo employment to a
number of girls in the village in gath
ering their small fruits, thus recog
nizing the true policy, that women
must help each other. They kept one
hired man, and under his instructions
these young ladies learned to turn a
ready hand to all kind of farm labor.
Old Solomon Brown' "pooh-hoos,"
grew less emphatio and lie began to
speak with a sort of shame faced pride
of "Our girl's place." Then when the
fame of these women farmers .bad
traveled far, and people came from a
distance to inspect personally tbjir
success, Solomon began to feel proud
in saying, "Yes sir, they aro my girls."
"Your girls are all boys then ?" said
one smiling, quoting Kip Van Win
kle. "Just as good as boys," said Solo
Brown blushing, at the retraction of
old sentimonts. But theories must
fall before convictions, and well filled
wheat, fine potatoes, good corn, etc.,
were more convicting to Solomon of
his daughters' worth, than volumes
favoring the "Subjection of Woman."
Solemn Brown's daughters still
hold Jacob Sloam's farm, Lucy, tho
youngest, is married to Frank Lawler,
but instead of her going home to him,
as is the manner of the world, he
came homo to her.
Under the homestead la a wo- j
man that ien't at tbo head of a family I
that is a widow cannot pre-empt
land. If this was not the case, I do
believe, that one of Solomon Brown's
girls would go west and take up a
piocoofland. As it is, they are all
going in the spring and Solomon will
enter a hundred and sixty acres in 'his
own name, which in reality will be
long to his daughters, as it will be
purchased with tho profits ot their
itu iuiug uawv kuuaiu a luuu.
tr.E SECRET OI' A WIFE'S POWER.
Nothing is more beautiful than the
belief of the faithful wife that her
husband has all the talents, and
could, if he would, be distinguished
in any walk of life; and nothing
would be more beautitul unless this
is a very dry time for signs than the
husband's belief that his Wife) is
capable of taking charge of any of
the afiairs of this confused planet,
There is no woman but thinks that
her husband, the greon grocer, could
write poetry if he had given his mind
to it, or else she thinks small beer or
poetry, in comparison with an oc
cupation or accomplishment purely
vegetable. It is touching to sea the
look of pride with which the wife
turns to her husband from any more
brilliant personal presence of display
of wit thau his, in tho perfect con
fidence that if the world knew what
she knows there would be one more
popular idol. How she magnifies
ma small wit and doatsupon the self-
satisfied look in his face, as if it were
sign of wisdom. What a eounsolor
that man would make! What a war
rior be would be! There are a great
many corporals in their retired homes
who did more for the safety and suo
cess of our armies in critical moments
in the late war than any of tho "higb-cock-a-lorum"
commanders. Mrs.
Corporal does not envy tho reputa
tion of General Sheridan, she knows
very well who really won Five Forks,
for sha Las heard of the story a hun
dred times, and will bear it a hun
dred more with apparently unabated
interest. What a general her hus
band would have made, and how his
talking talent could shine in Con
gress. , : :
There isn't a wife in the world who
has not taken the exact measure of
her husband, weighed him and set
tled himin her own mind and knows
him as well as if she had ordered him
after designs and specifications of her
own. That knowledge, however,
she ordinarily keeps to herself, and
she enters into a league with her hus
band, which he was never admitted
to the secret of, to impose upon the
world. In nine out of ten cases be
more than half believes that he is
what his wil'o tells him be is. At
any rate she manages him as the
keeper does the elephant, with only
a bamboo wand, and a sharp spike in
the end. Usually sho flatters him,
but she has the means of pricking
clear through his side on occasion.
It is the greatost secret of her power
to have him think that she thorough
ly believes in him.
THE SEVEN WONftrcRS OF THE
WOULD.
Although every , Bchool boy and
girl in the land has read of tho "seven
wonders of tho world," and every
person of any intelligonco has either
read or heard of them; probably
ninety-nine persons out of a hundred
who might be asked the question
could not name them.
They are : ,
1. The Pyramids, the mystery of.
the past, the enigma of the present,
and the enduring for the future ages
of this world. .
2. , The temple, the walls, and
hanging gardens of Babylon, the most
oelebrated city of Assyria, and the
residence of the kings of tho oountry,
after tho destruction of Ninevah. .
3. Tho Chryselephantine statue of
Jupiter Olympus, the most renownod
work ot Phidias, the illustrious artist
ot Greece. The statue was formed of
gold, and was sitting on a throne
almost touching the summit of the
temple, which was seventy feet high.
" 4. Tho temple of Diana at
Ephesus, which was 220 years in
building, and which was 425 feet in
length and 230 in breadth, and sup
ported by 127 marblo columns of the
lonio order, 90 feet high.
5. The mausoleum of Ilalicarnas
sus, ereoted to the memory of
Mausolous, the King of Caria, by bis
wifo Artemisia, B. C. 353.
6. The Pharos, at Alexandria, a
light-house ereoted by Ptolemy Soter
at tho entrance of the harbor at
Alexandria. It was 420 feet high,
and could be seen at a distance of a
hrtndred miles, and upon which was
scribed "Kiug Ptolemy to the gods,
the si:'ion, for tho bcnciit oi si'ors."
7. Tho yOlo.'sus ai jvuouus, me
brazen imago 0. po."o.
; i,:i,f wr.'-ich wd3 located
at the eutranco of one or harbors
of the city of llhodca.
A LOST NOVEL
The Sun't "John" has a pathetic
reminiscenco of Mcridcn (Conn.),
which he thus relates:
I am now at Mendcn. It s the
very place where a female novelist
was lost to society. Sho was. lost in
this way: She had written a novel,
"The Dead Minister; or, The Fatal
Dish Hag," or some such name, and
she had a lover, and ono fatal nipht
she down to read that novel to her
lover. She commenced to read, as
follows; "Winfral Attleboro sat
with bated .breath a finning."
"You mean bated hook, said no.
"I mean bated breath," says nhe.
Says he, "Who in the deuce ever
fibbed with a bated breath?"
Says tdie, "You're a fool?"
Sa'vs he "Farewell, SuHan; alas!
farewell."
He mirrlit havo added another let
ter to that alas, for it proved a hurt,
farewell. Two loving hearts were
severed, and lior book i lmt to the
world, for in her mtfc she Uhtd it to
kindle a fire to ripon some codfish
alls with.
THE VIIXB DE HAVRE.
The following additional particulars
of the loss of this steamship and the
horrors of the wreck,. come from New
York telegrams of December l4th:
By the Liverpool steamor arriving
last night, several of the survivors of
the Ville de Havre disastor returned
Mr. Wait, a passenger says that on
Thursday, the 20th, the fog cleared
off and the weather was clear. This
continued until Friday night, up to
the hour when the disaster occurred.
The lights were all in order when
she was struck by the iiocbreas amid
ships. Thn force of the collision was
so great that flie Lochrean cut into
the side and deck ot the vine de Ha
vre ten or twelve feet deep and twenty-five
or thiry feet lone. She began
to fill at once, and sank in about
twelve minutes. The scene on board
was heart-rending and beyond any
description. ' Five minutes after the
collision the mrinmast fell, bringing
down the other masts with it. This
mast fell across two large boats filled
with passengers, killing Boveral and
rendering the boats useless. The
steamer had eight boats, but the time
was too short and only two could be
launched. Tho whale-boat
and the captain's gig were not proper
ly launched before the steamer set
tled down and sank; 313 human beings-were
struggling in the wator at
the same moment. A number of
these were picked up and placed in
the two boats, and, happily for the
survivors, the sea was not running
high, and a ( persona were rescued,
27 being passengers and GO officers
and crew; 22G went down with the
steamer. Tho captain remained
bravely at his post and was rescued.
Throe-quarters of an hour after the
collision other passengers were seen
floating on planks and some clinging
to ute-buoys. xne captain and mate
showed great courage. They sank
with the steamer, but rose again to
the surface, and after remaining
nearly an hour in the water, were
picked up. The mental anguish of
some ol those saved, but wnose reia-
tivos were drowned, was frightful to
witneBB. Mrs, Spofford, of Chicago,
was Baved, but lost her four ohildreu.
Mrs. Bulkley lost three children.
When all the rescued wero transler-
red to another vessel the picture of
shipwreck was realized in all its ter
rors. James Bishop, of New York,
floated three-quarters of an hour and
was saved. Mr. Cramer, of Troy,
New York, sank with the steamor, but
arose and floated an honr, being at
last picked up. Miss Anna Hunter,
of New York, Hank with the steamer,
but arose and floated an hour on a
timber and was also saved. She lost
her father, mother and sister. Miss
Mary Huntor, sister of the above,
was saved in the same manner. The
same experience fell to the lot of
Misses Madeline and Helen Mixter,
of Boston, whosank with the steamer,
but arose and floated an hour on loose
timbers, and the latter over an hour
on the pilot house. Both were final
ly picked up by the boats ot the
steamer.. '
HOW A C1.M)I NTIE OOUBTSIirP
WAS BROKEN IIP.
A moBt ingenious device for carry
ing on a clandestine courtship was
brought to light by a grape skin,
Friday evening. The young lady
lives with her parents and a brother
on Pine' streot," The young man
whom she favored is a trifle obnox
ious to tho rest of the family, and it
has been thoir aim to keep him at a
distance. As he had not been to the
house for some time, and as she had
not been discovered with him on tho
street, the family flattered themsolves
that the ill-starred match was broken
up. j On Friday evening the brothor
arrayed himself in his best suit and
went down street. An hour later,
wlulo passing along tho dark side of
the street, he encountered the ob
jectionable suitor engaged in close
conversation witn anotner man. mot
wishing to notice him he lifted his
eyes above the lovol of the other
pikrty'B head, and- was preparing to
sail by with an unconscious demean
or, when ho unfortunately stepped
upon tho skin of a grape, and losing
his balance, shot violently into tho
strange gentleman's legs, bringing
him down upon himself. Tho young
man's cmbaiTiissmont was changed
to horror and aHtonishmont, when
tne stranger cried out in the voice of
his sister, "Oh Tom how could you?"
He sprahg to his feet in an instant.
The stranger was also gotting up,
and presenting a most, remarkable
appearance. His face was rod as
scarlet, and his glossy moustacho
was turned half way around, oho-half
laying across his mouth, and the
other j hugging the lee side of his
noso. "Why Mary!" exclaimed
the shocked brother. But Mary said
nothing, and held her head, while
hor lover mado scarce. The brothor
teok the sister home, and hor mother
escorted her to her room, where she
Wa5 at onco undressed and put to
bed v'th bet bricks to her feet, and
a quart ot honest down her throat.
TfL cotf'd not beliovo
ill of her daughter, declared it was a
case of billious fever, "1 uPtermin
cd to get the best of it. Tbe Jf vcr
has secured work at Now Haven for
the Winter. JJanbury Newt.
Akother steal is in contemplation.
Senator Hippie ha introduced a bill
in the Senate oohdoming the new Cnt
tom House just built at Portland nd
providing for the erection of another.
There i no sense or jmtioe in cuh
extravagance as this, and it can only
ho consistently defended ou 'the
ground that lomobody mnt liavo a
stealing contract. No wonder tho
publio debt i Incresaing millions
every month.
. Tho lady who doesn't . altend
church because sho can't dress fash
ionably, never stays away from a
hanging or horse race on that account.
DISTINGTTimiHD CnAltAfTKttB Oir
AOIKIUUAJV HISTORY.
BENEDICT ARNOLD. .
"Wo accept the treason, bnt de
spise tho traitor," was the practical
vjvjjicboiuu ul. unwell nvnuinenb wnen
Arnold, one of the bravest of the
American generals, was purchased
with British gold, and attempted to
oeirsy tne liberties ot his country,
lie was a native of Norwich, Con-
necticut, where be was born on the 3d
ot January, 1740. He was a descend
ant of Benedict Arnold, ono of the
early governors ot lihode Island, and
was blessed with a mother, who, ac
cording to her epitaph, was " A pat
tern of patience, pity, and virtue."
But he was a wayward, disobedient,
and unscrupulous boy; cruel in his
tastes and wioked in his practices. (1)
He -was bred to the business of an
apothecary, at Norwich, under the
brothers Lathrop, who were so pleased
with him as a young roan of genius,
that they gave bim two thonsand dol
lars to oommenoe business with. From.
17G3 to 17G7, he combined the business
of bookseller and druggist, in Nsw
Haven, when he commenced trading
voyages to tne west indies, and horse
dealing in Canada, He was in com
mand of a voluuteor company, in New
iiaven wnen the war broke out, with
whom he marched to Cambridge, and
joined the army under Washington.
Then commenced his career, as the
bravest of the brave. His first bold
exploit bad beon in conneotion with
iuhan Allan in tbo capture ol Tioon
deroga, in May, 1775. In September
following he started from Cambridge
tor tjuebeo, by way ot the Ivennebeuk
and the wilderness beyond its head
waters, in command of an expedition;
and aftor an unsuccessful attempt to
take the capital of Canada, he joined
Montgomery, and participated in the
disastrous siege- of that walled town
on the last day of the year, There
he was soverely wounded in tbo leg,
bnt escaped up the St. l,awrance, held
command of a broken army until the
arrival of Gen. AVooster in the April
following. Arnold rotirod to Mont
real, thon to St. Johns and loft Can
ada altogether, in June, 1775. Dur
ing the Summer and Autumn of that
year, he was active in naval command
on Lake Cbamplain. He assisted in
repelling tho invasion of Connecti
cut, by Tyron, in April, 1777; and
during the latter part of that Summor,
he was with General Schuyler, in his
preparations for opposing the attempt
of Burgoyne to penetrate beyond Fort
Edward, or Saratoga.
While tho Amenoan array was en-
oamped at the mouth of the Mow
hawk, Arnold marched up that stream
and relieved the beleagued garrison
of Fort Schuyler (or StanwixJ) on the
site of tho presont village ol Home.
(2) He was in the battles at Still
water; and despite tho loaions euorts
ot Gates to cripple hi movements,
his intrepidity and personal example
wereehieflv instrumental in securing
tho victory over Burgoyne, for whioh
the commanding general received the
thanks of Congress and a gold medal,
while Arnold was not even mentioned
iu the official dispatohes. This was
one of the first affronts that planted
the seeds of treason in his mind. lie
was again severely wounded at Sar
atoga, and suffered mooh for many
months. Whon, in tho Boring ol
1778, tho British evacuated Philadel
phia, 'Arnold was appointed military
governor there, beoanse of his inca
pacity for aotive Sold service on ao
oount of his wounds, There he lived
extravagantly, married the beautiful
daughter of Edward Shippen, a lead
ing Tory of Philadelphia, and began
a system of fraud, peculation, and
oppression, which caused him to be
tried lor sundry ononoea py a oourt
martial, ordorod by Congress. Ho
was found guilty on some of the
charges, and delicately reprimanded
by Washington, indignant ana deep
ly in debt, bo brooded upon ccvenge
on one hand, and pecuniary foliof on
tho other, lie opened a correspond
ence with the accomplished Major
Andre, adjutant general of the Brit
ish army, and after procuring the onm
mand oi' tho fortresses at West Point
on tho Hudson, and vicinity; ho ar
ranged, with Andre, a plan for betray
ing them into the hands of Sir Henry
Clinton, the British commander at
New York. His price for hi perfidy
was fifty thousand dollars and a brig
adier's commission in tho British army.
After a personal negotiation With
Arnold, Andro was captured, (3) tho
treason became known, but the traitor
had fled to his new friends in New
York. Ho soon afterwards went on
a marauding expiditioil into Virginia,
14) and thon on tho Jxow iuigiana
coast, near his own birth-place, every
where exhibiting the most cruel spite
toward the Americans whom ho had
sought to injuro boyond moasnre,
The war ended, and he went to Eng
land. There he was everywhere shun
ned as a serpent, and he made his
abode in St. Johns, Now Brunswick,
from 178G until 1793. Ho wont to
tho West Indies, in 1794, and from
thence to England. Ho died in
Gloucester Place, London, on the 14th
of June 1801, at the age of sixty-ono
vcars. Just three year aftorwafd,
his wifo died at tho same placo, aged
forty-three." (5)
J While yet amore youth, he at
ttimptoJ murder. A young French
man a arl accepted suitor of Arnold's
sister. T'he young tyrant (for Arnold
wa alway a despot among In play
fellows) disliked him, and when ho
could not persuade hi ltor to dis
card him, he doclarod lid would shoot
tho Frenchman if bo ever entered the
liouso again. The opportunity toon
occurred, and Arnold discharged a
loaded pistol at him a he escaped
through a window. The young man
lot tho placo forovor, and Hannah
Arnold livodtho life of a maiden. Ar
nold and the Frenchman aftcrwrad mot
at Honduras and fought a duel. Tho
Frenchman wa soverely wounded.
2 Whilo Burgoyne penetrated
IheKtste from tho North, St. Leger,
with Torio and Indians, attempted to
take Fort Schuyler, and then swept
me mouawK valley. - -
, 3 Andre was hanged as a spy,
at Tappan, on the west side of the
Hudson, iu Ootober, 1780. Ho had
been drawn into that position by the
viuniny oi Arnold, and oould the trait;
or have been caught, Andre would
have been saved.
4 In a skirmish between -Rioh-mond
and Petersburg some Ameri
cans were made prisoners. One of
them was asked by Arnold, what his
countrymen would do with him if
thoy should catch him. The young
man promptly replied. "Bury the
leg that was wounded at Quebeo and
Saratoga, with military honors, and
hang the rest of you." Great efforts
Were made to capture the traitor
whilo he was in Vinriniai That was
the ohiet object of La Fayette' expi
dition to that State. - - ,
151 Their son James Rnhnrtann
Arnold, born at West Point, beoame
a distinguished officer in the British
army. He passed through all the
grade of office, from Lieutenant. ... On
the aoocssion ot (Jueen V ictoria be
was made one of her aids-de-oamp.
and rose to the rank of major-general,
with the badge of a King of the Roy
al Hanoverian Guelphio Order.
MB. JONES' LOVE LETTER. ; ,
A young man whom we shall cull
Billy Jones, could be seen in the
poBtoffice a few days agoj boasting
to a crowd of friends of the soul in
spiring letter which ha would aoon
reoievo from his Dulcinea., . The mail
being distributed, Mr. Jones hurried
ly unlocked the box, and there before
him to his heart's delight, was the
long-looked for white-winged mes
sage, bearing the well known initials
of his punctual corresponpont. De
siring to show tho productions of her
prolific imagination to a couple of
Lis intimate friends, he Bat down on
the iron stairway in the postofhoe,
and broke the latter open. His be
wildered countenance plainly show
ed that something was not right, and
folding it up) he . gave it to. One of
his companions to read. That com
panion has kindly furnished us with
the following copy i - , , ,
, Ootohor Gth, 1873 ,.
"My ' DABinio Brother: I have
just written Billy the spooniest letter
ever penned by a Billy girl to a moon
struiuc youth, I dislike to continue
corresponding with him while you
are so strenuously opposed to it, but
his nonsensical answers to my foolish
lotters afford me so much amusement
that I cannot give it up at present.
I write him pages of the most famil
iar quotations from Shakspeare, and
he thinks it all original with me. ; But
to view my position more practioaly,
you must remombor thnt I am twenty
five years of age, with nothing, to
support mo and very littlo prospects
of getting married, True Mr. ,
and myself are engaged, but he is so
slow, and I foar he will eventually
sever our association. II 1 thought
so, and saw no favorable opportunity
of doing better, I believe I would
marry limy as a last resort: Xou
must admit that be is a young man
of some ability, howovor limited that
may be, and his prospects of making
a living at loast, are pretty good
considering the timos and his child
ishness, After a few years of con
tact with this working-day world, I
think Billy will bo something, and If
not, his submissive disposition and
genuine affection for me are com
memlablo qualities in his compoBi,
tion. Now, brother ; , give me
your consent to keep Billy on hafid
until l om sure wnat course mr.
will pursue in relation to our engage
ment. If you can . spare fifty cents
plcusC send it to me so I can have a
gom taken of mis for Billy's watch
case. Your loving sisterj
fcillv now went to his box again.
and received a brief and explanatory
messngo: . , ,-
Dkab BnxYt I sent j'ou brothor s
letter by mislnke. Mail it to him in
immediately, and he will send
yori younji Your sweet chuck.
Billy is now in a quandary in rclo
tion to the courso to be pursued by
him in the future. Mobile Tribune.
A wiithrv rthl rnnt. of sixtv sum
mers, accompanied by a blooming
damsel of fifty-six, callod at a justice s
office in Dos Moinos, the other day,
and requested him to unite thorn in
matrimony. The 'squiro demanded
tho license The would-bo groom
producod, from a pilo of old news
papers that he carried in his pocket,
a decree of divorce separating him
some time in the far past from an
other Eliza Jane, , .The, justice
scanned the document with critical
oye, and promptly informed his
customer that he couldn't marry him
on "those papers." . A bystander
suggested to tno amorous, agea in
dividual that he would escort him to
tho ollico whoro licenses woro sold,
and the offer was accepted. The
twain got a dollar and a half's worth
of thumb papers, and returned to
tho Justice, who speedily mado thorn
one. Ihe groom inquired wnat the
charge was. The 'Squiro replied
that twd dollars would liquidate the
financial claims against him. The
old man demurred. Said ho: "Its
too much. Them licenso oost dol
lar and o-half, and them divorce cost
fifteen dollars; and now pilin' two
dollar atop o that is too steep."
Tho 'Squire calmly And firmly de
clared tlrnt he Wouldn't take any loss.
and intimated that he would unmarry
them instanter unless the groom
forked over the change. That threat
brought him . to Limrick, and he
paid up.
Thoso old nonkers never lack for
argument. Lately ono replied to a
tempci'ttnoe lecturer by tno following
noser: "If water rots the solos of
vour boots what effect must it have
J . ... l.O"
on 1110 coat 01 jour wiui,ui. j
; fin ciENTtE with tetv wife.:
Be gentle, for yral littlo know ' '"
' ' How many trials rise;-' ". ; ' ' - -Although
to thee they nifty, be' small
To her of glansslze. ,
Be gentle, thongb perehnnoe that up1
. ftf ny speak a murmuring tono j. . .- v
The heart may beat lth kindness yet.
And Joy to be thy own.
Be gentle I weary hours of pain ;
TlawomanwlottoJiear; - ' 1
Tireo yield her what support thon oan'rt
And all her sorrows Bhare: ':
Be gentle; for tho rinble hearts V ,
At times may havo some grtaf; .v
And-even to a frettjsh. word ' ;
May sock to: And relief. ;': j.v.
, Be gontle.fof unklndnosa now I I,,,,.,;.
May raise m angry storm, . "
That all tho utter years of Ufa ' " . " '
In vain may seek to calm.. .' ''t.,
Be gentle -I.perfoct, (here Is nonOj , fc
". Thou 'rt dearcr-far-than ItfOi. ', '
Then husband, bear and still forbear;
Be gentle to thy wifo. . .r ,
JOAO.IJIN HrX.lvKR SHOW OFV.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Pwti writing from Roma;
Npvember 2d, relates an incidenti
characteristic 01 -MiJlor,. and - which
corresponds with the eccentricities
e 1111 in tea rjy nun on this coast ana m
London-i ; ' ' t;i .'
was here yesterday, and I requested
a mend, to present lum to Miss ilo
mer, the sculptor, , Theinterview was
thus described to no: When- the
studio was reached Miss Hosmer np-t
peared on the .threshold to .receive
her guests. V: After tho presentation,
without making the usual salutation,
Miller stopped short, and, in his pe
culiar, manner, exantined .trnriously
his hostess, and then blurted, 'Hos
mer, Hike your eye." : The circuit)
of the studio Was thon begun.: . Mil
ler had but Httte to say until the
party approached finestatue, around
the base of which weril two serpents
twined about ono another, Those he
regarded intently, exclaiming, '.'Host
mar,- I'm " Bavago. I don't know
much about jour beautiful forms and
figures, but I do know what a ser
pent is like, ; on d dern me if they ain't
the best I ever saw.". The last stat
ue was some beautiful ideal affair of
Miss Hosmer. i .This seemed to at
tract the poet immensely, for, after a
long stare, ho ejaculated, gazing upon
tne marble, yuoBmer, you re a great
maul'.' . It is needles to say that our
gifted countrywoman prizes highly,
the rough but sincere and compli
mentary criticism. . -. I '
-,.( 1. f .1 ' - .- 1
Tight-Lacing ahd RbuhioS. A
lady who had .charge of a young
ladies'' Bible class, Bpeaking of de
fective home- training, said her best
pupil, sightcon years of age, had
caused hor tile mpBji scute anxiety.;
Rain or shine she was always at her
it., The girl s . whole soul seemed,
to be absorbed in tho straightening
, . 1 ... n i . 1 1 1 y
out 01 littnuutlti uieoiogrcui prouittms,
"and yet," said the teacher, ,''th
girl was so polo and . wan that I was
afraid every Sabbath would . be her
last in the class. One day she faint
ed, and in trying to restore her I
loosened her. dress, and what do you
think I found? - Corsets so tightly
drown that a full respiration was in
poBBible". ' I removed them and found
the girl's ribs actually lapped! I
took her to her mother, a very prom
inent and useful church member,
and stated the case witout reserve.
'W.olV you seo,,' siiid the parent,
'Fanny never had any figure. I
shouldn't bo surprised if , the lacings
were drawn a little too tight. Her
waist is naturally to large that it is
almost , impossible to fit : anything
genteely to her. , How is Vour class
prospering, Miss- I hope you
aid drawing many souIb to Christ?"
Uotappy Taouonts: -That so few
people should know bean. , , ,
That so many want to be President,
That money continue 'o make tne
mayor go. ..' -..-', ,
That men of small calibre should be
such groat bores., , , 1 ... i
That it is easy for a man to make
doilkoy of himself. .......
That there i po prooos by whioh'
yon oan make two and two five.
That "Old Prob" can't furnish us
all with the kind of weather wo iWish, '
That thero should be so much think
ing in the world and so fifw thoughts
That there should be so ninny more
lunatics out of the asylum' than iu
them.,. ...... .., . ,
That people should drink to keep,
themselves np, when it only keeps
ihemdown. r.', ; -
That noarly averv Fjngliab author
should think that ho oan coma here
and play the Dickens.
Heretofore there ha been mi.;
erublo sameness in the defalcations
that have itartlod the finanoial, world;
it has boon more embezzlement or
using other peoplo's money fop private
speculative purposcn, end there , was
a torriblo monotony running through
all tho stories of fiscal folly or crime.
But now-the ahsoonding caehior o(
the Scourity Bank of New York has,
tolcn $25,000 outright there is nd
pretence on his behalf that ho has
been engaged" id unlucky peoulntion
he has Med to part unknown, and
if rumor doe not belio him, is accom
panied by an accomplice before or af
ter the act, who will help him to
spend his ill-gotten gain. , Tho nov
elty of this crime is noticeable. It is
the first caso d the kind, for a long
time past, in which tho blame ha not
been laid upon Wall street.
It is stated in conneotion with in
surance that in 1872 more than fif
teen times us many policies in life
insurance companies wero dropped
by parties holding them as expired'
by death or limitation.
A Now Tork troet ear oonductcr
whoBaid"Yos, madam," to a lady,
has ben prosented with a new over
coat, and they talk of statue of
bim.