TUB DKHTIHY MAKER.
fib pcd; nd I, wlio 1lnrrd there,
I aaw that lie v ly lair;
And, with my a'tcha lb ft prlila uppmaed,
HuiMred wry mil lor roat.
Full, woo had rekolvml lob
Tbe omlierol my ttanllny,
I turord in to my titk Hud wrnagbt,
ADd ko Uitfoi lb pulnf tboujhl.
Bn pnt ; and I wbo questioned tbere.
I linrd nli mi a good u fHlr.
And In my miiiI aUII,mll voice,
Did chide beue I checked my choice.
But I, who bed reolvi-d to be
Tbe linker ol my dmtlny,
1 bade iheeealle (unrdlan down,
And tried lo think about renowu.
Hhe led; and I, who a-anier, fear,
Tbcre'i notliluf more to eve or bwtr,
Tatwe walla that ward my paiauiaf,
Are very blub, nor open iwIom.
And I. wbo bad rewilved to be
The maker ot my deminy,
Can only wait without tbe fW,
And eitand algb-Too laiel loo laid
(J eo. L. liny mi. nil.
X FLIRTATION, ISO HOW IT EXl)ED,
CHAPTEB I.
We bad never been acquainted; but it
soems fate threw her continually in my
pith. Wherever I would go, she would
certainly be there. She would cast such
sweet, Inspiring glance at me, that it
fairly tortured me. Mr pain was mv
placable. I suffered slocpless nights.
was unfit for business. Everything that
I touched or even looked at bore that
fatal name, which I will call by tho sob
riquct "Dot." She had conquered me
over powered me; fuseinatcd mo. 1 was
lout! What was I to do? I waited
patiently for the third party to introduco
ns, but lie was evidently not to bo found
I know that there was only one courso
loft for me, and that was to introduco
myself. Ho I out down and deliberately
wrote tho following letter:
Ban Francisco, Nov. 20, 1879
My hear Dot: It seems that it is
impossible for ns to become acquainted
Hut why should wo wait? Why not in
troduce ourselves? I sco nothing wrong
in doing a, and I hopo tlmt you do not.
VM yon ever bear the story of tho i renea
manr Here it is: "More consistent was
tho Fronchman who rolutod to another
bow he hod seen a man drown in the
Heine. Said the disciple of Chesterfield:
"I saw the poor man full into tho river
and strugglo close to the bank for two or
throe minutes, and then he tank and was
drowned. ' Hut couldn t vou have
liolpod him if you had tried much?" asked
liio other with some surprise. "Uh, yes,
replied the fastidious Frenchman; "I
ooiild have kolpod him out without any
danger to myself; but then you must
know I had never been Introduced to the
gentleman." Now of course you can
oo that this was mere folly, and in tho
same way relates to us, therefore I beg of
you tell mo, when, and where can I meet
you. Do not disappoint me, and if I
Iiavo boon too rude, forgive mo. With
kind regards, I am your sincere friend,
1'utiently and anxiously, I waited for a
reply, but alas I None eunio. Could I
have niistskon her? That very afternoon
I met her on tin sheet, and instead of
passing mo, and "lifting those blue win
dows of the soul" ui) at me, tho avoided
me altogether; whether it was a mo in
tentionally or uot, I never learned. I
felt abuHhed; cowered. I imagined all
sorts of things. Hhu must be insulted, I
opined! l'erliaps it was mi'Asieue imp,
I was regarding myself as an insolent
follow.
riiAPrr.11 11.
A few days altorwards as Tunnksgiv
ing day, and I was allowed a half holi
day. I fult supremely happy. Hut
wherowasl going to sound the after
noon? I wus hopelessly despondent.
Just as I was pondering over this
weighty question, I felt a light t ip upon
my shoulder, and turning around I suw
D , iny particular friend. 1
"Whore do you intend gol ig this af
ternoon," snvs he.
"Ihat is just what I have been think
ing about "I replied,
lie looked ut 1110 curiously, and in
touo which bore mystery with it. told me
to go to I'lutt Hull. I asked him why
"Why," says ho, "do you not know
that there is a fair 111 progress there?"
I replied iu tho negative.
"Why, res," answered he, "there is
fair, and I was told to inform you, that
jf possiblo you should come there."
I hud my suspicious, and as I am very
(.reunions, 1 determined to go. To siy
unit 1 uurrieu mere would not ex press it
W 1 i 1 I Jt A . '
1 nivrai iy new iiieuee iu a street ear-
Hut first taking the precaution to have
friend with nie. I asked the price of ad
mission.
"Nothing,"
I paid and walked in, expecting
accepted them; for who could refuse any
excuse from such an angel. We walked
up and down one street, then upon an
other, chatting and caressing all tbe
time. I never felt happier in my life.
It was a beautiful evening, one tlmt I
shall nerer forget. The moon was full
of those little clouds which gave tho hea
ven a sombre hue. It wa cold and
chilly, and the snow lay on Ue ground
frozen and hard. It was love-making
under distressing circumstances, the
thermomoter being down to zero. I part
ed from her that evening with a heavy
heart, tj say nothing ot my frozen feet!
Next evening we met again, but "purely
accidental." She was just going to
church, and I well I don't know defi
nitely where I was going. She asked me
to escort her, which I did most gracious
ly and happily. Sho was in a very talk
ative mood; iu fact she was as churming
in conversation as she was sweet, and
"In my mlnd'e eye l Ibe iweeleet lady that I
ever looked on."
I bodo her (rood night at the church
door, but I would a thousand times
rather taken her hand and led her to the
altar.
In answer to my question, as to who
intended soemg her home, she answered,
and intuitively, "My father!" I could
see no objection and received tho an
swer satisfactorily. Hut imagine my
surprise when I saw her an hour after
wards walkintr down Kearny street witn
my rival, Maro Antony I , I could hardly
control my passion. Hut I was not to
bo out-dono. I eatforly watched their
action, and was soon "shadowing" thorn.
Booing that they intended going straight
homo. I turnod up a side stroet and
walked in the direction of my residence
I then took a cigarette from my pocket,
commenced smoking and walked slowly,
as if I was just coming from home.
We met. face to face. She bowod; so
did I. That was all. Hut I felt a bit
ter sting in my breast, and it has not
entirely vanished yet.
CIUFTKB IV.
Our acquaintance grew stronger. We
met nearly every evening. I begun to
feel that I was fully prepared to answer
Mr. Mullock's great question: "Is lifo
worth living? " After mature Reflection
discovered that I was deeply in lovo;
ilosperatelv so. Now this wus dungorous,
for I was treading 011 forbidden ground
and eating forbidden fruit. Hut how
could one help loving ono so good,
kiud. pure and true? At least I credited
her with all thoso virtues, although I
knew sho was faithless in soino of thorn.
Bo ono day, after a dosperato and con
tinued struggle with myself, I concluded
to propose I determined to do so that
very evening. Ho I worked hard all
lay, and wore myself completely out.
then drank several glusses of good
ginger tea. 1 smoked continually.
I mashod my hand: I hud my
hair out and was cleanly shaven. Donned
my Sunday apparel, and hud my boots
nicely and tastefully blacked just Ijr
Jeannle'i i-orer. been sent by cable. Sho did not say
. , ,, much when she finished tbe dispatch
iw v.v. ... - ivauK .,. neP miBtreaa tilil hir not. tn
Scotch girl, who had been carefully worry about Stewart, aa he was prob-
educated and brought op In the mid
dlo class of Scottish society? If you
have never bad tho good fortune to
seo ono, your liio has not yet reached
the zenith of its possibilities. A bon-
nie Scotch lassie with tho "lint white
locks" that Bobbie Burns loved to
speak of, with big blue eyes, that are
1 a I '1 I'.L ... I. I
almost cuuuisu in men- mouesty unci
shyness, with pretty, round cheeks
aoiy an ngnt. me
sob and cried out.
sho began to
of the disaster, uod a list of the
names of thoso drowned. Stewart's
name wus among the list of the train
men, and when Jeannie read it she
went to her room and would not seo
that wear tbe lovely ,pink tints of an' one unlil tho follo,vi'Jg morning,
perfect health, with a supple, slender
figuro and neat foot, encased in a
sensible, thick solod boot, and a slim
band, slightly browned by the ab
sence of gloves. A "lassio" with all
this is us pleasant a Bight as one
could wish tor on theso cloudy, disa
greeable days. Just such a dainty
"lassie" could have been seen in a
household in Allegheny a little more
tbun a week ago. oho is not tbcro
now. Sho docs not exist savo in tbe
memory of her friends and in that
great receptacle of sorrow, the past.
In her placo tbcro is a woman with
nothing of brightness or happiness
about her. Sbo bus "big blue eyes,"
but they uro dull and expressionless,
all their brilliancy being washed
away by frequent weepings. Her
faco is Palo, colorless and thin. Tho
sprightly gruco that onco garo a
charm to her walk and ber figure,
bus gono, and sho walks about liko
un old woman who has lost all tbo
hope and has discovered that tbe
world is full of bitterness and cure.
Tbo first and second pictures are of
An Ancient lore Story. ' schooner's papers, and fought as bravely
us any one on board when th oppor-
In an old seaport town like Newport tunity Offered. After a cruise lasting
one may often listen to tale, of Pa,n ul
vicissitudes-tales of privation and sul- coulJ swim witu yuluable gooJg
fenng, of ships that went down to me 00ftrti ttna she had also sent in seven
"It isna all richt.! ir. wAa Rtanrari',1 oo nAVAr mitim nf the. Bad. heart- prizes.
train and Stewart' drowned! " rending suspense that grov out of an Pollock rowed in the first boat that
Next morning came the particulars uncertainty, whether tho loved ones wuo came on snore anu 11 was win lear and
. . 1 1 . . A 41... B.ni.i.1 n,d vflf b vk. a tn rjin ( m tiihi, iih hmk.iii iur r.Liif'i. inn-
Wcul UUI luw IJ1U WUI1U His .T ' - " I "D .
may yet return, or have gone down un- teen years had elapsed, and no one could
' . T. XL i rr.. :.. n n m.
wept into tue great ueep,
in unint:
One of the Southern families that early adequate to thoir support, they had gone
came to Newport to enjoy the advantages to New York, and from there to Long
f j Ita olimnta m llml nf f 'nlnnel Thomas Trtlnnd. Nor WOH this his only (li.sun.
Pollock. He was not the Pollock to pointment; his sister Elizabeth had died
whom refoi ence was made by Mr. Burke, m 1801, and his kind friend-one who
in his speech before the House of Com- had been to him a father Dr. Olyphanl,
mons in 1781, as having formerly lived in had gone to rest in 1803. Over the grave
Khode Island, and as having been strip- of his sister in Innity Churchyard,
ped by the British at tho taking of St. where there is a slab to her memory,
Eustatins; bnt he came from North Caro- placed there by his hand, he gave vent
lina, where his grandfather, who had to hiB- tears and then sailed for Long
been a deputy of Lord Carteret for a Island. There, after a persistent search,
period of twenty years, was elected Gov- for he bad nothing to guide him, he
crnor of the Colony in 1712. found the object of his affections living
Colonel Pollock, who had frequent with her mother in straightened circum-
business relations with the merchants of stances. The meeting was as happy as it
Newport and Boston, and who passed was unexpected to i.thel, and when the
much of his time in Newport, became in- first excitement was over they had much
volved in 1771 or 1772, when John Scol- to say to each other, and a tale to tell of
1 it v diihii 111 niit'ii in Lim 1 in 11 m lit 1 tin nr 11 ir h 11 iili 11 1 11 11 initiiiniiiniiifiii h
How Far Twenty-live Cents Will Go. Kf,je i8iaU(i 8nd recovered judgment To Newport they never returned, but
to the amount of more than 'o00 sterling, when their hands, as well as their hearts,
Walter Chaloner, then Sheriff, went bail were joined, they left for North Carolina.
for Pollock, who took himself off, and where Pollock hoped to recover oome of
was never after seen in Newport. V hen
the time of payment came round Clialo
ner was thrown into jail, and there re
mained till the British took possession of
the island, when, lcarningthat the Sheriff
was a royalist, they released him.
Colonel Pollock left a son and daugh
ter in Newport, the latter being the eld
est. Dr. Olyphaut was the family phy-
Iben she came quietly down stairs
and wont about her usual duties
without a word to anybody. She
looked ten years older than she did
before, but sho mado no complaints,
and bus not referred to her loss since
that first day, and her friends in their
pity and warm sympathy t.re watch
ing her anxiously to see that sho
docs not do herself some harm. And
thus even this faraway calamity
shows bow long reaching are tho
shadowy arms of affliction and sor
row. I'ittsburq Teleqraph.
The wife of the man next door has a
fertile brain, which is kept actively em
ployed in a variety of directions. Among
her household goods are a dozen of
plants in pots, and a variety of these in
a box mounted on a pedestal. The box
she got at the store; the pedestal she and
the boy together made. After it was
done she wanted it painted.
She might have sent it to the painter
the property that had once 'belonged to
his ancestors.
The Count Johannes.
4'T
more than it was worth. To save the ex
!. .., 1.1 .! U 1 ,.! Ul.
, n " .I'll Un liUBt OliC WUUIU UU ill UVLDVll, OUC
the saino person so far as actual iden- couJ get a poimJ of paint mixoJ fa a
tity and name are concerned, but oh!
how they aro at variance in hcurt
and soull Tho change is striking,
and it camo about so suddenly, that
tho writer sought to learn tbo cause
U. M, U, ..U U.0 kllC OlfUl J about jt n()t b h(J
ftl.l i" him ynniAlimn attt n frmif In. I ..... '
'"w Him. 6 " bv,,",u got tho paint.
man who lives in Allegheny went Ttwosairreat surprise to the wife of
abroad for a pleasuro trip, taking the man next door to see how little of
Tho Count Joannes, who died in
Now York recently, was a man of
little value in the world, yet one may
lortuai purpose, duc ne wouiu charge 8ician anj the interest the doctor had say with Prince Hal, when he sup.
mnra tnon tf ivaa txrrt 11 rVn an tra ilia av. I.. . . . 1 i . 1 1 1 eii.nni..l 111
taicen in the lutner led mm to ue Kind posca j?aistan aoaa, wo "couiu nave
and fatherly to the children, particularly better spared a better man." He
to the son, who had shown a love for wug bol. Georijo Jones iu London
WArt.l.nw I I n. .1 nf ,lin . I .1.1 11 rf .nn.in. . . V w
the young was a book store and circa
lating library, kept by Joseph J. Tdod,
near the Postolhce. Hub was in 17U7
Todd's library contained about 800 vol
umes. There was more than ono circu
pot and a brush for twenty cents the
pot and brush to be returned after the
work was done. It was a simple thing
to paint, and sho oould put it on as eas
ily und nicely as a truinod hand could
do it. The mun next door didn't think
sixty-three years ago last March,
and began au actor at 22 in Boston,
where ho had his education. He
was a good actor, too, and mnrriod a
wh'o who had a good lino on tho
lating library iu the place; but the only stage, and together they "starred"
one that Todd had to contend with was tnrouh this country and Great Brit-
rT; J 1. " , YrT, ,:,f ain and Ireland with success. Their
muster, w uu uastuteu uiuu uio uurury
with bim his wifo and young chil- tho paint was required to cover the box contained more than 1000 volumes. Todd daughter Avoml, named alter tho
dren. Somooftho gentleman's im- and pedestal, and how much was loft af- not to be outdone promised to increase Avon of Shakespeare, who was also
his collection to zuw volumes, and, in a un excellent, ucneso, iimrnou uusiu.
to
meet 'Dot at the door. Hut 1 was doom
1 A (
xi 10 uisuiipointment, lor she wus no-
whore to tm wnm. 1 began to suspect
foul play. I felt iniserablu. Presently
ruy friend diseovered a lady uequuiulauco
aim was soou diH'juy turned iu conversa
tiou. Meanwhile, I helped to aupport
tlie railing of tho stage, and euKerly
a. 11. 1.1 t, . ., "
waieuwi uie uoor. fliv ineuds conver
nation grew so intensely interesting that
lie actually Heeame reckless and went to
the extravagance of buying a doll for h
friend's child.
I begun to enjoy tho affair hugely; it
was ium receiving a on oi romance
Presently I saw a form rush through
uiu ior. nor nice ah'iow; iier eyes
sparkled. I in turn trembled, and hung
on w uie railing lor dear life. My heart
ueat; my eyes swain. However, I soon
Jrcovered my niMi and searched tho
hall for the third party. He had not
yet arrived. What waa I to do? My
position became more perilous. Sud
denly I perceived "Dot rush to where I
was standing hold out her hand with a
"how do you do, Mr. Z. How well do
I remember that hand, no frail, fur and
teiulor! I claKiied it like a wolf clutches
Ins meat.
I told her I wm "quite well, and
thus we became acquainted.
CUArTEB III.
I planned an nt'agoment with her
for the next vening, and as I have hod a
military education. I was punctually at
the agreed jot. I nave never yet known
woman to keep an engageiuont on time.
She is almost always detained by compa
ny or perhaps a headache! f count,
"lt" was no exHption t the rule, for
he did not make her appearance until
nearly half au hour after the apointed
time. But I was stoical. Without say
ing good evening, she took my offered
arm, and began pouring into my ears
thoe indefatigable excuses which man
mast ever besr. It it needless lo say, I
tho occasion. The bootblack said
ooked churming; and I am certain ho
never flutters. I paid him a dollar for
tho unasked for but accepted couipli
incut. 'Hound went tho clock, and
round camo woven. As usual, "Dot"
wus Jute, blie smd X looked "awful
lite." I thanked her for her keen
observation. I thought I was progress
ing. Presontly my heart grow bolder;
1 Inlt brave. 1 consented to present her
with a pioeo of candy. I then watched
tho play of ber features. Her eyes swam
with delight; so did her tongue. I then
asked her in a free-spoken out-and-out
manner if sho would consent to bo my
better-half for the rest of her natural
life. For tho moment sho seemed sorely
icrploxed. I had evidently startled her.
She turned her head evasively, and in
a voice so unnatural that I was almost
ashamed of myself for having proprosed,
sho told mo that sho was already en
gaged, and then bowed her head und
wept. Was I thunder-struck; and did I
cry "(Ireat Heavens?" Oh, no, I sim
ply escorted her home, and bid her
"good-night." Although 1 felt my dis
appointment bitterly, yet I bore it liko a
man. I did not even ask her who it was
that hud told tho story bcfi.ro mo. It was
useless, I could easily conjecture,
"Alas! poor Yorick," liko Othello, "I
loved hot wisely, but too well."
I sought comfort in Tennyson, who
Bays
" Tli brllcr to liavs lovt n l lol
Tbau usver to have loved at all."
during
and
li
her
after
ice sho
ino house, oi u
Tint Wiru'a Poweh. Miss Kate Field
had an interview with Hepworth Dixon,
the brilliant editor of tho London
Athaiwuin, shortly before his death.
She says: "He was exceedingly fortu
nate in his domestic lifo. His homo was
ono of tho plcusuiitcst in London. Onco
in conversation with him I asked
f
wnetner no thought the majority o:
murriuges were huppy or unhappy
'Happy, certainly,' was tho reply. 'I
think most men marry for love, ami get
tho right woman, with whom they are
lK'rfectly satisfied through life. Of
course, however, there are wives who
fail to fail to hold the hearts of their
husbands.' 'Will you tell me,' I said,
'in what you tliiuk is tho secret
of a woman s lasting power what
nudity it is in her which makes her
hold her husband's heart forever?' 'That
sho should 1k a pillow.' answered Mr,
Dixon, seriously. 'I mean that in hor,
as on a pillow, her hushutul must und
repose. He gets hard knocks enough in
the world; people stick their sharp
corners into him; they hurt his pride or
wound his scusihilitios. ljct him bo
able to go home feeling that there, at
letiKt, is some ono who lielicvcs in him
utterly. He has no need to tax himself.
f he is tired. She will bo contented
even K lie does not tell her his Pest
stories, or tells her the old ones three times
over. She auks nothing of him but that
he will 1e himself. Do you think year
make such refuge of l-'ss worth? No; a
man will never stay hmi. away from such
companionship tho sincerest flatter, the
most perfect rest. '
No human scheme can be so accu
rately projected but some little circum
stance may intervene to sioil it.
liossuet.
This is a high-handed outrage," as
the boy remarked when he found that
his mother had pnt the cookie on the
upper shelf.
Punts on iHMitage stamps: On ones,
Franklin; twos. Jackson; threes, Wash
ington; live, Taylor; sixes, Incoln;
tens, Jefferson; tittevns, Welxter; thir
ties, Hamilton; nineties, Commodore
O. II. Perry.
mediate ancestors hud been born in
Scollund, and be desired to spend
coiisidciabhf time in that country,
und did so. During tho visit of tho
party ono of tbo children was taken
sick at Dunkcld, a littlo town in
Perthshire, on tho left bank of Tay
Tho town bad but1 low accommoda
tions, but as tbe child wus too weak
to bo moved, tho 1'tnnily were com
polled lo take lodgings in a hotel and
wuit tor tho littlo ones recovery
Tho mother bocumo worn out with
wulcliilig tho sick boy, und his father
askod the doctor it be knew ot any
ono who could bo obtained asannrso,
und promised libeiul pay. Tho doc
tor said ho knew just tho right kind
ot a poron, provided sho would con
sent lo servo us nurse. Mio wus
Jeannie, daughter of tho clergyman
who hud formerly hud charge ot the
kirk, und who had died, leaving his
only child uu orphan, poor and al
most friendless. Mio had always
been cood to tho poor and needy
fathers lifetime,
ho had left
had L'ono to
friend to remain until
she could obtain sumo kind ot work.
Tho doctor told Jiannie how matters
stood und sho at onco declared her
iiurso tho sick child,
and accordinirly took her placo at
his bedside, liio bright, cheerful
luce ot the utrl mnl'lier winninjr
manners made her u 'rre;it favorite
with the children und their parents,
and when they weio about to leave
Dunucld, tho mother insisted on Jen
nio coming to this couutry with her
as governess of tho children und a
companion for herself. To this Jean-
mo objected stoutly, and said, with
many blushes and much confusion,
that sho could not Icavo Dunkcld.
Thou tho reason enmo'out. Sho was
engaged to bo married to tho young
man w.iotu sho hud known since
childhood, and who wus to marry
her us soon as ho wus able. He was
a guard on tho North British Hail
road. "Why could not Stewart come
to?" said the father ot tho boy whom
Jeannie hud so faithfully watched.
"1 will find work for bim in Pitts
burg, and you need uot bo Bcpa
rated."
Then it camo out that Stewart had
a sister who wus bedridden, and who
bo hud to support, and this was the
reason why tho marriage had not
taken place before. Jeannie was
persuaded to go to'Dundeo to see
Stewart and ask Ins udvico, and ho
was urgent in his counsel that she
should uceept tho liberal offer that
had been made to her and 1:0 to
America. Ho told her ho would fol
low tier Flcro when he was able to
rrovido for bis sister. Stewart added
that tho doctors said that tho sick
girl could not outlive tho winter.
Poor Jeaiinio wus nil tear and sor
row when she loft with her friends.
but alio heard regularly Irom Slew
art. aud 011 arriving tore she soon
became accustomed to her new life
aud likod it greatly. About a month
ago Stewart wrote to her that his
sister was dead and that he would
leave for America about tbo first of
January. Jeanuio's songs and smiles
became more frequent, and she look
ed forward eagerly for the arrival of
mo new year.
Un iuesdar last the papers con
tained the account of tbo terrible
accident to tho Edinburgh train ou
tbe bridgo over the Frith of Tar.
Jeannie heard about it, and hurried
ly read tbo meager account that had
tor tho work was dono. What should
sho do with it? Not return it, of courso,
for she would not be allowed anything
for it. Now that she had it, who might
as well use it. There was undoubtedly
something it could be used on.
bhe looked around for the object in
question, and was not long in finding it.
There aro more or less dingy, battered
articlos around a house which u coat
of paint would improve. Her house
was' no exception. Hor eyes light
ed on a box holding hor scouring sand.
Iu a few moments it wi.'j a delightful
green.
lhen she looked round for other fields
to conquer, aud presontly she found
them, and continued to Und them as
long as the presence of paint mado it
neuessury to search for them. She was
nearly tho whole afternoon using up that
pot of paint, but it was time well em
ployed.
And it was amazing, as she admitted
to herself, how far twenty cents worth of
paint would go, judiciously applied.
Sho knew her husband would be sur
prised when ho cume homo at night at
all sho had dono.
And he was.
When ho observed the green clock
caso and looked at tho green paper rack,
and found that he had a green writing
desk, and contemplated tho green foot
stool, and saw tho green coal scuttlu, and
got against tho green clothes-horse, ho
wus too full to say a word.
lhen he picked up his green bootjack,
und when ho did that ho gavo a wild,
scared look about the room, sauk down
in a chair and found his voice.
He said:
"Holy llsh-hooks! " Danbury News.
spirit of enterprise, issuod proposals for vus Vaughan Brooke, the tragedian,
publishing the poems of Ossian. In
this shop voung Pollock almost lived,
so fond was he of reading, devouring
books not only in his own language but
also in French, for, after the arrival of
the frigate Medusa in 17U5, with a num
ber of distinguished frenchmen on
board, he applied himself to learning the
and died young. Mr. Jones was tho
original '-Claudo Alelnotto" in this
country. He was somewhat ecccn.
trie as an actor, and started out us
an author with a tract to prove that
tho American Aborginies wore iden
tical with the lost tribes of Israel.
French language under M. Bounemot, This was a symptom of the obtrusive
Where Did ."ilan Originate!
The various writers aud thinkers on
tho subject of prehistoric man generally
concodo that tho races of to-day have
radiated over tho globe from somo point
in Asia. Indeed, the traditious of dif
ferent nations lead to tho conclusion that
this point of dispersion was located in
the high central regions of that country.
There, apparently, tho dog, horse and ox
were llrst domesticated, and can at
present time be found in thoir natural.
wild state, Hudson Tuttle says, in his
Arcana of nature, "that "man originated
near tho equator, where the climate was
better adapted to his defenseless con
dition aud food abundant." This con
clusion seemed to be based upon the im
pression that the different zones of the
earth occupy the same relative positions
now that they have always done, and can
hardly hold good iu view of recent de
velopments. Colorado, an almost unex
plored country, comparatively speaking,
to the scientific world will bo apt to
change the logical reasonings that have
so far been advauced upon this interest
ing subject. Senor Altamiruno, of
Mexico, the best Aztec scholar living,
claims the proof is conclusive that the
Aztecs did not come to Mexico from
Asia, as has long been universally lie
lieved, but that they were a race origin
ated in tho nnsubmerged parts of
America, us old as the Asiatics them
selves, and that that country may even
have lieen jnopled from this. From the
ruins recently found, the most northern
of any yet discovered, the indications of
improved architecture, tho work of dif
fere nt ages, can be traced in a continual
chain to Mexico, where they culminate
in massive aud imposing structures, thus
giviug some proof by circumstantial
evidence to Altamiranio's reasoning.
who taught classes alternately iu New
port urn; Providence
The sliops of book-sellers in thoso days
were liko rea;ling rooms, anil were fre
quented by both old and young readers;
and it was in lodd s library that young
Pollock met Ethel Fergnrsou, tho pride
and solace of her widowed mother. Ethel
was the only daughtor of Adam Fergur
son. Adam and John Fergurson were
snuff-makers, who came to America from
Scotland and settled in Newport. Dr.
Moffat, another Scotchman, had previ
ously carried on tho business of snuff
making in Rhode Island, and for a time
wus very successful, j. he l'ergursons
had a Bbop on the Long Wharf in 1774,
where they made snuff, but their retail
trade was carried ou chiefly in a little
shop near Trinitv Church. Almost every
ono took snuff in thoso days, und the
l'ergursons had the satisfaction of know
ing that thoy could sell an article "equal
to anything imported from England at
a less price than the imported article
bore. Adam died here, and John,
when he closed tho business, found
there was littlo to go to tho widow and
orphan. With his part ho removed to
Jow lork, and there went into business.
With care and prudence Mrs. Fergurson
and Ji,thel could just live on their smal
income. Ethel was fond of reading, and.
as I have said, sho and young Pollock
met frequently m lodds book shop.
Pollock, from long familiarity with tho
library, aided Todd iu his duties .'and
thus it was that he and Ethel had long
talks over their favorite authors. Is it
to be wondered at thatthey Boon began
to love each other? But this was not of
long duration, for as soon as it was
known Ethel was not permitted to go
again to the library, and Pollock was
told it would be timo enough to look for
a wifo when he was in a position to sup
port one. In a moment ho took it all in,
and knowing there wus no oneninu for
mm ai nome, ue determined to push out un "adopted dau
board the liussell, a fine ship, then up
for Batuvia. This was in March, 17W.
The liussell sailed in a few days, and
on the 8th of tho following Auirnst
while lying at anchor off Anger Point,
on the island of Java, under the guns of
the fort, she was captured by tho French
privateer Hazard. All on board the shin
wiui 1110 exeepi.ion 01 me captain, super
cargo aud two boys, were put on almro
at Butavia, and the ship was carriod to
the Isle of France. The long story of
mo uiiui-iiiues mui oeset tne captain,
and how he obtained the releaso of his
ship, 1 need not here relate. He finally
brought her honit, reaching Newport in
inrr.iul lUkl Tl.., 1.1 ... f.i i .
........... i no uiuw 10 r.uiei, wnen
it was known to hor what had befallen
the crew, was painful, indeed; hard aa
hod been her trials, this was tho severest
oi mem an.
Pollock was stripped of everything bnt
the clothes in which he stood", whou ho
stepped ashore in Batavia, but it was
something to know that he had reached
the port for which ho sailed. His will-
iiigiiess 10 work, his good address, and
u. auowieugooi tngnsn and French
soon gained for him emplovnieut and'
Bat-in. t. l:,ilA 1 . i t ... I . '
lunacy that mnao the man a nuisance
for years afterward, solely from b s
love of notriety. Ho was ono of
Louis Napoleons friends during that
Prince's cxilo in this country, and
after bo became Emperor, ho was
made a Count Palatine by somo swell
German Prince, who had the right to
confer that titlo. Ever after he wrote
his name "Georgo, tho Count Joan
nes, citizen ot the unitea .states.
lie turned lawyer, and mado a good
livinjr at that in Boston, and after
ward in Now York. He sued a Bos
ton paper for calling him a "so-dis-
ant Count, and called Governor
Andrew, General Butler and others
lor witnesses, making a very amus
ing plea for himself, in which be
asked tho jury to consider how it
'vould sound to cull Mr. Andrew a
'so.disant Governor," etc. The Count
brought so many s'lits to sustain bis
personal dignity that ho was finally
put through for barratry, that is, as
a common suer of of baseless litiga
tion. Ho was a familiar figuro in tho
New York lower courts, and among
the stories told uf h's eccentric ap
pearances, is that of u contested
election case tried before Judge
Brady, who interrupted a squubblo
between the lawyers by saying:
"Well, gentlemen, let us go into the
merits of tho case, I supposo that all
cither party want is an honest count."
At this point tbo Count Joannes,
who wus in tbe room, aroso with his
hand upon his breast, and bowing
low, said: "May it please tho Court,
ecce homo'. Ihreo years niro ho
mado a starring tour as actor with
Fairbanks, appearing in this city one
evcnni''. and erected avcrv where
with cabbage boquets and other un
savory marks ot distinction. Ho
The happiness of your life depends MvinK by little, he bad" with him
III. lavlMUO i-l . . uat
upon the quality of your thoughts! , D. ulu "ul" saued lor fcng
therefore guard accordingly, and take f na thfl vessul captured bj
care that yi.j entertain no notions un
suitable to virtue and unreasonable to
nature f Marcus Antonius.
Nothiug could be more natural or
proper, when a defaulting clerk tails to
keep his accounts straight, than to send
his to the house of correction.
Good intentions are at last the seed of
i.
Spanish gunboats and sent to Algeria
. . .;.u,u(i ouuua ironi all on
iKittrd, who were then reduced to slavery
1 olloek at length eseaied and found him
s. If on board an Englwh vessel, bound
for Liverpool. Till then lm kn -.i.
ing of the war between the United SUtea
anil cugianu. and lid
learned the particular wh t
good action; and every man ouKht to which was hearing him from slavery waa
ew them, and leave it to the od and taken, close in under th ri J. i
season whether they come up or no, cr the American privateer Yankv 1'..;
Kill,... I,, n, tl,a,. rtl,., .1,. I ll TV:. ' I , 01 lri8-
" J vtmi. ..iuu u.w I MSI. 11119 J5 I JUI'IT inrn 1 . .T-
of rollock, who at once signed the
whether
fruit.
mado money out of his trip, and
more ot the notriety that was bis
life, out of Sothern's personation of
"1 he Crushed Tragedian," in which
ho wus the model for "Fitz Alta.
mont." lie was a strange looking
person in his later years; ho prided
himself on his marked rescmblanco
to Ex-Governor Hoffman, and when
he first suw Southern in the above
mentioned part, ho turned to that
gentleman, who was standing beside
him, and exclaimed: "Heavens! Hoff
man, j8 that you or I, or our third?"
Lately, ho has been in a sort of
harmless dementia, sitting in a New
York squaro playini; with the birds
and children, liko Genrce Francis
Trzia.Sprinqfield Itcvublican.
If yon would not have afllction visit
you twice, listen at once to what it
teaches. f James Burgh. '
If He prayed who vu witlmnt sin.
how much more it becometh a sinner to
pray. Cyprian.
The best of all plavers is to act with a
pure mtentidn, and with a continual
reference to the will ot God. Fenelon.
As sins PTOCeoxl the r mnPInlv:
like figures in arithmetic, the lust
stands for more than all that went be
fore it.
If Christiana mrml inr,t.n,l lot it lw
like the olive and vine, which shall bear
most and best frniLs: not ULa tho nen
and elm, which shall make the most
noise in the wind.