MX A.
Victor Blumenthal Was sauntering
through Die public garden, thinking
. abont the picture he was )ainting, how
tho light among the trees suggested cer
tain strains of mufio to him. when his
oyo foil upon a young girl feeding swans,
and lingered thoro. "If I could only
carry tlmt lace home in my mind's eve
a.id reflect it upon my canvas!" La
thought. "Hhe is tho very imuge of Un
dine himself." Just then the child bo
side Lor reached across the brim of tho
basin to toss a crumb into the water, and
lost her balance. Quick as thought
Victor sprang to the rcscuo, brought tho
child up dripping, and confronted un
dine, out of whose face all the rose had
failed, all tho sunshiue had fleil,. "Oh,
how shall I thank you! what shall I do
for yon?" sho cried. "If yon' had not
saved her, how could I have lived I She
is my littlo neighbor, and I promised to
be so careful of nor. un, tnongn you
aro a stranger, I fool as if yon wore my
best friend!"
"Then oblige mo by meeting me here
again, and tolling me how your littlo
friend bears hor drenching." ho returned,
as he put them into a carriage. Then ho
went to his studio and tried to limn the
faoe of Undino. and threw down his
brnsh in dospuir. And tho next day,
happening into the pnblio gurden again,
there sho was before him, smiling and
blushing, with tho child beside her,
. "I thought perhaps we should meet
you here, he confessed. "Jenny
brings her mother's thanks. How cun
wo repay you but wilh our payers ?"
"If yon could sit to mo '
"I? Yon mean Jenny?"
. "I mean yourself. If you could eoino
to my studio and Jot me paint you
"Oh, you are laughing at me!"
"I was ncvor more serious in uiy life
"Let ns CO then," sho said.
"Your picture is long in finishing,"
sho remarked ono day, after innumerablo
sittings; for Victor had ecry night
wiped out what ho had laboriously
pain tod in during tho day, so difficult
was it to imprison tho shadow of his
model within the canvus, to lend to Un
amo the soul tlmt sut and smilod in
Nina's eves, to ondow her witli tho spirit
that informed tao face, flushed in tho
ovul cheek, or trembled about tho
mohilo mouth.
"Yon aro tirod of coming to me. I
tax vou too long."
"No," she replied, "I was onlv think
ing tlmt if I made my flowers so slowly,
1 should starve.
Victor hinghod softlv, "Fiuno is bet
tor than money."
"And then Victor threw down his
brush. "Tho sun is setting," ho said;
let us go out upon tho bay for inspirit
tion."
And Nina following, nothing loath,
How cool and Hwoot the hour was out
there, with sails blowing out like wings
of white gulls in tho oiling, uud pleasure
uoais loitering or spooning uyr Jtow
gayly tho sun smote the city's spires,
and changed tho windows of dingy ware
houses on tho wharves into precious
stones jiko those of Aladdin s piUauo!
How much pleosauter all this was than
sitting at homo, in a dark alloy, over her
artificial flowers, trying to embody her
fancies in velvet und satin!
Victor walked to the dark alley in tho
dusk with Nina, and thought of tho
white lilies that grew in perfect beauty
and sweetness, though rooted in mold
and slime.
Ho tho friendship grow between Victor
and Nino Nina, (ho poor little (lower
nmkor, tho last of her race, and Victor
lllunienthal, tho artist uud millionaire
and the picture grew apace. .Somehow
ho dared not finish it, lost Nina should
reel her debt paid, and escape him.
"Oh, what is that beautiful thing?
sho asked one day, as ho trilled a fa
milliarair while spreading his pallet
Did von make it nn vmii-wilfJ"-
fuce all aglow.
"It is an air from an opera," luughm'
Victor, "Frovatore. The honor of 'mak
nig it up belongs to ono verdi. Have
you never hoard an opera?"
"Never."
"llien you shall hour one to-night,
Hold! Irovatoro is on tho bill fortius
blessed night. What a coincidence!
And so, when tho city lamps were try
ing to outdo tho stars, Victor drew
Ninas trembling hand within his arm
uud they became part of tho fushiona
bio world within a theater. Ami what
a world it was with all tho glitter of
lights and beautiful faces, tho shim
nier of silks und diamonds, the odor of
musk and sundal-wood, uud tho kind
handsome, face of Victor ltlnmenthal
shining upon her. 11 iv the tenor
sung out, sweet us svlables of love
How tho sopraua soared! what depths
mo nasi explored: what pathos, what
sorrow, what delight swelled und ebbed
with the chords! Did people reully love
and suffer, and despair uud triumph like
uusr una sue lived through it all
herself, somewhere, somehow, that it
seemed an echo of her own experience,
or was it but A shadow of things to comu?
heu the curtuin fell, ictor discovered
tours in lier eyo. Other people were
luughing around her; one tall gentleman
almost stoojied to look under her hut us
ho passed, bowed to her compunion, and
would have joined them hud lllunienthal
been less frigid.
"I have seen that geutlenian before.
said Nina; "he cume with a lady who
was in a unrry ior somo llowers, I had
promised. U called her Stella."
"It was his cousin, Stella (Iruiideluw,
said Victor.
Ouo day Victor, ho could no longer
uuua pretext to continue the sittings,
put hi picture on exhibition. All the
town was talking of .it before night.
"Such flesh tints, such expression! mioli
beauty!"
"Yet it does not equal tho original,"
aid (Irtuidtluw,
"No," returned Victor, "pigment is a
poor umke-shift for lire and spirit."
Atalwut this time ho received new
that his only sinter was seriously ill iu
London. He tu oblized tit ilnin bin
pencil and rly to her without so much as
bidding Nina good -by; but he would
ri: and explain, he promised himself.
In tho meantime OnwdoUw found oc
casion to make friends with Nina. She
had happened into a shop to purchase
, material for her work; she had laid her
p"ckot-book down for an insUut, and not
till she had nearly reached Uie door did
"He discover that she had taken up not
her own. but another's plethoric purse.
At the same moment a strange band da-
yoursolf? her
tainod her, and she was accused of the
theft.
"This lady is a friend of mine, said
Orandolaw. stopping forward to her res
cue, having followod her into the shop
"Hhe is a friend of mine;" and the accus
er begged a thousand pardons, and ob
sequiously bowed mmsoir out ei sight.
. After, this, what could Nina do but ac
ccpt him at his own valuation? How
could she avoid meeting him in her
walks, and allowing him to accompany
her? how refuse admittance to one who
hod befriondod hor? And he knocked
of Ion, and watched her at her pretty toil
and tho intimacy progressed. Homo
times she opened hor door and showed
beaming face, but the smilo would fade
soon. At other times he observed that
she started when a footstep paused out
side: she expected some one, answorod
absently, listened to his flatteries with a
far-away look in hor soft eyes. Ono day
Grundeluw determined . to probe the
wound.
Did you not sit to Victor Blumenthal
for his Undine?" ho asked. "It was a
picture worth painting ; he must have
had a thousand sittings."
"Not nearly so many, sighed Mna.
"I should have been jealous, if I had
been Mrs. Blumenthal.
Jealous!" repeated Nina "Mrs. Bin
menthal! His mother.'
"His wife Victor's wife."
"His wifo Victor Blumonthal's wife!"
"Oh, then, perhups yon did not know
he was married.'
"Ho never spoke of it. '
"Because everybody knew it. Come
Miss Nina, don't look at mo as if I was to
blamo. Victor Blnmonthul was married
more tlian two years ago to his consin
Thoodora. If yon doubt it I will find
you the notice of his marriage among
my fllo of tho 'JYibune. But of course
vou have no interest in it. What is is
to yon or mo?"
"Mothing. nothing," she answejed
I do not doubt it." But she had grown
very white, and her eyes shono like
wandoring shirs, and tho neodlo trem
blod in her huml. "Of course lie is
murried," sho added, in a lighter tone,
"only the idea novor ocenred to mo be
fore it took mo nnawares."
What had Victor Blumonthal meant,
she asked herself, "by thoso words n
thought too tender," by glunces that
mado love plainor than speech? Why
had he held her hand until she blushed,
and kissed the pink finger-tips? Why
hud ho sought her out only to break her
heart? Did ho not love his cousin Thoo
dora? And then sho hid hor faco in
her pillow, renumbering how her heart
had gone out to a married man. An
other woman's lover, und she had mis
taken him for her own! Doubtless this
was why sho had neithor soon nor heard
from him for so long; ho had divinod
her heart, and consiconce had mado a
coward of him. But it should novor bo
said of her that sho woro hor heart on
her sleeve. And when Victor returned
with tho sister whom ho had just suc
ceeded in snatching from tho vulloy of
shadows, having written to Nina, but
in his anxiety mailed the letter without
nn address, she hud been engaged to
Mr. Grundeluw for a month already, and
had gone to visit his mother in a neigh
boring town till tho wodding should
hike place, without leaving any trace
behind hor. (Irandelaw hud, in fact
persecuted her into consent. A thou
sand tilings had conspirod in his favor
Kho hud fallen ill and into debt, and
work had failed, uud Grondeluw hod
sent his own physician to hor, with
fruits and flowers and wines, had taken
her out in his carriage whon air was
prescribed, and had ended by proposing
to take euro of her all her life, by win
ning a reluctant consent to endow her
with all his worldly goods. Victor hail
deceived her, or rather sho had taken
too much for grunted, and hud deceived
herself, und what better could sho do
thuu reward tho devotion of Grundeluw
w ho assured her that ho hud love enougl
for them both.
Everybody wus very kind nt Laurel
Lodge; everything was lino enough t
win a mercenary heart, if Nina had
owned ouo. Nobody hinted that Orando
law was making an unequal marriage
One day when Nina roturuoa from a gal
lop across tho hills with (Irundoluw, thero
was a tall, gracious woman waiting lor
tliem on the veranda, who allowed Orundo
law to kiss her hand, and made Nina ii
stately bow.
"Have the skies fallen, that wo catch
larks?" asked Nina's lover.
"I seo that you havo already caught
one," laughed liis cousin Stella.
"Stella has come to look at her rival,"
said Mrs. (Irandelaw when Nma bade
her good night. "Wo feared that my son
would many Stella somo day. She
thought so herself, but I disapprove of
cousins marrying.
"Did sho love him?" gasped Nina.
"I duro say sho loved him well enough;
but one survives these things,
"Oh, how she must hato me!" eriod
Nina.
Hut if Cousin Stella, hated or loved,
she knew how to disguise her findings;
nobody could bo graver or sunnier than
sho during those days. She spurkled
with rcpurtee and anecdote, and shook
her listeners with miles of luuuhtcr. Per-
hups she was showing (Irandelaw what a
mistake ho hud made to chooso this sad,
shadowy womau instead of herself.
"I have been sitting for my lmrtrait."
she sui I one evening. Nina's ht art gavo
a littlo sfir; had hc not sat for her pic
ture once? The moou was shining iu
through the long windows of tho draw
ing room; there was no other light iu tho
room, except the tltful blaze Whiml the
fender, (irandelaw hail Wu called out
of towu ou business for a uight or two,
Indeed, said Mrs. (Iraudcuw. "Is
it not a tedious affair?"
It would bo, iierhups, if any one but
Victor lilutnenthul were painting it."
Nma started auddropixHl her fan. Had
he coma to Laurel Lodge to hear of
Victor?
"And who is Victor Blumenthal?"
asked Men aunt ' another name of
yours?-'
I have seen no symptoms of that
kind," laughed Stella. "I wish I might.
He would make an ideal lover.
Hut ho is married." spoke Nina out of
the shallow, and there was the sound of
teora in her voice, if any one had had
ear to hear. "He is married, Stella."
"Then (Irandelaw haa told vou about
him? Yes: it waa o romantic and sad."
"Didn't the niarriago turn out well?"
asked Mr, (irandelaw, to whom romance
meant nonsense.
"That depend," returned Stella. "He
married his cousin Thoodora "
"I have no patience with cousins mar
rying." "No? There was no great need of pa
tience in this case. Blumenthal' grand
father hal left all the money to Theodora
and her mother. Victor was as poor as
becamo an artist to be. I auppose Theo
dora had always loved him, but she in
sisted upon being married to him on her
death-bed, that he might inherit her por
tion of the fortune. Hhe died an hour
afterward."
Nina sat like one stunned by an earth
quake shock; all Orandolaw 's perfidy
stood ont like tho handwriting on the
wall. Victor hod loved her after nil!
Hi kiss hod not been treachery. Hhe
would go to him. Hhe would leave this
prison forever and ever. How had she
ever dreamed of loving Orandolaw some
day?
"You have been very kind to me
Nina said, when she kissed Mrs. Grande
law good-night. "I shall always bless
yon tor it; bnt Stella would make
Grandclaw a bettor wife and yon a wiser
daughter.
"My son and I think differently, re
plied his mother; bnt she remembered
afterward that Nina had lingered and
hesitated "just as if she wished to ask
pardon for something, Mrs. Grandela
explained; and when Grundeluw himself
returned to Laurel Lodge, there was
littlo three-cornered note on his library
tublo, in Nina s band, which read:
'If I shonld marry yon, Mr. Anson
Grandclaw. ssme day, in looking over
your file of old Iribnites, I should hoi
pen upon one containing tho niarriago of
V ictor lslumenthal to his cousin Theo
doru, and the notice of her death on the
same day, and your deceit would kill
whatover love 1 had learned to bear you
'Ho good-by, and make Htclla happy
Pi IN A
Harper' lUuar,
A Wonderful ( lin k.
For tho last seventeen years a gentle
mun of this eitv has been encruaed in the
construction of a curious clock, which he
expects to have complotod by the first of
next January. A representative of this
paper accidentally came across it the
other day, and was kindly given the fol
lowing description of it by the inventor.
who exactod a promise that his name
should not be given to tho public at tho
present timo.
It consists of sixty-five automatic
figures und workmen. Tho base rejre'
sonts a hill of stone upon which is t
argo structure. To the left is a beor
gardou with beor on draught, which one
figure occasionally draws und passes to
anothor near by.
Two more figures, a lady and a gentle
man, are seated beneath a treo in the at
titudo of lovers. Tho lady is reading.
and at intervals turns her heud toward
hor companion as if for his approval
llio next representation Is of an old-
fashioned linsood oil mill. Here are
workmen engaged iu various parts of tho
business. Ono carries a largo vessel and
empties it into tho hoppers to bo pressed
by the stampers. On the outside is a
carpenter, hatchet in hand, who ascends
ladder in a perfectly natural manner.
topping when half way up, ns if to look
over the mill to see that ull is right.
Adjoining this is a blacksmith shop, in
tho background of which are workmen
heating iron, who changes tho piece
uftcr allowing it to heat. A man is also
engaged in shooing a horse, and strikes
his first blow gontly; ho gradually in
creases them until tho last ono is a
strong ono, calculated to drive tho nail
homo. Another is at tho anvil, und oc
casionally rests when his wifo brings
him somo refreshment.
A fountain plays near by and in a
small summer houso, w here a professor
is reading, and when ho becomes excited
over somo passago, raises his hand and
brings it down upon tho page in an ex
cited ami cippuutio manner. Below is a
workman engaged in splitting stone. Ho
strikes repeated blows upon a wedgo uu
til tho stono cracks, falls away and then
replaces itself. Abovo tho blacksmith
shop is a sawmill, where a log is being
sawed. When the end is reached tho
boiu'ds ii ro taken uway and tho llumo re
placed. Htill above this is a shoo factory,
whero a half a doen men and women aro
engaged in the different duties requisite
for tho maniifaeturo of shoes. One is
waxing, another is cutting out, another
is pegging, another Bowing, and still an
other beveling.
Over tho linseed mill is tho grist mill.
Iu front is a miller dressing a stone; an
other comes out in tho room and empties
a largo vessel into the hoppor. As the
Hour is ground and tho bags accumulate
a man carries them away. A largo
elevator-bucket carries up tho wheat ami
dumps it into a bin, making bnt one
ascent to tho before-mentioned man's
two. To the left is a dwelling house; in
tho kitchen a servant is at work, who
passes ubout inside and out to attend to
her duties. Upon the top is tho rest'
denco of tho owner of tho rosjoctive
mills. Hero visitors occasionally call.
with whom the mistress shakes hands
and talks about her neighbors. The
clock proper crowns the whole structure,
It is iu all about tivo feet in length and
four feet high. Each figure has a differ
ent motion, und some havo two motions,
requiring very complex machinery to
run the whole, lwo buckets of water
furnish au unending supply of power, as
it is used over and over again. 1 ho saw
and grist mill are run by this water full
ing on un over-shot wheel. Thence the
wuter fulls on another wheel, w hich runs
the linseed mill. The water and all is
kept in motion by an eighty nine and a
ulf pound weight. It is truly a work of
art, uud over seventeen vears were occu
pied in its construction. Altuoua (".)
Vatl.
The Heavens In March.
Mar is the evening star, and holds
the place of honor as tho most interesting
member of the planetary brotherhood
duriug the mouth, for he plays an
important part in tho beautiful celestial
phenomenon that occurs in the early
evening of the 17th. An occupation
will commence abont half-past C o'clock
and the planet will be hidden for more
than an hour. Mars will be about an
honr past tho meridian, and at an alti
tude above the horizon that will insure
a good view, while the moon will be
within a day of her first quarter. If the
weather is propitious, there will be no
drawback to the porfection of the show.
At forty-four minutes after 0 Mars will
disappear behind the dark side of the
moou; this is called the time of immer
sion. At thirty-four seconds after 8 he
will appeur on the western edge
of the moon; this is called
the time of emersion. The duration of
the occulution will be an hour and six
teen minutes. A good telescope will in
creuso the interest and grandeur of the
phenomenon. The eastern or nnlight
ened portion of the moon will first pass
between ns and the planet. The instant
Mars touches the visible outline of the
lunar disk, he will apparently be blotted
out of the sky. After an hour and six- j
teen minutes have passed, the ruddy
star will suddenly start from his hiding
place, trembling a second on the moon's
western verge, charmingly illustrating ,
tne contrast in color between the rm
"Painfully Modest,"
Thore is mnch diversity of opinion as
to whether young ladies can properly In
dulge in the sport of coasting, or, as the
boys of the last generation used to call
it, sliding down hill. In some commu
nities, the youth of both sexes coast in
the winter evenings without scandnl,
though for some unscrutable reason it is
held that tlte amusement must not oe in
Hmith is right, and that we are on o '
Thiirlow WecdAutohioira,,hy.
The house of Thurlow Weed ho i
antly situated in West Twelfth ""'
near Fifth avenue. Tho visitoT . treet.
ushered directly into the U&S
the venerable journalist is found .T
in a comfortable arm-chair the eh g
it be winter, drawn m bnfn,. iru.
soft-coal fire. Portraits of .Tni" r
ire. Portraits of .Tm" "8
dulged in by daylight, or even on moon-: Adams and Governor Clinton han -V
light nights, in other communities, Dy side on the wull. Pictures of Li i
coasting is regarded by all well-conduct- and his Cabinet, and of Horace r i "
ed young ladies as a gross impropriety, are found at one end of the room0?
and is even publicly preached against by flue engraving of Charles Dickens
Talinagian ministers as one of the sports j jDg jn uiH studv, occuuies a prom 01'
that kill. This luttor opinion prevails in position. Portraits of Honrv r r-1Dent
Wont. 1Vfi.i;l. V U and iha recent flan-it. t:- n , .V' arev.
tragedy which occurred at that place is
by some people believed to have been the
direct result of tho local condemnation of
feminine coasting. It is only fair to say
that quite another interpretation may bo
given to it, and it may bo argued that
had public sentiment in West Meredith
beon in favor of feminine coasting, the
tragedy would not have happened. In
fact, it is difficult to say where the re
sponsibility for it reully rests, and there
are those who insist that it was entirely
owing to the fact that Mr. Hopkins was
to an unprecedented extent a conscien
tious and good young man.
Tho blameless Mr. Hopkins was a
model for uil the local
much us he
Gerrit Smith,-Sir Henry Holland 7'
fayctto, Washington, Daniel Web'st
Edward Everett, Governor Mercy ii '
Minturn and .Matthew Vassar also loTi
down from various positions on the wa?i
In an obscure corner hangs a picture i
Lafapetto's chateau in France, which vl
presented to Mr. Weed by the French
General's granddaughter.
"Yes, I am writiugan autobiography
said Mr. Weed recently m conversation
with a Tribune reporter. "I began tk
first pages while spending a winter
Santa Cruz in the West Indies in I845
Before proceeding very far I felt it would
not bo of sufficient public interest, and
abandoned tho undertakinu. vi.,i.
local young men, inas- writing a series of letters from Euroiw 1
absollltelv Without the rneoivnrl a liiffor f irtm fTtimmwil "II? ....
light of Mars and tho silvery huo of the 1 faintest trace of an objectionable habit. I Scott who at that time was writin r
over, ami urionsiy enougn, tue young men ue- own autobiocrraphv-uririnff mn
it np again."
Turning over a large number of letter
from persons of distinction, bound in 1
portfolio, General Scott's letter was pro.
ducod. It bore tho date of A
A peculiar feature of it to modern'
moon; then the show will be
"Sarah, this going out incessautly I
cannot have, next Sunday you must
stay at home all day." "But, ma'am, I
ve promised my aunt to siHnd Uie
afternoon with her." Sonny (interced
ing): "Do let her go. mamma: her
aunt has been made a sergeant, and has
got anew coat with stripes on it, and a
great, long sword."
'Have you made much?" asked an
inquisitive merchant of hi neighbor.
Mmo much? Mid the enthusiastic
auditor. "I should say I hail. I have
made a transfer of all my property, an
alignment, and made mv indorser
aettle my bills. What more can you
reasonably ask of one man?"
satellite and planet will roll on in their
respective paths. The position of Mars
should bo thorougly fixed by those who
would witness the occulation. He has
passed tho Pleiades, and is now almost
directly north of Aldoburan. His size
and brightness are slowly diminishing
as ho travels from us and toward tho sun.
Mars now sots shortly after 1 o clock in
the morning; at tho close of the month.
about half un hour after midnight.
Jupiter is an evening star for a purt of
the month, and merits attention for the
occurrence of an epoch in his history.
Ho comes into conjunction of the sun on
the 15th he will reappear on the western
side of the snn and commence his role as
morning star. Bright eyes may pick
him up in the west, soon uftor sunset,
and at the end of the month brighter
eyes will be required to.catch a glimpse
01 him before sunsise. tie seta now at
half -past 6; at the end of tho month ho
nsos at twenty-Bix minutes after 5. Every
ono who has watched his movements in
the evening sky will mourn tho do-
parturo of one of its most brilliant
adornments.
Morcury is tho evening star for almost
the whole month, reaching his greatest
eastern elongation or most distant point
from the sun on the '20. He is in inferior
conjunction with the sun on tho 28th.
when passing between us aud the sun, ho
becomes tho morning star. Morcury.
about the 10th, will be ono of tho three
most favorable positions for being sooli
by the naked eye that occur duriug tho
year. Ho must be lookod for soon after
sunset.u little north of the point where tho
sun disappeared, lie sets now about 7.
a littlo east of Jupiter. At the close of
the month ho rises about half-past 5 in
the morning.
Saturn is evening star, presenting
nothing noteworthy in his record
for tho month. He looks a little
irighter now that his rival Jupiter is out
of the way, but he takes ou his palest as
pect as slowly sinking to the west in tho
early evening he travels toward his con-
unction with tho sun, 111 whose bright
rays ho will soon bo eclipsed. He sets
now ut 8;30;at thecloseof the month ut 7.
Venus is morning star, the sole planet
to bo seen iu tho morning dawn through
out tho month. She is slowly advanc
ing toward the sun, and growiug less
brilliant us her distance from the earth
increases, But even in her least beauti
ful rays she will not fail to attract atten
tion from all who watch the eastern sky
loiore tho sun puts out the lesser litrlits.
She rises not a few minutes after 5; at
tho end of tho month a fow minutes be
fore 5, less than an hour before suuriso.
Tho March moon fulls on the 2tith.and
holds tho honor of determining the timo
r Luster, preeodingtho festival by only
two days. The old moon pays her re
spects to Venus 011 tho 8th, two dnys be-
ore her change, tho near approach of
io slender waning crescent and tho
beaming star forming a brilliant picture
ou the celestial canvus of which the ob
server novor tires, The now moou of
10 10th will be iu conjunction with Jup
iter 011 tho 11th, and with Mercury and
Saturn ou tho 12th, the moou and the
two planets lieing visible in the early
twilight. On the 21th, the moon w ill be
nour Uranus.
A charming phenomenon will there
fore add special interest to tho planetary
annals of March. Tho occulution of
Mai's by the moon is something to bo re
membered for a lifetime, for the moon
does not ofteu doigu to put ont tho light
of a planet. Tho last occurrence of a
similar phenomenon was tho occulution
of Saturn by the moon, which took pluce
twice in successive mouths, tho first oc
curring on tho tith of August, uud the
second ou tho 3d of September, 1870.
The dazzling beauty of the grand show
dwarfs those of minor importance. But
there are other interesting studies beside
that of the Martian occulution. Uranus
continues in his most favorable position
for observation, Jupiter and Mercury
will join tho morning stars before the
month closes, leaving the sun with three
planets on his western side and three on
his eastern. Tho waning moon and
Venus may ht seen on the morning of
the 8th, and the waning moon with Mer
cury and Saturn will form a trio of stars
on tho eveuiug of the 12th. IVori'lewr
Juurutit.
clinod to model themselves upon him,
ant' the young women, in spite of the
fact that his respect for woman in the ub
struct und the concrete was simply un
paralleled, did not look upon him with
favor. Miss Brown was an exception to
1805.
this rule, and sho tolerated Mr. Hopkins , eyes is that the word ending the line at
to such an extent that he fell modestly in tho bottom of a page is repeated n u
love with ner. i he two were not posi- the next. Tt ennMndaa. v..
- - a vtiu b iiune to
live long enough to read the work, but
yon can give it the power of exciting
thousands of smart boys to conquer dif
ficulties in the career of distinguished
usefulness."
"I then concluded," resumed Mr
Weed, "to take the work up again aud
have continued it at intervals ever since
Ho far, about half the poriod of my life
has been covered from the date of my
birth, 1797, down to the year 1811. But
as yet whaj; has been written is so indefi
nite in form that a correct idea of the
plan of the work cannot be given. It
will, however, be largely a political his
tory of the times since my first acquaint
ance with men in publij positions, com
ing down through the successive admin
istrations of the Presilents. As every
thing is related as porsonallv ohsi-v,i
the narrative will not be a repetition of
were not posi
tively on the footing of lovers, since the
young man's respect for her was so great
that he never ventured to make a formal
proposal, but it was generally understood
that he wonld ultimately brace himself
np to that point.
One evening, or, to be exact, last Wed
nesday evening. Miss Brown asked Mr.
Hopkins to take her to the top of
Latham's hill, and lot her slide down it
just once. The proposal shocked the
young man's finer instincts, but the
young lady persisted, and finally asked
him if he was so lacking in respect for
her as to believe that she could propose
anything that was not strictly proper. Of
course, alter this there was nothing to be
said, and Mr. Hopkins, snrreptitiously
borrowing Muster Charles Brown's sled,
escorted the rash young ludy by the back
road to the top of Latham s hill.
The hill was a long and steep one. and.
as it was nearly 9 o'clock, not a soul was
visible in the clear moon. Mr. Hopkins
sat down on the forward part of the slod
and Miss Brown kneeled behind him,
steadying herself by placing her hands
lightly on his shoulders. Evorything be
ing ready, Mr. Hopkins started the sled
and in a few seconds they were flying
down the hill at a speed of about fifty
miles an hour.
Near the bottom of the hill Mr. Hop
kins perceived a board which hail appar
ently fallen from a wagon, and lay di
rectly across tho road. To strike it
would insure a disaster, and Mr. Hop
kins turned the sled out of tho direct
course to avoid it. The result was a
frightful ono. The slod struck a stone.
and Miss Brown was shot with fearful
velocity over her conductor's head, and
landed head downward in a huge snow-bunk.
When the young man came to himself
and disentangled himself from the
wrecked runners of the sled ho saw an
appalling spectacle. From tho surface
of a snow-bunk whut to his astonished
eyes seemed to be two beautifully-colored
barber's poles projected, ench surmount
ed with a delicate feminine boot. Ho
culled loudly on tho name of the adored
Miss Brown, but no one answered, and
ho began to fear that some accident hud
happened to her.
Mr. Hopkins sat down iu tho snow and
A Cincinnati physician, who discovered
a burglar in his room, jumped out of '...
grablnil the firetongs, picked n; . ic.
liot coal from the grate and stun- 1 for
him. The burglar started foi the
window and escaped through it, ids
movements lieing acotdorated by a vigor
ous application of coal to his back. The
I m1 ice are searchiug for a man with a big
tole bnrned in his coat.
A somewhat foolhardy act has been
performed at Calais by an actress, w ho
entered the lion's cage at tho menagerie,
and there recited Victor Hugo's "Car
vane." Her musical voice evidently had
the traditional effect of "soothing the
ravage breast" aa the lions never at
tempted to interrupt her performance.
asked himself what was tho duty of tho
nour. 10 pun Miss JJrown out was not
to be thought of without a shudder. It
was clear to his mind that he must rescue
hor in such a way that sho need never
know that the moonlight shone upon her
iu short, that she should nevor know
anything about it. After some moments
of relloctton, he decided to go to a neigh
bor's to borrow a shovel, and to reach the
head and shoulders of Miss Brown by
driving a tunnel through the lower part
ot tho snow-bank, by means of which ho
could extricate her without putting her
to any inconvenience.
It took somo time for Mr. Hopkins to
ooiain a snovei, nut his search was fin
ally successful, and he began to dig his
iiinnoi. me bank was an enormous one
aim lie loresaw that he would have to
work a long time before he could strike
Miss Brown in paying quantities. Ho
worked on steadily and silently. Not
sound came from the imprisoned vannir
lady, though ho repentedly begged her
to make nerseii comfortable and to rely
upon his devotion and shovel. Fully
twenty minutes from tho time tho acci
dent occurred w hen young Suiedly, from
the post-othce, approuched the scene, on
his way home. To his ouestions, Mr.
Hopkius replied by explaining in the
most delicate way the difficulty under
which Miss Brown labored, and the
means by w Inch he was trying to extri
cate her. lonng Smedly heard him
through, and then, with a totally irrele'
vaut remark, expressing an inexplica
uie conndence that in the future he
would lie personally and completely
iiuiii.-u. ue ciimoca me snow-bank,
seized that is to say, took hold of in
fact, pulled Miss Brown suddenly and
violently from her snowy tomb. "
i no young lady, as every one knows,
rcA.vcn.'i consciousness in the course of
the eveuiug thanks to Dr. Sabin's
prompt and skillful treatment. Strange
to say, however, she conceived an unac
countable hatred for Mr. Hopkius, and
carried it to such an extent that she is
now understood to be engaged to marry
young Smedloy. The most painful fea
ture of the affair is this curious ineapa
bilily of the young lady to appreciate the
delicacy aud rcsjwt with which Mr
Hopkina treated her. He would have
dug her out in the course of an honr and
released her without subjecting her feel
ing to the slightest wound, but she act
ually preferred the rough and brutal
treatment to which young Smedley sub
jected her. Can it be that Mr. Goodwin
American history, but supplementary to
it. For a great many years I have been
extremely fortunate in knowing and en
joying tho confidence of a large number
of statesmen, although never holding
any official position to speak of, myself.
The first President whom I knew person
ally, was Monroe. Since his time I have
known every President, with one or two
exceptions, and every Governor of New
York, from General Clinton down to the
present day."
An interesting chapter of the autobi
ography is dovoted to scenes and. inci
dents in the session of Congress under
President Tyler's administration. A
graphic description is given in this chap
ter of a Republican caucus held at Wash
ington, for the purpose of discussing
wiih ii eoiuu oe uono to prevent a breach
in tho party should President Tyler veto
the proposed Tariff' bill.' While" the cau
cus was in session, Daniel Wobster, who
was then Secretary of State, made his ap
pearance at the head of the table. He
was dressed iu a blue cout with bruss
buttons and a buff waistcout a stylo of
dress he invuriably adopted when he had
a speech to make. There was instantly
the hush of expectancy. Mr. Webster
began at first in a mild, conversational
tone, but ns he proceeded he poured
forth his arguments with the glow of
overpowering eloquence The appear
ance of tho great orator on the scene was
most opportune, and the meeting broke
up amid the greatest enthusiasm. He had
pointed out a way to modify tho Tariff
bill so that it would be accoptablo to the
President. ,
"That was one of the best speeches
Webster ever made," said Mr. Weed,
after the account of which the foregoing
is a brief outline, hud been read from the
manuscript. "I have often thought that
if it hail been . priuted it would rank
among his most brilliant efforts. Yes,
Webster was a great orator and advocate.
One thing is pecnliar about his career;
he seldom originated a political measure
himself. He let others originate and do
tho preliminary work; bnt when a ques
tion of public interest became a subject
for discussion he became the champion
of one side or the other. I suppose this
feature of his public career his being
the advocate of good and great niens
ures was largely duo to tho fact that his
timo w as to a large extent occupied with
the duties of his profession."
"There is an interesting fact in the his
tory of Edward Everett also recorded that
is not generally known. When he was
nominated by President Harrison as Min
ister to Eugland, there was an agreement
made among the majority of the Senators
not to confirm the nomination. This op
position was caused by the discovery of a
letter he had written containing a strong
expression of his anti-slavery sentiments.
The opposition was finally overruled,
however, by a decided public sentiment
in favor of Mr. Everett, and' the Senate
confirmed the nomination."
A number of paragraphs are devoted
to Mr. Weed's foster daughter, Mary, an
orphan child of a dissipated musician
who died from drink. A portion of the
description was read; but before the
reader hail proceeded very far Mr. Weed
with his tears in his oyi's stopped him.
"That is enough." he suid. "I can't
stand any more of it. She wonld have
been iost thirty years old now if she had
lived ; but I can only think of her as a
weet child of seventeen." He then
pointed ont a portrait of the young girl
hanging upon the wall ; and taking ont his
watch showed an enamelh-d miniature
copy of it on the insido of the case. He
often speaks of her Uie "Little Nell"
of his household, and aav aha the
embodiment of the picture drawn by
Dickens. -X. '. Tribune.
Gambetta has been ordered to m've tin
smoking for fear of losing his voice.
The Czar has given it up for fear the
Nihilist would poison his tobacco.
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