SClLFTOB'S I.0YE STORY.
The cspital of Anjoa is preparing to Jo
. tnrto oneof its inost illustrious ckil-
The sculptor David U to be com-
Tmnratod by a statue, tin work of an
JrTcTwho obtained the first prize ia
competition organized by tho town
tue r ii.,,linlimT Kaint-TTilmra
i i nirem. J . -
,01 it.l n represent the Gov-
1iH WHf Ul . i i
irnment at the inaugura ceremony and
occasion will probably be Mired to
..t forward a species of immaterial pro
fie The U of David of Anger.
frmi a fitting subject for republican
nocvrio as ho Buffered persecution and
CiabW for the good cause. Postbu
moBS reward lins come at last, and on the
.not where the cuibryo artist solicited
lie charity of passers-by to take home a
few sous to hia mother, the features of
he powerful gonitis as he developed in
after vears will sorve to remind future
Mnertttions of Angerins that the path of
glory, if it lea(ls but to tuo &rave' docs
not olwayscloso there.
The story of the struggling sculptor s
urivotious, trials and ultimate success in
the great city wbithor he betook himsolf,
will doubtless be retold once more. To
train a scanty pittanoe he was obligod to
accept mason's work, in which capacity
he has left some marks of his powers in
stone in the front of tho Tuilories. Hear
ing of the hardships of thoir young
townsman, the municipality in Angers
voted him a moderate annuity of 500
nr 8100. This Buffloed to keep
David from actual want, and the force of
his character ana apuiuues ior hi uuu
enabled him not only to sustuin his hood
.i.,mm water but also to eniergo into
notoriety. Ho received a commission to
execute an emblematio figure of Franco
on the portal of the Pantheon, which is
-nmnd a masterpiece. The revolution
of 184 afforded him an opening to pub
i: vta and the verv decided way in
hn nmtested acrainst the admission
Nanoleon caused him to be
proscribed and very nearly cost him his
life in 1832. It may, perhaps, be an ex
.nmfinntosnoakof David of Angors
as the Freuoh Michael Angelo, but in his
chiof work, which has been called a na
tional epopee, he certainly approached
that great muster. The history of this
stutno, " La Juene Greoque," which was
.loc;,! to iottrov a young irirl bending
over a marble tomb and spoiling the
hero's nnmo ol JXaroos uoizair, mo i
tim of Nauphlie and savior ot Misso
longhi, has boon recounted by Julos Clar
etie. The young artist, inspired by this
tale, burned with desire to raise a monu
ment to its hero. One day, when costing
about for a subject of composition, ho
porcoived a little girl in a cemetery,
kneeling over a tomb and spellmg out
the lotters of tho inscription chiselled
there, by the aid of her fingers. Noth
ing could be more simple or more
touching:
Llle deciphering with s UP tho secret of death
The next step was to seek a model.
While on his way to dine with Victor
Hugo, at the house of Mere Saguct, in
the Kue du Montparnasso, he discovered
a maiden of fourteen, in rags, but charm
ing therein. " Now I have my model,
David confided to liis friend tho poet,
ha haA taken the address of the
girl. Slim and dolioate, bearing in her
face the signs of a precocious struggle
for existence, the child was nevertheless
beautiful, and seemed at that moment to
incarnate Greece oppressed. Her frail
bodv was destined to live in the marble
of the statuary; dui au iu u uu
wnrtliv narent thought of was the rota'
tion of brandy which her daughter's pure
form procured her in tlia present.
Thoro was in David's atelier in the
Rue do Fleurus a crucifix in bronze that
attracted his modol's attention. One day
,it tlm close of a sittintr. she ventured to
ask the soulptoi if he would consent to
part with it, in return ior iier "ctum
until tlm ildlit, was wined out.
'A Christ like that in our loft would
bs beautiful, and then it would console
me and might sustain me," entreated the
Without a moment's hesitation, David
went and unhung the coveted objoct,
saying, in his curt but not unkindly
ll riolit: von wish it: very well,
take it then; and if ever you are tempted
to do wrong, look at it aud think of him
who gave it to you.,
"For nothing?" demanded tho child,
whose name was Clementine. Uer joy
na nvnfnnnd and David went on with
FavftrinVl in sniration to complete his mar
Ma nffifrv nf tlm vountr Grecian maiden
spelling the name of Botzaris. All his
posey passed into the representation of
this delicate creature, and all the feelings
of tho patriot woro expressed in us ciuy.
Whon he had finished, the author apos
in,l hi handiwork like Pygmalion
addressing Galatea, "But as parent, not
as lover.
"Thou art ended now, dear child, and
art about to quit our shores for the
beautiful country of Greoco thou whom
I loved so much. Ah ! how I loved thee,
as a tender father loves his daughter, in
spite of the faults whioh ho knew so well.
Thou art about to quit the land of noble
inspirations and great works for the
country which gave them birth. May
the snn of Attica, whose rays are but
faintly reflected here, warm thee. W hen
the star shall monnt in the firmament,
like a thought of the Christ, ono of its
rays shall rest on thy melancholy brow;
for thou art very sad my poor child. n
The statue of "La Jeune Grecque
was sent off to Greece, and in spite of
this gloomy invocation, we are told that
the artist probably thought no more of
it than of his prototype, being engrossed
with other works. One evening, on
quitting a company at M. de Gisor s, the
architect of Luxenbourg, David, was
accosted by an unknown person, who
dealt him two terrible blows from
behind, which laid bare his skull. Hut
for the help of a passing workman he
.;!, ma tn aWIi by the wayside.
With difficulty the sculptor dragged him
self to his abode. His attempted assassin
remained undiscovered, although Uavid
always suspected a rival against whom ce
Toted in a competition, and who after
wards died mad. A few years later, when
the episode had been nearly forgotten by
its victim, David of Angers (as be is
called) received a letter inviting him to
repair, between midnight and 1 o docs,
to a certain house in the Faubourg bt.
Jaquefl, near tha hospital al de Grace.
A sign, understood by "Pnote, was
traced on the cover. David, fancying
that it referred to a convocation of some
political refugees, prepared to who
out any misgivings. The note stated
that the house had no concierge and tnai
tits bearer must go providod with a cov
ered lantern. Ou tho fourth story he
would see a cross chalked on the door,
which could be opened on knocking.
Homebody would be thereto recoivo him.
The proposal sounded mysterious, not to
say suspicions, but the recipient of this
strange missive was young; and the ro
mantic school, with friend Hugo at the
head, was just at its dawn. He set off,
arriving at the house indicated a little
after midnight.
On reaching the fourth floor David
perceived the chalk cross, whoa he
knocked as instructed, without any mis
givings. No answer, lie knocked again,
with tho same result, until, thinking he
had boon made the dupa of some prac
tical joke, the midnight visitor was about
to descend and wend his way homeward.
All on a sudden tho opposite door opeu
e l, when a young woman appeared with
a light in her hand. Recognizing David,
she bocame pale, exclaiming in a terri
fied voice, "What! is it you'' You, Mon
sieur David!"
The sculptor, in his turn, stood stnno
fled as ho saw bofore him. still beautiful,
though trembling, the little stroot girl of
the ltuo Montparnasse, the young Greek
of the tomb of Botzaris.
"Go away from here, as quick as you
can," she criod in supplicating tout's.
"If you stay, you are a dead man. And
be sure not to say a word about it, elso
wo shall bo undone, my mother and 1.
Ah! mon Dieu! I did not know it was
yon. Bo off at once, I bog of you, Mon
sieur David.
"Bo it so." responded the sculptor,
fcelinc that alone, without arms, ho
would bo no match for his hidden one'
inies. Descending rapidly the staircase,
ho gained the street, and posted himsolf
a few doors off in the entrance to the
court. A fow minutes later ssveral men
approached, who disappeared stealthily
in the bouso ho had lust Quitted. "I
fancied," said the sculptor, "that
rnnncrniznd mv assassin anion? them."
Many vears elapsod, when one day
David was impelled by the desire to
revisit the site. Knocking at the door
wlmrn the crirl had appeared, ho oo
tiiina 1 no answer. Askinc a workman
nn the stair for Mile. Clenioutino,
"Don't know her," was the gruff re
ply." , ,
Nobody in the place had ever heard
of a woman of that nanio. Disappeared,
doubtless, the lassio of IH'27, who hod
inmrnntfid such a beautiful dream, lu
mouth of August, 1843, following the
obsequies of his comrade Cortot, of
Whom he said, "liis scuipiure is ui iuu
an honest tradesman, wno puis
tho right weight in tho soalos,
neither more nor less, l)um
iloscried. louneinot along tho uuai
Mahquais, his old model, grown to wo
manhood, still beautiful, though misera-
ble. Under her arms sne carnou me
fipiire of Christ, tho samo which the
sculptor gave her, with the exhortation,
"lou snail tmns oi -wueu juu mo
fomntad to iro wrone. lor a moment
the thought passed through his mind
of leaving the procession to follow the
woman ou her errand 10 ine ono-a-uruo
dealors of tho quarter, and for montns
afterwards he scanned the windows oi
these curiosity shops, to espy, if possi
ble, this bronze figure of the Saviour.
Five or six years subsequently tho artist
once more stumbled across his vision.
Alas! how changed and fallen. David
saw her disappear in one of the hideous
dons of vice, in company with a noted
bully. This creature, bearing already
nfc fnvtv the sticma of docrepitude, was
the maiden whom the sculptor and poet
hnd nifit. who hod for a moment mipreg'
nated their dreams of art with the genius
of liberty Greoco young and ever fair.
But this was not the last time the pair
were fated to encounter each other. In
July, 1847, a figure drew timidly towards
David as he was passing along the Rue
dos Boncheries.
"You do not remember mo, M.
David.'" she said. "Oh! yes; I am so
Mint WTO i 1 T was prettier the first day
when I came to you. Oh! I could not
Dose anv more for la Jeune Grecque
iw.l nLmliloretL dropped into tbe
wnnna Imfiil A TllfiPfl. ffclld tll8 next iu
t.ikcn off to iail by the
Diuuv w -
"It would be difficult to invent a more
poignant story," adds the the chronicler;
"but tue enu was uuv )ci wmu.
David of Angers, exited by the coup
.i'tt .,iiirA,l to Greece, in company
Ho wanted to behold
with his own eyes, uuder.the pure sky of
Attica, the chiof work of his youth. He
mnst go to Missolongi, to visit the tomb
of Marco' Botzaris. Some ono said to
him:
4tTlrt tint rrn "
Why not? inquired uio irutuci . w
.a soon to know tho reason. Ap-
tlm strin of land where Byron
.ua Ua frtnt of the bastion whore
Botzaris fell, the sculptor descried his
young Greek. "Methought I saw her
thrill at the sight of her creator a genera
tion ago." ' . ,
Tim npxt moment he gave veut to a cry
rt vo era ft n d despair. The statute was
i ti. ritrht hand smashed; the
finrror irnne. The face WOS ffiU'
tilated like the visage of its model, as
struck by her brutal protector. Roving
tourists-English among the number
i,.i .infai.nl tho pedestal, and other in
famies had been committed. David never
fully recovered from the stroke, and ro
f forwards to his native town
to die. His heart bled at the thought of
the outrage inflicted by tliose parDarians,
Alas! for our shattered idols! These bar
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Mob
The Bcwlldcr4 Trarclor,
1 T nvn .TilTTlVEY TO MaBIIY
mom -f A widow residing in Phanix, N.
y i a lover of flowers, and has the
r.t nnlleclion of Kreenhonse plants in
au.. ot;r,n Tjistsorineacentleman in
:, o,Uprtied for a certain kind ooi
rnrA nlant. 1UIS wiuuw
letter, and a corre-
fnllnwed. endincr in a proposal
of marriage. He wrote that he could not
leave his business to come East, but
1 send a representative. A tfady
subsequently arrived in that capacity,
.oi.i .l.A was the third wife of Brig
barn Young. She negotiated so success-
. n Ai tl.n Whrpnil WldOW has Bold
IU11T vuat - ,
i .nnirtv unil started on ner
mile journey, the last 500 of which must
IM bV BlAKe. AUO UU.U 6"- - 4
U a Mormon.-Elmira Advertiser.
Those that have tried it say that kiss
ing is like a sewing macmae, w
seams good.
Daring the rago of the Continental
war in fcuropo, occasion no ninuer
what rolled an honest Yorkshire squire
to take a journey to Warsaw. I'ntrav
elod and unknowing, lie providod him
solf with no passport: his business con
cerned himself alone, and what had for
eign nations to do with him.
liis route lay turougu tuo mates oi
neutral and contending powers. He
landed in Uollund and passed the usual
examination; but insisting that the
affairs which brought him there were of
nrivate nature, he was imprisoned,
and questioned, and Bitted; and, appear
ing to be iucupablo of design, was at
length permitted to re sumo his journey.
To the otlloer oi me guard wuicu con
ducted him to tho frontier ho inodo fre
quent complaints of his treatment, and
of the loss ho should sustain by the de
lay; he swore it was uncivil, and un
friendly, and unceuoroiis; 500 Dutch
men might have traveled through Great
Britain without a question; tkey never
ouestioued any strangers in Great
Britain, nor stopped them, nor guardod
thorn.
Roused from his uative phlegm by
these reflections on tho policy of Ins couu
try, the officer slowly drew the pipo from
his month, and emitting tho Binoko there
from "Mynheer." said, ho, "whon you
first set your foot on tho l&ud of the
seven tjnited Provinces, you should
hava declared that you came thither on
affairs of commerce; and, replacing his
pipe, rolaosed into inimovablo tacitur-
nitv.
Rolea!otl from his unsocial companion,
he soon arrived at a French post, where
the aentinol of the advanced guard
ii nested the honor of his permission to
ask for his passports; and on his failing
to produce any, he was entreated to par
don the liberty he took of conducting
him to to the commandant, but it was bia
duty, and he must, however reluctantly,
perform it.
Monsiour le commundant received him
with cold and pomtwus politeness; he
made the usual inquiries; and our trav
eler, determined to avoid tho error which
had produced such inconvenience to
him. replied that commercial concerns
drew him to the continent.
"Ma foi," says the commandant, "o'est
nn negotiant, unburgeois; tone mm away
to the citadel, we will examine him to
morrow; at present wo must dross for the
comodie allons!
'Monsioor, says tho sentinel, as ho
reconducted him to the guard room,
vou should not have mentioned com
merce to Monsiour le commandant; no
irentlemon in France disgraces himself
with trade: we dosniso traffic . You
should hove informed Monsieur lo com
mandant that you entered the dominion
of tho Orand Monarone for tho purposo
of improving yourself in singing and
daucing, or in dressing; arms ore the
profession oi tuo man oi iiisuion, auu
plorv and accomplishment his pursuits
Vivo lo Itoi!" He bad tbe honor of pass
the night with a French Guard, and tho
tiurt 1iiv he was dismissed.
Proceeding on his jouruey ho fell in
with a. detachment of German chassours,
They domadod his name, his quality and
his husiness in that country. Ho caino,
he said, to learn to dance and to sing
and to dress. "He is a l ronchman,'
said the corporal. "A spy, said the
orceant. And he was aireotod to mouni
lwhind a dracoon and camod to the
rnmn.
The o 1 cor. wnose uuiy ii was w ox
. . ' .. i: l 41. i
amine prisoners, soou uiauuvuiuu
onr traveler was not a l ronchman, and
that as he did not understand a syllable
of the language, he wua totally incapa
blo of being a spy; he therefore dis
charged him, and not without advising
him to no more assume ine irippery cnar
octer of a Frenchman. "We Germans,"
he said, "eat, drink and smoke; those are
our favorite employments, and had you
informed the party that you followed no
other business, you would have saved
thera, me and yourself trouble"
He soon approocnod ine x-russian uo
minions, where his examination was still
more strict, and on his answering that
his only designs were to eat, and to
drink, nnd to smoke "To eat 1 nud to
smoke! ' exclaimod Uie oincer, wun as
tonishment. "Sir, you must bo for
warded to Potasdara; war is tuo only
business of mankind.
But the ocuto and ronotrating Fred
erick soon comprehended the character
of our traveler, and gave him a passport
under his own hand. "It is an ignorant
and innocent Englishman," said the vet
eran; "the English aro unacquainted
with military duties, when they want a
General they borrow him of me."
At the barriers or saxony ue was oguin
interrogated. "I am a soldier, says our
travcler,"bohold the passport of tho first
warrior of the age!"
'Vn urn a niinil Of tllO (lestfoyor OI
millions," replied the sentinel"; "we must
send you to Dresden, and uaraye, bit,
conceal your passport, as you would
avni.l hfiinir torn to pieces by those whose
husbands, sons and relations have been
wantonly sacnliced at tne sunne oi uie
PmaHinn ambition.
A Bocond examination at uresaen
Maarorl him nf Rlisnioion
Arrived at the frontier oi roiano ue
flattered himself that his troubles were
at on end, but he reckoned without his
host.
"Ycur business in l'oiand mtorro-
frn lil tlm nfliftL-r. .
"I really don't know, sir, replied the
trftvfilftr.
. , ,
Dnn't know vour own burliness, sir
mAdthe officer. "1 must conduct
vnn In thestarost."
J ..n ., . I .1. .n ....
r or uie love oi uou, j iud ncmj
tramlAr. "take pitv on nie. I hve been
imprisoned in Holland for being desi
rous of keeping my own affairs to my-
T hava hncn confined all niKht in
Fronch guard house for declaring myself
a merchant; I have leen compelled to
ri.ia uivn milpi behind a Gorman dra'
goon for declaring myself a man of
pleasure; I have been carried fifty miles
a prisoner in Prussia for acknowledging
my attachment to ease and good Jiving,
nl have been threatened with assassin
ation in Saxony for avowing myself a
warrior; and, therefore, if you will have
the iroodness to let me know how I may
not give offense, I shall consider you as
mv friend sod preserver.
It ia auperflous to say that Le was al'
Inwpd to tro about his business, and ar
rived safely in Old England.
Nature has written a letter of credit on
some men's faces which is nonorea wner
ever it is presented.
LVUIOl
ut I haven't any gun," said tho city
r. "Never did have one, aud don t
Lacked the Conveniences.
"My dear sir," bcian a cheerful look
ing gentleman, not particularly well
dressed or smol ling very pleasant, as he
broke into the Euglo's sanctum yesterday
and grasped the city editor's hand. "My
dear sir, (io you not recognize mer
"No, I don't," responded the city odi
or, grntlly. "What's your racket?"
"Don t recognize me! Why, my dear
sir, don t you recognize uul you ever
see Dr. Carver, tho famous ritlo shot?"
"No, I didn't," replied tho city oditor.
"Oh, well, that accounts for it." said
the visitor, breathing easior.
"Are you Doctor Carver?" asked tho
city editor, suspiciously.
"lue sumo, responded the seedy man.
"I've droppod in to ak a bit of a favor.
Coming across ou the boat from New
York I mode a match with a man who is
waiting down stairs for mo. Wo aro to
shoot right away, and I have callod in to
borrow your gun until I boot him.
heres your own?
'In !w York. Haven't time to get
it. Iho match comes ouiu an hour and
I must have a gun. Happened to think
of you and stepped in. ill return it in
two nours.
But
editor,
want any
"Anybody round tlo office got ono?"
askod tho doctor. "Do you know any
body who has cot a kuu? '
"No, I don t. hy don t you buy
one?"
"That's just it. This match is for
SI. 500 a side, and it took every cent of
chango I hail to mako the stake. Haven t
cot a (luarter left, so I'm compolled to
borrow a sun to cet my money hock,
You wait here, and I'll see the mau and
see what ho'll do," and tho doctor shuf
fled across the street to whero a man in
a slouch hat and torn trousers was trying
to decipher a theatrical poster. Altera
few moments conversation tuo doctor
hobbled back.
"We've fixed it, he shouted, gloo
fully. " Ho consents to shoot with
pistol. Twelve hundred yards with i
revolver, which lets us out. Tho man's
a stancer to mo. but he scorns to bo
perfoct Kontloniou. no now were all
right, eh?"
"It looks so," said the city editor.
Good day. Hopo you boat him."
" There is only one troublo," coutin
ned the doctor, and that is ,1 haven't any
pistol with me. If you'll lond me yours
till I finish tho match, it'll be tho best
thing you evor did for this paper," and
the doctor winked mysteriously.'
" But I haven't cot any pistol," ronion
strated the city editor. "Thoro isn't a
pistol in the office."
" Woll. that's fun. I'll ask him what
we'd batter do."
Once more the shabby doctor and his
shabior friend entered luto negotiations,
and the doctor returned, convulsed with
mirth
"He says he'll throw penknives at a
mark with me. providod I furnish now
Imported stock. Of course, I can beat at
that, but I haven t the knivos. lie s the
nueerest chap I ever saw. Yon haven'
got a couple of nice penkuives, have
you?"
"No!" responded the city editor;
haven't any."
"I don't soe how we aro going to have
the match out," said the doctor, "unless
lie could consent to shy clubs. Have
you got any Indian clubs or nice walking
cones about you.'
"Nothina of tho sort!"
"I reckon I'll have to go to New York
for my gun, bui the worst of it is 1 ve
put up my last cent oi cnango on uie
match $1500 in cosh and I haven't two
outs to nay tho fomasro. Of course,
must pay for him because bo's holding
the stakes and 1 don t warn to ioso sigiu
of him. Got a ouarter?
No." said the city editor. "Haven
anvthina of the sort."
"Of course, 1 don t neod a quarter,
'cause tho faro is only two cents apioce
Lend me a nickel till I get my gun.'
"Haven't got it.
"Verv woll." said the doctor, with
shade of disappointment on Iuh face
then tho mutch is off. . It won t bo shot
ml T lnsn my monov.
Ten minutes afterwards the doctor ond
his friend flew through tho swing-door
a saloon on their way to uio curb
stone, and the city editor, looking ou
from his window felt his conscience ease
up on him, as ho noticed the doctor was
a length and two necks ahead of his com
petitor, and that he hail won ono match
even if he had forfeited in tho othor.
A Cautloui Witness.
There was a little personal difficulty
on Livingston streot the other day le-
tween two citizens, to w hich a Brooklyn
clergyman was tho only eve witness. Tho
principals wcio rcticeut about tho affair,
and the divine was solicited to mako a
statement.
"Your information is corroct. sir. Yes.
sir, your information is correct,'' ho said
to uu Euglo reporter. "I was standing
ou tho sdjacout curbstone, and I think 1
may safely say I saw it all. An unfor
tunate affair, sir, vory."
hat was said to start it T
"There was some remarks not at all
indicative of humility of spirit, ond some
language which you would not expect
nie to remember.
"Did ono of thorn insult the other?"
"Different mon put different construc
tions upon tho words. I would not lik
to say that any affront was intended. I
will say, though, that tho language was
not scriptural.
' Were any blows struck?
"It seems to mo that thore was smiting
involved in tho controversy."
" Inch one struck first?"
"I don't think I am prepared to Bay
who inaugurated the assault. It may
have boon one, aud it may havo been tho
other."
"Did tho assaulted man striko back ?"
"He may have done bo. I will take
tho responsibility of saying very likely
ho did. Menninder the influence of car
nal anger ore prone to smito when
smitten."
"Did they fall down?"
TTatennrtoii Pltkle.
Old Mrs. Jones borrowed Mrs.Brown'i
recipe for making wutermolon pickle the
other day, and being hard of hearing, as
she couldn't soo to read very well, she
got her grandson, Jukio, to read it for
her. Jakio took tho paper, like a duti
ful child, and holding it upside down,
coinmencod:
"Tuko a green watermolcn "
"Why, Jakio, aiu't yon mistaken? I
thought the niolon must bo ripo."
"Oh, what's tho matter with yew?
Yow ever sco u watermelon that wasn't
groen ?"
"Cut the watermelon up into four
halves"
"But them ain't only two halves to
anything. I don't bolievo you are read
inc tlint. .Tukiii."
W11, 1 dim t nave to, nnynow mats
what Hie ri'Hcet says. Then book it in a
piut cup
"Oh, dear ine 1 now iu mo worm cuu
you put a watermolon in a pint cup r
"well, l am i nore io u-u uie ere
uses and howfore. I'm just roadin' the
facts and you con put in tho fllosofoe to
suit your taste. After soakin' the melon
put it in a skillet and fry it fur about
five days."
"I woudor if Mrs. Brown sentme snoli
a roceipe as tnai, said tue oia lauy; uut
Jakio kept on:
"Then put tho watermoion in a quure
bowl and pour over it a gallon of vine
gar, taking core not to spill the vine-
SW.T.
"I d just liko w anow now you cu
pour a gallon into a qnort bowl without
I don't know whether they fell or spilling any of it;" but Jokie kopt on:
were thrown down. I saw thorn on the
sidewalk toRothor. locked in closo em-
braco, and striving with prodigious
strongth.
"Did you try to separate them
"I spoko to them and askod them to
refrain from such unseemly display of
violonco. But they heeded not. Their
Thou sift a peck of red poppor
through a milk strainer over the melon,
and to one cup of butter add tho white
and yolks aud bIioIIs of three eggs, and
throw in the old hen that laid them, and
four sticks of cinnamon drops and two
tablospoonfnls of quinine and run it
through a couoo-miii, and io ii sianu uu
imHsinim were stronor noon them. I told it ferments, and then put it in a tin Can
thnin tlint. T mitrtit. hnvfl to invoke tlm ami tin tlm can to a UOff's tail this will
constabulory if they did not desist." stir it up to the right consistency and
"Whot did they ooyr ' thou you con turn u on in crocaa mm
"Thev made a fow remarks about tho have it ready for use. Sorve it cold and
rmmtjilmlurv that I did not consider cer- Hiiread it on mince pie and it makes cap-
" ....... . . i
mam. ital desori, ami jaaio sun oui ui mo
"Were they punching each othor all door and left tho old lady looking like a
tho time?" wrinkle on a monument.
Thoro was much violence constantly
exhibited and much anger displayed
'Which whipped in tho end
T itinlitin tn tliA miini.in tlint. nnr .Inn,
con had tho advantage of tho opposing lor of Bridgeport, Conn., placed $450000
A Vf ry Custom.
In the fall af 1S79, D. and N. O. Mil-
deacon. In fact, I might soy that our
deooon chastised tho othor deacon se
verely. though 1 heor the other monbors
of his church claim that our deacon was
worsted. Not so, not so! I am not well
vorsed in such contests, but I should say
from my observation that our deacon,
in t io Hands 01 A. ivuni. w.
brokers, of Broad street, wiUi instruc
tions to use it in speculating in corn and
wheat and lard. A year ago tnoy wore
told that thoir monoy was all gono and
that thoy owed the brokers $10,000. The
Millnm becran suit for accounting. In
providentially, perhaps, was on the top granting a motion Monday, to make a
the greater portion of the tinio. In fact second answer, Judge Barrett said: Ihe
to uso the languago of our deacon, in a defendants prosont a most extraordinary
moment of intenso excitement and Bub- answer and affidavit. Ihey acknowledge
Boquont to the battlo, ho whaled the tho roooipt of enormous sums of money
stull'm out of the othoi doaoou f Brook- from the plaintiffs, declare that theso
. ' 1. .i....iliA.i Any! an Iwa.
lvn Eutrlo. I sums novo oceu uk"ii " -u.o-
I .1.. .. !,. .- nan fnrniull nn
I (1UU11UV wwci I wmv vnvj . .......
A Sow Morr About Lincoln. nmi,rohonsible particulars as to ' the
processes of absorption. This, they say,
is in aceordonce with the customs of the
Produce Exchange, of which they are
It was during the fiercest stages of tho
great war of tho rebellion that several of
our ministers callod on President Lin
coln on an important errand. Mr. Lin
coin received them with croat courtesy,
and gavo them a good audience. Whon
the brothron roso to leave the roomono
of them, Dr. L. Davis, said:
members, the plaintiffs' monoy forming
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a port 01 a common iuuu, uio vmuwu
tions being mostly what are called op
tions. They connot assign any porticulor
option to tho plaintiffs, and after the
trmiHior 01 optious vuoj vuuu
"Mr. Lincoln, you have been vory ,, .cir books so as to determine
kind and poinstoking to anBwor our ques-1 b WUOui tho snms lost thereby wore 00
tions. We hove yot one which our peo- t ia An ti,i8 jg simply a mean-
plo are deeply interested in, and which jngiog8 jargon, and the defoudanta may
we wish to put bofore you for an answer. ng wo j un(iorstand, onco for all, thot the
Whot do you here at Washington intend lftW wiu not tolerate such trifling. They
to do with slavery ?' " ),ad hotter act foirly in the matter and
That Interrogation oponod a momontous wake ft ci0an breast of it; oithor frankly
question. Mr. Lincoln was ready for oonfo8g tn0 plaintiffs' claim or give them
the emergoncy. Rising to his feet, and , BUfli0iont in law to justify the ob-
straighteuing up his bony form, no said. Horpy0n 0f thoir money and prorerty.
"Gentlemen. I will toll yon how it is. ,, .i;mni1it.v arrises from the exist-
Tho treatmont proposed by the ofll- on0(J of ft oomm0n fund, lot them give
oials hore for the slavery quostiou M particulars with regard thoreto and
is about liko what would bo pro- 1 ow rtluintiffii connoctiou there
with caused tho absorption of their part
posed by a set of doctors for a won
on a person. There is a man with
n lamo. nalv wen on his person. He con
sults a number of physicians about it.
Thev all aeroo as to two things. Thoy nil
. ai .. a :.. Al. !..., 1
agreo tuut 1C is a wen; vuuii in urn
thing. Thoy all agreo that it must como
off. About the method of removing It
they do not ogree. Ono says tho host
way is to put tue kinio into it, ami wun
the knife remove it. Ono udvisos power
ful external applications with 0 viow to
its removal. One thinks the bettor way
is to out a cord ticrhtlv around it and
The Laa!cs Tfantcd Some Breakfast.
A few vcors 020 a steamer drew into
the Boy of Naples with a lot, of passen
gers, among whom were a small party of
Americans. The night had been rough,
and the ship was behind time. It was
10 o clock already, amino uroakiasi. ine
stingy captain hod resolved to economize.
A stout, quiet man, with a stout hickory
stick, wont to tlie captain, ana ueggou
for a little coffee, ot least for his ladies.
The captain turned his back, fluttered
his coal-tails in the face of tho stont.quiet
man, who followed, and still respectfully
bogged for somothing for the ladies, who
were faint with uunger. men uie cap
tain turned and threatened to pnt him in
irons, at the same tims calling the offi
cers around him. The stout mon with
the stout stick very quietly proceoded
to thrash the Captain, lie tnrasiiou mm
till he could not stand, nnd then thrashed
nverv officer that dared to show his face,
.... , A
as well os boll tne crew, men jib weni-
down ond mado the cook got breakfast
This was an old Cahfornian, "Dave Col
ton,"as we used to call him up in Yreka
nt xnnru on a't iittn that was punisn
V w 4 - a
able with death. "Piracy on the hign
seas," and all that sort of oiionse was
,1,nriren? and I know not how much
gold it cost to heol the wounded head
and dignity of the Captain of the ship.
But this Cahfornian neither "new mo
lav nor cared for the law. He boil
uttln nartv of ladies with him. and ho
- ' .. L ' TI-
wonld not see tuem go nungry. n
wnuld hava that coffoe if it cost him
.ip. hea.1. Dear Dave Colton I I hear
hn is dead now. We first got acquaint
ed ono night in Yreka while shooting
t each other. fjoaouin Miller, in
The Cahfornian.
every day draw it tighter, until at last a pioco of lath."
Tn makinir onro "pure crround coffee'
the rule in Boston and New York is to
mix one bushel of beans and one of roast
nunnd with onabnshel nf cheap coffoe.
Tha nackace ia then labeled: "None bet
terbeware of immitations."
of the margin." I N. X. paper.
The Hero ana the Vog.
A dozon mon were watering thoir
throats in a Monroe ovenno saloon yes
terday, when two strangers onterad, and
one of them raisod his voice and callod
out: , '
"Gentlomen, allow me to introduce you
to Coptaiu Greon, of Chicago, the horo
who was locked up in a room with a dog
for two long hours, armod oniy wun a
ii t. w riia
severance will 01 ltsou occur, xnui,
contlomeu. is just tho way it is Lore with
us. We uro all agreed tlint slavery is a
wen on tho Government. We aro all
aereed that it must come off. We are
nut agreed about hOW 10 dO It,
With th s thocloriryman suook noanuy
tho hand of the good Presidont and went
uway
The AunoRA Boiiealis. Special at
tontion is boing paid to observations of
the aurora boreolis in the Scandinavian
portions of Europe. We have already
. .. - ..,.? . . A..1 -A
tho results oi o.yj ooservations, uuuia ai
i:2 different stations and on 154 different
nights dnring tho seven months of the
winter of l7-M. llieso oosorvations
have boon arranged by Herr TromhoH
under four heads, as follows: ijongi
tudo and latitude of observer; time 1 f
year ond age of the moon; color, lorm
and altitudo of streamers ; ond lmtlv,
any sound wh'eli may havo beeu ob
served. Tho deductions from the ob
servations thus far made, in the opinion
of Herr Tremholt, lead to tho conclusion
that tho aurora is a local phenomenon,
circumscribed by narrow limits, and
manifested at inconsiderable distances
from the earth's surface. Tho light is.
generally white, less often red or greon;
in hifl-h latitudes it ot unfreuuently
presents spectral colors, and Anally, tnai
tho accompaniment of sound is an indis
putable fuot. Herr Tromiioil uai nevotoa
his attention to this subiuct for many
years. He is now engaged iu moking as
fnii and comoiete a caiaioiiue ui muw
manifestations as is possible. With this
object in view, he invites tho co-operation
of obsorvors everywhere, both upon
ana and noon land, to tlio eud tnai ue
may thus gather materials for the better
elucidation of the interesting phenomena
connected with these manifestations,
A Connecticut farmer, who bad sot out
an elaliorate scarocrow in his strawberry
patch, was disgusted to find that a pair
of robins bad built their nest and were
raising their young under its bat
Sovoral porsons at once stepped ft r-
ward and shook hands ond invited Cap
tain Green to drink. He had imbibed
three glasses of beor ond got two cigars
in his pocket, when 0110 of the men
queried: -
"You must hove folt purty skeory?
"Yes."
"Was the dog mod?"
"I don't think he was."
"And yon kopt him off with the lath?"
"Yes.
"Weil, I don't want any of that.
Locked in, wore you?"
"Yes."
"Couldn't havo pot ont if the dog hod
beentim :iiiic!i for you?"
! "No." : '
"Well, you wero u hero, and that's a
fact. What brood of- a dog was it ?"
"I think they callod it a poodle!" qui
i.ilv tuoliud tho hero, as ho slid for the
om
Tlio crowd slid after him, but the first
man out doors always has the best snow
to use his legs. I Detroit Free Press.
A Boy's Joke.
While a man was dashing with all bis
might and main down street to eaten
a train, a gamin rushed to him and
shouted:
'Hey, mister, hove vou got a pin.'
'I have." responded the mon, coming
to a suddou halt, and foellng under tha
lapol of his vest.
"Well, then" yelled Uie boy, as he
jumped out of the way, "you had better
iiwUm your ears wgetuvr wumu yvr .
. A an awincrm
iieau, bo 8 you wuu uuu .0
signs with W" . . .
The pedestrian passea on uuuodvaau.
Uie advice given him.
In a recent article on a fair in his lo
cality, the editor of a Western paper
toys a brother editor took a valuable pre
mium, bnt an unkind policeman made
him put it right back where ho took it
from.