lUrrow Ecpe.
r never tolJ anybody bow wery, Tory
a
Arago: but as I can now look ana
Snly recall each thought each word
Rffo: but M I
.1
and
PJlch net, l mini w
arnlngtoallwho may find themselves
.imilarly circumstanced, hoping, with
Hi my heart, that" the numher may bo
'"in the first place, my name is Freder
ick Pntnam. I m. nd have been for
X. ,iHt ten years, the foreman and
hnokXeepor of the large lumbering eg
tablisumeuir u " -
hnnn to he for another decade, un
L. .nmething better turns up. Mr,
Winston is the resident partner and
manager of the manufacturing part of
iu business. The other members of the
rm of which there are two, live in the
;tt-'t the foot of the lake, and attend
a h sales of lumber, wbioh we send
ii.om hv vessels. '
This is by the far the largest share of
hit the mill cuts although the amonnt
of our sales uirecuy irom mo mm, w
supply the country to the west of us, is
quite large.
Woll. one cold, December evening.
;t. HA I was preparing for homo, I beard
footsteps on the creaking snow outside,
and presently tne omce uoor new open
as though some one in baste had given
its push, admitting a tall, stout, well
dressed man, with a small traveling-bag
in one hand, and a shawl thrown over
kia rm.
I was alone, Mr. Winston having gone
to the bouse somo hair an hour before,
Irvkinz the safe, in which we Kept our
books and papers, and taking the key
with him, as usual.
I bad already closed the damper to the
itove, pat on my overcoat and was just
in the act of turning down the lamp-
but of courso 1 waited.
"Good evening, sir," said the man
bustling np to the stove, and kicking
the dampsr open with bis right foot
"Has Winston gone to the house?"
I answered that he had.
'Whew! I was afraid of it."
He drew out his watch a very fine
one. I thought.
"I shall not have time to go up," he
said. "The train is due in fifteen min
utes."
"Is there anything I can do?" I asked
"I wanted to leave some money with
Winston, I intended to stop in town i
day or two, bat I have just got a dis
patch that calls me borne."
"What name, sir?"
"Anderson, of Anderaonville."
I knew him then, tnougu l bad seen
him bnt once before. He bad been one
of our best west customers. I say bad
been, for the reason that during the
past year bis payments had not been so
prompt, id loci, no was oonsiuerauiy
behind, and Winston had that very day
told me to write to him, and "punch
him up a little." ss he expressed it. The
letter was then in the breast of my over
coat. "You can leave the money with me,
sir, and I will give you a receipt."
He seamed to hesitate, whion nettled
me. somewhat. I have never blamed
anybody since, however.
"How much is my bill?" he asked,
eying me sharply.
I answered promptly, for I had struok
the balance not more than half an hour
before.
"Eleven thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars and twenty-three cents."
"Humph! Less than I supposed.
Write mo ont a receipt for that amount."
He left the stove and came and looked
over my shoulder while I wrote.
"It is all right, Mr. Putnam. I know
you now. You've been with Winston a
long time. I can tell your signature any-
wnere.
He drew from an inside pocket a largo
black wallet, very round and full, and
counting ont eleven different piles of
bank notes, be told me to run tbem over.
It was a short and easy task, for each
pile contained just ten one hundred
bills.
The balance was in fives, tens and
twenties, and it took more time to count
them; bnt at lost we got it so that both
were satisfied.
At this moment we heard the whistle
for the station. Anderson sprang for
his traveling-bag, and, giving me a hasty
hand shake was off on a run.
I closed the door and counted the
money again. Finding it all right, I
wrapped a piece of newspaper around it,
and slipped it into my overcoat pocket.
I did not feel quite easy to have so
much money about me; but as Winston's
house was at least a mile distant, I con
cluded to keep it until morning, when I
could deposit it in the bank.
I closed the damper again, drew on
ay gloves, took the office key from the
nail just over the door, and stepped np
to put out the light. As I did so, I saw
bit of paper on the floor, which, on
picking up, I saw the receipt I wrote for
Mr. Anderson. Ho had dropped it in his
hnrry. I put it in my pocket, and
thought no more about it. Only that I
would mail it to him. I would have done
it then, bnt as the last mail for that day
had gone ont on the train which took Mr.
Anderson, I conld.do it just as well in
the morning. Then, too, I was in some
thing of a hurry that night, for I had an
appointment; and I may as well state
here that it was with a young lady, who
I hoped, would be my wife before many
months.
I hastened to my boarding house, ate
my supper, and then went over to Mr.
Warner's, wearing the coat with the
money in it, as I did not feel easy about
leaving it in my room. Carrie was at
home, of course, as she was expecting
me, and leaving my hat and coat in the
hall, I went into the parlor. I do not
think a repetition of onr conversation
wonld be very interesting, so will pass
it, merely remarking that nothing oc
curred to disturb me, until I arose to
tke my leave.
Carry went into the entry for my coat
and hat, that I might put them on by
the waim fire; but she came back with
only my hat.
"Why Fred, you certainly did not ven
ture out on enoh a night as this without
n overcoat?"
"No coatr I exclaimed, in a dazed
sort of way, for the thought of the
money flashed upon me so suddenly that
it almost stunned me.
The next moment I tore past ber like a
madman, as I was. The coat was gone!
Then I was unserved. I grasped at
tlx stair-rail, and caught it just in time
to support myself. Carrie eame running
ont, her face pais with alarm.
Oh, Fred! are you sick? Let me
call mother and the doctor! You are as
white as a ahti.t!"
"No, no, Carrie?" I entreated. "There
I am better now."
And I was better. I was strong, all at
onoedesnerately strong. And what
brought about this change? That sim
ple recoipt which I had in my pocket.
Anderson had nothing to show that the
money had been paid; and was not my
unsupported word as good as his?
I was foolish enough to believe that I
could brave it through, and I grew con-
uncus anu qnito easy at once.
"There, Carrie.I am mncli better now.
The room was too warm I guess. Bo
some sneak thief has dodgod in and
stolen my coat? Well, let it no. It
was an old one, and now I'll have a bet
ter one.
"But was there nothing in tha nacV.
eta?" asked Carrie.
It is strange how suspioious guilt will
make us. I really thoueht Carrie sua-
peoted me, and an angry reply was on
the end of my tongue. I suppressed
ii, uowover, ana uttered a fulsebood in
stead.
"Nothing of consequence, Carrie
pair of gloves and some other trifling
notions.
"I am glad it is not worse, Fred. Now
if you will wait just a moment, I will
Bet you one of father's overcoats to wear
home.
Thus equipped I left her.
You may guess that my slumbers that
nignt were not very sound, nor vorv re
freshing. I never passed a more mis
eraoie nignt, ana in tue morning my
unggard loons wero tue subject of re
niarx.
wuy, t rea, you look as though you
met a legion of ghosts last night!" said
Winston. "What is the matter?"
"I bad a bad night of it." I answered
with a sickly smile.
"Anu you u nave another u you are
not careful; you had better keep auiet
to-aay. tiy tue way, did you write te
Anderson?
I do not know how I managed to reply
for the question set me to shivering from
bead to foot, and I was so weak that
could scarcely sit in my chair.
I must have answered in the affirmative
however, for he said:
Then we may look for something
irom nim to-morrow or next day. '
immediately after be added:
"Why, Fred, you shivor as though
you had the ague, and you are sweat
!n. i:u . v,., ..i. i v.. :i. i
iuij nav n uuwuDii ivun diva, tuauj
Come jump into my cutter, and I'll take
you Home.
I was clad of the chance to get awor
and reaching my room, I locked mysekf
in.
Winston sent a doctor round, but
refused to see him. Then Winston cmw
himself, but X would not open the door.
Then mv landlady came, then some of
my fellow boarders; bnt I turned tbem
all away.
Ah! those were terrible hours that
passed, and night coming on brought
me no relief. Can you cot guess what I
was meditating! Coward that I was,
had at last resolved on self-destruction.
I commenced mv preparation with the
same calmness and deliberation that I
would have used in the most oommen
transaction. I wrote a short explanation
for Carrie, another for Mr. Winston,
third for my poor mother, and I sealed
tbem all. In the fourth envelope I en
closed the receipt to Mr. Anderson. All
this accomplished, 1 went to the secro'
tary and took out the weapon of death,
It was simply a revolver, small and in
significant enough in appearance, but all
sufficient.
Having examined the cartridges to
make sure that there would make no
failure. I sat down before the Are to
gather courage.
It may be interesting to know that no
courage came to me, for the desperation,
the growing fear of life 1 can In no wise
call by that name. It was simply cow
ardioe. Yet, whatever you may term it,
was all sufficient for the time. It
nerved my arm, and, lifting the revolver,
placed its cold, death-like muzzle
against my forehead.
In another second I should nave been
lifeless: but just as my finger began to
press the trigger, there came a tap on my
oor.
It Btartled me. and hastily conoealing
my weapon, I called out that I could ad
mit no one.
"Not me. Fred?"
I knew Carrie's voice, and a yearning
to look on her loved face got mastery of
me. Quietly slipping the tell-tale let
ters wnicn i nau leu on me lauie into
my pocket-book, I opened the door.
"Oh. Fred, you are real sick!" ex
claimed Carrio the moment the light fell
on my face. "Why did you not send for
me? Aren't you better?"
"Worse, I answered, huskily "put,
Carrie -good heaven 1"
As I uttered this exolamation I started
baok,then forward; and then I scarcely
knew what, for banging across Carries
arm was my overcoat.
Becovering from my astonishment, I
drew out eleven thousand seven hun
dred and fifty dollars and twenty-three
cents.
You have heard about, and perhaps
seen, the singular capers of a madman, or
the wild antics of those crazed with rum,
the (rrotesaue danoing of savages
Well, judging from what Carrie told me,
and from the appearance of my apart
ment after it was over, I am led to be
lieve that were it possible to concentrate
the three above-mentioned 1 species of
demons iitfo one, their .capering and
dancing would appear tame in compari
son with mine that night.
Bnt I cooled down after a while, and
just in time to save Carrie's head a thump
from toe chair on tne wosiisisnu, wuiuu
had selected in my craxy waltz.
Then I asked for an explanation. It
u tlm simplest thins? imaginable. I
do not know why I bad not thought of it
before. It was simply a blunder of
Carrie's father. He hod mistaken my
coat for his own, and worn it down town,
never dreaming that a small fortune was
lying idle in the pocket.
Well, I didn't have the brain fever
over the affair, but I was the next door
to it. I made a clean breast of the
the whole thing excepting my attempt,
or rather my resolve at self destruction.
No one ever guessed tnat pars oi ii, anu
tell it to-day for tbe nrst time.
I sent Mr. Anderson bis receipt,
handed over the money to Mr. Winston,
and went right on with my duties, a
wiser and better man, I hope. And, to
morrow, God willing, I shall lead Came
to tbe altar.
Brigham, the Cue Dog.
A common yollow cur is the boro of
1 1 : a . ..t'Ii ' - ,i
luia iruo story. vuiuhu w wng,u wen
as a firatrate guide explainod to me the
odd name given to the dog: "We call
him Brigham 'cause he's young, you
know!"
This creature is remarkable for but
one thing, and that is his fondness for
life below ground. He seems at home
among the elves and gnomes, and ap
pears to have no fear oi darkness.
Jack, the old dog. with Brigham. the
new one, will trot, side by side, as far as
tue Iron Gate. But mere tuoy part.
Jack, as usual, returns to the hotel; but
Brigham advances, pushing alitud of the
guides, choosing bis own path, digress
ing now and then, yet always returning
in safety to the light oi tbe lamps.
Brigham and I beauws fust friends
during my fortnight's stay at Mammoth
' Cave fast summer. The A-nila dignity
with which be sought U aia My under
ground researches was very amusing
Brigbain was a great tovarxe wiiti tue
manager of the cave, was particularly
warned ns not to lose him; for it was
feared the dog would be unable to find
bis way out again. Other curs that bad
been left behind invariuWy stayed in the
place where they bad become lost, not
daring to stir, but yelping and bowling
till help came.
The dreadod accident happened at last.
We went one day on what is called the
Jjong Route, to tbe end of the cave, said
to be nine miles from the entrance; and
Brigham went with us. We left the main
nave at the Giant's Coffin, by an arched
way, loading among some pits, the most
famous of which has long been known as
the Bottomless Fit. My gmde, however,
measured it, and found that it was ex
aetly one hundred and five feet doeu.
Thtie are six pits in all at this place, two
of tbem lately discovered. We named
them Boy 11a and Charybdis becauso, in
trying to keep out of ono, you are in dan
ger of falling into the other. These we
measured, finding them to be more than
two hundred wet deep.
Brigham did net like the pits very
well. It was erly by much coaxing that
we led auu aeroBS tbe narrow bridge
thrown ever the Bottomless Tit. But,
indeed, we all wore glad to get away
from that ducgerous place.
We went through the "Fat Man's
Misery," uot entered Liver Hall, where
Miee ewe several deep lakes. Presently
we came to Echo river, about tbirtv feet
Jeep, frem twenty to two hundred feet
wiise, and t-Wneo fourths of a mile long.
Gettivg kite a small boat, we paddled
ix way ever tbe clear, cold water,
wafcieg the echoes from the steep, rooky
Us, BnfKMn helping with some lively
bavkwg. Presently, we landed on a nioe
suwty bah at the farther end.
Peer Cngham became very tired, and
cmai less fer tbe lovely arcbes oi flower
lUte erysfels than for some cozy nook
whee he might curl down for a nap. At
1000141, after taking lunch with us in
Waslutrfjten Hall, he started in chase of a
sveat, and probably availed himself of
Hiecaanee to take bis siesta. At all
events, be disappeared, and made no
answer U eur calls.
'Pehaf s he has gone ahead to Echo
river, said i, "and is waiting lor ns
those."
Like eneugh," suid William, the
guide. "I bad-n't thought of that."
But no beuading form nor joyful bark
weioemed eur spproaoh. The echoes an
swered em catis, until it seemed aB if a
thousand veises were crying, "Brigham,
Brigbam!" in every conoeivable tone,
from the seftest whisper to tbe deepest
bass; and eur whistling was, in like
manner, repeated, until it seemed as if
all the spirits of the cave had been let
loose for an JColian concert.
Plainly the dog was lost. William
thought Brigbam might track ns as far
as the river; but that on reaching tbe
water be surely would lose the soent.and
would not try to swim across. Light
ing a freshly filled lamp, William set it
on a ledge,so that in case the dog should
come thus far he might not feel too
lonely.
Sadly we returned to the hotel, where
our announcement of the loss caused a
sensation; the ladies especially declar
ing it "perfectly dreadful to leave the
poor thing alone in that horrible cave aU
night," as it it were darker there at
midnight than at noon !
Early the next morning, a party of
explorers crossed Echo river, and were
met by Brigbam. Tbe guide reasoned
with bim, as one might reason with a
runaway child, and tenderly took bim in
his arms aboard the boat.
Alas! the warnings wew wasted! For,
almost as soon as we bad landed, that
caprioious cave dog disappeared again;
and, as before, refused to obey our loud
est summons. Compassion was new
mixed with indignation and we left htm
to his fate.
Nothing was scon. eJ hm a Hiett da?;
and this time, af thcifeesato sfasioe he
remained a second ntlst wxJrewiMfa.
And now comes 03iiftaijifltasaB
part of my story. Co k fctii3
morning Jack. toa wf fMBMno. lire
guides had to dispenser &h ftieia cus
tomary canine esooafc (toawww&hea
ever, at the Iron Guft thaejs bumted
yards within the cam, thejr ffonod Jack
just ontside, and wgfcam mUmi the
bars; and there the dwos si, wafgjmg
their tails, and appaasatto emtaMgwg
the news!
Our curiosity led as axnsie Brig-
ham's tracks.to see by what rsote he had
found his way back. Begisoing at Echo
River, we had no difficulty in seeing that
he bad, step by step, followed our trail;
bis only guide, of course, being the
sense of smell. Here his tracks were
deeply printed in soft mud and there,
more sharply defined on tbe melbw
banks of nitrous earth, less distinctly
along ridges of sand, or over heaps of
stone, or np steep stairways.
Thus Brigham bad followed us
through darkness deeper than that of
midnight, along the narrow beach of
Lake Lethe, across the treacherous nat
ural bridge spanning the River Styx, up
to the galleries overhanging the Dead
Sea, through the wild confusion of Ban
dit's ball, and by many a spot where
one misstep would have sent the poor,
lonely creature plunging downward in
darkness to inevitable death.
It will be remembered that we bad
gone in past the Giant's Coffin, by the
arched way among the deep pits, and
through tbe mazes leading to River Hall.
But we had come out by a newly dis
covered mode of exit, through an intri
cate set of fissures, known, on account 1
of its winding nature, as "The Cork
screw." We preferred this, beoause it
saved a mile and a half of travel. Uu
four-footod friooil. pursuing the fresh
est scent, wont, of course, up the Cork
screw. The opening is too irregular
to be called a pit. or shaft, let
winds upward for a distance, vertically.
of about one hundred and fifty feet; but
fully five hundered feet, as oue climbs,
creeping through crevices, twiHtiint
through "auger-holes." and soaliug pur
cipitous rocks scattered in the wildest
confusion imaginable. Thrco ladders
have to be monnted in threading this
passage. One emerges, at lost, on the
edge of a cliff overlooking the main cave
and down which he clambers to tho
level floor.whero the road runs smoothly
along to tbe Iron Uato, a quarter of
mile distant
Only think of it! Through all this
intriouto anil hazardous pass, where,
without a gnido, we should have found
it difHcult 10 make our way, even with
lamps and mans of the cave, that vollow
dog bad safely gone alone! lie ouorod
no explanation of his proceedings, nor
told us wbat motive prompted bis inde
independent explorations. Bnt that was
his affair , not ours. We honored him as
a hero, and obtained for him, from the
manager, Mr. Francis Klett, the freedom
of the cave for the rcBt of bis life. at
Nicholas for April.
Carriage la Stauiboul.
Without intelligent sympathy at home.
forbidden all amusement and diversion
out of doors, ignorant of boyish sports,
even of riding, probably, the Turkish
la4 falls into dissipation. For any kind
of vise be finds liberty enough at htaui
benl. Xe Christian have I ever met so
bold, even in imagination, s to draw, a
picture of the dark places in that city.
Bat serosa ef these educated youth!
have assured ma that the luxurious
terBtfltie8 f immorality in Htumboul
not Pua ner Galata are unequaled in
their net Hseoeidorable experience of
Europe.
The state ef seciety was revealed to me
wku wittier stortli-ng force one day. I
caUed u-penayoongMohanimodan whose
English e4uedt-ien Las made him one of
ourseWes w all respects saving that it
has net shaken his religious faith. He
held ia bis arms a lovely child of two
years old or se, who screamed witb
nassion. A small Circassian boy, fair
haired, blue eyed, was trying to distract
ber, but tbe apparition of the ' uueiobi
was more successful.
The children wore presently dismissed
to tbe barem, and my friend observed
I dread to think of that boy a de
parture. My baby has the temper of a
ltue fiend, and only be can manage
her."
Knowing tbe small Circassian to be a
slave I asked why be was leaving.
I must send him to Robert College
soon, was tbe reply, "and get anotuer
playfellow for the child."
Itobert College is tbe American sobooi
where so many middle class youths are
being educated well educated, too,
though the training is not in all respect
the best. '
I said: "The kindness of your people
toward their slaves is well known to me,
but I did not think it ran so far as to pay
their expenses at college."
"He answered, laughing: "Rot as a
rule, of course. But my intention is to
marry those two if Ahmet turns ont well.
He is clever and well disposed. The
missionaries will keep bim honest, I
hope."
This was Buoh a novel view of tbe rela
tions between bondslave and mistress,
that I discussed the matter at length sev
eral times."
My friend told me that such matohes,
never rare Hi lurxey, are now quite
usual. The state of morals is such in
Stamboul that parents do not willingly
take a daughter or son-in-law from fami
lies of their own rank. They distrust all
the world. It has lately become a com
mon thing te choose a slave, boy or girl,
te gew up nnder their eyes. The first
ex-pense averages, perhaps, forty pounds,
and the femalo child costs little.
She is taught truthfulness and
virtue, fine sewing, the mystery
ef ceflfce-Hittbing and of filling
pipe the arts of a very
simple heusewtfe. A boy is vastly more
eapenswe, asm this cose ne must oe
sent te soheel, launched upon some kind
of emfrieyment, and provided for until
the parents are satisfied that he will
ma'be their child bappy. Then tbe pair
uta mavried and tbe ex -slave becomes a
member of the family .though that makes
little change to him.
MrMMom friend is on such terms
with me that I speak of his wife almost
as f seely as I should of a Christian's. Re
member that he was brought up in
England and speaks the language as
we. Many readers acquainted with
Censtootiaeple will know to whom I
sofcr.
Temv onestion how the child's mother
aegarateithis idea, he answered that it
vms her own conoeiving. And then he
related various stories of domes tio mis
ery and crime within her knowledge,
which hod brought his wife to a fixed
resolve that her daughter should not
wed a Turk of Stamboul.
I asked what she proposed to do if this
little'slave died before marriage.
In that case, said the father, "we
determined to look out a husband in
Syria, where are still honest men."
Such is the view which a Turk, edu
cated in the real sense, expresses of his
countrymen not in tbe elder, but the
new generations, to whom so much is
hoped. All tbe Year Round.
The experiments of a famous Swedish
chemist, prolonged over two years, mak
ing it definitely certain that separating
cream by the centrifugal secures 10 per
cent more of it than any other process,
while if the cream is at once churned
what chemists and other experiments
pronounce the best lasting and best keep
ing butter is obtained ; the refuse the
skimmed milk and buttermilk are sweet
that is. in their most valuable condition,
and the milk has been in the course of a
few hours turned into money. This ap
pears to be .the ultimate perfection of
scientific butter-making.
The new building erected by the Bos
ton Art Club is a marvel in its way. It
was built within tbe appropriation.and if
any one can show better exterior and in
terior finish, pnrer taste or greater
solidity in a building for $85,000, fin
ished and furnished, we should like to
see it.
A Eallroid Fifty fert io.
A friond of the Baltimore Sun at
Clarksburg, W. Vs., sends a clipping
irom the National Intelligencer of Octo
ber, 1831, containing a description of tbe
fuiuuiure ami uuio lutitrvau uy jur,
Galoa, editor of the Intelligencer. The
artiole makes curious reading as showing
how impossible it is evon to a man of
superior intelligence, to forecast tbe
possibilities of a great iuvon tion. It
seems that the Washington editor mado
a trip to Ellicott s Mills in company with
Dr. Owvnn, editor of thb Baltimore
Gazette, and Goorge I. Brown, an officer
of the railroad company, and in recount
ing his experience, coo fosses that "for
celerity of transportation of persons tbe
railroad possesses advantages over every
other uhkIo," though he is at the same
time careful to warn the"general reader"
that "as a great highway of commerco
the canal is beyoud camparison. bays
Air. Gales: "We experienced in a very
slight degree tho jarring, which we have
beard spoken of, in the motion of the
car. It will require, to be sure, care to
guard against accidents, i or ourselves,
we met with no accident of any sort
One of the cows, indeed, which we over
took, strolling or grazing along the edge
of the road, cast a suspicious glance to
ward it as tho car rapidly passed her,
which filled ns with a momentary alarm
lest she should attempt to cross our path.
But, luckily, she forthwith took a direo
tion from the road."
The Washington editor was unable to
ooncoive that any rational mortal would
wihu to exceed a speed o( thirteen
miles an hour, especially at night. He
says: "We traveled in a large oar
drawn by one horse, carrying eight or
ten persons, and capable, we suppose,
of carrying thirty or forty. Indeed,
the car was drawn with so much ease
that we,do not believe that had it been
so loaded its progress would have been
at all retarded by the additional weight
of the load. In tbe distance, between
Baltimore aud Ellioott's Mills.the horse
was changed once, going and coming.
In going we did not accurately reckon
the time, but, in returning, the whole
distance of thirteen miles was per
formed in fifty-nine miuutes the limit
to the Bpeod being the capacity of the
horse in trotting rather than the labor
he was tasked to perform. The loco
motive steam machine, in the train of
which cars loaded with persons are oo
casionally drawn, as well as those
loaded with tbe materials of commerce,
is propolled at about tbe same rate.and
might be propelled much more rapidly
if it were desirable. But for our part
we have no desire ever to be carried
bv anv mode of oonvevance more ran-
idly than at the rate of thirteen miles
the honr. A much greater speed, we
are satisfied, would be attended with
considerable liability to accidents, and
with no little injury to the road. Even
at that speed the greatest oare and cir
cumspection are necessary, and we do
not think we should feel entirely safe, un-
dor any circumstances, in traveling on a
railroad at night at anything like that
speed."
As a wasbingtoman, Air. uaies was
interested in tbe canal, and, therefore,
disposed to be skeptioal about tho new
means of transportation. His reg&rd for
bis entertainers leads him to say: "We
have not expressed in bighor terms than
it merits our admiration of this stu
pendous undertaking of our neighbors.
It is worthy of the public spirit of the
Monumental City." But his doubts are
great: "Whether the railroad will be a
profitable undertaking; whether, besidos
its first oost, the continual necessary ex
pense of repairs and keeping it in proper
order will not absorb too large a portion
of its receipts, are questions we shall not
undertake to consider. Nor shall we
here institute a comparison, whion might
be deemed invidious, between canal and
railroad transportation of the .heavier
and bulky artioles of commerce with
roferenoe to economy, accommodation
and general adaptation to the wants of
the country. In this particular we will
imitate the courtesy of our Baltimore
friend when be visited our canal and
would not allow himself to say anything
disparaging of it"
Gates.
Tha front crata has always been the fa
vorite lounging plaoe of lovors. Philos
ophers who know nothing of the tender
passion, except as they have studied it in
books, have been at a loss to account for
this fact. The front gate is an exposed
situation. It is visible to all who pass
alone the street, and is in most cases
oommanded by front windows from
bich the father may st any time make
observations. Why lovers should pre
fer the broad publicity' cf a gate in
such a situation to the safe retirement of
seat under the shrubbery is something
llinf antnnno rtannnt find out. Neverthe
less, this very publioity has its advan
tages in tbe eyes of tbe youg people. An
interview at the front gate has the air of
an accidental meeting. ids young wan
barmen to ba nassing and the voung
j-j.. i a w w w
woman happens at the same moment to
bA awinirinff on the gate. Thus the pair
may meet and interchange vows and
portable property without exoiting re
mark on the part of casual observers.
Then there is on the part of tbe young
woman the opportunity of being seen in
conversation with a desirable young
man. m siirht which she knows must fill
the bosoms of other girls with envy and
an. . . . .11. . I l
rage, me quiet seaiunaer wo nuruu-
hnrv all rv Wfill bnt it is not slwsvt
easy to explain tbe situation to an in
truding maiden aunt, and its very pri
vacy prevents the other girls from being
tormented with jealousy.
1'robabiy tne ryminmio moiioo oi sue
swinging gate has an attraction for
young girl at the period when she finds
her life suddenly translated into poetry.
As sbe waits for her lover she swings
dreamily to and fro, keeping time with
tha miuni nf that ilnliniuil noflm of
Tennyson that she read hist night and
thought mnst nav ueen written ex
pressly in order to describe Charles
Heury's passion for ber. When becomes
she ceases to swing, and they both lean
on tbe gate, which becomes a barrier
stron? enough to keep them from indis-
cret demonstration of affection, and yet
not high kor broad enough to be a real
separation between tbem. What do the
philosophers know of these things that
they should attempt to discuss "The
front Gate."
That the front gate is a defective piece
of mechanism is known to thousands of
young people. If a hot-tempered and
. . J-J1
aggressive father suddenly approaches
from tbe side where the young it im
proving bis time, there is little chance
of avoiding a painful scene. Mr. Tenny
son in bis little fragment, entitled "Tue
Gate," has piotured this dangor with
wonderful vividnoss and pathos:
"Tbs lovars lata aom tha fl4
And o dm vat ' tbe makmb mnn,
lb fl-ri lar-bouncliif lailier mini
aba ilalb oa w slim '
A still more serious dofect in the mod
ern gate is the fuot that it is built with
out reference to the height of any par
ticular young person. The average gate
is perfectly suited to the height of tbe
aveiage young man and young woman,
for whon she stands oa the lower bar her
bead is bronght to the same level as his
head, and conversation can thus be car
ried on without inconvenience. When,
however, a very tall young man bos to
lean ovor a gate he must of necessity as
sume a position that is both ungraceful
and uncomfortable, and tbe case of a toll
young woman is even worse. Again, if
both happen to be persons of very short
stature, the gate beoomos an actual and
formidable barrier between them. They
can only clasp hands through the bars or
pickets of the gate, and few readers of
Western journals can forgot the fate of
the small young man who had thrust
both hands through a gate, and boing
temporarily unable to withdraw them
was in that situation a holpless prey to a
large and infuriated father. '
A beneficent scientific journal has in
its last issue an account of a newly in
vented gate, which will supply a great
public want, since it is just the sort of
improvement upon tbe present style of
gate which bos boon so long needed. The
uppor bars of this gate can be lowered
by merely touching a lever, thus re
ducing the height of the gate to suoh an
extent that it can be used by lovers of
not more than threo feet high. The gate
is constructed to swing both ways, and it
can be opened or shut with a very slight
exertion of strength and in less than one
second. The great utility of this latter
feature is visible at a glance. Let ns
suppose a small lover, who has properly
reduced the height of the gale, is occu
pied in the usual way when be per
ceives a father approaching him with
a frown on his face and new
boot ready for action. Instantly that
small young man opens the gate, rushes
inside the front yard, closes the gate
again, locks it with a spring, and hoists
the upper bars to thoir normal position
in precisely three seconds by the watch.
The father, unable to jump over the high
gate, and unable to open it without a
key, is forced to permit the young man
to escape throngb tbe baok yard and
tho young girl to retire to her room and
have a headache. How many terrible
scones of blood and mangled garments
wonld have been avoided had this benif
icont variety of gate been in use during
the post ten years? Tbe inventor is a
noble man, and young people yet unborn
win naugoQ uis gate anu can mm uiosseu.
Modern Reasons.
A great many people can not under
stand why the female portion of tha
community prefer sober men. The mat
ter is simple enough:
1. wives like sober husbands beoause
they can reason with a sober man.
'i. Tbe sober man is more companion
able.
3. Sober men have pride, and pride
is a woman's main hold.
4. Sobriety means a comfortable home.
5. Good clothes for mother and chil
dren.
0. A house of your own.
T. Evenings at home instead of in a
barroom.
8. Bettor health and the enjoyment of
life.
9. An elevated view of life and a sense
of your responsibility.
in. ion are a creuit to yourwue ana
ohildren.
11. People who once despised yon will
now bless you.
12. Your words will be gauged as you
resist the tempter. '
13, xoung men will pattern alter
yu.-
14. iou wul be an ornament to so
ciety and the whole town in which you
live.
15. The whole community will take
pride in you and wish they had mora
like you.
lu. i our family and mends will ap
preciate you.
17. i our enemies will admire your
path of sobriety.
la. Bconers will oe disarmed by your
works.
19. Your many good qualities will
grow with your years.
Ylctor Hugo on Love.
There is within ns sn im materiel being.
an exile in our bodies, wbioh is destined
to survive eternity. This boing of pure
essence and a better ature in our sonl
wbioh givos birth to all enthusiasm, all
affection which apprehends God aneV
heaven. The sonl, so superior to the
body to which it is bound, would remain
upon the earth in an nnondurable deso
lation were it not permitted to choose
from among all other souls a companion
which shares with its misery in this life
and happiness in eternity.
when (two souls whion nave tuns
sought each other.for a longer or shorter
time, in the multitude, find each other
at last, when they have seen that they
agree together, that they understand
each other, in a word, that they are
alike, then there is established between
them forever a union ardent and as pure
as tbemselves.not to end in heaven. That ,
union is love, true love, such as few
men understand it.
This love is a religion which deifies
the being loved, which lives by devotion
and enthusiasm, and to which the great
est sacrifices are the sweetest pleasures.
Love, in this divine and true accopta-
tion.elevatei all the sentiments above the
miserable human sphere. We are like
to an angel who lifts as unceasingly to
ward heaven.
A strong point made in favor of the
Hampshire Down sheep is the great
weight and development of the lambs
when sold in summer. It is no discredit
to the breed to say that the unusually
early lan.bing common in tbe South of
England has something to do in securing
these results. Prof. Wrightron, an ex
tensive breeder living near Soulisburg,
says that moat of his ewes will have
lambed by the close of January, and he
expects some lambs shortly after Christmas.
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