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ELINOR NORTON.
r.v mry rn.E KMrrn.
OUAITfcK V.
X tli. auiniiiH -iel on, Ktinttr uti
' f rol lo h.r ii.iei.tiuii, a ltd, by (lie time
Winter ww over. lie began to I uve
fmtur idra nl lb lack flic had tvt her
self; bill fc!. Invrd Id aludy, and. Hid
Mated by a n.ttiie motive, abe felt meie
than evtr determined ta persevere, be
lieving that, even though abe might
i.ever be able to complete her uieUtea!
odies at a college, yet abe was acquir
ing knowledge that would doubtless be
;eful to ber, and tbat wus, at any rule,
broadening and strengthening hermlud.
The old friettd of her motber, before
mentioned, who was a physician auil
id known her motber In lier youth,
took a fatberly luereit In Elluor and
r'Msted ber In many ways about her
el-dies. He ainl bis family were in a
distant part of the country when Mrs.
Norton died, and, bad they been In the
city, Elinor would probably have found
a home with tbein.
.Muring tbe last few years Dr. Dun
had lived In Philadelphia, and, as busi
ness often brought hlra to New York.
he frequently saw Elinor, in whom be
i rst felt Interested for her mother's
sake, bat whom be soon lea rued to
r ne for ber own worth. Her quiet,
modest manners, her quick Intelligence,
ber love of knowledge, aud, possibly,
more tnau that, ber Interest In bis own
projection, in which he was an enthu
siast, made III in form a high opinion
of the orphan girl, who was so unlike
most of those of her own age and sex
be knew. He encouraged her in her
plans from tbe moment he learned she
thought of studying medicine, aud pri
vately to bis wife, who fully agreed
with him, he declared that "Elinor
Norton was worth a thousand of the
fashionable dolls who held up their
bands in horror at a woman pliysloiun,
aud wbo didn't have sense enough to
know when they were killing them
selves;" and the benevolent old doctor,
wboae years bad not made him an old
fogy, dreamed a very pleasaHt little
day-dream about tbe future of bis fa
vorite "If .be doesn't throw herself
away upon some good-fur-uotbing cox
comb!" be bald, uddttly rousing up
from an earnest inspection of the glow
ing open Are, whieh made the crisp
October evening seem warm and Summer-like.
"Well, my dear," said bis wife, "she
may marry and still not throw herself
away, you know. I never felt that I
had thrown myself away, even if I did
marry ttie wildest young fellow in the
village; but there was never anything
bad in your mischief, ltut really, dear,
I don't like to hear you talk as you sn
often do about such things. I have
always been so happy myself, and our
boy are so good and kind to their wives
tbat I can't help feeling that marriage
Is tbe best thing that eaii eome to a
woman," and the sweet-faced old lady
flushed a little at this unusually loug
peach, aud because .lie felt m inueh
more than she .aid.
Her wblte-hairvd eouimtiiii looked
fondly into the mild blue eyes tbat bad
for so many years brighled bis home.
and then said, with a alith :
" Mule you know of the world about
u, wife. It is true tbat when uieu aud
women are both what they nhouhl be,
married life la, with all it trial, ami
troubles, tbe happiest and bet this
world afford; but if you euuld know
the y.tuug iujii of this or any other city,
you would dread to see any girl you
love entrust her life to one of tliem.
Our boys were exceptions. They had
an exceptional mmber and a drcent
ftt'!r, aud -yea, I know there are other
exceptions, of eourse, but they are rare,
and one can't calculate upon remo!e
chances in his favor when he Is sure
they are like angels' vislla. If we had
had daughters, and they had married, I
fear you would not have looked unon
maokind In general as kindly as you do
now ; at least, It would have been very
t i r i .
" e imu not nan cause to
grieve more titan we have, and that if
why I hope Elinor will not get luter
estea in any one more than she now is
in ber studies. She would make
splendid wife If only the right kind of a
man knew it and would come aud win
her; bat she'd better stay single all her
days than waste hers .If on any of the
popinjays that are idling around her, or
tbe tooundrels that, though smart
enough, are not fit to aesoelute with a
decent woman for an hour even, to say
notning o a me.
"There's no use talkiug, wife " be
continued, as he saw she was about to
remonstrate. " I've always kept un
pleasant things from you as much as I
could, for I couldn't bear to have you
grieved and worried when It couldn't do
any good-; but I must say that I don'
know a decent young fellow there elnce
Frank Stoddard has gone to Europe,
and I suppose he'll come back with some
German or English girl for a wife, for
the girls are not rauali more desirable as
wives for sensible, good men than the
yourg men are for hu.bamls to pure.
joci girls, though heaven knows th
girls are enough better than the young
men."
"It's a pity," he went on, "that Frank
and Elinor never fell in love with each
other, tbey are so well suited to one
another; but, being brought up togeth
er, they seem to feel jllit like brother
and sinter."
"Well, Jiohh," -M hW wife, smil
ing, "I haven't heard 3-011 talk ho mneh
about anything unhide f your practice
far h Ioiib while Yu iniwt bring
minor her snmetlmf. I haven't seen
her for a lonij time not iore she went
oil to achool. I wonder if sho la happy,
ioor thin;! I kunw I .xlnMihlii't be if I
had to peud my time with tlme hooka'
of your aud be all my life thinking of
the st;k and cnrlnt; for them as you
are"
"Why !" said he, In mot surprise, "I
thought yon rather liked to take care of
the sick. I'm sore you are mi excellent'
nurse, aud I did not know you felt any
repugnance to my profession."
"I do not," said she, "except when I
think of spending my life that way. It
seems to me noble for you to spend your
life doing good to others ; but I am hap
pier at home, helping you when I can,
and caring for yon always, and now
that the children are all gone, I like to
help you more than ever but it Is be
cause It U helping you. I wouldn't
want to do It for stranger, only for
that."
" Well," said the doctor, rising, " I
must go to bed, for I've got to be up
early to take the first train to Boston,
as I want to get back as soon as possi
ble. Cut I must say I wish the young
men were more like those I knew when
I was young ; then one would not be po
abominably nut of patience half the
time, and a good, smart girl need not
live single or throw herself away, a I
said at first."
The good d 00 lor slept the sleep of the
young almost and rose, fre-di and vigor
ous, at early dawn, and as he strode
along tho street he had more the air
and gait of youth than most of the
young men he passed.
C1IAITKR VI.
Frank's letters home wero always
cheerful, bright and entertaining, for,
in spite of all the books of travel that
have been written, fresh accounts are
alwiys interesting, provided they are
good, because no two persons see things
exactly alike, and of course do not de
scribe the same things in precisely the
same way. Frank's letters contained
nothing very original, but they were
colored by his owu peculiar individual
ity, and were written In a manly,
straight-forward way that would have
made them pleasing to more critical
readers than those who enjoyed tbem at
home. Whether he told of a trip to
some famous mountain top, or gave the
revolt of his explorations In London or
Paris, it uas Frank who saw and heard
aud wrote, and not some other traveler
of greater name, whose words or im-
presslous he copied.
Elinor fell when reading a new re-
pert for tbe writer's mind and charac
ter, aud a conviction that he would re
turn as good und true as when he left
them ; and she unconsciously eootrasteil
him witli the young men of her ac
quaintance, aud it must lie said always
to their disadvantage.
Oue day she had been reading over
one of Fiauk's letters lu which he de
scribed Ills visit to the battle Held of
Marathon aud spoke with xreat admi
ration of the heroes who there, and at
Salamis, Thermopylae and I'latea, rolled
back the tide of Asiatic millions, who
would otherwise have overwhelmed not
only Greece, but Europe. Her eye was
bright ami her whole expression oue of
animation and lofty heroism, as If she
felt eonseinus of power to rival the
Spartan women In deeds of daring aud
In uncomplaining fortitude.
Willie thus looking ber beat, one of
her admirers, Mr. Adolphus Hartley,
called, and, Impressed by her noble
appearance, was more deferent in bis
manner than usual. He was ono of
those young rneu whose vanity leads
them to suppose that oil the girls of
their acquaintancenre sighing for them,
and that they have only to make a ee
lection aud the honored oue will thank
fully aocept the poMMou of echo uud
figure-head. Ho had found Elinor au
exception, at any rate, and It piqued
him so much that lie had resolved to
eooquer her, though when he married
he meant to have a rich wife. His
eilorls hitherto had not been very satis
factory to himself, auil were amusing to
Elinor, wlioee nature was so utterly un
like his own tbat he really could not
appreciate it enough to know what was
likely to attraet and what to repel her.
ne nan novered about her. moth-like.
till at lost he Wad ntlflkHni Ilka Iho
foolish insect, while he bad no power to
Incite iu her a feeling other than mild
contempt, mixed with pity. Consider
ing his disposition, then, It was not
strange that he entirely mistook Eli
nor's manner that day, and thought It
.uuiouieu an interest in Himself she had
never suown utlore. So he paid little
heed to Frank's letter, a portion of
which Elinor read, remarking, in re
sponse, to her glowing praise of ancient
ueroes :
"I never could see why those con
founded fools at Thermopylns didn't run
off and save themselves, Instead of
staying there to be out to pieces."
Elinor concealed her dlegust as well
as she oould, and began talking common
places, as she usually had to when Mr.
-laruey cauea; out ue seemed nervous
and ill at ease for once, and surprised
Elinor by bis ma'nner. so d.flere
bis usual self-sufllcieucy. Th.
was, he had, in spite of worldly wisdom,
resolved to sacrifice hinfrelf and bestow
upon Elinor the honor of bin hand, so
far had hi feelings over-mastered him,
and lie had come for the express pur
pose of telling hit love ; but in her pres
ence his contiileuce foraook him for the
Ural timo in her life, and he watrlied
her anxiously, now thinking b. wa
kinder than ever before, and then won
dering how she felt toward Frank, and
if It could hep M-sltile they were engaged.
Then, angry with hlmnelffor his cow
ard Ijo before her, he would try to assume
his usual indiflerent, supercilious air,
saying to himself that of course she
wnefeay "yes;" but, whenever he es
Hoyed to commence his carefully pre
paretl little eech, which eoixl ided
with an otter of his heart and hand, his
courage left liitn, aud he uttered instead
some insipid remark about the last ball
or the new prima donna. Finally, mak
ing a desperate effort, he nerved himself
to say, in such an unnatural voice that
It attracted her attention at once,
"Miss Eliuor, I have long felt ''
But just then the door opened and
Captain Talbot entered, and Elinor was
lea to imagine Mr. Hartley's feelings,
which, iudeed, was not dillloult.
Mr. Hartley, Inwardly ours lug his
rival and his owu foolish delay, soon
departed; for the Captain was a rival,
and a dangerous oue, too, the young
man thought, in spite of his bald head,
his forty-live years, and his geueral un
attractiveness, for he was very wealthy,
and had the name of being a marrying
man. and had shown lalnlv milto n
preference for Eliuor, wiiioh was very
Hsionisuing to an tne young lames who
were trying to win his regard. They
would have felt more astonishment had
they known how she shrauk fiom him
and discouraged his attentions as muoh
as possible. His nature was ooarse and
utterly repulsive to her, In spite of the
superficial gloss It had received from
education and association with the re
filled aud intelligent. He was gross aud
Hensuiil In his appearance, and had he
been a poor man the fashionable young
ladles who now courted his attentions
would have turned from him with loath
ing. But as long as girls are brought up to
no employment by which they can hon
orably earn their living, many will dis
honorably earn it, by Belling themselves
to the man who oan offer them the most
money ; and their eyes are blinded,
their moral sense benumbed, to the
Imseuess of such conduct by the false
idea that legal marriage can make It
right.
Captain Talbot had come, like young
Hartley, to ask Elinor to be his wife.
He was not so sure of his own power as
that vain young man, for his years had
taught him that gold cannot buy all,
and he well knew that he bad-nothing
else to recommend him to a young girl ;
but he was incapable of appreciating
Elinor's pure aud noble nature, and
thought that because she was poor aud
dependent he might tempt her to do
what others were so eager to do, though
he perceived that she was dillerent from
them how, he hardly knew. But,
though he con Id notappreel-tte, he could
admire, and he knew that she would
make a stately and beautiful mistress of
his splendid home, aud that she was
more attractive because reserved and
distunt in all her intercourse with lilni.
Mrs. SloJdard had favored the Cap
tain's suit In every way in her power,
for she thought it would be a grand
and appropriate finale to all she bad
done for Elinor, If she should secure for
ber a man who was considered tiie tuost
desirable match of the season.
So Captain Talbot thought the pros
pect tolerably fair enough so, at any
rate, for him to venture a proposal, fur
he feared to delay long, lest some
younger man might deprive him of the
prize ho coveted, for Eliuor was a favor
ite with many, in spite of her reserve
and her poverty.
But he has been talkiug with her all
this while, and the result has not been
gratifying to him. He' did not profess
much love, but made his offer In an a fa-
run', business-like way, after a brief
conversation, aud Elinor quietly but
firmly refused him. His nature was
oue in which love easily turns to bate,
and the expression of his small black
eyes, deeply set In his heavy face, was
not good to sec.
"Do you realize what you are doing,
Miss Norton?" said he, In low, hard
tones. "I offer you an honorable name,
a luxurious home, a fine position In so
ciety ; I offer you my love everything
a woman could wish and yon refuse it.
Is this your final answer? Perhaps I
have been to hasty. I will wait. If you
wish, till to-morrow. Shall I come to
morrow?" He bad risen from his seat near ber
while speaking, aud uow stood awaiting
her answer, while his flushed face and
shining pate showed how keenly he felt
this blow to bis pride as well as his
hopes.
Elinor's face was palo and her Hps
set, but she answered, calmly anil
kindly :
"My answer Is final. rintfilti Talbot.
I cannot become your wife, though I
appreciate the honor you do me. and
.u you ror It. But I cannot change
"""U, sou 1. wnillll
! painful feelings to meet again Vmor.
row,
"Bo It so. Mlsa v,in , , .
, . V, I wllt, "
It cnU.r Ui.
--r, " iuiiy.
ou will bear from
me again !" and he turned hastily and
left the room in a violent pnsslnn.
Elinor fell a shudder pass orer her as
he li'teued In the threatening words
'and glanced at the cruel face, and when
ho was gone she sank down on the cofa,
feeling weak anil exhausted, for she hail
been dreading this interview for tome
time, ami now that it hid pased so
iminfiilly all her Impre-slons of this
in anM character were confirmed, and a
vague fear of uhat ho might do In the
future pervaded her mind. Then, tor,
she thought how disappointed Mrs.
Stoddard would be, for that lady hud
not hefcllated to tell her plainly that she
woulJ be a fool If sho let such a chance
slip; and the poor girl heartily wished
that she could go quietly away and .
avoid tolling Mrs. Stoddard of the event
of the visit. But, as that could not be
done, she nerved herself to bear the re
proaches she expected. She was n t to
be in suspeuse very loug, fur Mrs. Stod
dard happened to see the augry Captain
waddllug wrathfully away, as she sal at
her own wludow, and she well under
stood the look of hatred aud disappoint
ment on his unlovely countenance. Site
could scarcely believe the evidence be
foro her, aud so Impatient and angry
did she feel that in a short time she sent
for Elinor. When the latter came, with
heavy heart and downcast eyes, Mrs.
Stoddard abruptly said :
" Elinor, what does this mean ? Is It
possible that you have sent Captain Tal
bot away ? I saw him pass a few min
utes ago. Tell me, have you refused
him?' she added, sharply, as Elluor
stood silent a few moments, pondering
a reply.
"I could not do otherwise," she said,
in a low but firm voice.
"Could not do otherwise 1" repeated
Mrs. Stoddard, in Icy tones. "I do not
understand you. It seems almost In
credible that you could do what you
have done. I can see no possible reason
for such a refusal. Y'ou will never get
such a chance again. There Is uot a
young lady of my acquaintance who
would not be glad of such an opportu
nity. You ore certainly tho most sin
gular person I ever saw. What reason
oould you have had for such au aston
ishing proceeding ?"
Elluor succeeded In retaining her
composure, and replied quietly, but with
spirit :
"I refuse.I him btcatiso I have no re
gard for him, aud I thiuk it a shame
aud a disgrace for a woman to marry a
man she cannot love."
"Well, I did think you hail more
tense than to talk and act like a silly,
sentimental school-girl !" said Mrs. S.
"Such foolish ideas are too absurd to bo
entertained by a girl who Is utterly pen
niless. You will find that a good home,
a proper position in society, aud a kind,
indulgent husband are far more sub
stuutial blessings than the sickly senti
mentality you call love, uhlch lasts but
a short time ut best, and leaves Its vic
tims to repent of their folly the rest of
their lives. I must say I think you
show but little regard for my wishes,
considering all I have done for you. I
could not have been more disapHiinted
if you hud been my own daughter. I
should like to know what you expect to
do, where you expect to find a man who
will precisely suit you," she added, as
Elinor was about to speak.
Elinor alternatively Hushed and jMileil,
aud she now spoke quickly and under
her breath.
"I think a worn 111 may live a useful
life without marrying ul nil, anil she
ought to try to do so, if tbe right man
doesn't umiie. I shall, nl any rate. I
asked your consent long ago to fit my
self fur t-elf support, and I will gladly
begin my studies whenever you will
permit. I am not waiting for nor ex
pecting any such impossibleynung man
as you describe. I have always looked
forward to supporting myself, aud I
would rather do it by the most slavish
toil than become the wife of a man so
repulsive to me as Captain Talbot."
Her voice had risen as she went on,
till it rung out almost defiantly with
the last words, and as Mrs. Stoddard
looked up at the usually quiet girl with
surprise, she felt that hero was a diller
ent spirit from her own, and one she
could not Influence by the arguments
so potent with most persons. But she
only felt angered by this and said,
coldly :
"It Is the fashion, I suppose, for
young persons to be wiser than their
elders, and to do just as they choose,
without regard to those who have cared
for them, but I did expect something
better from you. Xo, I do not ish to
hear anything more. You may go now."
Elinor received her dismissal thank
fully, and retired to her own room. Her
proud, sensitive spirit felt keenly the
reproaches of Mrs. Stoddard, anil It was
hard for her to remain dependent upon
her ; but not for one moment did sho re
gret the answer she had given Captain
Talbot, nor wish that young Hartley
had told what he felt.
To be continue..
"I've got another, my dear," said Mr.
Dorkius as lie hurried into tbe house.
"If you were on top of Trinity Church
spins on the back of a goose, how would
you get down?" Mm. Dorkius thought
she would jump down, slide down the
lightnlug rod, lly down on the goose,
fall down, and then gave It up. "Why,
If you wanted to get down, you could
pick itotr the goose," said Mr. Dorkius,
exultantly.
I've Iw-n think I ok to-ntelitof beaves.
Or lit Hint when, lmm aartii care frre,
I uliall pass lliehlnine uliU"
To tli nborexol eteniitr;
When lifnre the ureal Afl-Flhr
Aral tlx anfcele 1 fball startd
And are the rrfolgent glory.
In th baauUful dnteM land.
I'or the flnt few bleaaeit ninrr.etiU
I nhall nut apeak a wont.
Hot will only view Willi raptore
Tbe feteeof tbe btvtns Inl.
All the worry, erlef alxl angulab
Ami pain will ftMcetien be.
And my heart will only thank htm
For bin many gift to me.
Then I hall aak for my baby.
And he'll Md tome anEl go
And brine me my little "Dahey"
Who lea roe m lone ago.
And when Willi Joy 1 eUMi ber
la my emity arm at last.
The weary bearlaebe will be gone.
And the days ot korrow pax.
Then we'll teek a quiet corner.
Some bank where flower bloom xweet.
And eome mossy bme goes dancing
In thegrasMaatAurleet.
The air will be fall or raoile,
l,ove, peace, beam on every aide:
Near my heart my new-ioand darling.
Then I kball be ealkfied.
LETTEB lEOM NEW YORK.
PKOJI OUK KEOCI.VKC0RRK8rONDKNT
IotheKditokop thb Xkw Northwest:
According to present arrangements,
there will be held on May 21st and 22.1,
at Science Hall, iu this city, a philan
thropic convention. The circular of an
nouncement, among other things, sets
forth in substance that the friends of
humanity believe that our social system
may be improved by au organized as
sociation of labor and capital, plans for
accomplishing such results to be dis
cussed at the convention, which will
also have for its purpose the organiza
tion of a mutual employment company,
whose object shall be tbe furnishing of
worthy people with constant employ
ment. The call is signed by gentle
men representing the States of Virginia,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, West Vir
ginia, New York, District of Columbia,
Illinois, Iowa, Dakota, Georgia, Penn
sylvania, Vermont, Missouri and Mich
igan. The recently talked-of grand through
route to the West, via the Erie, A. &,
G. , C. C. &, I., Wabash, aud the
Hannibal and St. Joe road, Is exerting
a beneficial effect upon those roads and
the contrary upon those known as the
Vanderbllt roads. The scheme, It is
said, also contemplates taking in the St.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern rood,
which now connects with the Kansas
Pacific at Kansas City, and will shortly
connect, via their Omaha branch, with
the Union Paolfic All the Southwest
or "I. T." stocks are firm at their re
cent advance, the Idea being that the
Indian Territory must be opened by-and-by,
and then these roads will be bene
fited. Arrangements have been made
for the building of a road from Oswego,
Kansas, some two hundred miles west,
through the State, which will add large
ly to the receipts of the present line.
Tills road has a grant from the State of
Misouri of two million acres of land,
aud connects with the Missouri, Kansas
andTexasnt Vinitl. C. C. & I. a stock is
firm, on the belief that the decision so
long looked for will be In its favor aud
against the Pennsylvania liailmad Co.
The re organization or the Ohio and
Missouri road is progressing fuvoraldy,
and the rond will shortly be taken out
of the bunds of the receiver, ami, what
Is very odd uow-o-days, with Its debt
not only not Increased, but absolutely de
creased Mine $1,600,000. There was an
immense business in Erie mortgages
again to-day; these bonds are growing in
great favor witli Investors. The demand
is predicated on the steady gain in the
earnings of the road and great econo
inles practiced iu its management; tbe
laying of the third rail has Immensely
increaed the currying copaoity to the
road, aud there can lie no doubt but
that the completion of the New Eng
land connection iu June will add ma
terially to Its revenue.
Jackson S. Schultz said this morning
that the committee of citizens, which
has been considering the project of the
world's fair In 1883, in New York, has
come to an agreement on a site. "A re
port," continued Mr. Schultz, "is Iu
process of preparation, and will be com
pleted and made public in a few days,
which will describe theslte approved by
tho committee, aud explain why it is a
desirable one." Mr. Schultz declined
to tell exactly where the site in question
Is, preferring to refer everybody to the
forthcoming report. It is said that the
committee will report in favor of a tract
of one hundred and seventy acres lying
between Long Island and the Southern
boulevard, west of Port Morris and east
of Harlem bridge. The United States
Board of Trade Committee have received
a number of letters approving tbe pro
ject of the New York world's fair from
prominent men throughout the country,
Tbe funeral of General John A. Dix
took place at one o'clock on Thursday
afternoon from Trinity Church. The
building was crowded with the Intimate
friends of the deceased, and the funeral
was more of a public ovation than the
relatives had desired. Flags were at
half-mast on all the harbor forts and
Government, Stateand municipal build
ings. Minute guns were fired. from the
lorts during the funeral services. The
Custom-house aud Sub-Treasury were
closed, aud the State Courts adjourned
after a brief session. The body of Geu
eral Dlx was brought from the bouse
and deposited In the church Wednesday
night. The church was totally devoid
of any decoration or drapery. On the
coffin plate was tho Inscription, "John
A. Dix, born July 21tb, 1793; died
April 21st, 1870." Among the di
tiugnished persons in the church were
ex-Governor Tilden, John Joy, General
D. 15. Sickles, Hamilton Fish, Jr., Wil
liam E. Dodge, Postmaster James, Gen
erals Merritt and McMahou, Tburlow
Weed, General Relburne Knox, Rob
ert Wlnthrop of Massachusetts, and
others. Right Reverend Bishop Potter
began the services for the dead, begin
uiiig, "I am the resurrection and the
life." The scene was singularly im
prcssive and solemn, and the words of
the venerable bishop were beard
throughout the great building.
A decision wus given to-day by Jus
tice Smith in the case of tbe Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
against Messrs. Stariu and Mulford, of
Niblo's Garden, for employing a little
glil, named USvis, aged" seven" years, in
tho"Blaek Crook." The society claimed
ti e child danced in the ballet and was
subjected to immoral and degenerate in
fluences. Justice Smith, while opposed
to tbe employment of children in spec
tacular plays or ballets, said he failed to
see that the evidence disclosed sufficient
facts to bring the defendants within
the strict construction of the statute.
He therefore dismissed the case.
Thomas Kelly, car-driver, who lives
with his mother Iu Brooklyn, was se
verely bitten in the palm of the right
ban I by a savage Newfoundland dog on
the 20th of February. He was takeu to
the Long Island College Hospital Im
mediately after the occurrence, and tbe
wound was cauterized. It healed up,
and Kelly, who is twenty-one years of
age, thought no serious results would
follow. Ou Friday last be felt a sharp
pain in bis right band, which extended
up his arm to the shoulder. As it rap
Idly became more severe he became
alarmed and went to Long Island Col
lege Hospital. Last Sunday be was
taken worse; the sight of water threw
him Into convulsions. Dr. Pendergrast
and Dr. Walton were called In and pro
nounced him to be suffering from hydro
phobia in its worst form. They at once
begau a course of treatment, consisting
In port of hyperdermiu Injections of
morphine and Injections of beet tea and
brandy. Young Kelly suffers great
agony. Ills physician will not express
his opinion as to the ebauces of bis re
covery.
A number of workmen are now
eugaged In the post office in building tbe
"bridges" upon which the electric light,
with which it Is proposed to illuminate
tbe south corrordor, will slide. The as
sistant custodian of the post office, when
asked this morning how soon the work
would be completed aud the new lights
put into active use, said It was beyond
his power to tell. The contractors had
promised to have the work finished by
Saturday evening of last week, but
much still remained to do, and be did
not care to make predictions which de
pended for their fulfillment upon other
men, especially in a new enterprise of
tills kind. August.
New York, April 26, 1S79.
Awful Warning.
Men who appose tiie advancement of
women would do welt to ponderover tbe
following facts:
Judge Hunt, of the United Slates
Supreme Court, decided in tbe Federal
District Court of New York, a few years
luce, iu the cate of Susan B. Anthony,
ttiat women could not vole, auu refused
Miss Anthony a jury trial on tier case.
He has since hail a stroke of paralysis
which will probably prove fatal.
Hon. Mr. Hurtraut, Chairman of the
Committee appointed to consider the
question of Woman Suffrage In the
United States Uongress, cave the cast
ing vote against it. He died, sud
denly, soon after.
Benjamin F. Hopkins, who refused to
recommend tbe appointment of Angle
King as postmistress of Jauesville, Wis.,
after promising it, and after ber being
duly chosen by the Republican voters
of her city, Uieu before tho next sessiou
of Congress.
Chief-Justice Ryan, of the Wisconsin
Supreme Court, has been in feeble health
ever since lie rendered his famous de
cision denying Miss Goodell Die right
to practice in his Court. Duriug the
Winter that the law permitting tbe ad
mission of women was pending in the
Legislature, he lay at the point ordealh.
The bill passed and he rallied, but has
never been i-trong since.
A well-known member of the Wis
coin in bar, wbo spoke stieeriugly of the
admission of women, died soon after of
a distressing Illness.
Justin D. Fulton, a Baptist minister
who lias been ror years one or tne rau
bitter opposers of Woman Suffrage, eon
descending to the most Insulting kind or
ridicule, has recently been expelled
from the Baptist conference In ew
York, for using similar language to
wnrd some of his ministerial brethren.
Thus Justin has been at length over
taken by poetic justice. He is ecclesi
astically. If not physically.dead. Janet
ville Daily Record.
"No, don't learn a trade, young man.
You might soli your bunds, wilt your
shirt collar, and spoil your complexion
swpotlinr. Go hang your chin over a
counter; learn to talk twaddle to the
ladies; part your hair in the middle;
make an ass ot yourself generally, and
work for wages that wouldn't support a
Chinese laundryman on rice-fed rats aud
leave a big enough balance to pay his
washwoman just because it's a little
more genteel in tbe eyes of the people
whose pride prevents them from pound
Inir rock or hewing wood, aud whose
poverty pinches worse than those patent
cross-iecceo clonics-pins, 11 iue ouiu
wore bnly told." Blmira OattUe.
A Canadian couple, on their way to
Dakota to settle, weigh OH pounds; the
man 310 pounds, aud tbe wife 304
pound. Let us hope tbat they 'will be
careful what tbey settle on.
THE COUIXG DAWN.
Anbe 'SE5,l'n'! tbreogh the tr,,
A ml.irV billable '
pil5wn,Ml liiink ir key.
Jara:!Tbste..
And I hear a mi.inv- ,
Tbe bold O.hi
And the nation. J ?J?S Wroag
Ute the tumuli ni V'hn"
Though the a-. nSv?l7.nJ- .
Yet the hopeH or all IbehlTv '
Have been staked against u. atnmg.
Xow the time is text approacuin.
In tbe battle ot tbe right.
When the golden tx'.m of morning
Glad aball triumph o'er tbe night.
Ami a zone or brilliant sunlight
.Soon shall flood tbe world with gaM.
And mi the earth with glory.
Like as Eden was of old.
There are million voice, bumming.
Like tbe waking of ihe dead.
And tbe tramp of armlen coming,
Like a shaking earthqoake tread; .
'While the day-dawn breaking o'er on
Floods I be land and sweeps tbe tea.
And all Nature Joins the rborus - -
Of tbe anthems of the tree.
Capital Punishment.
Public executions can hardly bo
viewed in any other light tban "lgl
Ized murders," and take place 'Only in
pursuanceof the provisions of ananeJent
law and usage which sprang into exist
ence in the twilight or Infancy of man's
intellectual development. The law en
actiug "an eye for an eye, a tooth tor a
tooth and blood for blood" has been ab
rogated, at least in theory, for nearly
two thousand years, and yet tbe most
enlightened and Christian nations Id the
world appear to be the most ardent ad
herents of Ibis old law of "vibdletive
justice." In pursuanceof such a heath
enish custom, a poor, unionuBsue ie
male, whose misfortune in becoming a
mother, perhaps, drove her to tbe verge
of insanity and prompted her to.dealroy
ber own offspring (for what mother at
all compos mentis would ever dream of
committing suub a rash and unnatural
act?) must dangle in mid-air aUlhe end
of a rope on the 20th of June ue.f t, until
she shall be pronounced dead, (fead,
dead I and may God have meroyoaour
(heathenish) souls.
In a new and sparsely settled com
munity, where society is in its Infancy,
law inoperative, legal processes uncer
tain, and prisons scarce and insecure;
and under such circumstances the coun
try Is invaded by bauds of "road agents"
or Infested by horse-thieves or other
lawless hordes, then an occasional
"night matinee," for their special ben
efit, would, perhaps, be necessary no!
proper a military necessity, as it were
butto publicly murderapoor, uufortu
nato colored woman iu broad day-light,
in one of the populous centres of civil
ization, refinement aud Christianity, is
simply to outrage every seuse ot propri
ety, every humane sentiment of the
bead and heart, and every accepted the
ory of advanced thought and progress
ive intelligence that so impressively
stamp tbe age iu wbieh we live.
A Wonderful Lake In Colorado
is a ten-acre field wbicli is no more uor
less than a subterranean lake-covered
with soil about eitfbu.n inches deep.
On the soil is cultivated a flcM-of com,
wl-ich produces thirty or forty bushel,
to the acre. It any one will take tbe
trouble to dig a bole tbe depth of &
spade handle he will find it to till with
water, ami by using a uook ana line,
fish four or five inches long can be
caught. These llsh have neithor scales
nor eyes, auu are perch-IiKe In sbane.
The ground is black marl in its na
ture, and iu all probability was at oh
time an open body of water, 00 which
was accumulated vegetable matter,
whieh has tieen increased from time
to lime, until now it lias a crust atiln-
cJeutly strong and rich to produce fim
corn, though It has to be cultivated bj
hand, as It is not strong enough to bear
the weight of a horse. While harvest
ing, the field hands catch great strings
of fish by punching a bole through. A
person rising ou his heel and coming
down suddenly can see the urowiun
corn shake all around him. Auy one
having the strength to drive a rail
through this crust wilt lina on releasing
it that it will disappearaltogetber. The
whole section of country surraundius:
this field gives evidence of marshiness.
and the least rain produces an abund
ance 01 inuu. jsut the question comes
up, has not this body an outlet ? Al
though brackish, tbe water tai:. u, it
fresh, aud is evidently not s inaat.
Yet these fish are eyeless and sc tl itess
similar to those found in caves.
Babylon. The traveler who is for-'
tunate enough to see Babylon in April
cannot cull it desolate. The da s proves
aud gardens along tbe banks of tbe Eu
phrates are then things of beaoty in
their fresh spring verdure, and t'i-' olaio
itself is laid down with crops. liga
tion canals cross it here and thir-, or
give trouble to the horseman. o g
grows upou the mounds, and tbre;
patchesof the level while with tbe nl-.
which is to be found here, as io "iij
parts of Mespotamla: but the s jrface af
the soil is, on the whole, green and pleas
ant to tbe eye. me B'" wm. 01 10m
.i... Univ lu the bright morui nsr san
guine, wlih pam a,M' mulberry bang
ing over its banks, drinking in sap and
lif.. Tbe great city wuicn counted Us
population by millions, and tilled the '
-rnrlii with a renown not yet f'-o.
disappeared under the dust of twenty
ponturies : bu t nature Is as fresh and
locund as when Babylon was atiU
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nuiiu liirus sing uwuru mi
Spring nlr, butterflies flutter abssft ii f
search of flowers, aud balmy odors rig:'
the sense.
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"Ob, I suppose he loves Sarah, and ,
would be glad to marry her," sue was
saving to another woman In tbe post
olilce corridor, the other day; "but I
dunno." "Isu't be a niee young man r
asked the other. "Wen, ue's njn;
enough, but very reckless wt!. a,
money. At Christmas time he made u
a present of a French clock for tbe par
lor, and there's not one of us lu tw
house could speak a word of Franco. " '
might just as well hove presented u
with a Gerroau lrao,rae,f' i
Ish umbrella. We bad to irsde It fer r
barrel of molasses."
Never attempts V5!u4 - :
slon that you are a g'J'eo.
the faults of dlsm-g"'31' ,JS
cause certain Rrea' " - Y'a -,
arJ"egJ' eat by imitating u. r
will become great
eccentricities.
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