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    THE HERALD.
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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1874.
NUMBER 28.
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If PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telesrams of Aefompanvins Dates.
Monday, Sept. 28. The river Segre,
running through the Province of Lerida,
Spain, lias overflowed its banks, causing
great damage to properly and a serious loss
of life. Iii the town of Tarrega fully 200
nouses were swept away and many persons
were drowned.. ..Antiguia, in Guatemala,
has been destroyed by an earthquake
A frightful typhoon passed over Hon"
Kong, China, on the 27th, destroying several
vessels, a great number of houses, and about
1,000 lives.... It is reported in Washington
that the Porto Rieo annexation story has
really drawn the fire of Russia and the United
States, and was, in reality, one part
or a scheme of Bismarck to convulse
Euror?. It is Faid that Russia, fully
advised of the intention of Bismarck to
acquire a foothold in Americn, and with the
assurance that we will not permit the trans
for or colonial possessions in America from one
European nation to another, is prepared to
ally with the United States in the event that
Germany determines to force her aspirations
The Rt. Rev. Henry W. Lee, first Episco
pal Bishop of Iowa, died at Davenport ou the
morning of the 20th, of a gangrened hand and
arm, the result of an accident which occurred
some weeks before. He was tifty-nine years
ol age A circular dated Sept. 21 and
signed by John McEnery and T. B. Pcnn was
distributed in New Orleans on the 2Gth, call
ing on officers of organized troops and all
citizens having in their possession arms or
ammunition belonging to the State to
have the 6ame at once delivered to
certain specified officers of United States
iruops, anu stating mat persons so
delivering would not be interfered with by
the tinted States or State authorities..
President Grant on the 20th received a tele
gram from Gov. Moses, of South Carolina,
calling for Lnited States troops to aid in sup
pressing disorders in Edgefield County. The
President directed a reply to the effect that a
company of troops was already stationed
there, which, it was expected and believed,
would a fiord all adequate protection. An
Augusta (Ga.) dispatch of the 20th says the
troubles m Edgefield were over, the Captain
of the colored militia company having deliv
ered up his arms to the United States troops
and the negroes having returned to their
homes.
Tuesday, Sept. 29. Miss Catherine E
ISeecber having published a statement rela
tive to the Buecher controversy, in which
she makes certain accusations against Henry
C. Bowen, of the New York f,
among other things charging him with
being the real originator of the great scan
dal, Mr. Bowen has responded by denying
n Utn the allegations of Miss Beecher
and emphatically declaring that he was not
the originator of the charges against Henry
ard Beecher, and that the latter gentleman
never charged him (Bowen) with improper
onduet....The Grand Jury of Kings Coun-
fy, N. Y., have found a criminal indict
ment against Francis D. Moulton for libeling
Miss Edna Dean Proctor. Bail was fixed at $20,-
000 A census just completed by the
local authorities in Minnesota gives 552,-
0(X) as the present population of the State.
and rates the taxable value of all property
within its borders at $217,000,000 an average
of a fraction over $303 per capita.... A
national convention is to be held at Louis-
ille, Ky., Oct. 21, to consider the question
of the removal of the national capital
from "Washington to the Mississippi Vallev
.. Ihe Burlington & Missouri River Rail
road in Nebraska has given $5,000 to the
Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, and the
Union Pacific has given the same amount.
The money will be used to supply food, fuel
and clothing to frontier farmers whose crops
were destroyed by grasshoppers.
Wednesday, Sept. 30. Late Madrid
dispatches say there had been continuous
fighting in the Province of Navarre for four
days previous to the 25th. On that day
twenty-two battalions of Carlists attacked
Gen. Moriones' army at Bersain. A sanguin
ary conflict ensued, resulting in the repulse of
the Carlists along the whole line. Their
losses were very heavy.. . The New York
Liberal State Convention has declared it un
wise to make nominations for State officers
...A collision occurred on the Utica A Che
ango Valley Railroad on the 20th, near
Oxford, N. Y., between a gravel and a passen
ger train, the former of which was standing
on the main track and loading at the time of
the accident. E. fluids, mail agent, was
caught in the ruins of his car, and his body
was burned. A fireman and a lady passenger
were fatally injured, and several other per
sons were slightly bruised. The mail car and
contents were burned up. A stopped watch
is said to have caused the disaster. .'. .The
Conservative and Republican Committees in
New Orleans have effected a compromise by
which it is agreed that the registration shall
be committed to an Advisory Board to be
composed of two Democrats, two Republi
cans and an umpire The Democrats of
Nevada have nominated L. R. Bradley for
Governor, Jewctt Adams for Lieutenant-Governor,
and A. C. Ellis for Congress. The
platform adopted opposes massed capital,
subsidies and a third term; condemns
the back-salary grab; opposes Chinese immi
gration ; favors laws for regulating fares and
freights; indorses the Eight-Hour law;
arraigns the Administration for its abuse
of power; demands the repeal of the bullion
tax and condemns the acta of violence
recently perpetrated in the South Con
gressional nominations on the 29th: Re
publicanFifth Ohio District, Reynolds
M. Little. Democratic First Missouri, Ed
ward C. Kehr; Second do, Erastus Wells, re
nominated; Third do, William H. Stone,
renominated . . . .The Supreme Court of Wis
consin has given a decision, vacating so much
of the order of the court excepting the Prairie
du Chien Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Taul Railroad from the operations of the
Potter law.
Thursday, Oct. 1. Iteports received
at the Agricultural Department show that the
wheat crop will nearly average that of last
year. None of the large corn-producing
States reach an average. There will be a fair
crop of oats, potatoes and hay, but less than
half a crop of tobacco Orders have been
issued at Washington for four companies of
cavalry to proceed to Western Alabama on
account of the alleged disturbed con
dition of that section The Rcpub
Iicaus of the Thirty-first New York
District hive renominated Lyman K.
Bass for Congress A collision occurred on
the Allegheny Valley Railroad, near New
Bethlehem, Pa., on the 30th ult between a
mail train and a freight train. The engi
neer and fireman of the mail train and
a passenger named Tlenry Doyle were
killed, an express messenger was fatally
and a newsboy and pasenger were seriously
injured. The baggage-car, containing the
baggage, mail and express, ' was burned.
The accident was caused by the telegraph
operator at New Bethlehem falling to hold
the passenger train for orders, as directed....
Considerable excitement has been recently
caused in Chicago and at the East over the
threatened withdrawal from that city of the
insurance companies represented in the Na
tional Board of Underwriters. Several com
panies have already ceased issuing policies
on risks in Chicago. These companies allege
that the facilities for extinguishing tires in the
city are entirely inadequate, while the expos
ure to lire is so great that companies cannot
afford to do business there. Certain demands
have been made on the city authorities, a com
pliance with which it is thought will materially
lessen the danger of extensive conflagrations
A Madison (Wis.) special of tho 30th ult.
says both the Northwestern and the Milwau
kee fe St. Paul Railroads were a?out to com
ply with the Potter law, their agents having
received the new schedule of rates for pas
sengers and freights in accordance
with the provisions of that law....
Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has issued a
address to the people of the United States, in
which he declares his willingness to have all
his official acts subjected to a rigid and criti
cal examination. He claims a great reduc
tion in State expenses and taxation for the
current year as compared with the two pre
ceding vears....Moul ton's bail in the Proctor
libel suit has been reduced to $3,000.
Friday, Oct. 2. The London Timet
contradicts the statement recently current
that the Queen had paid . the debts of the
Prince of Wales.... A recent London dispatch
announces the breaking of the direct cable,
and the retun of the vessels engaged inlaying
it Advices from the North of Spain to Lon
don journals of the 1st indicate the breakin
up of the Carlist army. Several of the insur
gent leaders had already surrendered, and it
was reported that others had been shot by order
of Don Carlos for demanding a cessation of
hostilities The marriage of Lieut Thomas
W. Fitch, U. S. N., to Miss Maria E. Sherman,
daughter of Gen. Shermrn, occurred at Wash
lnirton on the 1st. Ihe marriage service was
performed in St. Aloi'sius' Church
by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati,
assisted by the resident clergy of
the Catholic faith. The attendance
of invited guests was very large, and the wed
ding presents numerous and costly.... Con
gressional nominations on the 1st: Demo
cratic First Tennessee District, William
McFarland; Third Michigan, Fidus Liver
more; Fourteenth New York, George M
Bee be. Republican Fifth Tennessee, H. II.
Harrison, renominated; Twenty-seventh New
York, T. C. Piatt, renominated; Second Texas,
F.W.Sumner; Sixth New Jersey, Marcus L
Ward, renominated. Reform Eighth W la-
consm, li. W. Cate. uemocratic-i.iDerai
Thirt3--tbird New York, A. F. Allen The
Supreme Court of Indiana has decided consti
tutional the law providing for a special elec
tion of Judges and Attorneys of the judic ial
districts into which the State was divided by
the Legislature in 1S73.
Saturday, Oct. 3. A barge laden with
powder was lying in the Regent Canal, Lon
don, near the Zoological Gardens, on the 2d,
when an explosion occurred with terrific ef
fects. A number of persons were killed and
wounded, and houses and bridges within a
space or two miles eacu way were snat
tered. A number of valuable animals
in the garden were Killed.... a late ar
rival from Japan brings the intelli
gence that the recent tvphoon caused great
destruction at Nagasaki. Several steamers
and over 1,000 junks were wrecked, 0,000
houses destroyed, and over 300 lives lost at
Nagasaki, Kobe and Sagakcn....Atty.-Gcn.
Williams has sent a circular to the
United States Marshals in the Southern
States suggesting to them the appointment
of some prudent and fearless person as
Deputy Marshal in remote parts in each dis
trict, to act at once in the arrest of parties
committing outrages in the vicinity, so that it
may not be necessary in such cases to send
for the United States Marshal before troops
can be used for the purpose of arresting those
guilty of violating the laws of the United
States Mr. Elmer W ashburn, formerly Po
lice Superintendent of Chicago, has been ap
pointed Chief of the Secret Service of the
Government, vUt Whitely, resigned.... The
following Congressional nominations were
made on the 2d: Democratic and Independent
Ninth Illinois District, L. F. Ross. Lib
eral First Michigan, A. S. Williams. .. .The
Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided
that parents, and not teachers, have the right
to determine what studies their children shall
pursue in school. . . .The Nevada Independents
have nominated a State ticket, composed of
seven Democrats, four Republicans and three
Independents. For Governor, L. R. Bradley;
Lieutenant-Governor, A. J. natch; Congress
man, A. C. Ellis.
clergymen from New York and Brooklyn and
the resident priests of the District,
The bridesmaids were Misses Lizzie and
Ella Sherman, sisters of the bride: Miss
Phillips, of Cincinnati; Miss Fanny Marcy,
daughter of Gen. Marcy, United States Army;
Miss Alice Bartley, of Washington; Miss
Maria Patterson, of St Louis: Miss Ella
Ewing and Miss Bessie Smith, of Cincinnati.
The groomsmen were Charles Rae, of the
Engineer Corps; Lieut Hunter, Paymaster
Cochrane, Edwin Wells, of the Engineer
Corps; Lieut. Wood, United States Navy;
Lieut Russcl, of the Marine Corps; Thomas
E. Sherman, brother of the bride, and Mr. G.
Alvin, of Boston.
The bride leaned upon the arm of her
father. The groom stood within the sacristy,
near a door leading to the sanctuary, and as
the bridal rartv approached the altar he
passed through the sanctuary, leaning upon
the arm of Gen. Hugh Ewing, the brother of
Mrs. Sherman, and met the bride near the en
trance to the sanctuary,
hr from her father.
The entire party then approached the altar
railing, and, alter Kneeling a snori lime, iook
the positions assigned them.
All being in readiness, the Archbishop en
tered the sanctuary from the sacristy, ana
proceeded with the marriage ceremony.
The bride and groom first received the holy
communion.
At the conclusion of mass a special blessing
was given, and the ceremony ended.
Before the mass Archbishop Purcell read
portions of the Scripture rclatiug to the sacra
mcnt of matrimony and then addressed the
congregation. He said that the marriage
ciri'iiKinr bail never before been performed
in the United States under more intercrtin
circumstances than the present He was told
that among those in the church was the ruler
of the great Republic the greatest nation ef
ancient or modern tunes, liere aiso as me
father of the bride,who had achieved such fame
as a soldier and was a most devoted patriot.
There were other brave officers and Generals
present who had gained the admiration and
1 . . . . AA..1. TI .
rcsnecr oi everv nauun oi m caim.
then referred to 'the sanctity of the marriage
tie. and said when the marriage union was
consummated under such auspices as were
witnessed to-dav there was every reason to
believe that Almighty God -would bless the
coupic. the Archbishop next, spoh.e oi me
family of the bride, referring to her grand
father and cTaudmother. Judge and .Mrs
Ewing. and the noble traits of their char
acters. He ns'ain sooke of the sacrament
about to be administered, and said mar
riage is essentially a religious ceremony,
and not a mere civil contract. It had been
raised to the dignity of a sacrament by the
Savior of the world. He congratulated the
vast assembly in attendance upon the good
order maintained, bv which was shown re
spect for the house of God and for our divine
Lord here present, as well as His Excellency
tl. Presiflent and the bride and groom.
The ceremony over, the bridal party returned
to Gen. Sherman's residence and received
their friends from one to four o'clock the
bride and groom iu the back parlor, while
Gen. and Mrs. Sherman occupied the frout
parlor. The bridal party received congratu
lations in the front of a niche containing a
bust of Gen. Sherman, under a canopy or
flowers draped with smilax, from which also
was suspended a marriage oeu oi snow-iiue
flowers. During the reception ceremony the
Marine Band, stationed on the grounds west of
the parlor, played appropriate airs.
The newiy-marrien coupie iunm uieciru-
VICTORIA GRAY.
A fiinDT rounj eirl wan Victoria Grav,
One proud and determined to have her own wav
And rut her than bend
She would lose her best friend
She wan one upon whom you could never depend.
That the thought herself charming was plain to
;c -n
By her confident manner anil satisfied mien;
She was one or that Kind
That one often will tind.
With a small, selfish head and diminutive mind
Victoria Grnv had a nnefion for dress.
Though good taste and good judgment hc did not
possess ;
On the streets nhe would flirt
And iweeD throush the dirt.
With thirty-six yards of light silk in her skirt.
She made many lovers. It may be a score
She had promised to marrr a dozen or more;
All lelt nappy and fiay
At the confident wav
They were treated and loved by Victoria Gray.
Ancrustps Van Quirk was her fortunate flame
(Victoria loved his euphonious name)
A weak little rellow,
Who.-e whiskers wore vellow.
With little white hands and a voice rather mellow.
He took her to operas, dances and plays;
He courted aud wooed her in various wars
lie w hispered a store
Of affect ionate lore
That blighted the hopes of a dozen or more.
They were married at last; 'twas a most famous
auair.
Made brilliant by presents of real plated ware
1 was a transient display,
The talk of a dav.
And this was the end of Victoria Gray.
Five rears have passed by, aud Augustus Van
ouirk
Has never been guilty of going to work ;
Just over the way
Is a small sign to-dar:
Boarding by .Mrs. Van Quirk" nee Victoria
Gray).
THE CRLXKLETON MYSTERY.
Our grotesque teapot was an article
decidedly ugly, wearing a permanent and
disagreeable grin, and with a kind of
snake arrangement for handle and spout.
The gentle associations the day's labor
done, the drawing in round the hre, the
family circle, with the cheering and not
inebriating results seem wholly mcom
patible with the use of such an article;
and the spectacle of the amiable fluid
poured from such a vessel by gentle
hands almost a painful one. But I would
not part with it for any money; it is heid
in atlcction like a cherished heirloom.
Yet it is damaged indeed, from the net
work of lines and cracks which cover
it, even an unprofessional could see that
it had been " smashed" into an hundred
pieces at least. So it has. One day it
got a fall was dropped and lay on the
floor, shivered into a heap of fragments.
The restoration, deemed impossible at
first, was undertaken for a large sum of
money, which was paid with delight, for
that fall brought about what you are
now going to hear.
1 well recollect the day that my dear
father secured it, and when he said it
was " a unique." We could see no beauty
ing for a bridal tour North and West, intending
to reach St. Louis, their future residence,
about the 15th of October.
Tnlilic Debt Statement.
The following is the statement of the con
dition of the public debt Oct 1
THE MARKETS.
1874.
October
NEW YORK.
Cotton. Middling upland, 16!s16!ic.
Lite Stock. Beef Cattle S10.7512.75. Hogs-
Dressed, S.7jS,9.37V4. Sheep Live, $4.50K.25.
BREAhSTUFFs. Flour Good to choice, $5.50
5.80; white wheat extra, $5.806.40. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $l.llVi&1.12; Iowa spring, $1.131.13;
No.2Milwaukeespring, $l.lk&1.15. Kye West
ern and State, 90&95C. Barley $1.30135.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 96!4!7c. Oats
New Western, 58fi2c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $iJ.2o22.35.
Lard U14!c. Cheese 11 &14Jc
Wool. Common to extra, 45tc
CIIICAGO.
Livb Stock. Beeves -Choice, $5.50(6.00;
good, $4.255.25; medium, $3.754.25; butch
ers' stock, $'J.5O3-3..,i0; stock cattle, $3.25
3.50. Hogs Live, $6.70(27.10. Sheep Good
to choice, $3.75 4.50.
Provisions. Butter Choice, :J035c. Eggs
Fresh, 19&20c. Cheese New York factory,
13414Vic; Western, 12'i13Hc. Pork New
Mess, $21.003-1.75. Lard 14',0144c.
BRZAUSTtrrrs. Flonr White winter extra.
$5.50(7.50; spring extra, $4.755.50. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 9494!4c. Corn No. 2, 81
&83c. Oats No. 2, 50&50' Jc. Barley No. 2,
$l.Oixai.02. Rye No. 2, 85&S7c.
Wooi.. Tnb-washed, 4557c; fleece, washed.
4o50c.; fleece, unwashed, 27-'J5c.
Lumber. First Clear, $50.0053.00; Second
Clear, $17.0019.50; Common Boards, $10.50
1J.00; Fencing, $10.5012.00; "A" Shingles,
$3.003.25; Lath, $2.XX&2.25.
CINCINNATI.
Six per cent, bonds ji.ah.aiH.boo
Five uer cent, bonds 517,025,200
Total coin bonds $1.724.22!.800
Lawful money debt $14,678,000
MHtnri'd rleht H.45i.10
l.i .'al-ti'nilur notes 382.trT5.407
fT.Ttifi.-Mti's of denosit 5tj.3.iO.IM)
hrnr'liikiiAl enrrencv w,cl,uin
Coin rerti til-ales 5n.41.-.MW
Interest 32,681,177
Total debt $2.2S9.fil 3.712
Cash in Treasury
Coin
Currency
Special deposit!" held for the re-
clemption oi cemncaics oi ueposii,
as provided by law
Total In Treasury
Debt less cash In Treasnry
Decrease during September....
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal outstanding
Interest accrued and not yet paid...
Interest paid bv the United States..
Interest repaid by the transportation
of mails, etc
Balance of interest paid bv United
States
$77.40H.r77
16,115,840
56,350,000
$149,875,517
$2,130,743,195
435.417
$(Vl.fi23.512
W.9.852
24,325,:;!)
5,469,979
IS, 855,417
Deep Sea Soundings.
The curious in such matters will read
with interest a brief description of the
process by which navigators are able to
obtain samples of the earth lying at the
bottom of the ocean. The machine used
in sounding is known as the Thomson
machine, having been patented by Sir
llliam 1 homson, ot London, it consists
of a drum or wheel thirty inches in diam
eter, on the edge of which is a V-shaped
flange in which the wire is wound. I his
drtfm is mounted on a platform extend
ing over the ship's side, and has on the
axle a register which shows the number
of revolutions. There is also an appara
tus to control the runningoutof the wire,
ana another lor reeling in the wire. Ihe
sounding cup is the invention of Com
mander Belknap, of the United States
navy. It consists of a rod about two
leet long, with an auger at one end and a
sliding cup which, when the rod descends,
incloses the auger and retains the mud,
ooze, or gravel which is collected. To
the rod is connected a fiftj'-five pound
shot, and the material used for lowering
and raising is the Iso. 22 piano wire,
weighing fourteen pounds to the mile.
Breadstufts. Flonr $5.155.30. Wheat Red, The wire is made to run slowly at first,
" y'wr' j um me velocity ucing graciuany increased.
Lard
$1.05.
Barley $1.051.20
Provisions. Pork $23.00&23.25.
13!4147c.
ST. LOLIS.
Live Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.00
5.73. nogs Live, $6.006.75.
Breapstcffs. Flour XX Fall, $4.254.75.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.151.16. Corn No.
2, 83S4c. Oats No. 2, 5353!-4c Rye No. 2,
9193c. Barley $1.051.15.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $22.7523.00. Lard
1415c.
MILWAUKEE.
Brbadstcffs. Flour Spring XX, $5.255.50.
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.031.00; No. 2,94
94?ic. Corn No. 2, 8ug,81c. Oats No. 2, 48
4!c. Rye No. 1, 89&90c. Barley No. 2, $1.00
$1.02.
UKTJtOIT.
Breadstuffs. Wheat Extra, $1.171.17'i.
Corn 92S93c. Oats .W7?.Mc.
TOLEDO.
Breadstuff Wheat Amber Mich., $1.09
1.09'i; No. 2 Red, $1.071.08. Corn
Mixed, 884,c. Oats 5253c.
CLEVELAND.
Breadstuffs Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.091.10;
No. 8 Red, $1.031.04. Corn S485c Oats
5253c.
BUFFALO.
Livk Stock. Beeves $4.'06.75. Hogs-
Live, $5.75(2,7.00. Sheen $4.37V45.tO.
EAST LIBERTY.
Livb Stock. Beeves Beet. $S.003fi.T5: me-
dinm, $5,0075.50. Hoirs Yorkers, 6.75a
Philadelphia, $7.8Oras.00. Sheep Best,
5.255.75; medium, $4.50&5.00.
IXTERESTIXi AUPTIALS.
A Daughter ef Gen. Sherman Marries
a Ltcalrnant of the Xtt -Incident
Attending the Ceremony. ;
Lieut Thos. W. Fitch, of the Engineer Corps
of the navy, was married on the 1st to Miss
Maria Sherman, eldest daughter of Gen. W.
T. Sherman. The ceremony took place in
St. Aloysitis' (Catholic) Church, in Washing
ton. The niarriare was solemnized bv Arch.
bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, assisted by
When bottom is reached the drum stops
turning, but with the motion of the ship
will start again and make three or four
turns in a sluggish way, which to the ex
perienced is a sure sign that the sinker
is on the bottom. Sometimes, when the
ship is rolling badly, the drum will come
almost to a dead stop, and those unac
customed to the machine would think
that the sinker had struck, but in a mo
ment the drum starts again, and runs
more rapidly than ever. The machine
itself is so simple, and occupies so little
room, that any cruiser might carry one
as a part of her outfit and make sound
ings from time to time, when getting up
steam in calm weather, or for the pur
pose of going into port.
iomnioclore Ammen is now having
manufactured some piano wire weighing
twenty pounds to the statute mile,
which is designed for use in the upper
splices where the depth is 2,000 fathoms
or more. I his will decrease the liability
of breakage and consequent loss of large
amounts ot wire.
With the above machine and apparatus
Commander Belknap has recently taken
a series of deep-sea soundings in the Pa
cific, the result being an important addi
tion to geological science, together with
more valuable information as to ocean
currents. New York Observer.
A shoal of black fish numbering G43
were driven ashore at North Truro.
Mass., and killed, bringing to their cap
tors $3,7?7.2-". The captors numbered
at least 300 men, women and children,
nil of whom shared in the sale. The
fish were driven into shallow water, and
when killed were laid along the shore,
stretching in a line for half a mile. Most
of them were large, weighing from 2,000
loti.mn) pounds each. .
Why is a schoolmistress like the letter
C? Because she makes classes of lasses.
in it, altnougu we tried Hard to do so;
and as to its uniqueness, we rather
thought that was an advantage for the
world, and for the spread of taste. He
was considered a general enthusiast, this
Mr. Crinkleton, and, as 1 once overheard
a brother amateur whisper to his friend.
like a particular saucer all cracked
and mended," and, though I should not
say it, still the conviction began t force
itself on me of late years that, from
over-devotion to this pursuit, he had
grown a little odd. Not that he M as one
of the reckless, wasteful amateurs, with
whom collecting is a passion as impossi
ble to be resisted as drinking, and who
devour and swallov everj-thing with a
reckless craving. He had the most sur
prising taste and judgment, and it was
admitted that the choicest and most val
uable portion of his collection had been
gathered very cheaply, when he was a
poor man. But I can see I have been as
suming a good many things as known
which theie has not been time to tell.
I, who have now the grotesque teapot
in my hand, and am relating this story,
was his son a son that worshiped him
and sympathized with what friends
called his hobby; though I frankly own
1 never could understand how this plate
was precious, or that jug was rare, or
this "bit" of Pal issy worth more than
the number of sovereigns that would
cover its surface. I confess, indeed, I
had a feeling, but it was one of repul
sion, for those brdvn lizards which kept
crawling over the green plates.
However, ne understood these things
and I did not, though he often offered to
teach, or; rather, inspire, me. Gradually
the house began to till with these treas
ures. Corner shelves and cupboards ap
peared and were crowded. Cabinets be
came choke full, and the fame of the
Crinkleton Collection began to spread.
As is usual in such cases, public opin
ion was divided, one portion of the com
munity laughing at and pitying that poor
man who was wasting his own and the
family substance in a lot of crockery and
gallipots; the other looking knowing and
sa'inir that "uttle old Crinkleton knew
well what he was about, and would, by
and by, sell the collection for ten times
the amount it cost him. It did, indeed,
seem likely; for what he Lad bought for
a few shillings he was now offered
pounds.
1 was all this time what is called "a
little thing" a pet, dividing the affection
ot my lamer m uii ins other treasures.
That constitued our united family I
finding new relations every day in the
shape of china dogs, Chelsea shepherds,
Dresden beauties and Toby jugs. Oh,
the Battersea enamel snuff-boxes and
wine labels! the tea urns of rare Bcdlin!
but I must leave this subject, or I shall
never get on.
Une day, however, there came a sur
prise, not to say a shock, for me. That
queer little Crinkleton. as the Deigbors
and friends would call him, had brought
some new treasures and curiosities. Alas!
a step-mother and her daughter.
1 hey were very designing people, and.
I believe, frightened him into it. He
was shrinking and timorous; he would
never have had courage to carry such a
scheme into execution. Thenceforth be
gan a new and, for me, a terrible life.
They brought no money with them,
though he was persuaded that he was
doing what is called " a good thing."
Ihey very soon convinced him of the
contrary. Two more rapacious spoilers
could not be conceived. Every moment
in the day they were making an inventory
or 'the property" about them with a
questioning eye. An order was sternly
set forth that all buying was to be given
up, anu inat" good money ' was no longer
to be squandered on . rubbish. Yet it
could be seen that with an extraordinary
inconsistency they watched jealously
over every article of the property, count
ing them and taking good care to ascer
tain their value. All our life in that
house was of a sudden changed. Our
poor dear father seemed to shrink and
cower away under this despotism. As fr
me, I felt that all happiness was gone
and that I was living in a prison under
the charge of jailers. Many were the
little furtive walks he took with me I
being no older than eight or ten years
when we would make our way guiltily to
the narrow lane or street to'gaze at cu
riosities which he dared not purchase.
It was miserable for me, whose hand
was in Lis, to note his wistful looks, and
even more miserable to see that this was
but part of his sufferings under this
slavery which grew more and more gall
ing every day.
It was on one of these occasions that
wc spied the grotesque teapot. The sight
brought the color to his cheeks, for he
had nothing of that pattern in the col
lection. It was exposed in a poor, mean
little den not a curiosity shop at all a
kind of huckster's place. Here the tea
pot was offered with a view of rinding
some purchaser who would use it for the
purpose of making tea. He was enrap
tured with it. He could at least ask the
price. Pour-and-sixpence worth, he
said, five guineas, and would be worth
double by and by. As we went out it
was offered for three-and-six. It was
very tempting, but he resisted it then
The next day he took me out with him
for a walk, but this was for a second in
spection. He delayed long before he
could make up his mind, but at last the
purchase was made. Then it was to be
brought home, and then came the diffi
culty. Where was it to be placed? for
their Argus eyes would detect the slight
est change. IJut they had an instinct
that something was wrong. The daugh
ter was in the parlor window, looking up
and down the street, while she I always
t nought oi lier as though sue were a
unique, like the teapot opened the door
and gave a policeman-like look at his
figure. The grotesque was hidden away
under ins coat, out a graat protuoerance
revealed its place of concealment. We
were both arrested, the trembling victim
assailed by both women, and the gro
tesque confiscated on the spot, as, in
deed, all his treasures had been already
I saw them later inspecting it curiously
and with eager eyes, lor they had a sus
picion of its value, and after all trusted
to Ins judgment.
Indeed, latterly I not iced that this pair
was inspecting the cabinets; and more
than once I had surprised them with their
beads bent down over some little cup or
ngure.
One day, too, 1 heard them talking
earnestly about some one they called
" Dimbley's man," and what he had said.
This did not make much impression, but
in a day or two I again heard a remark
about " Dimbley's man," to the effect
that he was coming to-morrow. In our
next little walk, grown curious about the
matter,! asked my father :
" Who is Dimbley's man, father?"
He started.
"Why?" he said; "what about him?
what do you know about him? who wants
mm?"
These questions were put quickly and
with agitation. I told him what I had
heard, when he almost gave a cry, and
turned sharply round to go home.
" 1 see what they are at. 1 suspected
it. Ihey want to sell the things."
vve returned liurnedlv tie was in a
perfect fever, aud, when he entered, flew
to inspect his treasures, which he found
all sate, though he discovered the two
women busily engaged in peering into
the cabinets aud handling them cau
tiously. But with them was a gentle
manly and fluent personage, Mho was
giving his opinion and admiring the col
lection.
He read the whole situation at a glance
The color flew to his cheeks, and, with
vehemence that was wholly artificial and
unnatural, he addressed the party.
I know well what all this means,"
he said; "I'll not have it I'll not allow
it. It is robbery. I'll not part with
these things but with my life. Go away,
sir," he said to the gentlemanly man,
this is my property. 1 hey are not to be
valued or sold. '
To do him justice the gentlemanly man
was much put out at this incident, and
declared truly that he had merely come,
as lie supposed, at .lur. Crinkleton s re
quest. And he took his departure at
once. Then my father turned on them.
"Let a finger be laid on my treasures,"
he cried, " and I will do something des
perate. I'll send them to-morrow to
some museum give them uway sooner
than have them scattered. Mind, take
warning, for they are part of my life!"
Ihe two ladies were very much taken
aback at this sudden explosion, and even
tried to soothe him. But for the rest of
the day he Mas terribly excited, and the
following morning was lying ill in bed
with wild eyes and all the symptoms of
fever. A doctor M-as sent for to attend
him an eminent practitioner who
looked grave. Indeed, the two ladies
caught the reflection from his .face, and
looked grave and disturbed.
1 was the only one whom he seemed to
recognize, though indistinctly. Again
there was fresh whispering, and inspec
tion of papers and property. And again
his eyes peered out Misl fully toward the
door, as if he could see the spectral
images of his collection floating away in
the direction of Dimbley's.
He grew worse and worse, lo my in
expressible grief it one morning passed
round the house in a mysterious way
that we Mere to lose him. Some one
came running for me, and took me by
the hand to lead me to him. There was
a piteous intelligence in his eye, and a
gleam of light came into it as he saw
me. He was moving his arms and
pointing, and trying to speak.
J. nc lady who was his M ife kept turn
ing up her eyes and shaking her head,
as who should say his wits M ere gone.
But he kept his imploring glance fixed
on me, making as though he Mould
clutch someting in his hand. I was sure
I could have sworn it was one of his pet
treasures, and stole away to rack my
little brain with desperate attempts. At
first I thought it must be two precious
figures of Old Bow, representing Kitty
Clive and Woodward Martin, as the fine
lady and gentleman, and I returned with
these in my hands. A fresh eagerness
came into his eyes, and he seemed to
smile and nod his head, as though it was
something near what he desired.
Some curious stupidity came over me
or M-as it my trouble? for I surely
ought to have guessed, and gone out to
choose some other article, Mhich should
be the right one. While I was taking a
hurried bird's-eye glance over the collec
tion they came running to me again, and
I Mas dragged in to see the last friend I
had on earth in his agony.
So he passed away; and after a scarce
ly decent interval the two women Mgre
going about with avaricious eyes, count
ing up the treasures. This time there
was no one to interfere with "Dimbley's
man," and the eminent firm had pro
nounced that the whole, when submitted
to competition at their well-known
mart, would bring a vast sum. By the
will of the deceased collector, made
shortly after his second niariiage, the
M holc of the property was to go to her,
and a small pittance was kept for us,
that is, for me and my sister, Mho Mas at
a cheap boarding-school.
A great fuss began to be made about
the Crinkleton collection, and it was dis
covered that another portion was at some
museum in the country, Mhere it had
been exhibited, and which was quite as
valuable as that in our house. The
whole, it was expected, Mould bring
10,000 or 12,000. They were gloating
over their prospect. We that is, my
sister and I would be beggars, but that
they did not think about.
By and by the inventory was taken,
the catalogue made out, and the pros
pect discovered to be even more invitiag.
The men in green baize arrived to pack
and carry away. Spring vans stood at
the door. We saw the whole stripped
gradually there was not to be a relic
kept (so I was told) to remind us of the
dear old collector Mho had brought them
together. Very timorously I begged that
they Mould let me choose something
which I might keep as a souvenir; but
an excuse was made that a list had been j
taken, and that it Mould be impossible to
make any alteration now. j
Utterly shocked and almost desperate
with rage at such heartlessness, I came
to the resolution that I would have what
I M-anted, and determined to secure what
was associated M ith one of the last acts
of inj' father's life at m hich I had as
sisted, namely, the old teapot. That
should be mine, and should not be sub
jected to the profanation of a sale. I
did not care for the penalties, m hich I
kncM- would be awful; they might put
me to the torture, they should never
know where I had concealed this relic.
My plans M ere well laid. I chose a mo
ment when they had gone out, and, tak
ing no one into my confidence, prepared
to execute the daring scheme. It was a
nervous task. The teapot was placed,
M ith a few other articles not yet removed,
on a high bracket of antique pattern
over the chimney-piece. Even standing
on a chair I could not reach it; still 1
M as not to be daunted. I constructed a
sort of ladder formed of chairs, w hich,
with much trepidation, I ascended. I
secured tiic grotesque teapot ; but, M ith
out ever having heard the Latin quota
tion, Facilis dexcennus, I found 1113'self
cordially indorsing its truth and stood
there on a precarious balance carefully
holding the treasure, and not knowing
Miiat to do next. To get down and leave
the teapot, it might be thought, Mould-be
the simplest course; but, with my ner
vousness and its om'ii insecurity, the
structure now began to totter. The next
instant I heard Iter on the stairs.
now it occurred 1 know not, but there
followed a crash, I being left standing
upon the insecure construction, while
the old cherished teapot had slipped
from my nngers, and Mas dashed into
hundred fragments on the hearthstone
They rushed in 1 was dragged down
and in a storm of scoldings was hurried
oil for punishment. It M as inflic ted will
terrible severity, and I bore it without
flinching. One thought M as even then
in my mind, to recover the shat'ered
fragments, keep them in that condition
and perhaps one day, when I M as richer,
get them restored.
When they were tired of scolding and
beating, they had gone down-stairs; then,
after waiting patiently, 1 watched my
opportunity and stole down. They had
not thought it M-orth M hile to remove the
fragments which lay there 111 a heap
the curved handle, the leering face, the
spout, the lid. I gathered them up ten
derly, and as 1 did so saw that a small
piece 01 paper, loidett up, M as lying, as
it M-ere, partially thrust into the spout
I took it up with the pieces, on the
ground that it was a relic of his that
ought to be preserved, and reverently
ught the Mhole mass away to my
room.
It seemed hopeless. I tried mvself to
put the pieces together in many different
ways, but it M as not to be done save by
a miracle a miracle, however, Mhich
skillful hands accomplished later. In a
sort of despair 1 laid it aside, and then
carelessly opened the paper.
it M'as signed with hi name, M hich M as
sufficient to give it an interest for me.
And yet this only made me leel more
acutely the cruel loss of the piece of
earthenware, which I felt that nothing
could ever restore to us.
It M-as a long time indeed before I set
myself seriously to the task of making
out M'hat was written on the slip of
paper.
It began, " Codicil to my will," and
stated that it revoked the bequest of a
particular date, and left all his personal
property and effects, including the china,
which Mas to be sold off, to his two
children.
This I did not quite understand at the
time, nor did I see the full force and
meaning of it. But seizing a favorable
opportunity I got out of the house, and
hurried to a friendly mr. JJaker of
course bald and benevolent to show it.
He started as he read.
" This makes a most important differ
ence," he said ;" you must leave it with
me, and I Mill call up in the morning."
Everything, as it proved, Mas ours, the
cruel pair got nothing save the small
sum that had been settled on lie.r at the
time of her marriage.
The collection brought a vast sum
much more, indeed, than anyone had
ever anticipated. And the teapot, as I
have already said, repaired with the most
exquisite art, now reposes in a place of
honor. Lasaell s Magazine.
Free and Easy Yisitors.
"I always make myself at home cvery-
Mhere!" says Mrs. A. "I don't want
people to put themselves out forme! I
am free and easy wherever I am!"
Tsow these "free and easy" visitors
are, of ail other kinus or visitors, the
most thoroughly disagreeable.
Ihey Mill inflict themselves upon you
it any time and expect to be always cor
dially Melcomed because they are so
free and easy and so loth to put anybody
to trouble. They will come before break
fast, or just as you are sitting down to
dinner, and draw up their chairs quite
like one of the family.
Early in the morning they delight to
run in," and thev will come right up to
your chamber to save you the trouble of
coming down, and there they will sit
and M atch you make your toilet, and
comment on Iiom gray jour hair is get
ting, and inquire the cost of the lace on
j'our petticoat, and wonder if you are
not a great deal stouter, and rcuder in
the face than you used to be.
rce and easy visitors will hunt over
your M riting-desk after paper to write
notes, and they Mill read the postmarks
on your letters, and ask you who on
earth you know in DingtOMn, or Cst
Pally, and Monder how you can ever
find time to write letters!
They Mi'l bathe their foreheads in the
contents of your cologne bottle and scent
their handkerchiefs m ith jour expensive
extract of Pond Lily, and scatter your
Night Blooming Cereus, at two dollars a
bottle, profusely over their flounces and
fringes, and declare it is delightful!
They M ill brush their hair M ith your
brush, and put their feet on your sofa,
and open your various boxes, and inquire
what kind of toilet powder you use, and
le knots in the fringes of your Paisley
shawl, and help themselves to vour glass
of lemonade.
They w ill go to your pantry after a
lunch they came out so early they didn't
eat half a breakfast and in all probabil
ity they will stay to dinner, and suggest
that you have boiled salmon and pickled
ovsters they are to fond of them!
they Mill exclaim over the way you
manage your children, and tell you about
the wonderful children of Uncle Isaac
or Cousin Sally! Ah! if anybody could
have children like them it Mould be a
positive comfort to have twenty of them!
les, indeed!
lour " free and easy" visitors drop in
upon you very often at meal-time, and
when invited to partake they invariably
tell you they are not hungry, they
M-ouldn't eat a mouthful they had no
idea it was so near dinner and then they
" sit up," and they eat as much as any
healthy laborer could do M ho had been
at work on the Hoosac Tunnel since its
commencement!
We can abide "genteel" visitors, and
"stuck-up" visitors, and begging visitors,
and visitors who make us glad twice, but
from "free and eav" visitors good Lord
deliver us! Kate l'!tnrn,iaN. Y. Weekly.
-A Bristol (Conn.) man was so angry
because only the small fine of one dollar
and costs was imposed on a fellow for
grossly imposing upon his little daughter,
uie other day, that he pounded the mis
creant's face to a jelly in the presence of
the Justice. He then turned round and
admitted that he had violated the law
and was willing to foot the bill. The
Judge let him off for one dollar and
costs.
M I SCELLA X EO IS 1 T E M S.
Job boiled over when hi patience gave
way.
Tiikre arc many who t tn't read who
know a bee sees.
Ladiks are not called " mum" because
they talk so little.
It is said that if a gun is fired over :i
recently-caught lobster both his claws
w ill drop oil.
Tick vibration of Ihe big St. Louis
bridge from passing trains, and ovcu
teams, is exciting considerable comment
in that city.
A contemporary thinks that sky blue
is a pretty color for riling, but not so
tasty for milk at eight cents a quart.
Diiilbury New.
At Harrisville, in the northe rn part of
New York, there is an adipose youth
named Fisher, not quite m vcu years old,
whose weight is 1 4j pounds.
A paper isox has been sent in the mail
tojSTorwalk, Conn., and one cent paid on
it. The lid having come oil', it was dis
covered to contain a letter.
A Boston woman, in good health and
of middle age, has engaged an undertaker
for her own funeral, arranging with him
the style of collin, cost, etc.
An Alabama girl slid down a rope lad
der, stole ahorse, rode twelve miles and
paid the parson's fee, rather than not
have the marriage ceremony come oil.
In a single county in Vermont there arc
ninety-five farms vacant, and lo'i aban
doned farm houses. Lin k of railroad
facilities is the canst; assigned for this
wholesale exodus of farmers.
A jury in Los Angeles, Cal., examined
a man as to his mental condition mid
pronounced him sane; the same jury then
tried him for an attempt at homicide and
decided that he was insane.
Mil. Proctor, the astronomer, is urg
ing the adoption In England of our sys
tem of the publication daily of predic
tions of the weather, and says that iu his
lecturing tour in this country he only
knew these predictions to be wrong
twice in three months.
The AHa California says: "liaising
cork trees seems to be an approaching
industry in California. They are said to
grow very rapidly among the foothills.
At Auburn there are a number of trees
three or four years old that have bark
thick enough for any ordinary cork."
Carnivorous animals have the upper
jaw projecting, while tlni; of a gramuiv-
orous nature have the lower jaw pro
jecting. In man with a projecting upper
jaw will be found large destructiveness
and love of animal food; when the lower
jaw projects, then the love for vegetable
food.
The beauty of. keeping a goat U that
he isn't particular what you Iced him
on. A billy got into a house in New
Hampshire the other day during tho
family's absence and managed to make a
respectable meal nil' a Panama hat, three
linen bosom shirts, and part of a new
bonnet.
John Smith, of Bath, Me., has lived in
one rented house for thli ty-cight years
and never asked his landlord for a cent
of repairs and never has been a day be
hind with his. rent. Only one thing is
needed to make him an angel and that is
a wing along his spinal column. ITooi-
xoeket Patriot.
A IIiiope Island clergyman says that
meeting a good woman soon after a
great railway horror, she exclaimed:
"Oh, Mr. , such 11 terrible thing lirn
happened! The engine and cars on the
road collapsed, and before they
ould execrate the passengers twenty of .
them were sophisticated."
A pei.iohtkd old lady in Pennsylvania,
suddenly enriched by coal oil, remarked
to a friend that she believed she .should
buy real estate because it was such good
property to leave to one's ancestors; and
upon another occasion remarked that she
should have her new garden laid out
with a great many terrapins (terraces).
A iiepentant bride rer cntly wrote to
her parents from neross the sens: "The
motion of a screw .steamer is like riding
a gigantic camel that h;i- tin; heart dis
ease, and you do not miss a single inroo.
know of nothing to compare with it
for boredom, unless it be your honey
moon when you have married lor
money."
The flame of the gladiolus in nur door-
yards has nearly burned out. The lady's
slipper is getting much run down at 1 lie
heel. The portulaccas find it hard work
to make up fire carlv in the morning.
The china asters, with a fdar on their
vest, do police, duty at the funeral of
flowerd.-r-AYiO York Coiraufreinl Ah-xr-tixcr.
A ctrtovs incident occurred nt Niag
ara 1 alls the other day. A lady n 1-
dentally dropped her parasol into tho
swift current that huriieK under Luna
Island bridge. Of course it was quickly
whisked uway over the prec ipice. Later
in the dav the lady visit -d the Cave of
the Winds, and, strange to say, she there
found her parasol whirling around in a
swift eddy.
Isaac Johnson, of Bozrah, Conn., re
cently exhumed from a depth of some
eight feet from the surface a live Hog.
It was found in earth so hard that i! M as
with difficulty removed with a pick-ax,
and the entire form of the animal was
plainly imprinted in the hard pan. The
ditch was beincr cut through an old pas
ture, where probably no mortal being
ever dug be lore.
"What is this for?" asked the colored
porter at a Long Branch hotel the otln
day, holding out a twenty-live cent nole
given hirn by the gentleman addressed
for carrying up his trunk. " That," s;.id
the gentleman, taking the note and put
ting it b;ick in his pocket, " was for your
trouble, and this is for your impudence,"
and he kicked him ele ven feet rine inches
and a half into the hallway.
A Boston firm having written to a
debtor two or three tinier without elicit
ing any response, sent another epistle,
quietly querying mIk-iiht there was not
1 l.ttle lack ot "commercial courtesy'
n not answering letters. Promptly by
retum myil came a check for the acc ount,
and the terse and comprehensive reply:
"No lack of commeicial courtesy,' but a
lack of circulating medium here."
Tub Postoffice Department is about
substituting for the old mail locks now
used noon the street boxes of the free
lcUvery system new combination locks.
Each city or district will be l'urnidicd
with locks upon a different combination,
so that the keys of one city will be. of no
use in another. Each k y will be num
bered, and the carrier receiving it held
responsible for its custody anil proper
use.
A New Haven mother thought she
had a model young son, until discover-
ng him recently with a lighted ck'-ir in
one hand standing on a corner. " VN but !
smoking, GeorgicV" exclaimed the horri
fied mother. "Oh, no!"' replied young
peful. ' I'm holding it for another
boy." Perhaps it is needless to say tin:
fragrant weed went out into uie nuouiu
of the street and Ihe boy home in a
hurry.
A San Francisco Judge has put into
practice an old Engusii ruling tnat mis
representation before in irriagv is good
ground for divorce. One Mandler
retski compiaineu intii nis wne r.uui 1
had practiced fraud upon him by Ial-e4y
repiesenting before marriage that she
Mas a sound and healthy woman, when
in fact she was subject to insanity.
Whereupon the Judge granted Lis peti
tion of divorce.